we've got gray weather today, somber weather for the students who have to go back on time but you'll get through it kids. >> grab the coats. >> some of them will need the rain gear too. we do have rain falling in our southern and eastern communities light rain in cumberland and fayetteville and wilson and sampson county so some of the kids will need rain gear as they head off to the bus stops this morning not likely for our northwestern counties though. wilson sky cam rain moving into wilson county but the road ease looking cry from our wilson sky cam. 36 degrees in wake forest, 41 in raleigh, 35 in durham. colder to our north temperatures upper 20s and milder to the south with rain. temperatures in the 40s. this morning mid 30s range plenty of cloud cover with showers south and east. 40 at noon with few spotty showers around this afternoon. highs in the mid 40s and a big

have a look at how warm it gets coming up. right now we send it over to brian. thought it may be quieter but it could be busier. >> the schools are back in session on a normal schedule today. some of our typical traffic volume especially in durham with the delay yesterday and traffic was pretty quiet. an increase in that so keep that in mind. here at 6:01 i want to show you the road weather index because there's a little bit of green along the i-95 corridor from wilson to fayetteville this morning and as we take a look at the cameras we are seeing wet roads. so in cumberland county this morning parts of johnston, sampson county, hope county, moore county a little extra time as you slow down on those wet roads. a little more about an accident overnight that blocked both directions of rock service station road in southern wake county. they are hoping to get that open right around now. still haven't heard that

at last check rock service station road was closed in both directions. consider using old stage road. we'll let you know when they are able to open that completely. an accident on the northwest side of raleigh at briar creek parkway. otherwise major routes looking okay. back to you. >> thank you so much brian. the 7th g.o.p. debate will go on as planned in des moines, iowa minus donald trump. >> where he plans to hold his own event, marley hall joins us. >> with the debate just hours away donald trump is still refusing to attend a point he made clear wednesday night in an appearance on fox news. >> will you just consider. i want you to consider. all right? think about it. >> bill this is much tougher being with you because frankly you are smarter this is much tougher than the debate with megyn kelly believe me. >> i got an unfair question

about that. >> at an event trump continued to take aim at the fox news host moderating the event. in des moines ted cruz once again challenged him one on one. >> i'm going to propose a venue western iowa tech saturday night. we already have it reserved. >> his republican counter parts are on the debate stage trump will be here on the campus of drake university. even students who don't support the out spoken candidate are excited about what they are calling the anti debate event. >> it's smart for him but as an american citizen it worries me if he's unable to stand up to one moderator how he's going to attempt to make america great again. >> trump's camp says he'll hold a fundraiser for veterans on the campus of drake university tonight. at least one veterans group iraq and afghanistan veterans

donations from the event. marley hall cbs news des moines, iowa. the g.o.p. candidates who are participating hope this will give them an opportunity to get air time while trump sits things out. iowa caucuses are on monday. a local activist is launching a campaign to- -gentleman mikaya thurmond joins us live outside the board of education. why the focus on black history classes. >> supporters say they have caused a low self esteem and are calling for a radical change in the curriculum just ahead of black history month. durham activist and local minister paul scott says the contributions of african americans have been down played leading to criminal activity and achievement gaps. black history classes should be offered at all middle schools

graduation requirement in durham. this campaign is going to launch during the school board meeting and is set to start at 6:15. >> mikaya thurmond reporting live in durham. >> we are working to learn the condition of a man shot and robbed in durham. the suspects took off in his work van. this happened on saturn court yesterday afternoon. two men wearing hoodies approached the worker held him at gunpoint and took a watch wallet and other items. at last check the victim is taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> testimony is accused of a man killing in the apartment. smith is charged with killing melissa hugins jones in may of 2013. police say the 30-year-old was beaten to death following a break in and found by her eight- year-old daughter. people in lillington are being advised to boil their

a loss of water for customers. about half a town lost water supplies because of a jor leak in the water tower. lillington's facebook page says water service is restored but people impacted should boil their water during a 24 hour period following restoration. pipes and water too dangerous to drink. >> how state leaders in michigan plan to deal with the problem in flint. and remembering a dark day in nasa's history. the services that will take place today in memory of the challenger astronauts. >> your power ball numbers now.

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rain in hope mills. and a sneak peek to your weekend forecast because it looks fabulous. 56 plus the sun on saturday after starting off in the 20s, a cold start. 65 with more sun on the way on sunday. more on this big warm up coming up. >> thank you amy. you have until sunday to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. if you do not have health cow you will have to pay a penalty. you can get in person help on donald ross drive in raleigh. navigators will be there 9 to 3 to answer your questions about coverage and costs. search obamacare on wral.com for more. a new up roar in hollywood. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences changed it's rules but now many academy

measures unjustly scapegoat older members and imply they are racist. top names in hollywood promised a boycott over a lack of diversity this year. meanwhile civil rights leaders and others say the new rules don't go far enough. facebook is getting closer to giving you more options to express your emotions testing six new ones outside the u.s. for the past four months. mark zuckerburg has not given a time table but pretty soon they will be added to facebook so all 1.6 billion users can better express our feelings. the new symbols for angry, sad, wow, haha, yay and love. >> you do that well renee. classes that can help cut crime and improve achievement what one activist says the schools need. next the steps they want north

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