clinton is right around 25 degrees. and there's still enough of a breeze out there to make a significant impact. look at this goldsboro now wind chills in the teens along with rocky mount. here in raleigh it feels like 16 degrees and of course we have to point out this single digit wind chills in roxboro, it feels more like 7 degrees across portions. so can't stress it enough, layer up, limit exposed skin as you're getting ready for the morning commute, certainly if the kids heading to the bus stop. 21 this morning 8 a.m., 36 at noon, lots of sunshine and then 40 for an afternoon how, our normal high for this time of year 54 degrees almost 15 degrees below where we should be. now, it's important today stays dry. tomorrow is when we're expecting some rain ask snow if the afternoon. i'll let you know when that arrives coming up in your complete forecast. right now time for traffic.

picture outside lots of headlights in this direction this is i-440, just a few cars if you are heading out the door this morning play it safe and take it easy. we do have an alert to pass along to you because of some maintenance we're looking at nc 540 the shoulders closed this morning in both directions. that's between exits 54 and 69 this morning. so if you're traveling in that direction just give those crews plenty of room to do their work on the shoulderment we'll have more in about ten minutes. >> all right. thanks. team coverage this morning as we are waking up to some bitterly cold temperatures. it's below freezing across central north carolina. emma wright check canning out the roads this morning where they're preparing for potentially icy conditions. >> reporter: we were seeing some roads that have already been pretreated. we were expected to see what alyssa was telling us about a few minutes ago.

right now. we do have some white lines on the road, that is a brine, a salt solution that they put down so when it does ice and snow it hopefully doesn't stick to the roads and makes for a little bit easier driving when you're out and about this morning. so far we've been driving around clayton we were on 40 earlier, the belt line, we haven't seen any icing just yesterday but they do have that brine in place just in case. because it is so cold area shelters preparing. last night the durham rescue mission launched operation rescue that means they opened the doors to men and women who were without a warm place to go. they get a warm meal and also some warm clothes to help them out through the rest of the winter. as for the roads right now nothing yet but again, they do have that brine down to hopefully get ahead of that storm we may see later this

right now a state trooper and another driver recovering after a crash in i-40. crews shut down three westbound lanes for more than 3 hours to clean up that scene. investigators say that the trooper stopped to help two drivers who were in a separate crash. the tractor trailer passing a stopped vehicle clipped another car, it lost control and hit the trooper's car. both the trooper and other driver were taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. later this month and next month a community police chief and town worker expected in court. deputies say the police chief william murray and administrative assistant face cyber stalking charges. the arrests stem from claims made by pitman's husband. we're learning more information about the deputy who was ambushed and assaulted. the deputy was off duty at a children's birthday party at the time. investigators say one suspect lured him outside and

sheriff tells us he was targeted because he's in law enforcement. yesterday those four suspects appeared in court as for the deputy -- >> he had some injuries of course to his face, back, kidneys, his ribs, he's in pretty bad shape but he's a tough guy. >> the sheriff did not identify the do you want citing involvement in undercover operations and concern for the safety of his family. the suspects charged with assault. right now families and sheriffs office in mourning after the death of two deputies in maryland. the pair respond today a disturbance call. they say that the suspect opened fire hitting both deputies. additional officers showed up and shot and killed the suspect. both fallen deputies were long standing law enforcement officers. federal government going after the city of ferguson. the justice department has filed a

city failed to accept an agreement that would improve how police and the justice system treat minority and the tour. u.s. attorney general says there are no excuses. >> well aware that by deciding not to accept it that they were choosing litigation. this is their choice. >> the city has been under fire since 18-year old michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer 18 months ago. it sparked violent protests that lasted for weeks. >> lynch is heading to fayetteville. it's a six city tour. the first stop makes place today and tomorrow in miami florida. we're still waiting to learn the exact details on that trip. gofundme page for a teacher killed in a crash at a goldsboro school is getting lots of donations. more than $7,000 has been raised for the family of a second grade teacher who was hit by a bus tuesday. the 25-year

his wife is expecting a baby boy in june. investigators have not filed any charges against the bus driver. we do have a link to that gofundme page. it's on wncn.com. time now is 5:36. still to come two college campuses in the triangle honor the memory of three students shot and killed in chapel hill one year ago. >> plus as manning was clinching his second super bowl win one of his brothers watched with a

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not a lot of cloud cover out there, just a few clouds expected throughout your morning drive. that means you'll need the sunglasses along with the heavy winter gear. look at these temperatures, 21 at 7 a.m., back to 27 at 9 a.m. i don't think we get above freezing until about 11 o'clock this morning. so layers encouraged. so really it is a cold one out there for you. and the reason being we're looking at very clear skies. not only around our area i do want to point that out. clear skies for the majority of the state. and this trend for the most part going to stay today. it's tomorrow that we'll start to see more clouds and even the potential for some rain and snow. so another dry day today, and then it starts to change tomorrow, but current temperatures in the upper teens around roxboro 17 there. again raleigh we're at 22 while littleton is at 25, clinton at 26.

feel like temperature really drops the wind chill right now in the single digits. it feels more like the mid-teens around raleigh and sanford this morning. high today of only 40, 36 tomorrow with a chance for rain and snow in the afternoon and then we're dry but colder for the weekend 34 on saturday. i'll let you know when the coldest air arrives coming up. mike. . a woman getting a rare artifact back into her hand two weeks after having to give it up. tree trimmers found this civil war cannonball in her front yard. it likely came from a union cannon. the piece of history was taken by marines and bomb experts to make sure it wasn't still dangerous or active. once they did they delivered that back to her. >> i think it's really cool. first of all, to be able to see it makes it a reality that it really was on my property since

then the fact that i mean, history comes alive. >> pretty incredible. she now says she work to restore the cannonball. time right now coming up on 5:42. thanks for waking up with us. forensics took center stage in a murder trial in raleigh, what the jurors and the victims's family members heard discover card. i missed a payment. aw, shoot. shoot! this is bad. no! we're good! this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got the discover it card, so we won't hike up your apr for paying late. that's great! it is great! (both simultaneously) thank you. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you.

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testify about the threat of the zika virus. he'll also address the president's request for merged funding. work is already underway on the vaccine. senator bernie sanders and former secretary of state hillary clinton will face off tonight for their second one on one debate. the debate comes days after senator sander's victory in the new hampshire primary. south korean officials say north korea has executed its army chief of staff. he was chief of the korean people's arm general staff. it would be the latest in a series of killings and dismissal since kim took power in 2011. the prosecution winds down its case in the jones murder trial. crime scene techs unsealed evidence packets including fingerprints gathered at the scene. several

including the ccbi supervisor who shot the video of the crime scene. >> it's one of the first things that we do is almost -- you've got your still photos and it paints a certain picture but a video it pans out and so you can see basically the whole scene at one time. >> some of the video as you can imagine was very disturbing to the jones's family. there were images of her body in the bedroom of her apartment that prompted a very emotional response. i can't imagine what they're going through. a fayetteville man will head to court after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman twice. the 23-year old is charged with rape, kidnaping, intimidating a witness as well. officers say he assaulted the woman in her home twice this month. family and friends honored the legacy of three prominent muslim students one year after they were murdered in chapel hill.

that the three were shot and killed inside their chapel hill apartment. the suspect craig hicks is behind bars. officers say the shooting stemmed from a parking dispute but the families say it was a hate crime. last night hundreds of people came together to honor the lives of the three now known as our three winners. people joined in prayer and reflection. relatives of the students who were killed spoke by the need to promote unity. they said the shootings last year were about more than just the a parking dispute. >> in a sense, you know, was demeaning almost to our family in a sense that these three people could be involved in a so-called quote unquote dispute. . >> one of the brothers say it was important to respond to what happened not with hate but with light which is the name dia translates to.

and moment of silence on unc's campus. hundreds of people showed up there. the dental school also unveiled white coats honoring them. the man accused the gunman craig hicks faces murder charges. prosecutors say they have dna evidence linking him to the shootings and they will seek the death penalty. fbi also investigated the shootings and have finished their investigation. they've passed their findings onto the u.s. attorney's office who will decide if this will be classified as a hate crime. we talked to the chapel hill police chief about what they learned after the shootings. >> investigations take time, and that was certainly the case here and for a grieving families waiting for information about a loved one, and suspecting the worst, i so wish that we could have gotten information to them more quickly on that night. >> and you can watch the full

it on our website wncn.com, and while you're there you can also find extensive interviews with the victims's families and how they're copying. we are looking elsewhere, that's the message from csx to landowners. a letter delivered to the landowners says that the proposed railroad hub project was quote null and void. it comes after the governor first announced the project was not a viable option. property owners fought the proposal saying it threatened to take away their landen. >> all right let's switch gears over to weather and it is cold. you can't by looking at this camera. this is in raleigh but winds really not a big factor here or out at the high school i should say for others wind is playing a big market your commute. i'll get to the wind chills in a moment. let's talk about what you need to know as your planning you're day and that's temperatures in the 20s.

at 8, 36 at noon. so we don't get above freezing until say 11 o'clock this morning. 40 our afternoon high, that's where we were yesterday. and then back into the mid-30s. we'll start to turn partly cloudy by about 6 p.m. this evening. so checking in with temperatures first 17 in roxboro, 19 in henderson, 19 in south hill, also in the 20s in sanford, pinehurst, it's been quite some time since we've had this many locations in the teens as actual temperatures, but like i said, there's enough of a breeze in some neighborhoods to have a big impact. it feels like 16 degrees at the raleigh durham international airport. and now fayetteville you also feel like it's right around 16 degrees. so that's going to be around throughout the morning hours. the wind is not going to be as big of a factor this afternoon. all in all today is going to be quiet for us. plenty of sunshine right on through your lunch shower hour.

continues this afternoon, just a cloud or two for the evening drive home. tonight we'll look at more clouds building in by about 7 a.m. tomorrow morning and then the chance for scattered snow and rain showers now starting mid-day. so yesterday we were thinking this wouldn't start until further in the afternoon. i do think it will be here right around lunchtime if not a little bit before. and look at this falling as a snow and possibly wintry mix right around 1:00 in the afternoon. the good news with this system it's going to move out pretty quickly. it's not going to have a lot of moisture with it, but there are some small accumulations possible. this system is not going to be a big deal for us. i think we're tracking a messier system for earlier next week. accumulations for tomorrow you'll notice this is our -- what we call american model and this will be close to an inch here in raleigh, about a dusting down around the sand hills but there is that area that we can see closer to two inches right along the 95 corridor. this is one model. this doesn't bring

i think about a dusting possible around the triangle up to about 2 inches possible right along the 95 corridor. that 2-inch mark would be close to nash. again, this starts tomorrow mid-morning. now, 40 degrees our high this afternoon, 39 in durham, and 44 in fayetteville. overnight tonight clouds start to roll in, temperatures though, still on the cold side. 22 degrees our overnight low. we'll head into the coming days ask look at tomorrow, 37 that chance for rain and snow in the afternoon, 34 our high on saturday, temperatures continue to drop, and between saturday afternoon and say monday morning i don't think temperatures going to get to above freezing so it's certainly going to be something you have to watch. you have to watch your car batteries. make sure you're checking on your pets and checking on your family and neighbors as well. monday could be messy with a wintry mix changing into a cold rain by

forecast. it's time to check in with traffic and we are starting to see more cars. this is on i-40 and lake wheeler road. keep in mind this is through a work zone so it looks more congested than maybe some of the more open roads looking. we do have a hazard on 540 thissing morning, the shoulders closed but you can see the streets filtering in seeing some delays this morning. they're closed between exits 54 and 69 this morning. we'll let you know when that reopens but right now send it back to you. >> thanks so much. we appreciate that. here's one guy that likes the cold a little bit. meet our pet of the morning. he loved playing in last month's snowstorm. we want to feature your furry friend on our morning newscast. stay with us.

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