said he would get or the $50 he was given to buy them. two others arrested yesterday areen jail. they are expected to have their first court appearances today but have yet to go before the judge. they are due pack in court on january 26. hendersonville police continue to investigate this case. they ask anyone with information to give them a call or call crime stoppers. >> a school bus and car crash in charlotte, 11 people taken to carolina medical center, all with minor injuries, the injured included eight students, a bus driver and two people in an s.u.v. the s.u.v. caught fire after colliding with the bus. >> a career fair began at the ag center. it is a one stop opportunity to meet with employers. the event is organized by the economic development coalition

commerce. organizers say this year's career fair is the largest one yet. it runs until 4:00 today at the davis event center. evan donovan will be live from the career fair and will have much more coming up tonight at 5:00. >> a damage assessment team from the state emergency management will be in may con county, they will be touring the damage from the nooding two weeks ago. that will determine if the state will provide any money to help with the recovery. the damage involving homes, roads and bridges is estimated to be more than $700,000. if money becomes available, county leaders say they will led those affected know how to apply. >> classes resume for students at a school in buncombe county that was damaged after a mud slide. fourth through eighth graders returned to the charter school. it comes one day after the owner of a restaurant donated 40% of the day's sales to help the school.

been determined. we'll announce it when school officials make a final decision. >> we have new information, a stretch of highway 176 will remain closed throughout the first couple of months of this year in polk county due to mud slide concerns. dot geologists termed the rest of the rock would have to be removed. work on that road is already under way and it will continue until the end of february. >> we have had a break. when could those showers return? >> they are in the extended forecast definitely for a lot of locations. we'll get to that coming up in a moment. first, let's enjoy this day, it is gorgeous outside. the golf club shows clouds at 11:00. sunshine again by noon. 41 degrees, lester carpet sales news 13 skycam network. and across the region, we are starting to warm back up.

cherokee outside your door this noon, 45. hendersonville, low 40's. still hanging onto the upper 30's in areas in haywood county. looking at the rest of the afternoon, low 50's by late day. we'll notice a few more clouds, on again, offagain throughout tafrn. increased cloud cover and the rain will begin for some locations. 49 degrees by dinner time. >> sunny and mild for now. coming up, i'll talk about how much rain is expected to fall and when we'll have a rain snow chance. >> in other news, 17 miners trapped nearly 80 stories below ground in upstate new york are safe this afternoon. we brought you the story as breaking news on news 13 this morning. marcy reports, why the miners are being called inspiring. >> the sound of relief after

waiting, 17 miners trapped 900 feet below ground in upstate new york all finally safe on solid ground. >> they persevered the best way they could. >> the group was just starting their shift at the deepest salt mine in the country when the elevator they were in stopped working. miners huddling together as fire and police rushed in to help. >> out in lancing. >> using this crane to lower a basket below ground lifting several workers to the surface. >> we practice mine evacuations regularly every year. that practice is coming in to play today. >> despite being shaken and freezing, the miners waited at scene until the last of their

>> their spirits are tremendous. i don't know. i'm inspired by them to be quite honest with you. >> we are told they are all in good health. officials are now investigating and operations are suspended in that part of the salt mine until the cause is determined and the problem is fixed. >> a man hold ago cleaver as he try to enter a police station in paris. a spokesman said the man was shouting allah hoo al-qaida bar. he wore what appeared to be exexplosives but it turned out to be face. >> the incident in paris took place on the one year anniversary of the charlie hebdo killings. the attacks happened at the french satirical magazine. 17 people died in subsequent shootings. the magazine published an

bearded blood stained god figure carrying a rifle with the headline, the killer is still at large. >> a brush fire causing closures in australia. the blaze raging about 60 miles south of perth gained momentum last night. roads closed off and lives and homes at risk. if i believes have issued an emergency warning. >> more doubt cast on north korea's claim it detonated a hydrogen in underground testing. japan has just announced it detected no particular change in radiation levels in the air. it sent three planes after the test. meanwhile the united nations is poised to take further action against the reclusive country for violating security council resolutions. >> turning now to vote 2016, the war of words over cruz's canadian birth is heating up. trump says don't blame him for bringing it up. trump wants ted cruz to go

determine whether or not he is a natural born citizen and therefore eligible to run for president. cruz denyies the claim. >> donald trump is saying you had a canadian passport. false? >> no. >> of course not. >> you asked your mother and you asked your dad? >> yes, i'm sure. >> cruz moved to texas at age 4. he had dual citizenship in the u.s. and canada but renounced his canadian citizenship in 2014 and post theed the letter online. >> as senator marco rubio tries to expand his popularity in iowa, he has a new television commercial. it comes out this weekend. it says rubio shares their desire to accept the free gift of salvation offered by jesus christ. political analysts say the commercial is to forge stronger ties to christian conservatives,

with senator cruz or ben carson. >> former new mexico governor gary johnson announces he will run for president as a lib tearian. he was the libertarian presidential nominee. johnson said america's debt is the biggest issue facing the country. he calls himself a fiscal conservative and social liberal. johnson is a self-made millionaire who most recently served as the president and ceo of marijuana marketing and distribution company. >> news 13 investigate cybermonday shopping on the taxpayers dime. the monday after thanksgiving is one of the busiest shopping days for online companies like amazon.com. many private companies ban online shopping at work. we wanted to know if the same rules apply to government employees. an investigation found government workers are spending hours surfing online retail sites for deals while getting paid. >> is it a problem, i don't see it as a problem. is it something that we

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what it calls a superfood side. it is a blend tossed in maple vinaigrette with dried cherries and roasted nuts on top. the significant coleslaw is being retired. >> 47 degrees at chimney rock. the news 13 skycam network, this is an area where we are seeing lots of sunshine at the asheville airport, same thing. 49 degrees. the wind remains very light. nice afternoon, what about the weekend? it does include some rain and maybe even some snow.

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>> good afternoon. welcome back, everyone. i want to start with this

this is one location where we are seeing a decent amount of cloud cover. it is 49 degrees, the news 13 skycam network cast a big shadow on that building. one location seeing lots of sunshine down into the upstate. this is paris mountain where it is the upper 40's. yes, really nice afternoon for us. radar and satellite does show we have seen the clouds throughout the day, a threat for rain does come starting tonight. we haven't seen much in the way of rain over the last week because we had plenty of it in the month of december. our chances are going back up. starting off this morning, chilly at 25 degree. that was much better than the previous a couple of mornings when we were in the teens. this is the area where we saw how warm we have been, already above normal by 2 degrees in asheville. 24 hour temperature change in the case.

yesterday at this time. outside. anywhere from 13 to 16 degrees above what we were yesterday. right now, current conditions in asheville, just under that 50 degree mark, but 10 degrees cooler in our northern zones. franklin, 49. 51 degrees into andrews. 52 in greenville. low 50's in anderson and into greenwood. the winds are light in asheville so that's not an issue. pretty light in the upstate, 5 in greer and picking up a bit out of the north in greenwood at 9 miles an hour. mild conditions, that's the headline for now as we still have lots of sunshine in the new locations. we are showing partly cloudy skies, watch as these clouds begin to thicken up. we see a few showers overnight. a chance for rain although it is

maybe a stray shower or two into saturday. this is going to be the day when we see more rain. throughout the afternoon and into the eveningevening. how much rain we talking about? thankly it won't be a ton. looking towards saturday, this is showing a tenth of an inch to a half an inch plus. into the foothills and down into the upstate as well. back up to 60 on saturday. we'll bring it pack down slightly on sunday. something else that will happen on sunday is our temperatures will continue to go down. back here today, 52 degrees, clouds increasing late day. the rain chances go up tonight, temperatures staying in the upper 30's. 50's in greenville today and tonight, cooling down to 40 degrees. what about the rest of the forecast? it shows scatter showers.

happened late day sunday. yes, we could see a chance for a rain snow mix if the timing is right. same thing monday and tuesday. a nose dive with temperatures around 40 degrees. rainy but mild. >> coming up, how many employees

off and why. >> china and cheap oil are seriously spooking the markets. stocks taking a dive. let's take you to the boards. the dow down 202 points. the nasdaq was down 89 points at 4746. >> netflix launches its service

network to 130 new countries. the company's cofounder made the announcement at the show in las vegas. in many of the 190 countries, the netetix service is is available in english but not the local language. in addition to its rollout, netflix plans to spend $6 billion on 600 hours of original programming. >> macy's plans to eliminate 140 positions following a disappointing holiday season. in all, 36 stores will close, that includes one of four credit and customers service centers. the chain plans to invest more online after bright spots, increasing about 25% over last year during the holidays. >> the new turntable at the electronics show. the turntable allows music lovers to digitize their collections. it features an aiptt vibration

the price has not been announced. >> here's the bad news, you didn't win the power ball. the good news, neither did anyone else. still to come at noon, how big the jackpot could be by this weekend. >> tonight at 5:00, learning about a strange looking object on top of a building in north asheville.

is there. >> holly's hopes and dreams are alive for power ball players. >> that's right. if you haven't heard, no one won last night's jackpot. saturday's jackpot is estimated to hill $675 million or more. >> that means that will be the largest jackpot in u.s. history with a cash payout of $413 million. even if no one hits that big prize, you could still stand to win quite a bit with the right numbers. last night's winning numbers were --

>> on the run for more than a month. two murder suspects going before a judge in henderson county. coming up in our next half-hour, more on the others arrested in connection with the case. >> the armed occupation of the national wildlife, what the