show. hear why, in trump's own words. pattie and music may not be the cure for diseases..but it can lift the spirits of those battling them. details centra's new project, just ahead. 3 3 3 3 3 pattie good morning virginia. it is thursday, january 28th, 2016. i'm pattie martin.mona and, i'm mona kosar abdi. thanks for starting your day with us. 3 pattie the judge called it the most violent murder lynchburg has seen. now the man behind it -- dominique moss -- will spend the rest of his life in prison.mona the 24-year-old was arrested after a month-long manhunt for shooting and killing shawn moss in august 2014. ...i was there when moss was

apologizing to shawn moss' family.. to threatening to shoot the prosecutor in the face. 3 an ambush murder on a quiet street.pastor patricia braxton "you can only imagine what my family is experiencing" shawn moss was shot in cold blood.. by this man.. 24-year-old dominique moss. "father we forgive those who caused this." prosecutor chuck felmlee says the conflict stemmed from a long feud..with shawn moss' brother keith. but according to a witness... dominique moss said "one was as good as the other." deputy commonwealth's attorney chuck felmlee - "that defendant is extremely extremely dangerous." felmlee says, moss ambushed shawn on 11th and polk street on august 11th, 20-14. he says shawn put his hands up..and that's when moss opened fire.felmlee - "shot him while standing up, then stood over him after he fell." the details of the violent murder brought shawn moss's

at one point, shawn moss's mother took the stand to say not only did she lose her son.. but a 13-year-old boy lost his father.braxton - "he has a son that is going to grow up without a father." moss apologized to shawn moss' family..saying he too is a father.. and now claimed to be a changed man. but judge patrick yeatts said in court he believed if moss had the opportunity..he would kill again.felmlee - "when the judge announced his sentence, he just exploded and started making threats to others in the court room including myself." moss' last words to felmlee were.. "if i had a gun right now i would shoot that (expletive) in the face." 3 mona tight moss also got an additional two years in prison for punching a blue ridge regional jail officer. 3 3 good thursday morning!

yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area. look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the middle 40s, we'll touch 50 along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds 3 thrown in for good measure.3 3 mona all eyes on tonight's republican debate in the hawkeye state. the republicans look to

donald trump on the stage. pattie the gop frontrunner is speaking out on why he's not attending..and what he will be doing instead of participating in the debate. ray raimundi explains. 3 he fox news - donald trump debate controversy continues this morning? both sides engaged in ahigh- stakes game of "chicken" just hours before tonights final debate (from tuner 4 donald trump on oreilly factor fnc c 16 012716)sot: 20:18:20: 00 o'reilly: "but by walking away from the debate, you are not giving them...."trump: i'm not walking away. i was pushed away. i'm not walking away, bill."o'reilly: "you are walking away." trump -- defending his decision to skip out on the republican debate on fox news (from turner 4 donald trump on oreilly factor fnc c 16 012716)sot @ 20:02:05:00 "i was not treated well by fox. i have zero respect for megyn kelly. i don't think she is very good at what she does. i think she is highly overrated." and the gop frontrunner's republican counterparts -- pouncing on his decision to be a no show.

(from wsvote2016wedpkg4sot: ted cruz"if someone did that, didn't show up at the interview, you know what you'd say? you're fired!" the texas senator also now challenging trump to a one on one. debatetrump tweeting his response - saying "okay-can we do it in canada?" insert nats from sanders rally in mason city: wssandersmasoncityia on the democratic side...bernie sanders meeting with the man he'd like to replace at the president obama and sanders long discussed way for the president to in the close primary race. back in iowa? former clinton stumping for his monday's caucuses ray tag: donald trump says he will be holding a fundraiser for veterans in iowa...at the same time of the fox news debate...just two miles away. rr, abc news, new york. 3 mona tight jonathan falwell is speaking out about his brother jerry endorsing donald trump for president. he says "i have made it my practice not to endorse political candidates." we are also hearing from liberty university students and alumni. some praising the move, while other are critizing it... in a christian post article, some liberty alumni are saying they are "embarrassed" and "disappointed" following

trump. most students we spoke with say they support falwell's decision to support whichever candidate he chooses... "we're allowed to have our own views, so if jerry has a view and he's endorsing trump then let him do so but we should be strong enough as christians to make our own choices, ya know? so, that's what we should be doing."danner pots following tuesday's endorsement, trump tweeted that the endorsement was a great honor. l-u then released a statement saying it does not support or oppose candidates for public office -- and that falwell's 3 3 pattie tight nelson county commonwealth's attorney anthony martin has resigned. he was first elected into office in 2011 and was reelected this november. martin was the prosecutor in the randy taylor case. assistant commonwealth's attorney jerry gress will commonwealth's attorney until a special election can be held. 3 mona tight another candidate has entered the race for the fifth congressional district. joseph whited of rappahannock county is now the

congressman robert hurt's seat. ...whited is a 10 year navy veteran. he says he has served as an adviser to the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs- and led efforts to analyze foreign military capabilities. he says he's running because he believes america isn't as safe as it should be. 3 pattie tight the botetourt county board of supervisors is moving ahead with its controversial plan to relocate two historic log structures to make room for economic development. the roanoke times reports the board approved the decision on tuesday to move two pre-civil war structures. one a slave quarters and the other a kitchen house. in place, they want to construct an industrial shell building. the board chairman said they didn't anticipate the plan would stir so much interest. 3 mona tight even though the winter storm has passed, construction crews are still feeling the impact. the snow impacted a danville- pittsylvania county habitat for humanity project. crews just finished doing the electrical work at the home on the 4-hundred block of hughes

when the storm hit. the halt on construction caused a chain reaction- even delaying other projects inside the house.karen sgrinia, "we're in the process of working out h-vac and plumbing can't start until the h-vac is done. the h- vac is being done by an h-vac class at dcc, so when they're closed or delayed for snow, then that doesn't get done and therefore the plumbing part gets backed up."mona tight habitat for humanity says they're behind by just a few days ... and they hope to have the house ready for the family by mid-spring. 3 3 pattie tight centra's alan b pearson cancer center wants to help patients feel upbeat by adding tunes to their lobby. for the fourth year, they're hosting a musical month in march... and inviting musicians and school groups to perform. the response is great.. but they're still looking for volunteers. on the agenda right now.. a high school band, chorus group, drummer, guitarist and even a

uplifting music and not such a clinical and sterile environment, it's more of a happy place to come here. you feel welcome when you come to the cancer center and that's what we strive to do here is to make it be a home environment, a support group. we're their family while they're going through their journey."pattie tight anita lowe with the cancer center says a lot of the musicians have been affected by cancer and want to give back to the community. 3 3mona still to come on good morning virginia... hard work does, indeed, pay off. we'll tell you why one sweet briar college equestrian

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>> think about our bedroom.3 3 3 3good thursday morning! following the passage of yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area. look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the middle 40s, we'll touch 50 along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds thrown in

tonight temperatures fall back to around 30. a blend of stars and clouds will be the weather story. more stars east with more clouds farther west. also, look for the upslope snow machine to kick back into gear for west virginia. therefore, we'll throw a few flurries into the mix for our border counties with the mountaineer state. sunshine should be the king of the castle tomorrow afternoon. warmup coming by the end of the weekend to the start of next week. our next opportunity for rain looks to arrive wednesday, with cooler temperatures returning by good thursday morning!following the passage of yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area.look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the

along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds thrown in for good measure.overnight tonight temperatures fall back to around 30. a blend of stars and clouds will be the weather story. more stars east with more clouds farther west. also, look for the upslope snow machine to kick back into gear for west virginia. therefore, we'll throw a few flurries into the mix for our border counties with the mountaineer state. sunshine should be the king of the castle tomorrow afternoon.

3mona sweet briar college is known for its top notch riding program-so its riders are used to winning. 19 year old equestrian superstar makayla benjamin is a stand out on that squad. pattie and she just got back from a big win in europe.. suri crowe met up with her to learn more about the hard work it's taken to get to this point. 3(nats dingus! giggles) she was practically born in the saddle. at age 19 makayla benjamin-has been riding most of her life. those long hours in the barn have paid off. benjamin-was chosen as one of three riders for team usa: in december-at the world university equestrian federation finals in marburg, germany she won the showjumping competition.makayla benjamin world showjumping champ,"i just remember a bunch of the other riders coming up to me and saying i can't remember the last time team usa won

placed third overall. (nats of cantering or trotting) sweet briar riding coach, mimi wroten, says benjamin's hard work and connection with horses-is what gives her a winning edge. mimi wroten, sbc riding coach -"i definitely think that makes somebody more understand the animals and be and not expect them to be a machine." makayla benjamin, sbc equestrian,"i'm kind of used to getting on something not knowing it for very long and i just try to get along with it." benjamin is grateful to a long list of people who have helped her get to this level-and particularly to dorado-the horse she most often trains with.makayla benjamin, "i love moments like this-when he just really likes to snuggle. giggles." the engineering student will continue to compete on the world circuit this summer-likely collecting more awards--but mostly having a blast.makayala benjamin,"i love it. i love that i'm able to do what i really want to do on the international level . having the time of my life. giggles it's been a lot of fun."

been selected to ride for the team in ireland and spain this summer. but will continue to focus on her engineering studies the rest of this semester and of course dorado. 3 3pattie still to come on good morning virginia... a massachusetts high school wrestler is celebrating his recent loss in a match.

3 3 3 look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the middle 40s, we'll touch 50 along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds thrown in for good measure.overnight tonight temperatures fall back to around 30. a blend of stars and clouds will be the weather story. more stars east with more clouds farther west. also, look for the upslope snow machine to kick back into gear for 3 dennis the hokies again played one of the country's top teams close but 16th-ranked louisville left blacksburg with an 8-point win. tech coach buzz williams gettin' low in the crouch position, showing his team how

justin bibbs buries the three to put the hokies up six, bibbs had 10. final 30 seconds of the half, seth allen drives in for the jam, allen had 26 for tech. hokies down just four at the break. second half, jalen hudson got tech within 7, he scored 27.but louisville too strong, jaylen johnson jammin'. hokies fall 91-83. 3 odac action at lynchburg, the hornets faced off with emory & henry. first half, lc's zach burnett drives to the basket and lays it in, the hornets outscored the wasps in the paint 32-16. emory & henry stayed right with lc early, kevin anzenberger knocks down a three. lc down one, a.j. hamilton drills a three, hamilton scored a game-high 15. lynchburg wins 73-53. 3 high school boys at e.c. glass, the hilltoppers battled the minutemen of liberty. third quarter, hilltoppers on the break, derrell calloway nice dish to anthony williams who hits the reverse layup, williams led all scorers with 23 points. liberty's ethan payne beats the buzzer to end period three. but e.c. glass wins big

3 and barney hall, known by millions of race fans as "the voice of nascar" , has passed away at age 83.the elkin, north carolina native

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3 it is the match that no one will ever forget in norton, massachusetts... mona

against a special needs wrestler for the match of a lifetime. mary saladna reports. 3norton, madeven schuko, wrestler doug kelley/ athletic director- dighton rohobeth hs pat coleman/ norton wrestling coach(deven schuko sot) "he wanted a match, i wanted to tangle with him." >>norton hs wrestler deven schuko is undefeated.. or at least he was.. until he took on andy howland -- a dighton- rehobeth legend-- over the weekend. (doug kelley/ athletic director- dighton rohobeth hs) " when you get a story like this. and a fine young man like deven can step up and wrestle our andy howland-- ya know-- he's in for a tussle." (pat coleman/ norton wrestling coach)"deven schuko-- he's a class act..." a top-ranked wrestler- schuko is also a lancer co- captain.-- and known for his leadership skills, so-- when andy howland came looking to compete-- schuko never hesitiated. (deven schuko sot) " he threw in a good move... //tighten// did he surprise ya? yeah he was strong.. he's a tough kid." (andy howland sot) " you had a nice move-- thank you. did it feel pretty good? yes." it was actually one of those quiet moments-- came on without fanfare-- but

realizing it was a match- up worth remembering. ( coach coleman sot) " deven has a natural respect for any wrestler.. such as andy-- and i think deven just proved there that it's never wrong to do the right thing." (deven schuko sot) " if i had to lose to someone.. i'd like to lose to andy-- it was a win-win in my book. he won, i won--" (sot) i think you're both champions. we both are champions. congrautlations.. thank you"3 3 3good thursday morning!3following the boundary, not weather this the middle 40s, passing clouds measure.

around 30. and clouds will be the weather story. good thursday morning!following the passage of yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area.look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the middle 40s, we'll touch 50 along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds thrown in for good measure.overnight tonight temperatures fall back to around 30. a blend of stars and clouds will be the weather story. more stars east with more clouds farther west. also, look for the upslope snow machine to kick back into gear for west virginia. therefore, we'll throw a few flurries into the mix for our border counties with the mountaineer state. sunshine should be the king of the castle tomorrow afternoon. warmup coming by the end of the weekend to the start of next week. our next opportunity for rain looks to arrive wednesday, with cooler temperatures returning by thursday. 3 3pattie coming up in the next half hour of good morning virginia... the mother of the man shot in lynchburg general hospital spoke exclusively to abc 13 about her search for answers...

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3 3pattie the mother of a man who was shot at lynchburg general hospital is desperately searching for the truth. a hospital security guard shot ruth ann warner's son jonathan more than two weeks ago. mona he's now paralyzed.. and she feels helpless. marissa parra spoke "exclusively" with warner's mother, for this emotional interview. 3 ruth ann warner says her son jonathan loved being outside with his family more than anything. it's been more than 2 weeks since she found out her son would never walk again.ruth ann warner,

pick up the phone, and she says "ruthie did you hear, jonathan was shot at the hospital." shot after being admitted to the er lynchburg general hospital for emergency mental health treatment.ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "he went to get help." [a hospital is] the first place you go for any mental health duress. and they're to be prepared for a psychosis. and they were not. police allege that warner attacked the security guard. his mom says that even if her son had become violent, this incident speaks to larger issues on the mental health system.ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "at 28, he's shot. he went to the hospital for treatment, and now he's paralyzed for the rest of his life. so how is it working?" ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "he said mom, every time i go to the hospital it get's worse... and

doesn't harbor any ill-will against the officer who shot her son.ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "i am praying for him and his family, and i'm sure it's traumatic for him, whether he made the right choices or not." she just wants answers.. and change.ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "they can't give my son legs to walk again, it's done. but if this could never happen to others, then that can be the good out of this tragic event." 3pattie tight ruth ann tells us she is not looking to sue at the moment. right now they are looking for more information on what happened. her attorney says the family filed a request for a detailed list of jonathan's medical records from centra, which could give them insight as to the timeline of events. they should have those records by february 10th. 3 3good thursday morning! following the passage of yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area. look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the

along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds thrown in for good measure.3 3mona tight it is going on 24-hours since a blacksburg teen went missing. now police are asking for your help.. because she is in

medication. nichole lovell.. disappeared from her apartment sometime between midnight and 7 yesterday morning. she's 13. but lovell had a liver transplant when she was 10 months old. now, she has to take anti-rejection meds.. twice a day. the last time she took them.. was two nights ago.. so she's missed multiple doses. blacksburg police are asking anyone with information to call them. just call.. 540- 9-6-1- 1-1-5-0.. or you can call anonymously at.. (5-4-0) 9-6-1- 1-8-1-9. 3 3pattie tight a federal judge will not throw out several charges in the death of a waynesboro police captain. the daily progress reports the judge denied a defense motion earlier this week, saying their arguments did not have merit. earlier this month, defense attorneys for two of the six people charged in kevin quick's death argued that firearms charges should be dropped because they were not acts of violence. the trial is set to begin on monday. 3mona a local act of

attention on social media. pattie it involves a police officer.. a 73-year old man.. and a shovel. courtney wheaton has the story. 3" i was walking up here to get this cleaned off when he pulled up." :3 on tuesday afternoon louis basten spent hours in front his business shoveling the snow. he says it's a tough job for anyone.. let alone a 73-year-old. " it's about 10 to 15 pounds per shovel full. you do that for an hour and you'll feel it." : just when he thought he couldn't do anymore a helping hand showed up. "officer seigla pulled up right there that's where his car was parked. you had the shovel in your hand and then what? he took it away from me he says give me that!" take a look at some of the photos. you can see lynchburg police officer brandon seigla completing the last of basten's shoveling. an act of kindness basten's son shared on social media for the world to see. " we need these types of examples of how

lives we are all busy but lets just stop and help each other in our communities." but officer seigla will tell you.. he was just doing what he hopes anyone would do. " i feel like that's the humanly thing to do is to stop and help anybody whether their older or younger and if it was one of my parents i would hope that somebody would stop to help them in the same situation." but not everyone would.. and that's why it meant the world to louis basten. " it's something that you don't normally expect or see and it was very much appreciated. 3mona tight officer seigla says he helped other people with their shoveling that day as well. but he never did it for the attention, he say just wants to help the community in any way he can. 3pattie tight customs officials have arrested a man who tried to smuggle birds into the us...in a very unusual way. the man was flying from cuba to miami. customs officials say. he was

fanny pack.. and three more in his groin area. the birds were turned over to the department of agriculture. it is a violation of federal law to smuggle live animals into the u-s. 3mona tight a 99-year-old woman got quite the scare in florida, when an exotic animal woke her in the middle of the night with cuddles. the animal had fallen asleep on her chest. the woman's family took the animal to south dade animal hospital. they learned what they were dealing with was a kinkajou. they don't know how it got in the house, but it shocked the 99-year-old woman. hear is how it all went down...according to a veteranarian. ( dr. don harris / south dade animal hospital ) "not expecting anything, she opens her eyes and sees an animal laying there. i guess she thought maybe it was a cat, but once they got a look at each other, classic, both of them screamed, both of them ran."mona officials say the kinkajou named "banana" was being kept as a pet. as for the owner.. well he friend back..after she was mising for 10 days.

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best of luck.3 3 3 3good thursday morning! following the passage of yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area. look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the middle 40s, we'll touch 50 along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds thrown in for good measure.overnight tonight temperatures fall back to around 30. a blend of stars and clouds will be the weather story. more stars east with more clouds farther west. also, look for the upslope snow machine to kick back into gear for west virginia. therefore, we'll throw a few flurries into the mix for our border counties with the mountaineer state. sunshine should be the king of the castle tomorrow afternoon. warmup coming by the end of the weekend to the start of next week. our next opportunity for rain looks to arrive wednesday, with cooler temperatures returning by thursday. 3good thursday morning!

yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area. look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they should be for this time of the year, in the middle 40s, we'll touch 50 along the southside. most locations seeing sunshine and a few passing clouds thrown in for good measure.overnight tonight temperatures fall back to around 30. a blend of stars and clouds will be the weather story. more stars east with more clouds farther west. also, look for the upslope snow machine to kick back into gear for west virginia. therefore, we'll throw a few flurries into the mix for our border counties with the mountaineer state. sunshine should be the king of the castle tomorrow afternoon.

the weekend to the start of next week. our next opportunity for rain looks to arrive wednesday, with cooler temperatures returning by thursday. 3 3mona tight hundreds of dollars could possibly be hiding in your home. you can make money on everything from clothes to old electronices.. first up -- bag the clothes you always pass over and ship them off to thredup -- a company that will

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