expected to meet with the u.s. attorney general tomorrow to begin crafting an executive action intended to reduce gun violence. it would bypass congress and bring tougher restrictions on the purchase of fire arms. justin, many gun enthusiasts and republicans are opposing this move. >> justin: yeah, and questioning whether the president is even allowed to do it legally. we found a couple of gun shop owners who are selling guns here today. they say that when it comes to background checks, they wouldn't mind an expanded approach. as the number of people who come to the gun show, enthusiasts here with president obama's not. >> a few months ago i directed

look at any new things i could do to bypass congress. >> justin: with the announcement time soon. >> i don't think he has constitutional right. >> justin: the idea of expanded background checks does not bring the same level of criticism. >> i hate to say this but i have nothing against background checks because every gun i sell has to have a background checks. >> justin: smith is one of the 95% of gun sellers at the show who are licensed. the remaining 5% hobby dealers who are not required to report background checks. >> these people are not doing anything wrong because there's no federal law that says a man cannot .

what happens when they buy from the other 5%. >> they get up, walk off from me and sit down with someone who don't do background checks and buy guns. >> justin: now what exactly the president will announce remains to be seen. abc news is reporting tonight on tuesday. justin hinton, news 13. >> frank: an asheville man is accused of choking a woman on new year's day. 48-year-old michael hayes is charged. he's being held in the buncombe county jail and scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. a woman accused of killing an wlos employee also set to make an appearance in court on monday. richardson claims she shot fry because he assaulted her.

the two of them shared. a wade county man is in critical condition tonight after crashing his suv in to a house. investigators say he lost control and ran in to a home in carrie this morning. officials say the home's a rental with no one living there at this time. three people had to be rushed to a burn center after escaping a fire in barnardville. in our continuing coverage, news 13's hope hanselman explains how neighbors credit their landlord with getting everyone out. >> hope: fire destroyed the far end of this apartment building before daylight broke. >> i just feel so bad for the ones that lost everything. >> hope: but it at least left some overwhelming feelings of gratitude. >> also i just feel real proud

>> hope: neighbors of the rock bridge apartments called their landlord heroic for not leaving anyone behind. he declined to talk with us after a frantic morning. >> it was 2 and a knock on the glass sliding door woke us up. i went to the door and tristan said get out, fire. everybody out. he was telling us there was a fire and get out, get out. >> he stood right here for just a minute. he hollered at me and said did you get yours out of the apartment and i said yeah. he stood there and took a breath. got his self together. >> hope: still, three people were hurt.

and last count all three of them were taken to the burn center. >> hope: one of the couples just moved in the day before. >> they had a dog and i don't think the dog got out. >> they really took care of us as best as they possibly could. and that feels good to know that your landlords are going to be up at 2 o'clock in the morning or whenever they get that call, they're going to make sure their people are safe. >> hope: hope hanselman, news 13. >> frank: there was another fire in buncombe county today at a duplex in candler. officials say it started at 11:15 this morning at the building on old wilson road. the occupants made it out safely. but one unit was a total loss. the cause has not been determined. the red cross is assisting residents who were displaced. a shooting death in

first death of the year. they found a man with a gun shot wound lying in a parking lot. tyrone birch was found at the scene. detectives say the men knew each other. that this was not a random act of violence. if you're among those waiting for a true taste of winter, wait no longer. a cold front moving in right now may even bring us some snow. karen wynne joins us with our skywatch forecast. >> karen: right, frank, we do have a slight chance of that happening. but we're talking higher elevations near tennessee. in asheville, we may see a few flurries. can't rule that out. right now we head north and we see snow activity north to the us. while we're not going to see anything like this, some of those snow showers could hold

the tennessee state line. right now we are cold and windy in some locations. 37 in asheville. down to 30 in franklin. andrews 29. bryson city 31. degrees. winds are very brisk in parts of the mountains, including asheville. 12 mile per hour winds. so we feel like we're 29 degrees with the current wind chills. bundle up the kids, tyson furniture bus stop forecast is a chilly one. 37 at drop off. i'll show you when the coldest air arrives coming up a little frank. >> frank: now to a developing story out in oregon where an armed group is held up on federal property promising to stay there indefinitely. this group is protesting what it calls government and court persecution of a father and son in an ongoing dispute. >> reporter: a group of armed

building in oregon. >> we have no intention of using force or being aggressive or going on the offense. but just as all people have the right to defend themselves, that's exactly what that means. >> reporter: a smokesman for the group, amon bundy, who was the son of cleveland bundy told cnn they're protesting the control over the land. >> 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, this taking of the people's land and resources. >> reporter: the standoff reportedly started

steven hammond. prosecutors said the hammonds set a fire that burned nearly 130 acres to cover up poaching. the father served three months. the son, one year. but a judge ruled their terms were too short. >> i'm going to jail for 5 years for 127. it seems like a bit of an overkill. >> reporter: the hammonds begin their prison sentence monday. >> frank: eblen charities is expanding heating help through their assistance program. it will be based on family income guidelines. you can go there monday through friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for more information on guidelines and what you need to take along with you to apply, go

or you can call eblen charities at 255-3066. henderson county commissioners will hold a public hearing tomorrow as they consider almost $7 million for gf lindmar. the auto motive manufacturing company is eyeing an expansion in mills river that could bring 350 jobs. the hearing deals with an incentive package. county manager steve wyatt says leaders have been working on this proposal for months. it is frontrunner trump versus frontrunner clinton.

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>> frank: the candidates for president are less than a month away from the iowa caucuses and talk of terrorism is heating up. donald trump is drawing attention but he is standing ground. mary bruce reports. >> reporter: in new hampshire today, hillary clinton standing up to a heckler. >> you are very rude and i'm not going to call on you. >> hillary clinton created isis with obama. >> reporter: the billionaire turned republican frontrunner spent his time firing shots at clinton. >> 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. the al-qaeda affiliate using a video of trump in one of its messages.

complete and total shutdown of muslims in 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. >> reporter: clinton said trump's language is aiding terror groups. but provided no evidence. >> she has to be careful because she did over state the facts on ago. >> reporter: bernie sanders did not address the video but did out. >> trump is over the edge. time after time, this guy just comes up with things off the top of his head. >> reporter: new fire in the fight for the white house. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> frank: fire claims the life

crews were called to this bridgeport commitment complex about 3:30 this morning. six people were inside. all but an 18 month old girl made it out. firefighters say they found her body under a crib in her bedroom. officials say smoke alarms had been disconnected. employees of a major newspaper had to work double duty. this weekend, editors and reporters at the boston globe delivered thousands of copies of the paper. the globe switched delivery companies and subscribers said thth haven't gotten it since. if you have patiently awaited winter, well your patience is paying off. >> karen: we have changes coming, including a little bit

i'll show you where coming up. meanwhile today we did make it up to 48. we were chilly this morning at 29. this is going to seem warm compared to the cold, windy conditions coming our way. dry day today. but we do have that cold blast, including white snow. eventually, we're cooling in to the teens. i'll show you when and how long ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta

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now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> karen: we can see the last people leaving the slopes of today. 29 degrees. finally things beginning to go the ski industry's way. we're down to 37 degrees in asheville. windy right now, northwest winds at 12. we feel like 29 out there in asheville. warmer in greenville. 45 with the wind chill of 41. bigger picture showing some clouds moving off to the south

we are mainly clear right now. but that is going to be changing up in our northern mountain locations. what we have going on is a clipper system. this front, which is bringing the snow, mainly light snow to the northeast. it is going to quickly move south bringing strong winds, very light snow showers to our tomorrow morning. most of us, though, are just going to be dry, windy and very cold. this cold area of high pressure settles in on monday and tuesday. wednesday is finally begins to make its move out of here and warmer conditions are going to return. hour by hour future cast. we can see by midnight, the cloudier conditions approaching the mountains. cloudier conditions in burnsville. we can see a little bit of blue there on the screen there going in to the morning hours. light showers are expected on

we do need to head a little north to get in on that snow shower activity. quickly it dries up leaving us clear and cold. a couple of nights with lows in the teens. wind chill. let's talk about that. overnight we drop down to a wind chill of 10 in asheville. 8 in burnsville. 12 in waynesville. so make sure you layer up if you're going to be out and about early in the morning. or else frost bite, hypothermia could become a reality. very cold with the wind chills all day long. wrapping it up with wind chills in the teens in asheville. cooler in waynesville. 11 for that wind chill there. going down to the single digits in some locations tomorrow night. for a dangerously cold and windy night if you are not properly layered up. down to the 20s. low 20s in asheville. the wind chill will feel more like 10 degrees in the morning.

it is going to be a good day to limit your time outdoors. 19 for that low monday night. colder by wednesday morning. warming back up later in the week.

friday. >> luke: the carolina panthers have checked off just about every goal they set up to this point in the season. one game today against the buccaneers and carolina would cam newton keeps the football. newton soars across the goal line. first panthers touchdown of the game. carolina leads 7 to 3.

act right there. later in the second quarter, cam hands the ball off to payne. 17-3. carolina was really just getting that offense started. still in the second quarter, newton fires a perfect pass down to jericho who makes the perfect catch. panth newton ends the day with two passing scores and two rushing touchdowns. carolina improves 15 to 1 this season. they wrap up the number one seed beating tampa bay 38 to 10. >> it feels great, man. we wanted to come out here, reestablish ourselves. get our swag back and win. >> it's amazing. it's big. as you can see right now, all the support we have and to play at home. all the playoffs are going to

>> luke: january 16th and 17th. now we can continue talking about the super bowl playoffs. panthers will have the most clear path to glendale. i actually meant santa clara. carolina and arizona have the top two seeds locked up. washington is four. seattle has the sixth. cincinnati, houston, kansas city and pittsburg who squeezed in today. wild card weekends begins on saturday, january 9th. clemson has just one football game left this season and it's the biggest one of all.

they can get the job >> luke: the clemson tigers are trying to do something that hasn't happened since before any of these players were born, and that's win a national championship. the last time clemson won the whole thing was in 1981-82 season more than two decades ago. they dominated oklahoma 37-17 in the orange bowl on new year's eve. now the tigers have earned the right to play for the national championship against power house alabama. it will be a big challenge but

sorts of adversity. >> it's awesome to be in the championship and represent the acc. two out of the last three years our conference has been in the national championship game and hopefully we can hold our end of the deal up. >> it doesn't really matter what the defense does. we just focus on us and ourur job. really just focus on that one play. if it's the wrong play, we dominate the line of scrimmage. >> luke: clemson and alabama will play for the national championship in glendale, arizona, monday, january 11th. the unc men's basketball team off to a great start. bulldogs 10 and 5 overall. 3 and o in the big south. talked to coach this week about leadership. their next game is going to be wednesday againin winthrop. >> frank: the coaches weren't born yet. >> karen: we have a chance of

lows in the teens tomorrow

>> frank: we leave you with stay . (applause) well god bless you! it's a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home. thanks so much for tuning in and thanks again for coming out today. i like to start with something funny. i heard about this man. he was on vacation in jerusalem with his family when his mother-in-law suddenly died. he went to make arrangements

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