asheville's south slope. >> darcel: the attorney general gets involved with problems affecting customers. tonight, what blue cross blue shield is asked to do. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 11. >> tammy: crews responded to what was called a mudslide. >> darcel: heavy rain sent water and mud in to the road. dot crews cleared out drains. >> tammy: at least the rain is out tonight. but there's more behind it. >> darcel: next week, the temperature will drop. chief meteorologist jason boyer is here with our weekend forecast. >> jason: now tonight we have to worry about some fog. even a little snow coming down in the highest elevations of the smokys.

low clouds and poor visibility because the fog has developed. we're down below a half mile visibility in asheville. five mile visibility in burnsville. the lower the visibility, obviously the harder it is to see when that fog starts to thicken up. temperatures in the 30s right now. we're close to freezing. i think we'll stay just above it tonight. but it's going to be close. watch out for some patchy black ice. again, look how warm some places are out west. this is where you're going to find the cooler weather at night. warmer higher up in elevation. temperature inversion going on. we have a little more wind kicking up keeping a lot of those places warmer than us here in asheville. in fact, it's a gusty wind over the southwest portion in the viewing area of south carolina. here's that system spinning through today clipping out in to the mid-atlantic. here's that next system. this is energy that's going to

bring us a chance for snow on sunday. we'll talk more in detail about that. right now it's not time to buy milk or bread. morning planner. low clouds in the morning. 37 at 9. 40s with breezy conditions by the lunch hour tomorrow here in asheville. we're going to go up to the 50s by the lunch hour tomorrow in the upstate. we'll talk about that snow total and when the bitter cold settles back in. stick around. >> tammy: texas senator ted cruz made a pit stop in the upstate. >> darcel: he spoke before a crowd at north greenville university and that's where we find news 13's justin hinton. >> justin: it was a very excited crowd. and with it being a christian school, much of his speech was focused on faith and religious freedom. >> i saw the buttons say dads against daughter's . >> justin: before the speech,

different stage was set for senator ted cruz. >> some of his ideas and excited about hearing his faith. >> i think his heart is in it. he's got the aptitude for it. he's got the youth. he's got the vigor. i think he's ready to run the country. >> i don't want to vote for him and then if he's disqualified for some reason, i don't want that to be a wasted vote for me when i could have voted for someone else. >> justin: political scientists say trump is still shaping the conversation. >> he has the country talking about an issue that was a non-issue two weeks ago. >> we need to take power out of people. that is what this campaign is all about. >> justin: and we should also

college students in attendance tonight. of course speaking at a college campus is one way to reach a younger crop of voters. reporting live from north greenville university, justin hintoto with news 13. >> tammy: senator lindsey graham is throwing his support to jeb bush. he says he believes bush has the backs of america's troops. >> i have concluded without any hesitation, without any doubt, that jeb bush is ready on day one to be aommander in chief worthy of the sacrifices of the one percent who have been fighting this war. >> tammy: donald trump reacted on twitter. he said lindsey graham "embarrassed himself with a failed run for president. now further embarrasses himself

austin white is facing murder charges of zoey peterson. the indictment said white distributed the drugs. white has not been arrested. if you see him, call police. >> darcel: asheville's south slope grew a little bit more today with the announcement of a local place where artists work. news 13's jerrika insco joins us live along cox avenue. jerrika, what are people saying about this development? >> jerrika: darcel, they are excited knowing there are several breweries over here so adding art just seems like the perfect mix. knowing what this area looked like just a few years ago. >> oh gosh. i mean, industrial. car dealer. yeah. >> jerrika: the south slope. >> there was nothing to attract people to the area. now there's, you know, a whole

>> jerrika: now you almost cannot recognize it. >> a lot. a whole lot. i think when we first -- when i first moved here, there was asheville brewing company and then a aouple of others and that was it. >> jerrika: breweries on every corner have turned it in to a place locals named. >> we call this beer slope. it's becoming heavy with beer. >> jerrika: while asheville is known for its craft beer, you cannot forget about art. >> print makers, dark room, the asheville makers. >> jerrika: create that on cox avenue. a 15,000 square foot building said to be full of studios and opportunities for local artists. >> to being able to grow their business. and that's kind of our mission. >> jerrika: they need that

plans to bring it. >> getting in as things are starting to develop and get built up. it's an opportunity for us to be a part of that. >> jerrika: this side of the city continues to make a name for itself and could use more people to do that. >> we have a long way to go i'm sure. but we're making good steps. >> jerrika: what the asheville area arts council has its heart set on is coming to this area and making it the next river arts district or lexington avenue for local artists. reporting live in the south slope, jerrika ininco, news 13. >> tammy: at least a half dozen people have claimed to be frauded by a contractor. melissa cay says she's a victim. she says she paid spears more than $2,000 to put in a deck, windows and a roof. cay says after she paid the money upfront, he did a few

finished the job. >> it's upsetting because you don't think people really want to hurt other people. and he knew our situation. he kneww we didn't have a lot. he knew that we were living pay check to pay check. >> tammy: today t t attorney for marshall spears entered a statement. police arrested two teenagers today after a chase on a moped. after a school resource officer tried to pull over the moped. asheville and fletcher police then joined in. the teens were arrested about an hour later at the corner of old airport road in fletcher. no word on why they were being chased. reports of over billing and wait times that are just too long. what the attorney general is now telling one major health insurance provider. >> darcel: and a restaurant that's been having a lot of

what the chain hopes to

closing. >> darcel: developing tonight, a

security forces stormed burrkina faso. there are casualties. the hotel was set on fire along with several cars outside. al-qaeda is claiming responsibility for the attack. >> tammy: never before has wall street the day ended with the dow falling 391 points. that's down an incredible 1400 points in just the first two weeks of the year. the fall of oil prices and concerns over china's economic standing are fueling the decline. >> darcel: developing tonight, the state attorney general wants answers from blue cross blue shield of north carolina. >> tammy: roy cooper's office sent a letter requesting the company's plans to make things right. >> darcel: here's news 13's ashlea surles with more on this developing story. >> you just can't get through. it's crazy.

you want to give me a call. >> ashlea: kevin overby has been making calls even when he's at work. >> i paid the premium for my new insurance, and blue cross has taken the premium for them because they don't know that i'm not with them anymore because i haven't been able to get a hold of them to tell them. they have access to my bank account. and that's a trust. >> ashlea: we tried to get a customer service agent on the phone today half a dozen times. >> due to unusually high call volume, blue cross blue shield of north carolina is unable to take your call at this time. >> ashlea: this week the attorney general's office request . >> we've been helping people call the customer line and the customer service line for blue cross right now, if someone

put their phone number in to get a call back. >> ashlea: pisgah legal has been offering free appointments. >> they come in and talk to us. we help give them assistance. help give them the right information to help clear up any errors that they've experienced. >> tammy: in response to the attorney general's letter, blue cross said today that customers should expect to receive id cards by next week. the company said most of the over billing issues have been identified and fixed. they have extended their hours this weekend to be open on saturday. >> darcel: a burrito chain will take a time out in the midst of the crisis that has sickened people all over the country. lately chipotle has had issues with e. coli to norovirus.

it could make the industry safer in the long run. >> we're constantly educating and training our people. make sure they're aware from the time we interview them, this is what we expect. whether it's handling food. whether it's temperatures of food that you have to stay within. >> darcel: since the illness outbreak, chipotle's stock has drop. >> tammy: remari opened today which is the name of the hindu goddess of bees. the coowner says they'll have creative food and beer at this new venue. >> we've got a great location. asheville is becoming more and more like the napa valley for beer. so you know, we've cultivated environment that people travel from all over the country, sometimes the world to drink our beer. >> tammy: the soft opening for the brewery was yesterday. they opened this evening for dinner.

america will be the focus of a your voice, your future town hall on tuesday. the hour long round table discussion will look at gun violence and the debate over done control. we will stream the event online starting at 7:00 at wlos.com. we will also carry the town hall on digital channel 13.3, also known as antenna tv on cable. >> tammy: mostly rain today with some mountain snow. those who didn't get snow today just might get it this weekend. >> darcel: chief meteorologist systems. jason, what's the biggest worry tonight? >> jason: the worry tonight is the fog and possibly some black e. asheville. thth makes it the low for the day. rain. that puts us over an inch and a year. we're still down because it's been such a dry start to snow is back.

the snow, though, i'll show you who is going to get it and how much i think is going to fall. >> tammy: and later, a couple comes forward to claim their part of the powerball jackpot. what they say is next for them

lottery ticket. now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: well i'm not going to

frustrating forecast for me. personally i've been looking at all kinds of model data and pouring over all of them. there's a little bit of difference between them, too. now we're dealing with a minor inconvenience. light accumulations. again, i do not expect much more than an inch. it could be some places highest elevation that get upo two inches of snow. not the time to buy bread or milk. grassy surfaces, roof tops first to accumulate it and then it melts off rather quickly. tomorrow is really nothing in the way of active weather. 60% chance. that's the highest it's been all week. we're going for some light accumulation in the city. 30% chance of snow showers monday. down to 10% on tuesday.

moisture will be running in the tennessee border. 50% chance of additional snow accumulating. that's pretty high. on in to monday. there you go. 32 degrees right now. there is fog. it is cold. some of the fog wilil freeze to surfaces. watch out. again, some patchy black ice forming. back in to sunshine before the clouds increase tomorrow evening and tomorrow night in to sunday morning just before dawn, there are some snow showers popping up along the blue ridge from the northern mountains, down in the nantahalas, the balsams, far south to transylvania, polk, rutherford county, mcdowell and burke county. that's 8 o'clock in the morning. then it's pretty much east of us at lunch time.

it's not a big window. but it's enough to give us that light accumulation. i'm thinking about an inch tops in asheville. a couple of inches possibly in those highest elevations north. even the piedmont, the foothills could see snow. only 40s for the mountains. 50s over the upstate. there's your seven day forecast. we're going to go 40 for sunday. even colder still monday and tuesday. those will be the coldest days of the season. with temperatures in the teens at night.

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>> tammy: coast guard officials are still searching for 12 people after a military helicopter collision in hawaii. authorities say two marine choppers crashed overnight off of oahu. the helicopters collided during a training flight. walmart is closing 269 stores across the world putting thousands of people out of work. 17 of those stores are in north carolina. that includes two in the upstate. 95% of the closed stores in the u.s. are within 10 miles of

>> darcel: governor mccrory commemorated the 25th anniversary of the persian gulf war at a ceremony in downtown raleigh today. he read the names of the service members who lost their lives during the war. distribute a $100,000 memorial fund to the state's museum of history. a couple who hit the jackpot in tennessee came forward with their ticket today. john and lisa robinson say they don't plan on moving and they plan to continue working. >> tammy: what? >> darcel: they plan to pay off their daughter's student loans and pay some other bills. i think they could probably pay all their bills. unbeaten north henderson takes their game on the road

next in sports. >> stan: top prep basketball team in the mountains north henderson henderson. tonight a tough task. two league losses this year. 12 and 3 overall always dangerous. first quarter, mustang's tommy brennan goes all the way to the other end. the mustangs are up four. a couple of plays later, the knights' kyle baker. second half, though, was all mustangs. brennan finds damon ledford. the mustangs pull off the upset. giving north henderson their

>> i think they're a very good basketball team. the energy level was crazy. you know. up and down the court. we were just trying to make it a fast pace game. it was fun to be a part of. >> stan: now to the girls game. pick it up in the third quarter. mustangs jamaya mc column nishes the game. smoky mountain leads 40-15. marsh gets the inbound pass and finishes with a short jumper. smokey too much to handle. jumper in the lane. smoky mountain gets an easy 45 . mike houston could be on the coaching move again. former roberson high coach. coach of the year in his second season.

houston 14 and 11 in two years at the citadel. saturday a big day at unc asheville a double header in hoops. in men's play, gardner webb takes on asheville. first place unc asheville women host gardner webb. both games on my40. action starts at 2. men's game follows probably around 4:30. tomorrow, the state of north carolina and chapel hill watching nc state at carolina. the heels have been very impressive. big g me on saturday. >> jason: could be a little slippery sunday around here especially higher elevations where the colder temperatures

begins to fall. i'm confident we're going to get snow down in the valleys. even down in to haywood, jackson county, transylvania. we'll see how it plays out, guys. we're less than 36 hours away from that. we could see some snow. >> tammy: bring it on. >> jason: i think it's going to be chilly. temps in the 40s. >> darcel: thanks for joining us. remember you can always check us

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