news 13's aaron adelson takes us through this developing case. 3 aaron adelson reportingjoey butler lived with his dad in this home. according to a search warrant, at about 10:30 wednesday night a deputy found joey butler unresponsive on railroad tracks. his aunt told news13 butler had been drunk and belligerent. according to a warrant, ems took butler to pardee hospital, and he was released thursday morning. also in a warrant, in a 911 call wednesday, a caller reported a drunk white male around joey's age said he had killed somebody the previous day. the sheriff's office says they do not have a time of death back from the medical examiner. thursday morning, relatives found terry butler dead. that afternoon, john butler tried to cope with two sides to his brother. "they had a heck of a party, and my brother got killed at that same party. he wouldn't hurt a fly unless he was drunk. like i say now, he'll cut ya if he's drunk. throughout the day find joey butler. before 10 that night they found him. according to a warrant, terry butler died from blunt force trauma. after joey's first court a

news 13's aaron adelson takes us through this developing case. 3 3 aaron adelson reportingjoey butler lived with his dad in this home. according to a search warrant, at about 10:30 wednesday night a deputy found joey butler unresponsive on railroad tracks. his aunt told news13 butler had been drunk and belligerent. according to a warrant, ems took butler to pardee hospital, and he was released thursday morning. also in a warrant, in a 911 call wednesday, a caller reported a drunk white male around joey's age said he had killed somebody the previous day. the sheriff's office says they do not have a time of death back from the medical examiner. thursday morning, relatives found terry butler dead. that afternoon, john butler tried to cope with two sides to his brother. "they had a heck of a party, and my brother got killed at that same party. he wouldn't hurt a fly unless he was drunk. like he's drunk. throughout the day thursday, deputies could not find joey butler. before 10 that night they found him. according to a warrant, terry butler died from blunt force trauma. after joey's first

news 13's aaron adelson is there live... aaron? he's got lots of support here. these folks will be here watching the primary coverage, and they've spent the day trying to get others supporting bernie. 3 3 bernie sanders supporters came together at "the block off biltmore" to canvas the neighborhood. representatives from sanders's national campaign helped organize the event. volunteers took two shifts knocking on doors and handing out information about their candidate. the south carolina primary is about two weeks out from north carolina's election day. this marks a last minute push for voter turnout... and gives the community a chance to be involved. 3 53:24 "bernie's campaign and his grass root movement is all about trying to re-engage people in the political system. that our democracy works best when everyone is involved and when we stand together on things that are really important, there's accomplish. bernie 3 supporters say they chose to work with "the block off biltmore" for a good reason. the building was once home to the ymi cultural center... which acco

after his victory last night in new hampshire, he scheduled to speak at clemson university in aaron adelson is live for us this evening. aaron, trump is drawing a huge crowd it looks like. >> aaron: people still filing in. it's packed behind me. we're looking at empty seats in front of me. donald trump looking to bring mojo. since 1980, south carolina republicans have picked the eventual nominate except with newt gingrich.h. one person here tonight told me this is no longer bush country, this is trump country. he's expected to speak at 7:00. we'll show you what he has to say starting tonight on news 13. live in pendleton, south carolina, aaron adelson, news 13. >> darcel: marco rubio also kicked off his campaign blitz in the upstate. 13 he drew in a crowd. this after he placed fifth in the new hampshire primary last night. rubio is expected to participate in the next gop debate this saturday in greenville. news 13 will bring you live coverage of that event. >>> presidential candidates will be making stops throughout south carolina as we lead up to the primaries. you can find a list of who w

. >> larry: news 13's aaron adelson joins us from tonight's meeting. aaron, when will asheville start wearing those body cameras? >> aaron: larry, tonight apd police chief tammy hooper says this summer. the sheriff's office does not release any footage to the public. civil rights attorney says video capturing an arrest or use of force complaint should be public information. criminology professor sat in on the discussion. says he sees both sides. he points to chicago's recently released dash cam video of a 17-year-old shotot6 times by a police officer. >> they really drug their feet on that one a whole year. i can also understand the need to information that's out there and available to them. transapparent, maybe. >> aaron: s sriff van duncan recently fired two deputies after use of force complaint. he made the decision after watching the body cam footage. the public has never seen what happened. da todd williams was part of the discussion. he says it's not public information and should not be shared. aaron adelson, news 13. >>> she's not my pet. she's m

check, news 13 aaron adelson flr . >> aaron: it's a policy people in pisgah view appreciate. >> you never know anybody's situation. somebody could have been put in a situation. you know, they could just be somebody who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> maybe it's something old, at least you give somebody a chance. because some people do change. >> aaron: that's how the housing authority's ceo feels. >> we have to give people an opportunity if they make a mistake and they serve their time, we have to give them an opportunity to get back in the work force. if we don't, then what are they going to do? >> aaron: hiring people with records has worked out 75% of the time. >> it's a great feeling because people need second chances. everybody's not going to take advantage of that. and i know that. but most of them, the vast majority of people given a second chance do extremely well. because they committed a felony. >> aaron: that one is wilbert withrow. he was convicted in 2003 for attempted cocaine trafficking, a felony. in 2006, withrow was convicted in buncombe county. and later a s

news 13's aaron adelson is live at the hickory cavern tonight. aaron, how is oscar blues dealing with this divide? >> aaron: larry, the super bowl brings a big day for beer. the employees at the brevard brewery have been talking trash back to their coworkers back in california. the two breweries have not made any official bets. oscar brews employs mostly locals. tonight we couldn'n' find a broncos fan working there. newest teams. oscar blues employee josh had felt disrespected. >> a couple years ago the panthers didn't do so great and everyone still thinks -- they think we got by on a lucky streak this year. but we're in the super bowl. if that doesn't prove that we're a good team, i don't know what does. >> aaron: colorado carolina connections run team in the tavern. we found two customers who used to live in colorado. they've had nothing nice to say about the broncos. live in asheville, aaron adelson, news 13. >> darcel: developing tonight, rescue crews are trying to save people from the rubble after a powerful earthquake in taiwan. the latest.

. >> larry: news 13's aaron adelson was at trump's event. he joins us live. aaron. >> aaron: larry, the crew continues to tear down but a few thousand people filled up this arena. if you're looking at me wondering why i'm bundle up, there is no h hat in this building. the folks who showed up were really committed to hearing and seeing donald trump. trump started off celebrating his new hampshire primary win. >> we won by a lot. really a lot. calderon, the head man, top person, he said he won't pay for it. i said the wall just got 10 feet higher. that's right. >> aaron: calderon is no longer mexico's president. >> you get a guy like bush. >> aaron: and he frequently mentioned him. >> he's a low energy person. no, i said he's a stiff and i said if he was in the private sector, he wouldn't be able to get a job. other than that, i think he's excellent. >> aaron: trump also mentioned bernie sanders and hillary clinton. >> we're going to beat her. men don't like her. women don't like her. look at what's happening to her. a guy nobody ever heard of, literally, it bea

. >> larry: news 13's aaron adelson is live outside apd. aaron, what are police looking for tonight? >> aaron: police are looking for a suspect with a gold kia suv. a nightmare drive to work. police say a woman and a passenger were driving on tunnel road when they almost crashed with another car. it was 3:50 in the morning. they turned on the swannanoa river road heading towards then the woman called 911 saying the car was following her and shooting. rubar is a popular east asheville hangout. people had not heard about this shooting. it was unsettling learning the suspect lived nearby. >> i've got kids and grandkids. i certainly hope nobody gets mad and tries to shoot the kids. >> aaron: after police were called, the suspect took off. they spotted the car near mcdowell. suspects got away again. >> i can never recall in the recent past anything remotely like this. very unusual. very concerning. >> honestly, i don't know how i would react. since i've never been in that situation, it would be hard to gauge. >> aaron: police say the victim acted

. >> larry: aaron adelson continues from our mobile track in madison county. how are the roads right now where you are at, aaron? >> aaron: the roads are wet but nothing is accumulating. outside of mars hill, just a couple of flurries. not too many cars out driving snow started falling around 8:15 tonight. snow started coming down pretty hard at times. >> like, i don't want anymore cold at all. i want spring like tomorrow. don't you? don't you live here? you're over it, too, right? i like the snow and everything but i don't like driving in it. >> aaron: that's a feeling many of us can relate to. driving down 26 east right now, as i mentioned. just a couple of flurries falling. there's what i'm looking for. fairly pretty good driving conditions. the wind also a factor. live in madison county, aaron adelson, news 13. >> larry: you'll want to keep it right here for continuing coverage of winter weather. our morning crew will be keeping an eye on things overnight. get the latest on conditions and any closings starting at 4:30 in also stay up to date with our app, s

. >> tammy: we find news 13's aaron adelson. >> darcel: aaron, he's getting >> aaron: that's right, darcel. the doors just opened. people filing in. hundreds still outside. some people have been waiting here since noon. we just got in ten minutes ago. it is freezing outside and they've been outside there waiting to see donald trump who won the new hampshire primary last night with 36% of the vote. supporters say they like trump's business experience and one man told us he's the best leader in the republican field. >> positive no doubt, he means business. that what i like about trump. he means business. he's going to get it done. >> aaron: he's already committed to voting for trump a week and a half until the primary here. he just heard it's expected to get smaller. this arena next hosting a rodeo. kind of an interesting metaphor. >> tammy: news 13's darren where he was following marco rubio today. >> darcel: what does he think about coming in fifth in the new hampshire primary. >> darren: darcel, they believe that senator marco rubio will do much better here in south carolina. he's averagi

news 13's aaron adelson is here in the studio with this highlights. >> aaron: one of the biggest differences between the debates is hillary clinton and bernie sanders agree on some issues. hillary clinton tries to be the first female president. >> somebody with my background. somebody with my views. somebody who has spent his entire life taking on the big money interest. i think a sanders victory would be of some historical accomplishment as well. >> i'm asking people to support me because i think i'm the most qualified, experienced, and ready person to be the president and the commander in chief. >> aaron: sanders and clinton agreed on several issues including criminal justice reform. >> we're also going to emphasize education, jobs and housing. >> clearly we are looking at institutional racism. we are looking at an economy in which the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. and sadly in america today, in our economy, a whole lot of those poor people are african >> aaron: but they went at it over immigration. >> bottom line is a path towards citizenship for 11 million undocumented. >> i v

news 13's aaron adelson shows how some parents are getting their kids active with a little help from hop creamery. >> reporter: making ice cream is a delicate dance. >> if it were a dance, what kind would it be? one thing for sure, it's not a two step. there is a lot of grace in it. there's some twirling. >> there are many steps. >> the swirling. >> when production stops on wednesday night, there is a break. break dancing. so let the beat. >> start with a b. and ends with a drop. >> boys and girls put their best foot forward. everyone's invited. you can feel free to join in, okay. if you need any help let me know. in fact, this is not a class as much as a dance party. >> and it's free. >> that's right. here is the breakdown. the hops owner is looking for another night to bring people into the creamery. >> we just happened to have a space that would allow people to move free. >> reporter: over the winter joe adams was looking for a place to bring the kids inside. >> it just worked out really well. now, feet apart. >> he leads a national break dancing group called the underground crew.

news 13's aaron adelson has been on the scene all day. what do deputies know about the son, aaron? >> aaron: when i checked back just a little while ago, they said they're still chasing down leads but we mayave some new information in this morning. but right now they're still happened to terry butler. this morning, terry butler was found by his sister in this home dead. she called 911 and her other brother. john butler came up from spartanburg after he heard the news. >> he didn't deserve to die. that man would give you his shirt off his back. and him poor as all get out. >> reporter: born on the same day 14 years apart, john is trying to make peace with another side of his older brother. >> i love him so much that i told my mom on her death bed that i'd take care of him because i'd known he was an alcoholic. and i didn't stick to my guns otherwise he wouldn't be dead. >> reporter: he says terry got his daughter out of jail wednesday night and was happy to have her back. >> they had a heck of a party and my brother got killed at that same party. he wouldn't hurt a fly unless he was

aaron adelson, news 13. >> frank: former president george w bush visited with military veterans in columbia this afternoon. he's in south carolina to help give his younger brother jeb and his bid for the white house. they'll rally in charleston in a little under 30 minutes. questions from supporters in a town hall in rockhill today. trey goudy was a guest speaker at that event. >> frank: there will be a lot of candidates visiting south carolina in the next two weeks. visit the election 2016 section of our website. >> tammy: now to a developing story affecting all of north carolina. this friday is the deadline for lawmakers to redraw a district after a previous panel ruled it was unfair. >> frank: could rule to push that deadline back. news 13's ashlea surles joins us right now. >> tammy: ashlea, you were with concerned citizens today. >> ashlea: that's right. it was through a statewide teleconference that some say didn't go so smoothly. officials from the state house, senate and city cop watched over >> our next speaker is tom bars. >> ashlea: over teleconference hundreds of north carolina

news 13's aaron adelson joins us live near the lake julian power plant. aaron, what does the staff recommend? >> aaron: this staff report came out and recommends the commission not approve a back up unit now, which in six years duke could build. since 1964, duke's coal power plant has served western north carolina. by 2020, duke plans to replace this plant with a natural gas plant. duke's application asked permission now for the ability to build a back-up third unit in the future. >> we're going to keep the lights on up if there in asheville. >> we think it's a good step in the right direction. we're glad they're looking at duke energy's application with a >> aaron: mountain true had an expert review duke's confirmation and the non-profit filed an affidavit to the commission. they question the whole project's necessity. >> the peaking unit is unnecessary. and not only that but the base units are also too big, too expensive and unjustified. >> aaron: duke projects this areas energy need to grow 7% in the next decade. the new plant with the new third unit wo

but first, aaron adelson shows us a situation that caused a lot of concern tonight at nebo. >> reporter: they had to rescue someone from high water from their car this morning. a lot of rain fell in a short amount of time and it washed out this culvert. people here said they could hear it washing away and it sounded like a rock hitting the water. >> it was basically a little lake in our backyard. >> reporter: the storm knocked out the bridge. was going to wash away. >> reporter: lexi coil watched from her home. she took a sick day but she didn't really get the day off. >> we thought it was that deep. and i stood in it and i sunk in it. >> and still a foot deep. >> reporter: the storm also shut down gilbert road. david connelly just got back from hunting. >> they can go back to the barn and go back to the water. but i've heard that my neighbor up the street, his horse is up to its neck and nobody's even moved it. they put some dams up to slow the creek down. >> reporter: around the same management worried the dam was about to fail. the breaches were fixed as the water went down. >> i'm h

aaron adelson, news 13. >> larry: new tonight, the same type of virus that infected a hospital's computer system out mission hospital. but it teams here caught it before it cost any problems. when did the attack there happen, justin? >> justin: folks at mission tell us this was at the end of last year. but again, because they have a number of safeguards against the attacks, no information was compromised. they continue to work to make sure that hospital information stays safe. a california hospital paid nearly $17,000 to hackers to regain control of the hospital system's computers. reminding i.t. teams of mountain hospitals the importance of a good cyber system. >> we have to prepare for the worst case scenario. constantly monitoring for any kind of unusual activity that might be noticeable through our looking at our backup and restore capabilities to ensure those capabilities are healthy. >> justin: it just so happened that the week we came to visit was also the week the chief information security officer for unc healthcare was in the office looking at security. >> she and i have done a

aaron adelson, news 13. >> darcel: saving a family from coming up, what she did that they say saved their lives. >> larry: and are we raising a generation of helpless children? now that sounds harsh but some doctors and college professors say it's happening. doing to try to fix it.oday is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that's amazing! that's amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, >> darcel: the dropout rate among college freshman is rising and some experts have a theory why. >> larry: they say too many young people don't know how to organize their time and solve problems on their own. how can parents avoid raising the next generation of what some call helpless kids. >> reporter: colleges across the u.s. are a survey by the american college heal

. >> larry: news 13's aaron adelson is live outside apd. aaron, what are police looking for tonight? >> aaron: police are looking for a suspect with a gold kia suv. a nightmare drive to work. police say a woman and a passenger were driving on tunnel road when they almost crashed with another car. it was 3:50 in the morning. they turned on the swannanoa river road heading towards

in columbia, aaron adelson, news 13. >> reporter: emotions ran high at the state fairgrounds in columbia as ted cruz supporters came here by the hundreds. the crowd was completely silent or nearly silent as donald trump read his victory speech from the upstate. the crowd began cheering after former florida governor jeb bush announced he was dropping out of the race. and the crowd went wild after cruz took the stage touting his conservative record and predicting he would eventually take the gop presidential nomination despite trailing trump in both new hampshire and now south carolina. >> and i will tell you this, i cannot wait to stand on that debate stage with hillary clinton or bernie sanders or whatever other socialist they nominate. >> and the truth is really revealed. people are getting to see, he is who he says he is. >> with south carolina over and the states for superted cruz which is a must win for cruz in the other states. in columbia, darren bow hell toe toe, news 13. >> evan: stick with news 13, with a look at yesterday's democratic race in the nevada caucuses. >> you can cha

in columbia, aaron adelson, news 13.. >> emotions ran high saturday night at the stair fairground in columbia as ted cruz supporters came here by the hundreds. the crowd was completely silent or nearly silent as donald trump read his victory speech from the upstate. the crowd began cheering after announced he was dropping out of the race. and the crowd went wild after cruz took the stage touting his conservative record and predicting he would eventually take the gop presidential nomination, despite trailing trump in both new hampshire and now south carolina. >> and i will tell you this, i cannot wait to stand on that debate stage with hillary clinton, or bernie sanders or whatever other socialist they nominate. >> the truth is really revealed. i think more and more people are going to see that he really is who he says he is. >> reporter: with south carolina over, ted cruz will head to nevada and then to sec states for superted cruz, which is a must win for and the other candidates. in south carolina, darren botelho, news 13. >> evan: we have been telling you about a new physical adve