pluto, volcanos >> on air, online, wherever you are, "wncn today" starts now. >> all right, good morning, you made it to friday and we're so glad that you're with us for "wncn today", i'm mike gonzalez. >> at first i didn't quite believe it, i thought it was thursday, thanks for reminding me. i'm stefan chase, your morning news on traffic first. we've got kristin ketchell in for alyssa, good morning. good morning, mike and stefan, good morning everyone, it's friday, off to a dry start in the area. that will change this afternoon, you don't need the umbrella this morning, but you need it later today. nothing popping up on the radar currently but if we zoom things out, you will notice some wet weather pushing in from the southwest, that's going to make it in to the area after lunch time, providing us with steady rains, some of which may be on the heavier side at times in to early this evening.

degrees in rocky mount, at the bus stop, expect temperatures in the 30s for the kids. mostly cloudy skies but this afternoon they will need the umbrella, temperatures around 52 with steady rain moving in and our high temperature up to 52 with that rain arriving after lunch time. the rain wraps up, your complete forecast coming up, let's get a check outside on your roads this morning, no major issues to report on your area thorough fares currently but we have aa live picture -- we have a live picture there all looking good this morning, if we zoom the map in here, you'll see we've got one accident to report and that's in north raleigh, creedmore road at strickland roads. watch delays in that area. otherwise, have a safe drive in, mike and stefan. >> thanks, kristin. breaking news in to the wncn news center. raleigh police arrested two people and charged them with running a meth lab out of their home. >> investigators arrested these two people here, 28-year-old

robert kennerley at a home on huntly drive last night. wncn's emma wright joins us now live with an update, emma, we inside, pretty disturbing. >> reporter: police found two young kids in that home where the two allegedly made meth. neighbors tell us the area where this happens is normally a family oriented community and they say it's not something they want to see in the area. police spent much of the night investigating raleigh police said they got a search warrant for 3217 huntly drive, that's when they found it inside. godshall and kennerley facing several charges, including meth. list say those -- police say those two kids, 1 and 7, were taken to the hospital as a neighbors say they were renting the house and just moved in. >> the house had been vacant for some while, and i know the people beside it, i thought they bought the home, they were

did, and i don't know who lived in it. we don't want it in our neighborhood, if i seen it, i'd call the police in a heartbeat. >> reporter: police say this is an ongoing investigation, they hope to release more information later today. as for godshall and kennerley, they are both expected in court later this afternoon. reporting live from the raleigh police department, i'm emma wright, wncn news. >> all right, emma, thanks a lot. right now the search is on for a person who ran the durham police cruiser than ran off, at 5:30 last night at the intersection of university drive and vickers avenue. the car was stolen and the driver not stopping for police, he hit the police car with an officer inside, not seriously hurt though. happening now, a durham man facing charges after firing shots at an officer during a foot chase saturday night. siren townsend was arrest and burlington last night by u.s. marshals, he faces attempted murder, assault with a deadly

-- and more charges from 2014 and 2015. the court of appeals restricting taser use, not allowed to use tasers unless someone is creating an immediate safety risk. major agencies now having to revise their taser policies. >> if you look at this policy now, if that person is not a danger but yet will not comply, my concern is we're going ruling came out in response to a lawsuit against police that the family of a pinehurst man filed. the man died after police tased him in an attempt to get him to let go of a post. locked in a see saw battle for first place, ted cruz tried

the fiers it first republican debate of the year. >> here's tracy potts with more. >> reporter: the fox business debate, they all tried to focus on president obama. >> this guy is a petulant child. >> reporter: and hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton would be a national security disaster. >> reporter: but at times they turned on each other. donald trump questioned ted cruz's birth to an american in canada. >> there's a big question mark on your head. and you can't do that to the party! >> reporter: marco rubio accused cruz of flip-flopping on immigration. >> that is not consistent conservatism, that is political calculation. >> at least half of the things marco said are flat out false. >> reporter: ben carson tried to be the umpire. >> the 2012 election, you know, we, and i say "we" republicans tore themselves apart. we have to stop this.

half a million dollar loan. >> yes, i made a paperwork error. >> reporter: taxing chinese imports. >> i think we should be for fair trade. >> reporter: one republican debate left before the iowa caucuses. tracey potts, nbc news, washington. >> thanks a lot. the republican debate is january 20 in iowa, they debate in south carolina on sunday, just starting to heat up. thanks for waking up this morning. still to come, more help could be on the way for flint, michigan. >> they need it. what the goeurchb is asking for -- governor is asking for to aid in this water crisis, kristin? rain is moving in this

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>> now, your wncn weather forecast. >> good morning to you on this friday, waking up this morning with meteorologist kristin ketchell, this morning we're waking up and nice and dry but that may not be the case later on in the day. >> definitely not the case later, at least it's dry and warmer for most of us than yesterday. you will need the umbrella later today and your afternoon and evening commute might be a little dicy with some of those heavier showers moving in. our radar right now, completely dry. our friday off to a great start, so far. but if we zoom things out here,

weather pushing in from the southwest. this will move in to the area later today, some of the deeper colors, some of those yellow, some of those oranges, that is some of the heavier rain which we may see this afternoon in to early this evening. starting off, a 38 in raleigh, in durham, 38 degrees in fayetteville, cooler in the sand hills this morning with temperatures in the 20s and low 30s, warmer in the triangle. so expect temperatures at the bus stop for the kids, in the 30s, 39 degrees mostly cloudy skies this morning, but this afternoon, they will need that umbrella. 52 with steady rain likely this afternoon, and in to this evening. so for planning your day today, expect some showers to arrive by lunch time. the heavier stuff hold off until later this afternoon and this evening. that steady rain moving in at 3:00 p.m., temperature at 50 degrees falling to 48 with more lane on the way as -- more rain on the way as we head through this evening. we dry out in time for the weekend, but there is the possibility of some rain and

forecast for sunday, i'll have the details coming up. >> all right, thanks a lot. michigan governor asking president obama to issue a state of emergency because of the water crisis. governor rick snyder asking for additional federal aid in the effort to provide clean drinking water, after the it city decide to do switch the water supply to save money. any -- a new infrastructure project where company csx wants to build. and place to eat out from last year, what fast food and casual dining spots are on i'm like a boxer in a ring. a small boxer. you don't expect much... and then, wham! i hit 'em with huge creamy goodness! alright round two! bring it, girlfriend! rich, creamy, 100% natural cheese. mini babybel.

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accused of shooting his mother in the head. he walked in to the salon on ireland avenue yesterday and shot her. at last check she was in critical condition at unc hospital. students won't be able to take those hoverboards in to any dorms on the thrks c state university campus -- nc state university campus, the latest to ban with duke, and north carolina central. we've been reporting the problems that sparked the hoverboards for months, including fires started by defective batteries. local hospitals say they're seeing their share of injuries too, wake med treating more than a dozen people. and rex and unc having a bunch of patient as well. those things are dangerous, no matter how you utilize them. southern durham will vacate multiple wins because of an ineligible player. the district announced the move on thursday and that means the school has to forfeit the last regular season game and four playoff wins, district says a member of the team was playing

dps is investigating. johnston county may soon be home to a major infrastructure project that will impact the entire raleigh community. train company csx wants to develop a major intermodel terminal between selma and micro. it can change the way things we use everyday get delivered to stores. the new carolina connector would be east of sellman, the intermodel hub would connect trains and tracks. csx's construction is contingent on securing a $100 million worth of loan and fund for eth jobs expect tobd created, the -- to be created, also to land owners to secure the property they would need. new this morning, chinese appliance maker buying for $5.4 billion, ge has been running an auction for the business since federal regulators blocked a deal with a swedish company back

the move comes as the company shifts to focus on high tech products. and first time jobless claims spiked by 7,000 last week, but analysts say don't be alarmed. part of the numbers likely attributed to retailers letting go of seasonal workers after the holiday season. it was a blue christmas for best buy as far as sales go. the big box retailer says its holiday sales fell 1%. best buy blamed the drop on a lower demand for mobile phones and other consumer electronics. sears is planning to close more stores. the company won't give an exact number but says it will be a very small percentage. most of the closures will actually be k mart stores. right now sears owns 925 k marts and 735 sears. they say the closings come as more people opt to shop online. the top rated fast food chains and casual dining restaurants in the u.s. are out. subway is still the king.

on to the top spot as the best perceived brand, followed by wendy's, chick-fil-a, pizza hot, sonic and casual dining, olive garden followed by panera, outback, applebee's and red lobster. my favorite part of coming back to north carolina, chick-fil-a! >> we agree. those waffle fries. >> and the sauce, you kidding me? minnesota vikings kicker blair walsh likely feeling a little bit better this morning. >> just a little bit. walsh visited a group of students who sent him letters of support after he missed that game winning field goal during the playoffs last sunday. after nailing three straight field goals, walsh shamed a 27 yarder late to get thein fans on social media. but a group of first graders used his mistake as a teaching lesson, they wrote him letters of empathy and drew him pictures. so to say thank you, he dropped

>> they see thing for what they are, they're brutally honest, that's a great quality to have, these children have that quality of understanding what i was going through and empathetic to me. >> let's see if his other fans will be as empathetic. >> yeah, see the blogs. [ laughter ] >> he spent the tai "r"-- day talking to the kids and autographs and smiles all around. here at home, this rain coming our way. >> yeah, in the forecast a little bit later this afternoon, dry to start the morning, nothing popping up on wncn radar currently but if we zoom thing out, you can see a mess of wet weather down to the southwest. that's just going to push in to the area later this afternoon and in to this evening. tham provides -- that provides us with steady rains on the heat -- heavier side after lunch time. 30 in fayetteville, in the 20s in pinehurst, raeford cooler in some spots this morning, but temperatures warming up in to the low 50s today. still a warm day for us, 43 degrees by 10:00, 47 at lunch

showers moving in but the best chance hold off in the afternoon with some of that heavier stuff between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. this evening. that high temperature up to 52 degrees. this area of low pressure moving in from the gulf of mexico down to the southwest here and that's going to bring us the afternoon lane rains -- rains, some of which is on the heavier side but it moves in and out quickly. out of here by tomorrow, we dry out in to our saturday, partly cloudy, very warm for tomorrow with high temperatures pushing 60 degrees for many of us. a cold front does come in to the area on sunday, and that's going to bring us a chance for a few isolated showers, maybe a few wet snowflakes mixing in with showers. we'll keep you updated for that, but the pattern warm for seeing significant snow. a few flakes not out of the question for sunday. your futurecast here showing clouds increasing and rain arriving after lunch time. some of the heavier stuff unfortunately just in time for that evening commute. keep that in mind. you'll want to take it slow later.

we dry out by tomorrow, we are sunny and we are warm to start the weekend. looking at a high of 52 in raleigh, 51 in durham, 58 degrees in fayetteville today, tonight our rain comes to an end. mostly cloudy skies, the low temperature of 50 degrees as we head in to your saturday, we've got more sunshine on the forecast, partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies, cooler on suns for a chance -- sunday for a chance of sprinkles and much colder as we start next week. 36 degrees monday and tuesday with temperatures tuesday morning in the teens. colder weather coming in but here's the good news, if there is any, your morning commute's dry. nothing popping up in the way of major traffic incidents, here's a live look at i-40 and miami boulevard, you can see traffic moving smoothly in both directions there. if we switch things on over to your traffic, you know wun instant to tell you about -- one instant to tell you about, creedmore at strickland, avoid the area, watch for delays.

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city could be quietly time for sports this morning rngs the canes on the -- the canes on the hunt for st. louis. >> and they pulled it off dominant fashion, jeff skinner put up his team, leading 17th goal of the season and a power play that led to a second goal, a third goal off a faceoff opened the lead to 3-0. the blues found the net once but it wasn't enough as the canes put off a 4-0 win. tonight they host vancouver. they're playing well. the raiders could look east after being denied a place in

elthat san antonio's ready for a team. espn reports mccomb's talked to raiders owner, san antonio has several location that would work to build the stadium and that 12 corporate sponsors lined up with serious commitments. the raiders would need league approval to relocate to san antonio. san antonio raiders, i don't know. >> has a great ring. >> all right. well. the coaching carousel spins on in the. 49ers giants new coaches. doug peterson will head to philadelphia once kc's post season is over. san francisco will add the former eagles coach, chip kelly, while promoting ben mcadoo. >> remember, you can watch the playoff game in charlotte sunday with the hope brothers from 12:30 to 4:30 over at pnc arena, games, music, food and prizes. our own sean maroney will be there, raising money for kids

fun to see the brother as well. >> great foundation. 5:27, coming up in our next half hour. >> reporter: raleigh police busted a meth lab, i'm wncn's emma wright, coming up what else they found inside the house but has some people so upset. >> emma thanks so much, as we head to break, here's a live look over the capital city, clear morning but later on this morning, looks like rain is headed our way, meteorologist kristin ketchell is in the house, she's going to break down

>> on air, online, wherever you are. "wncn today" starts now. >> right now and new on wncn, crews are monitoring hotspots after a late night house fire in wake county. and raleigh police are investigating after discovering a meth lab at a home with children inside that residence at the time. plus, new information we

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