like earlier this morning. you can see this coming up. it has been a mess here at rdu international as well where arielle clay is live. >> reporter: the line has gone down just a little bit here at rdu. earlier it was the longest i have seen ever at rdu since i have been living here. the line was more than 100 people deep at one point earlier today. those in the front of the line told me in line for four hours just to get up and speak with a agent. the delta app is clutching and the kiosks have been down for most of the morning. by 10:30 delta had canceled 300 flights. so far, all 60 departing from rdu have been infected in some way peak either canceled or delayed. despite the hectic morning, it is surprisingly calm and quiet

traveler actually pointed out to me. still it hasn't been easy standing in mind waiting to see when and if you will be able to play out. -- fly out. >> all of the terminals are down. so we saw this huge line here. are we even going to get home? >> then your back starts to hurt. it has been a bit. and i am >> reporter: this was the result of a power outage. the cause of the outage was not known. delta says it does not believe it was packed. they do expect more cancellations to start to happen throughout the day. they started off with the 300 number. as for rdu and airports across the country and travelers visiting those, we do expect it to be quite a long day for them. monica?

the airport. thank you. a local attorney who fights for those who were wrongly convicted is making the case to free a man who he says was wrongly convicted in 1989. johnny small was just 15 years wrongly convicted in 1989. con store owner at a shopping center in wilmington. >> the main witness c?now says lied about small's involvement. wral's amanda lamb is live in wilmington where there was a hearing for the case to be ov >> that's right. johnny small has been in p for about two thirds of his life.d? it was back in july 1988 in wilmington. we have a picture from the courtroom we swpcan show you. he's been testifying today as the first witness on the stand. the reason this case is back in court 5-f?5n?is because the key witness at the time gave --

trial and small is not guilty. on the stand today i swear on my life i didn't do km? it. he apologized to the victimsjnv family who was in the courtroom. he said he was sorry for the loss but said he was not guilty of this crime. this is called a motion for appropriate release. it is very unusual to get it back in a courtroom in front of a judge. that windows who recanted, david bollinger, he is today and expected to be the next witness on the stand. he said he lied because he felt he was coerced by the police and he was facing possibly the death penalty. he did call chris num1q on actual innocence three years ago and confessed to this. thenx? he started investigating this. we are here today. the courtroom is packed with family members on both sides

continuing his testimony. >> and what happens today, amanda? >> reporter: there are several things that could happen. basically, the judge could vacate the case altogether and decide that it was overturned and he walks. he could decide he deserves a new krtrial. or he could decide the evidence to do anything allow that guilty convention to stand. >> all right, amanda lamb, thank you for the a raleigh man bgaaccused ?i p??kouren thomas was shot to d outside of q+nthis home. thomas died in the hospital. place arrested 39-year-old chad copley,?md& charged with murder authorities say he fired a shotgun from inside of his garage and killed thomas who was outside of the home of copley. a driver faces charges in

driver terrel thompson has been reckless driving having crashed into another car at the intersection of when and the still roads --'5;? rim and clifh roadshe. you are probably enjoying a break in the temperatures,t?tha some areas might see a bit of heavy rain today. >> wral meteorologist elizabeth t?q?gardner is live the weather center. ill be umbreas has an equal chance of seeing it. it just depends on the timing. it is likely to start ?0down soh along the sandhills and then upload the virginia line. introduced daughter thunderstorms so there will be folks that don't actually see any of these storms. we will see a band developing northward across the viewing aro[+? pictures starting at 8:00 this q)ning. starting at 8:00 this you can see the precipitation

tiny things popping up to the northern part of north county.s elsewhere just some tiny little cells popping up. i have a feeling we will see a lot more of those coming up in 10 minutes. and then of course added 12:45. you can search to see some the cumulus clouds getting taller. of course i wg?d ??have more about that and we will talk about ?i?which day this week because the best chance of seeing some of just a few minutes. xd? there is a new candidate emerging in the race for the white house. and went?w7l= is launching an independent bid for president?4 he reportedly has q/2the suppor of several republicans. the announcement comes as a new poll puts o points ahead of donald trump. alan jackson reports trump is looking to change the subject heading to detroit for a speech on the economy.

, donald trump hoping to wrap up his stalled campaign.v: now getting new backing from a number of a cro'%9q%1?family that has &reso far state siphoning. jeb bush's son 1-d?george bush telling republicans it is time to rally around the nominee.6t? >> you help the man. you make sure we stop hillary clinton. >> reporter: polls show a trump slump solidifying. two thds doesn't have the temperament and personality to be president. trump focusing on different numbers today. >> i have employed tens of thousands of people. >> reporter: talking jobs and the economy< ?. it is described a vision speech outlining his plan for taxes.s trade, energy, and regulatory reform. expected to sls?offer parents a

and a plan to cut the corporate tax rate 15%.@gx trump is hoping to rebound after 9y:ymd&fresh fallout from week of controversy hitting hillary clinton now with a new light of attack. >> democratic rivals still locked up the message over emails and . act checkers for how she was responded to questions about the controversy. >> i may have short-circuited for?k@? that i will >> the people of this country don't want somebody that is g/ going to short-circuit appear. >> reporter: trump's top aide promising 7g"[a pivot that so f hasn't materialized. >> i'm confident he will start doing it in the media to cover it. >>4? presidential nominee hill clinton plans to two weeks of campaign &j?focused on jobs and economy are delivering her plan on thursday 47in detroit. vinton will hold a campaign

py? donald trump2is returning to to speak at a rally in fayetteville tomorrow. the doors will open tomorrow at? 3 pm the event beginning 6:00. tickets are available on his kr? campaign website. at&t has identified two e/c north carolina communities to serve $1 million. crs and wilson county are of the 18 recipients nationwide that will share in the $10 million pi competition. it pairs of at risk students with a d graduation rates. a right match with deadly. next at noon, witnesses describe the horror as investigators search for the cause. instigators believe they have a theory to a hot air balloon crash that killed 16 people. also it is a u.s. olympic first. a former duke fencer makes her

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kansas authorities are investigating the death of a 10- year-old boy. the water park closed today. brain able has reaction from visitors and park officials. >> reporter: in kansas city kansas tragedy. >> we are saddened to share a young boy died. >> reporter: that is sc this is describe the boy going down the steep drop andy thomas waterslide sunday afternoon. then going airborne over the next hill colliding with a safety net. >> it is horrible. i have 212-year-olds with me today and it is still very emotional. >> reporter: the closed the park. guests say families were scrambling to find out what happened.

a loved one that was affected. >> reporter: the spokesperson said it is the first death on this slide. >> we honestly don't know what happened. that is why a full investigation is necessary. we have to understand what has happened. >> reporter: several guests told 41 action news they were not working properly. >> the man in front of me said he rode the red light today and the front harness did >> reporter: the water park now working to discover how this sunday at the park took a tragic turn. >> they let you sign up without having an age barrier. so you think your kids are safe and they are not. >> reporter: i'm just reading the ride does require riders to be at least 54 inches tall. it is not clear if the child's match that height restriction. kansas state police are handling that investigation.

when a bomb went off in southwestern pakistan today. the blast struck the gates of the building housing the emergency ward shortly after the body of a prominent lawyer killed in a shooting was brought to the hospital. it is unclear if the events are related although no one has claimed responsibility officials are calling it certainlyan act of terrorism at this point. five gunmen or an african military uniforms have inducted an american in cobble. the two foreigners were taken from their city while driving last night on a main road near the american university in afghanistan. they are believed to be employees of the university. three other foreigners who were kidnapped over the past year have all been released an australian woman was objected in april. her whereabouts are unknown. went and communities in two p.e.t. scan states are taking out from mudslides as the result of

dead. on the other side of mexico, the center is tropical storm javier which is expected to hit california tomorrow is a hurricane. to the pilot of the hot air balloon a crash in texas did not see the power lines ahead of him to a source with the knowledge of investigation says authorities believe the pilot was trying to send to a break in the clouds, but he didn't notice th the woman caught fire and crashed killing all 16 people on board. a fast-moving wildfire is spreading quickly in southern california. the intense flames burning the san bernardino national forest remain and contained. hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames aided by 7 air tankers. the number of evacuations are underway. there is no word on what prompted it but the good news is there are no injuries.

get a break out there. >> the good ship them some rain. >> we could. as we get to the week, some people might argue and safe i don't have any rain at my house. but you know the nature of thunderstorms. they are scattered. when we have a storms chance it doesn't mean necessarily you will have some at your house. but when you look at the area as a whole, you have a good chance. let's take a look at what we are being now. we talked about the fact there might be some more storms popping up. through the afternoon we just checked in and i think probably re storms. nothing happening around the triangle from raleigh to durham up toward louisburg and sanford. there is the patch of rain. it is just north of robbins right now. it is just the hint of what is to come to the north.

remnants of the rain that started down south yesterday that is finally playing up out of our viewing area. we have yet to see much developing along the fayetteville quarter. i do expect to see more about developing later this afternoon. here is the remnants of that rain and thunderstorms overnight lifting on out of the area. tickets to see too much developing down south. that is where it will begin and head north. here is a at some point it was pretty wet but we do have a lot of cloud cover in some places from the triangle angle northward. down south we are seeing more sunshine with temperatures really heating up. it is 84 at the airport right now with the southeast wind at 6 miles-per-hour. we will get a big difference in temperature from 84 in raleigh and 90 in fayetteville.

moving out recently. our dew points are pretty hot. 77 in goldsboro and 76 in clinton. the higher the number the bigger of the heat index we have. we really are not talking about such a high heat index for the triangle but it already feels like 100 and goldsboro and 99 in clinton. so some more extreme feeling heat down to our south. you can see that is that is exactly where the thunderstorms will start to crop up. we will get a little break in the heat down south. we do have a stationary front sitting across north carolina right now. here we are at 1:00 with the cluster of thunderstorms down south moving northward into the triangle area and then as into virginia tonight. even though it may not look that impressive we have a 60% chance of storms. we will see the same thing

thunderstorms moving northward. 86 for today and 89 for tomorrow with a 60% chance today and a 40% chance tomorrow. some significant amounts of rain possible across the area without half an inch turnage. with thunderstorms like this we may have some spots that see more than that and the potential for flooding. later in the week temperatures heat up and we will talk about our chance of rain for thursday and friday coming up in you don't have to be an olympian to think like one. today we will be right here on fox 50. join us to learn how to use the same mental techniques olympic athletes to to succeed in your workout at home. >> and at 5:00 switch to a story for parents. there is an increase in the number of life-threatening encounters between kids and dogs today at 530 on wral.

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it is day three of the 2016 summer olympics in rio. gold-medal events in diving and women's rugby. >> and u.s. men's gymnastics will compete in the final swimming events include the men's 200 meter freestyle and 100 meter backstroke. in the women's 100 meter backstroke and breaststroke.

the lead with $12 by china and then italy. former duke all-american fencer ibtijah muhammad made olympic debut just a few hours ago and advanced to the next round wearing a hat covering worn by muslim women. >> is a first for the u.s. olympic team as morgan bradford reports. she has become a coach and an inspiration. >> reporter: with lightning moves she is a superstar with a saber and a fresh face of the summer games. ibtijah muhammad is the first american athletes to compete in the olympics wearing this. >> it is a part of uim. my faith comes first. >> reporter: ibtijah muhammad grip in new jersey. at age 13 she got a glimpse of her future from her mom, or

>> fencing was one of the only sports or she could stay completely covered. she trained under peter westbrook in new york city. it is for she coaches today. >> she is an absolute role model for the children while organization for islamic people. all-americans over the world. >> if she can do it, maybe i. >> this is our saber mask >> reporter: and it is harder than it looks. >> i take one step forward and then i lunch. and now you do the same. >> perfect. >> reporter: all she suits up for the red, white, and blue she is faced with the painful reminder that some don't think those stars and stripes belong to her. >> i was walking from practice and this man followed me making me feel very uncomfortable.

police. he asked me if i was going to blow something up. >> reporter: while her religion mayor carson to be covered, she just with style. but in a clothing line where modesty meets fashion pick >> i still get overwhelmed when i think about the magnitude of what you have accomplished. >> reporter: and now the world has taken notice. >> [ applause ] i told ibtijah muhammad to br >> reporter: ready to represent team usa. >> people say things like go back to your country. where would we go back to? >> reporter: this is her home. her country and most importantly her time. margaret radford, nbc news, new york. >> she is doing well so far. we hope she continues. because the olympics will be on wral morning, noon, and night, some of our newscasts are

airing on fox 50. check dozens of local kids got a taste of olympic greatness in the triangle just in time for the summer games. gold medalist mia hamm spend time with up-and-coming athletes. hamm and kristine lilly are working with the lid fearless campaign. ey are all unc soccer champions. they say they just want to share with you have learned on and off the field. >> it is always great coming ba the history we have. so being able to give back to the community that invested so much in as for all of us formidable years. it is fantastic. >> girls learn teamwork and make new friends. of course those are important skills to putting confidence. hamm also appeared soccer camps in winston. it is a smaller version of the space shuttle. what else separates the dream

spacecraft and what it will take these to the sky. a reason parents they want their parents to play video games and get on social media. >> first your winning by numbers.

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?? focused on people and community for 60 years, we promise a relentless pursuit of excellence. this is wral news. >> investigators are working to sort out details of a deadly altercation at eight ne. neighborhood there highway 401 at mitchell mill road.

and a father who says he was just protecting his family is in jail charged with murder. >> reporter: it all started around 2:30 am sunday morning when a homeowner called 911 to report a bunch of hoodlums in the neighborhood. >> i'm on neighborhood watch and there are people up and down the street. they have firearms, and we are going to neighborhood. >> reporter: several calls came in, but it was either that reported the situation had escalated. >> we have a lot of people yelling and shouting profanities. they were short a firearm, so i fired a warning shot. they got hit. >> somebody was shot?

were shot or not. i fired my warning shot like i'm supposed to by law. >> okay. they do have firearms and i'm trying to protect myself and my family. >> and now someone was dead. that victim turned out to be kouren thomas. police arrested chad copley charging him with murder. authorities say he fired a shotgun from inside of his garage killing thomas outside of his home. >> that was mikaya thurmond. right now copley is being held without bond and is set to make his first court appearance this afternoon. police in cary feed help finding a man who robbed a means store. he was armed when he went into the park and shop gas station sunday morning. no one was hurt. the suspect is seen here in a surveillance image. he escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. the suspect was armed with a

black ski mask and dark pants. anyone with information should call cary police. there is a search for a second that involves in an armed robbery in garner. police say jesse mclaurin and another man tried to rob two men working in sight. mclaurin was shot after a scuffle. he is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a police are still looking for the second man. >> we are getting a first close- up look at a nspacecraft in colorado. it is called teaching tracer. maja rodriguez tells us it is about to change the way nasa flies into space. >> reporter: its creators call it a homegrown spacecraft. the envelope completed dream chaser. his bishop headed to california this summer for its fst is . >> we're going to take it up to

onboard computers control evoes. >> reporter: the dream chaser is the successor to the space shuttle program. they have large cabase needed. they were costly in dangerous design flaws. some in the dream chaser team learned from. >> that was the goal from beginning. address and take those lessons learned from the shuttle. apply it to our vehicle using state-of-the-art technology. >> reporter: it will be used to resupply the space station with both cargo and people. >> we call this our space utility vehicle. it has multiple forms. it can take seven people up to orbit and it can take one as soon as 5000 kilograms of cargo. >> reporter: it is also reasonable. part of the plans

first test flight is set for later this year scheduled to go into space for its first mission at the end of 2019. okay. we have some jaw-dropping images from nasa. it is raining plasma on the son's surface -- sun's surface causing material to cascade down in big loops called coronal rain. it is made of plasma which forms a hot mix that rapidly cools as it falls. the pixels in this video are not caused by the solar flare. they occur with high energy particles bombarding the camera. on nasa's satellite used to observe the sun. coming up it is something your mother told you to stop doing. but fidgeting has its rewards. just ahead, what a new study says about your nervous habit. another study on the benefits of being single.

one of your nervous habits might actually be good for you. researchers studied adults who fidget. kenner finis reports on the results of the study that may surprise. >> reporter: research shows sitting at your desk for an extended period of time is not

reduced blood flow could lead to cardiovascular disease. did you know that a nervous habit that is annoying to some could actually get the blood flowing again? researchers in missouri say fidgeting could lead to better health expect as an average, people confirm 250 taps per minute. that resulted in increase in blood flow. >> reporter: university of missouri researchers studied 11 healthy young men and city. researchers found fidgeting increased blood flow enough to rent a decline in arterial function. >> we believe any type of like movement will be beneficial. >> good news for nathan win who is a constant visitor expect as long as you are not and when your friends are brother and other people, why not do it? >> but he says fidgeting is no

exercise. >> perhaps in situations where we are stuck in the office or on an airplane, fidgeting might be a good alternative to preserve function. >> reporter: any movement is better than no movement of the university of missouri i am kent faddis reporting for nbc news. >> i'm going to send that study to my son. he is a fidget or to fidgeter. parents, this will probably surprise. playing only videogames could actually boost teenager's grades while using social media may lower than. researchers tested 12,015-year- olds -- 12,000 15 year olds. students who played online games had above average scores in math and science. team used facebook or chat every day scored 20 points

developed problem solving skills social media tends to take away from study time. pokemon go is boosting sales of portable device charges. sales of the power packs used to charge smartphones doubled following the logic pokemon go. experts say her motions also helped spur the quick jump in popularity. do you have a passion for cooking share with your neighbors? >> or maybe you don't cook and you would be all about paying a neighbor to make you a meal. coming up the app that connects cooks with customers. >> and have this baby picture that went viral helped save his

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the new york yankees game against the rays is now a red- hot ticket. that is after alex rodriguez announced his retirement. resell ticket prices have spiked more than 500%. one online ticket says the average price to get to yankee stadium righty is now $456. rodriguez was once considered one of the best players in baseball but he will also be remembered for a scandal as well. he was suspended in 2014 for using performance-enhancing drugs. we often hear the bbeneng new research suggests being single has its perks.

found single people tend to aperture social lives, show more psychological growth anywhere self-sufficient miss. sieople are more likely to be resilient during hard times. we are warming up to the thought of being a sharing society thanks to lyft uber. now a new app connects people in orlando who employ -- enjoy social dining. it allows people to open the door to the neig with permission. >> reporter: is go online and poppyseed to the latest app launch right here in central florida. >> i love food, but i cannot cook. i know a lot of my friends can cook. but the thing was i had no way to just go up to a door and say can you cook me a meal? >> reporter: sunset this college graduate -- so instead

a new app called pull up a seat. >> you can find anyone cooking around you and you can pull up a seat or grab a plate. you can go to your neighbor they saio thnight and got yourself is a cheaper, healthier alternative. >> it is already available on apple devices and folks are already serving and ordering online. >> she is having something cooking took >> is made with meat, water, and what is the cost? >> $12. >> and then just go down here and contact if you have any allergies or if you are bringing a child. >> reporter: no delivery right now. you either go to the person's

then you can break them. >> it is something that can be taken worldwide. >> reporter: just search pull up a seat on the apple store. i i can just say stauffer's mac and cheese. you never know. somebody might be a taker [ laughter ] >> it is an interesting idea. it is kind of weird to just go to your it was with to jump in somebody else's car three are four years ago. so things are changing fast. >> if you were my neighbor, i would just show up. >> you could eat anything i cook, monica. [ laughter ] i don't think it is too bad. >> i have some recipes. bill likes my salmon.

>> somehow i am missing out. sounds good. 30 minutes ago we were talking about there might be some thunderstorms crapping out. so far not really. let's take a look at the radar picture. earlier we were watching that little cell hesitate down in the northern part of moore county. it is moving into chapter county right now. and that is really all there is right now. typically we get one and if the atmosphere support one, it will typically support others, but we are not seeing any just yet. we do have more sunshine down south and that will help to produce some thunderstorms as we get today. we have rain in the virginia line that has lifted north. just taking a tour with vincent

nothing showing up right now on the radar. when those storms crop up, they will produce heavy rain ruby from roxboro prior to this loop a very heavy rain of the i-85 corridor this morning. we take a look at our fayetteville skycam and we do have sun mixed with clouds. it is really heating things up. it is very muggy right now. this is a location that will probably start to see member, it feels like upper 90s in the south right now with the heat index. it is 86 in greenville and 84 and raleigh. it is cool to the west because of cloud cover and 67 right now on prince -- boom -- boone. dallas at 101 and del rio at

from the west, we can expect to see it arriving here. be the case. we have high pressure building in from the east that will hold the heat away from us. while we will see warm temperatures, it will not be anything extreme. we do have a good flow of moisture coming off of the atlantic keeping things very muggy for us. and a bump into the stationery front and that will be a us in the sticky air mass. because of the boundary today we will have a better chance of storms today and tomorrow. 40% tomorrow and 30% on wednesday and thursday with 20% on righty. if you have any outdoor plans for friday evening, probably one of the dryer days this week. 86 today and 89 on tuesday. are normal high temperature is down to 89.

heatinup, it'll put is a little bit above normal. here is a look at our potential rainfall for the next few days. we will probably have locations that have heavier amounts of rain. we just have a juicy air mass right now which could produce some heavy rain and flooding. here is a treat for you. late thursday night early friday morning it should be clear enough for the perseid meteor shower. it comes which we midnight and sunrise. this year it will be especially ni we should have twice as many meteors as we normally have and it is one of the best we have all year. it is in the middle of the week so maybe we will see them driving into work on friday morning. but late thursday night look for the meteors. it should be a really nice show. >> cool. thank you. it started as a cute baby

fathered no credit the picture with saving his life. >> and simon says it is time for our pets of the day. we will explain in a moment. >> elizabeth gardner and wral

today at 4 pm, do you have what it takes to reach her personal an goal? are health team shows how to get the most out of your competitions and exercise routines at home. the bond between a father and daughter is beating strong lost her debt. jenny step in -- jeni stepien's father died in a heart attack. jeni and arthur met for the first time on friday. the day before her wedding. >> we've been talking to him and writing letters and calling and receiving flowers and sending gifts for the past 10

>> jenny got married on saturday and arthur walked her down the aisle. a florida father credits his now 9-year-old son with saving his life when sammy was just 11 months old his mother took this photo. sammy used as part literally to help save his father's life. his death justin suffers from chronic any disease and got the call he had been waiting for for years. his insurance company would could prove he could pay for the medication. so the family set up a go fund me website. they raised more than $100,000 >> i posted it to flickr and immediately it was just a hit. >> it is a game changer to see

and stuff. >> is about a wonderful story? his dad said he feels like he needs to buy his son everything he wants because he owes it to him. >> i like how he calls it a game changer. >> he is so adorable. >> such a sweet story. we have an adorable kitty today. simon. simon someone to take them home. >> that is right. he is a snowshoe siamese. he just had his birthday last week. so he is one year old. >> he is adorable. i'm going to take him home. he is a sweetheart. >> he is a gorgeous cat, but most outstanding is his sweet temperament.

>> coming up... >> terrible stories everyday. >> two sister risk their lives to save family from genocide. plus a former rock 'n' roll sax player get as new gig. >> i have to d that is it. i have to do it. >> then a widow struggling with debt receives a financial miracle. >> by the end of the program i was seen dancing in my living room. >> pat: welcome, folks to this edition of "the 700 club" lovely co-host wendy. >> wendy: good to see you.