trina murphy knows the pain of not knowing. her niece was abducted and murdered. murphy's body was never found. >> it's real, you know. this really can happen. >> reporter: she said she created the a.w.a.r.a. foundation in her honor, much like save the next girl was made for abduction victim morgan harrington. >> if it's someone local, we want to be able to go to that family and say here's some things you might want to think about. >> reporter: another goal, working with law enforcement to bring awareness to missing persons cases and to get into schools to educate future generations.

we want them to operate out of awareness, hence how we came up with a.w.a.r.e. >> reporter: the foundation's facebook page has nearly 3,000 likes. >> we're excited about the support we've gotten so far. i would love to see an a.w.a.r.e. chapter this every high school and middle school. >> reporter: the foundation has raised morning $4,000 through a gofundme page. >> anchor: thank you. it seems we've seen it all when it comes to the weather late. will we be seeing snow again? >> will: we've got a low pressure center off towards our coast and another one out towards the midwest. both of those will play a role in our forecast in the next few hours.

coast and another one in the dakotas and minnesota. the one in minnesota will be our big weather player. we'll see winter weather return to the area on monday. we'll break it down in just a little bit. >> anchor: lynchburg crews have been busy this weekend doing some roadwork going on now-monday at 5:00 a.m., traffic lanes on the grades mill road bridge will be closed one lane in each direction. then work will continue each weekend through march. be careful when driving through that zone. advocates for domestic violence victims are praising a rare bill in richmond that

abusers of their gun rights. even g.o.p. supporters who have opposed such legislation have agreed to get behind it this year. the 5th district representative is retiring in november. a new convention will be held later in the year. to vote, you must register before 5:00 p.m. monday february 8th, that's this coming monday. you can register at your local registrar's office or online at elections.virginia.gov. the count downto the primaries is gone. for the g.o.p., it's also debate night. we have a look at what you can expect. >> reporter: the stage is set for what's expected to be

stumping today. >> what we have to do is save this country. >> reporter: before facing off for the last time before the new hampshire primary. >> on the stage tonight you'll see a difference between those who are prepared to lead and those who are continuing to talk. >> reporter: trump has a 19 .-point lead followed by marco rubio. the target on his back getting bigger. >> he's willing to make deals with voters. >> reporter: ted cruz supporters out hoping he can push ahead for a repeat of iowa. >> if it's one vote, it's worth it. >> it's a beautiful day in manchester. >> reporter: and hillary clinton going door to door too. >> i need your help on tuesday. >> reporter: she leads bernie sanders by just two points and is behind by double

>> if we can bring out a decent vote on tuesday, i'm confident we're going to win. >> reporter: the republicans of course, hopeful that success here in this debate will translate to votes on tuesday. >> anchor: new details after that deadly crane crash in new york city. >> [bleep] it's falling. >> anchor: crews are still working to remove the wreckage that the crane left behind after the crash. cell phone video captured the moment the crane crashed down friday. it crushed cars and sent is debris flying onto the world below. >> it is not the equivalent of

it will likely give us the angles of the boom. if it gives us more than that, that will be extra. >> anchor: one person left in the hospital was a 72-year-old man hit by falling debris, he's in stable condition. and residents in flint, michigan say the contaminated water is responsible for painful rashes they have all

>> i have red -- it's all >> anchor: an unsolved murder at a west oakland station has the san francisco bay area police offering a big reward. an 18-year-old man was shot on a b.a.r.t. train. the suspect shot the man and ran off. b.a.r.t. is offering $10,000 through oakland crime stoppers

hillary clinton is heading to flint, michigan. it isn't just the lead in the water that has people upset. the rashes on people like melissa hayes has people upset. >> when you try to put lotion on the rashes, it would burn like a chemical burn. and we were thinking this isn't right. >> anchor: outraged residents say that officials knew about the rashes before the water problems but didn't act. well, will. it seems like we've got rain and snow. >> will: we're going to see

weathe >> will: let's take a peek at some snow up on wintergreen from our time lapse camera. slopes. 36 our current temperature right now in lynchburg. dew point at 17. visibility wide open at ten miles. wind are calm and pressure is steady if not going up a little bit. we're going to be in between

of days. 36 right now lynchburg. 41 farmville. 45 45 charlottesville -- martinsville. we've got one area of low pressure down here on the carolina coast from bloomington to myrtle beach. the sunshine state getting inundated with rain this afternoon. and a clipper system up north in montana, the dakotas, and minnesota. this is going to be our main player in the forecast over the next couple of days. we have that big area of low pressure down toward the carolina coastline and that big clipper system in the north. this one looks like it's going to stay safely offshore, and it will maybe bring us some cloud cover. it's going to be that clipper system that is doing the majority of that week.

it's going to unleash some flurries and cold air across the vicinity. and probably the coldest air we've seen so far this weekend. just seeing clear skies this evening. we'll see more clouds in the overnight hours tonight. more clouds tomorrow afternoon will be along and east of the parkway. and west of interstate 77, we may see mostly sunny skies for a good chunk of the afternoon. clear skies very briefly on sunday and monday, we'll see the clouds increase in the morning and the rain starting but finishing up as snow showers on monday afternoon. the window for this precip will be 12:00-5:00 p.m. two inches could be possible in the mountains. slick spots are possible on the roads.

33 below 0 in baker lake. that cool air is going to come into our direction. we'll get at least one good shot at cold air and yet another blast of cold air coming up for next week. overnight low temperatures in the 20s. a few 30s out there. variable cloudy skies and school. tomorrow afternoon, not a bad day. we'll call it a blend of sun and clouds. low 50s for central virginia. mid-50s for martinsville, danville, south boston. new river valley in the lower 50s. and the snow more monday and monday night. 46 is the high on front door. and 33 for the high on wednesday. those lows in the teens. >> anchor: 50 is really good for this time of year. >> will: our normal high is 47, so it's not too bad. >> anchor: my first winter

brace ourselves for the cold coming this weekend and then it starts warming up. >> will: we'll see. >> anchor: new troubles this weekend for browns' quarterback johnny manziel. his family begging him to go back to rehab. his father saying that if johnny doesn't get help, he won't make it to his next birthday. >> reporter: after an allegedly violent night in january with his ex-girlfriend, colleen, crawley, manziel is now the subject of a criminal investigation. the judge signed a contract barring any contact between the couple for two years.

scared and that manziel threw or hit her with an open hand. she said that he threatened suicide shouting "shut up or i'll kill us both." >> it seems to be a litany of bad decisions by this guy, and it doesn't seem to change. >> reporter: in october, police dash cameras captured the moments after a physical confrontation from the pair after they were admittedly drinking that day. early in 2015 manziel stepped away from his n.f.l. career for treatment in a rehab facility. and while krouley told officers that manziel was not

his father says that the n.f.l. star refused to return to rehab. >> reporter: how about we talked about players on the field? flames facing a big road

and u.v.a. hopes to make it >> reporter: welcome back, everyone. it's been one month and two days since virginia tech upset u.v.a. the hokies have been losers

they've got a date on tuesday in charlottesville against those cavalier. virginia tech beat clemson. the hokies move to 13 and 11. dennis carter is at castle coliseum, and he'll have highlights for you tonight at 11:00. and the u.v.a. cavs are the exact opposite out of tech. they have won their last five and they face a tough challenge on the road against pit. and brogdos does this one-handed jam down the lane. and brogdon fires up thehree from the wing. and u.v.a. goes up two at the break. and brogdon is going to do it

firing it up from downtown. u.v.a. up six and starting to blow it away. and gill is going to get the jam home on the fast break right about there. and perrantes goes four for five. and brogdon going for 21 points. and u.v.a. wins against pit. and liberty flames men's basketball team are the hottest team in the men's south conference. the flames, red hot from behind the ark, averaging 11 three pointers in the game. and dawson averaging 16 points a game in that stretch. and holesley is named big south freshman of the week.

team big south all-star john brown are looking to stay ahead of the flames in the conference standings. brown scored 23 in the losing effort. and the hornet women host ran dove macon. hornets lead by 16. and francesco to mellen. and harrison for the layup. and shepherd is going to get the spin and the hoop right in the lane. the hoop and the foul. and lynchburg beats the yellow jackets 83-63. 33 bench points for the hornets. >> to be able to get to where we need to be right now is extremely critical, especially going down this stretch and with a strong season of injuries and going through the tournament. it all plays a big part. >> reporter: the scoreboard.

second half. late in the second, hornets are up nine. and lynchburg has a big showdown on wednesday against randolph. and the n.h.l. gave a 20 game suspension for this hit in january. the referee was able to finish the game but was treated for concussion systems at the hospital. the player said that he had no

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>> anchor: tomorrow is big day. the super bowl. what should people expect when they're heading out to the parties with nachos and all the food. >> will: not bad tomorrow. 39 in wintergreen. 42 in the homestead. and in west virginia, temperatures in the 30s and right around the 40 degrees. a wonderful day to hit the slopes. monday-tuesday are going to be our big weather days. not a big accumulation. just rain changing other to all know. generally half an inch in central and southside virginia to maybe as much as two inches in the mountainous locations. and then it's all about the cold. don't even look. 35 thursday. overnight lows in the teens

good news for dave and myself. bad news -- >> anchor: i always think of you when it's in the teens. i think they're probably out in their shorts. >> will: pretty much. >> anchor: thank you for joining us at abc-13 news at welcome to a special edition of "world news tonight." the high stakes showdown right here in new hampshire about to begin. the republicans prepping for the spotlight. their last chance to plead their case. we have the all-access pass, just moments away. the candidates stepping up their game. >> i almost want to just go in and pray. >> and stepping up the attacks. >> he's willing to break his word to the voters. >> just three days until new hampshire, voters weigh in, and the results could send some packing. the urgent new warning about one of the biggest scams in america. fake phone calls demanding back taxes, threatening arrest.

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