shook hands with voters during the town hall. laura, we're hearing cruz had a clear message. >> reporter: we're finally getting to hear it from him, because we haven't seen a lot of senator cruz so far this is the first of three events scheduled for senator cruz. the reason for that makes a lot of sense. north carolina is his best chance to score a substantial number of delegates in next tuesday's primary elections. an over flow of hundreds of supporters inside and hundreds more outside cheered cruz' every statement and booed every question from megyn kelly, as with most of this campaign, it centered around donald trump. he said he was establishment, and a liberal in disguise, and over and over again, he urged voters to vote for him instead saying he's the only variable race. >> if you don't want to see donald trump as the nominee, and if you don't want to see hillary

is the inevitable result of donald trump being the nominee, together. >> reporter: the event was billed as a rally, but it was a town hall hosted by fox news. cruz was going to hold a rally, event. north carolina is a proportional statement, and could keep trump from winning a majority before the republican convention next summer. we'll have more coming up at 5:00. >> laura leslie, live in raleigh. ted cruz headed to c annapolis. his rival will be in fayetteville -- cannapolis sxs, and

the primary. he does not have plans to visit north carolina, and bernie sanders, we've reached out to him to see if he'll visit the area. >> a poll was conducted by survey usa. wral kathryn brown is here to break down the numbers for us. >> reporter: the polls have 2,000 north carolinians and we begin looking at the democratic race for president. hillary clinton comes in with 57% to bernie sanders, 34%. now, while clinton leads in all four regions of the state, the race is tightest in raleigh, where only 15 point separates the two candidates. among republicans, donald trump leads in all four regions, cruz coming in second across the board. when voters were asked for the republican primary for president, donald trump coming in at 41%, ted cruz, 27%.

kasich at 11%. dhe you look at the demographics, they are very interesting. among tea party voters, cruz edges trump. trump narrowly beats trump by cruz within a margin of error. pro-choice, have a high school, or make less than $40,000 per year, that gap narrows to within ten points or less among voters who regularly attend church; are pro-life, make more than $80,000 a year, college graduates. coming up, we'll examine president obama's approval rating, how north carolina thinks he handles issues. >> and a lot of telling stats in the survey. thank you, kathryn.

interstate 40 in raleigh may have noticed smoke this after. a brush fire charred about an acre near wade avenue. smoke and flames were visible from our traffic camera. you can see traffic in the area slowed down at the time. authorities haven't told us what caused that fire. a wakemed employee was arrested for embezzling a controlled substance. arrest warrants reveal on several occasions, lori mcfearson, embezzled drugs she had access to because of her job. the paperwork indicates it began in january and the last offense happened february 8th. and the police officer charged in the death of freddie gray must testify in the trial. they agreed with prosecutors to compel the officer to testify against five other officers. porter's first trial ended in december with a hung jury. he'll be retried. gray died from a spinal injury after being taken into police custody. authorities are investigating a train derailment

one of the cars jumped the tracks landed in the area. mark burger has the story. >> reporter: it's being called an accident. no one was killed. >> we were all panicking. >> reporter: a four-car commuter track derailed and into a rain swollen creek. chaotic scene. >> it slid for a while. i wasn't sure if we were going to turnover or not. as soon as i knew we were stable, we started listening for the screams. people were crying for help. >> reporter: authorities say the altamonte corridor express train was traveling from san jose to stockton, when it struck a tree lying on the tracks sending the lead car into the water. rescues battled the fast-moving current. >> in front of it was submerged. there was definitely water coming in, down in the water itself.

she was trapped beneath a second derailed car on the edge of the tracks. >> we were trying to dig her out while the train was in the mud. >> reporter: part a series were falling, as passengers reported, a series of storms in the past few days. mark burger, nbc news. >> and no announcement has been made about tomorrow's service but today's has been cancelled. an attack took place in tel aviv, frequented by tourists. a man was stabbing people at random, israeli police shot and killed the attacker. the victim's name hasn't been released. this is one of multiple attacks by palestinians as joe biden

another route for refugees, effectively closes at midnight, when do vain ian slovania requires a valid id. they are meeting in belgium to press turkey to allow migrants into europe. a massive fire kept firefighters busy this afternoon at a flea market. one person was rescued but wasn't hurt. the fire spread through the two-block flea market quickly. the roof which doubles as a parking lot collapsed during the fire. there were several vehicles and flammable items inside. it's not clear what started the fire. the better business bureau says trump is wrong about the ratings of trump university. during last week's republican debate, trump said the business received an a-plus rating. the moderator said it was a d-minus. trump said he received a fax from the better business bureau, proving the score had been raised. the better business bureau said they didn't send the fax.

did receive a d-minus and the grade improved in 2014. the fine for not having health insurance in 2014 is nearly double what it was one year ago. that's from h and r block. the average fine for 2015 is $383 so for, compared with the $172 for 2014. customers who received assistance are now having to pay some of that money back to the i.r.s. the average repayment is $579. state officials are taking back their recommendations to not drink water from some wells in lee county. tests are shown chromium, which can cause cancer a. municipal water systems across the state have similar levels of the substance and it is safe to drink. start times are changing for durham public schools. high schools will start later and elementary earlier. the school board signed off on

meeting. the board will send detail notices, and the district has a plan to remind families of these changes. they may be small but the guests of the nbc's newest series as adults-side talent and one girl is six years old from raleigh. kids ages 3 to 14 get a chance to demonstrate their unique talent on "little big shots," just kids having fun doing what they do and proud family members and friends watching. you can watch "little bill shots," tonight on wral. >> i'm so watching that. that is so cute. [ laughter ] awesome. the prom shop in apex, which provides free prom accessories, they're asking for jewelry, and

the event will be held starting on friday for two days. organizers say the need seems to grow every year. >> i think it's something great for everyone involved. why not donate? it's a win-win for everyone. >> organizers are looking specifically for sizes 14 and up, unused make up and jewelry. if you have something you can donate, drop it off at apex united methodist, or wral.com and search apex prom shop. it's a great idea. >> i love the idea and i've got some things somebody else could wear. a tux that doesn't quite fit anymore. >> there you go. >> all right. acc tournament in full swing with the team's first shot at making their way to the ncaa tournament. still ahead, we are live in washington d.c. with all the action. >> plus, service members are restricted in just how they can support their candidates, especially while in uniform. we'll explain what our local soldiers have to watch out for. >> and new at 5:00, wral obtained 911 calls in the

a teenager was tied up and locked in a closet. we're learning new information. >> there's a lot of wow in the weather. we made the jump from the 60s to the 70s this afternoon and you can check out the 24-hour temperatures change. we're almost 10 degrees warmer yesterday than raleigh.

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>> reporter: scott has no doubt he owes them his life. >> i think it's a miracle god places people where they're supposed to be. >> pretty incredible. that was hailey hernandez reporting. unc is advising students to protect themselves from the zika virus over spring break. the school suggested applying insect repellant, avoiding unprotected sex and check in with their doctors from areas like the caribbean, south america, hawaii, and southern florida. this afternoon, the world health organization said reports from several countries suggest sexual transmission of zika is more common than previously thought. >> not what parents and students want to hear as we enter spring break season. >> you just have to be so careful. >> bring it back here. >> bad potential there. >> and our mosquitoes are going to start blowing up with the rain. it should be dry for the next several days. >> folks to the west, they're getting wet, stormed on and getting hail. we're going to go to colorado.

almost looked like snow in colorado yesterday. a late afternoon thunderstorm in fort collins caused dangerous driving conditions. they're going way too fast. one semislid on the hail and almost hit another -- semi slid on the hail and almost hit another truck. by tomorrow, the area should be back to sunshine with temperatures in the high 50s. it's 47 right now in denver so all of that is pretty much melted. looking like a snowy scape instead of hail scape so to speak. we're talking about the warmth around here. we did it yesterday with temperatures in the 60s. we're doing it again with temperatures in the 70s. our lawn looks so nice and green out there and the foliage is nice and green. we'll see the azaleas pop out in full color. what a great place to hang out if you're having a day. very warm at boone, 66. there's the 77, the warmest we've been so far today, 76 fayetteville, 63 at hatteras, the ocean temperatures are much cooler keeping hatteras, at 77 and wilmington.

west and it's only the beginning i think because of the way the upper level winds are indicated more active weather will remain in the west where the more calm weather will remain in the east. here's the way the jet stream looks nought. this upper level storm yesterday was across -- now. the upper level storm yesterday was across, now it's south and east producing thunderstorms across arizona, new mexico, mexico, and west texas. this area of thunderstorms will break apart and weaken as it moves into the ridge of high pressure and as this moves to the east tomorrow, new thunderstorms will pop up. we're likely to see more severe weather after this dies out and there's our ridge of high pressure, it's like a brick wall of air, and there are signs by the time we get into friday we may see a back door cold front move down the east cold bringing us cloud cover, maybe a bit of rain into the weekend. there's what's going on severe weather wise that big redbox, tornado watch spreading over into louisiana and arkansas, the individually highlighted counties. the ones in pink are tornado

severe thunderstorm warnings. this is so far for severe weather today. this is a tornado report near weatherford, texas. let me see if i can get the tornado report to pop up. just doesn't want to. there you go. tolar, texas, 8:21, reports of wind damage, tow, texas, you get the idea of all the blue diamonds are reports of wind damage, hail is in the green, and golf ball in the dallas/fort worth area, and of course with high pressure being upon us, things will be rather quiet. the other big story is the potential for flooding. all the dark shaded counties highlighted in dark green are flash flood watches, and the light shades of green are in flood warnings and look steamount of rain that is possible across the area. we're talking about greater than 11-inches across parts of western louisiana and as you go out from there, still impressive totals, 4 to 6 across parts of missouri near st. louis, up to three inches across the ohio valley and by saturday and

between a quarter and 1/2 an inch of rain. our forecast by 8:00, 66, tomorrow, upper 50s to about 60s are so all in all a mild forecast and as we head through tomorrow, mid-70s by lunchtime. we're heading to near 80 tomorrow afternoon. 80. now tomorrow, we have our severe weather awaness tornado drill, e.a.s. emergency alert system. it's a tornado drill if you hear warning. it will be nice and sunny. but by friday, saturday, and sunday, we'll feature more clouds and sunday will be the wettest of the next seven-days. >> all right, mike, thank you. a passenger filed a lawsuit against the operator of bulk head island ferry, why she says

durham chime in on debra morgan with us, what's coming up at 5:00. >> we did an extensive poll before the primary next weekend. wral news wantedton what voters thought about -- wanted to know about many of the races on the ballot. coming up on wral, how do voters feel about who should be governor of north carolina. we have new approval ratings for pat mccrory, and 911 calls from a teenager who was attacked in her home. new details about this home invasion coming up. the suspects are still on the run. and nc state wins its first game in the acc tournament. a coach for the wolfpack won much more than the game. he's being recognized for his courage. ken medlin joins us and why rob stockton is being interviewed. we'll tell you about why a new

a second count seputting "in god we trust" -- is putting "in god we trust" cars decaled at $25 apiece. putting them on publicly funded patrol cars crosses the line of separation of church and state. the sufficient said he personally made the decision and was not required to -- the sheriff said he personally made the decision and was not required to get approval. the operator of a ferry involved on the coast in an accident allowed the captain to take shortcuts. 13 passengers and a crew member ran aground in december 2013. mary springmeir was one of those passengers. she filed a suit saying the captain was often districted and approved him to route of outside channel to save some time. and big win for dozens in durham tonight. part of the wager between governor's involved donating food to charities. governor mccrory donated to the

butter ball, and the chef has been working since this morning to create a new orleans gumbo. dinner will be served any minute. looks like they're getting going on it. the governor couldn't attend but they play a video greeting during dinner. so many people are talking politics now and some students in durham are having their say. >> wral's brian shrader joins us with a look at the message they want to get across. >> reporter: you've heard a lot of political news on the newscast today. some students here at durham academy are making their own kind of political news. >> people should always be good planners before they do something. >> and open-minded. >> and also open-hearted. >> these first graders put together a video explaining the kind of qualities they want to see in a presidential candidate. coming up tonight at 6, hear more from them. find out why they say kindness counts, and also find out what their teachers hope they learn from making that video. that's coming up tonight at wral. back to you.

kindness counts. >> yes. the full video runs about eight and a half minutes posted on youtube. if you are planning to run the rock n' roll raleigh, you have to sign up soon. >> the 5k is almost sold out. this is the first year the marathon and half marathon have added the 5k race, scheduled for saturday april 9th with the half and full marathons on sunday. you can register online now, before the event is all full. wral's is a proud sponsor of the rock n' roll marathon weekend. >> that sounds fun. we're going to do the family run. and an early season baseball game came to a stop because of the automatic sprinkler systems t. came on before the 6th pitch -- it came on before the 6th inching, and caught some of those cardinals' outfielders by surprise, making a-. the grounds crew quickly turned a dash. the grounds crew was turned off and the cardinals went on to win 9 to 4 over the mets.

>> those fields soak up so much water so quickly. that's a lot of water pumped on the field. >> and the drain annual is so good. thanks for joining us -- drainage is so good. >> our news continues with david and debra. right now on wral, for the second day in a row, a presidential candidate is in up to. ted cruz spent time in raleigh but left without hosting a rally. >> i teenager who said she was tied up and suffernated closet temperatures a 911 dispatcher when happened. -- and stuffed in a closet tells a 911 dispatcher what happened the candidates are parading through the state right now. ted cruz is in charlotte hosting a rally. >> earlier, he was in raleigh where more than a thousand

>> wral's laura leslie was at his event that wasn't quite as planned. >> reporter: in what appeared to be a pretty hastily mapped rally, fox news taped today. there was a campaign rally planned for afterwards but that didn't materialize because the senator had to get on the road. cruz hasn't spent a lot of time in north carolina this season but he is racing to fire up as many north carolina voters as he can. the reason is simple, delegate math. supporters lined up early for their first chance this career to see ted cruz in person. most of them seemed to be talking more about donald trump. anthony clay bourne said he started off as a trump supporter. >> he was saying he feel like needed to be said and then he was saying things like, whoa, nobody should say those things.