good morning. it is 6:00 a.m. as we show you a live picture over raleigh right now. and it is saturday, january 16th 2016. we have a lot of weather to talk about this morning. it is dry outside right now and we had some rain move through yesterday and into last night but we're dry currently and nothing popping up on the radar. we're talk about a little bit of snow for some of us tomorrow. outside right now, things are quiet and dry. and the wet weather that rolled through last night it is out of here, all to the northern. so we're going to see -- to the north. and we're going to see the sunshine today and it is 45 in raleigh and mild start to the morning and 45 in durham and

and 49 is the current temperature in fayetteville. and we're going off to a dry cold front move through the area today that will cool us off and we'll see some flakes mix in with rain as we head into tomorrow morning till about lunchtime tomorrow and no accumulations for us here. and a chance it see a little snow. 45 agrees at 8:00 a.m. and looking at a temperature of 52 at lunchtime and 56 at 4:00. and tomorrow, the best chance of seeing a few of the flakes will be in the morning. 8:00, 35 degrees tomorrow. 41 by noon and we dry out with more sunshine as we head into tomorrow afternoon. so i'll break down everything for you and let you know what to expect in a few minutes. the operation against extremists that took over a high end hotel in the african nation of -- is now over.

showed that 22 people killed and 126 other freed after al qaeda extremists took over the hotel and one you go you go military member was imbedded with the troop there and they provided other help during the siege. the hostage situation lasted more than four hours. so far four militants have been killed. and durham police are working to find out who killed a young man and who fired more than a dozen shots outside of a durham neighborhood yesterday afternoon on north miami boulevard yesterday afternoon. the police arrived and they found jose rodriguez shot and collapsed behind the house and he died at the hospital. and the police have not released any information on the suspect. but they believe this shooting

and they're unsure what led up to it and the neighbors are surprised and worried. >> i walk up the street sometimes. it shocked me t hit home. you -- it hit home. you walk up the street minding your on business and a smart is going on. >> this is durham third fatal shooting this month. the world's largest retail will close 264 stores beginning at the end of this month. 154 of them here here in our area. and durham is also taking a hit and the supercenter on the mlk

>> reporter: shocking to her multi-million dollars wal-mart will shut down 17 stores in north carolina, including this one. the last day is january 28th. >> i hate to see something this close t is convenient to our home. >> reporter: between dodging raindrops and making a quick grocery run. patsy told me that particular wal-mart is closing. >> is it so surprising. >> reporter: and new development is sprouting up in front of the soon-to-be shut down store and several near residential areas. over there is the wal-mart and this side is the empty store front where man was going to open a business till i told him that the wal-mart is closed down. he's concerned that there will not be enough customers left

>> i'm afraid that some of the traffic will be lost. >> reporter: wal-mart said that the decision to close some stores is difficult. and affected workers can have the option to transfer to other stores and some will get 60 day's pay and some severance and training. mario boone, wncn now. this group won a ticket at the record breaking power pal. they pulled the money together over time the jackpot reaches $100 million or more. and the first winners of the record-setting powerball jackpot have come forward to claim their prize. they purchased the ticket at

they confirmed their win the officials on friday only after going on the "today" show right here on wncn. >> when we bought the tickets, our first priority was to pay her student loans off. we wanted a little piece of the pie. and i'm grateful that we got the big piece of the pie. >> they'll be back to work on monday. and the owners of the two other winning tickets is not yet come back. the garner police department opened their brand- new facility on friday. they have a well-ness center and programs and new technology. it is the first time in four years that the fire department and the police department under the same roof. the garner police unveil this mural yesterday that features a police car and north carolina flag and pictures of officers

in october, someone vandalized the original mural and the artist called that hurtful and vowed to redo it. today marks 25 years since the persian war. state leaders joined members of the military to honor 17 north carolinian that's lost their lives in that wore. in the 1990s, the with kuwait government give north carolina money for a memorial and that has nerve happened. but that is going to change. >> we don't want the next generation to forget what happened and the sacrifices that were made.

veterans of the gulf war and is expected to be finished by this summer. there's a new push to keep a roof over the heads of dozens of homeless veterans. they want it rebuild a facility that i helps veterans in need. and the group owes the city money and fayetteville is planning to tear down the building. >> without the house, it's a different ball game so we're going rebuild another house and keep raising fund and hopefully we have some contract with the people to step in. >> the group's overall goal is to help veterans get back into society by housing and training them. still ahead on wncn today, the cdc warns pregnant women to

the world because of birth defects. it's mild to kick off the week here. and the temperatures for most of us in the 40s. and we have a taste of winter headed our way tomorrow morning. i'll let you know exactly what if the sweet stevia leaf was discovered... ...before the sugarcane. and everything had fewer calories. truvia.

and ef-1 tornado touched down in fort meyers, florida yes. the wind gusts were 100 miles an hour. thankfully no one hurt that is intense damage there. >> is that rare to have it this time of the year, a tornado? >> florida has their own tornado season because the temperatures are warmer florida and they have a lot of storms coming off the gulf. and that can happen. so interesting stuff there. but here, we have interesting stuff. the temperatures are mild. and we're talking the highs in the 50s and tonight we cool off quickly and we have a little system of low pressure that may bring a few little snowflakes tomorrow morning. and the rain that we had here yesterday completely out of the picture. and not going to be an issue for us and we'll see plenty of sunshine in the forecast. 45 in raleigh and durham and 45

and we have the dry cold front sit together west. -- sitting to the west. and behind this, we may have a few flakes tomorrow morning into lunchtime, tomorrow afternoon. and we have a little patchy fog out there and he mostly sunny skies and a temperature of 52 agrees. and 54 by 3:00 and 56 the high this afternoon and partly cloudy skies later tonight and a warm day for us here around the here. and then we cool off quickly as we head through this weekend ahead. and the winter temperatures rolling into the forecast and we'll have those details coming up. 6:13. and straight ahead, a mosquito born virus issues the cdc to give a travel warning. >> we can change the life circumstances of millions of people around the world. >> strong words from the vice president as he begins the last year in the white house by take

our time, can good morning. 126 hostages are free and 22 people dead after an al qaeda affiliated attack on a hotel. and the same group was hand a similar assault in mali in november.

missing after two helicopters crashed during a night training mission off the coast of hawaii. a judge says that 24-year- old kevin powell can post a $750,000 bond with restrictions. he faces an attempted murder charge after the pleat said that he shot his mother in her head in her own salon and spa in fayetteville on thursday. a health watch to tell you about for pregnant women as the cdc issues a travel advisory urging pregnant women to postpone trips to areas that have the mosquito born virus links to birth defects. >> reporter: in northern brazil, a door-to-door military campaign to dumb out stagnant women to guard against mosquitoes thought to be carrying the views us.

dramatic strike of babies born with abnormally small heads and brains that often die and the latest numbers 4,000 cases in the past year in brazil. a typical year brings fewer than 200. and now they are bringing two team to the brazil. and now the cdc issuing a travel warning for pretty women. >> brain develops constantly during the pregnancy. >> reporter: and pregnant women in the hot zones are urged to cover open skin and talk to doctors about using a mosquito repellant. it mimics a cold and lasts a week. once you've had it is thought you could have immunity for life. >> we need to be actively conducting surveillance and

the region to see if they have evidence of the zeeka violence. and it could cause serious economic harm, especially for brazil as they prepare to welcome the world for the olympics. vice president joe biden launched his initiative to cure cancer. >> whatever breakthroughs we can break in ten years, my goal is that we can do it in ten years and my goal is that we find cures and some canners we get to the point that we can manage them that they become chronic diseases. >> the vice president joe biden visited the cancer center and he wants to break down barriers in the medical world that are holding back progress on cancer.

president joe biden as his son died from brain cancer last year. good saturday morning. the ran through that moved through last night is out of here. and you can see rain showers that many move through the north and it will not be here today. and 49 is the current temperature in fayetteville. so a filed start to the morning here. this afternoon, the temperatures will be warming up into the mid 50s and up to 49 at 10:00 and 52 degrees the temperature by lunchtime and warming up to 56 today. a warm afternoon for us. and a lot of sunshine in the forecast today. but then tonight, the clouds increase ahead of an area of low pressure that will bring big changes with it as we head into the day tomorrow. so the system that moved

the northeast and we're tracking the next cold front and it is sitting to the west right now. and we're in the going to notice it as it moves in. and tomorrow, we have a weak area of low pressure that may bring us some flames that bring us rain showers tomorrow morning to noon tomorrow. so today, we're dry and sunny. and tomorrow we'll start the morning off early with a lot of cloud cover and the clouds increasing tonight and we're looking at mostly cloudy skies tomorrow morning and 8:00 tomorrow morning, we have a chance to satisfy a few flakes working their way in here and the western portions may have a little light snow falling with some temperatures are cold enough. and we start to see the rain snow mix around most of the triangle and the best chance for seeing snow is going to be for folks north of i-85. for most of us along the triangle here, we'll see some

that rain and the rain is going to continue into early afternoon. so the precipitation is out of here quickly tomorrow. and we'll see a return of partly sunny skies by tomorrow afternoon. so the main threat for any kind of wet weather is going to be in the morning. for the folks in the western portions and northwestern portions of our viewing here. we're looking up to a dusting of snow and that will be grassy surfaces and patios and decks and mailboxes. and for those of us in the triangle, we're looking at wet stuff mixed in with rain t is more of a nuisance in the morning. and south of the triangle, we're looking at light rain tomorrow and clearing out by lunchtime and noon tomorrow, we should be clear in the area. 56 will be the high temperature in raleigh. and a lot of sunshine nice through start week here and 55 in durham and looking at a few

to 35 agrees and clouds increase around the area and we will see the first little hints of wet weather moving in by dawn tomorrow. so daybreak, we'll see the rain, snow mix. but it is out of here quickly tomorrow and we have sunshine late in the forecast tomorrow in the afternoon. mlk on monday, we're looking at temperatures in the 30s for the highs. so colder air moving in and sunshine for monday. and i know it is a three day weekend for people in the area. tuesday morning, we're going to start things off in the teens. 19 degrees tuesday morning and the high temperature tuesday afternoon only up to 34. so really cold air moving in for the start of the upcoming week and the temperatures falling into the 20s and the end of the week, the highs are in the 40s. we want to let you know about big changes coming here to wncn. we'll be the new home for cbs programming.

day beginning february 29th. you'll be able to see hit shows on wncn. and wncn is the new home for march madness. you can count on our news coverage every day, of course. for more details, go to wncn.com. still ahead on wncn today, next sports, this week, one ice

hopetor head down t in a few years, the area could be the new home for one of the world's best ice dancing duos. >> reporter: it sounds pretty simple. >> you have to look up and smile. >> reporter: but in reality there's much more to pairs ice dancing. they practice five days a week, two hours per session perfection a sport that

they've been a pair for two years. ideally the two will stay together with an eye on the 2024 olympics. >> you want to start them young so they have a good time to get in synch so by the time they are moving to the olympics they are moving at one and thinking at one. >> reporter: they will compete it weekend in st. paul, minnesota and a top four finish will be a good show for the duo. but they're thinking bigger. >> i think we can win. we got stronger. >> reporter: and what the moment comes with time to put all of the hours of practice to the test, their hearts will be pumping fast. >> spinning right before i get on the ice, excited and tense. >> reporter: this is are olympics are made. they hope to do the same. >> my dream is to go to the

>> reporter: and even though that dream will not happen this year, the seeds for the future are being planted now. it's a big weekend for the nfl as the divisional playoffs take place across the country. the packards head to arizona and green bay is looking for a little bit of pay back in a trip to the nfc championship. and pregame coverage begins tonight. but bigger for north carolinians, the panthers are hosting the seattle seahawks tomorrow in the queen city and it is a battle of the quarterbacks with russell

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good morning. i'm justin quesinberry. >> and we have some fog but it is not all day. we have sunshine in the forecast today. >> the question is tomorrow. what is happening tomorrow? >> my suggestion is enjoy the sunshine today because winter is back tomorrow and we'll feel it in the morning with a chance for wet snowflakes mixing in with the rain showers as we kick off sunday. we have rain to the north and back to the northwest. anymore. so the rain that moved through yesterday into last night is out of here competely and 45 degrees as we start the morning here in raleigh and 45 in durham and 38 in roxboro and 42 in siler city and 47 in goldsboro and rocky mount. and we have the dry cold front moving in today. and that is moving to the west and that will come through dry and it will put cold air in place and a system of low pressure behind it, weave a

with the rain tomorrow. between 8:00 a.m. and noon, the best chance for seeing snowflakes mixing in with rain for many of us in the area. today looks great. a lot of sunshine in the forecast. 45 degrees at 8:00 a.m. and up to 52 degrees at lunchtime and the high temperature warming up to 56. some spots getting close to 60 this afternoon before falling to about 50 by 6:00 p.m. and the clouds increase tonight and we have rain and snow in the forecast for early tomorrow morning and i'll let you know what to expect coming up in a few minutes. we begin with breaking news overnight. and the operation against extremists that took over a high end hotel in the african nation is now over. a government spokesperson said that 22 people were killed and 126 freed after an al qaeda linked extremist group seized the hotel in the nation's

they found ten bodies in a near cafe also attacked by militants. and one u.s. military member was imbedded with the troops there and helped during the seen -- during the siege and it lasted more than nine hour. four militants have been killed. friends and family of the 12 marines missing off the coast of hawaii are still holding out hope. two c53 helicopters collided while on a training mission early friday morning. relatives said that corporal matthew ground and crew chief crash. ago. he never met a stranger and always willing to help others. efforts. it was a civilian is the one

crash. >> a civilian on the beach saw the aircraft flying and saw them disappear. they did see a fireball. and then notified the coast guard. >> marine corps pilots said that nighttime maneuvers whether combat are training are the most dangerous flight operations. we now know the name of a man shot and killed in a durham neighborhood yesterday and the police are trying to track down the killer after a shootout in the middle of the afternoon. this happened just as the city is trying new ways to deal with the spike in violent crime. >> reporter: a shootout in durham. >> pow, pow, pow. i know it had to be 15 to 20 rounds. >> reporter: it was just as school let out. and the durham police said it happened outside this home on north miami boulevard.

found 25-year-old jose rodriguez shot and collapsed behind the house. >> i walk up the street sometimes. it's like it shocked me and hit home. >> reporter: the first responders tried to do cpr on the man but he died before they could get him to the hospital. the police have not released his name or any information about any suspects. this is the third deadly shooting in this city this month. a fourth death that is being called suspicious is under investigation. >> it reminds me back up north in philadelphia. >> reporter: hours after the shootout, the police kept the road blocked off and looking around the house for more clues about how and why this happened. and durham police are concerned about the spike in violent crime.

michael highland, wncn now. a 24-year-old man accused of trying to kill his mother could soon be back on the street. kevin powell junior is accused of shooting his mother in a head at her salon and spa owned by her. and now co-- he could post $750,000 bond but he'll have restrictions. >> she is in critical condition in chapel hill. there will be no new trial for convicted boston marathon bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev. this is largely symbolic because he is in federal prison and he has no money or income. and he was convicted and sentenced to death last year in

marathon that killed three people and injured 260 others. two people behind bars this morning accused of running a meth lab out of a raleigh home. friday the couple appeared in court. they face manufacturing and trafficking charges as well as child abuse. two children were found inside the same home where they were arrested on huntley drive. another woman that lives in a separate part of the home with children was not arrested. this is the second meth lab to be busted in wake county in one week. there were two children inside -- three children living in that home. and we decided to take a look at meth lab busts in your area. new data reveals there were 467 meth lab busts in 2015. this map shows you where the meth labs were found.

right here in our area. johnston county had 40 and harnett 20 and wake 17. 109 children were affected by the labs. this means they were living in a house where it was going on or present at the time of the bust. we'll continue to stay on top of stories that impact the community like this and you can follow it on our brand-new wncn now app. 6:39. a lawsuit over ted cruz's presidential eligibility. and remembering rock ledgend david bowie in the triangle. this weekend we have an event to tell you about. you're watching wncn today. when we come back, i have the details of the possibility of some rain and snow. but today looks sunny and the vain out of here for -- the

things not looking too bad and were try right now and the temperatures in the 40s. as we head through the rest of the day, expect the temperatures to rise in the 50s. and 52 as lunchtime and 60 at 6:00 p.m. and the highs getting close to 60 in some spots. mostly sunny skies and topping out around 56 degrees and there's rain and snow in the forecast tomorrow behind a cold front. i'll break it down for you and let you know what to expect coming up in a few minutes. still ahead on wncn today... >> donald trump, hillary clinton and have all demanded an apology. and i'm happy to apologize.

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world's largest retailer said it will close 269 stores beginning at the end of this month. and 150 are in the u.s. closings will impact 17 stores in north carolina. the battle is starting to get ugly between the two republican front runners, donald trump and ted cruz. they are continuing to hammer each other days after a bruising debate. >> reporter: looking to close the deal in iowa, donald trump is doing the kind of person-to-

iowans crave, the ultimate outsider. this makes the traditional stop at an iowa pizza ranch. >> i'm going to be here so much the next two weeks that you're going to be sick of me. >> reporter: donald trump took questions from of a small crowd and warned him of the conventional wisdom that his supporters will not show up on caucus night. pointing to the positive reviews of his debate performance. he made no mention of ted cruz and the clash over the texas senator's eligibility to be president. >> not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >> when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully and humanely than new york. >> reporter: trump had some

york daily news telling cruz to drop dead ted to hillary clinton, just this once, trump is right. at the pizza ranch, he seemed ready to end the fight with cruz. >> and an attorney in cruz's in his hometown, he wants the supreme court to decide if his birth to an american mother in canada with his father from cuba. we're off to a mild start in the area right now. we had some wet rather that rolled through last night and the rain is out ot here and moving to the north and east. and we're dry and quiet.

the temperatures pretty mild. 45 degrees in raleigh and 44 in durham and 48 in roxboro and that is the cool spot on the map and 49 degrees in fayetteville. and the temperatures today, we'll be warming up into the mid-50s. so a nice afternoon and we have some clouds and a little fog out there this morning and 8:00, they are pretty much out of here and a few clouds left and we got mostly sunny skies sticking around all day today and up to 52 at lunchtime and high 56. and some spots across the sand hills getting close to 60 this afternoon. so a warm day for us today. tomorrow a different story. so we have the dry cold front that will move through the area today and that is going to bring a return of some cooler air as we head into our sunday. and it is going to bring a chance of snowflakes mixed in with rain behind this front on sunday. tomorrow morning, so let's break things down a little bit here. i'll step you through our futurecast.

a nice start to the weekend and 6:00 tomorrow morning, we're going to stuck under a thick layer of clouds. tonight the clouds across the area, they're going to be increasing. and by 8:00 tomorrow morning, we start seeing a few snow showers working their way into the northwestern portions of our viewing area here. by 10:00, 11:00 a.m., we do have a chance at seeing some snowflake across the northwestern portion of our viewing area here and the. and we have some wet snowflakes mixing in with rain tomorrow morning and south and southeast of the triangle, we're going to see a chance for a few light rain showers. very quick tomorrow morning. this will be between 8:00 a.m. and noon. and that is the best chance to see any precipitation at all. and some of it will be snow mixed in with the rain. because the temperatures are so warm today, the snow that we do see not going to stick to anything. and the ground very warm here. as we head through tomorrow afternoon, the rain and the snow pulls out and we're dry

sunshine will be making a comeback. so here's what you can expect tomorrow morning. and the time frame between 8:00 a.m. and lunchtime, we have up to a dusting of snow. and we can handle that and it will be on grassy surfaces and cold surfaces like your patrons and decks and mailboxes. in the triangle, that is most of us here, we got wet flakes mixing in with rain and south of the triangle that is going to be light rain between 8:00 a.m. and noon tomorrow before all the wet weather wraps up and we see more sunshine tomorrow afternoon. looking at a high of 56 today in raleigh, 55 in durham, 59 in fayetteville. tonight the temperatures fall to 35 degrees so a chilly night with increasing clouds and winds out of the north at four to eight miles an hour. and the 7-day forecast has the temperatures taking the plunge this week. and tomorrow, we have the threat of snow showers mixing in with rain showers early tomorrow morning. lunchtime we're done with any kind of wet and wintry weather. and if we see any snow stick

tomorrow it is melted by 1:00, 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. 45 the high tomorrow. monday, sunny and cold and 36 degrees for a high and colder for tuesday. and 19 degrees tuesday morning. up to only 34 degrees tuesday afternoon. and sunshine for wednesday and a little warmer with the highs in the low 40s. thursday looks good with an increase in clouds and high of 45 before a few more rain showers arrive by the end of next week. coming up, whether you're a music fan or a football

everyone in the we soon we'll be the new home for cbs programming. we'll take the leap and leap day, february 29th. all of that right here on wncn. plus, wncn is your new home for march madness. you can still count on us for news coverage every day. for detail go to wncn.com. it's saturday. and that mean it's is time for a full week of fun, whether you're looking for a place to find some fresh and local ingredients or a way to honor the late, great, david bowie. we have you covered.

bowie. where are you watching the game tomorrow? we got your weekend planned out for you. first and foremost, you got to start today off right. this morning, the saturday market on kennedy street, it is the local farmer's market and artists and crafts. the finance begins at 10:00 a.m. and remembering david bowie. in durham, the carolina theater is honoring the artist for a free screening. keep pounding the panthers, the playoff party will have food, music and food and football. >> good food and good people

cause, helping kids with cancer. >> reporter: the hope brothers foundation doing awesome things for the cause. and we'll have the detail on these events and more on wncn.com. shawn is mcing that event. >> that will be a good event. i think a lot of people will be watching the game. >> and the weather too. what will happen tomorrow? >> we have a little rain and snow in the forecast tomorrow. it is not going to be a snow event. we're looking at a dusting in areas in white. and that is only on grassy surfaces. and then light rain for everyone south and southeast of the triangle. we're looking at temperatures around 56 today and in the 40s tomorrow afternoon after the start with the rain and snow tomorrow and much colder for tuesday.

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