most notable -- the incumbent -- kenny wright. he announced in a february facebook post that he would be seeking re- election. news channel 3 reached out to mayor wright to get his thoughts on the challenge -- but haven )t heard back. john rowe is scheduled to make the formal announcement tonight. today fire crews in currituck county will try and figure out how a fire started. crews were called out to caratoke highway around 6-30 last night. it )s the area right where it intersects with south currituck road. there aren )t any reports of anyone hurt. this morning we now know the names of two people killed in a massive fire at a middlesex county marina. police say 75- year-old frank blantz and 65 year old julia blantz were on their boat when it went up in flames monday morning. police say the couple had a home in urbanna . along with the couple killed in the massive fire -- nearly two dozen boats were destroyed. police say evidence at the scene led them to believe the fire was arson. they still haven t said what that evidence is. we

and ready to take on current mayor kenny wright in november. c1 18:45:37 - we need to restore the vitality of portsmouth. we need to bring back good goverment. three council members already backing the former city manager. elizabeth psimas, bill moody, and danny meeks. c1 18:50:30 - we need john. you need john. we all need john. so it's very important to get john elected as mayor. moody and sheriff bill watson - who have both had public disagreements with wright - made contributions right then and there. c1 18:48:15 - john, i want to be the first one to publicly endorse you. and i want you to take my experience, was appointed willson, at the same time. c4 19:23:55 - it comes with the job of being city manager. at the time - wright said it was because rowe presented a 17 cent real estate tax increase in the gap. c4 19:23:01 - it would take 17 cents to continue to provide the services that council are eager to see rowe back...in a new position. c2 19:11:14 - i just have so much confidence in him that he will do a great job. c2 19:12:22 - now more

most notable -- the incumbent -- kenny wright. he announced in a february facebook post that he would be seeking re- election. the election is in november. news channel 3 reached out to mayor wright to get his thoughts on the challenge -- but haven t-p&heard back. john rowe is scheduled to make the formal announcement tonight. today fire crews in currituck county will try and figure out how a fire started. 6-30 last night. it )s the area right where it intersects with south currituck road. there aren )t any reports of anyone hurt. it has been one year since anjelica "aj" hadesell was reported missing. norfolk police say the 18 year old disappeared while home from longwood university on spring break. her body was found months later outside of an abandoned home in southampton county. anjelicas step father - wesley hadsell - is currently in jail - but on charges not related to her death. the southampton county commonwealth attorney has not made any arrests in her death. they are still investigating. this morning the charlottesville co

mayor kenny wright has already announced he's running for another time. also competing for the leadership position as local business owner shannon glover and the other candidates will have until june to throw their hats in the rain it will be decided in the general election on november eight. laura geller thirteen years now days after that massive fatal fire at a marina in urbana state police have identified the victims more on who they were an update to the investigation into the blaze and thousands of women reporting injuries from a birth control device we now know the identities of the victims urbana said police say seventy five year old francis blacks and sixty five year old julia plants died monday flames ripped through the doe's report urbana marina the fight is more than twenty boats. investigators believe this could be a case of arson but right now the cause is still undetermined. police are searching for those behind the very death of a celtic man. officers found forty two early tuesday morning in a small cemetery off old mill road police say som

coming up, find out who just threw their hat in the ring against incumbent kenny wright. about that deadly crash involving an experiened ems chief. what the city is saying this morning. if you treated your tablet like greasy fast food treats your body... you'd have no way to watch cat videos. so say no to greasy, fast food... and treat your body right... with the delicious rotisserie-style chicken sandwich from subway. made with our new hand-pulled,

is set to make the official announcement about his bid for mayor tomorrow role will face mayor kenny wright and local business owner shannon gough us of that woman is in trouble with the law after police say she elbowed an officer in the chest police say fifty two year old matt clark was drunk last night and got into a fight with her brother at her home on constance road officers tried to break up the fight mess when they say clark hit the officer. she's charged with assault and battery a couple of armed robberies are on the run over police say two masked men robbed a seven eleven on brand the street at gunpoint just after midnight the duo got away with some cash before police arrived detectives say the men are about six feet tall and had bandanas over their faces thankfully no one was hurt in just a matter of days the walls will come tumbling down at the lincoln park apartment tower the hampton redevelopment and housing authority will implode the high rise to make room for a new affordable housing this will have a more positive effect on the surrounding neighborhood in two thousand ninetee

and ready to take on current mayor kenny wright in november. c1 18:45:37 - we need to restore the vitality of portsmouth. we need to bring back good goverment. three council members already backing the former city manager. elizabeth psimas, bill moody, and danny meeks. c1 18:50:30 - we need john. you need john. we all need john. so it's very important to get john elected as mayor. moody and sheriff bill watson - who have both had public disagreements with wright - made contributions right then and there. c1 18:48:15 - john, i want to be the first one to publicly endorse take my check for $500 for your campaign. rowe, who has 45 years of public administration experience, was appointed city manager in 2012. but, in april 2015 - council ousted him and city attorney george willson, at the same time. c4 19:23:55 - it comes with the job of being city manager. at the time - wright said it was because rowe presented a 17 cent real estate tax increase in the city to close a budget gap. c4 19:23:01 - it would take 17 cents to continue to provide the serv

he'll face current mayor, kenny wright. rowe made the official announcement in front of a crowded group of supporters last night. three councilmembers and the sheriff have also publicly endorsed him. john rowe - mayoral candidate c1 18:44:46 - we get to not only set the future for portsmouth. but we get a chance to set it by behavior of our current local elected officials. rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. new developements in a big debate in portsmouth over a confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the house and senate this week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the bill. a law from 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly.

coming up, find out who just threw their hat in the ring against incumbent kenny wright. plus, new information about that deadly crash involving an experiened ems chief. what the city is saying this morning. and what would it take to keep more tolls off our roads? 10 on your side went all the way to richmond to talk to our local lawmakers. us. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations amounts of

most notable -- the incumbent -- kenny wright. he announced in a february facebook post that he would seek re-election. in his post -- he listed his accomplishments and added the quote "i )m in it to win it!" the election is in november. i reached out to mayor wright to get his thoughts on the john rowe is scheduled to make the formal announcement tomorrow evening. live in the control room, brendan ponton newschannel 3. new tonight-- the sports authority is going bankrupt. the chain-- specializing in sports equipment and apparel-- is closing 140 stores. three locations in hampton roads -- in norfolk, virginia beach and hampton -- are closing their doors. employees at those locations will be out jobs. no word yet on the exact date the stores will close.. new details - we now know the cause of death for a man found dead at a suffolk cemetery. the medical examiner says 42-year-old wayne watford died from gunshot wounds to the back. watford s body was found yesterday at the pleasant hill cemetery-- on dill road. if you know anything a

she's also running when asked to comment on the race glover told us quote john wrote and kenny wright are the architects of the public distrust we have in portsmouth today let's get over here to jeff because of wet weather is headed our way tonight adjust your tracking the rain and there's some now including over top of us i was just fiddling around with the camera here and you can actually see some of the snow falling and not reaching the ground or number of things you can see he can see a little bit of a break in the clouds in some spots that shows you the clouds aren't terribly thick and notice how this area right here the sort of feather in the is c down to this line right about here that is where we have snow falling but again not reaching the ground in here it is on radar. you could see that as we looked out and looked up a few thousand feet gradually that will start to fill in and we send each level the atmosphere meaning get more more down toward the ground so eventually we'll start to see that moisture hitting the earth but it's going to take a while you can see this a setup

as the former circuit court building becomes rubble at manager john breaux is running against kenny wright for mayor and he's talking only to thirteen years now we begin this new with something most of your team and thinking about right now the weather while it's cooler and there's plenty of sunshine things about che that's right there is a big change on the way this could bring high winds and something many of you do not want to deal with the allergist regulars here with what you can expect and when. well chances for snow i think that's what you're getting at here lot like i were to march let's forget about it. i think the chances the northwest but we'll talk some more about that certainly when certainly rain and plenty of both of those over the next twenty four to thirty hours early the next twenty four hours having shortly after noon tomorrow things get better today beautiful at the oceanfront boardwalk there but out to the less clouds increasing and we have winter storm watches up across central virginia warning out for terri's a little bit farther to the west and significance not that

find out who wants to take the seat from kenny wright. i'm bruce rader and coming up in 25 minutes on the sportswrap, william and mary heads to the caa tournament in baltimore looking for a trip to the nc- double a tournament. old dominion wraps up its season down in texas, norfolk state and hampton university get set for tomorrow's battle of the bay. we'll visit with the lake taylor high school basketball team, and the christopher newport women's team at 10:45 a big decision 2016 -- doctor ben carson has effectively ended his campaign for president. after disappointing results on super tuesday, carson said he "sees no path forward" to the republican nomination. he says he will not attend tomorrow's g-o-p debate in michigan. the retired neurosurgeon's campaign promised more information later this week. many of you have been thinking about your next move -- depending on the a google data editor says searches for "how can i move to canada" increased more than 350-percent yesterday. the last time that question trended was november 2004, when

localities from disturbing or moving any war memorials portsmouth city leaders including mayor kenny wright have been fighting to take down a confederate monument in their city. others told us it's time to let go things go always single on together when we go out to move in mind that those videos of artists. governor mcauliffe has not said whether he will sign the bill or veto with an apartment building in hampton will be imploded later this month to happen redevelopment and housing authority is making plans to take down the lincoln park apartment tower on march thirteen the building is the city's largest public housing complex and is more than forty years old told residents started relocating a couple years ago officials plan to replace it with a new community for families of all income levels by twenty nineteen. i had not ever use the downtown tunnel elizabeth river tunnels as this week both tombs were to be reduced to one lane in each direction tonight and tomorrow night and he says that has been called off also canceled its friday night's complete closure of the downtown tunnel and will

coming up, find out who threw their hat in the ring against incumbent kenny wright. and this could be the mother of all puppy records in north carolina. but first, meteorologist jeremy wheeler is working on your detailed forecast for rain and winter weather headed our way tonight. you'll want to hear his updated report coming up in less than three minutes. and stay ahead of the coming rain and wintery mix, by downloading our wavy weather app. get hour-by-hour forecasts and the thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the

he'll face current mayor, kenny wright. rowe made the official announcement in front of a crowded group of supporters last night. three councilmembers and the sheriff have also publicly endorsed him. john rowe - mayoral chance to set it by examining the past local elected officials. rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. a big debate in portsmouth is over the confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the house and senate this week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the governor to veto the bill. a law from 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would protect all war monuments, no matter when they were built. the norfolk school

coming up, find out who just threw their hat in the ring against incumbent kenny wright. about that deadly crash involving an experiened ems chief. what the city is saying this morning. if you treated your tablet like greasy fast food treats your body... you'd have no way to watch cat videos. so say no to greasy, fast food... and treat your body right... with the delicious rotisserie-style chicken sandwich from subway. made with our new hand-pulled, all-white meat chicken raised without antibiotics... all on our freshly-baked bread. the subway sandwich shop. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from

mayor kenny wright said he his running for re- election in november. new at noon: they say tried stealing from a home under construction. this is 18-year- old tyrell slaughter. he )s been arrested and charged with burglary and grand larceny. police say they got a call about a burglary yesterday morning just before 10. this was at a home undergoing renovations on chimney creek drive. officials say the construction crew-- saw slaughter inside the home and held him until police arrived. in norfolk-- police are investigating a crash that took out a h-r-t bus stop. the three car crash happened just after eight this morning on east princess anne road and ingleside road. right now-- police haven )t told us if anyone was hurt or what may have caused the crash. in newport news: two men -- shot just minutes apart. today both men are in the hospital-- one recovering, the other fighting for his life. first -- police were called to jefferson avenue near the virginia living museum. that )s where a man told police he was standing outside e en he heard gunshots, and t

he'll face current mayor, kenny wright. rowe made the official announcement in front of a crowded group of supporters last night. three councilmembers and the sheriff have also publicly endorsed him. john rowe - mayoral candidate c1 18:44:46 - we get to not only set the future for portsmouth. but we get a chance to set it by examining the past behavior of our current local elected officials. rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. a big debate in portsmouth is over the confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the governor to veto the bill. a law from 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightl

more than 2- thousands signatures in one day -- to recall mayor kenny wright -- from the city of portsmouth. 30;14 were at 90 percent of the way and we )re just going to redouble our efforts an effort that started last may -- according to long-time portsmouth resident and owner of bob )s gun shop in norfolk -- robert marcus -- that picked up momentum yesterday at precincts across the city. mayor wright was in the spotlight last month -- arrested on felony eluding charges after a heated confrontation with sheriff bill watson. marcus says -- with another 300 to 400 signatures -- they will take the petition to circuit court -- and if the signatures are verified -- mayor wright would have 5 days to resign -- or the the city can vote to recall him. 33;22 we are a city in crisis 33;33 if the electorate continues to return people of this nature to city council we are going to continue having what we have meanwhile city council -- is in councilman bill moody says a second council member -- danny meeks -- is facing a 15-hundred dollar fine -- for speaking about a topic discussed in closed session. t

he'll face current mayor, kenny wright. rowe made the official announcement in front of a crowded group of supporters the other night. three councilmembers and the sheriff have also publicly endorsed him. john rowe - mayoral candidate c1 18:44:46 - we get to not only set the future for chance to set it by examining the past behavior of our current local elected officials. rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. students seem to like the redesigned s-a-t. the college entrance exam goes national saturday. but some students took it early, and they're giving it good reviews. some said -- the exam is more straightforward and shorter. on real-world learning and analysis. also, students no longer will be penalized for guessing. and the essay is now optional. more than 450-thousand test-takers signed up to take the new sat in march. that's up slightly from a year ago. virginia is mov

he'll face current mayor, kenny wright. rowe made the official announcement in front of a crowded group of supporters last night. three the sheriff have also publicly endorsed him. john rowe - mayoral candidate c1 18:44:46 - we get to not only set the future for portsmouth. but we get a chance to set it by examining the past behavior of our current local elected officials. rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. this morning, we have new information about which local sports authority stores are closing. this after the company filed for bankruptcy. the store on coliseum drive in hampton, the one at janaf in norfolk, and the one near lynnhaven mall in virginia beach are among the 140 across the country that are shuttering. sports authority used to be the largest sporting goods retailer in the country. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the

he )s now challenging one of the people who supported firing him last year -- current mayor kenny wright. wright has already announced he )s running for re- election this november. the mayor says rowe was fired after a disagreement over the city s budget last april. a son in mourning -- speaking about his father )s death for the first time. on tuesday -- suffolk police found the man shot several times in the back -- in a cemetery. kelly rule has the story you ll see only on three. plans with his father. 48;39 i remember him saying like you re about to be 21 soon you can go ahead and drink with me you can drink with me, i got older and we never had that drink and now -- darion says -- they never will. suffolk police say they found 42-year- old wayne watford -- darion s father -- at the pleasant hill cemetary around 1-30 in the morning on tuesday. police called his death -- a homicide. darion knew something was wrong when he didn )t hear from his father on his birthday sunday -- but never expected the phone call he got just two days later. 44;59 i miss him and i wish i had gotten that happ

already in the race -- current mayor kenny wright. look for these updates on newschannel three at noon and w-t-k-r dot com. coming up on wgnt 27 - cox cable channel 7. thing i saw last night. your usual trump speech, but look at chris christie's face. >> they are going to put 20 or 25 million in at the time next two weeks from what just came over the wires. >> what is going on there? he looks like a time traveler who is trying to play it cool until he figures out what year it is! >> i haven't seen a person on television look that uncomfortable, standing next to someone since this. >> georgee bush doesn't care about black people! >> it almost makes you feel bad for chris christie, doesn't it? i mean, he is clearly standing beside someone he loathes with every fiber of his being. maybe he is just fascinated with that blow-hard's ridiculous hair! ha, ha. >> very well done. that was sort of ripe for the comics. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." this half hour, donald trump tonight will come face-to-face again with fox news moderator

activists were also out with petitions to recall mayor kenny wright in portsmouth. the mayor was arrested on felony eluding charges--- after a heated confrontation with sheriff bill watson in january. the activists are calling for a new mayor. our taste of spring is almost over! chief meteorologist patrick rockey is tracking some big changes coming our way tomorrow. our little taste of spring is just a powerful cold front will push through overnight and early on wednesday. that will bring us a few hours of rain and then falling temperatures. expect scattered showers for your morning commute, especially if you head to work between 5 and 7 am. it looks like we will hit our highs for wednesday around midnight. expect temperatures to fall into the low-to-mid 50s in the afternoon with clearing skies. thursday will be a dry and cooler day. we will see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures only in the mid 40s. by thursday night, another cold front will bring increasing clouds and a chance for showers. some of our northern communities, like the northern neck and the nor

he was fired as city manager last spring after mayor kenny wright called his budget proposal disappointing. now he )ll be challenging wright for his re-election. rowe says one of his main goals is to change the perception of the city. outcue: ".. john rowe/running for mayor 42:55 portsmouth has been the subject of a great amount of criticism in fact the fact the criticism comes daily and its justified and its embarrassing. two others have announced they )re running for mayor -- including a businessman named the election is in november.a in hampton: a man says he came face-to- face with a car tire when he was phillip reed says he was riding his bike on the sidewalk wednesday when the van hit him. hampton police say the van was leaving the taco bell restaurant on grimes road when the accident happened. they say the driver sped off after hitting reed - and left him laying on the sidewalk. luckily reed is ok - but he wants to know why the driver left the scene. outcue: ".. " duration:0:00 phillip reed / victim of hit and run 1:20- "they didnt come back they didnt make sure i was ok. how do you

rowe was fired as city manager last spring after mayor kenny wright called his budget proposal disappointing. rowe will now be challenging wright )s re- election. 43:37 we are losing our credibility and our respect not only here among us but among the citizens of hampton roads city hall has been filled with drama since rowe )s firing last april. they were fined for speaking publicly about closed session issues. one of them was bill moody -- who waved his 15- hundred dollar fine at a city council meeting in january. 51:52 it takes money to run a race. last time i waved money it was not for a good cause. it was for a bad thing that john rowe make sure that we get back to common sense we )ve reached out to mayor wright several times to get his reaction to his latest opponent -- but haven t heard back. in a facebook post announcing his re-election -- wright listed his accomplishments and wrote "working together, we can do this!! "portsmouth is for people, all kinds of people" "four more years! four more years! four more years!" but it )s now the former city manager john rowe hoping for four year

kenny wright row and local businessmen shannon glover when asked to comment on the race glover told us quote are the architects of the public distrust we have in portsmouth today market investors will be watching eight thirty this morning that's when the federal government will release the february jobs report average hourly earnings are expected to go up point two percent average weekly hours worked. should hit almost thirty five and nonfarm payrolls should top one hundred and ninety five thousand this is the key number for the feds the payroll numbers could impact the path of federal interest rates in the next couple of months while nobody likes finding a gray hair. no we don't but scientists now say they're one step closer to being able to slow down or even stop the process altogether. plus the woman tries to outsmart her states with a homemade license plates. more on this creative criminal ahead on daybreak and we're tracking your messy commute all morning here on daybreak a live look from our rolling cameras on pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes m

sources tell 10 on your side, john rowe will challenge mayor kenny wright in november. back in january we told you the former portsmouth city manager was considering the run rowe resigned from his roll as interim city manager last year, the same night council fired then city attorney george willson. as expected -- jesse matthew junior admitted he abducted and killed students. it's been a long time coming for the families of hannah graham and morgan harrington. c0029- john graham - victim's father "his evil deprived the world of a great talent, but hannah's enduring gift to us all is that she enabled this wicked man to be apprehended and convicted. she did change the world, but at a terrible price." (butt) gil harrington - victim's mother 1344 "the finality and accountability that has been achieved today with this plea agreement, will allow our family to redirect energy into healing and recovery 1400 both families spoke outside albemarle county court today. police arrested matthew after 18- year-old u-v-a student hannah graham disappeared in 20-14. investigators found he

represents the beginning of the and four mayor wright who has been a total embarrass the size mayor kenny wright and john rowe local businessman shannon glover is also running when asked to comment on the race. glover told us quote john rau rau and katie wright are the architects of the public distrust. we have in portsmouth today the voter registration office tells us none of the signatures collected by the candidates has been certified yet and the signatures will be certified june fourteen skies are clear over downtown norfolk right now but that's going to change overnight after tracking a big storm bring lots of rain and even a chance for some snowflakes like jeff then you say clearly obviously don't mean clouds were talking clear in terms of any precipitation across the region. however there is some moisture showing up and if you're just tuning in we've been talking about this. we've talked about a number of times over the course of the winter fact the last few years you can get precipitation that literally evaporates as it goes down to the dry air a few thousand feet aloft that's what's hap

competition is brewing for portsmouth mayor kenny wright's job. former city manager john rowe is formally announcing his candidacy tonight. we told you about this yesterday as breaking news at five. 10 on your side's liz palka is live at mario's italian restaurant in portsmouth for the announcement. liz? anita - we already know at least one city councilman is already backing rowe. bill moody made an announcement on facebook saying quote, "this is great news for our city." we first reported the former city manager was mayoral run back in january. he told us then....he felt there was a lack of transparency in local government...and that city business needed to be out in the open. now he will take on mayor wright in the november election. rowe served as city manager and then interim city manager of portsmouth until april 2015. that is when he was ousted by a city council vote...just a few months before he was to resign. at the time - wright said a lot of it had to do with the city's budget. and a 17-cent real estate tax increase that rowe had propose

where city leaders have taken up the topic several times today in a text message portsmouth mayor kenny wright said he wants the governor to veto this legislation confederate monuments put in the same category as war memorials lawmakers in virginia now taking a stance to protect the highly debated landmarks the legislation that's designed to prevent local governments for moving or taking down civil war monuments pass both the house in the senate but to understand what some people wore remove but don't let your pants in the pairs that they know always single on together when we go out to move in mind that those videos about it just sounds like portsmouth resident milton peoples tell us they agree with the decision while throughout the last six months we've been telling you that dozens have continued to fight to see the memorials come down to . although debated the topic many times their hands have been tied and if the governor signs the approved bill the conversation about the future of the monuments will be down there for so long i kind of feel like it stays that i mean it's really light and n

his abrupt departure in running for mayor former city manager john rowe will have current mayor kenny wright as an opponent. some pessimists would say that you are running for mayor because you have an axe to grind with mayor kenny white in the way that hit your departure was orchestrated. what would you say to that. no that's not true. the head axe to grind it was started grinding the axe attack and may not i'm running because i have a deep passion for our city it's a line we hear often from those running for office but was it me. the portsmouth native says the current city council has broken the trust of the citizens and has made government lacked transparency. many people would say that it's easy to be a critic it's easy to pick apart what somebody else is doing but it's more difficult to create solutions. what could you offer as mayor to move this city forward i have a strong background in local government for a half decades of experience in working with a diverse groups and know the region and most importantly portsmouth road address the turmoil we've seen lately we've told you about co

business man shannon glover out when asked to comment on the race glover told us quote john roll and kenny wright are the architects of the public distrust we have in portsmouth today the voter registration office tells us none of the signatures collected by the candidates has been certified. those signatures will be certified in june and donald trump takes him or fire during the republican debate tonight he is waging his presidential campaign on three fronts fighting his republican rivals his democratic opponents and the leaders of his own party. abc's mega news reports gop leaders are the front runner. fresh from his commanding seven victories on super tuesday donald trump got a new respect your are not the talking drums rivals now teaming up against him because he doesn't have answers that make ted cruz in second place is trying hard to make it a two man race. donald trump has written checks to hillary clinton not once not twice not three times ten times marco rubio again assailed trumps character he has spent a career of convincing americans that is something that he's not all the taunting fi

he was fired as city kenny wright called his budget proposal disappointing. now he )ll be challenging wright for his re-election. rowe says one of his main goals is city. outcue: ".. " duration:0:00 john rowe/running for mayor 42:55 portsmouth has been the subject of a great amount of criticism in fact the fact the criticism comes daily and its justified and its embarrassing. two others have announced including a businessman named shannon glover. the election is in november.a1 in hampton: a man says he came face-to- face with a car tire when he was run over outside of a fast food restaurant. phillip reed says he was riding his bike on the sidewalk wednesday when the van hit him. hampton police say the van was leaving the taco bell restaurant on grimes road when the accident happened. they say the driver sped off after hitting reed - and left him laying on the sidewalk. luckily reed is ok - but he wants to know why the driver left the scene. outcue: ".. " duration:0:00 and run 1:20- "they didnt come back they didnt make sure i was ok. how do you run someone ov

activists were also out with petitions to recall mayor kenny wright in portsmouth. the mayor was arrested on felony eluding charges--- following a heated confrontation with sheriff bill watson in january. those activists are calling for a new mayor. in norfolk: police are looking for two men involved in a late night armed robbery. officers were called to the 7- eleven on granby street just after midnight. they say two men were armed when they walked into the store. no one was hurt. police are still looking for them if you have any information call the crime line. later today: the man accused of killing u-v-a student hannah graham, and virginia tech student morgan harrington - is expected to plead guilty to those murders. jesse matthew faces the death penalty if convicted for the murder of hannah graham. under the plea deal, his life would be spared. matthew s trial for graham )s murder was scheduled for july. his second trial for the murder of morgan in suffolk: police are now investigating a body found in a cemetery-- as a homicide. police say 42-year-old wayne wat

sources tell 10 on your side, former city manager john rowe will challenge mayor kenny wright. back in january we told you rowe was considering a run. he resigned from his role as interim city manager last year, the same night council fired former city attorney george willson. new at midday oppents of light rail in virginia beach say they've got enough signatures to add a measure on the november ballot. city treasurer john atkinson says his team collected at least four thousand signatures on super tuesday. he says in total he has about 21 thousand singatures, which surpases the 16,500 signatures to put a ballot. voters in virginia could see the question, "should city council of virginia beach spend local funds to extend light rail from noroflk to town center in virginia beach?" atkinson says he's going to file the paper work soon. new at midday, police in construction workers helped catch a burglary suspect. officers arrested 18-year-old tyrell slaughter yesterday morning. investigators say a construction crew arrived at a house they were working on along chimney creek drive, a

portsmouth mayor kenny wright says he's asked the governor to veto the bill. governments from removing war monuments. but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would make it clear that the monuments are protected regardless of when they were built. portsmouth councilman dr. mark whitaker -- who thinks the monument symbolizes racism -- says localities should be allowed to make decisions on what to do with them. b. frank earnest - virginia divison sons of protects every american monument, back to the algonquin war of 1622 the bill's sponsor - republic delegate charles poindexter said a judge in a recent court case said the existing virginia law protects only monuments built after 1998. again, this bill would prevent local governments from moving them no matter how old they are. live in portsmouth, erin kelly, 10 on your side. three people are in custody for a brazen gun caught on camera. at least 7 other suspects are still on the run. take a look at the unbelievable video of about 10 people breaking into the store tuesday. you can see a a

portsmouth mayor kenny wright is one of those city leaders while he might continue his fight others we spoke to today say it's time to let it go there for so long i kind of feel like if this stays that i mean it's really light and i'm really a date thing i do understand why some people or remove the lead pairs and pairs of fake snow always single on together when we go out to move in mind that those videos of clashes in port st christina's for j co temperature is cooling down an answer as with the wet spring therefore want take a look at the west and skyview that said the virginia beach town center geoff lawson is here with more on tonight's chilly temperatures day and it will be dropping and we mentioned it before but just sort of a refresher to clear the skies are at night the colder it gets now doesn't always mean you have cold conditions but if you have cold air clear skies it had clouds out there we know that for sure so that's one of the reasons that were calling for more cold tonight nothing on radar obviously as well. when the temptress compared to yest a nest i remember was do

massey also represent portsmouth mayor kenny wright later today clergy from across the area will host a second call to community forum the goal is to keep the conversation going on how to improve police community relations police chiefs and the commonwealth's attorney from hampton and newport news will be there the last form drew a crowd of more than fifteen hundred people thirteen is no anchor jenna roach will be there she will emcee. it's tonight at seven at hampton high school and investigating a man's death as a homicide officers found forty two year old wayne watford on hill road early yesterday morning we broke the story yesterday on daybreak detective sal is that the man was dead when officers got there they are asking anyone with information to call the crime line at four sixteen new this morning officials in mathematics county are investigating why three thousand people did not receive tornado warnings on their phones last week chris walker is one of those people who did not receive the alert his mother actually alerted him. fortunately he managed to take cover before the sto

issue in this city we also talked about whether or not his run is to get back at current mayor kenny wright who is running to keep that position. we've been telling you right is one of the people responsible for rose abrupt departure from his post as city manager last spring. rowe says that's not trust in portsmouth government council has broken two fundamental tenets of good government and that's effective medication or as its citizens and the news media and transparency. rowe has a lot to say about issues he sees in portsmouth and what he plans to do about them if elected we will have much more from the candidate coming up at five. it is an interview you will only see on thirteen years now. laura geller thirteen years now of the clergy citizens and police is getting down to work on solutions to solving crime. organizers of the second virginia unity project community forum are compiling a list of ideas offered in last night's forum check out the huge crowd that showed up at hampton high last night about a thousand people the police chiefs from the sand in newport news along with both commo