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members of the two boards will meet to determine a frame work for discussions on how to pay for future school construction and renovation. that meeting is at at the center on nc state's campus, starting at 5:30. environmental advocates plan to release a study on going solar. members of the repower our school coalition will speak about the educational, health and environmental benefits of durham public schools using 100% solar power. the presentation begins at 9:00 a.m. at the board of education building. the updates on the stories and other news are available throughout the day on the air, on line, and on the wral mobile phone app. army is investigating the sudden death of a fort bragg paratrooper. jacob buck master was found unresponsive in his barracks room monday. he was with the 82nd airborne.

a wreath laying service in raleigh, to honor the life of an officer who died while on duty. delma d adams who was shot ask killed february 3rd, 1980, the police department will remember him as noon at the raleigh police memorial in front of city hall. the north carolina council of state approved the sale of one of the historic homes on blunt street. the association of realtors will buy the andrews house for $1.5 million. the house dates back to 1870, one of the first grand homes built after the civil war. it seems not everyone in north carolina is rooting for the panthers to win the super bowl. grady the ground hog, rutherford county, preticketed the other team, broncos would win. this was much to the dismay of the panthers fans in the crowd and the state. grady did predict we would see

see his shadow shadow. renee chou is a huge panther's fan and it happens to be her birthday today. i hooked up with harris teeters they have something special for you and your panther mania. now. do we have it? >> brian is coming now. >> >> i will take it. if >> hi, everybody. how do you open this thing, bill? did you bring the keys? >> what time is rehearsal? >> look at the panthers colors. >> there is a second cake. there is a second cake? >> elizabeth?

>> here is the panthers one. >> you guys are too sweet. >> this is the riskiest part of the whole operation. >> it's written on the side there. >> it's like they know it's for tv. >> look at that. >> double dose of goodness. >> we can feed the whole newsroom with these. >> it's terrific. >> we need to get to weather. thanks to harris teeter and thanks to all you guys. it is of course a little messy feeling out there this morning, we had a little mist and drizzle coming in, look at what going on out there, the rocksboro sky cam, see, the ceilings lowered a little bit. you can run in to a little bit of drizzle.

hour. dew point up at 50. when you step out, you will feel how muggy it is. with that much moisture and the clouds lowering, you are going to see drizzle and mist this morning. 48 rocksboro, it's 49 in rocky mount, 50 goldsboro. visibility three quarters of a mile in fayetteville. below a mile, you can tell a few issues, goldsboro, 4-mile visibility. low clouds there. we have had reports of drizzle and a lot of places south of raleigh this morning. we have more significant rain coming, we have showers coming along with this front and thunderstorms, too. tracking this one for several days, mike, amy, were talking about this as far back as the weekend. as this rolls through during the commute, it will make for messy conditions and heavy rain, reducing visibilities during the evening commute and potentially causing flooding

the storm has a history of producing tornados in to the deep south. our risk for tornados with this is probably fairly slim, you can see back to the west, 7 tornado reports yesterday. cluster of winds damage in to tennessee, that's what we are likely to see here is winds damage. 70 degrees our high for this afternoon. we have the marginal risk for severe weather. isolated tornado risk, a better chance of scattered wind damage reports for later on today. looking at a lot of rain out of the system, too. 1-2 inches raleigh, 2-3 in the east. that's a are a lot of rain. we may end up with flooding problems, street flooding or small streams be on the lookout through thursday night. we will have a chance of rain that continues in to the day thursday, especially from raleigh eastwards at the western part of the viewing area may dry out on thursday. friday looks dry, back down

scattered showers. wet sunday. a loft folks will be inside for late afternoon and sunday night, we are excited to host super bowl 50, special one, fun to see the coverage we had so far, for the game, the weather for the game lacks fantastic. kick off at 72. victory for the panthers. now that we have the panthers cake in house, it's a guarantee, brian. >> a certainty at this point. 6:22 now, on our live commute map, not seeing too many big problems. durham, an accident on university drive at starlight that involves a utility pole. now the sensors are not indicating delays through there, i have not heard rocksboro or university drive is closed. i would be surprised if it wasn't closed. avoid the wra. that's safe bet.

that's a safe bet. look at the duke energy outage map, a significant area with several hundred people without electricity, estimating 7:30 to get that restored. around the rest of the triangle, major routes are looking fine. it is 6:22s coach k misses his first duke basketball game in more than 20 years. next in sports, ken explains why he didn't go on the road with the team, and how the blue devils performed in his absence. today's pet picture, we want to wish so fi a happy birthday, this little pup just turned 8. to view our pet pictures, log on to wral.com, search pets.

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last night for the first time in two decades, duke played a basketball game without mike krzyzewski on the bench. duke released a statement shortly before the game sharing krzyzewski felt under the weather during the team dinner on monday night. he was checked out at duke hospital and told by doctors to stay at homes first time since 95, that coach k missed a duke game. duke expecting him back quickly. associated head coach, jeff on the bench, to coach duke in this game. georgia tech attacking early, jacobs on the lop for two of the first points. jackets by 4 at the half. allen was on. 7, 3'for allen. duke pulled away to beat georgia tech.

getting ready for super bowl 50, our reports from california will continue throughout the day today. back to basketball, clemson winning at wake forest, blossom gaining a huge night. 22 points, 13 boards, as the tigers win 76-72. today is national signing day. coverage of the area teams. that's a look at sports, have a great wednesday. virginia tech students held in connection with the girl's death will be in court today. what natalie's attorneys are asking for and the serious charge she will face. plus, a hole blown in the side of a passenger plane, where it

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firefighters were busy after fire tore through a home on winget drive. education lieders could vote on approving a report on charter schools that was revised after the lieutenant governor said it was too negative. great to have you with us, renee chou's birthday. i'm bill leslie. >> i'm renee chou. the morning crew surprised me with not just one, but two birthday cakes. way to set the bar. we will do double birth cakes for everyone. -- birthday cakes for everyone. >> thank you very much. >> it's special. >> apex sky cam is looking gloomy in the last 30 minutes or so, the ceilings or the clouds started to lower and with that, we have mist and drizzle that you are going to run in to this morning, for the kids at the bus stop, maybe

by lunchtime, you will need your raincoat, as we have patchy showers rolling in, and the big event comes later today. more about oh that in a minute. town by town, 52 wake forest, 48 rocksboro and south hill. 50 goldsboro, 54 erwin. 55 fayetteville. a warm start this morning. we have showers that are back to our west. we will see those edging in by lunchtime. heavier ban across the mountains, see the yellow and red, and the line of thunderstorms. that rolls in the time of our evening commute, making for messy conditions. greg and mike will be tracking that for you. temperatures in the mid 50s this morning, 65 lunchtime and a high of 70 at 4:00. brian is here talking about the morning commute. >> it happens sometimes, brian. >> it is well if happened with greg and mike -- hand with greg and mike.

the live commute map looks good. an earlier accident, single car accident in to a utility pole on university drive, starlight drive, causing problems. now, university is blocked between briar cliff and starlight. one small section of the road is blocked. that's going to cause problems this morning. not sure when they will be able to re-open. until we get word that it's clear, use rocksboro and corn wallace road. that's a good way to get around the delay, between south durham and downtown. to show you on the duke engine power outage map. 700 people, 700 customers without power right now as they get that cleared up. thankfully, our major routes elsewhere in good shape, a closer look at the ride on 40 westbound, coming up in 15 minutes. we are following breaking news in harnett county this morning. a big fire at an apartment home in dunn. flames were shoot out the

there. the home has 6 apartment units, all residents got out safely. we are gathering information about this, and mikaya thurmond will be following up on this, on our fox 50 news. new overnight, fire tears through a home in north raleigh before 1:00 a.m. at a house on winget drive firefighters tell us the home was vacant, they say the house is a total loss. no word yet on a cause. new information this morning on a deadly head-on crash in harnett county, this was breaking news yesterday morning. troopers identified the victim as 50 year old tonya benton of spring lake. it happened on 210. benton's southbound vehicle collided with a northbound vehicle, in the center lane about to turn on to bill shaw road. 3 teens in court accused of tossing rocks from an overpass and hitting cars below. it happened on i-95, at the cheryl baguette road overpass

the trio was tossing rocks from it will bridge. several trucks and cars had windshields shattered or damage to the roof. no one was seriously hurt. a prayer individual toil bring attention to uninvolved murder in durham. orie was found shot in the head december 1st. the crime was not random. so far, no arrests. pastors of three churches will hold a vigil at 6:00 at the scene of the crime. round 2 for annual charter school report today. >> the state board of education will vote on whether to send it to lawmakers this comes after the lieutenant governor asked for a revision to the report saying the first draft was too negative. tara lynn joins us live in downtown with a look at the changes. >> reporter: the report first went to the state board of education last month. the governor said it didn't do enough to highlight the good that comes from charter schools

it will go before the state board this afternoon. staff added data to the report, some facts are not changing like charter school students, charter students are likely to be white and less likely to be economically disadvantaged than the counter parts. the fact that charters do not have to provide free and reduced lunches or transportation. the lieutenant governor says this report will give better context to the facts and figures and provide clarity, onceet goes to the general assembly. the state department or board of education is expected to vote this afternoon, and we will let you know what happens both in the later news cast and on wral.com. expect to hear more about a $2 billion bond that will be on the ballot at the primary election.

make a major announcement this greensboro. connect nc funds improvement at community colleges, national guard, state parks and zoo and local government water and sewer systems. leaders signed off to revitalize moores square. they approved the project, input required because the square is on state land, leased by the city. the $12 million project includes a cafe and restrooms, construction could begin in the summer. a bomb may have caused an explosion in somalia. the passenger plane was flying between 12 and 14,000 feet from the airport when passengers heard an explosion in the cabin of the plane. pilot managed to make an emergency landing. authorities did find a body but believe it did fall from the plane. weeks after two military helicopters collided off the coast of hawaii, the dna of

the aircraft has been found. marine corp.confirmed discovery of trace elements of dna. they have notified the families but not released the names to the public. 12 ma rebbes were killed in the crash -- 12 marines were killed in the crash last month. they suspended the search five days after the accident. company with offices in north carolina will likely be ldto a chinese government owned company. >> the multibillion dollars deal involving syngenta. >> comedian bill cosby goes to court today, the testimony so far that appears to support a

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nice and warm this morning. 52 benson, 49 rocky mount. 48 rocksboro. 54 garner. a little bit of drizzle and mist happening with the system as it approaches us and by lunchtime, we will have showers, i would sends the kids out with rain coats, this morning, maybe a little drizzle offer mist. nice and mild, on the way home warm at 70. heavy rain and strong thunderstorms, we will talk about what the risks will be coming up. new overnight, a chinese state owned chemical maker wants to buy syngenta in a deal worth $43 billion. it would be the biggest ever international takeover by a chinese company. syngenta says the board is recommending shareholders accept the offer. they rejected a bigger takeover

giant monsanto. round of recalls for toyota. it's over air bags. this time toyota recalling 302,000 trucks and suvs, because the roof mounted air bags can inflate without a crash. recall covers 2005-6 tundra and sequoia, the 3-6 land cruiser, and the 2004-64runner. two lux us models are included. lx470 and gx470. improper programming in the air bag control computer is the problem. yahoo will try to bail itself out of a financial bind, laying off 1700 workers or 15% of the work force and close three international offices and sell-off up to $3 billion in assets. the fate of ceo melissa my ser

committed to turning things around. the company's stock plummeted 35% in a year. it's a capital case that's producing sad testimony. who testified after a day in the trial of travion smith. accused of killing the mother of an 8-year-old girl. startling new information about the spread of the zika virus, the first case in the u.s., amid the outbreak in latin america.

the breakm news weather and traffic to go. >> leaving our news today, several families are out of a home this morning after a fire raced through an apartment house in dunn. five fire departments responded to the blaze, and broke out after 2:00 a.m. everyone got out safely, foword on what started the fire. testimony resumes in the murder trial of travion smith,

joans in her raleigh apartment. heart wrenching testimony came from the victim's mother and construction workers who went to the apartment after huggens jones 8-year-old daughter came outside crying. new information about the 13-year-old girl's body found. lovell spoke about meeting a boyfriend, an 18-year-old named david she met on line. eisenhower, a tech student is charged in the girl's death. love el had been stabbed. the 19-year-old woman arrest aid long side eisenhower is due for a bail hearing, she is believed to have played bigger role in the death. charges will include accessory before the fact to first degree murder. bill cosby and his lawyers are expected back in court today, as they try to get a criminal sexual assault charge dismissed. a former da testified that he

comedian lifetime immunity from prosecution in the case. the current da says, there is no record of such promise. two top u.s. military generals are calling for women to be required to register for the draft. the generals say now that the defense department cleared women for combat roles, women should register as well as men. the marine corp.commandant and chief of staff testified before a senate hearing. zika virus, associated with mosquito bites, officials in texas report a person has become infected through sexual contact. the individual had sex with a person who returned from venezuela and fell ill with zika. this is the first case of tillness transmitted within the u.s. amid the current outbreak in latin america. rick schneider is expected to propose the state provide $30 million to help residents pay their water bills. residents had been paying for water for more than a year that

they will brief officials about the plan today and talk about to it lawmakers next week. the school board will hold a joint meeting with the board of commissioners today to map out a plan for discussing school construction and renovation. the two boards will meet at the center on the nc state campus this afternoon. coach k is expected to get back to work after missing his first basketball game in more than 2 decades. the university says, krzyzewski did not feel well and checked out at duke and doctors advised him not to make the trip. they won anyway. leading the yellow jackets 80- 71. damage after a series of tornados swept parts of states, twisters caused damage in eastern mississippi and weer alabama. no one was seriously hurt. the same storm system is dumping snow from colorado to the upper midwest. we are expecting

with the weather to go, here is elizabeth. >> this system is going to do something else for us here. potential, a slight chance of severe weather today. we will talk about that in a minute. this picture changed significantly, just in the last 30 minutes or so. low cloud cover, really getting closer to the ground here, almost fog in apex, low cloud cover, the bottom of the clouds is sitting above the ground. expect mist and drizzle with the low clouds, seeing this especially from triangle southward. 54 at the airport. the airport reporting drizzle. southeast wind at 5 miles per hour, dew points up at 52, lot of moisture in the atmosphere. humidity at 94%, walk outside and feel like it's muggy. 50 in rocksboro. 49 in south hill and rocky mount. the temperatures of course feeling like afternoon highs

53 degrees in clinton. visibilities dropping, especially in fayetteville, 3 quarter of a mile at the airport. that's a change from last time we checked in. we get to quarter mile visibility, we feel confident there is fog causing visibility problems. three quarters of a mile, one mile, mile and a half, that's low cloud cover, we are seeing that in rocksboro as well. the only spot that is not being too affect second rocky mount and up towards south hill. our clouds are lowering and the dries sl affecting -- drizzle is affecting a lot of us. followed by this line of thunderstorms, which will arrive the time of our evening commute, and may continue through the dinner hour in some places. talking about a lot of heavy rain with the system. the timing, 8:00 a.m., couple of patches of showers, a lot of this is going to be drizzle and mist. by lunchtime, we have actual rain showers around the region, if you have plans to be out at

eat lunch out, expect you will need your umbrella. the heavier rain comes in during the evening commute or dinner hour, greg and mike will track the thunderstorms coming through, we have some severe weather this time of year, occasionally. it's not as, we don't see it as often as march, april or may. the front will push to the shore and stall there, we may have lingering showers on thursday, especially from raleigh eastward and we clear things out. warm today, a unsettled messy day for us, we have a marginal risk for severe weather today. we could see damaging winds. isolated tornados not out of the question. the storm system has a history of producing damaging wind and tornados. it will be weaker as it rolls through here. big issue is the heavy rain. that continues through thursday, especially east of raleigh, from raleigh westward, 1-2-inches and 2-3 east of the triangle. heavy rain and flooding problems at least small stream

be an issue for us. after that, we head to the weekend, feeling like winter low to mid 5s, chance of showers -- mid 50s, chance of showers, low to mid 30s, sunday, super bowl 50, we are excited here to be a part of it. watch it here, the weather looks fantastic for the game. kick off 72. panthers victory at 62 degrees as the game wraps up. around here, stays winter like, well in to next week. that's a look at the weather. just getting word of an accident with injuries. we will follow that as news weather and traffic continue from 7:00 to 9:00. another problem on relatively quiet live commute map is south durham, an eler single car accident, between on university drive between starlight drive and briar cliff road and right now, it is closed in that area. you can see slowdown tons southbound side, of university

outages as well in the area. that's a small section of the road that it probably won't cause too many big problems. just a little detour through the neighborhoods, avoid it all together by using rocksboro street or 751 to corn wallace road, that will get you around the delays. looking at the wide view of the viewing area here, and the road weather index, elizabeth mentioned the visibilities lowering a little bit, and especially the western side of the viewing area wearings are seeing that possibility of a little fog perhaps, cumberland county, something else we will watch as the local news continues on fox 50. garner 15 minutes on 40 westbound, from 42 to the beltline split. a little bit of a slow down, typical for this time of the day. southside, not seeing big back ups through the fortify work zone on 40 westbound. the camera at lake wheeler road. traffic is building, moving along well. 8 minutes from 440 to u.s. 1 and beyond that, no trouble all the way to the airport and rtp. back to you.

weather and traffic while you are on the go, on line, and on the wral mobile phone app. unc students are making a difference in the lives of children. >> still to come, the success of the helping hand project. this week, super bowl week, adopt a panther of your own. the group waiving fees for mini pets. good morning to you, renae and bilks talking with bernie sanders about the close finish in iowa and cbs news investigation has congress asking why sick veterans cannot get a life saving drug that the va may have helped develop. and the security in place for super bowl number 50. the woman behind the movie joy is in studio. how the single mother of 3 became a business pioneer. the news is back in the

dot. we are hearing remarkable account of the events at an apartment house fire in dunn. coming up in our 7:00 hour, we switch over to wral news on fox 50, a neighbor explains how overnight. there are real heroes emerging in the story . the presidential candidates are all over new hampshire this morning how the campaign strategies are changing as the front runners move from iowa to new england. the stories and more coming up when you join us on fox 50 at 7:00. great news to share, regarding a story about unc students who make prosthetic hands on 3d printers, 16 kids

hands thanks to them. we introduced you to holden, born out fingers on his left hand. the helping hand project printed a prosthetic at the lab. it cost $20 for the materials. in 2015, helping hand created hands for kids in north carolina like holden and kids in 7 other states. the group tells wral, many of oh the families learned about helping hand through our initial story to. request a device or donate, go to helping hand.org. spca is waiving fees ahead of the super bowl and want to help you adopt a mini panther. adult cats, 3 years and older will be free to adopt now through super bowl sunday, covering spaying and neutering, a wellness check up, deworming and vaccinations. if carolina wins they extend it through the end of the month. that's good marketing. cbs this morning is next.