ACROSS THE TRIAD. THE FIRST AT 4:00. BREAKING NEWS IN D.C., WHERE SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE BLOCKED A BIPARTISAN BORDER PACKAGE. AND THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM THE SENATE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. LAWMAKERS VOTED 49 TO 50, WELL SHORT OF THE 60 YEAS NEEDED TO TAKE UP THE BILL. THE LEGISLATION INCLUDED STRICTER REGULATIONS AT THE BORDER MEANT TO CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL CROSSINGS. IT ALSO INCLUDED MORE AID TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL, AND OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, MORE AND MORE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SAID THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION, EVEN AFTER A SERIES OF ATTACKS ON THE BILL BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND TOP HOUSE REPUBLICANS. TONIGHT IN 12 INVESTIGATES WXII OBTAINED THE FULL LAWSUIT INVOLVING A SURRY COUNTY FAMILY WHO IS SUING A DAYCARE AFTER THEY SAY THEIR DAUGHTER WAS INJURED THERE. MARIA DEBONE JOINS US NOW IN STUDIO MARIA. YOU AND I BOTH READ THAT LAWSUIT AND IT’S VERY DETAILED. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT DEVONTE. THIS 22 PAGE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT A THEN SIX MONTH OLD SUFFERED, QUOTE, CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE ALTERING INJURIES WHILE IN THE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. WEST KINDERCARE IN MOUNT AIRY. THE LAWSUIT, FILED BY PARENTS OF THE THEN SIX MONTH OLD CLAIMS SHE WAS IN THE CARE OF A DAYCARE EMPLOYEE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD WEST KINDERCARE. ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2023, WHEN SHE WAS INJURED. LANGUAGE USED IN THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS SHE, QUOTE, SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA. A HYPOXIC BRAIN INJURY, PROLIFIC CRANIAL FRACTURES, AND HAS SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT LONG TUM IMPAIRMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE TORTUROUS ACTS AND OR OMISSIONS, PHYSICAL ABUSE, AND OR OTHERWISE WRONGFUL CONDUCT OF DEFENDANTS. IT DOESN’T DETAIL WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED, BUT DOES LIST THAT THE DEFENDANTS BEING THE DAYCARE AND DAYCARE WORKER, HAD A DUTY TO, QUOTE, TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO ADEQUATELY SECURE EQUIPMENT, OBJECTS AND OR MATERIALS WHICH CAME INTO CONTACT AND OR CAUSED SEVERE AND CATASTROPHIC INJURIES TO THE CHILD, ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT. AS A RESULT OF THE INJURY, THE CHILD WHO TURNS ONE IN MAY CONTINUE TO UNDERGO THERAPY TO IMPROVE HER MOTOR SKILLS. SPEECH AND VISION. THE LAWSUIT ALSO SAYS THE CHILD WILL NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. A SPOKESPERSON FOR KINDERCARE RESPONDED TO THE LAWSUIT, SAYING THE TEACHER INVOLVED WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER. IN A STATEMENT SENT TO WXII, SAYS, QUOTE, THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND WE’RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR AGENCY PARTNERS TO DETERMINE WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED. AND I REACHED OUT TO THE DAYCARE WORKER LISTED IN THE LAWSUIT AND ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY COMMENT. SHE SAID NO, AND THE PARENTS AND THEIR REPRESENTATION ARE ASKING FOR THIS CASE TO BE TRIED BY A JURY THAT THEY RECEIVE AT LEAST $50,000 FOR DAMAGES AND THAT ALL PAST AND FUTURE MEDICAL COSTS AND EXPENSES ARE COVERED BY THE DAYCARE AND DAYCARE WORKER. AND WE HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY COVERING THIS CASE, AND WE’LL BE SURE TO SHARE ANY UPDATES WE GET ON AIR AND ONLINE IN STUDIO MARIA DEBONE, WXII 12 NEWS. MARIA. THANK YOU. IN RANDOLPH COUNTY TONIGHT, THREE PEOPLE ARE BEING CHARGED AFTER TWO SEPARATE ASSAULTS AND THREATS ON SCHOOL BUSSES. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS. YESTERDAY, THREE ADULTS GOT ON TO A BUS AT A BUS STOP AND AT LEAST ONE OF THEM ASSAULTED AND THREATENED A STUDENT ON BOARD. DEPUTIES HAVE SINCE CHARGED OCTAVIA MCRAE AND SHANIQUA WATKINS. THEY SAY THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE THIRD PERSON INVOLVED. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TELLS US THE BUS INVOLVED WAS FROM SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS LATEST INCIDENT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER ANOTHER CASE OF TRESPASSING, THIS ONE INVOLVING A BUS FOR PROVIDENCE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS FRIDAY. BARBARA JOHNSTON GOT A BUS AND THREATENED A STUDENT. SHE’S CHARGED WITH SEVERAL MISDEMEANORS. HIGHWAY PATROL IS NOW INVESTIGATING A CRASH INVOLVING A KERNERSVILLE POLICE OFFICER. THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 730 THIS MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF STRATFORD AND FRATERNITY CHURCH ROADS. THAT’S JUST OUTSIDE OF CLEMMONS. TROOPERS TELL US A KERNERSVILLE POLICE CAR WAS STOPPED WAITING TO MAKE A TURN WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO TURN, THEY HIT AN INFINITI SUV, TRAVELED ON STRATFORD ROAD. MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NO WORD ON WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE WILL BE CHARGED. ALL LANES OF HIGHWAY I 85 NEAR NC 62, IN ARCHDALE ARE BACK OPEN THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING A CRASH THAT LED TO AN OIL SPILL. TROOPERS SAY A TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DID NOT SLOW DOWN REAR, ENDING A CAR. OIL FROM THE TRACTOR TRAILER SPILLED ONTO THE ROAD AS A RESULT, AND TROOPERS SAY THE PERSON INSIDE THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER IS CHARGED. WE ARE FOLLOWING A DEVELOPING STORY THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF CALIFORNIA. A MARINE CORPS HELICOPTER REPORTED MISSING THIS MORNING HAS BEEN FOUND IN A FOREST. NOW CREWS ARE SEARCHING FOR THOSE ON BOARD. KENNY BECK JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. THIS AFTERNOON. KENNY. WELL, DAVONTE THE MILITARY SAYS IT FOUND THAT HELICOPTER A FEW HOURS AGO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S PINE VALLEY. THAT’S ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF SAN DIEGO. BUT SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON, NO SIGN OF THE FIVE MARINES WHO WERE ON BOARD. THEY WERE FLYING A CH 53 SUPER STALLION HELICOPTER FROM AN AIR FORCE BASE IN NEVADA TO A STATION IN CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY, EARLY THIS MORNING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED OVERDUE WHEN IT HADN’T YET ARRIVED. THE LAST PING FROM THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN AT AROUND 1130 LAST NIGHT. NOW IT’S WORTH NOTING THERE’S A WINTER STORM IN SAN DIEGO RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE DEALING WITH SNOW AND HEAVY RAIN, AND SEARCH CREWS SAY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MAKING THEIR JOB MORE DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER THING THAT’S WORTH NOTING THE HELICOPTER IN THIS INVESTIGATION IS T