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Tropical Storm Zeta Coverage

High winds in central North Carolina have forced President Donald Trump to cancel a Thursday night rally in Fayetteville.

BACK POSITIVE IS NOW AT 64%. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VISITING THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. LATE THIS AFTERNOON HE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE RALLY TONIGHT AT THE FAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WIND FROM ZETA. THAT EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD ON MONDAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL PLANNING TO VISIT FOR BREAD TONIGHT. SUPPORTERS WERE DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE RESCHEDULING OF OTHER EVENTS. >> THE DISAPPOINTED IN THE AIR, PEOPLE DROVE FROM GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TO BE HERE TODAY BUT, JUST BEFORE 3:30 WHEN THE DOORS WERE SET TO OPEN. THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND OUT. THE STATE WAS SET AT FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, BIG LADDER TRUCKS WITH A SIGN THAT SAID NORTH CAROLINA WELCOMES PRESIDENT TRUMP. THERE WERE AMERICAN FLAGS ON DISPLAY. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN. NOW, FOLKS WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOUR MORE DAYS BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP RETURNS TO FAYETTEVILLE. >> HUNDREDS OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS LINED UP ONLY TO GET DISAPPOINTING NEWS. >> JUST BEAT NORTH CAROLINA. >> IT'S. >> THEY FILE BACK INTO SHUTTLE BUSES AND MANY PLAN TO RETURN MONDAY INCLUDING CINDY MARELLI WHO DROVE DOWN FROM RALEIGH. SHE ATTENDED SEVERAL TRUMP RALLIES. >> I LOVE TRUMP RALLIES. THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN A TRUMP RALLY. I LOVE DONALD TRUMP. I THINK HE IS SO GREAT. HE IS HILARIOUS. I LOVE BEING AROUND THAT MAN. >> Reporter: WHEN THIS IS HIS LAST RALLY SEPTEMBER 19 A CROWD OF PEOPLE, MANY WITHOUT MASKS GATHERED ON THE TARMAC WITH LITTLE SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE PEOPLE THAT TESTED POSITIVE AT THE GASTONIA RALLY LAST WEEK WITH SUPPORTERS SAYING THEY ARE NOT WORRIED. >> I AM A NON-MASK WHERE. SPOTTED YOU WEAR IT AT THE RALLY AT ALL? BUT I WOULD WEAR IT IF I HAD WHERE'S. I WEAR 20 ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUT NO, THE RALLIES I DO NOT. BECAUSE I STAY SIX FEET AWAY. >> Reporter: HE TO PLANS TO RETURN MONDAY. >> I HAVE HAND SANITIZER AND A MASK. I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL BE OKAY. WE CAN WALK INTO WALMART AND CATCH IT JUST AS FAST AS ANYWHERE ELSE. >> Reporter: EARLIER TODAY LOCAL OFFICEHOLDERS HOSTED A NEWS CONFERENCE AT FAYETTEVILLE STATE, AMONG THEM, THE FAYETTE MAYOR COLEMAN EXPRESSING ALARM AND ANOTHER TRUMP RALLY IN HIS COMMITTEE SING THE PRESIDENT SHOULD PUT PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE FOREFRONT. >> I WATCH MY CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN A HIT LIKE DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE PENCE WHO TRY TO TELL US THE VIRUS WAS NOT REAL AND DOES NOT POSE A THREAT. AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS ARE DYING AT ALARMING RATES. >> Reporter: THE 2000 PEOPLE ATTENDING THE RALLY IN FAYETTEVILLE LAST MONTH BUT IT'S DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN TO THE REGION THREE TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH, HE WAS JUST IN LUMBERTON SATURDAY, HE WAS IN GASTONIA OF COURSE LAST WEEKEND MADE MANY TRIPS TO NORTH CAROLINA. HE DID SCHEDULE FT. BRAGG AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS STILL ON.

Trump supporters not swayed by canceled rally

A look at gusty winds in north Raleigh on Thursday morning north of Crabtree Valley Mall off Strickland Road.

Strong winds shake tree branches in north Raleigh

Tropical Storm Zeta makes its way toward the United States coast after slamming into Mexico as a hurricane. 

Tropical Storm Zeta Coverage

Trump supporters not swayed by canceled rally

Strong winds shake tree branches in north Raleigh

Raw: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Mexico