i am not entirely surprised. >> right now, promise of change tonight at duke university after a scary incident at a sorority event. good evening, i am sean maroney. >> and i am sharon tazewell. university leaders met with the sorority's tonight to lift a ban on activities just hours after him lamenting up. wncn's amy cutler is live in durham to explain. >>reporter:it now means that sororities can hold events like chapter meetings, or study breaks. this as we learned the student rush to the hospital is going to be okay. duke university abruptly suspended all sorority

it happened after they say, a female student, a new member of a sorority was rushed to the hospital. she had had too much to drink. >> it happens all over the place. it's really scary. i mean,, i don't know, as a sorority member myself i get nervous for the new members or anyone that is ever in those positions. >>reporter: the university told -- telling us it happened as part of a rush event on tuesday night. the student listed in critical condition. it prompted duke to hold an emergency meeting this evening. the chapter presidents of the sororities, and the executive board coming together with university officials. it was closed to the media. >> i am not entirely surprised. >>reporter:devon buckley is a graduate student at duke. she tells me some sorority girls live below her, and she has seen what can happen when alcohol is involved >> there was a girl collapsed there, and she was dressed only in a broad and underpants, lying on her face with her arms back like this.

meeting, duke issued a statement saying all agree that what happened last night was unacceptable, and that steps must be taken to prevent any similar reoccurrence. the women committed to focusing on blasting reforms, as of this time, the suspension of activities has been partially lifted. duke says it expects to fully left that suspension, in the near future. we reached out to duke for an interview, they declined. i should also mention that they have been tight lipped about this case. they have not identified the student, or the sorority at the center of it. live in duke, amy cutler, wncn news now can alert an eye for drivers along i40 in wake county, the road is back open after deadly crash. here is a lifelike right now on i 40 and 70 in garner. the accident happened before 4:30. payson jones was driving onto the exit ramp from 40 east up to 70 when he ran off the road and hit james lucas. lucas on the side of the road was killed. police on the highway patrol are investigating.

filed. the aspca is working its largest animal rescue in history. the massive raytek place at a haven animal rescue shall that shelter. more than 600 animals were found living in deplorable conditions. the owner, stephen and linda spear were charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty. some animals were found with open once. the shelter was operating without a license and for the last 10 years. >> what's of authority so long to intervene? >> what they would do, as these complaints would go through the state. the state would then do their investigations. when it came to the animal cruelty -- or neglect, that is whenever we drafted a search warrant went out to the property. >> nearly 140 aspca responders will access a 122-acre property over the next two-three days. thursday, they will begin removing all of the animals dozens of people in fear of

art -- are in dispute over deportation. they held a vigil in raleigh tonight protesting the obama's administration's recent efforts to arrest and deport and documented a documented immigrants. that included rates in our s tate. tran ones michael hyland takes a closer look. >>reporter:the message, this evening, stop separating families. dozens of people came together for a vigil outside the wake county detention center. spent part of the time in this makeshift holding cell >> families get separated, kids are being destroyed are the kids the kids are the future of the country. regardless of color or race. >>reporter:this demonstration comes in response to recent raids by the us department of homeland security. earlier this month, agents arrested more than 120 people, primarily in north carolina, georgia, and texas. that included adults, and kids, here illegally. who exhausted their appeals and have no claim for asylum.

here represent kids being forced back to their home countries. >> families that have been pushed out of their countries into violence, drug wars >>reporter:civil rights groups have questioned the legality of how the rates are carried out. in a statement secretary jay johnson says, i know there are many who loudly condemn our enforcement efforts as too harsh. we must enforce the law consistent with our priorities. ramos has lived with the fear he could lose his family. >> since i was a kid, i've had a missed miss trust of the police, because i ever saw a police card i automatically feared that i would be separated from my family >>reporter:it's a feeling that persists. more than a decade after arriving in america >> is a constant fear. this takes a psychological toll >>reporter: and riley, michael hyland, wncn news. >> police and army working diligently to close more than one dozen unclosed homicides from last year.

one of the unsolved cases is 22- year-old johnny mclean. he was gunned down in march while driving in east durham. wncn question durham police about why the case has not been solved. investigators told us factors like lack of witness cooperation, and little physical evidence holds up an arrest. the police say they never give up. >> all of our homicide cases, until they are solved, they remain active. we never have a homicide case that goes inactive. >> detectives stress you can give confidential tips to crime stoppers. we have posted the number on our website wncn. com. turning to weather and clouds, rain and cold temperatures return today. they are not going anywhere tomorrow. chief meteorologist, wes hohenstein is arty watching tomorrow's rain. it is going to be wetter and colder tomorrow. right now, showers in florida and parts of georgia hanging out there, but eventually going to head north and that will be part of our rain tomorrow. in the meantime, we've just got clouds tonight. a few specs down to our southwest area and we will leave a 10% chance of rain

tomorrow. most of the rain coming later. as for temperatures. this morning, you left for work and school it was in the 40s. many of us in the 40s now. already a few spots mainly north of the triangle up by the virginia border. as for precipitation combining with freezing temperatures and causing issues -- we do not expect that tomorrow. because most of us will stay just above freezing. it's an area of low pressure combined with our old cold front that move through this morning. stationary fronts, that is what is going to head our direction and bring a summary. your morning commute thursday will be cloudy, but mostly dry. we will keep just very small chances of rain through 8 o'clock. you'll bump he will bump it up later in the morning. dry and cold as the forecast. 30 for degrees is how your morning will start off, jumping up to 35 at 8 a.m., 37 at 9 a.m. tomorrow will be the coldest day on the entire 70 forecast. we get there tomorrow, we have sunshine and 60s. i will tell you when that will

veterinarians are working to figure out what killed a baby humpback whale that washed ashore in curry beach. someone discovered the young well early this morning. the whale was one-two years old and weighed 15,000 pounds. he also said the whale was very thin and appeared to be sick for quite some time. crews will perform a necropsy. the future of a csx transportation hub project in trust the county is up in the air. we told you last night governor mccrory released a statement saying the current proposed site was no longer a viable option. it is not a guarantee the land owner says the open statements will allow him to keep his for 50 acres of land for homes, farms and businesses. >> people that voice their support on day one, i just assumed that this big project that the land had been acquired and every thing had been done >> it is committed to seeing this project through, looks forward to addressing any concerns. it is unclear where, or if the project will move forward at

lawmakers are debating weather someone should step in to help run some of the states low performing schools. the house committee met today to discuss the possibility of achievement school districts. the plan would take five of the states lowest performing elementary schools and group them into one district. the state would select charter school operators to come in and run the schools. >> we are trying to do our own system, our own district where we have an ability to make it fit for north carolina. >> i would prefer they just work on improving the scores of all of the schools, as they are. >> some lawmakers say they think it may be a better idea for the state to focus on efforts already underway to help improve low performing schools. the committee will meet again in february as well as march the future of our du airport being laid out for the public tonight. the airport authority held its first workshop on the vision 2040 master plans tonight in durham. it includes ways to attack all growth including future aircraft . the next step is to develop

growth without sacrificing customer service. that means passionate terminals, parking facilities. there is another public workshop tomorrow night and raleigh a special surprise for a sixth-grader among her close. -- along our coast. gunnery sergeant navarro and that his sun, his namesake, erica, the mother says they planned a surprise for little andrew and his sister savannah only 24 hours ago. you can see how touched he is. the gunnery sergeant had just wrapped up a six month assignment. >> they are my world. i try to do everything for them. all of the deployments, sacrifice we made its offer them. so they can have a good life. >> the navarro's took their kids home early, and plan on playing legos, basketball and getting outside as a family. welcome back >> the tears of joy.

or prepare to pay up. now dc is coming to collect. >> how much money the district wants from drivers who left their vehicles parked during last weekend's blizzard. a deal tonight over what's next for the city of ferguson, know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds.

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a georgia state trooper recovering tonight after being shot twice during a police chase near atlanta. the trooper, jacob fields was

truck. other cars joined the 10-mile chase before the driver rams into another car, got out and started shooting. the suspect is in icu. the interstate was about four hours. the city of ferguson, missouri and the justice department are prepared to overhaul that cities police department. it comes following a proposal between the city and doj. the proposal requires more thorough training of police officers. as well as reforming use of force procedures. it also requires all officers, supervisors, and jail workers to wear body cameras and microphones. this move comes more than one year effort -- after officer shot and killed michael brown. that shooting sparked protest nationwide. no shortage of drama in the race for the white house. donald trump is taking himself out of tomorrow's gop debate. it's a last one before the iowa caucuses next week. trump still beats there and says he does not need the debate to bolster his support. his issue is with fox moderator megyn kelly whose he says it was unfair to him at the first debate.

holding an event in iowa with veterans and wounded warriors. some say this move could backfire. >> that is a huge risk. we are seeing republicans pounce on him saying he is too scared to go toe to toe with fox news. >> is for the democrats, bernie sanders met with president obama in the oval office today. he and hillary clinton are tied in iowa but sanders has a 50- point lead in new hampshire. people who are visually impaired or getting a little extra help voting in time for the march 15 primaries here today, the raleigh lions club along with the wake county port of elections helped 76 visually impaired people navigate the auto mark. it's a voting machine that lets users listen to the list of candidates to headphones. >> having this device allowed them to sit at the machine, and mark their ballot completely privately and independently. to preserve the secrecy of the vote. >> that gives me a piece of mine, because i do not want everyone to know who i voted for. >> more than 200 auto mark machines available in the country

backing down calls to leave oregon wildlife refuge. last night -- less light agents pull levers from the group one died while they were be taken into custody. eight others were taken into custody colluding the group's he is calling for those remaining at the refuge to l eave. >> this fight is hours for now, in the courts. please go home. >> this has been tearing our community apart. this can't happen anymore. >> the group has occupied the refuge for nearly one month as part of a long-running dispute over public lands. then i can crackdown on cars in the nation's capital. the district has issued more than $1 million in parking tickets and additional $65,000 in fines. as many as 665 vehicles were towed from city streets. the mayor warned people to get their vehicles out of the way

a military veteran is using his disability to help his neighbors during snowstorms. justin anderson was wounded while serving in the iraq war. he uses a wheelchair to get around. last year he took his wheelchair off road attaching a snow blade to it. he goes to neighbors plowing driveways, sidewalks and anything flat. >> the community has supported me immensely through my struggles, and my tough times with having my leg amputated. also, with my fight with brain cancer. so, this is my way of giving back. >> anderson says he is planning more modifications to the snowplow for the future. a frightening fall for a skier in alaska. look at this. angel collinson was filming for a movie when she hit an icy patch falling more than 1000 feet down a mountain. amazing she only suffered two jammed fingers and some bruises. collinson was wearing a microphone and could be heard saying i am okay. i am okay. that is wild. a thousand feet? >> that is why i stay on the

[laughter] keep it safe, right? no snow in our forecast? >> if you think about it, the month is almost over, the last day of this month and sunday we are going to be in the 60s. we have made it through our average snowiest month with just the one event we had last week. the second snowiest month is february. it's not completely over yet. what i am about to talk about is rain and nothing else tonight. we have clouds, you see a few specks of green on the radar there will be more than a few specs tomorrow, especially in the afternoon. outside right now, it is chilly, we got spoiled for a little bit. we are temperatures this morning in the 40s when you left for work and school. not as warm tomorrow. many of us in the 30s mainly north of the triangle in the 40s you see here will slowly slide into the 30s by tomorrow morning. a heck of a temperature change contrast. we have been back-and-forth the

now, i guess we are back, as in 14 degrees colder right now in franklin county that it was last night at this time. it will be colder tomorrow morning. here we go hour by hour through your thursday forecast. another day without any s unshine. dryer in the morning with more of the rain coming in the afternoon. we will start at 34, jump up to 37 at 9 a.m. you will make coats, but not umbrellas for the morning commute. i lunch lunchtime 42 scattered showers, i think the right home from school and from work will have scattered showers as temperatures struggle to get into the 40s. not a lot of sunshine tomorrow, i got something for you here, the question is and you cannot cheat is this a super sunset or sunrise? i had to ask. although, i will say the little bit of fog at the bottom gave me a big hits. this is a super sunrise. jessica down the camera took this for us. this is from several weeks ago but an amazing shot with those wonderful pine trees.

sunrise these days at 7:19. i gave this on my twitter, facebook and instagram page if you want to take a look and share it with your with your friends. or if you have one you would like to share with us send me an e-mail at wncn. com. not a lot of sun tomorrow, this area of low pressure, the rain, the clouds and help from this old cold front that is not stationary, all going to contribute to our weather tomorrow. but, remember high pressure starts to build and friday and we have a great weekend. let's get there tomorrow together, starting off early we've got clouds, but generally dry weather. the morning commute cold and dry. then we go throughout the morning, here comes that rain. early moving in late morning closer to lunchtime. you will notice is the origin of this rain is along the coast, the closer you get to their it is going to be wetter, the farther away dryer. you guys in person county, you make it through the day without any rain. triangle, sandhills, i-95 corridor, especially 3 o'clock

showers. they are not going to be overly heavy, not flooding a not severe, but what and cold. never a great combination and that's what we've got tomorrow. or we are at 6 o'clock, the area of low pressure, rain wrapping up by tomorrow night and then we dry out and clear out and friday while it will be dry in clear, it will be a cold start friday morning. call tomorrow, too, we do not get out of the 40s. we've got clouds and scattered showers mainly in the afternoon. after 46 tomorrow, it is a call to stay on the seven day we jump up to 51 friday, 55 saturday, and that we've got 60 , 62 sunday, and the 64 then 64 monday, book your teatime, rain returns next tuesday and wednesday. we told you to wait for those cars -- to wash those cars at the end of the week, make those reservations friday, saturday and sunday. that water coming out of the spigot after we have been this cold, is also called. maybe take it somewhere. no water fights during the

>> if we can make it tomorrow, the weekend is awesome. christmas in january, speaking of all of that. some kids at unc children's hospital. employees delivered 160 boxes full -- filled with toys, crafts, and books. a mother whose sun is waiting for a heart transplant is like this make the stay at the hospital easier. >> it gets them -- it gets his mind off of what he's going through. it's nice to have the outside world come to you. >> employees filled each box as part of a teambuilding activity. a wish turned reality for a man who has overcome so much already. >> who's helping this man to

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is a scenario hundreds of thousands of kids have drained of, making the game-winning play in the super bowl. but, only a few get to live it. >> in 11 days, former unc star trey could get that chance. todd gibson has the story from charlotte. >>reporter:trey boston and the carolina panthers are going to the super bowl. for natalie, this game is the ultimate. >> a dream. somewhere, being little, so far away from you, but you want to hold you so much and so near to your heart he met football players and fans have played in a million superballs. weather it's in their backyard, or in their head. it's no different for trey boston, except now his dreams

well before boston ever became a star in north carolina, he like all football players had a vision of what it was like laying in a game watched by more than 100 million people. in fact, boston's mom would have to be a part of it throwing him the ball as he makes the game changing play. >> the clock going down, you might have the last play, throwing it to yourself. i was quarterback, receiver and running back. it is a dream >>reporter:sometimes, dreams come true, that is the case for boston. now in just a few days, he will see how his dreams play out. taking on peyton manning has that ever occurred in his make- believe superballs? >> no, no, no there was no patent back in those days. he was never on my list >>reporter:you can bet he has now. boston is hoping this one plays out in real life. in charlotte, todd gibson, wncn sports a raleigh man who beat states for cancer make it to see the panthers beat the broncos in person. he hopes that is the outcome.

paid trip to the bay area to watch his team in the super bowl. the triple the -- will be made possible by the fill your bucket list foundation. it grants wishes to adults with cancer. he is taking his mom with him because she dropped everything in her life to take care of him when he was first diagnosed. >> i was pretty pumped, first i was speechless, and that i instantly called my mom and told her about it. i hadn't told her yet that i was going to pick her to go with me. so that was kind of, you know, fun to keep that a secret. >> how about this? the foundation was about to spend thousands of dollars on super bowl tickets, but just the other day someone donated a pair of tickets to help fulfill grants wish. a north carolina company is getting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the big-game behind the scenes. cbs hired film works and works in rocky mount to help with lighting, setting up mobile studios and power at the site. >> we have a crew out there

tractor-trailers similar to what you see back out here, we have generators, building structures, booths, and other entities, or the other things for santa clara >> you can see that rocky point team pay off when they tune into the super bowl sunday february 7 on cbs. speaking of cbs, we want to remind you wncn is excited starting february 209 we will be delivering hit cbs

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