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,

rapids, wayne and wilson county schools, franklin county is on a two hour delay. >> let's get over to alyssa corfont with a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you at home as well as. we do have that winter weather advisory. it goes into effect at 7 a.m. this morning and continues through 7 p.m. and you can see it will be in effect for wade county and everyone off to our east. generally speaking around the 95 corridor about a half an inch of snow is expected to accumulate, but no snow falling this morning, that's what we expected. partly to mostly cloudy skies around our area, some flurries back to the mountains and even more wintry weather developing across tennessee and even down towards georgia as we start off our friday morning. that gets here mid-morning and we'll continue into the early afternoon hours. now, in the meantime temperatures cold enough that anything that false on untreated

immediately. 25 in raleigh, 23 in louisburg, 23 in henderson, south hill you're at 20 degrees, and then around the sand hills, fayetteville and littleton now both at 29. so we'll get to your fast forecast 8 a.m. temperature 25, just cold, cloudy conditions there. lunchtime today some wintry weather possible, snow for us here in the triangle, and down around the sand hills possibly some sleet there. then 3:00 our high 35 wintry mix still likely and then for the evening drive home most of us should start to see some dryer conditions. we'll have to watch again for elevate surfaces, 32 at 6 p.m. i'll get to more in your forecast and the very cold weekend ahead that we're expecting but right few we'll switch gears and check in with traffic. if you're getting ready to head out the door no winter weather falling. i-40 and harrison avenue looks typical for this time of the morning on a friday. and we do have an alert to pass along to you, this was active yesterday, it's on nc

both directions between exits 54 and 69. that's between nc 55 bypass and chapel hill road. they're doing maintenance on the shoulder. make sure you're giving the crews plenty of room to do their work. more on traffic and weather in about ten right now everyone is waiting to see what impact if any the winter weather will have on our area roads. emma wright has been riding around in the mobile news tracker all morning long. how's it looking out there? >> well, we've been riding around for almost 20 hours and it has been dry. the winter weather is not coming in until 7:00 and things looking pretty good out here. we are in nash county right now on 95. the roads driechl we haven't seen any ice, snow or sleet just yet, however the dot have been preparing for whatever we may see. those faint white lines thaw see in between the lanes there that is the brine that they have put down. we've seen

we were on this morning. we start out on 440 in raleigh, then we went to i-40, then we went to 795, now, we're on 95, all of them have been treated. we haven't seen much traffic yet. obviously it's still pretty early in the morning but things looking good when it comes to any potential ice or snow that we may see later. we will of course continue to monitor the road conditions and we will bring you more updates later on in the show. >> thanks a lot. blitz snow, ice or storms you can take the latest conditions with you on the go if you downloaded our new news appear. some breaking news raleigh police closed part of hillboro street after an early morning crash. no word on any injuries or charges. the state is wrapping up its case in the jones murder trial. the medical examiner is

several experts took the stand yesterday and among them a dna expert who said that neither smith's nor the other suspect's dna was found at the murder scene. a footwear expert says one of the sneakers was a limit match to marks found on a dier event. turning to politics now hillary clinton and bernie sanders met on the debate stage last night. we have a breakdown, and this was pretty heated wasn't it? >> yeah, two remaining candidates did not even greet one another on stage before going on the attack. they agree what many of the problems facing our country but disagree on how to solve them. clinton and sanders debate everything from the size of government to race relation to health care. sanders says expanded health care is a right not a privilege

they would pay for his ideas. >> the society has a mother responsibility to play a vital role in making sure that all of our people have a decent standard of living. >> the numbers don't add up and many people will be worse off. >> sanders wants a path towards citizenship and grease with president obama on using executive orders. the next caucus is set for february 20th in nevada. state gop leaders protested in downtown raleigh where a hillary clinton campaign office is set to open soon. the group called the protest a welcome party saying among others thing they want to help her get to know the area including where the local fbi office is, that's in reference to her recent email scan dell. so the gloves have really come off in that campaign

>> yeah, right. coming up scott kelly is preparing for his return after the break he shares his start telling observations from space. >> plus listen up ladies, if you're having a hard time finding a gift for your guy you'll want to stay tuned. after the break a full report to help you in the gift giving department. >> come on who doesn't want chocolate, right? temperatures

and also in it's friday the weekend is with some possible wintry weather. >> yeah and it's going to be light in nature. so that he had the good news, a half an inch at most around the triangle but right now you don't have to

so cloudy skies for your morning drive in. 25 right now. by 9 a.m. we should be closer to 28 degrees and then that snow showers and even the chance for wintry mix had will arrive shortly after that. 25 right now and here's a live picture out at the raleigh durham international airport, again, a quiet start to our day. most of the snow still back to our west exactly where we are expecting it to be. we're expecting it mid-day so here we are back to our west some snow showers through central portions of tennessee that's extending just north of atlanta. that's going to head closer to us and it will strengthen a little bit and as it does it will start to fall hearsay 10 a.m. for some of you more closer to noon for the majority of us but what can you expect generally less than a half an inch of snow. these areas shade in white. the areas shaded in blue that's one to two inches and it does include a

counties, right along the virginia border. down around the sand hills pink which means mainly a light rain. keep in mind the mix could be dangerous for bridges and overpasses causing some slick spots there. high today of only 35. colder for the weekend ahead although we will be seeing sunshine, that will be nice. 34 on saturday, 32 sunday and check out that morning temperature sunday we'll likely start right around 14 degrees. i'll let you know if these temperatures continue and when we could see some more wintry weather coming up. scott kelly is gearing up to return back to earth next month after a record-breaking stint in space. he spoke out about his time at the space station. he's been in space longer than any other and says we've got a lot of work to do here at earth. >> it definitely looks very fragile, and you know, kind of

looks like something that we definitely need to take care of. >> right now kelly has spent 501 days in space, over six different missions 321 of those days on his current one year mission. battle grounds may be

new plan for getting aid to the welcome back. this morning's top stories a winter weather supervisory will be in effect for today for much of our viewing area. the dot is trying to stay ahead of the storm. they've spent days putting brine down on the roads. the durham rescue mission opened its doors to people last night. they received a warm place to sleep, food and a shower.

governors will meet for the second day in a row. the newly elect president spoke yesterday. happening right now forces gaining ground in their fight to take parts of syria. for the last week the government has been targeting the northeastern part of syria in a major offensive to gain control. officials claiming victory. secretary of state says diplomats have agreed to work together in what they're calling a nationwide ceasefire. kerry spoke yesterday following a meeting he says the diplomats also agreed on a immediate aid for the syrian people. well last night may have been chilly but it was a good night for a sweet around north

the school host add love story offering horse drawn carriage rides for free. dozens took advantage of the offer. well, of course valentine's day is almost here and a lot of you may still have no idea to positive what to give. time is running out though. >> that's right you better get there guys and as tough as it is for us guys it's even tougher for women because what do men want for valentine's day? i don't even know. we have a few answers for you. >> reporter: candy is usually a safe bet but when it comes to buying valentine's day gifts for men. >> i have no idea >> we have a lot of women coming in shopping for men and wondering what i'm going to get them. >> this gift shop owner has plenty of ideas. >> this glass that pint glass that has a bottle opener in the bottom and has your pint glass in the front.

women it can work for men too, or a book about his favorite team, or a cooler that has a beverage holder, you can also give an experience. >> my wife got me tickets to garth brooks. >> and of course most men would love to have a sports car for valentine's day, but that's outside the realm of most people's finances. it's the thought that counts, right? >> and men might not be so different after all. >> i think they probably just want whatever what everyone wants to know that someone cares about them. >> that's all i want is somebody to care about me but i've got it, thank you for taking care of me because she really does. >> most love electronics sports equipment or gear for whatever his hobbies. i would say when your wife gives you golf clubs, fishing lines, she's sending you a message. >> she wants you out of the house.

little bit of chocolate, just a little bit or a lot. maybe a bag of m and ms. >> most guys want to watch a little more sports. >> going down a dangerous path here. here's your forecast for today here in raleigh a quiet start to our friday morning. it looks like the wind really not even having a big factor out there this morning. you can see the flags not even blowing around. so as you're getting ready to head out for the door just make sure you have a heavy jacket on. temperatures this afternoon staying in the 30s. right now though, we're in the mid-20s as we get your morning started. 25 in raleigh, 26 in durham. while sanford is at 27. littleton, fayetteville and raeford all right around 29 degrees this morning. i'm show you the big picture because just as what we expected there's not a lot going on. it's back to our west they're seeing some snow around central portions of tennessee extending up towards nothing portions of atlanta and

way later this morning into the afternoon. so breaking your forecast down hour by hour dry conditions at 8 a.m., isolated snow shower possible at 10 a.m., and the wintry whether from noon to 3:00 this afternoon. 34 at 2:00, our high today 35, you're getting in the car for that evening drive home 6 o'clock maybe a few lingering flurries moved of us should be dry right around the freezing mark though. 8 o'clock we're dry, 10 a.m., again, most of us still on the dry side, watch what happens though say noon, 1:00 the snow showers right overhead and more of the pink down around fayetteville, that's the wintry mix that is possible, the bridges and overpasses could be slick after that. 3:00 most of it is starting shift off to our north and east and that's where

only close to about an inch here in portions of our area. 5:00 most of it out of the area. you'll see plenty of sunshine from the word go on our saturday, but that sunshine not going to lead to warmer temperatures. as a matter of fact the weekend ahead is trending colder. so here's what you need to know: less than a half an inch in these areas shade in white then we have these areas shade in blue, east of 95 could see closer to an inch and then i think that 2-inch total could be closer to the coast, and then again around the sand hills this is going to be more of a wintry mix for you. winter weather advisory goes into effect at 7 a.m. this morning and continues through 7 p.m. especially elevate surfaces watch for some slick spots to develop. 35 our high today in raleigh, 34 in durham, closer to 40 around fayetteville. tonight with the clearing skies temperatures

23 degrees here's a look though at the coming days, the weekend ahead if you're inside looking out plenty of sunshine now if you're outside in it very cold sunday morning at 14, 32 our high sunday and then the next wound for some wintry weather will move in early next week. monday answer high in the upper 30s. 6:21 we'll check in with traffic. this morning you can clearly see cars cruising along just fine not expecting any troubles on your morning drive in. northbound u.s. 1 starting slow down a bit between highway 55 and downtown. also a bit slower on 401 coming up from the apex area between 55 and downtown that's about a 20-minute drive on this friday. breaking news out of new jersey where a massive warehouse fire is still burning. this is

yesterday and shut down parts of major roadways. the fires at the veterans industrial park. the smoke could even be detected on weather radars. coming up the panthers working towards another super

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he did most of last season with a hip injury. >> the raiders will remain in oakland for at least one more season. in addition to the one year lease extension the team has two one year options for the 2017 and 2018 season. so we'll see how that plays out. hurricanes looking back this weekend on the ten-year anniversary of the 2005, 2006 stanley cup championship team >> members will be back in raleigh for a reunion celebration. carolina finished that regular season 52 to 22. they beat the sabres to win the conference. aside from this weekend's game you can catch the alumni game sunday for free at pnc. >> and this season's team will take on the penguins tonight at pnc.

the islanders at 7 p.m. . this weekend we've got a full slate of acc basketball games. the wolf pack plays tomorrow and end to look to end their struggles. it's a big game for duke who's on a rebound after a tough early acc slate they've been playing well as of late then sunday the tar heels back in action hosting the pit panthers it tip off. here's what's coming up.

winter weather. good morning thanks for watching wncn today. you made it to friday. with us. we begin with our big story of the morning, the weather a winter weather advisory prompted

>> all these schools that you see on your screen closed today, nash, rocky mount, roanoke rapids, wayne and wilson county schools. >> we have team coverage of the winter weather threat. emma wright is riding in our viewing area. >> and let's check in with alyssa corfont. >> the advisory starts at 7 a.m. and will continue through 7 p.m. this evening. here it is because for the majority of us we could see a half an inch or snow of less accumulate. areas east of 95 it looks like you'll receive the highest totals sdpod those could be closer to an inch. right now not a lot going on as we expected it is dry, it is cloudy back to our west some flurries through the mountains more though accumulating snow around tennessee extending down towards northeastern portions of georgia as well. it's another

if you want to call that an improvement you can, 26 in durham, 25 in raleigh, the upper 20s around littleton, fayetteville raeford and towards pinehurst this morning. so here's a look at your fast forecast, dry weather will continue through the morning commute. now, at lunchtime that's where i think the best chance for some snow and wintry mix weather will move through, 32 at noon, 35 our high, still looking at that wintry mix falling around central north carolina. now, in time for your evening drive home most of us should be experiencing dryer conditions but the bridges and overpasses could certainly have some slick spots with a temperature around 32. sunshine returns for the weekend ahead but it will be very cold more on that to come. right now let's switch gears and check in with traffic. if you're getting ready to head out it looks a little busier. the good news is no problems on area roads.

on nc 540 they're working on the shoulders in both directions the shoulders closed between 54 and 69. if you're driving in this direction just make sure you're merging over and giving crews plenty of room this morning. more in about ten minutes. well right now everyone is waiting to see the impact if any, that the weather will have on area roads, wncn's emma wright has been riding around all morning in our mobile news tracker and continues news coverage. emma. >> well, things looking dry. we are on highway 64. we haven't seen any rain, snow, sleet or ice since we've been out here this morning. you want to take a look at what i'm looking at right now. a little bit of calm before the storm. that sun set is is looking very nice here on highway 64, and like we said earlier, we have been driving around for about two hours now. we've been all over the place,

we were on 40, then we were on highway 70, then we were on 795, then we were on 95, finally we're here on 64 in one of the areas where they have called off school for the day in preparation for this winter see. the dot have already started preparing, you can see the brine on the roads. we've seen all of these major roads have been brined some of them look like they've had a couple passes over them so they are ready for any snow we may be seeing this morning. we will continue to follow these road conditions and we will bring you more updates on the news as we get them. reporting live this morning, i'm emma wright. back to you. >> whether it's snow, ice or storms you can track the latest conditions with you on the go, download our new appear. it is free. fayetteville police

investigators looking for boyd who's now facing murder and robbery charges. police say he killed bird. officers found bird's body tuesday morning and say he was shot in the head. we learned raleigh police still looking for one more suspect in the murder of a taxi driver. friends and coworkers came out to honor him yesterday. two men charged with his had 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 of. his sister says he entered illegally in 2014. he's now awaiting deportation. while the district's board of

calling for the arrest to end, since his arrest riverside high school has the largest hispanic population in the district has fallen about 20% surrounding fears of more raids. former chair is now out of jail this morning. authorities arrested him after they say he took a gun through a security checkpoint at the airport. >> it was a complete accident. so other than acknowledging i'm stupid can we do away with this now? >> he's pretty frustrated obviously with the media. he says he accidentally left the gun in his briefcase after take it to a shooting range last weekend. he faces misdemeanor charge of having a gun on city property. she has not yet had her first day on the job but her hiring has been the subject of controversy for months. president elect spellings is in

board of governors that hired her. spellings is expected to meet later today with reporters. >> reporter: we're inside the grand over resort in goldsboro where the unc board of governors is continuing its two day retreat. spellings is set to take over as the new system president for unc on march 1st. in have been several demonstration even some arrests at recent board meetings. she is a former u.s. education secretary under president bush and her opponents say her hiring was too political. yesterday spelling 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. they're all scheduled. i know that aisle be seeing many of you around the state as well. >> she and i have discussed at length our desire to make our

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 and serving on the board of a company that collects student loan debt. she's expected to take questions today. we'll be here and have updates on line and on our evening news. time now is 6:36. >> scientists believe some common health problems could have a long history with our species. the surprising new link coming up. >> and a good morning to you. we are tracking the chaps for some snow later today. here's how it will impact the bus stop forecast. dry out there this

with some light snow breaking news out of new jersey we're getting a live look from the ground at this massive fire that's still burning this morning. it started on thursday. so it actually start yesterday. shut down part of some major roadways it's at the veterans industrial park. so thankfully at this point no injuries have been reported. we'll keep you update throughout the morning on our social media platforms as well. here we've got a winter weather advisory kicks off at 7:00 and sounds like the eastern part of north carolina out towards the coast line may be affected. >> yeah, i think they're going to get the highest totals which is weird. for us today we

drive just fine before we see the chance for snow say starting around 10 a.m., 25 degrees right now, and we're expected to stay in the mid-20s through about 8:00 this morning close other to 28 by 9 a.m. cloudy skies as we get our friday morning started and you can see the clouds now this is a live picture from the raleigh durham international airport and as we start to see the sun to spread some color you can tell just how dense the clouds really. dry, some snow back towards tennessee this is the system that's going to move into our area late morning. now, this is not going to be a big deal for us. generally speaking a half an inch or less in the areas shade in white. it extends towards the virginia border but like we were talking about this area in blue generally east of 95 could receive close to an inch in our

closer to 2 inches, now, down around the sand hills this is going to be mainly a wintry mix for you. some sleet could make the bridges and overpasses very slippery. so 35 our high for today. colder for the weekend ahead. we're tracking another chance for some wintry weather early next week. new research suggesting we can blame some health problems on our ancestors. a study compared genes to health record of 28,000 adults. they found the dna had a significant influence on 12 medical conditions including depression, heart attack and blood disorders. wow. all right coming up a massive competition off the

kick off, welcome back. after receiving thousands of complaints since early january the state is planning to take a closer look at what's causing problems for customers of blue cross, blue shield of north carolina. we have a look at the latest problems and the reactions. >> the issues deal with billing and verifying coverage. the department of insurance is launching a formal examination of the company. insurance commissioner says he met with the company's executives. among those dealing with the issues told wncn that he's struggling to get questions answered. >> in most jobs you are accountable for good and bad performance. so somebody has to answer to it. >> this particular examination will help us learn about what has happened to prompt those

how -- what can be down to prevent it from happening again and really how it happened and by whom. >> blue cross blue shield apologized for the ongoing problems. at the same time all of is going on the company is considering getting out of the affordable care act marketplace. they say consistently losing money on these plans ultimately puts all of our customers at risk. we are doing everything we can to participate in the exchange, but must evaluate the sustainability and afford ability ever any plans we offer our customers for 2017. the company lost more than $50 million and is expected to announce a loss for 2015 as well. right now more than 50 inmates dead after violence he erupted in a prison in mexico. 12 others were hurt after a riot broke out. relatives of the inmates went to the prison demanding answers, it is the

two police officers were killed in separate incidents yesterday, one in north dakota, the other in georgia. wednesday two deputies were shot and killed in maryland. city council members at odds when it comes to police body cams roadways. in just a few days they'll take a vote on whether to outfit ever police officer with a body camera. while the big issue some members really concerned about a provision that will keep the footage secret. we reached out to durham's mayor and haven't heard back yet. former professor is under monitored house arrest. he is charged with three counts of embezzlement. he's been a professor for 18 years now. he was an advisor for several clubs on campus. university police say he used that role to funnel out thousands of dollars for his own personal use. the school says he resigned one bay before

all right it's time to hang 10 in california. the big wave surt contest. >> take a look. it takes place today near half-moon bay but it can't be seen from land. it happens a mile off shore. >> apparently -- there we go. i was going to say that guy wasn't surfing. it's been going on since 1999 with professional surfers. will will be no surfing going on here that's for sure, alyssa. certainly for sure. here's a look at your traffic there is a hazard at nc 540. we'll get to more in just a little bit. let's check in with your weather conditions. 25 degrees, cloudy skies and this is a look we're not seeing much in a way of a break in the cloud cover today but just enough to see some pink and yellow shine through. as far as temperatures concerned 23 in henderson, 23 in louisburg, 25 in roxboro,

yesterday but we do have one area in the teens that's south hill at 19, around the sand hills 29, fayetteville and littleton 29. here's your radar, cloudy skies around our area back to our west there's some light snow key words here light around central portions of tennessee into northeastern portion of georgia. that system will start to strengthen though as it heads towards us but not expecting it to be a big event today. it will be cold, dry, 26 at 8 a.m., 29 at 10 a.m., chance for an isolated shower across the sand hills. here around the triangle expecting that to start to fall as light flurries at 10 a.m. and then the chance picks up a bit for us, noon to about 3:00 that's the best window for accumulating snow. some of you are just going to walk away with a dusting. down around the sand hills likely falling as a wintry mix. for the evening drive home we'll be

the bridges and overpasses the majority are already going to be dry. 8 a.m. cloudy skies for us, 10, 11 o'clock the majority of us still dry maybe a few flurries as we head towards lunchtime 1:00 look at this, the snow falling around the triangle farther south and wintry mix to some cold rain as we head into the afternoon this is going to continue to slide east and by 3, 4 o'clock most of this wrapping up just continuing to fall for our northeastern counties and they're the ones that are going to see the most out of today's event. by 6 p.m. most of us on the dry side and watch the skies clear quickly overnight. a cold start to our saturday. we'll be watching for the temperatures to once again drop into the 20s. here's what you can expect from the system moving through today generally less than a half an inch in these areas shade in white this includes franklin, the areas in blue east of 95

2 inches along the coast and mainly a wintry mix and some rain falling around the sand hills. winter weather advisory we've been talking about it all morning goes into effect at 7 a.m., continues through 7 p.m. this evening. we will watch for some slick roadways, but emma wright has been reporting throughout the morning a lot of the main roads have been treated already. closer to 40 around fayetteville, then tonight clearing skies temperatures back into the low 20, winds shouldn't an factor for us but they'll play a factor in your forecast tomorrow. we'll be breezy. it's going to feel more like the 20s although highs should top out around 34 on saturday, sunday morning 14 degrees, sunday afternoon staying at or below freezing and then round number 2 of some wintry weather could come through early next week that could start as snow and wintry mix on monday transitioning into a cold rain by tuesday. it is 6:50 right now. time to switch gears and

this is i-85 at the orange and durham county line. we're starting to see the sunrise and you can see cloudy skies. an alert on nc 540 the shoulderer is closed in both directions between exits 54 and 69. they're doing maintenance causing delays. 540 if you're driving in that area merge over and give the crews plenty of room to do their work. well, it is tax season, do you know how you're going to file? we have a look at some popular tax software apps and tips to get you a better looking refund. >> with four out of five returns this year expected to be filed electrically -- >> the amount goes right here. >> online tax software aims to make diy filing easier.

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>> you'll get your refund faster and file before identity thieves have the chance to do it for you. >> now, we don't want that. april 18th is the deadline and most of the country this year. here's what's come up on the today show. >> good morning. 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 for decades 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 your house maybe

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clinton and bernie sanders faced off last night. clinton said the kind of criticism she's hearing from sanders is criticism that she would expect from a republican. the medical examiner is set to testify again today 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 suspect's dna was found at the scene. and a winter weather advisory will be in effect for inspect of our viewing area. and we're expected as to start seeing the weather coming in in the next couple of hours >> yeah, exactly. mid-morning for us continuing into the afternoon and we are talking about the advisory goes into effect at 7 a.m., so here in just a few minutes. half an inch generally possible right around the triangle and speaking of that here in again, up to a

shades is the general accumulation expectation. east of 95, 1 to 2 inches of snow possible. so here's the breakdown noon, 3:00, best chance for that snow and wintry mix, 35 our afternoon high. should be dry again though for the evening drive home. and let's take a live picture fords your traffic conditions this morning. as you're getting ready to head out the door know that the roads dry and we're starting to see the sunrise not so bad right now as we get the day started.

for watching good morning. cuddle up. valentine's day weekend off to a bone-chilling start. 19 in d.c. 16 in new york. 8 in boston. if you think that's cold, al says, just wait. standing by herrmann man. hillary clinton comes to the president's defense during the debate. >> the kind of criticism we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans, i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination to succeed president obama. >> madame secretary, that is a low blow. >> will that strategy help or hurt her? machete attack. a man storms into an ohio restaurant and randomly slashes