it is wednesday i am mike gonzalez >> i am stephanie chase. your morning news. a check on traffic and first the forecast. we are seeing a few spotty showers on the radar but this is nothing compared to the heavy rain yesterday. some spots of clean north of the triangle are venrock spurrell and heavier showers moving through. a lot of this not hitting the ground and the showers move out for 8:00 am. most of the day drive. 40 raleigh, 43 trey 11, 43 fayetteville at the last the kids many the umbrella and isolated shower possible but sunny skies this afternoon. showers argonne early in

degrees at lunchtime, 54 at 3:00 pm and copings off to 49. full forecast coming up. let's get a check on traffic. no major issues, a live look at i 40 at rock quarry road. traffic moving smoothly. that's history across the region no major issues. is heading eastbound 540, glenwood avenue takes 17 minutes, for 40 from i 40 exit 10 minute drive. toddler recovery after getting shot at a home daycare in durham great the shooting happened at tatum's christian center yesterday afternoon. wncn number right has new

police department. >>reporter: i spoke to the please earlier this morning they said they have people they are questioning but not made any arrests. >> scary moments monday afternoon. bullet holes in the siding of 1508 great bend to drive. >> first i thought it was firecrackers but then saw the bullets and she saw the debris and grabbed the kids a hit the floor with the babies. >>reporter: her neighbor ran a day care center. but a baby boy was hit in the leg. mcgill says the daycare owner noticed two cars racing before the shooting. she says it makes are mad to see such recklessness. especially in an area with lots of cancer >> there is no value for human life. i think it's sad they would come through with no regard for

>>reporter: durham police say the boy was taken to the hospital and they say he has non-life-threatening injuries. the fayetteville woman charges stemming a man to death is expected incorporate tony blair's home police responded to around 730 tony blair's home police responded to around 7:30 am. investigators said he and hold got into an argument when she stabbed him. the selling member say holds was homeless and he was helping her out with a place to stay. mcnair was well known in the community and involved in youth activities. police are conducting a death investigation after finding a man's body near greenway print wncn was their first is breaking news 6 pm last night for crews responded to supplement and street a city farm road 20 minutes earlier, no word on the cause of death. all charges dropped against

a chapel hill toddler that happened on christmas day. someone shot one-year-old maleah williams in the parking lot of a chapel hill apartment complex that she died a few days later. davis was the first of three people charged in connection with her she returned to da says there is not enough evidence to link into the crime. he is behind bars due to a previous parole violation. the charges are the same for the other two suspects in the murder. the sentencing phase will pick up for the man who killed a raleigh woman two years ago allegedly for it was a halogen -- huggins jones family left the courthouse without common yesterday and that's when the jury returned a guilty verdict for smith. the decision came within an hour and jurors will decide if he gets the death penalty. they can take several days to reach a decision. we set up alerts when the verdict was reached you can download the

apple and android devices and free . pope francis wraps up his trip to mexico and will visit morris present and meet with mexican workers grassroots groups and employers. is a whirlwind five-day visit to the country and he focused on the injustices on the port. the gop presidential candidates gearing up for south carolina channel discussions. msnbc will have specials with trump and case expert trump's townhall the 8:00 pm, john kasich will be at 7:00 pm. as for the rest to the -- three of the candidates will be in a townhall by cnn in greenville. governor record larger chapel hill for a panel discussion about the connect

participate. next was you can vote on the proposal for the nc connect the proposal calls for $2 billion in infrastructure improvements with the majority of colleges and universities. those opposed say is not fiscally responsible for the state to take on debt. the governor says there will be any tax increases associated with it. homeowners say it is a loophole that allows the states to own property hostage for the state supreme court heard about development been used for highway projects. the state uses the that you keep properties down. >> the amount of mischief that is running rampant through the state all emanates from this fax, >> the attorneys argued the dot uses the asked to regulate local land-use for the public benefit. a really not expected for several months.

battle of the blues rate unc tar heels ranked higher in playing at home but duke on a three-game winning streak against tobacco) tipoff 9:00 pm and occurs be in chapel hill within reaction before and after the game. 4:38 am had lights, camera, action, hollywood came to a local academy and the message that's taking center stage heard from snow to tornadoes to flooding a look at the wild weather hit the united states. our wild weather coming to

in the weather center, yesterday it turned out to be a good day in the afternoon with lots of sunshine. more that to? >> there and spend it was a great afternoon. after we left in a messy weather in the morning we had thunderstorms yesterday the nap nursing mother nature calming things down. this morning a few light showers that will show quickly. by 8:00 am we are completely clear. some light rain north of the triangle pushing into parts of randall county and franklin county sing a little of light rain. don't be surprised if you see an isolated shower or sprinkles on your car early. this is pushing out of the area. we'll see skies clearing and sunshine in the forecast this afternoon. 40 degrees raleigh, 43 durham,

39 in goldsboro. a very weak area of low pressure to ourselves and that is what is causing the wet weather and we have showers early in the clearing as a system of high pressure builds in from the west. that will lead to clearing skies and warmer temperatures through the end of the week. temperatures around 42 by 8:00 am, 54 our high temperature and becoming sunny today. skies take their tonight and temperatures go to 49. by 6:00 pm. i'll let you know what is in store coming up in a few minutes. look who is back walk into the hall, recchi a guide dog --..

do shooting that sent a toddler to the hospital. >> someone shot and one half- year-old boy at a home daycare on great bend drive around 3:00 pm yesterday. the boy was shot in the leg and expected to survive. lisa not made a restaurant the sentencing phase of the for the man who killed a raleigh woman and her north hills apartment two years ago. the jury found travion smith guilty of the murder of john spare jurors will decide if he gets the death penalty or not. apple says it's fighting a judge's order to help the fbi access information stored in an iphone a prolonged to one of the san bernardino california shooters.

supply the fbi with specialized software that can help and hack into the encrypted iphone belongs to cited farouq he and his wife killed 14 people in december. in the report says a new trend about school suspension in wake county. african-american students make up less than one quarter of all students in the school system the report found the make up more than half of last year suspensions. white and hispanic students combined make up 30% of suspensions. >> you believe in all that race plays role in how students are being disciplined? >> i don't think that our practices are discriminatory. we do see our outcomes are despairing and that's what we're focused on. wake county officials said they will meet with the community in the coming weeks as they work to correct this disparity. the story of a local riding academy will become a major motion picture for the corral riding academy and carry helps

with the cruise in town filming. it will be called unbridled and take a look at the problem of human trafficking.>> movies like this try to produce change and it's about how people respond to it. my hope is that it is done well and everyone puts their best foot forward in a way that we paint a clear picture of what it is like for these children and it most someone to do something. >> the movie stars eric robert to start and batman ntc stallings was in the war room as well as courageous. political news state democrats say position by republicans not to include race and redrawing district lines below the land to the case in court. lawmakers have until friday to redraw the lines for districts one and 12 lines the federal judges say were drawn because of race. district 12 is towards winston salem. republican lawmakers and

the primary but the issue is still frustrating for young voters. we talked to some young people enter 11 a plan to vote for the first time this year. much of the durham area is in the first congressional district is one of the two federal charges found to be jerry mandel. >> it's aggravating that they don't know what they are doing with this. and if they feel like i don't want to vote anymore because i don't know what's going on here>> we haven't been clear about what's been going on in this troubling college students because it affects us head on.>> we talked to the head of the durham board of elections he says the office is quote proceeding full speed as of the primary is happening next month until he is told otherwise the republican leaders say there are no plans to move the presidential primary congressional primary could still change. from raleigh to the coast

problems with severe weather. this was one of more than 30 that happened. in addition to rain, wind, fog was a big story for a strong winds could be to play for this tractor-trailer falling on its side while crossing a bridge in the outer banks. wind center's budget a gust of 77 miles per hour before this accident happened. the driver was not hurt in the truck was empty. for the inland the national weather service confirms and ef one tornado touched down in carteret county. the twister headwinds and hundred 10 miles per hour, snapped trees and damaged homes. there were no serious injuries. three surveillance cameras and merrimack florida captured debris flying everywhere in the midst of a tornado. winds uprooted palm trees. the winds were so strong officials are investigating if a tornado hit the area.

damaged from the sweeping wins. people in roanoke virginia telephoning after heavy rains move through and they saw several inches of snow the day before. it didn't take long for rain to clear apple for the sunshine returns. just like here. >> we enjoy the sunshine. all that we just saw was a part of the same system. set the powerful corfont yesterday was part of the same storm system. the potential tornadoes in florida and all the messy rain and wind we had across north carolina and virginia yesterday price that the good news we ended with the sunshine like mike gonzalez was talking about. >> we will see more sunshine today. a few showers to get the early this morning but sunshine in the forecast this afternoon. if you like showers on the radar . mostly north of the triangle. you can see part of granville county and more and county and franklin county and further to the east for all of the wet

we will see the sunshine later this afternoon. don't be surprised if you see sprinkles and raindrops on the car early this morning. nam most of the wet weather gets out. temperatures 40 degrees in raleigh, 43 durham, 42 fayetteville , 39 goldsboro pinehurst and referred. temperatures warming up today to 54. not quite as warm as yesterday morning but we will see the sunshine through most of the day. warming up quickly and 54 is close to where the temperature should be for this time of year. a few showers likely early and clearing skies as we head to the rest of our day. weak low pressure most vibrant tomorrow and friday sunny skies as an area of high pressure most in from the west and that will give us high temperatures back in the 50s and hardly a cloud in the sky of the next couple of days.

to the southeast and that pumps in warmer air. by the weekend high temperatures in the mid-60s. your futurecast shows a few of the showers early by 8:00 am we will see sunshine and full on some to the rest of their day. skies clear tonight and tomorrow. looking at a high in raleigh around 54, 53 durham, 57 fayetteville, tonight temperatures near freezing but clear overnight and winds 6 to 8 miles per hour . seven-day forecast temperatures staying in the 50s through friday, sunny skies continue thursday into friday 50 thursday, 52 friday, a few degrees below average for this time of year but we warm-up for the weekend. 66 saturday, 64 sunday. next chance for rain holds off

tuesday with highs in the upper 40s. let's take a check on the commute. no major issues. a live look from us 70 and you can see traffic is moving smoothly. your traffic map showing exactly that. no major issues to report. a good thing that we are seeing dry conditions right now. and heading southbound into raleigh on us one from i 542 downtown looking at a 12 minute commute. not too bad. going to break here is a look

a dream of a police officer deserves special recognition, andrew wilkinson went above and beyond the call of duty to help a woman who had no heat very fun to the home he realized she was trying to heat her home with the oven. concerned a to be a fire hazard he purchased an electric heater for her. the wake county sheriff's office is partnering with private social network for neighborhoods. we told you about raleigh and durham please partnering with next-door for the app is billed as an easy way for neighbors to talk online to build stronger neighborhoods.>> they can touch bases with us and let us know we have such and such in our neighborhood, a break-in or this or we see the strange car. it's the 20th century. keeping in touch. more than 455 weekend in

the counties neighborhoods and launch different connected to a story we brought to you last month by cable law student and her guide dog back together in school after the community helped raise money to pay for the dogs medical care. mary ballard guide dog deah barakat, 23, yusor abu-salha, 21, and razan abu-salha, 19,, is well-known and loved on campus at camelot. women found out that last month recchi needed surgery her classmate and other people heard about the story stepped in and donated the money for the several thousand dollars surgery. >> i am a full-time student so i am not working, i am doing law school. that has meant so much because without the help should not have been able to have all these treatments.>> meredith says ricky -- trinity losey back at school but will need to retire as a guide dog later in the year. today we will learn more

1.58 today we will learn more about the winners of last month jackpot. the state of florida will hold a news conference to announce one of the winners. the couple that came out and announce they one, they mentioned life isn't as exciting or happy as they were hoping it would be. coming up at toddler

a local home daycare. things are watching wncn today . hope you're having a great morning. when information overnight about a drive-by shooting at hurt at toddler will check in with her the let's check in with kristen. how is the forecast?

the showers there dealing with and that will be an issue for early morning. you can see the green popping up on our radar and it's mostly an issue for people north of the triangle and that is what we are seeing a few very light shower swimming and will fizzle out quickly and that is going to be the sunshine. 41 in durham, 36 and roxboro 40 and referred, 41 in fayetteville. cooler than this time yesterday for the kid at the bus stop you may need the umbrella but 54 and sunny but the time the kids get off the bus this action. high temperatures and warming into the low and mid 50s around 54 today, clearing skies and becoming sunny this afternoon. the sunshine will stay with us for several days. full forecast coming up. a check on the morning drive we