to including some school closures or rather some delays. >> yeah, that's right. let's start with those. these the schools you see on your screen operating on a two hour delay because of the impact of ice yesterday. so they're really were cautionary measures this morning. again the two hour delay on your screen. we've got team coverage with all the severe weather. emma wright is checking the conditions and kristin ketchell is monitoring the roads. first we want to get right over to kristin ketchell. >> it's a mess outside this morning but for different reasons than yesterday morning. we were dealing with the snow and ice yesterday this morning we're dealing with heavy rain and some pretty strong winds out there. you can see the radar in the monitor and it is lit up with the yellows, oranges and reds. don't be surprised if you see lightning or hear thunder as the heavier showers move in. we've got a line pushing through

the heaviest rain at least just passed through fuquay varina. don't be surprised if you hear some of the wind out there, gusts up to or even above 40 miles per hour likely as the line moves in. it just passed through fayetteville and as it did it left a 58-mile per hour wind gust. so this is all part of a cold front continuing to push through the area of once it clears the area we dry out today. so we will see at least a little bit of sunshine likely by this afternoon. it's warm, 57 degrees in raleigh, it's 54 in durham, 56 is our current temperature in fayetteville. if you remember this time yesterday we were dealing with temperatures in the 20s. so we're about 30 degrees warmer than that. the temperatures actually warmed up all night. we had a wind gust of 32 miles per hour in raleigh, 35-mile per hour in dunn. so the winds howling. we've got that heavy rain and that may cause some issues just for the next few hours here before we start to

so expect some heavy rain by 8:00, 59 degrees our high temperature about 6 # 1 with increasing sunshine. as far as your morning drive you're taking a live look at i-440 and capitol boulevard. you can see traffic moving fine but we do have the water collecting on the lens there and also some water collecting on the roads. so keep that in mind. but as far as the traffic map goes this morning no major issues to report to you just one accident here and that is along hammond road at i-40. but traffic volumes still going to pick up here in the next hour or so. so plan ahead and leave yourself an extra minute or two and of course don't forget to grab the umbrella before you step out the door. well our team coverage of this round of weather issues continues.

is riding around our viewing area checking things out for us. what are you seeing out there? do you feel okay, safe in the car driving on the roads? >> it has really picked up over the past few minutes or so. we're on 40 west and making for some dangerous driving conditions when the rain really comes down, the visibility is terrible. it's almost as bad as driving in that snow yesterday. you can see the car in front of us they have their flashers on. we have ours on too. the speed limit on this road is about 35, 40 miles an hour, normally it is about 65. so that gives you an idea of how tricky the driving is and how people really taking it slow because the rain is coming down so hard right now it's kind of ponding up on the roads and making for some big puddles you have to go through. it's kind of hard to see them

some folks ahead of slip and slide a little bit. the swindled blowing really heavy blowing the rain sideways. so if you're about to get in the car and head to work or school you probably want to give yourself a few extra minutes and be prepared to drive pretty slow for the next few minutes or so. we'll continue to monitor the roads and bring you some more updates later on in the show. back to you. >> thank you. well right now thousands without power all across our viewing area. this is a look at the duke power outage coverage map right now. you can find a link on our website at wncn.com and see what areas affected. an icy bridge is to blame for this accident that happened in moore county. >> you can see the suv flipped over. it happened just before 8:00 last night. these photos were sent into us. the two people inside the car did go to the hospital but they're

another reminder to really slow down during the winter are weather especially on bridges or overpasses when they start to ice up a bit. talk about a traffic nightmare 485 north of charlotte was shut down last night for hours at least three cars were involved in the accident. everyone is expected to be okay. and another reminder if you haven't already make sure to download the news and weather app where you can get push alerts as well as updates to the weather forecast. it's available in the app store. 30 years after the first victim was found shot and discarded in an la alley the man called the grim sleeper killer will face a jury today. police say he's responsible for killing one girl, nine women ranging in age from 15 to 35 over a span of 3 decades. franklin has pleaded not guilty and his attorney promises a vigorous defense, the

three months. a tennessee judge ruled monday there is is enough probable cause to move forward with charges against three high school officials. they all face allegations for failing to report sexual abuse of basketball players. four school basketball players have been accused of sexually assaulting a team mate while on a team trip back in december. closing arguments will start today for the man accused of murdering a north hills mother. 23-year old is smith is on trial for the 2013 murder of huggins-jones. the defense and prosecution rested on friday. defense lawyers said that smith would not take the stand ask they rested without presenting any evidence. the state used the medical examiner as its last witness. he said that huggins-jones had 18 different injuries and bled to death during the course of an hour. >> she had several injuries on

that she had on exhibit a a combination of blunt and sharp force trauma. >> we'll be in the courthouse today during closing arguments and we'll also be updating the story throughout the day on wncn.com. the planned parenthood office in colds springs colorado which was the scene of last year's deadly mass shooting and police stand off is now back open. some repairs still being made as bullet holes can still be seen on the building. the new security measures in place, and all services being offered again. all right. wow, you could really hear it. >> it just came in really hard and pounded. coming up hearings set to begin in the sinking of the el faro cargo ship. >> plus a scary robbery takes an odd turn for one man in california, what the thief left

straight to him. >> and outside this morning the heaviest rain and strongest winds moving through the area right now. you may hear some thunder or see some lightning in the next few minutes. i'll let you know how long this is

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good morning. welcome back. kristin the rain was coming down so hard just a few minutes ago i could barely hear myself. >> we could hear it atop the studio here. don't be surprised if you hear thunder or see some lightning. the good news is there is some sunshine in the forecast. if you're getting ready to step out the door grab the umbrella because you'll need it this morning but not this afternoon. so let's take a look

can see the really dark colors, the reds, yellows, oranges indicating some of the heavier showers pushing through our region. we had a very heavy downpour move in. it's basically a line of strong showers and even a few thunderstorms possible some gusty winds likely as this storm continues to push its way off to the east. so keep that in mind. you may have a wind gust upwards of 40 miles per hour here as the line continues to work its way through. so clayton is next for the heavy rain it just passed through dunn moving over i-95 right now. so please be careful if you are are start that go drive this morning, water will collect and pond on the roads very quickly. this is all thanks to a cold front continuing to push its way on through. it will exit the area as we head into this afternoon and we will dry out a bit before we see much dryer weather completely taking hold here as

week and your weekend as well. it's 55 degrees if raleigh so a huge change from yesterday. winds gusting to about 33 miles per hour in raleigh and we're looking at a high temperature today around 6 # 1 degrees. so the rain exits this morning, dryer weather does return. i'll have all the details coming up in just a few minutes. now, to this story a thief left behind a surprising clue for the investigation of a california home invasion, his charging cell phone. >> after coming home from work a 52-year old came face-to-face with the barely of a gun. he ran from the robber locked himself inside his room and called the cops. >> even though i got away and got into it this room but for those few seconds my life flashed before my eyes. >> okay when he left he found a cell phone full of sell fees charging in his kitchen along

officers plan to use the pictures to track down the thief. cliven bundy the rancher behind several anti-government movements will head to court today. coming up would some taking his side. you're

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flonase changes everything. wncn's top stories today the huggins-jones murder trial is expected to go to a jury. the state used the medical examiner as its last witness. defense lawyers said smith would not take the stand and rested without presenting any evidence. as we continue to track severe weather headed our way some people still dealing with the impact of yesterday's weather. dozens of flights were cancelled yesterday make sure to check your flight status before

state lawmakers will hold a public hearing about the comments they received considering redrawing two districts. district 12 is towards winston-salem district 1 includes parts of wilson and durham. the deadline is this friday. today cliven bundy is scheduled to appear inside a courtroom. he'll answer to charges from a confrontation in 2014 with officials near his ranch. he is the first to face charges in what some hailed as a victory in a fight to turn over federal land. more recently his son staged an armed sit in on a federal land in oregon. a hearing on the tragic sinking of the el faro is scheduled to begin today. the united states coast guard is conducting the first of two sessions in that case. they're expected to focus on the events that led up to the sinking of the ship. one of the largest employers

carolina is laying off more than 1,000 employees. dimler trucking told employees at both locations friday would be their last day. both locations near charlotte. the company laid off 900 workers back in january. turning to the weather now the rain keeps coming down it seems like it's -- >> yeah, you can hear it outside this morning. we've got heavy rain, and that is for northeast wake county and also portions of johnston county until 6:30. so for another few minutes because we do have 58-mile per hour wind gusts possible as this line of showers and storms continues to push its way through the area and you can see some of the darker colors on the radar here, those reds, oranges, yellows, that's heavy rain moving through the area currently. it just passed over our station in raleigh. we could hear it on the rooftops here and don't be surprised if you hear some thunder or see lightning here as

push its way to the east. smithfield also going to see some of the heavy rain and gusty winds soon, clayton experiencing it right now and this is the worst of that heavy rain that we'll actually see all day. this is all part of a much larger storm system that will lift out to the northeast as we head through this afternoon. so our best chance for that heavy rain going to be really right about now. these early morning hours here before we see the rain continuing to push east and a little bit of sunshine making a come back a little bit later this afternoon. so wind also an issue. we had that severe thunderstorm warning which means we could have winds gusting upwards of 58 miles per hour in spots as the line moves in. we currently have a gust of 35 miles per hour in dunn, 29 miles per hour in louisburg and 25 miles per hour in smithfield. it might be a little bit slow going for the next hour or so on some of the area roads.

raleigh, that's huge change from yesterday. we're 30 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. 53 in durham, 55 in fayetteville, near 60 in clinton. temperatures rising a lit bit through this morning. expect the breeze to continue as well but notice as we move into this afternoon we will start to see a lot of sunshine returning here at least a little bit of sunshine early this afternoon, more peeks of sun later today and tonight we're actually looking mostly dry. so we do have this marginal risk of severe weather and that's mostly east of the viewing area but does include the southern tip of sampson county that's mostly an issue for those folks who live along the north carolina coast. we'll keep a close eye as the squall line continues to push through. so the squall line actually clears are the area quickly this morning and we will see as i mentioned skies clearing out by lunchtime most of the wet

we see a little bit of sunshine this afternoon. this evening a very small chance of a passing shower and that's going to be north of the triangle and it clears out quickly by tomorrow too. so by tomorrow we're back to seeing mostly sunny skies. today temperatures going to be warm, 61 degrees in raleigh, 60 in durham, 64 in fayetteville. tonight temperatures down to 38 degrees. we've got an isolated shower possible otherwise partly cloudy skies and temperatures stay above freezing all night. so all of the rain that we have out there tonight and today not going to freeze. that's the good news. we're done with the wintry weather at least for your 7-day forecast which you'll see right now 56 tomorrow, 52 on thursday, the rest of the week looks great and let's fast forward to the weekend 66 on saturday and 64 on sunday. so the rain causing some issues for that morning drive. let's take a look outside

giving you a first hand look at what's going on out there and there is some heavy heavy rain falling so keep that in mind. we're going to take a look at a camera -- we were at least -- but we are now currently looking at your traffic map which is showing just a few minor issues out there this morning. we had a wreck at i-40 and now that has been cleared. there is another one though still on hammond road so definitely avoid that area if at all possible. watch for some slow downs. definitely take it slow some ponding possible on the roads as we have this heavy rain moving through the area already seeing that water starting collect. so more weather and traffic coming up in just a few minutes. you had to believe that the coach would get his troops back in line. blue devils back in

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>> the snow is gone but we're dealing with the really heavy

we'll show good morning. thanks for watching wncn today on this tuesday. glad that you're with us. >> lots to get to on this busy tuesday morning. our top story is of course the weather. once the ice and snow started to melt our focus is now turning to the threat of severe weather. >> and school systems operating on a delay today because of the impact that the ice had yesterday so really a precautionary measure here all the systems that you see on your screen on a two hour delay. >> the list includes orange person, granville, durham, you can find a full list at the bottom of your screen. you can also go online at wncn.com you'll find the lift there too.

throughout our viewing area. kristin is watching our weather as well as the roads. >> we're going to get to emma in just a few minutes. well, we've got a severe thunderstorm warning a couple of them in effect because of the heavy rain and the gusty winds that we're seeing currently so our first one is in effect for franklin granville, nash until 7 o'clock this morning. one was just issued a few moments ago for wayne, wilson and johnston counties as well and that's good until 7:15. so the main threat with these storms that we have moving through, this squall line here the dark red you can see is the wind. so winds gusting upwards of 58 miles per hour. the heavy rain also nothing to joke about either. we've seen some very heavy downpour moving through the area around smithfield right now some heavy

towards the east. in the next few minutes please use caution because we'll see some of the heavy showers continuing. the rain is going to wrap up later today and temperatures going to stay mild. it's 54 right now in raleigh, 53 in durham, 55 in fayetteville. those winds gusting upwards of 20 miles per hour for most of us and temperatures going to stay warm today. so this is already a huge difference from what we were actually dealing with yesterday. temperatures around 59 degrees some heavy rain still at 8 a.m. but we dry out this afternoon with highs in the low 60s. let's take a look at that morning drive now. we are seeing some rain starting to cause some issues on some roads definitely making things a little bit slow going right now. so please be careful outside. you're taking a live look at your current road conditions there and we've got another camera showing you that traffic is actually moving okay in a lot of spots but that's not the case everywhere.

slow. our traffic map is showing things looking primary okay. we have a couple incidents and it may slow you down in some spots and eaves got one on i-540. that little red icon. we're seeing the water starting to pond and collect. standing water may be an issue. so please be careful. >> thanks so much. our team coverage of this round of weather issues continues this morning. emma wright is riding around in our mobile news tracker. what are you seeing out there, emma? >> well we're seeing these heavy showers really kind of pop up. we've been driving around for a couple of hours and the rain will taper off and then it will really pour in buckets. we're on six forks road right now. things are were a little dicey the closer you got to the airport and the rain is still

coming down for so long we've been seeing the water ponding on the roads. we've seen the cars in front of us and on the side of us hit some puddles. it is a possibility if you're driving to fast and come up on some standing water. we're also seeing an issue with the wind. it's really blowing the car around even on a road here like six forks where you're generally not going very fast you can still feel the wind blow the car back and forth. we're in a jeep which is a pretty heavy car. so if we're getting blown around i can only manual how folks in the smaller are lighter cars feel. so if you're headed out and about this morning you want to you take it slow, you want to give yourself some extra time and you want to be prepared to find those standing pools of water on the road and make sure you drive slowly through them. we're going to continue to keep an eye on these roads and bring

show and of course on wncn.com. >> all right glad there's no ice. thanks a lot. and even though the winter weather is out of of the area the impact on today. >> more than 70 flights were cancelled yesterday. dozens more were delayed. this system is affecting millions of people up and down the east coast right now. be sure to check your than normal. drivers in cumberland also dealt with issues. highway patrols says the calls started coming in around 5:30 yesterday morning. at least 50 calls came in. troopers say speed and drivers losing control with all the ice were the main issues. well despite a massive three story apartment fire in fayetteville and 911 calls that someone was trapped inside fortunately no one was hurt in this one. crews respond today the complex around 9:30 last night. investigators believe that the fire started on a balcony and spread up to an attic.

within a half an hour. well, late last night durham city leaders stopped a vote that would have allowed the police department to purchase body cameras. several council members voiced concerns because of a draft policy to keep the videos secret. at least two members told us they were ready to vote no. several residents said the public should have access to body camera footage. >> we should be able to see what's going on if they don't have anything to hide. >> the council will revisit body camera issue next month. durham mayor bill bell also delivered the annual state of the city dress but this address was a little different as the mayor held a question and answer style delivery of his speech. the mayor touted the city's progress including new hotels downtown, creating new jobs and renovations to city hall. >> durham is in good hands, it's in good hands because you've got a very is capable council, a very capable administration,

employees, over 2,400 that are working day and night. good things happening in durham and we'll continue to make that happen. >> he also address add recent crime trend but stressed things in durham improving. all right, glad that you're with us, well democratic and gop candidates pulling out all the stops, what two moves yesterday caught a lot of attention. >> heavy rain and damaging wind likely as a powerful squall line moves through portions of the area this morning. i'll let you

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in because we've got a couple of warnings to talk about, one was issued until 7:00 this morning granville county just dropped and it includes nash county and vance county included in one of two warnings that we have. our next one continues until 7:15 are for johnston county, wayne county, the reason for the severe thunderstorm warnings this powerful squall line that we have moving through the area notice the really deep red colors here indicating some heavy rain, some very high wind gusts being reported as that storm system continues to push its way off to the east. we're also seeing that across just to the east of smithfield at this point and don't be surprised if you hear thunder as it continues to work its way through the area. once the cold front moves out of here we're dry for the rest of this week. things improving pretty rapidly for us. 54 degrees is our current

in durham, 55 in fayetteville, winds have been gusting well over 20 miles per hour for areas east and northeast of the triangle and don't be surprised if the gusts continue to get a little bit higher in the next 30 minutes or so. temperatures today up to 61 degrees, the morning rain and storms moves out of here this afternoon and then sunshine takes hold for the rest of the week. >> some sunshine would be great. in washington state in the seattle areas officials king county have issued flood alerts for several areas. heavy rain in the area has caused rivers to swell across that state. time right now is 6:41. coming up an emotional interview with the front man of the band

attacks of last year, how well presidential candidates continue their push toward the white house with a nod to the past. justin quesinberry is live in studio with just how. >> former are president george w bush returned to the political spotlight yesterday hoping to give his brother general a boost in the policy. >> there seems to be a lost name calling going on but i want to remind you what our good dad told me one time labels for soup cans. >> although he never mentioned trump by name he layered his speech with words aimed at the frontrunnerment the former president's return to the campaign trail has been met with a tax from trump over the 9/11 or record attacks.

south carolina during the primaries. meanwhile hilly clinton recalled a political ad from one of her husband's races. in it a radio announcer said it would be great if a dog barked when politicians lying. >> i'll trying to figure how we can do that with the republicans. we need to get that dog and follow him around and every time they say these things like oh, you know, the great recession was caused by too much regulations, you know. >> just when you thought a sound bite couldn't surprise you in this race there's that. well there's likely more of that to come. nevada hold its caucuses on saturday. republicans vote in the south carolina primary on saturday well. >> both of those stories trending on social media. >> top u.s. officials will travel to cuba today to sign a packet that restores scheduled airline service between the u.s. and cuba for the first time in

it brings into effect an arrangement the cold war foes agreed upon. the department expects to decide in the summer which airlines flying from which city to say cuba. >> the front man the american band who's gig at the theater in paris that was attacked last year told a french tv show on monday that he's still struggling to come to terms with what happened. 89 people were killed at the concert in november. in a tough interview he says he's changed his outlook on gun control. >> i think the only way my mind has been changed is maybe that until nobody has guns everybody has to have them because i don't ever want to see anything like this ever happen again and i want everyone to have the best chance to live. >> heart breaking to watch. tonight they're making their return to paris where they will

today state lawmakers will hold a hearing about public comments they received surrounding redrawinging two congressional districts, district 1 and 12 would be redrawn. district 12 is out towards winston-salem. three federal judges ruled that lawmakers used race as a factor in redrawing the lines of those districts. >> it is of your own doing you tried to fix a problem that did not exist. >> let us draw districts without any consideration of race whatsoever. let's make completely colorblind district drawing. >> some democratic lawmakers responded that would not be consistent with the voting rights act. a delay on this order is being asked for. the deadline is this friday. right now the mother of a three-year old who accidentally

and investigators say this man in this picture here is responsible. investigators found the 23-year old dead in a wooded area sunday afternoon. 27-year odd is now face ago list of charges. right now we don't know the relationship that he had with the victim. two south carolina police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a drug suspect will not be charged with a crime. the incident happened back in november. this is edited dash cam video. take a look. the suspect can be seen resist resisting arrest before pulling out a handgun and shooting officers. >> that's when the officers exchanged fire. the public gets a chance to learn more about a proposed widening project near rdu. it would wide aviation parkway and also feature outside lanes to help accommodate bicycles. the

thursday evening. it starts at 4:00. today unc will test its emergency sirens and communication procedures. the test and text message will be sent right around 12:30. sirens only sound for major emergencies includes armed persons at or on the campus or near the campus plus severe weather as well. okay so we hexed that the rain is coming down in spurts. >> yeah, definitely we've been seeing some of the heavier downpour moving through the area. the weather service issued in effect until 7 o'clock that storm actually starting weak an little bit. a second warning in effect until 7:15. so about another half hour or so. so please if you are starting your morning drive you are going to want to leave yourself some extra time. we've

through the area right now. you can see we call this a squall line here the deep red colors indicating some of the heaviest rain and gusty winds currently pushing their way to the east. 401, 85 being impacted by the heavy rain as well as 64, if we go down a little bit further to the south 95 also and parts of 40 being impacted by some of the heavy' rain moving through the area right now. so please use some caution on those roads this morning. we are seeing rain pretty much across the entire wncn news viewing area but the heaviest stuff sliding east of the triangle right now. so we have this cold front that is working its way through the area, that's the reason why we are seeing the heavy showers and even a few embedded thunderstorms moving through. once this cold front clears the area we dry out quickly this afternoon and even into this evening as well. we will see a return of at least a little bit of sunshine today. we've had winds gusting to about 36 miles per hour in louisburg, 23-mile

24 miles per hour in smithfield. so the reason for the warnings is for the potential of wind gusts up to about 58 miles per hour. so don't be surprised if you hear it howling here especially if you are east of the triangle and the i-95 corridor in the next half hour or so. 55 degrees in fayetteville. temperatures warm. we're about 30 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday and we have a marginal risk for severe storms that's primary off to our east. the main threat with storms that pop up this morning going to be the potential for damaging winds which we are seeing it in some spots. some of the winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour in some spots but the main issue is going to be off to the east of our viewing area. so let's step you through our future cast showing the heaviest rain falling this morning and into this afternoon. we start to see things kind of winding down a little bit. so by lunchtime

still seeing some cloud cover around the area but a few peeks of sunshine returning later today. tonight for the start of the evening it looks dry but we will see a chance for a few isolate showers moving in especially if you are north of the triangle this evening drying out as we head into your wednesday. we're looking at a high today of 61 in raleigh, 60 in durham, 64 in fayetteville. isolated showers possible otherwise partly cloudy skies winds calming down at 3 to 6 miles per hour and take a look at this your 7-day forecast look fantastic once we get through this morning and that chance for a few showers tonight. so we're up to 56 degrees tomorrow. that is a few degrees above average here. 52 degrees on thursday with mostly sunny skies. friday and the weekend looking great, 54 degrees friday, full sunshine and 66 on saturday. if you don't have plans outside this

because even sunday looks gooded with a high temperature of 64 degrees. hang in there for this morning. grab the umbrella. and if you're just start that go morning drive you'll want to leave yourself some extra time. you're taking a look at i-85 and u.s. 70, the rain continues to come down but at least there no major issues to report and here's a live look at edwards mill road. you can see the water starting collect on the road there. so let's take a glance at our traffic map here a couple of incidents to tell you about which may exact your morning commute, two accidents on the belt line one east you bound on wake forest road. so use some caution there and also a pair of accidents on i-540, one at exit 2, another at exit 3. so be careful outside this morning. grab the umbrella buffer step out the door and

sunshine in the forecast later this week. >> okay. it was quite a big night rapper lamar and swift the big winners of the grammy awards in los angeles. the record of the year was uptown funk, taylor swift took home three grammys including album of the year for her album 1989. she is the only female artist to win album of the year twice. she used her speech was a possible response to kanye west. swift warned there will be people along the way who try to undercut your success. >> if you just focus on the work, and you don't let those people side track you, some day when you get where you're going, you'll look around, and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. and that would be the greatest feeling in the world. >> and that's why we love her.

trainor and the song of the year was thinking out loud. good morning the battle over the supreme court is instantly redefining the presidential race especially with republicans on the campaign trail led by ted cruz who was a supreme court clerk who's argued before the court and saying that no one should be confirmed before the next president is elected. this would of course leave a vacancy on the court for more than a year potentially until a new

have all taking a look at some news to know before you head out the door. the huggins-jones murder trial is expected to go to the jury today. the state used the medical examiner as its last witness. the smith did not take the stand. some people still dealing with the impact of yesterday's winter weather dozens of flights

yesterday so make sure that you check your flight status before you head to the airport today. >> yeah in fact rdu just tweeting out that a few flights going to be cancelled this morning. yeah, winter weather impacting us but a handle portion of the eastern half of the country yesterday and of course we've got some of the heavy rain outside this morning, a few thunderstorms, you could definitely hear some of the rain pounding on the roof but we are going to be warming up to about 61 degrees today, 56 tomorrow we might have a stray shower overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning, other than that the rest of your forecast through the end of the weekend looks dry and 66 degrees on saturday and 64 on sunday. it's going to be a nice treat after a messy start to this week. so let's take things outside right now this is a live look from our crew in the field checking out the roads for us. they are on six forks road and you can see that we've got some water ponding on the roads. so grab the umbrella before you

may want to leave yourself an

>> something to look forward to. good morning. winter wallop. nearly 50 million americans waking up to a sloppy commute. a massive storm sweeping across at least 17 states, from north carolina to new england. a tornado outbreak across the south.

inside her home. >> hallelujah! >> first responders and volunteers form a human chain to pull the woman from the debris. ultimatum. donald trump now threatening to sue ted cruz if the senator doesn't stop running attack ads. >> ted is an unstable guy. i've never, ever met a person that lies more than ted cruz. >> and trump doubles down on his attacks on the bush family as the former president hit it is trail for his brother. supreme battle. could the president name his nominee for the court as early as next week? there's a showdown between the successor for justice antonin scalia. triumphs, tributes and trip-ups. taylor swift comes away with a big award and possibly a message for kanye west.