suddenly last month, leaving the court split. that's why this is controversial. senate republicans say the next president should choose the deciding vote and vowed not to even hold confirmation meetings. >> the american people deserve the opportunity during this election year to weigh in. >> reporter: this morning, the senate's top democrat urge them to consider the nominee. >> he is doing his job this morning, they should do theirs. >> reporter: judge garland, a moderate clinton appointee has a track record f republicans to pour over, that could hurt him. the last time he was confirmed, 32 republicans who supported him. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> in the latest nbc wall street journal poll, more americans than not that they want to see a vote on the nominee this year. 55% said they disapprove of republicans trying to block it.

presidential campaign is clear today. hillary clinton and donald trump scored big wins in multiple states and increased their delegate lead to the democratic and republican nominating contest. >> reporter: donald trump moved statistically closer to the republican nomination for president in tuesday's primaries, now pleading for unity. >> the fact is we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump one in illinois, north carolina and florida, marking knocker rubio -- marking -- knocking marco rubio out of the race. john kasich easily beat trump in ohio. >> i will not take the low road to the highest office in the lab. >> and told "the today show" by

intervention appears likely. that will not bode well for trump or ted cruz. >> the bigger probability is that they cannot win a general election. >> reporter: trump told cnn this morning if he is denied the nomination bad things would happen and his supporters would riot. >> this is another super tuesday for our campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton who swept bernie sanders and all five states has her sights set on trump for november. >> our commander in chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrassed it. >> reporter: sanders isn't budging and predicted victory when primaries move west next tuesday, especially in arizona. >> we can make real change. >> reporter: chris clackum, nbc news. turnout in north carolina in the primary was 35%. that is the same as 2012 and slightly lower than 2008. the last time the presidential race was wide open. wral capital bureau chief, laura leslie, has been looking

take a look at the top races. >> reporter: it was yesterday, i should say. hillary clinton won the state 55% to bernie sanders who had 41%. if we look closer, we can see where those votes came in for these two. sorry about that, guys. there we go. think this is really interesting. anyway, moving ahead, bernie sanders had a lot of votes in the western part of the state. he also won orange county, new hanover county and dare county. counties statewide. on the republican side, you can see donald trump took the vast majority of the counties in the state, but ted cruz with 37% actually did really well across the triad and triangle, some areas in the east and a stretch around asheville in the west. he came in at 37% in north carolina to donald trumps 40%. looking ahead at other races

nomination, incumbent richard burr, defeated his challenger. on the democratic side, the winner was deborah ross by a large martian who defeated -- margin who defeated others for that nomination. looking at the gubernatorial races, roy cooper, incumbent, easily defeating can spalding on the republican side, and of course, pat mccrory easily reading his opponents. on the democratic race for the lieutenant governor, this was going to be a tight one but did not end up being tied at all in the end. linda coleman who ran in 2012 against incumbent republican dan forrest will get a matchup. she won 51% of the vote over challengers. today is the beginning of the special primary for u.s. house

court districts and ash piling for the races begin today, that primary will be held june 7. >> what a year to keep you busy, laura leslie. >> no vacation. a big win for the connect nc bond. voters overwhelmingly approved money for higher education construction projects, parks and the national guard. the state will raise money through long-term low-interest borrowing with no new taxes. governor pat mccrory is stopping at several locations in the state to thank voters. wral's brian shrader joins us live from jordan state park where the governor spoke this morning. >> reporter: just a little while ago, reni. the campers here at jordan lake are going to be able to enjoy some new amenities. a big $3 million project to renovate campgrounds and add some electrical hookups. one of many bond projects that the money will help fund. governor mccrory was out earlier this morning to celebrate the big victory , that big two billion-dollar bond passed by an overwhelming margin. it's going to go to a wide

the state to address infrastructure concerns. again, it passed 221 yesterday, it is a celebration today. >> a decision thwarted by republicans and democrats, east to west, piedmont areas of the state, we showed that the state can come together during very divisive political times and i am very proud of that. >> reporter: let's break down where the money is gone. most of it, more than $1 billion will go to unc schools and college campuses around the state. others will pay for state park improvements, national guard readiness centers and a new africa pavilion at the north carolina zoo as well as other improvements at the zoo. the rest of the money will go to local, water and sewer projects. supporters said it was a no- brainer in their mind because the interest rates are so low, now is the time to borrow money

of them say really needed to be addressed quickly. the governor says the hardest part of this may be yet to come and starting later today beginning at 4:00 on wral news, we'll tell y what is on his mind and when we could start to see the money flowing. back to you. >> once that money flows it sounds like it will be a big impact, thanks. briashrader at jordan lake state park. durham police identified a man shot and killed overnight. symoud lewis was fatally shot in the 500 block of hardee street around 2:00 this morning. police have not mentioned a motive for the shooting, and so far, no arrests have been made. nash county deputies are trying to find a person who morning. we are told someone went inside the bank on east finch avenue and took off. authorities have not released a subscription test -- description of the suspect. a north carolina man who spent two decades in prison for a crime he did not commit committed suicide.

inflicted gunshot wound. winston-salem police found him dead in his car sunday. he made national headlines when he was exonerated in 2004. dna evidence showed he was wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of a newspaper copy editor. he spent 19 years in prison for the crime. friends say he had cancer and struggle to pay medical bills. fayetteville police want your help finding a murder suspect. they say david soles is the man who shot henry porter and his son, henry porter junior. the senior porter died from injuries, his son was taken to the hospital. goldsboro police are searching for a suspect after a 28-year-old man was found shot to death. drive yesterday afternoon to check out a report of shots they found clinton took a nearby with gunshot wounds. where he died from injuries. suspect. house fires in the first

eastern north carolina. the red cross is asking for donations to help families. representatives say on average in the past two weeks, fires have destroyed the homes of five families per day. make a donation by visiting www.redcross.org. next at noon, deadly explosions at a nigerian mosque leave dozens of people dead. >> eyewitnesses describe two separate plastic that went off as worshipers try to run to safety. what investigators are saying about a police hit list created by isis hackers. it has been dubbed metro mageddon. when crews expect to have the operations up and run again for the metro system. take a look at the tall tower camera, looking west in the skies. all of that sunshine will help

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school killing 150 people in many victims were children. russia's defense ministry said another group of aircraft left the russian airbase in syria and returned home. latest activity comes two days after russian president, vladimir putin, ordered the military to withdraw most of its fighting forces in syria, signaling an end to russia's 5 1/2 month air campaign. >> reporter: isis hackers are coming responsibility for releasing a hit list of minnesota police officers. the so-called kill list addresses and phone numbers were dozens of officers across the state. investigators say hackers may have taken personal information by members who had requested a code for auto insurance, for example. the fpa -- the fbi is got the information. a suspect was shot by arizona police after pulling a

police in tucson say a man was confronting them with a knife. at least two officers opened fire. the suspect was taken to the hospital, no officers were hurt. not in service. the nation's second largest subway system, that is because officials in washington dc shut down the metro subway after a fire in a rail line tunnels. crews are inspecting the systems power cables, the system will remain closed until 5:00 tomorrow morning. federal employees in washington were given the option to take the day off for work at hundred historic flooding in texas forced thousands of people to evacuate homes. four days of heavy runs -- rain pushed the sabine river over its banks. the governor of texas will tour the area today, he has already issued a disaster declaration across much of the southeast part of the state. in illinois viewer captured impressive video of what looked like a funnel cloud forming just overhead.

video taken in the town of bushnell, a passerby shot this ominous storm cloud as tornado warning sirens blared in the background. wizard of oz. wow, you can see the powerful debris. to the left, a little hit of there were no reports of injuries. >> a distinct swirl there. >> that is a dark cloud. goodness gracious. in march, we get all kinds of wild weather, we also get glorious weather like today. >> we do. we are having the glorious kind of weather and ironically the first official day of the spring we have some of the grossest weather that we have had in weeks. let's take a look at what's happening. starting off with the camera over in durham. it is beautiful. it's only a matter of, what,

home opener over there at the dbap. it looks like they are already. take a look at the durham skycam, it's beautiful, temperatures are warm. today will be a fantastic day for the home opener, april 7 i believe is the first home game and by then who knows what will be happening. we do have a flip-flopping weather this time of year, beautiful, sunny warm weather, chilly wet weather. we will keep our fingers crossed for the home opener at dbap. 76 is the current temperature, hour, dewpoint 57, humidity 52%. it is moderate but not high. s. hill. town by town, 76 sanford, 79 smithfield, 83 degrees already in fayetteville, temperatures down south likely to climb up easily into the mid-80s. i finally noticed it, i finally saw a hint of it may be a day or so ago. i went out to my car and had a wonderful visit with students up in north raleigh which we

but, i saw the yellow haze on the hood of my car. tree pollen has been high for the last couple of weeks but a lot of those days it was cyprus, elm, and cedar. this week it has gone to oak and pine, that yellow pollen is starting to make its presence known out there. boy, it makes a mess. i need to bring my cushions in from my outdoor furniture. here is what is happening with weather, we have a cold front reaching out, but behind it much cooler. temperatures are about 10 degrees cooler, that's what we will see tomorrow. a drop in the temperature. it will be a beautiful day, but it will be noticeably cooler. as that front moves across, there will be a pound of cloud cover, some computer models want to show the potential for isolated shower or thunderstorm, maybe some severe weather to the north and east. futurecast continues to insist it will be all dry.

another front drops in bringing another shot of cold air friday, and the temperatures keep on dropping. as we head through the weekend into early next week. 83 degrees, our high temperature for this afternoon, taking a look at marginal risk for severe weather, just in the north wiest county. northampton, halifax, edgecomb, nash county, not out of the question but our chances are pretty slim. large hail, wind damage and again, a very slim chance of that. tomorrow, 10 degrees cooler at 73 versus 83. that 83 puts us close to a record high. tomorrow at lunchtime, 68, 73 for the high for st. patrick's day. if you are out still wearing the green at 8:00 p.m., expect upper 60s. mid-sixties frid, this is a big drop, 83 to 73 to 66 to 60 degrees. of course on sunday, looking at some chilly air, we start off at 42, ending up with a chance

not a lovely day by any means. behind that front, it's going to be chilly, too. 57 on monday with sunshine. it's going to feel cold. almost 30 degrees colder than what we are at today. morning lows are significant, 35 degrees monday, 30 degrees tuesday morning. we get down below freezing. the normal is 41, record low 22. our average latest breeze around here is the first or second week of april. that is still a good three weeks away. so, we have been talking about that. it is not time to start planting, yet. we could still see freezing temperatures. >> some people have already put some in the ground. >> it is tempting with the warm temperatures. always good to check and see what the average latest breeze is. sony announces new plans to release its new virtual reality system. >> find out when the

going to call it, goes on sale and how much you will have to shell out to have one of your own. and, talk of a new "indiana jones" returning to the big screen. while harrison ford returned to his role? today at four clock on wral a popular instant messaging app has captured the attention of the federal government. data privacy concerns users should know about. a condition impacting millions of people in the u.s. three different tests can determine if you are diabetic.

team's dr. alle starbucks is celebrating the return of spring with a limited edition drinks, cherry blossom frappucino. it is a mix of strawberries and cream with cherry and white chocolate on top.

20, the first day of spring. starbucks stores in japan have offered this version of the beverage since 2010. it is making his first appearance in u.s. chipotle says it will likely require the first quarterly loss ever for the first three months of this year. february sales were down 26% compared to the year before. that is an improvement over january. they face a criminal investigation into an e. coli outbreak. the restaurant is considering raising prices due to additional food safety protocols in the restaurants. and, chipotle m\nchen aggressive marketing campaign to win back customers. the fcc is reportedly moving closer to improve and charter communications, $56 million takeover of time warner cable. the wall street journal says regulators will likely impose conditions such as requiring charter to upgrade service. the deal would create the nation's second-largest cable and internet company after

the parent of nbc universal. sony announced new information about the launch of its new playstation virtual- reality system. it will go on sale in october for the price of $399. the company previously said it would go on sale in june. sony says it wants to ensure there are enough units on sale and it has a wide variety of software. the playstation vr works with the playstation 4 consol. michael jackson's estate sold its interest in a massive catalog to sony. the sony atv catalog includes works with artists such as the beatles and bob dylan. it does not include jackson's master recordings or the rights to songs he wrote. and if the shares are jackson's mother and children. "indiana jones" making a comeback. disney announces harrison ford will return for a fifth adventure. the film will reunite the actor with director steven spielberg. he played the role of professor

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