we begin with a fire in an apartment complex. >> the fire broke out before 6:00 p.m. crews cleared the scenes a short time ago. that is where we find ariel. >> reporter: debra, this is what we learned in the past hour.

was caused by smoking materials that were improperly discarded. at the home where the fire started the windows are now boarded up. the man that lives this is in the hospital tonight and he is alive thanks to the actions of some of his neighbors and friends. the fire that brought several crews out started in the home of a man. he says he noticed the smoke coming from his neighbor's apartment. >> people go upstairs at the apartment that was smoking they come down, i told them to call 911. >> he checked to see if anyone wassed in of the apartment. when the person lived that was trapped he and two others went to help. >> he was in the kitchen with his back against the cabinet sink. smoke was like -- we could not see in there. >> they crawled in under the smoke and pulled the man out. >> reporter: he says his neighbor had burns to his face and scratches to his body.

it was very scary. >> he the fire chief applauded them. >> these three gentleman that went in to pull him out did that without the protective gear. without any protective equipment. they truly risk their lives to save. onotr mi was displace friday this fire and they are being assisted by the red cross tonight. back to you. >> incredibly brave men, thank you. now, breaking news, a deadly accident in wake county. this is new video from the scene on i-40 near airport boulevard in morrisville. troopers tell us one victim was involved. crews have two westbound lanes closed as you can see here while they investigate. look for updates on the story in our morning news starting at 4:30 a.m. new tonight, we learned an american student was killed in

according to the chancellor he was one of 12 people stabbed. he was visiting israel to learn more about glal entrepreneurship. we are getting the first look at a 15-year-old who is part of a statewide amber alert. they are looking for dixie mae bailey. she is 5 '1. brown hair with orange streaks and blue eyes. last seen wearing a peach colored pullover. if you see her call the police. we are watching the primary and caucus results in 4 states where voters went to the polls today. the polls just closed. hawaii's polls chosed at polls closed at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. hillary clinton won mississippi, michigan is still

democrats, steve handlesman is following all of tonight's races. >> only person who did well tonight, that is trump. >> reporter: he credits himself. >> we have democrats coming in importantly. we have independ ends coming in. >> reporter: earning him victories in michigan and mississippi -- independents coming. >> reporter: earning him victories in michigan and mississippi. >> we are going to win the state of ohio and it will be a different one. he got second in mississippi claiming he is surging. >> we are closing the gap in state after state after state after state. >> reporter: another bad night rubio. he is last on the national poll, kasich way up, the gap smaller, cruz close. clinton won in mississippi and

>> now running for president should be about delivering insults it should be about delivering results. >> reporter: for hours the primary in michigan was too close to call. sanders saying earlier he will not quit. >> we see a road to victory. with a republican showdown next tuesday. steve handlesman, back to you. we will follow the results and bring you updates as they come in during this nows cast news. one week away. they hope the state will launch them to the party's nomination. tonight we are learning more about hillary clinton's visit this thursday. the front-runner will hold an event at hillside high school at 3:50 p.m. doorsel on two hours before that. then at 5:45, high school in raleigh. if you want to on go to either

piedmont. >> one week from today people of north carolina get to speak. one week from today we hear from florida and ohio and illinois and missouri. and let me tell you the combination of today and a week from today we are in the middle of march madness. [cheers and applause] >> cruz attended a rally in charlotte. hundreds of people packed the church to hear him speak. it lasted 30 minutes, cruz participated in a town hall meeting in raleigh hosted by pox news. gop front-runner, trump, back in north carolina tomorrow. wral news will be there. we will have live coverage in our news casts. it is being called the largest heroin seizure. the sheriff's office is holding a news conference tomorrow at 4:00 p.m.

the tar river task force discovered 346 bricks of heroin during a traffic stop yesterday morning. the drugs have a value of $173,000. a silver alert is in effect for a man. he was last seen this morning at the glen tire. he was driving a black 1999 chevy silver ado truck with extended cab. license plate number ybb1122. relatives say he frequents the walmart in durham. if you have information call 911. a raleigh business owner has his eyes on a new venture. the idea is to transform the warehouse district into a food oasis. he spoke to us about his vision and what it could mean for the city. >> reporter: he says what he is about to do is new to raleigh but he foals it is exactly what the city needs. >> the idea is you have really,

for people who can not make up your mind you go to a place like this and get a glass of wine. >> he is talking about this warehouse here. some 15,000 square feet that will soon be transformed into an in door food court. not just any food court. >> we have a lot of smaller vendors, bakers, cheese makers, guys that are doing honey. we are going to troy to make it mostly north carolina-based. so, it is local. you know the food is coming from your neighborhoods. >> reporter: he owns the hibernia, but he also wants to own this. he wants a bit of papatio. >> you are talking about someone in debt. i will be in debt for a long time. they are not cheap. you get into it is expensive to do it. >> we love to get the residents

founder of living advocates. he welcomes it. >> sits at a great location in terms of where downtown is revitalizing. nnection. >> i have been here 20 years, the more the better. >> yes. never a bad thing. he is still selecting businesses he would liking to have it done by 2017. >> interesting. looking forward to that. new troubles tonight for chipotle restaurant. why the manager had to shutdown the store to all customers, coming up. a new's crews close call that happened on live tv, mike? an amazing day here temperature wise. check out the highs today. 78, raleigh, 77 in fayetteville. likely to on do better than this tomorrow. but, when things start to change, though, there are changes ahead. we will talk about them in the

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senate leader is calling controversial ordinance radical. >> it allows transgender people to have their own rest room. >> what to do now, we have more to break down what voters are saying if state lawmakers should get involved. >> reporter: one of the many topics we ask people across the state in our new orleanss poll,

transgender men and -- the news poll, the ordinance allows friend gender men and women to use their new gender rest rooms. override the ordinance, 30% said it should be put to a referendum, 27%, leave it alone and 8% were unsure if lawmakers should tackle the issue. we asked about a number of other topics including who should be responsible for drawing congressional and income. 50% said they should be done by an independent redistricting. now, ache a closer look at the results that we showed you as

have a number of issues. >> a lot to read, thank you. >> the governor tauted the accomplishments of his time as governor for a meeting of republicans. the guest speaker at the 2016 republican party convention held at the state fairgrounds tonight. the governor spoke about the effort to reduce the unemployment effort and rate. he plans to visit wilson tomorrow. he faces off against businessman raleigh in the republican primary next week. the attorney general, democrat, laid out his plans for education had should he be governor. he said he wanted to restore a childcare tax credit. the lawmakers cut it. raise teacher pay and work towards making community college free to all in north carolina. to pay for it he wants to stop cuts torthe income tax and revise changes to the personal income tax. cooper faces off against the attorney in next week's primary.

accused of orchestrating a robbery involving an arkorred truck. a federal judge denied pretrial release -- involving an armored truck. a federal judge denied pretrial release of the suspect. investigators say he used his gps to track the truck and used a remote to release pepper spray in the cab causing the driver to pull over. more arrests are expected. into health workers will inspect a chi potle restaurant after employees became sick. they temporarily closed it today. they voluntarily did so so crews can do a cleaning. they say no customers reported illnesses. covering a train derailment in california, a tv news crew became part another story. a car crashed and came barreling towards a reporter and photographer.

out of the way before the car ran into the camera. neither of them were hurt. in a later report he thanked his coworker for saving him. >> that was just in the nick of time. a lot of our reporters will wear a vest if they are that chose to traffic. >> i am surprised they are not. >> yes. >> but it looks like that was an accident -- it may not of made any difference. >> yes. the cars collided and went into them. >> a lot of times you see people a news crew live and what do they isn't and run into somebody. >> yes. same with accidents. i see it. >> yes. everybody is okay. [ laughter ] or weather is okay. yes, 80 degrees f we don't hit it tomorrow it would be surprised. take a look at our weather head lineups, all about high pressure issue keeping us dry, warm, the temperatures rise higher tomorrow. many of us should see 80 degrees. we have a backdoor cold front moving down the east coast.

friday. future cast coming up. and, unsettled weekend. seeing a lot of it saturday and sunday. looks like the best chance for rain would come on sunday. that is when we have the most measurable rainfall. so, outside right now, all is quiet. high of 78 earlier today after a morning low of 47. you look at the normals, normal lows, 38. well above where we should be for a high. 61. 56 right now at the airport. partly cloudy skies, the dew point, 47%, winds to the west. not all that cool tonight. 50s and 60s still at 11:00. 61 in holly springs, now, we have 56 here. and in the view, everyone is mild. although chilly in south hill. 56. 58 in ashburro. now, what an outstanding day. plenty of sunshine, upper 70s for highs today. we have cloud cover coming,tonight. as a whole it is all about high pressure. sitting off shore. extending into the eastern part

think of it as a brick wall of air. dem straight with this big cut out showing where the sky is clear. now, the high pressure, chock wise fashion, so it is bringing in towards the atlantic and the gulf of mexico. now, off to the west. we have frontal boundaries, one to the north. warmth moving through the great lakes. one batch of thunderstorms here across arkansas and louisiana. running into high pressure. high pressure is stabilizing influence. the air sinking so as it runs into high pressure, falls apart. this will never make its way towards us. running into high pressure. a lot of energy out of new mexico, creating these thunderstorms in texas. once these die down a new thunderstorm will take place and it could be severe. all spelled out on future cast. this is the clear sky overnight. there are the thunderstorms tomorrow. again, heading in this region

parts of louisiana and eastern texas for the day thursday. starting off with low chowds and fog. burning off for partly cloudy sky met afternoon. still, the rain is moving around the renal onhigh pressure. friday, the ridge starts to break down. allowing the backdoor cold front coming in. there it is. during the afternoon. settles in and then move back to the north for the weekend as a warm front. it spins in and creates a chance of rain for our weekend thaflt is how it is more unsettled as the days go by. >> upper 40ss to 50s. 52 in raleigh. so, it will be milder than what we woke to this morning. once the sun comes up, it warms up quickly. could be 80 at 8:00 8:00. winds sought west at five-10. 80 in southern pines, about 79 here in raleigh. just a gorgeous day. got public, the acc tournament. you got weather.

call in sick tomorrow? 79 tomorrow. now, emergency alert system is a practice, mow warnings out there thursday, 79, unsettled for the weekend. but it will not be a lot of rain. just want to say the weekend will not be long. >> sunday will be the wetter day, though. >> all right, mike, thanks. >> thank you. coming up, the two higher seeds take care of the business at the acc tournament. >> getting a boost from the

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