>> welcome back. 12:30. this is a live picture of traffic. showing jeff bowen bridge. a good amount of cars but everything seems to be moving smoothly. >> definitely better than it was this morning. we have serious downpours earlier. seeing the rain in some portion of the regegn in greenville, 63 degrees, the rain drops falling lightly on the camera lens. another shot to share with you. this is 56 degrees. we see the fog and rain to start the day and clouds through early afternoon.

rain. much more, some locations close to two inches. coming up, i'll talk more about our afternoon outlook. some flash flood warnings and how cold we turn. back over to you. >> officials are staying on top of the rain and flood threat. crews have been getting ready for quite some time. >> they are ready for today's event as well. there is a truck actually trailing behind it. they have their boats ready to go for any of the 32eding events events. roughly two inches of rein has fallen in a 48-hour period. it is actually the high water and downed trees. the rescue team has staff ready in case anyone is faekd in flooding events. no one has needed mrmg rescue during the past week events.

for crews to stay on alert. >> we haven't been able to gear down this winter. it has been one significant storm after another. our teams are ready. they are well practiced. and we are prepared for the flooding event. >> now crews and officials are, of course, keeping their eye on the radar and any of the rain events. the good news is the high water is expected to recede as the rain diminishes, leading us into our new year's day. it is going to continue to remain dry in the upcoming weekend. at least 13 states being affected by record flooding. in missouri, the governor activated the national guard. elizabeth herr reports from st. louis. >> even though the rainfall has stopped, lives in missouri are still swollen and rising. the mighty mississippi river has

residents have been evacuate and others say they haven't seen a flooding like this in more than 20 years. >> back in 93, we had a week's notice it was going to get bad. this time it popped up in two days. >> throughout the show me state, nearly 600 roads and highways are closed, entire neighborhoods cut off. in union, this mcdonald's surrounded by floodwaters almost to its roof and this gas station nearly submerged. similar sights, businesses and homes under water. >> some store owners tried to save whatever they could but they were no match for the rising waters. >> now a new concern, this water plant in high ridge has stopped operating. it is now spilling raw sewage into trees.

where the rivers have been crested yet. in austin, the river is expected to crest today, 17 feet above flood stage. officials say several rivers will reach their highest level in decades. missouri's governor has called in the national guard. >> you have nine feet of water. be safe out there. >> here at home, many of us back under flood watches. how much rain can we expect? >> let's look at the radar, we can expect more rain especially down into the upstate and some light rain accumulations for the rest of the afternoonafternoon. the heaviest rain bands started to pull out of our viewing area.

still impacting the rain, starting to see light rain pull away from our region, for the next hour or so. continuing to see the rain. it looks like lawrence could see the heavy rain as well, further south into greenwood. keep that in mind, those zones are the trouble areas. the flash flood warning still out. this goes until 3:30 for franklin, heart, anderson, greenwood, greenville county. high rivers possible in rutherford so a flood warning out for those zones and a flood watch is out for everyone here in our southern mountains and down to the upstate through tomorrow morning. french broad, still flooded, still rising slightly through th evening.

rain leaves our region. down to the upstate, those about to head out the door, keep that in mind. 50's in western north carolina and 60's further south. looked for the time lapse, some showers across the region with cloudy conditions through dinner time. the southern zones will see that threat especially overnight even into tomorrow morning. and starting to see these clouds break up a bit through the day tomorrow and then they'll filter back in for friday. it looks like we are almost out of the woods through today with just a slight chance for rain for the first part of tomorrow. for today, 63 degrees. a few storms. wlos.com. we update you. there is a flash flood warning out for your area. we will have that. still cloudy, 48 degrees tonight, heavy at times. today in greenville in the w w of rain with that flooding threat, still 50's tonight. sunny tomorrow.

year shows 40's and it will be chilly. heading out, it will be 39 degrees for a low here in asheville. not warming up too much beyond that that day. then we are back down to the 20's for overnight lows into the weekend. upstate, it is going to be near freezing. >> looking for the most updated weather coverage, download our weather app, it is free, search wlos in your app store. >> we have an update for the praekdz news on bill cosby. he is facing his firstriminal charge in relation to a sexual assault investigation a decade ago. >> bill cosby is accused of drugging and assaulting dozens of women over decades. he will be arrested on charges in one of those cases. >> this is a felony of the first degree. >> the decision to charge c cosby comes one month before the

have expired and the allegations brought by andrea constat. he accuses cosby of assaulting her in 2004. >> on the evening in question, mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move, to respond to his advances. >> years when constat first reported, prosecutors decided there wasn't enough evidence. prosecutors say they reopened the criminal case based on new evidence, including incriminating statements cosby made in a 1,000 page deposition released for the first timeehis summer. in it, cosby admitted he had given quaaludes though insisted

>> we reinterviewed some of the evidence, examined evidence from the case and information pr other alleged victims. >> constant's attorneys released a statement, she thanked the police and investigators and says she won't comment further. >> changes are coming to chicago's police force in response to recent shootings. the city's mayor and police superintendent are holding a news conference to outline the changes. they will include additional training and tasers for every officer who responds to service calls. currently, about 20% of those officers have access to tasers. >> a bounty hunter is charminged with killing two teenaged boys. 16-year-old deion williams and 14-year-old timmy jackson were feared dead after they went missing. kevin watson was charminged after investigators found a

>> mark saling was taken into custody on tuesday. we have the latest. >> reporter: he is known for playing puck on the hit fox show glee. >> mark saling was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of possessing child pornography. after a search of his home by the lapd internet crimes against children tasask force. they swept the home after a tip from a, quote, concerned citizen. >> mark salling was lichg along, this put his career on life support. >> this isn't salling's first brush with the law. his ex-girlfriend filed suit alleging sexual battery. he recently settled for 2.7

>> what mark has to look forward to right now is a great deal of emotional pain, a great deal of public humiliation. a great deal of expense with attorneys and publicists. >> he is due back i in court on january 22. >> coming up in the carololina kitchen, hold the pancake syrup, we are making a favorite

flavor from frui >> bruce brown of bruce's fabulous foods is here with us. >> hi. >> how are you? >> i'm doing great. excited to be here as always. >> what do you have?

i like mango pancakes. >> barbara likes pancakes. i'm making them with a maple topping. in the mixing bowl, i have all purpose flour, baking soda, a tablespoon of sugar and salt. mix that together. then i have 1/2 cups of mango pees. i pureeed, egg, a little bit of lemon juice. a quarter cup of milk. in a food processor and blender. we'll put that into the dry of the pancacake batter. to make the batter. i have the griddle preheating to 350 degrees.

fold the flour into the mangoes. then once all the flour gets moistened, it will still be lumpy, that's good. >> i have a half cup of diced mango, in chunks. we'll fold these in. these are mango pancakes. fold them in like that. you see the flour, keep folding. that looks good. >> you barely mix. >> the griddle is preheated to 350. you can use a non stick spray if you like, i'm a butter guy. always have been. but we'll put butter on there. we'll put the pancake batter on

>> go to our website, click on the carolina kitchen link. you can check us out on pinterest. >> they are looking great. nice and golden brown, holly is going to put that bananana maple totoing on top. this smells good. >> it is great anything you want. >> how much more? >> more in the center. >> you can send them in there too? >> no. just the bananas and a little bit of butter. >> looks great. thanks. >> thank you. >> that's what is cooking in the carolina kitchen. >> up next, a maim cell phone provider could owe you money. you have to act fast. the deadline to cash in is now. >> if you can't catch news 13 on tv, watch our newscast streaming live on our website.

wlos.com and >> verizon and sprint customers listen up. >> the companies mayo you money related to your cell phone bill. there are just two days left to that. >> tonight, you may have already won, a payout from your phone company. verizon and sprint now paying back $158 million to current and foreign customers after the government fined both companies for making hundreds of millions of dollars by cramming bills with small but unauthorized third party charges, like $9.99 for so-called premium services, like text messages about celebrity gossip. >> they have been doing it for years. it is nice to see the government finally start cracking down on them.

both verizon and sprint have set up these websites where you fill out a form. the companies say their highest commitment is to their customers, the customers who may get compensated for services they never authorized in the first place. >> that final deadline to apply is december 31 so you need to get on it. you immediate to get to the website and we have more information posted op our website at abc news.com.news.com. >> find out more about this unique pup paisley. >> later today on news 13 at 5:30. why they say the draft rules are dangerous. >> with one day left in 2015, americans are nowhere near having one million electric vehicles opt road. why the obama administration hopes for.

is behind the s >> welcome to today's pet pals, i'm joined with jody at the humane society. we have kind of a unique pup here. tell us more. >> this is paisley. she is a lab mix. she was found as a stray and brought into our shelter. she was skinny. we got her up to being underweight. she has a sight impairment. she is almost completely blind. she will need a family that can give her the attention and love she needs. >> you'll remain in contact when someone does adopt paisley -- >> definitely. definitely. >> we have become attached. we want to make sure she ends up in the perfect home. she learns her surroundings quickl and learns boundaries.

home very well. >> how would someone go to adopting paisley? >> they can call our shelter. they are open from 10:00 until 4:00. our phone number is 743-5752. check us out op our website. >> and for more information, you can join us on wlos.com. thank you so much for coming in. let's find paisley a home. >> paisley does need a home. >> i actually saw paisley early this morning when they were filming that. a very sweet dog. has some difficulty getting around the studio. that can be helped. let's take a final look at weather. flash flood warnings still out for all of these counties shaded in red. definitely a difficult afternoon for some of us. back in western north carolina, we aren't seeing a ton of rain right now, although the rain that fell this morning, still seeing the high rivers and, of

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