check in on the weather. >> reporter: we do: we have cloudy sky this is morning and even a few flurry, a few sprinkles now develop ago cross the sand hills. some of that is now moving into portions of lee county. take the umbrella with you. take a heavy jacket. i am not expecting these to cause any problems on the roadways: let's get to temperature, 36 right now in raleigh and clayton. 34 in lieu would you sayburg, mid 30s continue -- 34 in lieu would you sayburg. mid 30s continue and around the sand hills we are at 37 in fayetteville and rayford, so here is your fast forecast. as we progress, it will be around 33 at 8:00 a.m., at lunchtime, calling it 41. some flurries are possible. if you aren't seeing the flurry, most of us will be deal being some breezier conditions this afternoon, wind which i ams are in the mid 30s into the afternoon. we will have more on your forecast but let's switch gears and check in with traffic on

it is very quiet near nc 147. if you are heading in this direction, not a lot of cars, no slow down, no accidents to report. just have a safe morning commute. let's go ahead though and check in with some traffic or details ton live drive conditions this morning. we are looking at speeds heading into durham. that's 64 miles per hour, on i- 8 asouthbound. nc 147 from raleigh, at about 66 miles per hour. and 48 miles per hour if you are on 15, more on traffic and weather in about ten minute. >> >> all right. thank you so much. we have some breaking new, raleigh police have arrest aid man and charged him in connection with a murder of a tax key cab driver. major edwards shot and killed 55-year-old jose dominguez outside of an apartment complex yesterday morning. wncn emma bright spoke to some of his coworkers and -- emma wright spoke to some of his coworkers: . >> reporter: those other drivers say they're nervous to

was safe before the murder happened right here. the police are still out here. they still have the area taped off and some of jose dominguez friends and coworkers say he was called here to apartments to pick someone up. killed. >> it is so sad. he was a very good friend. >> joaquin says she's shaken up. the death of his friend -- he's shaken up. the death is still fresh in his mind. >> my brother called and said joaquin i heard some of your coworkers got killed. i said i don't know what happened. then, i called a close friend, he told me, yeah, he just got kill. raleigh police say this man, 25-year-old major earl edwards shot and killed 55-year- old dominguez outside of the hodges creeks apartments early monday morning. >> i pulled up, and i seen it was a male laying here not moving and not responsive.

>> they had that taped off, that taped off. there were police cars. i have never seen anything like this before. >> is this a bad area? does it make you nervous. >> i never heard nothing on these apartments. i work at night. i have been here in times. >> joaquin says he was never worried when making late night stops in this raleigh neighborhood before, but he will now think twice the next time a call comes in. >> >> reporter: coworkers say jose dominguez has family in new york. he had been driving a cab there for years and recently came to raleigh. major edwards is going to make his first court appearance later this afternoon. reporting live in raleigh, emma right. -- emma wright. right now, police in henderson are looking for the shooter who killed a teen, it

before 11:30 at gate city foods. police found 18-year-old cheek with a gunshot wound. he later died. if you know anything, please call henderson police. the medical examiners office has ruled the shooting death of a hear net county man a homicide. during an incident at a spring- lake home back in november. no charge versus been filed in this case so far. looking ahead a survivor of the charleston church shoot as good schedule today speak at duke university today. the widow of reverend pickney will speak. he was among nine people killed at the church in charleston south carolina last year. it is focusing on race relations and faith. it will be at 7:00 p.m. in new hampshire vote as good already underway in the first primary of this 2016

maybe a little stake but the stakes are huge for all candidates. we have more from new hampshire. >> reporter: three small towns voted just after midnight. kasich and sanders -- cruz and trump, sanders and clinton tieed it others. now the rest of new hampshire begins what they expect to be a record-breaking day. >> out the door, lines out the door. >> candidates continue their final arguments today. >> it is christmas eve for politicians in new hampshire. and you all get to play santa claus. >> this is now crunch time. >> donald trump on the competition. >> they're politician, all talk, no action. they're good at one thing, getting re-elected. >> he has a huge lead here but the number two spot seems up for grabs. cruz, rubio, even kasich or bush have a shot at it. >> they're the ones that is

>> get up early tomorrow and vote. get up early tomorrow and get your friends and family to vote. >> sanders fired up supporters, he's way ahead of clinton in polls. >> i will ask you, respectfully to please consider giving me the chance to do this job for you. >> today is the last last, and poll show more of half i lek rat is undecide or willing to switch their vote at the last minute. all right. it should be exciting to get those results. thanks a lot. coming up zika don'ts to spread. why experts say the mosquitoes

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city yesterday on our flight back home, we got delayed because of the snow coming down. >> yeah. thankfully we didn't see accumulating snow. we just saw the flurries. i wouldn't be going out there. no way. >> i don't surf on a normal day let along one it is snowing. >> 33 at 7:00 a.m., low 30s around 8:00. 9:00 a.m. back to 35. what we're watching for is the chance for just a few flurries. it is not going be widespread. i think the majority of us here in central north carolina will stay stay dry side. with that being said we are seeing flurry, a light shower or two, also out toward lee county and chat domestic violence ham county and -- chatham county, they're not going to come down fast enough to stick to grown. as far as temperatures are concerned, below freezing in rocksboro and south hill. 37 in durham and fayette april rayford this morning, getting to your forecast this afternoon, 44 is the high

clouds today, 40 and we drop into the 30s by thursday, and i will tell you that's not the coldest dayton 7-day, what -- day on the 7-day. i will let you know what day is the coldest coming. >> a new study finds 40% of middle aged americans don't own a home. a report released by bank rate.com says 31% site not being able to afford a down payment as the main reason. 20% claim bad credit is prevending them from getting a mortgage. but in nonhomeowners are unaware of down payment payment adance programs available. check it out. >> 5:12 is your time. people from all over world are celebrating mardi gras, we have a full report on the festivities straight from new orleans. also, we will look at the latest information coming out about the zika vies and why

becoming so difficult to raleigh police arrest a man in connection with a murder yesterday at an apartment complex. investigators say major edwards shot and killed jose dominguez off of hodges creek drive. edwards is expected in court some time today. dominguez was a tax key cab driver. today testimony continues

smith is accused of murdering melissa huggens smith-jones. prosecution could wrap up. today a victory parade takes place for the denver broncos. they beat the carolina -- panthers 24-10 in a game dominated by both teams defense. the victory has or was legendary quarterback peyton mannings second super bowl win. the race to fight the spread of the zika virus is proving tougher than first thought. it is some of the hardest species to kill. they can live and breed in tub drains, flower polls. the virus is possibly linked to the birth defect where babys are born with abnormally small heads. experts say it could take years to develop an effective vaccine thousands of chipotle will

safety training. franchises were closed yesterday for training to prevent future outbreaks. they're playing employees for two separate outbreaks. they are also linking tomatos to a salmonella outbreak. the company does not know what caused the e. coli outbreak. it is last day of mardi gras. fat tuesday is expect today be the largest since katrina. we have the story from the center of it all in new orleans. >> the costumes,. >> welcome to new orleans, baby. >> the parades and of course, the beads. >> all part of an iconic mardi gras experience, a feast for the eyes and ears. >> beyond, beyond. >> definitely beyond our expectations. >> drawing visitors and locals alike.

>> we may not know the personal side of you. when you get to know them you know where they're come prosecuting. >> security is tighter than ever before with so much surveillance visitors should always assume they're being filmed. in addition to agent, some 100 police officers are on patrol. >> in are undercover. >> we want you to have a good time but we will not tolerate violent behavior. >> the weather has been cool and rainy, not perfect but not enough to affect any of the scheduled events. >> a little rain on these parades, not even slowing the celebrations. >> in new orleans, sarah, nbc new. >> >> sarah, thank you, all the festivities add up so big bucks dumping an estimated $840 million into the local economy, just another reason for businesss to rejoice once the madness is over. if you are looking to get in on the mardi gras season, durham hosting a fat tuesday

the bull on the plaza at conquer street. it is free to attend, following the parade, parade goers are invited to stay for food, lunch, live hughes pick i am sure a little spirits in there as well. >> who are these three? none other than noraorail and charlie. yesterday our anchor team got a chance to visit the cbs head quarters in new york city. starting february 29 we will be the new home for allc programming including -- cbs programming. they were a fantastic team, cbs this morning we can't wait to make the switch. they were so hospitable, so inviting. >> they were great to meet and spend the morning with. who's not excited about price is right. we will get to that coming up later this month, but right now, here a look at your hourly forecast. 34 is our temperature around 8:00 a.m. 38 at 10:00 a.m. 41 at noon.

this is cooler than the 53 we should be at for this time of year. we are also going to be breezy later today which is going to make it feel more like the mid 30s. certainly going be a big drop in temperatures as we head into the afternoon. right now though, here what we are deal being. this a live picture at raleigh durham international. pet a much a quiet start, 36 and looking at quiet skies. as our radar scans the skies we are seeing a few isolated showers toward portions of lee county and out toward chatham county, this is a few light flurries. >> not falling fast enough to cause problems on the roadways. toward pittsboro. 31 in rocksboro and mid 30s in member dearson, raleigh and clayton. down around the sand hills, fog is also going slow you down especially from you east of the triangle this morning.

field around smith miles but look at wayne county, visibility at half a mile. allow for extra time, as you get ready to head out the door. now we have been talking about flurry, sprinkles throughout the day. they're going be very isolated in nature. they're just a nuisance more than anything else. toward 7:00 a.m., in of us should be dry. i expect cloudy skies tonight. that's what we will wake up to on our wednesday, overall, still seeing more clouds and sunshine through wednesday but it should be a dry day for us, temperatures though are going to continue to drop for the coming days, show you that in a minute. let's talk about today. 44 in raleigh, 43 in durham. overnight night, cloudy sky, colder, overnight low, around 25 degrees, and that's not even the coldest temperatures you will find on the 7-day, 40 our temperature for wednesday, 36 our high on thursday, and back into the 40s on friday, but only briefly, look at the weekend ahead. 389 on saturday, -- 39 on

sunday and monday mornings we are likely going start off in the teens. so, don't put those winter jackets away, you will need everything you got to stay warm. 5:21 to stay warm on this tuesday morning. let's check in with traffic, and this is i-85 and i-40 at the intersection here. wow, there's not cars out there this morning. if you are getting ready to head out, buckle up, have a safe morning commute. i do have some speeds keyed up on the live drive map. you can see i-40 westbound moving at 63 miles per hour. moving east at about 68 miles per hour. another check on traffic and weather close to 5:30. >> let's get you caught up on time. 5:22. this is our pet of the morning, his name is bud by boo. he's playing in the snow that fell last month: he doesn't look happy. >> he looks like i'm finished are you going to let me in. hello. >> knock, knock.

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1 for first time in the history of the program. they're the sixth team to hold the top spot this team. they don't face another top 25 team until the end to have month, so they're rolling. one stranger that's no stranger to the top spot. uconn women's team. they solidified that with a win against south carolina. it was the first loss though for the gamecocks on the season. the husky versus not lost in 60 straight games. >> wow. >> the last 116 win versus come by double digits. they're the definition of a dynasty to say the least. >> he's had an amazing program. >> here is what is coming up. raleigh police arrested a man they say murdered a cab driver. i'm emma wright, coming up who the suspect is. also, still ahead, we will check in on the rest of this week when it comes to the forecast.

are pretty smooth, no rain, no snow. we are off to a nice start.

keep it here on wncn. >> breaking news, 24 hours after a taxicab driver is killed in raleigh, police make an arrest. more graphic testimony in the trial of a woman murdered in raleigh. the denver broncos will be celebrating a victory parade. >> you wish it was carolina but both teams had a great season. manning had one as well. thank you for watching on this tuesday, glad you are with us. i'm mike gonzales. >> we have everything you need to know before you head out the door including the forecast. let's get over to meteorologist. good morning. >> good morning to you at home as well.