family of walter scott and alton sterling. amanda lamb joining us live from outside the home where a press conference just wrapped up. >> reporter: it was very emotional. bamberg joined the family outside their town home here in north raleigh and they are calling for justice. now, his mother, simone butler thomas, says her sons with a good boy. he dp dress like a hoodlum. he didn't own a gun. he had a high school degree and a job. sunday morning, she says he was wi walking down the street. a man would lived -- who lived in the neighbor according to investigators called 911 to complain about the commotion and fired his shotgun through a garage door window that. shotgun blast hit and killed thomas. the home owner in that situation, chad copley, is in jail and charged with murder. >> he was a good kid. i don't have him no more.

there is nothing i can do. i got to bury my child. i haven't even seen him yet. >> reporter: his mother said he had been at the party less than 0 minutes when this incident happened. she says she moved her three sons here from new york city to north carolina because she felt like it was a safe are place. now, we talked with his attorney extensively, the family's attorney, and he says there is carolina that cover this is specific situation. somebody shooting from within their home outside into a crowd that is in the street. he also believes these 911 tapes where copley talked about what he was going to do and then talked about what he did are going to be critical in prosecuting this case. >> such emotion coming from that mother, that family today. thank you so much. state authorities are investigating the death of a florida woman killed in a police simulation this week.

were supposed to be loaded with blanks but somehow live ammunition made its way into the gun that fired the fatal shots. it happened in florida during a civilian police drill. officers demonstrate how they make decisions on using simulated lethal force in a live role play. the 73-year-old victim, mary knowlton's son said supporting local law enforcement was a cause close to heart. a judge will consider whether whr a 15-year-old murder suspect should be destroyed as an adult. deputies say he killed his grandmother at a home in cumberland county. late wednesday night, deputies found 63-year-old o.j. simpson elf -- joseph naulty.

also be in court today. jamarkus hurley turned himself in to police yesterday. he is facing charges of first degree murder and shooting into a car with people in it. before two other passengers in the car were not hurt. firefighters are searching for the cause of a fire at a home in fuquay-varina. crews responded to a home on wa 7:30 this morning. there is heavy fire shown here shooting through the home's roof. as far as we know are there were no injuries. fire officials say up to seven people are unaccounted for following a huge fire and the partial collapse of an apartment building in silver spring, maryland. that is just outside the nation's capital. firefighters rushed to the scene just before midnight. crews rescued several people from upper floors of the building. fire officials say some

several groups concerned about coal ash are demanding transparency and accountability from t mccrory administration this comes just a day after we learned the state epidemiologist resigned. julia sims live outcyd the governor's mansion with the story. -- outside. >> reporter: there was a group of 30 or so people out here earlier today. they were here in support of dr. megan water safety, our drink drinking water, is reaching a boiling point. in her resignation, dr. davies said, quote i cannot work for a department and administration that deliberately misheeds the public. this came after the administration publicly accused a member davies' staff of lying. state toxicologist kenneth rudo raised concerns about well water safety near duke energy coal ash ponds but state

to rely on bottled water say people are putting petty politics above their welfare. >> i stand before you today with a heavy heart for the misheatedding, distrust, deception, confusing, deceitful, inappropriate and unprofessional damage pat mccrory and his administration has done to our state and to the professional careers of ken rudo and dr. megan davies. >> reporter: the group was out here for quite a bit. they said the state leaders need to make sure clean drinking water is a priority. we spoke with the governor just a short time ago. he called this a disagreement among scientists but he said his administration and state leaders have always made sure the public has information to ensure their drinking water is safe. he said they will continue to do that. we will have more on that

and some of these residents coming up tonight in our evening news. >> strong words coming out in this controversy. we look forward to the following report. thank you so much, julia. donald trump is defending his decision to label president barack obama the, quote, founder of the islamic state group. in a cnbc interview, trump blamed the president for his which some argue created a power vacuum in which extremists groups like isis thrive. we have more on this controversy surrounding trump and also surrounding hillary clinton. >> reporter: in florida late wednesday at one of his rowdier rallies, donald trump on the attack with a new line against president obama. >> isis is honoring president

he is the founder of isis. >> reporter: and on defense for controversial comments suggesting gun rights advocates could act against hillary clinton. >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing can you do, folks. although the second amendment people, maybe there is. >> you look at the power they have in terms of votes and that is what i was referring to obviously. >> reporter: trump also pushing back against a report the secret serviced to his about those remarks. as if the first time, hillary clinton responds. >> that donald trump simply does not have the temperament to be president and commander in chief. >> reporter: clinton, under fire herself. en e-mail heck from a conservative advocacy group has quit critics questioning whether donations to the clinton foundation bought access to her state department.

if e-mails were never invented, would she be happy. >> bill clinton has defended the foundation saying the new e ill has don't relate to the foundation's work. all of it coming amid a skyscraper standoff in new york city. police busting glass to try to stop a man scaling trump tower. the climber quickly becoming a media spectacle on air and online requesting a meeting with donald trump before police hauled him in. >> that was halley jackson reporting. clinton campaign officials say she will release her 2015 tax return as early as tomorrow. clinton's vice presidential pick, tim kaine, will also release 10 years of his returns. the move highlights how opponent donald trump has yet to release his taxes. the gop candidate said in may he would make his tax returns public when the routine audit they are under is complete. the irs says there is nothing legally keeping him from

candidates in wake county need to file for november's election all over again. the new filing period just opened a few minutes ago. the eelectrics for county commissioner and school board are this fall. they were supposed to take place under a new map drawn by state lawmaker with seven districts, two super districts. a federal appeals court ruled that map was unconstitutional. under a ruling tuesday, the county must use the nine district map drawn in the a and b districts no longer exit. candidates have until noon next wednesday to file county commissioner's races for the numbered districts that are affected. delta's ceo is prom iing to make things right following that massive computer outage this week that forced delta to delay and cancel flights worldwide. he spoke candidly about the situation saying the company has never experienced an outage like this in the history of the

figure out why backup systems didn't work. he says he plans to rebuild trust with frustrated customers would lost hours of personal professional time. next at noon, new research on the impact of the affordable care act. >> also, if you can't make it to rio, consider this house. where you will find it right here in the u.s. >> plus, look up look up at the sky. you will see something amazing. >> especially amazing this year. we'll tell you what makes this year special. it will be a hot afternoon. it will be nice to have the temperatures cool down after sunset. our tall tower camera showing a few puffy cumulus clouds. we'll talk about why those clouds will never form into

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national institute of allergy an infectious diseases will address the public in washington d.c. regarding the zika virus. there are now 22 of those cases in florida. in north carolina, health officials say the risk of zika is very low. the mosquito that carries the virus hasn't been found in our state. low income residents in arkansas and kentucky which expanded medicaid insurance to everyone under the affordable care act are healthier than low income people in texas medicaid was not expanded. researchers found that low income people in kentucky and arkansas were 5% more likely to report they were in god health than people in texas. experts say expanding medicaid increased the use of outpatient services, preventive care and reduced emergency room visits. today, the dea expected to announce that it will not approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes. the agency says its therapeutic value has not been

government will expand the number of places allow to grow marijuana for research purposes. right now, only the university of mississippi is one federally licensed program that legally grows marijuana for scientific study. 25 states and the district of columbia have passed laws allowing some sort of medical use for marijuana. speaking of marijuana, arizona voter may soon have a chance to decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in their state. it appeared the initiative to ge ballot has more than enough signatures even though that is not technically official yet. the measure would allow people 21 and up to have limit amounts of marijuana. it would have an added 15% tax going mainly to schools and it would be regulated similar to alcohol. the family of aan #-year- old ohio boy is grieving after he was killed by a lightning strike. he was outside letting horses back in when he was fatally hit

but should be okay according to doctors. officials say the boy's mom called 911 and they stride to revive him but he died at the hospital. ohio is one of the top five states when it comes to lightning strikes. every year since they records were kept going back to 1959. get ready to experience an annual astronomical event. tonight into tomorrow, look up. it is the peak meteor shower. you are expected to see double the normal number of meteors, up to 200 an hour. that is such a sight to see. so easy. maybe not so easy. you have to be in the right place utah problem is you may not, depending on where you are, be able to step into the backyard and look up. if you are anywhere near a city, you won't be able to so that many of them. the thing about it is we'll

you may a have a better chance than normal to see the meteors. let's take a look at the radar picture. we are not expecting rain tonight. i'm he not expecting to see many of these showers and storms developing to our south making it into our viewing area. there are a couple of spots being affected right now so we'll zoom in on the radar. your eye is drawn down to the south. that where is we have a cluster of thunderstorms coming out and really just corridor right out of wilmington and moving into clinton. no lightning there. lightning in wallace right now. this will continue to push northwestward. it is not likely to make it past vinson so probably not past i-95, probably won't make it that war. right now, it is just some showers as you are traveling up 701 and up towards clinton. the southern part of samson county and over here into wayne

haven't seep much rain there. but samson county, wayne county and cumberland counties, you may see a little bit of this shower or thunderstorm activity. here a bigger look at the radar. it was nice and quiet. in the last couple of hours, we've had the thunderstorms develop down to the south an east. i'm going to talk about why they are not likely to make it to the triangle area coming up over the next couple of minutes. cumulus clouds there. noth like it will become a thunderstorm. it is 88 degrees at the air pour. our dew point is 72. right now, temperatures are in mid- and upper 80s. the dow points are way up this too. it is 76 in erwin and goldsboro and 78 in clinton. it feel hike 100 in goldsboro and clinton and will probably question get there eventually in the triangle area.

chiming on up to 103 or maybe even 104. we have high pressure sitting out here offshore. this is what we call the bermuda high. it is stretching inlapped across north carolina. this high pressure system is bringing sinking air. in order to have thunderstorms, we need air that rises. this puts a lid on thunderstorms developing. we have plenty of moisture here at the surface. in the mid- and upper levels, we have sinking air. the best chance of any thunderstorms will be right around the high pressure system on the periphery of it negotiate it. we are not likely to have much of that. the sea breeze front is go he to develop but notice how 4:00 to 7:00, it doesn't make it past i-95. same thin again tomorrow. we'll have the sea breeze front develop. it tries to move north but it never makes it to the triangle area. you would have to be east of i- 59 to see any thunderstorms. 9 # today. 94 for tomorrow. we have the perseid meteor

you don't need a telescope. any time after the sun sets until the sun ryes tomorrow. can you try looking at the northern sky but really, can you look anywhere and see the gorgeous meteors overnight tonight. saturday an sunday, we have very few thunderstorms in the forecast. i'll talk about why that may not be such a great thing in about a half hour. protein is a basic building block of good nutrition. now, stuies show one kind of pr another. it is plant versus animals. today at four, find out which one is better for you in the long haul. >> there are companies out there trying to get a cut of money that is owed to you. a local woman contacted five on your side when she had to pay a fee to get her unclaimed cash. don't fall for the trap. watch 5 on your side tonight. >> still ahead, fashion rules

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day six of the games in rio. it has been awesome so far. this comes after a day of advancement and close calls for team usa. >> coach k and the u.s. basketball team faced its real test of the game against

out of competition when she anchored during the 4x200 meet relay. an coming up today, ledecky and phelps. they have chanced for more gold as they swim in the qualifiers in the 800-meter free style and the 100-meter butterfly. the u.s. women's water polo team could also get gold again if they beat china. and golf returns to the olympics for the first time since medal count now. u.s. ahead buy nine. 32 over china with 23. jam an third with 18. russia 15 and great britain is there with 12 medals. it is the one sport where a simple wardrobe malfunction can cost a point. mike wilbur spoke to some current appear former u.s. gymnasts about their fashion dos and don'ts. >> they expect us to be like

life and wear not. >> reporter: but whether it comes to gymnastics, shawn johnson and nastia liukin are gold. they are revolting the fashion rules every u.s. gymnast must follow. >> we are waiting for someone to wake us up and pinch us because this is hike not real. >> here are nastia's top rules. nail polish gets a thumbs up. it is one of the only things can you wear to set yourself earrings are the only jewelry allowed and lipstick gets the okay too. keeping your hair high and tight seems pretty obvious. hair down is a major don't because it is hard to catch a release move way face full of hair. if we learned anything from stick it, it is yet another rule. >> her bra strap was showing. >> it is an automatic deduction. >> reporter: make sure that leotard fits perfectly. >> it is very unreal. >> reporter: what is unreal is

wedge rule. no matter what, don't adjust during your routine. >> i don't know. >> mike wilbur, nbc news. >> i had no idea. so much to think about. the final five stuck to all of these rules when they won gold for team usa. if there were a gold medal for the best decorated house it would probably go to a scottsdale, arizona home owner, barrett hawkhouse. every olympics, barrett puts up more flags to highlight his favorite events. he even has a big tv in his driveway for neighbors to come over and watch the games. brian west caught up with the family all decked out for the olympics. >> go olympics! >> reporter: the olympic spirit is easily seen at this home in scottsdale. >> the decorations started when i got into this house. i was no longer in a home owners association so i could decorate.

created big ben and the five olympic rings. >> each ring is 48 inches, four feet across. >> reporter: fast forward to rio, he has a statue of liberty donning the international games flag as well as eight nations highlighted. the stars and stripes front and center. the american flag winning in the center. my wife is japanese so i make sure to keep that flag prominently displayed. greece has to be prominently heritage of the olympics. >> he also broadcasts this for the neighbor. >> i wanted to make sure the tv was an important part of the decorations, of the scene. that is the olympics. >> reporter: but will barrett and his family ever visit his favorite spectacle to watch tv. >> going to the olympics would mean leaving the house unattended and you don't leave the tv in front of your yard when you are not there. so i have one foot in the house like i should be home tending

wife being japanese, i'm probably not going to have a choice. that will be a dream come true, absolutely. >> scottsdale, arizona. it will be up until the closing ceremony. the military has a quicker route on and off ft. bragg. >> gilbert baez is live near post where the new connection

drivers now have a direct connection between 95 and ft. bragg. a short time ago, officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony

fayetteville outer loop. >> it is a $146 million project that should improve connections throughout the fayetteville region and enhance mobility options for the military which is always so important. wral's gilbert baez is live at merkerson road interchange way first look at the road. looks pretty impressive. >> reporter: it does, bill. we chose this section for one main reason because we wanted to be the first to drive on it and we were. until today, you could go from merkerson road back to ft. bragg and you could go from ramsey street out to interstate 95. but now can you go from 59 all the way to post. this is a really big deal. they did this with the help of several pairs of scissors. they officially opened the $146 million rod way, a six and a half mile stretch that forms a very important part of the i-

fayetteville outer loop. this has been talked about for the past 20 years but the governor and state transportation director put it in the fast lane for approval but more importantly for funding. the new road will ease congestion along the growing northern section of ram have i street but also helps soldiers at ft. bragg accomplish their mission of being able to deploy in a moment's notice. >> that ties back to ft. bragg for us to be able to get the equipment and all the requirements off of ft. bragg out to 95 and out to the ports or in a much more efficient streamlined manner. >> reporter: it also means ft. bragg is one step closer to closing ft. bragg to local traffic. we are told by the end of the year all nonfort practicing related traffic will be diverted and to the new outer loop this. will help ease some of the traffic congestion once that happens. the scene of the accident very important phase will take the road from bragg boulevard out to the all american expressway and we are told the eventual

from 95 in wade all the way through ft. bragg down to robeson county near st. paul's. we are told that will be completed in 2025. i hope you and i are around to see it when it is complete. >> i do too, gilbert. i like that vest. it goes well with your tie. new data from aaa shows more than 200,000 car crashes over the past five years involved road doe brie. these accidents injuries appear 500 deaths between 2011 and 2014. researchers say about 2/3 of debris high pressure related crash were caused by unsecured items falling from or out of other vehicles. these types of accidents have uncreased 40% since 2001. deputies in western north carolina have made an arrest in a 1977 murder out of florida. 75-year-old alan bregman was arrested at his home in highlands. he is charged with killing hi

again in 1977. police in miami say new technology connected dna evidence at the scene to bregman. his lawyer says the dna was there because bregman owned the apartment clark rented. in fayetteville, police have released an image that they hope will help find a suspect in a deadly shooting. 32-year-old angela taylor was walking along andy street when she was shot. she later died at cape fear valley medical person in this picture on a cruiser style motorcycle wearing a bright yellow shirt seen leaving the area heading to bragg boulevard moments after the shooting. right now, police do not know if the two are connected. there is a public hearing over the proposal to bring minor league baseball to fayetteville. the city council will discuss negotiates with the houston astros. leaders don't want to spend more than $35 million on the new stadium.

until 9:00 at the city hall on hay street. in the thtop five places wh attendance is up are the north carolina museum of rtt, carolina state parks, southeastern center for contemporary art, the state zoo smack back in the middle of the state and the battleship north carolina on the still ahead on wral's noon news, where grlz go to learn how to create their own video

ate man who used to work for the donald trump campaign is suing the campaign and its former north carolina state director. in his lawsuit, he says the pulled a gun on him and campaign officials did nothing when he told them about what happened. just last week, philip was relaced as state director for the trump campaign. there is a new effort to change the gaming world for girls. kate rogers shows us how girls are getting in on gaming. >> reporter: 14-year-old mabia isn't spending her summer

games instead. >> all of the guys at school would be like no way, you play games. you are so weird. i think that the reason why a lot of girls don't go into gaming. >> this is a summer camp trying to introduce more girls to opportunities in an industry that has long been dominated by males. over the past three summers, the camp has taught more than 800 girls the fundamentals of programming and design. >> after attending girls make games, i'm pretty my coding. >> reporter: during the camp, girs get to create teen video games and pitch them and get them published. the founder says it's chance to dispel the misconception that women aren't interest in video games. >> they want more ideas and more ices. this is how y' going to >> we want to continue to augment r staff because they bring a perspective, a variety, an

with girls than with boys. >> artist emily vincent is new and feels optimistic. >> you feel a bro culture kind of going on but i think women are getting more and more involved as they realize they can and be accepted. >> the global video gaming industry is poised to hit $90 million in 2020. snapchat has removed a felt fore photos that some say promoted racist asian stereotypes. the social media apps also called lenses allow us morph themselves into cartoonish animals and other characters. a filter placed slanted eyes on a user's face. the company removed the felt anterior mid claims of racial insensitivity. snapchat says its filters are

offend. creating a fie hope through baseball. how a game of ball could help fight cancer. >> plus, meet jasper, a service

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joining us now to talk about the field of hope game is stephanie glance, the executive director of the cancer fund. so good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> it has been a long time. >> it has. how are you been? >> i've been great. it is a blessing to be the executive director of the kl cancer fund. >> tell us about what they are doing at the ballpark on saturday. >> the game starts at # 30:00. five dollars from each ticket goes to the cancer women's cancers so it is a great opportunity for the cancer fund to have god visibility, be in a festive environment and also to raise money for all women's cancers. we really feel very grateful for to be there and we are honored to be a part it was. >> this is the fourth year they've done this. do you think this will be the biggest year? >> we certainly hope so. i want encourage everybody to come out and support the

fund and the sponsors are unc recs and we've given a million dollar grant to un krmplet d we funded equipment inside mobile mammography universities so we are very connected to the entity. >> that does mean a lot to have patients and survivors. >> it does. the survivors are going to be recognized at the game. and when coach l was important that the survivors would be recognized university to given couragement to them, to let them know that people are supporting them an behind them in their battle with cancer. that will a very special moment when they are recognized at the game. >> tell us about your group and how it does team up with other organizations to benefit the public at large. >> well, actually, we were born in the sport of women's

this. so we have teams, primarily women's basketball teams across the country would do fundraisers connected to their games and raise money for the cancer fund. we've also teamed up with local organizes and athletic teams and anybody can do a fundraiser, a play for kay fundraiser. it is just the fundraising initiative and actually if you want it buy tickets to the durham bulls game, you doe go type in code word capitalized play for kay. that signals $5 of your tick the will come to the cancer fund. >> thank you so much for coming in. that is saturday, august 13th, 6:35:67 the bulls versus the knights. and everybody fighting cancer. >> thank you so much. in other health news, when

women with polycystic ovary syndrome, it is better to implant frozen embryos. research ares say those would received frozen embryos had more live births than those who received fresh embryos. scientists say that is because the overy recover stim thraition during the in vitro process before the embryo is implanted. it is certainly hot out there. i guess at this point, it shouldn't be unexpected. >> it is the middle of august inform it is going to be hot, it will be mid-july to mid- august. after that, we should expect some improvement in our temperature. we've already seen our hottest normal high temperature which is 90 degrees. that happens through mid-july up until about the 1st of august. our normal high temperature is 89 now. we have already seen that start to drop off. temperatures for the next few

all. here is our radar picture. it is sort of nice to have a thunderstorm come through and cool things down. only a few people will see that today. we have a sea breeze front that has developed there off the coast. we checked in with this a few minutes ago or half an hour. you can see coming on into clinton, we've got a little band of rain. no lightning there. the closest lightning is over here into duplin county. we may see some of that traveling on up the i-40 corridor. to see the rain. you can travel from clinton down to harold. it is a little wet there. we had this shower on the edge of wayne county. it won't make it past i-95. if you are not east of i-9 a5, your chance of any showers an storms today will be very slim. can you watch the sea breeze front develop and it is sitting right about here. it is not likely to travel much farther inland.

satellite picture. we have the onshore flow coming in and all the air that is sitting over the ocean, it will be a little cooler than the air sitting over the land by midday because the sun heating things up pretty intensely here right now that. cool air comes in, hits this hot air and you have a front that forms. so you have some lift in the atmosphere an that is where the thunderstorms are coming from. now, in the mid- and upper levels of the atmosphere, we have sinking air right now. it is really keeping e -- or most of our viewing area in an area which is not likely to have thunderstorms. cumulus clouds certainly but they are not going to be able to get very tall. it make for a pretty view out there though. here is a look at the temperature, 88 in raleigh. 72346 boone and asheville. -- 76 in boone and asheville.

you can see the trail of thunderstorms. trying to show you the line sort of around this high pressure system. the train of thunderstorms is going to come into south carolina through the mountains and on up into pennsylvania. while it is just going to be hot for us, you can see here is futurecast. looking at upper 90s to low 100s for the heat index. as we get into the weekend, it will only 93 today. 94 tomorrow. 96 on saturday. boy, that heat index is really going to climb. it may climb up to 105 for us. we'll let you know if they issue a heat advisory for the weekend. 89 is our normal.

but we'll be uncomfortably close to it. >> i dope like hearing that. but it is what it is. thank you. a woman way rare genetic condition has found the help she needs to get through the day. >> meet luca and her service dog jasper. what she is now doing to raise awareness about the assistance these types of dogs provide. >> also ahead, our pet of the

the benefits of protein are many but can you get enough protein from a planted-based diet in today at 4:00 p.m. right here on fox 50, the health team's dr. alan mask compares plant and animal proteins and he will share some benefits of sticking to the green stuff. >> this week is international assistance dog week and meredith hackler shows us the bond between a young woman and her service dog.

people more than they love themselves. >> he gives his life to me so i figure that is the least i could do is make sure he gets a special week just for him. >> reporter: she worked to ma asinternational assistance dog ek >> he is really calm when his harness is on. even when just his leash is on, he gets really calm. second his leash comes off, he goes crazy. >> reporter: jasper a service dog would alerts luca to seizures due to a rare disease she suffers from. >> i have a rare genetic condition called pots. >> jasper also helps luca when she is feeling weak. since she has had jasper, her parents are breathing easier. >> we were scared to leave her alone for fear that she was going to pass out and get a concussion or be injured in some other way. and now, he have total belief

protect her. >> reporter: luca says jasper has transformed her life. >> my life has completely turned aroundment you went for not going to school to volunteering in the personal ed room. i started college last semester. >> reporter: luca and jasper go wrefer y toight. he even went to prom and walk ad cross the stage with her when she graduated high school. she hopes this new proclamation will raise awareness for service dog across the country and beyond. >> of a had a lot issues lately. people didn't know the laws and what they were supposed to to when a service dog comes no their business so i think education and awareness will definitely help. >> what a special bond they have. speaking of dogs, should we get to the pet of the day. >> let's do. >> is it jazzy? >> yes of course jazzy. >> from spca tell us about him. >> she is eight years old.

but it doesn't stop her from being spunky and having a really big personality. her tail is always wagging, always happy when she is out and about an just very curious, friendly and if you are interested in her, you could find her at spca. we open tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. >> jazzy. >> cute girl. >> thank you so much. >> dog days for jazzy and all the other pups out here. wait until you go outside. everybody will be panting. rneling li up to 100 not a lot of thunderstorms. it may sound eat for outdoor bu t e heat will a big issue especial on saturday and nd. so takit >> thank you so much. that is all if our ral noon news. >> don't forget. because of the olympics, wral news morning noon and night r next newscast on wral will

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