>> darcel: coming up, auctioning off a piece of memorablia. >> tammy: honoring the king of rock 'n' roll. they're giving him a criminal summons. >> frank: asheville regional airport charging uber drivers. coming up, why the popular app is not permitted. that's evil. it takes an evil person to do something like this. >> tammy: a woman arrested in a gruesome animal cruelty case. as one dog struggles to heal, the sheriff has a message to the public. >> frank: and two lawmakers want to end same sex marriage in south carolina. what they say about the supreme court ruling making it legal. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: uber drivers in asheville are now coming

>> frank: asheville regional airport has charged some uber drivers with criminal trespassing. >> tammy: news 13's zack green is live at the airport. why is there a problem with the system? >> zack: they're all stemming from uber drivers not having an permit. while the application may seem easy enough, uber drivers are falling short. joe is heading off to work. but as a full time uber driver, he's now on alert when picking up his riders. the popular ride share app is running in to issues. >> that makes pick a passenger up at an airport and charge them a fee for a service, then they typically have to apply for a permit.

quickly turning in to legal problems. >> they're sending out cease and desist letters to all the drivers. if they catch them again whether it be dropping off or picking up, they're giving them a criminal summons to go to court and charge them with a crime. >> zack: airport officials say it's simply getting the ground transport permimi that will alleviate all the issues. >> we certainly welcome them here once they are permitted. >> they want us to pay for a permit that we can't even get. >> zack: since uber drivers are . >> we're not a commercial vehicle. >> zack: since they are a newer service, there are problems to work out on both ends. >> a lot of procedures are catching up and we are learning

>> zack: joe did mention that some uber drivers are parking in the taxi spots here at asheville regional. he wanted to mention that's not how the app works. we can understand that the airports would be frustrated. zack green, news 13. >> frank: an update now on a case where a teen was arrested for a string of break-ins. saheed grant broke in to a building on yuklid boulevard. >> tammy: clemson police are investigating an act of vandalism on campus. it happened on tillman hall. rename tillman hall and stop honoring tillman were spray painted. anyone with information on the

police. >> frank: today a woman turned herself in to face animal cruelty charges after seeing herself on the news last night according to court officials. >> darcel: a disturbing case county. >> frank: ashlea, she abandoned these animals? >> ashlea: one of them is in very bad shape undergoing surgerii at an animal hospital. we should warn you some of these images are graphic. calls came in about a dog with extremely matted fur. at the home on landrum road, no one answered the door. but on the property, sergeant michael herman discovered little dog wiener.

later shaved 8 pounds of fur off his little frame. >> i went to the mobile home and was tangled up in a phone cord. >> ashlea: that was snoozy. calling with bugs. a tendon was exposed. >> first thing i did was i cut the cable to take pressure off the leg. she knew we were there to help her. she was happy to see somebody. >> ashlea: t t dogs are being taken care of. but snoozy is in bad shape. that leg may have to be amputated. suspect turned herself in this morning. she didn't ask how the dogs were. >> i guess there's a perception sometimes that people think just becauseehey have a pet dog or a pet cat or horse or whatever,

do whatever they want with it. well that's not the way i look at it. >> ashlea: the sheriff says snoozy willl likely be put up for a dopgs. but right now undergoing medical procedures. >> tammy: new tonight, two upstate lawmakers are calling for an end to same-sex marriage in south carolina despite the landmark ruling last year. the majority of residents in south carolina are against same-sex marriage. so taxpayers in the state shouldn't be footing the bill for a decision made by the federal government. regardless, one local lgbt rights activists says they're wasting their time. >> i think this is clearly a publicity stunt and has no way of gaining any traction.

my40 at 6:30, finin out how they plan to challenge the supreme court ruling on gay marriage. >> frank: the state is changing how it m msures new charter schools. current policy says the state can revoke a school's charter if proficiency standards are not met for two of three consecutive years. now a new policy will allow schools to operate under a label inadequately performing. in the eyes of charter schools, this will help their style of education. >> this puts charters a little bit more closely aligned with the expectations and mandates that the state has for all public schools. >> frank: accororng to the state board of education, there are zero low performing charter schools in western north carolina. >> tammy: allf the miners stuck in an underground

the elevator carrying them got stuck. emergency workers made contact with the miners before the rescue efforts began. crews managed to provide heat packs and blankets to the miners so they could remain warm during the rescue operation. >> extremely relieved and happy to say that they're out. okay. all 17 miners that were stuck in the shaft in the elevator has been saaly removed. >> tammy: the mine processes salt that is used to treat roads wintry weather. >> jason: a little chilly but today was mild. upper 50s and even 60s overall. that was nice. we're going to knock a lot of these temperatures down tomorrow. farther east in the foothills and piedmont, we're going to knock 10 degrees. bobone it's still 50s. even a few 60s still out there

you still have time to enjoy that and you should because it will get a lot colder next week. clouds advancing from the southwest. no rain associated with the initial band of clouds. no organized rain expected this evening. temperatures in the mid 40s at 7 to the low 40s at 9. even the low 40s at 11 o'clock. 51 degrees at 7 in the upstate. greenville, 47 by 9. you're down to mid 40s by 11 o'clock with a light northeast breeze. but bigger changes and more rain. yes, it's coming. i'll show you when. stick around.. >> frank: gas buddy predicts a fourth straight yearly de-kleincline at the pumps this year. drivers will spend $7 billion less than last year. the average price for gasoline

it should peak in april and may. >> tammy: if you're about to take i-26 towards asheville, get ready for delays. >> frank: an earlier wreck near long shoals road is still causing backups. >> jaclyn: the good news it should be out of the roadway shortly. right now you can see traffic is backed up toward the airport exit. it is a good idea to avoid that stretch if you can. congestion on i-240 west bound. you can expect delays between i-40 and charlotte street. i-40 in asheville, that ongoing construction we have is still causing some problems. west bound traffic is very slow moving approaching tunnel road. thoort that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> frank: an elvis guitar with an elvis connection being

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is is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: stocks on wall street take another plunge today. the dow down 392, ending trading at 16,514. the nasdaq also down 146 closing at 4689. >> frank: well there's a meeting tonight to discuss a proposed publix in hendersonville. >> tammy: the proposed building is 49,000 square feet. if approved it will be constructed at the south market village at the corner of white street and greenville highway. it's a bigbuilding. netflix has launched its service globally bringing it to 130 new countries. in many of the 190 countries where netflix is now available, the service is available in english but not the local

netflix also plans to spend more than $6 billion on more than 600 hours of original programming. >> frank: television maker lg unveiled a high definition tv that you can roll up like a newspaper. i think we showed you this the other day. it's one of the concept designs lg will be unveiling. kind of nifty. >> tammy: just carry it in your pocket? >> frank: they may never be sold or hit the stores. like automakers' concept cars, lg tvs are meant to show off what is possible. do some strange things. >> tammy: i suppose. macy's says it plans to eliminate 4500 positions aas it restructures.

plans to invest more on online shopping. >> frank: a lot of folks rely on the holiday. we didn't even have that christmas weather until recently. >> jason: and even more cold is coming in to the forecast by next week. so get ready. you'll be able to use those christmas presents that came in the form of hats, gloves. believe you me. we started a little colder than average. we had a swing of almost 25 degrees. no rain or snow. just a trace of precip for the month. we're going to cool it down starting tomorrow.

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now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: here's a real treat. a beautiful sunset in the black mountains from the leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. seven mile ridge.

some cirrus clouds overhead. 47 degrees, even at that elevation, 3400 feet up. it is mild. mild before we go a little wild, if you will. the clouds advancing on the ray radar now. rain not happening just yet. but it will. scattered showers in the forecast tomorrrr. probably the first half of the day i think is going to get wetter at 50%. it's not everybody getting wet tomorrow. just scattered showers. more likely to find rain on saturday. it will be off and on. chances pretty high. 70%. more scattered to widespread showers. 30% for chances of rain and even some snow flakes mixed in there early sunday. yeah, it's going to get a lot colder. northwest wind to push over the mountains. 55 degrees in asheville now. mostly clear east-southeast wind at 7.

degrees. so we have the wind east-southeasterly here in asheville. pushing the wind down from the east and northeast. that affected our areas east. not so much in the asheville area or upstate. we thought the cool wedge was going to make it all the way to the upstate. it didn't. temperatures were about 10 degrees warmer than they thought. temperatures in the 50s and 60s today. a little cooler tomorrow. we're going to knock about 10 degrees off the high temperatures today in many cases east and south. there go the showers coming in by saturday afternoon and evening. it is a system from the mississippi valley that's actually well to the west of us now over southern arizona and that's going to push through and bring us a decent shot of rain. once it goes east, it is really going to chill down, folks. the high temperatures probably

7 o'clock in the morning. few showers. nothing widespread. better chance of rain in the lunch hour on saturday. scattered, numerous showers on saturday evening. rain fall amounts very little coming in the next 24 hours. but a little more as we get down the road in to saturday. you could see about a quarter to half an inch. temperatures in the 30s tonight for asheville and close to freezing, if not touching it in the northern mountains. 40s in the upstate. temps tomorrow. yeah, they're still going to get in to the 50s but low 50s. temperatures will stay a little on the milder side. above average on saturday. look at the 30s return monday. close to 30s there's going toe plenty of wind involved. in the upstate, you'll feel the

highs only in the 40s monday through thursday. >> frank: we're slowly crawling out of the deep chill. >> jason: it will come back. >> tammy: time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. >> frank: olaf snyder sent us is picture. it's a photo of a waterfall. it's almost like an icy crystals on the tree branches there. beautiful. >> tammy: and you can send us your pictures and video to, even if you have one of elvis. yes. that's elvis. >> frank: memorablia. >> tammy: with a mountain connection. it will be auctioned off tonight. elvis handed the gibson to a fan back in the day. it's expected to fetch up to a half million dollars. >> yeah, this puts it in the

the elvis presly . >> tammy: and the king's record rang true on the eve of what

birthday. >> frank: adele ruled 2015.

buzz, a man who looks like mike rowe is accused of robbing a bank in oregon. the real rowe heard he had a law breaking look alike and commented on social media. he pointed out that he is much taller than the suspect. and also said he could prove he wasn't in the state . >> tammy: prince george off to school. kensington palace. the duke and duchess of cambridge dropped him off themselves. >> frank: it's official for the music world, adele took over 2015. the singer's new album 25 was

despite only being available for the last six weeks of 2015. >> tammy: shocking new

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>> reporter: a buncombe county deputy is off the job tonight after an excessive force complaint. i'll have that story coming up next. >> larry: a waynesville mother charged with running a prostitution business out of her home speaks out. >> i don't want them to think of their mom like this. >> larry: the reason she said she started and her motivation now for stopping. >> darcel: plus online shopping on taxpayers' dime. and it's not against the rule. >> like any business, it's frowned upon. >> darcel: how much time government employees spent cyber