we start with lucia from raleigh, north carolina. our line for north carolina residents.morning. go ahead. caller: hello. my question is the republican party has sent a clear message in north carolina to african-americans and that message is we don't want you to vote. we hope you don't vote. we're going to make it very difficult for you to vote. we've been through think three lawsuits. they spent like $9 million trying to suppress the vote. and i want to know why does the republican party seem to put the party over the people. thank you. host: professor? guest: it's worth rehearsing that north carolina, the legal challenge in 2013 passed a voter reform law and had a number of components to it. it imposed a voter i.d. requirement for the first time. it reduced the number of days from early voting from 17 days to 10 days and eliminated the same-day registration, the ability during the early voting feared register your vote and vote on the same day. this is an ominous deal. it was challenged in federal court. initially, the judge upheld the law in all respects. and then it w

going to start making things in north carolina again. we are bringing back our jobs. america first, remember that. doesn't that kind of message appealed to north carolinians? guest: it does. the truth is, he may have done better if he'd stuck to that message rather than insulting everybody in america. there is a lot of concern about jobs. he has said that he's going to fix it but never has in his businesses. it's very interesting. toning directly contrary what the governor is trying to say in his campaign for reelection. that we had more jobs than ever before. it cannot be helpful to him for his parties presidential candidate to come into north carolina and say that the economy here is going to hell in a handbasket and the only person that can fix it is me. i expect that governor mccrory wishes the trump would spend his time campaigning far away from here. bud, west virginia. caller: good morning, c-span. thank you for taking my call. i have a question for the gentleman. he started out by saying that north carolina was progressive state -- a progressive party. nobody e

debate between the governor of north carolina, republican pat general of north carolina, democrat roy cooper. we should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power, and flooding still remains a threat for so many. some of you are having to listen on the radio or are streaming this debate because of no power. we want to thank you and thank both candidates and the viewers, and we hope things return to normal as soon as possible. let me begin by quickly covering the rules of tonight's debate. it will last an hour and we'll begin with one-minute opening stat and then i will pose questions directly to the candidates. i should note these questions have been determined by me and members of the radio and news association of the carolinas. each candidate will have one minute to respond and a 30-second rebuttal. i do reserve the right to follow up as needed. we will conclude the debate with 90-second closing statements. there is a device that will time. we ask that they adhere to these time limits so we don't have to becom

debate between the governor of north carolina, republican pat mccrory, and the attorney general of north carolina, democrat roy cooper. we should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power, and flooding still remains a threat for so many. some of you are having to listen on the radio or are streaming this debate because of no po both candidates and the viewers, and we hope things return to normal as soon as possible. let me begin by quickly covering the rules of tonight's debate. it will last an hour and we'll begin with one-minute opening statements from each candidate, and then i will pose questions directly to the candidates. i should note these questions have been determined by me and members of the radio and news association of the carolinas. each candidate will have one minute to respond and a up as needed. we will conclude the debate with 90-second closing statements. there is a device that will no notify candidates of remaining time. we ask that they adhere to these time limits so we don't have to become ti

we are still attracting business every day to north carolina. investment in north carolina.hink we've got the fourth fastest-growing economy. we might have missed a few people like paypal. it's their loss, in my summation. jonathan: so you don't think this bill has hurt the economy in north carolina? senator burr: based upon what i see and the economic data, we still attract investment and we still create jobs every week. jonathan: another question to you. you have been in congress for two decades, 22 years as you pointed out. your opponent has criticized you for taking millions of dollars from special interests. you are just one of three senators who voted against the stock act which banned lawmakers from trading. my question to you is how do you respond to ms. ross's allegation that you basically used your position to cash in? senator burr: it's a lie, quite honestly. she has claimed that my personal wealth has grown phenomenally. let me share with you -- when i left the private sector 22 years ago, my retirement account was switched over to an ira worth a little more than

she was so proud to be a north carolina teacher. she wouldn't have liked how we've fallen to 41st in teacher pay... 44th in per-student spending... or that governor mccrory tried to cut education funding to its lowest budget share in over 30 years. it's why thousands of teachers are moving out of state. as governor, i'll make schools the priority again. >>> time is we're digesting all of the information. 145 miles an hour winds associated with this massive category 4 hurricane. look at the circular characteristics of this storm. that's a clear indicator of how strong the storm is. a pretty defined eye within the last hour or so as well. a little ways away from the extreme southwestern peninsula of haiti. throughout the next few hours. moving to the north at 9 miles today and then move on to the bahamas. here's a look at some of the computer models that we monitor when we are tracking hurricane and you can most of these have them move to shore. i showed you the updated track. you do know that this is the yellow track for the national

it has embarrassed north carolina. if they just leave this new definition of gender expression and gender identity, which changes the whole definition of man and woman, boy and girl, and our privacy rights, if we're not going to have leaders stand up for the basic rights of either see in our nation, and our state, and our state, then we our -- then we are losing strong leadership. roy cooper: i'm glad he admits this is an embarrassment to north carolina, because it is. we had investors come in to tell -- they controlled $2 trillion worth of assets, and they told us this is essentially state government inflicted recession. governor mccrory attacked them. three days later in wilmington come at a speech to the chamber of commerce, said we need to bring more investment and capital into north carolina. gov. pat mccrory: i got a standing ovation at that chamber of commerce event. chuck todd: i have follow-ups were both of you. -- each have 32nd responses 30 second responses. you're the chief law enforcement of the state. if

in central north carolina. pushing through the sand hills right now, and some heavier rain, you can see the very bottom of the screen there, the oranges, and the reds popping up on the radar, and still pushing their way to the northwest here, so areas in cumberland county, and parts of harnett county, and lee county, and moore county, would he can expect to see the heavy rain, picking up again, here, as we head through the next 30 minutes, to an hour. and flash flood watches are in effect for all of the counties that you see, highlighted in green. and that is for the heavy rain today, which may cause some locations. and these counties here, we do have a flash flood warning in effect, until 2:30 this afternoon, and that is for sampson county county, harnett county, cumberland county, lee county, and moore and hoke counties as well. and we have seen this area, already saturated with rain. we had dam breaches as heavy rain fell a week ago. and the saturated ground not boding well with the additional rain we have m

i have principler now after this radical decision has come to north carolina, male prisoners who want to be transferred to the female prison. carolina issue. the justice department under the obama administration wants to change the official definition of gender to gender identities, and charlotte wants to add gender expression. the next governor this, governor right here is running the state prisons right now. now, schools and the prison system, when someone has an individual situation regarding their identity and gender, we have segregated and separated thos special arrangements. that's what principals have been doing for years in north carolina. the attorney general roy cooper, he is supporting a-- he sadly on promoted the boycott, the head of the democratic governor's association helped announce the millions to his campaign. >> mr. cooper? >> again, that's all he can talk about but i have to address the boycott. i have been working very hard to encourage businesses to come to north carolina and help us fight house bill 2. many of them have said i think we are not going to come. we

>>> the carolinas are next, as hurricane matthew roars north from florida, georgia and south carolina. and we will have more on what the storm is doing now and what it is expected to do next. >> counties, and the state and emergency management officials move into place ahead of the storm. with threats of severe flooding on the way to republicans cry foul over the latest controversy surrounding presidential nominee donald trump. hear the remarks that landed him in hot water and the apology he issued while you might have been sleeping. first, let's take a look outside right now. you can see a little bit of some raindrops there on the lens. it is a wet start to this saturday, october 8, 2016. we are glad you're starting it with us, a very busy news and weather morning. >> we are here with morning hours for us. what is the latest on the hurricane? >> no major changes from last night. we are mainly going to see some very heavy rain and high wind gusts as matthew continues to approach the coast of north carolina. right now it is doing serious damage along the georgia and south carolina coas

welcome to the north carolina association of broadcasters educational foundation gubernatorial candidates debate between governor pat mccrory, and democrat roy cooper. we should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power. threading still remains a threat for so many desk flooding storm is a threat for so many. we want to thank both candidates and the viewers come and hope that things return to normal as soon as possible. we want to begin by covering the rules of the debate. it will last one hour, and will begin with one minute opening statements from each candidate. i will then post questions directly to the candidate. these questions have been determined by me and an association, and have not been reviewed by the candidates or their staff. each candidate will have a minute for response and a 32nd rebuttal. i do reserve the right to follow up as needed. secondill be 92nd -- 90 closing statements. we ask the candidates to adhere to these time limits so that we do not have to be time cops. welcome the current governor

i've been there for 22 years and my focus has always been the people of north carolina to provide the best constituent service and in the past year and we have yet to complete it, we have given 26,000 tours to north carolinians and have handled 4500 cases where individuals had problems with federal agencies. we have answered over 37,000 phonecalls, excuse me handled over 37,000 pieces of mail and 15,000 phonecalls. i have tried to do my best but i'm ultimately up to the judgment of the people of north carolina but i've also had a focus on the policy side. i focused on education and health care and agriculture and energy and national security and veterans. these are all important but the one thing that makes me the proudest is the most recent bill that i passed, the able act to create a 529 account for those families that have disabilities and their families and we break down finally this penalty that the federal government puts on a disabled person and we allow them to seek whatever god enabled them to achieve. thank you gentlemen. mobs of their many initial specific to north carolina

north carolina, clinton up six, 47-41. north carolina is clinton's best shot at winning a state. president obama lost in 2012. what's interesting is i feel like it gives you a status of the race where we were going in. north carolina in particular, the early vote, everything, she may have already built up a flood wall. >> she's even with all this in pretty good shape. maybe it will tighten and help the down ballot republicans. the other thing people are missing is early on she created what i call the 38 latitude lock. colorado over to virginia. put them away. now trump could win florida and ohio, but he would have to pull a big state and win north carolina, even with this, it's a tough order. >> the president -- i was going to say the president will is going to north carolina on wednesday. michelle obama -- i was there with michelle obama and hillary clinton. even on a day almost overwhelmed by the bill clinton money issues coming out of that -- >> that was two october surprises ago. >> even then, it was an extraordinary day for them in north carolina. >> i was going to -- you me

that is a chief dividing line in north carolina and other states. >> north carolina go ahead. >> caller: i know who said that such security. that was set up back in the depression and i know that wins set up for my part surgery. but the democratic party said they are taking care of us. but looking up the great depression eye looked at trump but you'll have to protect we have. >> the caller has rightly focused attention on the programs of the federal government of social security, medicare also talking about medicaid for the low income people and yet for what is striking to me is fellow amount of attention they have gotten in the debate and as you saw the third presidential debate the candidates on these very issues but theyhe did not want to spend that much time talking about the issues so security programs sita will now enter a situation that you face challenges economically, medicare takes an increasing percentage. note of those things that are disappointing, for me that ranks right up there to devote more time and focus more attention county and makes her of these competing plans? yo

protecting north carolina families. i'm no marketing guru... but this guy is. he's from madison avenue. carolina families. he likes to say things like... raised without antibiotics. that's a phrase he invented to make chicken sound safer. and it doesn't mean much because, by federal law, all chickens must be clear of antibiotics before they leave the farm. i've got more. "mom approved?" "caffeine free?" we think mr. marketing guru would fit in better at a different chicken company. ooh, i got it. "gluten free." >>> aish man with have could become very first person to be cured. >> if the trial is successful it could pave the way for effectively treating the 37 million people around the world living with the virus. >> reporter: joe josh contracted hiv in 2008. she says being diagnosed was heartbreaking. >> it was awful. i would like to say oh, i took it in my stride but that just isn't true. i was in a sort of shock. today has come a long way but despite major medical advances there is still no cure. now, that could be about to change. for decades the use of antir

>>> north carolina news at 5 starts now. >> breaking news on cbs north carolina. right now raleigh police are investigating a crash that put one man in the hospital. >> and flooding after hurricane matthew still causing problems for folks in our area from power outages to school closings. we have everything you need to know this morning about the storm's impact. hello go here on cbs north carolina. i'm stefan chase. >> good morning, i'm russ bowen. lets get straight to it. several school systems in our area remain closed yet again today. >> here's a part of the list, cumberland, halifax, harnett, moore, nash, rocky mount are closed. hoke and johnson county schools are closed for the rest of the week. lee county is on a one-hour delay today. >>> let's get straight to storm team meteorologist alyssa corfont who's got a look at our forecast. bit of dryout. >> the sunny skies are what we'll continue to see. that's the good news through the rest of the week. we do want to start off with the flood warnings that are still in effect through later today, possibly through l

still ahead on cbs north carolina. latest on the investigation, and how the victims' family is reacting u tonight. >> plus the durham school board is expected to add a new member arsenic, mercury, lead. that's what you got. ed the drinking water of 1.6 million people in north carolina. and what did duke energy get? a sweeter deal from pat mccrory. mccrory got thousands in campaign contributions from duke energy executives. and what will you get? years of higher electric bills to pay for cleaning up their mess. narrator: look up the facts on richard burr. the insurance industry gave richard burr's campaigns and richard burr wrote a plan to privatize medicare. "new profits for private insurers would be as high as sixteen to twenty-six billion." but seniors would pay nine percent more for medicare. richard burr is looking out for himself and the insurance industry... not you. >>> do you remember school board will meet to discuss a replacement for the district two board seat. >> 11 candidates are hoping to get the position

it was supported by the north carolina farm bureau, the north carolina chamber of commerce and the tech communities that the senator voted no. as your senator i will make it a priority to make sure that we solve this immigration issue so that we are not having spats within the state legislatures and among the local governments. >> moderator: mr. burr. >> burr: well, jonathan, we tried desperately to put together a coalition that can have common sense and immigration reform that starts with fixing the legal system and i think mr. trump has talked about that, but so have republican and democratic members of the united states senate. it's just we have been to the platforinto theplatform to be at up. if we start fixing the current system, then we can get onto fixing other things that need to be broken. individuals that haven't committed a crime should have thalegal status for this tempor. individuals that want to seek citizenship should have to leave the country and do it just like everybody else and then come back. i think it is safe to say that there is no pathway that i can support that

safety. >>> overnight thursday into friday, that is when it is expected to be the closest to the north carolina coast. farther up coast in south carolina, there were long lines in gas stations after governor. nikki haley warmed 1.1 million people need to be ready to move inland she spoke again this morning, pushing back the thursday. >> we are not instable territory it. we are still moving as the storm moves. we are still seeing a zigzag motion as we move forward. >> this is a live look alumni 26 -- along i-26. this is awful. this is people trying to get out of the charleston area ahead of the 3:00 p.m. evacuation deadline. this is so slow going. the storm is expected to maintain 130 mile an hour winds as it heads towards the eastern seaboard. >>> the eastern north carolina rick ross is gearing up or matthew. they held a cross is gearing up for hurricane matthew. they held a meeting and are urging folks to be prepared. >> make a plan, understand what is going to happen. stay informed by listening to media accounts and whether service reports and build a kit. have the things in your home and pre

his work earned him a spot in the north carolina journalism hall of fame and north carolina broadcasters hall of fame. >> he stepped down in 2015 at that time telling viewers he was battling als. narrator: look up the facts on richard burr. the insurance industry gave richard burr's campaigns "new profits for private insurers would be as high as sixteen to twenty-six billion." but seniors would pay nine percent more for medicare. richard burr is looking out for himself and the insurance industry... not you. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. ?? with the name trusted for 80 years, you have the compassion of the cross. the security of the shield. and the best choice of doctors and hospitals. giving you the power to keep pace. blue cross and blue shield of north carolina. >>> tonight a moore county couple fighting for a little boy who say of they say is a victim of a broken system. >> andy was just an infant when he suffered permanent brain damage the result of being shaken. cbs north carolina's michael hyland reports getting justice has been a battle for years and and

donald trump, he is no respect. >> there's a time in which north carolina was north carolina. it's more like north america there are people from all over the country who now call north carolina home. back in friendship where my mother was born and where she's buried, in our family's cemetery. >> in the south, certainly here in friendship, people don't so much visit the graveyard to grieve but to talk. to visit family. >> reporter: the friendship of her childhood was predominantly black, overwhelmingly rural. today it's now a place where the highly educated and overly affluent live as friends. >> i moved here for work. >> what's your work? >> software engineer. >> reporter: in north carolina this election is less about two unpopular presidential candidates. it's far more personal than that. it's about what was -- >> i'm sure she would have had a strong opinion about hillary clinton and donald trump. >> reporter: what is -- >> what do you think about this race between hillary clinton and donald trump? >> i just want to vote none of the above. >> reporter: and what will become of

carly griffith, cbs, north carolina. >>> cbs north carolina teaming up with the red cross to help those impactedy matthew by providing food and shelter if you want to help head to w everything you need to get involved -- wncn.com. >>> hurricane matthe was so powerful it dug up part of the past. >> coming up. the historic find on the shores of south carolina. >>> the trial continues for the former unc student charged in the deadly wrong way crash and >>> looking ahead to 5:30. the dust has settled over the most bizarre presidential bate. buck newton's law legalizing discrimination. a national embarrassment. it was my honor and my privilege to carry house bill 2 through the north carolina senate. and newton stands defiantly behind hb2. my opponent calls this buck's bill. and you know what? i say, bring it on! buck newton is wrong for attorney general. we're better than this. strengthen our communities. together. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than part

but north carolina, well, i love you, north carolina, because you are so close. before we talk about that we will talk about the national, what is our deal? last week average of polls stood 47 to 43.8% and hick was -- hillary clinton was up. so this week, 44 to 42.4%? i thought she win. the send there is only one poll out, so we do not know. a week from now we will know in the race has changed. >> maybe you should tune in next week. what about north carolina? the tar heel state? the average of polls said that it is tied. essentially. so, how do you win in north carolina? when we look at north carolina, we are talking, really, about all of north carolina, there are pockets with large african-american communities and the appalachian area but it is mostly wake county, we know about because that is where the state capital is and although it is the second largest county it is the county where you get the most votes, the most important one of the fastest 20 growing counties in the nation, and high median income and quite white at 69% white and 21% black, obama won 55%

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and your 7-day forecast, as we get ready for the first weekend other north carolina state fair will be a warming one. 60s tomorrow to mid-70s on sunday. 80degrees on monday. and by the way, if you're are heading out to the north rides at 10:00 a.m. saturday. it all shuts down at midnight. by lunchtime we'll be in the low 60s. afternoon temperatures topping out in the upper 60s. >> then chilly at night. as we'll drop into the upper 50s for fireworks. and tomorrow morning's temperature of 49, you'll notice will be our coolest morning temperature going forward. it is going to warm back up into next monday through wednesday. again, the next cold front by next thursday and is 69. today we made 70 degrees. just barely sneaking in there. another $100 from us and our friends for the tammy lynn center bringing the monthly total up to $1300. all the great work they do for kids and adults worth developmental disabilities. >> . >>> welcome hours from around the worked are on display in raleigh at the international festival. coming up how the whole weekend >> remember high school blitz is back toni

portions of north carolina. this yellow line you're seeing in the middle, that's the national hurricane center's track. and could take the storm over the outer banks as we head into the weekend. it's important to note a lot can still change and we're expecting it to change over the coming days. 63 here we'll stay in the low 60s through 7:00. i'll have more on the workweek forecast and when the hurricane could arrive coming up in just a bit. russ? >> all right. on a much lighter and spicier note it's national taco day. millions of people eat tacos every day in this world. check your favorite local restaurant. many are offering taco specials in honor of the day. 5:41 in the morning. coming up next. before themselves. >> it's an extraordinary hug. family and friends remember a wake county teenager killed after a wreck. coming up in 4 minutes, hear what the victim's mom had to say after the teen hugged her. >>> yeah. barking dog, not usually something you want to hear but coming up later why this one guy is getting

cbs north carolina. in for stephen chase this morning. >> we begin with the latest on hurricane mathew. the category 4 hurricane is battering haiti with strong rains. heavy rain also fell on jamaica and the threat is present for dominican republic as well. >> take a look at the hurricane >> let's go straight to storm team meteorologist. how this affects us here in south carolina depends on a lot of things >> . a lot of thing and depends on where and if it makes land fall along the east coast. we were talking about this storm battering haiti and that's what it's doing. bringing that deaf staitding rainfall amounts to the island. they're expecting up to 25 inches of rain in those areas. maybe even higher amounts. maybe double that. closer to 40 inches of rain. life-threatening amounts of rain. you're talking storm surge and this storm is certainly a bit stronger than yesterday when we were talking. now hurricane strength winds only extend out from the tropical storm winds extend further than that. 8 miles

beyond that in north carolina the republican party has gone pretty far right to an extent that most north carolinians who like that down the middle mainstream approach are very in touch with. >> host: (202)748-8000 correct or carolina residents 202-7488 001 for all of theirs. jason finan is our guest. he co-publishes a blog second of politics. we heard about his experience in the state. mr. pearce tell us about this blog and its unique nature. >> guest: at makes it unique is it's a democrat and republicans. my blogging partner used to work for jesse helms. in fact he and i met when we were negotiating the rules of the hud debates in a night -- 1984. we start a blog in 2005 and we give credit to the fellow who worked for howard dean. matthew was one of the pioneers campaigning. carter and i actually have a nonpolitical client that we were working on together and we met matthew. at the end of that time matthew said you guys up to do a blog in carter said what is it log? matthew explained it to us and set us up and we went after it. we try to do more than just repeat partisan talking points.

again, that question, north carolina.ry clinton could basically shut this whole thing down if she can win north carolina, and guess what, as chris was telling you, the election is already started there. people are already voting. this is a heavy early voting state. let me show you what information we have from north carolina. so so far more than 600,000 votes have been cast. what does that mean? that is about 15% of the total of all of the votes that were cast in 2012. this is a state where about half of all the votes in 2012 end up being cast early. what do you see here? there is a big advantage for democrats in terms of the ballots that have been cast so far. they are coming much more than from republicans and from independents. i give you a couple notes of caution here. obvious this will looks like a significant advantage for hillary clinton. remember, we saw a big advantage in the early voting in north carolina in 2012 for barack obama and the democrats. remember, in the end, mitt romney did end up winning that sta st

>>> north carolina news at 5 starts now. >>right now on cbs north carolina durham authorities looking for a shooter after a man is killed walking home. >>> a day after the debate hillary clinton and donald trump attend the same charity event. >>> protecting yourself from credit card fraud. e >>> you made it. good morning, happy friday. thanks for watching cbs north carolina i'm stefan chase. >>and i'm justin quesinberry. ali will have a look at your morning commute but first alyssa corfont is here with your forecast. >>pretty mild temperatures. that's just half the issue. just like yesterday we have henderson, 69 in rocky mount and clayton. raleigh we're now to 64 degrees. we're at 62 in fayetteville. 65 in ray ford and in pinehurst. a look at the fog will show the trouble spots we need to pay attention to. really looking closely at i-95 corridor, edgecombe county, nash county, wilson, halifax, up towards southampton as well. mile and a half to a mile these areas. fog will hang around till 8:00 a.m. showers possible this aft

more than 450,000 duke energy customers across north carolina currently remain without north carolina. beau minnick has more on how crews are working against the aftermath of the storm here in raleigh. you can see there's a large tree that has fallen over here on gardner street. we're at the intersection with ashley court. as you can tell, the tree is blocking traffic in both directions, ask in a lot of ses in this area, trees have fallen over and have hit power lines causing a lot of those power outages. caught up with some of the duke energy crews at the staging area in raleigh. the carolinas. some of them coming from as far away as the midwest and new hampshire. >> access has been a real challenge, you know, while many roads continue to remain flooded, we're going to assess the times when we can get in and really start performing the work safely, once the flood waters recede in those areas. >> i had to go get dinner. cannot cook without power. you can't do nothing. >> some people are frustrated knowing they may not have power to a week before some people get their power restored, t

obama back in north carolina .'s message to those impacted by the floods in our state. >>> well circle schools - tomorrow. >> thanks for joining us. will be scrolling the schools throughout that newscast but here is the latest list probably, fairfax all too wednesday. pope and johnson closed for the rest of league. lee county on one hour delay and sadly tonight the death toll in north carolina has risen to 18. 2000 customers are still in the dark but crews have restored all power in florida and they are not moving north. >>> and the damp we have been watching all day. the woodland them the whole has grown and the aftermath could be catastrophic if people do not follow evacuation orders. we have the latest. >> reporter: the actual dam is only about 500 yards over my shoulder and that is why it roads like this one behind me are closed. they want to keep everyone they want to keep people away from dangerous areas that could be affected if the dam were to break but the people who live on the other side of the closures e

. >>> one week after hurricane matthew, flooding in north carolina is -- matthew flooding in north carolina, it still poses a threat to communities and towns and a drastic change to homecoming festivities at one local high school. >>> first, a cool start to your morning. it's 56 degrees out there as we lo skyline. good morning and thanks for watching cbs north carolina. i'm amy cutler. >> and i'm meteorologist kristin ketc heh -- kristin ketchell. >> and that is a nice thing to see, considering matthew was one week ago today and we're still feeling the effects of the heavy rain that much of central and eastern north carolina experienced. this morning, we are dry. carrie. a few clouds there and overall, it's off to a nice start to the weekend. and showing dry conditions, a few high, thin clouds popping up and that isd case throughout the day today. mostly sunny skies and ay nice start to the weekend here and cooler than average this time of the year. the temperatures in the 50s. 56 in raleigh and durham; 57, lillington and fayetteville and 58 degrees is in hype hurt. we have the counties sha

live at rdu, carleigh griffith, cbs north carolina. >> thank you. >>> south carolina's governor, nikki haley, begs people on the coast to leave because of the latest projections of the storm. wind of 110 miles per hour are expected on the south carolina charleston is likely to be worse than hurricane hugo. nearly 300,000 people have evacuated, but about 500,000 still need to go. she said a good indicator of how bad this is the beaufort memorial hospital is evacuating as well. >> this is really a serious storm. we have, in every way, tried to prepare as much as possible to keep you safe as possible, but we can't take you by the hand and bring you to the upstate. we can't take you by the h out of there." >> president obama call the governor and offer what had federal help the state needs. the governor said that's anything the state needs at all and doesn't happen have like more generators, baby formula, and cots for shelter. >>> good morning. it's 4:37 on this friday, giving you a live look at 540 at capital boulevard and the roads are very wet on the way morgan street at u.s. 70, not se

for the next run to see if they continue along the track which will pull the storm away from north carolina. that's the only real change. it continues to hug the coast of florida and south carolina and makes a dramatic turn to the right with the current forecast track. we'll talk more about that just a few minutes ago, we had a new update from the national hurricane center. we don't get a new track until 11:00 a.m. which we will share on the noon newscast. but the good news, it has weakened a little bit more, moving northwest at 10, and that's going to kind of turn it toward florida and bring it across the bahamas. you can see the storm starting to pull away from cuba haiti. and in time, we'll learn more about how things fared in haiti. we know it wasn't good. a look at the most forecast track hugging the coast of florida and it will take a right turn and bring it farther from north and overnight saturday and sunday night as it sits off the coast of north carolina, it weakens back down to a category 1 storm. we'll talk about what that but let's get you out the door, 60s for the most part, m

ericka's remaintains were found in chesterfield county near the north carolina border. >> a scary monday in carolina beach after police say someone shot at them with an saul rifle. they were first called to a neighborhood monday afternoon. when they got ther started stooting at them. none of the officers were hurt. after a search of the area. a strong reaction after dozens of the school's band members kneeled on feel and the playing of national anthem. they were met with boos when they took the field at halftime. the bands director say it is will not be tolerated. they are meeting with the people involved. >> similar protest at every level since nfl quarterback refused to stand racial injustice. >> have you ever wonder what to do with all of that spare change you find in your car or around the house? well a man in randolph county had a pretty good idea for you. >> it really gets attention. >> larry hall covered his chevy blaze frer bumper to bumper in pennys. the vehicle was white before he decided to make a copper change. >> had to put them on one by one and it took like seven weeks, si

he didn't go to north carolina. he didn't advertise in north carolina.fter that convention no one thought north carolina would be a play in 2016. what you have is you have a governor -- >> do you just make this up? >> you have a governor of north carolina who discriminates against people based on gender. you have someone at the top of the ticket that discriminates everybody. >> that's a bunch of lies. >> you have a senate candidate who stands with that presidential candidate. >> when you left north carolina did you stop learning how to tell the truth? you need to have your mouthwashed out with soap. obama lived in north carolina in 2012. we beat him again anywhere. we're going to beat hillary clinton. >> this is how it is when my younger brother and i get together. again, last week when you were here, you dismissed donald trump's refusal to accept the results of the election. do you think that might be part of the reason that he has slipped in polls over the past week? especially among early voter there is in your state? >> i think what i said was flippa

smart rinse delivers >> welcome back to cbs north carolina. the time is 4:40 on this thursday morning. >>> here's the latest satellite image of hurricane matthew. wind right now at 115 miles per hour moving northwest about 10 miles per hour. you can see a little eye there this morning as this progresses to the northwest, approaching the northern bahamas and then will quickly approach the southeastern portions of florida late today into overnight. they will start to feel outer as well and that's why we're looking at a hurricane warning in effect for pretty much the entire east coast of florida. this includes daytona beach, jacksonville, and hurricane watch also in effect for not only the coast of georgia but southern portions of the south carolina coast as well. certainly something we'll be monitoring closely. these areas expected to see a very dangerous storm surge, very heavy rain, very heavy wind as well. 62 degrees right now. this is a live picture from our tower camera as we start off time of year, 62 durham and raleigh, 63 lillington and

we continue right after this >>> north carolina news at 5 starts now. >> breaking news on cbs north carolina. right now raleigh police are investigating a crash that put one man in the hospital. >> and flooding after hurricane matthew still causing problems for folks in our area from power outages to school closings. we have everything you need to know this morning about the storm's impact. hello go here on cbs north carolina. i'm stefan chase. >> good morning, i'm russ bowen. lets get straight to it. several school systems in our area remain closed yet again today. >> here's a part of the list, cumberland, halifax, harnett, moore, nash, rocky mount are closed. hoke and johnson county schools are closed for the rest of the week. lee county is on a one-hour delay today. >>> let's get straight to storm team meteorologist alyssa corfont who's got a look at our forecast.