michael clark joining us live from rock hill. michael? >> yes, jeb bush will make a time push for conservative voters here in rock hill. the event starts at 5:30 but event. and bush is not the only one in the charlotte area. ohio governor john kasich will be speaking to voters in indian land trying to campaign for voters in york county and lancaster counties. that begins at 6:00 p.m. every republican presidential candidate is in the palmetto state ahead of saturday's primary. donald trump kicks off an event in gaston. he is the frontrunner in the newest poll and ted cruz was in greenville and so was marco rubio with nikki haley who endorsed rubio yesterday. ted cruz will be in the rock hill tomorrow speaking to senior citizens and war veterans in rock hill. donald trump had to defend his faith today from comments. we will have information about why he did that coming up tonight on the news at 5:00 p.m. michael clark wbtv on your side. >> all right, michael see you at 5:00 p.m. >> new evidence suggests a virus and birth defects. they were

michael clark has been following the story. michael, what issues would this freeze help alleviate? >> having a little bit of technical difficulties there getting our michael clark. we hope to go back to him. >> let's move over to the first alert traffic center we are getting excited for the weekend because the temperatures are and how warm will they get? here is leigh? >> they will be quite warm it will feel like springtime we are talking about 60s by the weekend. now, we'll take what we have. at least we don't have freezing temperatures that was the case two kays ago. here is your network of cameras, looking beautiful the sunshine is out. here are your temperatures closer to charlotte. 56 in charlotte and 56 in belmont and 55 indian trail. and pulling that farther we have 50s for just about everyone. 57 in rock hill and in cheraw. and 54 in the higher elevations you have had a couple of chilly days and today you have the cool temperatureses and the cloudsment and the ref of us enjoying more sunshine. 54 at 5:00 p.m. 49 at 7:00 p.m. and 43 your 9:00 p.m. temperature. rain stays awa

michael clark is on your side with more on morgan's plea. >> i love my brother. i still do to this very day. >> this day last year joshua hill was 13 months old and in march he died in a fire that his brother is accused of setting. >> he was my best friend. to kill him is killing a piece of myself. >> prosecutors told a judge the fire the two points of origin. one in a bedroom where hill was asleep and the other in the living room. according to investigators he admitted to lighting tea candles before the trailer >> whether he intended to kill his brother or not may be up for debate, but he obviously set the fire that ultimately killed his brother. >> morgan had a sel phone, but never use -- had a cell phone, but never used it to call for help. loved ones continue to stand behind him even after the death of the toddler. >> i will never get over losing my little boy. i will never get over my son my little boy. >> he is accused of unlawful conduct toward a child as part of the negotiated plea. he maintains his innocence entering plea to the charge. >> we have always

michael clark is the founder of the ultimate bikini championships. he points to the contestant contract, that states "cougar king entertainment is the sole entity responsible for prize money disbursements..." it also says prize money will be paid within 30 days. well that deadline was 4 months ago. michael says he's tried getting answers from cougar king managing partner, johnny ray. michael clark: every time i've spoken with him, he's trying to people. contact 13 tried reaching out to cougar king entertainment, based in massachusetts. business records reveal the company has a local address. but when we showed up, we learned this is just a satellite office. the company only gets mail here. all of cougar king's representatives are evidently back east. we tried calling, but got a message telling us their mailbox is full. they eventually responded to one of our emails, writing: "we sincerely wish we could be of more assistance to you but we have been advised not to make any comments regarding the subject matter of your story at this time." michael clark

michael clark: he clearly signed a contract knowing he was never going to pay these girls. as for tianna, she's not giving up and wants to warn others. tianna: make it public. make it known so this doesn't happen to anyone else. i'm hoping that they'll see this and just know how serious this actually is.> tianna and another contestant tell contact 13... they're taking this.... to the next level. they're speaking with a local attorney... and... plan on filing.... a lawsuit. update you.... as things develop. a valley man is celebrating the denver broncos' super bowl win today to the tune of about 2-million dollars. vegas dave walked into the tuscany casino today to pick-up a check for just under 1-million dollars. winnings yesterday. he says he walked away with a total of $2.3 million. vegas dave says he placed the first of his bets back on the broncos last august.. when the odds of them winning superbowl-50 were 14 to 1. he says he even kept betting on denver when quarterback peyton manning got hurt mid-season. vegas dave sports bettor "when manning got hurt everybody gave u

michael clark is live in rock hill where dr. ben carson is doing last-minute campaigning. michael? >> last-minute campaigning carson is behind because of his campaign in south carolina many candidates are making mutual tell stops. carson was in charleston and now coming to rock hill to speak. now absentee voters are giving us an indication of how the turnout will be tomorrow. candidates are spending every last-minute to sway folks. some presidential hopefuls are making five stops as key cities in the state and conservative voters in south carolina and i asked some who voted today about the most important issues that brought them out to the polls. >> one that loves god first the united states second and is going to uphold that constitution. you know. those are big issues. and now with the supreme court issue coming up that is a very important issue. >> polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. and most of the candidates will remain for watch parties and the next will be for the democratic primary and that is next saturday. now reporting live here in rock hill, michael clark wbt

michael clark was there when he pleaded guilty. michael how did he react? >> well, he was visibly upset when he pled in front of friends and family members who support >> i love my brother. >> this day last year, joshua hill was 13 months old in march he died in a fire that his brother jacob morgan was adieused of setting. >> my best friend. >> at tuesday's plea hearing prosecutors told a judge that fire had two points of origin one in the bedroom and the other in the living room. according to investigators morgan admitted to lighting tea candles before the home went up in flames. >> whether he intended to kill his brother or not and may be up for debate. but he set the fire that killed his brother. >> prosecutors say morgan had a cellphone but never use to do to call for help despite the evidence against the brother, loved ones continue to stand behind him after the death of their toddler. >> i will never get over losing my little boy. i will never get over my other son being accused of the loss of our little boy. >> more began pleaded guilty to unlawful c

that's michael clark reporting. troopers say because of the crash there should be front of the vehicle. you can call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc if you have any information that can help. for several hours today--every chipotle restaurant was closed for a company-wide meeting on food safety. today's closing follows outbreaks of norovirus, salmonella, and e. coli that sickened hundreds of customers. about 50 thousand employees were to attend today's meeting. chipotle is blaming the outbreak of norovirus on sick employees...they say tomatoes are the likely cause of the salmonella outbreak. it's still not clear what caused coli outbreak. coming up, we're looking ahead to a cold week in your full forecast. plus--as the panthers return newton is again making headlines we call ourselves the greenwood runners. the open water paddlers. the hike life trail club. for us it's not about running faster. it's about being out here together. the feeling is hard to describe. you cant put put into words. but we don't have to. fo

michael clark is live in rock hill where republican candidate dr. ben carson will host a event this evening this is a key primary in the presidential race first in the south? >> absolutely and candidates like carson who may not be atop of every poll they are spending every last-minute with voters ahead of the primary where the results could force candidates to think about dropping out of the race. york county pretint voters admitted primaries are not usually a priority. >> normally i do not vote but this time there's so many contenders i would like to narrow the field. >> the field six candidates. campaigning in multiple cities in south carolina on the final day before the primary. all trying to sway voters still on the fence. william made his selection on the drive to the precinct. >> i was between two candidates. and so i stuck with my original i had thought about changing on the way up here. >> more than 2000 absentee ballots have been cast. turnout is expected to be high in the palmetto state like in iowa and new hampshire. >> and in particular,

michael clark, wbtv on your side. >> john: it was a heated debate in wisconsin between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. this is the first debate since sanders commanding win in new hampshire tuesday. the two clashed over health care. sanders wants to create a single payer system but clinton says obama's health care law. sanders argues his proposal would save money for middle and lower income families. >>> the future toll lanes planned along i-77 will be reality. construct moving forward despite and ongoing battle to try to kill the project altogether. that battle is one that has played out in other states where cintra the company that is building the lanes here, has built and owned other roads. we wanted to know how other cintra roads have fared, we sent nick ochsner across the country to find out. >> reporter: before it started building the i-77 managed lanes. cintra operated three toll roads in texas, chicago and indiana. two of those roads have since been sold after the company hit financial difficulties. elected representatives of state of indiana say what happened in their sta

and michael clark joins us live. police say it happened near a local college. >> yes, that is right. this is an area of rock hill that is being developed inbetween winthrop university's campus and downtown rock hill is behind me and the bank this woman ran into for help is one of the only businesses in this area. could turn for help. the 20-year-old victim told police she is shaken up and it happened in broad daylight. she started her walk near stewart avenue and continued towards laurel wood cemetery when she noticed the person and started hearing footsteps and saw the man running towards her and the victim told police that he had a knife and was chasing after her talking to himself during this ordeal. she was able to run-in side a bank and hide in a restroom to get away from the man who did not stick around long. police did review video from the bank and saw a man following the woman and will release the video to us. police will tell us what the woman did right and more at 5:00. live in rock hill, michael clark wbt

michael clark has the steps to keep that from happening again. >> a rash after using the restroom at school. >> she was in pain. she said it burned really bad. she could hardly sit down. >> erica's daughter is one of 32 elementary students to complain of burning and itching after sitting on a toilet. many had to go to the nurse. >> she came to me with three or four kids like they had the same symptoms. >> the principal says an investigation revealed a contracted cleaning company used the wrong chemical on the toilets and did not dilute it properly. >> her hand and not wash her hands or put it in her mouth like what would have happened then? >> leaders gave us a copy of this letter from the cleaning company that states all employees will be retrained on the use of chemicals and applications after what happened. her legs. >> her little one is feeling better she is frustrated but is glad she got e-mails and a call from the principal. >> it's concerning to happen. but i think the school handled it very well. they made proper notifications and gave us the information on the chemical they

reporting live in rock hill, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. the narrowed republican presidential field gather tonight for the final time before super tuesday. after three straight wins donald trump walks into the debate as the g.o.p.'s presidential frontrunner and this is the final debate before voters in 12 states head to the polls on super tuesday. >> right now we check on the roads and windy but the sun is shining. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. let's check in again on the expressway of john belk by independence boulevard we had problems. mentioned windy and we had power lines down. and that has cleared which is great news for commuters. and also the accident right on and now we have an additional accident. another on independence at the john belk freeway. queens road and morehead are great alternate routes and we have an accident close to providence road in the area and then another accident at east boulevard and kennelworth avenue. so we continue to see problems around independence boulevard and center city. ba

reporting live in york county michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. time to check the traffic around town here is tonya rivens. >> thank you. sponsored by people's bank. let's check on i-77 and 485. volume is starting to build we have an accident on south boulevard that congestion building on south boulevard and we have congestion on highway 51 pineville matthews close to 485 as well. and then we see the volume starting to build on 485. a stranded motorist on rea road at piper glen drive and another at johnston road close to caramel road back to you. >> all right thank you. right now, the flow of drugs feeding charlotte's growing addiction problem. we are finding out things like heroin and cocaine are arriving on doorsteps like any other delivery. wbtv's jamie boll is on your side investigating this growing situation. >> maureen our look started with an unrelated conversation with a longtime charlotte drug heroin epidemic when he mentioned the dark net. he is hearing from clients use it to get drugs delivered straight to their home. >> you can purchas

michael clark brings us both sides of the story. proposed changes that would protect people are long overdue. >> nobody should be kicked out of a cab for holding hands with their partner, nobody should be kicked out of a restaurant for the way they identify. >> reporter: a battle matt hershey and equality north vote. now there is a new mayor and council members who may see things differently. >> every person deserves the same rights and everybody everybody else does. >> one changed would allow someone to use the rest room he or she identifies with, a concern for many including religious leaders like pastor mark harris. >> we know there is a risk that individuals who do happen to be sexual predators would be able to take advantage of this. >> governor pat mccrory emailed council members that passing the measure could result in immediate state intersen convenient shun and strain the relationship between charlotte and the state. will fight changes and rally. >> they may find themselves in positions of being fined, or facing some kind o

in rock hill, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> south carolina's democratic primary is this coming saturday. >> right now thousands of people in our area are without power as the strong winds continue to roll through our area. let's get right to alex giles live in the alert center with updated numbers. >> we have been watching the maps all day. look at this latest map. in the charlotte area. the latest totals show 17,000 customers without power in mecklenberg county and we saw that number drop down to 11,000 an hour ago but it jumped backup. 5,000 people without power in gaston county. we will keep watching the numbers as the crews work to try and restore power. we will update you as soon as we get new numbers. >> thank you. winds and hail and tornadoes continues from florida up the mid-atlantic. next, on your side with a look at the latest round of severe weather that claimed five lives. >> paul as that line of thunderstorms moves out high winds are going nowhere and we are concerned about it. and perhaps look at that, way back to the northwest, snow on the horizon, that, too, com

if you know anything call pageland police, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> all right. thank you. and moved over to the first alert weather center with our meteorologist brock prok. leigh brock. gorgeous monday. >> so nice even though it is a monday, i do not think anybody it would be better if it was a weekend. >> we saw nice weather this weekend. >> we did. upper 60s yesterday. nice and plenty of sunshine and we have plenty of sunshine now. here is the morganton camera. looking so nice out there. the shad co-s are -- shadows are getting closer to sunset. but the sun iset ising later and later. 6:18. the days are getting longer and it's warm and we have the sun. not spring yet but meterological spring starts tomorrow actually. real spring starts later but we will get to that. 73 is your temperature in charlotte. pulling out, 73 in cornelius. 72 ballantyne and 72 for indian trail. and farther out temperatures are nice. 70 in hickory. 70 in chester. and heading into the overnight period temperatures stay way up low 60s back to the low 70s back to the low 60s by 7:30. 50s

wbtv michael clark, caught up did they tell you? >> they said that they knew that they would come up on an accident and then they heard the gun shot and caused a father to jump into action, putting the victim's needs ahead of a very important day, for the good samaritan's family. >> imagine seeing a car crash, and a shooting, all on the way to church. >> my husband just said he has just been shot. >> she is used to the unexpected and the family of four was on the way to a special dedication service to the two-month-old, a day that they were not sure would come. >> he was previously was in the hospital and almost died, we almost lost him. so, this was a big day. >> their big day, interrupted by tense moments for two others involved in the crash, witnesses reported an argument. >> her husband, ben is in the military and i trained first responder, despite being in his sunday best, he went to help a total stranger, who witnesses said that he was shot in front of his girlfriend and child. could see that he was holding his lower left, are

wbtv michael clark was at the oh initial watch party last night. he has more on what comes next for the front runner. >> we will never ever forget south carolina. >> a sea of signs waiving from hundreds of donald trump supporters after an important victory in south carolina. >> i couldn't miss it. i mean i love donald trump. rubio who were in a tie for second place. >> i want to also congratulate the candidates. in particular i have to say ted and marco did a really good job. >> trump supporters cheered when bush announced he was pulling out of the race. >> they don't understand that as people drop out i'm going to get a lot of those votes also. you don't just add them together. >> stops in atlanta and nevada are next for trump but he used saturday to talk about his plans for voters. >> i want him to get to see it. this is the most exciting race that i've seen since i was born and he's young. i wanted him to come out and see what everything is like. >> with three states down in the field narrowed to five trump looks to keep the momentum rolling. he

michael clark was in columbia and the final numbers came in. he's on your side with more. >> as expected hillary clinton supporters are leaving xhum by ya happy. within minutes it was called for hillary clinton sending this room into a friends si. chapts from hillary clinton supporters only grew louder as the polls closed and clinton claimed her victory. thank you so much from one end of this state to another. >> clinton zigzagged working to win young and african-american voters both groups experts bernie sanders needs to go after. cami davis has a house divided. >> my daughter went back and forth and she wouldn't tell me who he is voted for. she ended up voting for burn know and i'm here tonight voting for hillary so that's okay south carolina. she says tomorrow the campaign goes national. >> in every state and we're not taking anything and we're not taking anyone for granted. >> clinton planned to battle for young people african-americans rural teachers and small businesses. >> let's break down the barriers that keep people on the sidelines o

wbtv michael clark was in columbia as the polls closed and the final numbers came in. he's on your side with more. >> as expected clinton supporters are leaving happy within minutes of the polls closing the race was called for clinton. sending this room into a frenzy. chance from clinton supporters only grew louder as the polls closed. clinton claimed her victory. thank you so much from one end of this state to another. >> clinton zigzagged across the palmetto state working to win young and african-american groups. >> my daughter who is a college student she went back and forth and she wouldn't tell me who he is voted for. she ended up voting for bernie and i'm here tonight voting for hillary. so that's ok. >> sanders spent his time in another state. clinton spent her time in south carriage line that. -- lost audio. >> -- carolina. >> were not taking anyone for granted. >> clinton promised to battle for young people looking for lower tuition african-americans rural teachers and small businesses. >> let's break down the barriers that keep people on the sidelines of our

michael clark spoke to political experts on what you could expect. >>> south carolina voters get ready >> we're now going to have a big probably bloody fight. >> and scott huffman say there are big story lines to launch into the palmetto state. >> we will get tv ads, we will get radio ads. >> republicans have less than two weeks before a primary. and doubling up on john kasich. the donald campaign and kensing tonight. >> in the course of the next ten days, see every republican candidate that remains in the race at least once. >> ted cruz remains his stop, ben car son will be there, trying to establish himself after low numbers up north. they predict some battles will get dirty, with recent candidates ups and downs. >> i expect some bush and rubio sniping to begin, pretty soon as bush now thinks he could reclaim the establishment lane and rubio rubio. >> tries to head him off. >> the 2 percent lead over clinton clinton. >> there's no voter base. >> and the democratic chair, turn out will be lighter than 2008. >> and even though we think hillary will win, the question, how many delegates

wbtv's michael clark has more on the race in the palmetto state. >> south carolina voters get ready. >> we are now going to have a big probably bloody fight. >> experts like professor scott huffman says there are big storylines to watch. >> we will get the robocalls and tv ads. two weeks before the primary and donald trump is coming off a major victory. and the donald campaign is in clemson. >> over the course of the next 10 days we will see every candidate once. >> ted cruz will continue the push for evangelical voters. and ben carson will be there trying to reestablish himself. and huffman predicts battles may get dirty. >> i actually expect some bush and rubio sniping to begin soon as bush now thinks he can reclaim the establishment lane and rubio tries to head him off. >> for democrats most expect a bernie sanders win in new hampshire but the lead over hillary clinton there makes her ground game more important here. hillary's fire wall. >> amy thinks the turnout will be lighter than 2008 but says there's plenty of time left before the primary on february 27th. >> if you think tha

michael clark is live with the latest. a frightening ordeal so close to campus? >> yes, people who live here are worried and police say despite everything that this 2-year-old was going through she did of the she could to protect herself and the suspect because of the surveillance video outside of the bank where she ran to hide. >> on a peaceful jog in the middle of broad daylight. >> she sped up and he sped up. and she said she could see a knife then. >> police say the 20-year-old was running inbetween winthrop's campus and downtown where i found wilson walking friday. >> for a woman to be chased by a guy in this quiet neighborhood is terrifying. >> there are big development plans for this area but right now not much is here besides the bank. >> she was aware of her surroundings and though she was jogging she knew there was somebody behind her and knew enough there was a safe place to run to where people were working. >> police are looking at video and did see the victim run-in side followed by a man who left. the victim told police she runs the same route by a

. >> michael clark is at dr. ben carson's event in rock hill and will join us live at 5:00. >> i've moved over to the first alert weather center as we get ready for the spring like temperatures this weekend. i'm here with meteorologist lyndsay tapases. it is going to be in the 60s but there is a bit of a not picture perfect. >> yeah we think fully sunny. it will not be the case but it i do not think we will mind cloud cover. we have the sun for sure. and that allowed us to soar into the upper 50s out there right now. north of the city, we are in the mid-50s. fuf 5 from salisbury to statesville. 45 in boone and charlotte we are at 58. we'll bring up the towercam shot and it is a picture perfect friday afternoon. you are 57 in lancaster and monroe. satellite-radar confirming the clear sky with the exception of the mountains where you have cloud cover hanging on for you. if we zoom out and look upstream we have cloud cover off to the west it will be edging our way as we head into the weekend which is why it will not

wbtv michael clark is there right now in columbia south carolina. what can you tell us? >> the university south carolina volleyball center hillary clinton headquarters her supporters starting trickle in here we expect to hear from her in couple of hours after the polls close. she has been in and out of south carolina all week. you know she spent lot of time on ground game and lot of mayor endorsements from tokes mere in the state. now remember this is her fire wall state she polled very well in especially with african

live in york county, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. raraigh police make an arrest in the shooting death of a taxi driver killed yesterday morning. major early edwards junior has been charged and held without bond. >> the family of a little girl killed while riding a zip line report is released. we told you yesterday that the state department of the labor's report says zip lines should not be regulated. bonnie bernie died while zip mountains. and her family says they are disappointed about the study. >> it's just frustrating that to not put a regulation on equipment that is used at a summer camp where children are just there for the thrill and for the fun not as a sport, i think is appalling. and p tuts greater human error potential and it is a risk that does not need to be taken. >> the decision to regulate zip lines is up to the north carolina general assembly. >> the wife of reverend pinckney will speak at duke university. he was shotted and killed in emanuel ame church in june. his wife is there for a forum on the number of dead in

reporting live in fort mill, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. >> we want to take a break from reporting today's news to shed light on very difficult topic. a member of the wbtv family is speaking openly about the effects of suicide. >> if you ever thought about suicide and ever entertained that notion or considered suicide as an option, three words: don't do it. >> that just a short clip of a personal video posted on facebook today by our david whisenant. personal because 29 years ago today david lost his dad to suicide. >> david is live in our salisbury bureau and you have been open about your story a message so many people should hear. >> i appreciate that. it for the last five years because i felt led to tell people how serious this is. and frankly, i feel like the guy that runs out and goes down the road and see where the bridge is washed out and i want to turn around and wave my arms and say the bridge is washed out. do not go down this road of suicide. folks sometimes think it is a noble act or sacrifice. it's cold and brutal and ugly. in the case of my father, his

michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. and maybe you can help investigators if you saw anything that might be related to this case call rock hill police. >> and flames going right through the roof of this convenience store a circle k near uptown charlotte. investigators are trying to figure out what cause to do to smoke could be seen for miles. you can see the flames and the smoke and the flames this picture is from the charlotte fire department. good news nobody was hurt but the cause is under investigation. >>> and a man accused of killing his mother is in jail. erwin feldman appeared in court and pamela escobar is live from the mecklenberg county courthouse. pam, he looked stunned when police walked him into jail. what about today in court? >> well, paul, he came in to the courtroom today wearing his orange jumpsuit issued by the jail and he looked confused. after the judge ran through when his appearances will be, she asked him if he had questions and he did. irwin is accused of killing his mother 82-year-old ida feldm

reporting live michael clark wbtv on your side. >> all right thank you. coming up in 10 minutes we will have more political analysis of the south carolina presidential primary which candidates can survive the palmetto state. >> a federal judge granted a delay in the charleston church shooter. dylann roof is accused of shooting nine. the lawyers told the judge they were not ready. the death penalty trial is scheduled for july 11th it's not court decision will have on that case. >> a lancaster man has been charged with his mother's murder after her body was found in her home. sky3 over the scene in kershaw. the investigation started after employees of a bank say a man came in asking about a woman's account. robert heights has been charged in the murder of his mother carolyn torino she died of multiple gunshot woundsism the last occupier of a refuge surrendered a standoff. it played out over a phone call on an open line streamed line on the internet by an acquaintance of the occupier. franklin graham traveled to oregon to speak with the group on his facebook

michael clark was there in the courtroom and joins us live with plea. >> yeah, this was about a week birthday. he pled guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in jail for setting the fire that killed his 14-month-old baby half brother joshua hill. in court, we learned that the plea includes an involuntary neglect of a child charge rather

wbtv michael clark is there right now in columbia south carolina. what can you tell us? >> the university south carolina volleyball center hillary clinton headquarters her supporters starting trickle in here we expect to hear from her in couple of hours after the polls close. she has been in and out of south carolina all week. you know she spent lot of time on ground game and lot of mayor endorsements from tokes mere in the state. now remember this is her fire wall state she polled very well in especially with african projected to make up more than half of those that cast their ballots today. she has had endorsements jim and several former governors who were out and about as late this morning trying increase lead over sanders. for bernie sanders much different story. he has been absent from south carolina with exception of just handful of visits and spending his time in other states where he polls a little bit higher. now sanders supports verse been out in chain offices trying reach out to african american and younger voters we saw decent turn out in fort miller area thi

michael clark is live. nine days from the republican primary. a lot of candidates are scrambling to shore-up their positions and get the last votes. >> that is right. ted cruz and ben carson are here to speak at a family values summit but candidates are spread all over the state with nine days before the g.o.p. primary. this is a time when we will see endorsement and guest speakers that is tonight here as well with rick santorum speaking for marco rubio campaigning in myrtle beach and jeb bush and john kasich are in the palmetto state to build on the momentum from the new hampshire primary. every candidate is chasing donald trump in the polls who spoke at clemson and ben carson has devoted a lot to south carolina and ted cruz polls well and looks to speak to evangelical voters. but protestors disagree with some of the candidates' >> too often they address it in a evangelical content and anti-lgbt anti-women's rights and they fail to address what falls under the umbrella of family values which is racism, poverty. >> now, ahead of this event we ha

for now, reporting live, michael clark, wbtv on your side. >> incredible story. thank you, michael. police are also asking witnesses to speak up after a man was shot and killed near mount holly this morning. this happened on linear street extension while a big party was going on. police say people at the party actually took the man to the hospital. that's where he died. several neighbors did not want to speak on camera, but said off camera that they saw dozens of cars lining the road there the past two nights. neighbors said they complained to police, but never thought things would escalate the way they did. >> neighbors, everybody down here has been here either 25 or 30 or 40 years. and, we want our neighborhood to stay quiet. >> police have not identified the victim publicly. if you know anything about this the gaston county police department or crimestoppers there. >>> if you have been outside at all today, you must have noticed the sunshine and warm air. meteorologist lee brock is live in our first-alert weather center. still feels good out there now. >> it really does. we have

and we were watching michael clark's live report and commenting i hope the camera holds on. the storm is not over for to us. >> and outside of anything that may have been tornadic damage we have straight line damage from how powerful the winds are with the storm. severe thunderstorm warnings have been allowed to expire. this is the tail end of the real potent more threatening line of storms that very tail southern fringe of it through northeastern parts of anson counties and far southeastern parts of richmond county. severe thunderstorm warnings with that have been allowed to expire. and we have ongoing tornado and back to the west, through the bulk of our viewing area it's quieter. charlotte metro not picking up anything on the radar. we have tame light spotty showers into the mountains. this that came through was pretty much the main event on the far, again, backside of it, we had our two most recent tornado warnings within the past hour and this is the line that is going to continue to press east why the tornado watch in effect for a large chunk of north carolina and virg

our michael clark will have more throughout the day later today. >> john: breaking overnight news, a mother in landis facing charges after investigators say her 20-month-old child overdosed on pills. the child was rushed to the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. shannon clement is charged with felony child abuse by neglect and other drug charges. landis police say a family friend found pills in the bed clement and the child were sleeping in. she called 911 after realizing the child was unconscious. >> christine: in less than two hours, carolinas health care systems board of commissioners could choose a new ceo. our news partners at the charlotte observer report members will consider the recommendation of eugene woods, a hospital executive from texas. they are holding a special a source tells the observer woods was introduced at a reception in charlotte yesterday. if selected, he would replace retiring ceo michael tarwater. >> john: a woman investigators say was driving drunk when she ran in the back of the gaston county sheriff's car is expected in court today. 53-year

voters ib including michael clark jr., a veteran, bringing his son and his mother. how important is this day? >> very important. >> reporter: he told us he voted for hillary clinton because of her experience. his mother says she hasn't forgotten the veterans. >> we have a lot of veterans going over and coming home. >> reporter: and john says trump, christie and rubio topped his list. and today, he decided don't to people who say he uses colorful language from time to time? >> i'm the say way. >> reporter: he got your vote today? >> he tells it like it is. >> reporter: a veteran came all the way from ohio to support for senator kasich. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and is a junior in college, studying education, her first vote, torn between bernie sand erps and hillary clinton. her decision? >> bernie sand erps. >> reporter: why tell me what about him? >> i think too. it was a difficult choice. i think i resonate with bernie a little more.ter: how you doing? primary day's here? >> it's here. >> reporter: outside, we met long time new hampshire voters who take pride in th

voters including michael clark jr., a veteran, bringing his son and his mother. how important is this day? >> very important. >> reporter: he told us he voted for hillary clinton because of her experience. his mother says she hasn't forgotten the veterans. >> we have a lot of veterans coming home. going over and coming home. >> reporter: it was not clinton for john roach who never misses >> we set the pace for the country. >> for the rest of the country. >> reporter: voters taking their job very seriously. lose v's go to secretary clinton. let's season in. >> we are going to make a difference in people's lives. when i started this campaign last spring, i knew we were facing profound challengesed a as a country. the way too many things were going just wasn't right. it isn't right. the kids i met in flint on sunday were poisoned because their governor wanted to save money. it isn't right for a governor here in new hampshire or any where else to have to choose between paying rent or buying medicine because a prescription 4,000% over night. and a clerk is being paid

votering including michael clark jr., a veteran bringing his son and his mother. how important is this day in new hampshire? >> very important. >> reporter: he told us, he voted for hillary clinton, because of her experience. his mother says clinton hasn't forgotten the veterans. that are coming home. going over and coming home and -- >> forgot about when they come back. >> yeah, so, that's a very, very important thing. for all of them, not just my son. >> reporter: it was not clinton for jean claude laroche, who never misses the new hampshire primary. how important is the new hampshire primary day? >> it's a must. >> reporter: he said trump, christie and rubio topped his list. and today, he decided -- donald trump. and to the people who might say he uses colorful language from time to time? >> i'm the same way. >> reporter: he got your vote today. >> i tell it like it is. >> reporter: vincent smith, a veteran, came all the way from ohio to rally supporters for governor kasich. he says they're seeing late momentum. so you came all the way from ohio to get out the