show you the scene at lenoir-rhyne where trump will be appearing at 10:00 this morning. bernie sanders will be holding a rally at 4:30 at pnc music pavilion in the university city area. hillary clinton is going to be making an appearance in the queen city at grady cole center after 9:00 tonight. >> christine: you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. let's check in back in with meteorologist al conklin. >> al: christine, zero visibility from boone to morganton, shelby, hickory, statesville, one mile gastonia, zero visibility albermarle, mile morning. dense fog advisory for most of the area until 10:00, once that burns off we should have partly sunny skies for the midday before showers and storms approach from the west, late this afternoon, 4:00, rain may not quite be in charlotte yet but knocking on the door. certainly i'm tracking this storm across tennessee right now, that will be heading in our direction, we'll be dry until very late in the day and showers and storms coming back in the forecast. seven day planner get

lenoir-rhyne security says they are ready for whatever happens today. local law enforcement agencies are partnering to keep thousands safe. this comes after violent protests shut down a similar rally in chicago friday. supporters don't think it will get out of hand. you can see the people entering the auditorium in just a couple of minutes. the latest poll from public policy polling shows donald trump is on top in north carolina. senator ted cruz is in second place with 33% donald trump with 44. joe bruno channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> democratic bernie sanders and hillary clinton will also be campaigning in the state tonight. charlotte's grady cole center in uptown at 9:15. sanders will rally at the pnc music pavilion in university city. it begins at 4:30 this afternoon with doors opening three hours before. channel 9 will have crews at each of today's campaign events. we will stream them live on wsoc-tv.com or you can follow us on twitter to get constant updates. >>> tonight matthews leaders could vote on a resolution to split schools away from cms. t

so lenoir rhyne university is preparing for a crowd they are not exactly used to. but monday's rally in hickory is still expected to be more intimate than other trump events. it will be a town hall meeting in a facility that holds over 1400 people. but they expect more will show up and are getting ready for all scenarios. >> we have our own university security that has been working with local law enforcement, the hickory police department, of course the secret service. >> reporter: several other agencies will also be helping out. the new land police department, north carolina highway patrol after trump canceled a rally in chicago when approaches got violent last week. the university tills us they are confident in the agencies and the public that all whether go well. >> they certainly never want to see anyone hurt or have those kinds of things happen at any event. we certainly don't want them here. but i have every confidence in our community that we will handle this whether you're pro-trump or anti-trump. that you will handle it with grace and be able to have open

donald trump will be in hickory tomorrow morning at lenoir- rhyne university. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be in charlotte. >>> police have not released information on a suspect yet after they say a teenager was shot near a north carolina college campus. university campus in durham yesterday morning. the 14-year-old boy was shot while leaving a party with a grown up of people. we're told he is expected to recover. >>> north carolina fell if officials say are in all officials say eight people have died during this flu season. last year saw a reported 18 deaths from the fluff. they would if the officials say this years flu vaccine is more effective than last years. >>> new this morning winthrop university students may see an increase in student fees this fall semester. our partners report a presentation friday showed a proposal for a 1% increase in students education and general fees for the upcoming school year. state students would go to $71 and $65 for out of state students. that is an increase of more than $130 for those coming from outside the pal

be in hickory this morning as republican front runner donald trump hosts a town hall event at lenoir-rhyne university. >> this comes days after trip was forced to cancel an event in chicago who protests turned violent. joe bruno continues our team coverage live outside the university. joe several police agencies >> this rally is nothing like any event university officials are used to preparing for. we have seen several police ages says out here in hickory already. they blocked off this road leading up to where the event is going to be held. they are preparing for thousands of trump supporters and any potential protesters. this comes days after violent protesters forced him to cancel a similar event in chicago. this morning trump will be speaking in a building that holds around 1400 people, but security will be prepared for anything. university officials tell us the newton police department, catawba county sheriff's office and emergency services and the north carolina highway patrol will be helping campus police. despite the other going protests at trump events across the country, universit

republican candidate donald trump will speak at lenoir- rhyne university. the event will be open to more than 1400 people. in the past week several protests outside trump's events have become violent. protesters are expected to show up starting at 6:00 this morning but the university is not taking any chances. university security officers are working with the hickory police department and u.s. secret service to make sure everyone is safe. >> i have every confidence in our community that we will handle this, whether you are pro trump or antitrump, that be able to have open dialogue which is what the university really wants to see happen. >> the doors will open in just about three and a half hours. seats are available on a first come first served basis. >>> bernie sanders and hillary clinton will also be campaigning tonight. the two faced off at a town hall at ohio state. tonight hillary clinton will speak in uptown at 9:15. meanwhile sanders will hold a rally in university city at 4:30 this afternoon. doors will be opening three hours before that. supporters

trump campaigning with new jersey governor and former presidential candidate chris christie at lenoir-rhyne in hickory. protesters interrupted the appearance three times. the clinton camp doing all it can to hold on to the state on the democratic side. this sis a state to clinton has won before. hillary clinton has a late night rally in charlotte and bill clinton was wooing divorce in greenville. the other democratic candidate bernie sanders also making a stop in charlotte monday. the vermont senator trailing hillary clinton in delegate count but not out of the race. the cruz campaign was in fayetteville. ted cruz initially set to appear at fayetteville tech community barbara: today could be make or break for marco rubio who trump in ohio and now ahead in other polls. abc11 is your headquarter. we have a hotline to answer questions and concerns today. amber has more. amber: good morning. volunteers from the league of women voters will be here to answer calls from 9:30 to 6:30 if you have questions before you vote or after you vote we want to hear from you. the hotline number is on abc11.com

donald trump campaigned with chris christie at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory yesterday protesters interrupted it three times. and the clinton camp doing all they can to hold on to the state that to clinton has won before. hillary clinton held this rally in charlotte and former president bill clintons wooing voters in greenville. the other democratic candidate bernie sanders making a stop in charlotte monday. he is trailing clinton in delegate count but not out of t. back with the republicans the cruz campaign landed in ted cruz initially was set to appear at favorite tech but sent his wife. barbara: today could be a make or break day for two republican candidates. marco rubio face as must win in his ohio he's even with trump and is ahead. abc11 has set up a hotline to answer questions and concerns all day. amber has more. amber: volunteers from the league of women voters will be here from 9:30 in the morning until 6:30. if you have questions before you vote or concerns after you vote we want to hear you. it is on the website abc11.com abc11.com/govote. we are your election headqua

. >>> lines for donald trump's rally went for blocks around the campus at lenoir-rhyne university. foggy weather conditions delayed the plane's arrival, he was two hours late. he shared the stage with chris christie and reinforced his stance on controlling the borders and making mexico pay for it. >> we cannot allow people in our country that we don't know anything about them, we don't know where they come from, who they are. they have no paperwork. they have no nothing. >> that comment sparked protesters to interrupt the rally. police removed themselves once six people given written citations. >>> we have continuing coverage and their stops in north carolina at wbtv.com. that is where you can see more photos and videos from every vent. >>> the presidential primary isn't the only race on the ballot. connect nc bond would pay for projects all over north carolina including new buildings at colleges, water and sewer upgrades and improvements to state parks. $2 billion in new debt. the governor says it won't require a tax increase because interest rates are low. polls open at 6:30 this

at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory. democrat bernie sanders will be holding a rally at 1:30 at pnc music pavilion in charlotte and hillary clinton will make an appearance at grady cole center. doors open at 7:15. ted cruz was back in north carolina less than a week after making an appearance in he spoke to a crowd of his supporters at zmax yesterday. he's 90 votes ahead >> reporter: ted cruz had a message for north carolina voters. >> start your engines. >> for his rally at zmax motor speedway, people were revved up. >> going back to the constitution. >> emphasized stance on constitutional freedoms and jobs and national security to the crowd. who were on their feet throughout his speech. >> we'll repeal obama care, pass the flat tax, pull back regulation, the economy will explode, see millions of new jobs. trillions of new federal revenue and we will use that revenue to >> both cruz and supporters brought up donald trump. >> i was all on board for trump, then i, the more i learned about him the less i like him. >> this

in the last two hours, lenoir-rhyne university released a statement saying donald trump's campaign reached out to them asking to come to the school on monday. the school says as long as there is proper security it plans to honor that request. the event is not confirmed but if it happens it will be monday at 10 a.m.. just last night, violence erupted ate trump rally in chicago. his campaign cancelled et vent. trump called the protest a planned aa attack. at least # police officers were injured and -- two police officers were injured and five people arrested. trump had another campaign square on the campaign trail. that story ahead at 6:15. >>> while we enjoy amazing weather today, a major storm is coming out of the deep south. meteorologist john ahrens is tracking when it can come to charlotte. this is the storm that did all of the damage to texas and louisiana. >> it will come at us in a weaker storm. we'll deal with this this, it will be slow. it might be a couple of days we'll be talking about this storm around charlotte and i'll tell you what, most of the energy, especially as we look a

first event of the day belongs to donald trump, he will be in hickory at lenoir-rhyne university, scheduled for 10:00 a.m. start time. doors open at 7:00 a.m. the campaign expects all 1400 seats to be filled with spillover in the town hall style event. next up, bernie sanders will music pavilion. he was in raleigh on friday and also see hillary clinton today, she will make an appearance at queen city at grady cole center, doors open at 7:15 tonight. she will talk about generating good-paying job in her second visit in a week. in the most recent high point university poll friday, trump and clinton have commanding leads. this is how the numbers break down, they polled 1600 people, clinton 60% of the poll, trump nearly 40% of the poll. we'll follow all these stops today by these candidates here in our area, follow us here on wbtv. reporting live i'm mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> christine: in less than a week after visiting kannapolis, ted cruz was back in north carolina for a rally in concord. he spoke to a crowd of supports at zmax dragway yesterday. he emphasized stance on constitut

presidential candidate donald trump is scheduled to hold a rally in hickory monday morning at lenoir-rhyne university. doors open at 7:00 a.m. and the rally starts at 10:00 a.m.. tense moments at a donald trump rally in kansas city tonight, refusing to tone it down. trump squared off with protesters who brutally interrupted him. he told the police to get them out and a one point trump even said quote to hell with the protester. >> you know is really amazing. when you think about it you see disruptors, mad people, so bad for our country, so bad for our country. people have no idea what's going on, so so bad. emily: another tense moment for trump during a campaign stop in ohio. someone apparently threw something at the gop presidential candidate but other reports say the protester tried to rush the stage. secret service agents surrounded the candidate while others carried out an man believed to be responsible for the disturbance to the ohio incident came less than 24 hours after a chicago rally was canceled because of the potential for violence. republican presidential candidate ted cruz wil

donald trump spoke to 1500 people at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory, shared the stage with new jersey governor chris christie, reinforced stance on several issues. >> we're going to win with the military, we're going to win at every level on health care. we're going to win at the border. the people that are supporters of donald trump want to see america be great again that is what it is. >> john: police removed several protester from the event. six people given written citations. >>> bernie sanders rallied supporters at pnc music pavilion in sort charlotte. pavilion in north charlotte. >> our job is to create the best educated society in the world, not the country that has more >> at the grady cole center, hillary clinton spoke to supporters for 30 minutes. touched on a list of topics including equal pay for women, police mistrust and gun violence. she reminded the crowd to get out and vote. >> north carolina has a really important role to play, not only in the primary but then in the general election. i am -- (applause) -- i am asking for your support. >> john: stay with wbtv through

presidential candidate donald trump is scheduled to hold a rally in hickory monday morning at lenoir-rhyne university. doors open at 7:00 a.m. and the rally starts at 10:00 a.m.. tense moments at a donald trump rally in kansas city tonight, refusing to tone it down. trump squared off with protesters who brutally he told the police to get them out and a one point trump even said quote to hell with the protester. >> you know is really amazing. when you think about it you see disruptors, mad people, so bad for our country, so bad for our country. people have no idea what's going on, so so bad. emily: another tense moment for ohio. something at the gop presidential candidate but other reports say the protester tried to rush the stage. secret service agents surrounded the candidate while others carried out an man believed to be responsible for the came less than 24 hours after a chicago rally was canceled because of the potential for republican presidential candidate ted cruz will be in our area tomorrow afternoon. supporters at the charlotte motor speedway in concord. former presidential candi

trump makes a big thomases to gop supporters and protesters at his rally at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory. supporters the front-runner wanted to watch the billionaire weigh lien on their concerns. >> we have spiraled into a debt that obama has drained our country. believe trump will be totally strong against them. bill: chris christie is you can see there was on hand to support trump rally appeared outside of the rally the crowds were just as vocal. some people telling us they drove hours just to have the chance to hear donald trump speak to while many came to share their views and concerns in a peaceful way others were met by a strong security presence. the sheriff's office said six protesters were arrested at the rally. all of them received minor citations. >> we were worried because of previous campaign stops in this particular campaign about violence. i did see a group of clergy moving in between, some foks giving obscene gestures and words towards each other in the clergy moved in and started singing jesus loves me. it's hard to beat up on one another when you are singing jes

trump makes a big thomases to gop supporters and protesters at his rally at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory. supporters the front-runner wanted to watch the billionaire weigh lien on their concerns. >> we have spiraled into a debt that obama has drained our country. >> so much terrorism and i believe trump will be totally strong against them. bill: chris christie is you can see there was on hand to support trump rally appeared outside of the rally the crowds were just some people telling us they drove hours just to have the chance to hear donald trump speak to while many came to share their views and concerns in a peaceful way others were met by a strong security presence. the sheriff's office said six protesters were arrested at the rally. all of them received minor citations. >> we were worried because of previous campaign stops in this particular campaign about violence. i did see a group of clergy moving in between, some foks giving obscene gestures and words towards each other in the clergy moved in and started singing jesus loves me. it's hard to beat up on one another when yo

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this is the scene at lenoir-rhyne university where trump will be appearing at 10:00 this morning. rally at 4:30 at pnc music pavilion and hillary clinton making an appearance in the queen city at grady cole center after 9:00 tonight. >>> let's check in with chris larson. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. lake norman volume delays on 77 both north and southbound stop and go from catawba avenue up to about gilead road, accident beaties ford road at brown mill, expect delays there. and disabled vehicle hambright at old statesville road. over to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks, chris. dense fog advisory in effect. this continues until 10:00 this morning. it does not technically include charlotte, however, again, there is fog in around around the area, be mindful of that. i'm certain the fog is starting to lift, that is good news out there early this morning. let's look at stallings, scott clark nissan honda's toyota, no fog in that area, in good shape. temperature-wise, mild this morning, 62 in charlotte and monroe, 62 rock hill and 50s to l

trump will host a rally at lenoir rhyne university in hickory this morning at 10 am. on the democratic side -- hillary clinton and bernie sanders are making stops in charlotte today. clinton will hold a "get out at the grady uptown. sanders will be pavilion. you may need your umbrella today... larry says its going to rain. today...patchy fog this morning. mostly sunny this morning...then partly sunny with scattered showers and afternoon. highs in the upper 70s. chance of rain 50 percent. .tuesday...sunny. highs in the lower 80s.. .wednesday...sun ny. highs in the lower 80s. .thursday...partl y sunny. highs in the mid 70s. .friday...partly nny. highsn e upper 60s.. aturday...mostl cloudy with percentan in. ghs ine lower 60s.uay...partly sunny. a chance showers. ghs around 60. ance rain 50rcent.a harris blvde raway dr. portedlyvolvinaas.ming up.lot of issues on the agenda r charloe city uncilnight. what city leaders plan to do about the old eastland mall site. the time is 8:26. she says their names. trayvon martin shot to death. dontre hamilton unarmed. sandra bland...

this is the scene at lenoir-rhyne university where trump will be appearing at 10:00 this morning. rally at 4:30 at pnc music pavilion and hillary clinton making an appearance in the queen city at grady cole center after 9:00 tonight. >>> let's check in with chris larson. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. lake norman volume delays on 77 both north and southbound stop and go from catawba avenue up to about gilead road, accident

trump will host a rally at lenoir rhyne university in hickory this morning at 10 am. on the democratic side