the best day to go golfing. this flood watch will kick in, we'll go through -- in the low to middle 60's. coming upup, when we return to winter like temperatures coming up. >> we are continuing to follow a child abduction case. two young boys reported missing were found safe. suspects are facing charges. lauren is live outside the courthouse where one of those suspects is set to appear before a judge. you reached out to district you? >> of course, because this case is still under investigation, they are unable to comment. tty tell me the mother of these two boys is facing no charges at this time. we are waiting for one of the suspects to make her first court appearance in connection to this case.

trina was arrested yesterday in connection to the case and charged with misdemeanor child abuse. according to arrest warrant we obtained,d, she was paid $20 by one of the other suspects to drive the two boys, ages 1 and 3 to an unknown location. according to georgia state they were pulled over and taken into custody there. authorities say none of the suspects are related to kids. we also learn from authorities that carter claims to be a friend of the family. an amber alert was issued and shortly after someone dropped the children off unharmed. as of now, it is unclear who dropped the boys off. they are now in dss custodycustody. kimberly is continuing to follow

this developing story. we have a lot of unanswered questions in this case. she will have more for you beginning tonight at news 13 at 6:00. reporting live in asheville, news 13. >> a 1-year-old girl in chapel hill remains in critical condition. she and other families were outside the apartment complex while the kids were playing with toys. a car drove through the parking lot and the man inside started shooting. williams little girl was in her arms when she was hit. >> my baby was just bleeding so much and gas ing for air. >> i love her. please don't leave me. >> cha kweel davis is charged with first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. it is not clear what may have sparked the shooting. >> police in maine investigating

a christmas murder mystery. the body of a 35-year-old man and 26-year-old girlfriend were discovered shot to death in their s.u.v. it was parked on a remote d dark road. when officers arrived, they discovered the s.u.v. less than a mile from the home. the families are desperate for answers and closure. >> for anyone who saw anything, contact police. >> investigators are hoping to talk to anyone who had contact with the victim christmas eve. >> to chicago where the police are under fire. two people were killed in a deadly police shooting. one of the victims an alan greenspaned mother. police are saying her death was an accident. >> this morning, the families of betty jones and college student antonio demanding answers from the chicago police department. >> why did you have to shoot

first and ask questions later. >> jones and la greer killed saturday after police were called to the home for a domestic disturbance. >> greer on the top floor was reportedly threatening his father with a bat. loved ones say 55-year-old jones who lives on the ground floor was opening the door for police when she was caught in a spray of police bullets. >> they were confronted by combative individual. >> chicago police say jones was accidentally killed and extending condolences. >> lagreer's mother says her 19-year-old son who studied engineering has mental health future. >> chicago mayor rob emmanuel has been under pressure to make sweeping changes in an

the release of lakwan mcdonald video last month. >> the first step in the sorry. >> he is now calling for a review of how officers are trained to handle mental health cases. >> officials in california believe a man fell off a cliff because he was distracted by his cell phone or camera. that story starts today's newsreel. joshua fell to his death. he was visiting from indiana and he was looking down at a device when his hands and feet went over the edge. in a facebook post his mother says her son died while taking pictures. son. >> nine people recovering. a majority of victims suffered minor injuries. the general manager of the tour bus says the driver had a solid driving record.record. >> an 88-year-old woman drove her s.u.v. into a store in

upstate new york. she wasn't hurt but police say she did injure a man fire departments the stste. police say it appears she was trying to park t the s.u.v. but they don't know what caused her to smash through the store front. the man was taken to the hospital. he is expected to be ok. >> australian authorities are working to clean up a train derailment. that train was carrying about 53,000 pounds of sulfuric acid when 26 cars came off the tracks in a remote area. officials say there is only minor leakage. three men suffered minor injuries ch it is not clear what caused the derailment. >> parts of the u.s. are under a state of emergency because of deadly storms. 80 million americans are in the path of a massive winter storm. a series of deadly tornadoes tore across texas this weekend. >> overnight, twister ripping through arkansas. >> we have to go. >> this after a string of

tornadoes blasted through a 40 mile swath of texas this weekend, carving a path as wide as a football field. police say at leleast 11 were killed. >> the tornado saturday night bringing winds of 180 miles an hour. descending onto interstate 30 where eight were killed. >> hundreds of homes damaged. illing at least 15. after floodwaters engulfed homes. >> in illinois, this flooded creek claiming the lives of pooif including two children

>> it makes us sick to our stomachs. in oklahoma, thousands without power, high wind snapping power lines there, ice covering roads and trees. and weather is still having a big impact on air travel with almost 690 flights cancelled across the country today. >> as authorities survey the damage here in texas, one tells abc news it could take months or years to rebuild what was destroyed. are we in store for any type of severe weather. >> we have a slight chance for thunderstorms in our southern zones today but not expecting to see those turn severe thankfully. we have had lucky weather this week. we had great weather, 60's today, cloudy conditions. also damp conditions outside. the skycam network for you. this is a live look at the radar, the time lapse, the last

little bit showing as light rain continues to fall across the region. when you start to see the darker stuff, that's when heavy downpours are occurring. make sure you have that umbrella. here at 1:00, another 20 minutes. this goes through thursday morning, this flood watch, this has been put out f f such a long period of time, because we have two different roundnd of rainfall. one is going to be mainly tonight and then another one on, that's why it goes through thursday morning. so far it has been raining for the last several hours. the rain is light, it is not building much. 56 degrees. once again, 64, this is the category where we put the warmest temperatures so far. temperatures in the 60's, not

all in all, very warm and damp. the upstate has seen more than a third of an inch many some zones. right now, it is very warm in andrews, 69 degrees. yes, 70's further south. look at this, 73 in greenwood, back in asheville, very comfortable at 64. winds picked up since 13 at asheville. 10 in anderson and 15 in greenwood. you could expect gusty wind. the wind advisory is about to start up. this goes through tomorrow morning, mainly above 3500 feet, winds gusting up to 40, 50 miles an hour. as you saw, even in lower elevations, it will be breezy today. visibility still reduced on the french broad river valley. the foothills worst. down into greenville, 1.3 is the visibility. this is a system impacting much of the country, we just showed you that entire story. the cold sector, we arare seeing all this snow, the upper midwest and back behind us, we are

seeing the rain. it is heavy rain. now back in asheville. it is the light rain as this cold front moves through. it will increase to heavier rain bands. through dinner time, still seeing some of this rain across western north carolina. then we start to see the heavier rain bands until tomorrow morning, then we'll get a break from the rain, maybe see sunshine throughout late day. the heavier rain once again on wednesday. how much rain are we talking about? in asheville it could be around half an inch. then in the southern mountains, we'll continue to see our chances really go up for rain especially into wednesday, where we could see several inches of rain wednesday into thursday. 60's for highs today, cooling down to 50 tonight.

the rain will increase. overnight lows will be in the 20's. also much chillier by the weekend in the upstate. >> if you are looking for the most updated weather coverage, all you have to do is download our app, stay on top of th warnings, advisories and alerts. >> here's a look at some of the stories trending if your lunch hour. an iraqi military spokesman said troops retook the city of ramadi. they took the capital in may. they launched a long promise campaign to retake the city after progress had been hampered by snipers. >> also trending, the mother of the youngest paris attacker is speaking out. she says she is proud that her son killed no one but himself. the woman tells a northern african tv station she had no idea her son was radicalized

syria instead of from morocco where he said he was going on vacation. >> peyton manning firing back accusing him of using banned substances. nfl star peyton manning furious and fighting back after this documentary made explosive allegations against him. >> the documentary called the dark side shows charles sly who claimed he was a pharmacist at the guyer institute in indianapolis, assisting manning and other pro-athletes to get performance enhancing drugs. it is the same institute that helped the super bowl champ after he broke his neck playing for the colts in 2011. he claims manning was sent human

growth hormone, a substance banned from the nfl under his wife's name. >> it would always be under her name. >> it completely trash, garbage. >> in a video posted online, he is now recanting his story, claiming he was just testing the reporter. >> the claims are absolutely false. >> this guy insinuated, i broke nfl rules. it is a joke. >> the guyer institute also adding sly was just a three month unpaid intern in 2013, a time when manning was no longer being treated. >> al-jazeera responded that manning doesn't address several questions including how much growth hormone was shipped to

the dates and how much was spent on the drugs.

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poison center, can i help? what's the number on the pill, ma'am? what a day! it started with a call from the factory in town. this mom was frantic, but she calmed down when she heard me speak spanish. narrator: for poison help, call 1-800-222-1222. >> we are happy to have you in. what are you making for us? >> we are making a twist on coleslaw. today, we are bringing to you a butternut squash coleslaw that you are not going to cook. it is actually raw. we are going to start with one butternut squash. you are going to peel and dice it. and then how i processed it to be shredded. i just used my shredding attachment for my food

processor. it makes it go by quickly. >> we are going to add some extra virgin olive oil. sherry vinegar, liquid stevia and parsley. we'll put that together while the doctor talks about the ingredients. >> squash is a superfruit. it is high in fiber. high in vitamin a. which is excellent for your eyes, it is very strong in antioxidants. the sun flower seeds are high in dried fat. and the stevia which we talked about before is the best

sweetener you can use. it is an all natural fruit. 250 times sweeter than sugar. this is a superfood, 119 calories per serving, very low in sugarr a lot of protein in here. >> most of the dishes we make typically around the holidays have to be baked in the oven. this is a really good one you can make actually on the counter. i'm going to get my hands in here. that's the best way to do it is to mix it up. we'll mix this up, we have added to this again, we have added a quarter cup of toasted or roasted sun flower seeds. a whole entire bunch of parsley just loosely chopped as you can see here. we added to that about a teaspoon, a less than a teaspoon

three tablespoons of the sherry vinegar. we'll mix this reallyings really well. >> is this something that you would do the day before. is it better as it sits? >> i really do. i think it gets better with time. >> it definitely has beautiful color to it. as you can see, it is a beautiful presentation for the holiday table. >> let's get you the recipe at home. click on the carolina kitchen link. you can send a self-addressed envelope to 110 technology drive. you can check us out on pinterest. if you have health questions, contact foothills wellness center. that's what is cooking in the carolina kitchen. >> up next, the dangers of the holidays hottest toys. what you need to know if the hover board appeared under you tree. >> if you can't catch news 13 on tv, catch our newscast streaming live.

live to >> one of the hottest gifts this holiday season turned out to be one offhe most dangerous. >> we are talking about hover boards aside from the fire hazard. they are not so easy to use judging from the failed videos posted online. >> as many reveal what they got for christmas, one of this year's hottest giftsgifts. wivout after wipeout. professional athletes hitting the ground and this u.s. representative taking to twitter to show off his hover board injury. we have seen the fires, the consumer product safety commission now investigating 21 fire incidents across the country. major airlines banning the

the batteries catching fire. >> i didn't think i would get injured that badly. >> he falls twice, bloodying his knee. the cpsc says it received dozens of reports of injuries and is expecting that more to grow. experts urge everyone to wear proper safety gear. >> if you want to take care of yours, get wrist guards. >> not a video you want to be a star of. a symbol of the new yeer year. a look at the waterford crystal before the drop. >> chances are you probably have a few holiday gifts that may be going back to the store.

heading out to >> the focal point is always the waterford times square ball. it is made up of 2600 waterford crystal triangles. it is lit by more than 30,000 led lights. be sure to watch new year's rocking eve right here on abc 13 thursday night. ryan seacrest will be hosting it this year. always exciting to see the ball drop. that is what rings in the new year for folks. >> what is the price tag? >> i don't know. i do feel like they have that information somewhere. >> maybe we'll get that before the new year. let's talk about the weatherment we have some changes. we have to get through two rounds of rain. we have light rain right mow, heavy rain tonight. and then early on tuesday, most of tuesday will be dry it is looking like. then again tuesday night and wednesday, heavier rain. we are talking a couple of inches. some isolated zones could be more than that. that's why we have that flood risk out through thursday

morning. new year's day, 45 degrees, we turn chilly. it will feel like winter in the 20's. a lot of folks have been complaining that they want the cold weather. i have a feeling those same people will complain about the cold weather. >> that's true. >> thank you for joining us. have a great afternoon. we'll see you back at 5:00. it's the season for sugar. and spice. measuring. mixing.

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