seen strom thurmond. he has such a unusual appearance about him. i am on the flight and i look ahead in front of me. i see a man who has got orange colored hair. these first-generation hair plugs. think to myself, "that must be what strom thurmond's head looks like." of course, it was strom thurmond. i knew that when people were trying to shake his hand, that kind of thing could i wanted to shake his hand -- thing. i wanted to shake his hand too. i was about to speak to my father's rotary club and tell him about all the famous people i have met in washington, and so i was trying to shake his hand, but as i got off the plane, there were already people lined up to shake it could -- shake his hand. i did not get . i'm not a softer linnean, i don't have anything to say to him, really. i was a bit self-conscious, it was a busy airport with a lot of different kinds of people. this is a man best known for his own segregation is a precious segregationist -- for his own segregationism.. i walked down the concourse

my story about strom thurmond begins in late july, 1992. i'm on a flight from washington to charlotte. internbeen an

birthday of 100th strom thurmond. he is the only united states senator to live to the age of 100 while serving in the senate. the senate wanted to pay special tribute to him. there was a large birthday festivities in here, which, in itself, is a nice occasion. trent lott came to pay homage to senator thurmond. , he praisedks senator thurmond's career in the senate and recalled in 1948, senator thurmond ran for president against harry truman. >> i want to say this about my state. when strom thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. we are proud of him. [applause] if the rest of our country had followed our lead, we would not have all these problems. don: which seems a relatively mild statement except that senator lott forgot senator thurmond ran as the segregationist candidate in 1948 , who wanted to integrate the armed services. as a result, there was a huge amount of pressure within for him tot's party step down as the leader of his party. asntually, he did resign majority leader of the senate as a result of this

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mikaya thurmond is staying neutral on this. >> reporter: that's right. i have to hold out to see which way i should go. they are separated by less than 10 miles. the university of north will participate in one of the fiercest rivalries in all of sports. this legendary basketball rivalry will heat up the dome as duke takes on 5th ranked carolina. tonight marks the 241st meeting of the blue devils and tarheels. you can watch the game at 9:00 on wral, stay tuned to channel 5 for expanded coverage of the game during our 11 news. we are going to have the fan celebration coach interviews as well as analysis. you wants to tune in, you have pictured allegiance and you are staying neutral, too, the teal is bleeding a little blue. >> which shade of blue? that's the mystery. >> mikaya thurmond, looking like an east carolina fan in chapel hill this morning. that's a pretty shade of purple. thank you so much. north carolina yet. >> officials hope it will stay that way, what they are doing this week to reduce the risk. >> we could be closer to seeing what downtown res

mikaya thurmond and live drive 5, appreciate at. i will be back in another few minutes with an update. >>> after two weeks of testimony, the case against travion smith will go to the church today. 's prosecutors say that murdered melissa huggins-jones in her north hills apartment in 2013. wral's tara lynn joins us in the newsroom, closing arguments are set for this morning, they were supposed to occur yesterday. >> reporter: that's right. we had that winter weather so they were delayed until today. prosecutors say that travion smith was breaking into cars with two other people the night of melissa huggins-jones'4 murder. they say he and ronald anthony peter chapter in the murder. 8-year-old daughter found her kids up covered in blood the next morning. ronald anthony has already pleaded guilty and it's a during ening statements, the defense told jurors that was anthony that was the ringleader and that he implemented travion smith into participating in huggins-jones'. closing arguments are set for 9:30, you can watch them on e website

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, strom thurmond hired a brother from the voter education project to handle his business in the black community that is the impact" "there are two things that get the attention of policy makers in this country ... the ballot and the dollar so i think the notion that you would stay at home at a crucial time for black people, for hispanics for america is not or in the interest of the community" mr. jordan said voters, especially those voting for the first time, should research the issues, listen to the candidates and then vote their conscience. stay with wis for more decision 2016 coverage tonight and throughout the primary. we'll be right back after the break. break 2 video released showing the i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple t

and, in all of that mess, havemikaya thurmond in live drive 5. you are going through capital oulevard. looks like a stop and crawl. >> reporter: that's exactly right. we have seen traffic building up throughout the morning. this is partly due to the weather, partly due to the fact that this is definitely one of the trouble spots. if you look ahead of me you can see the amount of fog that drivers are seeing this morning in this area. this isn't as dense as we have seen it but so certainly a problem. visibility ing blurred,ust slowed down. you need to allow some extra time. and right now, it's not raining. but it has been on and off. you can look to the bottom right and left of the camera, you can see the pounding of water accumulating on the side of the roads. of course that's what we expect all morning long. it means you have to allow yourself extra time because these are the types of road conditions you will be seen. >> all right, mikaya thurmond in live drive 5 , a good reminder that when you go to work think about the severe weather plan at wo

wral's mikaya thurmond joins us. the vote could impact hundreds of thousands of people 700,000 to be exact. the state provides coverage r lawmakers, teachers, and state employees. the plan would raise premiums, raising premiums or put premiums where it was not before and deductibles would increase. there was an outcry to eliminate the popular 80--20 plan. the board of trustees announced it would postpone the consideration for those more as it dick changes but state workers are still worried about the increase in premiums. today's decision is only going to impact 2017. that meeting and a vote is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. >> mikaya thurmond, live in raleigh >>> it's been weeks and problems with blue cross blue shield customer accounts are still not resolved. turning to the state for help. in about a month's time, the state department of insurance has received 850 complaint calls. we previously reported problems with overbilling and verifying coverage of blue cross. thousands of people affected here. insurance com

speaking of raleigh, let's head out to the roads and get a look at what mikaya thurmond is sitting in live drive 5 this morning. there is an accident. where are you right now? >> we are about 440 just along the glenwood exit. this is just one example of the type of accident that we have seen all morning long. you can see a car, to vehicles that have actually careened off the side of the road here into a ditch. and, i'm not sure how long it has been here, but i know that we originally drove past this spot early in the morning and saw a number of vehicles. this may be one of the last remaining. but again, you should do your very best to drive carefully, even though the sun is up, don't get overly confident about the safety of the roads, because those icy spots and freezing rain that continues to come down intermittently will create a problem. >> mikaya thurmond in live drive 5 on the line in raleigh this morning, and as we take a look at the life for a raleigh. a few on the western side of the viewing area, but the majority of what we have seen as far as accidents have been in wake coun

. >> mikaya thurmond is along the beltline. what are you seeing. >> reporter: we are. right now we're approaching newburn avenue. this is one of the few clear spots at this time, but you notice that it is because everyone is taking it slow. right now, we aren't even going 40 miles-per-hour as most people are in order to stay safe. all morning long we've been across the triangle and i can tell you we have seen a number of accidents, some of the worst spots including around glenwood, and 440 where we saw at least a stretch. one thing i want to emphasize is in all of these accidents, that we've seen where the people hit a media or hit other vehicles, is that they don't seemton at that point -- to know at that point. some drivers look to be scared so they stepped out near the roadways, which is even more dangerous, because roads are away from the roadway, it's one thing to remember if the worst were to happen. >> you have to be on your toes. the best advice is state home. mikaya thurmond, live drive five. >> that is just one icy stretch we heard from lieutenant gordon from

he's set to be at the strom thurmond institute at clemson starting at 2:15 this afternoon. and donald trump has a town hall today at the broad river electric cooperative in gaffney. that's scheduled to be 5:30 this evening. geoff: doctor ben carson as well as senator ted cruz will appear at the conservative review's first even convention at the well tonight. that's at 8:00. conservative icon, author, and commentator sean hannity will also be speaking. many are still talking about the big event last night in c.n..n.'s gop first of two town halls. voters who say they are still undecided, listened to doctor ben carson, senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio in the old cigar warehouse in the west end. >> people won't support a comprehensive approach to immigration. it's now been tried three times in the last decade. it has failed each time, and so now we have to understand that the only way forward is thru a step by step approach that begins with finally securing our border. >> i will compass i laughed out loud. this has not been a typical race by any sense. i don't think any

, in green ville. >> we here at thurmond university in greenville south carolina. in our collections in our department, we have everything, from medieval manuscripts. and we have a number of different specialized collections but one of the major ones at the university related to baptist history and baptist historical collections. collections to look at today are related to that and they come from a variety of different places and a number of individuals several of whom have early associations. what we see today, we have some hidden gems in the baptist historical collection. the eighteenth and nineteenth century. we have larger implications for social and cultural history. hand and religious history, not just church history. at they are active in social and political debates of the time and the work they did. and the eighteenth and nineteenth century. and in 1772 was an unpublished manuscript. and 1772 years before publish the history of the baptist in new jersey. hand to take a history of the states, the colony's down through virginia. we recently had a concern, an

wral's mikaya thurmond joins us live outside the wake county justice center in raleigh. this morning's testimony could be really crucial. >> reporter: we expect sarah redden to take the stand. she is the woman who admitted to being the lookout and getaway driver the night melissa huggins-jones was murdered. that same night, travion smith and codefendant, ronald anthony, tried to sell laptops stolen from the leasing office of the victim's apartment complex. testifying yesterday, michelman:, said he was asked to sell the laptops on their behalf. >> no one ever offers you exactly what you want for a laptop on craigslist. it scared me to death, i took the posting down. >> reporter: anthony already murder. he is serving a life sentence. if convicted, smith could face the death penalty. this hearing is set to start at 9:00 i am. of course, you can stream it live on www.wral.com. >> we will continue to follow it, mikaya thurmond, thank you >>> there is a bond hearing this morning for natalie keepers, one of two virginia tech studentscharged in the death of a 13- year-old girl.

mikaya thurmond live in durham. >>> people all over north carolina will be cleaning up today. we've got lots to do. strong winds and heavy rain uprooted charlotte. a tree fell on a car which looks like it is surrounded y branches. the owner was not hurt, the car was heavily damaged. in other parts of the city a tree fell on a house. power lines were knocked down and water was standing on the size of streets because of heavy rain in the city. >>> let's go to the triad. the same problems there for many of us. this is video from greensboro where winds knocked down a tree on top of the house. another fell across the ad. chainsaws to get things cleared up. >> despite damage there is widespread relief that no one in north carolina was seriously hurt. not the case in virginia. don champion reports on the deadly path of yesterday's storm. >> reporter: as the ngerous storm system moves up the east coast, state police in waverly, virginia, through rubble with flashlights overnight. >> everything is destroyed. >> reporter: after a tornado ripped through the tiny farming town. vincent don

mikaya thurmond joins us to explain what the vice president is doing with cancer moonshot. >> reporter: the initiative is the president's billion-dollar proposed plan to find a cure for cancer. vice president joe biden calls it moonshot because he says if we can reach the moon we should be able to find a cure. last year his son died from brain cancer. he's taken on the project calling it his personal mission. he says his goal is to double the rate of progress taking a decade worth of advances in five years. on his website the vice president says he plans to do two things. increase resources and break down silos to bring all cancer fighters together. said he will host a roundtable conversation with researchers duke cancer institute. he will also tour labs and discuss imaging software research on dna repair and other treatments for numerous types of cancer. bill and renie, this tour and press conference is set to start at 2:30.>>> president barack obama returns to illinois today to speak on building a better politics. he will address the general assembly in illinois. this marks a return

mikaya thurmond has the details. >> reporter: this initiative is the president's until a proposed effort to find a cure for cancer. the program is called moonshot because vice president biden says if we can make it to the moon we should be able to find a cure. last year his son died from brain cancer. he has taken on the project calling it his personal mission. he says his goal is to double the weight of progress making a decade worth of advances in just five years. on his website he says he plans to do two things. increase resources and break down silos to bring all cancer fighters together. today he will host a roundtable conversation with researchers on colleges and patients at the duke cancer institute. he will also tour labs and discuss duke imaging software research on dna repair and other treatments this event is set to start at 2:30.>>> the focus of the 2016 campaign shifts now to south carolina following last night's new hampshire primary. voters in the victory donald trump with all have governor john kasich finishing second. on the democratic side bernie sanders defeated hillar

of course, mikaya thurmond without showing us that tree that fell on the house and buildings, we had a number of reports of trees down, power outages, now quiet weather. the winds have died down, westwind at 7 miles per hour. a little bit breezy but nothing dangerous this afternoon. it's beginning to dry out, you can tell from the dewpoint, 43. 50s, the lower the number goes, the dryer it is. starting to be a pretty nice out there. 59 fayetteville, 69 clinton, 63 goldsboro, 52 in roxboro. last check, greensboro during the morning news, temperatures were still in the 30s. some of that warmer air beginning to push westward but we are going to have a tougher time warming up. look at that, what a difference. 25 to more than 30 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. but you know, at lunchtime yesterday, we were just in the upper 20s. still trying to warm up from some of the ice and sleet and freezing rain that we saw yesterday. this is a look at the current wind speeds out of the southeast, 15 in roxboro and rocky mount, 15 in goldsboro, it's still a little breezy, but again, nothing dange

kia thurmond is live in durham to tell us more. >> reporter: as groups have done in recent months they want to raise awareness about a number of issues. issues they say result in too many citizens being sent to prison. organizers want to raise awareness about racial police and the laws that heavily punish the poor and minorities. according to aclu, the us which has 5% of the world population now holds 25% of the world's inmates. the group says the tough on crime politics of the 1980s and 90s fueled an explosion in incarceration rates. the issue has been gaining traction and is bound to come up quite a bit more this election year. a vigil is at the nehemiah christian center at 6 pm tonight.>>> north carolina voters will not likely know before next week if contested congressional districts can be used in the march 15 primary. or if the lines will have to be redrawn he for the votes are cast. supreme court chief justice john roberts asked lawyers suing to overturn to respond i tuesday to the state emergency boundaries to remain for next month's primary. this increases the chance general a

. >> mikaya thurmond is in the newsroom with what you learned about the case. >> reporter: the suspect is being held without bond at the wake county detention center raleigh police arrested 27-year- old conrad patterson. he will face a murder charge. it happened on the same day the first suspect arrested in the case appeared in court. patterson and 25-year-old major earl edwards junior are accused of shooting and killing jose dominguez at an apartment complex on hodges creek drive on monday. conrad is expected to appear in court at 2 pm.>>> police in fayetteville are looking for a person of interest as they investigate a man's death. the body of 37-year-old was found to the entrance of state subdivision -- university estates subdivision years shaw mill road. his cause of death is under investigation. detectives are looking for 23- year-old damien boyd who say he was last seen with the victim around 12:30 sunday morning both were seen leaving the area of hawthorne drive in a black 2012 ford focus with north carolina license plate. vl are if you know where boys is called police.>>> an el

tonight, mikaya thurmond will introduce you to an educator. >> culture and education in the self esteem and will make them want to be the best they can be. >> and he hosted kwaanza celebrations to empower students >>> president barack obama says that his first job, a scooping is cream, taught him valuable lessons about sons and hard work. the president's first job was at baskin robbins. in an essay posted to linkedin, he said that rock hard ice cream was brutal on his wrist. he wants the same experience for other teenagers to work hard and particularly those without resources. the president is launching a summer opportunities project and charlotte is one of the cities that promised to help thousands of teen get their first job. >> gop leaders are sidelining a bill that would privatize the nation's private air control system. the control to a nonprofit organization. instead, they plan to turn the federal aviation administration operation. critics say that it's like to private company. >>> with just one 1:40 remaining in the count down, flight control aborted the space x launch. wednesday

mikaya thurmond will introduce you to a civil rights pioneer from lewisburg. from millions of minorities, eaton was their voice in the fight for equality. watch her story tonight at 5:55, and 10:55. >>> a specialist from the full day at home after pulling off a surprise. >> specialist max coons surprised his brother last night on senior night at garner magnet. max spent the last 9 months serving in cutter and wanted to do something to make up for missing so much of his little brother's basketball career. they share a love of basketball and are very close. >> i want him to remember this is his senior night, his last home high school game for the season. i want him to be surprised and him to bask in his moment. >> it's my brother. >> that proved to be a win-win, the trojan wons over roseville high. he plans to start college later this year on south carolina. attends college. >> i think i would be nervous i would miss everything. >> not a dry eye in the gym, though when they embrace. >> well, it will be a memorable day today. it's probably not going to be a daig

. >> mikaya thurmond joins us now with more on what it could mean for candidates. >>> this only affects congressional aelections but the effects are big and some say they will cause election chaos. >>> it started with a court ruling, they said congressional district maps drawn in 2011, relied on race. senators passed newly drawn replacement maps as they ask the supreme court to let them use the old ones, with that up in the air, the state is bracing for two sets of congressional elections. >> we were given a great task >> reporter: a bill passed in the house would keep candidates running towards a march 15th primary, under the district map. if the supreme court hasn't moved to keep the maps in play , the candidates must refile for june 7th primary, based on the new map and do away with run off election. >> there is no run off, no comparison between the line of two charges. >> reporter: the possibility a single candidate might run for two offices at once. so recap, today is the deadline for the court ordered map. the house will review the new congressional district maps approved yesterda

mikaya thurmond is in live drive 5. she is next as our winter weather coverage he -- dangerous icy conditions >>> we're looking at a really road east raleigh. a number of accidents. slippery out there. >> this shows that icy glaze can create his problems. we are working to get more information, but this is a live look at what looks to be a chain reaction crash here, a lot of slip and slide and some collisions there on poole road in raleigh, we also saw a police officer there, on the scene. he was in the car and he was slowly making its way down the hill, too. >> at least three vehicles right, the white vehicle. and another to be still on poole road smashed up. and, two different crashes, we understand. and it looks like there is somebody being assisted, who was involved in this accident. but again, this is just another example of just how bad it is out there. and it's good to have the raleigh police assisting. we will keep an eye on the situation out on poole road in raleigh. but just another example, folks, this glaze

wral's mikaya thurmond gives us a look at one of the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: just take a look at this damage, trees toppled on the ground, even leaning onto the roof of is house. and this is the scene along ashley ridge drive, and residents are now working to put together the pieces. residents say the damage happened around 6:15 this morning. many ashley ridge drive residents were home when they began notice something was wrong. >> we were getting ready for our school day, and i noticed the rain was really heavy. i looked outside and the wind was picking up. the next thing i know, we heard a sucking sound coming through the front door. at winch-- at which point i panicked the whole house and screened for them off to get into the hallway which is the safest space. and we heard a crash. fortunate, the bulk of the damage hit their shed. nearby neighbors suffered greater losses. >> we heard a loud crash, boom. and the tree broke off and went straight to the house. >> reporter: both residents say they have contacted their insurance company. remarkably, they have stayed positive, sa

>> mikaya thurmond in a place that is sometimes hard to pronounce, called wilson's mills. a lot of "s" but you got it right. >>> this afternoon raleigh city leaders will consider a forks road corridor. the city is looking for ways to integrate the commercial, residential and recreational uses. the study includes recommendations for streetscapes from i-442 women were based on public input. >>> well, renee, did you see your shadow today? >> i did not because it was pitch black when we came in. wasn't it? >> well then i would see my shadow. >> just asking. [ laughter ] >> oh, bill. and we need some rebel rousing back in there. supplying it for us. >> are you egging him on? >> we will take a look at what's going on out there. a lot of this this morning of cloudy skies. there are a couple of places especially heading east of the triangle where we have starts to see breaks in the overcast and some sunshine breakthrough here and there. we can see more of that south and east as we go through the day. there's a look at current temperatures, 46 in roxboro, 48 henderson. same thing i

wral's mikaya thurmond is live at the wake county justice center to give us a timeline on the reports today. >> reporter: closing arguments are set to begin first thing this morning. then commenters will have to decide between the death penalty or life in prison. melissa huggins-jones was found beaten and stabbed in her north raleigh apartment in may 2013 daughter. smith kildee of her first- degree murder. defense rested. get the sentencing case. the state requires a unanimous decision by all soldiers. when the jury comes back with a decision we will stream live on www.wral.com. bill and renee, the trial is set to resume at 9:00 am. >> thanks. reporting live in raleigh. >>> new this morning, camp the june's main gate is temporarily closed because of a water main break. it's in the vicinity of the holcombe and brewster boulevard intersection. both piney green road and wilson boulevard gates have been opened early to rm inbound traffic to continue to flow onto base during the busy morning commute at camp lejeune. but, drivers can still expect delays in the jacksonville area. >>> the man

. >> prosecutors say that chris lawrence killed his girlfriend mikaya thurmond joins us today. >> two people are expected to testify today, the police chief who pursued this case for years. >> chris loring was under suspicion for his girlfriend's, pregnant girlfriend's disappearance. evidence to make those charges stick. after new scientific testing, he was arrested in 2014. mcqueen's remains were found almost a year after she disappeared in a wooded area. off u.s. 1, just about 30 miles from raleigh the geologist expected to take the stand tested a pebble found in the threat of the suspect's shoe which matched the rocks found where the body was discovered. as for both of those testimonies, the state will rest their case. the trial is set to resume at >> thanks. texas. >>> 38-year-old cedric ford opened fire on several people at three separate locations in hesston, kansas, including a lawn care products factory where he worked. at least four people died, include can the shooter who was killed in a confrontation with police. flags in kansas to be low lowered in honor of the victims >>>

i could have written about 1938 when strom thurmond ran as a states rights candidate but i could have written about 1960, between nixon and kennedy. i could have written about ronald reagan in 1980 and the conservative revolution. i could have written about 2000 or 2008. i chose to write about these four. one of the reasons is personal. i was a staffer on the 1992 campaign for clinton. i have some personal recollections to bring to that story. all four of these elections have commentaries -- common threads to show how different electoral cycles feed into in contrast with one another. they all occurred at moments of economic and cultural change, sometimes tremendous. in 1912, america is relaying from the transition from farm to factory. the birth of industrial capitalism and all of its consequences -- great wealth and great inequality. in 1932, you have an economic crisis unprecedented in the history of the country. 1968, a moment of cultural change, countercultural change, change on both the left and the right. and 1992, the first election after the end of the cold war. is the first e

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wral's mikaya thurmond joins us live in downtown raleigh, has been a public discussion about this. >> reporter: that's right. today's session is about getting councilmember feedback on the body camera initiative. the raleigh police chief as well as her staff will present an overview about potential benefits of employing cameras as well as concerns. today's presentation will also address different technological approaches and resources. this discussion comes on the heels of several very public police shootings where the actions of both the officer and the suspect were called into question. any implementation here in raleigh could take months to approve, and even longer to put into action. similar police body camera policies have been put in place in both durham and in fayetteville. this meeting is set to start at 1:00 p.m. >> mikaya thurmond reporting live in raleigh. >>> the search for the next police chief in durham moves ahead this week. so far the process is on schedule. a list of 42 candidates is down to six. next steps come today and tomorrow when competitors take part in a two-d

mikaya thurmond has more. we understand authorities have been searching a pond? >> reporter: that's right. virginia state police confirm the search near the veterinary medicine believe but have not said who or what they're looking for. 13-year-old nicole lovell disappeared from her home on wednesday. police say her remains near route 89 in surry county saturday. blacksburg police arrested 18-year-old david eisenhauer and charged him with first degrees arrested 19-year-old natalie keepers charge will her as an accessory -- charging her as an accessory. they knew each other and said he used the relationship to abduct and kill her. keepers helped dispose of nicole's body and both virginia tech students are being held without bond. at this time they don't know a cause or motive but the autopsy is scheduled for today. >> what a disturbing story. thank you for the update. >>> durham police are looking for two armed robbery suspect this is morning shortly before 9:00. the victim went in to try and sell a phone two men approached him with the gun and took off. inspect wa

wral's mikaya thurmond is live in durham. and you have new information. >> reporter: that's right. i want to give you a look at one of the hardest hit areas here in durham. this is on travers circle barratry topples on top of the vehicle just a few feet away from the home. now i can tell you the owner and driver of this car got out just 10 minutes before the tree came down on top of this vehicle. luckily she is okay, as well as the theme throughout durham. a dark canopy moved over durham in a hurry bringing with it sporadic downpours and of course, wind, heavy wind. some trees fell, cutting through homes on their way down. >> it was a huge explosion. the rain, wind and swirling. you know, it was a little bit scary. >> reporter: neighbor, kimberly wingate-brown says a mother and three children were in this house on delwood drive when the tree toppled over. she moved to the basement when the weather first turned bad, a smart call. the falling tree smashed through one of the children's bedrooms. >> she was visibly upset, of course. >> reporter: this storm wrote similar stories in othe

wral's mikaya thurmond joinsus live in downtown raleigh, this is the first time therehas been a public discussion about this. >> reporter: today's session is about getting councilmember time that will happening. the raleigh police chief and her staff will present an benefits of employing cameras as well as potential concerns. today's presentation will also address technological approaches and resources. this discussion comes on the heels of several very public police shootings where the actions of both the officer and the suspect were called into question. any implementation here in raleigh could take months to approve, and even longer to put into action. similar police body camera policies have been put in place in both durham and in fayetteville. this meeting is set to start at 1:00 p.m. >> mikaya thurmond reporting live in raleigh. >>> the search for the next police chief in durham moves ahead this week. so far the process is on schedule. a list of 42 candidates is down to six. next steps come today and tomorrow when competitors take part in a two-day assessment. that will provide m

thurmond would come here to see their old buddy mr. john white.and while these restaurant owners say most of their v-i-p visitors during primary season are republicans...they don't see red or blue...06:29:32"all we see is green."02:19"we welcome democrats 06:29:20we'd love to see hillary and bernie if they were to come to 3 the candidates don't have any scheduled stops at either of these restaurants until saturday's primary...but restaurant owners say they haven't seen the last of them. live in greenville andrew reeser the four o clock news. 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutes---- 3 expect plenty of sunshine for the remainder of the work week with temperatures near normal for this time of year. some unseasonably warm air will enter for this weekend, then rain will follow.tonight temperatures will fall fast toward the freezing mark. thursday morning willll start with clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s for the upstate and upper 20s in the mountains. sunshine will dominate with highs in the mid 50s for th

the meeting is set to start at 3:00 p.m> > mikaya thurmond with changes coming to the health care plans. thanks. >>> it's been weeks and the problem with blue shield blue cross customers are still not fixed and now many are turning to the state for help. in about a month's time, state insurance fielded some 850 complaints called. we previously reported problems with building andverifying coverage at blue cross. the state commissioner wants to get to the bottom of it. >> we'll be following the law and holding folks accountable pursuant to the law and see where the facts take us. >> commissioner goodwin urges blue cross customers with office. >>> today is the deadline for fining a bar who served an underage customers. >>> testimony resumes this morning n the traveon jones trial. testimony rehuges in the melissa huggins-jones murder. a witness testified saying that she was with them but she left. they reappeared and said that they forced her to run away with them. one had a bloody knife. >> he was nervous about not seeing his son. was not given a deal in return for her testimony. earlier o

mikaya thurmond joins us live in raleigh with news this is going to effect hundreds of thousands of people. >> reporter: that 700,000 to be exact, the state health plan provides coverage for teachers, lawmakers, state employees, retirees and their dependents. one of the biggest changes how much employees pay for premiums and deductibles and raising premiums or put premiums where there were none before. deductibles would increase. this week, there was an outcry over a proposal to eliminate the popular 80/20 plan and the trustees announced wednesday they would postpone consideration of those more drastic changes. state workers are still concerned about the pending premium and deductible increases for next wreer and health costs are going up but salaries are not. today's decision will only impact 2017, bill and renae, the meeting is set to start at 3:00 p.m. >>> weeks and problems with blue cross blue shield customer accounts are not fixed. many of the customers are turning to the state for help. in a month's time the state department of insurance received 850 complaint calls, we reported pro

electric cooperative. 3 and ohio governor john kasich is holding a town hall at clemson at the strom thurmond institute. doors open at 1:15, and the event starts at 2:15. 3 3 the deadline to register to vote in north carolina's primary is tomorrow. to register... you must be a resident of the county and have been at your current address for at least 30 days prior totohe election. you must be at least 18 years old by the date of the next general election. and cannot be serving a sentence for a felony conviction. for more go to wlos dot com and click on news links. 3 3 3 as republicans focus on south carolina, the democratic presidential candidates are campaigning hard in nevada. the democratic caucuses are also on saturday there. and as reid binion reports, newly released polls show a very tight race. 3 in a state known for making the odds, the numbers ahead of saturday's nevada democratic caucuses are too close to call...bernie sanders is hoping to build momentum following his win in last week's new hampshire primary. (sanders) "everything in my political gut tells me we have the momentum her

they were there in 1932 -- the new deal -- >> and thurmond was a democrat. prof. o'mara: and he exemplified for roosevelt as a reformer, this constraint, building social welfare programs -- who were the classes of workers? agricultural workers, household workers were excluded from it. majority african-american. they work in this job categories. they worked in those job categories. i don't have a perfect answer. i try to address those in other ways -- the humphrey question is a great one. you know, i don't know. i would have been surprised -- it wasn't humphrey -- he did that so late in the game -- it is reflective of who humphrey was. he was a loyal party man. he was a standup guy. the difficulty that he had was that he could have disavowed johnson's war as much as he could if he was still the vice president. and he also didn't run in the primaries. he comes in as this candidate to sort of fixed the immense fractures that are happening in the democratic party. robert kennedy had just one they -- won the california primary in june when he is assassinated , immediat

and has risen above the chaos of this campaign.this is a gathering at the strom thurmond institute.kasich told the crowd... three things he would do to create jobs and stimulate the economy.here's just one example: 3 3 3 3 we can have common sense regulations and not choke small busiiness. we can reduce taxes 3 3 and we can finally get ourselves in a postition to balance a budget and start getting people to do their job. those three things things 3 kasich will join fellow republican hopefulls jeb bush and donald trump at tonight's cnn town hall event in columbia.we'll have a live hall coming up. 3 and as we mentioned, the other three candidates...carson, cruz and rubio will be speaking at the conservative review convention tonight in downtown greenville.jeb bush... was the only republican not in our area today, but will be here tomorrow, hitting the campaign trail with his mother, barbara bush.all six candidates are spending all of their time here... knowing the importance of saturday's first in the south primary. primary.while on the democratic side...hillary clinton and senator bernie s

the strom thurmond institute. john kasich will be speaking shortly, and we will stay here live with a reminder to let you know, the largest state newspaper, "the state," yesterday endorsing governor casey, saying voters committed to changing how the federal government functions should ignore the bladder of candidates without real credentials to meet the country. should chooses john kasich and his actual record of improving federal and state governments. we want to let you know also we will be opening up phone lines for your comments and thoughts and hear from some of the attendees at clemson. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this is clemson university, the group going to hear from john kasich. he will be introduced by a couple of people, a state representative for clemson and also he will be introduced by a former clemson football player and now playing

he'll be in clemson at 2:15 for a town hall at the strom thurmond institute on kappa street. allyson: donald trump has a townhall today in gaffney. that is scheduled to be at 5:30 thth evening. happening tonight, the conservative review will host it's first ever conservative convention. it begins at 7:00 at the bon secours wellness arena. all six of the republican presidential candidates have been invited. the convention has said that ben carson and ted cruz has said they will be there. the convention is open to the public. general admission tickets are $14. the latest now on the numbers from a national poll. geoff: that is according to the latest nbc news and wall street journal poll. in this poll, cruz has 28% of voters. trump following with 26%. marco rubio then trails at 17%, john kasich at 11%, ben carson at 10% and jeb bush at 4%. just last month, trump had a 13 point lead over ted cruz. allyson: looking at the democratic side now, a new poll out shows nevada will also be a tough battleground for hillary clinton and bernie sanders. a new cnn and orc poll has democratic

mikaya thurmond will introduce you the a raleigh man who helped hundreds of men and women, he used his misfortune as an opportunity to help others get a second chance. it begins tonight on our evening news. >>> panthers safety roman harper is offering a super fan a chance of a lifetime. he put up his uptown charlotte apartment on north pine on the travel website, air b and b. here is a look inside the stylish apartment. sleek. watch super bowl 50, right there in harper's luxurious digs and he plans to donate the money to his foundation. >>> the super bowl halftime show is one of the biggest events of the year, cold play is the headline this year. jamie attendsed the press conference -- attended the press conference. >> reporter: the british band cold play was confident and funny at the super bowl 50 half- time news conference. >> we don't do press conferences that often. good. >> reporter: front man has been practicing this week. this is karaoke on the late- late show with james corden. his dad showed off his saxophone skills thursday and asked to join the band on stage at the game. at

>> well, there is no such thing as a thurmond rule. i used to tease the republicans. i'll give you an example. the last two years of president george w. bush's term, democrats were in control of the senate. by this time we had confirmed two or three times as many judges of george bush's than the republicans have of president obama's. they're playing politics the same way they did when they killed about 70 of president clinton's judges by their pocket veto. the fact of the matter is a supreme court justice, let's have a vote. let's have a debate. the senate has more recesses scheduled, more holidays scheduled this year than i've ever seen in my time there. we ought to go forward and have a debate. >> you know that the republicans are arguing it's not about time spent in washington. it's about which president gets the chance to nominate the pick. you know, i've been covering you in the senate for a very long time. and i just know from experience, as do you, where you sit on these issues depends on where you stand. and if there were a republican in the white house, democ

that's for a town hall at the strom thurmond institute. that's on kappa street in clemson. allyson: and donald trump has a town hall today at the broad river electric cooperative in gaffney. that's scheduled to be 5:30 this evening. happening tonight, the conservative review will host its first ever conservative convention. it begins at 7:00 at the bon secours wellness arena. all six of the republican presidential candidates have been invited. the convention has said that ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio confirmed they will attend. $14. geoff: let's take a look at the latest poll numbers. in a national poll, donald trump has fallen behind ted cruz. allyson: that's according to the latest nbc news-wall street journal poll. cruz with 28% of voters. trump is behind with 26%. they're followed by marco rubio at 17%, john kasich at 11%, ben carson at 10% and jeb bush at 4%. just last month, trump held a 13-point lead over cruz 33% to 20%. and looking at the democratic side, a new poll out shows nevada will also be a tough battleground for hillary clinton and bernie sanders. a

he'll be in clemson at 2:15 for a town hall at the strom thurmond institute on kappa street. taking a live look now at the island along the coast. donald trump is speaking right now. later today, he has a town hall at the broad river electric cooperative in gaffney. that's scheduled to be 5:30 this evening. happening tonight, the conservative review will host its first ever conservative convention. it begins at 7:00 at the bon secours wellness arena. all six of the republican presidential candidates have been invited. the convention has said that ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio general admission tickets are $14. before today's round of campaign stops, senator marco rubio, senator ted cruz and doctor ben carson all participated in the first of two cnn town hall meetings in south carolina. the town hall was held in the old cigar warehouse in the west end of greenville. the three republican presidential candidates discussed topics on the minds of voters. national security, foreign policy, and readiness to be commander-in-chief all became questions for both carson and rubio,

democrats pushed back but republicans are essentially calling on what's call the thurmond rule.it's the unofficial rule -- that's *not universally accpeted -- but it describes the practice of the senate not confirming any life-time appointments made in very end of a president's term. that's why chuck grassley finds himself at the middle of this fiasco now as the chair of the committee that starts that process. "any by not i mean he just says well we just aren't going to have hearings. so president obama can nominate someone, i expect that he will that's his perogative. but the senate necessarily hold hearings. hanging in the balance is the political leaning and predictability of the highest court in the land.scalia generally sided with the conservative members of the court -- creating a group of 4 consistently conservative members and 4 consistently liberal members -- with justice kennedy normally being the famous swing vote. vote.a consistently liberal- leaning judge would throw off that balance.but justice scalia is known for reaching his rulings based on a strict reading of the word

wral's mikaya thurmond tells us who was inside and how they got out. >> reporter: they are made it out safely. the call came in at 2:00 ams 607 w. broad street. firefighters responded. the things seem to originate from the second floor. the home is broken into six apartments. residents say they only made it out safely because of the bravery of two dunn police officers. the sergeants happened to be patrolling the area, as part of the flames and arrived within minutes. residents say that jumped into action and knocked on doors. >> you wake up, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, someone is screaming, "fire." you are like, what? it happened to me. >> reporter: those officers extinguished. at this time investigators have not released the cause of the fire. but, they do say that he red cross has been providing help. >>> also overnight, a fire destroyed a home in north raleigh. it happened shortly before 1:00 in the morning at a home on wingette drive. firefighters tell us the home was vacant. no word on the cause. >>> new information on the deadly head-on crash in harnett county, a story that was br