over the weekend in northern iran was based here in north carolina. 27-year-old staff starring lewis carden died after injuries after his unit was hit by rocket fire. the incident is under investigation. he was from california assigned to a unit at camp lejeune. >> a fort bragg soldier has been charged with the murder of a fellow soldier. ryan walker shot and killed miles penix they were in the same ba tail i don't know. he is in the detention center without bond. >> the two largest school districts are both looking for a new top leader a search that will impact the education of thousands of students. wbtv's education reporter following the superintendent search process from union county and the charlotte-mecklenburg school districts and joins us live. what is the latest this afternoon? >> well, jamie, i can tell you let's start in union county. the school board made some decisions this morning concerning who will takeover in the interim when current superintendent dr. mary ellis retires in a few months. it was announced today the school district's current general counsel michelle morris wi

camp lejeune is mourning the death of lewis carden. he was killed in northern iraq when his unit was attacked as part of operation inherent resolve. he was a signed to the second battalion 6th marine regiment of lejune and says it remains under investigation. >>> there is no shortage of comic book heroes at the box office, but the stories often focus on male characters. >> one young entrepreneur in comic has a larger message. >> reporter: the creator isn't your normal writer. she has two bachelor's degrees and an m.b.a. she turned to her childhood love when the banking industry crashed. >> i started losing interest in something i started reading and i thought, why am i not interested in they're not reaching me. >> reporter: so she created her own. >> there's kala, who is african-american, and she's from south carolina. >> reporter: five strong women, different cultures, different powers, one message. >> the world is bigger than our little box. the world is huge and it's colorful, and people should just kind of embrace that and stop fig

staff sergeant lewis carden died outside mosul yesterday withen by rocket fire hit the unit.e was in temecula assigned to a unit out of camp lejeune in north carolina. >> senate majority leader mcconnell said there is in confirmation hearing for president obama's choice for the supreme court. yesterday on this week, mcconnell cited precedent and the need for the american people to weigh in. he said the senate will not move forward on confirmation nor judge merrick garland until after the november election. >> republican presidential rent run are donald trump said ifer located he will release the list of up to ten judges he would nominate to the supreme court. he said the list would mitigate weapons that i would pick judges who are too liberal. his sister who is a federal appeals court judge in philadelphia has received a threatening letter. the f.b.i. said it is working with the secret service and united states marshals in the investigation. last week, you will remember his son received a threat being letter were watching the family would be harmed if donald trump did not pul

defense officials identified the marine as lewis carden. the pentagon says his unit was training iraqi forces at the time of the attack. another marine suffered serious injuries. this marks the first death of october it. >>> the irs says there are about 400 percent surge in phishing and malware incident this tax season compared to last year. agencies website warns taxpayers their seeing more scammers posing as the irs attack software companies. they want scammers and the scammers are sending out emails and text want -- aimed at getting your personal information. the irs does not have 4 email addresses when sending personal information. he is the first president to visit cuba in decades. >> reporter: changes in the air as the president plans to spend his first full day on the island. he will begin his day laying a wreath at the memorial remembering the cuban revolutionary hosea martm and that he will sit down for formal bilateral meeting with raul castro. after last night, the president and the first family took a walking tour of the old sav

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staff sergeant lewis carden was a highly decorated marine. >>> south korea's military says north korea fired five short- range projectiles into the sea. the launches defy u.n. sanctions and follow the firing of two mid-range ballistic missiles in recent days. they also come as u.s. officials are visiting neighboring south korea. the firings appear to be north korea's response to annual springtime u.s. south korean military exercises that pyongyang says are a rehearsal for an invasion of north korea. u.s. officials are calling on north korea to refrain from all provocative actions. >> the security council has given aus new platform for action to deal with the problem of north korea's prohibited and dangerous programs. we intend to use that platform. >> these latest launches come as tensions between washington and pyongyang have been further inflamed by the arrest of this american student who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor after he tried to steal a political poster. >>> an intense search is underway in belgium for an accused act coul place of the alleged mastermind of the paris

the marine is identified as lewis carden from california. >> now i'm down to two leftovers. have lyin' ted, and i have john. and i think we'll be in great shape. i will be the most presidential president this country has ever had except for honest abe lincoln. i refuse to wear the hat. bill: putting himself in select company. i want to bring in jeff dewitt. thank you for your time. you were at this rally saturday. where an african-american man led a protester -- let a protester pretty much have it. you were 10 rows away. what did you see, what was going on? >> that particular protester was absolutely vial and despicable. these protesters come in and they are trying to cause issues. right before the rally started a message was sent through the p.a. system for nobody to cause violence. let the protesters be. but this particular man was standing next to someone in a kkk hoodie and was holding a confederate flag picture and said something to an african-american man. i don't know how you can put any fault in the african-american man. no one is condoning violence. when someone doe

that was the mission marine staff sergeant lewis carden was supporting when he gave his life over theend in northern iraq. our thoughts and prayers are with his family and with the other marines injured in saturday's rocket attack. their sacrifice will not be forgotten and our global coalition will complete the mission they were supporting. in syria, capable and motivated local forces supported by the united states and our global coalition have retaken the east syrian soun town of shaddadi. this town served as an important financial hub for isil and a key intersection between its syria and iraq operations. in fact shaddadi was so important to isil that its minister of of war was involved in isil's defense of the town. we killed him while our local partners expelled isil from the town. in doing so the coalition campaign severed the last major northern artery between raqqah and mosul. and therefore between isil and syria and isil and iraq. and we're intent on further isolating and pressuring isil including cutting off its remaining lines of communication in southern syria and into turke