federal building in oregon. why they believe their actions justified by government overreach. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 6. >> frank: president obama is expected to announce an executive action any day now. the bypass congress and enact tougher restrictions on purchasing guns. it's a hot button issue that surfaces anytime there's a mass shooting or an election year. justin hinton joins us live at the ag center. justin, you found people there with opposing viewpoints on gun control. >> justin: that's right. from those selling the guns to those promoting the event. the gun and knife show had been operating at the wnc ag center for years. there were a lot of people in attendance over the two days. part of the reason, the 2016 election. the current president is expected to announce a new

gun shows could potentially be impacted because private party sellers who attend them are not required to perform background checks. >> most people here are just like us. they don't want guns to fall on bad hands. >> justin: at any gun show that's about 5% of the sellers. he also questions the constitutional right that president obama is affecting. flb we'll tell you why tonight at 10 and 11. reporting live from the wnc ag center, justin hinton. >> frank: a man is accused of strangling a woman on new year's day. he's being held in the buncombe

appear in court tomorrow. a woman accused of killing a wlos employee also set to appear in court tomorrow morning. robin richardson is charged in first degree murder in the death of fry. richardson is still being helel without bond. a wade county man is in critical condition tonight after crashing his suv in to a house early this morning. he lost control, ran in to a home in carrie. how the vehicle wound up under the building. the home is a rental with no one living there right now. a shooting death early this morning in charlotte becomes the city's first homicide of the year. they found a man with a gun shot

45-year-old tiroane birch was found at the scene. detectives a the men knew each other. that this was not a random act of violence. armed protestors have taken over a building at a national wild life refuge in oregon. father and son ranchers who refused to sell their land. the hammonds were convicted of arson after a control burned on their property got out of hand. the group broke in to the unoccupied building and refused to leave. >> it is the people's facility. owned by the people. and it has been provided for us to be able to come together and unite and making a hard stand against this overreach.

and resources. >> frank: the group is armed. would not describe it as a militia. he was engaged in standoff last year with federal officials in nevada. his agency and the bureau of land management are aware of the armed protestors and are monitoring that situation. three people are being treated at a burn center after escaping a fire in barnardsville. the fire marshall is still investigating the blaze at the rock bridge apartments. hope hanselman explains how neighbors credit their landlord with getting everyone out. >> hope: fire destroyed the far end of this apartment building. >> they lost everything. >> hope: but it at least left some overwhelming feelings of

>> i just feel real proud of my landlord. >> hope: neighbors of the rock bridge apartments call their landlord heroic. he declined to talk to us after a frantic morning of looking out for his neighbors. >> a loud knock on the glass sliding door woke us up. i saw that it was kristin. get out, there's a fire. >> hope: by the time firefighters got there, flames were shooting through the roof. >> and stood right here for just a minute after he saw that everyone was out. he came down and hollered at me, saying did you get rose out of the fire? i said yeah. >> hope: still, three people were hurt.

transported to the hospital. and all three of them were taken to the burn center. >> hope: neighbors s s one of the couples had just moved in the day before. >> they had a dog. i don't think the dog got out. >> hope: their concern as neighbors recover. but thankful someone was there to get them out. >> that feels good to know that your landlords are going to be up att 2 o'clock in the morning. whenever they get that call they're going to make sure their people are safe. >> frank: there was another fire in buncombe county today at a duplex in candler. this one started at a building at old wilson road. the occupants made it out safely but that one unit is a total loss. the other has major damage. the red cross is assisting

get ready for our first real blast of winter. the cold front may be bringing snow with it. karere wynne joins us with our skywatch forecast. >> karen: right, frank. many of us will the see the event. right now we see some snow across the northeastern u.s. we're talking pittsburg, pennsylvania. so it does have a ways to go. but it is coming and some of it could hold together as far south as the tennessee state line. right now we have cooled down to 44 in asheville. 44 in burnsville. 46. andrews. 39 in morganton. our winds not too brisk right now but that is going to be changing as we go through the night and the early morning. wind chills again, 40 in asheville.

i'll show you how low. quick look at that evening planner. get the heavy coat if you're going to be out at 8. 33 degrees at 11 o'clock. here's a quick look at that evening planner in the upstate. coming up i'll show you when it gets really windy and cold. again, where that snow is most likely to fall. frank. >> frank: eblen charities is expanding heating help to more families through the low energy assistance program. it will be open to households that qualify based on certain county guidelines. applications being taken at eblen center in asheville. you can go through monday through friday between 8 in the morning and 5 in the evening. for more information on guidelines and what you need to take there, go to wlos.com and click on news links.

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president are entering the final stretch for iowa caucuses less than a month away now. a terrorism video surfaces featuring donald trump who is still standing his ground. mary bruce is in washington with details. >> reporter: in new hampshire today, hillary clinton standing up to a heckler. >> you are rude and i'm not going to ever call on you. >> hillary clinton created isis with obama. >> reporter: spent the weekend firing shots. >> i have more respect for women, by far, than hillary clinton has. >> reporter: but trump also facing questions about this video by the terror group al-shabaab. >> donald j. trump is calling

shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: trump made clear he's not changing his message about muslims in america. >> does it concern you at all that you're being used in essentially a recruitment video? >> what am i going to do? i have to say what i have to say. >> he is becoming isis' best defender. >> hillary clinton has to be tempted to say "told you so" when this video emerges. but she has to be careful because she did state the fact. >> reporter: he did say trump needs to be called out. >> trump really is over the edge time after time. this guy just comes up with things off the top of his head

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>> frank: an overnight fire claims the life of a toddler in connecticut. that story tops tonight's news reel. crews were called to this bridgeport condominium. six people were inside. all but an 18-month old girl made it out. firefighters say they found her body under the crib in her bedroom. two other children, three adults were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. the cause of the fire still under investigation. the smoke alarms had been disconnected. that's the likely calls. a woman claims recording artist chris brown hit her and took her phone and tried to take a photo of him. police say they have not yet gotten in touch with brown to get his side of the story.

in 2013, brown was charged with assault for hitting a man trying to jump in a photo he was trying to take with two women outside a hotel room. we are pretty much in the midst of waiting for the weather. here's meteorologist karen wynne. it is going to get cold and we might see something else as well. >> karen: yes, yes. time to throw out the s-word. snow possible in the higher elevations. more on that, of course, coming up. meanwhile today, overall a pretty nice day. 48 for the high. if you thought it was a bit chilly this morning, wait. i'll show you how windy we're going to get. how cold we're going to feel. we do have rain in the forecast. in the headlines, that forecast is coming with light snow.

now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> karen: well it's been a long way but ski resorts like cata loo many folks enjoyed the snow. more cold weather on the way for the ski resort. so this is going to be great for that industry. although we're going to be a little bit uncomfortable at times.

north winds at 7 miles per hour. also clear in greenville, calm 47 degrees. we have a little bit of cloud cover mainly to the south of the mountains. we'll see you the bigger picture. what we have going on is a clipper system. we can see the widespread light snow springing everywhere from new york through pennsylvania, down in to west virginia. we put this in to motion. it dives south ward on through here tomorrow morning bringing very strong winds and very cold air moving in behind it. canadian high pressure is going to set in over our region. we are in for a very chilly couple days ahead. lows dropping to the teens. wicked winds. and on top of that, light snow in some locations.

give you a better picture. we see one area of clouds move out. this clipper system moving in. by day break only a little bit of blue showing up right along the tennessee state line. by new, parts of mitchell and yancey county. we are talking light accumulations, if any. but down in asheville, we could see a few flurries. this is going to dry out as we go on in through the afternoon. we're looking at a windy and cold one. 10 degrees at day break tomorrow. that's as cold as it's going to feel. it really doesn't warm up much. staying in the teens and actually in the single digits in some parts of the region as we go on in to midnight, early tuesday morning. lower 20s for your lows tonight. feeling chillier than that. highs don't make it out in the

here's a quick look at that 7 day forecast. down to 16 degrees by wednesday morning. >> frank: panthers playing a

luke will tell us is carolina >> luke: the carolina panthers begin this weekend with the best record in the nfl at 14-1. but there's still a few things to accomplish today. a win today would give carolina the number one overall seed. right now carolina is taking care of business. dominating tampa bay. cam newton a rushing score and a passing touchdown.

reaction from the panthers tonight at news 13 at 11. the other two teams in the nfc south division the knoll make let's pick it up in the second quarter, matt ryan rolls to his right and finds norriiaci touchdown falcons as atlanta takes the lead of 10-7. drew brees makes a throw to watson who makes the catch. after they look at the replay, the call is overturned. touchdown saints. new orleans leads 14 to 10. fast forward to the 4th quarter game. tied to 17.

the field goal. it is good. here's a look at the nfc playoff standing. right now carolina has the top seed in the nfc, green bay, washington, seattle. in the afc, patririts have the number one seed right now. we'll u uate these standings tonight. on saturday, carolina went for its 13th victory of the season hosting georgia tech in chapel hill. first half, theo misses. johnson scores 15 points. later in the game, marcus paige accelerates and scores two of his 13 points. he had zero turnovers in the game.

19. tech would keep it close but the tar heels take the stretch. carolina beats tech 86-78. tar heels improved 13 and 2 overall. 2 and o in the acc. >> i really wasn't having a good they were really paying attention to marcus. it gave me a little confidence. i just felt like myself. >> luke: the next game for carolina will be january 4th at florida state. first half, mike brown spots up a triple and it's good. it leads the way to 22 points for the cats. throws down the dunk. two of his 15 points. however, etsu would dominate

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welcome to "world news tonight." developing right now, the armed standoff. a militia group seizing a federal building. the tight over land. their vow to use violence if they have to. their call to arms for others to take on the government. counterpunch. donald trump taking on hillary. propaganda video. he says hillary is to blame. with obama. and angry protesters in iran, storming the saudi embassy, setting it on fire. saudi arabia, now severing ties.