i hope they're caught. >> right now a bold attack on a quiet street?

the search is on for those who did it. >> they victim a taken to the hospital after the attack that happened just a few feet from her home. amy. >> well, sean, it happened just by this parking lot close to east day visitor street. annie says she was going from her car to her home when was mugged. >> my lit the bit of security was taken. >> she's still shaken up talking act the mugging that sent her to the hospital. it happened just feet away from where she lives on east day visitor street. >> it was around 8:00 p.m. tuesday night she was walking to her car from her bag the three suspects approached and hit her in the head and back knocking her to the ground. grabbed her bag and took off. she couldn't get up. she yelled for help.

her aid and called police. she also showed us the sweater she was wearing when she was attacked. >> you can see here where it's like, been dragged on the street. that brace and bruises a reminder of what she's been through and in the end she says the leaves got away with that bag, her phone, wallet, and green card. according to to the police report, all of its valued at $240. she's well known. a part owner of a business and organized a law of the land of locallen -- local events. a go fund me page has already raised more than $9500. she's grateful. as for those thieves. >> i hope they're caught. iment their parents to know they're out. >> yeah, certainly sounds like shea should. now -- lie they should. police are investigating.

naked canvass trying to track down these three suspects. right now, crews are prepared to head back to a hoche county animal shelter to rescue dozens of animals. the haven animal shelter after complaints. they found around 600 animals with many shows signs of neglect and in need of care. they found 15 dead dogs at the sheetier. she was shocked by the claim ands never witnessed any signs of neglect. >> to me, it is a shelter that has been looking after the animals. >> the owners were arrested on animal cruelty charges and have posted bond and released from jail. deputies in wilson county searching for this couple.

they found 21 dogs and two eight players go thats on the property. only 9 of the dogs were alive. they abandoned and had the utilities turned off. officials shut the building down when they found a bedbug in the lobby. pest control came and said there was no active invitation. no charges filed that send a slowty girl to the hospital. a duke spokesman said she was rush today the hospital on tuesday after a party. duke partially lift add ban on slowty activities. a move blasted by them. their anti-hazing advocate in a hazing ritual.

>> we have a move with urgency. >> the victim is expected to fully recover. the search is on for a bank robber who's crime was cut short by a quick thinking manager. the bank manager saw the armed suspect and held the doors shut so he couldn't .v the suspect began to hit the door with his gun but the manager, he wouldn't budge. the man gave up and ran off. investigators believe he may be driving a small dark gray vehicle with black rims. call the police if you know anything. cloudy and cooler day across the area with a little rain. if you need the umbrella when you head out the door tomorrow. that's the question. bill with that. >> friday morning what you need when had you headed out the door which was an ice pick. that's how bad tvs. 39-degrees right now. we take a look at temperatures

the rain is to the east of the viewing area now. sprinkles as far north as raleigh this morning. that rain departs the rain is cooling down to the 30s to the west. low 40s to the east and that rain just continues to move east of greenville so let's take that out of the forecast for the remainder overtonight as you can see in our future radar. things staying off to the east so things should be dry as a matter of fact skies will clear out and the rain is moving away. low pressure moving away. high pressure popping itself down over tennessee will come in and scar out the clouds while you sleep overnight tonight. clearing skies, we'll have temperatures drop to around freezing along the virginia border. 36 in fayetteville. 36 in rocky mountain. >> here's your drive time forecast. no, fair and dry, 35 at 6:00

37 at 8:00 a.m.. 49 at 9:00 a.m.. maybe patches of fog. we're gonna be clear and nice tomorrow. we'll have a nicer weekend forecast and we'll talk about that coming napa few minutes. >> three, two, one and lift off. a somber day for fans of space travel. today marcs 30 years since the challenger tragedy. seven people killed when it exploded 73 seconds into the flight. >> nationwide people honored the legacy of those crew members in dc. the international space station held a home of silence where the shuttle launched. including a special tribute to kristi who was supposed to be the first teacher in space. >> at a time when many people would think only of the impending launch, she was taking care of a teacher's business. >> well, yearlong investigations after found that cold weather caused parts of

deaths. people in greensboro and dr. ronald mccaffery their. she was a graduate there. honoring his life and legacy flu speaker ands -- through performances. along our coast people are remembers captain michael smith. today they laid a wreath at his memorial. >> it's an honor to be in the town that produced this hero. >> i think it's kind of cool that he's from the exact town that i'm from so i just like to thank him and his family. >> very nice. well, the schoolhouses a mini museum in his honor. governor is not giving up on bringing a massive csx shipping facility to our state.

when it come ands where. the governor said the original proposed site in sell ma is no longer a viewable option. -- viable option. the lieutenant governor said it needs to find a new spot. >> it's a great project and most people probably think that the way they go about acquiring that land and where that land is and certainly the next step now. >> when we asked csx said in an e-mail statement it's committed to the project and working with statement holders to move the project forward. teacher pay raises in north carolina. eight school superintendents across the state. how difficult it is to get and keep good teachers without a competitive salary. state schools superintendent the raises could be a commend want to typier. >> a 10 percent raises for our

our minimizing the evolving door. >> that's not a allen lazardist -- reallyistic in your opinion. we could like to but can't afford it. >> the department of instructions said a pay raise would cost about $540 million. hundreds of veterans looking for jobs got a chance to show off their skills today. they were there for a job fair. those jobs come as a number of service members moving to our state is soring. north carolina va secretary, cornell wilson says north carolina has climb today number eight in veteran population, the highest ever. the va has added eights more veteran service locations to help out. vest ran population has --

29 percent. new salem baptist church spent the day repairing power in the home after a fire. >> we don't know them and they don't know us. we're very happy for them to step in and help my mom to get her house get fixed back up. >> she had no insurance at the time of the fire. they know what may have healed a young hump back whale that washed assure. those researchers performed a necropsy today saying it likely died from a parasite that attacked its organs. a scare tonight for thousands of pregnant women.

we'll take yo just days before the iowa case customers, dualing republican events took lace many testimony des moines. >> donald trump boycotted and held a rally. >> he's an entertaining guyment he's the greatest show on earth.

tonight's debate. >> i'm a maniac on this stage. we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> nearby at his own event, trump fired back. >> look at all the cameras like the academy awards. trump raised money $5 million for wounded warriors. invited low polling vials on stage. no tough questions. his mic, his questions. >> now i want to be greedy for the united states. i want to grab all that money. >> back at the debate, ted cruz was center stage. >> rebuilding our navy and air force. >> cruz was a target. >> the only budget that he voted for was a budget that ran paul voted for. >> everyone please attack ted.

>> it is a debate, sir. >> four day withs a vote, trump with a 7 point lead in the polls over cruz with marco rubio polling third in iowa. nbc news, des moines. >> beside trying just to win over voters the only thing, they try today motivate people in iowa to turnout for the caucus monday night. thousands of shoppers nationwide are losing their go to grocery retail store tonight. wal-mart is shutting down more than 150 stores nationwide including this one in durham. it has many communities infuriated. it opened up a year and a half ago putting a smaller family business out of business. >> they knew when i left they were leaving. they had to, it's been three months.

to opening 300 stores. >> . the zika virus is spreading rapidly. traveled south of the border to the middle of the outbreak. as many as 4 million cases of the virus in latin america by next near. it can cause pregnant women to miscarry or deliver babies with abnormally small brains. nay may have a headache, rash, or red eyes. they plan to start on clinical vaccine read -- nor next year. that that will take years but the starting be been an accelerated process based on our prior experience with vaccines against similar viruses like west nile. >> the best way is to avoid mosquitoes. should it be declared an

a new study shows why hiv is so tough to fight. they already appear today have cleared the virus through aggressive treatment even though no detective levels of hiv in their blood, the virus was able to hide and quietly replicate. how to get the drugs to the hiding spots. last weekend's monster blizzard is one of the worst on record. it's the fourth most powerful to hit the nation in decades. now, your wncn weather forecast. >> you think act the all the folks what they got up north, we got off lucky. what a difference here today. kind of cloudy, little bb out there. few drips of rain especially south of the trifoliate angle and around tonight bubble

nice sunny day or mainly sunny day. right now we do have clouds. this is showing some temperatures in the 30s where the rain has stopped and there's a few low 40s down to the southeast but the rain still east of greenville through new burn u all moving off forward the east so good news. no more rain tonight. just scour out the clouds and get ready for those sunshine rays to come tomorrow. this area of low pressure that came off the coast of florida is moving out to sea and high pressure will build in. a trough of low pressure to squeeze out showers in west virginia. that 10 percent chance may be a stray sprinkle east of i90 tomorrow. maybe a patch or two of fog in the morning but mostly clear for work or school.

the blue windchills to show you a little breeze out of the northwest tomorrow afternoon. it'll feel lower 40s to upper 30. 49 will be our high. tomorrow is friday so you might be i'm gonna get somewhere because last weekend we couldn't move anywhere and it is a nice weekend to hit the beaches. sunny both days. sunday 65. how about a little snow skis in the mountains. 49 on saturday after a 26 low and 53 on sunday. that looks good. good, good, good. so there goes the low. that little trough of low pressure. that comes through harmlessly tomorrow afternoon. winds through the tables and sunny skies. tomorrow night into saturday morning the coldest morning into the 20s. the backside of that high and it'll warm up. 50s on saturday. why stop there. sunday in the 60s and nice and sunny. our next weather maker is not

so it's gonna be some nice weather. mainly sunny. 53 fayetteville. 51 in pine hurst. generally see upper 40s in the triangle. so 49-degrees on friday. saturday now, here we go for your weekend, freezing to start. yeah, it's cold. it'll be in the 50s in the afternoon with sunshine then sunday we're gonna see 62- degrees nor the high and overnight lows not below freezing so good news. it's gonna be wow. great. then as we head through the rest of the 7 day, 66 on monday. the ground hog will probably see his shadow on tuesday 67- degrees and your next weather maker. not till tuesday or wednesday. a little colder behind a cold front moving through on wednesday. >> 27 tomorrow morning, no,

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how crews are making sure the stadium are ready for the panther ands broncos. crews say they have worked around 15 hours a day laying down the brand new sod other the past month. preparations in charlotte for a sendoff party. the panthers pride rally kicks off tomorrow at noon. workers out today putting together a stage and video towers along with so much bleachers. some players on hand. we don't know which ones yet. opinion panther's quarterback star cam newton has won the hart hart of parents and kids. >> a lucky kid with bold predictions for super bowl sunday. >> in this screaming crowd of thousands.

of his biggest fans. >> it felt like i won the lottery. >> he was at this preseason game where the panthers played the patriots. he just scored. >> i was telling him, cam, cam, come over here. come over here. and then he gave me the ball and fist pumped me. >> back home in raleigh, has he permanent reminders of that moment framed on the wall. >> this is the safety roman harper. >> not only did he get this ball signed by several players, he was also lucky to get this one from the alumni game that day. >> he's got a like what he does. he helps charity, he gives balls to kids. he makes good plays on the field and off the field. >> and inspired jay donahoo to go pro one -- jaden to go pro one day. he'll be -- >> better than cam. >> in football you get to hit people.

the panther's loss to the a falcons a few weeks ago. >> it's okay we about to beat the broncos in the super bowl because the broncos suck. >> hit us up with a prediction? >> 50-0. peyton manning isn't that good. they got lucky beating the patriots. >> you heard it here first. >> he says his family got season tickets for next year and one day he wants to play at unc then get drafted by the panthers. >> you got to love that kid. all right. panther's coach is busy working on a game plan having newton busy handing out balls. >> it's not coordinator against card nay torr but -- coordinator by quarterback against quarterback. he's gonna do things to throw you off your game so he can exploit that.

>> peyton manning is preparing for what could be his last game ever. he's ready. >> we are facing an outstanding team in all three phases in a couple of weeks and so every phase of our team has to do their part. >> you can see both the bronco ands panther's faceoff in super bowl 50 on sunday. speaking of cbs, wncn is excited that february 29 we will be delivering the big bang, ncis, march madness.

stay with barbie's getting a big makeover that matel hopes will appeal to you. it's being offered in three shapes, tall, petite, and curvy. >> purchase them online as well as the regular. they've been working on changing them to make them look more real and diverse. that's great. barbie did not look like me as all. >> diversity is better. >> petite's good. >> let's take a look now at the bus stop weather. 34-degrees and cold at the morning at the bus stop. off the bus, 49-degrees in

sunny, 50 saturday, 60s on sunday.