so if you have a super democratic district, congressional district, you get nor delegates in that district if you have an advantage among african-american voters, you get a bonus there because those districts are going to have more delegates than less democratic districts. so if hillary clinton performs well tonight as is expected among african-americans and especially turnout would be good news for her. she's also going to come away with a big catch of delegates. >> yeah. i think if she wins and wins by a wide margin, it will be really momentum building for her, as you head into super tuesday. couple of things that i want to look at, though, are the young voter turnout, see whether it's enthusiastic as we saw for bernie sanders in the past or not. also for hillary clinton, i think you have to look at how white men and white women vote because she has historically -- and you can certainly speak to this -- had a problem with white male voters. and we'll see how they turn out. >> and surprisingly in this election she's had trouble with women. bernie sanders has been really clobbering her wit

last week i featured four of the six candidates in the democratic primary. the district sprawlsz across mamenten county incorporating numerous cincinnati neighborhoods. district 31 has been a reliably democratic district, currently held by denise streethouse who is term limited out. six democrats are vying for the four on newsmakers last week. paul booth and paul sohee join me this week. mary hager will oppose the winner of the d. j. primary in november. paul booth was twice appointed to cincinnati security council in 1989 and 1998 and former president of the naacp. dr. paul sowee is a pediatric dentist, ran in a primary race for the ohio senate losing to cecil thomas who went on to win the seat in the general election. welcome to newsmakers. >> thank you. good to be with you today. starting with you, paul. paul, paul. >> that's just a coincidence. he must have gotten the blue suit memo, too. [ laughter ] >> paul, why are you running? you have been around politics, you have been around public affairs. do you want to make this run? why is it important to you? >> well, i'm

long as i did. >> there could even be some republicans taking a shot at what's been a solidly democratic district. former councilman edward peacock said putting north mecklenburg in the 12th district could attract a republican candidate. but he's not interested. at least not now. >> i've got to look at the map. but as of now, i'm not running for office. >> so everybody's waiting to see whether the courts will sign off on that new map that the legislature approved or whether they'll go back to the old one. they started sending out ballots all ready for the primary coming up in four weeks. live in midtown, mark becker, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> all right mark. thank you. republicans are holing out hope will stay the appeal court order that called for these new maps. that would change everything back. the controversial maps will be used and the congressional primaries won't be moved to june if that happens. >>> drivers are still dealing with back-ups after a tractor trailer over turned. we brought live pictures of the southbound lanes from chopper 9 for the past hour. nobody was hurt. but still

merval: in local and state races there have been gerrymandering by the parties, with solid democratic districts and solid republican districts. scott: a political landscape where political views collide. >> birmingham, i guess, has a history of diversity and, you know, attracts all kinds of different people, not just red people, and i feel like that' s a big plus. steve french: where you have a city like birmingham, where a predominant amount of people live off of government transfers, they tend to vote democrat. and those that pay those transfers tend to vote republican. scott: in a city where civil rights memories remain strong, there' s still a fight on, but the colors have changed from black and white, to red and blue. scott mauldin, birmingham, alabama. fernando: thank you, scott. alabama' s red history is long, with a forty-year republican streak. it hasn' t gone democratic since >> coming up next, money and endorsements. are they the real predictors of who will win their party nominations? and, kelly and crew -- one year in space. can their mission change the health of our nation? of hig

someone else jumps into this thing and a lot of people inc., it' s a democratic -- think if a democratic district. it' s very tough. how do you do it? rep. flanagan: i think it' s on the ground. meeting people, getting to know them. i have been in the legislature for two terms. i have been a selectmen. i have worked in the private sector. once they get to know me and compare positions -- i have a very simple philosophy. one, is it constitutional? two does it make sense, and three, do we have unintended consequences. if you look at washington, d.c., they are missing the boat on number two. leader under the house speaker shawn jasper. what if you done? rep. flanagan: we have done a lot of things. in december 2014, we set goals -- remember the caucus we had. and we talked about getting done what we wanted to get done. we got a balanced budget -- incentives for business. we made it more enticing for businesses to come to the state. we did a lot of good things. we did a lot of testing for our kids for common core testing. and when the president a month later said it' s a good idea, which is what we di

merval: in local and state races there have been gerrymandering by the parties, with solid democratic districts and solid republican districts. scott: a political landscape where political views collide. >> birmingham, i guess, has a history of diversity and, you know, attracts all kinds of different people, not just red people, and i feel like that' s a big plus. steve french: where you have a city like birmingham, where a predominant amount of people live off of government transfers, they tend to vote democrat. and those that pay those transfers tend to vote republican. scott: in a city where civil rights memories remain strong, there' s still a fight on, but the colors have changed from black and white, to red and blue. scott mauldin, birmingham, alabama. fernando: thank you, scott. alabama' s red history is long, with a forty-year republican streak. it hasn' t gone democratic since >> coming up next, money and endorsements. are they the real predictors of who will win their party nominations? and, kelly and crew -- one year in space. can their mission change the fernando: over 150 years ago

>> all the of rules for the teacher willing in that district. major democrats like president obama, have been supporters for teach for america. just last weekend was in washington, d.c. with 16,000 teacher for america alumni and the president sent a mess damage for us, thanking us. we're not going to solve the problem ourselves, education is a big problem. we need as many allies as we can possibly get and i think we should work together to try to figure the out how to solve our education crisis. i'm proud of what teach for america has done in that. >> i want everybody else to xhenlt on whatever you want for this topic and then we're at the end of our first part. bridgett bridgett, what do you think about all of that in teach for america wasn't on the table when we -- >> i think sort of with ben and related to this entire issue of resources, so union members sacrifice a dollar a week in order to support candidates and fight for them. and when you have people that work hard every day and that are choosing to make that sacrifice and you have leadership that's choosing to invest in candidate

democrats. (darrell sheppard, district e) i hate that this is a split issue. it's not my intent at all because i can assure you that there's a lot of democrats in district e that feel the same way. (chris tuck, district b) if you fire half your staff and then we have to get folks in, i'm not going to be voting for you to have a supplement, and any other constitutional amount but if we're going to pay them extra, we expect exrra. (stand up) but the issue took so long because some believed erica williams may have been within her rights to not rehire those employees. (annette perkins, district a) we have no right because we really don't know what really transpired. (mary biggs, district f) i think it sets a precedent that can possibly be challenged in court and i would suggest if our board wants to pursue a discussion of supplements, we do so at budget time. williams will still get 120-thousand dollars from the state, but here in montgomery county, the issue appears to be closed. (annette perkins, district a) this is probably the most unusual situation i have ever

. >> wral's analysis of the redrawn districts finds they minority in democratic and more in g.o.p. districts but even though the state is politically divided it gets republicans ten and democrats just three. that level of gerrymandering under mines democracy. >> this map weighs hundreds of carolina citizens simply because of what party they are affiliated with. it's a slap in the face to those voters. >> senator jerry told stein democrats have drawn maps for political advantage for years and can't complain about it now. >> your predecessors bureau wrote the book on it. it's called if you win you call the maps and i don't believe that's ever going to change. >> might it change at some point, what does it mean, who benefits who is facing more challenges with us tonight from st. augusta university here in raleigh the dean of the school of social behavioral sciences and from north carolina state university political science professor michael cobb who teaches about the importance of leslie. we are taping this program on a friday morning. it's still very fluid. do we stand? >> as of this

rolling the general assembly unconstitutionally packed and too many black voters into democrat bobby scott third district. the new map could help democrats win the fourth district which is currently represented by republican randy forbes virginia republicans are reversing course on a loyalty pledge for voters last fall the state's gop ask voters to sign a document promising to vote for the republican presidential candidate if they participated in the republican primary but there were fears this would disurage independent voters now the board of elections is the flags the state board of elections is trying to figure out what to do so since absentee voters have already signed the pledge fortunately the state central committee listen to reason and voted overwhelming to get rid of the pledge the state board of elections says it plans to meet with the attorney general to figure all this out before voters head to the polls and that will take place in one month one or two by the coast guard rescued a sixty one year old woman from a cruise ship today off the coast of cape hatteras the call came in around one o'c

democrats. (darrell sheppard, district e) i hate that this is a split issue. it's not my intent at all because i can assure you that there's a lot of democrats in district e that feel the same way. (chris tuck, district if you fire half your staff and then we have to get folks in, i'm not going to be voting for you to have a supplement, and any other constitutional officer. we have to pay them a certain amount but if we're going to pay them extra, we expect exrra. (stand up) but the issue took so long because some believed erica williams may have been within her rights to not rehire those employees. (annette perkins, district a) we have no right because we really don't know what really transpired. (mary biggs, district f) i think it sets a precedent that can possibly be challenged in court and i would suggest if our board wants to pursue a discussion of supplements, we do so at budget time. williams will still get 120-thousand dollars from the state, but here in montgomery county, the issue appears to be closed. (annette perkins, district a) this is probably th

into small super saturated democratic districts so that majority republican districts can be created out of the remainder of the state. by manipulating the districts this way through its so-called red map project, republicans delivered congressional delegations that didn't reflect the state's popular vote over and over. for instance, when pennsylvania voters went to the polls in 2012, democratic votes for congress outnumbered republican votes by a little over 80,000. pennsylvania also reelected president obama that year and our colleague democratic senator bob kasich. but pennsylvania at that ballot sent a house delegate to congress of five democrats and 13 republicans. more votes for democrats, more republicans in the delegation by 13-5. this was not just a pennsylvania fluke. ohio in 2012 voted for barack obama for president. in return our democratic colleague brown to the senate but sent 12 republicans to congress and only four democrats. wisconsin voted for obama in 2012 and elected progressive senator tammy baldwin to the senate but sent five republicans

about re-election and that care and vote in the best interests of the district that they represent. >> does it favor the democrats now? >> it is a district -- well, actually, with the old map, charlie and i had won the seat. so it is a seat that really we should have never lost from the democratic point of view. and it is a seat that now became a seat that charlie and i carried by seven points and obama won by 11.5, so it is a more faveorable seat. >> you to stay in contact with charlie crist? absolutely. he's running as well. neither of us are done e ghting for the people. he truly is someone who cares about the people and i'm -- it was a great experience to run along him and to get to know him. >> we need to say that congratulations are in order in the democratic congressional campaign committee's highly competitive red to blue program. can you tell us about that? >> yes, it is actually where the leadership of the democratic congress actually picks which are the races that they feel they can win who are the candidates that can win so that they can start gaining more seats and eventually obviously get to the maj

and the idea of changing if our legislative districts were to get through they think that's a great idea because we have so won by either republicans or democrats there's very little competition and more than half of the districts in the state. >> i've had a couple people say to me this week we are in the mess for the next couple election cycles we need to start playing for 2020, 2022 lines get redrawn. >> there was a letter to the editor that said let watson draw the districts that beat everyone on jeopardy. >> it pretty much is. it's the software that draws it. it's really complex. >> to the point where we talk about things like precinct splitting. i think your street is on one. >> it was. >> across the street neighbor was voting a different district than you. >> it got moved a block away but very carefully. >> wasn't that done in bob district to keep him from running. perception that you do not live in the district therefore. and that was done like on purpose? >> brad miller actually did it. you are thinking of him in north raleigh. that whole district 13 that used to be competitive democrat leaning is now pretty safely republican at this po

that would say you cannot elect democratic members in these districts. gloria: we are waiting on the supreme court find out if the new map will be used to decide who will be on your ballot on march 15. >> i think it is very unfortunate. we have said this is a thing that throws the election into chaos. it is an historic -- it is easy to document in the research by making us create a separate primary turnout will be lower than it would have been on march 15. >> i think this case is likely to be litigated for years to come. ultimately the supreme court will have to decide what happens. gloria: that session begins at 10:00 this morning here. live in raleigh, gloria rodriguez, abc 11 eyewitness news. caitlin: a story that broke over overnight president barack obama historic visit to cuba. this morning we should know more about the plans. his trip is coming up soon and will be mid march, about a month away. it is seen as another step to normalize the realizes between the u.s. and cuba. several other republicans weighing in on this. ted cruz delivering some of

district. it could help democrats when the fourth congressional district. >>> the final frenzy underway. presidential candidates in the encourage iowa voters to caucus for them. lana zak reports. [applause] >> reporter: after some 1500 rallies and $33 million spent, it is decision time in iowa. a new poll out today has donald trump widening his eye will lead. >> you have to be a little bit nervous and i like to win and i want to win for the country. >> reporter: polls are not votes. one third of likely caucus voters said they are undecided warning they may still change their mind. that is bad news for cruz who has been sliding in the polls. with just hours to go, he is being criticized for sending out this mailer with many saying it is deceptive. marco rubio hot on the campaign trail today trying to lure voters away from the 10 other republican candidates. >> i think someone going to a caucus say and there is a candidate you have been with but you don't think they're going to make it to the finish line, caucus for me because we supporting all of the wannabe presidents, volunteers danny a

. >> i will take issue with those that say you cannot elect democratic members in these districts. gloria: lawmakers are waiting on the supreme court to see if the new map will be used to see who will be on your ballot on march 15 15. >> i think it is very unfortunate. i think we have said all along the election into chaos. it is an historic thing. it is easy to document by making us create a separate primary turnout will be lower than it would have been on march 15. >> i think that this is likely to be litigated for years to come. ultimately the supreme court will have to decide what happens. gloria: the session is 10:00 this morning. caitlin: some news that was breaking overnight president obama announcing he will make an historic visit to cuba. we should learn more later this morning. that trip is coming up soon, mid march, about a month away. the visit is seen as another step toward normalizing relations between the u.s. and cuba. several republicans are already weighing in. ted cruz delivering some of the strongest criticism following the announcement. was not surprised that

there is an adjusting dynamic that could play out in the democratic primary in the first congressional district. taking on the democratic nomination. you are in on generic, a startup guy. and yet you went with bernie sanders. that seems like an odd pairing. was there any dissonance? >> to understand why i supported bernie sanders you have to sit -- you have to understand where i came from. none of my grandparents graduated from high school. one of them was a wallpaper hanger, the other worked at a roofing company. another worked a third shift. through their hard work and because of the opportunities the country offered, my parents were able to go to school and college. my parent' s became a -- my mother became a teacher. my dad was able to open a clinic. i endorsed senator sanders because i believe every american serves those same opportunities. and it comes to health care, when it comes to breaking up the big banks, it is going to ensure everybody can have those same opportunities that my parents had and were able to provide to me. i want to make sure that american dream lives on. >> this feel

webster is currently serving district 10, but since the lines were redrawn, that district now leans in favor of democrats. so webster plans to run for congress in district 11, which stretches from lake county to the gulf coast. meanwhile, in district 10, state senator gerald dean thompson, business -- and orlando -- are all running against. questioning why pelosi isn't supporting the other democratic candidates. we asked congresswoman pelosi several questions on a variety of topics today. you can listen to the ber view on wftv.com. >>> apopka city leaders want to know how you want the city to change in the next ten years and in the next hour, they'll start planning a vision for apopka. residents are welcomed to share their ideas on how to make apopka better and work with city leaders to see if those ideas can become real. on east main street, at 6:00 o'clock tonight, the big question, tom, folks are going to the meeting, are they going to need an umbrella? >> we're fine tonight, tomorrow is a different tomorrow. el nino enhanced because of the southern jet stream is quicking in. it's been -- kicking in.

politics for years in south florida and he's launching into a primimy fight for the democratic nomination for district 26. joining me nono to discuss his to congress, joe garcia. thank you for joining us. >> it is a pleasure. >> finally. >> finally. > we get you on the show. >> finally. >> district 26, the battleground seat, the seat the nation is looking at, the republicans want to keep, and the democrats want back. you h that seat already. and you were defeated in 2014. why do you want to run for the seat again? >> look, i love that area. when no one thought it could be taken by a democrat, we were running there. and it is one of the most beautiful -- one of most complex and most exciting places on the country, right? you got -- it has got more national park land than any other state in the southeast because you got the whole -- the everglades. not only everglades part that is physically land, but t t water park, which is florida bay and then you got biscayne bay parar all national reserves. then all the coral reefs and everything in that area. you got largest most productive agricultural farm land

city council woman celebrating a big endorsement in her bid to win iowa's first congressional district. democratic congressional campaign committee included and suppt candidates for open or republican seats. vernon was endorsed over kroger and murphy, all three democrats want to take the seat in washington. for more political headlin from the corridor and the race for the white house, join cbs 2 news anchor kevin berry for iowa and focus. this week stacy walker will share more about his decision to run for the board of supervisors. it airs on cbs 2 every sunday morning at 10:30. you can watch at 9:30 on fox 28. >>> valentine's day is two days away. sharing the love a little differently. stephanie johnson explains. >> reporter: that's right, miss acre's class is spreading the love through community service. it's reading time in the 4th and 5th grade classes. >> why do you think he is saving half of the sandwich? >> reporter: after reading, head over to horizons... taking the students out of the classroom is a part of ms. akers lesson plan. plan. i think that you can do the three r's and all of that

joel: democrats claim black voters are still stacked in a limited number of districts. >> if democrats had their way, everyone would be voting on june 7, not split between march 15 and june 7. >> that's correct. people will be confused, and for. joel: here is my wake county let's talk about what happens if this goes through. voters will go to the polls on march 15. they will vote in the primaries and various state races, and then we will go back to the polls on june 7 and vote in the congressional primary. the general assembly, hoping to have these maps approved by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. tisha: of course, we will stay on top of this and let voters know everything they need to know. joel, thank you. breaking news in raleigh, police investigating the report of a and homestead drive. raleigh police are on the piece -- on the scene working to learn if anyone got hit. you can always look for any new developments on this story at abc11.com. steve: new tonight, a pedestrian hit by a car in raleigh to the intersection of garner road and rush street. seriously hurt but are not going into detail. p

today, his dad tom sullivan told us he'll be running as a democrat in his district from from arapahoe county. alex is a big part of kwl y he decided to -- why he decided to run. >> what you do as a parent is and you never want to let them down. and i would certainly hope that the actions that i take, i continue to do to try to make him proud of me. >> sullivan will be running against current republican senator jack tate. a heavily republican district, but tom sullivan says he is not deterred. >>> also announced he is endorsing hillary clinton for president. three other family members of columbine and sandy hook victims endorsed clinton today. she has a proven track record of standing up to the gun lobby, they say. supporters of bernie sanders rallied on the steps of the capitol today, he has received endorse pts from state representatives also sar and carol. >>> it's hard to believe it snowed in denver. the storm wasn't much of a snow maker downtown, what a difference story up in the foothills. people in conifer were almost a foot of snow off their sidewalks this morning. meteorologis

hidz father, tom -- his father, tom, announced he will run as democrat in his district in app row county, he's always been -- arapahoe county, he's always been interested in politics. >> i went to the capitol to listen to debates, stood in line to testify, knocked on doors and made phone calls to legislators >>. >>> new video catching the scene of a small plane crashing into a busy street. no one gets hurt. not even the pilot. surveillance cameras show the crash and the pilot simply walking away. they heard the plane's engine sputtering before going down. moment, what do we do? >> we figureded there would be a fire or something. >> exactly. >> and we all just ran out there with extinguishers and everything. >> the faa says the pilot tried to return to an airport, nearby, shortly after take off. and a shocking discovery in east texas, a family finds a hornet's old. it's been growing on a couch, inside of an abandoned trailer in their backyard. markus smith was starting to help his girl friend's family remodel the trailer home. he had to do some research just to identify the creepy sight.

sullivan was one of 12 people killed in the theatre in 2012. tom, announced he will run as democrat in his district in app row county, he's always been -- arapahoe county, he's always been interested in politics. >> i went to the capitol to listen to debates, stood in line to testify, knocked on doors and made phone calls to legislators to have my voice heard. >>. >>> new video catching the scene of a small plane crashing into a busy street. no one gets hurt. not even the pilot. surveillance cameras show the crash and the pilot simply walking away. they heard the plane's engine sputtering before going down. >> terrifying, because there's a moment, what do we do? >> we figureded there would be a fire or something. something like that. >> and we all just ran out there with extinguishers and everything. >> the faa says the pilot tried to return to an airport, nearby, shortly after take off. and a shocking discovery in east texas, a family finds a hornet's nest, that's at least ten years old. it's been growing on a couch, inside of an abandoned trailer in their backyard. markus smith was starting to he

districts of equal population and is not use race as a deciding factor as they were accused of doing in 2011. the democrats say the new map is >> they have probably carved out 10 districts for republicans and only three for democrats. angelica: there's a federal court order to produce a new map by friday. counting the governor mcauliffe special session tomorrow. they are waiting to find out from the supreme court whether the new map will be used on your ballot come march 15. that special session will be here at 10:00 tomorrow morning. steve: president obama will travel to cuba next month. the official announcement will come tomorrow. the first time in 80 years that it american president has visited the island nation. tisha: charges are now filed in a chastened crash involving a motorcycle. he faces a list of charges and could indeed and reckless he was going 30 miles over the speed limit on highway 42. a trooper attempted to stop in. he started going down highway 401 we had a car had to horn was taken to the medical center. he is now at the wake county jail. steve: and next con accused of killing his wife.

approve the new maps after ruling unconstitutionally pack too many black voters into democrat bobby scott's district the republican party of virginia is pulling the plug on its controversial loyalty pledge in september the state gop minute so if he wanted to vote for a republican in the primary you must sign a document promising to vote for a gop candidate but virginia has an open primary and a lot of people were concerned this would turn away independents mccain is here to explain what happens next. well the problem is the state board of elections doesn't know what to do next changing the rules now will be tricky because of absentee voting people have already signed the pledge a month before virginians head to the polls the state's republican party says it's dropping the loyalty pledge were bad idea. republican activist gary tyler says the state central committee did the right thing this weekend unanimously voting to pull the plug. i think that was a mistaken idea of trying to make sure that only republicans that is a baby and our nominating process the state's gop as talked about a pledge for year

a democratic state senator from district 13 which includes parts of reno and sparks. those who served with her in the legislature spoke about their colleague and friend. naomi duerr, ward 2, "she was a hero to all of us, she was a mentor and inspiration. she encouraged me to run for office." and her colleagues from across the aisle also came to pay respects ben kieckhefer, nevada senator district 16,"her compass always pointed north and i hope that you will try and carry on i will always try to carry on that yours points the same way." smith spearheaded major pieces of legislation like requires d-n-a testing for people arrested for a felony and also a law that now requires nevada schools to stock epi-pens... a medical device that can possible save a student from a deadly allergic reaction. "she did not want any kid to die due to anaphylactic shock. she made sure every school has one of these pens. these are just a few of her achievements. it would take me all day to really go over them. but perhaps some of the most emotional and poignant eulogy came from her children.

the new fourth district includes durhams fire department. george holding and democratic david price both live in the newly created district put it does so in a way that's not in with interest. this an effort we could even get autoaowl this approved -- they expect to who would a new date just to hold congressional i -- local primaries. >> the white house is expect today announce that president obama will travel to cuba as the two countries continue to work on efforts to normalize rerations. both nations signed a deal that would -- >> a new gop front runner is pull ago head in ways race for the white house the poll has cruz ahead of trump by two points. it was conducted after the win in new hampshire and after saturday in south carolina where trump has a promising lead heading into saturday's primary. >> if people used facebook to would be different. a study 5:38 looked at the candidates likes on facebook. san december leads the way on the democratic side -- sanders leads, carson is on top with 26 percent of the likes on facebook. trump a close second with 23%. >>> rubio l

democrats chair says even though it's an election year, this convention won't be any different. "it's just a parliamentary procedure that we need to go through in order to push the delegates on to the district and then on to state and then on to nationals," said penny rosfjord, woodbury county democrats chair. the convention will be held on march 12 at sioux city west high school. a bill up for debate at the state legislature, in pierre, is targeting people who are transgender. the bill proposes separate bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender students at south dakota schools. ktiv's tiffany lane has reaction from lawmakers, and students. << it's a bill that would be the passed. a bill that says students will be required to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their biological sex will be debated by the full senate. "i've had teenage kids, i think sharing bathrooms, locker rooms, shower rooms with kids who are anatomically different, i think is going to be a horrible affect on kids as far as bullying." under the bill, schools must provide "reasonable accommodations for transgender students' needs." accommodations include a single-occupancy bathroom or the "controlled use" of a staff

democratic chair says even though it's an election year, this convention won't be any different. "it's just a parliamentary procedure that we need to go through in order to push the delegates on to the district and then on to state and then on to nationals," said penny rosfjord, woodbury county democrats chair. the convention will be held on march 12 at sioux city west high school. this morning on "meet the press" presidential candidates talklk about what they think should happen now that supreme court justice antonin scalia has died. republican donald trump said he wants the next person named to the nation's top court to be just like justice scalia, look, we need great intellect. we need, i say absolutely conservative. but the real, i think the real plan for it would be somebody just like justice scalia. campaigning in colorado last night, senator bernie sanders has a different vision for scalia's replacement. sanders republicans who don't believe president obama should make a nomination. "it appears that some of my republican colleagues in the senate have a very interesting view of the constitution of the united states. (:12) and apparently they believe that the constitution does not allow

lines at that time or tomorrow. >> there are 13 congressional districts in north carolina 10 are represented by republicans and three by democrats. steve crump is on your side looking at the implications of the new districts and could either side pick up a seat in congress? not expect to see a lot of changes the numbers should hold-up giving the republicans a 10-3 edge but there are concerns regarding minority representation. in the 10 terms mel watts served, the boundaries kept changing. what was called the spaghetti district on i-85 from charlotte to durham back in 1992 to a plan making it mainly a mecklenberg county district. the issue of compactness in communities of interest and that has been the course of controversy. >> controversy has state lawmakers scrambling for a new plan. federal judges throughout the first and 12th district saying they were racially gerrymandered. >> we get little representation. >> corinne mac worries that any new districts created doesn't ensure minority representation. >> this continues in the same vain of division of strive. segregation. >> the current representative alma adams may be the odd p

a democratic state senator from district 13 which includes parts of reno and sparks. those who served with her in the legislature spoke about their colleague and friend. naomi duerr, ward 2, "she was a hero to all of us, she was a mentor and inspiration. she encouraged me to run for and her colleagues from across the aisle also came to pay respects ben kieckhefer, nevada senator district 16,"her compass always pointed north and i hope that you will try and carry on i will always try to carry on that yours points the same way." smith spearheaded major pieces of legislation like brianna's law... which requires d-n-a testing for people arrested for a felony and also a law that now requires nevada schools to stock epi-pens... a medical device that can possible save a student reaction. "she did not want any kid to die due to anaphylactic shock. she made sure every school has just a few of her achievements. really go over them. but perhaps some of the most emotional and from her children. erin smith, daughter," my mom spent the last year fighting this disgusting disease and

districts. what republicans and democrats are saying about the changes and we investigate what it will mean for you. >> they have to assign everyone to the new districts. it's very complex. >> and tonight the north carolina senate has approved big changes to congressional districts. these new maps need a vote in the house. >> these lines affect which party republicans you in washington. nice to have you with us i'm maureen o'boyle. >> i'm jamie boll in for paul cameron. a district court ruled the lines for north carolina's first and 12th districts were unconstitutional and based on race. lawmakers have until tomorrow 0 to redraw the lines and we are on your side bringing you team >> steve crump is looking at the political implications of the changes. >> first, david whisenant is following this in raleigh. >> governor mccrory called for the special session today so the house and senate could beat the friday deadline given by federal judges to have new lines in place. >> currently is on pace to pass through today. >> that was the senator today. later, things slowed down as the newly drawn map was

. >> i will take issue with those that with say you cannot elect democratic members in these districts. gloria: lawmakers are waiting on the supreme court to find out if the new map will be university to decide who will be on your ballot on march 15. >> i think it is very unfortunate. i think that we've said all along that this sis throwing the election into chaos. you can look back, it is historic, it is easy to document by making us create a separate primary turn out will be lower than it would have been on march 15. >> i think this case is likely to be litigated for years to come. ultimately the supreme court will have to decide what happens. gloria: the session begins at 10:00 this morning. the legislature is expected to vote on the new map in time to meet the deadline by tomorrow but the supreme court will ultimately have the final say. live in raleigh, gloria rodriguez, abc 11 eyewitness news. caitlin: we are live in the breaking news center. we have a recall to pass along that could impact you. depending on the vehicle you are driving. we have learned toyota is recalling nearly

it would create three safe districts for democratics. and ten for republicans. democratics i talked with today say republicans have the votes to pass what they want but they say the fight may not be over. >> if in fact it does not meet the requirements for the judges, then they'll draw them. i asked the other day just what the process was once it leaves us. if they're not happy with what's being done, then they'll draw them. >> so it appears as though this will be a two-day process. the senate will take up the issue of the redrawn maps while the house will be talking about dates for a primary election that may change because of the retroing of the maps. and tomorrow they'll swap topics and vote again. we'll have latest on eyewitness news today at 5:00. >>> state republicans hope the their request to delay friday's deadline. but the supreme court is altering its schedule following the death of justice antonin skalia. the justices will not hold their scheduled closed door conference tomorrow. that means there will be no orders issued in 24 pending cases. it's not

the popular democrats represents the seventh district which includes part of baltimore and howard countycummings received a lot of support and the encouragement to run for senator mikulski seat after she announced the retirement. but cummings said in a statement he believes he can best serve the people of maryland by continuing the work in the house. maureen: guilty plea from the former director of switchboard operations at the white house. they say andrea turk approved overtime pay for a coworker who didn't work the hours and split the overtime money. she will be sentenced in april. today, protesters in maryland called on the gun manufacturers and distributors to take action to prevent gun violence. part of what they call a national day of action. mike carter-conneen explains why they health a protest outside gun shop. mike: protesters gathered across the street citing 18 years of police records showing 86 guns sold by the district heights gun shoppe linked to homicide cases. hundreds more used in other violent crimes. >> i have grown weary of burying too many young people. mike: protes

tom democrat in a heavily republican district. he has lobbied the legislature for limits on high-capacity gun magazines and testified for an unsuccessful bill to remove colorado's requirement that death penalty verdicts be unanimous. >>> we are just a week away from super tuesday. today several politicians and activists here in colorado stepped forward on the democrat side to endorse their preferred candidate. >> reporter: it's the final stretch heading into super tuesday. and caucus goers on the democratic side are getting an earful. >> they are working around the clock between now and tuesday. >> reporter: today the presidential campaigns for hillary clinltdon and bernie sanders both released lists of new endorsements in colorado. each campaign targeting different groups of voters. prevention advocate whose father was killed at columbine. >> she's the only candidate that appears to be willing to stand up to the gun lobby. >> reporter: she is endorsing hillary clinton. along with three other coloradans who lost their loved ones t

democratics. in drawing the districts, the general assembly wants to make sure the numbers don't change. >> we're trying to follow what the judges ask us to do. we're going to use politics to draw these lines. >> we want to manipulate the citizenry of the state in a way that we can be sure we elect 10 out of the 13 congress people as republicans. that bothers me. >> we're waiting to hear if that delay be granted if they don't hear by tomorrow, it's likely lawmakers will be back for a special session on thursday. in raleigh, bo minnick, wncn news now. >>> after a stormy start to the day, sunshine and 60s return to central north carolina this but there's more rain on the way. chief meteorologist wes hohenstein joins us now with the latest. >> good evening to you and to you at home. this morning it was severe storms. an alarm clock if you will for many of us. tomorrow morning, much, much different. dry right now. sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures near 60. that was nice. a little rain coming down out of the mountains will be here in the early morning hours. including a little bit for the early

district convention. the woodbury county democratic chair says even though it's an election year, this convention won't be any different. "it's just a parliamentary procedure that we need to go through in order to push the delegates on to the district and then on to state and then on to nationals," said penny rosfjord, woodbury county democrats chair. the convention will be held on march 12 at sioux city west high school. winter weather advisories are in effect for lincoln, lyon, osceola, dickinson, emmet, sioux, o'brien, clay, palo alto, cherokee, buena vista, pocahontas, sac, & calhoun sunday afternoon after quite the frigid morning temperatures did not climb very much for our saturday afternoon. temperatures will be staying quite steady and really not dropping off this evening due to the cloud cover building in. the clouds are associated with our next weather maker that will come in the form of an upper level low pressure center. this will give us light snow this evening into the overnight hours. the snow will move in from nw to se and will be heavier off to the ne parts of siouxland. that is why the w

a democratic state senator from district 13 which includes parts of reno and sparks. those who served with her in the legislature spoke about their colleague and friend. naomi duerr, ward 2, "she was a hero to all of us, she was a mentor and inspiration. she encouraged me to run for office." and her colleagues from across the aisle also came to pay respects ben kieckhefer, nevada senator district 16,"her compass always pointed north and i hope that you will try and carry on i will always try to carry on that yours points the same way." legislation like requires d-n-a testing for people arrested for a felony and also a law that now requires stock epi-pens... a medical device that can possible save a student from a deadly allergic reaction. "she did not want any kid to die due to anaphylactic shock. she made sure every school has one of these pens. these are just a few of her achievements. it would take me all day to really go over them. but perhaps some of the most emotional and poignant eulogy came from her children. erin smith, daughter," my mom spent the last year f

my district is 56% republican, 33% democrat. we kept that office open seven days a week. you could come at any time and talk to me. i would handle your problem. i won my second race in a republican district by spending only $28,000 on yard signs by 20 points. we even run that republican district in our state race against toomey. i want to represent republicans, independents and democrats. >> much more to time. we'll talk more when we come back. >>> we are back with pennsylvania candidate, joe sestak. sestak is running against john fedder in this spring's primary. he'd like to take on pat toomey. admiral sestak, you've been outspoken about the recent iran deal, especially the prisoner swap, calling for strict enforcement. how can you see that working? >> the iranian accord is something that stopped iran 30 days from having a nuclear bomb. now they cannot produce one for at least a year, and if we continue to have strong enforcement, up to at least 15 years. i've operated in those persian gulf waters. our ships can't even find the 19 iranian submarines there. we'll have to p

the new fourth district includes parts of orange, durham, and wake counties. democrat and george both live in the district. the 12th district no longer runs along i85. instead, it would all be in meclan burg county. no member of congress currently represents this area. >> it may comply but does so in a way that's not in the best interest of all the citizens of north carolina. >> if this gets final approval, they expect to pick a new date to hold congressional primaries. it cost close to $10 million to have a statewide primary. >> we could have up to 3, 4 or 5 elections this year. worth the cost. some state lawmakers say they doubt it will draw that many voters. >> by making us create a separate primary, the turnout will certainly be lower than it would be on march 15. >> representative lewis says he expects they'll propose a date for that second primary. we don't know what dates are being considered yet. >>> it's been the most challenging part of his term. next at 11, 1 the law that will soon allow guns inside classrooms and the reaction from the university's leadershi

democrats in the district, of course, have the last primary on the calendar in june. >>> later more about voter turnout. it could be just as important in new hampshire as it was in iowa. numbers out this morning show iowans came out in historically high numbers, despite the threat of a snowstorm. republicans counted more than 180,000 caucusgoers. that actually tops their 2012 attendance record by as much as 60,000 people. democratic numbers were high but likely will not top the 240,000 who showed up in 2008 to choose between barack obama, jon edwards and hillary clinton. >>> we went through the exit polls overnight to see how iowans felt about the can days. not surprisingly younger votes voters went for bernie sanders and women for hillary clinton. more interesting, who voters think can handle health care. exit polls show 91% of voters thought clinton would be better suited for that task. on immigration, republicans wanted donald trump. marco rubio was their choice to handle economy. when it came to terrorism and national security, voters went for ted cruz. aaron gilchrist has been in des