the polls open on thursday at three sunday night, 39,000 north carolinians back -- cast their ballot. 36% of the early voters are 33% are unaffiliated voters. we invite you to go to abc11.com /politics for continuing questions you have about voting in your county. again, it's available anytime at abc11.com/politics. tisha: new insight into the raleigh home. the stepfather of a victim bound intake is speaking out about the neighborhood on edge. andrea: that teen is recovering at home after spending some time at wakemed, even though raleigh police have not arrested anyone in that home invasion that ended with her tied up to a -- tied up and scared in a closet. stepfather of a 17-year-old girl attacked during a home invasion is try to understand how and why to men would break into his home on a sunday afternoon. >> it's a little bit strange. andrea: it was just after 3:00 text messages from her daughter saying, "i'm tied up in the closet," "help," "great," "robbers." >> they took her clothes. they stuffed her in a closet. andrea: stepdad says she was upstairs when the men came in. they f

thousands of north carolinians have switched political parties that they formally want is. more than 20,000 people changed party affiliations. does that surprise you? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: the bigger question, will we know the republican and democratic nominees for president if donald trump and hillary clinton secure or win all five

. >> larry: some north carolinians who get their health insurance through the affordable care act are worried. >> darcel: recently the state's largest insurer blue cross blue shield threatened to pull out of the aca, and they're not the only ones. frank fraboni tells us what that could mean for the rates you pay. >> well if you don't have health insurance, you run the risk of for towards retirement. >> frank: gary wooten is scared. he's now on medicare, but his younger wife, who is also retired, uses the aca. >> hers starts out at 511. next year it jumps to 611. this year it's 853. >> frank: they tried searching for lower cost options outside the aca but there weren't any. blue cross, blue shield says it's considering leaving the aca in 2017 because it's losing money. spokesperson april uminger placed this statement. blue cross and others are still offering plans outside the aca. but united healthcare is also threatening to leave the exchange. aetna kovingtry. >> this is where my wife and i were discussing. where's it going? what options are we going to have if blue cross pulls out? >

thousands of north carolinians have switched political parties that they formally want is. more than 20,000 people changed party affiliations. does that surprise you? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: the bigger question, will we know the republican and democratic nominees for president if donald trump and hillary clinton secure or win all five if they do, they will have enough delegates for the nomination and the voting precincts will be open until 7:30. liz foster, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> and it's a big night. liz, thank you. voters will find party nomination races for governor and senate and the legislature. goff mccrory and pat cooper are considered favorites, and we caught up with governor mccrory as he voted. he made sure to have his id on hand today. he has been coming here to vote for nearly 30 years. >> i have been voting here for a long time and came out here at 31 years old and now at the see my name on the ballot. >> next at 6:00, we'll talk with the governor about what he is focused on most today. and we are looking at what will solidify their race to the wh

. >>> a growing number of carolinians are having their tax returns stolen. how you can protect yourself and your money. >> plus a battle is brewing over plans for a 14 story hotel why cornelius residents sa >>> neighbors say they are ready to fight a massive hotel being planned in cornelius. channel 9 obtained an image of the proposal. it would be the first on lake norman with more than 300 rooms and a manmade beach. it would be at a busy intersection and between two housing complexes and neighbors don't want it. >> this is not a big city. people take the bus here. they walk with their dogs. they walk with their kids. they jog. this is not a place for a big hotel. >> the developer still has to submit plans to the planning board. >>> north carolina's lottery director says the state could collect more money if it expands the number of games it offers. the biggest bump could come from adding video lottery terminals. similar to video poker. any new games would have to be approved by lawmakers. right now scratch off and state run drawings are expected to generate

santiago will be following the developments for us, and he will be in cuba with a month of north carolinians farmers explain trade. what has changed since then? lifted travel restrictions, as you mentioned it makes it easier for u.s. citizens to travel to cuba. he lifted restrictions on banking and trade and commerce. remember that delegation of north carolina farmers travel to cuba six months ago to explore those trade relations. hoping to tap into the market there with north carolina products, specifically apples and poultry. now, they are even more optimistic about improved trade relations with cuba. >> anytime that we can ease sanctions, trade sanctions, to allow the possibility, there is no guarantees, but to allow the possibility of sending more food products to cuba, certainly, we will support that. >> reporter: there is a possibility we could see the president make more announcements for changing u.s. policy while in cuba, or possibly shortly after he is overturned. i want you to know this because sometimes people get confused. while the president has lifted a lot of those restrictio

one in four south carolinians suffer from some form of heart disease. talking on air about having a colonoscopy - not my first topic of choice. talking about a way to save your life - i'm all in. i've been invited to a party put on by consultants in gastroenterology and usc's center for colon cancer research. i'll be live tomorrow from a party like this one where we prep for wednesday morning colonoscopies. why? because i want to encourage you to get the screening that saves lives. and advocates like usc coach dawn staley know the importance after her mom was diagnosed with colon cancer. "i think early detection is great, but you don't get early detection without having competent doctors who will look after you like they would look after your parents like they are their parents." "i had two very good friends whose fathers died of colon cancer in their 60s. they weren't screened. they weren't screened early enough. and i knew we could do more." and you can do more for yourself, for your family, by being tested when it's time. party" coverage starting at

. >> because it's the state's largest insurer if it pulled out of the exchange, some north carolinians would have no access to the federal affordable care act. >>> and a finalist for a james beard award, six restaurants were chosen as finalists for the best new restaurant category. death and taxes is located on hargood street. it is the latest open by previous award winner ashley christian son, and include restaurants in austin, san francisco, new orleans, atlanta, and new york city. the winners will be announced in may. >>> and a very different day in d.c. this morning. >> a test yesterday brought the city to a standstill. how many commuters were affected >> also ahead why prison. >>> french authorities arrested four people on charges of planning a terrors a tack. one of the four was a women -- terrorist attack. a subsequent search found an unuse the cartridge, swim cards, usb cards -- sim cards, and usb cards. tensions are high since the november 13th attacks that left 130 people dead. >>> president obama will make history sunday with a three-day visit to cuba, the first visit the by

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spadea think you can persuade the south carolinians good right now denigrates you to vote for senatorubio? stossel: this point she could just say sure or maybe or i will try but no she says this. >> will let me talk about south carolinians. they are very independent. stossel: blog, blah and rubio was just as evasive. trump at least answers the questions, we. he is often totally wrong but that was a cheap shot because there are some things trump gets right. this week i dug through my old on-air interviews with trump and found he was sharp about lots of things like the government's unsustainable debt and how welfare encourages freeloading. >> the people that produce and lots of people that don't produce. that can only go so long. stossel: it can only goes along and then what happens? >> it all implodes. stossel: what does implode mean? he's right when the welfare state runs out of other people's money society will implode. one interview ciampi also wanted tax cuts. you once proposed a 14% tax, one-time tax on rich people. >> i think rich people can afford a certain tax but once the taxe

the polls open on thursday at three sunday night, 39,000 north carolinians back -- cast their ballot. 36% of the early voters are 33% are unaffiliated voters. we invite you to go to abc11.com /politics for continuing

check north carolinians will be deciding on a 2 billion-dollar bond package next week with a big portion of it set aside for higher education. we are breaking down the package for you. good evening and thank you for i'm bill melugin. presidential race is heating up. where a weekly from north carolina primary were democrats or republicans will have their say. david sentendrey spent the afternoon at a hillary clinton rally where former president bill clinton was the guest speaker. good evening david. >> good evening kayla. bill clinton was very loose today. you could say he was having the time interacting with hundreds of college students signing autographs taking selfies and really explaining to them why he believes his wife is the best choice to take over job that he once held. former president bill clinton is making a stop in the queen city to rally support for presidential hopeful and wife hillary clinton. the rally taking place at johnson c. smith university and historic black college. clinton says his wife is the best choice to help pay the america. >> hillary is running for presiden

check north carolinians will be deciding on a 2 billion-dollar bond package next week with a big portion of it set aside for higher education. we are breaking down the package for you. good evening and thank you for joining us for "fox 46 news." i'm bill melugin. first on fox the 26 -- 2016 presidential race is heating up. where a weekly from north carolina primary were democrats or republicans will have their say. david sentendrey spent the afternoon at a hillary clinton rally where former president bill clinton was the guest speaker. good evening david. >> good evening kayla. bill clinton was very loose today. you could say he was having the time interacting with hundreds of college students signing autographs taking selfies and really explaining to them why he believes his wife is the best choice to take over job that he once held. former president bill clinton is making a stop in the queen city to rally support for presidential hopeful and wife hillary clinton. the rally taking place at johnson c. smith university and historic black college. clinton says his wife is the best choice t

do north carolinians understand what this law means? >>> yeah, i think that's a lot of the rhetoric around the system involved in that. folks are hearing about the bathroom issue, and that seems to be the one where a large number of people seem to think that the issue of who can go in what bathroom, that's what this is all about. and i think that the discrimination angle has not been disowned much by a lot of the politicians, including the governor on this issue. >> so colin, the state's attorney general, his name is roy cooper -- has called the law an embarrassment, right? >> yes, he has, and he's running for governor against the sitting governor in the fall. and this has a lot of political connotations on who is going to be the govern. so he and mccrory have been going back and forth on this, and typically, he would be the guy responding to lawsuits like what the aclu has filed. >> and you mentioned, there's this lawsuit. and i'm wondering, is there another court challenge looming on the horizon for this? >> you know, there may be oth

e asked north carolinians around the state to keep the reagan family and their this time. >>> she had a long, wonderful life. >> she did. >> to kind of look back and see everything. here today a lot of people are talking how nice it is outside. it is wonderful. >> it is 60 degrees which are high today. that is going to be the coolest temperature of the next seven days. >> we will take it. >> let's take a look at what is going on outside. the sun went down maybe half hour ago. we have mainly clear skies, a couple of thin clouds passing through. here is your hd tower cam. good-looking evening for your sunday evening. we still have lesson temperatures, 56 gastonia, 57 rock hill and 55 shelby. here is what it looks like back to the west. remember those temperatures i just showed you? but notice how we are definitely in the cool section on this map? notice these temperatures closer to the middle part of the country into texas, they have really warm temperatures and that whether is what is coming this way. typically we look back and see rain. this time, we are tracking temperatures and they

governor mccrory says all of these improvements will ensure the security and safety of north carolinians. maybe airlines plane may have traveled as far as the west coast of africa. australian officials believe possible wreckage in mozambique may be from flight 370. it turned up this week in a spot where investigators believe pieces of the plane would have ended up. the words no step appear on object and could be from the tail or near the tail. john: we are highlighting a good deed later today. bottles of water enough to fill they tractor-trailors are being loaded to help the people of flint, michigan. that community dealing with a major water crisis and they will be packed starting at 2:30 in sanford. the congregation held donation drives the past several weeks. the someplace should reach flint by saturday morning. barbara: developing now the utah state senate will hear a bill that could make it a crime to be married to more than one person. response to the sister-wide lawsuit. cody brown and his wives sued the state over the historic ban on polygamy. a judge struck down part of it and l

. >>> on the social scene, north carolinians are talking about donald trump. data provided exclusively to wral news from facebook shows more than 1.3 million users are talking about trump or have commented about him over the past month. those numbers are far greeter than any of another republicans. the next closest is ted cruz with 292 mentions. hillary clintoom ha66 meio. >>> the news report are who says she was assaulted at a resigned from the conservative web site. michelle fields says she just can't work for an organization that doesn't support her. the site's editor at large also resigned. >>> and trump demands that police arrest the protester that were disrupting his rally is a big talker. it comes after several recent events. the cumberland county sheriff is considering whether to file charges against trump and wral's gilbert baez will have the latest on that investigation coming up at 6:00. >>> hot air balloons will soon soar through the skies as we celebrate our nation's freedom and honor our military members. the second wral freedom balloonfest will

. >> north carolinians can weigh-in on campaign 2016. early voting began today in the state and will last until march 12th. voters were headed to the polls that we visited. if you do not vote early, the primary will be march 15th. the voter id law is in effect. and tonight republican presidential candidates will face off in another debate. it is the first time donald trump will face fox news host megyan kelly since their feud. trump is firing back at mitt romney who has been bashing the frontrunner today. the debate is 9:00 p.m. and coverage on wbtv news at 11:00. >> and tonya rivens is watching the wet roadways. traffic center. >> we have a lot of problems. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. tyvola and york and tyvola at west boulevard earlier accidents leaving the area with partially blocked lanes and congestion. use caution. and to the dot camera at i-77 southbound at tryon a stranded motorist in the center lane causing delays as well. and let's check in and look at the backup and the congestion on 485 and i-77 no

north carolinians voted for who will be running for governor in november's general election. for republican it is the incumbent governor pat mccrory he brought in 82% of the vote. on the democratic side, north carolina attorney general roy cooper won the primary for governor and garnered 69% support. >> and north carolina voters overwhelmingly approved the connect nc bond by 60% which will fund projects all across the state. tonight at 6:00 p.m. david whisenant is on your side breaking down the impact this bond could have on our area. >> right now, president obama has officially introduced his pick to fill the vacancy on the u.s. supreme court. the announcement in the rose garden sets off an epic battle with senate republicans vowing president is sworn in. wbtv anchor brigida mack has more. >> president obama introduced an emotional merrick garland as his choice to replace antonin scalia on the supreme court. >> for me there could be no higher public service than serving as a member of the united states supreme court. >> he is chief judge on the u.s. court of appeals in washi

and north carolinians will have their chance to vote for the candidate who they want to be america's next president next tuesday march 15th. the primary. you can count on wbtv news for full coverage on air and on-line at wbtv.com. >> right now a teenager is in jail charged in a homicide in northwest charlotte. a shooting there. police say 17-year-old michael adams shot and killed 18-year-old dallas stow. the shooting happened this morning on park fairfax drive not far from allen brook elementary. adams is charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> bankrupt toll lanes in texas next step in the leeun project here in our area. north carolina's transportation secretary was in texas today. governor mccrory ordered dot to reassess the contract for the controversial i-77 toll lanes project. and nick ochsner spoke with the transportation secretary what did he have to say? >> well, paul, he did not have very much to say. 10 son was -- tennis son was speaking in a four-hour meeting where the secretary told me he was coming to texas to do homework and gain insight how sentra operates the toll ro

. >>> north carolinians are heading to the polls today. >> coming up in our next half hour, we'll look at what is on the balance lott. >>> taking a look at a polling location in florida. news. >>> so did the storms keep you up last night? they sure did us. severe weather hit parts of our area bringing hail the size of coins. look at that. wow. >> the storms also brought lightning to the area. we haven't heard any local reports of damage, which is a good thing. it did wake me up, but then it >> then it woke me up and kept me up. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning, i'm russ bowen. >> thankfully, you are not cranky, though. >> emma wright is covering primary election day. first, storm team meteorologist alyssa corfont is here with a look at your forecast. >> reporter: good morning, guys. good morning to you at home as well. we are looking at cloudy skies as we start off our tuesday. most of the rain, though, has moved out of the area. here is your satellite radar composite this morning. the showers drifting east. 51 right now in

deadline to provide details on how they would turn over the health coverage used by one in five north carolinians - to private companies. health and human services secretary rick brajer told lawmakers the state was on track to lock down a finalaldraft by june 1st, but cautioned the federal government has the final say. 13:15:26 "we expect based on the experience of other states that this process could take anywhere from 18 months to 24 months to finalize getting approval from cms." 13:15:38 you can read more about the proposed changes to the state's medicaid system on wral-dot-com in the @nccapitol section. a newly released autopsy report says blunt force trauma was a factor in the death of a raleigh toddler. the report on wednesday does not state a specific cause of death for 2-year-old tristan blue, however it does sharp and blunt force injuries. his father, steven blue, confessed to smothering the child last year. the boy disappeared from their raleigh home two years ago on christmas eve. county woman tested positive for the mosquito-borne zika cases across north carolina. all a are travel-rel

but this year, north carolinians really do have a chance to make a difference. our primary has been moved up from may to march for the of viable candidates from which to choose. in the past, the nominees had pretty much been decided by other states by the time we got to vote. and, oh, don't we have a colorful assortment of "wannabes"? republican or democrat, you really do have a candidate for whichever way you want our nation to proceed. by contrast, if you don't vote for your favorite, we may head in a direction that you just can't tolerate. we're talking presidential candidates here, but the same holds true for local and state elections, as well. no one can make you vote, of course. but wouldn't you rather have a say in how our nation, state, and city are run? or do you want to leave that up to the guy up the street, with whom you totally disagree? go to the polls on tuesday. make a difference. let your voice be heard. speakout@wbtv.com. >>> investigators say a fire at a business center was caused by electrical problem in a light fixture. the blaze filled the

governor mccrory says these improvements will ensure the safety and security of north carolinians. tisha: an arrest in the case involving a brazen gold heist along i 95, in our backyard. one year ago, a tract -- truck carrying 275 pounds of gold was pilfered along i-95 in wilson county. three armed men intercepted the truck and it's nearly $5 million haul as it was heading from miami to massachusetts. tonight, 46-year-old adalberto perez is sitting behind bars. the fbi did not disclose his role in the highest. one man has already pleaded guilty to extortion by attempting to sell a gold bar. tisha: the tweet of the day coming from the apex police department. they had a pretty viable message, no matter where you live -- valuable message, no matter where you live. it reads, are you locking your vehicle every night? the apex pd reported 76 vehicle in every case, the doors were unlocked. very simple -- just lock up at the end of the day. what is in a name? a whole lot of pride for the alumni of one local public university. tisha: the new unc president takes a tour of fayetteville state.

north carolinians. talking about tech jobs, talking about clean energy. these are all things that north carolina is right in the middle of. i can't think of a better candidate to help people in dreams. >> reporter: clinton did have a second rally scheduled for raleigh later this afternoon which she had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict. her campaign says they've reached out to folks who rsvped for that telling them they can taped this rally at durham's hillside high school. it's 4:00. we'll be here. watch it on wncn.com or follow us for our evening news at 5:00 and 6:00. live in durham, beua minick "cbs north carolina." >> i was not happy and stressed out. >> turns out the headaches are not over yet for dozens of blue cross customers. the actions considered by the downtown raleigh. how this unique project could make waves for there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their f

. >> and this is not the only primary north carolinians will vote in this year? >> no. we have one that is supposed to happen in june. and i say it's supposed to congressional districts that have been redrawn. however the concern even though the state legislature last month submitted the plans for the courts approval they are waiting on the feds to give the nod to the plan. the question is will the primary happen? it's up to the courts and some regards and some people are still waiting. >> all right steve crump live in charlotte. thank you. >> first at 4:00 a tamer hit by a car at the bus stop is talking about the moments he saved another student from getting hit as well. 1515ear-old junior gonzales spent four nights in the hospital after the crash. he is home from the hospital and describing the scary situation. >> i tried to run as fast as i can but i feel like i was running so slow when it hit me i did not feel no pain but when i the reason i'm here he protected me everyday every second. >> junior says he is not mad aat the person responsible but he wants them to com

. >> and north carolinians will head to the polls tomorrow. what you need to know about the ballot before you go. potential of hail and gusty winds head our way. good evening and thank you for joining us i'm jamie boll. >> i'm brigida mack in for molly grantham tonight i've joined leigh brock in the first alert weather center what is the latest? >> we have thunderstorms moving through and the rest of us could see some through the evening. right now the showers are moving from the west. they have been moving across tennessee and now moving into north carolina. and it's the highest elevations that have seen the action. zoom in here. it's been ash and watauga county where you have seen the thunderstorms they are starting to make their way over the north carolina and tennessee border and they have lightning associated with them. and look at that lightning. in ashe county and that rain is coming down. and the lightning on top of that. any one of the cells could have hail and winds. and this is moving to the north and east. let's track this. moving

. >> ask south carolinians how to describe the conditions of the roads and be prepared for negative responses. >> bumpy. rough. potholes. >> i think there is a need for talking about it for a longtime. >> it keeps getting longer. instead of voting on a bill senators are listening to a filibuster. lawmakers are arguing where the money is going to come from. >> i believe that side is concerned about the gas tax. >> some lawmakers proposedded a gas tax so out of state drivers would contribute but others believe the state has the money. >> if we can find a way to move money from the general fund to take care of our road needs, i could support that. >> changing the department of transportation is another issue some want to see it restructured so it is under the governor rather than appointed commissioners. hayes wants to see reform. >> we need to restructure dot to make sure the money we spend goes to the right place. >> while lawmakers look for solutions, drivers keep dealing with crumbling roads and bridges and folks hope the people they for a problem that is long overdue for a solution. >> you

. >> north carolinians will be voting in more than the presidential primary. leaders on both sides want voters to prove the connect nc bond $2 billion in new debt for projects all over north carolina including new,s or colleges water and sewer upgrades and state parks. the bond will not require a tax increase because interest rates are low. and the state is paying off the existing debt quickly. >> it took less than 30 minutes for the union county school board to decide the process to replace outgoing superintendent dr. mary ellis. the board met and decided it will spend no more than $25,000 for the north carolina school board association to found the county's next top educator. the board discussed how long the search should take and parents discussed if there was a reason for the the superintendent's departure. dedrick russell was at the meeting and has the story first at 4:00. union county superintendent dr. mary ellis leaving. >> they should get out at the right time. with the good standing. so it's not too much mud on her feet. >> ellis' announcement came d

but this year north carolinians do have a chance to make a difference. our primary has been moved up from may to march for the first time. now there's still a number of viable candidates from which to choose. in the past the nominees have been decided by other states by the time we got to vote. and don't we have a colorful assortment of wannabes republican or democrat you have a candidate for whichever way you want our nation to proceedment and by contrast if you do not vote for your favorite we may head in a direction that you cannot we are talking presidential candidates here. but the same holds true for no one can make you vote but wouldn't you rather have a say in our our nation is run? or leave that to the guy up the street with whom you disagree? go to the polls on tuesday, and make a difference and let your voice be heard. speak out at wbtv.com. this is a letter from someone who's here. she has to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early 1980's. at that time it cost approximately $180 for 10 shots. the latest refill was $14.700 for t

. >>> north carolinians head to the polls in less than two weeks. there's a number of other states holding primaries the same day. >> both are winner take all states for delegates unlike believe the tar heel state will play a important role. >> we have got delegates and so neither trump nor clinton is close to capturing enough delegates to win the nomination so as long as the nominations isin balance yes. are whoa the focus of attention for democrats and republicansprobably not. >> many believe the state of the republican party nationally is row flecked in north carolina where they support trump or looking to stop him. >>> there's possibly a big break in a multi million dollar heist from the area. still ahead at 6, where the f. arrested a second -- fbi arrested a second person. >> and if you slept through the rain last night, we have got another round later this week. i will tell you when that gets here and we will talk about how cold these temperatures will be by tomorrow morning. >> plus, after nearly 25 years in prison, a kinston man is walking f

. >> north carolinians will have the chance to vote later this month. the presidential primary is march 15th. early voting is thursday. >> right now a cleveland county community is preparing to remember this couple killed after an explosion at their home. jb and naomi newton died after someone crashed into a propane tank outside their home causing it to explode. the community will gather for a prayer service for the couple and all the rescue personnel who helped. the service will be held at the baptist church on circle drive in fallston at 7:00 p.m. >> we have new information on an apartment fire in rock hill. alex giles is live in the alert center. >> just spoke to a firefighter in rock hill who says four families are without homes after this fire. this is from the partners cn2 in south carolina. complex in rock hill. it took firefighters 40 minutes to get that under control. and they say 4 apartment units were on fire. two others smoke damage everyone made it out of there safely they had to rescue a cat and the red cross is assisting the families that

. >> north carolinians will be voting in more than the presidential primary. leaders on both sides want voters to prove the connect nc bond $2 billion in new debt for projects all over north carolina including new,s or colleges water and sewer upgrades and state parks. the bond will not require a tax increase because interest rates are low. and the state is paying off the existing debt quickly. >> it took less than 30 minutes for the union county school board to decide the process to replace outgoing superintendent dr. mary ellis. the board met and decided it will spend no more than $25,000 for the north carolina school board association to found the county's next top educator. the board discussed how long the search should take and parents discussed if there was a reason for the the superintendent's departure. dedrick russell was at the meeting and has the story first at 4:00.

we tapped 2000 north carolinians over a 4-day period and asked who would you vote for in the north carolina presidential primary. 41% of people said, donald trump, 27 said they would vote for ted cruz. 14% for marco rubio, and 11% for john kasich. dom trump be meeting with fans tonight here at the crown trip to north carolina this week. he was in the charlotte area monday, he vowed to change laws to legalize waterboarding and other interrogation techniques on terror suspects. ted cruz held two stops yesterday and has another plan for sunday, marco rubio does not have any north carolina stops planned for his tour. the rally will be at 7:00 p.m., before that trump will be here to tape an interview with fox news at 5:00 p.m., town officials in fayetteville to expect a lot of traffic because there will be people allowed in the fox news audience and then tsk people coming in early for that rally here at 7:00 p.m. >>> hilary clinton will visit the triangle tomorrow, she whether hold event at hillside high school at 3:50 p.m. doors opening two hours before that. will be at the high school. if you

nearly 166,000 north carolinians cast a ballot. that's 3% of registered voters. here's a look at how it breaks down. 46% of the early voters were registered democrats. 31% were republicans. and 23% were unaffiliated voters. the last day of early voting is and you can check out abc 11.com/politics for continuing coverage of the presidential race. plus answers to questions you have about voting in your county. you'll also find an updated delegate tracker, charting the exact number of candidates that -- candidates need to secure their party's nomination. steve: the crime numbers for 2015 are now in and they show crime was up in durham. we're live now at city hall. breaking down the numbers. reporter: this is the fourth quarter crime report in 2015 for durham. it vos violent crime was up 18% last year. the interim police chief presented this report to the city council here tonight. the report states that 18% increase was driven by a double-digit rise in reported aggravated assault. robberies and homicides. in 2014, durham had 22 homicides. that number jumped to 37 la

. >> reporter: as north carolinians voted this morning, woke up worried. >> i will need to present a anxious about it. >> yes, i. and if i'm anxious, i can't imagine how many people may zhong not even show up. >> reporter: she's 58 years old, a u.s. citizen born in cuba. all her photo i.d.s, including her passport and driver's license, say sanchez, her maiden name. >> and that's a problem because my voter registration still has my maiden name. >> reporter: she said latinos culturally often use different last names. north carolina estimate twoz 25,000 of its registered voters may not have a valid driver's license. of the 11 states with record black voter turnout in 2008, seven have enacted stricter voter i.d. laws, including north carolina. wendy weiser studies electioning apt n.y.u.'s law school. >> these laws are a backlash against increasing participation process. >> reporter: but republican supports want new law. how many documented, verified instances of voter fraud in the last five years do you know about? >> we don't know if-- how widespread that may be or may not be. but isn't

nearly 166,000 north carolinians cast a ballot. that's 3% of registered voters. here's a look at how it breaks down. 46% of the early voters were registered democrats. 31% were republicans. and 23% were unaffiliated voters. the last day of early voting is saturday. and you can check out abc 11.com/politics for continuing coverage of the presidential race. plus answers to questions you have about voting in your county. you'll also find an updated exact number of candidates that -- candidates need to secure their party's nomination. steve: the crime numbers for 2015 are now in and they show crime was up in durham. we're live now at city hall. breaking down the numbers. reporter: this is the fourth quarter crime report in 2015 for durham. it vos violent crime was up 18% last year. the interim police chief presented this report to the city council here tonight. the report states that 18% increase was driven by a double-digit rise in reported aggravated assault. robberies and homicides. in 2014, durham had 22 homicides. that number jumped to 37 last year. but chief sm

let's look at the poll numbers, the poll tap 2000 north carolinians over a 4-day period and asked who would you vote for, 41 said donald trump. 11% said john kasich. of course this is for the nomination. dom trump will be meeting with fans here at the crown colosseum, this is his second can. in the charlotte area monday to legalize water boarding and other interrogation tech kneeings on terror suspects. ted cruz held two stops in north carolina yesterday, another trip planned on sunday. marco rubio, though, does not have any planned stops in north carolina at this time. officials are urging drivers to be aware of a lot of extra traffic around this area, there will be extra police who will be trying to help move that traffic along through this way. >>> hilary clinton is going to be in the triangle tomorrow at 5:45, clinton at the high school in raleigh. you sign up on the website, we have a link to our story at wral.com. >>> neighbors are being hailed as heroes this morning for rescuing a raleigh man from a fire in his home. it broke out after 5:30, in an apartment on bashford road. pe

i hear there are some south carolinians out there. let me hear you. oh, yeah. well, we have a lot that we love in south carolina. we love our shrimp and grits. can i get an amen? we also have an amazing delegation from congressman jeff duncan all the way to my great friend the amazing tray galley. now, we would all agree that sometimes trey needs a little fashion advice. he's got that crazy hair. now, please notice when you're bald you have to talk about somebody else's hair without any question. you've got that crazy hair. sometimes he wears white socks with dark suits. i just don't understand everything about trey gally. but the one thing i do understand about tray goudy is he has served this nation so incredibly well as the chairman of the ben gazzie committee. he has done a fabulous job with the benghazi committee. and i believe that his service on the benghazi committee and what we've seen come to light because of that committee further illustrates that the president's foreign policy has been an absolute failure and his willingness to close guantanamo bay