the ride that injured a man entered an alford plea. he blamed the operator teterow who admitted tampering with the ride >>> wake county jurors could begin deliberation in the stepsing phase of the travion smith trial monday. the same panel convicted him of during a burglary. wral's lala santiago has been following the story >> reporter: just coming off the stand right now, a sergeant with the wake county sheriff's office that works primarily out of the detention center. she talked about previous issues they had with smith, and that includes having to use pepper spray. when he was released from jail for a case with a stolen car, smith went to his father's home and the officer claims that even his father had issues with him and ended up kicking him out.

he was a consultant for chairman ruchow and myself that he would be made available to the committee >>> republicans have maintained that hoffler did follow the criteria even though they had not yet approved it. they asked who the democrats are using to redraw the maps, they have not said who it is. current congressman george holding in the 13th congressional district told us this morning that he probably would go ahead and challenge renee almer for the second district in the republican primary election. interesting time. >> two stories in one. laura leslie, thank you very much. >> that's right. >>> today is the deadne to register in the primary election on march 15th. same-day registrations will be available at one-stop voting