while republican david lewis led the charge, he is hoping voters will never have to worry about it. republicans are counting on chief justice john roberts to delay a federal court ruling ordering north carolina to redraw its congressional maps, ruling that the current maps are racially biased. the state senate approved and newly drawn maps that republicans insist do not use voters' race as a matter. >> this is not the map that will come up if you google gerrymander. joel: democrats claim black voters are still stacked in a limited number of districts. >> if democrats had their way, everyone would be voting on june 7, not split between march 15 and june 7. >> that's correct. people will be confused, and for. joel: here is my wake county

let's talk about what happens if this goes through. voters will go to the polls on march 15. they will vote in the primaries and various state races, and then we will go back to the polls on june 7 and vote in the congressional primary. the general assembly, hoping to have these maps approved by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. tisha: of course, we will stay on top of this and let voters know everything they need to know. joel, thank you. breaking news in raleigh, police investigating the report of a and homestead drive. raleigh police are on the piece -- on the scene working to learn if anyone got hit. you can always look for any new developments on this story at abc11.com. steve: new tonight, a pedestrian hit by a car in raleigh to the intersection of garner road and rush street.

seriously hurt but are not going into detail. police have detained the driver. we are working to find out the victim's condition. tisha: raleigh police are searching for a shooter. officers roped off the area with yellow crime scene tape. they say a man was found in the middle of the street with a gunshot wound. police are still investigating. steve: durham police are looking for clues in a shooting that happened this afternoon near the intersection of berlin avenue and prudent street. when police arrived, they found a car with a blown out driver's-side window. right now, we are working to find out if police have any suspects. tisha: a woman facing dwi charges after an accident involving a city bus. police tell us the woman ran a

the bus driver was taken to the hospital to be checked out. none of the passengers had serious injuries. our crew on the scene say the woman was given a field sobriety test. steve: the ride through the 43 -44 works zone in raleigh isn't exactly driver-friendly. drivers say there are a lot of missing lane markers on pavement, which is making it difficult. andrea blanford is showing us that problem. andrea: the dot says the crews have been waiting for mother nature to cooperate, and finally, they say it's getting warm enough for crews to make these necessary repairs. you can see this outer westbound lane is shut down between a rock quarry and south saunders street. driving the 40 construction zone is beginning to take a toll on his car and his nerves.

i can hear popping noises in the suspension. wheel. andrea: a crumbling roadway is why the dot spokesperson says they started the project in the first place. he says since crews have shifted the lanes last year, they have been trying to smooth things over with asphalt, but winter had other plans. >> we can't do it when it's raining, and we can't do it when it's below 40 degrees. andrea: why is it hard to see if you are still in your lane? >> it's hard to tell where the line ends and starts. andrea: abbott says plows like this one scraped up reflective snowstorm. he says speed is usually to blame for racks -- fioor wrecks. >> when they get into trouble, they can't collect themselves. andrea: as for the potholes drivers can't seem to avoid -- >> is it possible they can patch up some of the holes?

are right for putting a band-aid on those spots. >> these are temporary fixes. economically, it doesn't make dollars to put things up brand-new when in a few months it will be chewed up. andrea: over the next two nights, crews will be putting down new asphalt and restriping. we are told drivers should notice the change in these westbound lanes by saturday. andrea blanford, abc 11 eyewitness news. tisha: new tonight, remembering those who lost their lives to violent crime and calling for change in the new year. community members and the parents of murdered children held a vigil at shepherds house united methodist church. the event pay tribute to the 48 people killed in durham last year. the victims range in age from two weeks to 65 years old. steve: i hope county woman and her son, missing from within a

,the 55-year-old and her son disappeared on february 8. investigators have been searching for her, and tonight, the hope county sheriff's office followed up on leads and found a pair. they say she left on her own. tisha: abc 11 the highlighting the good deed of a raleigh business owner and his efforts to help the people of flint, michigan dealing with a water crisis. he has delivered an 18-wheeler filled with bottled water to the community, and he is working to collect more. angelica alvarez is live at the business where it all started. >> everybody from north carolina , passing out water in flint, and we appreciate it. angelica: this video, capturing the gratitude and prayers of the people in flint, michigan after this 18-wheeler delivered 40,000 bottles of water from more than

every bottle donated was more than dave montague ever thought he could collect when he first heard of the crisis. >> they say 9000 children have been poisoned, and they are going to have long-lasting effects behind that. that really kind of got to me. i said, we've got to do something. angelica: he called family and friends. >> the goal was 10,000 bottles. angelica: within days, the water was pouring in. >> they kept loading it. angelica: he owns this plaza off rock quarry road. he said the community center and the barbershop at the end were filled with donations, and when it came to loading the truck, he and bernadette mcallister said help came in all sizes. >> one year old, two year old kids, picking it up to get it on trucks. angelica: the donations are still coming in.

angelica: they helped to deliver another truck full of the simple and much-needed gift of clean water. steve: angelica alvarez with the impressive effort in southeast raleigh. new tonight, the downtown raleigh alliance celebrating its 20th anniversary. it was first formed in 1986 when downtown raleigh was in serious to climb. keynote speaker peter hirschberg says raleigh is getting high marks as an innovation city. he is a heavyweight in the tech world.he spent nine years at apple and served as an advisor to microsoft. tisha: relaxation through destruction. where it's ok for adults to pitch a tantrum. steve: bill cosby making demands. what he wants back from one of the women accusing him of rape. tisha: a tourist helicopter spiraling out of control near pearl harbor. what you have learned about the moments before the crash. first, let's take a look outside the raleigh eyewitness news center. a few folks on fayetteville

have plunged. chris: temperatures are going up in a hurry as we get into the weekend. it's cold now. we are at 34. we will continue to fall into the 20's in many spots. cool tomorrow, but that promised

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several who saw it dropped -- jumped into the water to help pull passengers to safety. one of the passengers, a 15-year-old boy, is in critical condition. the surviving pilot should be able to tell investigators what went wrong. steve: a firenado spinning to life in missouri. the fire funneled up into the air like a tornado. firefighters believe a lawnmower spark the flames near a prison. they say the fire is about 75% contained. firenados are pretty common during these intense wildfires. tisha: bill cosby is suing one of the women who accused him of rape. in a suit, cosby claims konstantin violated a 2006 settlement when she worked with him a comer a county district attorney as they investigated -- with a montgomery county district attorney as they investigated. cosby is charged with drugging and sexually assaulting the woman in his home tilde via.

steve: the south dakota senate approved a bill making transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth. the governor is deciding whether to sign the bill. opponents worried the bill could hurt the states $4 billion tourism industry. tisha: forget yoga and running. a business in texas lets you get it all out by destroying things. tantrum llc encourages people to throw tantrums to relieve their stress. the owner says people can do so behind closed doors and demolish rooms full of stuff without judgment. >> do whatever you want. beat it uopp. smash it. trash it. you can step on it or whatever. tisha: you can also decorate the soundproof rooms according to

$35. steve: we begin in florida -- what you can see our sparks backhoe on a joyride. he drove it across seven mile bridge down in the florida keys. the driver damaged the road itself and the sides of the bridge as he was crisscrossing the bridge. deputies following behind the several times to avoid getting hit. one patrol car was damaged during that speed -- low-speed chase. these rescuers in virginia are becoming viral heroes online after saving that dog who slipped through thin ice and fell into a lake. this is from the fairfax county fire and rescue page that shows the crew inching closer to the pooch in peril. just two pause kept her from

the dogs name is angel. the dog is recovering tonight, shaking and a little cold, but they say she's going to make a full recovery. snow day pandemonium. the toronto zoo's giant panda is celebrating with all that fresh snowfall by somersaulting down that small hill. he then walks up a little bit, and watch this -- he decides, i'm going to do this again. toronto had about four inches of snow on tuesday, and he said, there's no time to be hanging out in the cave. tisha: they need a play date at the national zoo. [laughter] chris: we haven't had a pure snow event, so it is hard to have fun in snow.

things can change, but that's the thinking now. a huge warm up on the way. we bust into the 60's, as promised. low to mid 60's saturday. we crash back into the 40's, and that's going to be an unpleasant crash into the 40's. it will be rainy. it will be breezy. 51 was the high at rdu. border. 54 is your high in fayetteville. kansas city at 74. denver, low 70's. 80's in oklahoma city. across the southern plains. some of the warm air will be close on sunday.

rdu international at 34. east wind at 7. that study wind from the east, old and temperatures up just a little bit. it is 28 at the lewisburg airport. 32 at roanoke rapids. 38 degrees in fayetteville. a sunny, cool day today with fair skies, and there is that ridge in the central u.s. stormy weather stays out west until the early to middle part of next week. low-to-mid 20's from the triangle northward.

temperatures, below freezing, and then rise to 41. easterly wind much of the day. as this high shifts down to the south, we see our winds turnaround to a southwesterly direction. that is when temperatures begin to ramp up, and we get to the 60's. this cold front stays to the north of us, but it will slide during the day monday. things will change dramatically starting monday. make the most of this quiet weather and pleasant weather while you can. 51 in raleigh and durham. highs still staying in the upper 40's. first alert accuweather seven-day forecast.

we get into the upper 60's. it will be a nice, dry weekend. a little bit of rain is possible monday. emperors may fall through the day. tuesday and wednesday, breezy and cold periods of rain. tisha: we have to enjoy the weather in little pockets. chris: absolutely. get it while you can. tisha: a water main break creating a flood of problems for a popular raleigh business. what you may be forced to close its doors for good. steve: wade county ems looks to

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hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. steve: wake county ems is celebrating its 40th anniversary by going retro. they unveiled this retro ambulance today, and modernized vehicle was special striping. the unit is expected to have a four-year service life and respond to 8000 ems calls. be on the lookout. the doors of a popular raleigh pop may remain closed permanently. tisha: we went back to the boiling brew club -- pub after a water main break caused a wall to collapse.

the downtown skyline will ever reopen. if repairs can be made, it will take up to six months. the golden arches is mashing up breakfast and dinner. mcdonald's is testing the chicken mcgriddle at five locations in ohio. it's unclear whether the tests will be expanded to new markets. this looks really good to me. steve: it does. if you are in ohio, check it out. tisha: i bet they would be able to whip one up. steve: special request. mark is with us now. the canes on the road in ottawa, and a lot of talk about eric staal. mark: he knows this stuff is swirling. coming up, canes trying to stay hot in canada's capital. a very poignant day to win a daytona. mike krzyzewski released a

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one of the youngest teams in the league and competing for a playoff spot, pinnie to keep stacking wins. tonight against the senators, first period, yoakam nordstrom at the point. his shot, tipton by jordan staal, the associate assistant to the manager and captain of the team. second period, down a goal. that's how you finish. his third straight game with a goal. it was all for not. third period, cody cc's slapper deflected. they win it 4-2. the canes take on san jose tomorrow night. bad news tonight with of the trade deadline looming, questions about eric staal's immediate future remain at the forefront. he spoke honestly about the prospect of a move earlier before the game. >> i'm not going to be crushed

moving on for a different opportunity, but at the same team win games. >> we are learning how to win. better every day. it's been fun to see these young guys develop. i want to win again. it feels like it has been a long time. mark: 15th anniversary of dale feeling some fresh pain about that, but he would turn it into game. cole whitt, not having any luck. you aren't going to win a race driving backwards. dale earnhardt junior take the checkered flag, and he would celebrate accordingly. kyle busch, in case you were wondering, took the checkered in the second tool. bad news for the other locals in action, but first, we checkout duke women in action at virginia tech.

they were actually trailing by a point, the blue devils work, but look at that shot by kyra lamb burger. that turned out to be the winning shot as duke takes it 66-62. as i mentioned, not great news for other local teams. pittsburgh takes up north carolina at carmichael 76-60. the n.c. central men, no luck on the road. folks are buzzing about the blue devils at the dome last night. it was the topic of the discussion during the taping of the brain trust podcast at abc 11. justin watt, legit concerned about his heels. >> i'm not sure if this team is learning from its mistakes. they keep making the same mistakes.

-- all those guys are struggling, but helping bryce out, just getting him the ball. >> coach k gives the formula. mark: big games this weekend. tisha: that is going to do ito hurt or help him, but south carolinians will have they vote. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> never a dull moment. so also on his flight home, pope francis raised some eyebrows with a comment about the zika virus outbreak. francis suggested that women threatened with the virus could use contraception saying he believes there is a clear moral difference between preventing pregnancy and aborting a fetus. he also maintained church doctrine rejecting abortion as a response to the crisis pregnant mothers are among the most vulnerable to the zika virus. there's a new argument against breastfeed too long

children may get too little vitamin d that way. breast milk does not provide enough vitamin d particularly in northern areas. so canadien pediatricians are recommending that children who are breast fed take d supplements for their first year. now to some news we can relate to on this shift. sleep deprivation. this is breaking news and ground breaking. a new study from the centers of disease control finds that one in three americans don't get enough sleep. the shocking news says that at least seven hours of sleep we're not getting could lead to serious health issues like heart disease. the study features a state by state breakdown of sleeping patterns. people in south dakota get the most sleep but folks in hawaii get the least sleep. >> that's interesting. it's warmer in hawaii. i would like to be out and not in a bed. >> and just partying. > that makes sense to me. seven hours. >> shocking we're not getting enough sleep. >> yeah, that's not so shocking.

thanks, cd dr. the harlem globetrotters celebrating their 90th anniversary and putting on their usual great show. back in december one of them nailed a long shot outside madison square guard. >> nailed it indeed. this time it was the staples center in l.a. scooter christenson, take that, steph curry, hitting his shot from 100 feet away. and well bob the hoop. >> oh. >> is this real? this is real. this really happened. >> it's the globetrotters. >> it is globetrotters. the shot was part of a promotion of this week's globetrotter shows in southern california. there you go. >> nailed it every time. >> i'm sorry i doubted you all. should have known it was real video. >> coming up in "the skinny," an embarrassing wrong answer on wheel of fortune that caught pat jay jack off guard. >> a huge stink in an affluent

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