>> we'll get an inside look at the process to remove coal ash from the dan river. >> breaking overnight, at least three winning powerball tickets sold for the $1.6 billion jacket. it was not us. >> we're here, back at work. if i have to be stuck with people it's great to be stuck with you guys. >> feeling is mutual. thank you for watching "wncn today." >> we're looking at the coal ash clean-up efforts. first, we're off to a chilly start but temperatures are going to rise? >> that's right. we're looking at warmer temperatures by the time the afternoon rolls through but this morning for many of you colder conditions. so let's check in with these temperatures. 29 in raleigh and durham. 28 henderson. around the sand hills, around freezing in fayetteville. 28 though in littlingtop. sanford 22 degrees this morning. i have to show you the wind chill, it's cold enough out

different with the wind breeze. so feels like 21 in raleigh, 29 the wind chill in durham. 20 roxboro. and around the sand hills feels more like mid-20s. bundle up. here's your fast forecast at 8:00 a.m. this morning, still in the upper 20s. 48 though at lunchtime. that is already warmer than where we were yesterday. we're into the mid-50s for afternoon highs today. back to 50 by 6:00 p.m. i think we stay in the 50s for the rest of the workweek but you'll need your umbrella. i'll let you know when coming up. let's check in with traffic. not the clearest picture but you can clearly see that traffic is moving at a good speed here. let's show you our live drive map. all in the green, that means good conditions. all moving close to the posted speed limits. i'll keep you up to date on weather and traffic throughout

minutes as well. 4:32. we have breaking news overseas. at least three explosions rocked downtown jakarta, indonesia killing at least seven people. police say four of the dead are attackers. more than two hours of gun battles followed the blast. today's deadly attacks were not a complete surprise to authorities. last month they gave a warning about a credible threat. no one has taken responsibility sore if -- so far for the attacks. ? japan a strong earthquake struck just off one coast. it had a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, no tsunami warnings issued so far. breaking news from overnight in raleigh, police make an arrest in a stabbing. officers responded to a house on garner road around 11:15 last night. the victim is expected to be ok. investigators say the crime wasn't random.

well as their relationship unknown at this time. the country's newest millionaires were made last night. there are three jackpot-winning tickets. this was the scene at the convenience store in chino hills, california, where one of the winning ticket was sold. many came out to celebrate the exciting news. the two other jackpot winning ticket were bought in florida and tennessee. new this morning we know a $2 million ticket was sold in north carolina. so you should still check your tickets for a smaller winning prize. were you part of the late- night rush to get a chance at the big jackpot? eagles express in knightdale sold $16,000 in tickets in about 12 hours. the vast majority was powerball tickets obviously. it enticed some people that never even played before. >> pay off my daughter's

so if trump wins or hillary wins i can live somewhere all alone. >> i would bless a lot of people and just -- i have no idea right now to be honest with you. >> that's nice. i really think a lot of people would do good with it. in the fiscal year 2015 about $521 million from the state of north carolina actually went to the school system. that is out of nearly $2 million in revenue the state lottery made. turning to other local news -- friends and family will come together tonight to remember a chapel hill teen who died in a plane crash. 17-year-old mckenzie reston was a senior at east chapel hill high school, one of two people on a plane when it went down earlier this month two miles from the runway of the alpine wyoming airport. reston was athletic and played with the bulldogs. a funeral mass is scheduled for

new information is coming up about clean-up efforts at the danville river coal ash site. >> emma joins us live in the studio with a preview of what we can expect, emma? >> reporter: this tour comes a day after the environmental review commission got an update about clean-up efforts at the site. people who live in the area say they are still concerned about their drinking water. nearly two years after tens of thousands of coal ash spilled continues. recently some people living near the ash ponds received letters from the state health department warning them of elevated levels of pollutants in their well water. the state says the water is safe but environmental groups say they just want to see it all cleaned up. >>le we would like to see the agency do its job, stop playing politics and get the coal ash cleaned up.

will get more answers during a tour of the spill site. last year we visited a coal ash containment site where residents tell us they are worried about the health effects. >> i'm so afraid, both of them have asthma, that some of this coal ash will drift over here. >> reporter: wncn was also there when the state and dan river riverkeeper took samples near the spill site. >> this stuff is dangerous. >> reporter: the state says they have not determined if any contamination is actually coming from the coal ash ponds. that tour is happening this afternoon, wncn investigates says there will be an update at 6:00 and 7:00. environmental groups are also planning a protest this morning. 4:37. a hearing continues at the north carolina state bar for a lawyer who spent years defending the wrongly accused. yesterday christine muma,

center on actual innocence took the stand in her own defense. she's accused of violating the rules of professional conduct, about a year ago she helped free joseph sledge, the man who served nearly 40 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit. she's now accused of taking a water bottle from the home of a family member of another suspect in that same case and testing it for dna without having consent. >> the district attorney stressing the importance of identifying the true perpetrator. >> she's not allowed to continue her work? the world is going to be a worse place. >> in terms of a punishment she could be disbarred but attorneys who testified yesterday say what she did was reasonable. the case is expected to last through tomorrow. here we go again, republican presidential hopefuls will go toe-to-toe in their first debate of 2016. who made the list? who is planning to boycott? the mexican government intercepts a series of text

what they reveal. welcome back. we didn't win the big jackpot but someone in california, tennessee and florida. so the sun i shining in those three states, that is for sure. here we're off to a chilly start but it's going to warm >> temperatures yesterday stayed pretty chilly, today we're going to be over 10 degrees warmer than that. no complaints here either. let's talk about what is going on now. 29 degrees, this live picture from our wncn studios, looking over the beltline, all is quiet, pretty early on this thursday morning as we start off the new day but let's go ahead and talk about temperatures elsewhere. 32 lewisburg and freezing in

lillington checking in around 28, sanford 26. cileer city is -- siler city at 31 degrees. these are the temperatures compared to where we were 24 hours ago. raleigh-durham, henderson and roxboro colder than 24 hours ago. clayton as well. fayetteville a bit milder, all in all it's a difference of 5 to 10 degrees for most of us, you still need to layer up. it's similar to yesterday. we should be close to 30 degrees at 7:00 and 8:00 this morning. back to 33 by 9:00. again, sunny skies throughout the morning, as we head into the afternoon sunshine will stick around as well so here we are, afternoon high of 55. 50 tomorrow but you'll need the umbrella tomorrow afternoon. i'll let you know exactly when the rain showers arrive coming up in the complete forecast. time now 4:42. coming up, 20 raleigh city leaders are in charlotte this

still to come, the price tag taxpayers are responsible for and why the mayor is defending that. and later, where authorities found thousands of pounds of

carrots, yeah. 4:44. here's the top stories -- breaking news. three explosions killed at least seven people in downtown jakarta, indonesia. >> police say four of the dead are the attackers. more than two hours of gun battles followed the blast. no one has taken responsibility so far for the attacks. today's deadly attacks though were not a complete supplies to authorities. last month they said they received a credible threat. >> raleigh police make a arrest in a stabbing, on garner road 11:15 last night. that victim is expected to be ok. investigators say the crime wasn't random.

overnight, three powerball tickets will be splitting the record $1.6 billion jackpot. the tickets were sold in tennessee, florida and california. we've got the winning numbers -- >> tonight the republican presidential candidates face off in the first debate of 2016. the debate hosted by fox business network and we'll focus on economic, domestic and international policy issues. some candidates chosen for the main debate are donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, chris christie, jeb bush and governor john kasich. carly fiorina, mike huckabee and rick santorum will be in the so-called undercard debate. event. it will be in north charleston, south carolina. words played out after president obama's final state

from the republican frontrunner donald trump, lashing out at the president and the south carolina governor nikki haley, choseen to do the gop rebuttal tuesday night after the speech. she confirmed these comments including trump who she calls a friend. >> during anxious times it can be tempting to follow ththsiren call of the angriest voices. >> i'm leading in south carolina by a lot, in all the polls, people agree with me. i'm very strong on illegal immigration, she's weak on illegal immigration. >> trump fired back at the president's surrounding comments about the country's decline saying the median income is worse now than when the president took office. right now raleigh city leaders are on a two-day retreat in charlotte. the mayor says he will focus on building relationships and developing both long and shortterm goals. she also says being away allows for fewer distractions, the price tag for the trip $31,000 of your tax dollars which the

>> the price tag $31,000, who would say it's too much? >> you have to understand it's an investment. i own my own business and -- well, i did and certainly in business this is something you do a lot, and it really does make a difference in the engagement. >> all eight city council members and 12 staffers are on the trip. they are expected to return sometime tomorrow night. here's a new look at the revitalization project. cane realty just released a rendering of the building that will replace the supply company warehouse. the 17-story tower will include apartments, office space, retail and restaurants. around 400 guests including governor pat mccrory all gathered to get a glimpse of the old warehouse before it's demolished in a few weeks. robinson county high schooler is receiving high praise for saving a school bus full of students last month. he was honored at the school board meeting.

car ran a stop sign and hit the bus knocking the driver unconscious. 14-year-old cory lewis noticed the bus heading towards a ditch and he jumped in, hitting the brakes, and thanks to quick thinking no one was hurt. right now a woman in montana is in jail after police say they led her on a chase that ended outside our nbc affiliate keci studio. officers tried to pull the woman over for reckless driving, that is when she took off. she ended up stopping on the sidewalk next to the station. the driver bailed out and attempted to get into the building through the side door. the studio went on lockdown, officers finally arrested her, no one hurt there. right now more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana are off the streets thanks to officers in texas. do they look like carrots? the drugs were hidden in a shipment of what was supposed to be fresh carrots. when officers inspected though a trailer sunday agents discovered packaged drugs

the packages of marijuana carry an estimated street valley of $499,000. in grady county, oklahoma, crews battle a oil well fire. authorities say smoke from the fire is crossing the road and troopers have been forced to shut down all lanes of traffic on nearby roads. rights now we don't know what started the fire. back in the weather center with alyssa, we didn't hit the jackpot, but the forecast we kind of did. >> 55 later today. sounds like a heat wave compared to the temperatures yesterday. like you said we're off to a cold start. 29 degrees. this is a live picture at the raleigh-durham international airport on this thursday morning. make sure you have the winter jacket, all the layers on with you because not only is it just cold but there's enough of a breeze to make it feel say, 5

of you. 29 in raleigh and durham. 27 roxboro and south hill. around fayetteville at freezing, also at freezing in clinton. while lillington is checking in at 29, clayton 27. here's what you need to know, hour by hour, we'll be in the upper 20s at 8:00 a.m. climbing to the upper 30s by 10:00. 48 at noon today. already warmer than where we were yesterday, but those temperatures keep climbing. 53 at 2:00, 55 our afternoon high. we'll still be around 50 as we head to 6:00 this evening. clear skies from start-to- finish. so here's a live picture outside our satellite and radar. you can see really not a cloud in sight. if you're a stargazer i noticed a sky full of stars. as you get going this morning, maybe peek out the window and enjoy that. as far as the forecast is concerned, again, from start-to- finish we should be pretty sunny today. overnight tonight we'll start to see a few clouds but friday is when we'll really notice the big changes. as soon as the sun rises you're

what we'll see today. partly cloudy as the sun rises around 7:25 tomorrow. by lunchtime we're still on the dry side but we're seeing more clouds and then watch all of this rain, a low pressure system is going to be moving up the east coast, all this rain here for your evening drive home tomorrow, so that is likely going to take you a little longer. something i didn't think we would be talking about in january, especially, we have a subtropical storm, alex, right now winds at about 70 miles per hour. this is only the fourth named storm in january since we started to keep records. so a pretty big accomplishment there if you want to call it that. 55 degrees our high today in raleigh. 54 durham. 58 fayetteville. fast forward to tonight, we're still looking at a few clouds, nowhere near as cold, 35 our overnight low. again this morning. all of us pretty much in the 20s. friday 50 degrees, good chance of rain in the afternoon. saturday i think saturday

maybe a few lingering sprinkles in the morning. then as we head into the afternoon really seeing some sunshine. heading into sunday i do think we'll see more cloud cover, also the chance of showers. martin luther king jr. day on monday, if you have the day off, well, it's certainly going to be a cold one but it will be sunny, high of 38 on monday afternoon. that's your latest forecast. 4:52 on this thursday morning. traffic, i-440 and capitol boulevard, looks like it's cruising fine. if you're heading out early just take your time. if you're heading to the durham area, here's some speeds for you -- >> another check of traffic and weather close to 5:00 a.m. meet our pet of the morning. "pazo," the 7-year-old lives in

eating treats. >> she's begging for treats. we want to feature your furry friend, e-mail your pictures to pets@wncn.com, include name, age and where you live. i'm jeff rossen. coming up on "today," safety alert. you can see this fire going on behind me, we're in a lab just outside of chicago. we're burning an older style home and then we're going to burn a more modern home. experts say the older homes burn a lot slower, up to five times slower giving you more time to get out. back in the old days you would have about 17 minutes to get out of your house once that fire started. today? it's about three minutes. why? it's all because of the way new popular furniture is made. we have the side by side demonstration you need to see coming up. more than 3 million people

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more than a month of text messages between the two just published. they show guzman's main concern was not for the reported movie deal but a face to face with kate del castillo and said he didn't even know who shawn was. penn acknowledged he tagged along for the october 2nd meeting originally set up for and by kate del castillo. guzman called her beautiful and said "i want you with all my heart." guzman's married to a former beauty queen, has 18 children, "the today show" is going to have more on the new developments at 7:00 this morning. >> bizarre story. this morning the oscar nominations will be announced in hollywood. they will be made by directors guillermo del toreo and ang lee, one actor and the academy president. it will be broadcast live february 28th.

nbc's hit show "friends" reuniting for a two-hour special. february 21st, all six cast members on board. part of a special tribute to the show's director. incredible to think it started in 1994, lasted 10 years. >> so many fans, they got paid what, $1 million per episode we have bad news for people hoping to win the powerball. chances are it was not you. >> but there was a $2 million ticket sold in north carolina so check your tickets. in the next half-hour we'll tell you where the winning tickets were bought. here's a live look over the capital city. off to a chilly start.

forecast. the crowd going wild, no, it's not because l.a.