ABC11 Eyewitness News - Eyewitness News at 5am - June 16, 2026

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Right now, live coverage from your local news leader, breaking stories from overnight and this morning, and your first alert forecast. Here's what's happening where you live. This is ABC 11 eyewitness news. 5 a.m. now. Good morning, Carolina. Welcome on this Tuesday. It's June 16th. I'm Joel Brown. And I'm Anna Rivera. Thanks so much for joining us today. Breaking news this morning, a shooting leaves two people injured in Hope Mills. Police now searching for a suspect. Stay with us for an update. And the controversial new push to overhaul North Carolina elections, lawmakers set to face off over-proposed changes amid growing opposition from activists. Keynes and Caniacs celebrating the Stanley Cup. Final new video showing all of the action at Teets in Raleigh overnight.

Lost new details on parties and events planned for this week. Stanley Cup going to get a workout. Yeah. Welcome to Raleigh, Stanley Cup. Good to have you here. It is going to be absolutely gorgeous today. Yeah, a great day. Lots of clouds, but temperatures in the 80s, a break from.

the humidity too. So yeah, enjoy it. Low 80s for Roxborough this afternoon, mid 80s from the triangle to the sand hills. We will have a lot more cloud cover lingering today, maybe some peaks of sunshine at times. And I do have a stray shower in the forecast for Fayetteville, only 20%. Check it out. We are much cooler than yesterday at this time. The drop is from 10 to 16 degrees for most spots. That puts us at 67 degrees at RDU right now. Winds are coming in from the north at six, So leading to low humidity, dew point temps right around 50 degrees at this time. Upper 50s now for Oxford. So you made the drop there 60 in South Hill, mid-50s in Roanoke Rapids.

60 in Sanford, still some 70s from Clinton to Fayetteville and Irwin, 69 degrees in southern pine. You can see all that cloud cover rolling in. Remember that front that came through yesterday? It's settled south of us. So that's where we're seeing a bit more shower activity. South Carolina into Georgia, certainly along the Gulf South too. Temperatures still in the low 80s at seven, but we're back to the seven. 70s at 8 p.m. 74 degrees at 11 and still hanging on to that cloud cover as well.

Your first alert that we're still dry tomorrow and then late Thursday night and to Friday will have that chance for scattered rate in storms, but we get the rain out of here. Still looking like the timing bodes well for the parade on Saturday morning. Another shot for showers in storms Monday. Some of the storms Thursday night and Friday could be a little strong, maybe a little gusty. I'll have more on that coming up. Right now our first check up weather and traffic together. Anna back over to you. So, Kuelan, right now the roads do look really.

good. We're not seeing too many issues to slow you down, but we do want to take you outside because breaking news one is live right now on Hodges Street between Atlantic Avenue and Wake Forest Road. And that's because there is a massive scene right now with the Raleigh Fire Department and Raleigh Police there on the scene. There is a brush fire in the woods near Hodges Street. So that is why they have that road shut down at this point. So we are going to keep an eye on this for now. But again, Hodges Street shut down between Wake Forest and Atlantic right now because of that brush fire. And also some more breaking news this morning. A shooting leaving two people injured in Hope Mills happened overnight around Wrecking Horse Road. I would as

news capturing this video of the scene. Authorities say both victims were shot in the back and officials now intensifying their search for a suspect possibly driving a car with windows knocked out. No word yet on a motive. The Carolina hurricanes are keeping the party rolling from the Vegas strip all the way home to Raleigh. Lord Stanley is back in North Carolina and the cuff. is making the rounds through Caniaks Nation. Eyewitness News getting this exclusive look last night as several Cain's players raised a glass with fans over at Teets along Glenwood South and the celebration not slowing down anytime soon.

Andrei Shveshneikov set to swing by Raising Cains over on Hillsborough Street a little later today. Bianca Holman tracking the champions this morning in downtown Raleigh. Bianca, good morning. You know, seeing that woman sit from that cup, I'm like, I need whatever's in that cup. honor amazing to see that pretty cool but with all the celebration going on Saturday parade day is now going to be known as Carolina Hurricanes Day that is the official name the mayor Janet Cow she is named Saturday that official name the team returned home last night from Vegas they were met with so much love and

fanfare even a water cannon salute from the fire department and the cup was making its rounds around Raleigh last night as players promised to share the cup with all the fans Here, the hurricanes, the whole city's happy, so it's cool. It's an experience I'm going to remember for the rest of my life and I'm going to tell my kids about. Yes, everyone's going to remember it. And so also details about the parade. They're still coming out.

We do know that the parade is going to be starting at 11 o'clock. Of course, with so many fans are probably going to come from outside the triangle, even the entire state. You'll definitely want to claim a spot on the road somewhere in downtown Raleigh pretty early. So 11 o'clock, it's going to be in downtown. Those are the details we know so far. Back to you. Yeah, we're going to have full coverage too. Bianca, thank you.

Happening today, North Carolina lawmakers said to debate a bill that would overhaul elections and voting statewide. It's a sweeping proposal that would dictate who can vote, how they can vote, and how votes are counted. Democrats and activists are set to rally against the measure throughout the day. They argue the bill would make partisan changes to the state board of elections, staffing, reduce campaign finance, disclosure requirements, ban ranked choice voting and restrict overseas voters' participation. We are following a few high-profile court cases in Orange County this morning. First, a UNC graduate student charged with shooting and killing his professor on Carolina's campus, Bank of 2023. Tiley She is expected in court today. It comes after a judge ruled earlier this year that he

is competent to stand trial. Experts say he likely suffered from an undiagnosed schizophrenia. She's lawyers have said they plan to pursue an insanity. defense. The second case involves Isaiah Ross and the murders of two teenagers in 2022. Earlier this year, he was found guilty of second degree murder of Devin Clark. Ross is also accused of killing Lyric Woods at the same time, but that case was declared a mistrial earlier this year. Ross's lawyers say he acted in self-defense. We'll get you updates on both cases through the day. We are following the latest on the shooting outside of the Wake County courthouse in downtown Raleigh. 57-year-old Gwendolyn White appeared in court in a wheelchair

yesterday and we're told she will be indicted and her case will move to superior court. We also learned White's attorney plans to file a motion to have her move to a mental facility. According to court documents, White claims she cannot remember the shooting from last month. The case against a man arrested at an apex car wash for threatening President Trump is now on hold. The judge ordering testing to determine if Daniel Swain is mentally competent to stand trial. Swain faces federal charges for allegedly writing messages on his car threatening the president. Trump making his way through Geneva this morning. He's attending that high-stakes G7 summit in the Iran-P-Steel dominating discussions there. Stay with us for an update on where things stand. Plus all the

updates from the World Cup. All four of yesterday's games ending in ties will have a recap and a preview of today's matches. Good morning, Kweiler. Hey, good morning. Lots of cloud cover, but we're going to stay drennerally dry today and cooler. How about some 80s? That's a roll top out this afternoon. It all changes tomorrow. More on that when I come back. And right now our crash count sitting at things overall looking good for your Tuesday morning commute. Now let's take a look at those traffic hotspots brought you by the Fred Anderson family of dealerships on Glenwood Avenue. Fred Anderson Toyota, Fred Anderson Kia, Fred Anderson Nissan, all home of the Fred Anderson family plan, including lifetime oil changes, lifetime car washes on all new Toyota's Kia's

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going to have a really beautiful sunrise on the way here in about 48 minutes or so so get ready for that clouds are sticking around throughout the day for the most part just a stray shower possible all that rainfall that we'll see will be mainly to the south of us through the afternoon hours along the Gulf Coast especially temperatures in the sixies and 70s still at 8 a.m. morning by noon we're in the 70s low to mid 80s for highs this afternoon winds from the north initially and then we'll get that southerly flow later today but it's still going to feel quite nice some great evening for baseball to the warbirds first pitch at 705 low 80s just a stray

shower chance 75 degrees afterward with those cloudy skies rip current threat is still moderate today from topso up to hatteras a little bit lower for carolina beach high temperatures at the coast in the low 80s there's a chance for a few showers along the beaches too today in the 60s for Boone and blowing rock for highs. 80 degrees in Bryson City. Mid-70s around Asheville and partly to mainly cloudy skies there. No rain so far at RDU officially approaching two inches on that deficit for June so far. And we're around an inch and a half for Fayville, although you've had a little bit of rainfall so far this month approaching one inch. We do have some rain in the forecast for late Thursday night. Friday our best shot for some scattered showers, maybe

some isolated storms. But you see we do dry out here on Saturday. So parade is looking good. Gulf South days of rainfall ahead. They've already seen at least two days of rain locally heavy flash flooding concerns will continue likely through the end of the week there. You can see the flash flooding highlighted there from Houston into all of Louisiana for the most part and into Mississippi too. Red flag warnings for areas out to the west and also along the west coast. 91 in Tampa today New York City 78 degrees with sun. Pittsburgh upper 70s with those clouds and sun in the mix. 81 in New Orleans with rain Dallas up to 90 this afternoon. We get back to the 90s starting tomorrow with near record highs Thursday.

More on that, my 7-day forecast. Joel. Quaylin, thank you. A Johnston County man is out more than $20,000 after falling for a phone call scam. The man says a caller claimed to be an officer with the U.S. District Court. The scammer said there were warrants out for his arrest, and the only way to make them disappear was an immediate payment in cryptocurrency. Believing it was real, the victim sent two payments totaling more than $20,000. $10. Jet Zero breaking ground on a new campus in Greensboro. It's being described as the largest private jobs project ever in North Carolina. The aviation company has promised to create thousands

of jobs in the region. The California-based startup is also investing $4.7 billion into the project. North Carolina is providing the company more than $1 billion in tax breaks if the company maintains its hiring and investment goals. The company hopes to eventually compete with the likes of Boeing and Airbus. Its first prototype is expected to take flight in 2027. Time now on your Tuesday, 513. Data Center drama in Cumberland County, new details on a vote from last night that could have major impacts on the area's future. Stay with us for an update coming up next half hour. Plus Durham leaders approving a budget what this means for property taxes, buses, and salaries for city workers.

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The Air Force says at least eight people were killed. It happened yesterday on a routine test flight out of Edwards Air Force base in the Mojave Desert near Los Angeles. The B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff bursting into flames. We're told the crew included military members, government, civilians and government contractors. Still unclear what caused the crash. President Trump in Geneva this morning for the high-stakes G7 summit. The main focus, signing a peace deal to end the war with Iran.

It would lift a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, and Iran would reopen the strait of Formuz. While both countries would start 60 days of nuclear negotiations, President Trump calls the agreement a major win. The Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They fully agreed to that with strong policing powers. Both President Trump and Vice President J.D. Bantz already signed the agreement virtually. The president will sign it in person on Friday. The World Copy is back in action today with France facing off against Senegal, Iraq taking on Norway and Messi making his debut. Argentina versus Algeria, Austria and Jordan will technically play at midnight, East Coast time,

All four of yesterday's games ended in ties. Belgium and Egypt, along with Saudi Arabia and Uruguay. All tied 1-1. Iran and New Zealand tied 2-2. Iran's coach saying his team was forced to immediately leave the U.S. after their game and head back to their training camp in Tijuana. Meanwhile, Cape Verde stunned Spain, zero to zero, sending shockwaves all over the world. Spain, what?

The tiny island country stood strong against its powerhouse opponent. The team's 40-year-old goalie hailed a hero. He's already gained thousands of new followers on Instagram. Yesterday, marked the first time since 1958 that all games on one day ended in ties. The last time that happened, it was also on June 15th, according to our friends over it, Optus Stats. Wow. I love when underdogs win. I know, right?

Yeah, it's really fun. It was like Curiselle versus Germany. That was a big thing on Sunday. Just Curisal, scoring a goal against Powerhouse, Germany was a huge deal. That's why the World Cup is so much fun. Yeah, no, super fun. Yeah. Tracking some nice weather today.

A little break from the heat and humidity, but that changes tomorrow. Today will be in the mid 80s, which is actually below average. Upper 80s is our average high at RDU. Tomorrow 94 degrees, Thursday likely a record high. We stay in the 90s through the weekend. So the heat will be here to stay.

As far as rainfall goes, I have just a stray shower chance today south of the triangle. Tomorrow we're dry Thursday during the day, a 20% chance of rain. But the chance for storms will climb more so on Friday. We'll have scattered rain and storms. Then we do dry out for your weekend. Father's Day looks great.

Monday, another shot for showers and storm. So you can see the clouds that have rolled in since the overnight hours. We'll have mainly cloudy conditions today. There's a front station area. It came through yesterday. It's two hours south. And that's where we're seeing a lot of that rainfall

action right now into South Carolina and Georgia. A live look downtown 60s. How about that out the door? 60 and Sanford, 65, Roxburgh, Durham 67, along with Raleigh, Fayetteville, 72, but it's a nice feeling 72. That's because we have. winds from the north. Do point temperatures down into the 50s right now. That's your comfy,

refreshing air. Still a little bit more of that tomorrow. And then by Ferris and Friday, humidity values really take off before coming back down a little bit more for the weekend. So the weekend's going to be hot, just not as humid. High temperatures today, low to mid 80s. Enjoy the break. We'll be in the 60s tonight. Still mainly cloudy, straight shower chance to the south. So that cold front that came through yesterday is settled to our south, including around the Gulf South. But in addition that also tracking some rain and storm action around Mexico with an area of low pressure that could develop into a tropical system because it's going to emerge over the warm waters of the Gulf so the hurricane center actually bumping that potential for development up but even without

becoming a tropical system check out all the rainfall that's going to be likely here easily eight plus inches of rain from Texas through Louisiana Mississippi Alabama even into parts of Georgia they're going to see some rain and storms with the front in the way it'll be situated Most of the rain will stay to our south, unfortunately, but the best shot we'll have is into Friday. So we heat up into the 90s tomorrow. We'll see a bit more cloud cover into tonight, but then clearing out by tomorrow afternoon. By Wednesday night and Thursday, we'll see some clouds, but the shower and storm chances will start heading up, as I mentioned, later in the week. Thursday night into Friday, there is a chance for isolated severe storm, but damaging winds would be the main threat.

So 85 today, 60s tonight, back to the 90s tomorrow with near record highs on Thursday, 92 Friday, with scattered, storms for June teeth. Saturday, 90 degrees for hurricane today, 93 on Sunday for Father's Day, also the first day of summer. And then Monday we're back to the mid-90s with scattered storms. Weather and traffic together. Anna, back to you. So Quailin, the roads overall do look good. Our crash count is still sitting at zero and traffic is moving nicely. Let's take a live look outside of the DOT cameras right now. This is the 45-40 interchange. You can see the traffic has definitely started to fill in in both directions. And breaking news one is also on Hodges, Street right now. It shut down

between Atlantic and Wake Forest Road. And that's because there was a brush fire near Hodges. So Cruz are there trying to put that fire out. It does look like they're in the process of getting that cleared as quickly as possible. But if you are going to be in that area again, Hodges Street for now, shut down between Atlantic and Wake Forest.

There's a lot of dry brush down there on Hodges Street. So they get that under control. 521 is the time. A popular baby formula yanked from the store shelves. Wynara Organics is recalling its popular formula. That's coming up next. At Volvo, safety is not a feature.

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My goodness. 527 is the time. We are following that breaking news. Ian Raleigh right now. Here's another live look at Cruz. They're clearing a brush fire on Hodges Street, though it looks pretty clear at this point. This is near Atlantic Avenue and Wake Forest Road.

We'll get an update. It sounds like a good news update coming up straight ahead. You know,