live in raleigh, beau minnick. >>> north carolina districts unconstitutional. a panel ruled. the districts will stand for now. they were drawn along racial lines. the districts will have to be predrawn ahead of other elections in the future. >> op hop -- opiod use is on the rise. steve? >> reporter: and a 45-year-old cab driver, a father of three killed in durh some fares to this hotel. >> here's a look at traffic on i-40 near i-440 rather. >>> more than 1,000 people die medicine. >> working across agencies is key. many people who abuse precipitation -- prescription drugs turn to heroin. >> with the rise, they rotate their way into heroin. about 80% of the people that we arrested when i was in the state bureau of investigation would tell you that they narcotics. >> and cbs north carolina investigates takes a look at opiod as well as heroin use in our state. heroin deaths have skyrocketed more than 584% in north carolina you can watch offer full report right now on wncn.com. >>> well, a father of three is dead after a shooting outside a durham hotel. >> clouds out there in the

beau minnick joins us with a look at what has changed just within the last half hour. over a conference call. at this point they have not lay dreamed the judge's order. ultimately they're asked to decide what's the easiest way to make sure that the county commission and school board meet. >> the most feasible thing to do at this point in the timeline is to go back to the 2011 maps. >> reporter: that is one option before a federal judge but a judge wants to hear what th thinks first. plaintiff beverly clark knows the clock is ticking. >> what can we do to make this election happen smoothly and promptly. they really are against a tight time frame. >> reporter: a federal appeals court said the wake county commission and lines drawn by the gable were unconstitutional problems. the first uses district lines as they are currently set. those were ruled unconstitutional. the second option goes back to the way the lines were in 2011. the third would be a plan introduced by democratic state lawmaker when the case went to trial last year. the fourth introduced last week by republ

minnick says he has teaching interviews lined up with a few private schools. a live look right now in fort lauderdale where a jet blue flight is set to take off as the first scheduled commercial flight to cuba in more than half a century. they're holding a press conference right now... right now.. crews are trying to get a handle on a fire burning just hours from las vegas. i'll have an update on the "bogart fire" in southern california. greg? greg adlibs right now..firefighters say they're making good progress on california. the so-called "bogart fire" is burning in riverside county. it started as a brush fire but has quickly grown to 1-thousand acres. the blaze broke out yesterday afternoon. evacuation orders were put order yesterday but have since been lifted. more than 3-hundred firefighters are battling this one. officials say they're making good progress. the wildfire is 10-percent contained. . president obama has commuted the sentences of more federal offenses. the white house announced the sentences of 1-hundred-11 additional inmates will be commuted.

cbs north carolina's beau minnick is at trump national golf club in morrisville where trump national golf club in mooresville out charlotte and later today, donald trump will be here. he'll be holding a fundraiser here at the golf club. and then this evening he'll be in uptown charlotte holding a rally about 7:30 tonight at the charlotte convention center. we also will be here and in just a short time speaking one on one with eric trump, trump's son and we're going guy discussing a number u topics key to the campaign. plan is for advertising here in north carolina. so we'll have updates throughout the day on wncn.com or you can watch the reports tonight at 5:00. beau minnick, cbs north carolina. >>> and while trump is here in north carolina, hillary clinton's in new york to meet with law enforcement leaders from around the country. trump still shaking off criticism about his campaign shakeup. at trump's tax returns. >> we have no idea what tax rate he pays because unlike everybody else who's run for president in the last four or five decades, he refuses to release his tax returns. >>

. >>> coming up tonight at 5:30 cbs north carolina beau minnick talks about the impact on the upcoming november election. >>> at least two people are dead after an explosion at an apartment complex in a washington, d.c. suburb. >> at least 30 people, including firefighters were injured in the blast. made by the civilians. >> still ahead tonight on cbs north carolina at 5:30, an update on those missing and what investigators are saying about the cause of the fire. >> plus, moving day in durham. as we head to break, here's a live look at wrightsville beach. bill will have an update coming up. to the beaches... the piedmont... to the sandhills... north carolina is possessed of spectacular natural beauty. [ sea gulls crying ] [ man vocalizing ] run! ?? ? i said i'd taken it all in ? ? to make the good life ? ? and i don't feel like i'm falling ? ? i'm up against the sky ? it's ours to preserve... because we're only borrowing it from our children. >>> students at nc central moving in. students brought their furniture, luggage and other belongings to campus. central has experienced a 20% inc

beau minnick has more on how tim kaine went after donald trump. beau? >> reporter: with us lot of time talking about the military and what hillary clinton would do for the military as president. he's also criticized donald trump. >> i don't think in the history of the united states there has been a major party nominee who's talked with such disrespect about the military. >> reporter: you'll often here democratic spreal candidate tim kaine talking about donald the american military is a disaster. >> how about making fun of john mccain for ac pow -- being a pow. he said i don't consider him a hero because he got captured. could you be more thick headed, insensitive or ignore rand -- ignorant. >> with north carolina is a state that's so committed to the nation's military mission, and we are too. >> reporter: as for what a vote for the democratic ticket would mean for the military. >> our plan, one of the main things we're going to make sure, absolutely, we protect and expand and fortify the gi bill. it's one of the greatest things >> reporter: kaine's son

political reporter beau minnick joins us with more on the timeline. >> reporter: address this month whether they would put a hold on the federal appeals court decision which overturned the law but time is important here as election day is less than three months away. we're going to be asking chief justice john roberts to allow photo i.d. he spoke about it at the donald trump rally one person, one vote. >> reporter: aclu of north carolina's legal director chris brook was on the legal team that argued against the law. >> these are measures that north carolinians have come to rely upon, made it easier for all north carolinians to vote. the governor is trying to take that away. >> reporter: he said republican led general assembly passed it. we asked brooks what he would expect from the supreme court. >> there's a real majority on the supreme court that has reservation billions measures like this, that make it harder to vote based on race. >> reporter: so what do north carolina voters have to say? >> i'm in support of >> i should show an i.d. >> i don't think it should be required. everybody's g

now, donald trump is back in the tar heel state tonight and he's hold agricultural lee in >> beau minnick is there and sat down of with trump. >> that gets underway in about an hour and a half at 7:30 tonight. earlier, i spoke with trump's son eric and daughter-in-law laura and said you will see advertising. >> between now and november 8th, there would be tremendous advertising on both sides. advertising campaign will focus on trump's message of america first. we spoke near where his father was holding a fund-raiser today. >> the greatest father to us. >> reporter: but i asked eric trump about the claims many have made that his father does not have the right temperament to be president. >> i think my father is an incredibly direct and people are sick and tired of what's happening. you need someone who mr. fight for our nation. >> reporter: trump's daughter- in-law laura trump -- >> he cares deeply about women, women's issues. i think, e van ca, we've -- the rally or watch for our report tonight at 11:00. >> the heat streak is what, day 10 now? >> i'm looking for a streak in the 80s. at le

. >>> democratic senate candidate deborah ross sat down with political reporter beau minnick who joins us in the studio. >> reporter: ross is calling her plan putting people first. sh opponent richard burr. >> north carolina clearly need as change. >> reporter: and deborah ross wants to bring the change. she's announcing annette thicks plan -- an ethics plan. >> so you're not make those deals while you're still a sitting member of congress. >> reporter: pros outlined her plan for cbs north carolina. richard burr saying he voted against the stock act of 2012 which was designed to combat insider trading. >> he put his own interest ahead of the people. >> reporter: insider trading was already illegal and a redundant law. they're critical of the 2011 bill that burr cosponsored that re vehicles while he had stock in some natural gas companies. burr said that never became law and could not change the value of any stock. >> on education, on veterans issues. he's chairman of the senate intelligence committee. that's something that north carolina voter really care about. >> reporter: the burr c

political reporter beau minnick joins us to explain why some of those changes are so controversial. >> reporter: a private company barnes & noble now manages the unc store. the store had been run by the university for 100 years. for some employees, the change year usually means lots of people on the go and long lines of students looking to buy their textbooks at the school bookstore. at unc chapel hill lauren burton has her textbooks and the senior know there is were some changes at the store. >> a larger company swooping in year the store is not run by unc. >> student affordability to their chores materials is first and foremost. >> reporter: in november the state employees association of north carolina and others rallied to oppose the privatization. >> there was nothing broken. the bookstore was running smoothly. it performed a wonder testimony function and it made money. >> reporter: cbs north carolina has learned some employees did leave with the change. >> it's a shame the university employees have put their heart and soul in their jobs and they weren't left with much. >> we made

. >> minnick was extremely bonded with his cat, mr. majestic.his cat kind of ruled the roost, as far as i was concerned. minnick painted this cat, fed this cat abundantly, from what it looked like, and they seemed to be somewhat symbiotic. >> i got him november 2nd, 2006, and he got neutered october 27th, same day i got arrested. so we had something in common. >> i think the cat program tames the beast. >> come on. all right. >> at the holman correctional facility in alabama, the cats are even more abundant, but none of them are invited. >> at holman, they're just wild cats who the inmates connect with and start feeding, even though it drives the staff crazy. >> i'm going to catch him. i'm going to catch every one of you cats. >> there was a sergeant this charge, sergeant english, whose job it was to try to deal with these feral cats and get them outside the prison. the cats became his nemesis, particularly fluffy. >> there's fluffy. i think you're going to have a little trouble with that one. it's personal between him and her, you know what i'm

political reporter beau minnick is live in raleigh with a look at the numbers. >> reporter: it's no secret both parties really want to win their candidate in the state capital. now education has become a key focus. >> i became governor and gave teachers the largest pay raise in the country. >> governor mccrory talks about raising our pay but he tried top cut education funding to its lowest in over 30 years. >> reporter: you're bound to seat ads on tv. governor mccrory rorp and roy teacher's pay and education funding. >> it was always going to be a competitive race. >> we knew that this gubernatorial race would be the target across the nation. >> reporter: and the numbers back that up. the weslayan median project shows the north carolina governor's race by far has seen the most spent on ads, $7.7 million. the next closest is indiana which has seen $4.9 mi both sides want to get their attention across on education. >> the citizens of north carolina, they don't like what's happening and this administration. >> reporter: francis delou ca. >> just from the perspective of what has happened over

live in raleigh, beau minnick. >>> and traffic is expected to be impacted for eight hours in northwest raleigh tomorrow. >> that's because of thursday night football. we have more on what we can all expect. >> reporter: the university expects more than 57,000 people to fill this stadium for tomorrow's me william and mary. there's a few dozen tickets still available that. crowd is already -- since the game is on a weekday, fans will have to deal with commuters and work traffic. they're using message boards. highway patrol said people who aren't coming to the game should really avoid this area pass dot expects the 440 beltline, blue ridge and trinity to be particularly bad. troopers in other -- and other area officers will direct traffic. so slow down for them and others on food. >> we will have a lot of pedestrians crossing the roadway. we want you to be aware. the last thing we want is any type of injuries as a result suggests that people get here as early as possible. you can start tailgating without worrying about traffic. reporting live at scarter finley, robert richardson. >>> look

. >> cbs north carolina political reporter beau minnick has more. >> we're hoping the supreme court issues a decision soon on the requested stay and uphold the 4th circuit's ruling. >> reporter: right now the law is before the supreme court. chief justice john roberts put a hold on the ruling overturning the law. he has given attorneys on the other side until thursday to respond. the aclu of north carolina -- >> the impact is that it will make this more difficult for everybody in north carolina to vote. >> reporter: with the federal appeals court overturning the law it extends 17, up to 10 days. county board of elections are figuring out ways to make this happen. wake site will have one open for the extra time, the main one in raleigh. >> making sure that everybody who wanted to vote are able to do so. >> reporter: a harnett county republican said the decision made by the federal appeals creates a disruption. >> imagine if the stay is entered. then the county boards would have to go in and undo work that they just did. >> just creates turmoil and uncertainty and certainly under mines the i

. >> political reporter beau minnick shows us why both say they're the right person to lead the state. >> this state is remarkable. >> i will work to make north carolina a welcoming state. >> repoer stage at the same time. but they spoke to the same audience and at times, their messages were very different. >> i believe we do have the best state in the country. that has been tarnished over the last few years, because of discriminatory laws that have been passed. >> reporter: attorney general roy cooper has called for the repeal of house bill 2 saying it is discriminatory. governor pat mccrory your says on the issue that north carolina has been targeted this is called diversion. the meaty mood yeah loves it the political pundits love it. i have to deal with it and i will deal with it and stick with my values and deal with it. >> reporter: mccrory and cooper also focused on other policy items key to north carolina. including their take on the state's economy. >> we have more revenue coming into the state than we had when we had higher taxes. northcarolina is a $275 million surplus >> th

in fayetteville, beau minnick, cbs north carolina. >> we will live stream the entire event at www.wncn.com. it starts at 2:00 this afternoon. >>> the republican party just spoke a short time ago about tim kaine's visit. susan mills said this about the plan for the economy: >> when you put a democrat in office, they want to tax us more. with more taxes, people cannot grow the economy, can't people because they are taxing us more. >> presidential candidate donald trump is heading back to north carolina. his campaign confirms a rally in charlotte on thursday night. cbs north carolina will have full coverage of his visit. >>> some republicans in congress say hillary clinton lied to them during her 11 hours of testimony before the house elect a committee on investigator to look into the matter. >>> meanwhile, donald trump unveiled his plans for stopping terrorist attacks. craig boswell has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: hillary clinton is facing more questions about the private email server she used while secretary of state. >> very serious issues, so many unanswered questions. l

. >> both minnick has the other >> i will be back to north carolina because this is very important. you are going to get so sick and tired of me here>> reporter: donald trump talking about the importance of the tar heel state and backstage. >> we are doing very well in north carolina. and we intend to win very big. >> reporter: rudy giuliani, plan. talking about lowering the federal income tax rate for most americans. those opposed say it would increase the national debt. >> actually, it's going to decreased national debt and in -- and create jobs. and get the economy rolling again. >> reporter: specific to north carolina, how will that translate your? >> north carolina will have a going to make no in other places and you could have a lot more jobs coming back and a lot more lower taxes. >> -- >> reporter: clinton being said unfit for president. i asked for his response. >> i have been saying that for a long time. i have been saying that barack obama is an confident and that he has in hiff saying it loud and clear long before he said anything about me. >> reporter: trumpets to virgi

beau minnick sat down with trump's son eric trump and asked him what we should expect to see. >> i think a lot of them will be america first. that's become my father's message in this campaign. we're the winning wars any more. you know, we're getting ripped off world. >> trump's campaign will spend $5 million in the next 10 days on ads in four battleground states including north carolina. >> donald trump's america is secure. terrorist and dangerous criminals kept out. the border secure, our families safe. change that makes america safe, again, donald trump for president. >> i'm donald trump and i. >> that ad just released within the first -- last few hours or s. first television ad called to america's immigration. >>> we talked to malcolm graham. >> troupes the single most unqualified person to run for president in my lifetime. he has repeatedly sought to divide americans playing on family's fears and prejudice. donald trump is only looking out for himself. >> you can stay with cbs north carolina for full campaign 2016 to find all the headlines in the race for the white house. just scrol

. >> cooper's campaign announced he has the endorsement of firefighters and paramedics of minnick tonight. >>> keep it here. with classes for traditional year students set to kick off in just a few days big changes for the durham public schools. the big reason for the change this year. >> critical time for hospitals and blood banks find out what's behind a summertime blood >>> well believe it or not in less tan a week most kids return to school in the triangle and throughout our state, students and teachers will see some key changes when they return in durham public schools. come monday morning high school students will be able to sleep in a little longer thanks to a new start time while some don't agree with the plan, educators say this should help kids become better students. >> there's a lot of research that indicates that high schoolers need more sleep and s we're hopeful that by providing that they'll be more they come to school and, of course, that will be results en the achievements. >> the new bell schedule high school students report to campus at 9:00 in the morning instead of 7:

beau minnick will be there and have reports on wncn.com and throughout the evening newscast, as well. >>> trump now has access to information. he attended his first intel briefing yesterday at the fbi field office in new york. it's tradition for major nominees to receiver briefings during the campaign. >>> the death of a toddler in moore can't has spurred calls for change tuesday save kids' lives. people stood silently outside the social services office holding signs in remembrance u a little boy who died and drowned in a fear by pond five months after bein one board member calmed for an independent investigation which the board approved. >> i think it will further assure the public that we are covering all bases. which is what we want to do. >> once we know better we're supposed to do betterment and i would feel a lot better if i knew that we were doing better. >> the child's mother is facing involuntary manslaughter and child abuse charges. she is due in court next month. kill another man with a metal pole. 24-year-old jason comings in jail charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

beau minnick will be there and have reports on wncn.com and also during our evening news casts. >>> such a sad story at least 13 people are dead after widespread flooding in louisiana. to put your head around, 70,000 people asking for federal disaster assistance. >> reporter don champion has more on the recovery efforts from baton rouge. >> reporter: the head of homeland security will tour dammic in south louisiana today. the fight to protect down stream communities from the walter that already flooded the baton rouge area has taken to the skies. mississippi national guard helicopters ha flow. >> i appreciate that. >> reporter: in places with new flooding like this town crews used boats to check on people still in their homes. not far away, the mayor estimated at least 75% of the land in his town is underwater. >> some have inches, some have feet. my house has probably 5 feet. >> right here is like the kitchen. we found it just like this. >> reporter: in baton rouge cleanup process. he said it's overwhelming. >> i know it's material things and you can always gethem back. but it's just it

political reporter beau minnick joins us. >> reporter: there's one thing that democrats and republicans can agree on, there are important decisions to be made. governor mccrory disagreed with the court ruling. >> the state will apole the process -- apete pros -- >> reporter: governor mccrory made this clear he believes the law should stand requiring voter i.d. to vote. he spoke about it at the donald trump rally. >> common sense means you show your i.d. >> defending the indefensible. >> reporter: aclu's legal directtor was with the team that fought against the law. racially discriminatory intent. >> it's clear what the legislature was aiming to do, making it harder for peernlings particularly african-americans to vote. >> so what's with this voter i.d. >> reporter: donald trump spoke at both north carolina rallies questioning why there would be a problem having it on the books. >> i have no doubt that mr. trump has access and the people working for him who can to navigate voting processes. >> reporter: the law had also done away with same day registration. ahead at six we'll ask north c

beau minnick joins us with what's different and why some are crying foul. >> reporter: their concern is privatizing the student stores that had been under university management for 100 years. >> we kept the name because of the legacy prior to us on campus. >> reporter: the name on student stores may still be the same but -- >> things are different. >> reporter: michelle carter is the general manager of the student stores now run by barnes & noble college. since 1915 the university had managed it but in june that changed. now students are returning to a private company managing the stores. >> we know we have to be more vigilant than ever in of state trying it take pieces of our university. >> reporter: he was there in november when the association rallied against the private company. >> we always see a sweetheart deal in the short run where the contractors offer a great price to the state but in the long run in north carolina and everywhere else privatization occurs, we see it cost more than public employees in the supported the move. others opposed it. they have a 10-year, $30 millio

political reporter beau minnick joins us to explain what the judge wants wade county elections to do. >> reporter: the judge wants the board to rank in terms of feasibility four different possibilities for how the election can take place and the board has until 8:00 tonight to get it done. >> surely we should be able to get our pieces in order and have pan election. >> reporter: beverly clark is a court ruled the lines drawn by the general assembly for the wake county commission and school board were unconstitutional but some lawyers have pointed out changing the line cost jeopardize the election. >> it seems that going back to maps that were drawn constitutionally, using the most recent census data would be th judge asked the wake county board of elections to see which would work best. one uses the lines that had been declared unconstitutional. one option, the one favored by clark, goes back to the way it was drawn in 2011. a final option was presented to the judge last week by republican leaders at the general assembly. >> i don't know how. i don't know what other laws the leadershi

says in the middle of their teacher shortage, clark county school district took back joe minnich (minnick) says the principal of cheyenne high school told him early this summer he would be hired to teach theater -- and that the central office would send the paperwork. minnich says that never happened. then last week...the principal called back -- offering him a substitute position instead. 16:05:33 joe minnich, says ccsd retracted job offer 16:03:11 "they wanted me to do all the work of a teacher, just not pay me as a teacher." (butted with) 16:07:25 "i heard about this teacher shortage. i said, 'well, i want to make a difference.'" minnich turned down the offer and says he has intervi schools. we reached out to ccsd and they told us they always encourage applicants to follow up on their application status with their h-r department. new this morning... singer chris brown is out of jail after being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. his lawyer tweeted out a statement a few hours ago... saying thanks to everyone for their support and well wishes. he goes on to say the allegations ag

. >> cbs's beau minnick explains. will den said it's nice to have dinner with those close to him. we asked qlat future has in store for him. >> he was ready to get out. >> reporter: she was one of the people right there alongside will den acosta when he was on his way to georgia. martinez of the advocacy group took this video acosta following his release. >> he said i am shock. i can't believe i'm finally out. i want to talk to everyone, but i can't right now. >> reporter: martinez says acosta isn't comfortable doing any interviews yet. he had been in the custody of enforcement. within two days enough money was raised. >> reporter: acosta is requesting asylum. he also wants to graduate high school. when help went into federal custody, he was a few months away from grawsmghts -- graduation. >> when we went to visit him in april, he was so, so bummed. he was depressed because help wasn't going this is definitely a priority for him. >> reporter: and martinez said that acosta also wants to be an advocate, not only for his own case but teens in similar circumstances. it could be a year

political reporter beau minnick will be covering at campaign as walls and we'll have live reports starting at 5: impact cisco system's decision to lay off 5500 globally will have to our area. it's7% of the work force. they employ 5200 people at research triangle park. unknown how many if any will come from that locationch the company says the layoffs will take effect in the first quarter of the next fiscal year. >>> death toll in south louisiana's flooding has gone up to 13. this as the state faces what hurricane katrina. 40,000 homes have been damaged and those lucky enough to have a home still to come back to will still be left with thousands of dollars to make in repairs. >> really they haven't hit me in the sense of hangings to take to get back together. >> i know it's material things and you can always get them back, but it crushes you because you feel like you're violated. >> many other neighborhoods have never experienced such mass flooding before beca only a small fraction of the homes hit in baton rouge and la fay oat were covered by insurance. can you imagine to repair a home wit

our political report e beau minnick reports on wncn.com and also during the evening news casts. >>> the death of a toddler in moore county has spurred calls for change tuesday save kids' lives. people stood silently outside of moor county social services offices holding signs. he died after wandering from his home and drowning in a fear by home in april. the board has approved an independent investigation into involuntary manslaughter and child abuse charges. she's due in court next month. >>> let's turn to get -- rather a check on the forecast. here's storm team meteorologist alyssa corfont. >>> good morning to you and good morning at home. here's a live picture from the raleigh durham international airport. not so bad but you can certainly see mr. clouds than anything else as we do start our day. mat overof us are on the dry side this morning. we've seen a few sprinkles, light showers move across person ty majority of us on the dry side. i can't promise we'll stay on the dry side all day a. think there will be an increased chance for rain possibly storms later today. >> current temper