in washington, im mark meredith. after a weak finish in the south carolina primaries, john kasich sets out to strengthen commonwealth. the republican presidential candidate is set to make three stops in virginia today. kasich started his day with a town hall meeting at george mason university. charlottesville this afternoon followed by another town hall at virginia commonwealth university.### still to come on wsls ten at noon ... it was a photo finish at sunday's daytona 500. how one picture determined the champion. plus ... the zika virus outbreak continues to spread. how one texas laboratory is working to get fast test results for patients.### today: cloudy with light rain possible.highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s showers with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: rain showers with highs in the middle 40s wednesday: rain showers with highs in the lower 50s thursday: breezy with highs in the middle 40s.few morning showers west of the blue ridge parkway highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly sunny with highs in the mid

meredith. trt: 1:31 out: i'm mark mark meredith / windhem, kasich / (r) ohio mark on camera on this cold and snowny night in new hampshire the weather isnt slowing any of the presidential campaigns down. while donald trump and bernie sanders are favored to win - the underdogs are fighting for every vote nat break of christie not wasting a minute nat break new jersey governor chris christie spent monday hearing directly from voters "how will you pay down college debt" "how will you keep us safe?" "xxxx" christie's strategy - straight talk with the people who could change the race. christie bite "xxxxxxxxxx" but will it work? the latest polls show a tough climb for christie the race for second remains open and could be a breakthrough moment in the race. nat break of kasich ohio governor john kasich is hoping his persistence in new hampshire will keep his campaign alive. "xxxxx" but convincing new hampshire voters doesnt come through a single townhall. the next few hours the ground game matters but wont be the only factor voters look for mark once the polls are open the candidates will stay on the stu

in washington, im mark meredith. republican presidential candidates threw political punches at a debate in south carolina. the party's six remaining candidates faced off carolina primary. over topics including healthcare ... immigration and president obama's next appointment to the supreme court. sen. ted cruz / r presidential candidate - "the senate needs to stand strong and say we're not going to give up the u.s. supreme court for a generation by allowing barack obama to make one more liberal appointee." meanwhile-- democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders get ready to bring the heat in nevada. that primary is next saturday. students at washington and lee university have predicted who they think will win the 2016 presidential election. and it's donald trump! over 1300 delegates predicted trump will win the race for the white house. ted cruz came in second and marco rubio rounded up the top three. students also nominated kentucky governor matt bevin for vice president. out of the 25 conventions --- students have

wsls ten's national correspondent mark meredith brings us the latest from today's hearing. the water crisis in flint michigan has been called a human disaster. thousands of people have been exposed to lead in their drinking water - now congress wants to know not only how this happened but who should be held responsible. nats from hearing hostile and impassioned bite a "it's a human disaster, brought on by failures" one by one - michigan and national lawmakers are making it clear: they want answers. :10 bite b "i'm disappointed at the response at the local level, at bite c "i never thought this could happen in america, in this day and age" representatives comes nearly two years after the city of flint michigan switched their water system - a switch which entuallyead to dangerouslygh levels of lead to enter's the city's drinkguly. t even with a nationalotlight on the crisis - answsre hard to come by te e"what did they recommend you share, because what happens is they do nothing" while several former city and state officials declined to show up for today's testimony - those st

in washington, im mark meredith. in your w-s-l-s ten timesaver today's wet weather doesn't seem to be slowing traffic ... as there are no accidents or delays to report at this time. black dog salvage is gearing up for another season of its popular show "salvage dawgs." the treasures ... from near and far ... you can expect to see this season. and before we head to break ... here's a look at how some stocks of local interest finished the we had rain move through the region last night into this morning, but by the afternoon, outside of some drizzle, we did dry things out a bit. another round of heavy rain will likely impact the region later tonight into wednesday, as a powerful storm system from the southwest impacts us. tonight: milder with lows around 40. fog is again possible.pleas e be careful driving. wednesday: rain likely, even some storms are possible, especially along and east of the blue ridge. warmer with the winds picking up, highs in the mid-to- upper 50s. a flood watch is in effect until 700p on wednesday

trt: 1:42 out: in washington, i'm mark meredith. 00:00-00:06 - democrats set to debate in new hampshire / gop 2nd place race neck and neck 01:30-01:40 - mark expectations nats of bernie "bernie, bernie" vermont senator bernie sanders is making every effort to win new hampshire's primary. but hillary clinton. bite a "i don't know any progressive, who then takes 15 million dollars from wall street" manchester" after squeaking out the narrowest of wins in iowa - clinton's campaign is already looking past new hampshire to states like south carolina and nevada. poll scren the latest granite state polls show clinton down by 29 points to sanders. it's a large gap and one not likely to close before tuesday's vote. nat of trump rally "i think i came in first, if you take a look" to attack each other - the three men claim their competitors are using dirty tricks to win. trump even tweeting out: "the state of iowa should disqualify ted cruz from the most recent election on the basis that he cheated- a total fraud! cruz calls trump's claims ridiculous. bite b "its' no surprise that donald is throwi

reporting in washignton, im mark meredith. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - cuts to funding that would help fight terrorism. just how much some cities stand to lose. plus - leaders in michigan have plans to fix lead-contaminated pipes in flint. the problem now -- they are very different plans. my full forecast is coming up in just a few (cell phone rings) where are you? mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. turning now to the water crisis in flint michigan. the mayor of flint announced this afternoon a plan to start training people how to remove the lead pipes. michigan's governor - rick snyder - wants to coat the pipes with a protective film -- instead of removing them. the mayor says she's moving forward with her plan. this comes as a new study revea

. >> 7 news national correspondent mark meredith has a preview for us tonight. between now and their convention - >> republicans remain unsure about what will happen between now and their convention, democrats appear to be rallying behind hillary clinton. >> we are delighted to see all of you here. >> after a strong finish in nevada last week clinton is expected to easily win saturday's south carolina contest. it's her only opponent, bernie sanders, who wants to make it clear he's not going anywhere. >> we're in this race to win it and i think we are going to pull off one of the great political upsets. >> democrats have 11 states up for grabs on super tuesday and the polls show hillary clinton look to have a big night. oklahoma won state where sanders is leading but not by much and well within the margin of error. that's a quick look at where things stand in the race for the white house. in washington, i'm mark meredith. >> thank you for that report. 7 news has team coverage of the it starts when the polls open tomorrow morning daybreak. >> we will be on air aft

reporting in washington, i'm mark meredith. >>> thank you, mark. and we are hearing that governor rick scott has ordered flags half-staff in florida in remembrance of justice scalia in. >> republican candidate squared off saturday night and how the death of supreme court antonin scalia is affecting it. >>> 6 remaining candidates in south carolina on the stage after learning of the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. happying praise on the long time justice. >> he will go down as one of the great justices. >> reporter: they are urging the senate to block president obama's next appointment. strong and say we are not going to give up the u.s. supreme court by allowing president obama to make one more liberal appointee. >> donald trump and ted cruz squaring off. trump and bush got in a heated debate. >> jeb is so wrong. he is absolutely wrong. just so you understand. you know who that is, that is jeb's special interests and lobbyists. >> vladimir putin is not going to be an alli of the united states. >> while donald trump was building a real

reporting this morning in washington, i'm mark meredith. the u-s state department releases more than 500- documents from former secretary of state hillary clinton's e-mail account. according to officials ... 64 of the documents were upgraded to confidential ... but none of the information was classified at the time the e-mails were sent. none of the documents released were considered secret or top secret level. now ... just under 47-thousand pages of clintons have been released. the state department says they plan to finish making the e-mails public on february 29-th. nominees to fill the vacant supreme court seat of the late justice antonin scalia. friday ... president obama carried a binder of background information and research on of the oval office. when asked how many names he plans to review ... obama laughed and kept walking. republicans are threatening to block obama's nominee ... with some saying he should wait and let the next president decide on a replacement. meanwhile back in our area ... virginia tech leaders are taking stride

as 7 news national correspondent mark meredith explains, tonight's caucus could also give us a better idea of what to expect next in the race for the white house. >>> democrats their turn. tonight it's nevada republicans' turn to determine who they would like to be their party's nominee. >> we're going to take our message to people who live paycheck to paycheck. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio is gambling nevada and its large hispanic population will give him the boost he's been banking on. >> we're going to get to choose who our nominee is going to be. >> reporter: but it appears that donald trump will walk away with the lead. the latest poll shows the name the strip has a commanding lady. trump not mincing word, going after cruz by name. >> this guy cruz lies more than any human being i've ever dealt with. >> reporter: no matter what happens in nevada you can expect all of the remaining candidates to be crisscrossing the country for the next week. that, ahead of super tuesday. next tuesday's contest and plenty of delegates up for grabs. voting innevada can go up until 9:00

. >> pam:but as kron 4's national correspondent mark meredith explains.autism advocates and experts say that needs to change now. >> reporter:when it comes to a presidential campaign - there's no shortage of topics to talk about. but one issue you don't hear often about is one that millions of people like him. >>"its very easy to under- estimate us when looking at autistic children," >> reporter:living with autism john - is standing up for the autistic community and encouraging candidates on both sides to reach out to a voting block unlike any other in the country. >>"i think it's the duty of the candidates, to seek us out, to suggest that we have to sell ourselves to the candidates, really i don't think that should be so" >> reporter:the c-d-c estimates one in sixty eight children are born with some form of autism - a disorder which can leave people with social, communication, and behavioral challenges. >> reporter:but its because the disorder can impact people in very differnet ways - authors john donvan and caren zucker say its hard to get candidates t

kron 4's national correspondent mark meredith has a look at where things stand in the race for the whiteeporter: they're hoping to get a headline. the text that can be a turnoff for voters and maybe the only ways to get ahead of the other candidates at this point. this delegate count shows after i was new hampshire dulled the had after big losses in hampshire hillary's a ethnographic at bernie's momentum. "person who's paul fought consistently and earned the trust of young americans and that is hillary. . >> reporter: 3 has done a lot of support from democratic leaders despite bernie doing so well in new hampshire this past week. >> gary: all-star game this sunday will the news broadcasts live look outside. richmond bridge for the weekend: it's the valentine's eve bazaar in san francisco. enjoy live music, food, drink and pony rides. it's happening at the bay natives nursery at 10:00 a-m to 5:30 p-m. the event is free to attend. live look outside. golden gate >> gary: golden state warriors three-point contest might be more exciting currie behind. thompson both those guys going head-to-he

in washington, im mark meredith. >> catherine: warm beautiful like me whether will be even warmer. >>ay the warmest day of work week and tracking if he changes into friday. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge seeing mainly clear skies continuing for us tonight lots of sunshine tomorrow alicea few high clouds moving in and then to bichirs above average right now saying 52 degrees and rose 1/6 to concord and then close to 70 in pleasanton los '60s san jose a. guy and a nice night ahead for us temperatures dropping down little bit by 9:00 p.m. and then in the region tomorrow again push in the high 60s low 70's about average this time of year in san francisco 60s today high as 69 another round of temperatures and high 60s then toward thursday temperatures continued to climb into mid-70s most locations even high 70's analogous 74 cast in a big chance of rain coming up right at the end of the show. >> catherine:still ahead. a new health benefit associated with coffee. how it supposedly helps people who overindulge in food and alcohol. coming up nats: ambiance we take a look at the

kron four national correspondent mark meredith.s at the white house. >> reporter:while the public waits to find out who president obama will nominate to the nation's highest court - it's the men and women who hope to be the president successor who are making it clear they have an opinion about how this process should play out before any nominee is even announced. it's a debate streching from the steps of the supreme court to the court of public opinion. "i absolutely think he should nominate somebody, its his presidential duty" "if you look at the letter of the law.its his job to nominate someone" but on the campaign trail - the republican presidential candidates are making it clear - they want the white house to wait until after the election before appointing a new nominee. "there is no way the senate should confirm anyone barack obama tries to appoint in his last year in office to a lifetime appointment. texas senator ted cruz - goes even further - releasing this ad not surprisngly democrats disagree and are ready to take the fig

kron 4's national correspondent mark meredith takes a look at where things stand in new hampshrie with time running out. debt >> reporter:facing great expectations "bernie, bernie" vermont senator bernie sanders is making every effort to win new hampshire's primary. but victory doesn't come easy - to win - he's sharpening his "i don't know any progressive, who then takes 15 million dollars from wall street" after squeaking out the narrowest of wins in iowa - clinton's campaign is already looking past new hampshire to states like south carolina and nevada. the latest granite state polls show clinton down by 29 points to sanders. it's a large gap and one not likely to close before tuesday's vote. take a look" meanwhile - republicans remain ready to rumble. doanld trump, ted cruz, and ben carson continue to attack each other - the three men claim their competitors are using dirty tricks to win. trump even tweeting out: "the state of iowa should disqualify ted cruz from the most recent election on the basis that he cheated- a total fraud! cruz calls trump's claims ridiculous. "its' no surp

. >>> meredith college is marking its 125th anniversary. >> there is a reception this morning on jones auditorium on the campus in raleigh. meredith college unveiled the new marker. it was changed from just women to now men. >>> we continue the legacy series in honor of black history month. we are featuring four people who are living the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. tonight, mikaya thurmond will introduce you to an educator. >> culture and education in the self esteem and will make them want to be the best they can be. >> and he hosted kwaanza celebrations to empower students >>> president barack obama says that his first job, a scooping is cream, taught him valuable lessons about sons and hard work. the president's first job was at baskin robbins. in an essay posted to linkedin, he said that rock hard ice cream was brutal on his wrist. he wants the same experience for other teenagers to work hard and particularly those without resources. the president is launching a summer opportunities project and charlotte is one of the cities that promised to help thousands of teen get the

mark meredith is live in nashua new hampshrie this morning with a behind the scenes look at what we can expect today.### good morning - we're setup in a diner here in nashua - it's scenes like these all across the grainte state where politics has been debated by thousands of voters. but it's today - primary day - when that vote will really begin to make the difference. we hit the stump monday to see how the remaining republican and presidential candidates spent their day. amazingly despite the weather - they just didn't stop. governor john kasich was met with standing room only crowds - a sign of his rising popularity. some overnight polls suggest he could be in second place now. donald trump is expected to win after coming in second in iowa last week. hillary clinton and bernie sanders held events late into clinton has narrowed the gap between her and sanders - sanders the frontrunne rhere. and while voting is about to begin / already underway - the candidates are still out campaigning today - the amazing thing also the t-v ads - if your'e in swing state you'll see them soon enough. an

meredith: today, marks nine years since a deadly tornado 21 people died when tornadoes tore through the area back in 2007. they hit in the middle of the night when most people were sleeping. damage spanned more than 70 miles. eight people were killed in lady lake. thirteen died in lake mack. damage was estimated at more than $200 million. summer: turning to the forced alert forecast, and the heat is back and it is day two. tony: we do have some changes by the time we get to friday. we will have to watch a severe weather maker to our north. it way -- it may arise on thursday. we are in great shape when we check outside right now. the wind is out of the east at 70 miles per hour. it felt good out there -- 17 miles per hour. it felt good out there. there are several tornado watches in the south and over this storm system will be weaker when it arrives on thursday, but it will bring us the chance for thunderstorms. i' d ahead of that tomorrow, we will be warm after the morning fog begins to list. we will put the chances at 10% in the evening. the big story are the big temperatures. this is

. >>> meredith college is marking its 125th anniversary. there is a concation and reception beginning at 10:00 at jones auditorium on the campus in west raleigh. they will have the unveiling of meredith's new historical marker. a special anniversary celebration will take place friday morning. >>> that's when the weather will be more quiet d calm. but first, we have a rough weather day ahead. >> we sure do. elizabeth, when is this going to start? >> we had showers this morning, even thunderstorms, but nothing severe. the severe weather will get ramped up late morning into the afternoon. a few minutes ago i mentioned we have brand-new information from the storm prediction center. we have an updated graphic. this is our severe storm risk. we are at a level 3 and r4 across our part of rth carolina. eastward to the coast, but it certainly affects a number of our counties. for either level 3 or level 4, and the risk of tornadoes here is definitely real as well as a straight line from nds. again the biggest threat for that comes later this morning

. >>> meredith college is marking its 125th anniversary. there is a convocation and reception beginning at 10:00 at jones auditorium in the campus in west raleigh. they will have the unveiling of meredith's new historical marker. a special anniversary celebration will take place friday morning. >>> the orange county health department wants to explore adding e-cigarettes to the smoking ban, the board directed county and town governments to draft policies expanding smoking plans to include vaping, they hope to have a draft for public feedback by april which would take effect in the fall. >>> we are getting our first look inside the damage of a popular raleigh landmark. veteran 27 was forced to close after a wall collapsed earlier this month. water pressure from a leaky sprinkler apparently cause one wall to collapse, bring down a portion of the roof. and out is a mess. owner, andrew leager is to hoping to salvage. he's hoping to get repairs on the way it hopes to reopen within six months but admits that may not happen. >> i feel upbeat about w

when it comes to retailers scoring high marks, customers love nordstrom and cosco. meredith: it' s a question you would it cost to boy one of everything on amazon? a computer scientist in zurich, did some research and came up with the dollar figure. he first determined there were 479 million different items available, and the average price of an item was $26.86. that brings the total to nearly $12.86 billion. i would like to check out the warehouse. i would have a lot of fun in there. summer: wesh 2 news at 5:00 is straight ahead. meredith: jim payne joins us now with what' s coming up in the next hour. jim: a major heroin ring is taken down right in the heart of the tourist corridor in orange county. how authorities finally cracked this high-dollar, sophisticated operation and the human toll from the heroin this year alone. a man charged with vandalizing a local mosque is now facing more serious charges. why prosecutors are adding hate crimes. and skull island is starting to take shape at a local theme park, coming up on wesh two news we had real people make their own pizza

meredith. we are marking as we know, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the buckley decision in the supreme court. -- i wonder if you can walk us through buckley. what it decided and why it is an important decision. >> i also want to talk about how we got here because it is important to see how this issue has developed. i could start back at the founding of the country and talk about special interest and factions, but i won't go back that far. through to look at this the scope of the last century where you had from 1907, the that was van -- ban passed in the roosevelt era. past and the aftermath of world war ii and the steelworkers -- thatthen after that, was passed in the aftermath of watergate, then a series of cases and the one that everybody pays most attention to is the buckley decision and what was very critical about that decision was the differential region -- differentiation in expenditures versus contributions. wayeally bifurcated the those were treated under constitutional law. expenditures, you could not put limits on expenditures for candidates. good have independent expenditures dec

meredith: they' re going bananas. this is video astronaut mark kelly posted on twitter yesterday. someone in a gorilla suit comes bursting out of a bag and terrorizes a crew member. no explanation is given, just a tweet from kelly stating, i thought you said you had things under control up there. and speaking of, kelly returns to earth in one week, bringing summer: that is why so many people want to the astronauts now. meredith: final preparations are underway for tomorrow' s spacex rocket launch from cape canaveral. the window for launch opens at 6:46 wednesday night. the rocket will carry a boeing communications satellite into orbit over asia. the window will remain open until 8:30. mothers no doubt know that with a toddler running around, it can be tough to work in exercise that doesn' t include chasing a child. summer: one california mother decided to create a unique workout that has a lot of people talking. she calls it " the wine workout." take a look. it' s a 15 second workout, and was actually just intended to be funny. she' s posting the videos on her facebook page. that

mark. summer: thank you. straight ahead, a tragedy at an olympic training facility. meredith: a man dies taking part in a race for charity. the summer: a controversial launch in north korea, now the international community is condemning the country for testing a long range rocket. north korea called the launch a satellite, but south korea and washington d.c. denounced the launch as a missile test. meredith: critics say it' s being used to test technology for a long range missle. today, north koreans celebrated with an elaborate parade and fireworks display. state run tv showed video of thousands in pyongyang attending the rally in the capital. summer: two airport workers and at least 18 more people have been arrested in connection to security video shows two workers handling what looks to be a laptop computer which sources say was rigged to explode midflight. since the plane was an hour late in leaving somalia, it didn' t reach cruising altitude, meaning the explosion was smaller. no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. meredith: a north carolina man is dead after

mark gear drilled the holes for this weekend's ice fishing derby. several others have found safe spots on the lake, but down the road in meredith bay it's a different story. this was the scene last year with dozens of bob houses on the ice. today, it's completely different. >> people need to be safe. use your head. reporter: rain and warmer temperatures have weakened the ice. this week the meredith rotary club met with fish and game and considered the weather forecast, ultimately choosing to hold the annual event. >> we made the decision that we would go forward based on the fact that there still is plenty of ice in other locations that long as you know where you're going. >> certainly this year we have greater safety concerns than we might have in any particular year. reporter: fish and game says people need to check the ice frequently as conditions vary across the state. >> some of the smaller pond may be good to support ice fishing activity, certainly some of the larger lakes and portions of some of the larger lakes are not. reporter: officials recommend fishers wear life jackets, carry an ice pick and safety rope, and they advise against using

meredith continues to thrive. a week long celebration is planned starting wednesday. that a check of the stories making headlines. balancing -- now let's send things over to mark armstrong. mark: more from denny hamlin after the win today. and the biggest performance of the nba season so far. >> a different play on the [ indistinct conversations ] always set a place at the dinner table for good manners. and remember, mealtime is for nourishment, nothing more. let the music play, he won't get away just keep the groove, and then he'll come back to you again let it play let the music play mark: the closest finish in daytona 500 history. it's pretty awesome the matter how you get to the finish line. been doing it the way denny hamlin did has to be doubly exhilarating. more on what he had to say following the big win today. >> is the pinnacle of my career for sure. i haven't gotten a championship yet. this is obviously the biggest >> i wish we could've one obviously. --won obviously. >> today was a great day. we all want to win. its competition. i said i didn't want to win. >> i was sure they would have stopped that ron. they didn't. they were committed to the bott

meredith: donald trump is celebrating again today, after a big win in the nevada republican caucus. this marks trump' s third straight victory over his gop t s 45% of the vote nearly doubed that of -- -- doubled that of florida out ted cruz for second. s victory margin, rubio says he' s pleased with his second place finish, and that believes he can still win the >> i'm not prepared to make predictions about whether we are going to win here or there. i would just say, we feel very confident going into next tuesday. we are going to do very well and pick-up a lot of delegates and perhaps achieve a few surprises a long the way. summer: with texas one of next week' s primary states, ted cruz got a big boost today, getting the endorsement of texas governor greg abbott. meredith: pharmaceutical company johnson and johnson plans to appeal a ruling, linking an alabama woman' s death to baby powder. the woman' s family claims she got ovarian cancer from using the talc-based powder more than 35 years. they sued johnson and johnson and the jury agreed, awarding them $72 million. the company is facing simi

marked as heavy and fragile, and inside one of them was handgun ammunition for target practice. nothing in any of the boxes actually broke and ups says it' s , investigating the incident. meredith: the orlando magic at home tonight hosting one of the nba' s elite teams. jim: the magic coming in with back-to-back wins over one of the top teams in the east. spurs have the second best record in the league. this one would go right down to the final second, and then some. 11:00.uary 15th, everything in our store is on sale. plus, we're offering no interest financing. come in today for our best prices of the year. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. sfx: knocking. we're early! the presidents day sale. from classic to contemporary, stewart: the orlando magic are just 15-40 all time against the san antonio spurs. the spurs with the second best record in the league at 44-8, four games behind golden state. the magic five games below 500 but winning their last two in a , row and jumping out to a big lead in this one. the math lesson over, now to the game itself. to the amway we go, pick it up in the fourth quarter. orlando' s biggest lead yet, evan fournier lays