white house..pattie plus, an artist in texas is getting a lot of attention for a special keepsake she creates. what she uses in her work that has so many people talking. 3 3 3 after wednesday's washout, we are looking at a quiet rest of the workweek and weekend. i'll have the forecast coming up. 3 3 pattie good morning virginia. it isthursday, february 4th, 2016. i'm pattie martin.mona and, i'm mona kosar abdi. thanks for starting your day with us. 3 pattie tight this morning we are learning more about the death of 13 year old nicole lovell. court documents show police believe, one of the suspects in her death, 19-year-old natalie keepers may have started planning the killing weeks before the murder.pattie abc 13 obtained the arrest warrant for keepers, which lists a time frame of january 4th to january 27th, the day nicole went missing. court

hired her own attorney and did not appear for an arraignment yesterday.pattie tight stick with us this morning as we continue to follow this case... keepers is due back in court very soon. those details in the next half hour of gmv. 3 mona tight a man charged with plotting to shoot up or bomb synagogues and black churches is scheduled to plead guilty, in richmond. court records show robert doyle signed a plea agreement. doyle faces robbery, conspiracy and firearms charges. a co-defendant.. charles halderman.. pled guilty to conspiracy last month. ronald chaney.. the 3rd, faces the same charges as doyle. fbi officials said in a court affidavid.. doyle and chaney are white supremacists who bought guns and explosvies from undercover agents. the affidavit says.. those two and halderman.. planned to rob a silver and coin dealer.. and use the money to finance..a race war. 3 3 3 pattie tight a suspect is in custody after police say he was involved in a bank robbery in roanoke. they say it happened around 3:40 yesterday afternoon, at the b-b and t on church avenue south east

suspect was caught less than an hour later on henry street north west. charges are pending. no one was hurt. 3 mona tight danville regional medical center's c-e-o is reaching out to the community following the shooting earlier this week of a doctor. alan larson sent a letter out yesterday asking people to come out for a neighborhood walk and prayer vigil --which will be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. in front of the medical center. this comes as a private donor increased the reward for information related to this case. the reward is now 20-thousand dollars. police say someone shot dr. randolph neal while he was walking home from work monday... then shot neal's neighbor.. after he came out to see what was going on. at last check -- neal was in stable condition at wake forest baptist medical center. his neighbor was released from the hospital. 3 3 3 we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay in the 50s. colder air arrives

lows dropping into the upper 20s to near 30. friday ends the week with abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 40s. your weekend will be dry and pleasant. lots of sunshine to go around with highs in the upper 40s on saturday. highs reach the lower 50s for sunday. 3 3 pattie tight a bill that would force inmates to die by electric chair if lethal injection drugs can't be found... is gaining steam in virginia. that's because the state has run out of the drugs. and there is a

for march 16th. the state is currently searching for the needed drugs. even if the bill passes, it wouldn't go into effect in time for the scheduled execution. supporters of the electric chair bill say.. the state must ensure an option is in place for future inmates. 3 mona tight the virginia house of delegates has approved a bill that would allow people who are under a protective order ..to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. it now heads to the gop-controlled senate. the bill would apply to people who are over the age of 21. those individuals would be able to carry a weapon for 45 days after the order was issued. supporters say the measure would ensure people who are in danger have the ability to protect themselves. ..but some democrats say they are concerned about allowing people who have no training to carry firearms. 3 pattie a mystery patron has nominated donald trump for the 2016 nobel peace price by a mystery patron. that's what c-n-n is reporting. the nobel committee counts among its recipients martin luther king, junior, the red

many expect trump's nomination to fall by the wayside. 3 mona tight 4 local lawmakers are the latest to endorse florida senator marco rubio. state house delegate kathy byron... chairwoman of danville county g-o-p betsy young...danville council member lee vogler and former roanoke county g-o-p chairman ed lynch all give their support to the presidential candidate. 31 leaders and activists from all over the commonwealth currently back senator rubio. 3 pattie just ahead of their debate in new hampshire tonight, the democratic presidential hopefuls are battling over who is progressive enough. mona meanwhile, there's a new war of words between the republican frontrunners. bazi kanani reports. 3 the democrats lay out their differences in new hampshire. (sanders)but i think an objective assessment would say that there is more excitement and energy in our campaign./ bernie sanders... argues he is more electable than hillary clinton... defends his plan to raise taxes to pay for universal healthcare... (sanders)yes, you'll pay a

health premiums will disappear. ...and promises a progressive political revolution.(sanders) we will raise the minimum wage, we will have health care for all people, (clinton)it's very hard to see how any of his proposals could ever be achievable. clinton fights back against sanders' charges that she's a moderate, not a progressive...(clinton)i'm a progressive who likes to get things done.and pledges to make history.(clinton)i'm highest and hardest glass ceiling. i hope it shatters completely. applause.the leading republicans? in a new battle.ted cruz fires back after trump accuses him of fraud for sending this email to supporters on caucus day suggesting ben carson was dropping out of the race.cruz told his team to spread the word to those carson supporters.trump tweets: ted cruz didn't win iowa, he stole it.cruz... accuses trump of a nasty tempter.(cruz)i mean we're liable to wake up one

president, he would nuke denmark. 3 3 pattie tight this morning, we're hearing from the first patient with a confirmed case of the zika virus in the state. just a few days ago.. heather baker got a letter from the cdc saying.. she has the zika virus.after i got home from my trip, i discovered as swollen lymph node on this side of my head and so i just knew immediately that my body was fighting somethingpattie bakers says.. she contracted the virus in november while on a mission trip to guatemala. at first, she wasn't too concerned, but then she noticed other symptoms. the past few weeks have been about managing the symptoms and learning more about the virus.pattie tight a second case of the zika virus has been confirmed in a student at william and mary. 3 mona tight at last check, there are at least 50 cases in

declared a health emergency because of 9 cases in 4 counties. the latest case in dallas was transmitted sexually. the risk from zika is still primarily for pregnant women. but now doctors are seeing a rare.. but alarming neurological complication. it's called guillane barre syndrome a type of progressive paralysis. and as of yesterday, one of the world's most prominent ethicists is calling for the olympics to be canceled.caplan sot: i dont think it is up to doing the olympics and epidemic control at the same time. 3 mona tight in the coming days.. the cdc says it will release new guidelines. right now -- old guidelines still stand. if you're pregnant, avoid traveling to zika-affected countries and for others.. wear repellants.. and avoid mosquito bites. the red cross is also

after visiting zika-affected countries before donating blood. 3 3 pattie an artist in texas -- who also happens to be a mom -- has come up with a very personal keepsake.mona she's taking the meaning of 'mother pearl' to a whole new level. using breast milk... to make jewellery. pooja lodhia reports. 3 bridgette boudreaux isn't quite ready for her boys to grow up.but how do you freeze time and hold on to this moment? the answer, it turns out, was right in front of her.(bridgette boudreaux/artist) "i really wanted a special way to commemorate that bond between mother and child. i just wanted a wearable piece of art and i created breast milk jewelry."boudreaux takes real breast milk, adds preservatives, and then lets it sit in a refrigerator? within a week, the milk becomes a solid that you can mold into any shape you want. from there you can add designs, color, even sparkles. a top coat resin hardens and protects the precious milk. (bridgette boudreaux/artist) "each breast milk pearl is a different shade of cream to white so you're getting what came from you. no two are alike."and why stop with

boudreaux/artist)"the placenta is on the bottom, first curl, and the breast milk." for many, her jewelry is a little strange -- unsettling, even. but for the hundreds of women who have bought the pieces it's therapuetic.boudreaux's facebook page is messages like this.thank yous from mothers who have had trouble breastfeeding.some dealing with post-partum depression. there are even some mothers here who have 3 lost their children.(bridgette 3 boudreaux/artist) "with each pearl, it represents so many things for so many women. when people buy their breast milk jewelry from me, i get their stories and a lot of their stories are empowering. you know, the gift of life. the breast milk pearl is sustaining and life giving for many women."3 3 pattie tight boudreaux says she debuted her breast milk pearls in a small facebook group for mothers.

well, and the orders just started pouring in. 3 mona still to come on good morning virginia... just ahead your're going to meet a man named larry jacobson. we'll tell you why he might just be the super bowl's biggest and most dedicated fan. pattie and... >> rachael: today we're paying tribute to "emeril live." >> the band, the food, and the

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3 we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds forclouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay in the 50s. colder air arrives for tonight with overnight lows dropping into the upper 20s to near 30. friday ends the week with abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 40s. your weekend will be dry and pleasant. lots of sunshine to go around with highs in the upper 40s on saturday. highs reach the lower 50s for sunday. overnight lows will be in the 20s. next week looks colder as a strong cold front arrives late monday. highs on monday reach the upper 40s with lows dropping into the 20s for the overnight hours. light rain and snow showers will be possible monday night and tuesday. right now, it's too early for exact forecast precipitation totals, but this does not look like a major winter storm. overall, it looks like light accumulations at this time. highs will be in the 30s for tuesday and wednesday with partly cloudy

3 mona there's a very exclusive club getting ready to attend the super bowl in california on sunday.pattie they've attended every single super bowl. mike shumann introduces us to one of them. 3 76-year-old larry jacobson was one of the first super bowl volunteers to check out his official uniform.(larry jacobson/ member, "never miss a super bowl" club) "i'm ready

larry is spending this week helping tourists find their way around san francisco, but sunday he'll be at levi's stadium watching the game with a very exclusive club. (reporter) "how many original members of the "never miss a super bowl?"(larry jacobson/ member, "never miss a super bowl" club) "we had five, now we're down to three."jacobson started as a die-hard san francisco 49ers fan. he's had season tickets for 63 years. then, in 1967 he decided to take a date to los angeles to see the first super bowl. (jacobson) "it was a $100 investment including tickets and airfare and rent a car and food, but she wasn't impressed with football and she wasn't impressed with me."jacobson gave up on the woman, but not the game and he developed a special talent.(jacobson) "as anybody who knows me knows, i don't know a thing about football, i know how to get tickets, so that's my thing." 50 years later jacobson's house is full of super bowl memorabilia.(reporter) "you have all the programs here?" (jacobson) "this is super bowl 16."(reporter) "ahh, i remember that one."i may have a super bowl ring but larry is

first official super bowl 50 ball handed to him straight off the press at the factory in ohio.(reporter) "then, larry jacobson. got your own name on a football. i don't even have my name on a football anywhere, larry." larry first met the other men who had never missed a super bowl 16 years ago. now, they get together and swap stories every year.(reporter) "this is number 50, this would be a good number to wrap it up, say hey i'm done."(jacobson) "well now, the nfl is treating us so well 3 for super bowl 50, i'm now aiming for 3 100. haha." 3 mona still to come on good morning virginia... a survey from parents and from students that go to lynchburg city schools is revealing

the class room. it's about time the taco...came out of its shell. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough.

3 good thursday to you, let's get a check of your morning drive. we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay in the 50s. colder air arrives for tonight with overnight lows dropping into the upper 20s to near 30. friday ends the week with abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 40s. your weekend will

virginia won its fourth in a row and 16th straight at john paul jones arena, beating boston college in acc play. senior malcolm brogdon continues his great play, brogdon poured in 17 of his game-high 27 points in the first half. the cavs built a lead as many as 25 in the second half. and when malcolm missed, anthony gill was there to jam it down, gill added 10 points and 11 rebounds.virginia led by nine at the half and broke it wide open in the second. brogdon held bc leading scorer eli carter to just seven points. cavaliers beat the eagles 61-47 to improve to 18-and-4. 3 wednesday at v.e.s. representatives from the mcdonald's all-american game presented sacha killeya-jones with his honorary game jersey and hat. the bishops senior is one of only 24 young men from across the country selected to compete in the marquis high school all- american game march 30th at chicago's united center. 3 high school hoops at brookville, the bees hosted

brookville led by 12 at the half, chelsie moran here in period three drives to the paint for two of her 10 points for the bees. later it's kiala marshall for brookville with the steal, she takes it all the way for two of her 13 points. faith begin helped l.c.a. charge back to within six, she led all scorers with 21. but brookville wins 64-55. 3 and for all the area high school signings from wednesday, plus comments from uva's bronco mendenhall, tech's justin fuente and lu's

wset.com.3 pattie tight some shoppers in california were ....surprised, to say the least, when they saw something unusual wander into a store. this sea lion showed up at a la jolla store to do a little shopping of his own. video that just popped up on facebook shows customers running into the still-wet sea lion.... and reacting how most people react these days...by pulling out their cell phones to take pics. owners at the store say the animal must have climbed the 145-step staircase that leads from the shore to the store. with a little coaxing and some canned salmon, he was

3 3 after wednesday's washout, we are looking at a quiet rest of the workweek and weekend. we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay in the 50s. colder air arrives for tonight with overnight lows dropping into the upper

the week with abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 40s. your weekend will be dry and pleasant. lots of sunshine to go around with highs in the upper 40s on saturday. highs reach the lower 50s for sunday. overnight lows will be in the 20s. next week looks colder as a strong cold front arrives late monday. highs on 3 pattie coming up in the next half hour of good morning virginia... this morning we have the latest on the nicole lovell case as friends and family prepare to say goodbye to the 13 year old. and today, one of the suspects in her death will be in court. details on that coming up.. mona plus, a major milestone for the academy of music theater in downtown lynchburg. details on a new challenges that brings them that much

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3 3 mona tight in a few hours, natalie keepers, one of two virginia tech students charged in the death of 13 year old nicole lovell...will have a bond hearing. cnn is now reporting that david eisenhauer and nicole lovell had an inappropriate relationship. that's according to investigators on this case. they also report.. nicole was going to expose that relationship.. and investigators believe eisenhauer stabbed her to prevent that. eisenhauer is charged with 1st degree murder. police say.. nicole was active on social media - with multiple facebook, instagram, and kik accounts. that's where police belive she met eisenhauer. we've also learned.. court documents show keepers began planning the murder in early january. 3 pattie and today friends and family will lay nicole to

her viewingmona there's a saying that in times of tragedy, you see true strength, and that's definitely been true over the last week here in blacksburg. annie andersen reports. 3 (chief anthony wilson, blacksburg police dept) "we will not let this violence define us. this is still the place of anywhere else in this earth that i would live, that i would raise a family and that i would send my children to college." when 13 year old nicole lovell was reported missing, law enforcement from all over offered their help and support. so did community groups and the virginia tech corps of cadets. that didn't go unnoticed by lovell's family, as they told us friday."oh it's wonderful, and thank you everyone in the community for all of your support." a day later, the community learned that lovell had been killed, but the support didn't end.josh blankenship, youth pastor, auburn baptist church - "from this tragedy just to see the outpouring support and the phone calls that we've gotten, and the friends that care about this family and

testimony to her and the person that she was in the short 13 years that she was here." . (blankenship)"all this, the people that knew her coming together like that, they really did love her. our community has been awesome, the prayer vigils, just the people praying, the comments i've read." 3 pattie tight nicole's funeral is today at 3 at the mccoy funeral home. 3 mona pan this morning - day 4 of the trial for the alleged gang members accused of killing waynesboro police reserve captain kevin quick.. will begin. after 2-days of jury selection.. witness testimony began yesterday. starting with quick's mother... vonda quick. she was the last person to see her son.. she fought back tears as she described her last night with him. she says.. when her son didn't come home, she called police. the tape of her call was played in court.nats this ain't, this is stupid, not my son. he...you know, we just lost his dad, and he's been staying here with me and he

his mothermona prosecutors presented evidence they say.. shows the alleged gang members had been terrorizing the charlottesville area in the months leading up to quick's death. of the 6 on trial, only 4 are charged with murder. prosecutors say.. those 4 kidnapped quick.. and drove around to different atms withdrawing money from his account. they say the group then shot quick and left his body in the woods in goochland county.mona pan in court.. it was revealed that at least 3 others arrested in the case will testify against the 6 on trial.. as part of a plea deal. 3 3 3 we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay for tonight with overnight lows dropping into the upper the week with abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 40s. your weekend will be dry and pleasant. 3 mona tight another step toward the finish line for the

for the historic another step mona tight 3 dry and pleasant.3 3 mona tight another step toward the finish line for the historic academy of music theatre. this time it comes in the form of a 350 - thousand dollar challenge..from becky hawkins of lynchburg. under the terms of this challenge-every new donation made through march 16th will be matched dollar for dollar up to the

construction is already underway-for the theatre which is slated to open in 2018. the capital campaign to restore and eventually re-open the historic theatre began in 2012. so far, more than 14 million dollars has been raised-9 million of it within the last year alone. executive director-geoffrey kershner-says this challenge is just what is needed to encourage first time donors. geoffrey kershner, academy center of the arts, "if i gave 20 dollars right now-i'm a first time donor. that just turned into 140 dollars so, that's a big thing right now. and so now for people who maybe were weren't sure they wanted to give because they felt maybe it wouldn't make impact-we have such a large goal to make-now it really does make a big impact and it makes a big impact too, because we're so close to the end." mona tight if this challenge is met-just 1.8 million will be left toward thier goal. 3 3 3 pattie tight lcs has released the results of a survey they conducted last fall, on culture and climate

students, teachers and parents were asked to respond to statements regarding school climate and respect toward teachers. 91 pecent of responding parents agreed that "my child respects his/her teacher." but 33 percent of elementary students and just 20 percent of high school students agreed that "students treat teachers with respect at my school." ethel reeves, director of engagement, lcs, "so this right now for us is a telling piece we now have to figure out how to have the conversation. one of the things that came up last night in the school board meeting is really who is talking to the students and the parents even. how is it that you're telling me that your children are being respectful and the when in the school the teachers and the students are saying, 'not so much.'pattie tight now they plan to define what "respect" means within each classroom. 3 3 mona box less than a year after nearly closing,..sweet briar college has received a record-breaking number of

reports.. students and faculty say the number of applications is more than a thousand this year. that's an increase from 750 at this same time last year. 3 pattie tight it's good news for those taking the ged in virginia. the minimum passing score went from 150 to 145... and 647 people got their ged because of it. the change affected those who took the ged in 2014 and 2015. officials decided to change the score after program graduates to high school graduates. virginia's 71-percent pass rate on the new ged test will be adjusted once the new test score numbers are added. 3 pattie still to come on good morning virginia... if you saw grease live! you know it was a complicated production... and now we scenes look at what it takes to put on that kind of

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3 3 after wednesday's washout, we are looking at a quiet rest of the workweek and weekend. we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay in the 50s. colder air arrives for tonight with overnight lows dropping into the upper 20s to near 30. friday ends the week with abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 40s. your weekend will be dry and pleasant. lots of sunshine to go around with highs in the upper 40s on saturday. highs reach the lower 50s for sunday. overnight lows will be in the 20s. next week looks colder as a strong cold front arrives late monday. highs on monday reach the upper 40s with lows dropping into the 20s for the overnight hours. light rain and snow showers will be possible monday night and tuesday. right now, it's too early for exact forecast precipitation totals, but this does not look like a major winter storm. overall, it looks like light accumulations at this time. highs will be in the 30s for tuesday and wednesday with partly cloudy

3 mona tight duke energy 3 mona tight duke energy says.. there's still work to be done at abreu grogan park.. two years after the coal ash spill in the dan river. beginning next month.. they plan to construct a bathroom facility.. courtesy dock.. fishing platform.. sidewalks.. an information kiosk.. and update landscaping. they also plan to enhance accessibility to the river. they hope to be done by memorial day weekend. the park will close during

3 pattie honda is expanding a recall because of faulty air bags made by takata. mona abc's reena ninan and phillip mena have that and more in today's america's money.