>> i couldn't stay awake. you know how it is on this shift. >> happy thursday. we will go right to alyssa corr front. >> there's not a lot to watch in the weather front. we will head into the after. checking in right now, now at freezing in raleigh we are at 32 daughter, 35 in durham. franklin county is in the 20s. and 38 in fayette april clinton. get straight your fast forecast. it will be at 3. 44 at

as warm as we were yesterday. i will you know. right now, we will check with traffic. if you are heading out the door i here is i. you have just a few cars in either direction, not a lot to slow you down this morning. lest check in with your live drive. we do have a closure this morning. this is near u.s. 64. the closure, we are doing construction in that direction. this is along the morning routine. take another drive in this morning and we will have another update on traffic and weather in ten minutes. >> sounds good. thank you so much. state lawmaker will be in raleigh for a special session surrounding redistricting. republicans want to approve a new map that features new congressional districts. the existing one was struck down by federal judges who found two districts on racial lines. wncn joins us live outside of the legislative building with

>> the three judges ruled that they were decided by race which is illegal. tomorrow they have -- the tolls will be extra busy, if you plan on voting prepare to cast a ballot twice. >> lawmakers sabes of -- one for the. the price, not cheap. it is expected to cost millions of dollars and sop turn out won't be great. >> picking and this is the new income. the new fourth district includes durhams fire department. george holding and democratic david price both live in the newly created district put

it does so in a way that's not in with interest. this an effort we could even get autoaowl this approved -- they expect to who would a new date just to hold congressional i -- local primaries. >> the white house is expect today announce that president obama will travel to cuba as the two countries continue to work on efforts to normalize rerations. both nations signed a deal that would -- >> a new gop front runner is pull ago head in ways race for the white house the poll has cruz ahead of trump by two points. it was conducted after the win in new hampshire and after saturday in south carolina where trump has a promising lead heading into saturday's primary. >> if people used facebook to

would be different. a study 5:38 looked at the candidates likes on facebook. san december leads the way on the democratic side -- sanders leads, carson is on top with 26 percent of the likes on facebook. trump a close second with 23%. rubio landed a huge endorse transmit south carolina governor, nikki hailey. she will be on the campaign trail before voters head to the polls on saturday. >> we say everyday is a great day in south carolina. >> proximate cause proximate cause. >> ladies and gentlemen, -- [applause] ladies and gentlemen f we elect rubio, everyday will be a great day in america. >> rubio is in third place with 17% support from likely vote. >> new information is coming out about a motorcycle chase involving a troop never wake

the 34-year-old horn was trying to get away when they rashed into a car near u.s. 401. the driver of the car was not hurt bit horn is in custody >> >> the bus driver who hit and killed a teener at meadow lane will not face charges. the driver hit bran kincaid when he was on his wheel trey chai mr. it was a close fought with theal but in the. todd gangbang son was. >> rice johnson. he had railroad registered a rubble. 29 points and 19 rebounds but

despite losing matt jones to an ankle history and first duke game carries the devils down the stretch hitting clutch shots. >> there's a toughness element with that. it is not going to be my night. ly work my way through it, but she's. he finished with a double- double but the biggest shot was off of another, it gave duke the first lead since the first half. >> the tar heels cannot get off a clean shot and they go on the final possession, a real head scratcher. >> i told the kids i should have called a time out. we didn't get as go ahead of a shot as i thought we would get. >> the tar heels led almost the

the last two games against duke, they would not hold a late lead. >> he can't do it all. it seems like he about did it all tonight. someone has to help him. >> they raise all of the the fight, north carolina and miami sit atop the heat. her canes come on saturday. wncn sport. >> win or lose, what a game that was. the next game is march 5. >> it should be another good one. >> it is 6:08. thank you for join us today. supreme court justice is speaking out on the fight to fill scal ia's seat. what she's advocating for. >> we are heading to the out back where weeds have taken over. see. >> temperatures are chilly. 28 in south hill, at freezing

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>> temperature 32-degree, very cold. we are starting to see more cars, as you head out the door. remember a heavier winner jacket. it will be around freezing through 7:00 a.m. the sun is up and we will see temperatures climb slowly but climbing nonetheless. 35 at 8:00 a.m. 38 by 9:00 this morning. here is a look at where the temperatures sit. 35 in durham, 31 in henderson. the upper 20s around south hill, out toward syler city, pine hurst, and rayford in the mid 30s. around 35 degrees, here your three-day forecast, wall to wall sunshine today and tomorrow. however, we are cooler than normal. 50 today, a2 tomorrow but look

high on saturday, and it does look like to 60s are going hang aroundment i will let you know how long coming up in your complete forecast. we have sunshine and warmer temperatures but an ice jam caused streets to flood in augusta. several driver hearsay to move their cars to avoid the ice flow there. ice jams are common. they usually occur in early spring when lakes and rivers begin to, thehaw. a quick time check for you it was a close one last night in the battle of the blues, a duke blue level taking this

coming up we will hear >> johnston county school

safe after a threat made its rounds on social media. >> officials contacted parents and will have extra security out of an abun dan dance of caution. joshua -- is accused of a 20108 sexual assault case. he's link today an attack on fort bragg road the second suspect involved was identified but has since passed away. >> state lawmakers will come to roadway lee, they went to build -- the existing one was struck down by ideal. the united states army surgeon general will enher visit at fort today. >> reporter: it is the -- she

tuesday continues it today. wear over other it shall -- west served as the commander from 20308 to 2010. >> as they prepare our new recruits making sure they have got, you know, not only good health care but good healthic case, how to take care of themselves and how to exercise properly so they reduce injury. >> west is the first african american surgeon general and also the highest ranking female of any race to graduate from west point military academy. mike, back to you. >> >> thank you so much for that. >> o'connor is disagree being fellow republicans and is urging -- quickly, in an interview with the phoenix based tv station.

name a nominee as soon as possible it were. scalir was found sunday night. bundy, the felony charges are connected with the stand off in 2014. he was arrested in oregon where son's ryan and -- were involved. he could spend rest of his life in a prison if kick. >> now a toy owe that recall. the company says a flaw could cause some rear seat belts to fail in rav 4, ev and vanguard vehicles. /owe at that will fix problem at no cost to consumers. tumble weeds have swamped -- victoria take a look. truckloads filled streets and yards. that guy can barely make it through them.

conditions lead to a bumper crop of tumble weeds n. some places, they have piled as high as the roof tops like that one right there. the city council is not going to help out either with the clean up because it is not considered a fire risk. >> has taken to waves with his less cue dogs. chris travels the east coast with his dogs, using that unique me today to encourage owners to take a mortis plained approach he performed tricks. he's just showing off there. i've had dogs that run away from me. i trace -- i chase them through the neighborhood. >> i can't stand up and surf

>> i don't know if it is good for ser sr. everring, but there's sunshine. >> sun rise happens before 7:00 a.m. it is getting brighter earlier and earlier. 33 as the kids head to bus stop this morning. other when they head home. as far as the temperatures are keshed we're at other in raleigh. lewisburg back up to 30, 31 in roanoke rapids and 35 in rocky mount and down around the sand hills actually at 37 in fayetteville as you plan your day, 44 at lunchtime. the high will hit 50 and you are driverring home around 6:00 p.m. this eastbounding, it should be back into the -- this evening. it should be back into the 40s.

can't recollect et. high pressure has built in behind it. we see a northeast breeze filtering into our area. it is bringing in chilly air. this stays put for today and tomorrow. we will fast forward to the weekend. the week send requesting to see a nice warm up. high pressure moves out and off to the north. we will see a more southern breeze bringing in unseasonally warm temperatures for us. look for highs over weekend in the mid to upper 60s. plenty of sunshine, lunchtime sunshine for us. the sunshine still around as you head home today and overnight tonight, clear sky, a recipe for cold temperatures, i think tomorrow morning it can easily be colder than we are right now. so for today, looking for a high near 50 in raleigh, 54 in

colder, yes, 28-degree, as you head out tomorrow morning. 52 tomorrow. we are moving into the next direction and when we i can't rule out a shower or two more sun. it will be dry and that -- throughout the day on tuesday is. temperatures are going to cool off fast. 60 for a high monday, back for eighties and by the 40s. that's your latest fork. let's go to traffic now this morning. if you willing are being to again u. but nothing that should slow you down too much. a lockets your drive times, new will.

moving slower than the most listed. amount moving slower on -- another check of traffic and weathers at 6:30. >> duke fans feeling good but unc fans are in a sour mood but they're not alone, how in other

wednesda >> lots of up sits in college basketball yesterday. the blue devils pulled off the upset over the tar heel. >> duke won by just a point in the tightly fought battle of the blues but unc wasn't the night. >> the texas red raiders

fans stormed the court after the 65-63 win. in state college, the lions knocked off the top of the big ten, 79-75. it was just pen state's fourth conference win. >> the top ranked team, they took care of business against unrankled temple. they knocked off the owls. >> up next is another important game the very visit the louisville cardinals on saturday, tip off at noon. they host the hurricanes, the game is a chance to rebound after last night's loss. tonight the hurricanes are back in action, they head to ottawa to take on the senators at 7:30 they're in the midst of a serious playoff, that could shrink the gap keeping them out of the playoff win. the last night carolina won 3. 2.

>> he will undergo the knife to repair a partially torn labrin. he was injured late in the first half of the last regular season on january 3 but did not miss a start or practice in the post season. >> good to see him. >> here is what is coming up in the next half hand hour. >> the deadline is looming for lawmakers to redraw voting ma'am, coming up what they need to get done by tomorrow. thank you, emma. also, more about the forecast. we had a lot of sunshine and a gorgeous day on yesterday. is it sun, rain, colder weather? meteorologist alyssa is going

keep it here on wncn news now. >> good morning. so glad you are with us. s0q february 18. glad to have you alone. emma wright is live in raleigh ahead of a special legislative session today. >> lauren is live in studio the latest on the battle between apple and the fbi. >> that's right. first we will get you other to alyssament we want to know more about this forecast. >> know that the sunshine is around today. however, cooler temperatures, south hill and rockbroa sanford the cold spot at 26 while lillington is now at 35 degrees. we will get straight to our fast forecast. if you are heading out the door around 8:00 p.m.

freezing, if not a degree above. other for anarch high, not as warm as the 57 we hit yesterday but sunshine so we can't complain that much. back to 43. clear and calm condition, more on when the 60s will be here coming up. >> we will check in with traffic. we start to see more cars on the road. no delays on this thursday morning, none around the triangle but look at this. in her tensor we have an accident on i-85 northbound one lane is block.

a new map that has new congressional districts. the existing one was struck down by federal judges who found two district were gerrymandered along racial lines. we will go live outside the legislative building. >> reporter: that's right. three judges rule that had two districts were drawn because of race which is illegal. now they have until tomorrow to fix it. >> if you plan even voting prepare to cast a bat local twice. law makers say because of redistricting they're expecting to hold two primaries, one for presidential election and another for congressional races. the price, not cheap. it is expect today cost millions of collars and some say voter turn out won't be great. >> it is making us create a separate primary. turn out will be lower than it would have been on march 15. >> this is the new map of north carolina congressional districts, the new fourth district includes parts of

counties. two current congressmen, republican george holding and democrat david price both live in the newly created district, potentially putting them against each other. >> it may margely comply but it is not in best interest of south carolina. >> this is a heroic effort that we could get that accomplished. >> if the map gets final approval republicans expect to pick a new date just to hold congressional primaries. >> lawmakers are expected to reconvene sometime this morning. reporting live in raleigh, i'm emma wright, wncn news. now to a developing story out of california where a battle is brewing between app example the fbi. the tech giant says it is all about protecting your privacy, while the fed say it is about national security. wncn joins us live with the latest on this story. >> reporter: at the center of it all, an i phone belonging to

months after the attack is still locked. the fbi says it'd found a smart phone used by farook that could contain critical evidence. what the government is worried about is security that could delete the data on the phonement the judge is ordering them to create and install software, allowing a fbi compute tore keep entering numbers until it hits on the right combination to unlock the phone. tim cook accused them of overbeach. the husband of one of those killed in shooting disagrees. >> i'm upset at apple not assisting the government, people's life matter. >> cook writes the ruling is a

is request would ultimately undermine the very freedoms and liberty the government is meant to protect. apple has five days to respond. some students in johnston county will be greeted. >> with extoo security. officials contacted parents to let them know it is safe to go to school today. >> sentencing will continue today for trayvian smith. me sa -- melissa's ten-year-old daughter was only eight the day she discovered her mother's bodyment she didn't know anything happened because she was sleeping with a ceiling fan because it was noisy in the apartment complex where he lived.

waiting extradition to north carolina from alabama accused in a 2008 sexual assault case in fayetteville. dna evidence linked joshua watson to an attack on fort bragg road. two suspects attacked her in the parking lot. the case was inactivated but reopened the second suspect was identified but hahasince died. >> 6:35 is your time. the 18 month old baby boy shot during a drive by at a durham day care is out of the hospital this morning the day care is shut down. the owners of the chris chance center tell wncn the will remain closed. there have been no issues in last year and no arrests have been made in this case so far. >> one top story at wcnc.com a raleigh police officer praised

persuade a deaf teen. -- sign language. they opened her communicate with another woman they brought to the scene. >> he took a lot of patience. he didn't let what he had. >> and knowing shrine language. she was not harmed the officer has not been identified yet. >> the incredible story. there are disappoint tar heels fans. duke fans are happy though. they traveled to chapel hill for the first round of the bat of the blues for nearly the entire game the scores were within just points of each other and in final seconds they pulled out and get the win, 74- 73. a great time to remind you that wncn is your new home for march madness.

wekas way from -- couple of wekas way from cbs programming. we will have ncia, big bang, and we are going to aid 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in addition to 6:00 to bring you the latest. this kicks off again february 29th. much more information on the swap including a full programming line up on our web site, go to wncn.com. pretty big a great show. >> there's a lot of great shows. >> you can tell i will be watching. time now is 6:37. our battle of the blues conch don'ts in ten minutes we will hear from both unc duke fans filing out of the dome. >> it is a dome. we will have that story plus this. >> officers have disgraced themselves. they have disgraced this badge. >> two lapd offersers face charges after women say they sexually assaulted them repeatedly.

allegations later. >> as kids get ready for the bus stop here, here a look at the bus stop forecast, 33 outside, clear and cold, sunshine sticks around all day

more on your forecast up >> welcome back. it is 32-degrees and is a live picture from the raleigh durham international. it is getting brighter and brighter. there's a few clouds. those aren't expect today hang around long. let's go to driver time. it should be close to 33. 35 at 8:00 a.m. closer to 40 by 9:00 a.m. but don't be fooled by this

afternoon going to be cooler than normal. right now 35 in durham. 29 in and also upper 20s around sanford, while lillington is at 35. fayetteville, clinton, clayton, reporting 35-degree this is morning. here is the three-day. keep in mind, normal for this time of year, we are cooler and we see the 60s return, i let you know how long. i will send it to you. time now is 6:41. thousands of dollars to get hackers to get the computer system back up and running. hollywood prez bittern handed over $17,000 worth of bit coins. mall ware had locked access to certain systems they had there. administrators decided the quickest solution was to pay

restored on mondayment right now the fbi is investigating. >> >> all right. coming up on wncn today, despite call for water pipes in

it governor announced other >> everyone is talking about first round of the battle of the blues game. >> wncn had two crews covering the big game. we have fan reaction from chapel hill. >> a lots of disappointed carolina fans out here on franklin street, wednesday evening. they had packed the bars and restaurants watching this game with duke. a locality of people end up in streets. that's what police were trying to preventment they had extra officers on hand just in case. now we spoke with fans all night.

country, to watch this game. while some carolina fans might be disappointed with the outcome, both sides admit it was a good game. >> it was a good experience except for the end but if i don't want to go to carolina game, it would be fun for them because the games are so exciting. >> it was his first duke unc game here in chapel hill. we had really good seats and thought it would be a win for us today but that didn't work out. >> it was awesome, back and forth. that's why we love this game. in two and a half weeks you get to redo it again. no telling what's going the happen. let's go devil. >> police had additional officers on stand by. the goal was to have people celebrate responsibly. that's what appears to have happened here. i'm amy cutler, wncn news now. thank you, amy. >> the next round of the battle of the blues is march 5th.

indoor in durham. >> thank you, mike. >> pope francis urged the world to recognize the flight of those who risk their lives to flee violence and poverty. they traveled to mexico board we are trust u.s. where he celebrated mass with thousands of worshipers in both countries. the crowds cheered as hotrod will you the streets there. they highlight struggles for fair wages and visited a notorious prison. >> what the pope is asking us all to do is to step in shoes and get into the heart of the people who are refugees throughout the world not just those comes in the united states. >> the final was on an old field and also viewed in the sun bowl. >> next year gun also be allowed in the class roommates university of texas. the president called it the greatest challenge to his presidency and reluctantly

allowed concealed -- to bring them into class rooms. he does not believe guns long belong on campus, two lapd officers face charges of sexually assaulting -- police say the two narcotics officers were partners. they were arrested for identity theft and asked to be an informant. officers would pick up her in an unmarked department issued car. the bus began in 2008 and lasted three years the victims range from 19 to 34. >> today the health and human services secretary, sylvia burwell will look at the city's water crisis. she will discuss the next steps to address the on going health challenges and will also visit a health center that's led testing. the mayor is calling for the old pipes to be removeed and replaced. but the governor announceed it

protective film and conduct an infrastructure study first. >> we now know about the florida cap couple that bought one of the three winning tickets earlier this year. david and marine collected their third of the record setting $1.5 billion jackpot. they chose a lump sum of 529 million. you can see check there. that came out to $328 million after taxes. they hid the message from everyone until last week. that was hard especially when everyone was saying you are from melbourne beach, did you win, do you know who won. >> no. >> the first day a prieved late from work, she doesn't plan to surge. this thing. i don't think i could hold it secret.

>> i am going to tell the world. >> and a massage. >> just one. >> maybe she meant one every sickle day for rest of her life. >> you go girl. >> exactly. >> here at home, we are happy because things are looking nice out there. >> especially compare today where we were to start the week. we had snow and ice. sunshine is ahead of us. we are starting off with a few clouds: don't be fooled. it will lift out of the area this morning. 32 right now, and this a live picture from our wncn tower camera. keep in mind we about ten minutes away from the official sun rise this morning, 35 right now in raleigh, 31 in henderson, 27 though in south hill and rocksboro. while sanford is reporting 27 degrees this morning. breaking the forecast down, 35 at 8:00 a.m. to 40 by 10:00 a.m. 44 at noon. if you are heading out on your

jacket with you. 57 at 2:00. 50 our afternoon high: yesterday we had 57. it is going to be cooler than that: but don't you worry the warmth is going to return for the weekend ahead. >> here is the set up. the reason we have much cooler temperatures. we have high pressure and that means sunny skies, the case for today we are seeing the northeast breeze continuing to pump in, but by the weekend we will change up. we have an area of low pressure it is stirring off to the north. we will see a nice mix of sun and clouds and you. but all we have to worry about is sunshine with the high pressure. sunshine through your lunch hour today, through the the afterand into the evening

morning going to be a recipe for cold temp thank you. for the afternoon we are far from the 20s, 50s. and 54 in fayetteville. fast forward to night. remember i was talking about colder conditions a low near 28- degree, a light east breeze and as we immediate the coming days, you will have a high of 52 tomorrow, normal is around 56. we are still below that by a big margin. 66 on saturday. can't rule out a shower or two on sunday but most of daylight hours are going to be dry for us, as we head into early next week the chance for rain will pick up, mainly monday afterand continue through tuesday, tuesday right now locks fairly soggy. high of around other and we are back into the upper 40s for highs on wednesday. that's your latest forecast. it is 6:51. let's check in with traffic, just in to wncn an accident on

quarry road and you can see the flashing lights here, cars really moving slow to get around that accident. to show you our live drive conditions we have back ups extending past the i-40-440 split and coming down through johnston county. if you are heading in this direction, allow for extra times. these will slow you down, another check on this before 7:00 a.m. mike and. >> take it easy. thank you a lot. >> driverless cars in downtown raleigh could soon be a reality: that's if the city wins a $40 million federal grant. raleigh is one of 77 cities to apply for the u.s. department of transportations smart city's grant. raleigh officials teamed up with nc state to create a transportation vision that's more efficient and eco- friendly. they suggest using sensors and driverless electric pod toss chauffeur student. >> gave us the opportunity to

state and others to think about these problems differently. it has led us to welcome at ideas we otherwise wouldn't have consider. 77 applied the cool will be narrowed to five next month with a winner being announced some time in june. >> such neat stuff. >> they were the subject of my what's next piece in 2015. i had a chance to visit the lab where engineering proobstetrics supports along with talented students are working to make that prance portation system. the goal is to get a light weight -- i got a chance to driver that thing. the car and load would weigh around a thousand pounds meaning weight ere weight requirements as well as track would far less than a hundred pound train. they want those to be used on

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>> welcome back. state lawmaker also come to raleigh for a special session. republicans juan to approve a map unvailed that features new congressional districts. existing one was struck down by federal judges who found two districts were gerrymandered and buzz of the changes voters may have to take part in a separate primary for congressional races. >> voting twice. >> such a big deal there. >> big deal is this weather. it is looking nice. >> we had lots of sunshine and warmed us up to near normal.

the clouds break up over the raleigh durham international. 29 in syler city. high of around other, not as warp as yesterday with clear sky, back to 43 by 6:00 p.m. we just alerted you on this accident into the wncn news room. look at this i-40 westbound, one lane is blocked at the rock quarry road accident. the back ups extend past the split and down 40 to the exit. extra time if you are heading in this direction. see emergency crews certainly on the scene give them plenty of room to clean up this accident. >> traffic is crawling in that area.

thank you for watchi good morning. breaking overnight the white house expected to announce today that president obama will head to cuba next month, the first american president to go there in nearly 90 years. a historic trip being met with praise and criticism. game change? ted cruz just ahead of donald trump in our new national poll. >> the sounds you're hearing is the sound of screams coming from washington, d.c. >> this morning why trump says

slippery slope? the tech world lining up behind apple as a government tries to get the company to hack into the iphone of this san bernardino shooter. the epic battle over principle, privacy and protecting america. and speaking out. why the sister of nicole brown simpson is furious about the new o.j. simpson mini series and one star in particular. today is thursday, february 18, 2016. >> from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today." i'm savannah guthrie. we have willie in for matt this week. a lot of people are talking about the new poll. and if it holds up it is a real shift in the race. >> a lot of eyebrows raised.