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from the northwest thargs could produce streaky high clouds our temperatures on the cold side to start the day. 30 degrees cap el hill, 24 sanford, cary 28, 30 degrees erwin, 28 clayton, around 25 up towards roanoke rapids and 27 around goldsboro, we are generally looking at upper 20s to 30 for the next several house, if you are out to walk the dog or take ruor get a walk, we are looking for sunshine, maybe a few high clouds on the cold side, not a lot of wind. east at 5 miles per hour, through the day, we will top out on the short side of normal, 50 in the north, mid 50s south. house republicans say the fastest way for president obama to get money to stop the zika virus is to tap leftover funding from the battle against ebola. there is plenty of unspent anti ebola funding to cover the $1.8 billion the president wants to fight the zika virus.
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to fight both diseases. pope francis also weighed if on the zika virus and suggested women threatened with zika could use contraception. the pope said avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil in the face of the global health emergency. officials reported three flew-related deaths. five people died since october from a flu related illness. the vaccine has been a relatively good match. expert say don't let your guard down , the flu season runs through may. federal investigators will be in hawaii trying to figure out what caused a helicopter crash, a crash that critically injured a 15-year-old boy. >> a camera rolling when the aircraft made a hard landing and sank. five people were on board, it all happened so fast, say witnesss. >> i started coming low and
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it seemed out of place and not normal. i switched to video and shot the video clip, the rest you can see. >> good samaritans jumped in to the water, repeatedly diving down to rescue the people inside the chopper. they had to be hosed off to get the fuel out of their eyes. the five people on board were treated a at hospital. one in critical condition. north carolina college is making a name change, at a major building on campus. >> next, why a foreman governor's name is being removed from unc greensboro's auditorium. also the north carolina firefighter who worked to save
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27 degrees in apex, 30 hope mills, rocky mount checking in 27, 23 degrees in roxboro this morning, around freezing for clinton, garner 31, wake forest cooler in the mid 2 there. out at the school bus stops this morning, fair skies, upper 20s to around 30 for temperatures, bundle up. the winds will be light. time to come home this afternoon, mostly sunny overall, periods with streaky high clouds around, the high temperature a little on the short side of normal, 51, that's before a weekend warm up. police departments in the area have a warn for you about scammers posing as irs or
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they are seeing a huge jump in reports of phishing emails, 400% over last year. they are trying to trick taxpayers, emailing, texting or calling and talking about refunds, asking you to confirm personal information, asking for pin numbers. remember, the irs does not contact you through email, text or phone calls. if you are contacted, do not share any information. virgin galactic will unveil a new version of the space tourism rocket. preparing to resume testing for the first time since an accident desoyed the original and killed one of its two pilots. the first spaceship 2, broke apart in october of 2014, when the co-pilot rematurely unlocked a system intended to slow and stabilize the craft. the spaceship is designed to be
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up to 6 passengers to the fringes of space. jurors deciding on punishment for travion smith have one more day of testimony. what they will hear about from the prosecution after the defense put on witnesss to save smith from the death penalty. what is holding up trials of these police officers accused in freddie gray's death.
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did you get enough sleep last night. how a new government report ranks north carolina and which state gets the least amount of sleep. those stories and more coming up on fox 50 starting at 7:00. for the record, you are got 3.5 last night. i was watching the lion king at the d pack. it was great. carolina panthers player, jared allen, announced retirement in a unique way. >> i want say thank you, for an amazing 12-year career, this was the part where i was going to ride off in to the sunset. seeing how there is no sunset, i'm going ride off.
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appropriate. the 33 year old ral len was raised on a ranch and started with the panthers early in the 2015 season and missed the championship game with a foot jury and returned for the super bowl. visitors to yosemite are enjoying a special treat. the firefall, the optical illusion looks like fires flowing from the cliff. it's the sun glowing through a waterfall. angle of the sun has to be just
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couple of weeks in february. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is friday, february 19th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump fires back at the pope on immigration and faith. a new poll shows his lead narrowing in south carolina. breaking news. american war planes target a major isis operative linked to two terrorist attacks. the bombings reportedly killed dozen. a helicopter crash in hawaii's pearl harbor. the race to trap those inside.
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