WE’LL DISCUSS ALL OF IT COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. WELL, THE COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION DAY COMING TO AN END NOW. WE ARE JUST TWO DAYS OUT FROM MIDTERMS. ON TUESDAY. MILLIONS OF VOTES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CAST, THEN COUNTED. THE RESULTS WILL IMPACT A NUMBER OF KEY POSITIONS HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. EARLY VOTING OFFICIALLY WRAPPED YESTERDAY FOR THE STATE AND ACCORDING TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HERE AS OF FRIDAY MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF MILLION VOTERS ALREADY A BALLOT AT THOSE ONE STOP EARLY VOTING SITES ARE NOT EVEN YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. ALL 14 NORTH CAROLINA’S SEATS IN THE HOUSE ARE UP FOR GRABS AS WELL AS ONE U.S. SENATE SEAT. PLUS STATE SUPREME COURT SPOTS. WHO SITS ON THE COURT OF APPEALS AND LOCAL JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS? A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS ALREADY BEEN SPENT HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA AHEAD OF THIS MIDTERM. THAT INCLUDES ONE OF THOSE RACES WE JUST MENTIONED. ACCORDING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS, CANDIDATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $15 MILLION JUST FOR THE STATE SUPREME RACE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR PEOPLE RUNNING FOR TWO SPOTS ON NORTH CAROLINA’S HIGHEST BENCH. AS THE MONEY SPENT MAY INDICATE, THIS IS A CLOSELY CONTESTED RACE, THE BALANCE OF THE COURT ON THE LINE YEAR AND PERCEPTIONS OF ELECTION FRAUD WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HEIGHTENED THREATS OF VIOLENCE THIS MIDTERM. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A JOINT WARNING FROM FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. CHRISTOPHER SALAS IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH MORE ON HOW POLLING PLACES ARE PREPARING FOR THIS. JACKIE, GOOD MORNING. ELECTION OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING THE POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE AND DISRUPTIONS IN THE 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS FOR MONTHS NOW. THIS COMES AFTER AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF THREATS FOLLOWING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. NEW CONCERNS PROMPTING, NEW SECURITY MEASURES AT POLLING PLACES. WE HAVE UNARMED SECURITY AT OUR LOCATION. OUR VOTING LOCATIONS. DERRICK BOWENS IS OF SEVERAL ELECTION DIRECTORS TAKING ACTIONS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2020 ELECTION AND FALSE CLAIMS OF WIDESPREAD ELECTION FRAUD. AND SO WE’VE SEEN INCREASED THREATS. WE’VE SEEN INCREASED SCRUTINY. AND IT’S DEFINITELY PUT A LOT OF ELECTION OFFICIALS ON GUARD. EXPERTS SAY ELECTIONS OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDED OPTIONS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, WHERE CAMERAS SHOULD BE OR OR NEW GLASS PARKING MODIFICATIONS TO BUFFER ZONES ARE SECURE. A POLL FROM THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE SHOWS ONE IN SIX ELECTION OFFICIALS HAVE FACED THREATS. THEY’RE BEING THREATENED. THEIR FAMILIES OR THEIR SPOUSES, THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING THREATENED. DAVID BECKER’S ORGANIZATION, THE LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK, PROVIDES PRO-BONO LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ELECTION WORKERS ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. THE ISSUE OF SECURITY OF POLLING PLACE. SAFETY OF THE POLLING PLACE. MAKING SURE, VOTERS FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE POLLING PLACE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THEIR MINDS, HE SAYS. A PARTICULAR CONCERN THIS YEAR ARE AGGRESSIVE. POLL WATCHERS WHO MAY CHALLENGE ELECTION OFFICIALS OR EVEN INTIMIDATE VOTERS. JUSTICE HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PREVENT TO GUARANTEE A FREE AND FAIR VOTE. EVERYONE WHO IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE AND WILL NOT PERMIT VOTERS TO BE INTIMIDATED. BOWEN SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS WORK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AHEAD. THE MIDTERMS FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS, THOSE FOLKS SO THEY KNOW ELECTION LAWS AND WHAT’S CALLED A CRIME AND WHAT THEY SHOULD SUPPORT US ON AND. THE THREAT DOESN’T END ON ELECTION DAY. BOTH FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND WARN THAT VIOLENT EXTREMISTS WITH THE ELECTION RESULT MAY ACT BEYOND NOVEMBER EIGHTH. IN WASHINGTON, I’M CHRISTOPHER SALAS. AND WE HERE AT WXII HAVE GOT YOU COVERED LEADING UP TO AND ON ELECTION. MAKE SURE TO STAY WITH US ON AIR AS WELL ON OUR APP AND WEBSITE FOR THE COMMITMENT NEWS AS WELL AS THOSE ELECTION RESULTS AS THIS HOUR COMING IN. TIME NOW 806 YOU’RE ON YOUR SUNDAY THIS WEEK MARKS TWO WEEK TWO YEARS RATHER SINCE A TRIED MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A FUNERAL SERVICE. NOW A BALLOON RELEASE IS PLANNED TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF FRED COX’S LOVED ONES. CONTINUE TO ASK FOR ANSWERS IN THIS CASE THE 18 YEAR OLD DIED WHILE ATTENDING A SERVICE IN HIGH POINT BACK 2020. AN AUTOPSY WAS NOT RELEASED UNTIL LAST YEAR, RULED DEATH A HOMICIDE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT GUNFIRE FROM RIVAL GANGS OUTSIDE OF THE FUNERAL LEAD AN OFF DUTY DAVIDSON COUNTY DEPUTY TO OPEN FIRE THAT DEPUTY SAID HE SAW COX WITH A GUN. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, HOWEVER, FOUND NO TRACES OF GUNFIRE RESIDUE ON. COX’S HANDS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. NO CHARGES WOULD BE FILED, THOUGH. COX SAYS. VERY PAINFUL. SO PAINFUL. I’VE BEEN PERMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL. I’M STILL NOT ABLE TO WORK. I HAVE TO SEE A PSYCHOLOGIST, COUNSELORS, NEUROLOGIST BECAUSE IS THIS IS DIFFERENT. COX’S MOTHER, AGAIN, STILL REELING FROM HIS DEATH TWO YEARS LATER, LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. THAT BALLOON RELEASE FOR FRED COX IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT AT LIVING WATER BAPTIST CHURCH IN HIGH POINT AND HIS MOTHER ALSO SAYS SHE HAS FILED A LAWSUIT IN RELATION TO HER SON’S DEATH AND THAT WILL GO TO SOON. A GREENSBORO POLICE OFFICER IS ON LEAVE THIS MORNING AFTER A SHOOTING DOWNTOWN THAT HAPPENED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR MARKET AND NORTH GREENE STREETS. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS OFFICERS WHILE EN A ROUTINE PATROL STARTED TO INVESTIGATE A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE POTENTIALLY FOR AN ALCOHOL VIOLATION, AUTHORITIES TELL US AN 18 YEAR OLD NOW IDENTIFIED AS JOHN MAIN ROGERS, REFUSED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. ACCORDING TO THOSE OFFICERS, ROGERS PULLED A GUN AND THAT LED ONE OF THE OFFICERS TO PULL THEIR WEAPON. FIRE. ROGERS WAS SHOT. HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. HE NOW FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, THOUGH, INCLUDING CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON IN WINSTON-SALEM. THE SEARCH CONTINUES. SOMEONE WHO OPENED FIRE DURING A CARD GAME SENDING TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL INVESTIGATORS SAY AN ARGUMENT BROKE OUT DURING FRIDAY NIGHT GAME THAT WAS BEING PLAYED IN THE PARKING LOT ON HORIZON LANE. IT’S BELIEVED AT THE SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS CHARLIE BY POLICE MANAGED TO GET AWAY A RED CHEVY IMPALA. AS FOR THE TWO VICTIMS, BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER, BOTH SHOT IN THE LEGS. ANYONE INFORMATION ON THIS SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS. A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE PLANS TO PLEAD GUILTY IN A FEDERAL EMBEZZLEMENT CASE. THIS IS ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS DERWIN MONTGOMERY IS ACCUSED OF TAKING $24,000 FROM THE BETHESDA CENTER IN WINSTON-SALEM WHILE HE WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THAT HOMELESS SHELTER. BACK IN SEPTEMBER, MONTGOMERY TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES. HE IS NOW FACING THAN 15 CHARGES OF COURT, SAY HE WILL ENTER INTO THIS PLEA AGREEMENT TOMORROW. IT’S NOT KNOWN, THOUGH, WHICH CHARGES MONTGOMERY WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO. THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER CONTAMINATED WATER AT CAMP LAGOON IS BECOMING CENTER FOCUS AT TOWN HALLS. THE PIEDMONT TRIAD VICTIMS AND ADVOCATES JUSTICE SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN WINSTON-SALEM AT CAMP LAGOON WAS, CONTAMINATED WITH CANCER, CAUSING CHEMICALS FOR DECADES. SO THESE TOWN HALLS ARE BEING HELD TO MAKE SURE VICTIMS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE LOSSES THAT THEY EXPERIENCED. JERRY SPRINGER, FOR EXAMPLE, LOST HIS DAUGHTER TO LEUKEMIA. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT. I DON’T THINK ANY PERSON EVER TO THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT ME AND MY WIFE SAID LIKE YOU HAVE CANCER AND A SERIOUS. AND SCARY ALL THIS LEGAL ACTION IS COMING UP NOW BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. THE PACT ACT IN AUGUST. AND THAT INCLUDES THE CAMP LEJEUNE JUSTICE ACT, CLEARING THE WAY FOR VICTIMS TO FILE CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. EIGHT NOW CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS ACTIVE IN ITS INTERNAL DISASTER CODE TO A SURGE OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. THE COOK CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, TEXAS, SAYS IT IS FULL. THE BOARD HOSPITAL BEDS, THE E.R. , URGENT CARE CENTERS ALL BOOKED. THE DALLAS SYSTEM SAYS IT BECAUSE OF BOTH RSV AND, THE FLU. MEANTIME, HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE NC, HHS SHOWS THAT THE NUMBER OF RSV CASES HAS INCREASED DRASTICALLY JUST IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM THE CHART GREW FROM ONE HUNDREDS IN AUGUST TO NEARLY 1000. NOW AT THE END OCTOBER LOOKING AHEAD IN DAVIDSON COUNTY A SECTION OF ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS FOR A MAINTENANCE. AND IT ALL STARTS TOMORROW. AND DUE TO WILL CLOSE OLD LYNNWOOD BETWEEN OWENS AND HARGRAVE ROADS THEY’RE MAKING PAVEMENT REPAIRS AS WELL AS IMPROVING APPROACH TO THE BRIDGE OF THE RAILROAD. AGAIN THIS STARTS TOMORROW WILL RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 18TH. IF WILL BE TRAVELING IN THIS AREA YOU’RE ASKED TO USE CAUTION AND FOLLOW DESIGNATED DETOURS. THIS MORNING HERE ON THE CW WE ARE SAD TELL YOU NO YOU DID NOT WIN THE MASSIVE. $1.6 BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT, AS I INFORMED DAVE EARLIER. BUT GOOD NEWS IS FOR EVERYBODY, NO ONE ELSE DID WIN EITHER. MONDAY’S DRAWING NOW UP TO. $1.9 BILLION FOR THAT JACKPOT, ACCORDING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LOTTERY ASSOCIATION OFFICIALS. THEY SHOW THAT THE ESTIMATED CASH VALUE IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 929 MILLION. POWERBALL HAS YET TO. UPDATE ITS OFFICIAL WEBSITE WITH THESE. BUT EITHER WAY, THE NEXT ROUND AGAIN SET FOR NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A RECORD PRIZE FOR A U.S. LOTTERY. IF SOMEONE WERE TO WIN ONE DAY NIGHT, THEY CAN TAKE 30 PAYMENTS OVER 29 YEARS OR GET THE LUMP SUM. HERE’S WHERE WE HAVE TO REMIND YOU OF THOSE. AS DAVE WAS SAYING, PRETTY SLIM. ONE IN 292.2 MILLION. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL OF US BROTHERS ARE GOING TO PLAY? AS I SAID, YOU CAN’T WIN UNLESS YOU PLAY. ALL RIGHT. COMING UP NEXT ON WXII 12 NEWS THIS SUNDAY MORNING, TRACKING THE HEAT THAT MAY SEEM A JOB ONLY FOR THOSE METEOROLOGISTS OUT THERE, BUT OUT WHY CITIES ARE NOW TURNING TO EXPERTS AND WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR OUR FUTURE. PLUS, MARGIN OF ERROR POLLING TENDS TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE AN ELECTIONS HEADING BEFORE VOTES ARE CAST. FIND WHY SOME SAY IT MAY BE TIME TO GET RID O