raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. john: family and friends of akiel denkins gathering to say their final goodbyes. he was the 24-year-old shot and killed by raleigh police. the police chief says that denkins reached for a gun during caitlin knute is being -- is live outside where the funeral is being held. caitlin: good afternoon. right now, they are getting ready to start the public viewing. a of cars showing up. we understand the family has already gathered inside. we have a video from early as the hearse and family members were arriving. if you have been following this story, the family maintains his death was unnecessary, citing witnesses who claimed he was shot in the back while running away. as a result, the family elicited the help of the naacp and local pastors. meanwhile, a preliminary autopsy has been released i the raleigh police department. that seems to support what the officer who shot him clean, which was that this shooting was done in self-defense when he reached for a

temperatures around 80 degrees in downtown raleigh. across the region, 80 in smithfield. 78 in chapel hill. 79 in holly springs. 80 and goldsboro. 79 in pinehurst. 79 in rocky mount. 78 in wake forest. with clouds around, we could have a stray sprinkle. most places stay dry. 58 in fayetteville. mostly dry for the st. patrick's day parade. isolated shower not out of the question. if you do not want to chance it, we will stream it live on abc11.com. if you do,, we will have our pop-up studio. sunday, temperatures back in the 70's. we spring forward saturday night into sunday. back to 80 on wednesday. thursday is st. patrick's day, even though we have the parade tomorrow. by st. patrick's day, cooler but still above normal. barbara:barbara: downtown raleigh will turn into a sea of green with the st. patrick's day parade. the parade starts at 10:00 and goes down wilmington street. the parade features hundreds of floats and marching bands. joining me is diane enright, director of the raleigh st. patrick's day parade committee. thank you for

today hundreds of people turning out for a bernie sanders rally in downtown raleigh. andrea blanford covering that rally for us in downtown raleigh. >> bernie sanders supporters today. many of them getting here early this morning, hours in advance, just for a chance to see him and get inside. two lines stretched around the building this morning. this is some video of what happened before sanders took the stage in front of some 2400 supporters. he came outside and addressed a large overflow crowd of about 3,000. in his hour-long stump speech the senator touched on much of his campaign platform getting ovations when he talked about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and providing free tuition to colleges and universities. he told the crowd he would pay for much of his proposals by taxing wall street speculators, corporations, and the wealthy. he held himself in stark contrast to his democratic rival hillary clinton, saying he has rejected super pacs and funded his campaign on individual donations. his rally comes the day after clinton rallied in durham. some people

brookside. >> the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville. abc 11 "eyewitness news" continues. barbara: the search for answers continues after an officer involved shooting in fayetteville. planning for another meeting today. john: north carolina, get out and vote. early voting starts today. all you need to know. barbara: north korea firing back. being slapped with new sanctions. 29 degrees at 6:30. i am barbara gibbs. john: i am john clark. don: good morning as you head out the door. temperatures in the 20's. it will take a while for them to climb. after freezing at 8:00. you will not see the 40's until 10:00. 50's this afternoon. 25 in roxboro. 27 in southern pines and louisburg. oxford and roanoke rapids, 28. 31 in fayetteville. 30 and partly cloudy right now. at lunch time, partly cloudy with temperatures climbing into the upper 40's. the clouds will get thicker this afternoon. the clouds moving in, bringing showers late in the day. we will talk about the rain chances, coming up. we have weather and traffic amber: an accident

patrick's day parade in downtown raleigh. during the day, 68, then the second half of sunday, midday and the afternoon, shower should not be much thunder or lightning at all. monday, a chance for an afternoon shower on tuesday or wednesday. we are back to warm and dry weather. temperatures back up to 80 again by next week. not a great weekend, but not a washout either. steve: carolina state cabinet ... linda coleman, our next lt. governor. i'm linda coleman, and i'm running for lt. governor because it's time to fight back, so our children don't have to do it all over again. i've fought to improve schools all my life. and now, i'm going to fight against the republicans in raleigh ... because we're in a fight to save everything we believe in. this is a letter from someone who's here. she has to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early 1980's. at that time it cost approximately $180 for 10 shots. the latest refill was $14.700 for the same 10 vials i'm going after them. this is predatory pricing and we're going to m

and chris is with us in our downtown raleigh storm center. that was video from last year when we had rain at the parade. right? meteorologist: nothing more than a sprinkle, a really spotty shower. we'll talk about that. meanwhile, if you're going out this evening, it's dry now. even though a cool front is coming through the region. temperatures 80 today. we only fall into the upperer 50's by tomorrow morning. very warm night coming up. no need for a jacket. we'll talk about rain chances for the weekend and how long this warm weather lasts in your first alert forecast coming up. tisha: thanks. first, the a.c.c. tournament. u.n.c. chancellor showing her 7:00. tisha: chopper 11 h.d. high above the arena in rest raleigh tonight. country music fans all kinds of excited for gather brooks and trisha yearwood. some of them in full tail gate mode before one of three concerts this weekend. it's a comeback of sorts for fans couldn't be more ready. steve: how do garget and trisha feel about being on the road again? we spoke with the superstar couple this

we will show you what is going on now as far as a live look into downtown raleigh. temperature right now is 53. dew point 51. that is 93% humidity. wind calm. looking live into durham, bull city at 51. west winds 11 miles an hour. from there to a live look into downtown fayetteville. and currently in cumberland county you have cloudy skies and temperature 57 and west wind four. numbers from across the region cooler air settling in north. 47 roxboro, 48 oxford. 49 in sanford and 58 fayetteville. ran moves out and -- rain moves out and clear skies to the west. we will show what you is going on in the rest of the southeast. this is clear air moving in tonight through tomorrow. more rain ahead. through the overnight these are by 6:0040's and around freezing tonight. tomorrow clouds. by 6:00 tomorrow night showers are out west and rain pushes through in the overnight and could be a lot like last night. rest of today temperatures topping out in the 50's. lunchtime 51 and rain ending early and then as we go through the afternoon clearing skies and temperatures staying arou

protesters gathered in downtown raleigh. we are breaking news coverage coming up. tisha: the shooting on the minds of city leaders. what mayor mcfarlane is saying about the shooting. steve: as the wake county's school systems preparing to change rules for several students. tish>> see what's happening this instant --abc 11 eyewitness news starts right now. tisha: raleigh residents taking to the streets. of the city. streets are shut down so they can get by. these residents want to continue to shine the light on a shooting that has rocked the city. good evening. getting official word of his death, a shooting after a foot chase. there is frustration targeting the raleigh police chief and her five-day timeline to release a report. reporter: steve, a lot of skepticism. there has been virtual radio silence for police. not much new and that has fueled skepticism and calls for better >> we see there is a bullet hole

>> reporter: crowds gathered quickly on the east side of downtown raleigh. unrest and anger was immediate. >> where is my child? >> reporter: senior officer, d.c. twiddy, shot a man on pursuit while trying to serve a arch warrant. rolanda byrd says it was her son, akiel denkins. he was unarmed. police spoke at the scene and address the community. >> we did find a kind within close proximity to the deceased suspect. that went with all other elements available at the single process. >> you have taken one of our children! spot where denkins died, by nightfall, candles were lit, tears, ger, frustration, all covered faces in the crowd. pastors and community leaders acknowledge the anger but urge for people to stay calm. >> let's do this ing right. because, do you know what? they expect for us to act up. they expect for us to act a fool. but we are better than that. >> reporter: denkins leaves behind two young children, a 2- year-old and 3-year-old son. the officer involved is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. that naacp presser is set for 10:30 t

we are around freezing right now in downtown raleigh. meteorologist don schwenneker is in the first alert storm center with a look at the weather. don: some places in the 20's this morning. a cold start to the day. we will warm into the 50's but we are below average all day. you see the morning temperatures going into the 20's. by 7:00 in the 30's and 9:00 the 40's. region, 25 now in roxboro. 26 in sanford. 31 fayetteville. 29 goldsboro, wilson, roanoke rapids. 27 in louisburg. a look at the day ahead, 29 now. by lunchtime 19 degrees warmer at 48. into the afternoon 51 and clouds moving in. the clouds bring the chance of rain and we will have that and the complete seven-day forecast in a couple of minutes. john: thank you, don. primary season is here in north carolina. early voting beginning in a few hours. gloria rodriguez is live outside the wake county board of elections in downtown raleigh. help us sort through what we can expect at the polls this year. that. i want to let you know first of all this is one location that today. early

a live look into downtown raleigh, we are at 50 degrees. there is a northwest wind at 14 miles per hour. this is a live look into durham. 49 degrees right now. from there, a live look into fayetteville. 35% humidity. the wind has been around 10-15 miles per hour. take a look at the temperatures across the region. 49 degrees in chapel hill. 52 degrees in roanoke rapids. look at the temperature change, almost 25 degrees colder. rdu is 22 degrees colder. everyone is in the double digits as far as how cold it was as compared to yesterday. a couple of high clouds are working their way through. those clouds come back through the mountains and to the west, we have a lot of clearing out around tennessee and mississippi. we will keep the snow up here i went and we won't see anything for that. the frontal boundary will trail off and come in tomorrow night. we have more rain ahead. not much to show you as we go through tomorrow. we will see the clouds start to build in. 45 degrees at lunchtime and into tomorrow night, here is the rain pushing in. you

downtown raleigh right now. reporter: we learned in court that at least one of those images of a nine-year-old child, the same age as his youngest child. the suspect is facing 12 counts of sexual explication of a minor. the state says in november, investigators found 43 piles -- 43 files of child pornography with children as young as two years old. his lawyer asked the judge for a lower bond, telling the court she has been married for 18 years, has three children, and as their sole provider, but the $150,000. he always also -- he is also order to have no contact with children under the age of 18. tisha: tonight we are waiting on word for possible charges linked to a school bus crash. some dramatic eyewitness video shows a bus in a tree lot on rogers road near marshall farm street and wake forest. heritage elementary and middle none of the students were hurt. because of the crash remains under investigation. steve: the dome now installed on the new holy name of jesus cathedral. we were in the air as the dome was

. >>> people living in downtown raleigh are still waiting for a neighborhood grocery store. >> still ahead, we take a look store this year. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. wh we the inllergens o bodict b ovduci keyflam subances th causousympmoilnlntl e tance. oncontix and six greater thaone. let your eyes decide. >>> amanda lamb told us but new information regarding a deadly police shooting in raleigh. coming up at 5:00, she talks with the district attorney about the results after i preliminary autopsy report that shows where on his body akiel information fits into the bigger picture of the investigation. plus, one wake county school is hosting a post-prom party. we explain how this is an effort to keep teenagers safe and curb any temptations to use alcohol and drugs. and it has been snowing on and off in boone. greg fishel joins us at 5 to explain how close this could get to the triangle. we are looking fo

plus, going green in downtown raleigh today. highlights from the st. patrick's day celebration. we're going to take you back to he is a live look outside the verizon center where the tar heels have just clinched the a.c.c. championship. and we're going to go to chris standing by with a look at our weather forecast. lots of people interested in what's going to happen for the race tomorrow. >> that's right, big day tomorrow after the parades in downtown raleigh. it's going to be dry for the most part and mild. temperatures bottom out right around 60's and upper 50's. and when we see cooler weather. it's coming, in your forecast coming up. >> here's a look at tonight's 11-28-50-57-62, and the she says their names. trayvon martin shot to death. dontre hamilton unarmed. sandra bland... did nothing wrong. and makes their mothers' fight for justice her own. she speaks for a city poisoned by indifference. we need action now. and stands with the president against those who would undo his achievements. just like she's always...stood with us. hillary clinton. cold medicine called him to bl

don: big changes i>> the only station with 3 newsrooms in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville, abc 11 "eyewitness news" continues. john: breaking news. a miss on i-440 in raleigh. this is the d.o.t. camera near the wake forest exit. 2 left bound lanes are closed with a serious crash. we were on the scene 20 minutes ago. oh the vehicles are damaged. we don't know the extent of the injuries or if it is related to a motorcycle on its side a quarter-r-le down the highway. the police are piecing it together. expect delays westbound on i-440. barbara: the naacp is calling for an open investigation into the shooting of a man yesterday by raleigh police officer. john, good afternoon. john: good afternoon. the situation has been somber. the family has come to pay respects at the makeshift memorial that has sprung up. that is the mother of akiel denkins, 24 years old. they're looking at the memorial that has continued growing. about this time yesterday when this happened, just after noon. there is video of what it looks like within one hour of the call going out. a couple h

let's look at downtown raleigh. patchy fog or mainly clear skies at 37 and dew point at 33, 86% humidity and the wind are not out there this morning. a live look now, not seeing fog and 40 degrees with the southwest wind at 3 miles per hour. across the region, 32 rocksburg and 36 in chapel hill. 34 southern pines and 38 clinton and 32 in roanoke rapids. we're clear across the carolinas and not much to show you in way of cloud cover. we'll stay dry for a while. the dome of high pressure will you see the rain and look at the movement moving northeast. the system keeps running the moisture to the north to see if we can get away from it in the next several days. we do see off and on clouds and this afternoon partly sunny sky with clouds drifting through tonight into tomorrow, some patchy fog and clear skies and sunshine tomorrow and sticks around until wednesday. the surface map shows a big high starting off the coast today and we'll be partly sunny and warmer with temps in the 80's. the next couple days the high moves

we will have temperatures of around 80 degrees in downtown raleigh. across the region. 79 degrees in holly springs. tonight, temperatures will fall back into the 60's for the overnight lows. 60 degrees in durham. in the seven day forecast, we have temperatures in the 70's tomorrow. abc11 will be live at the parade, come on down and say hello. we spring forward on sunday and back near 80 degrees by next week. barbara: this weekend, thousands john: coming up,john: this sunday, thousands of runners will take place in the tobacco road marathon and half marathon. 21 miles of this marathon are run on the american tobacco israel which has minimal turns on paved roads. those are qualities that make for runners. abc11 together is a proud sponsor and joining us is the marathon founder. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having us. john: how many folks do you think will come out? >> probably 7000 or 8000 people. with the families and the kids, everybody coming, we have about 4000 full runners. anywhere from 8000-10,000 people will be coming around the fi

entice people with dozens of t.v.s and also offering rooms for private screens. >> i think downtown raleigh has a lot to offer because you are not going to find a chain store. >> much more about the ncaa tournament right now on wncn.com. it's there on our home page. >> things in durham need to change. >> next at 6 the racial disparity and what police are doing about it. >>> hello there's our camera. you couldn't have had a better day in central north carolina this weekend. big changes. i'll tell you how much colder it will be and when the rain will arrive in the forecast. >> first a popular raleigh pub is coming back open for st. is depression more than sadness? it's a tangle of multiple symptoms. brintellix (vortioxetine) is a prescription medicine for depression. brintellix may start to untangle or help improve the multiple symptoms of depression. "for me, brintellix made a difference." tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens, or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. brinte

>> reporter: crowd scattered quickly on the east side of downtown raleigh. the unrest and anger was immediate. >> where is my child? >> reporter: senior officer, d.c. twiddy, shot a man on pursuit while trying to servea search warrant. rolanda byrd says it was her son, 24-year-old akiel denkins. she says he was unarmed. police spoke at the scene and address the community. >> we did find a gun within close proximity to the deceased suspect. that with all other elements available at the scene will be processed. children! >> reporter: people gathered at the spot where denkins died, by nightfall, candles were lit, tears, anger, frustration, all covered faces in the crowd. pastors and community leaders acknowledge the anger but urge for people to stay calm. >> let's do this thing right. because, do you know what? they expect for us to act up. they expect for us to act a fool. but we are better than that. >> reporter: denkins leaves behind two young children, a 2- year-old and 3-year-old. the officer involved is on leave. coming up the next half-hour we take a loo

in knows i am in downtown raleigh. check out the bullet points. it tells you where they are and will help you find them. this will fill up in the next six months as more food trucks come down because it has been a more food truck friendly city. it is going to be fun to test them out. joel: it certainly will be. kids love candy. candy companies target them companies that make some of your favorite sweets like lemonheads, ghirardelli, jelly belly, mike and i have agreed not to advertise to children under the age of 12. they plan to keep these ads out of schools. it is part of the children's confection advertising initiative of the better business bureau will oversee it. some companies already take part in the program. there is a new sign alerting ying to get people to pay more attention to deer on the road. anna: we like to keep a pulse on what is new in breaking throughout the hour. steve daniels gets us up to speed. steve: we have a consumer alert, diane wilson with internet auction sites that are easy to use for buyers and sellers. a top d.c. jud

into downtown raleigh, dew point at 35. west linning, five miles per hour. 79% humidity, northwest wind five miles per hour. look at what happens when we -- we have got so much clear air all the way back into the dakotas and into oklahoma and texas. this dome of high pressure sliding across. that will keep us clear and dry. by 5:00, we have got blue skies, nice clear conditions. the clear conditions will allow the temperatures to drop. that is why we have got frost advisory in effect. we warm up quickly and stay warm over the next several days. in raleigh, you will start out with cloudy skies. by lunchtime we are up around 50. we see the blue skies, the sunshine, temperatures 10 degrees below normal. at numbers from across the region this afternoon, everybody will be in the mid-50's. 55 wendell. up near 60 in fayetteville. 56 in wilmington, 54 in roanoke rapids. 56 in wilson. 50 in south bell. act into the 30's for overnight lows. 34 in sanford. you have your first alert seven-day forecast tomorrow, temperatures back into t

this is a live look outside of our downtown raleigh studio on fayetteville street. such a beautiful friday afternoon. 79 degrees. it feels more like mid may than it does march around here. but nothing pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. >> this man is in custody charged with statutory rape. the hoke county sheriff's office arrested 23-year-old delton dwayne graham yesterday. deputies say the sexual offense went on for seven months in 2013 and resulted in the birth of a baby. graham is now behind bars under a $100,000 bond. >> two years after her death family and friends of a hope mills teenager are remembering 15-year-old danielle locklear disappeared on this day in 2014. her body was later found in a river. her ex-boyfriend jamychal malloy is charged in her death and was in court earlier this week. malloy and his attorney are n

we will see what is going on with a live look into joined raleigh. most of the -- downtown raleigh. temperature in raleigh in the 50's. 54, dew point 51. 90% humidity. look into downtown durham and temperature is 53. not a heavy rain, just .70 inch and most of it done. 48 in roxboro, 52 in sanford. 58 fayetteville. 57 clinton. 56 goldsboro. 52 roanoke rapids and 50 in louisburg. latest satellite and radar composite shows rain moving out for the most part. i think it is with us another pressing out. beyond that lots of dry air to the west from memphis to wichita. most of the snow will stay up north. we will not see any here. maybe a few flakes in the mountains. first alert predictor forecast model by lunchtime we are clear and dry and it will be breezy. winds will gust up to 25 to 30 miles an hour into the afternoon but 5:00 and 6:00 we are back in the mid 40's. it will be cold tonight with the temperatures in the 30's. by tomorrow lunchtime only mid 40's and clouds building in on thursday. then it thursday night we definitely have rain moving through and could be heavier thursday ni

he also stopped in raleigh for kelly. >> he was in downtown raleigh. our team coverage continues with cbs political. >> reporter: it was entirely on that $2 billion connect and bond. he did talk about the bond. we had the opportunity to ask him about his campaign. >> i haven't even seen the results yet. >> they've declared you the winner. >> oh, that's good. >> reporter: so let's talk about that bond. it passed by nearly a two to one vote. it will mean $2 billion for the state to use on a variety of the projects. about half of it going to the unc systems. national guards. we talked to margaret spellings to see what she thought this would mean for the educational systems. >> we have to have the best facilities, the best and modern equipment to put in them. they're so relative to the work force today. >> reporter: the governor did talk at the podium here about the team effort to get the bill passed. we did have an opportunity to talk with lee roberts, and we asked him why he supports the governor in his campaign to run for re-election. >> i think it's ve

first stop, downtown raleigh. image mean they rockstar reception on received from hillary supporters -- in between the rockstar reception on clinton received from hillary supporters . we've got to keep the door open. we've got to find common ground. hillary is the only person running who has consistently done that. joel: they former president did not mention bernie sanders or donald trump by name. he said the country needed to be >> the approval of america went up 20% between she became secretary of state and when she left office. i am telling you, we can win this race. joel >> north carolina has never been clinton country. state republicans said that what her campaign forgets is that north carolinians have project did the clinton -- have rejected the clintons before. she will arrive with a sizable lead in the polls. clinton has an 18 point of vantage over bernie sanders. -- not healing the emotional wounds of a murdered woman. steve: her family had an emotional message for logan mclean as well as the judge who se

downtown raleigh looking pretty good. north of town we have been following a minor accident for much of the morning on wake forest on wake town drive inside the belt line. also that icon on capital near 440 is report of a minor accident on inbound capital near high winds boulevard. bit of a delay but does not look that different from typical delays we see this time of day. also on the north side of raleigh, you'll notice an accident at spring forest road and green road causing a few up. as far as we can tell not a serious accident. also some fortify work zone related delays, those backups begin through jones sausage 440 interchange toward the us-1 interchange. at least in spots, if the stop and go traffic. by the time you get out to us-1 and beyond, smooth drive out of raleigh toward rtp. seeing traraic building on 540 between capital and creekmore. take a look at the drive out of south durham towards chapel hill. looking okay out on 54. the distance starts to slow down a little bit. also out on fayetteville road, getting

downtown raleigh, durham and fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. >> we continue to follow breaking news in brussels where two terrorist attacks have left dozens dead and put europe on alert. at least 34 people are dead and 200 are injured. the first explosion rocked brussels airport at the height of rush hour. witnesses described the moments. >> a big bang and everybody cries. and we saw smoke. >> at least one of those was an hour later, another powerful blast at the subway station close to the european union. attacks coming just days after the last suspects wanted in the paris terrorist attacks was captured in brussels. isis is claiming responsibility. >> a triangle family living in brussels is scared but ok. denise and james' daughters go to school close to where that happened. also, james travels frequently around the area for work. >> it could have been catastrophic this morning had he been going to work on one of his business trips. all of our friends travel for work. so we're just waiting. >> the family says

community members gathered each day since the shooting of 24 downtown raleigh and asked for a trance poirpt investigation and demanded answers. -- transparent investigation and demanded answers. denkins ran from the officer who caught up. police say there was a struggle and denkins started to pull a handgun from the waist band and the officer drew his weapon and fired shots as denkins moved his gun in the officer's direction. >> the community is sophisticated enough and mature enough to accept the facts. >> reporter: denkins was shot four times, once in his chest with injuries to his lungs and heart. he was shot in the left forearm, right upper arm and shoulder. >> there is nothing about what the state medical examiner has found that matches with an idea times in the back. that's not the finding. >> reporter: some have expressed scepticism over these preliminary reports, but official says these are on going investigations, we expect to learn more. the funeral is set for 1:00 this afternoon, at bible way temple, which is on home street in downtown raleigh. >>> we are working to find o

downtown raleigh, traffic inside the belt line if you're trying to get into downtown and 440, major purchase looking all right. as we zoom out and look at the rest of the triangle, you have a couple of accident icons, one on 540 eastbound at the 64 business interchange between raleigh and knightdale. so far notably showing up but it is something to keep in mind between knightdale and raleigh. also getting word of an accident on 40 eastbound approaching 751. leaving chapel hill and the southwest side of durham, you can already feel a bit of yellow showing up on eastbound side. we'll have to attack carefully. one lane is blocked with an accident. on the south side of raleigh, have a crush on gorman street at the i-40 interchange, at this point, no big delays on the sensors and it's not attracting -- causing a traffic on i-40 but it's a hotspot we will watch for the next little while. as we check in with those i-40 minutes from 42 to the belt line split. good news is that appears to be holding steady. it is not increasing greatly in the last while. most of those delays will be on the clayton by

as we reported over the last hour, he was patrolling an area of downtown raleigh when he recognized den kips. he knew denkins was wantedded on an outstanding felony drug charge i'm foot chase started according] to the police report, officer twiddy chased him to the area of bragg and east streets. he caught up with them and they struggled. officer twiddy says denkins pulled a hand began from his at that point, the officer pulled his duty weapon and multiple shots. the report shows twiddy was afraid denkins would either hoot him or take his gun. he then stepped back and fired additional shots at denkins. the handgun found near denkins' body was reported stolen in january. this is no dash cam video since this happened away from the police cruiser. police are asking witnesses who saw the entire incident to come forward. they have people with various reports of what happened, some saw some of it. some saw other parts of it. but they are asking for someone who has seen the whole thing to come forward. now, officer twiddy according to this report suffered minor abrasions and is on administrati

as far as the live look into downtown raleigh 57 and humidity 93%, winds calm. from there to a live look into downtown fayetteville and temperature right now 61 with west winds at four miles an hour. unless from across the area 51 right now in roxboro, 53 chapel hill, 54 sanford, 60 fayetteville. 58 clinton and 55 roanoke rapids. satellite and radar composite shows the showers moving out. we see the cloud cover moving utah but where it -- out but there is a lot of moisture in the lower part of the atmosphere so you may see patchy fog. looking at the rest of the georgia and tennessee. it will move across us the next couple days. first alert predictor forecast over the eastern half of the viewing area so partly sunny at lunch. in the afternoon mostly sunny and gorgeous day shaping up. that high pressure moving in from the south will help pump warm air in and that front gave us showers. tomorrow we see a weak front. it won't have a lot of moisture. could bring an isolated shower tomorrow. i think most of the area will remain rain free. all the cold air is bottled u

the prisoner of war gathering is is 7:00 here in downtown raleigh. barbara: the national weather service sending a crew not clear how badly the people were hurt. two of them were taken to the hospital. caitlin: while many of you were sleeping astronaut scott kelly completed his nearly year-long mission on the spwpl space station. we have new video. this is him emerging from a russian space capsule in kazakhstan. this is the first time on earth in 340 days. scientists now will look at how the long time in space affected his body. without gravity you can lose phrufrl strength and balance. they hope the research and kelly and his twin brother will bring john: thank you, caitlin. an arrest made in a year old murder case. glenwood johnson is charged in the death of walter johnson. the two are not related. last february walter johnson was found lying on the sidewalk on north miami boulevard stabbed. barbara: in fayetteville police are investigating a shooting just after 5:00 last night when eric davis was driving on shaw road from murchison to bragg boulev

they have made their way to downtown raleigh. we are shooting right outside our front door. you can see the signs , just as forakiel. -- justice for akiel. people walking from the university near downtown. they are at fayetteville street. next half hour. >> from the raleigh eyewitness news center, abc eyewitness news at 5:30 starts now. chris: we are going to keep him have an update right now on breaking news. joel: a police chase ending in johnston county. multiple agencies, multiple suspects in custody. anna: we are live with the latest. reporter: there is a large police presence, several different agencies are here, focusing around this pickup truck. this is still an active seen here. we have some video to show you closer what is going on. we're at the corner of country store road and church road in selma and johnston county. one of our cruise on the scene says that they actually saw the driver of the pickup truck down on the ground. deputies were performing cpr on the driver. he has since been taken away by ambulance. we do not know his condition. we are still working to

three in raleigh including this county board of elections office downtown. you can vote early through march 12. we have all the information on our website at abc11.com/govote. live in raleigh, gloria rodriguez, abc 11 eyewitness news. barbara: vote 2016 drunk reuniting with megan kelly in a fox debate tonight. how will they interact? candidates doing to try to says he is considering flying in space again calling it be a important mission. barbara: shaw university will head football coach at 10:30 in the president's conference room replacing the coach who was let go after four seasons. they had a 1-9 record in his final season. from nuclear to cuba. john: how long a nonstop flight to the island nation would take and how soon it could be a reality. caitlin: by now you have seen this incredible surveillance video to show you as masked men ransack a gun shop in texas. we will tell you about the break in the case. that is coming up. but now we check in with don. anchor: we have dry conditions across the region. checking the first alert doppler network and we are

this is a live look into downtown raleigh -- dew point and 39, a northwest wind at three miles per hour. taking a look into downtown durham, 76% humidity and the northwest wind at two. radar is turning white trying to show snow. move out -- look at what is going on nationally -- not much. so much dry air in place. like still flying in new york city, but today, as we look all the way into the midwest, clear skies are with us for a while. skies clear out through the day and by 5:00, nothing but sunshine. into tomorrow, clear skies and colder temperatures. tomorrow, lots of sunshine. for the rest of today, temperatures cool this morning, climbing to near 50 at lunchtime. we will stay in the 50's this afternoon with all the sunshine. around the region, 55 in garnering holly springs, 54 in schuyler city in chapel hill. 60 around fayetteville, 57 in in wake forest. tonight, clear skies, temperatures dropping. a frost advisory in effect. we will be down to 33 in raleigh, 36 in fayetteville. seven day forecast, temperatures tomorrow -- warmer. 50's today, 60's tomorrow, 70's on wednesday. we co

barbara: >> the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, and downtown fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. john: a lake county -- wake county woman who traveled abroad tested positive for zika virus. it is the fifth confirmed case of the virus in north carolina. are not naming this woman. they will only say she recently traveled to south and central america's and said symptoms associated with the virus -- they say she was they say at this point, residents do not need to be alarmed. >> we are not a reactionary group. we follow what the science tells indicates we have had a low probability of anything spreading in our area. we need to watch this and be vigilant as far as when they are traveling. take the precautions necessary. heather: there are more than 100 cases of travel related zika in the u.s. in some cases, they have been sexually transmitted. symptoms include fever and joint pain and rash. if you recently traveled outside the u.s. in particular to south and central america and think you may have been affected, as you are urged -- infected, you are ur

he spoke to twopeople in downtown raleigh -- 200 people in downtown raleigh. he urged voters to support his wife, tauting her experience at home and abroad. detailed plan for boosting the economy and create jobs and her ability to be a change maker. want to make america great. this country never stopped being great. [cheers and applause] -- but ... but we do need to make america whole again so we can all rise again. >>> the national republican commit did not waste time firing back pointing out north carolina voters rejected them 3 times in the election. >>> republican candidate, trump, came to the tar hill state today. he is trying to win over voters before next week's primary. who is going to win north carolina? right? >> i think so. i think -- i think we are are going to do great here. i think we are going to do great. >> trump will appear at the coliseum on wednesday. last december he spoke in raleigh. triangle tomorrow. speak at a rally at the baptist church starting at noon. >>> funeral after the accident arrangementsreset for mrs. reagan at the library i

raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. barbara: happening now, advocacy groups meeting and going over a new report that says it proves racial bias in the city's police department. the study was ordered after claims that blackmail drivers were disproportionately pulled over by police officers. ed crump is outside of city hall with those details. ed: the civil rights leaders who gathered here to talk about the study showing racial disparities we do now that we have confirmed already what ed: one of the keys is who is hired as durham's new police chief. while that is very important, they do not believe a solution should be in the hands of the durham police department. instead, they believe the mayor and city council should work closely with citizens to try to get this all figured out and to end those racial disparities. ed crump, abc 11 eyewitness news co. john: an investigation under way into this atv accident that killed a man earlier this morning. chopper 11 hd was over the crash scene. th

barbara: we are flirting with freezing with downtown raleigh. meteorologist don schwenneker will tell us when we can shed the heavy coat. organic welcome on tuesday march 22. john: thank you for joining us. we are under a frost advisory. we will check in with meteorologist don schwenneker. don: it is until 9:00 a.m. and once the sun climbs temperatures will jump. many locations in the 30's. look at the day ahead. you can see by 8:00 up to 38 and 10:00 near 50 and lunchtime we will be near 60 degrees. current numbers, in the 30's. 30 roxboro and 34 chapel hill. 28 sanford and 32 smithfield and 36 fayetteville. looking at the wind chills they are not a factor. right now we have temperatures in the 30's. by lunchtime 24 degrees warmer at 60. late day mostly sunny and 65 degrees. even warmer temperatures for tomorrow. we will talk about that in the john: breaking overnight a tragedy close to home at north carolina wesleyan college. this is a serious crash on highway 301 year rocky mount. it led to a response from the administration on wirttwitter. i

hopefully they will stay away from downtown raleigh. check in with steve if you are all about the morning forecast. 80 the high today. the record was 84. the warmest since october 9. 82 in fayetteville. you see the cooler air, to the north and west. there is a front coming through right now. it will keep us in the 60's and 70's. above average but nothing resembling cold. the airport, 67. a southeast wind and humidity fairly high. rocky mount and wilson, 63. 64, roxboro. fayetteville at 67. mid 50's to lower 60's. of a lot of clouds around the region but not enough to squeeze out any shower activity. good news for the beleaguered gulf states. light showers in alabama, the florida panhandle. the torrential rains appear to be about over so folks can start cleaning up as they head through the weekend. it has been a disaster with up to 20 inches of rain in some spots. just an isolated shower here. here is the front, bisecting the region. spotty showers, mainly in the morning. the afternoon looks to be dry. back into the 70's sunday. a better

who and south saunders looking good into downtown raleigh. light volume. 40 and 15/501 do you recall county same. over overnight construction will be up by 6:00. drive times freeway is clear six minutes 40 to u.s. 15 and 540 westbound no problems four barbara: tha we know designer when we see it. like the designer smile. it's bolder, brighter and our blogs are buzzing about it. it's the new must-have look. the designer smile by colgate. new optic white high impact white toothpaste. with a professionally recommended whitening ingredient... ...for four shades visibly whiter teeth. and...a buzz-worthy smile! get your designer smile from new colgate optic white john: good morning. secretary will stay put thanks largely to the hip happen musical. they were rescued from cruelty and hundreds of dogs and cats out of a pizza shop. john: breaking news north korea test firing a ballistics missile overnight. reaction from around the world. barbara: hundreds of animals rescued in need of help. how you can bring one home today. john: march madness in full

hopefully they will stay away from downtown raleigh. check in with steve if you are going downtown. all about the morning forecast. 80 the high today. the record was 84. the warmest since october 9. 82 in fayetteville. you see the cooler air, to the north and west. there is a front coming through right now. it will keep us in the 60's and 70's. resembling cold. the airport, 67. a southeast wind and humidity fairly high. rocky mount and wilson, 63. 64, roxboro. fayetteville at 67. mid 50's to lower 60's. of a lot of clouds around the region but not enough to squeeze out any shower activity. a fairly dry front. good news for the beleaguered gulf states. light showers in alabama, the florida panhandle. the torrential rains appear to be about over so folks can start cleaning up as they head through the weekend. it has been a disaster with up to 20 inches of rain in some spots. here is the front, bisecting the region. spotty showers, mainly in the morning. the afternoon looks to be dry. back into the 70's sunday. a better chance for showers. some of the moisture from the system in texas

we're live in downtown raleigh with more on that. reporter: he really did not comment on much tonight. the incumbent said there are complex problems that will be difficult to solve, and he is committed to rebuilding the economy. >> the competition is getting but guess what, we will succeed if we follow this model of working together as a team. reporter: roy cooper, celebrated his win. attorney general says he wants to put more money into the pockets of everyday working families. he also wants education to be a priority. >> helping everyone in this improving economy, making affordable quality education. helping small businesses start up and grow. that is what the people of north carolina want. tisha: both now prepping for the november battle. most polls show mccrory and cooper very close. it has been a very expensive his campaign has raised over $5 million. steve: it will be an interesting race to watch. governor mccrory celebrate in, as well. the connect and see bond -- connect nc bond has passed. in the lieutenant governor's race, l

there are also three in raleigh including the board of elections office downtown. polls will stay open until march 12. you wanted to bring a photo id when you vote. officials say those who are not able to get an id can still cast a provisional ballot. the primary election is march 15. steve: the republican party establishment appears to be panicking about donald trump. they want to prevent the front nomination. on him today. reporter: the 2012 nominee says donald trump thinks the american >> donald trump is a fraud. his promises are worthless. reporter: trump responding. >> he was a disaster as a candidate. reporter: they had a very different relationship for years ago. >> it is my honor and privilege to endorse mitt romney. reporter: while he is not endorsing any candidate he suggest voters take delegates away from donald trump. this would lead to a nomination fight at the gop convention. >> and these are the things that happen in a competitive primary. reporter: paul ryan had dinner with mitt romney last weekend. at tonight's debate in detroit, donald trump will

we're live in downtown raleigh with more on that. reporter: he really did not comment on much tonight. the incumbent said there are complex problems that will be difficult to solve, and he is committed to rebuilding the economy. >> the competition is getting really strong in the rest of the world. but guess what, we will succeed if we follow this model of reporter: roy cooper, celebrated his win. attorney general says he wants to put more money into the pockets of everyday working families. he also wants education to be a priority. >> helping everyone in this improving economy, making affordable quality education. helping small businesses start up and grow. that is what the people of north carolina want. tisha: both now prepping for the november battle. most polls show mccrory and cooper very close. it has been a very expensive race. his campaign has raised over $5 million. steve: it will be an interesting governor mccrory celebrate in, as well. the connect and see bond -- connect nc bond has passed. in the lieutenant governor's race

we are live at the legislative building in downtown retail -- at downtown raleigh. >> health authorities are keeping an eye on the situation. they know about it in wake county and say they have academic leaders involved now in the investigation. they say at this point there is no news. >> we learned a bit more today about the monitoring. the department of health and human service director led the oversight committee. >> this will wear prepare -- this will well prepare us and there is no reason to be concerned. >> our message is that we anticipate more cases and again, that is why we made -- it helps us track the virus. >> there are only five confirmed including wake county. health authorities tell us the woman is not of childbearing age and they are closely monitoring her and she is doing well. they are also keeping an eye on the mosquitoes here since the virus is transmitted through their bite if they are in acted. >> we are contracting with three at academic entomologists to help us track the presence. we think we have some of the mosquitoes, but the predominant mosquito here is not th

live look into downtown raleigh and right now 51. dew point 36. 56 humidity. southwest wind 14 miles an hour. sunrise 7:14. fayetteville checks in at 50, 67% humidity, southwest wind at five miles an hour. we have clouds around mainly over the northern counties. southern counties are dry and cover. we stkaofpl out -- zoom out and the rain is out of here. we have cloud cover working and that is about it. we will see skies clearing by 4:00 today mostly sunny, clear tonight into tomorrow. by tomorrow a few more clouds working in. partly sunny skies. as we go tomorrow night into friday we will see spotty rain showers. we see the high pressure moving out. as it does we will see the southwest winds pulling in the warm air. here is the frontal boundary out west. that's what will bring us rain thursday night into friday. today temperatures in the 50's, 52 at 9:00. by hroeufrplg 67 -- lunchtime 67. in the afternoon 72 and breezy, winds gusting around 25 miles an hour. numbers from across the region today, 76 garner, 76 durham, 75 chapel hill, 76 wendell, 75 siler city.

steve: andrea blanford now in downtown raleigh to show us why some voters encountered trouble with their id in early voting. andrea: it was mostly college students who tried voting early with an out-of-state drivers license. us, if you are registered to vote and do not have one of these many forms of acceptable id, you can still come to the postmark because there are exceptions to the rule. when it comes to -- come to the polls tomorrow because there are exceptions to the role -- the rule. this new jersey native will not be voting in tomorrow's election. >> i don't have an in-state drivers license. andrea: a valid north carolina driver's license is one of the many acceptable photo ids needed to cast a ballot this year. college students tried voting early with their out-of-state id. but elections officials say they were given provisional ballots instead. in order to use an out-of-state license, they would have had to register within 90 days of election day. >> did it -- it did not seem andrea: out of more than 55,000 voters come only 70 seven didn't have the right form of id. still, he sa

live look at what is happening now in downtown raleigh. temperature is 29, dew point 19, 67% humidity and winds calm. live look into downtown right now 33, 61% humidity. no wind to speak of. northwest wind five miles an hour. numbers from across the region 27 roxboro, 28 chapel hill. 25 sanford. 32 smithfield and 29 goldsboro and 31 fayetteville. 27 roanoke rapids. we saw the clouds moving in from the west, just high hroudz right now -- clouds right now but it is part of the system out west. heavy rain and showers in north mississippi and southwestern tennessee. snow in indiana and illinois. this will take all day to cross the u.s. but it will arrive here tonight. same set-up we saw a couple of days ago but there will have more moisture so i think we will see more rain as we go through the overnight. by 6:00 tonight we are cloudy and we will see showers working in late evening to overnight. midnight the rain is here and will rain through overnight. by 7:00 it is pulling out. on the back side it will wrap in colder air so don't be surprised

the council also voted to allow food trucks to operate on downtown raleigh streets during lunchtime. this will be a six-month pilot the city will select for spots around the town. nearby property owners will manage the area to make sure trucks rotate on a regular currently trucks are only allowed to park on streets for special events. they will be able to park curbside from 10:00 a.m. until 3 pm. >>> law enforcement is targeting drunk drivers, the booze it or lose it campaign kicks off, nearly every state agency kicks off in the campaign, running sobriety checkpoints in all 100 counties. >>> we have a gorgeous day on tap in lots of sunshine to go along with it. >> my wife said we are taking a long walk today with rufus. >> put on your shorts and t- shirts. take a look at the raleigh skycam, sure looks pretty. yesterday we started off with cloud cover and fog but noted that this morning, just sunshine. temperatures will warm up quickly. hillsboro, 59 in holly springs, a little cooler in smithfield at 52 and 51 degrees in wilson. kids at the bus stop may need a jacket. about 60 degrees