and her boyfriend-- hiroshi-arakawa-- was badly injured... and needs help with mounting medical bills. and that's what tonight was all about at raleigh times bar.... and heather waliga was there... as hiroshi's friends joined in-- to help in his recovery. they put together a benefit concert upstairs at the raleigh times bar.. it's a gathering hiroshi...or hiro as he's known...used to co-host with his playing in his honor. with each strum.. donations poured in. dozens packed raleigh times in downtown raleigh to rally around fellow bluegrass musician hiroshi arakawa. the rising star in the local music scene...was critically injured in a thanksgiving night crash. his girlfriend...juana maria cardona- alvarez...was killed. absolutely incredible the amount of love and support that's come through the bluegrass community hank smith is coordinating recovery efforts through 'beer and banjos'...an event he and arakawa used to host together. 17:59:27..i was crushed. i was one of the first people to get a call because the first responders and police had

the accident left cardona- alvarez dead, and sent arakawa to wakemed icu. leaving friends and family in disbelief. "thanksgiving is a really big holiday for travel and i always worry about family and friends being safe. and i think my first reaction was just shock." friends tell us, cardona-alvarez and arakawa had just left a thanksgiving dinner and were headed to knightdale to finish the evening with family -- unfortunately, they never made it. both were in the visas and met while attending wake tech. "he's been in pretty serious condition so i know he's probably unaware of anything that's happened to her right now. but i know it's going to hit him pretty hard." arakawa was a rising gem in the bluegrass scene and moved from japan to raleigh to play music. his friends calling him a "rare talent." "it's a really special story. this is somebody who came here to learn english and everything else. but i feel like he has this hidden agenda that he loved the bluegrass community and he loved the music sceen here and that's what he has family in the triangle, and a

just on the north of that is missing part of a special place called arakawa, where three rivers meeton a map and go into the ocean. that is where columbus landed and eventually got here. there's another auspicious date that happened on october 10th known as cuban independence are famous for her next question al gore goes beyond that, the cry of yarborough come at the very beginning of the first independent lawyer. you may think there's been discontent just politics post-kennedy proposed fidel castro. there have been contentious politics from cuba from the spanish arrived in who is a very rough, some would say savage colonial period and the independent source did not go quickly. they took a long time. there is a 10 year war in many people tell you -- many cubans tell you after getting rid of the spanish they go very quickly to the united states as not quite a colonial power, but certainly i figure surrogacy. it's been a long go. and when i tell you about this book. let me just tell you because they think i need to clarify a few things. when i was asked to write this book, fidel castro

and miss kathy sabine at inverness with adele arakawa. hi guys. >> we have the nuance quartet out here. we have entertainment at inverness and the most perfect weather conditions. they have a big event coming up to get you ready for christmas. >> we're all members of sound of the rockies chorus, we're doing a december 9th and 10th at the newman center. we'd love to see you there. >> we'd love to see you here today. >> we couldn't do 9 cares colorado shares without the boy scouts and the cub scouts of america. and this group has come in, you guys raised so much. and you gather so much food. you're an integral part of this every year. what did you bring this year? >> food. >> nonperishable food donations. we're doing coats for colorado. we'd love to see you there. we are here until 4:00. we do have some cars coming in. and we're here at inverness, guys, for now, back to you. >> i'm giving them the boy scout salute right now. i hope they appreciate that. >> give us the boy scout salute. give us the boy scout salute. >> there you go. >> thank

decision night in >>> adele arakawa with kyle clark in the 9news studios where floyd ciruli has called u.s. house district 6 floyd morgan carroll, somewhat of a surprise because this is one of the seats that was seen in the u.s. house as being potentially vulnerable. >> it is astonishingly difficult for candidates to run a great distance away from their accompanying presidential candidates at the top of the ticket, mike coffman accompanist that, the associated press and floyd ciruli have called colorado for hillary clinton over donald trump, a tighter race in colorado than some predicted counted about 40% outstanding but comfortable calling it for clinton. >> we are looking at a race where those nine electoral votes are very important to hillary clinton. because we have now seen some outlets calling the race for florida as for trump. >> the u.s. senate race michael bennet holding onto his seat over challenger darryl glenn. point, coloradans have approved physician-assisted suicide opening up primaries to unaffiliated voters, increasing the minimum wage through 2020, making it harder to