now. >> frank: taxi tension. why a local cabbi says he confronted an uber driver. >> reporter: a home in asheville is lost due to fire. what the family says is the one thing that saved their lives. >> tammy: a murder suspect . now western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: a cabby took this video of an uber driver grabbing his phone claiming the confrontation, as you can see, got ugly. >> frank: frustrated that it's not properly permitted. john le is live at asheville regional airport tonight. john, this turf war, it's been

>> john: remember just last week some of those uber drivers charged with trespassing. now a taxi driver claims he was assaulted by one of those drivers in the fight for fares. not far from the airport taxiway, there's tension. the uber app, andrew hopkins says the competition is increasingly fierce. >> it's almost a game of cat and mouse mouse. >> john: he works for a company called night and day. >> a lot of times i like that they sit right in here. >> john: andrew says a big part of his job is shooting pics of those unpermited drivers. but the conflict of uber came to a head when he tried to confront one of them. >> i went to take pictures, a video of him and his car to

and he assaulted me. he came up and grabbed my hand and phone. got in my face and threatened me. >> john: andrew shot video of the man approaching him but doesn't get the moment of the time he assaulted him. by the time a public safety officer responded to the altercation, both men had left and no witnesses came forward. officials say any ground transportation provider, including uber can drop off passengers with a permit. but a permit is required to pick up passengers. he saw that same uber driver at the airport on tuesday. >> picture and phone number and address was on my phone. and they can't catch him. come on, columbo. >> john: according to hopkins,

work to drive home the taxi industry. and no charges pending in this case. and meanwhile, airport officials say they are trying to work with uber corporate to try and get those drivers permitted. john le, news 13. >> tammy: a graham county man says officers punched him and tased him 15 times while he was in handcuffs. jack slauder has filed a lawsuit against the county. his friends and family say they want to shed light on how he was treated with the hope that it doesn't happen to someone else. >> we need light on the subject of this taking place anywhere to anyone. ever. ever.

world to have to go through what it has done to me and his family. >> tammy: the video appeared on youtube just days ago. slaughter has since been charged with murder against smith. we have continuing coverage of a family displaced after a fire engulfed their home. now that family is now speaking out about what saved their lives. >> frank: zack green joins us. zack, the family is thankful for an item that's pretty common in most homes. >> zack: yeah, they actually said that their lives and the lives of their four sons are all actually saved due to what is known as just simply, we're looking at working smoke detectors. >> noise sort of rattled me, but it was the smell that got to me.

smoke, the sound of an alarm. >> when i pivoted around, smoke was billowing in the fire place. >> zack: the home of the raider family went up in flames. >> the furnace actually blew up. >> zack: the house was engulfed within seconds. >> from that point to get out to this car was less than a minute. and flames were just pouring out of the house. by then, the basement is totally engulfed. the house actually by then is totally engulfed. >> zack: it was a simple detector that saved our lives. >> this was in the hallway outside his bedroom door. it hasn't been moved. we've been on vacation but when we come back to this home and

next to his bed is just a so real feeling. but looking at his room, it doesn't seem real. >> one of the boys called and he was struggling and crying because the fire trucks went by the school. >> zack: but this family's resilience resilience. >> she's a beautiful home. we're going to rebuild her. she's going to be simple and strong but inviting. >> zack: kelley and brad also told me that the community outreach has been incredible and they are extremely grateful for that. they also said that once the family gets back on their feet they're going to be raising funds and campaigning for everyone in asheville to get one for their home. zack green, news 13. >> tammy: the stage is set for the next gop debate for the

>> frank: ashley blackstow covers the debate. she joins us live with a ashley. >> reporter: political experts are calling this a critical debate that will help shape the caucuses. and then there were seven. north charleston, south carolina. with a nominating contest starting in about two weeks, it's becoming clear which candidates have a shot. >> south carolina is immensely important. there's a lot of excitement here. we had 25,000 apply for tickets. we're going to pack the coliseum tonight. >> so they polled all of the debates, and every single poll i've won. >> reporter: political experts say he may face attacks tonight from ted cruz. the texas senator, who until

>> if we're going to undue the damage barack obama has done, we need to nominate and elect a president as committed to conservative principles as barack obama is to liberal principles. >> reporter: he's qualified to run despite his mother being a u.s. citizen. candidates have been making stops in south carolina with one goal coming in at least second place to donald trump. >> it's not just about winning an election, it's about becoming a uniter and being part of the healing process in this country. >> reporter: they determine whether a candidate makes it to the main stage or to the under card forum. rand paul and carly fiorina

>> we're ahead of three people on the stage. >> reporter: and expected to protest here tonight, the south carolina democratic party. the debate gets underway on 9 o'clock tonight on the fox business network. the under card forum expected to start at 6 o'clock this evening. i'm ashley blackstone, back to you guys. >> frank: news 13 wants to know, are you watching the gop debate tonight? can you log on to facebook.com/news 13 to answer the question of the day. >> tammy: if you're heading towards new stock road, pack your patience. >> frank: it's down to one lane? >> jaclyn: that's right. try to avoid that spot if you can on your commute. dot expects all lanes to reopen by 6:45.

on i-26 west near brevard road. traffic in the area at long shoals road is up to 49 miles per hour. an update over in jackson county, now in the clearing stages. it should be out of the roadway soon. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> tammy: extreme couponing. how you could save hundreds of dollars on our grocery bill. >> jason: we'll call it semi-extreme weather today. way above average. 40s this evening. and eventually 30s by 11.

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>> frank: stocks on wall street made some gains today. the dow ending trading at 16,379. nasdaq finished at 4415. >> tammy: extreme couponing. >> frank: there's a class underway in asheville teaching people how to do it. tlc's kelly gibbs is showing people how to slash their grocery bills.

of dollars a month if you clip your coupons the right way. >> for example, if you had a box of cereal that's worth $4, and you use a coupon on it. you're not getting the best value whereas if it was on sale for 1.50. and on top of that, you're saving even more money. >> frank: i agree with that. get more than one newspaper on sundays so you can cut more coupons and buy items in bulk. >> tammy: the project is funded by 70 families and community members. the church says it's their commitment to social justice through energy conservation. the installation today has been in the works for two years. >> there's a growing awareness in the faith community of the importance of protecting and

which god loves so dearly. >> tammy: the solar panels are expected to save the church about $3,500 a year. >> frank: those workers had a great day to be up there on the roof. >> tammy: oh yeah, nice and sunny out there, jason. >> jason: we thought it would be mild but man, we blew past that high temperature. we'll take it. 58 degrees for the high. 11 above average. 20 on the low this morning. things really warmed up quickly as dry air and sunshine helped out. no rain today. no snow. very dry start and we're almost halfway through the month. mild today. we're going to time out that rain tomorrow. yeah, there's some wintery

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>> jason: i know we talked a lot about the snow potential for this weekend yesterday. really it's falling apart. there's a consensus now in the computer model that it's really not going to be anything. a little here and there. i'll show you where. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. looking from cataloochee down there. it was warm across the board in the region. mid 60s right now. 60s in memphis. even 60s in nashville. we're focused on this down here. there's a lot of moisture coming off now. watch it follow that along. first the clouds, which we're already seeing some high clouds. they'll thicken and lower towards day break. we'll start to see moisture. could be a little bit of snow before it changes to rain in those highest elevations. tomorrow's rain chance very

rain is high in asheville. slim chances of anything saturday or sunday. even slimmer chances on monday. if we see anything again fall from the sky in terms of precipitation, it would be a possibly rain/snow mix early saturday and again in to early sunday. 56 degrees. it is mostly clear. even with the wind, there's no wind chill. the air temperature is too warm to have an effect. nice today. look at that, a lot of moisture on the back side of it. this is friday evening. it's already moving east in to the piedmont and coastal plain. it's out to sea later on tonight. this one packs a little colder air. cooler than today, of course. temperatures in the mid 40s and upper 40s saturday. notice the system way down here in to saturday afternoon. the american model was thinking it was going to be a season snow

no more. the clouds tonight. there's 9:00 a.m. look at this. a little bit of snow showing up in the nantahalas. balsams. what does accumulate, likely an inch or less at this point. could have highest elevations get a little more than that. notice by the afternoon tomorrow, rain for almost everybody. we're drying out in the evening and staying cool in to the weekend. i think this model is underdone when it comes to rainfall. i think we're going to get a good dose. the heaviest over the i-85 corridor. and there's the snow potential right here. smokys, balsams, nantahalas, black mountains. 30s for lows tonight in the mountain valleys. look for highs tonight to get in to the mid 40s. upper 40s and low 50s in the upstate.

we'll get colder sunday. much colder next week. highs in the 30s monday and tuesday. with the wind, it will be teens for wind chills. yay. >> tammy: yeah, we could take it. we're tough. >> jason: still waiting on the snow. >> frank: kids want to make a snowman some time or another. >> tammy: let's look at today's "see it, shoot it, send it" photo. >> frank: this is a picture that was sent in by cindy. look at the gorgeous bird. >> tammy: is that a hawk? >> jason: looks like it. >> frank: could be. >> tammy: go to wlos.com to send us your pictures. you can also e-mail them to pics@wlos.com. the best gadgets to help you sleep. next in tonight's consumer report. which product to buy and which ones to avoid. it. but the fact that it is out concerns me. >> frank: and a news 13 investigation looks in to how

asheville are across america, people like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins... ...are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza . for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza . he said victoza works differently than pills. and comes in a pen.

it's taken once a day, any time. victoza is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes... ...and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. victoza has not been studied with mealtime insulin. victoza is not insulin. do not take victoza if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer... ...multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to... ...victoza or any of its ingredients. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction... ...may include itching, rash, or difficulty breathing. tell your doctor... ... ...including inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis). stop taking victoza ...

if you have signs of pancreatitis such as severe pain that will not go away in your abdomen or from your abdomen to your back... ...with or without vomiting. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take... ...and if you have any medical conditions. taking victoza with a sulfonylurea or... ...insulin may cause low blood sugar. the most common side effects are headache, nausea... ...diarrhea, and vomiting. side effects can lead to dehydration... ...which may cause kidney problems. if your pill isn't giving you... ...the control you need... ...ask your doctor about non-insulin victoza . it's covered by most health plans. >> frank: sleep deprivation has become big business. americans spent nearly

for that elusive sleep, tammy. >> reporter: the market place has exploded with plenty of options to get you zs. this infomercial can be tempting if you're desperate to get shut eye. the $60 my pillow promises deeper, longer rem sleep. but there are no clinical studies to support this. how about this sleep shelter. it claims to monitor brain waves and drown out distractions. >> the research is pretty thin. but hearing the rhythmic sounds can be soothing. >> reporter: in fact white noise machines help most people who've tried them sleep better.

smartphone free. >> you should also think about why you can't sleep. electronic devices have blue light which keeps you awake. >> reporter: these pricey items promise to block blue light. they found the glasses that actually blocked out the most blue light are these uvx skyper safety glasses which cost $8. what's the best way to beat insomnia? quit smoking, cut back on alcohol. consumer reports best buy drug team which evaluates the safety and effectiveness of medications review the research on sleep drugs and found them to be limited in their effectiveness. and they posed some serious risk of side effects.

you can get more information to improve your sleep on our website. >> reporter: the latest gop

begin. >> larry: right now at 6:00 shocking video shows an inmate . >> to know that it even happened is an outrage. >> larry: tonight, his wife speaks out about the treatment he received. shoot that girl, he pointed the gun at me. pointed it at my head. >> darcel: hear the 911 calls that alerted the police to the armed suspect. news 13 at 6:00 starts right now. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 6.