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.

we have now fallen a degree around the triangle, in the upper 20s around siler city. sanford you're at 25 and holding onto temperatures right around 30 in littleton and fayetteville. clinton you're at freezing at 32 degrees. here's a look at your fast forecast for morning. 45 at lunchtime, 51 our afternoon high, compare that to our normal high for this time of year and that is 56 degrees but like mike was talking about warmer for the weekend ahead. i'll breakdown the changes coming up in your complete forecast. right now let's talk traffic. if you're getting ready to head out the door here's i-440, the good news and there's no slow downs to report, no accidents, if you're getting ready to hit the roads buckle up and get to your destination safely. checking in with your live drive conditions you're looking at 440 and 540 all in

everything moving limits. later today state lawmakers expected to vote on a proposal that would send people to the policy twice in just the next few months >> justin quesinberry join us live with a breakdown. >> good morning the house and senate will reconvene later this morning. by the end of the day lawmaker hope to finalize the congressional map and also layout a time line for primary elections. >> last night the house voted to hold two primaries, the first primary would be march 15th and would be for everything except congressional races. those would be june 7th. the reason for all this is is because state lawmaker have to redraw the congressional districts, federal judges found two of the current districts were created along racial lines. democrats say the whole situation will further confuse voters. >> i think we just further make it worse by continuing to try to push forward and have election

slowing down and taking a breath and seeing what the courts tell us to do. >> it's going to depend district to district perhaps but i believe that we'll have time between now and june the 7th for voters to be well informed. >> the new primary date reopens the filing period. the speaker of the house says the state maintains that the current map is constitutional and hopes that the supreme court will issue a stay. if it does the bill becomes null and valentine's day. here's what some voters told us. >> it's expensive to do it the way they're doing. >> i think the whole voting rights things has been under attack and the redistricting and so forth should be done in a way that it represents the complexity of north carolina. >> before lawmaker put finishing touches on everything there will be a public comment hearing this morning at 9 a.m.

raleigh justin quesinberry wncn news now. tomorrow two key states add their votes to the 2016 race for the white house. ahead of the south carolina primary donald trump is trying to hold onto his frontrunner status while taking heat from ted cruz, marco rubio and even the pope. >> nbc tracie potts reports from washington. >> the clinton family campaigns in nevada today with just 24 hours to go to the democratic caucus clinton and be sanders essentially tied both going after the large latino population. >> my immigration policy is to united family thought to divide them. >> i was the first person to call out donald trump, i said enough of this prejudice. >> at a candidate forum trump with a smaller but fill firm

president george w bush on iraq defended against claims that he supported the war. the pope called him unchristian for want to go build a wall with mexico. >> i think he was very much misinterpreter receipted and i think he was given false information. >> i don't think it's appropriate to question his faith. >> ted cruz and marco rubio recording south carolina's conservatives. >> it's been a step up and sure that the republican nominee and the next president of the united states is a real and proven conservative. >> i'd really appreciate one of those hugs you've been talking about. >> and while his numbers not in the top tier john kasich is making voters feel good as the democrats and republicans go after their next election prize tomorrow. pop francis is very popular among catholics and many in our area who spoke with us sided

>> his comments were very good regarding, you know, we have to build bridges we don't have to knock down the whole world. >> we are getting a lot of like say rift raft from other countries coming in. >> they have openly said they disagree with some of the pope politics but have deep respect for him. >> trump says he's not worried by losing support. the pope says he's willing to relax artificial birth control. some government have urged women to avoid getting pregnant from there. the pope said that avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil. there's a new way to explore downtown raleigh. it allows you to experience what's happening when you're out and about.

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welcome back. a good friday morning to you. it's now 5:10 and we're talking about a very cold temperature of 30 degrees. so if you have been keeping track this is colder than where we were yesterday. you'll still need the jackets as you're headed for the door this morning. 26 right now in roxboro and henderson. 25 in south hill. south of raleigh we're looking at 30 in fayetteville, 32 in clinton while littleton is reporting 29 degrees. here's what you need to know as you're planning your day today 8 a.m. should be close to 31, 45 at lunchtime and 51 our afternoon high, just a few clouds mixing in throughout the day for the evening drive home if that happens close to 6 p.m. we're looking at a temperatures of 48 degrees.

weekend ahead 42, 8 a.m. on saturday. 66 our afternoon high on saturday up to 68 by sunday afternoon. i'll have more on the weekend forecast and when we'll see some rain again coming up in just a bit. well a woman says she got a surprise in a can of green beans. a snake head. she says she was preparing dinner for a church youth function when she almost served up the snake head in the middle of all those beans. the manufacturer has pulled the product off the shelves as a precaution and opened an investigation into the incident. if you're one of the millions of people who own a drone listen up today is the deadline to register your device. so if you haven't coming up after the break we'll tell you what you need to know.

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in this morning's top stories the sentencing phase continues for smith the man who killed huggins-jones in her raleigh apartment. the state is preparing to bring in rebuttal witnesses today. he faces the death penalty. and more than 70 par troopers arrived at fort bragg.

today state lawmakers expected to vote on a plan that would send voters to the policy twice in four months. the first primary would be march 15th, and congressional races would be held june 7th, and it's because state lawmakers have to redraw congressional districts. the accusations against the professor accused of stealing money, search warrants shows he was stealing money and sending it to a former student. wiznet told police he was helping her pay her medical bills and even bought her a new car. investigators say more than $70,000 was funneled from three clubs. he served as an advisor. police say you should be on a look out for a tax scam. callers claim to be from the irs and tell the person that they owe taxes and must pay using a

they say it needs to be paid immediately. now, the irs never asks for card they will never request phone. if you get one of those calls hang up and call police. looking ahead governor pat mccrory will hold strong to his commitment to support veterans today a job fair more than 65 military service members attend add similar job fair last weekend. and today is the deadline for drone owners to register with the faa. >> the rule was announced last year before an estimated one million drones were sold over the holidays only 300,000 users have registered though. user pay 5 bucks for a three-year registration with the faa and presented with safety guidelines but after today unregistered

>> there's some penalties of up to $27,000 and a criminal fine of up to $250,000 including i am imprisonment imprisonment. >> anything bought after the 21st was supposed to be registered before it takes its first flight. michael's arts and craft store recalling pointsettias. a second recalling involved holiday paper box affect booed mold. you can get a full refund by returning them to the store. chances your bottles of sunscreen have been packed away for the winter. >> but dermatologists say it's important during the cloudy days

they say the raise less intense during the winter but the uva raise do not take a winter holiday and remain strong year-round and that could add up. >> they penetrate into the dermis. >> the way to help protect against the damaging effects is to use a sunscreen 365 days a year. they also recommend applying sunscreen if you hit the ski slopes this winter. the reflection off the snow can lead to double exposure. >> that's been the ski to my skin is 65 sunscreen, not really. >> and you look gorgeous. . >> got her going. >> you had me at anti-ageing but i'm guilty of not doing it. >> let's move on. let's take a live picture out. here's the airport this morning 30 degrees and it's

this friday morning but it sure is cold if you're heading for the door right now make sure you're bundling up. there's more of you in the 20s this morning than what we've seen the past few days. 23 the latest update in roanoke rapids, 24 in south hill, 26 in henderson and roxboro, durham and raleigh we're now at 30 degrees, 25 in sanford. so here's your hour by hour forecast. 31 still below freezing at 8 a.m., back to 40 by 10 a.m., lunchtime today we should be close to 45, 48 at 2:00 and then 51 eventually our afternoon high. that's where we topped out yesterday so not expecting any big changes or noticeable changes throughout the afternoon back to the upper 40s by 6 p.m. now, let me show you your future forecast we'll stay clear today from start to finish, just a cloud or two mixing in at times. overnight tonight we're going to gradually turn partly cloudy. that means good news for us because tomorrow morning is not going to

also see the partly cloudy conditions hang around for our saturday, but temperatures still expected to be almost 10 degrees warmer than normal. i'm mid-60s tomorrow. so let me walk you through the temperature trend over the coming days, today again still cooler than normal, 51, 66 tomorrow, afternoon high is 56 for this time of year. we climb even more on sunday to a high of 68 by monday chance for rain is building back into the area and that's going to cool us you down. 58 on monday, 48 on tuesday, and as we head towards next wednesday and thursday it looks like temperatures will settle into the 50s and that's where we're going to be today. 51 in raleigh, we'll be dry, 50 in durham, 54 in fayetteville, fast forward to tonight with partly cloudy skies we're actually going to stay above freezing. overnight low tonight dropping into the upper 30s, we'll go ahead and talk by the coming days. today 51, tomorrow we've already talked by the

do want to mention sunday close to sun set we could see an isolated shower or two. not the same situation early next week. the rain moves in monday, sticks around for tuesday and wednesday. right now tuesday actually carrying the best rain chances for us. we could see some heavier downpours at times and the rain should be moving out of the area by wednesday afternoon allowing the sunshine to be back by thursday. the good news during that time frame that we're seeing the rain next week temperatures going to stay above freezing so no threat of anything freezing or any sort of ice for us early next week. right now i-440 and ridge road pretty quiet in this direction just a few cars out there this morning. take it easy if you're getting ready to head out for your morning commute. i do have an update for you we're still looking at a closure because of construction it's on junction boulevard, now, there was detour posted so follow the signs there. this is

could see this closure last for the next few days. we'll have an update on traffic and weather close to 5:30. time right now is 5:22. one carolina panther is calling it quits.

the knife this it was a tough night for the hurricanes on the road last night. >> they visited the senators hoping to move one step closer to a play off spot but they had other ideas. they traded goals in the first period but the match got away from them in the third period. next up is a three game home stretch. the first match is against the sharks tonight at 7. >> panthers specialist allen is calling it a career. >> most recently he joined the panthers midway through the past season. previous 11 years saw him from kansas city to chicago.

for 9th all time with former panther star peppers. >> he plans to have that surgery at the end of the college basketball season and according to his decrease he should be fully recovered by the olympics. this will be his third straight time coaching. >> nascar's new racing season kicks off this sunday with a the daytona 500. >> in the second of 2, 150-mile races that set the field for sunday on the final lap jamie mcmurray tried to block johnson but he loses control causes a 7 car wreck. last night marked 15 years since north carolina racing legion ernhardt died. he was 49 years old and won 7-cup titles. >> a huge loss for the racing world.

>> outside the general assembly where lawmakers will work to finalize congressional district maps today and also primary election dates. we'll get you caught up on the progress they've made so far coming up. plus what does the forecast hold for us today, stick around

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>> and just hours ago more than 70 par troopers arrived after a nine month deployment. >> good morning. we've got all your morning news and a look at traffic coming up but first meteorologist alyssa corfont has a look at the forecast. >> good morning to you. and good morning to you at home as well. we are looking at pretty clear skies as we start off our friday morning. that's the perfect recipe for very cold temperatures. know that you're going to need your winter jacket for sure. 30 degrees in durham and here in raleigh. 23 in louisburg, also in the low 20s towards roanoke rapids while rocky mount and goldsboro both at 27. now, clinton is also below freezing at 31. so we'll get straight to your fast forecast as you're getting ready to head out the door you're going to be looking at a temperature near 30, we'll talk about temperatures mid-40s around lunchtime today. 51 our