much for watching "early tod right now, today some state lawmakers set to vote on a plan that would send voters to the policy twice possibly in the next few months. plus a teenager is in critical condition after crashing off the waters in hawaii. all right you made it to friday. we are so glad that you're with us for wncn today. we've got your morning news and a look at traffic in just a minute but first alyssa core core is here with a look at your forecast. well, friday is really looking nice plenty of sunshine as the sunrises a little later this morning.

see just a few clouds towards greensboro this morning. here's a look at our temperatures below freezing in raleigh and durham, both areas 31. 29 right now in roxboro, down around the sand hills at freezing and fayetteville while littleton and raeford both checking in at 30 degrees. here's your fast forecast for this friday, just a few clouds throughout the day, 30 at 8 a.m., 45 at noon and 51 our high normal is right around 56. the 60s though still on tractor the weekend ahead. i'll have a closer look in just a little bit. let's check in with traffic on this friday morning. i noticed a few are more cars on my drive in and wore seeing that on i-40. other than that no delays, no delinquents to pass along to you. if you're on 440 north of downtown you're looking at all green. 40 moving

about 63 miles per hour. we'll keep an eye on traffic and weather next update in about 10 minutes. raleigh police investigating a shots fired call. the call came in late last niechlt no one was shot but bullets did damage a vehicle there. police say this was not random but due to an ongoing dispute between two men who knew each other. a few hours before that shots fired call raleigh police responded to a shooting at swaine streets. police found a man who had been shot. he is expected to be okay. police still looking for the gunman. a woman is recovering this morning after getting hit by a car in raleigh. it happened around 6 yesterday evening. the woman is expected to be okay. the driver has been charged and police still investigating the whole thing. later today state lawmakers expecting to vote on is

to the policy twice in the next few months. >> justin quesinberry joins us with a breakdown of what it all means. >> reporter: good morning the mouse and senate will reconvene here at the general cell plea later this morning. republican lawmakers hope to finalize a map of congressional districts and saturday time line for primary elections. last night the house voted to hold two primaries, the first would be march 15th and would be for everything except congressional races, those would be june 7th. the reason for all this is because state lawmakers have to redraw the congressional districts. federal judges found two of the current districts were created along racial lines. democrats say the situation will confuse voters. >> by continuing to try to push forward and have elections as soon as we can, instead of slowing down and taking our breath. >> obviously it's going to

perhaps but i believe we'll have time for voters to be well informed. >> the new date reopens the filing period for interested congressional candidates. the speaker says the current map is is constitutional and hopes that the supreme court will issue a stay. if it does this bill because null and valentine's day. here's what some voters told us. >> it's expensive to do it the way they're doing it. >> i think the whole voting rights thing has been under attack and the redistricting and so forth should be done in a way that it respects the complexity of north carolina. >> there is a 9 a.m. public comment section before lawmakers put the finishing touches on everything. today the governor will be in washington dc. he's there to participate in the national governor's association executive committee meeting. the event

governor plans to be there the entire time. cubans welcoming the news that president obama will visit next month. it will mark a turning point in u.s. relations. they have re is stored diplomatic ties. . today justice scalia's body, and a private ceremony will be held before the public is invited into pay their respects. as part of supreme court tradition a black drape is also hung over the courtroom doors, his chair on the bench and the beverage itself, the funeral is is expected to be held tomorrow. a home connected to a relative of one of the california shooters. the home tied to oat brother has been searched before. yesterday

out a box of items as well as a computer and they searched the two cars parked out front. they would not discuss the nature of the search. right now a 16-year old is is in critical condition after a crash landing in pearl harbor. all five people onboard were sent to the hospital, good smash tans pulled them from the wreckage. emergency responders rushed to the scene and at this point there is still no word why the pilot had to land in the water. the home coming was is set to take place after midnight but they did not arrive until around 2:30 this morning. family, members and friend were all on hand for the ceremony. >> it feels amazing i tried to numb everything away for nine months and coming back i guess it all just poured out. especially seeing my family here it was amazing.

9-month deployment to iraq. time now is 4:36. a woman credits a raleigh police officer for helping safe her daughter's life. later hear from the mom and the skill the officer had that did not come from the department's training. plus the sentencing phase for a raleigh murder trial conditions. we're at 25 right now in

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here's your 3-day forecast today we still below normal with a high of only 51, the weekend

we're looking at a high of 68, there's a small chance we could see a stray shower, overall the best rain chances going to hold off until early next week. i'll have a look at the rain chances coming up in your complete forecast. at least 25 people hurt after mud slides in peru. they followed heavy rains. they damaged more than 100 houses, flooded plantations and damaged more than 7 miles of roads. helicopters took people damaged by floodsing. the oldest chimp at the north carolina zoo has died. she was 47 years old. she was one of the original chimps. all right. here's what's

we're getting a better look

day gunfire range welcome back. here's or top stories. today state lawmakers expected to vote on a plan that would sent voters to the policy twice. the reason for all of is because the state lawmakers have to redraw congressional districts. and tomorrow two key states a add their votes to the 2016 race for the white house. south carolina will hold its republican primary. donald trump is trying to hold onto his frontrunner status while taking heat from ted cruz and marco rubio.

clinton and sanders nearly neck and neck. knew this morning nearly 70 par troopers are arrive back at forf bragg. right now osha is investigating after two workers died in a construction accident in new jersey. a generator fell from a crane. officials say it was being lowered into place when a strap snapped. one man died at the scene, the other died at the hospital. the crew is constructing a new firehouse. the so-called affluenza teen teen will appear in court this morning to learn whether his court. couch was moved from a juvenile facility to an adult he was 16-year old when he drove drunk and caused a crash that killed he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation after his defense

upbringing deterred his ability to tell right from wrong. the state is preparing to today in the smith trial. this case. smith is in the midst of the sentencing phase of his trial and facing the death penalty. he's been convicted of inside her apartment. yesterday his step sister took the stand and told of how his dad used to beat him constantly. >> anyway possible, punching him, hitting him with things, throwing him. >> her testimony was followed by a series of teachers and sigh sigh psychologists. now, the defense is hoping his upbringing will swayed the jury to avoid giving him the death penalty. documents of a man accused

leaving town last year admit to kiting her. he strangled her to death after hitting her in the head with a hammer and asked for her debt card before leading authorities on a nationwide manhunt. police arrested him in mississippi. can 911 calls just released she hadding more light on a deadly shooting inside a mall on christmas eve. >> there's a shooter at north lake mall. >> we've got officers out there had. >> there's about ten of us stuck in the back here, there's shots going off. >> an off duty officer shot and called westbrook. they say he pulled out a gun when he ran into a group of men with whom he had an ongoing dispute. police still investigating the shooting. the officer involved is now back at work. one person is recovering after a crash that killed a dot worker. the 50-year old died

investigators say he died after a car hit him on in a work zone. the mother of a deaf teen is thanking a police officer who used sign language to help talk her daughter off a bridge. the teen probably would have jumped off if the officer had not been there said the mother. the officer does not want to be identified and police say they have no asl training program. they say he learned how to sign on his own. >> normally when the police have sign language. so i'm very excited to be able to communicate with her. >> the good news the teen was not hurt and is currently being evaluated at a local crisis center. for the first time since hurricane katrina damaged the arrived. amtrak operated the service. it's a symbol of hope and rebirth for the region that's still recovering. it

to new orleans. it made 14 stops along the way. winter weather brought fresh snow and grid lock to sierra mountain roadways. it was the first snow fall in two weeks. if i don't see snow again this year i will be a happy person. >> i'm okay with it. i'm ready for spring. >> yeah, me too, and we've had some good days. it seems like a month ago that we had all the snow and ice, what was it monday and tuesday? >> yeah, monday ask tuesday. it's in the past let's move forward. the weekend is looking fantastic. rile now we're far from that mark 31 degrees. let's talk temperatures, more of you are in the 20s than where we were yesterday. 25 in louisburg, 28 in clayton, 28 in goldsboro, while clinton is still above freezing at 34, littleton is at 30, clayton 28

durham both at 31 degrees. so the big picture not showing a lot going on around our area. we have high pressure dominating two today. if you want any sort of activity you have to look up towards the great lakes region some lake effect snow. here's what you need to know as you're planning your day we'll start below freezing at 8 a.m., climb to 45 at lunchtime only looking for a high near 51 degrees, very similar to yesterday. we're back into the upper 40s as we head to 6 p.m. but just get through today because the temperatures will climb over the weekend ahead. we spike to 66 tomorrow, 68 on sunday, our normal high for this time of year is right around 56 degrees. we'll be closer to that mark on monday, but i am tracking the chance for rain as we head towards monday and even into tuesday and you can see by tuesday we drop back into the upper 40s, again. so the underlying message here make the

sunshine out there as soon as the sunrises this morning and we'll continue with clear skies through about lunchtime talking about sunshine throughout the afternoon and then turning partly cloudy tonight. now, that's a good thing because tomorrow morning isn't going to be as cold as a result. this morning like i mentioned a lot of you are starting the 20s. that won't be the case tomorrow morning, 30s and maybe even some 40s. the afternoon tomorrow we could see a few clouds mix in. this is not going to have a negative impact on your forecast. the weekend still trending much warmer than where we've been, 50 in durham and 54 in fayetteville. tonight partly cloudy skies still above freezing, look at that an overnight low of 38 degrees. some of you that's say 7 to 8 degrees warmer than where we are right now. as we head into the coming days you'll notice the temperatures start to spike. 66 our high on saturday, 68 on sunday. now, if we are going to see any rain chances at all over

to sun set on sunday and then as we head into early next week the rain chances going to hang around. this is a cold front that's going to move into the area and stall out over the region. so 58 a good chance for rain monday and then the best chance is going to be tuesday, pretty widespread there and we could be talking about significant amounts of rain. wednesday some of the rain starting wind down and then by thursday again we're seeing the sunshine return a as temperatures settle back to near 50 again that's cooler than where we should be. those overnight lows over the weekend and early next week won't be nearly as cold so we won't have to worry about anything freezing as it falls next week. we'll switch gears and check in with traffic right now and we are starting to see a few more cars. this is actually priests busy for this time of the morning i-40 and wade avenue the good news to report is there's no accident, slow downs, so if you do have to head out early just take it easy.

rode closure this is south of downtown raleigh junction boulevard, this is closed because of construction there is a detour posted so follow the signs and again drive safely this morning. well, the time now is 4:53. this weekend you can see five of the six cast members of nbc's hit show friends reunite for a

next the event this weekend is what every fans of the hit show friends has waited are for. most of the cast is reuniting. >> the reason to honor the show's director, james buroughs. moderator andy cohen kicked off the event by saying how exciting to see all the actors together. >> altogether, there's one missing. >> yes. >> now, perry was in london for rehearsals for his play. you can watch it sunday at 9:00. i'm ashamed to say or proud to say i can quote most of the episodes. well, we're just ten days

transition to cbs here on wncn. >> that's right starting on february 29th we'll be the triangle's new home for hit programming. we'll also be your home for march madness. our news team will still be the same but we'll be called cbs north carolina and have more local news. you can find much more on the transition right now including a full program guide. it's on wncn.com. nasa says images from its new horizons pro suggests pluto may have once had an ocean below its surface. >> well the close-up image shows an area 240 miles long and 110 miles wide. nasa says it would have been long since frozen and causing the surface to stretch and fracture. well most four-year olds

colors or tying their shoes. >> but one boy is setting the bar a whole lot higher. >> this president is -- >> millard fillmore. >> tommy johnson loves to learn. he can names every state president, all the capitols and all the presidents. >> i want to know new things. >> his parents say he started memorizing facts when he was old enough to talk. he said his bladder to get his inspiration from me. >> did he really? we're happy that he learns to say a word or two here and there. a vote by lawmakers could send you to the policy twice in four months. >> coming up a look at the decision and who is set to discuss it. that's coming up next right here on wncn today as we head to break. hey looking like a great forecast for the weekend.

back with that. good morning and thanks for watching wncn today on this friday morning. >> and i'm mike gonzalez. so glad that you made it friday with us. just july just quesinberry is in raleigh with the latest but first let's check in with a pretty good forecast. it is looking great for this weekend. >> yeah, it certainly is for the weekend. today is still going to be chilly, but here we are showing pretty clear skies around central north carolina, a cloud or two back towards the piedmont. so let's get straight to our temperatures.