roads for any of the schools morning. 3 3 and 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. temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3

3 snow is coating the ground and sticking to the roads in madison county. news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from wolf laurel. lauren, what are d-o-t crews dealing with right now? 3 3 3 3

it's the home stretch to super tuesday and the g-o-p presidential contenders had a texas showdown during a primetime debate in houston.

for tomorrow's south carolina primary. kenneth moton has the latest from washington. 3 gop frontrunner donald trump flanked by his rivals ted cruz and marco rubio...sot donald trump22:29:12 first of all this guy is a choke artist and this guy's a liar. rubio, the republican establishment favorite unloaded the opposition playbook on trump. sot 21:03:53trump: we're losing so much with mexico and chinarubio: i don't understand, because your ties and the clothes you make is made in mexico and in china. you'll be starting a trade war against your own ties and your own suits. trump: you don't know a thing about business. on immigration, trump was accused of hiring undocumented workers.20:52:38you're only person on this stage that's ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. trump: no, no, i'm the only one at this stage that's hired people. you haven't hired anybody. on trump's tax returnstrump 21:56:51 i want to release my tax returns but i can't release it while i'm under an auditted cruz22:02:07 he doesn't want to do it because presumable there's something in there that is bad. john kasich touted his record. ben carson delivered a head scratching comment on how he would fill the supreme court

21:32:33 the fruit salad of their life is what i will look at. while the republicans debated...nat charlie wilson concert hillary clinton danced at a charlie wilson concert ahead of tomorrow's south carolina primary and talked race at a north charleston church. but bernie sanders was on a midwest tour...his biggest crowd of the day was in president obama's hometown of chicago.(kenneth standup close) for the republicans, our political analysts say an energized rubio won the may not be enough to impact the billionaire's momentum as kenneth moton, abc news washington. 3 3 south carolina's democratic primary is just one day away now. 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.

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 7 a-m tomorrow. we will have live updates throughout the day, and have live team coverage starting at six tomorrow night. updates will also be posted on our facebook and twitter pages, and wlos dot com. 3 3 breaking news out of berkley county south carolina, where a deputy was shot this morning. investigators say the female deputy was shot after a fight broke out between her and the suspect during a traffic stop in goose creek. that is outside of charleston. the deputy is now undergoing surgery. the suspect's vehicle has been found, but the gunman is still on the loose. we will continue to follow this developing story and provide more updates as they become available. 3 3 governor pat mccrory declares a state of emergency in three counties because of widespread power outages. at least three tornadoes may have touched down wednesday in the piedmont. one is confirmed in granville county... north of durham, damaging homes and

were reported. the national weather service is also 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.' police today told us investigators are still collecting and analyzing evidence... as well as interviewing witnesses.. kyri was on the football team at 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 was charged with involuntary manslaughter for joey's death. 3 yes we're disappointed but we 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

thank goodness.3 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 subway is making big changes to its making big changes to its menu. coming up in our business report ... what the sandwich giant is taking off that other restaurants are still serving up dispite promising to take it off as well. 3 in our facebook feedback... we want to know which movie you think will win "best picture" this year? head to the wlos facebook page and and let us know. all new at six... we'll share some of your comments. 3

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3 it's 5:xx. let's take a look at business headlines. the dow was up 212 points yesterday to end trading at 16-thousand-697. the nasdaq was up 39 points to close yesterday at four-thousand-582. 3 3 pizza seems to be the key to success. both dominos and papa johns have reported strong sales and soaring stocks the companies are aggressively going after millennials. digital sales -- like online, smartphone apps and even tweets -- have increased. dominos and papa john's are taking advantage of the weakness at pizza hut. sales there barely rose last year. 3 subway is beating the competition when it comes to offering antibiotic free chicken. other chain restaurants have made the promise to rid their menus of poultry treated with the drugs, but they haven't yet executed that. subway is working to nix antibotic chicken this year and turkey next year. mcdonalds made the promise in march and chick-fil-a said they would in 2014. subway also said it was on "track to remove all

preservatives from north american menu items." 3 spacex scrubbed its second attempt at launching a satellite on thursday. this is file video of a launch last month. just under two minutes away from the private space company's scheduled launch time, the countdown froze. a new launch day has not yet been set. the mission, which spacex is carrying out on behalf of s-e-s, could provide internet access to remote areas of the asia-pacific, including india, where about one billion people have no internet access. 3 the f-b-i would have an easier time breaking into the average andriod smartphone over apple. federal agents are currently in a privacy battle now with apple over a terrorists i-phone. only a fraction of android devices are encrypted. without encryption, police would be able to extract data from a phone -- even if it were locked with a passcode. 3 3 3 the time is now 5:xx. one of the biggest nights for hollywood is just around the corner. coming up, we have a live report from the red "oscar" excitement. 3

3 the oscars is just two days away and the excitement is building in hollywood. entertainment reporter kidd o'shea joins us live from the red carpet this morning with what is happening to get ready for the big event. kidd? 3 3 some will 3 some will watch the oscars this weekend for the entertainment."i think i'll watch it to see what chris rock is gonna say."others for the excitment like carmen who

wanted to come to california and la but it has to be on the oscars week and event kidd: so what do you think of beautiful hollywood? carmen: it's awesome."and brooklyn will watch because she has a goal to one day be at the oscars. "kidd: so you want to be an actress, writer, director? what do you want to do? brooklyn: act."she may be on her way- when we talked with her, she'd just finished a photo shoot.kidd: what was it for? brooklyn: forever 21 kidd: oh my goodness that's kind of a big deal brooklyn: not just kind of. kidd: it is a big deal- you may be on your way- we better keep this tape- let's do the interview right now and pretend you won the oscar so i can say i got the first interview with you- so how does it feel to win an oscar? brooklyn: awesome." whatever your reason is for watching- it's sure to be a night you won't forget. 3 3 forget.

3 3 we have some of our own sample ballots we made so we can make our own picks ahead of the big night. 3 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3

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>> >> holly: a recently born great grandchild. that is so sweet. shape. >> holly: they are. >> ingrid: 70 year, congratulations. the weather outside, 30 degrees. look at wind at 26. so it feels incredibly cold. we willl talk about morning snow this morning, but when it stops i will let you know. and, also, the weekend outlook, a return to the 60s for some. >> lauren: and sleet combined to make for slick conditions in madison county. i'm live at wolf laurel with how the wind is making an impact. >> >> holly: the fight against cancer, how an initiative is encouraging others to join in. >> >> jay: a puppy shop with a bb

his new name and his new owner. >> holly: parts of the mountains saw heavy snowfall. >> jay: one viewer, ray messer posted photographs to the facebook page. >> ingrid: this is in sokol, a few inches fell overnight and you can post your winter photos to our facebook page or of course e-mail pics@wlos.com. >> holly: many of you are waking up to at least a light dusting of snow this morning all across our area. >> jay: there's school delays this morning.

the bottom of your korean at wlos.com. >> ingrid: you know, we have light snow on the ground right now and still falling in some portions of the region. it's beginning to wrap up, but very cold outside. creating some plaque ice concerns as well. and look at the wind right now, 16 miles per hour in asheville makes it feel very cold. the light snow that is falling, blowing around, reduced visibility as well. now, this winter weather advisory is out for one more hour for all the counties on your screen. i will let you know what you can expect for the remainder of the day and into the weekend in my full forecast. >> holly: drivers should prepare for slick roads especially in madison county. >> jay: news 13's lauren brigman joins you live from wolf laurel and you are also seeing windy conditions there? >> lauren: yeah, pretty strong wimed gusts coming through right now here in wolf laurel. definitely in the higher elevation, that's where we are seeing a big change in conditions. of course i want to show you highway 23 behind me here. pretty dark but you can see there's no snow coating this