and jeb bush and cruz pushed justice john roberts and now we have justice john roberts. what happened is, he -- twice, could have ended obamacare and he didn't do it. so cruz shouldn't be talking. because that was among the worst appointments i have ever seen. we have obamacare because of jeb bush, ted cruz, george bush. >> let me ask you a final question. the same question i asked ted cruz. they really seemed to be piling on you last night. you heard the boos from the crowd as well. you think this is all happening because the other republicans have figured out if you win south carolina you may not be stopped? >> the reason it happens is because i'm self-funding. putting up my own money. i built a tremendous business. i'm going to do what is right for the people of the country. in that room were many people that i know very well. they're all lobbyists and special interests. they gave a lot of money to jeb bush. this guy's wasted $140 million. running failed campaign. he spent $43 million in new hampshire and came in fourth or fifth. i spent $3 million and came in first b

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.

new maps and a new congressional primary date are set, but that does not mean chief justice john roberts can't still step in and put a hold on all of it. what does this mean for you? >> the most important thing is we are going to have a march 15 primary and we want those people to vote the entire ballot. andrea: the state is encouraging all voters to turn out on march 15, and still vote -- knowing may get passed out. be counted. would count. andrea: if roberts did not issue would immediately generate new primary maps and voters would have to vote again on june 7. if we get to that point and we do have to vote on june 7, the state board of elections will update its website on march 16 with all of that information about the district changes, the candidate changes, so you will be informed of that on the state or to the elections website. they also eliminated second primaries, meaning we will not be voting in any runoffs. it is important to cast the entire full ballot march 14. eyewitness news. steve: andrea, thank you. also a plea deal at the state fair. macaroni was the owner of the fair t

supreme court justice john roberts, the chief justice telling lawyers he is not going to make a rush decision on our voting maps. attorneys were visiting the state filed an emergency request after a lower court refused to answer a stay. our maps are on the verge of being shaken up after a federal court determined to districts were illegally drawn. justice roberts says the decision will not be made until next tuesday. that could mean they may have to call for a special section -- session to drop new voting districts before the primary. tisha: a deputy and bush. performance it behind bars for intensely attacking a deputy. the suspects cow words. he believes they targeted his deputy who was off duty at the time because he is a law enforcement officer. the family members of the accused to were in court today say there is more to it than what prosecutors laid out. >> as brothers, they go before a wake county judge accused of beating an off-duty deputy at a child's birthday party saturday night. they believe they were close to killing his officer. >> i think they would have. what they were

chief justice john roberts saying in a statement, he was an extra ordinary individual, he was found dead this morning when he did not show up for breakfast. president ronald reagan nominated justice scalia to the high court. he took his seat on september 26, 1986 and was the longest-serving current justice. you can look for updates at 6:30 p.m. on world news tonight and right now since :00, we are in first alert mode because of dangerous cold. looking at the raleigh skyline, you can see the skies are clear, but if you have spent any time outside today, you know the biting chill and piercing wind in the air. tonight is the night that we bottom now, the lowest temperatures we will see all week. liz: we have already fallen to just 30 degrees here in raleigh, even colder off of the north. tonight, many areas may feel more like 5-15 degrees. we will show you, 27, rockwell. lower 30's, fayetteville and clinton. look at how cold it fears -- feels right now. 24, raleigh. 27, fayetteville. 16, oxford. as a go through the night, the wednesday relatively,. it will help us out, but impartially the w

john roberts is expected to mention scalia's passing from the bench. president obama will pick a successor. today bill cosby's wife is scheduled to give her deposition in the defamation lawsuit against him. to stop it but itcharges of sexual assault in pennsylvania. john: carbon monoxide poisoning could be the blame for six family members in michigan. there were discovered yesterday in a home near flint. it appears they had a generator running in the basement after power outage. authorities say remember should always run generators in well ventilated areas. barbara: people are recovering after an out of control a.t.v. slammed into them in new orleans. police were trying to stop the man who had several people on the back of the four wheeler when he lost control. once it stopped it caught fire and police say the driver tried to run away from the scene but was caught by officers. none of the officers is life threatening. john: new zealand marks five years since the christ church earthquake where 185 were killed. and ruined the city center which is still b

gloria: republicans count on john roberts to delay a federal court ruling. the court ordering north carolina to redraw its congressional maps ruling the current maps are racially biased. >> we are optimis supreme court. gloria: in case that doesn't happen dollars a backup plan. -- there's a backup race as factor. >> if you want to going gerrymander this is not a map that will come up. to the polls twice. we will go march 15 to vote in the presidential prime marine and other state races then june to vote in the congressional primaries. stay with us because at 6:30 i will tell you how it could impact run after prime marries. -- runoff primaries. back to you in the studio. caitlin: we have a new zika alert for travelers. two new caribbean islands are added to the places for pregnant women to avoid. c.d.c. have added aruba and bon air to the list of 30 destinations with outbreaks. pregnant women especially are urged to avoid traveling to the ars because of suspicions that the zika virus can cause a rare birth defect. in response the pope suggests women who live

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 limited number of districts. >> 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 for. joel: here is my wake county let's talk about what happens if this goes through. voters will go to the polls on march 15. they will vote in the primaries and various state races, and then we will go back to the polls on june 7 and vote in the congressional primary. the general assembly, hoping to have these maps approved by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. tisha: of course, we will stay on top of this and let voters know everything they need to know. joel, thank you. breaking news in raleigh,

chief justice john roberts remembers scalia as a friend and colleague within your principal president obama's ouster nominate a replacement. -- thousand 28 -- vows to nominate a replacement. this man's house in oklahoma caught on fire. amber: he was not injured in the natural gas explosion. officials say the salesperson for a new community went to the home to check the springer system. when he opened the garage door, leave. there was shattered gas littering the ground. for other homes were also damaged in the explosion. someone feels the gas, causing a leak. and it investigation is underway following the fire on this mega bus. it caught fire in chicago. everyone got off safely. everyone was on their way to john: let's check in with meteorologist don. we have overcast skies that mild temperatures. don: we are a little below normal for this time of year. we are going to stay there today, actually colder. wednesday will be a lot warmer. that will continuing. let's go in the next few hours, temperatures in the mid-50's, falling this evening. midnight in the 40's. in the sandhills you see

chief justice john roberts calling him, kwoement, an extraordinary individual and admired and treasured by his colleagues. abc's martha raddatz on the justice who helped shape the bench. >> reporter: justice scalia, the longest-serving justice on the court, apparently died from natural causes. the 79-year-old justice was staying at a ranch in west texas on a quail hunting trip with friend friends. when he failed to report for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch checked his room and found scalia had passed away. >> place your left hand on the bible. >> reporter: antonin scalia was a lifelong paradigm of conservatism. he was famous for his blunt dissents. that earned him a reputation of being combative, though many who knew him personally said he was both charming and funny. one of his closest friends on the court, liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg. just last year, scalia head headlines, voicing his dissent of the 6-3 decision to uphold a key component of the affordable care act, or obamacare, calling it, interpretive jigry pokery, in which words no longer have meaning. scalia

supreme court chief justice john roberts will change this. if he does issue this day your congressional votes will count. that is important for the 22,000 voters who have gotten absentee ballots and are sitting at home wondering whether they should the answer is yes. the state board says they will handle what happens next. take a listen. >> there may be congressional races. we don't want voters to make that decision. they would count. anchor: if the state does not hear back from the supreme court you will need to go back to the polls and recap the ballots. your votes based on these old maps will not count. you will need to vote based on the new maps state lawmakers just approved. very important to plan on voting as you always have planned to. much more explaining to do on this. polls. thank you. the first case of zika virus confirmed in north carolina. state officials are revealing anything about the patient or saying where the person lives. ed crump is live in raleigh. why won't they reveal that information? reporter: one for the privacy of

john roberts is expected to mention scalia's passing from the bench. president obama has vowed to pick a supreme court nominee to fill the vacancy. republicans argue naming a successor should be a job for the next president. this is a hot button question. do you think -- who do you think should name the next justice nominee? weigh in on abc's twitter poll. last check 71% say president obama should choose. you have to time to get in a vote. is scheduled separate criminal charges of sexual assault in pennsylvania. john: carbon monoxide poisoning may be to blame for the death of six family members in michigan. they were discovered yesterday in a home near flint. it appears they had a generator running in the basement after a porpblg. a relative found four children and two adults in their burials. authorities say -- bedrooms. authorities say run generators in well vicinity lated areas. -- ventilated areas. a quick destroyed thousands of homes in new zealand and ruined the city center. a memorial service held today including a moment of silence at the exact

chief justice john roberts wants hear from both next tuesday. john: 6:12 and 21 degrees. u.s. olympics committee reacts to the zika virus. barbara: steps taken after one hey profile athlete suggest -- she may not show,. john: new developments in the murder of a 13-year-old girl in virginia. a warning from her best friend look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. john: it is 6:15 and 21 degrees. these are the headlines. driver charged in this crash in raleigh. around 1:30 a car slammed into a power pole on outbound glenwood avenue. police closed it for a few hours while crews made repairs. it has since reopened. he was charged with d.w.i. the last four armed occupy ersiers of a wildlife refuge plan to surrender. last need they were surrounded sparking a standoff. their seized the facility 40 use policy. relying presidential field is reduced by two. chris christie and carly fiorina both announced an end to campaigns. both had poor showings in aoeur and new hampshire. barbara: the best fr

supreme court chief justice john roberts to delay a federal court ruling. the court ordering north carolina to redraw the maps by today will mean the current maps are racially >> we are optimistic we will get a stay. gloria: but there is a backup plan if that doesn't lap. they don't use race. >> if you want to gag gerrymander this is not a map that will come up. gloria: it is eliminating runoff primaries because there wouldn't be enough time to hold a second tune in at noon for the latest. live in raleigh, gloria rodriguez, abc 11 eyewitness news. caitlin: more than 70 fort bragg paratroopers happy. they arrived shortly after midnight. check out the pictures coming in from overnight. that homecoming. these members of the 82nd airborne arrived at pope after serving a nine-month deployment in iraq. they left last june and were there in support of operation inherent resolve. we want to say welcome home to all of them. thank you for your service and we never get sick of those pictures. if you want to share them on on my facebook passenger.d at the hospital. thi

he is the nephew of robert f. kaepbsd tree. john: a solution for boston residents upset over plans it reenact the shootout between police and the boston marathon bombers part of the scene for patriots day the movie about the boston marathon bombing. the studio wanted to film on the same street it happened. some living there say it could open old wounds. the company is offering to pay for hotel rooms for anyone who doesn't want to see it. a big reward for a north carolina native who was shot seven times while trying to stop shooting at oregon community he grew up in randolph county and will receive the congressional medal of honor award. last october he confronted a shooter at the community college. his decision likely saved other lives. he will be recognized in a ceremony at arlington national cemetery next month. barbara: meteorologist don schwenneker is here. severe weather heading our way. don: i think this afternoon could be problematic although any storm that forms later this morning will be a problem. the storm prediction

many celebrities sent tweets to support him including robert downey jr. who plays ironman. john: looks likes he had a good time. don: cute story. today we are starting cold but dry. i think if you are heading out you will have no problem getting to work. getting home may be kind of wet. the bulk of the precipitation will be during the day. we will talk about that in a moment. we will talk about the next seven days. the most active weather days we have precipitation today and coldest temperatures of the season this weekend. but by monday we have a coastal low working up. right now it looks like it will take more of a westerly traffic giving us more rain and push the wintry mix to the west. but if it stays east on monday we see more cold air in place that means more wintry precipitation. we will watch that for monday. that is the "big weather" day of the week. today we are seeing a bit of a problem with winter weather later on. look at that winter weather advisory in the purple counties including the eastern half of our viewing area. it is the i-95 corridor with the winter we

the new maps are due by friday if chief justice roberts decides not to delay the ruling. john: at the wake county courthouse closing argument in the traveon smith murder trial begin today. they were put on hold yesterday because of the winter weather. smith is accused of killing melissa huggins-jones in her apartment in 2013. the mother's eight-year-old daughter found her body. on friday the prosecution rested its case and defense decided not to present evidence. architects streaming live on abc 11 eyewitness news. barbara: a girl is at wakemed two days after being shot. authorities say the shooting was at killed's grandmother's house in knightdale. they have confirmed she's from the charlotte area and investigators say her mother was in the home and last check she was in critical decision. 59 degrees and 5:08. workers at two north carolina plants learn they are losing their jobs. john: a major company lets 1,200 workers go. the endangered big cat on the slopes. see how it reacts. barbara: an update of a specially equipped car stolen. how your donations will not only help

john: we have heard pretty much strange things on the campaign trail it with sound like. republican presidential candidate jeb bush calling on his big brother to give him a boos. lying low since leaving office in south carolina for jeb. jeb bush hopes to continue the winning streak in south carolina saturday. barbara: rhetoric is focusing object a successor for antonin scalia. ted cruz said he's willing to filibuster any nominee by president obama. scalia died over the wind at a west texas ranch hunting resort creating a vacancy. his body has been returned to less home in virginia. so far no funeral plans have been announced. john: a charlotte area woman falling to the ground in shock when she finds out she won $1 million from the north carolina lottery. she's battling breast cancer and won the prize in the first alternate million second chance drawing. she close the lump sum payment $400,000. barbara: we are in first alert mode this morning. john: meteorologist don schwenneker, i can hear the rain on the roof of the studio right now. don: it is pounding. it is very heavy

way roberts is -- laurie roberts -- glory -- gloria roberts is live with the details. >> the i can't believe what happened to him. gloria: the coworker was shot and killed. he was responding to a call for pickup. >> authorities are not confirming dimming as -- dominguez was being robbed. officers found the 55-year-old resident dead. police believe there are multiple suspects. no arrests have been made and police are still looking or the suspects. if you have any information you are asked to contact the raleigh police department. the capital murder case are getting ready to watch a seven hour police interrogation. ed: there has been a slight delay in that. when jurors do get to look at it they won't have to listen to all seven hours. it just about 80 minutes or so. trendy on smith was interviewed back in may. it has to do with a break-in. items stolen from the victim one of the conventions is that the investigators would say things like giving it up, what you have to say? sometimes that is not always the case if you watch crime dramas. it will give them a look at the techniques. the p

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for the 15th time parole is denied for robert f. kaepbsd assassin. sirhan sirhan told a parole panel he do not remember the shooting. believes sirhan shot him but an unidentified second shooter killed kennedy. paul shrade was one of five hurt after canadakennedy won the primary in california. barbara: a disturbing find at a parking lot of a wal-mart in california a young woman's body in her car. an investigator said it could have been there up to three months. she was last seen alive november center. her car will dark windows and sun shade making it difficult to see someone in the car. the cause of death is not determined but they believe it was likely a suicide. for the first time in 30 years a massachusetts resident is waking up free. he was 17 years old when arrested for the rape of a 7878ear-old neighbor. strand of hair helped convict was not the attacker. he is out while he awaits a new trail. john: a medical error. a new mom thought her newborn hospital still billed them for the procedure. barbara: now to new york and ambulance dispatcher. >> m

robin roberts inspired the nation as she bravely shared her blood disorder. that was shortly after she defeated breast cancer. o'brien and ohio state football coach. what a great organization. and what a gift in the temperatures from yesterday. don: yesterday we were in the 60's and now we are cooler. we will see the cooler temperatures sticking around. it will get warmer tomorrow but the warmer air does bring a chance to cool down. you will see temperatures staying in the mid-upper 50's. we stay in the 50's even i in the sandhills, temperatures spots and then we will see the temperatures falling back. taking a look at what's happening in downtown raleigh, numbers in the mid-50's with the dew point at 44. per hour. sandhills. 58 and blue skies showing up on the map. 57 degrees -- look at what is happening across the region? when we zoom out, you will everywhere. 54 degrees in roxboro. 58 degrees in fayetteville. the western counties. we do see a little bit of a break right now around durham and into the south and east. a big missed west that -- a big missed b

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