standing in the front yard with a vehicle rounded the corner, fired shots leaving him fatally injured. he died just after arriving at the hospital. timothy stephens was treated and released. thee believe they were targeted. this does not appear to be random. they have not released any details. i can tell you very clearly this family wants answers. they believe that the shooter or shooters got the wrong person. they say there's no reason why they think david pound would have been targeted. they want answers. they tell me they're willing to do just go anything to get them -- do anything to get them. >> thank you for the latest information. >> our hearts go out to that family. police are investigating a deadly early morning hit-and- run it happened after 2:00 in the morning in the 6800 block.

the pickup truck was left at the scene. it had a north carolina tag. here it is, bjp1906. anyone with information about this is asked to call police. the name of the victim has not been released. troopers say a motorcyclist was speeding when he ran into the back of a pickup truck on i- 40. it happened last night in morrisville near airport boulevard. the bike ran off the road and the rider, 43-year-old luck bell was killed. at least nine firefighters were injured at the scene of a natural gas explosion it happened in seattle about 5:00 am, our time; about 7 hours ago. the explosion destroyed at least two businesses. as michael reports, some think it was a gas leak. reporter: 9 firefighters injured in automatic of this rushed to the hospital. it happened shortly after 1:00 this morning. firefighters are responding to

when they arrived, about a half hour after that is when the explosion occurred it could be heard and felt for miles. >> it started headaching and stopped. i heard sirens and i looked out exploded. >> a lot of businesses had their windows blown out. that's only minor damage in comparison to what could have happened. reporter: it's an extensive scene. of those nine firefighters, two of them have been released. we understand that their conditions are getting better. the ones remaining there in the hospital, we are not talking about life-threatening conditions for these firefighters. that's the very latest here in seattle. nbc news. the seattle fire chief said gas was still leaking at the site earlier this morning, but there was no immediate danger to the public.

clinton and donald trump expanded their delegate count in tuesday's primaries. their closest competitors say they have no plans to throw in the towel. on the democratic side, bernie sanders pulled off an upset in michigan. for rep ans trump took the biggest prizes of the night while ted cruz won by 20 points. reporter: bernie sanders pulled off an upset in michigan democratic primary tuesday. >> i just want to take this opportunity to thank the people of michigan. reporter: hillary clinton won big in mississippi but boasted about the campaign she and sanders are making is about results, not insults. >> we have our differences, which you can see with the debate, but i'll tell you what. those differences pail in

on the republican side. reporter: the debate tonight in miami in preparation for next tuesday's primaries. >> it alls comes down to florida, doesn't it. reporter: florida is where marco rubio's last stand may be. it he -- if he loses to donald trump who won three out of four tuesday and wants gop leadership back off their anti trump campaign. >> i want them to embrace it we will win the election easily. reporter: but ted cruz won idaho and thinks he'll one more next week. >> if you want to beat donald trump, i'm the only one that can do it. reporter: the cruz campaign re- - received a boost picking up carly fiorina. >> donald trump has a really in

today, trump's son and daughter- in-law dropped by wral. they say he's a bracive on the campaign trail, but he's a kind loving father behind the scenes. laura grew up in wilmington and went to nc state. she made a programs when -- promise when he entered the race. >> i guarantee him we will win north carolina. it's on me to win now. i obviously -- any excuse to out. >> she night be out -- might be out of the family. no pressure, honey. >> and after the interview, the trump had a canine encounter. they brought out their miniature beagle charlie. look for our coverage in our latest newscast. hillary clinton about visit the triangle tomorrow. she'll hold an event at hillside high school at 3:15 in the afternoon.

then at 5:45, clinton will be at another high school. if you want to go to either website. we have a link on www.wral.com. form first lady nancy reagan will play repose today and tomorrow ahead of her funeral set for friday. scheduled to attend. mrs. reagan died sunday at her home in los angeles. she will be buried at the library next to her husband ronald reagan. if you wanted to feel love, you should have been at fort bragg earlier today. hugs and tears everywhere that's because the paratroopers returned home from iraq this morning. >> these are always our favorite stories. families reunited after months of -- months of deployment. we are live on post to show us these reunions. gilbert.

i can sum this up in one word. jubilation. soldiers will be away for nine months. the welcome back speech was this long and hugs and kisses they were that long. at the nine months away from home, this is what it's all about, the captain broke the world record of a hug around his wife's neck. >> she wanted to get some tv time. that's what it is. reporter: it worked. here's the whole family on tv. pride. >> some of these kids, a smile is all it takes. i missed them. it's time to catch up. reporter: this is a story about a homecoming. let me take you back nine months. this lieutenant's son was just 11 days old when he left. the young lieutenant can't believe how much he's grown. >> it's hard to leave my wife, control.

reporter: then there's the williams family who's son is his dad is back. >> he had a birthday since he's been gone, our anniversary, my transition from the military and a couple other things. reporter: the pair troopers spent the past nine months from the war zone. all of them came back alive. >> it's a violent place, mother res and rock blankets and suicide bombers. it's getting betterrer day -- every day. reporter: a lot better today here for the families. they are back here at fort bragg. they will get the next four days off and then they will come back to work on monday, stay here in process and then they'll be off for two big weeks. >> so much time apart from their families and now it's

so good to see them all together again. gilbert is live in fayette. >> i what a happy group there. they served our country while suddenying abroad. >> what we're learning about the student was there for the stabbings. a mother's plea for help. two young students collaborate to make a car by girl power. elizabeth. it's beautiful weather this afternoon, much like for this week so far. there's our tower camera. blue skies, a little bit of cloud cover. we'll talk about when those

back. an american student is dead after and he his wife were stabbed during a series of attacks in israel. the attack happened just as vice president joe biden touched down in israel for meetings with leaders. as kelly reports, the american was an mba student who served with u.s. army in iraq and afghanistan. reporter: a blood baton the front promenade. tourists were at, commuters on started. stained red. the man with the knife was caught on cell phone video running down the seaside street trying to stab drivers stuck in traffic. it took 20 minutes to stop him. witnesses tried to help. >> there was a man on the floor. he received stab wounds here.

at the hospital. the 29-year-old veteran was studying business at vanderbilt university. he was on a school trip. he was one of three attacks by palestinians across israel in over a hour and a half tuesday the worst day of violence in weeks. vice president joe biden meeting with the prime minister today was just a mile from the stabbing where he was killed. >> my wife and two check grandchildren and granddaughter are having dinner on the beach not very far from where that happened. time. reporter: the vice president says the u.s. stands firmly itself. they sent his condolences and the victims' families. back to you. the rest of the class are home. a british pack backer is lucky to be alive after fighting off an attempted rape

police in sidney, australia say the woman suffered multiple stab wounds. the victim was taken to the hospital where she had surgery on a punctured lung. the suspect who suffered severe chest injuries was arrested after a short foot pursuit. he remains under police guard. ferguson city council members have taken the first step to settle a lawsuit with the department of justice. the council modified the original deal to overhaul the police department in the court system with the doj earlier this month. that prompted a lawsuit from justice officials. last night, city council members approved a pack without changes. arizona police are looking for the driver caught on camera hitting an 8-year-old boy with a car. the boy had just gotten off the school bus and was crossing the street on a state board when the car went around the bus, knocking the boy to the ground. authorities say the driver took off.

vehicle knows it hit somebody because they hit their brake lights and then they take off. >> that was a very hard hit, and you need to come forward. >> the child escaped with his life. he has scapes and a fractured foot. police are hoping surveillance video will help. >> they ought to be ashamed of them selves. california highway patrol jumped into action when a car caught fire with children inside. it happened in monterey. this man was behind the wheel when it caught fire. one woman got out while he reached in to pull two children out. after the kids were safe, the officers had to convince the driver to get out of the car. the driver eventually climbed over the console and out on the passenger's side. all four family members were treated for smoke inhalation and are doing fine. an important lesson for north carolina school children. as part of severe weather awareness week, students across

during a tornado warning. we watched as children demonstrated their knowledge at the elementary school. during the drill, students took shelter in school hallways away from windows and away from roof span. >> it's going to help because you already know what to do when this happens. >> what about what's one more hazard from a tornado? >> north carolina averages nine tornadoes a year. spring is peak tornado season and just two weeks ago, today a tornado outbreak here. but today it's like model weather day, put it in a container and pull it out in >> yes. not humid. it's really warm.

the pollen isn't out yet. >> shame on you. it will get warmer in another month or so, but we'll have the pollen and then get into me and mosquitoes start to come out. that's always something. right now. lets head over to roxboro and check out the blue sky and cloud cover. we'll see this on and off, but today. that's likely to dissipate as we get into the afternoon today and tomorrow both look beautiful in terms of our weather conditions. then friday and into the weekend we'll see more gray sky than blue and talk about why that's going to happen and how long that pattern sticks around in the next couple of minutes. our winds are southwest at 14 miles per hour. it is blustery. we have gusts up to 25 miles per hourment it's windy out there. it's a warm wind.

the humidity is 51%. it's 72 in south hills. 74 in ranty mount. 74 in fayetteville. temperatures have not finance ished -- finished warming up. our normal high temperature for today is 63. so we're talking about temperatures at least 15 degrees above normal and we're going to see that even when the clouds thicken up over the weekend. even though we have the chance of hours, our temperatures remain in the 70s. 72 saturday, 74 on sunday. a lot -- about a 30% chance of sunday. here's why all of this is going to change. we have high pressure sitting right here and it's exerting insurance influence westward back to the mississippi valley. high pressure systems are sinking and that really keeps a lot of clouds and precipitation from forming. we have a cold front back to the west. ahead of this front we have a line of stronger thunderstorms

wee en this for the last day or two. this is a solo moving front. the bottom edge of this is probably going to end up sticking around down south for a while. it toples over toward north carolina. we call that a backdoor. instead of this front coming from west to east, it's going to drop in on us from the north and stall there. that's what's going to start to bring us our changes in our weather. we can see that pretty well here on future cast. we're -- we'll take you out to the afternoon. a mings of sun and clouds. we'll see cloud cover tomorrow dissipates quickly. toward our area. you can see the precipitation up through the ohio valley and then all this begins to sink toward north carolina' as we get into the day on friday. we've a few showers. this will stall and we'll start to have some of these low pressure system riding up along that front of that will bring us scattered showers saturday and sunday. these will be small systems riding through.

weekend. the timing of this looks like maybe a little one comes through on saturday and a larger one late saturday into sunday. 79 for today and tomorrow. of course we've had a quick warm-up. mild. on saturday, even though it's going to rain, i think it won't rain out the parade. it starts at 10:00 a.m. temperature of about 60 degrees and even though we have showers in the forecast for the weekend, we're not talking about a lot of rain. through sunday night, our precipitation will be anywhere from maybe 1/10 to 1/2 an inch. our warm layer continues into next week and coming up we're going to talk a little bit more about these warm temperatures. >> spring has sprung. >> thank you. technology in new cars is constantly advancing. ha about the tires. >> coming up, good year is

tire for self-driving cars. we'll tell you if and whack expect to see them on store shelves. we introduce you to some young ladies who used girl power instead of power tools to build a car. today in our 4:00 newscast after the acc tournament matchup, wral jeff will join us live from dc. he'll have the latest on the tournament action. and many of you know five on your side -- five on your side trains service dogs. maybe you've seen the service dog in training. tonight at 6:00, monica shows us how these highly trained and

blue stone is expanding its tire plant. the tire company is investing

update machinery over a five- year period. the 42-year-old plant produces about 3,000 tires a day. the upgrades should allow them to increase production from 32 to 35,000 fires a -- tires a day by 2018. good year is working on a tire designed for self-driving cars. the manufacturer says the tire would be able to move in any direction and and a half date tight spaces like parking spots and city traffic. the tires would connect to the car using magnetic levitation. the company admits the tire is a good phrase becoming reality. that's wild. speaking of wheels, a lucky group of kids is getting ready to start their engines. crystal joins an all girl team about what it took to build their car. reporter: these two girls test drive their wheel.

they came out okay. reporter: after countless stretches, trial and errors. >> we came up with something we both liked. reporter: six weeks later, their hard work paid off. they're ready for racing. >> we had to figure out all the dimensions and the exact measurements of the car. reporter: working together they've learned a few things. >> gluing the wood. >> i can actually make and fix the things that i want to and i don't just throw them out anymore. reporter: elementary to high schoolers are getting hands-on experience using digital fabrication machines like this one, a computer controlled cutter. >> proud mother is all smiles. >> it was an amazing experience for them. they learned that they could take their ideas and then actually make them into something solid and real. reporter: this project is giving these home schooled girls a chance to put all their academic knowledge to use. >> a lot of algebra, but it's

i think good thinking skills. reporter: but that's not all. >> making it by. reporter: science and botany played a key role. >> how much sunlight they have to have. it's been a bit of an adventure. i wasn't expecting that out of it. reporter: and now they're ready to roll. >> great work. it adds a whole element to the cars. >> i thought we only saw that around the holidays. >> still growing. some called it the pride to progress, but those who lived near a road widening project will pay the bulk of the tab. >> why some say the project could bring more traffic and more noise. and how pediatricians could

childhood change could be on the way for the north hills area. the city council is considering changes on 6 forks road. >> we are live from six forks road to explain what's coming our way. reporter: let me show you what this is all about. it's about traffic here on six forks road. at why many believe change is needed. lets go over a few numbers to put this in perspective. about 48,000 cars drive through here every single day. as for the number of accidents, it's more than two times the crash rate for a road of this size. concern a lot of people could agree that change must come to the road area especially because more traffic is expected.

developed. city council looking agent a multi-million dollar plan that would widen the road. but a lot of people have questions about this plan. the debate is when should really be done about this? so many wonder should it include a bus lane or have bike lanes? what about the speed limit? so what we did is we walked around the area with one of the neighbors this morning. his name is patrick martin. he says widening six forks is not the solution. >> there's going to be -- we're going to be overcome by the noise, the trash, the stench, and then not being able to -- there's going to be so much traffic, it's difficult for people get onto six forks. we all use six forks. everybody has cars. reporter: so martin believes that instead of widening the road, the city should be focused on efforts to have citizens do more carpooling. one more thing he mentioned, i want to point out there is a

school right here at this intersection, and he says more traffic in an area with so many schools could really be dangerous for the children who walk to school every day. pack to you -- back to you. >> thank you very much. there's a hearing today about a north carolina law that expand the the -- expanded the number of employees governor mccrory could hire and fire at will. the state court of appeals will hear whether it under cuts civil service protection that allow workers to keep their jobs as political winds shift. a judge ruled the law was unconstitutional. another county is putting in god we trust decals on its -- decals on the patrol vehicles. church donations are paying for the changes. so far about 50 patrol cars have been did he called at $25 a pop. critics say putting them on publicly funded patrol cars

the sheriff made the decision and wasn't required to get authorization from the county commit commissioners. rutherford county in the foothills and halifax county to the north use the decals. durham county may vote to force dog owners to scoop up after their pets. a proposed ordinance would require residents to pick up any waste left on public property in parks or on private property that was not theirs. it is up for a vote later this month. the conversation started late last year and if approved there would be a six-month grace period before enforcing it. experts believe dogs produce more than 35,000 pounds of waste every day in durham county alone. a statewide amber alert is active for a 15-year-old girl. the brevard police department is looking for dixie bailey. she's five feet four inches tall and 114 pounds. she has brown hair with orange streaks and blue eyes. the 15-year-old was last seen

pullover, tights, and cowboy boots. neighbors are being hailed at heroes this monk for rescuing a man from a fire. it broke out shortly after 5:30 last night in an apartment. people who live above the apartment spotted smoke and told another number who called 911 then realizing the man who lived there was not coming out. three neighbors went into the out. >> he was in the kitchen with his back against the cabinets. smoke was -- we couldn't see in there. i'm not going to lie. it was scary. >> these three gentlemen who went in and pulled him out did that without protective gear, without any kind of equipment, and they truly risked their lives to save this man. >> the man they rescued was taken to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. his name has not been released. raleigh firefighters say

caused that fire. a new survey highlights the impact of parents reading has on children. after the break, what you should be doing to give your

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coverage you can count on. after a long hard day at work, some parents may not feel like reading a bedtime story to their children. a new study reveals that is time well spent. less than half of parents read out lout to -- out loud to their children and only 34% read 15 minutes. researchers say reading allowed should begin at birth. it helps literacy skills. an estimated one in five children in the u.s. lives blow the poverty line. research shows poor children are at a higher risk of chronic disease, injury, and behavior problems. the american academy of pediatrics recommends doctors ask parents or care gives whether they're able to make ends meet. if they do not have adequate

can refer families to community resources. teaching requires patience. special education teachers need more. in partnership with the education team, we found a teach whole fits the bill. reporter: there's a lot of action that just happened in two -- reporter: yenfer offers one-on-one instruction to these students. >> would you read for us loud and proud? they have an individualized education plan which is paced -- based on their needs which is very unique to each student. >> it's a delicate jugglingability keeping them on task based on their ability yet in step with the rest of the case. >> i think we've come so far and they know the classroom routine. they know ho to interact with each other. i'm excited about where we're going. tell me an emotion he might be feeling now. reporter: they will stay with her for several years or as long as necessary. >> but it helps to pass facilitate a close relationship between them and myself as well

that we are a partnership together and that's what he thought, didn't he? >> i think i know what kind of insect it is. reporter: that's not her ultimate goal. >> ultimately, i want them to never need me. i want them to be able to be in a classroom and never need extra support or never need any extra help. reporter: until that happens, they have a dedicated professional in their corner every step of the way. >> this is what i've always wanted to do. this is the calling that i'm i've answered. this is what i'm supposed to do. reporter: with our teacher of the week, gerald owens wral news. >> to see our other teachers, go to www.wral.com and search teacher of the week. doctors have been using pumps on patients with failing hearts since the late '940s. >> now there is a smaller smaller and more efficient model coming up. we'll sprain how it works. more airline passengers balk at flight delays. what some passengers are singing the praises after very

view w heart pumps continue to improve. a smaller unit called the heart mate 3 is currently under clinical trial and already saving lives. kathy -- cathy marshall reports how it's helping the first recipient in the state of oregon. >> ten years ago, i got really sick because heart failure and

reporter: linda couldn't even sit up in bed eight weeks ago. >> she was in severe heart failure. she was very short of breath, couldn't walk very far. reporter: at the cardiovascular institute, they would decide she would be the first in oregon to get the heart mate 3. >> it sits like a hockey puck on the tip of the heart. reporter: the -- >> the stares were really difficult before. reporter: climbing stares. >> i've always been up for just about anything. reporter: conversing with family, lind is getting her life back but still depends on more than a dozen medications and a battery pack to keep the heart mate 3 pumping. >> i either have to be on battery or plugged into the wall. it's unbelievable what enough oxygen and blood can do for you it was state of the art eat it. reporter: doctors have been using pumps on patients with failing hearts since the late '940s. >> this pump would be positioned like this in the body and the longevity was very poor. reporter: in 2008, a more

now there's the trial for the heart mate 3, smaller yet and doctors hope more efficient and safe. >> gentler to the blood so it reacts hopefully better with the patient's blood to cause less damage and less clotting. reporter: ohsu is one of 60 centers in the trial for the heart mate 3. doctors need collect data on 1,000 patients with life-threatening symptoms like linda. >> so had she not been a candidate for this pump, we would have been talking about hospice. >> i feel ten years lunger -- younger. i will never be able to thank them enough. reporter: linda way consider a heart transplant, but for now she's contend relying on the heart mate 3. people across parts of asia enjoyed a sight overnight. it captured a tote many eclipse. this happens when the moon passes in front of the sun.

and the next one will not happen there for another 33 years, about 40 million people across three time zones were able to view the event. we'll get to see one here in north carolina hopefully in august of next year, not this, next year smart alaska air lane passengers got quite the treat. the pilots delayed a flight out of anchorage so they could get a view of the total eclipse. the crew departed 25 minutes later than originally scheduled. thanks to that decision, the passengers have a memory that will last a lifetime. >> i would hope no one was complaining about that delay. look what they saw. >> they were going from alaska to honolulu. what is there to explain about? >> absolutely nothing. >> does anyone have a frown on their face headed to hawaii? >> i don't think so. >> only when they leave. >> that's different. >> i would be just as happy to go to alaska.

i would keep going back and forth. >> they've got the iditarod going on. it should be a few more days and we'll see who the winner is. they had to ship snow in to get the race started. they were low on snow as well. so this el nino having impacts all over the world. our impact is generally wetter than normal conditions but yesterday we were talking about the fact that we're actually an inch below normal for the year since january 1st. i was spiesed to see that. we don't have much rain in the forecast for the next seven days. we'll talk about when it will arrive coming up. spring in the gardens right now. we, of course, invite to you come stroll the wral gardens at any time. they're open during daylight hours year-round. they are most spectacular in about a month it may be a little less than that as it's

the assail i can't see, about 100 varieties and theyy through the fool bloom in april. it is a gorgeous site. we tend to have a lot of visitors then. we welcome you. it's about that time that we see the yellow tree pollen. this is not the yellow pine pollen, but we do have high pollen count for trees. juniper, psych residence, and elm. if you're starting to notice that, yes, it is that time of year already. soon as it starts to warm up, we get into that allergy season. 74 in fayetteville. wilmington, 66. it's ten degrees cooler than it is. i guarantee you if you were in which wilmington and you go out to the beach, it's 10 degrees colder there. the water temperatures right now are in the upper 50s to 60 and with the air coming from the water, it's very chilly at the beach right now. you go about three or four miles inland and temperatures are 10 degrees warmer. in boone and ash trail --

as on the beaches. we're dealing with plenty of sunshine. we're going to talk about the warm air and the fact it's going tooling ear cross north carolina. we have our front that's back leer to the west. we talked about this about 30 minutes or so ago. that front, of course, producing severe weather. to the east, we're nice and warm. and this front folds in half into north carolina by friday. we stay in the warm sector of that storm. we don't get into that colder even though it will slip southward and bring us rain, we don't see that front slipping eastward and bridging us colder air. you can see that all the way through friday, saturday, sunday we stay in the warm color contours in the reds and yellows. so does a huge chunk of the country. finally we get to about the middle of next week and we start to see some cold air diving southward. it doesn't have much of an effecter ounce. we see other parts of the country cooling down by next weekend, not this weekend, but next weekend.

we start to see that front edging closer to us. you can see little chance of rain with that front. we were talking about the fact that saturday may bring us showers. if you find yourself in rain and looking at gist about 30% chance f you're looking for an indoor activity, it's amphibian day at the museum of natural sciences. it starts at 9:00, upper 50s at noon. about 66 and then we'll see a high of -- high of 74 and we were talking about this all week. we go back to daylight savings time this weekend. set your clock ahead one hour and change the batteries in your smoke detector and the 70s continue into next week for all of us spring lovers. >> love that streak. i'm going to read this because i love my producer. this is the script. lots of people love their jobs, but a zookeeper may have the exuberance to top them all.

>> coming up, how the unexpected loss of one animal led to the adoption of another. speaking of adoption, how about keeping our -- our pet of the day. we'll have more on that. here are the winning mega

the mega ball staff at a zoo inned in are -- in north dakota are going leaps and bounds beyond their duties. >> one zookeeper is even jumping in as a full-time mom in the orphan kangaroo competition. we have the story. reporter: zookeeper visits a kangaroo enclosure, the rues expect a treat. now, she is hopping into a

>> it's not the normal. reporter: meet barkley, the joey's mother died. now she is taking the orphan into her pouch. >> at 3:00 in the morning, i got a call saying to come down and grab your baby. so that's when i became a mom. reporter: she wears a flannel pouch and sling custom fitted by another staffer. >> most of the development happens in the pouch where a lot of our development happens in the womb. reporter: for the next six months she'll be attached at the hip to her modeled closely during daily duties. >> i'm working all the time i have a baby to take care of. reporter: the first timer is bonding with her adoptive baby like a real mother, too. >> every day is something different. she's getting a personality. it's really fun. it's a cool experience. reporter: it's a critical time for the joey at this stage she has just a one in four shot at survival. staff are hoping for a happy ending.

we're trying our best. >> the zoo opens for the 2016 season on april the 23rd. the baby will not join the canning radios in exhibit until next year. we are rooting for barkley and how awesome. >> they are trying everything they can, obviously. >> talking like a mom. she's doing great. hem owe, carmen. how are you today. >> i'm excellent. how would you like to be mom and dad to keaton. he is five months old. he is neutered and up to date on all his vaccines. he's microchipped and he is ready to go for his forever home. he is -- you can come visit him at cat angels 3:00 to 6:00 thursday and friday or 12:00 to 4:00 on saturday and that is at 959 north harrison avenue in cary in the north woods market shopping center. >> he's all dressed up in his

>> very handsome. >> and he loves to show it off. >> looking good. >> he's a real love. >> that's the pet adoption. thank you, carmen. i appreciate that so much. that's for our noon news. >> i don't know about you, but

tune in this >> wendy: coming up, bible studies in unlikely places. >> it is kind of an oasis in a sea of problems down here. >> wendy: meet the man who is preaching the gospel in the halls of government. >> it is not partisan. i would say jesus died for all, and he loves both sides of the aisle. >> wendy: plus...get ready for fight night with the former welterweight champion of the world. >> we have speed and power. >> wendy: shawn porter

>> it is not shawn porter doing that. it's god. >> wendy: on today's "700 club." >> pat: well, we're watching an amazing thing unfolding before us. it is called an election. and an unlikely candidate who has been beat up by everybody seems to be unstoppable. the donald scored three more wins in the republican primaries yesterday. and he captured the biggest prize of the day, which was michigan. >> terry: yes. also in michigan, democratic senator bernie sanders won a shocking upset over hillary clinton. george thomas brings us this look at where the race stands after tuesday's primaries. >> george: the trump train keeps on steam rolling ahead. >> thank you very ch everyone. this was an amazing evening. >> george: the