what this means as well as a response from our lawmakers on wncn.com. the state health plan board of trustees just delayed to vote on premium changes that would a affect thousands. >> this is a major change out here. just within the last half hour the board of trustees as you hexed, voted to in essence not vote on the two measures that it was taking up. one of them a ladder to do with cost sharing, the other one had to do with increasing premiums for the 700,000 state employees and retirees in north carolina who get their health coverage through the state health plan. so they're delaying it until may 1st, the significance is that's when the general assembly will come back into session. though the question still remains whether they actually will be even able to take up

waiting that long. we're piecing through a lot of stuff here so we'll continue to follow this and put it together and have much more coming up for you in a live report ahead at 7:00 including reaction from people at the meeting. >> and we're just 48 hours away from kick off in san francisco. >> and final preparations underway for the panthers match up on the national stage with the broncos. we head to super bowl city. >> reporter: you know, here in san francisco you can really feel the energy in this city by the bay. it's like a big giant flash see diamond on this day. people you all smiling and down south well they are just rushing around trying to make sure that super bowl is going to be perfect for everyone. look who's here lady gaga so sing the national an them belted it out on friday. it's all hands on

this is the first time the new stadium will be hosting such an event and organizers want it to be perfect. >> it the denver panthers. >> that's cold play's lead singer joking about who the band is rooting for. the group gave hints that there will be some special guests that will accompany them on sunday. rumor has it that bruno mars might be making a return visit. beyonce will be a main attraction herself. tickets prices close to setting records. stubhub has prices hovering around $3,000 per ticket and that is for the cheap seats. this is lieutenant cruz, he is ready to cheer on his team. he served 16 years in the military including time in iraq. he is in school on a scholarship.

area hero switched careers and enlisted but lady died. he was chosen to receive free tickets to his surprise. >> i really appreciate what you've done and enjoy the game. >> it's unbelievable. >> and for those who don't have a ticket well there is still so much to do and see. like look at the beautiful budweiser horses strutting down a san francisco street. >> and certainly on this day everyone is a winner that's because of these beautiful blue skies and on super bowl sunday also a banner are day with 70 degrees, and we've had el nino rains and fortunately we've not had any rain in sight per se and this is all in time because ferrell williams is going to be having a waterfront concert tonight. and then there's going to be a fireworks display so

to this week here in san francisco. back to you. panthers pride all over the triangle today. these kids and teachers from north forest pines elementary ready. >> most schools in our area did have some type of panthers pride today. we'll have more coming up a little later. and they're not alone, hundred dollars of fans expected to hit the bars on sunday night. >> where live with panthers fans gather every week. hey, bill. >> yeah, they do this is a great headquarters who watch the game or fans. you can see we've got the poster up for the super bowl and the panther colors seem to be dominating here because this is home for one of the fan clubs and joe is with me right now, why is this such an exciting place to watch the game?

club in raleigh and they're the loudest in the city. these guys crazy when they score. >> do you have one of the meters. >> i do we're well over 60 success bells inside which is legal for raleigh. >> you can sit at home and watch the game or be with a lot of folks. what do you offer besides you all the good food? >> you know, we do raffles throughout the game. this year we're giving away a 55-inch flat tv, grills, chairs, a chance to win free food every time the panthers score. we're going to call a number and the person sitting at the table is going to win their food. so it's just excitement, something throughout the game. >> so you want to orderlily and often. >> exactly. >> it's fun. we're getting ready here. we're going to show you where the fan club goes. a lot of excitement here and a lot of folks getting ready who can't atoward to fly to san francisco so it could be a lot of fun

we'll come back and give you a little forecast for san francisco, i think manning at least will like the forecast because he does have a problem playing in cold weather. >> all right. yeah, it's a lot of fun. it gets loud there. thank you. the governor will be at sunday's game and today his office announced the wager with colorado governor. if the broncos win the governor will give 50-case of north carolina butter ball turkey burgers and saw sang as well as dog food if the panthers win they'll off up dog food as well as backpack filled with school supplies. the governor predicts the panthers will win 33 to 10. his reelection campaign is launching an ad will run throughout the weekend. he talks about cutting unemployment. it ends with a push for the panthers to keep pounding.

up on all of our panther stores in a special section of wncn.com. and after a little lane and snow to start the day sunshine and cold temperatures dominated the afternoon. >> and they're going to go every lower tonight. we have a first look at your forecast. >> it was nice to see the sunshine, nice to see friday on the calendar. so happy friday to you. a little bit of rain and even less snow falling this morning but very quickly moving out and there is really nothing going on up and down the east coast right now and that's okay because we had a few days of rain but now that we've cleared out we're going to cool down. temperatures already start to go flirt with the 30s, you guys in franklin county already there but we'll all be there and then some by morning. so the cold front is long gone. clouds and rain is long gone and high pressure will settle in and when that happens, it gets really cold. so here's what we've got number one no precipitation

8. once a that sun goes down it's going to get cold in a hurry and if you're up early tomorrow morning 26 degrees. and we got to get advertise to these type of cold temperatures. we'll tell you how long they'll stick around and when some precipitation might come up and make things interesting. many in north carolina as well as in the bmx community mourning the loss of an athlete. >> dave merle was found dead in guy thursday afternoon. greenville police say merle did not leave behind a suicide note. while it's unlikely well know why he took his life many remember how they impacted theirs. >> he moved to the state in the '90s. >> he was inn at the gradual on

>> he was an accomplished bmx ride. he medicine dealed every year and winning 1 gold medals. >> he was more than just a sports figure or someone that was recognized across the world for his gifts. he's a loving member of this community. >> the mayor says they were close. they saw each other around 1:30 thursday afternoon. >> and to see the life in his eyes and talking about some exciting things that he wanted to do here in greenville with kids. >> hours later around 4:00 police say he was found in a truck with a self inflicted gunshot wound. now, many asking why. >> that is not a question we will be answering, the truth is we may never know why. suicide is a personal matter and we intend to keep it that way. >> but the mayor reminded people

career and a lot of injuries. >> just as we hear about in brain trauma and football and other sports and activities, weather that played a factor. >> you know, as far as the question regarding the brain injury, that's something for the medical side of things. from a legal side of things the cause of death is apparent it's a suicide. >> coming up at 7:00 hear from a local family who is extremely involved in the bmx world and say it's partially due to dave merle. he leaves behind his wife and two daughters. for suicide prevention resources go to wncn.com. back to you. >> all right thank you. horrifying moments captured on camera in man hat this morning as this crane collapseded killing one and injuring two others. a crew had cleared the street because they were lowering the crane due to high winds ask that's when it collapsed. the man who died was sitting in a parked car. ask more witness testimony today attempting to connect the

mom, the witnesses who took the stand today and how their testimony is helping piece together what happened the night of the crime next at 6. but first a check on traffic. this is a look at i-40 and 540, it's a busy night but you can see traffic is moving just fine. who's going to win the super

>> panthers, panthers, panthers, . the prosecution is still working to connect smith to the murder of jones, a mother found dead in her apartment in 2013. >> today jurors heard from who specifically knew him. >> reporter: a series of witnesses took the a stand today placing the trio in the neighborhood after the murder happened. that corroborated yesterday's testimony from the get away driver. >> smith drew a lot of attention to himself in the north hills mall, first the head server at bone fish grill remembered him, anthony and redden because of a huge pile of mess they left at an outside table. >> i remember seeing golf tees,

and it was just -- i don't know if it came out of someone's pants or where it came from but i just remember when he i walked out there it was sitting there and i was like inside and talked to a manager and was like this is odd, like something is odd about this. >> she also remembered reddens unusual behavior. >> she acted uneasy. >> then the manager of the north hills ben and jerry's store are that she remembered them because of an argument they had in filling out an employment section. >> the argument, you know like i can hear what you're saying, i'm the manager, you know, you're not going to get a job here and you should probably leave the store. >> she also testified she had security escort smith reden and anthony off the property. michael hop testifiedd of seeing them at a marijuana anonymous meeting that anthony had been

identified smith as being at the meeting. >> and who was that? >> the gentleman on the right there. >> at one point spectators and the media were barred from the court as a confidential informant testified only to the jury. the judge took that step of closing the courtroom because of death threats that were made against that confidential informant. ask now your wncn weather forecast. >> well, you notice steve had his winter coat on today, it was not in the 70s today like yesterday of course it didn't rain all day either. much colder weather and a super sun set. 43 degrees and that number is warm compared to where we're going to windup by tomorrow morning. elsewhere around central north carolina a lot of uss ready to go down into the 30s, many of us right now into in the mid to low 40s. but compared to where we were

than it was 24 hours ago, 7 degrees colder right now in raleigh than it was last night. and as i said, with clear skies the sun going down, winds calming down, cold front came through two nights ago perfect recipe for us to go to the 20s. so as we take you hour by hour that means 37 at 8, 34 at #10shgs we're right around 30 overnight and if you have to be up for anything early tomorrow morning don't. it's going to be 26 degrees. and keep in mind most of this week it was in the 40s and 50s. so i know it's been colder, but it's going to be a shock because it's been a while since it's been that cold. >> here's what's going on right now, a whole lot of nothing. all that mess of weather we had the last few days is gone and now high pressure is going to build in and it's building in from the north and it's going to bring some colder air with it keeping skies clear tonight but also helping out with some sunshine tomorrow. i like thomas the pick day of the weekend, yes, it will start cold

about 50 degrees. remember that's going to leave us and we've got an area of low pressure that's going to slide in from the south, rain chances small and it's mostly rain, but like this morning, there could be a few flakes of snow mixing in with the rain. more on that in a second. that area of low pressure is out of here on monday. then we've got another cold front coming through. we're going to keep clouds and rain in the forecast and this gives us a reinforcement of cold air by the middle of next week. so it cold now. it's going to stay cold and get even colder by next week, but let's back up a little bit and talk more about sunday. so we're going to pick it up saturday night after a a great sunny day, you're going to notice a few clouds coming in from the south. there's some rain and like usual around here coming up from the south sometimes runs into colder air and you can see it's a long shot

early sunday morning as we have a little bit of light rain we could also see a few wet snowflakes. otherwise then we warm up later in the day and everything falling mainly east of the triangle will be rain. so not everyone's going to get rain but some of us could see a few snowflakes mix in with rain, no accumulation or travel issues but it is going to be chilly. >> tomorrow morning as we go through the weekend you can see we start off in the 20s and most of the day will be sunny it will be spent in the 40s. then we bring in the had clouds on sunday, and sure we might start in the 30s, but again, most of the day sunday will be spent in the 40s. so your friday edition of the 7-day forecast we'll keep highs around 50 both days this weekend but two complete different days so sunny and dry saturday and cloudy with a little bit of rain on sunday, stays cool with some rain on monday same deal on tuesday but

cold air, our highs in the 40s tuesday through the end of next week and the overnight lows will stay in the0 and the 30. today we only made it up to 47 that's exactly what we forecast. so another $100 from us and our friends at allen kelly heating and air to the american heart association bringing the monthly total up to $400. heart attacks, stroke, heart disease the number one killer are in our state. and office workers may have been wearing red. so we're happy to support that and continue to raise money for them. we are also happy that our panthers playing in the super bowl this weekend and for more on what's going on with the celebration and maybe the forecast let's check in with bill ray. you drew the long straw today that is for sure. >> yeah, you know, we can't -- we -- you better believe it. what a great assign: a lot of

out to see the game you can sit at home or be with a bunch of people. they're getting ready for the game on sunday and they've got all the colors up this is the headquarters so this is where they all will be. on sunday for the super bowl and with me right now is sedrick rice. what do you do on sudden to get the folks going. >> it will be a packed house so we'll definitely make sure that we have our raffles going and making sure that we keep pounding here. >> so you try to keep everybody up. let's say you notice the crowd niece a -- needs a little going on or cheering show me something you would do. >> we'll be involved in the kuechly call. >> what's that?

touchdown will you do the dab. >> most definitely. >> all right. well if you can't get to san francisco this is a great place to come. let's show you the forecast for the game in san francisco. first of all we have a couple of cameras for you the bay bridge looking good. it's three hours behind us and then you're going to see the city but the forecast this could be the warmest super bowl in the last 13 years because it's going to be 71 at game time. remember they're three hours behind so they'll be kicking off at 3:30 and the temperatures in the 60s so ideal football weather for those folks out in san francisco. and so warmer than

>> and i'm impressed bill knows

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