old murder case that we've been telling you about this morning. first let's check in with the forecast. >> good morning. yes, we are looking at clued dee skies this morning and much cooler temperatures. temperatures outside in the 40s and 50s. so yesterday was pretty mild. today you could probably call the temperatures very mild as well as normal for this time of year is right around 32 degrees. so let's go ahead ask check in with where we are right now. you see this band of green right across the center portions of our viewing area, 511 in we look north of the triangle more of the upper 40s, 47 in south hill, 48 in henderson. a little bit of fog out there right around 8 a.m. other than that it should be an easy drive in for you. 53 at noon, 54 our afternoon high.

salt in the wound but yesterday we hit 72, today 54. that 54 a lot closer to where we should be for this time of year back to 52 i'll have more and when you'll need the umbrella again coming up in just a little bit. this is i-40 and the durham freeway so maybe you're heading into durham this morning and you moving just fine. so i do want to check in with your live drive conditions this morning and i am looking down around i-40 this morning. if you're heading westbound this morning you're looking at speeds right around 63 miles per hour. we'll have another check on traffic and weather in about ten minutes. we take you to the breakdown of the winners and losers of the caucuses, hillary clinton eeking a win over bernie sanders. new hampshire is one week from today.

more. >> as i stand here tonight breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you iowa. >> early this morning after counting all night clinton was declared the winner in what the democratic party called a historically close race. less than half a percentage point just a few separate clinton and sanders. >> what iowa has gun tonight is a political revolution. >> ted cruz quoting the bible claiming the biggest victory ever in iowa caucus history. >> tonight iowa has proclaimed to the world morning is coming, morning is coming. >> donald trump landed in second rubio. >> we will go onto easily beat

they throw up there. >> rubio was the first to declare victory. all the candidates pledge to go battle it out in new hampshire and beyond. . >> thank you. voter are turnout was strong. there were so many first time signing up on the spot that one site actually ran out of registration forms. people across the country also keeping a close eye right here in the tar hill state with what can happen to our voter id lawyers. lawyers made closing arguments in the federal trial. the law went my effect this year and will first come into practice during the march 15th primary election. it requires voters show a photo id for casting a ballot. the state says the law is making it more

jones was found dead in her apartment are in may of 2013. . >> reporter: it took more than a month for both sides to agree on 12 jurors that would consider the death penalty in just a few hours they will hear opening arguments. three years after she was found murdered in her apartment the man accused of killing jones willing before a jury. police say the 23-year old murdered the mom of two in her own bed of police say jones had recently moved to raleigh with her daughter from tennessee. on the morning of may 14th, 2013, police say the then 8-year old girl left the construction crew. they followed her back and found jones's body laying in bed covered with blood. neighbors shocking. i

so close to home. >> police say smith had help from two people. one pleaded in 2015 and may testify. redden is also charged in the case. prosecutors say she served as as the get away driver. she has not been offered a plea deal and is also expected to testify. this trial starts this morning at 9:30. we'll be there. we will have updates on wncn.com and on the news at 11. duke university are is soritieses back to normal. duke has not identified that one that was involved. the student is expected to be fine. enter nation appeal emergency that's what the world health organization is calling

spreading quickly and there are a number of cases here in the united states. it has been linked to major birth defects. well, here in the triangle health care providers already taking steps in response to the virus. they're using screening questions to ask all pregnant patients about recent travel. doctors encourage women trying to become pregnant to talk with their health care provider. >> it's easy to hear about the virus and hope that it stays in south america and it's somebody he will's problem but the reality is it affects all of us. >> i think you try and be as healthy as you can. >> there haven't been any cases reported in the state. the state's department of health and human services plans to release more details this morning about steps its taking in response to

police still searching for a group of bandits who broke into a home. plus two men behind bars after opening fire at a home. you won't believe what was going on at the time during that shooting that put a lot of people in danger, those details straight ahead.

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welcome back. in the weather center with meteorologist alyssa corfont. it's ground hog day. we don't want him to see his shadow. >> we don't want him to see his shadow, six more weeks of winter. >> so now we've got that clarified here. we've got some cloud cover and going to be cooler than yesterday. >> a lot cooler. yesterday we hit 72. >> i was breaking a little sweat at the park yesterday. >> i took a nap, but, yeah, we don't need to talk about that. here's a forecast. right now it's 51. we'll drop to near 50 at 7 a.m. and look at that we hold pretty much steady in the low 50s through 8 and 9:00.

major difference from yesterday to today. we aren't going to see the temperatures climb as we had throughout the day. you'll notice that as soon as the sunrises. right now we're looking over the belt line, plenty of cars for this early hour. you can't really see a whole lot but know that there are can cloudy skies as you wake up a little bit of fog especially south and west of the triangle this morning. so let's talk our temperatures, 51 in both durham are and raleigh, 48 in henderson. south hill you're up 47. now, throughout the afternoon we're not going to see the temperatures climb a whole lot so 54 our high. the warmth returns tomorrow but it will be coupled with a cold front which means widespread rain even the potential for strong to severe storms, behind that lingering showers on thursday.

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voter turnout once again proving to be very important in the caucuses, donald trump had a big lose yesterday against cruz who took the lead and for the democrats bernie sanders and clinton were neck and neck most of the night. clinton pulls away with the top spot. more on that throughout the day. bill cosby is set to appear back in a pennsylvania courtroom later today. his attorneys trying to get a sex assault case against him thrown out of court. owe opening statements expected to begin in the murder trial of a raleigh mother. she was found death in her apartment in may of 2013. police say that this man, smith, murdered the mom of two. smith could can face the death penalty in the case if convicted.

bars accused of opening fire at a home. it happened friday night of police say three teenagers all under the age of 16 were shot. the homeowner say she was throwing a birthday party for her 14-year old at the time. no one else was seriously hurt in that. a fayetteville man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to murder charges. legrand appeared before a judge yesterday. prosecutors say he killed three people and wounded two others back in 2011. he faced the death penalty before his guilty plea yesterday. happening right now these two men behind bars accused in a home invasion. it happened just before 5 at a home on spencer road yesterday morning. police say six people forced their way into the home and demanded money taking off in a car that was later found by police. investigators say more arrests expected.

connection with three inmates escaping will not face any charges at least for now. the orange county california da a says there was not enough evidence to charge her. the woman taught english as a second language to the inmates. they escaped in california a little more than a week ago and were arrested over the weekend. some of the items found were love letters. >> as it turns out the love letters were found in her possession appear to have been written by nayeri and not by her >> the three suspect recess document as escape risks under very tight security. chipotle restaurant fans listen up the next step in rebuilding the reputation is already underway. the cdc says its investigation is finally over but at least 60 people got sick in 14 states. they say

they're closing all its doors next monday for a safety staff meeting to prevent future. today is is ground hog's day the day when we'll find out if we're going to have a long winter or spring. today wally will make his prediction at noon. since 1998 wally has been right 55% of the time while his cousin punxsutawney phil up in pennsylvania has been correct 33% of the time. so we'll listen to him apparently. the town of garner will also hold its own prediction today. snerds prediction at noon. it will be held at white deer park. so there's a lot of models to i don't know.

talking about when we talk about those models. today good news for the predictions i'm expecting cloudy skies and that would mean an early spring for us here. the temperatures aren't going to climb a lot today 53 at noon and into the early afternoon hours eventually looking for a high right around 54. now, the cloudy skies going to keep us much cooler than yesterday. yesterday we hit the low 70s for afternoon highs. 50s is closer to where we should be. here's a live he picture in downtown raleigh looking at a nice morning shaping up for us. just a little bit of fog mainly this morning. so here's a look at those temperatures 51 in both now, temperatures will continue to drop keep this in mind as we head throughout the rest of the morning but in the meantime just a light jacket. the winter jackets not necessary this

i want to show you our radar because not a lot is going on, yeah, some cloudy skies have moved in. if you went to bed yesterday and into the overnight said hey there's a few showers those moved out as well and we'll continue to stay on the dry side as we head through the reminder of this tuesday. 7:00 this morning cloudy skies that really sticks around as we head into the afternoon drive home. not a lot changes tonight but tomorrow a lot will change. we're tracking a cold front and that's this band of heavy rain back to our west in the morning. that approaches our area rain really starts to fall right around lunchtime, continues to move across the area because we're going to be so warm tomorrow and this is a pretty strong cold front i do think there will be the potential for some showers and strong to severe storms. we'll be watching that closely through tomorrow afternoon. so here's the look at our severe weather outlook tomorrow marginal risk for all of central north carolina, which means it if any storms do develop they will be

bring some damaging wind gusts. so in raleigh today dry, 54 in raleigh, 53 in durham, then overnight tonight cloudy and mild a low of only 50 degrees. look at tomorrow, i talked about the warmth coming back 69 our high before that front sweeps through. behind the front a few showers on friday, 52 our high there -- or thursday and friday we drop back into the upper 40s. right now the weekend ahead is looking dry. it is just now 5:22. let's check in with traffic. if you're getting ready to head out the door here's i-440, several cars in both directions this morning, no slow downs to report. let's check in with drive times here's your east bound loop i-540, that's about a 17-minute drive on i-440 and 40 everything is moving close to

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let's talk a little supports, a top 20 show down last night and not the way the second ranked tar hills wanted. their winning streak has ended. they couldn't contain guard lee who put up 24 points. johnson had a big game. it was another slow night for page making four are of 19 shots. wolf pack had a rough night too barber had another amazing game putting up 31 points in the lose. he is averaging 23 points her game but he didn't get much help. martin came off the personal to get 14 points. next

struggling duke team. rivalry. the falcons toppled the bears. the pair combined for 45 points. 711 to 67. third straight conference win. newton answers some tough questions at the super bowl media day about his pants and some other things. he also had some fun. he caught a lot of attention for the pants he wore on the trip to california and last night he explained the fashion choice. >> super bowl 50 the mantra the colors black and gold, what i had was extremely limited i looked at my pants and said these, these shoes to tie along with the whole super bowl 50 black and gold. >> there you go, now, you know.

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breaking news in the race for the white house the caucuses wrap up as hillary clinton eeks out a win over sanders, and what it means for donald trump's campaign. also ahead comedian bill cosby preparing for yet another day in court, plus fighting underage drinking. good morning thanks for watching. so glad that you're with us. we've got your morning news and traffic in just a minute but first let's check in with meteorologist alyssa