animal rights groups say they are just glad they got justice for pirate the cat. and this stretch of a well traveled virginia beach road can be a bumpy ride. but now some relief is here to make your commute a little smoother. and time is running out to cast your ballot. newschannel three is live for super tuesday bringing you all the latest as candidates make the final push for the presidential nomination. good evening and welcome to newschannel three at six. i m beverly kidd. and i m kurt williams. voters in virginia have less than an hour left to cast their ballots before the polls close for super tuesday. today could have the potential to decide who will be the nominee for each party. donald trump and hillary clinton are forecasted to come out on top -- according to a recent poll by c-n-u. there s still time to cast your ballot -- polls close at seven p-m tonight. and some voters in virginia beach are being asked to sign a petition when they head to the polls today. its an attempt to get the issue of light rail on the november ballot. newschannel 3s erica greenway is live in virginia beach with more. volunteers are set up at about

across the city. this poll - at college park elementary - is one of them. the group is trying to collect enough signatures from voters to put the issue of light rail on the november ballot. they want to ask the question - funds to extend light rail from norfolk to town center in virginia beach. the group behind the petition - it. they say either way - the want the decision to be up to citizens. not everyone wants to see it on the ballot, though. a spokesperson with a group in favor of light rail says theres still not enough information to be

at this location - the volunteer the petition he had to go make more copies. theyre aiming for 25-thousand signatures, but say they only (need around sixteen-thousand and are confident theyll get enough. congressman scott rigell has written an open letter to republicans asking them to vote trump. rigell called trump a bully and said he was unworthy of the republican nomination to run for president. rigell said he s convinced that if donald trump became the nominee the harm to the republican party would be quote "catastrophic." newschannel 3s margaret kavanagh is live tonight outside of the chrysler museum where polls are still open for super tuesday. margaret what are voters telling you. ad lib -- the ones weve been talking to are just getting off work. they call today important -

instead of looking at artwork - people who live in norfolk - voters stopped by have been stopping by the chrysler museum to cast their vote and give us their opinions about the race for the oval office. 52:46 )its been more like a vaudeville show that it has been a presidential primary thats how arthur jentt describes the fighting between presidential hopefuls. and its not hard to find people who agree with him. 33:03 )it was funny for a while but now its scary. 39:46 )i think it has been ridiculous honestly. its been too in the mud and our country is better than this. but despite the antics of the candidates - voters say today is extremely important. 38:07 )i feel like its a responsibly we have as americans. 24 year old cameron adams takes her responsibility seriously. 35:28 )voting is very important-p&especially for me. a lot of people died or really fought

privilege to vote 52:54 )at the end of the day youve just to find someone in that group that you have confident and think that we would be a good leader. lord only knows we need one at this time different characters, with very different opinions - and at the end of today - well be a big step closer to finding our next leader. if you havent voted these are your options. for the republicans: donald trump ted cruz marco rubio john kasich ben carson for the democrats: hillary clinton bernie sanders adlib live in norfolk, mk, newschannel 3 aa and don t forget-- polls close

we )ll have the results right here on newschannel three at 11 and on w-t-k-r dot com. and if you )re on twitter, follow the hashtag "wtkr politics" for all the latest. taking a live look outside over the chesapeake bay. chief meteorologist patrick rockey is live with your first warning storm team forecast. our little taste of spring is just about over. a powerful cold front will push through overnight and early on wednesday. that will bring us a few hours of rain and then falling temperatures. expect scattered showers for your morning commute, especially if you head to work between 5 and 7 am. it looks like we will hit our highs for wednesday around midnight. expect temperatures to fall into the low-to-mid 50s in the afternoon with clearing skies. thursday will be a dry and cooler day. we will see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures only in the mid 40s. by thursday night, another cold front will bring increasing clouds and a chance for showers. some of our northern

neck and the northern eastern shore, may even see some snow at the onset. but that should change over to rain fairly early on friday and move out quickly. expect highs on friday in the upper 40s and lower 50s. the weekend is looking dry, but certainly not as warm as last weekend. expect highs in the lower 50s. we will see more clouds on saturday and more sunshine on sunday. all indications are that the spring like weather will

a sailor pleads no contest to strangling a cat named pirate -- to death. he now faces up to 5 years in jail because of it. and volunteers with the norfolk s-p-c-a say they finally got justice for pirate. newschannel 3 s nadeen yanes has the story from both inside and outside of the courtroom today. 9:41 pirate didnt have a voice no animals have a voice we have to speak for them norfolk spca volunteer joan terry -- speaking up before breaking down. nats terry crying after she says today -- there was finally justice for pirate. 8:53 it

promised him we would get him justice the black and white cat -- tortured to death by cody gerarden. the sailor found guilty of felony animal cruelty today. pleading no contest to a judge in court -- not admitting guilt -- but his admitting there was enough evidence against him. 10:33 saying i )m not guilty in his pretrial he said that the worked on a farm and he put animals down before and he didnt think it was cruel what he did to pirate - yeah it was like can we kill you like that? we can return the favor 24:13 so with this guilty conviction we were able to get access to that evidence that the commonwealth had against gerarden -- evidence like this written interview gerarden had with animal control where he confessed to strangling pirate saying with the cord he just quote pulled it tight took about 5-10 seconds we were able to get other evidence like these pictures -- some too graphic to show -- of pirate after he died. and the rope gerarden used to strangling him -- while his roommate -- justin page -- allegedly held him down. page is awaiting his trial -- t until then -- through their tears -- these folks -- feel like they finally got justice r pirate. :19 do you feel like pirate t justice today though? yes e step we got another one to next trial but yeah i think did im proud that he got it

the murder trial for a former portsmouth police officer will be moved to july. the trial for stephen rankin was originally scheduled for august. officials say the date change is due to witness availability. back in april of last year -- rankin shot and killed 18-year-old william chapman in a walmart parking lot. police say they were called to the walmart about a suspected shoplifter. chapman and rankin got into a confrontation and that )s when rankin shot chapman. right now - virginia beach police are investigating a deadly crash involving an e-m-s vehicle. officials tell newschannel three -- 88-year- old doris baxter - a passenger

injuries. we )re told 31- year-old brigade chief jeffrey brennaman - was driving the e-m-s vehicle when he hit the car around nine this morning. the crash happened at lynnhaven parkway and north mall drive. the driver of the car - was hurt - but is expected to be okay. police tell us - brennaman has since been placed on administrative duties. virginia beach police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them. rough roads can be a pain on your car and even your bank account. now one of the big trouble spots in virginia beach has gotten a temporary fix. we )ll tell you where -- next at-p&six. and after months of sitting on the launch pad another wallops

and we have liftoff from wallops island! the terrier improved malemute rocket took off from the flight facility on the eastern shore this morning. its payload includes projects from west virginia university -- morgantown. the launch was scheduled for december but delayed several times because of the weather. first comes the frigid winter temperatures -- then comes potholes. newschannel three s les smith is live with more on one road finally getting some relief.

who have to deal with a bumpy ride along witchduck road in virginia beach. the city has officially repaved the road ahead of a larger public works project. the road took a beating during (last winter s storms. the majority of the potholes are near the interstate. officials say the road needed to be paved temporarily between the two ramps where the overpass crosses. an official with the department of public works says drivers couldn )t wait any longer. work for complete rebuild of witchduck road are expected to start in august. those repairs will likely take two years, and newschannel three will have all the updates. live in the studio les smith. newschannel three. service members and their families will now be required to submit a new form with their taxes this year. the 10-95-c proves service personnel are coveunder

any military personnel who cannot meet the minimum requirements must tell the i- r-s in their filings. taxpayers who do not meet the could be penalized. our little taste of spring is just about over. a powerful cold overnight and early on wednesday. that will bring us a few hours n r falling temperatures. expect scattered showers for your morning commute, especially if you head to work between 5 and 7 am. it looks like we will hit our highs for wednesday around midnight. expect temperatures to fall into the low-to-mid 50s in the afternoon with clearing skies. thursday will be a dry and cooler day. we will see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures only in the mid by thursday night, another cold front will bring increasing clouds and a chance for showers. some of our northern communities, like the northern neck and the northern eastern shore, may even see some ow asnthe onset. but that should change over to rain

expect highs on friday in the upper 40s and lower 50s. the weekend is looking dry, but certainly not as warm as last weekend. exhighs in the lower 50s. we will see more clouds on saturday and more sunshine on sunday. all indications are that the spring like weather will

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navy sailors in virginia beach are hoping to become sailor of the year. here ahoto p traeming at the mount trashmore y-m- c-a. they will compete for sailor of the year until friday. participate in boards and leadership events. the winner of each sea and shore command will compete in the u-s fleet forces competition. a lot of excitement today in chesapeake as hundreds came out to celebrate the grand ening of the new krispy kreme on battlefield boulevard. the line was wrapped around the building all night and morning --by people hopeful they would be one of the first 100 customers to get free donuts for a year! some like larry ressler were camped outside since friday afternoon! he will get a dozen donuts every week for the next year. the >w other 99 people to make it in after larry will actually get a free dozen every month for the

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the strength or the stamina to become president, i'll telling you. >> pelley: also tonight, the president argues his case for a supreme court nomination, and gets his answer. >> this vacancy will not be filled this year. >> pelley: erin andrews testifies in her multi-million-dollar stalk case. and there's another sanders. meet bernie's bro. >> reporter: he's been called cool. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: norah o'donnell, john dickerson, and i are coming to you tonight from cbs news election headquarters at a turning point this this presidential campaign. it is likely the last chance for challengers to catch the front-runners, donald trump and hillary clinton. no candidate can clinch the nomination tonight, but voters in 12 states are choosing nearly half the delegates needed for