>> the fight about where to put a proposed hub continue to heat up. >> plus, once again operating on a school delay. we'll take a look at the list although it's getting shorter. >> that's the good news, for sure. thank you for watching "wncn today", you're halfway there i'm mike gonzalez. >> and i'm stefan chase, back to class after the big storm. >> here are some of the delays, orange county, public schools, chatham county, vance schools, franklin county schools all on a two hour delays, person county schools on a one hour delay. >> wake county schools will go to school at the normal time, parents complained yesterday's delay put children at risk but roads out there still seeing ice and snow but the district says they were safe. right now over to meteorologist afgs alyssa corfont who has the

more melting ? >> yeah, and also tracking the shower across greenville, across portions of person county, the chance for rain, some of the roads start to get sloppy. let's talk it temperatures, 51 right now in raleigh. yeah, i'm not making this up. very mild. 45 in durham, mid 40s in henderson, louisburg and rocky mount, fayetteville and lillington, sanford you're the chilly spot at 37. let's get to your forecast. yeah, look at that. the temperature right now are actually warmer than where i'm expecting us to be later this afternoon. around 46 with showers possible at 8:00 a.m. 47 at noon, 48 our afternoon high. then we're back in to the low 40s. the rain ending by 6:00 p.m. we'll get to more of your forecast in just a little bit. but let's check in with traffic, getting ready to hit the roads, i-40 and rock quarry road, just

pretty empty if you have to hit the streets early on this wednesday. let's check in with live drive conditions in the good news, because you're all in the green. i-40 south of the city, looking good. if you're travelling this morning, i'll keep you up to date on traffic and weather through the rest of the morning. stefan? >> thanks, alyssa. breaking news to get to, police in seattle are searching for two people in connection of a deadly shooting at a homeless camp. police call it very targeted. so far authorities have not made any arrests. seattle's mayor has been under a lot of pressure to deal with the homeless problem in the city. he called last night's shooting a tragedy but says now is not the time to point fingers. breaking news in oregon where the occupation of federal land ended. one of the occupier is dead after a traffic stop by police. it sparked a shootout between

and others seized a wildlife refuge on january 2 as part ave long running dispute over public lands. unclear if anyone is holed up, as this story continues to develop, we'll bring you the latest. the first major snowstorm of the year, some schools operating on a two hour delay. >> durham schools are looking to clear eyes from the back roads. emma wright joins us live from the mobile news tracker with an update how things are looking. emma? >> reporter: so we're dropping around durham county and we are seeing sxhoe ice -- snow and ice on the roads, mot too much. we'll show you where in one of the subdivisions, there's snow and slush, ems right here -- especially right here in the intersections. that's where we're seeing the most of it. the primary roads in durham county, those are fine. i hi that -- think that warm weather and the sun we saw, that really helped melt that. these back roads shaded with a

where we're seeing a little bit of snow. we'll show you some video of what these secondary durham county roads looked like over the past couple of days. they were really, really slushy. some places had some real thick ice on the roads, some snow that kind of compacted down and made for real slick driving conditions, durham county schools were closed monday and thursday, they were on that two hour delay, if you're headed out to school, you do want to keep in mind these secondary roads may have a little bit of slush. we do however want to know what your neighborhood looks like. if you're seeing bad driving condition, tweet me and we'll see if maybe we can come over and check that out. reporting live, i'm emma wright, wncn news. still some ice out there hanging out, thanks a lot. project billed as a great economic opportunity for johnston county may have been derailed. >> the site csx chose is not a

just two weeks ago he was talking up his enthusiasm for the project and the 1,500 new jobs it would bring. but land owners including lasseter launched a social media campaign against it. lasseter was concerned of losing his family home and business just north of selma. >> the term we've heard a lot, this is from the top to the bottom, is "in the dark". a lot of people were in the dark, supposedly. >> csx did not request for comments, a spokesperson said the company wanted to continue talks with land owners and find a way to move the project forward. right now, traffic is moving once again at i-540 and i-40 in wake county after a multivehicle crash blocked lanes. this was the scene along i-540 and aviation parkway. troopers said tires on a car blew, when a driver tried pulling over, he spun over,

seriously hurt. time right now, 4:36. a school principal in indianapolis is dead after a bus jumped the curb. later, why the principal is being called a hero and what investigators are trying to determine. plus, we all know the carolina panthers are heading to the super bowl, but do you know that everyone involved with the franchise, do you know what they're doing? still to come, you're going to wish you were part of the carolina panthers organization! [ laughter ] alyssa? well, temperatures this

40s and now, your wncn weather forecast. >> welcome back to "wncn today", back in the weather center with meteorologist alyssa corfont, a

district. that being stubborn. >> yeah, yesterday was 61, it felt so good, that's why wake county school are heading back on time. we'll continue to follow the unseasonably warm temperatures, see them return, i should say today. we're going to be a little cooler than where we were yesterday. right now, 51 degrees. this is the warmest it's going to be day long. the temperatures are going to be cooler, our wncn tower cam, our look over the beltline where not a lot is going on this wednesday morning. let's talk about our composite, cloudy, band of rain across greensboro and through the charlotte area. now let me bring you closer to home, the only areas here in central north carolina, seeing that rain reach the ground, person county, roxboro, seeing light rain. but again, remember, some of those schools on a one hour delay this morning. let's get to the temperatures, 51 in raleigh. temperatures will be dropping though before sunrise, 45 in

current temperature of 40. here's your hourly forecast, 46 at 10:00 a.m., best chance for rain today is going to be through the morning hours, 48 at 2:00, that's our high then we start to cool things off. 46 at 4:00, 43 by the evening drive home at 6:00. i'll have more on your forecast mike? the search is on in texas for the person who stole from a little boy who has autism on surveillance video. you see what appears to be a young girl hop out of a vehicle, grab a toy from the front yard and stuff it in to the front seat. you see it all happen right there. the car then takes off and the front door isn't closed all the way when they take off. neighbors tried to stop the thieves but it didn't work. the toy car was 3-year-old santiago's favorite. yikes! a happy reunion this week for a military veteran and his beloved cat. canel was stationed when he got deployed four years ago, their cat went looking for him but

fast forward to now, the cat was found recently by animal control who tracked down the couple who is now living in north dakota. canal says he got the cat for coping for ptsd. what a great story. republican hopeful donald trump says he's not going to participate in tomorrow's debate, still to come, find out why and what he's going to do instead. plus, just how much has the

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it's taco tuesday. you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. oh, right then i'll swing by in like 4 hours. forget the tacos! one pill lasts 12 hours. i'm good all day. wait! your loss. i was going to wear a sombrero. only mucinex has a bi-layer tablet that starts fast, and keeps working. not 4, not 6, but 12 full hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. "wncn today", what you need to know right now. >> all right, it's 4:44, top stories this morning. right now, orange county, durham, public, chatham county, vance county schools, granville and franklin county schools all on a two-hour delay. >> person county schools also operating on a one-hour delay. in rural areas thick ice is taking a little longer to thaw

breaking news this side of the pacific northwest in seattle, they're searching for two people in connection with daidly -- deadly shooting at a homeless camp, authorities say it was very targeted. the leaders of an armed group at occupy national wildlife refuge in oregon are under arrest, bundy under arrest. officers shot and killed one person involved. now to decision 2016. republican presidential hopeful donald trump just announced he is skipping the last scheduled gop debate before the iowa caucuses february 1. detect bait hosted by fox news -- the debate hosted by fox news is set to be tomorrow, he's been critical of fox in the past and

he will host an event in iowa for veterans. jerry falwell junior, now senator ted cruz is challenging donald trump on a one-on-one debate, cruz said he would cut deals with democrats. >> you know, it's wonderful to be a rebel, but you got to get some people on your side a little bit. meanwhile, with six days before the iowa caucuses, polls show the race in both parties too close to call. a recent poll, trump leads by two in iowa, on the democratic side, bernie sanders and hillary clinton are virtually tied. u.s. congressman david price is backing hillary clinton for ptd. in an -- president. in an interview, only on wncn, price who represents the fourth district of north carolina says and principaled leader -- principled leader in the field of candidates. also her strengthened foreign others. >> i do think hillary clinton and this includes the democratic and republican fields, i think she's by far the most

she's given the fullest account of what she would do as president. >> she has a 14 point lead over bernie sanders. a milwaukee man is in custody planning on committing a mass shooting. sammy hamzai was prepared to shoot up a masonic temple there. fbi was tipped off in september after should reported he was planning to travel to israel and kill u.s. citizens in the west bank. the 23 -year-old who worked as a fitness trainer wanted to become famous for the attack and even planned an escape. the affluenza teen is headed back to the united states and week. 18-year-old ethan couch dropped his bid to stay in mexico where he was captured. he and his mother were on the run for several weeks, he was drinking alcohol at a party, that violated his probation.

killing four in a drunk driving accident, saying the affluent lifestyle didn't help him know right from wrong. an elementary school principal killed and two other students hurt when a bus suddenly jumped a curb and came barrelling towards at this time students and that principal who were standing on a sidewalk. 25 students were inside the bus, but they were not hurt. police say the principal pushed other students out of the way when the bus started barreling towards them. investigators are still trying to figure out at this hour exactly what happened but they don't believe drugs or alcohol were involved. the female bus driver was interviewed on the scene and told police she didn't know why the bus accelerated. people from dc to massachusetts are still digging out of the deep snow. >> that's right, it was left behind from the big blizzard. the snow dumped more than two feet of snow in washington dc, closing schools and the federal government. outside of philadelphia, cars

snow, stranding people for days. you've got to fael for those -- feel for those folks and over in new york city's largest bureau of queens, plows still not being able to treat many of the side roads. >> trying to dig out. >> if you need an ambulance, how are they going to get through, god forbid you have a fire. >> many airports are still struggling to get back to routine with hundreds of kans cann selled flights -- cancelled backlog. clearing out the snow not cheap here in north carolina, $5.3 million on the most trent -- recent storm spent and that is expect to do climb with the national worker cost and invoice, not yet come in. $40 million for a winter weather response, about $12 million of that has been spent so far. >> if we go over the $40 million, we'll sit down and say okay, maybe we don't do things maintenance wise as much as possible.

last winter. a spokesman says the department does not dip in to funding for pot hole repairs but could cut back on things like mowing in the summer time if necessary. >> what a costly storm it's been, i was reading a thbs news -- nbc news article, close to $1 billion, 40 lives have been claimed. so yeah, really serious situation, here in north carolina, we lost six lives because of weather-related crashes. but the good news, it's clearing up, getting warmer and yesterday was just beautiful. and i hope you enjoyed it, because today won't be as nice. don't you worry, the weekend still looking beautiful. let's talk today. 51 degrees, you're going to step outside and say wow! what happened! very mild this morning, and look at this. this is a live picture from the raleigh durham international airport. we don't have to worry about any rain yet. that's the key word. i am expecting the chance for rain to continue to move in to central north carolina as we speak this morning. so here's where the rain is right now. back to it our west across the

even then extending south towards the charlotte area this morning. let me bring you in closer to home, it still dry around the sand hills, just starting to inch in towards portions of person county, northern portions of orange county, hillsborough, dealing with this light rain shortly. and that's all it is, very light, not everyone is going to see it. but if you want my best advice, take the umbrella with you today because showers will be scattered, at least through that first half of our day. here's what i'm thinking, we'll drop to 45 by 8:00 a.m., climb to 47 by noon. our high 48 again the best chance for showers earlier today. they're going to start to see the temperatures drop earlier than what we typically do. right around 43 by 6:00 p.m. this evening. your future futurecast going to to show you the chance for rain, very scattered in nature. all of us will be dealing with cloudy skies. that's why it's stits still going -- still going to be pretty gray, most of us will be

-- peek or two of sunset. towards day break, maybe a few sprinkles. but overall i think the best chance for rain on thursday is going to roll through after lunch time. you'll see here at lunch time on thursday, we're still dry, still rather cloudy then here come the showers and it really is going to be around raleigh and east that we're dealing with the best chance for rain. so if you're watching us in person county, yeah, you're waking up to showers this morning. i think you'll be dry though tomorrow. so, temperatures right now 51 in raleigh, 48 louisburg, mid 40s around henderson, south hill and is roanoke rapids, here's today's forecast, high 48 in raleigh, 47 durham and 51 fayetteville. overnight tonight then we're going to drop in to the low 30s, the rain moves out momentarily, colder temperatures move in again temperatures close to freezing. as we head in the coming days, 48 on our thursday, 51 on friday, and i promised a beautiful weekend ahead.

sunshine on sunday, 62 there. next chance for rain looks like it will come through on monday and then don't forget, it's groundhog day next tuesday! it is 4:52 right now on this wednesday morning. let's get to traffic, i-440 and seminole road if you're heading on this direction, just a few cars. don't forget the umbrella, most of you driving in right now will have a dry commute. a look at your dry conditions, around durham, speeds coming in at durham, 61 miles per hour on i-85 southbound, if you're on nc 147 from raleigh about 67 miles per hour coming up 15 at about 34 miles per hour. more on traffic and weather close to 5:00 a.m. >> all right, alyssa, thanks so much, we appreciate it. all right, here's today's pet and we promise you, you're going to want to check this out. this is cute! this is oreo, the rabbit. the 3-year-old rabbit lives in jackie. clearly oreo is a carolina panthers fan. >> ready to keep pounding.

now we want to feature your furry friend as well on our morning show. so if he's as cute as oreo, send the pictures in to pets@wncn.com. talk about a real life cliff hanger. residents here in california left teetering on the edge by the effects of el nino. local officials have declared a state of emergency and are

but a few of them are defying >> welcome back, 4:55. today new york state officials are set to determine whether they'll turn the raging waters of niagara falls in to just a trickle. at a public hearing, officials will discuss plans to replace 115-year-old bridges linking the mainland to islands near the brink of the falls. now the two concrete arch bridges provide walking access to goat island, very popular place. replacing the bridges will mean reducing the flow on the american side and redirecting the niagara river to the canadian side. a big development project in

land on the right, that's the 90 acres site slated for the eastern cary greenway, wegman's petitioned for the site, the position and weighed in on the proposal. >> we want to make sure there's no winners and losers, the mall is taken in to full consideration, at the same time we want to make sure what we do at the state property is of cary quality. >> and the next step, the town board has asked the planning director to come up with more specific renderings. great story here, when the care panthers face -- carolina panthers face the broncos they're going to have a lot of familiar faces in the crowd. >> this is the coolest owner, richardson is paying for interns and employees to go to see them play. that's everyone from the interns to the executives! wow!

for the players to the front office, carolina wins as one. this isn't the first time the big cat has rewarded his employees. back in 2004, he picked up the entire tab for more than 550 employees plus a guest to go to houston for the super bowl 38 to watch the team take on the new england patriots. he even provided airline tickets, hotel rooms, access to parties, what? a trip to nasa and tickets to the game. the panthers will face off with the broncos february 7 on cbs. >> is it too late for us to apply for ha intern -- that

we're going to >> on air, online, wherever you are. "wncn today" starts now. >> it's a great day in the triangle. good morning to you, thanks for watching nauz wncn -- "wncn today" i'm stefan chase. >> and i'm mike gonzalez, back to school for students today, following last week's really big storm. >> several districts though

that includes orange county,