fair vue 29. highlands 27. it is getting better than this morning. marshal at 35. a few clouds after dinner time tonight as the sun sets, it will turn chilly once again. the cold weather is not sticking around too much longer. we'll talk about a return to the 50's and a return to rain coming up. back over to you. >> supplies running short for a mountain ministry working to serve the needy. this morning, volunteers with st. james church dropped off 100 fleece blankets to the storehouse. the pantry clients from across the county will receive the blankets to keep them warm. the ministry also provides food boxes, coats and hats. organizers say more donations like today mean they can continue their mission of 15 years. >> right now, we have a great

coats, gloves and hats. we give those out daily when clients come in to us. we also have a need for money for food and for food donations. >> monetary donations for food supplies are thesed as well as the donations of hats, coats and blankets. you can drop off items at the storehouse located at 1049 spartanburg highway. >> western carolina rescue ministry on patten avenue received an affordable housing grant to fund a portion of the project but the shelter must raise a remainder of the money to complete the first of two phases. phases. >> on the first phase is being able to accommodate our -- not just our current need but even the future need from an overnight shelter standpoint.

doing which is transitional housing for women and childrenchildren, that's part of the solution. >> the first portion is set to be completed by the middle of this month. work to add apartment style units will begin. for information on how to help with that expansion, go to wlos.com and click on news sglifrngs fire investigators return to the scene of a fire today. just after 10:00, multiple fire departments were called to the scene. firefighters remained on the scene. no one was inside when the fire started and no one was hurt. there is also no word what caused the fire. >> across the mountains, folks in search of what could be the golden ticket, the power ball jackpot up to $500 million. john lee joins us live from the market center. the odds seem good someone is

i feel like it is you. >> i don't think it is me, although i think i bought a couple of tickets, power ball 13, unlucky perhaps in some circles. here they have a scratch off game called $500 mayhem. in this case, it is $500 million mayhem as folks have been steadily in line here at the market center. expecting a big lunch crowd. let's face it, we are all paying out increasing that big jackpot even though we know the odds are probably pretty slim as we take a look at video, we saw one guy show up, that basically was coming from the eaten plant. they say he was a lucky charm. he came by to get tickets. the odds, 1 in $292 million, one

the $500 million jackpot. one of the top six largest in north american history. the cash payout if you dare to dream, $306 million. >> that's what i would do with the $450 million.million. >> catch that guy before we gets that uptown. that's when $564 million was on the line, one by players in a few states including north carolina. in the meantime, folks in this case some bringles. a lot of folks in line during this lunch hour to pick up those power ball tickets. the jackpot jumped from $450 million, up to $500 million. where will it be by the end of the day. who knows? by the way, we get the share the

go to the wlos tv facebook page, click on that share the jackpot tab. here's what happens, news 13 has already purchased some 50 tickets for tonight's drawing, if one of those tickets wins or pays out, just $10,000 or more, we'll pick 13 winners at random the and they get to split the cash. a big deal there. go to our facebook page for more information. click on that, share the jackpot tab. live in asheville, john lee, good luck. >> you don't even have to pay to win today. we are approaching a historic year when making your voice heard is more important than ever. bringing that message is dr. william the ii. he is the president of the north carolina chapter of the naacp. this morning he talked during

vote breakfast. the reverend said the empowerment campaign is about several controversial issues. >> it is our time to vote. we know we have been fighting the worst secession laws in the country. we'll fight at the ballot box. >> the asheville branch of the naacp and the mountain people assembly hosted the breakfast. the reverend said he hopes to bring attention to issues such as expanding medicaid. >> in other news making headlines this noon, north carolina claims it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb to defend itself from, quote, evil warmongers like the united states. marcy is at headquarters in new york where the security council

>> it seriously undermines international airports. i condemn it. >> worldwide concern and condemnation after this announcement from north korean state media claiming a 5.1 magnitude earthquake near the country's nuclear testing facility yesterday was caused by north korea's first successful test of a hydrogen bomb. the weapon can be about 10,000 times more powerful than atomic bombs, like those dropped on hiroshima in world war ii. this would be the country's fourth time testing the nuclear weapon since 2006 but the first time testing a they are thermo nuclear weapon. the results could take months but already many are skeptical.

detonation is modest, comparable to the test north korea carried out in 2013 which i think has led many experts to see this, in fact, a cruder advice than a fully fledged hydrogen bomb. >> the nation's ally china is among those condemning the purported test. >> the second opinion could be your best course of action and feeling better. coming up in our health headlines, we will hear from an author who tells us how to be empowered. >> get your news on the go with our moenl app. it is your one source for news, weather and sports any time anywhere. you can get real time traffic updates.

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hpv cancer in men each year. cdc recommends boys get the vaccine starting at 11 or 12 through age 26. >> el nino influencing weather patterns across the country. >> no rain here. clear skies in franklin, the news 13 skycam network, still 35 at the asheville airport. coming up after the break, we'll talk about some milder

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although it is cold, we can look out your window and see that. in south arville, we have a few clouds, that's it. a lot of sun and 35 degrees and still chilly to start off the afternoon. take a look through the time lapse. you can follow that, it starts at 9:17 this morning. and it is showing very little. we have a few clouds pulling in from the west here, not making it back into western north carolina just yet. sunshine expected for the majority of the afternoon. still have just that trace for the year for precip, not expecting any today. later this week we have our chances for rain going up and lingering into the weekend as well. almanac this morning, unseasonably cold, 16 degrees is as cold as we got to at asheville airport. this is the box where we show

only 35 degrees because normal is 37. it is pretty much the same type of weather, a degree warmer here in asheville and 2 degrees warmer into greenville as of now. still overall very chilly. in fact, barely above freezing in burnsville. 35 in asheville right now, upper 30's for morganton. greenville. 39, 38 degrees down into the upstate. warm and 41 into columbia. the wind has picked up at 7 miles an hour. also down into greer at 9. there is a windchill outside. it feels like 29 in asheville. you still need a winter coat upstate. in greer, it feels like 31. let's take a look at the big picture. still have high, dry pressure controlling our weather, mild conditions expected the next couple of days. the jet stream is to our north, allow some warmer conditions into the region. i want to move forward in time

we see a few clouds enter the region through the overnight hours. that's when we could see showers. then through friday, just a few showers showing up on this model as well. into saturday, we keep that chance in the forecast, although not looking like a ton of rain is going to fall, which is good because we have plenty of it in our rivers from all the rain we have had already in december. mostly sunny this afternoon and likely warming up to the low 40's here in the asheville area. somewhat milder, tonight because of the clouds, it will be partly clear and not as cold. this is 10 degrees above what we got down to last night. it will still be below freezing but not as cold. 45 degrees and sunshine in greenville. we have a chance late day thursday for a few showers. same thing friday into the weekend weekend. notice our overnight lows are above freezing.

because we do have that precipitation in the forecast. back att home in the valleys, it looks like temperatures will be cold enough into the beginning of next week that we have that upstate. this weekend, especially can be very mild, back to 60 degrees. >> it was a roller coaster. fish lovers have slapped fish lawsuit. >> they are accusing the

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for underfilling its cans of tuna. a class action lawsuit filed claiming the grocery store tuna cans only contained three ounces of tuna. a lab found nearly every can was underfilled, a violation of the minimum standard of fill law. a spokesperson says about 400 stores across the country includudg one in asheville so the company does not comment on pending litigation. >> burger king is the latest fast food giant to enter the battle of dueling dollars. the promotion including a bacon cheese berger, small fry and four piece chicken nugget and a warm cookie. it is a revamped version of its popular dollar menu. wendy's has a four for four

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zoo are enjoying the winter weather. weather. >> the seals have been enjoying themselves. >> this tiger was also out in the snow. we'll show him in a second. he looked very -- look at how chilly he is. they are loving that, that thick coat on him. >> fighting a potentially deadly infection. tonight at 5:00, how one product is helping patients. >> the united nations security