glenn, i spoke to joe lawrence -- >> reporter: yeah ken, i spoke to joe lawrence. he's hoping for the best for his two friends here at wake med. even though this happened so fast, he still has very distinct memories of the moment he realized he had been hit by a car. second to last in line. >> we were riding along the right hand side of the road as opposed to being in the middle of the road. >> i don't remember hearing the car, but i do remember thinking oh my gosh there is something going on here. ani'm about ready to go down. >> the group was riding a couple of lanes apart. >> all of a sudden i'll run in to lynn. that is when i got nudged forward. >> and i remember seeing her kind of flying through the air. i think that i saw mike going down. lynn daily all ejected from their bicycle hit by a driver 50-year-old donnie marie. >> the lady got out and she came back and she was carrying on. >> reporter: as their bicycles laid crumpled on the side of the road. he still has questions about how this could happen. >> if i looked back and we were riding and we were, you k

. >> reporter: i actually spoke to joe lawrence a couple hours ago. he's at home recovering. of course he's hoping for the best for his friends. and even though that it happened so fast that he has distinct memories about the moment that he was hit by the car. second to last in line on the route. >> and basically we were riding along the white line as opposed to being in the right. >> until something didn't feel right. >> i don't remember hearing the car, but i do remember thinking oh my gosh that there is something going on here. and i'm about ready to go down. >> lawrence says that the group was riding a couple links apart. he remembers ing concerned. and that, you know, several days in when i would get nudged by the car. >> after that chaos. >> i think that i saw mike going down. >> reporter: they later christopr graham and mike dayton were all e -- all ejected from the bicycle. >> then i saw the car stop way up the road and the lady got out and came back and she was just, you know, carrying on. >> reporter: as they lay crumpled on the side of the road, they were not looki

. >> reporter: joe lawrence was one of four people riding bikes here saturday. the state highway patrol says johnny williams crashed her car into the. she is facing several charges including forecast of improper passing resulting in serious injury. warren says that may not go far enough. all charges are misdemeanors. >> a bit disappointed. mainly because it seems like the charges are minimal. bicyclists are still in hospital. >> mike is still conscious the >> reporter: his attorney specializing cases involving bicyclists and keeps a blog about them. >> it doesn't look like she did anything to avoid the crash whatsoever. >> reporter: a spokesman for the highway patrol says another car was coming in the other direction. she miss just how much space was to pass the bicyclists. investigators say speed and alcohol were not involved. she was not use her cell phone. highway patrol count tilted with the johnston county dist. atty. to find out what charges were filed. when we reached out to the da to find or the charges were misdemeanors, we her, no comment. >> the injur

edward lawrence nbc news. vice president joe biden is in names... says disturbing themes are coming from the presidential he says attitudes a aut mexico...and the language being used are "dangerous, damaging and incredibly ill- advised." a kwwl follow- up. staying safe near electronic cigarettes. we showed you this video yesterday where a man's e cigarette explodes in his pocket. we talked to someone in waterloo who sells e-cigs...and promott safee to every customer who buys them... "we have cases you can buy. because if you have change or keys it can have your batteries vent out, and that's what causes dhem to explode." he says the easiest way to make sure batteries are safe -- is the tight plastic wrapping around the battery. students show support for victims of sexual assault. xx for jane. xx for jane these protestors standing outside a news conference at the university of tennessee. a lawsuit alleges the college allows against women. and let student athletes get away with sexual assaults. "it's really frustrating to see them get in the public ju

joe biden will be at the oscars this weekend. the singer he will introduce and the message he has for others. 3 3 in this morning's the buzz, hunger games star jennifer lawrence is this year's highest-paid oscar nominee. according to forbes, lawrence, who received a best actress nomination for "joy," earned 52 million dollars between june 2014 and june 2015. lawrence's nomination this year is her fourth. at 25., she is the youngest person ever with four nominations. the second highest-paid oscar nominee is leonardo dicaprio, who made 29-million. 3 vice president joe biden will have a serious message for the audience at the oscars this weekend. according to the white house, the vice attend sunday's awards ceremony. biden will introduce singer lady gaga and make a call for sexual assault awareness. lady gaga will perform "til it happens to you" which was nominated for best original song. 3 3 r-and-b singer bobby brown has his seventh chililon the way. he and his wife just had a baby girl seven months ago and also have a six-year old son. bobbi kristina, his daughter with the late whitney houston, died last year after bathtub. 3 how big will "batman versuses sup

lawrence. he's very proud of himself. good job, john. >>> vice president joe biden will have a serious message at the oscars this weekend. according to the white house, the vice president will introduce singer lady gaga and lady gaga will perform "till it happens to you," nominated for best original song. biden has been an out spoken proponent for combating campus violence. chris rock hosts the 88th annual academy awards this sunday right here on cbs columbia. >>> back here at home, dozens of students and staff took a plunge for charity. usc police department held the gamecock polar plunge. look at that splash today over at maxy greg pool to raise money for the special olympics of south carolina and kicking off a year-long effort. today's event raised $11,000. >> it's definitely important to help fund our over 30,000 athletes in the state of south carolina to pay to help them go to sporting events all over the world as they qualify and help them train for their events. >> of course, they needed it. participants today were treated to some hot chocolate after th

second half and joe barry with the 3 ball and part of the 10-0 run. and this sums it up and passing anthony lawrence and north carolina the other way and dunk city and runs into the big time season and 10-4 in the acc and west virginia on monday night. heat and washington wizards toght on the aaa and dwayne wade is questionable. last time in atlanta robbins came off the bench with the career high 19 points for miami. heat beat the hawks@115-111 despite missing 3 key players. mcroberts the differencecein this one. >> he's an out of the box player. he's unique. you know, we have a few guys like that. but josh's playmaking ability clearly was key tonight but that is who he is. that's sports. >> jeff: thanks. >> robbin: that's 7 news first at 5. i'm robin simmons. >> jeff: i'm jeff lennox. see you back here tonight at 6:00. captioning provided by: depere, wi in a variety of sports in this week's show... we'll meet a pair of the nation's tot basketball players, andnde'll also step into the boxing ring with the son of an all-time great... and don't miss our story with a soccer star from a major league fam

"the last word with lawrence odonnell: -senator heller- he has indicated that he would support a nomination. there would only be three more for a 50-50 tie which joe biden would break, to get the nominee confirmed. " " prof. fred lokken/tmcc political science; everything about the nomination meets the criteria, exceeds the criteria, is true. " senator reid says he would like the president to make a nomination annoucement in ten days.### the nevada democratic caucus is this saturday. the republican caucus will be on tuesday. and plenty of presidential candidates, are coming to northern nevada. ### bernie sanders will be at the nugget casino resort tomorrow. he'll be at the rose ballroom-- to talk about severl issues including immigration reform and college affordability. doors open at 1 o'clock in afternoon. this is free and open to the public. admission-- is first come first served. ### republican presidential candidate donald trump will also be at the nugget casino resort.but he'll make his appearance on tuesday. he'll speak at the rose ballroom. doors open at 10 o'clock in the morning. this event is free, but registration is encouraged. ### sena

lawrence and janine marshall for committing crimets inside two schools in october and now, straitors are working to add a security guard at each of their elementary schools by next year. joe fisher is in ports smith -- ports smooth now. >> 16 security guards and five portsmouth police officers are protecting the district's high schools and elementary schools right now. the middle schools, however, are unprotected. it's a problem the district said they're committed to fixing. the two poster women for a campaign in portsmouth to beef up security at their elementary schools. less than two weeks ago police arrested lawrence for allegedly knocking out the assistant principal in lakeview elementary. into a classroom at james herself elementary and forced her son to fight other students. >> is security at a higher priority? >> i would say it is. >> there are eyes on you from the moment you walk up the front door here at brighten elementary. but district officials sail in addition to all this great technologies -- technology, they want a security guard at all after their schools. >> having a school security officer who have mitigated or presented what happened. >> the school syst

lawrence, nbc news. >>> and happening now, a big name in the bay area, vice president joe biden will be in san jose for the california democratic convention. he will give the keynote address for more than 3,000 people at the event. the convention kicks off today with the spotlight on tax work helping people. >>> apple filing its response to the fbi's demand that it unlock a controversial iphone. apple says the act does not give of the court the power to remove the pass cord lockout on the seized phone. both the fbi and apple would like congress to step in and create new laws to address the problem but it may end up in the supreme court first. experts believe the legal ramifications are huge. >> if they lose this then you could argue the government would always want a back door, they have to keep this into consideration developing hardware and software. >> during a hearing, apple accused the government of running over its first amendment rights. they're addressing it during apple's shareholder meeting. >> our blacks and purples and blues. >> and down at the orchid show in san francisco. >>> scott and kr

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lawrence's nomination this year is her fourth, she won best actress for silver linings play book. she gets paid almost twice as much as the highest paid nominee leonardo dicaprio. >> vice president joeen and his wife jill will be at the oscars, they are set to introduce lady gaga. she is nominated for original song, for a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses. he will use it to urge americans to speak out about sexual assault. and this reminder, the oscars air live this sunday night here on 6 abc and the coverage starts at 7:00. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call now to request your free decision guide. i've been with my doctor for 12 years. now i know i'll b

.lawrence...who received a best actress nomination for "joy," earned 52 million dollars between june 2014 and june 2015. at 25... she's the youngest person ever with four nominations. vice president joe biden will have a serious message for the audience at the oscars this weekend. biden and his wife will introduce singer lady gaga... assault awareness. we all know about grumpy cat, but what about mustache cat? a little kitten that is rocking a mustache is looking for a home after someone abandoned her. she was found at the salvation army donation bin in california. she will be ready for adoption in the next few days. thanks for joining us for the news at 5. we'll be right back. good evening and welcome to the news at six. i'm charles molineaux. right now at 6--we're getting a first hand look tonight at the arrest of a lexington county prosecutor accused of drunk driving. dashcam video released today by the department of public safety shows a highway patrol trooper conducting a field sobriety test at the home of solicitor donnie myers. in the video, the trooper asks myers to perform several tests--before ultimately taking him in handcuffs to his patrol car. "say it again?" "put your r

lawrence, who's standing by in washington. edward, i've heard one political commentator say it was the biggest fight we've seen since muhammad ali and joe frazier. a fight here, no doubt, but who came out on top, and were these barbs thrown as donald trump too late? >> reporter: it was five people actually on stage here. it wasn't just one on one, as in that fight with muhammad ali. jabs and jokes all to get air time before super tuesday. senator ted cruz started off the attacks, attacking donald trump on his imdprags reform. he said if he truly wanted to reform immigration, he would not employ illegal immigrants at his hotels. he's referring to a case that happened 36 years ago that donald trump actually settled. senator marco rubio in a tag team then joined in against trump. rubio attacking trump on his immigration plan, attacking trump on health care. also, on his economic philosophy. all of this set the stage for a major fight tuesday. 600 delegates are up for grabs in 12 states. needed for the republican nomination, just over 1200 delegates. almost half is what these candidates are fighting for. many experts say that senator marco

by the way -- can we set, joe, can we set the record straight? that didn't come from me. and lawrencell apologized last night on television. he found out it was a false, it was a phony deal. you know these twitter people, there's a lot of genius to them but it wasn't me. i would never do that. >> let me ask you then, donald, what -- what do you have to say to jeb bush and his family this morning? >> well, i wish him well. he's a nice person. he fought really hard. i have to tell you that. he really fought hard. you know, for one thing i didn't like about jeb, and i don't blame him, really, he took, you know, millions, probably $20 million worth of negative ads against me. and i couldn't turn on the television without seeing one of these ads. so, you know, i was a little bit offended by that. but other than that, i mean, you know, i wish him well. i will tell you he's a highly competitive guy. he really fought. those last couple of weeks he was on television so much, i was looking dshs i'd say man i've never seen anything like this. that's why i'm surprised i won so much. he was pretty