watching. we begin with breaking news, the first case of the zika virus infection has turned up in north this according to the north carolina health department can. officials say the adult patient recently traveled to a country hampered by the mosquito born virus and told that the person's symptoms have been resolved but to protect the patient their identity is not being released. at this time no one has been infected with the virus while in north carolina but doctors say we'll probably see additional cases. travel

in 21 other states, puerto rico and washington, d.c. the world health organization says zika is a global health emergency. >> and since it appeared it has swept through the south pacific all the way to easter island and now jumped into the latin america. so that speed and why it has suddenly gone so quickly over such a large area is come founding. we're also following breaking news out of libya, u.s. war planes struck multiple outlets last night. it's a key breeding ground for isis militants outside of syria and

today lawmakers fine tuning their plans, this comes after a federal judge found two of the current district were created along racial lines and were ordered to redraw the lines. >> reporter: well, good morning. mike, yeah, state republican lawmakers maintain that the current map is constitutional and hope that the supreme court will issue a stay. if that happens this new bill, this new map that you see would be null and valentine's day. this morning the chairman of the house redistricting committee says all districts have equal numbers of people, and race was not considered when drawing the lines. the committee opened the floor for public comments but just one person signed up to speak, and he admits he doesn't know much about maps and

>> why be nasty, why not take the high road and why not be bold and prove that the republican leadership is truly the desires of we, the people. make the elections fair, the elections have to be fair and fair districts vital to that. >> reporter: last night the house voted to hold two primaries, the first continues to be march 15th and would be for most elections including the presidential race, but congressional races would be held on june 7th. that's the latest from the general assembly. >> all right. thanks. well last night the house voted to hold two primaries, the first continues to be march 15th for everything except congressional races those would be on june 7th in raleigh. all right if you're frustrated by the process you're not alone. we caught up with

>> if you don't get the chance to participate it doesn't work and if people could redraw the borders to benefit their political interests. >> bottom line the voters should have a right in having themselves represented properly. >> we already have laws in place that aren't followed and i think the real question is how do you get the legislature and the courts to follow the law that exists. >> if you'd like to see a more detailed look at the map just look at our website at wncn.com. right now the body of the supreme court justice scalia is lying in repose where he served for 30 years. all members of the public can pay their respects. the president and the first lady will be among those. the justice died last saturday while on a hunting trip in texas. he was 79 years old. we're now just 24 hours from the democratic face off in

still leading south carolina but only by a few points. at a forum last night he backed off criticizing the pope. he called him unchristian for wanting to build a wall with mechanic could he. >> i think he was given false information. >> a brand new poll shows african americans helping hillary clinton hold a 28 point lead but their essentially tied. both going off the state's large latinos population. it looks like we're in for a beautiful weekend. let's check in for the answers. >> light now it's looking a little chilly but tomorrow we'll start to warm things up. we're looking at blue skies in downtown raleigh. not a cloud in site. so let's put some temperatures on there and you can see some areas still in the 30s while the majority of us in

henderson you're at 41, 43 here in raleigh also in the low 40ed around littleton, sanford and pinehurst as well. so hour by hour 45 at noon, 48 at 2:00, our high today 51. that's close to where we were yesterday and also five degrees cooler than normal dropping back into the upper 40s by 6 o'clock and by 8 o'clock we should be close to 45 degrees but hey we're knocking on the doorstep of the weekend, 42 at 8 a.m., 50 by noon, 66 our afternoon high tomorrow and sunday the warm up continues we'll be in the 50s at 8 a.m., 62 at lunch and a high of 68, now, i can't rule out a stray shower close to sunset on our sunday but better rain chances will develop earlier next week. this is a live look at the smith sentencing trial as its going on right now. today the state plans to bring in rebuttal

the defense rested its case. the jury convicted smith of murdering huggins-jones in 2013 inside of her apartment. yesterday his step sister took the stand and told the jury how his dad used to beat him constantly which was followed by series of teachers and psychologists who talked about exams done during his younger years. the defense hopes this makes their case for mitigating circumstances to avoid the death penalty. couch appears in a crop today. his lawyer argued his upbringing impaired his ability to tell from right to wrong. he later fled to mexico and a judge just ruled his case will be moved to an adult court. the faa is investigating a deadly plane crash in union county. it crashed about 7 o'clock.

person onboard the aircraft. investigators say a 68-year old was en route to daytona when he crash. a person was hit by a vehicle about 6:00 last night at the intersection of gather other road and rush street. the victim was taken to wakemed for treatment. some scary moments overnight after shots rang out. the officers found a car that was riddled of bullets. investigators believe two men who knew each other were involved in the incident but no charges have been filed. raleigh police also respond to go a shooting last night. they found a man shot there. he was taken to the hospital for treatment and is is expected to make a full recovery. there have been no arrests in this case either. new developments in the fbi investigation in the deadly mass shooting innen san bernardino in california. the fbi is searching the home of one of the brothers.

search warrant as part of its investigation but did not elaborate on why. neighbors say this is not the first time they've seen this kind of activity from agents. >> we've had numerous swarms of agents and homeland security and police and all that so this is probably about the 4th or 5th time, i think. >> investigators did not make any arrests yesterday. 14 people were killed in that shooting last year. both attackers were killed in a shoot out with police. the legal battle between apple and the fbi is heating up with issues of digit at all privacy and national security caught in the middle. they want them to create new software to bypass a security feature that erases all data after ten wrong password attempts. agent would go in and find the right code in an effort to go after terrorist groups but apple and the giants rivals argue it would set a dangerous precedent.

that this little key that they're asking for creates a slippery slope that could be made vulnerabilities for the millions of phones around the world. >> they're challenging a ruling ordering them to help the fbi break into a locked i-phone used by one of the shooters in the san bernardino terrorist attacks two months ago. coming up america is not getting enough sleep the health troubles you can be at risk for and an easy solution for relief. i think we know that story. do you have a drone? what you need to do to keep it local. and temperatures this morning still cooler than where

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today is the deadline for drone owners to register with the faa, only 300,000 registered in the first month but after today unregistered owners could face some really serious consequences. it was announced last year before an estimate one million were sold for the holidays. more than 70 paratroopers back home. they returned to the base around 2:30 this morning after wrapping up a 9-month deployment. >> it feels amazing. i tried to numb everything away for the nine months and coming back i guess it all just poured out especially seeing my family here. it was amazing. >> the group was in iraq supporting operation inherent resolve. prize winning author lee has died. she was 89 years old.

man admitted to murdering his wife in wake forest. that is according to warrants released. the documents also reveal his wife was hit with a hammer and strangled. police arrested him in mississippi after authorities say he robbed a bank there. no word whether charges will be filed in an accident that killed a member of a road crew in moore county. the 50-year old was hit by a car in a work zone. he died and a second worker was also injured and is recovering. not guilty pleas from two la be police officers accused of sexually assaulting women while on duty. the two chargeded with repeatedly sexually assaulting four different people between 2008 and 2011. police say they were attacked after being arrested on narcotics related charges. an attorney for the

taking a toll on his clients. >> it is a painful day that reopens some violent wounds that they would prefer not to be reminded of. >> if convicted the men face up to life in prison. one of the women received a half million dollar settlement after filing a civil lawsuit against the city of la in 2014. a raleigh mother is thanking a police officer for saving her daughter's life. the officer used sign language to help talk to the teenager who is is deaf and talk her down from a bridge. her mother says she probably would have jumped if are it were not for the actions of the officer >> normally when they have to be called don't nobody know sign language. so i'm very excited somebody was out there to communicate with her. >> the teen was not hurt. she is currently being evaluated atwncn they do not have an american sign language training program, but they added that the

language on his own. a teenager remains in critical condition this morning after this helicopter crash near hawaii, good samaritans who saw the crash jumped into the water to rescue the five people. >> i started running the opposite way towards it and saw it splash down, the blades stopped, two people popped out. i jumped in. there were three people in the water, there was a woman in the water. >> no word yet on what caused the crash. the faa is is expected to investigate. american suffers when it comes to getting good night's rest. one in three do not get enough sleep this was especially true among african americans and people living in the southeastern area of the united states.

of sleep and exercise key to preventing strokes. they had a 25% reduced risk of stroke and say the numbers improved if they exercised three to six times a week. people who got too little or too much had higher risks for strokes. >> we know a little bit about this. how about good weather. >> yeah, beautiful. 60s for highs both saturday and sunday. now, of course we're far from the 60s right now. we're at 43 degrees so we still have a chilly afternoon to get through before the 60s arrive. it's 43 right now and this is a live picture at the airport, not a single cloud in sited here in raleigh. 41 right now in henderson, 38 in south hill you're also still in the upper 30s around louisburg and roanoke rapids. you work your way down through rocky mount and goldsboro both areas reporting 40 degrees this morning, 43 in clinton and littleton. so here's your fast forecast.

about lunchtime, 51 our afternoon high while our normal high for this time of year right around 56. we'll stay on the clear side and chilly by 6 p.m. we should be back to 48 degrees. here's the setup for today we still have high pressure in control of our weather, and we know that because we're dealing with the blue skies however the flow still filtering in some much cooler than norma for tomorrow. we're going to tap into a more south, southwest earl breeze. we'll see a few clouds as a result but we're going to stay dry. we just have the warm up to talk about over the weekend. so here it is, 51 today, like i said just power through it, 66 our high on saturday, 68 on sunday, and all good things come to an end, a chance for rain is going to sneak back into the forecast early next week and it is going to cool us down. we should be

upper 40s by tuesday. so here is what it looks like on our future forecast and again not a cloud in site, maybe a cloud or two late this afternoon and overnight we're going to turn partly cloudy. that's good news as far as the overovernight lows concerned because it's not going to be ago cold when you wake up tomorrow morning. 51 in raleigh this afternoon, fast forward to tonight remember not as cold because of ali above freezing this morning. a lot of us started off in the mid to upper 20s. the weekend 66. the isolated shower close to sun set on sunday and early next week we're talking about the chance for a few showers. showers moving in on monday and it looks like the chance for rain as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. it looks like the bulk of that rain is going some for us.

next thursday but it's going to be cool, back to 50 by thursday afternoon. >> first we have the weekend to enjoy. >> yeah, i'm not even talking about next week. i don't think i have to mention it, but yeah, i'm not thinking past sunday is.

be an extreming busy year for this week marks the 15th year anniversary of erndhardt. he won 7 titles. meanwhile some scary moments last night during the daytona as

fortunately everyone is okay but three cars were knocked out of the race. knee surgery will not hold coach k back. >> he says he expects to coach the team during the olympics. he plans to have the surgery at the end of the college basketball season and according to his doctors he should be fully records boot olympics. this will be his third straight time. can tough night for the hurricanes. >> their push for the play offs took a hit when they took on the senators. a lot of action as they traded goals and then things went south for carolina. they are back on the ice tonight at home. puck drops at 7 o'clock. here's a live look as we

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talk about a chase that goes nowhere fast. a deputy goes after a guy joy riding on a backhoe. >> he dumped some boulders on a road and drove back ask for the across a bridge, every time police tried to catch up with him he switched directions. >> while they actually had to put out some spike strips. the driver was arrested and taken to the hospital and then went to jail. >> for the first time in my life i have nothing to say. let's take a look at your forecast. 51, just a cloud or two this afternoon and then 66 on saturday, 68 on subject.

can't rule out a stray shower close to sunset on sunday. other than that most of the rain is going to hold off until early next week, a good chance for rain monday through wednesday at this point in time. the wet east day does look to be tuesday. should be dry again by thursday and here's the good news, not only during the day we going to stay above freezing next week but throughout the overnight hours as well. it will be plain old rain. >> we'll take that after all that snow and ice out there on monday and tuesday. >> yeah, i'm done with it. >> is this spring now? >> it doesn't start until march. >> we will take the sunshine. all right. thanks. >> ask thanks so much for watching wncn today. >> we're on again at 6:00 and 7 and of course we're always on wncn.com.

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