>> reporter: i like what she struggled. you hear me? she has fought against many battles. anybody with that much fight in them that even this they goat knocked down, they get right back up, you can't help but see a winner in her. >> reporter: and we have a little bit of waiting to do our crew out here. we have some time to get all of our equipment together. we'll have to go through secret service before this event starts again late this evening on our later evening newscast. we will have a full report on what she had to say. >> thank you, adam. our team coverage of the presidential campaigns in north half hour. sloane heffernan is at bernie sanders' rally in charlotte and we will have a live report from hickory. when you head to the polls tomorrow, can you vote on a $2 billion bond.

you need to know. >> reporter: our exclusive wral poll showed a prueherality of voters showed they support the connect nc bond at 45%. 36% said they weren't sent of how they would vote. a lot of you told us you wrntd sure when the $2 bill wrong would be used for. almost half of the $2 billion borrowed would go to pay for new buildings on unc campuses. that includes a new business school at nc central, a new medical school building at chapel hill and new engineering and plant sciences buildings at nc state. another$3 other million would pay for new construction and renovations at community colleges system-wide. $313million would go for water and sewer infrastructure mostly in rural areas and on grants to improve local parks. $100million would pay for improvements at the north

state park system including falls lake, jordan lake, umstead and fisher. the bond would be paid for over the next 20 years using money that is already included in the state budget. backers say it will not require any tax increases or new taxes to pay for it. supporters say this is the perfect time to borrow money for long-term projects because interest rates are very low right now but are expected to rise in the future. none of the connect nc money would go for transportation needs as was originally proposed. critic say it is too much debt to pay for what they say is pork barrel spending. they argue the money should have been earmarked for roads instead. state lawmaker respond it they are increasing funding for roads through the regular budget. this is the first bond north carolina voters have been asked to approve since the year 2000 when a $3 billion bond for the university system won approval. >> all right. thank you. and wral will have complete

polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. after they kosovo, results will be available for more than 100 races on wral, wral.com and wral mobile. we'll also have live team coverage of key races on wral news. also, can you join us for a primary election special that is at 9:00 tomorrow night on wral 2. and at 5. # over the air or time warner cae annel 1255. david crabtree and laura leslie will have the latest results and what they mean for north carolina voters. sarah palin's husband is recovering in the intensive care unit after a snowmobile crash. she is returning to alaska to be with her husband, todd. his former snowmobile racing partner says todd was injured in the crash and hospitalized. he is expected to be okay. a pitt county schoolbook keeper has been sentenced to

embezzlement. county skill officials say she stole nearly $20,000 between 2014. she must also pay restitution to the schools. divers returned to the swimmer. deputies say three men were fishing and decided to go for a swim. one of them never returned to the surface. his name hasn't been released. strong storms tore new arkansas bringing with them of tornadoes. this funnel cloud was spot near the town of grady. meteorologists believe three to five tornadoes touched down. a swath of the central part of the state was hit hard by the storm and reported several downed trees and power lines. investigators with the national weather service are assessing the damage. doctors are diagnosing more people with thyroid tumors. coming up, how better imaging

find smaller thyroid nodules. why a reporter is resigning from her job after she said she was assaulted at a donald trump event. >> new at 6:00, what we are

man who state cabinet ... linda coleman, our next lt. governor. i'm linda coleman, and i'm running for lt. governor because it's time to fight back, so our children don't have to do it all over again. i've fought to improve schools all my life. and now, i'm going to fight against the republicans in raleigh ... because we're in a fight to save everything we believe in. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions fm big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all,

will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. more people are being diagnosed with thyroid tumors.

not all those tumors are cancerous and not all should be treated. >> reporter: thanks to better imaging technology, doctors are finding smaller thyroid nodules more frequently. >> 60 to 70% of people have thyroid nodules. if you look, you will find something. >> reporter: but surgery to remost small nodules does not have an impact on saving lives. surgery simply wasn't necessary says dr. neil guildenner liebman. he says watchful waiting might be more appropriate or genetic testing of the growth if a biopsy can't determine whroots cancerous. >> reporter: 08% of patients who had these nodules would not have cancer and go to surgery anyway.

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a parking lot attendant at duke university is suing the university over a confrontation in august of 201-4678 shelby underwood said she was directing traffic after a football game when she was hit with a car and the driver yelled a aicial slur. he wrote her an apology. she is now sue fog a number of things including battery and duke will not comment on pending litigation. on the social scene, north carolinians are talking about donald trump. data provided exclusively to wral news from facebook shows more than 1.3 million users are talking about trump or have commented about him over the past month. those numbers are far greeter than any of another republicans. the next closest is ted cruz with 292 mentions. hillary clintoom ha66 meio. the news report are who says she was assaulted at a

resigned from the conservative web site. michelle fields says she just can't work for an organization that doesn't support her. the site's editor at large also resigned. and trump demands that police arrest the protester that were disrupting his rally is a big talker. it comes after several recent events. the cumberland county sheriff is considering whether to file charges against trump and wral's gilbert baez will have the latest on that investigation coming up at 6:00. hot air balloons will soon soar through the skies as we celebrate our nation's freedom and honor our military members. the second wral freedom balloonfest will take place memorial day weekend. the three-day event will require hundreds of volunteers. our julia sims is here to el you how to get involved. >> this is a festival that relies heavily on volunteers.

the army of helpers will do everything from direct traffic to festival set-up and clean-up for what is expected to be a spectacular weekend. the skies over fuquay-varina will be plenty colorful come memorial day weekend. >> it is kind of like wow! it takes your breath away. >> reporter: mayor john burns and others got a little taste of what it will be like as they kicked off a volunteer registration drive monday morning. >> it takes about 300 volunteers a day to put on a festival like this. so we have rallied our employees within the bank to help support and we are all looking for the community to help support. >> reporter: take a look. that support is starting to take shape along main street. >> i think it will just be fun. that is how we are seeing it. that is what i tell my staff. i mean it will be a fun time. >> reporter: edna expects a big bump in business because of giant balloons. the festival is expected to draw 80,000 people. that is a lot considering the population here is less than half that.

you walk down the street. you know people. you see people. >> reporter: so what can you expect? access to the 25 ache are fleming loop recreational park should be easier than last year. it is just one venue instead of two. there will be shuttles and trams to help everyone get around. and there is more. >> we have over 40 different food lines planned. so no mat are what your palate is, we have great things for you. we have 19 hours of live, mostly alcohol music. well. kids. appreciates fuquay-varina's small town feel but he tells us he is look forward to some big city excitement. >> my grandmother was a big lover of hot air balloons. i think it will be neat. >> reporter: and it will be nice that he doesn't have to go elsewhere to see the balloons. to volunteer, you can go online to wral freedom balloonfest.com.

honor mull trimembers and their families. admission is free. thank you. the voice wraps up its heads straight into the battle rounds. man always makes them happy >> these guys don't really sound like amateurs to me. that is a preview of one of the first battle team christina. pretty impressive. someone from our area will be in the blind auditions tonight. we know there is so much local talent here. we have heard it before. so pretty exciting to see who will be on the show tonight and can you watch and cheer on our local contestantwhoever that is, when the voice airs tonight at 8:00 on wral. that is fun to watch.

amateurs, don't look like amateurs. >> good for team christina. >> we have storms starting to pop up once again. this is new activity forming over durham and orange counties. before we go to the radar, nothing is severe so we'll take a look at the amazing pick of day. on try, i showed you the baby squirrels. when you open the door, everybody walks in. i had so many squirrel pictures sent to me. this is a rescued baby squirrel. judy huntsucker sent me the picture. that is her husband that is feeding the squirrel. judy says it was rescued from the mouth of a cat. >> whoa! >> just in time. >> where are the brothers and sisters? >> not sure. judy has three baby squirrels right now. she is a wildlife rehabber. later this evening when i have a chance, i'll take all the

album so to speak for our amazing pic of the day. thank you for sending in such a cute shot on this monday. it was quiet just a moment ago. new activities starting to pop up there some montgomery county and durham and orange counties. some beingtivity around smithfield and this is the new activity starting to fire up in durham county. no lightning strikes yet. but the stuff is piling up quickly. there is a whole lot of activity off to the west. the energy in the upper atmosphere that is going to come in and once that energy starts to move into our area, we'll see more showers and storms pop up. they do have the potential to be severe. here is futurecast as we republican through the evening. showers and thunderstorms at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. this is probably the peak time that we've seep them moving new the viewing area. there is midnight and thereafter, they would be moving out. if you are out and about this evening, perhaps go to some of your kids' ball games, be on the lookout for thunderstorms. you will have the wral weather app on your phone. if there is a warning for your

about it. during the day tomorrow, it looks pretty good. we'll have a drop in humidity. great weather for our primary election day. so our bottom line for the fitness forecast this evening, watch out for the thunderstorms firing up. mostly cloudy by 8:00. the temperature will hover around 70 after a high of 80 this afternoon. this is our temperature trend. 63 was the low this morning out at rdu. 08 was the high recorded at 2:52. tomorrow should be a few degrees cooler and less humid. 7 # at rdu. 80 in columbia. mild at boon. -- 75 at rdu. mild at boone. there are the showers and thunderstorms that have popped up. there is more activity off to the west. with our upper level disturbance coming on by, that is a cold pocket of air aloft w it moving across the area, the freezing level lowers and we'll see the primary threat out of the thunderstorms as we go through the evening. there is a threat. we see the yellow that are

the dark green is marginal. we'll see some big downpours. flooding. you get the idea from this threat map that the hail will be the primary threat. below that would be wind and thank you point not looking at a tornado threat this evening. issued yet. no tornado watchs. we could see a watch issued at some point this evening if the thunderstorm activity really starts to flair up. tomorrow morning, as we start cloudy. it is quiet. tomorrow looks really good. dry weather, 76. we gradually cool down into friday and the weekend and the potential exists for clouds on saturday. it could be a chilly rain. we could have a hard time getting into the low 50s if it is overcast and raining. you get the idea cooler weather is on wait back. >> no kidding. >> thank you. it is a staple in kitchen as cross the south, grits. >> coming up, our tarheel

stone happy grits made at barkley's mill. what make them unique and popular across the country. >> new developments this evening as a result of an assault at last week's trump rally in fayetteville. we broke this story on your mobile phone around 2:00. new at 6:00, gilbert baez explains why this assault could mean charges against donald trump himself.

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