. >> reporter: six months ago matt mccain was drove through these gates and then he left in a body bag. matthew mccain. neglected. return that is the question of multiple and state investigations, including a new probe announced monday by the durham health department. >> he said they're not taking care of me in here. >> reporter: ashley is the mother of his one-year-old daughter born while he was locked up. she said that he suffered from epilepsy and diabetes. his family spoke only to us one week to the day since mccain was found dead in his cell. >> it was a process. but we're taking to take it one day at a time. >> reporter: he had been in jail since last august on assault with a deadly weapon. mccain is not alone. and in the past 16 years, ten inmates have died at the durham county jail. a request to interview sheriff mike andrews was declined citing ongoing investigation. and legal experts said that the taxpayers could be on the hook in a potential wrongful death lawsuit. >> if there was a need that medical care was ignored, then there should be a punishment imposed. >> reporter: i

matt mccain's body found determined. his family spoke only to wncn saying jail staff ignored his pleas for help. relatives saying he suffered from epilepsy and diabetes and was never given proper amounts of medication. >> if he would've had his medicine and stuff like that, he would still be here today. >> mccain is one of 11 inmates to die at the jail since 2000. sheriff mike andrews announced ongoing state and local investigations going on right now. county health department also looking in to the care he received. >>> the board of governors meeting got quite the surprise as protesters crashed the meeting there yesterday. take a look. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, things got crazy some removed by unc police. four people ultimately arrested, upset about the hiring of spelling, she's a former u.s. education secretary under president george w. bush. she has been criticized for helping oversee no child left behind and for serving on the board of a business that collects student loan debt. wncn talked to one of the peopl

. >> reporter: six months ago matt mccain was driven through this port under arrest. he was driven out dead inside a body bag. ashley is looking for answers. >> i want people to come forward and tell us what really happened. >> after the father of her

matt mccain's body was discovered last tuesday. a cause of death not determined. since then his family spoke to wncn, saying jail staff ignored his pleas for help. relatives also say he suffered from epilepsy and diabetes and medication. >> he would've had his medicine and stuff like that, he would still be here today. to die at the jail since the year 2000. sheriff andrews announced local state investigations. >>> we all know the carolina panthers are heading to the super bowl, but did you know that everyone that work for the franchise -- >> everyone? >> every single one, it doesn't matter what you do there. we'll let you know who's footing the bill. >> sweet! >> and why you wish you worked there, right, alyssa? any forecasters that work them? >> i think they need a meteorologist! >>> temperatures 46 this morning, only 48 this afternoon, much cooler as some kids are heading back to school for the first time this week. the 60s >> now, your wncn weather forecast. >> welcome back to "wncn today" in the weather center with meteorologist alyssa corfont, some of that s

matt mccain was discovered last tuesday dead inside his cell. a cause of credit has not been determined. since then his family said jail staff ignored his pleas for help. mccain is one of 11 inmates to die at the jail since the year 2000. the sheriff announced ongoing state and local investigations. >>> here is a live look over the a chance for >>> welcome back and good morning to you. temperatures continue to drop. right now 47 degrees. look at this cloudy sky at the airport. some of you are traveling through some rain as you head out the door right now. we are looking at a few showers through franklin county, northern portions of wake county. most of the steady rain developing around halifax and northampton counties. temperatures continuing to drop. look north of the triangle. 42 in roxboro and in south hill. 43 in henderson. further south the 50s. . >>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford rockefeller plaza.

jim norton and matt walton and megan mccain. >> a florida man says he stole all of the chicken nuggets, all of them on his last day working for burger king. twitter user posted this peck tour writing "today was my last day working at burger king. i took all of their nuggets [bleep]. they bleeped it. the caper earned him the nickname chicken king, but it made him an enemy who hunted them down. >> that looked nice. >> it looked erie and weird. >> you have never woken up that way? >> no. he is erie and weird. i. >> it is better than ronald mcdonald. >> it made it seem like there is a lot of layers. i want to hear that story. forget which fast-food icon you would want to sleep with. talk about the nugget man. in the backseat of his car. and stole them -- that's a crime. >> we live in an age of social media where people are forgetting there is an audience. you can have bank robbers say look what i got away with and taking pictures and posting it. we are getting dumber and cheap and we want stuff for free. >> he wants the attention because he will be on shows like this. he won't get arrested

(matt) the former alaska governor, and former running mate of senator john mccain in the 2008 presidential race, endorsed the billionaire businessman. trump's campaign said in a statement, noting that he is businessman. trump's campaign said in a statement, noting that he is "honored" by the endorsement. the endorsement comes less than two weeks ahead of the first- in-the-nation iowa caucus. republican presidential candidate ben carson has suspended the remainder of his campaign events today, and tomorrow, after a group of his lunteers and one staffer were involved in n car accident this morning in iowa. according to a statement from three volunteers and a campaign employee hit a patch of ice and flipped on its side, and was then struck by another vehicle. one of the volunteers was taken to the trauma center at the university of nebraska medical center in omaha. carson is en route to omaha to be with the family. we're going to suspend our activities, , d i'm going to head up to omaha where he's being flown in right now. and i've talked to the neurosurgeon up there and i've talked to the fa

matt. >> andrea, thanks. mark halperin and nicolle wallace is here with us. she served as an adviser to the mccain/palin campaign. neck and neck between sanders and clinton. she has gone after him on guns seems to be working. what she chooses now is she can go very negative. what are the risks? >> she needs a positive message and she has not defined the positive message. what does she want to say about sanders? he is not electable? she has to pick something. i think what you have seen in the last week is her indecisiveness of what is in her heart of what she wants to say about bernie sanders and stop his momentum. >> the irony here, too. on the democratic side, they are facing similar things to the republican side. sides. hillary clinton's best argument is he wants to do this and that and other pie in the sky dreams. is that inspiring as a message? >> i remember the morning of the first debate which marked the beginning of her fall. we talked about her going back to 2008, the party's head she has not been able to fix the structural problem of running in the democratic primary. >> let me stick with

matt and savannah. >> all right, andrea mitchell, andrea, thanks very much. mark halperin is managing editor of bloomberg politics and nicolle wallace is an msnbc political analyst an served as an adviser to the mccain/palin campaign. good morning to both of >> you good morning. >> neck in neck between sanders and clinton. she's gone after him on guns, electability, his stance on health care. nothing seems to be working. negative. what are the risks for her? >> well, she needs to have a positive message and a negative message and still hasn't defined her positive message. hasn't chosen it. what does she want to say about bernie sanders, he's not electable, and she has to pick something, her indecisiveness about what's in her heart she really wants to say about bernie sanders to try to beat him and stop his momentum which she's not done yet. >> certain irony because on the democratic side they are facing something similar to what the republicans are facing is all the passion in the party is on the polls, the poles, on the sides and he wants to do this, that and the other pie in the sky dreams that he can't get done and is that inspiring as a message? >> it's not and i remember the morning. first deba

hampshire and matt and savannah remember no nonincumbent republican has ever won both iowa and new hampshire. back to you. >> peter alexander. thank you very much. who served as an adviser into the mccain palin campaign. >> good morning. >> do you think there is any chance donald trump has a change of heart and shows up tonight? >> i would have said before maybe that o'reilly interview. he dug in last night and has planned and event to raise money for veterans. i don't think so. >> if he is not there physically will he be there and loom as a presence no matter what in some sense he is going to be there? >> when you are up as far as he is in the polls you are always going to be there. they are all still running against him. >> isn't the lunacy of this, if you look, donald trump says he's angry over that statement that fox news put out a couple of days ago, he said it sounded like it was written by a child and it mocked him. this is donald trump. >> yeah. >> this is the guy who has run an entire campaign on mocking people and using childish words like loser. how does he get away with this. >> i think we have to rewind the tape further. michelle caruso-cabrera's original sin is that she a

mccain's come back and gave him momentum heading into new hampshire. the third place in iowa, they say there's three tickets. the heated contest for third place is something that really matte matters. >> i remember getting third place in 1988 which led him to winning. >> what hattematters is exceedi expectations. a second place for trump is not as good as third place for bush. >> joining us republican presidential candidate and former governor of florida, jeb bush. good to have you back on the show and good to see you at the camp forward. how are you going go make it happen in iowa and what were you looking for at this point? >> good morning first of all from balmy des moines. we have a great ground gaining here. i had three town hall meetings. we're working hard, the old fashion way which is to identify voters through volunteers working and get them out to the caucuses in a couple of weeks. so i don't know what the expectations are, i don't know where i'll be as it relates to the end result in iowa but we're working hard and i think it's making a difference. people are starting to evaluate this. look, in iowa when you have a front running candidate for president who says

matt lauer. mika holding up a headline from gene robinson "don't count on trump losing in november." it getting pretty interesting out there. let's bring in the chairman of the senate armed services committee. senator john mccainthe world because he's a war hero and his status there but beloved in my hometown of pensacola because we've seen his kindness and concern over ted cruz's citizenship. >> bless your heart. >> it is moving and humbling that you care so much about your fellow senator ted cruz and whether he's actually eligible to be president of the united states. our prayers are with you and the cruz family right now, senator. what save you about ted cruz's eligibility to be president of the united states? >> first of all, many of my colleagues over the years would tell you i have shown that deep concern and affection and care about them as well. >> they are no longer with us. >> let me just say in response, what i said was -- first of all, i assume that ted cruz is eligible, of course. i think he and his people would have looked at it. but when i said it should be looked at, everything about a candidate for president of the united states is looked at. there was a demand for my medical records, all of w