to bring a lot of changes and we have seen that already. bill i have a shot. take a look at the roxboro stuff. it's really pretty. bill's a big sunrise fan. he loves to take photographs, it may be prettier in ten minutes as the sun gets a little bit quieter. what a pretty shot that is. durham, it is 25, 27 in wake forest, and cary, and roxboro, it's 25 right now, 26 in south hill, 27 in soft pines and by lunchtime, 47, and a chilly afternoon with a high of 51, especially since we'll become cloudy later today. we have rain in the forecast, so tomorrow is going to be messy, but quiet weather wise.

that's friday. it is 6:01 as we take a look at you're drive around rtp in durham, on i-40 east. things look great at i-40 and nc 54 at fayetteville road 54 at fayetteville road. it will take you six minutes on your commute this morning. things are looking dry and clear in fayetteville. bill and leyla. >> all right, thanks so much, tara. the north carolina naacp in southeast raleigh community leaders plan to meet today. >> they plan to discuss their next steps in the denkins case. he was shot and killed by an officer trying to serve a warrant on monday. investigators say a gun was found near his body. many in the southeast raleigh community have expressed out range over the shooting and at the bible way temple on holmes street starting at 3 p.m..

according to that warrant, raleigh police officers were threatened after the shooting. the warrant indicates it was sent in an e-mail, the threat was sent. now to the family, a smokes man says the mother wants answers as she -- spokesman wants answers as she plans to bury her son. >> it's heartbreaking and sad. he was only 24 years old, just turned 24. >> what we're asking is simply for the truth. >> bishop darnel dixon plans to lead the funeral service. a driver in wake county faces multip charges on creedmoor road and mt. vernon road.

vehicle rear-ended another and that caused a chain reaction crash. the first driver faces six charges including the failure to reduce speed. authorities caused the driver this injured two state troopers in chatham county, and two troopers were rear-ended by another car. both troopers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. and bowden is charged with reckless driving and failure to reduce speed. teachers supporters plan to mail more schoolwork to a durham teenager in a georgia facility and plan to announce a complaint to the u.s. department of education. immigration took acosta into custody in january as part of an effort to target teens who recently crossed the u.s. mexico border alone. his mother said he left honduras to escape gang violence, because

schoolwork mailed to the riverside student and they are not allowing him to use a computer. officials have not received any mail for acosta. the next republican presidential debate is tonight in michigan. minus one candidate. >> tracy pots reports fro washington on who will not be on stage as the republican field narrows once again. >> reporter: dr. ben carson, the first post super tuesday casualty, his campaign confirms he's not be at tonight's debate and his public schedule ends after a speech tomorrow. ted cruz tells carson supporters. >> we welcome you on our team. >> i'm looking forward to that debate. are you looking forward to the debate? >> reporter: marco rubio's already in much much hoping to put the brakes on donald trump -- in michigan hoping to put the brakes on donald trump. >> everyone get together to keep the front runner from winning and stop the republican party.

want him why is he win something. >> kasich is attending a brokered convention. >> reporter: donald trump's tweeting about mitt romney's speech today. romney is expected to criticize donald trump. trump calls it another desperate move by the man who should have as easily beaten barack obama. >> we're going to win here in michigan. >> reporter: meantime, democrats are raising money. >> i need you here in new york. >> reporter: ready to take on who emerges from the other side. >> 30 big named republicans including some lawmakers here have come out publicly against trump. tracy pots, nbc news washington. >> and a reminder today is the first day of north carolina's early voting for the march 15th primary. the early voting period runs through march 12th and voters will be asked to show a photo i d. for the first time. a federal appeals court judge may be under consideration

a source says the white house is considering jane kelly to replace the late antonin scalia. kelly graduated with president obama from harvard law school in 1991. she's now serving on the u.s. court of appeals in cedar rapids iowa. the sources the fbi is interviewing people associated with kelly. 6:06. a judge spent more than two decades in prison. >> and what dudleys he's ready to do. >> plus, it is the topic of the morning.

and 12, 13, it is 6:08. it is cold, and clear. we have clouds coming, but looking at a very cold start this morning. 26 in henderson, 32 in lillington, and 32 degrees in smithfield. we take a look at the day today. it's going to be cool like it was yesterday. high temperatures only in the 50s this afternoon. 46 at lunchtime. we're going to climb in the low 50s. we're not likely to have rain coming in until tonight. at lunchtime we'll see the clouds thickens up and 47 and in downtown durham for the high this afternoon, about 51 degrees.

it will be a cold rain tonight with temperatures dropping into the mid-30s but not quite cold enough to see much frozen precipitation, but we'll discuss it further in just a few minutes. thanks so much elizabeth. a north carolina man is a free man this morning after a judge dropped his conviction for assault. in a court yesterday, the judge said the system failed howard dudley, dudley was serving a life sentence in 92 because of a conviction for sexual assaulting his 9-year-old daughter. the state never present good physical evidence and is now 33-year-old daughter admitted she lied. dudley spoke about the news as he left the hearing. >> i feel great. i'm excited, and i look forward to us moving on. >> moving on. dudley's family says they are looking forward to so many family gatherings, and a lot of quality time. judge parsons said dudley was deprived of a a fair trial

fair trial because of deficient council. and a vatican official said he did not act, australian cardinal has been testifying from rome before a sex abuse inquiry commission in sidney. he admitted he should have done more, but denied accusations he angrily, attempted to deprive about a pedophile and priest. this next video gets me every time. a dashcam was rolling when a 2-year-old boy fell out of his grandfather's minivan. the video showed the rear door popping open. the grandfathers he didn't realize the boy got out and fell out. lucky for really everyone involved here, another driver saw the child, picked him up,

missing, he took his grandson from the good samaritan. so many things could have gone wrong here. >> why did that come open like that? how did that kid just know what to do, pop right up. wow. >> it's the talker of the morning. they are not yet an endangered species and the state video plans to keep it that bay. the high hopes they have for the zoo's newest polar bear, and the celebration today, and more

how it is all about saving space in durham today. >> the whited school was the first high school for african-americans in durham prior to integration. soon it will be home to the veranda at whited school for the redevelopment which will include affordable housing and eight pre kindergarten classrooms operated by durham public schools. mayors from the largest cities are meeting today for the annual metro mayors conference takes place in rocky mount and more than 30 will discuss economic development and public safety, the day long conference is held at the imperial arts and sciences center at 11. we should get an update on

a better vaccine, and a light are flu season has led to fewer deaths this year. much lower numbers. four people have died of flu related illness in north carolina since the start of the flu season. that compares to more than 200 who died last flu season, which typically runs through may. updates on these stories and other news are available throughout the day, on air and online and the wral app. and the zoo welcomes 9-year-old nikita, arriving from the kansas city zoo. he joins anana and the rocky coast polar exhibit. it looks like they're getting along. the pair among only 60 among captivity. it's hope they will breed, and polar bears are listed as vulnerable with their population decreasing. the zoo's celebration begins at

and jimmy fallon had some fun putting tina fey up against rachel allen in a game of know it all. each contestant had to name something in a category, and it was dog breeds in this case. >> beagle. >> poodle. >> laboratory. >> german shepherd. >> shih tzu. >> and weimeriner. >> and also a cheese. >> the wiener dog. >> that's a challenge sent to the judges. wiener dog s. that what he said? >> a daschund is the medical name. >> that can be seen following the 11:00 news and on the record i recorded every night. i wish i could stay up for it.

he's got the greatest games. i love it. >> tara would be perfect for the dog breed. >> i wouldn't take any chances. >> i would go up, and ask tara lynn on that. couldn't pay me. she's our dog expert around here. we were talking about speaking of dogs, the sled dog race about half an hour ago and the fracture there's not enough in alaska, they're having to reroute it a little bit, and el nio may are the cause. we welcome warmer temperatures in el nio. we have wet are than normal conditions and it's a different effect than other parts of the country. >> thank you for researching that. >> my pleasure. don't throw me in the briar patch now. it is cold but clear. gorgeous sin rise. we have a few clouds and the sun is producing some pretty colors in the sky.

at five miles per hour. our dew point currently is in the teens right now, it is 18, so it's dry, and just beautiful, but feels like winter. town by town, 26 in south hill, 29 in tarboro, and 29 in chapel hill, and 27 in southern pines. folks, smithfield, goldsboro, and erwin, no matter where you are, it's going to feel cold when you head out, and a good 20 to 25 degrees colder than this time yesterday. we have chilly air that moved in yesterday, with the wind. it is not windy right now, so no wind chill to deal with. we do have chilly our in place so we're going to see snow as this initially begins in the mountains but not for us. our temperatures will be in the mid-30s as the system rolls in so that means just rain for us. we'll see increasing clouds ahead of this system.

notice the snow back into the mountains in particular, could see 3 to 5-inches, but it's back to green, which is rain. that's 7 p.m. about 9:00 or 10:00, the rain guns and sticks with us all night. it will be a stead cold rain with mid-30s. just the -- steady, cold rain in the mid-30s. there won't be enough snowflake that will cause a major change. tune into greg fishel and they'll have the latest how much of this may be snow. the current thinking is very, very little with no impact . at 7 a.m., if we have rain that'll have an impact on the commute, and we may have more accidents than normal. let's check out the seven-day forecast. we'll talk more about the percentage chance of rain and the timing of that. it's going to be dry all day today, but by 9:00 or 10:00,

84% chance by 10 p.m., rains all night and will start off at 7 a.m. with an 80% chance of rain. mainly overnight event for us and temperatures stay just above freezing. that will be the case saturday and sunday. we stay above freezing. the rain should be out of here by 11:00 friday, and saturday, looks nice and dry. durham bull's fan fest is friday and saturday from 11 to 2. it should stay dry. you can buy season tickets, pick out the seats that would you like. you can do a little bit of batting practice, and all of the logo is on sale. and then it will feel like baseball tuesday by tuesday and wednesday as the temperatures climb into the 70s. tara is here, and you have at least one accident on your commute map. >> yes, thank fully, it's minor, so shouldn't be causing any major trouble.

this accident and maybe see it or pass by atlantic and east millbrook road, taking a look at the live sensors, it does not seem to be causing any delays. we're going to talk a look at your ride from apex, at cary, and traffic is light in terms of drive times. it will only take you six minutes along u.s. 1 north from nc 55 to make your way on to i-40 this morning. so not bad at all. things are picking up now at the clayton bypass, which is typical this point of the morning and as we take a look at those drive times it will take nine minutes so no major delays along i-40 west through johnson county and garner. if you want to take an alternate route you'll have a couple extra minutes. i-40 is the best bet, bill. thank you very much. the first round. acc tournament goes into north carolina pitted against the panthers.

prized to keep boston college winless in the state's final home game. bradley with that story, and our pet picture is from red and martha lee. meet the lounging k9 brothers of spotting jake and buddy, ages 8,

log on to wral.com and s nc state plays at home for the final time, trying to keep boston college winless in the acc. before the game, chase cannon is recognized with his family, and

and robinson and best oj college boston college. and barber has 24 points. the deficit is four at half-time. who will help in the rally? how about caleb knocking down the jumper to make it a four-point game. and rowan came on strong, off the wing, knocks down. state's got a two point lead. this game is 72-71, 1.1 seconds on the clock. martin, the inbounds to barber. somebody's left, maverick rolling open and knocks in the winner. nc state breathes a sigh of relief and hold off boston college by the 72-73 score. and stephanie walker and watts are on the aller from man team. watts is the acc freshman of the year with 20 points yesterday in the opener of the acc women's tournament. that's a triple by jamie cherry as time just about expires we're going to over time, but that's

north carolina, outscoring them 15-5, and carolina loses 82-72, the first losing season since 1995-96. today at buoy's creek university, we'll host the big tournament, gore arena, it's a great place to watch basketball. the tip off is today at 2:00, and campbell plays gardner web. the champion will be crowned saturday. we'll see you back at 6:00 with the extra effort award. and the new photo id rules you'll need to follow as early as in-person voting guns. plus, north carolina answers un sanctions over the rocket launch with more missiles. pick 3, 7, 9, 2, and pick four numbers, 6, 6, 6, and 9, carolina cash five numbers, 4, 5, 7, 20, and 24, and former republican presidential norm me,

that story coming it is the first day of early voting in north carolina. ahead of the march 15th primary, the new rules you need to know before heading to the polls. >> a court appearance for a man arrested in connection with a brazen gold heist along a north carolina highway. >> and new this morning a new report detailing why job seekers may face a tougher time this year. 6:30 is the time, thursday is the morning, i'm bill leslie with leyla santiago, great to have you on high five thursday. >> if you're wit someone at home, it feels great doesn't it? >> that's your thing. >> that's my thing. i do high fives on thursday. i'll never deny you. >> on a tuesday? >> on friday, sunday, any day, bill, yeah. it's true. >> that's awesome. >> we love leyla around here.

we have a little bit of that out there outside today. but it's not going to be the case tomorrow morning. take a look at the raleigh sky cam. it is absolutely beautiful. a few clouds out there to create some of that pretty color for our sunrise, and sun's just about to pop up over the horizon. it is gorgeous, bu it is cold out there this morning. check out some of these temperatures. it's 30 here at the tv station, 27 in wake forest, 30 in durham, 31 in holly springs. it's 25 in roxboro, 26 in south hill, 32 in goldsboro. it's 33 in clinton, that's the only spot where temperatures are still holding on to a degree above freezing. expect freezing conditions as you're heading out this morning. winter coat weather certainly. mid-40s with a high of 51 and we'll see increasing clouds. it's going to be a wet, wet night but it will be just that. we have a small chance of mixing it snow. we'll talk about who has the best chance. it starts with an r. we'll talk more about that in just a few minutes.

traffic and you do have that one accident on your map? >> yes, thankfully not cause anything traffic issues. this accident is at atlantic avenue and east millbrook rose, but those sensors all around it staying green, but no delays at this point. that should be in the clearing stages relatively soon. as we widen out, the only exception is along i-40 at the clayton by pass in the johnson area. you'll encounter those to the clayton bypass. not cause anything major delays or too much extra time, from durant road, and at this point, no delays. it will take you eight minutes from wake forest along capitol boulevard to make your way on to

in ten minutes we'll take a look at the drive times in downtown durham. back to you. thanks, tara. and today is the first day of the march 15th primary. >> there are no early voting locations than in the last presidential cycle. there's not the only and biggest difference. we're joined outside by mikaya thurmond in one of those early locations. >> hi, bill and leyla. this is one of 360 early voting locations that will open today and stay open for that ten-day early voting period that wraps up on march 12th. >> reporter: you can come vote and mark your ballot for republican or democratic candidates for president, governor, legislature and local races. a separate primary will be held in june for the house of representatives. a panel of federal judges last month ordered lawmakers to redraw congressional districts.

time to reprint those ballots. the state board of elections is encouraging voters to vote their entire ballot and they will certify the appropriate contest. this year, you're also going to need something new upon and that's a photo id expect the forms of id include a north carolina drivers licenses, a veterans or u.s. military id, a u.s. passport or tribal id from a state or federally recognized tribe. you will be given a provisional ballot, but will me to produce an id before casting your vote. >> thanks so much, mikaya. the presidential candidates go at it again tonight. don't look for ben carson. he says he doesn't see a move forward, and mitt romney plans

and is likely to criticize the republican front runner donald trump. the north carolina naacp and southeast raleigh community leaders plan to meet today. they want to discuss their next steps in the denkias he was shot and killed by an officer trying to serve a warrant monday. a gun was found near his body according to investigators. many in the community have expressed outrage in the community. and a south florida man is due in court today in connection with a $4 million gold heist off 95. the fbi arrested 46-year-old perez, but they haven't said what role he played in that crime. the gold was stolen from an armored truck near wilson last march as we reported. the wilson county sheriff's office said three men approached

then told 275 pounds worth of gold bars. a miami man pleaded guilty to extortion for trying to sell one of those bars. and we'll be talking about a new report on crime and a drop out rate at north carolina public schools. the crime rate released last week says the overall crime rate in schools went up 1.5% for the 2014-15 school year compared to the previous year and the drop out rate was up 4.8%. also during the meeting today, the state board will talk about phillip riggs at the north carolina school of science and math. he was the grammy winter as win -- he was a grammar winner on music education. a lot of business execs are pessimistic about the economy this year. those are the findings from the survey by the american institute

hundreds of business leaders have turned a bit sour on the future of the economy especially in the south. the score has fallen five times in 2014, and suggest people looking for work face an even tougher struggle this year. thousands of people who bought their descriptions on line, you might feel a little bit vulnerable. >> walmart has to say about the problem that may have revealed customers' information to others. >> plus t likely was a popular -- it likely was a popular gift for valentines. it should be returned for a refund. >> plus a look over beautiful skies over carolina this morning. i'm dreaming of a beach vacation, how about you? . and we also have lovely roxboro in person county. that sky is awesome.

how gorgeous. state cabinet ... linda coleman, our next lt. governor. i'm linda coleman, and i'm running for lt. governor because it's time to fight back, so our children don't have to do it all over again. i've fought to improve schools all my life.

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6:39, on this very cold morning. this roxboro sky cam absolutely stunning this morning. you get just the right sun angel, and this scene is being played out all across the area. so enjoy it. if you're about to head out the door, just remember it's cold. we were talking about this yesterday.

forest and it will be a cool day today. we'll see increasing clouds, mid-40s at lunch time, a high near 50 this afternoon and a cold rain tonight. thank you elizabeth. walmart is know to tacting thousands of pharmacy customers -- contacting thousands of pharmacy customers. the information may have been visible to others during a four-day today last month. two customers logged in may have been able to see each others names, addresses, and drug history. walmarts this was due to a coding mistake -- walmart says this was due to a coding error and not hacking. and if you're sipping coffee this morning, a coffee mug is on the recall list. the consumer products safety

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>> something special for baseball fans if you're out and about this weekend. choose your seats for the upcomi sso and meet wully bull at the fan fest, and runs from 11:00 until 2:00, and admission is free. [ music ] global fest brings the creole carnival to theater in durham. sounds with america blends with the rich traditions of african music resolving around c carnival. and the raleigh brewing company celebrates can food trucks, live festivities from noon until midnight.

triangle raises money for the tammy lynn center which serves children ask adults with developmental disabilities -- children and adults with developmental disabilities with food, raffles and drinks. we'll have more information on these events and many more, log on to wral.com and even "out and about search search "out and about." it's going to be a really wet night and chilly so tomorrow morning will be a messy commute, but we do dry out for the weekend. it warms up next week and stays cool saturday. >> 74 degrees. >> sounds so amazing. >> i can't wait. >> not a good weekend though. >> thanks for that. >> and then we spring forward. nbc's today show is next on l what. we'll have another news update

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