watching. glad that you're with us. >> we begin with our big story this morning, the weather. >> that's right a winter weather advisory prompted schools to make some changes to today's schedules. >> all these schools closed today, rocky mount, roanoke rapids, wayne and wilson county schools. franklin county is on a two hour delay. >> good morning. >> good morning. and good morning to you at home as well. that's exactly right. we've been talking about the chance for winter weather today and this advisory. here it is and as you can see it will go into effect at 7 a.m. including all of the 95 corridor even includes some of you down around the sand hills. now, i do think more of you around the sand hills will see more of a wintry mix but again it's cold enough that any sleet, freezing rain conditions or snow will immediately stick to untreated roads. so that's

here we're looking at partly to mostly cloudy skies. very light in nature around ashville, a little more snow as you make your way further west towards tennessee this morning. here i'm not expecting any of the snow to start until say 10 a.m. and it will be pretty scattered as well. so you'll get through your morning drive it's close to lunchtime that we'll have to worry about the wintry weather. in the mean times here's a look at your temperatures, rocky mount you're at 26, henderson and roanoke rapids both at 25, and south hill, good morning, you're at 21. so here's your fast forecast, for this friday mid-20s at 8 a.m., dry for your morning drive, lunchtime today close to 32, so that's when we're starting to see some of the accumulating snow move through, a wintry mix falling across the sand hills high today 35 and then most of us dry again by the evening drive home. we'll get to more on your forecast and the cold weekend ahead at the moment.

i-40 and page road in both directions moving freely. roads dry but for many of you you'll notice that they've been treated especially the primary roads. we'll get to more on that from emma wright but right now let's check in with your live drive conditions. we have this hazard yesterday it's more of an alert, nc 540 the shoulders closed in both directions that's between exits 54 and 69. from time to time we've been seeing some slowing. they're doing maintenance on the shoulder so make sure you're merging over a lane or two and giving them plenty of room to do their work. more in about 10 minutes. right now everyone is waiting to see what impact if any the winter weather will have on our roads. >> and emma wright had been driving around all morning. >> yeah, we've covered quite a bit of ground it morning and haven't seen any snow, sleet rain or ice just yet. so that's good news for anyone who's out and about driving around this morning.

just us and a few trucks right now. we are on 795 north, we're head today wilson. these some of the areas where schools have already been cancelled for the day. we were on 70 east before, you could see they have laid a ton of brine down on those roads, 795 you can see the same. it's kind of harded to tell in the dark but the white lines you see on the pavement that aren't the actually, you know, lines on the pavement, but the grayish looking white lines that is the brine that they have put down in preparation for this upcoming storm. we've seen brine on all of the main roads that we've driven son so far this morning. we were on 440, 40, and 70, and now 795, everything looking good. we haven't seen any ice although it is cold enough if there is some water it will be frozen on those roads. so you want to keep that in mind when you're heading out and about this morning. so far things looking dry. we'll keep an eye

more updates later on in the newscast. >> especially, thanks so much. whether it's snow, ice or storms you can take the latest conditions with you on the go if you've downloaded or brand new news appear. breaking news raleigh police closed apart of hillsboro street after an early morning crash. >> the driver crashed around officers reopened the road around 4:15 this morning. right now fayetteville police searching for an accused murder. investigators looking for boyd. he's facing murder and robbery charges. detectives say bird was shot in the head. right now we've learn raleigh police still looking for at least one more suspect in the murder of a taxi driver of friends and co-workers came out to honor him yesterday. officers found the 55-year old

hodges creek apartment complex. two men charged with his murder. friends believe the men called the taxi to rob him saying he was shot over just $13. durham public schools sending a message to the government don't arrest our students it comes on the heels of the arrest of this student on january 28th. he was on his way to riverside high school when he was caught in an immigration raid. his sister says he entered the country illegally in 2014. he now awaits deportation. the district's board of education passioned a resolution calling for the arrest to end. students at the high school which has the largest hispanic population in the district has fallen by at least 20% surrounding fears of more raids. the state is planning to take a closer look at what's causing problems for thousands of customers of blue cross blue shield of north carolina. insurance commissioner spoke to wncn, he says he met with the company's executive this week

facing may not be resolved for months. those include issues with billing and verifying coverage. the department of insurance is launching a formal examination of the company after receiving more than 1,000 complaints from customers since early january. >> the examination will help us learn about what has happened to prompt those complaints, what caused it, how -- what can be down to prevent it from happening again and really how it happened and by whom. >> they apologized for the ongoing problems. at the same time all this is going on the company is considering getting out of the affordable care act marketplace. they say consistently losing money on these plans puts all of our customers at risk. we're doing everything we can to participate but must evaluate the afford ability of any plans we offer our customers for 2017. the unc board of goes is expected to meet for the second

>> plus forget about lending a hand, one man lent a foot to help officers catch a suspect. later in my business i can count on my i.t. guy bailing me out all the time... i'm not the i.t. guy. i'm the desktop support tech supervisor. and my customers knowing right when their packages arrive. introducing real-time delivery notifications.

we're at current temperature of 26 degrees. this is a live picture from our tower camera. most of us clear and expecting dry conditions for your morning drive. here's our satellite radar and you can see the dry conditions overhead, a few flurries back towards the west, more activities going on around tennessee any precipitation that is going to fall today will be light in nature but the reason it's going to stick while the temperatures have been very cold for the past few days. you

have that. 26 in durham and in raleigh, 29 right now in littleton, 28 in fayetteville, 28 also in raeford. so walking you through your day your 8 a.m. temperature should be close to 26 still expecting us to be dry, an isolated snow shower some flurries at 10 a.m. more of us going to be the wintry weather around noon today. so freezing mark as we head into the early afternoon hours the chance for precipitation is going to remain increased which means the best chance to see any snow or wintry weather going to be between noon and 3:00, 34 at 2:00, our high of 35, by 6 p.m. most of us dryer, 32 at 6 p.m. so how much am i expecting to accumulate generally speaking half an inch. around are the sand hills you're going to see more of a wintry mix today. thanks a lot. an oklahoma

recovering this morning after a crash last month. he was walking to check out another accident when an suv lost controlled and hit him. he severely injured his legs and head but is expected to recover but unbelievable video. crews searching for what caused this massive warehouse. it happened at an industrial park. strong winds made it difficult for the firefighters. a battle is brewing in the bull city concerning body cameras for their police officers. still to come what city leaders worried about when it comes to the cameras. >> plus soon you can head to the grocery store and get a tattoo.

new shopping exp

in t a winter weather advisory will be in effect today for much of our viewing area. >> the do it t spent days putting brine on the roads. >> the medical examiner is set to testify again monday in the jones murder trial. smith is accused of beating the woman to death in her apartment two years ago. yesterday a dna expert testified that neither smith's nor the other suspects dna were found at the murder seen. presidential candidates faced off in a debate last night. clinton said the kind of criticism she's hearing from sanders is criticism she would expect from a republican. right now more than 50 inmates dead in a prison in northeastern mexico. 12 others were hurt after a riot broke out. relatives of the inmates went to the prison demanding answers. it is the deadly east prison riot in years. the law enforcement

the deaths of four officers in two days. one was killed in north carolina and the other in georgia. wednesday two were shot and killed in maryland. city council members at odds when it comes to police body cameras. in just a few days they'll take a vote on whether to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to outfit ever officer with a body camera. the issue some concern about a provision that will keep the videos secret. former nc state professor charged with stealing money from student organizations is under monitoreded house arrest until his next court date. he's charged with three counts of embezzlement. he's ban professor for 18-year now and was an advisor for several clubs on campus. police say he used that role to funnel out thousands of dollars for his own personal use. former unc board of

authorities arrest him after they say he took a gun through a security check point at the airport. >> i'm very embarrass beside it, and it was a complete accident. so other than acknowledging i'm stupid can we do away with this now? >> obviously pretty frustrated boot whole thing. he says he accidentally left the gun in his briefcase after taking and others to a shooting range last weekend. he faces a misdemeanor charge. she is not yet had her first day on the job but her hiring had been the subject of controversy for month. president elect spellings is in north carolina meeting with the board of governors who hired her. >> she is expected to meet with reporters later today. >> reporter: we're inside the grand over resort where the board of governors is continuing

is expected to take over on march 1st. there have been several demonstrations even some arrests. she is a former u.s. education secretary under president bush, and they say her hiring was too political. yesterday she spoke to the board about some of the goals she'd like to accomplish once she is on the job next month. >> i'm going to get about the campuses in my first 100 days on the job. those all scheduled. i know that aisle be seeing many of you around the state as well. the conversations with critical. >> she and i have discussed at length our desire to make our meetings more transparent and to make it easier for the public to be heard by our board. >> spellings opponents critical of her overseeing the initial launch of no child left behind. she is and board chair expected to take questions today.

will be here and we'll have updates online and on our evening news. back in the weather center with meteorologist alyssa corfont and we've got that winter weather advisory coming and you say the snow is not going to be too bad. >> about a half an inch here, now, if you're east of 95 there's some areas that could see closer to an inch but that's going to be far east of us here. watch the bridges and overpasses today. the bus stop forecast showing this this morning cloudy skies, 25 for the kids heading out early this morning, 35 afternoon highs. so as you're sending the kids out the door make sure they have the gloves, hats they'll need it all. some light snow possible for an afternoon high we're looking at 35 degrees. here's a live picture out at the airport this morning. we're also in the mid-20s right now if you're heading out and about just layer up make sure you're giving your vehicle plenty of time to warm

have to watch your cars over the weekend because temperatures could stay below freezing for close to 48 hours but before we get to the cold rushing in this weekend we have to talk about today and right now we're looking at partly to mostly cloudy skies around the triangle, back to our west they've already seen a few light snow showers move across the mountains. most of the activity falling across tennessee but you can see it's very light in nature and that's going to be the key and the tricky part with today's system. it is going to be very light, and here around the triangle a dusting to a half an inch at most. current temperatures 26 in raleigh, 26 in durham, also in the mid-20 necessary roxboro while sanford, pinehurst both at 27, clinton and clayton you're now at 30 degrees. so here's what you need to know as you're planning your day: cloudy skies at 8 a.m., 26 degrees best chance for the wintry weather smack dab in the middle of the day. 32 our temperature at noon, high of

hey, by 6:00 we could be dry again. so the morning and afternoon hours could be dry, but by the afternoon we'll have to watch for the bridges and overpasses to have some slick spots. 10 a.m. possibly a few flurries starting sneak in. lunchtime today that snow pretty much right over top of us here around the sand hills this is going to fall for some of you as a mix, then as we head towards the afternoon hours we'll stop again at 2:00 a lot of it starting shift off to our east and you'll notice about 5:00 the majority moving up while we're still at cloudy skies overnight tonight skies clear quickly. tomorrow morning is a going to be a cold one as a result. we're falling back into the 20s which is where we are this morning. here's what you need to know, what we can expect lean half an inch in these areas shade in white. the majority of the 95 corridor but then we go east of 95 and you'll see this blue shade start to spread in,

so something a little out of the ordinary they can see more snow along the outer banks down around the sand hills this is going to be mainly a wintry mix, again still watch for the bridges and overpasses, untreated roads could certainly be slick today. this advisory goes into effect at 7 a.m., continues through 7 p.m. for all of these areas shaded in blue. it does not include durham and orange counties if you're further west i'm expecting just a few flurries, dusting at most. so 35 in raleigh today, 34 in durham, 39 in fayetteville. fast forward to tonight clearing skies, still cold 23 at you're waking up saturday morning. let's talk about the weekend 34 tomorrow, plenty of sunshine, sun some of you will not get above freezing. so about 48-hour below freezing. monday still has a lot of question marks for us but it will likely

into a cold rain for tuesday and the good news is most of the moisture looks to come in tuesday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday we'll be back in the 50s which overall is where we should be for this time of year. let's check in with traffic. i-440 and sunny brook road look at this more cars right now cruising along in both directions actually. take your time. you're looking at your live drive conditions. we do have this closure in chatham counties closure is on jones ferry road in both direction there's a sinkhole. there are posted detours so follow the signs. another check on traffic and weather close to 6 a.m.. thanks so much. all right take a look at this picture. this will make you smile. it's a special one for valentine's day.

lives with keith and carla. >> she's prepared a special evening for someone hasn't she is. we want to feature your friend in our morning newscast as well. just email their picture to pets at wncn.com. coming up this morning on today our special valentine's day reports. we're in the love lab, yes, there's a science to it. these researchers say they can determine who you'll be attracted to even how long your relationship will last if at all with a series of tests. so today we're doing our own love test we have a married couple together, a newly engaged couple and two people just meeting today on a blind date. who will be the most compatible? this may start some conversation in 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!

at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you.

a man is being hailed hero. a man was running away from officers when another man casually stuck out his leg and tripped him. that allowed the officers to catch up with and arrest the would be drug dealer. a. >> there had you go. all right it's time to hang 10 in california. the big waive surf contest takes place today near half-moon bay. it can't be seen from land. it happens a half mile off shore and the waives is reach up to 60 feet high. the first competition took place in 1999 and has become very popular with professional surfers. today president obama will appear on the ellen show. she tweeted a photo of the two on the set yesterday. he was in california for several fund-raisers and accepted the invitation to chat with her. he appeared on the show in 2007 when he was just a candidate.

wncn today at 4. and i always love the way she questions people. a tennessee congressman wants to put a stop to the shrinking airline seats. >> he introduced a bill to make the faa establish minimum standards for how big the seats have to be. he says it's for health and safety. the average width of a seat has shrunk since the 1990s from 18 and a half inches to 16 and a half inches. well later this year you may be able to get a tattoo inside one of whole foods 365 shops. businesses will operate less than the grocery stores and the businesses could range from juice stands to tattoo parlors. a website says the company wants to partner with start ups and established brands to help enhance the experience.

tattoo aisle is. stay with us, one of the cool perks of this place is you can eat as much cereal as you want. it's like i'm going to work to get some. alrighty. we just like cereal. we make it, eat it, love it, live it.

i've smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day.

to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. right now on wncn winter weather possibly on the way to our area. >> plus. >> the criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans. >> madam secretary, that is a low blow. things really heated up at the debate last night. we're going to take a look at the back and forth coming up. >> good morning. thanks for watching. so glad that you're with us. we're going to start with the big story, it's the weather. >> an advisory prompted schools to make changes to today's schedules. >> and all these schools closed today so take a close look,