that was candace sweat reporting... congress wants a federal investigation at the colonial injured in the explosion. we've kept an eye on local gas stations and have noticed steady traffic, but no major lines. prices ranged from 2.29 a gallon for regular to 2.14 a gallon. compared to the situation in september -- things are running smoothly. the grandson of a prominent duke university donor is facing a rape charge -- after a year-long investigation. jeffrey yoh junior is charged with second degree rape as well as assault by strangulation. according to court documents obtai place last year at an on-campus apartment. the yoh name is well-known at duke. harold "spike" yoh is a former chair of the board of trustees. he and his wife gave millions to what is now known as the yoh football center. yoh junior was a student at duke but a university spokesman says he is no longer enrolled. he's currently out on a 500-thousand dollar bond and is due in court this week. his defense attorney tells us yoh, like anyone else, should be

back to you. >> all right, candace sweat live in garner thank you. >>> the investigation into a deadly work place accident continues in fayetteville. a yule tillty worker was -- utility worker was operating a bob cat when it rolled into the lake and it trapped him underneath. this is the first on the job fa faulty for -- fatality for pwc in nearly 40 years. >>> a mother and daughter are missing, and police are concerned about their well being. martin county deputies need your help to finds 14-year-old taylor carol, and her mother 40- year-old dawn ward. they were last seen as you understand at their home on robert at a -- last seen sunday at their home on robert taylor road. >>> a teacher was pulled from the class room and reassigned to central office for using a with students. she received a suspension without pay earlier this month. she was an english teacher at pine forest high school. she was talking to students outside class when she referred to another student by a racial slur. >>> a wild life resources officers says a 77-year-old drowned when he and another man were thrown into

. >> candace sweat is with incumbent senator richard burr. >> and she joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: i can tell you this room just erupted about 10 seconds ago. there's an outlet calling the race for burr, calling him the winner, so this crowd is electric. one of the things starting to happen that hadn't been going on the last several hour, the crowd is starting to gather in anticipation that burr will show up and take the stage at some point soon. again the energy is just electric. they're just absolutely electric. take a look at some of the this video from earlier. the crowd gathering around the tv, gathering around their phones. they are absolutely excited, feeling very, very confident right and going to take the race. we said and reviewed where he stands opposed to his opponent deborah ross on key issues like immigration and education, the judicial system. they're almost polar opposites on those issues. take a listen at what one of his campaign managers said earlier today. >> we always viewed this as a competitive race because it's a be one that was looked at as bein

wral's candace sweat was at the rally. >> senator tim kaine spoke to a crowd of about 350 people in sanford today, and he really wanted to drive home this one singular message, and that's that north carolina is one of the states that everyone is watching. >> reporter: hillary clinton's running mate senator tim kaine acknowledges north carolina is a coveted state. he says voters here should know that by now. important you are? i hope you do. >> reporter: tim kaine says it's his sixth time in north carolina since being announced as the vp candidate. and he's here again for one primary reason. to push voting. >> do you mind being motivated a little bit? can i spend time doing that? >> reporter: already over a million of people in north carolina opted to vote early. >> you can see who's early voted, but once somebody's voted okay we don't need to call them again, and you can focus efforts on those that were haven't. >> reporter: north carolina is considered a check mate state. experts say donald trump can't win the white house without winning north carolina, and tim kaine talked about trump cal

candace sweat was there and is joining us live. >> reporter: well, just to put this into perspective, a spokesperson tonight from fema says cumberland county has received the second highest dollar amount than any other county in north carolina, but the people here still need resources and are going to for quite some time. in people in this room came with ain public mind. how to -- in mind. how to help people for the long haul. >> it will be months, possibly even a year to two years for long term recovery. >> reporter: steve rogers is chair of the cumberland county disaster relief coalition. they provide resources after devastating events, in this case hurricane matthew. >> now there's still clean ups, muck outs and debris removal, and once all of that is done >> reporter: matthew swept the coast and flooded neighbors. a spokesperson for fema says while some 12.5 million dollars has been dispersed in cumberland county still anarchal of 71 people are -- an average of 71 people are registering a day. here churches and organizations mobilize, especially when small loans are exhausted. >>

. >> and that was candace sweat reporting. >>> you need a jacket or a heavy coat when you head out? our meteorologist joins us now heading out and doing late night shopping or early morning shopping. >> a jacket is good. leave the heavier coats at home. the weather cooperating with black friday shopping. today, what an amazing afternoon. 72 at rdu. 75 at fayetteville. this evening not all that cold. 53 at rdu. 56 at fayetteville and 49 in south hill. now, we will see clouds develop, maybe fog and tkreuzel by daybreak. if you are going out early you may run into that. eight clock in the morning we are expecting lunchtime, 65. at this point others mostly cloudy skies. all goes well we should end up with a partly cloudy afternoon. can not rule out the day with a cold front. we are aiming for a warm afternoon. perhaps 70 for our high. now, that front that i just mentioned brings coolerrary for the weekend. we will check that out. also it looks like we may be in for a better chance of rain coming next week. we will have more about that as well and the full forecast in a few minutes. >> a

candace sweat joins us with more. >> reporter: the police say they have charged the father of the baby. they arrested him and charged him with involuntary manslaughter and negligent child abuse. appearance or had his first court appearance, rather, today and received a $15,000 secure bond. the police say they were called to this home at 2003 brightway boulevard this response to an intpapbt having difficulty breathing. the officers found the infant unresponsive and adminsterred cpr on the scene. she was transported to johnston medical center where she died. the police tell us an autopsy was perf to the da's office where the decision was made to charge her father with her death. we did encounter the family tonight out at the scene and the mother of the woman or the child's mother, rather, the child's grandmother tells us her daughter told her this was all just a terrible accident. debra? >> candace sweat in our news room, thank you. >>> parents are underway to a a 66-year-old driver of an suv says she was pulling into a parking space when she hit the gas instead of the brake. she crashed

candace sweat is here now in the news room with what we know. >> her son hasn't been charged today he made quote vague and inconsistent statements about his mother's whereabouts. >> reporter: carolyn fox was reported missing in early october by a friend, and investigators discovered she'd not been seen since july. search warrants reveal fox's son steven was questioned and told investigators his mother was on an island in the philippines. he also said he believed his mother visited friend in canada before going to the investigators followed up on the claims and discovered fox doesn't have a passport and never left the country. they've searched the home fox and his mother shared three times since she was reported missing. in an application for search warrants investigators stated they believe he's involved in his mother's disappearance and brought her bodily harm. on july 28th they took 28 items from the home, including shoes, a checkbook, computer and chain saw. they've even looked into fox's mortgage is 60 days past due and many of her credit cards are maxed out. >> and her son also t

candace sweat has the story. fox was reported missing in early october by a friend...and investigators discovered she had not schrader was questioned and told investigators his mother was on an island in the philippines. he also said he believed his mother visited friends in canada before going to the phillipines. investigators followed up on those claims and discovered fox doesn't have a passport and never left the country. they've searched the home fox and his mother shared three times since she was reported missing. in an application for search warrants investigators stated they believe schrader is involved in his mothers disappearance and had brought her bodily harm. on july 28th investigators took 28 items from the homes - including shoes, a checkbook, a computer and a chainsaw. they've even gone as far to look into fox's financial records - which show her mortgage is 60 past due and many of her credit cards are maxed out. a local family is sharing their grief, after their young daughter was hit and killed o