a similar fight is going on in north carolina. the charlotte city council approved a controversial measure this week to allow transgender people to use the bathroooms of their choice. but the governor says he'll take legislative action to stop it. brittney johnson has that. << leaders made it against the law for businesses and taxis to discriminate against members of the lgbt community and to allow them to use the bathrooms of their choice.

jan crawford: police discovered 13 year old nicole lovell's (luv-ulls) body on the side of a north carolina road. authorities believe virginia tech freshman david eisenhauer abducted and murdered the girl. another student..19-year- old natalie keepers has been charged with helping eisenhauer get rid (mike albert/blacksburg pd) "eisenhauer and nicole were acquainted prior to her disappearance. eisenhauer used this relationship to his advantage, to abduct and then kill her." jan crawford: lovell vanished last wednesday. her family believes she climbed out of her bedroom window after blocking the door with a dresser. a missing child poster noted that she required daily medication following a liver transplant. friday, her father issued a desperate plea for his daughter's return. ( david lovell) (from facebook) "if you're out there. you can come to me. i'm not mad at you. i'm worried about you." jan crawford: lovell's facebook page shows she was a member of at least one teen dating group. but it's unclear whether she met eisenhauer online. (gfx out) last march, a local

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her body was found on saturday in surry county, north carolina. that's just over the virginia state line. the two people in custody this morning-david eisenhauer and natalie keepers- are engineering students at virginia tech.fellow students say they're upset and disgusted by the allegations against two of their classmates. molly simon "i felt safe before, but to think about a little thirteen-year-old girl being hurt by someone my age is mindboggling."chris lattaman "they're not representative of the engineers this school. the are so much that."virginia tech's president timothy sands wrote an open community letter on saturday, reassuring students and saying there are counselors available on campus. reaction to the discovery of lovell's body

their debate is a week befor the south carolina primary. gop front runner who won in new hampshire. >> donald trump has zero foreign policy experience. negotiating a a hotel deal in another country is not foreign policy experience. >> i'm not for mass deportation. that's not america. >> i'm not sure a lot of voters are excited about having a presidenen who he gets rattled and upset curses vulgarities. >> elect a solid conservative with a conservative record. >> he says the same thing, i don't believe he is a true conservative. i'm a guy with common sense that's going to make us a fortune. i don't care about labels.

i congratulate secretary clinton in south carolina and i am grateful for the grassroots supporters who took on the political challenge and i was all but unknown when this campaign began ten months ago. and thanks specific people and goes on to say that he will continue to fight our grassroots political revolution and growing state by state and we will not stop now. and don't let people like donald trump divide us. and we can create an economy

they vow to continue to upcoming contests, including south carolina and nevada. kenneth molten, manchester, new hampshire. >> and john kosich is the only local reporter on the ground in new hampshire. he will keep us updated on the head to the polls in this presidential primary season. >>> and today is fat tuesday, mardi gras. new orleans is celebrating with parades between 11 floats and customs and marching band says.

if you have travel plans to the southeast of iowa, it will be a expected as it tracks toward the carolinas. at home it is quiet and seasonably cool in the 40's and 50's and tomorrow will be chilly but toward friday, warmth returns in the midwest and warmer temperatures are on the way for the weekend. in des moines we have clouds and 35 degrees, a brisk wind from the north with warmer coats today and the kids will need hats and gloves. temperatures are right where they should be this time of year but the wind will make it feel cooler all day. overnight lows back near 27 with flurries and a disturbance from the dakotas into the area overnight. tomorrow is cool and gusty heading for 37 degrees and get ready for a warm-up with 40's back for friday and over the weekend we will not need a coat on saturday. it will be a phil collins day, no jacket required.

northeast north carolina with 1-3" over the southside. we'll see a possible 1-2" on the peninsula and lower eastern shore. a dusting up to an inch for the middle peninsula and accomack county. this then a very cold/dry weekend. highs will be in

charlotte in south carolina counties were spots that saw a dusting. it was pretty to look at. but that is old news. all of those snow showers moving now off to the east. so this is a six-hour loop of the radar you can see what did come through and that is pushing

. >>> north carolina d.o.t. crews are preparing the interstates working to make sure your morning drive is a safe one. >> eyewitness news reporter

. >> of course, you have brandon mcmanus, he score the same amount of points as carolina panthers. >> yes, temple kicker. >> yes. >> yes. >> that is right. >> you should have gone with the defensive head coaches specially after going to chip kelly and offensive genius. you look what defense is doing in the nfl. doug pederson might be a great coach but go defense. >> they have a defensive head coach in schwartz he has head coach in schwartz. doug pederson was there. >> there was a rumor that doug pederson might be interested in bringing nick foles to the eagles. >> i told but that two weeks ago. >> i said watch what happens. >> any truth. >> this feels like it is something that the eagles might have floated to get sam bradford's agent attention. you want 5 million. we will go with any and all options drug nick foles. >> yes. >> it seems like a long shot. eight million-dollar is a lot of money. >> i don't think so. i want a fresh start. get rid of bradford. don't bring back foles. i like foles when he was here. i was disappointed to see them

second ranked south carolina facing 10th ranked texas a&m. the aggies looking for a little revenge after they lost by one a few weeks ago and they jum31-25 at the half. we moved to the fourth quarter. game tie tiffany mitchelll hits the j from the left wing to give the gamecocks a two point lead. 20 points for the senior. now a four point lead. a'ja wilso blocks. we head the other way. mitchell with the nice dime to khadijah sessions. all part of a 10-0 run by the gamecocks. that put them up six. this game doesn't come down to the final possession. wilson with the board and the putback. the sophomore forward with game high 27 points. south carolina wins 70-63 and moves to 21-0 on the year. a 1990's favorite makes a comeback tha.how soon you can bridge watch this famil: mild weather for the first half.

myers was previously charged with a dui in 2005 in asheville north carolina. he was also cited for having an open alcohol container in his car in 2012 in lexington counun. myers was not charged with dui in that incident after he passed a field sobriety test. 3 columbia police continue to investigate saturday's incident at columbiana mall. officers believe two people pulled out guns...and fired

yesterday that there were a lot more broncos jerseys than there were carolina panther jerseys around town, and i'm beginning to think the sentiment of the crowd here is with the denver broncos. we have full coverage coming up this morning. we'll take you around san francisco and set up the game. >> you know what. back to you. >> it doesn't surprise me one bit, alan, thank you for that. let's look at the friday's forecast. everybody want to make the preparations for the super bowl parties so let's find out what's on tap for friday and the weekend. good morning, dave. >>reporter: good morning, gang. i wish we could all go to san francisco and santa clara where they have the superbowl. it's going to be 74 degrees at check off. here, it's warmer. most of our readings are in the 20 s. 25 in louisville and 25 in highlands ranch this morning. we did have some snow last night. just popped through light flurries of snow, further down south in colorado springs, they had 2 inches of snow. not

we'ee yoe >> we'll have all of the top candidates the people who finisn top in south carolina if that sounds indefinitely basicallyy c saying if we do well, we'll beel on. if we don't do well we may notay be on i promise we'll have the e first second and thirdcond a candidates and one of bernie sanders arcs behind his cam pinp >>> that's right power play of r the week. he's been in 1980. >> good stuff coming you.st all right, chris, have a greufag

>> meanwhile, democratic candidates bernie sanders and south carolina with the primary just days away. clinton right now has a double- digit lead in the palmetto state and plans to hold events from today through friday. sanders' campaign is already bracing for a loss. a member of his campaign told the newspaper that he would not be focusing on the margin because it's not going to be very close. sanders is campaigning in oklahoma and missouri today. >>> south carolina's democratic primary is saturday. count on channel 9 for complete coverage both on air and online at wsoctv.com. >>> the story channel 9 uncovered that could impact hundreds of charlotte homeowners and renters. this week, city leaders are expected to discuss a plan that could eliminate city trash removal from complexes and town homes. jill bruno is live in east charlotte with the impact it could have on taxpayers. joe?

sally: after his decisive win in south carolina, >> let's put this thing away. sally: polls show donald trump is favored to win nevada, where

jeb needs a strong result in the south carolina primary this so he enlisted his brother. last night he joined his brother jeb at a rally. it's tough to get an endorsement

denver's kicker tyler, went to temple and carolina has cory brown. brown went to cardinal o'hara high school. many people hate and doubt his quarterback cam newton for a mcmahon us. ward. >> all the criticism that he's been getting lately i don't know if they like it. but at the same time you got to -- you got to give respect to his talents and, you know, give him the mvp. coach should win coach. year. everything should come back to carolina. >> i ain't mad at you. everything after going 15-one give it to me all. since it's been almost two weeks everything that can possibly talked about has been so now the players are even being asked about little dumb things like what's on their feet? >> why you wearing socks with sandals? >> why you wearing jeans with

her body was found in north carolina. wsls 10's brie jackson joins us now live from virginia tech. brie -- why did organizers decide to hold the vigil on college avenue? organizers say they want to have nicole's memory be associated with building a greater sense of community. college avenue has always been a gathering place for people to come together as one. members of the community are encouraged to come. there will be guest speakers, a hymn, and a moment of celebrate the 13 year old's life and show support to her family during this extremely difficult time. susan anderson / town council member, event organizer: "it seemed the perfect place to have this vigil for nicole. it's the

people in north carolina react to the victim's body being found in their neighborhood good evening and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at eleven. i'm brie jackson. new details about the virginia tech student athlete that's charged with first degree murder. 18 year old david eisenhauer will be arraigned monday. according to montgomery county commonwealth's appear in juvenile and domestic relations court. no time has been set. here's what we know about eisenhaur. he ran cross country at virginiatech. officials announced his suspension from the team following his arrest and removed his profile from the tech athletics website.. prior to attending the university... eisenhauer ran track at wilde lake high school. that's located in columbia maryland. he was a standout in the sport

we already had south carolina, nam and iowa. there's a reason for having this tradition of not nominating somebody in the middle of a presidential election because it

candidate "we're going to continue doing what we did in iowa here on the ground in new hampshire and south carolina. we are going to build the grass roots army." meanwhile senator bernie sanders says he raised $3 million dollars in donations since his moral victory in iowa. presidential candidate "if we reach out to our friends our neighbors our co-workers, if we bring out large numbers of people, we are going to win next tuesday!!!" presidential candidate"my judgment and my commitment and determination to serve you will win your support. please come out and support me next tuesday." "this is the first in the nation primary, nobody takes that responsibility more seriously than granite staters" clinton trails sanders in recent new hampshire polls by double digits but she hopes to turn that around. clinton's win over sanders really did come down to the

donald trump leads with 67, after picking up all 50 in south carolina. cruz is second with 11, rubio has 10, kasich 5, and carson 3. jeb bush had 4 delegates, but suspended his campaign yesterday. in advance of tuesday's g-o-p caucus, ben carson stopped in resort. according to recent polls, the retired neurosurgeon is polling in last place in the silver state. after a strong showing in he had poor results in new hampshire and south carolina. today, he touched on many subjects, including what he feels is the death of the american dream. "that used to be the american dream. it's gone. completely gone. carson will hold a town hall meeting a the piper's opera house in virginia city tomorrow doors open at 7:30. and florida senator marco rubio will hold three rallies in

tonight, abc's cecilia vega asking bernie sanders if the next battles in south carolina and nevada were held tonight, could he beat clinton? and cecilia got a very honest answer. >> reporter: today in harlem, a hero's welcome for bernie sanders. hugs from the reverend al sharpton, breakfast at the iconic soul food restaurant sylvia's. sanders reaching out for african-american support, hoping to build on the momentum from his big win. >> because of a huge voter turnout, and i say huge -- we won. >> reporter: sanders now vowing to take his political revolution forward. >> and now, it's onto nevada, south carolina and beyond. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you. >> reporter: but today, when i asked, this stark admission. if the election were tomorrow, do you think you could win south carolina and nevada? >> no. fortunately for us, the election is not tomorrow. >> reporter: he faces an uphill

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on the republican side, polls close in south carolina in half an hour at 7:00 eastern time. we have both contests covered, starting with nancy cordes and the democrats in las vegas. nancy. >> reporter: jim, this is a huge relief for the clinton camp after a brutal loss in new clinton herself took the stage here at caesar's palace in las vegas about 15 minutes ago. take a listen to what she had to say. >> i want to thank each and every one of you. you turned out in every corner of the state with determination and purpose. hotel and casino workers who never wavered. ( cheers and applause ) tens of thousands of men and

now don't forget, new scratch-off tickets from the north carolina education lottery come out on first tuesdays.

for the remaining candidates the fight for south carolina loon gnaw begins. after winning in new hampshire donald trump is hoping to keep his campaign momentum going. >> it is going to be such an unbelievable week and a half. if we can win south carolina, which is an amazing, incredible place, incredible people, if we can win -- i don't want your money. i want your vote. >> trump is expected to do well in the pallet toe state. >> now with christie out, jeb bush is hoping to pick up some of that support and build on his 4th place finish in new hampshire by bringing out the family including his mother and brother former president george

at the cancer survivors bridge in greenville. 3 fox carolina's rebecca atkins was there tonight, she's live now along the bridge, and rebecca what is the significance of the location 3 well cody and diana, this lookout is a special place for lindsey and her family. they call it her 'leap of faith' and her father has been working on getting it dedicated to her. 3 earlier tonight, dozens of motley's family and friends traveled from cleveland street to the cancer survivors bridge off of the swamp rabbit trail. as they approached lindsey's lookout, they were each handed candles to place along the bridge. they also had the opportunity to write cards to lindsey's daughter lilla and place them inside this mailbox. lindsey's husband who was also at tonight's event will read them to her throughout her life. lindsey's friends say her memory and spirit will always live on. 3 3 3 "this community has fallen in love with her because she was welcoming to her story, to her

we're told the senator will be back in south carolina on friday. sanders says he's committed to the palmetto trying to close

. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 6:00. >> frank: we begin tonight with threatening weather. word of winter storm warnings and advisories that are starting right now. let's get to meteorologist karen wynne for the latest on snow moving in to the mountains. >> karen: right, frank. we do have that winter storm warning for our northern mountain counties, also mcdowell and burke counties. that includes the cities of marion, morganton. this is where travel is expected to get quite dangerous with accumulating snow and ice as we go through the overnight and then on through tomorrow. area, this is a weather advisory. this is where travel is going to be tricky.

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let's go to athena jones in charleston, south carolina. athena, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. the bush team is making a big play for south carolina. and so they're bringing out perhaps their biggest gun, george w. bush. it's a whole new stage in the race for jeb. >> george w. bush hitting the campaign trail tonight for the first time since leaving office. >> is he a popular republican? you bet he is. >> reporter: giving his younger brother a helping hand as the battle for south carolina heats up. >> i know jeb. >> reporter: he already lent his famous face for an ad for jeb.

. @>> reporter: meanwhile, trump @leads the south carolina polls. @kasich low single-digits in the @back of the pack. @>> now, two struggling @candidates falling by the @wayside, carly fiorina pulling @the plug on her campaign and @governor chris christie @throwing @in the towel. @some of his backers could go to @governor kasich. @>>> today is ash wednesday. @it marks the beginning of lent. @and today some parishoners who @didn't have time for mass had @another option. @>> anything we can pray for you @for today? @>> my family. @health and safety of them. @>> all right.

carolina can clinch the outright regular season title tonight with a victory at home over georgia. if they do...don't expect confetti to fall from the

of the 135 that were accepted, 43 were from the carolinas. this takes plasma 13 through 15. -- place may 13 through 15. >>> pete spent the day at the speedway. let's say that today is one in which some truths are told. >> reporter: things get back to full activity on the track tomorrow night when they have practice for thursday's races. today it was media day with a lot of talking about the upcoming 500 this weekend and the season ahead. you get true moments of candor like this with dale earnhardt, you know the sample size of who can contend each and every week and the championship. >> 16 teams can make it. let's be realistic. there are about 25 teams out there that are ultra competitive.

the uc bearcats were in the practice gym today....they have east carolina coming in saturday . not a great year for the pirates so far...only ten wins. finally.....a good scene in the nba last night as kobe bryant was making his final trip into cleveland...got a big roar...-and then a big hug from lebron.......-he made a few shots...then got out of there........cavs won the game. and now here's julie dolan with a look ahead at what we'll have for you on nine on your side at seven. a plea deal is reached for the tristate nurse accused of elderly patient. coming up at seven, why that patients death-- was almost ruled an accident.

. >> hundreds of thousands of north carolina families signed up for health coverage ahead of sunday night's coverage on health care.gov. the staff put in long hours helping people sign up for obamacare coverage. they say appointments went generally smoothly. >> there's no time line on when the judge will make a ruling in the north carolina voter id law. the law requires voters to show a photo id. it will be used during the the u.s. justice department says. >> good morning, everyone. dense fog advisory is in effect until sock this morning. one-fourth mile visibility or less so please be careful on theroads. buncombe county is under that advisory all the way

republicans are counting on chief justice john roberts to delay a federal court ruling ordering north carolina to redraw its congressional maps, ruling that the current maps are racially biased. the state senate approved and newly drawn maps that republicans insist do not use voters' race as a matter. >> this is not the map that will come up if you google gerrymander. joel: democrats claim black voters are still stacked in a >> if democrats had their way, everyone would be voting on june 7, not split between march 15 and june 7. >> that's correct. people will be confused, and won't know who they are voting for. joel: here is my wake county voting guide you can print out online.

campaigns in overdrive -- rolling out key african-american endorsements with an eye towards the south carolina primary. in clinton's corner -- members of the congressional black caucus. georgia congressman john lewis slamming sanders, saying he wasn't on the front lines of the civil rights struggle. >> but i never saw him. i never met him. i was involved in the sit-ins, the freedom ride, the march on

the denver broncos and the carolina panthers will take a day off today and then get back to practice on wednesday. they may need the rest after meeting with dozens of reporters. the nfl turned its traditional media day into a prime time opening night to the super bowl. the nfl wanted to take away some of the crazy antics seen in years past but there were still costumes and of course light hearted questions for the players. remember you can catch the super bowl right here on 10 news and c-b-s on sunday. you may not be able to bank on his prediction, but it's still an exciting it's groundhog day and all eyes will be on punxsutawney

the north carolina man stepped out during the first mile and reported having chest pains. he was taken to the hospital, "it's kind of a shock to me. that happening. so it's a little scary." the krispy kreme challenge is a student-led, charity-based run that supports the north carolina children's hospital. decision 2016. the new hampshire primary is just a day away, and presidential candidates are in that state campaigning before the big day. senator ted cruz spoke to a standing-room only crowd...one of the biggest crowds he's seen in new hampshire. one topic he hit...the idea of dangerous. and the idea that we would draft our daughters to immoral and if i am president, we ain't doing it."

that wintery mix going from the florida georgia line all the way or excuse me the florida south carolina line all the way into the state around 9:00 when you're getting up and heading to church and out by the afternoon super bowl sunday. let's take a look at another in house model we call the rpm.

sanders say they are avoiding any predictions about tomorrow and all already looking ahead to south carolina and nevada. right now, pasco deputies are looking for a man who tried to run over a deputy with his car. take a good look at 26-year-old j'rokton williams. as deputies were trying to arrest him for an outstanding warrant, williams drove off and sped up towards one of them. crime stoppers of tampa bay is offering a three thousand dollar reward that arrest. this year super bowl commercials were all about making you laugh. usa today's ad- meter chose hyundai's "first date" commercial with

>> a runner debt after taking part in a krispy kreme race in north carolina,n and they eat as many as 12 donuts and one hour duringas2 the krispy kreme challenge, the slogan is 2400 calories, 12 donuts, 5 miles and one hour, thousands take part raise money for for for a children's hospital in a complaint of chest pains afterr the first moment taken to a hospital he died because the data still being determined, and krispy kreme says it does not >> recovery crews are still working to get a dozen cars that>> fells through the ice ice on a wisconsin lake during a winter fast they were parked parked on bleach even when they started to get out under the weight, andst they sayht that most links have been ice conditions because of the mild winter, and there were notav significant injuries, about 15 cars were at leastju partially

the carolina water service of required by law to notify homeowners of the finding. kayla: they want u.s. supreme court to keep in place a court order that prevents primary elections in current boundary, to allow voting under the map a federal court ruling struck down the state a first and 12 congressional districts, due to bill: a big day for mec mecklenburg county. they also mention that programs are working to make sure that every homeless veteran is off the street through houses for heroes initiative, education and. and. -- and employment were talked about it.

the event raises money for north carolina children's hospital. it's student run.

holding on to a commanding lead here in north carolina. nationally the race reached a w turning point. the wall street journal poll shows ted cruz leading donald trump. here in south carolina ted cruz is favoring. >> the sounds you are hearing is washingtgt, d.c. reporter: with the goplineup shrinking after the new hampshire primary the wall street journal poll shows dramatic shift from last month. trump dropping seven. street journal doesn't like me. >> and yet he tells fibs, li. >> reporter: the trump/cruz feud escalating. >> i am pro choice. . weweannot trust donald trump with these serious decisions. >> reporter: trump's lawyers