lieutenant governor, leader corman, leader reid, members of the general assembly. members of the judiciary, members of the cabinet, recognized the auditor general, the attorney-general, the treasurer, and my wife frances. [applause] >> most importantly, my fellow pennsylvanian its. this will not be an ordinary governor's budget address. usually this speech is an opportunity to lay out and the bishops agenda for the year ahead. under ordinary circumstances i outlined my 2 cousins 16-17 budget proposal, a proposal full of ideas to move forward. new measures to impose every child in pennsylvania, it starts before kindergarten and goes all the way through college. in public and private sectors to create jobs and grow our economy. i talked about the new innovation that can build on the progress we have already made to modernizing our state government so it works better and costs bless. i talked about long overdue steps we can take to lead the commonwealth fulfills promise of equal opportunity. the legalization of medical marijuana. raise the minimum wage, criminal justic

that's what two bills in the general assembly are aiming to do it a new vision for high schools across the commonwealth students would take four classes in their first two years of high school then in their junior and senior years they can choose to take courses that prepare them for college or they can take a pack paper piercing for the work force by getting an internship or apprenticeship and maybe some big changes may local educators are praising the phils virginia beach education association told the bill is intended to put her high school students on a solid path to work or college with a focus on real skills not just test scores in virginia beach school board chairman dan edwards said we are delighted and supportive of the inclusion of workforce credentials and industry certifications as potential offset to some current as the well requirements i definitely think that would be a lot better because there's a lot of students as as me myself i didn't test very well. if the bill passes the new requirements would begin for the freshman class that starts in the fall of twenty eighteen.

a bill that passed the general assembly wants to regulate the game as if it were virginia lawmakers are rolling the dice on fantasy sports. the general assembly passed a bill exempting daily fantasy sports from the state s ban on gambling. newschannel three s les smith is here with more. virginia would become the first state in the country to regulate fantasy sports. millions of people play it. and now many lawmakers want the state to go tons 476615 :13 its very addicting because you can start out small with the money but you eventually go bigger and bigger and bigger. you end up winning more money weekly. its awesome. i love it. ) :23 fantasy sports is big business in hampton roads and eveywhere else in america. the lottery. along with charitible gaming, like bingo, has been allowed in virginia for decades. soon, fantasy sports will be too. the general assembly passed a bill allowing daily fantasy sports—at a price. companies like fan duel and draft kings must pay 50-thousand dollars to the state up front. but thats chump change in the multi-billion dollar fantasy sports business

a bill discussed in the general assembly is getting a lot of attention here. the bill would require a school division to put cameras in special education classrooms. wsls 10's ananda rochita is live in the studio. ananda ... how would this bill be enforced? the school system would have to install cameras if a parent or school board employee requested them. however it's getting a lot of mixed emotions from parents and teachers who believe trust is on the line. amy robertson's daughter lauren was born was cerebral palsy and has trouble talking. it's why she wants cameras in classrooms if something happened. 0:11 amy robertson/pare nt of special needs child - 12:01:42 if you don't have a child who can come home and give don't have a voice and that can be their voice. robertson supports a bill ... now being discussed in the general assembly. senate bill 763 would require a school division to put cameras in special education classrooms. cameras would be installed if a parent or school board employee requested them. however this bill is getting mixed emotions. twila

if all goes as planned the general assembly will approve the new maps. john: developing this morning a texas state trooper faces a wrongful death lawsuit and criminal trial. a judge must decide whether to delay the lawsuit. the family of sandra bland sued him after she was found dead three days after her arrest. attorneys for the trooper said he wouldn't be able to defend hrpls against the lawsuit while fighting the criminal kills. a judge heard arguments yesterday. the trials for five baltimore police officers accused in the death of freddie gray are on will hear appeal cgray died after a violent ride in a police van. barbara: to the srgs into san bernardino terrorist attacks. f.b.i. searched the home of the brother of the gunman syed farook. acts spent about four -- agents were seen taking a computer and the brother was not a back door to access other iphones and i-pads feel john: troubling report finds one in 10 bridges are 21 repairs to, did barbara: a after devastation. john: a 10-minute tantrum? i'm just getting started. steve: just getting warmed

the court denied the general assembly's request for a stay of the court's order requiring the general assembly to redraw congressional map in a constitutional manner. one of the districts does affect parts of charlotte and this order means the elections cannot the general assembly can appeal this denial to the u.s. supreme court. >> and the story continues. thank you. >> right now time to check our traffic here is tonya rivens. >> and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. let's check in on tryon street by shopton an accident. and farther down south we have an injury accident at south boulevard. arrowood is a great alternate creek road. we see the red switching over which means stop-and-go traffic here is the scene. a one-lane is blocked in the intersection for sure. the drive time highway 49 southbound to 160, about an hour at the moment. slow-moving traffic and here is the scene at 485 by south tryon and arrowood road. >> thank you. when i got off the plane and got to charlotte the temperatures california. it was burr chilly. >> and today is colder than yesterday. a

he looks forward to working with the general assembly to finalize the agreement. police in northern virginia are looking for a woman who has been missing for two days. 22-year-old sarah waye was last seen in fairfax wednesday afternoon. she was driving a black 2009 toyota police say the girl has been treated for mental health conditions and her family is concerned for her welfare. she's been entered into the national crime information center as a missing person. anyone with information is asked to call police. almost 500 local soldiers in the virginia national guard are preparing for a year long deployment in the middle east. the lynchburg based national guard, made up of men and women from across the area will deploy to qatar in may. they will provide security detail and will relieve another winchester based national guard unit who will return home from their year long deployment. specialist douglas harris / army national guard "it's a good feeling. i know that i am actually doing something, being a part of something that is bigger than myself is a great, great f

. >> the naacp does not think the general assembly should be the responsible party for drawing districts. >> this is what the ncaacp would like to see. >> the replacement of the legislature with people who have a respect for the constitution. >> the judges ordered lawmakers to come up with new boundaries by february 19th. the state could seek a delay with an appeals court. north carolina primaries are set for march 15th. maggie, back to you. >>> folks from across the area are coming together to help collect water for people in lee county where 15 wells are con department discovered elevated levels of chromium in the counties wells. the department of environmental

a measure going through the general assembly aims to put cameras in special education classrooms. the pushback its getting from people in our community. plus ... national guard soldiers will soon be heading overseas. the mission in the middle east they've been training for. and ... a major layoff in the hill city. the impact losing 200 jobs could have on lynchburgs economy. good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. i'm lindsey ward. and i'm dawn jefferies. a bill being discussed in the general assembly aims to put cameras in special education classrooms. it's a push to give students who can't speak ... a voice. but not everyone thinks it's a good idea. wsls 10's ananda rochita explains. ananda rochita/roanok e - "a bill discussed in the general assembly is getting a lot of attention here. the bill would require a school division to put cameras classrooms." senate bill 763 would require a school division to put cameras in special education classrooms. cameras would be installed if a parent or school board employee requested them. however this bill is getting mixe

this increases the chances that the general assembly will reconvene before the supreme court rules. they say the case could create

the governor may have to call the general assembly, or would have redraw the maps." another possible option - move forward, but delay voting for u-s house candidates until everything is sorted out. 18:14:45 "now, that is very expensive for the state, some estimates are over 9- miillion dollars to run a special primary. but it could allow time for the process to carry out." still to come on rewind.... 15:27:12 - 27 standup tease "wondering what's going on with all this water sitting all over the place? it's because there's something in the caps that will likely gross you out! i'm 5 on your side's monica laliberte, just ahead what the issue is with one of the most bizarre complaints

a bill in the general assembly could have a huge impact for the hampton roads region lawmakers are trying to figure out how to regulate air the indy its own website that allows people to rent out rooms apartments and houses and resort area like ours that has thousands of hotel rooms. it could be bad news. this is for j co is light at the oceanfront where many of those hotels are to explain what this could mean for our resort cord or lawmakers in both the house and the senate passed their own versions of the bill that would allow any home owner in virginia to open up their own air b and b of course the hotels are concerned because they think this is going to tap into their business to local governments will have a few concerns of their own hundreds of homeowners are ready to open their doors to strangers letting them rent the whole house or even just a room it's a real business happening over the country plenty of hampton roads homes are advertised as well it's a great way to make money and share house with people i'm sure the neighborhood with people carol jackson all for it her family ow

. >>> the general assembly set up a referendum on whether the right to work laws should be in the state constitution. virginia is already a right to worker state, meaning that workers do not have to join a union in order to work in the commonwealth. democrats called the measure purely political. >>> opposition in the general assembly today over whether or not virginia should say where they get the drugs used in executions. senator scott summerville introduced that bill after the state used drugs in texas in the execution of alfredo preetoe. was from. a subcommittee rejected the bill. >>> an inheritance for cats. >> we deserve some of that. are just throwing their >> danner: a lady in maine is fighting to get money she says that she's owed to help stay cats. brenda jarvis said a woman used to give money to help stray animals. after thorpe died, she left her money to the cats. she says that trustees have >>> the clooney's date >>> all hail to clooney. george and take "e.t" inside their old ho date night. >>> arriving in style, amal's recycled wedding look. >>> plus co-star's channing tatu

and how will the general assembly react? bo minnick, wncn news now. >>> the air lift wing at fort braggs pope airfield looks to be over tonight. a letter was sent to congress informing them of the de activation today. it needs to reallocate resources in the most efficient manner the decision to shut down the unit unit would have an impact on the nation's readiness for battle. the armed services committee have 90 days to approve the letter. if approved, it's set to take place in september. >>> testimony continued in the a series of prosecution witnesses placed travion smith near the scene of after the killing of melissa huggins jones. the manager of the bone fish grill testified that the suspects left a messy pile of unusual suspects on an outside dining table. and a ben and jerrys store remember an argument they had over filling out the criminal history section of an employment application. >> arguing in the store, i can hear what you're saying. you might as well not fill out the application. i'm the manager. you're not going

the shawsville democrat represented western virginia for almost three decades in the general assembly. wdbj7's joe dashiell covered marye for many years, and he's in the studio tonight with colorful career. jean, madison marye was one of a kind, known for his length of service, his determination to represent his rural constituents, and above all for his sense of humor. senator madison marye: no longer will i be known as mad madison marye, but perhaps landslide marye is more like it. laughter. marye relished his victory in 1979, when he won re-election by fewer than ten votes. he persevered as a politician, introducing his bottle bill requiring a deposit on all beverage containers, more than a dozen times. but it was his stories, many about his uncle billy, that many will remember most. senator madison marye: in fact, my uncle billy once said that if you want to be a leader, you've got to find a bunch of people going somewhere, and get in front of 'em. laughter. marye had friends on both sides of the aisle. today, the news of his death brought tributes from republicans. 9th district co

the problem is not that republicans in the general assembly and i don't see eye to eye. after all, pennsylvanians are used to seeing political leaders disagree, and even strongly. and in 2014 in that election the people of pennsylvania chose divided government. the democratic governor, republican legislature. and i doubt anybody was surprised when it turned out that we have different priorities. no, this crisis is not about politics at all. this is about math. pennsylvania now faces a $2 billion budget deficit. that is not a democratic fact. and that is not a republican fact. it's just a fact. it's a fact supported by standard & poors, an independent rating agency. they have done the math and they agree that pennsylvania faces a massive structural budget deficit that will only continue to grow if we fail to address it responsibly. this is not just a cloud hanging over pennsylvania's long-term future, it's a time bomb. and it's ticking away right now even as i speak. if it explodes, the people in this chamber, if you allow it to explode then pennsylvania will experience a

the general assembly was asking for funding. so i had to walk around and teach people like their own private tutor period save . a dream job at the smithsonian and for the chemin it is even more important, his inspiring story tonight. >> virginia keep you from doing something specific in your car, let's see >>> cats, to kevin lopez. he has done a lot. oh yes he can divorce can ask stephanie reports. kevin 23 and has developmental disabilities. but with help, his life was changed along with everyone around him. this world war ii exhibit is where you will find kevin, the volunteer ambassador who is not afraid to ask questions. soon i get to walk around and teach people. took her because his mother, just as the sight of him doing so brings her to tears because the old kevin would never do this. he would hide or cry, afraid to talk to strangers. he has an autism disorder often taken for granted. so this is something i wanted to do. it was like my dream job. so it was like he was locked up for years and he just walked out and is big w

and a new bill affecting police officers makes it way through the general assembly. we'll tell you about the debate over privacy and public records. in our house, imagination runs wild. but at my table, i keep the food real. like country crock's recipe and no artificial flavors or preservatives. real country fresh taste from real ingredients. welcome to crock country. this winter, you have the power to heal. because your purchase of vaseline intensive care lotion, supports the vaseline healing project. join us to help millions in crisis this morning a virginia beach couple is recovering after a home. marsha and darnell seriously hurt when flames ripped through their home on victoria drive. that's off south plaza trail. alerted by their dogs barking - marsha escaped. firefighters later darnell. since then, doctors released marsha from the hospital, but darnell is still in the icu. their daughters spoke only to ten on your side saying - both were long time city employees. c1 19:12:22 - she had just retired. and the plan was for her and my dad to finally get to seeing yo

the map was passed in the general assembly. but it will still have to be approved by the court. >> larry: lots of sunshine. >> jason: the sunshine is going to be i think far and few between in terms of peaks of sunshine. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. here we are at the top of mount mitchell state park, 6600 feet. clouds in the distance. these will be rolling in overnight. 39, at that elevation this time of year, that's pretty good for the temperature right now. 53 in burnsville. 50 in hendersonville. 50 in franklin. 58 in clemson. and up in to watauga county, a chilly 48 degrees. clouds increase. by 7 o'clock. changes that include some rain for your weekend. find out when. >> larry: an update tonight on a new recycling program in asheville. the latest campaign is showing some real results. the city partnered with the housing authority and asheville greenworks to pilot the program last october. it provided nearly 300 homes in public housing communities. now a month later, homes have cut waste by roughly 2,000 pou

barbara: right now the general assembly hours from sealing a deal on new congressional maps and primary election date. gloria rodriguez is live in raleigh with what you need to know. john: today the final farewell to antonin scalia and what the vice president says about the possibility of being nominated as has replacement. barbara: new travel warning about the zika virus, locations on alert and pope francis dealing with the crisis. good morning, carolina, welcome on friday, february 19. 31 degrees at 4:30. i'm barbara gibbs. john: i'm john clark. another morning with freezing steve stewart is in for done. steve. we are looking at a cool day, low 50's but everyone is excited about this weekend. last sunday we started at 15. this sunday we will start in the 40's and be up to the 60's. 31 wake county a popular number. you see 20's in roxboro, oxford 27. southern pines 28. colder start, a few clouds moving by, should be mostly sunny today and temperature trend will get up to around 50 to 51 so a little below arrangeverage. the normal is 56. in connection week become, did direction. john: t

new at eleven, the fight to save catawba hospital appears to be gaining ground in the general assembly. local lawmakers say it now appears that both the house and senate money committees favor keeping the mental health facility open. tonight senator john edwards told wdbj7 he doesn't assembly has any intention of establishing a plan to close catawba at the present time. delegate joseph yost agreed, saying the news is "a great success" for consumers, their families, hospital staff and the community as a whole. the campaign trail to the white house continues for presidential hopefuls. five g-o-p hopefuls are trying to steal some of the spotlight away from front- runner donald trump, as they gear up for tomorrow night's cbs news republican debate. trump skipped campaigning in south carolina while his opponents are working to woo evangelical voters at a faith forum. on the democratic side, hillary clinton continued the attack she started against bernie sanders during last night's debate. she says sanders made false claims about president obama's legacy. this evening, former virginia govern

how a bill that's making its way through the general assembly could change your child's an abingdon man will spend the next year-and-a- half in federal prison for not paying taxes. according to u-s attorney john fishwick ... thomas watson ... the former owner of wat-co ... previously pled guilty to one count of failing to collect and pay taxes. the 58-year-old didn't pay payroll taxes for his employees between 20-10 and the first quarter watson has also been ordered to pay over 110- thousand dollars in restitution. a bill to lower the emphasis high schools throughout the commonwealth put on standardized testing is advancing through the general assembly. the legislation requires the state board of education to prioritize critical thinking over standardized testing.. like the s-o-l's. a house committee approved the bill 19-to-three on wednesday. the measure also encourages the emphasis of internships and technical training. new numbers show more people visited national park sites last year -- than ever before -- with a record 307-million visits. 57 of the 59 sites officially classified as

. >>> law that would allow security officers to carry guns its way through the general assembly, but not everyone is in favor. opponents say the bill is bringing more guns to school. >> reporter: for years, a bill aiming school staff to arm themselves at public or private schools have failed. now, a proposal to allow security guards at schools is making his way to the general assembly passing the education committee today. the security guards would have to be retired police officer and get permission from the local school board.>> this is at least a small step in the right direction. >> reporter: philip vancleave with the virginia defense league still thinks permit holder should be able to carry on school grounds, but believes the bill is a steppingstone in that direction. >> everywhere they allow permit holders to carry whether that be in school, churches, anywhere else >> reporter: he said it is already working in higher education in virginia. >> liberty university is a good example of this. they never had any problems >> chipping away every year. >> reporter: andy goddard with virg

a1a proposal before the general assembly could change the definition of resisting arrest. some police officers say it would make their jobs easier -- but there are concerns over constitutional rights. newschannel 3 s brendan ponton has the story. nats -- get out of the car cell phone video of this traffic stop in virginia beach shows a police officer and teenager in a dispute over getting out of a car. subtitle vehicle"but by law -- the teenager isn )t resisting arrest. it )s cases like that some police officers around the commonwealth want to change. including here locally. where members of the virginia beach police benevolent association local 34 recently went to richmond to advocate for a bill that would address the issue. the president sent me this statement saying "a better understanding of the elements could decrease the number of physical corontations between suspects and officers. the fraternal order of police also supports the idea. sot unless you run from the police you cannot be charged with resisting arrest. kevin carroll -- the president of the state fraternal

the north carolina education association says funding from the general. assembly are not helping. >> the lack of value, respect that the state of north carolina and the general. assembly are showing for the public teachers is pushing people out of the profession. >> we are doing a lot of things to make it better can't blame the legislature for all of these things. >> reporter: publicans -- republican coach points to recent raises for teachers upping it to $35,000 a year starting. he says there needs to be a better teaching training program for more, she tells us she is just going to focus on her dream. to work hard.>> reporter: bowman wncn news now. >> they are sending enrollment rose -- growth roles. they have also set up a new website to help in those efforts. have a link to that on our website thedenverchannel.com. -- tran3.com. >>> this is video of him appearing behind the magistrate this morning the show investigators took a laptop and several usb flash drives from his home in october. the war also shows that he raised his class ring from 67th to seventh if c

the general assembly is currently considering a bill to allow the state to use the electric chair as an alternative to legal-injection drugs. we want to get you caught up on developing news out of kansas where authorities say 4 people died and more than a dozen were hurt in a workplace shooting yesterday. the victim's families identified the shooter as cedric ford. they say he was a coworker of the victims. investigators say say the shooter himself is also dead. officers held a press conference within the last two hours about the deadly shooting that happened the city of hesston, which is about 20 miles north of wichita. investigators say there were four separate crime scenes - they also say the gunman was upset when he received protection order at work an hour and a half before the shootings. officials say the gunman worked at excel industries plant, a company that makes lawn care products and riding lawn- mowers. virginia beach police an armed robbery at at&t. it happened at the store on virginia beach boulevard just after 8:30 last night. police say two men went into the store wit

panel at this point to overturn what the republicans and the democrats have put together in the general assembly, chaos will result. >> robin hayes now chairs the state g.o.p. and feels the districts are fair and others see an imbalance of power. >> i urge the general assembly to unpack the improperly packed districts and restore fair representation to the citizens of the districts. >> time is a critical issue because the federal courts wanted state lawmakers to redraw the districts to friday. >> we will go back because we the only thing that would prevent that is if the supreme court issues a stay. >> now, that hearing was teleconferenced around north carolina. something else to consider is the fact that the mecklenberg county board of elections office have sent out roughly 1,000 absentee ballots. and the bigger issue is will the votes be counted? or will they be thrown out? live at the board of elections office, steve crump. >> not much time to solve the problem. >> 1500 people had to return their ballots state-wide. >> we have 30 in charlotte and seeing freezing rain in some parts. let's chec

supreme court, the general assembly will approve those brand-new congressional maps and the brand-new congressional primary day tomorrow, something all sides agree will cause voter confusion. republicans in the state house were forced to make a major change over when you get to vote washington. the house bill passed in raleigh . congress people will now be elected on june 7. while republican david lewis led the charge, he is hoping voters will never have to worry about it. republicans are counting on chief justice john roberts to delay a federal court ruling ordering north carolina to redraw its congressional maps, ruling that the current maps are racially biased. the state senate approved and newly drawn maps that republicans insist do not use voters' race as a matter. >> this is not the map that will come up if you google gerrymander. joel: democrats claim black voters are still stacked in a >> if democrats had their way, everyone would be voting on june 7, not split between march 15 and june 7. >> that's correct. people will be confused, and won't know who they are voting for. joel

the republican-led general assembly is under a court order to redraw the lines by friday. >> it gives a great deal of stress in this legislative building. there's a great deal of stress across the state. there are people that have cast their vote for congress. that they now don't know if it's going to count. >> 1500 people statewide returned absentee ballots. the districts at issue are one and twelve. twelve is toward winston salem. and one includes spots east of wilson and also to durham. the general assembly is asking a delay in the order as they say changing the districts now would impact the congressionallal primary elections on march 5th. without a delay, lawmakers would hold a special session. >> although it might cost a few dollars to resend absentee ballots, the value of the constitution and adhering to other concerns. >> there's also the question of how the supreme court vacancy left by the death of justice skalia would impact the redistricting case. a single justice could grant a delay. but an appeal on the case would go before the entire court. skalia was an influential sup

the general assembly cut funding for the area in this year's budget. >> the general assembly public construction to cut $2.5 million out of its operation budget. we are doing that. and we will provide the necessary documentation as to the positions that we are cutting. >> doctor atkinson says the money is being used required by the budget. >>> some students are taking design skills to space. they launched weather balloons in hillsborough. wncn meteorologist kristen has the story. >> three, two, one. >> we launched two other balloons into the lower atmosphere. >> a huge accomplishment for one group of engineering students who began with one goal, to collect weather data from high altitudes while learning to work as a team. >> the whole purpose of the class was to have different subgroups and our team of twelve people working on different parts of the project. >> the team work paid off and >> the launch itself went smoothly. one of our balloons popped below 100,000-foot. and the other reached over 120,000 feet. >> these students built much of the equipment launched by the weather balloons themselv

now a bill to reduce that emphasis is moving forward in the general assembly. editor: use school file please the bill would board of education to stress critical thinking over standardized test results. it passed the senate on unanimously -- and cleared a house committee in a 19 to 3 vote. the bill will also emphasize internships and technical training -- a move that has been on governor mcauliffe's agenda. taking advice from a total stranger-- paid off for one virginia beach woman. chanel skinner won the top prize in a virginia lottery scratcher game. now, she's 200-thousand-dollars richer. she was at the circle d food mart on virginia beach boulevard when a man pointed to a jewel 7s in the display case, and told her to trust him and buy that ticket - lucky she listened. the odds of winning the top prize in jewel 7's are 1 in 734-thousand. skinner says she plans to donate some of her winnings to her church, and possibly buy a new car. coming up on wavy news 10 - new york city police arrested two people after a tourist is hit so hard he has a skull fracture. how

the general assembly would not have any say in tolls on roads. the panel didn't take any action yesterday. the measure won't impact the tolling plan for 66 in northern virginia. >>> today the network for public education is ranking your state's school. and the grades may surprise you. virginia and d.c. got ds. maryland and west virginia got cs. other it's based on testing, teaching, resistance to privatization, school finance, how taxpayer money is used and your child's chance for success. we will hear more about these test scores later today at the national press club. >>> more students in virginia could be heading back to school before labor day this summer. the republican controlled house voted to approve a measure yesterday that would allow local boards to set their open calendars. now, this could mean starting class before the september ol day. the bill now moves to the senate. >>> bill cosby will be back in court taoday to face criminal charges trying to get his case dismissed. a woman says cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her there 12 y

the use of lethal injection drugs for executions right now there is a shortage of the drugs the general assembly that would bring back the electric chair if it passes it will go into effect in time for convicted killer ricky gray's execution he killed the richmond family in the execution is scheduled for march sixteen today a court canceled the bail hearing for nineteen year old natalie keeper she's the virginia tech student charged as an accessory in the stabbing death of thirteen year old nicole of love. police say the teen's body was found saturday in north carolina keepers classmate attack david eisenhower is charged with murder in the case keepers is set to appear in court tomorrow morning. a ruling is expected soon in a hearing over whether a judge will dismiss comedian bill cosby is sexual assault case. today the district attorney in montgomery county county pennsylvania said cause me cannot buy his way out of a criminal case but a former da testified he promise cause me that he would be in the clear of criminal charges after a causeway is charged with drugging and violating former temple

scheduled across the state to help determine what new congressional maps should look like as the general assembly waits a decision on whether they must be redrawn by the end of this week. three federal judges ruled race was used as a factor in redrawing the districts. district 12 is out towards the winston salem area. lawmakers something asking the court to make a delay in this case. >>> also happening today the state supreme court will hear arguments about whether a 2013 law violates the constitutional rights of veteran teachers by gutting job protections that they've earned. groups representing law officers, other public employees argue revoking teacher job protections threaten benefits that were promised. a lower court ruled that the general assembly could cut off so-called career status for deal with veteran teachers. >>> days after supreme court justice scalia's death a battle is brewing. is a vacancy hasn't happened in decades and those who want to be the next president weighing in on weather president obama so try to nominate a successor. democrats say senate republicans need to act respon

john: today a special session in the general assembly that could chang how we vote in -- change how we vote. give mccrory summoning laurels to approve a new congressional map. gloria rodriguez is live in downtown raleigh with what the newly redrawn districts mean to us. gloria: the new map still not pleasing everybody. it sis passed with a it 24-11 vote. the committee decided on criteria to follow in the new map including creating districts of equal population and not race as a deciding factor as accused of in 2011. reaction was mixed. >> the way they created the districts permanently carved out 10 districts republicans and three democrats. that would say you cannot elect democratic members in these districts. gloria: we are waiting on the supreme court find out if the new map will be used to decide who will be on your ballot on march 15. >> i think it is very unfortunate. we have said this is a thing that throws the election into chaos. it is an historic -- it is easy to document in the research by making us create a separate primary turnout will be lower than it would have been on ma

in drawing the districts, the general assembly wants to make sure the numbers don't change. >> we're trying to follow what the judges ask us to do. we're going to use politics to draw these lines. >> we want to manipulate the citizenry of the state in a way that we can be sure we elect 10 out of the 13 congress people as republicans. that bothers me. >> we're waiting to hear if that delay be granted if they don't hear by tomorrow, it's likely lawmakers will be back for a special session on thursday. in raleigh, bo minnick, wncn news now. >>> after a stormy start to the day, sunshine and 60s return to central north carolina this but there's more rain on the way. chief meteorologist wes hohenstein joins us now with the latest. >> good evening to you and to you at home. this morning it was severe storms. an alarm clock if you will for many of us. tomorrow morning, much, much different. dry right now. sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures near 60. that was nice. a little rain coming down out of the mountains will be here in the early morning hours. including a little bit for the early

john: 6:52 and special session called for the general assembly today. barbara: ahead in the morning rush the redistricting dilemma taking cente enamel is your teeth's first line of defense. but daily eating and drinking can make it weak. try colgate enamel health. it replenishes weak spots with natural calcium to strengthen enamel four times better. colgate enamel health. john: the morning rush all the news, weather and traffic you need before you head out. barbara: an apparent murder confession and to be road showdown. john: governor mccrory calling for a special session of the general assembly to discuss redistricting today. lawmakers have been going over new maps because two districts were declared unconstitutional and had to be redrawn. the session will be at 10:00 a.m. barbara: students and parents will notice extra security at a johnston county high in response to a facebook post with a threat to cleveland high school. the shiver office says it -- the sheriff says it doesn't appear to be credible. his wife reportedly confessed. lanson stalf has bee

the political minute joins us live at the general. assembly where lawmakers wrapped up putting finishing touches on the map. >>> tonight governor. mccrery has called for a special session on redistricting , this will take and republican lawmakers have matter from the us supreme court but without the delay they need to move forward with the new map. >>> they have repeatedly told me that this will not impact the presidential primary, but with all the changes that are happening to the congressional district it almost assuredly will impact the congressional one. >>> i need a clear understanding of what it is. >>> with the debate over the north carolina congressional district voters are wondering how this will impact them and they are not the only ones. >>> there is a cascading effect and we are in communication. >>> this is a proposed map they are considering and many would have some parts that would see changes. the state board of elections has waited to see the number of voters whose districts would change. >>> this came in on the morning run.>>

the problem is not that republicans in the general assembly and i don't see eye to eye. after all, pennsylvanians are used to seeing political leaders disagree even strongly. and in 2014 in that election the people of pennsylvania chose divided government. a democratic governor, republican legislature. and i doubt anybody was surprised when it turned out that we have different priorities. no. this crisis is not about politics at all. this is about math. pennsylvania now faces a $2 billion budget deficit. that's not a democratic fact. and that's not a republican fact. it's just a fact. it's a fact supported by standard & poor's, an independent rating agency. they've done the math and they agree pennsylvania faces a massive structural budget deficit that will only continue to grow if we fail to address it responsibly. this deficit isn't just a cloud hanging over pennsylvania's long h long-term future it's a time bomb and it's ticking away right now even as i speak. if it explodes, the people in this chamber, if you allow it to explode, then pennsylvania will experience a fi

discrimination against gay couples who want to get married and about to unveil has died in the general assembly vote law would require virginia students to use bathrooms based on their biological sex and not how they identified but a house subcommittee voted the bill down comes as gloucester county high school student gavin graham appeals a ruling that keeps him from using was born female claim when city leaders explained today why the family of a twelve year old shot and killed by police received a bill for his ambulance ride to the hospital. the city's mayor says a family of tamara rice will not have to pay the bill and should have never gotten it. officials say medicaid originally paid a portion of the bill the city absorb the rest of the cost and consider the bill paid in full but earlier this week the executor of the two mirrors est ask for a billing statement and that triggered an automatic process that filed the five hundred dollar claim to be a state known to man. we even tea into click money on this type of deal the mayor says the claim should have been flagged and apologize to the ric

making demands they want a federal court to quickly review the new map approved last week by the general assembly to determine if it's legal filed a motion today asking for a three judge panel to decide by mid march whether the new lines are legal the judges throughout the first and twelveth districts claiming they were racially gerrymandering as of now the general assembly has delayed the march fiftieth congressional primaries until june seven the building is getting ready to open a health center for employees and their families is near the shipyard on washington avenue between forty fifth and forty sixth streets huntington ingalls industries says the facility is staffed with more than thirty full time employees and about one quarter of them are primary care providers others include citations and certified diabetes educators employees and their families covered by anthem health plan can use the clinic and a low cost. everyday these are spend time with but doing things that are so much bigger than they are that they forget about health care is a part of and taken care that's why this location tha

the governor may have to call the general assembly, or would have redraw the maps." another possible option - move forward, but delay voting for u-s house candidates until everything is sorted out. 18:14:45 "now, that is very expensive for the state, some estimates are over 9- miillion dollars to run a special primary. but it could allow time for the process to carry out." still to come on rewind.... 15:27:12 - 27 standup tease "wondering what's going on with all this water sitting all over the place? it's because there's something in the caps that will likely gross you out! i'm 5 on your side's monica laliberte, just ahead what the issue is with one of the most bizarre complaints talk about gross! a fra . >>> take 'gross, a woman found this in a bottle of brand new water, now consider most have us don't look at the bottle before we drink it from. what you're about to see will we get complaints about gross finds in food. this is one of the most bizarre . >> look closely, see that light colored glob on the cap and rim be larva. opened it up and look what's in there. i

this is the general assembly awaits a decision on whether they must be redraughn by the end of the week. three federal judges ruled lawmakers used race as a factor in redrawing districts 1 and 12. district 1 a wide area. district 12 is out toward winston-salem. state lawmakers are asking the supreme court to grant a time -- you can visit our web site wncn.com. >>> also tomorrow, the state supreme court will hear arguments on whether a 2013 law rights of veteran teachers by gutting job protections they've earned. groups representing law officers, other public employees, and retirees argue revoking teacher job protections promised. a lower court ruled last year that the general assembly could cut off so-called career status for newer teachers, but made a deal with veteran teachers it could not revoke. >>> more than 20 couples got together this valentine's day for a special ceremony. 21 couples renewed their vows at the new life church in wake forest. some of those had been married just a couple of years. others more than 60. >> it is a long time, but then ut's a very, very short time, and

a decision made by the republican led general assembly in 2011, was struck down friday by federal judges so changes are coming to congressional districts across the state. districts that historically elected african americans and they raise the rate of minority voters in the district. >> two in particular. the first which serves voters in the coastal plains. the board of commissioners chair says it will also have an effect on people in the mountains. >> it'll affect us because the 12th district, which counts like a snake, impacts the sent district. if they have the redistribute there will be presum bli more in the tenth district that does touch part of asheville. >> justin: it's nothing new. >> the democratics over did it in 2004. and the federal court said you can't do that. >> justin: that's something that will have to be fixed calling it if win for everyone. >> you want your vote to matter. the way they drew the district they purposefully made people's vote not matter because it made it such a high minority voter representation in the districts. you have to spread everything out and g

and the general assembly is not buying that. think that ppa wants to side with the cabbies and put uber out of business. so, this is gonna be a battle played out in the general assembly. >> okay. thanks, val. jan? >> this tuesday is the filing deadline for petitions to get on the april primary ballot, and we're gonna find out who the candidates are and in particular gonna find out whether kathleen kane is serious about running for re-election. i think bernie sanders and donald trump are gonna win both the nevada and south carolina primaries. >> wow. okay, sam? >> i spent a week in detroit looking at the possibility of a new documentary and was really stunned that the attitude there post-bankruptcy -- this is the city that had the largest bankruptcy, municipal bankruptcy, chapter 9, in history. and there is a can-do spirit now and an attitude about a positive future that is both on the ground and in the boardrooms of detroit. and it's a very interesting thing to go from being the poster child of urban decline to being a city that

a rare compromise on gun policy advanced today in the general assembly. but a leading group that is targeting gun violence stepped up its criticism of the legislation and the governor today. wdbj7's joe dashiell is in the studio with that story. jean, the compromise would reverse the policy that invalidated concealed handgun permits in virginia issued by two dozen other states. supporters of the package said it also promised more protections, by expanding voluntary background checks at gun shows, and prohibiting a person subject to a permanent protective order from firearm. but not everyone is on board. less than a month ago, governor mcauliffe and supporters of everytown for gun safety were standing together. but no longer. with the gun compromise headed for votes on the house floor, the gun control group backed by former new york mayor michael bloomberg purchased a full- page ad in the richmond times- dispatch. it carried the headline: terry mcauliffe is wrong, and it challenged the governor's claim that the compromise legislation will make virginia safe

specifics will be settled at the general assembly returns in april. >>> janet yellen begins two days of congressional testimony today lawmakers will have questions about the future pace of rate hikes and defense role in supporting us economy. in december the for decided to raise its key interest rate from a record low since then the us economy has hit some turbulence. tuesday wall street extended a losing streak closing slightly lower. third consecutive day >>> the push to fight the zika virus heads to capitol hill. >> this as another country is reporting its first case.>>> it's something you have to see again. s oziitasa ntllf wminba sod s egntte shntnorte retuea leheenlond . pju r li s uiils .anof ka n o ery te lionok rgre r unatco aiucauro rsvi is alrrhtin jtoult d esselice toisis ap h l qutiio afeconw frn . thntis ndna horked g t iesrpthhaat ani lkirwi atoreafoon ghar veth asprrcot atme ri flpo ali cltoan. ayd nnit ho i ann ol sp rn f55ic. pr wl >due pawhy ts >>> roate rk >>> a day of remembrance for triangle college campuses. we're live without three >>> what let unc coach roy bo

the general assembly is set to unveil its proposed 100- billion two-year state spending plans. lawmakers in both the house and senate will release their budgets today ... which are expected to have significant changes from governor terry mcauliffe's budget. they won't include any budget items related to expanding medicaid. they also say they plan to spend more money on k- through-12 education and give state employees larger raises. hundreds of protesters gathered at the virginia state capitol to fight a recent permit that would drain coal ash water into local waterways. the state- approved permit would allow dominion virginia power to drain coal ash water from three of its retaining ponds into local rivers. virginia's department of environmental quality says that none of the released treated water would be near drinking water. however ... environmental activists point out that stretches of the james and potomac rivers would be polluted above standards if the plan is allowed. in what's news today... you and your family can enjoy a delightful gospel brunch. this is provided by sar