i'm justin hinton, how you can weigh in. >> frank: war of words. ted cruz is firing at donald trump. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. one, two, three. >> frank: new police trainees were on the streets of downtown asheville. the police department is having success recruiting new cadets to the force. >> tammy: tonight the state patrol is also trying to fill its ranks. >> frank: and a local school district is trying to fix a major bus driver shortage. >> tammy: but first, in just four days, 16 cadets start basic training. news 13's kimberly king met the trainees this morning. kim, the department really needs

>> kim: that's right, tammy. apd currently has 20 vacancies. chief tammy hooper has overhauled the recruiting process that is bringing in more candidates to traa. it's 7:00 a.m. and cold outside. 38 degrees. >> full extensions. remember, full extensions. >> karen: sergeant ann fowler leads the recruits. >> nice and loud. >> one, two, three. >> all right. line up to run. >> on tuesday's and thursday's well go for a run. >> kim: a woman, lee cordel. >> we have a good group of males and females. >> we have some that are

>> i'm 26 years old, born and raised in robbinsville. >> he was an mp, military police. for 11 years, lee ran her own business in pennsylvania as a personal trainer. >> it became very challenging because i had to do the marketing and i had to do the maintenance. and had to do the inventory. when i moved to asheville, i saw an opportunity to start over. and it just gave me this incredible opportunity to jump in to something that i'd always wanted to. >> kim: in this class today, cadets get everything they'll start studying for the state exam. on average, about two to three of these trainees will drop out. largely finding the career just isn't for them. but sergeant bryson says apd's

while apd dropped the college requirement, it still is necessary to climb the ranks. >> we want to see you advance and to advance, you have to have college. >> kim: the career choice no doubt is a dangerous profession. but the recruits know what they signed up for that officers can lose their lives. >> it's just natural instinct to be afraid. every day i put that uniform on, i embrace that i'm able to help somebody. >> kim: at trainees earn about $34,000 to start. once they graduate, that bumps up to around $36,000. frank. >> frank: the north carolina highway patrol is looking to fill more than 160 positions statewide. one of two recruitment events is from 6 until 8 this evening at the reynolds fire department in

to see if you qualify for the position, visit our website, wlos.com. the other event will be on saturday from 10 until noon. >> tammy: there's a severe shortage of school bus drivers in the buncombe county school district. they are paid positions but the district says with the economy improving, fewer people are coming forward to fill them. >> we need folks to maybe give that a second chance. >> tammy: the district has nine positions open right now. for more information, visit wlos.com and click on news links. >> frank: an industrial landfill in buncombe county could get converted in to a park with greenway and ball fields. >> tammy: but first, a feedback session will be held. >> frank: news 13's justin hinton joins us live from ab

justin, that meeting kicks off at about half an hour. >> justin: that's right. the site that is in question is just beyond that line. before it closed in 2006, it stored construction waste, nylon fabric and other waste. enka partners of asheville, llc, wants to convert that land in to a park. the company is looking in to an agreement with the state to redevelop property. the state will listen to comments and already submitted thoughts. >> use those to make our final decision as to whether to proceed with this project. >> justin: the proposed agreement would require enka partners to carry out specific state action. again, you can voice your opinion at tonight's meeting starting at 6:00 at ab tech.

deputies are searching for a bank robber. it happened this morning at the first citizens bank in marshal. he's wearing black rimmed glasses, a gray hooded sweatshirt. if you see him, contact the madison county sheriff's office. >> tammy: a judge denies bail for a person charged in the death of a girl. accusations over nicole lovels death. flsh . >> frank: it seems like it's gotten colder by the hour. >> tammy: and windy, right, jason? >> jason: we're in it for the long haul when it comes to that wind. here's our leicester carpet

from hendersonville. notice this band of cloud cover starting to work from the south. we start to cloud things up, especially for the mountains. 42, now 43 in hendersonville. most of us in the low 40s. you're still holding in the 50s, though, in the upstate. pretty nice. you've been lucky. north wind at 20 in asheville. most of us dealing with the wind now. first places to see it really slacken will be the mountain valleys. wind chills will be in the low to mid teens -- or 20s, i should say. 30s from 7 o'clock to 11 o'clock. temperatures in the upstate will be milder. 40s from 7 to 11 o'clock. yeah, it will be chilly but nothing like the mountains. we'll talk more about bigger changes, which will come as we get in to next weekend. there's snow in the forecast. stick around for all the details

>> tammy: let's check in with jaclyn. >> jaclyn: there's a new wreck tying up traffic. stop and go traffic between here and sweeten creek road. watch out for that. heads up if you're going to be driving around in north asheville soon. traffic lights might be out scattered across the area from an earlier power outage. use these intersections as the lights are still out. wilson road and barclay road are still shut down because of these high waters. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> frank: vote 2016, donald trump is ahead by 20 points in the latest new hampshire poll. cruz talks about a video of former president jimmy carter that he's now using in a campaign ad.

the reason is that trump has proven already that he's completely valuable. i don't think he has any fixed opinions. >> jimmy carter endorsed donald trump. i am not making that up. >> frank: on the democrat side, bernie sanders and hillary clinton both spent the day prepping for tonight's debate. we will have the highlights tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >> tammy: the most expensive sporting event in u.s. history. how super bowl 50 compares to other popular events. >> frank: ben and jerry's launches a new vegan dessert.

taste of. you're watching news 13 with tammy watford, frank fraboni, chief meteorologist jason boyer. and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. this is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: stocks awall street

the dow up 79 ending trading at 16,416. the nasdaq closing at 4509. >> frank: the irs has had some trouble with its website. >> tammy: the agency said it experienced a hardware failure that brought down some of its tax processing systems. that includes one that allows people to file eelectroniclylectronically . taxes aren't due this year until april 18th. >> frank: ticket tracking site seat geek reports the average ticket price is just shy of $5,000 for one seat. this is hundreds of dollars more than the record sitting price

>> tammy: google cyber intends to wire public housing buildings in all of the cities where it operates. it's part of a plan launched last summer aimed at connecting low income households to the internet. >> frank: ben and jerry's is now offering a frozen treat that is entirely vegan. it's made with almond meal. experts have been working on the recipe for almost four years. >> tammy: i'd love to taste that. news 13 wants to know, would you try ben and jerry's new non-dairy frozen desserts? go to facebook.com/news 13 to answer our question of the day. >> frank: folks who are lactose intolerant.

they'll look at you, are you serious? it's 20 degrees out. i'll do it. 38 degrees for the low this morning. that, too, will change as we drop our temperatures before midnight below that number. two and a half inches. nearly for the month. we're going to stay windy and warming up some. emphasis some before our next wintery blast. and i'm i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it

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your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: some interesting changes now occurring in the high country here in western carolina. let's take a look at our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. we're in mount mitchell. look at the clouds coming in. that's some eerie stuff if you're standing up there. these low clouds.

the form of light snow this evening and in to the early night in the mountains. yancey, mitchell, avery county, northern portions of mcdowell. wind advisories until 10 o'clock in the morning. we already had our wind gusts up to 30 today in asheville. it's still gusty. 41 degrees outside. clear skies for now. those clouds will be on the increase. from here on out, it is going to feel much colder. 7 o'clock this evening, wind chills. watch them continue to drop off down to 20 for a feels like temp for midnight in asheville. 20 in waynesville. low 20s in sylva. there's day break tomorrow. just before it, in fact. crawling out of bed for most of us teens for wind chills to greet us.

tomorrow getting in to the lower 30s. hold on tight. a lot of wind means a lot of cold. virtually no chances of rain. spiking up to 60% monday. system coming in to produce showers. 50/50 shot of snow tonight in the high country. dropping a little bit saturday in to sunday. 80% chance of snow in the mountains come monday. high pressure building in. keeps us pretty quiet even though we had the mountain moisture. overnight skies clear to partly cloudy. the clouds will thicken on saturday and depart the area on sunday. that's in anticipation of the cold, which will be coming in to monday. here's the future cast. 7 o'clock this evening. snow possibly popping up here. i think this is over done in terms of the scale and coverage. but there will be some light

along the tennessee border. best chance of seeing it in yancey, haywood county. we'll stay mostly sunny tomorrow afternoon with the clouds increasing saturday. here they come. lows tonight, cold. low 20s north. mid 20s for the mountain valleys. south. we'll see temperatures in the 30s in the upstate. our temps tomorrow will not get out of the 30s. likely in to mars hill as well. 40s i-40 south in to the mountain valleys. 50s mixed in for the upstate. polar plunge is going to be mighty chilly there. saturday morning, temps in the 20s to begin the day. look at the chill next week. highs in the 30s. and some snow, too. >> tammy: 60% chance on monday? wow. >> jason: it's already up to

schools. >> jason: it will. >> tammy: time to check out it" picture. >> frank: eye on brevard posted this picture on their facebook. water gushing there at looking glass falls. beautiful. video, too. log on to wlos.com or e-mail them to pics@wlos.com. >> frank: speaking of snow, the best vehicles to drive in the snow. which ones top the list. >> tammy: get your news on the go with the news 13 mobile app. you can also get real time

to download our >> frank: as we've already seen this winter, having a vehicle that can drive in the snow can make a difference between getting to work or stuck at home. >> tammy: jennifer emert with which vehicles perform best in snow. >> reporter: promoting all-wheel drive vehicles that can go in any weather, especially snow. before you get overly confident,

performance issues in all-wheel drive vehicles. consumer reports puts three of the most popular suvs to the test. honda, suburu forester . >> tires, stability control, all-wheel drive systems, when put together, that's how well they'll perform in the snow. >> reporter: zero to 60 in the snow than on dry pavement. the forester did better climbing a hill covered with fresh snow. >> a certain amount of wheel flip which helps it maintain momentum. >> reporter: the rav-4 and forester were able to stop in the same distance. though twice as far as on dry

the handling core unresponsive steering. the honda crv stability control the suburu forester cornered the way it should perform. a lot of people here with foresters, consumers recommend you equip your car or suv with winter tires. all-wheel drive is getting you started in the snow. you can find information about this story and other consumer news on our consumer reports section on wlos.com. tammy. like i've been kicked right in my chest, really. >> tammy: for a buncombe county

>> darcel: now at 6, a death investigation in henderson county. >> reporter: deputies investigating a suspicious death. coming up, i'll tell you why they've now added a search for a missing man. >> larry: plus new details about the death of a haywood county toddler. the investigation is continuing full speed ahead. >> larry: what a just released 911 called shows about efforts to save the little boy. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 6ment . >> darcel: off the top tonight, a developing story at this hour our crew is on the scene.