tv WVBT Local News FOX February 29, 2016 10:00pm-10:45pm EST
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decision 2016 focuses on hampton roads on the eve of super tuesday. hear what hillary clinton told supporters in norfolk. --------------------- a community comes together to honor three people who died in a tornado -- hear from a woman who lost her loved ones. --------------------- and protests after a deadly officer involved shooting in north carolina. the clues police are trying to piece together tonight. we start with decision 20-16 on this eve of super tuesday. presidential candidates have been visiting hampton roads before the primary-- hoping to earn your vote. chopper 10 can show you the line of people waiting to see democratic candidate hillary clinton in norfolk. the former secretary of state held a rally at lake taylor high school. 10 on your side's liz palka is there now. liz -- what was her message to virginians? it was all about her platform. she started with jobs and the economy, small businesses, clean energy. healthcare. gun laws and national
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but all in all - tonight was about encouraging people to vote in tomorrow's primary. clinton was introduced by virginia's governor terry mcauliffe. the first thing he pointed out to the crowd was, clinton is spending the monday before super tuesday in virginia. clinton made very few references to other presidential candidates. in fact, she only called senator bernie sanders, "my opponent," when talking about higher education funding and gun laws. and here is how she referenced donald trump when talking about the war on terror. c40 4:48:13 - it's hard putting together a coalition to defeat isis and these other terrorist groups. we need to have a coalition that includes muslim nations, don't we? right? so when you have a leading candidate for president on the republican side who insults every body ,including muslims, that makes the job a little harder. it's not only offensive, it's dangerous. it matters what you say when you run for
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matters if you are a president. :46 the lake taylor gym was packed tonight. i was told more than 14-hundred people were there. as were a handful of local political leaders. all sharing the same message about voting on super tuesday. liz palka, 10 on your side. on the republican side, doctor ben carson visited regent university today. he sat down with the school's chancellor and c-e-o pat robertson as part of the presidential candidate forum. carson says he believes the people of america are fed up with washington and looking for a change. 14:30:16 and they are angry because they keep sending people to congress who are supposed to change things who are supposed to change but nothing gets changed at this point, carson doesn't have the numbers to win the g-o-p nomination, but
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over the weekend, he told reporters he has no plans to drop out because he still has supporters and money to run a campaign. republican frontrunner and businessman donald trump was in virginia today. he visited radford university outside blacksburg -- touching on mexican- american relations, his fellow candidates and other issues. s/ donald trump / (r) presidential candidate 1:11 folks you're gonna hear it once. all lives matter. (cheers) all lives matter. trump is expected to sweep several states tomorrow. according to the latest c-n-n/o-r-c poll -- trump is holding onto that lead with republican voters. he has 49-percent, topping his closest competitor florida senator marco rubio, by more than 30 points. hillary clinton holds a considerable margin over rival bernie sanders. according to the poll, she's ahead 55 to 38-percent. super tuesday is the largest single-day haul of delegates in the presidential race.
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the republican side. 859 for the democrats. the newsteam on your side will have the election results tomorrow night on air and on wavy dot com. we'll update you with information at the bottom of the screen-- on wavy news 10 at 10 on fox 43-- and again for wavy news 10 at 11. breaking news from raleigh, north carolina -- people are protesting a deadly officer-involved shooting. it happened during a chase this afternoon. a woman- who says she saw everything- claims: the wanted drug suspect started running when he saw police. she says officers followed him over a fence and shot him six times. police say there was a gun near his body, but couldn't say more about it. we'll let you know as soon as we have an update. police have charged a man following a car and train crash in chesapeake. it happened on yadkin road, between george washington highway and i-64. new tonight -- we can show you the scene from chopper 10. police say the 60-year-old was in the vehicle at the time but wasn't badly hurt. the driver told police--
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charged him for driving without a license. investigators say there are no flashing lights or crossing arms at the intersection because it's a feeder rail. new tonight neighbors offer prayers for two people killed in a fire. our sister station sent us this video from the urbanna baptist church they gathered to comfort one another just hours after the arson investigation started. beth justice sent us this video of dozier's port urbanna marina in flames. state police are now looking for the people who started it. the fire destroyed 21 boats, a boat house, storage facility and two cars. we spoke to a woman who was friends with those who died. c0042 - lisa baechler - lost boat in fire 2942 there are a lot of all kind of going up in flames and we feel for our friends 2958 she says the victims were wonderful people -- living on their boat
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house was under renovation. investigators have not identified them yet. secure your guns. that's the message portsmouth police have -- if you keep a weapon near family. sot - detective misty holley, portsmouth police - clip 1 59:30 the child is inquisitive, curious and wants to knwo hey i found a gun, so they pick to two shootings sunday. the first happened on lancer drive, when police say a seven-year-old shot himself in the hand, the second happened on morgate lane-- when officers say one child shot a nine-year-old in the leg. experince pain or to shoot themselves to learn not to handle a fiream. we want to teach them now. 57:32 police have not yet filed charges. find out how to get a free gun lock by clicking this story on wavy dot com. a woman who survived a stabbing in portsmouth is worried her attacker could get out of jail sooner than he deserves. thursday on bold street, latressa scott says her boyfriend ray jones came at her with a knife. she says he cut her on the face and hands. police arrested jones. he's behind bars -- for
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doesn't know why police didn't press a more serious charge like attempted murder. (23) 34:28 i don't understand how he got charged with malicious wounding when he tried to kill me. i don't understand that. :37 police tell us they charged jones based on the information they had that night. it's possible the commonwealth's attorney could upgrade the case. a driver faces charges, after norfolk police say he hit two children in a crosswalk. it happened this afternoon at the intersection of chesapeake boulevard and dudley avenue. police say he was trying to make a left onto dudley-- when he hit the seven and nine year old boys. medics took both to c-h-k-d and expect them to survive. what started with a norfolk school bus mixup-- has turned into a war of words between a parent and the principal. friday, the parent told us he doesn't believe principal tommy smigiel should also be able to serve as a city councilman. only 10 on your side's jason marks spoke to smigiel about what happened.
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because i haven't been able to tell my side of the story." until now. for the first time-- norfolk city councilman and principal tommy smigiel is telling his side of a story. what started as a school bus at the academy at lakewood has turned into a war of words. 02=:12:40:17 "i think the public needs to know that this is a political attack." in november michael muhammad's 11-year-old son, who is student at smigiel's school didn't arrive home at normal time. muhammad went to school to look for his son and for answers. police were called and when they didn't show, smigiel says he called the chief's cell phone as a principal not a councilman. muhammad has since said he believes it is a conflict of interest for smigiel to be a principal and city councilman. 14=:34:53 "i think it is inappropriate that he would use a school situation to enhance his council position." muhammad believes smigiel shouldn't be able vote on the norfolk school's budget.. the councilman disagrees. 02=12:34:57 "i don't vote on my individual salary and there is no impact with that we vote on a general
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board decides that" smigiel says muhammad has attacked him and it only becuase of the some of the decisions he's made while serving on council-- including backing andy protogyrou for mayor instead of the mo is to dig in deep and try to ruin somebody's reputation. 14=33:44 "that's foolishness on his part. that's foolishness i warned the school board the direction that he and others are working in this political landscape" smigiel says he can't talk about the incident that happened at school.. but says state law allows him serve in both capacities and will continue to do so. 02=:12:35:09 "i wouldn't have done it for 6 years if i thought there was a conflict." jason marks toys the school system has been investigating the complaint at smigel's school. in a statement, norfolk's police chief says it followed all policies and procedures that day. a guilty plea is expected this week in the case of the man accused of
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families, friends and loved ones have come together to remember the victims of a deadly tornado. the e-f one struck the tiny town of waverly. it killed three people, including a toddler, while ripping homes and businesses to shreds, on wednesday. 10 on your side's liz kilmer was there for tonight's remembrance. liz? around 200 community members came out here tonight - among them, the victims' families - the woman who lost her brother, boyfriend and young son in the tornado - a tragedy that folks here don't
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overcome. with candles held high - this small community is uniting in prayer. as their town remains torn up around them - they stand strong. c58 pastor to crowd 29:19 "waverly we have been down before, but we have gotten back up. now it's time to rise back up again." converging outside of the annie b jackson elementary school - hundreds pay respect to the three lives taken by the destructive tornado. and the loved ones left behind. c28 13:13:30 "it's gonna be so hard not seeing my baby run through the house." tears stream from trenika stringfield's face as she remembers her two- year-old son, ian lewis. her 26-year-old brother, devine stringfield. her 50-year-old boyfriend, larry turner. c28 13:10:14 "i just love them all so much, all three of them." trenika's loved ones were together inside a mobile home - in the twister's path. their bodies were thrown by the violent storm. balloons, soaring high, symbolize - faith that they are now somewhere better. c28 12:31 "i feel like they
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relationship with god and i feel like, all i know is god knows best and i know that we serve a wonderful god i do know that." while she mourns them - trenika feels like she survived for a purpose. she hopes she'll see her loved ones again. 13:02 "i'm happy to know that because god chose to save my life 'cause he chose to save my life i wanna do my best you know i look forward to doing my best, god's will, so i can see my son again, i really wanna see my son, my friend, my brother again, i really do." tonight's event was coordinated by the incredible women social club. donations were collected for the families during the vigil - you can also donate online, we'll post a link to do so on wavy-dot com. in waverly, i'm liz kilmer, 10 on your side. accused killer jesse matthew junior is expected to plead guilty
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murder cases of two virginia college students. he's due in albemarle county court on wednesday. matthew faces charges in the deaths of 18-year-old u-v-a student hannah graham, and 20-year-old virginia tech student morgan harrington. prosecutors say he will take plea agreements to avoid the death penalty. matthew is already serving life in prison for a sexual assault in fairfax county. tomorrow loved ones plan to honor a fallen police officer in virginia. a funeral service for officer ashley guindon is set to begin at noon in woodbridge. police say army staff sergeant ronald hamilton shot and killed his wife, crystal, as well as guindon, saturday. it was guindon's first day on the job. police say hamilton shot the other responding officers as well, but they are expected to recover. he faces murder charges and is in jail without bond. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell's legal team has filed its opening brief to the u-s supreme court. defense lawyers believe a federal jury convicted him unfairly -- based off
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definition of bribery. in 20-14 a federal jury found mcdonnell and his wife, maureen guilty of public corruption because they traded political favors for gifts and loans. they were both sentenced to time behind bars and they're both appealing. the supreme court will argue the case this april. we expect a decision in june. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low/mid 40s. winds west 5-10mph. tuesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds se 5-10mph. tonight: mostly clear.
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a navy seal has received the medal of honor. hear his story of bravery. a bill designed to make tolls easier on you could stall in the state house. hear from both sides. i'm bruce rader and coming up in 25 minutes on the sportswrap, will the redskins be able to sign quarterback kirk cousins to a long term deal by 4 o'clock tomorrow and if not what happens? i'll have that story, we'll check in the virginia basketball team after their big win over north carolina, and carolina by the way played syracuse tonight, i'll have highlights. meac monday basketball highlights from norfolk state and all the nascar news on monday thunder at
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new information about dozens of car vandalism cases in hampton. police tell us they're investigating 37 different reports from the past couple days. last night we told you about neighbors who had their windows shot out in the fox hill area. officers say the suspects used a pellet, paintball gun, or slingshot. they say the suspects took off in what may be a pick-up truck. if you can help police find them, call the crime line. a navy seal has received the congressional medal of honor. we rarely learn the identities of the special
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nature of their work, but senior chief ed byers was front and center at the white house today. in 20-12, he took out a taliban fighter who had killed his teammate. then he threw himself on top of the hostage who he went in to save. byers says he accepted the medal on behalf of the entire seal community. we're looking into the efforts to fight crime near old dominion university. hear how students feel about the different plans in effect. a sandwich settlement means you could be getting more for your money. the update to the fight
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the area around old dominion university is no stranger to violent crime. police and city leaders have offered different solutions, but is anything working? the campus and its housing facilities are just as safe if not safer than similarly- sized colleges, but 10 on your side's deanna leblanc is looking into what's happening to protect people living off campus. there's a perception in the neighborhoods surrounding old dominion university that crime - is part of the way of life. c0027 student mos 28:13 it's a little ghetto. so it's kind of with the territory. last fall - a string of violent crimes off-campus captured headlines. anchor nats: "norfolk police investigate another crime near the campus of old dominion university" in a span of two weeks, four students were shot, two others: hampton student joe bose and navy
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were killed. we talked to five odu students. three of them either witnessed, or knew someone involved in a crime off campus c0055 mos student 45:34 he was robbed right there, his phone was stolen, his wallet was stolen, one of the two who hasn't seen a crime says - went out, something bad would happen. 42:48 deanna: you're still afraid to go out: student: yeah. deanna. wow. councilman andy protogyrou pushed for answers last fall c002 55: we hadn't been told of any plan at that point. two days later, joe bose, a student visiting from hampton university was shot and killed. the plans, then quickly came together. protogyou 1:01 we had a plan unfortunately after tragedy. the plan targets this area just off campus - officials planned to team up - school and city - literally side by side. norf pd officer carrington 7:13 we have safety issues that come a long with outsiders knowing that there are students in this neighborhood. last year - police responded to 29 robberies and 16 aggravated assaults in this area - which include shootings and stabbings. while assaults in the area are down from 5 years
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rise. police officer: 0948 an outsider may know that there's going to be students here that maybe aren't paying attention that may be drinking and coming out without paying attention to their surroundings. norfolk and odu police have ramped up joint patrols at night. making themselves seen - handing out lightbulbs for front porches - even asking students to register parties. odu police officer 19:21 we're trying to gain trust within the neighborhood, within students, and their parents. so that they know what's going on. student mos's c0012 21:12:27 now there's cops really like wherever you go. c0027 27:47 i see more cops driving around. c055 45:49 they have stepped it up, so it's making it better. councilman andy protogyrou says the changes are working protogyrou: c002 "7:45 the robberies in november and december were basically halved officers and - in the past three months they've written more than 300 citations and notices for trash, parking, and other code violations. protogyrou: "11;10 you police in a manner where
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even accept as i said, broken windows, then crime goes away. while most norfolk neighborhoods are half renters half homeowners, in the section off campus -70 percent of the homes are rentals - most house college students. code lady 30:28 we just want to remind them, hey you are a part of the greater comunity and this is what is expected of you while the efforts do seem to be moving the neighborhoods in the right direction - the question remains - is it still too early to tell. protogryou 18:18 am i satisfied? no. until you can tell me it's like any other place i will not be satisfied. are we making progress? yes, we're making progress. deanna leblanc toys the city of norfolk's bureau of neighbrohod quality is also about to roll out a new program called rent ready. they goal is to have landlords volunteer have city code officers inspect their units. the city hopes this will
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landlord and improve the quality of housing. now to a toll patrol story you'll see only on 10. a disagreement virginia's capitol could mean the end of a toll bill designed to protect you. among other things-- it calls for some lanes that don't get tolled, an improved notification system if you don't pay-- and a cap on fines. it would affect crossings such as the h-r-b-t and the monitor merrimac making sure there are always free lanes that aren't tolled. lawmakers could kill it this week, because not everyone agrees with everything in the bill. state senator bill friendly things there are still a lot of policy issues we need to work on )) runs: 12 (butt) (22:43 4) ((at there ill bill toll operators will continue to impso these fees penalties on toll violators )) runs:10 we'll let you know what kelly has spent a year in
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the next time you order a foot-long at subway -- approval to settle a class-action lawsuit against the sandwich company. it ensures the bread is actually 12 inches long. customers filed the suit after one person posted an 11-inch sandwich online in 2013. subway has agreed to monitor the baking practices. after a year in space, nasa astronaut scott kelly is headed home. today marked the last day of his mission commanding the international space station. kelly and
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serving, so scientists could study the effects of space travel on the human body. kelly returns to earth tomorrow, so the team held a change of command. editor 0:13 some of us the guys in the black shirts here are going home tomorrow. it's always bitter sweet when you leave this incredible place. editor 4:43 you've been such a great role-model to us we're very very thakful so thank you. american astronaut tim kopra has assumed control of the i-s-s. kelly actually has local ties. he served at n-a-s oceana during his navy years. highlights from meac monday---norfolk state and hampton university took the court tonight--- and from saturday---how u-v-a is right back in the race for an a-c-c title-- and it's a race against time for the
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i'm bruce rader, welcome to the sportswrap live on this monday night. the clock is ticking on the kirk cousins matter. according to mike jones in the washington post, as of this morning, redskins officials and cousins' agent were still talking about a long term deal. but there has been silence throughout the day and it appears "unlikely" that the two sides will reach an agreement by 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. if that is the case, the redskins would likely use the franchise tag to keep cousins around for next season, thus committing to pay him just under 20-million dollars, all of which would immediately count against the salary cap. the new associated press college basketball top 25 has virginia ranked 4th in the nation this week, behind number one kansas, michigan state, and villanova. the win over carolina keeps uva just a game out of first place behind unc and miami and helps the
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