conditioning cover onlying on the lovel case. a friend of the girl says she knew about an inappropriate relationship with nicole and a man. she report today to school officials. prior to nicole's disappearance. we want to know what school officials are required to share with authorities when it come to children. >> reporter: it is in this handbook. >> tiffany is a senior child protective service have thor. trains hundreds of school officialos how to respond to child abuse and neglect. >> a lot we tell them not to determine whether if it is valid if they suspect call us. >> anyone can report abuse and every suspicion taken seriously especially under the reporter category. police officers, teachers,

>> they have to have listening skills. you want to gather as much information as possible. anything they seen or observed orb heard we want to gather that information. >> reporter: if they fail to report within 24 hours of receiving that information there could be a prays to pay. those who don't could be fined up to $500, $1 zsh zsh zsh. >> or a class one misdemeanor. >> reporter: punishment may seem #it is coming down to protecting the voices. >> so we are made aware so we can protect them in those cases. >> if you suspect child abuse or neglect call the department of social services or the child abuse hot line. number is on our website wset.com. you can read more about the nicole lovel case on our

and check out our abc 13 facebook. we will follow the story more as it develops and stick with us, we will have more on the details that e merged in the case. what suspect natalie keepers told authorities. >> melissa: happy friday. hope you are having a great morning. after 6:00 a.m. we saw drizzle and light showers over night and a bit of flurries. we will check pinpoint doppler. you notice it is picking up on a bit of light snow in parts of pennsylvania count and he halifax. most of us dealing with over cast skies a lot not making to the ground. 20s and 30s. danville camera is shaking. 34 in lynchburg. 37 in danville. 32 in roanoke. 28 in blacksburg. wind now five-15 and 20 miles per hour.

it will be brisk and breezy. that means the entire family need the coat. dress in layers and have glasses, lots of sun arrives throughout the day. temperatures climb into the 40s. patty? >> patti: thank you. the appomattox sheriff is ramping up efforts to deal with the drug problem. attorney herring told general assembly more are dying of heroin and prescription over doses than in car accidents. an mat ox sheriff says his current departments force of 20 can't keep up he is asking for money to hire an officer dedicated to investigating drug case. many in the drug game are connected to other crimes. it is not his intent to lockup everyone who uses drugs but more the big time distributors. >> i have personally seen where

that -- just -- you know good people they make bad choices. and doing that, you know they just -- just steel from their family. they get so lost. >> patti: asked council to a lot 45-45 thousand dollars for this position and likely move one of the trained deputies into that position and hire arlington officer for his force. second of two antiboorz activists turned themselves in. dave id david delid an and sandra for tampering with government documents confidence making fake licenses to get into meeting they want to show they sold tissue for preferofit.

a miscarriage of justice. we believe once the case is done tell be thrown out. he will be vindicated and hopeful this da will go after planned parenthood. >> patti: free arch posting 3 thousand dollars bond. merid is out on bond. he may have been appearing before law makers. the former coe of turner pharmaceuticals did not take time seriously. last year he was the most hated man in america after raising the price of a life saving drug by 5,000 5,000%. he smiled his way to a hearing and blasted the law makers on twit are after leaving the hearing room. clare has that story. >> the advice of council privilege against self decrimination. >> reporter: for a man who is out spoken this was an unusual display of restraint.

exchange on capitol hill. member on oversight and reform tried to provoke them. >> is it psychiatriy? >> yes , sir. >> there you can answer some questions. that would not incriminate you. tried to distract him. >> we can talk about the purchase of lute ain't clan. >> they tried to appeal to his nature. >> you can go down in history as the poster boy for greedy drug company executives or change the system. >> reporter: martin earnd that when a ceo raised the price of the drug used to treat aids patients by 5,000%. in an e mill it is/khrer he saw the profit potential in achoiring the drug. writings writeing nice work being a

>> it is extraordinaryily unfair he is singled out for the publicity they received. when all of the facts about the company is disclosed everyone will recognize that he is not a villain. not the bad boy. at the end of the story he is a hero. >> reporter: reason behind his fifth amendment plea. he is on bail on security fraud charges facing possible 20 year prison sentence. he spent his time cultivating support on twitter. live streaming his life on you tube his team has other ideas. >> a condition of my engagement from hence forward he does not speak to the press at all until criminal charges are resolved. we want to try this case in the courtroom not in the media. >> reporter: exercised his fifth no, ma'am on thursday he.

hard to expect that the imbesills report theimbesill s representative the people in our government. >> patti: a woman trusted handle the funds for the pta in lynchburg is now charged with embezzlement. jennifer mufb turned herself in and arrested yesterday for allegedly steeling 31 thousand dollars serving as pta treasurer. the president of the elementary school pt assays she never would have guessed she was steeling from the organization. she says she relied on her to help her take on her no role as pta president. >> she was very helpful and very always willing. felt bad her child is not there. i asked you throughout the summer when i was preparing for what i was needing to do. and i realized it was a huge lie.

field trips. field day and other events for students. we are hearing from the schools who released a statement saying, in part, the unfortunate incident of misconduct service as a reminder that all organizations must engage in best practices and remany accountable to one another so funds are used appropriately. still to come on good morning virginia a health problem not a lot like to talk about. looking at foot fungus in health check. outside this morning. 30s. 32 roanoke. 34 in lynchburg. 37 in danville.

we will see sun. >> melissa: happy friday. we had a lot of cloud cover yesterday into the first part of

lauren sent this photo of the 7 set. a bit of sun peeking through. send the photos to weather@wset.com. we are seeing cloud cover this morning. as we had light drizzle and showers even snow fluoresce reported across the heart of virginia. looking now we are beginning to see all of that precipitation moving out. clouds will linger and sunshine returns for your friday in the end of the work week. here is a snapshot of our weather. morning clouds give way to sun. dry, cool and breezy. you will want to dress in layers. 34 now in lefrn burg. 32 in roanoke. 33 martensville. 37 in danville. 28 in blacksburg. show youed with, five-15 and wind oust roanoke 20 miles per hour now. what does it feel leak like? the teens in black burg. 20 for roanoke and lynchburg.

stay breeze throughout your day. here is that hour by hour forecast for friday. cloudy at 7:00 of sunny by 9 and nothing but sun for the rest of the afternoon. clear skies for the evening hours. temperatures in the mid 30s by 9:00, low 40s by lunch. mid to upper 40s for afternoon. northwest winds up to 30 miles per hour. surface map. high pressure building in from the southwest. we liable high pressure. winds will relax as the high moves in. it is on top of us for the weekend. you got a lot of sun that@ we will get to. today sunny and breezy. but saturday and sunday sunny and a bit warmy. we'll seat temperatures upper 40s low 50s. enjoy that weather while you can. we got a cold blast arriving next week. temperatures, 47 in lynchburg. 48 in alta vista.

41 in the new river valley. over night, mostly clear and cold. wind, clear skies. the 20s. please, dress warmly. here is the next seven. lots of sun. quiet through the weekend. nothing to worry about. monday and today the 40s on monday. look at tuesday,ed with and thursday, temperatures only medicare itting into the 30s. and it looks like we have a clipper system inon top of us snow monday and tuesday. check your weather photo of the day. look at that, troy sent that in of a beautiful sunset there. you have those weather photos as you are out this weekend, send them to weather@wset.com. here is tech bytes. >> hi. apple music announces an update for android. >> subscribers can save their download

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>> have a great day >> patti: a problem that many people don't want to talk b. nail fungus. may not at the top of your list of concerns tell be if it

holly looks at the treatments available in health check. >> reporter: a common yet embarrassing problem many experience. nail fungus. >> nail fungus is call ded by fungi that affects the skin and nail. fungi are found every where. typeset it is every where in the environment. >> reporter: no fungus is contagious. >> you will see the nail will discolor and be yellow or black. sometimes the nail of loose from the nail bed. you will have pain because the nail. >> reporter: anyone can get a fungus. the doctor says athletes, elderly patients and diabetics are at hirer risk. good news is, it is treatable. >> option one i tell patients a topical antifungal daily for a

the second is oral medicine. the patient will take that daily for three months and you will see changes 60% of the time. one of the newer treatments the most effective is laser treatment. that will see effective changes about 85-87% of the time of >> reporter: for health minute. i'm hole furfur. >> patti: look at the most viewed stories on wset.com. danville medical center is increasing security after one of its doctors was shot this week. many of you are reading about the appomattox sheriff asking for a dug recover to help fight drug use is there. you are reading about the democratic presidential candidates. log on to wset.com your source for abc 13 news any time.3 year navy jones of jefferson forest and player of the year finalist tyrell staten are the latest to commit to naia

jones racked up more than 31- hundred total yards and 37 touchdowns his senior season, helping lead jf to back-to-back 12-and-1 seasons. 3 staten starred on both offense and defense for william campbell. liberty high's trayvon lewis and 10 others from magna vista, martinsville and g.w. have also committed to bluefield. 3 dennis hokies secondary coach torrian gray has resigned to take a similar job with the florida gators. gray heads back to his home state. he coached the past 10 seasons with the hokies. 3 college hoops, the bucs of east tennessee state played at vmi. just over a minute in, qj peterson scooped up the loose ball and finishes with a jam on the other end for vmi. keydets led by 11 with five-and-a-half minutes to play first half, but the bucs go on a 15-2 run to end the half to take the lead. bucs go on to win 71-60. 3 seminole district girls, e.c. glass hit the road to heritage to face their city rivals, the pioneers. brittany cobbs got heritage off to a fast start, the putback helped the pioneers

charged back to tie the game, ceana loving knocks down the three. but heritage ran off 11 straight points. and the pioneers win 45-26. 3 and tony stewart will miss the start of his final sprint cup season. stewart fractured his back in that atv accident last sunday and had surgery wednesday. no

return. >> melissa: happy frchldz a snapshot of today's weather. sunshine in the 30s at 8:00-9:00. mid to upper 40ary near 50 for the south side. will be cool. breeze wind. clear skies tonight. temperatures dropping in the 20s. a picture perfect weekend. cold every morning around 25 as you wake up on saturday. 29 on sunday. sunny skies and temperatures where hay should be upper 40s and low 50aires. enjoy the weather. the jet stream will take a trip to the south and bring an unmented relative. cold air all across the earn half of the country. mild on the west coast. temperatures 10-20 below on the

we have a clip are system that will move through just in time for that cold air as it arrives. we are looking at monday night into tuesday. snow showers are a possibility. most totals half an inch to two inches not a widespread snow storm. we could see a taste of winter and flurries lingering into wednesday. sunny, cool, seasonal for the weekend. watching for the snow potential monday and tuesday. temperatures in the 30's. we are dry by late wednesday into thursday. patty? >> patti: thank you. coming up in the next half our, we are typesetting to follow the nicole lovel case this morning we hear from nicole's classmate who is said she want to school officials after concerned about her friend.

in the hospital >> patti: we have the latest developments in the indicates 13

murder one of the students charged with her death was denied bond. natalie keepers is charged with being an accessory. prosecutors presented the time line the night nicole went missing. keep are told police she and david eisenhower plotted the best way to kill lovel and they decided slashing her throat will be the best way. included driving through her apartment complex. buying a shovel and scouting out a place to kill the girl. keep are told police she helped load lovel's body in eisenhower eisenhowerary lex uks. what people knew about the teen's online encounters and whchl a friend says she found out nicole was having an inappropriate relationship with an adid you tell and told school officials about it weeks ago. lisa spoke to that friend last night. >> keri cook says she knew

highly of her kindness was >> last year we went on a school field trip to the pool. i forgot my money she bought me food and a drink. >> reporter: both students keri says she saw the transz formation when nicole started talking to boys. >> on facebook she talked to guys but not at school. >> reporter: something did not feel right. >> i remember one guy he looked older than 18. and they were dating. and it was -- [inaudible] screen shots of how they were a cow couple and they were great together. report when was this? >> i think before winter break. >> reporter: i asked what he looked leak. he had i think he had a beard. like it was growing.

over 18. >> reporter: it was david. >> no. >> reporter: age difference was a red flag. he looked too old. >> reporter: she took her concerns to officials. i went to the school and i told the police officer there. >> reporter: she says she was told it would issue looked into and a month later nicole went missing. >> y didn't believe it. i thought she missed a day of school. >> reporter: she was haunted by the screen shot of nicole's relationship with the older man. >> patti: the police department released a statement on facebook stating they never received a tip from a student. school resource officer had no information concerning nicole in relation to her disappearance. had a student or nicole reached out to him in advanced of her disappearing about anything that

have acted on it through the appropriate channels. you can read that on our website wset.com. currently, we are waiting for further comments from the blacksburg police department. >> melissa: good morning and happy friday. let's get a check of pinpoint radar. you see that the light drizzle and flurries we saw early this morning have reports of sleet. it is all pushes out of our area. we are left with over cast skies and temperatures in the 20s and 30s. 34 in lynchburg. 37 in danville freezing, 32 in roanoke. 37 in brooknil. 28 in blacksburg. 21 degrees in hot springs. we will see gusty and breezy northwest winds. five-15 and 20 miles per hour. could see gusting up to 30 miles per hour notoriety day. what do you need? you want the coat and dress in layers.

you may need sun glasses or a hat. the forecast is looking good as we round out the week. low are 40s by lunch and highs in the upper 40s. patty? >> patti: this morning a danville doctor recovering from a salem hospital. someone shot doctor neil while he walked home from work on monday night. they are increasing security. the facility wants to help find a solution so it is hosting a walk tonight. >> because we care about the health of the community it is more productive to walk and talk. the opportunity is to use this as a chance to share worryings you may have concerns and come up with ideas. >> patti: walk will begin this evening at 6:00 in front of the hospital and our cruel be there for our coverage tonight. this morning, we have the latest in an on going investigation.

backlog of thouz annualeds of untested rape kits held by law enforcement agencies. this is part of a 1.4 million dollars grant to test the kits for dna evident. some date back to 1988. in 2013 was exposed rape kits were in police rooms untested. the state has contracted with a private lab to do the testing. it will take six-eight weeks for results. hope a bill will lockup child sex predators that are going free. allow here say to be allowed in children 13 and younger. some are too unioning to testify. under current laws the people they confess to can't testify because it would be here say. bill passed in the house and phased opposition in the senate. >> there are a few members of the legislator that are not

century on this. >> patti: on the oshg posing side defense attorneys say one concern is parent in a custody battle could lie and use it against the other. virginia department of elections has vote to to reskinned the statement all voters declare residence before of the caing a ballot. this follows a vote yesterday. republican party implement it on the march first primary. the state has the legal authority to change the rule after voting begun. a state election's official says the agency spent 62 thousand dollars to print and mail the required paperwork. for the democratic hopefuls their last debate before the new hampshire primary was the most spirited. hilary and bernie battled over their records on a host of issues. >> reporter: the top two

time before the new hampshire primary. >> i continuing is time to end an artful smear you and your campaign have been carrying out. >> reporter: clashing over not standing up to wall street. >> i helped lead the effort against deregulation. >> reporter: hilary dodged the question about releagues the speech speeches to banks and corporation corporations she showed her muscle on foreign policy. >> i fully see that the secretary clinton who is secretary of state for four years has more experience. but experience is not the only point. judgment is. a vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat isis. bernie refused to go after clinton for her e mails. instead going after her

>> secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent orred their americans. >> senator sander is the only person withhold characterize me a woman running to be the first woman president as exetchifiying the establishment. >> respects are next their debate before the primary is this saturday night on abc. abc news, washington. >> patti: united way needs help reaching the goal bite ends of this month. the nonprofit organization helps support complunt by focusing on improving education, health and next through service. especially for children. they need to raise 25% to reach their goal for the campaign. agreed to match donations up to 20 thousand dollars. go to wset.com if you would like to donate. this week facebook feedback of the week from tammy case

about a girl who announced she is now cancer free. following a week of sad news in our area, casey said, with all the sadness going on it is good to hear great news i'm happy for this precious girl and her family. god bless them all. if you would like to be feet urd follow us on facebook and give us your opinion. still to come, don't be surprised if you see people walking around wearing red today. we will tell you why in today's looking ahead. and outside this morning chilly. grab a coat. 32 in roanoke. 34 in lynchburg. 37 in danville.

and sun this >> melissa: we had some reports of drilz. and a bit of snow and sleet across the heart of virginia that is continuing to push to the east am exiting our region. we are going to see sun later on today. here is a snapshot of your friday. tell be cool out there. breezy, northwest wind. gusting up to 20-30 miles per hour. attaches in the upper 40s. could see 50 down to the south side. now we are in the 30s and 20s out there. 34 in lynchburg. 32 in roanoke and martinsville. 28 in blacksburg. 37 in danville. look at your wednesday. these are sustained wind. five-20 miles per hour across the area. what does it feel like as you are stepping out the door? we are not in the single digits

it feels like 28 in lefrn burg. 19 in blacksburg. 20 in roanoke. you willment the coat as you head out the door to get ready to tackle your day. morning clouds give way to sunful the low 40s by noon. upper 40s for the afternoon. right about where we should be for this time of year. dry and cool for many of us. stay that way throughout the weekend. here is your map. cold front low pressure up the east coast. high pressure will build in are from the southwest as we head throughout friday. saturday and sunday. we like to see high pressure we see sun. winds will relack for the day and a bit of a warm up. so a snapshot. sunny issue breeze and he remember ware. uppure 50s for the weekend. enjoy it while you can. a cool down next week. 45 in lynchburg. 50 in south boston. 44 in lexington.

over night mostly clear and cold. temperatures falling in the 20s. all across the board. quick check, cold mornings, cool afternoon and sun. a great weekend to get out and enjoy seasonal temperatures enjoy them because we got highs dropping to the 30s next week. we dot an arctic blast that will last for the east coast. you notice friday, saturday and sunday, temperatures upper 40s low 50s. lowings where they should be this time of year. monday-today we are watching the chance for snow. a clip are moving through monday-tuesday could see fluoresce wednesday. may be see a couple of inches at best. not a winter snow storm the story will be the attaches highs in the 30s. patty? back to you. >> patti: thank you. today we are expected to hear an update on the state of sweet briar college.

town hall meeting today at 4:00 the president stone will update the college's progress and plans following reopening. the floor will be open to questions at the end. the meeting is in the whale's lounge on campus. george is coming to roanoke. accepted the invitation to talk about his experience as a japanese-american held in a camp during world war ii. this is after the roanoke mayor asked the city deny entry of syrian refugee s ands and compared them to japanese-americans in world wor 2. it is promoting acceptance of refugees in the community it is open to everyone. if you see folks wearing red it is initial go red day. american heart association is work to raise awareness of the heart disease. asking women to wear red and fund research. heart disease and strokes kill a

vast majority are preventible. learn more at goredforwomen. org. google will test the driverless car in washington the third city allowing google to test the caller. google has been developing a prototype self driving car. it announced using 3d software to drive the car 3 million miles a day. lasers and cameras and computers are working has a 360 degree view. now google says there are no plans to use it with someone inside. more ahead on good morning virginia update on the

with his high school. pat>> patti: who are you pooling for for the superbowl. a fan if iowa made up her mind. she knows who will win the game

she may be a little biassed. she made her selection yesterday at the zoo and her pick, well, the panthers. the panthers take to the broncos in superbowl 50 on sunday in santa clara, california. >> wonder if there is biassed there >> patti: perhaps. >> melissa: stick with the family. >> patti: you are stick withing the family. >> melissa: got my blue on. >> patti: i'm a brofrpgo's fan. >> melissa: i love payton manning he is a great guy. if this is his lostast 1. you win for sure. >> melissa: panthers fan will be thankful. we got a good forecast. pam pat sunny. >> a little cloudy. it is their in lynchburg.

28 in blacksburg. 37 in danville. over cast skies. sun on the way for your friday. we will sit at 33 by the 8:00 hour. low 40s for lunch. get the sun glasses close and the coat. tell be breezy and cool. temperatures in the 40s for the day. we will seat breezy northwest winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. weekend outlook no matter what you have planned for saturday and sunday leadings up to the game, picture perfect for us. it will be cold in the morning. temperatures in the 20s. but mostly sunny. highs upper 40s on saturday. low 50s for sunday. seasonal weather. enjoy it while you can. the jet stream is normally that will divide your cold and warmer air. taking a trip to the south next week tell bring an unwanted relative. cold air. temperatures dipping 10-20

that means we could see winter weather. we got an alberta climb are moving through. could bring snow monday-tuesday. not going to be a widespread snow storm. a reminder it it is still february. patty? >> patti: this morning we have an update on a case we have been following concerning a transgender student sued after the school barred him from using the boy's restroom. a judge ruled against gavin last september. now in richmond a legislative panel approved a bill requires students to use the bedroom that corresponds with their biolodge biolodgeal affects. designed to keep transgender people using the bedroom of the gendered which they identify. transgender people should be allowed use the bedroom of their choice. it is considered by an appeal's court. still to come, the latest

elementary school >> patti: look at top stories this morning the latest developments in the case of a girl murdered. one of the virginia tech students charge indeed nicole's death have been denied bond of natalie keepers is charged with an accessory. we learned keepers told police she and the other suspect plotted the best way to kill lovel and decideod slashing her throat that included driving through her apartment complex and buy egg shovel. keepers told police she helped load lovel's body in

the people charged in the death of a captain enters its fifth day. six gang members on trial for the death of kevin quick. prosecutors build their case the abduction and murder of quick was part of a large are crime spree. 10 witness were called to the stand all have been victims of armed robbery in that area. police charged a former pts treasurer with embezelim. jennifer music turned herself inform she stole 31 thousand dollars during her 3 year term at treasurer. police say music was caught when members noticed dues were not paid and bank statements were not adding up. >> melissa: we are going in the weekend with sunshine. not warm but still tell be pret and he the rain is moving out. temperatures where they should be this morning.

that is next week in the 30s. we look now of our morning drive. 33, seeing clearing most of us waking up to over cast skies. it is cold and breezy you want the coat. temperatures in the upper 40s. seasonal for this time of 47 in lynchburg. 49 in danville. 46 in roanoke the wind gusting up to 30 miles per hour. we'll be quiet all the way through friday and the weekend. that cold air arrives monday into today. we are tracking snow showers monday and tuesday. may be flurries into wednesday. couple of inches possible. not a huge impact for us but reminding us it is february. >> patti: that's right. >> melissa: it does. >> patti: and that will do it for us we are back at 7:27 with

have a great weekend good morning, america. a major storm hitting the northeast, 11 states under advisories as schools close and millions get ready for a dangerous commute this morning. new warnings right now. fight night in new hampshire. hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out swinging in their first one-on-one showdown. >> if you've got something to

>> sanders digs in.