>> on air, online, wherever you are, "wncn today" starts now. >> right now on wncn, raleigh police bust a meth lab near capitol boulevard, a live report coming up. plus the ebola outbreak in africa is no longer over. we'll have an update this morning. and we also have a full breakdown of last night's final gop debate before this month's caucuses in iowa. >> really, trump versus cruz, more on that coming up. we're glad it's friday, glad you're with us, i'm mike gonzalez. >> and i'm stefan chase, we'd be even happier if it's going t's n the case. right over to kristin ketchell who has the forecast, good morning. >> good morning, mike and stefan, good morning everybody, finally friday, a dry start but wet weather rolling back in this

right now our wncn radar, it is dry, it is quiet, nothing major popping up currently in our area. if we zoom thinged -- things out a little bit, we do have wet weather pushing in from the southwest and eventually that makes its way in to our region. we'll see showers arriving as we head through this afternoon and this evening. current temperatures in the 30s and even low 40s out there right now so we're off to a cool start to our day. the kids need the umbrella at the bus stop, they'll need it for this afternoon, not this morning. mostly cloudy skies this morning with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, steady rain this afternoon, 52 our high temperature for today. and as you gear up for that morning drive, expect temperatures in the low 40s, but dry for that morning commute. let's take a look outside what you can expect on the roads. currently no major issue to report, i-85 and the durham freeway there, traffic moving smoothly in both directions, so things looking good out that way and as we head through this morning, we'll have more updates. let's take a look though at your

green out there, so no major issues to report, more weather and traffic coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right, kristin, thanks so much for that update. breaking news now, raleigh police have arrested two people and charged them with running a meth lab out of their home. >> that's right, now investigators arrested 28-year-old melissa godshall and 43-year-old robert kennerley, they made the arrest at their home on huntly. emma wright joins us with an update, what police found inside the home is disturbing to say the least. >> reporter: yeah, it really is. police say they found two young kids living in the home where the two were allegedly making meth, a neighbor tells wncn the community is usually family friendly and he says he's not happy to hear that someone was possibly making meth in the area. police were at the scene of this meth lab all night, raleigh police say they got a search warrant for 3217 huntly drive

kennerley and godshall facing charges, including manufacturing and trafficking meth, the kids, 1 and 7 taken to the hospital as a precaution. a neighbor says they're surprised to hear what happened. the two were renting the house and had recently moved in. >> the house had been vacant though for some while, and i know the people beside it, i thought they bought the home, they were remodeling, but obviously they did and i don't know who lived in it though. we don't want it in our neighborhood. if i seen it, i 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're both expected to make their court appearances later today. reporting live, i'm emma wright, wncn news. >> thank you, emma. and earlier this month, authorities arrested five people all in connection with running a meth lab at a wake county home in willow spring. three children there were taken from that home, they're now living with relatives.

for a person who rammed the durham police cruiser at the intersection of university drive and vickers avenue. the car was stolen and the driver would not stop for police. that's when he hit the police car with an officer inside of it, the officer not seriously hurt. also happening right now, a durham man facing charges after firing shots at a police officer during a foot chase saturday night. siren townsend was arrest and burlington by u.s. marshals, the shooting happened on selma avenue, they questioned him when he ran off, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and charges from 2014 and 2015. north carolina law enforcement officers may now have to think twice before using their tasers. the fourth sir skut court of -- circuit court of appeals restricted their use. officers are not allowed to use the tasers until smls -- unless someone is creating an immediate

>> if you look at the policy now, if that person is not a danger but yet will not comply, my concern is we're going to have to go hands on. >> the ruling came out in response to a lawsuit against police at the family of a pinehurst man filed, that man died after police tased him all in an attempt to get him to let go of a post. new this morning, overseas, just a day after the world health organization declared the ebola outbreak over, well there's been a positive test for the virus. ebola was just found in a woman's body in sierra leone, the victim had died earlier this month. an official says there's no cause for additional concern. ebola has killed over 1,000 people since it e-- 11,000 people since it emerged two years ago, most of those deaths in west africa. and decision 2016, gop fighting was front and center at last night's debate, facing off

donald trump and ted cruz faced off, they've been mostly friendly but last night the glove came out as they continued the birther battle. cruz was actually born in canada. well, they attacked each other. the candidates all shared a common favorite target. >> tuesday night, i watched story time with barack obama. >> this president is undermining the constitutional discussion of this government. >> he's missing the whole point. >> seven candidates on the stage, still a big gop primary field by historical standard but smaller than previous debates. meanwhile, democrat presidential candidate hillary clinton visited the tonight show, clinton admitted she sometimes watches the gop debates with her husband, former president bill clinton. conducting a mock job with clinton, asking her questions that come up in a typical interview. >> how'd you hear about the position? [ laughter ]

>> is there an e-mail address we can reach you? [ laughter ] >> now, that's a good one, she's embroiled in that. the soektd appearance -- second appearance on the show since launching her campaign last year. jimmy fallon has the best videos that go viral. >> yeah, a lot with the mrit cam action -- political action heating up, the caucuses and the primaries. >> south carolina right around the corner. thanks for waking up with us, coming up, more help could be on the way for flint, michigan. >> coming up, what the governor is asking for in aid for their water crisis in flint, michigan, kristin? out there this morning, dry and quiet but wet waerths moving -- weather moving in, when the rain will arrive and when it's

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>> good friday morning, i'm meteorologist kristin ketchell we are off to a dry start cross the area -- across the area. temperatures warm in some spots, but you need the umbrella later on this afternoon. thog popping -- nothing popping up on the radar, currently but you'll notice area of low pressure pushing in that will bring us rain, some of that heavier as we move this afternoon and in to this evening. pretty wide range in temperatures this morning. currently reporting 41 degrees in raleigh, 35 in durham, 33 in fayetteville, in the 20s in some spots, but overall most of these temperatures warmer than we actually were yesterday. at the bus stop this morning, temperatures in the 30s to near 40 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. this afternoon though, the rain arrives, so expect steady rain when the kids get off the bus with the temperature at 52 degrees. we'll see the heaviest rain arriving after lunch time, 46

warmer air moving in as we start off your weekend then an arctic front brings the chance for a few flakes and rain showers, stefan. >> thanks a lot. michigan's governor is asking president obama to issue an emergency and a major disaster water crisis there. now, governor snyder 's office asking for additional federal aid for both individuals and public agencies all involved in the effort to provide flint residents with clean drinking water. this happened after they switched their water supply. your time check, 6:12, the new infrastructure project could have a huge impact, where train company csx wants to build. plus a list of the top places to eat out, what fast

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>> 6:13 on your friday, breaking news, raleigh police arrest two people accused of running a mekt lab in -- meth lab in their home, 28-year-old godshall and 43-year-old kennerley at their home arrested on huntly drive last night. police say they found a 1-year-old and a 7-year-old inside of the home at the time. also happening right now, fire crews in wake county are trying to figure out what started a late night house fire, firefighters responding to cromwell court in raleigh near 11:00 last night. one person was home but got out injuries. today, 24-year-old kevin powell jr. expected in a courtroom accused of shooting his own mother in the head, he walked in to the d'ambience salon and spa on ireland and shot her. at last check she was in critical condition. johnston county may soon be

project, csx could change the way the things we buy everyday like food, furniture, and appliances, the way they get to our stores, the new north carolina connector terminal east of selma, have wood connect trains as well as tracks. construction is contingent on securing $100 million of state infrastructureunds. up to 1,500 new jobs are expected to be created, the company's already reaching out to land owners to secure the property that they would need. well a man nicknamed bouillonaire made counterfeit billses. dent's being persecuted in pittsburgh because that's where some of the bogus bills were sent to. chinese maker heir buying general electric business for $5.4 billion. ge running an auction for the

regulators blocked a deal with a swedish company back in december. the move comes as the company shifts to focus on high tech products. 6:16, sears planning to shut down 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 owning 995 stores and 375 -- 735 sears stores, closing as people opt to shop online. subway still the king, you got brand index says the subshop holding on to its top spot as the best perceived fast food brand followed by wendy's, chick-fil-a, pizza hut, and sonic, panera bread, outback steak house, and olive garden. >> can you believe it, the

what i'm going to do. stefan, are you a david bowie fan, more importantly, where are you going to watch the game on sunday? say no more, your weekend is planned out for you. starting tonight, the hurricanes are back in action at pnc hosting the connects, tickets start at $30. >> remembering david bowie. in carolina,a free screening of labyrinth, the show starts at 7:00. and keep pounding, pant they ares taking on -- panthers taking on the seahawk and what better to watch the playoffs than wlt holt brothers, holding it at pnc arena from 12:30 to 4:30, food, music, prizes and of course, football. the best part is, you'll be watching ball and supporting their foundation for kids.

synergy, energy, all for a good cause. again, helping kids with a parent that's dealing with cancer. >> the kids can foundation doing awesome things for the cause, definitely worth checking out. we'll have details on these events and more of course on wncn.com. >> yeah, that's right. >> the holt brothers thing last year. >> i was there last year, we had a ball, the foundation it raised, going to kids who have a mom or dad fighting cancer. >> i love him, i met him when i was a 21-year-old intern. >> so, like, yesterday. [ laughter ] >> yeah, worked with him for three years, i'm, like, 30, not that long ago. >> okay, we don't want to talk about my age, sore spot. weather not looking too bad! [ laughter ] wet weather moving in later today but i'll say it, right now the radar is dry and quiet, nothing major popping up. but if we do zoom out, some showers and heavier showers working their way from the southwest across parts of alabama, georgia, pushing in to south carolina right now. eventually this wet weather will work its way in to our area

some of which may be on the heavier side at times later on this afternoon and in to this evening. 41 in raleigh, 35 as we kick off the morning in durham, 35 roxboro, 33 fayetteville, 28 in pinehurst right now. temperatures all warming up to about 52 this afternoon. a little bit of a warm day for us here. we'll see clouds thickening up this morning, best chance for rain, that hold off until later today. lunch time, a chance for a few showers moving in but the steadest rain, the -- steadiest rain, the more widespread activity moves in after noon, 1:00 p.m., best chance of seeing rain and it continues through the evening drive. so keep that in mind as you leave work this evening, maybe a little slow going on some of those area roads. so we're watching for heavy rain possible today, mainly thrv and -- this afternoon and in to this evening thanks to low pressure moving in from the southwest, pushing to the northeast tomorrow. it's in and out very quickly. we're left with partly cloudy skies, a warm day for us with

actually pushing 60 degrees for some of us. then, this next cold front moves in, this cold front is going to provide us with much colder air, but also with a chance for a spotty shower, possibly even in some spots a wet snowflake mixing in with some of that rain. we'll watch for that closely as we head in to sunday, especially during the morning hours but we're not talking about any kind of widespread snow event, just a chance for a few snowflakes, mixed in with rain showers on sunday. your futurecast showing that rain arriving after lunch time, the heaviest stuff in time for that evening drive, be careful on the road later today. the good news the wet weather moves out quickly, dry and quiet for tomorrow, lots of sunshine in the forecast as we start off our weekend. looking at a high of 52 in raleigh today, 51 in durham, 58 fayetteville, temperatures fall to 40 degrees, showers end. mostly cloudy skies, mild night for us. as we head in to our day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine.

chance for a few spotty showers, an isolated snowflake in some spots, mlk day on monday looks dry but colder monday and tuesday, with highs in the 30s, overnight lows in the teens and 20s. let's get a quick check on your morning drive right now, no issues to report on any of your thoroughfares, miami boulevard, traffic is picking up but so far, no reported problems. switch things over to your traffic map all the major roads in the area, not reporting any incidents. your drive looks clear, as of right now. more weather and traffic coming up. just about on your friday, i can barely see the time though, i need glasses. >> do you need glasses? i had some you could borrow. >> you looked good in it! just look at this guy, bay. love you, bay. bay lives in chapel hill. >> isn't that like the term for bay bay? >> like your hottie, significant other. >> i'm not cool enough to use

we want to feature your furry friend on our morning newscast. e-mail their picture to pets@wncn.com. make sure you include their name, how old they are, your name and where they live and if you got any great stories, we'd love to hear those as well. 6:22 now, thanks for waking up with us. the carolina hurricanes are rolling just in time for the playoffs. how they set a season best win streak last thiet -- night.

in los angeles, how a texas the canes were on the hunt for the fourth straight win last night in st. louis. >> they pulled it off in a dominant fashion after a scoreless first period, skinner led off with a 17th goal, a

goal, the lead to 3-0 but the blues did find the net once, wasn't enough, the canes took this, 4-1. hosting vancouver tonight. raiders could look east after being denied a place in l.a. >> former minnesota vikings owner said in a radio interview that san antonio is ready for their team. espn reports mccomb's talked to raiders owners on tuesday, san antonio has several locations that would work to build a stadium, and that he's already got 12 sponsors lined up with serious commitments. the raiders would need league approval to relocate though, to san antonio. the coaching carousels continues to spin on in the nfl. the eagers, 49ers, giants, new head coaches. former kansas city offensive coordinator peterson heading to philadelphia once the season is over, hopefully with the super bowl. san francisco will add the eagles former coach chip kelly, while new york promoted mcadoo.

the other games here on wncn on saturday. the green bay packers taking on the arizona cardinals and phoenix, the winner of that game winning for the panthers seahawk game for the title. >> we hope your. >> go chiefs! >> actually, no, north carolina! [ laughter ] >> good catch! here's what's coming up. >> reporter: raleigh police bust a meth lab, i'm wncn's emma wright, what else they found in the house that has some people upset. plus on your friday morning, we'll check out the forecast, rain or shine. we've got kristin ketchell with your full forecast right is depression more than sadness? it's a tangle of

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ask your doctor if brintellix could make a difference for you. on air, online, wherever you are, "wncn today" starts now. >> right now on wncn, the cause of this late night house fire in wake county still unknown. >> and two kids pulled from a raleigh home after raleigh police say they discovered a meth lab, new information this morning on the suspects who have been arrested.

we learned about the terrorist attacks overseas in indonesia. hello and good morning to you, tgif, thanks for watching "wncn today", yes, it's friday. >> yes, we made it to friday. we're happy today, we drank a lot of coffee. hope you're excited as well. emma wright live in raleigh where police are investigating that meth lab we told you about. but first let's check in with kristin ketchell who's in for alyssa, rain this afternoon? yeah, in the forecast, starting off on a dry note, not a bad start to this friday, nothing popping up on the wncn radar, but that won't be the case all day, down to our southwest, some rain pushing in to the area this afternoon, and in to this evening. so although you don't need the umbrella now, you will need it later today. temperatures as we start the morning in the 30s, some spots in the 20s though, it is currently 29 degrees in raeford, it is 35 in durham, 41 degrees, your temperature in raleigh at the bus stop, the kids need the umbrella today, temperatures in the 30s and 40s this morning

umbrella it's for the afternoon. 52 when the kids get off the bus with rain arriving back in to the area. steady rain showers this afternoon and this evening, let you know how long they will last, coming up in just a few minutes. the check of the morning drive, no major issues to report to this morning. here's a live look at i-440 and the u.s. 64 bypass where you can see traffic is moving just fine in both directions, light traffic volumes outside this morning. always a good thing on a friday. if we switch on over to your traffic map here, all our major thoroughfares are green, no reported problems, more weather and traffic in a few minutes. >> thanks so much for that update. right now fire crews in wake county are on the scene of a late night house fire. firefighters responding to cromwell court near raleigh around 11:00 last night. one person was home but got out safely and did suffer some minor injuries though. investigators trying inform figure out what started -- to figure out what started that fire. arresting two people and

meth lab out of their home. >> investigators arrested these two, 28-year-old melissa godshall and 43-year-old robert kennerley at their home. emma wright joins us with an update. we understand what police found inside, disturbing. >> reporter: it is, police say they found two young kids inside the house where those two were allegedly making meth. the neighbor tells wncn the area is family friendly and he says he was not happy to hear that someone was possibly making meth in his neighborhood. police spent much of the night investigating this meth lab, they said they got a search warrant for 3217 huntly on thursday, that's when they found the meth lab inside the house. both godshall and kennerley are facing several charges including manufacturing and trafficking meth. police say the two kids, ages 1 and 7 were taken to the hospital as a precaution. neighbors say they were surprised to hear what happened. they say the two were renting the house and had just moved in.

and i know the people beside it, i thought they bought the home, they were remodeling but obviously they did and i don't know who lived in it. we don't want it in our neighborhood. if i seen it, i call the police in a heartbeat. >> reporter: raleigh police say this is an ongoing investigation, they say both godshall and kennerley are expected in court later today. reporting live from the police department, i'm emma wright, wncn news. >> emma, thank you, hoping those two children were going to be okay. the medical examiner's office is looking in to five suspected overdose deaths in nash county. the incidents all happened in one week. the sheriff says the heroin kriegs -- crisis is especially having an impact on young people. we talked to a young woman in recovery in durham trying to turn her life around after fighting an addiction to heroin. >> before i came down here i thought i was honestly going to die on it. i really did. i could never picture my life without it, that's how sick i had gotten. >> i've seen way too often, just here in the community, several

people that had lives ahead of them and ending up in the grave yard. >> nash county investigators seized more than $3 million worth of heroin last year. they're launching a new task force next month with agencies in surrounding counties. >> indonesian police arresting three people for sprouting a terrorist attack, no indication they were linked to the attack yesterday in jakarta, people killed in that attack, the five others who died were suspected attackers, 24 people also seriously injured in that attack. breaking news, an autopsy will be done to determine how a man involved in a domestic violence incident in indianapolis died in custody. the police took him in to custody at 9:00 last night, while the man was in handcuffs, he complained about chest pains, medics immediately helped but he died. no force was used and the suspect was very cooperative with officers.

powell jr. is expected inside a cumberland county courtroom accused of shooting his mother in the head. fayetteville police say he walked in to the d'ambience salon and spa and shot his mom, they don't know the reason. at last check, she was in critical condition at unc hospital. in atlanta, a federal judge denied bond for an accused serial jewelry thief, abigail kemp is a threat to the community and a risk, accused of carrying out several robberies in states, including one in april in mebane, none of the stolen jewelry recovered yet. a state bar hearing wrapped up for a lawyer who spent years helping to free innocent people from prison. [ applause ] christine mumma got lots of hugs from some of the men she's helped exonerate over the years. mumma faced possible disbarment after accusations of professional misconduct for

bottle of water and then testing it for dna without that person knowing about it. she said she got it accidentally, they also got her for a privacy violation, her punishment is a written admonition, she'll continue to be practicing law. >> i really wanted it to be over. it's interfered with my life, interfered with my family's life. >> the case that led to those proceedings is the case of joseph sledge. he's the man who spent 37 years behind bars for a double murder that he did not commit. sledge was exonerated a year ago. >> hopefully she can get back to her good works now. coming up on 6:36, thanks for waking up, several events take place to honor martin luther king, jr., how you can get involved in honoring his life. plus, vice president joe biden joining the fight against cancer, still to come, where he

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return, when the rain >> and now, your wncn forecast. >> in the weather center with meteorologist kristin ketchell, rain poblth in the -- possibility in the afternoon get your umbrella ready? >> yeah, always good to have them within arm's reach. you definitely need it today, steadier and heavier rain moving in the area, but check out this live look from our wncn tower camera, looking to the east, the first hints of the sun starting to come up over the horizon there.

morning. our radar is dry and quiet, nothing popping up as far as wet weather, but if we zoom things out, the next storm system sitting down to our northwest, our next weather maker, the gulf of mexico and that will work its way in after lunch time and will continue to provide us with rain, even as we head through this evening before showers wrap up tonight, 41 in raleigh, 35 outside in durham, 31 rocky mount, 32 goldsboro, 32 in fayetteville. your drive time forecast, temperatures in the low 40s, upper 30s, low 40s, mostly cloudy skies, we will see clouds thickening up as we head through the later morning hours and in to this afternoon as well, before we see the rain working its way in the area by lunch time. 47 degrees, our high today up to about 52. warmer weather in the forecast for tomorrow, but we've got a chance for a few more raindrops, even snowflakes mixed in on sunday, i'll have the details coming up. >> thanks so much. residents in sidney cleaning

thunderstorms yesterday killed one person and is injured another, a man killed and a passenger suffered critical injuries when a falling tree crushed their car. winds at 76 miles per hour lashing australia's busiest airport, the thunderstorms ripped off roofs and downed power lines and trees as well. you can see it there, the storms came after days ever blistering heat in the 100s. time now, 6:40, coming up, a day after deadly terrorist attacks rocked part of indonesia, police made several arrests. coming up, how many are facing charges and who's taking responsibility for that attack? plus, we know where the winning powerball tickets were sold, and a couple has come forward in tennessee, we'll have a little bit more on why they

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right now, crew in woupt -- wake county trying to figure out what started a late night house fire. >> responding to cromwell right around 11:00 last night, one person was home able to get out safely but suffered minor injury. more breaking news, raleigh arrested two people accused of running a meth lab out of their home. investigators arrested 28-year-old melissa godshall as well as 43-year-old robert kennerley at a home on huntly drive, they found a 1-year-old and a 7-year-old at the time. heated exchanges for ted cruz and donald trump in south carolina. most of the pants focused the majority of the -- participants focused to democratic hopeful, hillary clinton. >> indonesian police arrested three men linked to the arrest in jakarta, yesterday investigators said men attacked

bombs and belts, all the attackers were killed, isis has claimed responsibility for the crime. police say they found a flag of the islamic state group in one of the attacker's homes. also breaking news, japanese authorities say at least 14 people have died in an overnight 27 others were hurt. the accident happen ond a mountain -- happened on a mountain road while they were heading to a ski resorts. today, the duck boats after a deadly wreck there. a crash between a deck boat and a bus killed five people, injured dozens of other people. tours resume today with some changes. the duck boats will no longer use the aurora bridge, that's where the crash happened, two crew members on board instead of just one as before. today the obama administration's expected to announce a moratorium on any major new coal leases on federal

to mining companies provide a fair return to american taxpayers. roughly 40% of the coal produced in this country comes from federal land. wncn investigates toward the site where tens of thousands of coal ash leaked in to the dan river nearly two years ago. duke energy has started cleaning up the ash at that site, loading it in to train cars and shipping in to lined landfills in virginia. a spokesman says half of the ash will be hauled away, the other half lined and stored on site. the state has given the facility until 2019 to clean the dan river site up. duke says they're right on track. >> we've moved already more than 66,000 tons of coal ash here and expect to exponentially increase that with our rail system now in place. >> as for the coal ash stored in the ponds at the dan river site, duke says it's still waiting on permits from the state before they can start excavating. meanwhile the state is blaming the epa for the delays. wncn caught up with the state department of

defended the governor as well as that drinking water. >> we're saying is that this water, this ground water meets all federal safe drinking water act standards. >> is it okay for people to drink the water? >> i would drink the water. >> wncn has covered the coal ash crisis since the initial spill two years ago, find all our investigative pieces right now on wncn.com. just click on the investigates tab. right now a tennessee couple has come forward with one of the three winning tickets from wednesday's powerball drawing. they're going to be live on the today show after we're finished at 7:00. for future winners, experts say it's a good idea to wait to come forward. the winners should line up a lawyer, accountants and financial planners first, now the three tickets for the $1.6 billion drawings were sold in california, florida, and tennessee. each winning ticket will receive about $528 million. well no jackpot winners here in north carolina, but there were two lucky tickets sold

one of those winners has already come forward to claim their prize. one winning ticket was sold to somebody at the food mart express in spring lake, the other at the harris teeter in raleigh. sales alone on wednesday broke a record for the $27.8 million earned. $20 million of that was from the powerball alone. >> check this -- check this out here, the blurry white dots are no ordinary stars, astronomer are saying may be the biggest and brightest super nova ever observed. the stellar explosion was 570 billion times brighter an our sun and it produced light 20 times brighter than all the stars in the milky way galaxy. >> pretty powerful stuff.

on this afternoon, we'll get our umbrellas ready. >> yeah, you need them this afternoon, but not right now. sunshine early this morning, check this out, live look from our wncn tower camera, in north raleigh looking toward the east, the skies getting brighter, sunrise at 7:25. traffic picking up on the roads as well there, keep that in mind as you start your morning drive. our radar not showing anything in the way of wet weather currently which will be the case for the rest of this morning, as we head in to this afternoon, that's when the area of low pressure sitting down to our southwest works its way in the picture here and that is going to bring us steadier rain possibility of heavier showers as well. that's mainly after lunch time and through this evening. it's 41 degrees outside in raleigh, 35 in durham. 33 degrees in fayetteville. so a cool start to the morning. a little warm rp -- warmer than we were yesterday and temperature warming up in the 50s despite some of the rain that we'll be seeing. clouds thicken up through your morning hours, wet weather

the heaviest rain arriving after 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon. continuing through early this evening. so for your evening commute home, maybe a little messy on some of the area roads. keep this in mind. so our air predictor, our model showing we have wet weather moving in from the southwest, it is moving in and out quickly. partly cloudy and very, very warm tomorrow to start the weekend. but we will see a return of sunshine to the area, the rain is out of here quickly. our next cold front moves in the area on sunday and that is going to bring us the potential for maybe an isolated shower with the possibility of a few wet snowflakes mixing in. we're definitely going to keep a close eye on that, not a widespread snow event, a lot of buzz on social media about it. but it is just going to be a few wet snowflakes mixing in with some rain showers. today we've got plain old rain moving in to the area this afternoon and to this evening, the heavier stuff, deeper colors indicating heavier downpours moving in for your afternoon and evening drive home. keep that in mind, could be

we do clear out quickly, your saturday looks great with temperatures, 52 with a high of 51 in durham, 58 in fayetteville, temperatures drop to 40 degrees, showers and mostly cloudy skies through your nighttime hours and as we head in to our saturday, we do have sunshine back in the forecast, a warm day tomorrow, 58 degrees, high temperatures pushing 60, then we cool off behind that cold front on sunday. 46 for a high temperature on sunday. behind that cold front we've got even colder air working its way in for monday, for martin luther king, jr. day and for tuesday, highs in the 30s, overnight lows dipping in to the teens but a lot of sunshine in the forecast for next week. and as far as your morning drive goes this morning, no major issues. live look at i-440 and capital boulevard, traffic is moving fine in both directions, their sky is getting brighter but overall no major issues, roads are all green this morning. have a safe drive in. >> green is good.

roadways, thanks a lot. the garner police department will host a grand opening celebration at its new location. this marks the first time in 40 years the entire department will all be under the same roof. the fa -- facility houses a wellness center, training room throughout the space. a morale booster for officers after a mural was defaced with graffiti back in october. a new mural is also going to be unveiled later today. >> happening -- and happening today also, vice president raising awareness, his son died of cancer, president obama tapped joe biden to attack cancer, he'll be participated in a round table and visiting cancer experts in philadelphia. the husband of singer celine dion died.

and mentor before the pair married in 1994. the couple has three children, he was 73 years old. funeral arrangements for british actor alan rickman, dying from cancer on thursday, rickman is known for his roles as the villain grush in the movie die hard and the wayward lover in love actually, and the harry potter series. nick carter in legal situation, officers arrested him at a bar in key west, florida, after somebody said he sucker punched a bouncer. the 5-year-old and a -- 35-year-old and a friend were denied service after appearing drunk, he now faces battery charges. good morning, there is great concern today about the zica virus, researchers say it's spread by mosquitos and becoming a health concern in central and

it's harmless to most adults but it's different for pregnant and women of bearing age because it attacks the unborn baby. u.s. experts expected to issue a travel warning urging women to avoid trafrling to -- travelling

could spread >> welcome back, 6:55, hope you're having a great morning. martin luther king, jr. will be honored throughout our area ahead of monday's holiday. in wake county, governor pat mccrory will lead state employees in a celebration at raleigh's first baptist church. shaw university holding their celebration at noon in the thomas boyd chapel, this year's theme faith walking in 2016, the school's choir will perform and local elementary students in attendance as well. >> and the dream inspired by the king, austin moore will speak on his book on slavey and education at the central orange senior

over to cumberland county now, the town will hold a dr. king prayer breakfast, starts at 9:00 at the spring lake multipurpose community center. dr. king's i have a dream speech will be delivered at the event. we want to know, how is monday going to look for the king holiday? actually, sunny but colder, temperatures in the 30s on monday. but it's a three day weekend for a lot of people, as long as it's dry, i think we really can't complain. we'll be fine. wet weather in the forecast for today, temperatures in the low 50s this afternoon, that rain holds off until after lunch time, warm and dry, 58 as we start the weekend then an arctic cold front moves in the area, a close eye on this one, mostly dry but we do have a chance at few isolated showers, especially in spots north of i-85, we'll have a close eye on it this weekend. not a widespread event, a lot of buzz on social media but unfortunately for us, not a lot of snow, if you're hoping for some, wait longer. drier and colder as we head

high temperature monday and tuesday. tuesday morning starting off in the teens. cold start to the morning on tuesday. no major issues to report on your area roadways this morning either. things are looking quiet around the region, always a good thing as well. >> all right, sounds good. everyone enjoy their friday, thanks for watching "wncn today ". >> all right, stay tuned, the "today show" has a couple from tennessee claiming one of those winning powerball tickets, stick around for that exclusive interview, thanks for watching "wncn today", on behalf of the entire crew, we appreciate you