let's get the latest from meteorologist deitra tate in the super doppler 10 let's get the latest from meteorologist deitra tate in the super doppler 10 let's get the latest from meteorologist deitra tate in the super doppler 10 weather center.. let's get the latest from meteorologist deitra tate in the super doppler 10 weather center.. drop south. so the precipitation will turn at that time. it's too middle peninsula, and

shore. lighter accumulations from suffolk into n north carolina. so stay tuned for updates. dry and breezy on sunday. new at midday -- fire crews in virginia beach were busy putting out a fire at this mobile home. this is on ritzcraft drive near bonney road. 10 on your side talked to the woman who called 911. she says no people were in the house, but there was a dog inside. neighbors went to the front door and opened so the dog could get out. eventually, the dog was able to leave. we are still working to find out what caused the fire. we are learning more about a deadly terror attack in paksitan.

dead after gunmen went into a university and started shooting. officials say the attack started just after classes began for the day at bacha khan university. soldiers and police came and started a shootout with the troops. nobody has claimed responsibility, but many in the region say it is remenicent of a taliban attack on a school in 20-14. we'll have more important details on this for you at 12:30. later today, norfolk city treasurer anthony burfoot will be in federal court. burfoot is expected to plead not guilty to eight felony counts. those charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and perjury. an indictment says federal prosecutors think burfoot was part of a plan to defraud the city. it says starting in 2005, burfoot used his position on city council for personal gain. he allegedly promised votes in exchange for favors from development companies like tivest. if convicted, burfoot could be in prison anywhere from five to

that won't happen. 1st bite - andrew sacks - attorney c10 3:45 - the public record will show best for the city. it has nothing to do with the fact that it was tivest. :54 sources tell 10 on your side burfoot will request a jury trial - and from there, the court will set a trial date. burfoot says he has no plans to step down from his position as treasurer. congressman scott rigell is supporting another congressman who wants to run for virginia's second district. a spokesperson for rigell said he encouraged congressman randy forbes to run and would support him. forbes represents virginia's 4th district. we told you last week, forbes was considering a switch to run in virginia's second district because of redistricting. congressman rigell is retiring after this term. republican delegate scott taylor says he plans to run for rigell's seat. dozens of portsmouth residents came out to tell the mayor and

feel about where the city is headed. more than 120 people piled into the churchland library last night. for almost an hour, residents asked why there was a lack of transparency in the city's government. we tried to talk to the mayor aftwerwards about a number of issues but he did not answer our questions. clip 110 1:51:08-1:51:41 "the people tonight were concerned about the lack of information and transparency. how will you adress that. "how will you address the lack of transparency?" there were about a hundred people from portsmouth, thousand will be watching, what do you want to say to them?" "hey how ya doin? goodnight" during the meeting the mayor blamed the lack of transparency on media coverage. he and council members pointed to the city's public access channel for information. other taxpayers say it's not just the lack of openness, it's the in-fighting among elected

clip0043 leon j harris 1:24:12 "it's government transparency listen to the people that pay your salary listen to the people that you have to govern if you stop being premadonnas it'll be alright" 1:24:27 runs :15 one citizen started a go-fund-me campaign to reimburse councilman bill moody after fellow councilmembers fined him $15-hundred dollars stemming from a post about city business moody wrote on his facebook page. money to councilman moody night. tonight, if you live in virginia beach you have a chance to voice your opinion on the city's comprehensive plan on issues like traffic, transportation, housing, and urban areas. tonight's meeting is at tallwood high school on kempsville road at 6:30. if you cannot make it tonight, there are two thursday. last night, virginia beach city council started talking about a major oceanfront redevelopment deal. you're looking at part of the plans

between 14th and 16th streets. officials tell us they have not decided whether or not to vote. the proposal would add a new pier, hotel, restaurants, a time share resort, and more parking. private money would fund most of this $245-million-dollar project. we can now show you pictures of an accident where a truck crashed into a house. it happened last night on carters grove court in hampton. police tell us six people were inside the home when the truck crashed into the garage. officers have not said what led up to the crash or what charges the driver faces. two people were in the car when the accident happened. no one got hurt, but the driver, a 50-year- old woman went to the hospital as a precaution. we are still the driver will face charges. we're working to learn more about a deadly car crash in portsmouth. it happened last night on ansell avenue near george washington highway and frederick boulevard.

vehicles crashed and a female passenger died. the cause is under investigation. new at midday -- work is starting on another new elementary school in norfolk. "shoveling" students and faculty were there to help break ground on the new ocean view elementary school building this morning. it's all part of a project by norfolk public schools to build five new schools in three years. construction is starting 90 days ahead of schedule. the future of a local smokehouse is uncertain this morning after a fire destoyed the building. only chopper 10 was above the scene in surry county. firefighters used water from hydrants and a nearby creek to control the fire at the edwards virginia smokehouse. most of the employees were out to lunch when the fire started. no one got tough loss for the workers. janda mueller edwards smokehouse employee (32)

the future holds right now. from the looks of it, it's not looking good. :52 edwards ham will be closed until further notice. investigators are still working to figure out what caused the fire. a woman is sharing her terrifying ordeal after two men took her hostage in virginia beach. she hopes her story will help police catch the men who are still out there. the crime happened back on december 22nd in a busy parking lot off virginia beach boulevard. only 10 on your side spoke to the victim, who wants to keep her identity secret. 6p vb va beach blvd robbery :11 - :24 "a gentleman cam up to me, he was very polite, said he was in the military and needed directions. and then the next man came up with a knife and said get in the car now." the woman says the men forced her into the covered her head with a jacket. she says they took out her wallet, got

her name and address. then the men forced her to take out money at different a-t-ms. at the first two stops, her card didn't work, and the men got agitated, so she tried to calm them down. :54- 1:03 now they're panicking a little. and i said, calm down guys we can figure this out. beacuse i didn't wnat them to get panicky and do something rash. the woman said the ordeal lasted a couple of hours. afterwards, the men apologized, and dropped her off near a store. take a good look at the surveillance pictures. police believe one suspect's name might be andy or andrew. you can get a closer look at them on wavy-dot-com. if know anything that could help police, call the crime line at 1-888-lock-u-up. still ahead - the tensions rise in the town where a militia has occupied a wildlife refuge. we'll bring you what happened when the protesters showed up at a town meeting about them. plus - a presidential candidate loses a staffer in a car accident. what he had to say about

also still to come -- thousands of soldiers and sailors have come back from organization is working to make sure they are treated properly. we'll give you doing. plus - donald trump gets conservative world backing him for the g-o-p nomination. why he says this is big for his campaign. and - meteorologist deitra tate is laser focused on snow and rain the forecast. it looks beautiful outside right now, but boy are things going to

several residents in oregon have had enough of protesters and their takeover of a national wildlife refuge in their town.

came out with a strong and his supporters. that message --- please leave. bundy and his group have occupied the refuge for 18 days because they are upset over federal land use. tuesday night, bundy and about a dozen of his fellow militia members came to a town meeting. the surprise appearance made the meeting even more emotionally charged. (s/ mos :10) "thank you i guess. you know but i can't thank you for the disruption to our county. to my home." (s/ mos :10) "it's time for you to go home. (cheering and clapping.) a law enforcement official says the wildlife refuge is being looked at as an active crime scene. a campaign staffer for doctor ben carson died in a car accident in iowa. the crash happened yesterday. this van with four carson staffers inside flipped over on an

hit it. 25-year-old braden joplin was killed. carson suspended all campaign events for the next several days so he could be in omaha, where joplin passed away in a hospital. doctor carson says joplin was an example of how things could be done with kindness and compassion. (s/dr. ben carson/gop - to get to know him and the thing that impressed me the most was how compassionate he was." (s/dr. ben carson/gop presidential candidate 1:31-1:42) "if every one of us could just think about how we can make somebody else's life better -- what a fitting tribute that would be to braden." the three other staffers in the van with joplin went to the hospital. they are now out and recovering. police in florida say they had to shoot and kill a group of dogs. people before police came. this happened in an

afternoon. police got a call from a woman screaming for help. when they got to the apartment, they saw five pit bulls attacking a woman. one officer shot and killed four of the dogs. animal control officers took the fifth. two women, a man, and a boy, all went to the hospital. police are trying to figure out why the dogs started attacking. an elderly woman in georgia froze to death while trying to help her wheelchair bound husband. this happened last thursday. 74-year-old roy riffe accidentally fell out of his wheelchair outside. his wife maria tried to help him, but she fell, and couldn't get back up. the two spent the night outside. roy had a coat on and survived. maria wasn't wearing anything to protect her from the cold and did not survive the elements. officials say they found the two just 20 yards apart. a big winter storm is pushing its way through the midwest and it is dumping a lot of snow.

in the saint louis area. the snow started yesterday afternoon and went into this morning. the winter weather is causing a lot of problems for drivers. cars are sliding all over the roads and traffic was almost at a stand still during rush hour. ( weather anim - with track) (put weather cc here - in green) cars are sliding all over ( weather anim - with track) rest of today: cloudy & cold. highs will be in nw/sw 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. scattered flurries and light snow showers moving in by the evening. we could see a dusting up to 3/4" of snow. lows will be in the mid 20s. thursday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the

5-10mph. cloudy sky ahead of an upper disturbance that's rolling in. with this, we'll see some flurries and light snow showers this evening. this could put down a dusting up to a half inch of snow. it will be cold enough that whatever falls will stick, but amounts should be light as the atmosphere is fairly dry. thursday looks nice,but it'll be the calm before the storm. by friday the next system will move into the region. the models are trending a start of moisture moving in by 7am-8am. so the precipitation could start as more of a rain/snow mix with snow north of the metro. rain is likely friday afternoon into friday night and saturday morning. as the system moves away cold air will drop south. so the precipitation will turn into mainly snow by saturday afternoon. however, dry air will also start to filter in at that time. it's too early for snow totals, up to 4" are possible from south hampton county north to the peninsula, middle peninsula, and eastern shore. lighter accumulations from

carolina. so stay tuned for updates. dry and

up next on midday - making sure veterens wounded in war are taken care of. that's the goal of one organization. more on what they are doing. the latest information on

university more than 40-thousand men and women have returned, wounded, from places like iraq and afghanistan. they need difficult challenge of organization "rebuilding america's warriors" aims to do just that. janet zappala introduces us to the woman who founded it. (sot: maggie lockridge, from permanently disfiguring young lives" former airforce nurse corps veteran maggie lockridge has made it her wounded warriors.

rebuilding america's warriors) "i'm not talking scrapes and bruises i'm talking major major injuries." as an r-n...lockridge's background was in plastic and disfigured active service and veteran status warriors. (sot: maggie lockridge, rebuilding america's warriors) "i feel so strongly that it will help them deal with ptsd if you feel better about yourself emotionally, maybe you'll deal with your problems a little more effectively." when she first started r.a.w in 2007...lockridge had thirty doctors helping her...that number maggie lockridge, rebuilding america's warriors) "plastic, cosmetic orthpoedic, every type of surgeon you can imagine and dentists" decay...this kind of transformation is changing lives (sot: maggie lockridge, rebuilding america's warriors) "this is after obviously he had total extractions" last year alone, raw hundred ten procedures...and some forty mouth

foundation needs ongoing support... grants, and donations help... but fundraisers can really make the difference. (sot: maggie lockridge, rebuilding america's warriors) "let's do five hundred procedures next year" also lending his support is former baseball great ron fairly.. (sot: ron fairly, supporter) "raw picks up where the va and the military leave off, i don't think we can ever do enough for our warriors never" coming up -- we continue

a deadly attack on a we're back at --:-- on wavy news 10 midday i'm katie collett. we're back at --:-- on wavy news 10 midday i'm katie collett. we have a lot to get to in the next half hour on the air, but we need to talk weather. here's a live look at tower cam 10 at the skies over downtown norfolk. it's still cold out, but at least the sun is there. but that definitely won't be sticking around for long. meteorologist deitra in weather center... rest of today: cloudy & cold. highs will be in the low/mid 30s. winds nw/sw 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. scattered flurries and light snow showers moving in by the evening.

to 3/4" of snow. lows will be in the mid 20s. thursday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the upper 30s. winds north we'll see some flurries and light snow showers this evening. this could put down a dusting up to a half inch of snow. it will be cold enough that whatever falls will stick, but amounts should be light as the fairly dry. thursday looks nice,but it'll be the calm before the storm. by friday the next system will move into the region. the models are trending a start of moisture moving in by 7am-8am. so the precipitation could start as more of a rain/snow mix with snow north of friday afternoon into friday night and saturday morning. as the system moves away cold air will drop south. so the precipitation will turn saturday afternoon. however, dry air will also start to filter in at that time. it's too the peninsula, middle shore. lighter accumulations from suffolk into n north carolina. so stay tuned for updates. dry and

new at midday -- fire crews in virginia beach were busy putting out a fire at this mobile home. this is on ritzcraft drive near bonney road. 10 on your side talked to the woman who called 911. she says no people were in the house, but there was a dog inside. neighbors went to the front door and opened so the dog could get out. eventually, the dog was able to leave. we are still working to find out what caused the fire. later today, norfolk city treasurer anthony burfoot will be in federal court. burfoot is expected to plead not guilty to eight felony counts. those charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and perjury.

federal prosecutors think burfoot was part of a plan to defraud the city. it says starting in 2005, burfoot used his position on city council for personal gain. he allegedly promised votes in exchange for favors from development companies like tivest. if convicted, burfoot could be in prison anywhere from five to twenty years, but his attorney is confident that won't happen. 1st bite - andrew sacks - attorney c10 3:45 - the public record will show best for the city. it has nothing to do with the fact that it was tivest. :54 sources tell 10 on your side burfoot will request a jury trial - and from there, the court will set a trial date. burfoot says he has no plans to step down from his position as treasurer. congressman scott rigell is supporting another congressman who wants to run for virginia's second district. a spokesperson for rigell said he encouraged congressman randy forbes to run and would support him. forbes represents virginia's 4th

we told you last week, forbes was considering a switch to run in virginia's second district because of redistricting. congressman rigell is retiring after this term. republican delegate scott taylor says he plans to run for rigell's seat. dozens of portsmouth residents came out to tell the mayor and city council how they feel about where the city is headed. more than 120 people piled into the churchland library last night. for almost an hour, residents asked why there was a lack of transparency in the city's government. we tried to talk to the mayor aftwerwards about a number of issues but he did not answer our questions. clip 110 1:51:08-1:51:41 "the people tonight were concerned about the lack of information and transparency. how will you adress that. "how will you address the lack of transparency?" there were about a hundred people from portsmouth, thousand will be watching, what do you want to say to them?"

goodnight" during the meeting the mayor blamed the lack of transparency on media coverage. he and council members pointed to the city's public access channel for information. other taxpayers say it's not just the lack of openness, it's the in-fighting among elected officials. clip0043 leon j harris 1:24:12 "it's government transparency listen to the people that pay your salary listen to the people that you have to govern if you stop being premadonnas it'll be alright" 1:24:27 runs :15 one citizen started a go-fund-me campaign to reimburse councilman bill moody after fellow councilmembers fined him $15-hundred dollars stemming from a post about city business moody wrote on his facebook page. the man presented the money to councilman moody night. tonight, if you live in chance to voice your opinion on the city's comprehensive traffic,

and urban areas. tonight's meeting is at tallwood high school on kempsville road at 6:30. if you cannot make it tonight, there are two other meetings next monday and thursday. last night, virginia beach city council started talking about a major oceanfront redevelopment deal. you're looking at part of the plans council saw for the area between 14th and 16th streets. officials tell us they have not decided whether or not to vote. the proposal would add a new pier, hotel, restaurants, a time share resort, and more parking. private money would fund most of this $245-million-dollar project. officials in pakistan said gunmen stormed into a university in the country's northwest, killing students and staff, and triggering an hours-long gunbattle with police and army troops. nbc's kelly cobiella reports. nbc's kelly cobiella reports. the pakistani army says the gunbattle lasted for three hours this morning on the campus of a university in

students and staff in charsadda, that's about 20 miles from peshawar. the campus was just opening for the day when militants scaled the very foggy morning, shooting security guards then going into classrooms and dorms. once student said he saw gunmen shooting male and female students with automatic weapons. an assistant professor reportedly fired back, giving some of his students time to run. tributes are now going out to him on twitter. pakistani commandos say they have killed four militants. as for who was behind this, there's conflicting information. (on cam) s/ kelly cobiella/ nbc news/ london, england :48-:58 "a senior taliban commander has claimed responsibility, but the group's official spokesman condemns the attack, calling the killing of students un-islamic. back to you." we can now show you pictures of an accident where a truck crashed into a house. it happened last night on carters grove court in hampton.

were inside the home when the truck crashed into the garage. officers have not said what led up to the crash or what charges the driver faces. two people were in the car when the accident happened. no one got hurt, but the driver, a 50-year- old woman went to the hospital as a precaution. we are still working to find out if the driver will face charges. we're working to learn more about a deadly car crash in portsmouth. it happened last night on ansell avenue near george washington highway and frederick boulevard. police tell us two vehicles crashed and a female passenger died. the cause is under investigation. new at midday -- work is starting on another new elementary school in norfolk. "shoveling" students and faculty were there to help break ground on the new ocean view elementary school building this morning. it's all part of a project by norfolk public schools to build five new schools in three years. construction is starting 90 days ahead of

the future of a local smokehouse is uncertain this morning after a fire destoyed the building. only chopper 10 was above the scene in surry county. firefighters used water from hydrants and a nearby creek to control the fire at the edwards virginia smokehouse. most of the employees were out to lunch when the fire started. no one got hurt, but the fire is a tough loss for the workers. janda mueller edwards smokehouse employee (32) 46:42 i don't know what the future holds right now. from the looks of it, it's not looking good. :52 edwards ham will be closed until further notice. investigators are still working to figure out what caused the fire. a norfolk state university athlete is on the road to recovery, and her family calls it a miracle. amber brown was in a medically induced coma since first responders found her unresponsive in her dorm new year's day. last week, the junior

basketball team woke up. she can't talk, but she can open her eyes and move her hands. only 10 on your side's liz kilmer spoke to amber's mother. coretta brown - mother assist/p10 nsu basketball player collapse/c0001 16:24:38 "for all of this, we are excited and was a celebration time, you know, every day is celebration time, every day." :53 butt to 16:28:29 "i think the next few days is gonna with that, i'm ecstatic, family's ecstatic, friends, the team, everybody is just so supportive :45 amber's mother says the doctors still aren't sure what caused her condition. it could be related to diabetes. she'll have to go through speech and physical therapy. amber's medical bills are adding up. if you would like to help the family, head

norfolk international airport says you may soon be able to use uber. the two groups are still discussing the specifics about a possible deal. uber has not been dropping-off or picking up customers at the airport since novemeber. that's when the ride-sharing service rejected a deal. uber's competitor lyft accepted that deal months ago. uber agreed to pay some fees to the airport, but is still making some changes to the agreement. still ahead on midday- - g-o-p frontrunner donald trump may get a big boost in the polls. what he has to say about a new, high profile endorser. plus -- the tributes are pouring in for a famous guitarist. where people are going to remember him. plus - we're on your side with details on the snow

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in case you missed it, name republican in his corner. former vice presidential candidate sarah palin announced she will endorse trump for the g-o-p nomination. this is big for trump, with the iowa caucauses just two weeks away. experts think the palin endorsement could boost his chances with conservative voters. trump went on the today show earlier this morning and talked about what the endorement means for his campaign. s/ donald trump, (r) presidential candidate :13 "i've always liked her a lot and respected her a lot. and she called and she sees what's happening with the campaign. she

what i'm saying. and she sees its really become like a movement. it's an amazing thing that's happening." trump also says palin can play a role in his administration if she wants to. scientists in brazil are testing solutions for the zika virus. those tests are showing genetically modified mosquitoes can help reduce the population of the type of mosquito that carries the virus. brazil is scrambling to stop the spread of zika. the outbreak started in october. 35-hundred cases have been reported, and now there are five reported cases in the u-s. the virus is known to cause a rare condition in newborns that leaves them with smaller than currently no medicine of vaccine for zika. people in chile's capital had to deal with a cloud of smelly smoke after sections of the city's garbage dump caught on fire. winds spread the smoke all over santiago, which affected all the

officials say the fire started because of a massive heat wave. residents say the smoke is toxic and blame city officials for the mess. officials say emergency services are working together to try to put the fire out and stop the spread of the smoke. people in mississippi held a rally outside the state capital about keeping the state flag the way it is. this comes after several cities and schools across the state stopped flying the flag outside their buildings because it features the confederate emblem. a few dozen people came to the rally, holding state and american flags. mississippi lawmakers could take up the issue of changing the flag during this legislative session. rescuers in california are suspending their search for a missing ski instructor. carson may was last seen skiing in whiteout conditions at the sugar bowl resort thursday. officials say hundreds of rescuers fought through snowstorms to search for the missing 23-year-old. rescue dogs and three helicopters were used to

no luck. even though they couldn't find him, officials remain hopeful. (sgt. dave hunt, placer co. sheriff's office): "he knows the mountain like the back of his hand we just can't imagine what could have happened. hopefully its just that he got off into a wrong run and built a snow cave, but at this point six days later were very concerned about the survivability" officials say they can continue the search if they get any new information. music fans are making their way to winslow, arizona, to pay tribute to eagles member glenn frey. winslow was all but forgotten when interstate 40 displaced route 66. but it does still have something going for it. everybody wants to stand on a corner in the small city after hearing glenn frey and the eagles make it sound cool in their hit "take it easy." locals in the town capitalized on the lyrics of the song with an annual festival and park with a statue and mural dedicated to the song. glenn frey died monday at

a highway in california becomes a rocky road. take a look at this! a closure of officials say heavy rain caused the rockslide, forcing them to close for a ten mile stretch in both directions. no cars were hit by the rocks, but the road blockage did cause a minor accident. crews had to work all day to get the road cleaned up. (sgt. lincoln mckenna/california highway patrol) "with all this rain that we're now receiving in such a short amount of time it's definitely affecting the hillsides around us." even though crews did eventually clear the road, they had to keep it closed because more rocks fell. geologists are taking a look at the hill later today. take a look at this incredible video of the sun from nasa. scientists say we are looking at a solar eruption. it happened back in mid-december. look at the upper right of your screen. that movement you see is the eruption, which sent

space. the light is not visible to the naked eye, but nasa took the video in extreme unltraviolet wavelengths, so we could see the activity. (weather anim - with track) rest of today: cloudy & cold. highs will be in the low/mid 30s. winds nw/sw 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. scattered flurries and light snow showers moving in by the evening. we could see a dusting up to 3/4" of snow. lows will be in the mid 20s. winds sw 5-10mph. thursday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the upper 30s. winds north we'll see some flurries and light snow showers this evening. this could put down a dusting up to a half inch of snow. it will be cold enough that whatever falls will stick, but amounts should be light as the atmosphere is fairly dry. thursday looks nice,but it'll be the calm before the storm. by friday the next system will move

models are trending a start of moisture moving precipitation could start as more of a rain/snow mix with snow north of the metro. rain is likely friday afternoon into friday night and saturday morning. as the system moves away cold air will drop south. so the precipitation will turn into mainly snow by saturday afternoon. however, dry air will also start to filter in at that time. it's too early for snow totals, up to 4" are possible from south hampton county north to the peninsula, middle peninsula, and eastern shore. lighter accumulations from suffolk into n north carolina. so stay tuned

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cheese lovers, listen up! today is a big day for you. that's right, it is national cheese day! whether it's amercian, swiss, munster, chedder, or even lindberger if you're a risk taker, today is good day to enjoy your favorite cheese. and if you didn't know, there are more than two thousand types of cheese. the u-s-d-a says americans eat more than 31 pounds of it each year. "drumming" a 24-hour drumming festival kicked off in spain earlier today. the event is called tamborrada, and drummers from across the city beat their way across san sebastian. it's a celebration in honor of the city's

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