can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. do not take breo more than prescribed. see your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. ask your doctor if 24-hour breo could be a missing piece for you. see if you're eligible for 12 months free at mybreo.com. >> patti: two men recovering after shot during an attempted robbery in danville. police were call indeed after 7:00 last night.

from apparent gunshot wounds. neil was walking home from medical center when two men approached him. one showed a gun and demanded money. they shot neil several times and took off. investigators say the men shot a neighbor who came outside to see what was going of both were taken to danville medical center. anyone with information is asked to call danville crime stores. mr. defendant #1: both viarginia tech students charged with the death of a teen now have attorneys. yesterday mournings arraignment eisenhower was begin a public defender. he has been charged with first degree murder of nicole laelf. natalie is charged with acsetsz real after the fact and helping conceal a body. many are trying to cope with the loss of level, including her school.

girl. talkative. friendly. looked out for a lot of the younger kids that came in on the bus and sweet. >> reporter: now many will not get a chance to know nicole level. according to the arrest warranty police think daveid eisenhower kidnapped her wednesday and killed her on saturday. it does not say how she died only not by a firearm and not until after natalie keeper got involve thed involved. >> it is hard. >> reporter: he says they are doing as well as can be expected. >> it is a day-by-day process. there are a lot of decisions they are make right now. a lot of things they are hearing. and right now it is shock. and it is setting in as they go. >> reporter: level's school is

they brought in councillors to help students work through it. [inaudible] talking about what happened and talking about grief [inaudible] >> reporter: council office will be available as long as students need them. >> patti: the attorney says the me conduct an autopsy yesterday. keepers and eisenhower will be back in court on march 28. the attorney says, she thinks we may not get the results how level died until then. of course, once we get new information on this case we will bring it to you on air and online. check on your website wset.com for updates as we find out more about nicole level's death and follow our facebook page. >> melissa: good tuesday to you just after 6:00.

want a jacket, it is cool. cloudy skies. leave the sun glasses home. overcast skyos satellite and radar. and a check of your weather now. temperatures holding in the 40s. fog reported in blacksburg and hot springs. 44 in lynchburg. 49 in danville. 44 in roanoke and black burg. 47 in brook nil. 38 in hot springs. what do you and your no, ma'am need. the jacket may not be bad to dress in layers. temperatures will stay there in the 40s throughout the day. going to be cool. you will feel a chill in the air. a look at your school day forecast. temperatures 43 at 7:00 the children are getting ready to head to school. 45 by lunch. highs upper 40s and the heavy rain is set to arrive early wednesday morning. i will time it out coming up. >> patti: thank you.

of a 3 year old boy she was taking care of. hope purdue is charged with murder and felony child abuse. purdue was charged last may after her husband called 911 and said a child they were keeping appeared to have been beaten. the child died at the scene. they found purdue hiding in a gage a mile away from her home. the child was one of five being taken care of by purdue. sheriff's office never explained their relationship. judge found a man charged with murdering his father-in-law, guilty. the judgment came after three days of evident. scombruj found him guilty of murder and robbery of james pain. the judge said after the hearing the the -- after hearing the case all the pieces of the puzzle

committed the crime of thinner is accused of stabbing his father-in-law 25 times an wallet. the son, keith spoke with us and says, he is thankful four years later the tragic situation as a form of closure. >> some sort of closure. i do want to say i have the utmost thankfulness and more of appreciation for the common wealth attorney's office. the deputies involved. >> patti: now thinner's sentencing date is yet to be set. a woman from virginia who disappeared with her toddler stepdaughter in november has been found in new york. they arrested the 35 year old simons. they did not say weather the two year old was in custody as well.

>> loving, caring young girl. anybody that came in her life. she made them laugh and smile. >> reporter: more than two months ago. simmons saw his daughter for the last time. two year old was seen with her step mother, sippon's wife on monday simons was arrested in new york on abduction charged the toddler nowhere to be found. >> she loved dover at explorer. >> police found remains in an upstairs apartment while police yet to identify the body simons says, it is his daughter. >> she wasit was a two year old girl found on the street. >> reporter: a storm of sadness

i pray she die. god's gift to me and the world. my heart. >> all he has to hold on to are memories of his first born. >> only thing who really loved me was my daughter. i loved her. >> reporter: police say assignment offense is facing abduction charged. a girl in arizona facing a brighter future thanks to the selfless act of another family who lost their boy. >> look at this. >> patti: boy got a build a bear with the donated heart beating inside of the girl. jordan was fighting for her life and in need of a heart translanlt. lucas cart died. his organizance were donated and

on friday jordan and her mother met with lucas's mother for the first time. >> hard to describe she would be so selfless to think of another family while going through her grief. >> i can't save my son why not save someone else's child. >> that's my heart beat. >> more than 122,000 people are waiting for a transplant. last year 433 lives were saved. >> patti: living with rheumatoid thietsdz is a challenger. there are ways to cope with it. outside this morning. 40s. 44 in lynchburg and roanoke. 49 in danville. going to be cloud and he rainy today. even more rain tomorrow.

meliss >> melissa: good tuesday morning. we talked about rain yesterday. we will talk about it through wednesday. here is what we are looking at today into tomorrow. today tell be colder. hope you enjoyed the 70ary. it will stay in the 40s throughout the day. a chance for light rain and

a hundred percent tomorrow. the rain will be heavy at times. some areas could pick up over an inch. pin pin, no showers. we are seeing overcast skies and fog there west of i 81. temperatures holding steady in the 40s. 44 in lynchburg. 49 in danville 45 in martinsville. 44 in black burg and roanoke. cool spot 38 in hot springs. take hour by hour to plan your day. 44 about 8:00. 45 by lunch. 47 for the afternoon. temperatures mainly in the 40s. upper 40s across the board. cloudy skies not going to need the sun glasses you want the jacket. you will need the umbretta tomorrow. look at the counter clock wise circulation. bringing inging snow. it will bring storms later from the mississippi valley to the

we got a low pressure system. a cold front that continues to track to the east. today a wedge of high pressure is influencing our weather. this front will make its way to our door step. ed with we will see our first significant rain of the month of february. i want to time it out on future cast. the cloud cover stick with us into the afternoon and evening. could see light showers developing again. not going to be heavy. not going to be a wash out today. shower activity increases by early wednesday morning. a bit of a soggy commute. heavy rain set to arrive by 10:30 tomorrow morning. push to the east by 1:00. will be strong storms, bring heavy rain and gusty wind. good news is it will clear out as we head to wednesday afternoon. by wednesday night we'll be dry. we are dry through sunday.

half an inch to over an inch in some areas, we are not expect ing sweating occurrence. temperatures in the 60s. no winter weather. tell be a bit soggy and wash out for you. temperatures today in the upper 40s across the board. tonight only falling in the low to mid 40s. we got sun and cooler weather returning by thursday. get a check of the weather photo of the day. look at that. ruby sent this. it was an august sunrise. it makes you wish summer was here. spring is around the corn are. remember to send the photos to weather@wset.com. here is tech bytes. >> in today's tech bytes staying on top of the presidential election with google. search for a candidate receives a google now card. it shoes the politician statos major,. the as well as a reminder to go

looks like apple getting ready to unveil a new tablet. i pad air 3 will incorporate profeatures clod ingding speakers and connect to smort assesz reesz. police in the netherlands training eagles to take down drones flying where they should not be. the birds are taught to see a drone as prey. they catch it and brick it to a safe place. decision to put them on the job will not be made for a few months.

have a great day. in health news living are um toyed thiets is hard in your 20's it is tough. in health check we meet a woman making the best of the situation despite the pain. holly has more.

with her smile and positive energy, ariana appears to have it all. but looks can be deceiving. she is in pain daily. it started years ago with her knee. >> i thought i had twisted it or just somehow injured myself and was bartending working all night aggravated this injury and it got worse. >> reporter: after her other knee started to hurt and wrists and most of the joint in her boulevard she went to the doctor and given a shocking diagnose. she had rheumatoid arthritis. >> a lot think it is a joint disease. it is the noit it is a systemic disease it affects all parts of the body. >> a woman getting start indeed life she had to make a decision. >> this is the hand i have been dealt. and i'm not going to sit down and let it defeat me.

flow and make the most of the fact i have a disease will not stop me from enjoying my life. >> i think the good message here is that patients with rheumatoid arthritis can lead normal lives. >> for health minute i'm holly furfur. >> patti: the most viewed news stories this morning. ted cruise on top over trump on the republican ticket at iowa caucus us. and many of you are reading about the world health organization declaring a global emergency over the spread of the zika virus.

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3 dennis the virginia men have climbed back into this week's a.p. top 10. the cavaliers jump from 11th to 9th, carolina still number 2 behind top-ranked oklahoma. struggling duke is out of the rankings for the first time in more than eight years, they're 15-and-6 and have lost four of their last five. 3 louisville bounced back from the loss to uva and upset second-ranked north carolina. the liberty women won on the road at charleston southern 59-49. 3 high school hoops at rustburg, the red devils played host to jefferson forest. rustburg played without top scorer mike jones, who sat out the game after the death of his grandfather. and the cavaliers raced out to a big early lead, trey dupree feeds john saunier inside for two and the foul, it's 25-9 jf

later, d.k. kinney's jumper won't go, but he gets his own rebound and scores, two of his game-high 18 points. joe daniel led the red devils with 12. but jf rolls 57-39. 3 girls action at l.c.a., the bulldogs battled cross-town rival v.e.s. l.c.a's faith begin drives for two of her 13 points, the bulldogs broke out to a 9-2 lead. bre jefferson brought the bishops back, the senior hits the runner here. but l.c.a.'s kayla smith scored 16 and grabbed 10 rebounds, l.c.a. broke open a close game and wins 54-31. 3 fed up with johnny manziel's off-the-field transgressions, , some cleveland browns fans have started a "johnny free february" movement on twitter. they vow not to tweet, retweet or mention manziel on twitter this month or until he is no longer a cleveland brown. cleveland brown. that's what is going on in sports. >> melissa: check what is going on in weather. it is 6:26.

today. not a wash out for your tuesday. tell be cloudy and cool with drizzle. may see light rain showers. wednesday morning that is when the heavy rain arrives. going to stick with us throughout the afternoon. tomorrow. here is a look at the rain chances. a 30% chance for tuesday. most of that will come as we see rain increasing tonight into wednesday. 100% chance on wednesday. a wash out for the heart of virginia. if you want to get out. got cabin fearful thursday, friday and saturday we are looking good tell cool down. sun returns to the forecast. your hour by hour for today, morning temperatures in the mid 40s. they will stay there throughout lunchtime. wedge of high pressure means we don't see temperature contrast. temperatures capped for the day. highs in the upper 40s and low

low to mid 40s. how much rainfall are we looking at? a couple hundredths of an inch. tomorrow an inch in lynchburg and an inch in danville. three quarters of an inch in roanoke. not expecting flooding that will melt left over snow. a good mid week soaking before we see sun on thursday. patty? back to you. >> patti: thank you. coming up in the next half-hour of good morning virginia a surprise win for republican ticket at the iowa caucuses. which democrat is declares victory. we are continuing our coverage

level what we s >> patti: this morning it is too close to call in the iowa caucuses it is a virtual tie with sanders and clinton. ted cruise won the republican vote putting trump in second with margin separates bernie sanders and hillary clinton in

call? in some precincts a coin toss broke the delegate tie-nats coin toss the clinton campaign saying this morning, they believe they won. but clinton didn't officially declare victory in her speech. instead she took on the republicans- hillary clinton: i will not -- i will not let their decisiveness, their efforts to rip away the progress that we've made be successful. so as i stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you, iowa//by contrast, it was a decisive win for ted cruz-ted cruz iowa had made clear to america and the world, morning has come. //and trump was gracious in his second-place finish- trump i absolutely love the people of iowa.// i think i might come here and buy a farm, i love it.//and just one- point behind trump?marco rubio riding a wave of supportfor months they told us because we offer too much optimism in a time of anger, we had no chance. tag: looking forward

3 pattie tight while the 3 caucus results show that ted cruz trumped donald trump in iowa... he did, in fact, get some local help on the iowa stomping grounds.. trump asked for the backing of liberty university president jerry falwell junior.. and got it. *pause for nats*""i believe donald trump is uniquely qualified"... "and i'm proud to be endorsing him" pattie trump flew falwell and his family to iowa to stump for him all weekend- since falwell jr. announced his private endorsement.. he's received some backlash among fellow conservatives. some have said they don't believe trump's values fall in line with true evangelicals. abc 13 caught up with falwell. and even though he's endorsing trump as a private

was over-stepping the lines of his postion as lu president. jerry falwell jr. "suri to jerry"is that crossing the boundary? jerry jr. no, i have every right as a private citizen to support candidates as anybody else. and i don't think i'd be a very good citizen if i didn't exercise my right to choose the best candidate to help the candidate who i believe in. that's part of our duty as americans." pattie tight he says.. he's not ruling out future campaign trips with trump. 3 3 3 more rain is heading our way today and wednesday with the heaviest rain falling on wednesday.we're waking up to temperatures in the mid 40s for many of us with overcast skies. this morning will be cloudy and cool with some fog. please use caution when you're

roads. today won't be a "wash out," but 3 you can expect 3 drizzle or light rain throughout the day. temperatures remain on the cool side with highs mainly in the upper 40s. southside will make it into the lower 50s. rain begins to increase tonight with overnight lows in the low to mid 40s. heavy rain arrives wednesday morning. the heaviest rain on wednesday falls during the morning, then the rain will taper off by late afternoon. all rain ends by wednesday night. highs will reach the 60s tomorrow, and the air will feel extremely humid. 3 pattie plasma the two virginia tech students accused in the death of 13 year old nicole lovell have made their first courtroom appearance. 18-year-old david eisenhauer was in a montgomery county courtroom, out of sight of reporters, yesterday when the judge assigned him a public defender. he has

and first degree murder. the other student, natalie keepers has hired a private attorney to help defend her. >> >> patti: both have their next court date for march 28. the students did not enter a plea. we are hearing from the nicole level's mother on what she thinks happened leading up to weather their daughter left their home. she told the washington post her daughter pushed awe degreeser against her door and climbed out her window. a warrant showed she was kid napped wednesday and the murder happened on saturday. details how she died are limited. officials report hear autopsy was yesterday and could be late march until results are rate. level's pastor says the family is distraught but they are -- they are doing as well as can be expected.

they are making now. a lot of things they are hearing. and -- now i think it is shock. and -- um -- it is setting in as they go. >> patti: level's family was bullied online and at school. a liver transplant recipient who need daily medication. abc looked at the teen's social media ash counts. she has troubling messages on instagram and facebook. we don't know if the connections murder. that is for investigators to piece together. a therapist say its is sad reminder to adid you tells to pay attention to what is going on. >> sometimes our children do not want to talk with a parent. because they feel like they near a position to handle this on their own and the reality is,

they are not. >> patti: if it means taking phones away at night. parents need to know what message their children are getting and putting out on social media. of course. once we get information we will bring it to you on air and online. check our website, wset.com for updates as we find out more about what happened. follow updates on the abc facebook page. we know the name of the man who die indeed a fiery crash on train track in roanoke county. william linebury died at the scene of yesterday's accident. john johnny collins taken to the hospital with injuries. two were in a power work truck trying to cross spring hallow when they were hit by a freight train. train was not carrying hazardous material. we are learning about a lynchburg teen who die indeed a car accident over the weekend. 19 year old cameron long died

ran off the road and over turns. long was a student and played basketball for two science. he was not enrolled at the time of the crash. the coaches are devastated. speed and alcohol were not involved and the crash is under investigation. plans to hold a moment of silence before the next basketball game, which is tomorrow. they lost their family pets and everything they own when their house went up in flips. the keith family was at church on sunday when their home in pennsylvania county caught on fire. the fire marshall's office is investigating what caused that friar. the family is still in shock. >> it was devastating. it was like -- wake up and it will be over. >> patti: the family is staying with another family member in the area.

a child is headed to virginia to face charges. place arrested him in rapid city, south dakota in a camp ground. in court yesterday he declined help from an attorney. the judge is giving authorities 10 days to take custody or he will be freed. social workers are okay ranging to return the child to the parent. a former danville firefighter is facing charges. charged with one count of misdemeanor assault and battery and sexual battery misdemeanor. two warrants were serveed him over the weekend. the legal blood alcohol level may go lower. that's what the safety board is pushing for temperature is asking states to lower the legal limits to opinion 05. it is a way to reduce alcohol related road accidents. in the last 15 years a third of

a retiger police officer got caught doing fancy footwork in an elevator. the video is viral. >> deputies got caught doing the nay-nay after retiger 20 years of service. he is celebrating up to the moment a ranking officer shows up. it if 29 years of service does not deserve an awkward dance party, well, we don't know what does. still to come on good morning virginia following the iowa caucuses a candidate could get a new endorsement today. detail in, looking ahead. looking ahead to our weather. it will be cloudy, rain and he

40s in the >> melissa: here is what you can expect as you head out the door. will be cool. cloudy and cooler than yesterday. 66 for the high in lunch burg. locking at 47 this afternoon. we will see light rain and drizzle. highs will be around in the low to mid 40s. could see mid 40s or 50s down to the south side. it will be a damp day. we have that wedge of high pressure in place. we are not seeing rain now as we check pinpoint radar you have over

irish i 80. 44 in lynchburg and roanoke. 43 in black burg. 45 in martinsville. 49 in danville. again it is thanks to the wedge of high pressure. add a couple degree that wills be the high today. at lunch 45. 47 the 3:00-4:00 hour. a light shower but the main piece we are watching the monster of a low pressure system. you see that counter clock wise circulation it is bringing blizzard conditions to the central part of the country. then severe storms to the low are mississippi valley reaching up to the lower ohio river later on in the day. then it arrives at our door step as we head toed with. it will drag that cold front as we head to the middle part of the week. no severe weather for us.

could hear a couple rumbles of thunder as we head to the early afternoon hours offed with. today just going to be cloud and he cool. can't rule out a light shower. rain increases by early wednesday morning. a bit of a soggy commute. timing it out for you. stopping the clock it is 10:.10:30 tomorrow morning. could see storms moving through. west to east, the line we will watch. it progresses as we head to the early afternoon hours. kicking out at 5:00-sick:00. we will dry out wednesday. we are dry thursday through sunday. highs today. 47 in listen burg. 46 in roanoke. 52 in danville. temperatures tonight only falling low to mid 40s. still above the freezing mark. we are not expecting interweather the next week. here is the next 7. groundhog day cloudy and cool.

wednesday and thursday, friday, saturday and sunday looks beautiful. highs back in the 40s. patty? >> patti: thank you melips a bill cosby is expect indeed court in pennsylvania today. he will ask a judge to dismiss a criminal charge alleging he assaulted a woman in montgomery county in 2004. extemple university. employee was consentual. republican presidential candidate rubio may have a new endorsement. south carolina senator tim scott plans to announce his support. key as he joins ahead of the south carolina preerm this month. scott is the first african-american elected to the senate from the south since the 19th century. he was ash pointed by nicky hayley that beat eight challengers. govern governor terry will have the

export. governor's conference on agricultural trade will be in richmond. heal be the keynote speak are virginia totalled 3.35 billion dollars in agricultureal exports in 2014. it will feature discussions on international trade of goods. this morning all eyes on punxsutawney, pennsylvania. punxsutawney phil will make his weather predictions. now, if phil sees a shadow we are in store for six more weeks of winter. if he didn't we will get warmy attaches. since 88 phil has been right 13 times and wrong 15. last year he came out of his hole at 7.:30. more ahead on good morning

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the marketing. >> patti: absolutely. >> melissa: it is locking good for weather out there. for us not so much. a little rainy but a nice weekend in store. look at this big picture. you see our low pressure system and cold front moving over the central part of the country. it will march to the east. that means rain arrives at our door step as we head to your wednesday. we have a severe outlook enhanced for the low are mississippi valley up to the ohio slalomy. not impacting us. we are not expecting severe storms for your wednesday. it will be a wash out. so today just light drizzle out there. light rain possible. a 30% chance. cloudy and cool. heavy rain will arrive wednesday morning. you willment the umbrella. make sure you have that rain gear. bus stop weather, in the 40s.

jackets. watching morning fog. in the 40s now. we will stay there for the day. look at rain chances as we head to superbowl weekend. a 30% chance for showers today. a 100% on wednesday. thursday, friday and saturday sun, cooler but nice. a mix of sun and clouds your superbowl sunday is looking good. rainfall totals we gotta get through the rain. many areas could pick up half an inch when it is said and done. get a check of the next seven. 100% chance of rain. temperatures in the 60s. we are basically in the 40s thursday through saturday. low 50s on sunday. some showers on monday. temperatures falling back into the 40s. patty? back to you. >> patti: university officials in virginia say a student got zika virus travel nothing

it is the second confirmed case in virginia. >> i feel like shocked. >> reporter: the student notified the college and the college contacted the health and wellness team and the cdc. determined there was no health risk. symptoms fever being headache, joint painor eye irritation. most will not show any signs of the virus. >> not exhibiting symptoms and expected to recover. >> patti: zika is spread through mosquito bites. the college says it is keeping track of that case. still to come on good morning virginia the 2 virginia tech students charm indeed the murder of nicole level made their first

police are >> patti: today's top stories the two virginia tech students charged with the death of level have attorneys. yesterday a judge apointed a public defender for david eisenhower charged with kidnapping and first degree murder. the other student natalie keeper charged with accessory after the fact and concealing a body. they have their court date on march 28. the students did not enter a plea. two men recovering after an tempted robbery in danville. they found doctor neil suffering from gunshot wounds. neil told police he was walking home from the medical center when two men approached him. one showed a handgun and demanded money. they shot neil and took off. the men also shot a neighbor who

o. both were taken to danville medical center. we know the name of the man who died in a fiery crash on train track in roanoke. william linebury died at the scene of the accident. johnny collins taken to the the hospital with serious injuries. the two were in a power work truck trying to across spring hollow road when they were hit by a freight train. train was not carrying hazardous materials. good morning america is next. here is amy with a look what they are working on this morning. >> reporter: next on good morning america the race for the white house, cruise coming out on top in the iowa caucus beating trump. and on the democratic side hill rear and sanders virtually tide the race too close to call. live in iowa with the details only on gma. >> patti: all right. we are starting off cool this morning and not much of a warm up today. the 60s tomorrow and the 40s the

45 now over cast skies. morning fog. it is cool. you want to grab the jacketet. a 30% chance for light showers and drizzle. the heavy rain arrives for wednesday morning. wednesday will be a wash out and then we are looking dry thursday through sunday. >> patti: we are waiting on punxsutawney phil. >> look at them dancing.