indigo camera. all morning we will have the latest on snow fall, school delays closings and what you can expect during your morning commute. 3 3 for a complete list of closings and delays we have a scroll at the bottom of your screen or head over to our website wlos dot com. now let's head over to ingrid in the weather center for the latest on this round of snow and how long it's expected to hang around. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3

3 we begin this morning with breaking news out of south carolina... a deputy has been shot in berkley county. our a-b-c affiliate in charleston says it happened in goose creek shortly after midnight. that is outside of charleston. we know the deputy is a female, and that she was taken to the hospital and is now stable. investigators say the suspect is still at large. we will provide more updates as they become available. 3 3 3 for the tenth time, republican presidential candidates took the debate stage. this time, in houston, texas. chief political correspondent scott thuman takes a look at the night's big moments. 3 natsvo(cruz - "welcome to texas")vothe five remaining republican candidates rode into the lone star statea&as the debate began with a lone pleaa&sotsben carson, "marco, donald, ted, john, we will not solve any of these problems by trying to destroy each other." vobut destroy is exactly what ted cruz and marco rubio set out to do - to donald trump's

with attacks on his signature issue - immigrationsotsmarco rubio, "you're the only person who's ever been fined for hiring people illegallya&" donald trump, "i'm the only one who's ever hired anybody." (cheers)ted cruz, "in 2013, when i was leading the fight against the gang of 8 amnesty bill, and where was donald? firing dennis rodman on celebrity apprentice."voeven questioning trump's republican credentialsa&sotsted cruz, "this is a man who, for 40 years, has given money to jimmy carter, to joe biden, to hillary clinton, to chuck schumer, to harry reid.marco rubio, "if you look at his record over the last 25 or 30 years, on issue after issue, he has not been on our side." cruz, "you funded liberal democratsa&"trump, "i funded you!"voand trump's response to the cruz-rubio double teamsa&bring it ona&sots donald trump, "you're really getting beaten badly. i know you're embarrassed -- i know you're embarrassed, but keep fighting -- keep swinging, mana&swing for the fences." on-cam tagscott thuman (not verbatim), "we saw different

of marco rubio and ted cruz. but the question is, is it too little, too late - especially considering the lead built by trump heading into the oh so important super tuesday states. in houston, i'm scott thuman. now back to you." (end) 3 3 south carolina's democratic primary is just one day away now. and both presidential candidates will be in the palmetto state for a final push. senator bernie sanders will host a "historically black colleges and universities" tour stop and rally at claflin university in orangeburg. he will be joined by hip hop artist "killer mike." aftewards, sanders will head to columbia for a "get out the vote" rally. 3 hillary clinton will also host a "get out the vote" h-b-c-u rally at south carolina state university in orangeburg this afternoon. then later tonight, she and husband former president bill clinton will be at boyd plaza in columbia for another get out the vote rally. 3 polls for the south carolina democratic primary open at seven a-m tomorrow. we will have live updates throughout the day, and have live team

tomorrow night. updates will also be posted on oururfacebook and twitter pages, and wlos dot com. 3 3 3 happening today... a contractor from candler, accused of scamming homeowners, is expected to be in court. adam spears faces half a dozen felony charges for obtaining property by false pretenses. victims say they paid spears thousands of dollars for work, like deck and roof repairs, but he never completed the jobs. 3 3 3 the search continues...for possible suspects in the fatal shooting of an asheville teenager last week. 17-year-old kyri logan died after being shot at 'deaverview apartments.' yesterday police told us investigators are still collecting and analyzing evidence...as well as interviewing witnesses. kyri was on the football team at erwin high school. 3 3 a transylvania county man, now a convicted murderer, will spend life in prison without parole. it took jurors less than an hour to find richard o'shields guilty in the shooting death of toby mathis. prosecutors say he wanted to avenge the death of his son.. joey. months earlier... mathis

manslaughter for joey's death. 3 yes we're disappointed but wewe respect the jury's decision. as you have noted, we are taking an appeal to the court of the appeals and that will be handled by the appellate defender.but you can't outrun it forever so this has been a long time coming but you have to be held accountable for this. we are not promoting vigilantism in this country thank goodness. the mathis and o'shields families had no comment after the verdict. the judge pointed out that in this case both families lost a son. 3 3 3 3 topping this mornings headlines... a mass shooting at a kansas manufacturing plant leaves three people dead and 14 others hurt. the gunman was identified late last night as 38-year-old cedric ford, an employee at the "excel industries plant" outside of wichita. witnesses said he started shooting his co- workers with what appeared to be an ak-47. ford was eventually shot and killed by police. so far, no motive has been released.

may soon be legal in vermont. the state senate passed a bill that would allow adults, 21 and older, to have up to one ounce of pot. it also allows license holders to grow marijuana. the bill now heads to the house judiciary committee after the general assembly returns from break. that will be the second week of march. 3 president obama says he believes the terror group isis is in trouble. speaking to reporters in washington yesterday, the president said isis has not launched an operation in iraq and syria since last summer. he also quoted a syrian national as saying the terror group has made enemies of "almost everyone". obama says that shows isis is not winning hearts and minds in the middle east, and is under intense pressure. 3 a family pet dies after eating toxic wires left behind by a verizon utility worker. cedar the dog, found the wires in the family's buffalo, new york yard over the weekend. the dog underwent a blood transfusion and was given a 50-50 chance of survival. cedar's owner says verizon has promised to reimburse him up to five-thousand-dollars for

3 the people of flint michigan are getting some help from right here in the mountains. "a-b-c-c-m" and "nazareth first baptist church" are taking water donations to get safe drinking water to residents there. along with water, donations of warm clothes and food can be made at a trailer on the church's property just off of martin luther king boulevard. the collection will continue until the trailer is full. one pastor says it's a crisis that demands action. 3 rev. dr. john grant / pastor, mt. zion baptist church 13:56:20 "people of color are actually sometimes overlooked. not valued. because often times don't have the kind of political clout and influence to get the kind of services that other, more affluent communities might get." a-b-c-c-m and local participating churches are calling on businesses and people to donate as much as possible. 3 3 champion credit union donates 100-thousand dollars to nine mountain school districts. during 20-15, it launched a "schooled on savings" campaign, encouraging members

save money for public education. the goal is to save 100-thousand dollars in interest was met, so the money was presented to school leaders in canton. 3 1:00 coming to the foundation is maybe some things for our teacher classrooms or even maybe a couple of computers we could possibly buy or some i-pads. we'll just see where our needs are. buncombe, buncombe, haywood and henderson county schools are among those that will receive donations. 3 3 3 we have a heartwarming update this morning... about an abused puppy that was shot 18 times with a b-b gun in rock hill. little "brody" now has a new best friend... a 10-year-old girl named "kailey." "project safe pet" was flooded with adoption requests after little brody's story of abuse went viral. the group let kailey visit, and there was an instant connection. kailey's therapy dog for her anxiety issues just died last month. 3 "when i lost my buddy woodrow i thought i lost half of my heart. that half of my heart

me."3 kailey has just one more day before "brody" gets to come home with her. 3 3 3 3 jennifer lawrence is the highest paid oscar nominee. how much she makes and the actor who came in a close second. 3

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3 vice president joe biden will be at the oscars this weekend. the singer he will introduce and the message he has for others.

3 3 in this morning's the buzz, hunger games star jennifer lawrence is this year's highest-paid oscar nominee. according to forbes, lawrence, who received a best actress nomination for "joy," earned 52 million dollars between june 2014 and june 2015. lawrence's nomination this year is her fourth. at 25., she is the youngest person ever with four nominations. the second highest-paid oscar nominee is leonardo dicaprio, who made 29-million. 3 vice president joe biden will have a serious message for the audience at the oscars this weekend. according to the white house, the vice

attend sunday's awards ceremony. biden will introduce singer lady gaga and make a call for sexual assault awareness. lady gaga will perform "til it happens to you" which was nominated for best original song. 3 3 r-and-b singer bobby brown has his seventh chililon the way. he and his wife just had a baby girl seven months ago and also have a six-year old son. bobbi kristina, his daughter with the late whitney houston, died last year after bathtub. 3 how big will "batman versuses superman" be? analysts and executives say the super-hero flick, opening march 25th, could debut anywhere from 100-million to 140-million dollars. the range is so wide because the last t per-hero movie to hit theaters, "deadpool," was projected to debut with around 70-million dollars, and wound up earning nearly twice that. 3 3

3 here is a look 3 at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more

3 president 3 obama sends a letter to his former teacher. what it said and what the teacher is now doing with the note.

3 it's 4:xx it's t-m-z time. jay, kelly clarkson is expecting but that didn't stop her from enjoying the most happiest place on earth. yeah, she's nine months pregnant and braved thehecrowds and the 80-degree weather to visit disneyland. t-m-z reports she went to all the hot spots, small world, autopia, tomorrowland and others. clarkson is due any day now. president barack obama sent a touching note to a former teacher, wishing him a happy 80th birthday. the note was to obama's prep school teacher in hawaii and it said quote "grateful for educators like difference in the lives of so many young people, including giving it to an autograph its going for 12-thousand five- hundred dollars. mark

jog in berlin, along casual jog in berlin, along with at least five guys in stride. the facebook billionarie pledged to run 365 miles in 2016. despite the tight coverage, zuckerburg's guys are not actually bodyguards, just some f-b execs traveling with him. 3 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. here are your weather headlines for today.. up next.. we'll talk about what to expect in the extended forecast. 3 3 3 3 l-g-b-t advocates want action when it comes to picking bathrooms. coming up in our next half hour... the response from asheville's mayor. 3 3 3

3 snow is affecting travel in charles welch posted this photo on our facebook page.he says it is of soco mountain in haywood county. and it took him an hour to drive to the bottom of the mountain.the winter weather is why several schools are on delay this morning. madison, mitchell and yancey counties are on a three hour delay. graham county and the cherokee reservation school are on a 2-hour delay. 3 3 for a complete list of closings and delays we have a scroll at the bottom of your screen or head over to our website wlos dot com. plus stay up to date on everything weather related with the news 13 weather app... just search wlos in your app store. now let's head over to ingrid in the weather center for the latest on this round of snow and how long it's expected to hang around. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3