nadia, senator marco rubio will be speaking inside the bast center here on the college's campus. it's scheduled to begin at 8:30. his trip comes less than 48 hours before the start of super tuesday. the latest cbs news poll shows rubio still has plenty of ground to make up if he wants to do well in virginia. rubio is in second place -- trailing donald trump by 13 points. he's taken a sharper tone in over the last week or so -- calling trump a con artist during campaign stops and interviews. we talked with some folks out on roanoke college's campus this afternoon. they don't necessarily support rubio, but they're interested in what he has to say. cullen truett, coming to hear rubio " it's about doing citizen. everybody bases their support on what they get on heresay, but they don't actually have the evidence of what that candidate said to back it up. " patrick stone, coming to hear rubio 00594014 "it's a great opportunity. it's not something that happens that often where a presidential candidate comes to you, you know? " the bast center holds 2300 people and the college is expecti

a double header for the bast center finale for both basketball teams with the new cregger center almost finished. the men in action first, hosting bridgewater and up handily in the second half. john fitchett keeping it rolling as he knocks-down the corner 3. fitchett with 16 points in the game-- 6 for 10 from the floor. roanoke up 54-27. later second, john caldwell attacking the basket. he finishes in the paint for 2 of his 13.. back to the perimeter, where the maroons had 16 made threes. this one here from eli sumpter. he was 3 for 3 from beyond the arc. now let's get to carter wright. the hidden valley product shooting lights-out. he hits back- to- back threes. the first one puts the maroons up by an even 30. then the next, just moves and draining the shot. he led all scorers with 19 points as roanoke cruises to the 104-67 win. their 8th game this season where they scored in triple digits. the ladies in action right after. washington and lee visiting roanoke on the maroons' senior day. kelsey smith and jf's anna carter both honored before the game. first quarter action, ellen wagner g

he will speak at the c-homer bast center at 8:30 p-m. we'll have full coverage of that event on our website wsls dot com or sunday night during our six and 11 p-m newscasts. donald trump's upcoming rally at radford university is causing students on both political sides to speak up. some students and graduates are obtaining as many of the free tickets as they can... but with no plans to attend or give the tickets away. they say empty seats will send a message to trump. some are planning a read- in where they will sit in the rally but read a book the entire time. others say those actions are unfair to trump supporters and those interested in what the candidate has to say. colby bender radford university i think it's a great opportunity to come and see an actual presidential candidate come to your university and make history, not matter whether you agree or disagree with him. radford university says the trump campaign will will be given to walk-ins...if ticketholders don't show up. the event is monday at noon. coming up on wsls 10 at 6... a

what to here from this republican presidential candidate.in more than 23 hundred people packed the bast center on the campus of roanoke college in salem to see marco rubio. the florida senator spoke for around 30 minutes, first focusing on his foe-- donald trump. after highlighting the shortcomings of his republican and democratic rivals, rubio discussed his platform for change. the biggest approval from the crowd came when rubio talked about defending the constitution, protecting second amendment rights, and keeping suspected and convicted terrorists out of the country. "we're in a lot of trouble if we keep doing what we're doing now, under barack obama. you are going to be the first generation to ever inherit a country thats worse off than your parents" rubio says he was saving the best for last with the late night stop commonwealth. rubio's campaign is expected to hit atlanta, knoxville, and oklahoma city later today. hillary clinton is far ahead of bernie sanders in three key states ahead of super tuesday. that's according to a new wall street journal poll released sunday night.the poll sh

rubio will speak at the college's c- homer bast center starting at 8-30 p-m. donald trump will stop at radford university monday. yesterday... and is already polarizing the campus. wsls 10's bethany teague spoke with students on both political sides about how they plan to let their voices be heard. emotions are running high. grant gurley radford university i was really excited for it. sarah rodden radford university graduate we don't even want this event to be successful. nick thayer radford university i plan on holding a sign. i plan on wearing a bernie sanders t-shirt outside. one thing radford university students can agree on.. donald trump's upcoming visit to the dedmon center monday.. is the talk of campus. grant gurley radford university that's the buzz. that's what everybody's talking about. the free tickets were gone by thursday morning. but that doesn't necessarily mean trump will be addressing a "capacity" crowd. r-u graduate sarah rodden got 125 tickets to the event. but she doesn't plan to attend or give the tickets away. :38-:41 sarah rodden radfo

the wildcats beat the maroons in the only meeting between the two this season, 91- 86 at the bast center in late january. the maroons hope to turn the tide this time around and earn a berth in the conference moir/roanoke head coach: they beat us in overtime here, a very well played game. they shot the three ball very well. they have one of the very best guards in the league in zach desgain but they have a host of other very good players. they play very well together. they have very good team chemistry. they have a team that has some new faces that are good players but they're a very veteran team and a team that's battle tested. we've always gotten good, close, tight games with randolph and we expect it to be a great game. it's tournament time. everybody needs to be at their best or they're going home. wall street ends the week with a mix of gains and losses. the dow fell 57points. nasdaq up 8. bad weather like we saw in appomattox this week and the severe winter weather we dealt with a couple of weeks ago brings damage to homes and property. wdbj7 anchor nadia singh is working on a story

the event starts tomorrow night at 8:30 at the bast center. donald trump is speaking at radford university on monday. nasa's leader predicts astronauts will land on mars around 2030. that's one of many projects charles bolden shared with students yesterday at virginia tech. wdbj7's justin ward was there as he encouraged students to follow their dreams. if you had walked by the classroom, you may have just thought it was a professor teaching his class. nats "great question. the question is what do i want from you." until you heard charles bolden's experiences. nats "when the main just start floating, you get this incredible feeling of fullness in your head." bolden, a retired marine corps major general, heads the entire nasa program and has been to space four times. he leads 18 thousand employees and uses a budget of 19 billion dollars to fund space exploration, science, aeronatics, and technology research. although he has many accolades and a high position, he stays humble - asking the students to call him charlie, and taking questions through

he will speak at the c-homer bast center at 8:30 p-m. we'll have full coverage of that event on our website wsls dot com or sunday night during our six and 11 p-m newscasts. rubio's fellow g-o-p candidate donald trump is visiting the new river valley. trump is expected to speak at radford university on monday. according to the candidate's website ... he will speak at 12 p-m. trump's campaign stop will happen the day before virginia's presidential primary. salem v-a medical center teamed up with v-a facilities across the nation for its second access stand down event. the event's goal is to connect with veterans ... reduce the number of vets with urgent healthcare needs and schedule a clinical appointment for them within at least 30 days. the center scheduled 165 veterans and treated about 100 today. tonight hundreds gathered at hotel roanoke for the annual black and white this is the 10 year anniversary of the event. it's hosted by the square society....a group of young professionals. there was quite the crowd as people dressed up with ma

the day's third game was roanoke catholic against bast center. catholic held their own early. peyton walthall steps up and knocks down the baseline jumper for the celtics. then later, ethan tait bombs away from behind the three point line. but roanoke catholic was overmatched in this one. west charlotte goes-on to win it 73 to 38. during the 4th game the salem kiwanis club presented a one thousand dollar check to roy stanley's family, to be put into the scholarship fund in memory of the late wdbj7 sportscaster. hidden valley's girls up against floyd in a good matchup. the titans broke the pressure early and jordan sadler knocks-down the jumper to get things started. but floyd hung in. ragan wiseman, the richmond signee finishes the break before the half but her team still trailed. the lady buffs go on a run out of the locker room. natalie boothe sinks the three-ball from the wing. hidden valley though, got 25 points from hailey singleton and the titans hold- on down the stretch for the 68-63 win. let's talk some baseball now, which is a$ready just around the corner. while virg

big night on the odac court for the roanoke college maroons as they host washington & lee at the bast center in salem. the maroons won the first meeting in lexington. roanoke starts the night tied for second with the odac standings at 9 and 3. those two are just a game behind first place virginia wesleyan with a little over a week left in the regular season heading into the conference tournament at the salem civic center at the end of the month. highlights on the way at 11. wall street ends the day with a mix of gains and losses. the dow down 100 points. nasdaq added 15. s and p fell just for the latest weather anytime, turn to our webpage at wdbj7.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. thank you for choosing your hometown news leader, wdbj7. >> thank you! >> pelley: one taste of

" the bast center holds 2300 people and the college is expecting more, so they have overflow rooms set up. we're joined by wdbj7's senior political analyst dr. harry wilson. christian: what is rubio's expectation for virginia and he realistically pull off some wins over trump? dr. harry wilson answers christian: rubio has taken a sharper tone do you think that will play with the voters? dr. harry wilson answers christian: what do you expect his message to be tonight? dr. harry wilson answers rubio isn't the only on on key states in the super tuesday contests. more than a dozen states will be up for grabs in just two days. g-o-p frontrunner donald trump is confident he'll come out on top after winning three of the first four republican races. senator ted cruz, who has consistently come in second place to trump, disagrees. sen. ted cruz/ (r) presidential candidate: "our campaign is the only one in a position to beat donald trump on super tuesday, and if you want to stop this trump train, the only way to do so is to beat him on super tuesday. " with a major victory in south carolina, hill

reporting in radford, paris more than 23 hundred people packed the bast center on the campus of roanoke college in salem to see marco rubio. the florida senator spoke for around 30 minutes, first focusing on his foe-- donald trump. after highlighting the shortcomings of his republican and democratic rivals, rubio discussed his platform for change. the biggest approval from the crowd came when rubio talked about defending the constitution, protecting second amendment rights, and keeping suspected and convicted terrorists out of the country. "we're in a lot of trouble if we keep doing what we're doing now, under barack obama. you are going to be the to ever inherit a country thats worse off than your parents" rubio says rubio says rubio says rubio says rubio says he was saving the best for last with the late night stop commonwealth. rubio's campaign is expected to hit atlanta, knoxville, and oklahoma city later today. hillary clinton is far ahead of bernie sanders in three key states ahead of super tuesday. that's according to a new wall street journal poll released sunday night.the poll

days to go. " in fact, he can't quite believe marco rubio will be right in his backyard at the bast center. alex boone, chair, students for rubio, roanoke college, sophomore "when we found out, i was sitting in class and i probably had about 20 text messages and my phone was going off all class long. " dakota tomlin, vice chair, students for rubio, roanoke college, senior "my phone has been blowing up ever since the announcement came for people wanting to know what's happening. " dakota tomlin and alex boone head up the college's students for rubio group. when they found out, news spread fast on the small campus. schyler wagner, roanoke college republicans "once i heard he was coming here, it was just all excited. people buzzing all around the school about it. " dakota tomlin, vice chair, students for rubio, roanoke college, senior "personally, for me, i thought it was about time he came close. [laugh]" they're optimistic -- even though their college's latest poll puts rubio at 13 percent -- far behind frontrunner donald trump's 38%. dakota tomlin, vice chair, students for rubio, roanoke c

dot com to rubio made his coments yesterday in salem where more than 23 hundred people packed the bast center on the campus of roanoke college. the florida senator spoke for around 30 minutes, first focusing on his foe - donald trump. after highlighting the shortcomings of his republican and democratic rivals, rubio discussed his platform for change. the biggest approval from the crowd came when rubio talked about defending the constitution,and protecting second amendment rights. but he couldn't help making a colorful remark about the frontrunner. , he says that i sweat all the time, it's hot in here am i sweating? he doesn't sweat because his pours are clogged by the spray tan he uses. donald is not going to make america great, he's going to make america orange."" rubio says america orange."" rubio says he was saving the best for last with the late night stop in salem after cricrossing the commonwealth. rubio's campaign is expected to hit atlanta, knoxville, and oklahoma city later today. on the democrat side, h illary clinton is far ahead of bernie sanders in three key states ahead of super

rubio made his coments yesterday in salem where more than 23 hundred people packed the bast center on the campus of roanoke college. the florida senator spoke for around 30 minutes, first focusing on his foe - donald trump. after highlighting the shortcomings of his republican and democratic rivals, rubio discussed his platform for change. the biggest approval from the crowd came when rubio talked about defending the constitution, protecting second amendment rights and keeping suspected and convicted terrorists out of the country. "we're in a lot of trouble if we keep doing what we're doing now, under barack obama. you are going to be the first generation to ever inherit a country thats worse off than your parents" your parents"worse off than a country thats to ever inherit first generation to ever inherit a country thats worse off than your parents" rubio says he was saving the best for last with the late night stop in salem after cricrossing the commonwealth. expected to hit atlanta, knoxville, and oklahoma city later today. on the democrat side, h illary clinton is far ahead of ber

a double header for the bast center finale for both basketball teams with the new cregger center almost finished. the men in action first, hosting bridgewater and up handily in the second half. john fitchett keeping it rolling as he knocks-down the corner 3. fitchett with 16 points in the game-- 6 for 10 from the floor. roanoke up 54-27. later second, john caldwell attacking the basket. he finishes in the paint for 2 of his 13.. back to the perimeter, where the maroons had 16 made threes. this one here from eli sumpter. he was 3 for 3 from beyond the arc. now let's get to carter wright. the hidden valley product shooting lights-out. he hits back- to- back threes. the first one puts the maroons up by an even 30. then the next, just busting-out the scorers with 19 points as roanoke cruises to the 104-67 win. their 8th game this season where they scored in triple digits. the ladies in action right after. washington and lee visiting roanoke on the maroons' senior day. kelsey smith and jf's anna carter both honored before the game. first quarter action, ellen wagner gets things going for the

a for the bast center finale for both basketball teams with the new cregger center almost action first, hosting bridgewater and up handily in the second half. john fitchett keeping it rolling as he knocks-down the corner 3. fitchett with 16 points in the game-- 6 for 10 from the floor. roanoke up 54-27. later the basket. he finishes in the paint for 2 of his 13. back to the perimeter, where the maroons had 16 made threes. this one here from eli sumpter. he was 3 for 3 from beyond the arc. now let's get to carter wright. the hidden valley product shooting lights-out. he hits back- to- back threes. the first one puts the maroons up by an even 30. then the next, just busting-out the moves and draining the shot. he led all scorers with 19 points as roanoke cruises to the 104-67 win. their 8th game this season where they scored in triple digits. the ladies in action right after. washington and lee visiting roanoke on the maroons' senior day. kelsey smith and jf's anna carter both honored before the game. first quarter action, ellen wagner gets things going for the maroons. she finished with

speaking at his campaign stop in salem.a crowd of around 23 hundred people are packed into the bast center tonight to see him in person. he's still speaking right now - let's take a live look inside. rubio just wrapped up his speech to a packed auditorium. you can see him greeting people now- and people are already startng to file out. rubio continued his war of wars - with donald trump.this because he was endorsed by the kkktrump - took to twitter today - saying he does not want the endorsement - from david duke - a former grand wizard of the ku klux klan. during a campaign stop near richmond earlier today---marco rubio... hit back hard.here's what both candidates said-- on the trail earlier today. marco rubio " should the head of the conservative movement, should the republican nominee, like someone like donald trump, refused, refused, to criticize the ku klux klan. he was interviewed on cnn and asked to disavow the ku klux klan and refused to do it." donald trump "i don't know anything about david duke, okay? i don't know anything about what you're even talking about with the white supr

doors at the bast center open at 7:30 tonight. the event starts at 8:30. republican frontrunner donald trump will be speaking tomorrow at radford university. a former tuskegee airman shared his experiences as a fighter pilot at the george c. marshall foundation in lexington. lieutenant colonel robert j. friend is the last surviving member of the 332- nd fighter group of the tuskegee airmen. he flew more than 100 combat missions over europe during world war ii. after leaving the army, friend started a career with the air the event was part of the "all who want to serve" sequence of the marshall legacy series. the roanoke boat show is back at the berglund center this weekend! the show gives people a unique opportunity to see what dealers on smith mountain lake have to offer. the event includes equipment exhibits, products, services and more. organizers say the show is a great time for people to get to know more about smith mountain lake and hopefully visit. phil rybacki/show coordinator: "the economy is changing. folks are wanting good wholesome family recre

as people were lining up to get inside the bast center, a few dozen protesters were on the other side of the street. they were out protesting rubio's policies on the environment and women's rights. upset with corporate interests funding his campaign. shannon barter, protester "so we want to make sure people are able to be educated on both sides of the issue. he's going to go and speak for a long time and we want people to know what the other side of the story is." marco rubio isn't the only candidate focusing in on the south ahead of super tuesday. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton spent the day campaigning in arkansas and tennessee. she's hoping to keep up her momentum with minority voters who fueled her big win in south carolina. vermont senator bernie sanders has struggled to connect with non-white voters. he spent the day campaigning in oklahoma, where the demographics play to his favor. forecastit with a gorgeous and the weekends are daytime high soaring into the middle and upper sixties in fact the high and blacksburg sixty five degrees sixty eight degrees and ro

the day's third game was roanoke catholic against west charlotte at the bast center. catholic held their own early. peyton walthall steps up and knocks down the baseline jumper for the celtics. then later, ethan tait bombs away from behind the three point line. but roanoke catholic was overmatched in this one. west charlotte goes-on to win it 73 to 38. during the 4th game the salem kiwanis club presented a one thousand dollar check to roy stanley's family, to be put into the scholarship fund in memory of the late hidden valley's girls up against floyd in a good matchup. the titans broke the pressure early and jordan sadler knocks-down the jumper to get things started. but floyd hung in. ragan wiseman, the richmond signee finishes the break with the and 1 just before the half but her team still trailed. the lady buffs go on a run out of the locker room. natalie boothe sinks the three-ball from the wing. hidden valley though, got 25 points from hailey singleton and the titans hold- on down the stretch for the 68-63 win. it is super bowl eve, as our countdown to the big

last shot is no good. to win it 86-84. game was roanoke catholic against west charlotte at the bast center. catholic peyton walthall steps up and knocks down the baseline celtics. then later, away from behind the three point line. but roanoke catholic was overmatched in this one. west charlotte goes-on to win it 73 to 38. during the 4th game the salem kiwanis club presented a one thousand dollar check to roy stanley's family, to be put into the scholarship fund in memory of the late wdbj7 sportscaster. hidden valley's girls up against floyd. the titans broke the pressure early and jordan sadler knocks-down the jumper to get things started. but floyd hung in. ragan wiseman, the richmond signee finishes the break with the and 1 just before the half but her team still trailed. the lady buffs go on a run out of the locker room. natalie boothe sinks the wing. hidden valley though, got 25 points from hailey singleton and the titans hold- on down the stretch for the 68-63 win. let's talk some baseball now, which is already just around the corner. while virginia tech missed-out on the ncaa tournam

bast. put one up right before the kreger center and it would just be great to win one in front of roanoke at the civic center."john caldwell: "it would jsut be great for the town, the school, coach moir and send our 3 seniors out right with a big finish."but tournament field this conference has seen in quite some time...page moir: "this is the most balanced year we've ever had in the odac from top to bottom. i'm not using that as a cliche. it's anybody's tournament. but we feel like we've got as good of a chance as anybody and we're ready to fight for it."come friday, the maroons will get that chance... prefiewing the odac tournament, jeff archer wfxr sports coming up, the radford women's basketball team has dealt with so many major injuries. jermaine ferrell checks in on how the team is of adversity the radford highlanders womens basketball team is a battle tested group... jermainne ferrell reports that even in the face of adversity the highlanders have continued to fight 01-0520-2534-3847-51when you look at the radford highlanders women's hoop squad......they are winners on the court. not