you are, this is wncn news now at 6:00. a skydiving accident kills an experienced jumper. where it happened and who died. plus a funeral for a firefighter killed on his way to a call. how his family is remembering the 24-year-old volunteer. plus nc state and unc faceoff in chapel hill. good evening i'm maggie newland. thanks for joining us. breaking news out of franklin county. a man was killed in a skydiving accident. it happened at triangle skydiving in louisburg. the owner tells us the man was an experienced regular jumper. amy cutler talked with the owner and joins us live from the scene with more. amy? >> reporter: there are a lot of heavy hearts at the center here tonight. the owner identifying the victim as james. they tell us he would come here every weekend to jump. the owner of the triangle

more than 1800 jumps under his belt. he knew what he was doing. but something this afternoon went terribly wrong. he told us he spoke with him 20 minutes before he died. his parachute worked. but somehow he had a hard landing. we still don't know the how or why of that. first responders quickly arrived but it was too late. the owner explaining he was a marine, originally from texas, he moved to raleigh a couple years ago. >> james was a friend of mine. it's unfortunate. that's all i can say at this point. it's unexpected, unfortunate, and it was a tragic accident. that's all i can tell you. >> reporter: a heartbreaking accident. now, upper tells us that his family is all ready heading here from texas. they too are devastated by this news. we're going to have more on our interview with the owner at 7:00.

cutler, wncn news now. a tragic story. we'll continue to follow that. a beautiful day outside today. but some folks could actually see some snow tomorrow. let's get a look at your forecast with meteorologist bill ray. snow, bill? >> it's hard to believe when it was 61 today. that's good news. if we see any flurries or snow showers they will melt when they hit the roadways. there should be little impact. let's get you through this evening. if you're heading out. 52 degrees. look at that nice sky out there. what a beautiful day it's been. as we take a look at what's going on now, 52 in raleigh, 50 durham. 50 roxboro, 55 fayetteville. 48 in rocky mount. 53 in wilson. a big view picture. see this precipitation here at the edge of the tv set. the monitor. that's coming our way tomorrow morning. so it looks like we're going to see moisture. but we're not going to see moisture until then. i want to show it to you again. you see it right there over memphis or so.

there will be a pool of cool air aloft. that will squeeze out a chance of rain tomorrow morning and snow depending on the upper atmosphere structure. we'll talk more about that coming up. let's go back to the forecast for this evening, beautiful, partly cloudy skies, we'll drop to 50 at 7:00. 8:00, 48. down in the low 40s at midnight. the other key thing is over night temperatures will stay above freezing for the most part, roxboro will see 32. but we'll see the precipitation move in tomorrow. we'll time it out and tell you exactly what to expect in a few minutes. it looks like a nice night ahead. >> a city firefighter is in her final resting place. joshua woods died tuesday morning while responding to an emergency. woods was heading south when he crossed the center line, over corrected and struck two tees. lauren was in chatham county where hundreds gathered to pay respects. >> caring, he was like all about family. on top of that. family and friends. he'd do anything for anyone.

year-old joshua woods says he would do anything for not only his family, but the community. while he was on duty as a volunteer firefighter. he volunteered for nearly three years. on early tuesday morning, investigators say woods died while responding to a call. saturday family and friends came to say their final goodbyes. >> a good guy. i really can't say nothing bad about him. >> reporter: hundreds attended the funeral at first missionary baptist church. >> i am here for him. >> reporter: many of them couldn't even fit inside the church. including all of these firefighters and law enforcement officers from across mid north carolina. most did not get the chance to meet woods. >> when something happens like this, we try to come together and support one another. >> as woods was carried out of the church, a sea of blue, each man and woman in uniform gave a

>> it symbolizes that we're holding the firefighter in our arms and the family as well. he was then placed in a fire truck and taken to his final resting place. followed by fire trucks and family and friends. >> our hearts really go out to them. and we just hope that this brings them, you know, some level of comfort knowing that they have support in the community and within the fire service community. >> but for many, losing a life at 24 years young still does not make sense. >> you know, god knows best. that's the only thing i can get out of it is jesus knows. >> woods leaves behind his wife and two young sons. they were expecting another child in april. lauren, wncn news now. what a loss there. two people are dead and a third is recovering after a crash late last night in fayetteville. troopers say 27-year-old michael brett lost control of

he and a passenger 22-year-old jamie died in the crash. 21-year-old louis rios was also injured. both alcohol and speed were factors in the crash. also in fayetteville, police were investigating the death of a man at the new life mission. police are not releasing the man's name or how he died. they say he was about 60 years old. anyone with information is urged to call police. right now four americans detained by iran are getting set to be flown from iran to switzerland to be freed. the announcement comes on the same day the u.s. lifted nuclear sanctions against iran. nbc reports. >> reporter: as iran and world powers prepare to implement the landmark nuclear deal in vienna. five prisoners have been released. the timing, probably not coincidental. they put out a statement saying

within the frame work of prisoner exchanges. without elaborating, and they didn't mention the names of any of the prisoner's released. the iranian media has been ripe with speculation, and now the state department has confirmed that amongst the released prisoners is washington post correspondent, jason. former marine, emir, and pastor syed. >> i hope he's in a good health. >> the release is an indication of how much back channeling has been going on between america and iran since the nuclear deal and the two sides have been able to talk to one other to resolve their diplomatics disputes before they spiraled out of control. nbc news. the fbi investigation into the san bernardino terror attack is revealing new details about the case. the head of the investigation says no direct links to foreign terror groups have been found, but investigators are still

else helped plan the attack. they're also still trying to determine if the couple planned more attacks. >> as far as who actually influenced it, we do know -- we believe they were both inspired. and i think it's very possible that farook and tashfeen were influenced in some form or fashion by isil. they very well could have been influenced by other terrorist organizations. we don't know. >> investigators are still trying to fill an 18 minute gap in the time line after the attack. they've received a number of leads but still don't know exactly what the shooters were doing during that time frame. the militia in oregon occupying the national wildlife refuge there pulled down cameras yesterday they believe were installed by the federal government. the group took down five of the so-called surveillance cameras. they say locals alerted them to the cameras 15 miles from the refuge.

missing marines after the helicopter crash in hawaii are holding out hope for loved ones. corporal matthew drowned was among 12 members on board the helicopters that collided. >> of course the family is hopeful. we're talking about marines. there's a lot of hope there. >> rough seas have ramperred the search efforts. an exact cause of the crash hasn't been released. nighttime helicopter maneuvers whether in combat or training are the most dangerous. the second round of the nfl playoffs are under way. they continue on wncn. still to come, we'll preview the packers and cardinals plus hear from panthers head coach ron rivera ahead of tomorrow's big game. and a big day in college basketball around the triangle as unc wins but nc state and duke lose. we have highlights and reaction, next. good evening everybody. what a beautiful day it was just to get outside. temperatures reached into the 60s. some partly sunny skies as the sun goes down.

different tomorrow morning.

we'll talk about taking a look at sports news now. duke lost their second straight game. he scored a career high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as notre dame upset the ninth ranked blue devils. 95-91. matt jones missed a three

freshman luke had a season best. the blue devils are 3 and 2 in acc play. duke hosts syracuse on monday before heading to nc state next saturday. speaking of nc state the wolf pack traveled to chapel hill to take on the tar heels. state kept it close but the tar heels put them away and stand unbeaten in the acc. todd gibson has highlights. >> reporter: north carolina to no one's surprise was able to wear down the wolf pack. the tar heels go ten people while state plays with seven. the home team did a good job in containing cat barber. holding the leading scorer to just nine points. >> just trying to contain cat. >> cat's one of our best players. he's the catalyst for the team. he controls everything. he had a tough game. but somebody else has to step up. >> abu did. scoring 12 points while grabbing 14 rebounds. it just wasn't enough. north carolina's best players weren't exactly tearing it up.

combined for nine points. the difference is, north carolina is stacked. >> i told him in the locker room that it's a good thing for our team. because marcus 1 for 9. bryce 3 for 6. 0 for 5. you have some guys that can't throw in the ocean from the beach. but you're still able to squeeze out a win. >> thanks to the play of kennedy meeks. the junior from charlotte had a game high 23 points. >> it was a confidence thing for me. i got back in. the second half and really tried to play as big as i could. >> meek'sed by day helping the tar heels stave off another getty performance. unc too deep and too talented for state. >> you're looking at a team with every ingredient they need. our guys did a nice job. just not enough.

and 0. in chapel hill, tye gibson wn wnycn sports. -- wncn sports. >> we had the fayetteville police honor guard present the colors. the family was elated. mr. and mrs. turner. they was very heartfelt. they thought we forgot about their son. i told them we'll never forget him. we're always going to honor him. >> officer turner was shot and killed in 2001 during a traffic stop. a portion of admission goes towards scholarships for college bound youth in under privileged areas. the event made previous stops in raleigh and durham. in the weather center now with meteorologist bill ray, we were out today. i was out without a jacket on. we're talking about snow tomorrow. what? >> not in raleigh. north and west. it's not going to accumulate.

although i wouldn't mind talking about today how beautiful it was. and it's still pretty nice out there. 52 degrees right now. temperatures have fallen quickly after highs in the 60s. someone did write me yesterday. i think it was on facebook or whatever and said hey, i want to bring back those 60s. and i said i don't see it any time soon. little did i know, we went warmer than we thought today. we'd rather err on that side to give you a nice saturday. 53 in south hill virginia. 52 in raleigh. 55 in fayetteville. 53 in wilson. there's a little bit of moisture. a little pocket of energy coming across us at the same time this moisture makes it right over us. and it does look like that moisture will come our way. yesterday we were thinking hey, i don't know how much moisture is available. there's been a little better chance now that we'll definitely see some moisture over us tomorrow morning before it clears off to the east. so here's what you need to know, sunday's weather, 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., there will be some moisture around from that

what that does, upper level disturbance tries to squeeze out any moisture it can. here's how the future cast looks. north and west of raleigh. a little brief area of snow. shouldn't accumulate. when you get in the 60s, the ground is too warm. so it's going to melt on the roads. it's going to melt on the ground. and so there's not much chance of any impact of this. but it'll be kind of cool if you're watching us, durham north and west. in the morning you might see some snow. but this is the 1:00 map. you can see all the precipitation will be gone. and it'll be in rain. some snow is possible. mainly north and west of raleigh. so let's look at -- we didn't want to look at that did we. christmas time was warm. i got the wrong map for you. i had a snow map north and west. a little bit. but no real accumulation at all. surface temperatures will be above 32 with -- that will keep the accumulation down to practically nil. maybe some pine straw might get cold enough if the snow comes at a decent clip. but in general, generally north

there will be a spell of precipitation. tonight we're going to increase the clouds and be cloudy over night. then we see a chance of precipitation. there's a slight chance, 30% chance at 6:00 a.m. but we'll peek it in the mid- morning hours. that's when we could see areas from raleigh north and westward, some snow. then it hits the ground where it's above freezing and then south and east, including raleigh, just rain. and at noontime, the rain moves east. so it'll be dry in the afternoon. one more time on the future cast. a little bit of rain, 7:00 a.m. and then you'll see this band pausing to 10:00 a.m. this is the area that could see some snow in the morning hours north and west of raleigh. everybody else gets just rain. and then as we head toward the 1:00 hour, it's just rain. and it's starting to pull away. then we'll get some sun in here. and then this arctic front is going to come through. and that's going to get us really cold for monday on martin luther king day.

the sand hills, sanford, pinehurst, fort bragg, temperatures in the 40s. lingering rain into the early afternoon hours. 42 wilson and smithfield. snow. roxboro, maybe durham, chapel hill, a little bit of wet snow. clayton and raleigh mainly just rain north winds 3 to 5 miles per hour. once again, little or no accumulation. but we'll see a chance of that moisture in the morning hours. and then on martin luther king day, monday, you know, get out and give a day of service, it's going to be cold, windchills in the 20s. but it'll be nice and sunny, 36 degrees. and on tuesday, when you head back to work or school, this is going to be really cold at the bus stop. just 11 for a windchill at 8:00 a.m. 20 degrees and basically the temperature is at or below freezing throughout much of the day with the brief high of 34 degrees on tuesday. and then wednesday, 44. thursday, 45, friday, i'm more interested in. because there's a potential for

starting out as some snow. that looks like it could be a little more impressive. but it's still five days away. 42 degrees. and then we could get rid of that precipitation saturday morning. it'll be 45. so you know this is coming. forecasted 56. my bad. 61 was the high today. so unfortunately. duke home care and hospice will not get any money today. but we have 1 $1,200. >> at least it was a beautiful warm forecast. this afternoon we tagged along with volunteers in raleigh as they went door to door to give away and install smoke alarms. seven people die everyday in fires across the country according to the red cross. today volunteers hit the streets to cut that number. as volunteers also went over emergency plans with the people they met. it's part of the red cross campaign to reduce home fire deaths and injuries by 25% over a five-year period. >> it's important to me because it's such a small fix to the amount of people that are

we just need to go in and put in the smoke alarm and help people out. >> the red cross recommends everyone have two ways to escape your home within two minutes. you also want to have two meeting places set outside the home, one close by to your house and one farther away. a big night tonight right here on wncn as the nfl playoffs continue. still to come tonight we'll preview the cardinals and packers ahead of their nfc divisional round game. plus the queen city gearing up

we'll hear from pant the carolina panthers are getting set to take on the seattle seahawks in the second round of the nfc playoffs tomorrow. the panthers actually beat the seahawks in week six of the regular season. >> shifting what you did during the regular season, what's important is what happens now. you focus in on that. what we did, 15 and 1, nobody can take away. as far as i'm concerned we're moving from the regular season to the now. the most important thing now is

win you keep going, you lose, now you're staying home. >> kick off is set for 1:00. and the winner between the panthers and seahawks will face tonight's winner. the greenbay packers are in arizona taking on the cardinals. cardinals wide receiver larry fitzgerald sat down with bob kostas to talk about the team's focus this season. >> earlier this season carson palmer told me i'm not thinking about a window. i'm thinking only this year. our mind set is this year or nothing. >> that's everybody's mind set. coach aarons talks about it. a lot w. have to capitalize on opportunities that we've earned. getting the first round bi. we have to play to the best of our ability. >> coverage begins at 7:30 on

we'll be right back. if you're heading to charlotte tomorrow. there could be a few snow showers in the morning. but by afternoon and game time, chilly. temperatures in the 40s. and good luck to the panthers tomorrow.