testth >> patti: good morning virginia it it is monday february 8 issue 2016 i'm patty martin. >> mona: i'm mona. we are hearing talk of snow this morning. we will send it to melissa in the weather center what is the latest? >> melissa: mona, everyone is waking up it will be a dry and cold commute. not the story later on. a winter mix of rain and snow transitioning to all snow later. attack egg check of satellite and radar. high cloud cover. mostly clear. temperatures in the 20s. 24 in lynchburg. 26 in danville. 25 in blacksburg.

we have a winter storm watch in affect for areas along west of the blue ridge with us throughout thursday morning. along with the winter weather we are talking about cold weather the rest of the week. your school day forecast. we will see sun. temperatures in the mid 20s. mid 40s by lunch. mid 40s for the afternoon high. a rain and snow mix for us. not going to be significant assume lagzs tell stay to the west. we will see a light coating for much of us. as we take you through future raft. a rain/snow mix. and sleet will keep the totals on the lower side this sticks be tuesday. i will have the forecast coming up. >> mona: thank you. a family made it out of their home minutes before it was

blaze started yesterday in the jefferson woods subdivision. neighbors heard what sound like a large explosion. the home was gone in minutes. based on their investigation. firefighters say the fire began on the porch of the home and spread instead. the two adults and dog made it out. the house and two cars are a total loss. neighboring homes sustained minor damage. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> patti: a hot chimney sparked a fire in roanoke county on the 3700 block buck mountain road yesterday morning. crews found flames coming from the roof of the home. house was vacant. work was being done on the inside and the wood stove of used to heat it during the day. >> mona: search for answer after that crane collapse in new york city.

hopefully reopen today. >> it is broke! holy! >> mona: crews removed wreck anning after the crane smashed on the street. they were cut into 35 pieces for investigators to examine. video captured the mobile home the 50 story boom came crashing down. sending debee on to the street. a 38 year old worker died. >> it is not equal to a black box. tell lickly give us the angles of the boom. the two pieces that were in action at the time. if it gives us more than that that will be an extra but i don't want to set expectations tell not give wind speeds or actions of the operator. >> mona: the one person in the hospital a 73 year old man hit by debris is in stable

>> patti: warning about scamers working the phones to get your moan. >> mona: the calls and threats have cost americans millions. abc abc's ron has what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: government is warning americans to be on high alert for a growing phone scam that is milking taxpayers out of manslaughter. woman got a call like that in december from someone claiming to be from the irs demanding she pay thousands in back tax. if we don't there is a warrant. >> she wired 10 thousand dollars to an account in seattle. it was all a scam. the irs says october 2013, 5,000 victims lowing 26 million dollars to people pretend to be irs officials. how do you protect yourself?

>> they use a fake phone number. demand immediate payment and threaten arrest. >> reporter: next month a law requires the irs to hire collection agencies to help collect taxes they may call taxpayers. >> in the future when collectors are calling on behalf of the irs people be likely to fall for that scam. >> reporter: paying taxes they don't owe. abc news new york. >> mona: an escaped work release inmate has been capture indeed florida. 54 year old james boots removed his gps device and fled virginia. the sheriff's office in florida says they learned about where he was after he was in a car crash. >> patti: two people shot and killed following a mardi gras parade in mississippi.

when someone opened fire at mardi gras parade yesterday evening. both victims died from the gunshot wounds. four recalls were hurt taken to the hospital in unknown conditions. >> it was chaotic. initially we had two on the ground. officers yelling for help. there was the people fleeing the team. >> patti: police are investigate. no one has been arrested at that time. >> mona: a baltimore woman recovering after she was hit by an alleged drunk driver making a get away. it happened over the weekend in the more popular night life districts. orlando red was assaulted before the incident at a bar. he got in a van and crashed in several cars. then backed up on the sidewalk where he ran the woman overwhelm

>> patti: a pennsylvania high school student and his mother are speak out now that video of him being assaulted is circumstantial laying online. >> mona: her son suffer friday a medical condition and the assault could have killed him. pamela reports. >> i cry when i seen that it is like, wow. how could kids be that cruel? >> reporter: a student ready and recording as 16 year old turned the corny. >> kicked in the chest am i was kind of hurt and embarrassed. >> reporter: he has cerebral palsy he says some kid pick on him. only this time the harassment left the halls of the high school and was posted online where more people shared it and laughed. >> i was angry. >> reporter: margaret is isaiah suffers from seizures and grateful this kick to the chest

>> i want this to stop. bullying is not funny. isaiah who likes school like his video games wants his bullies to know this takes the fun out of his school day. >> people should have consideration and thoughtfulness of how hurtful things are. >> reporter: mom cease this as a teachable moment for everyone. >> speak up, you don't have to fit in. you don't have to be like everybody. if something is going on wrong. everybody is responsible. >> patti: heart breaking to watch. i don't get kids who do that. >> mona: still to come, many think you don't have to worry about high cholesterol until you are older. doctors say, that is not the case. detail in today's health check. >> patti: in the 20's. 26 roanoke. 26 in danville.

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secrets that only >> mona: good morning and happy monday about 6:15 we are talking winter weather. not today the entire week. here is a snapshot of what to expect. it is a clear and cold morning. this afternoon we will see a rain and snow winter mix. most areas a coating. could see two inches the further west you go. we have winter watches. the winter storm watch the blue color you see along and west of the blue ridge starts this evening. and in affect until thursday at 7:00 a.m. the purple is an advisory through affect this evening. wooty deal with the winter weather and dry air the rest of the week. through the weekend. satellite and radar is clear. temperatures they are reflecting 24 in lynchburg. 26 in roanoke and danville. 20 now in martinsville.

we will make it into the mid 40s today. we will deal with the winter mix. you seat first system is continuing to depart up the east coast. we have the counter clock wise circulation with the low pressure system over the great lakes. cold front later on this afternoon. we got showers a bit of winter weather ahead of the front. there is a look at it behind that front, cold air mass will settle in along the east coast as we head throughout the week. today rain and snow transitioning to all snow tonight. flurries tomorrow but highary in the 30s the rest of the week. clouds arrive for the rooven. we seat snow move nothing from west to east along with that front. you notice it is scattered in nature. we are looking at rain to the south with the temperatures warmingum. you see sleet mixing with the snow that winter mix is where we seat lower totals. it will continue through this evening.

snow showers as you wake upper tomorrow the chance for those will continue to tomorrow afternoon. we will begin to dry out. here is our snowfall projections, a few flakes to the south and the east. a coat to half an inch the light are blue. tell be more on the coating side. one-two inches the further west. watch out for slick spots today and tonight and tomorrow morning's commute. temperatures in the mid 40s. 49 in south boston. 46 in lynchburg. 45 in roanoke. we are dropping into the upper 20s. i promise you heise in the 30s. the rest of the week. look at that 33 on wednesday. that trend sticks with us all the way through valentines day. get a check of the weather photo of the day. there.

send the photos it weather@wset.com. here is tech byteings. >> hey in tech bytes the top twitter mentions during the sprvenl beyonce took the top spot receiving two and a half million mentions. >> followed by e southerns. 1.2 million and bunkos with 1.1 million. i phone ordinance are ancient real. i phone fixing stopped working. it is a security measure after the phones were repaired by someone other than apple. if you get the message contact apple supportful has face book ended the concept of 6 degrees of separation? >> according to the site if you pick any two facebook iersz well is 3.57 degrees of separation between them? how many between kevin bacon still?

>> have a great day >> mona: with health news many don't think about the dangers of high cholesterol until middle age. studies are showing that young adid you tells should think about their levels early. to ward off heart disease later. adam has the detail in health check. >> reporter: nicole diaz nelson was surprised when her doctor gave her unwantd and unexpected news. >> i found out i have high cholesterol. two years ago isz was shocked i was in my mid twenties. >> reporter: she is lucky she found out when she did. studies are showing that having high cholesterol early on can put you at a greater risk for heart problems when you are old older.

years that a person has high cholesterol at 85 their cholesterol was increased by a third. american heart association do recommend screening young adid you tells for high cholesterol. and repeat screening every five years. >> reporter: diet and exercise other main changing that can be made at any age of for those when very high cholesterol medicine may be needed to keep it in check. >> patti: the most viewed stories on wset.com. a fire destroyed a home in forrest over the weekend. many of you are logging on to read about the danville man in custody after authorities say he provoked police into shooting him. and created a foundation in

log on to wset.com your3 dave hi everyone. it wasn't one of the prettiest super bowls of all time between the broncos and panthers. but in the end, it was the defenses that turned the tide towards the champs. 1st quarter, broncos up 3-nothing. denver's von miller explodes off the edge, and strips the ball away from cam newton on the sack. malik jackson recovers the fumble in the end zone for the td. miller's blind side strip set the tone for this one, broncos up 10 nothing. panthers keep pounding. johnathan stewart goes airborne over the pile for the score to make it 10-7. now into the fourth, panthers down 6, trying to take the lead,

recovers. this time, denver shuts the door. cj anderson powers his way in from two yards out, von miller is your mvp, and the denver broncos are your super bowl 50 champs, 24-10 over the carolina panthers. 3 dave intv one of the afc's best running backs might be hanging it up! espn reporting the seattle seahawks running back is telling friends and family he may retire this offseason. lynch turns 30 in april, but battled injuries all season, registering just 417 yards on 111 carries. if he plays, lynch is scheduled to earn nearly 12 million dollars in 2016. 3 dave women's action at the vines - sparky and the lady flames battling radford. 1st half, ashley rininger with the miss, but katelyn adams is there for the follow. double-double for adams, 10 points, 11 rebounds. liberty goes on a 16-6 second quarter run, rininger doesn't miss that - 16 points for ashley, leads all scorers. flames up 7 at the break. 2nd half, watch the bounce pass inside to sadalia ellis who gets the layup to fall.

straight, 67-53 over radford. flames now 11-2 in big south play, tied for first with asheville. with asheville. that will do it for sports. have a great day. >> >> melissa: we are talking winter weather for virginia. here is what we are tracking. it will be cold all week throughout monday into tuesday. we will see rain and snow mix that will change to all snow later tonight. most totals will be a few flakes. possibly one-two everyone the further west you go. could see flouries on wednesday. tell be the cold weather. want to show you a couple of models we looked at to show you the consensus. the europe ain't model half an inch to an everyone. and even to the south side here is another model. gff model. i see same story. bringing further down to the south. over all a few flakes to the

may see a coating for central virginia. our models not calling for that. keeping most in parts of western virginia. just keep that in mind. the consensus we are seeing. temperatures today 46 in lynchburg. 46 in app matomattoxappomattox. 45 in lovingston. rain mechesed with snow. 48 in danville. 47 in martensville. 45 in smith mountain lake. in western virginia upper 30s and low 40s. where we are expecting the highest accumulation. winds five-10 and dry and cold wednesday through sunday. mona and patty? >> patti: thank you. coming up, this morning we have an update on an amber ash letter that many of you may have gotten on your phone. details on the child who went

two battered and bloody dogs are it's "e.t" at the big >> mona: mother of the boy who die indeed a septic tank is scheduled be in court today on

court records show ashley white's trial is scheduled take up to five days. white and 32 year old paul thomas are accused of leaving their five year old son abigale, home alone on match 22nd of last year. noah's body was found in the septic tank near the family's home four days later. me determined the boy drowned and that hyperthermia ybted to his death. felony of child abuse and neglect on match ninth. pap pat a police officer will be arain indeed bedford. indicted on child porn. investigators say the 54 year old brian mc alexander was taken in custody friday in henry county. target of a child exploitation case in 2015 lead by an investigator from the children's task force.

a missing three year old girl. according to virginia state police the amber alert for moses was canceled after 6:00 p.m. she was found safe. the child is in the custody of authorities. the sheriff's office was searching for the toddler. she may have been in extreme danger. she was alleged 3 abducted by her father. at last check issue there is no word on pending charges for moses. >> melissa: good monday morning. mostly clear and cold as you wake up. grab the coat. the family will need to bundle up. get a check of your weather. you see 20s out there. all of us below the freezing mark. 24 in lynchburg. 26 in danville and roanoke and brooknil. cloud cover in blacksburg. 25 degrees, 31 in hot springs, we have a winter storm watch in

goes in affect this evening until thursday morning. today's school day. no issues the children head to school. we will see sun. temperatures in the mid 20s. tell be this afternoon. a winter mix of rain and snow. could see a bit of sleet and temperatures will make it in the mid 40s. time itting out forow future cast, you notice that mix. the pink is the sleet. purple early and blue is the snow. green being the rain. will move through this evening. temperatures do drop in the 20s. we will see this turn to snow. we could see that snow lingering with us tomorrow. just a quick check of a model calling for snowfall. very light in nature. significant accumulation will stay toward the mountains we will time it out and show you the forecast coming up. patty? >> patti: thank you. two seriously injured pit bulls

after few good samaritan. a wap found two dogs abandon off route 21 in bedford. called animal control the operator told her they were not open on weekends and leave the animals there. that woman's post caught the eye of ash manneda bing who contacted her friends at the humane society who took the dog in. bing says more needs to be done to help animals in need even on the weekends. >> i would say as an an mom love. we should focus on a little reform in those areas and help somebody even a call person for after hours situation in which animals are severely injured. >> patti: the dogs stayed at the shelter over night on saturday. bing is trying to raise money for their medical bills and adoptions. a family member of a teen who disappeared is ready to lend

when and if they are ready. trina murphy help families dealing with missing person cases at any teenage. >> mona: murphy created a foundation the aware foundation. aware is for always watch and recognize your environment. courtney reports. >> reporter: trina murphy knows the pain of not knowing. the most rural area possible. >> reporter: in august 2013 her niece alexis disappeared. randy taylor is serving two life sentences for abducting and murdering the 17 year old. murphy's body was not found. >> it is real. this really can happen. >> reporter: she created the foundation in her honest or like abduction victim morgan herrington. the key goal of the foundation is to help all families affected

>> if it is local we want to go to that family and say, look. we understand what you are going through and here are things you might want to think about. >> reporter: working with law enforcement to bring awareness to missing person case. as well as getting to schools to educate future generation says. >> we don't want to teach them fear we want them to operate out of awearness. how we came up with aware. >> people are starting to take notice. in less than a week foundation facebook page has three,000 likes. >> we are really excited about the support we got. >> reporter: she hopes ash wear's reach continues to expand. gi would love to see it in every high school, middle school or where we can put it. we really want to get the message out there. pat mat in addition to the facebook page the aware foundation raised a thousand dollars through a go fund me page dedicated to cover start up costs.

have it on our website wset.com. >> mona: a danville machine in custody after he tried to get officers to shoot him. just after 5:30 yesterday morning. someone called a report of a person on the 100 block of beret street. dragging a body thru the woods. investigators say it was a trick to lure them there where they found a man standing in the woods with a gun. according to police. the man was mentally unstable and said he wanted them to shoot him. police negotiateded with the man for two and a half hours swat intervened. man was taken in custody and sent for a medical evaluation. police have not released his name. >> patti: advocates for domestic violence victim ss. the governor and top gop law makers hammered out the bill. bar people subject to permanent protective orders from having a

leaders who opposed such legislation have agreed to get behind it this year. >> mona: virginia republicans choose the nominee to replace the fifth district steet. robot hurt ashnnounced he will retire at the end 2016 of the convention is may 14th. >> patti: still to come. thinking of which i poeltchipotle chipotle for lunch. yu may change those plans. >> mona: here is your forecast. 21 in lynchburg.

>> melissa: a look at the winter weather we are expecting. see that winter mix transfer to all snow. window is from 11:00 a.m. today in western virginia and pushes to our area in the later afternoon hours. most totals may be a coating, half an inch the further east you go. couple of inches for the mountains. watch for a few slick spots throughout tonight and tomorrow. winter storm watch the blue in affect from this evening until thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. the winter mix. we are going to deal with dangerously low wind chills and cold attaches highs in the 30s. the purple color in affect until this evening. satellite and radar shows high clouds out there. most of us are clear and cold. temperatures in the 20s. 24 in lynchburg. 26 in danville. the winter winner 25 in blacksburg.

here is the system, you see counter clock wise circulation we have low pressure system cold front ahead it of the. the front will cross us throughout monday we will see the cold air blind the front. lite put the map in moegdz. you see the cold air in the entire east coast. today we will see a mix of rain and snow. tomorrow flurries continuing throughout the afternoon. highs in the upper 30s. they will drop the rest of the week. timing it out for you begin to see the rain/snow mix in western virginia around lunch. tell move to central and south side. we are seeing greenbay. temperatures in the mid 40s. keeping the totals down for us. we will see the transitioning more to snow out in western virginia temperatures drop in the 20s. tomorrow with highs in the 30s.

before we will dry out for wednesday. the look at sno projections you see pushing it more to the west. coating half an inch. i think that light are blue color will be more of a coating and dusting. one-two everyones the further west along 64 and tell be western virginia where they will see the most significant snowfall totals. heise today 46 in lynchburg. 47 in alta vista. near 50 in south boston. upper 30s in new river. mid 40s roanoke. tonight temperatures dropping in the 20s and sunny wednesday through sunday. highs only in the 30s. mona? back to you. >> mona: thank you. divers will resume a search after the southern california coast today. they will look for wreckage from two small planes that collide last week. the remanies of two victims and part of a plane were recoverod sunday a hundred feetly bow the surface.

after both planes left radar leading to believe there was a collision one was a beechcraft and the other a decathlon a plane used for stunts. >> patti: deadline to vote in the match primary is today. virginia voters will select candidates march first. to vote you must register before 5 5:00 this afternoon. do it rat the office or online. >> mona: tomorrow voters head to the poles for the first pierm in new hampshire. pat >> patti: have trump and sanders in the lead. their opponents are closing in. ken athhas more on the final push for votes in the race for the white house. >> reporter: it is crunch time the day before the new hampshire primary. bernie sanders fired uptaking presidential punches from his rifle's husband.

>> for her this is not about grand theories of revolution whether we can improve people's lives. the former president was in new hampshire hillary was in flint, michigan taking on the lead water crisis. >> what happened in flint is immoral. report are the pole out of new hampshire shows clinton close nothing on sanders. donald trump maintains a double digit lead in the state. >> quiet. out of time. >> the republican fought it out during the abc news g. o. p. debate. the attacks continued on the trail after jeb bush enlisted barbara bush. poor, poor, jeb bush who brings his mother because he need help. mommy, please come, walk in the snow, mom. >> rubio says superbowl sunday defending his debate fumble. >> start with the fiction that obama does not know what he is doing.

dispel with the fiction that he doesn't know -- >> i will say every chance i get. obama ismenting to trying to change america. >> they have 40 campaign events today. trump, bernie and clinton are expected to bring big crowds. 24 hours until the first vote. abc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> patti: crews hope to reopen the street where a crane fell in new york city. yesterday crews removed piece of the crane that collapsed on friday killing a person. the 560 foot long boom crashed down on north street in tribeckasm cut in 35 pieces and taken on a flat bed. the last piece was moved yesterday morning. crews are on the seen work to repair a water main and gas line. if chipotle is your lunch destination. try something new.

location for four hours for a food safety meeting. after afteran e coal eye out break last year. 500 people got sick. at the meetings employees will go over an updated food safety program implemented last month. all restaurants closed from 11 11:00 a.m.-3:00. volvo will lay off fewer workers than announced. the roanoke times reports the truck make are confirmed that 600 workers are losing their jobs this month. company said it would lay off 734 workers in bub lynne over a three week period this month. cuts decrease to demand. a spokesman says officials determined they can manage the adjustments without kuth as many jobs at anticipates.

broncos are superbowl >> patti: the columbus zoo's baby polar bear has a name temperature is norasm it was chosen in an online vote attracting participates from 115 countries. her parents names she was born on november 6. we can watch this the rest of the show. is that cute? they lock like the teddy bear that they actual low look leak the teddy bears that are made. >> that bear goes missing. >> mona: your daily dose of cuteness. pandas and polar bears i need to work in the zoo. >> down in virginia. i know where you are going with this. talking winter weather. cold weather. reminding us it is february. [laughter]

are looking at. this week you will need the gloves and scarf and coat every day. we head to today a mix of rain and snow. transitioning to all snow later tonight with a chance for snow lingering into tomorrow. totals will be a few flakes. up to two everyones in higher elevations. flurries possible wednesday we begin the drying out and cooling down. mostly sunny by 8:0031 issue 44 by lunch. clouds roll in and we see that winter meches. tell not be a snow event you see to the south and the east a few flakes with temperatures near 50. they will see rain. the lighter blue is a coating half an inch. this is more of a coating for us. could make slick spots tonight into tomorrow. a bit of a dark are blue that is one-two everyones in the higher

bull's eye in west virginia they could pick up several inches. mid 40s for parts of central virginia. down to the south they are near 50. rain with a few flakes and the highest totals will be out in western virginia. mona and patty, back to you. >> patti: thank you. you don't know by now the broncos pulled off an upset at superbowl. they doe feeted the panthers last night. >> mona: the first player in history to win as a starting quarter back for two different team usa. many thought the panthers would run away with the win but as brandy reports, that did not happen. >> reporter: a super sized superbowl 50 celebration for the broncos beating the pacters 24-10. manning now 18 time champion is the oldest quarter back leading a team to victory.

>> is this your final game? i will take time to reflect. >> reporter: credit goes to the top broncho's defense. stopping the panthers from scoring. time and time again. miller named mvp. half-time show was bright and chiefly. special guests beyonce and bruno mars. this year's adds went to the jobs. many choosing to feature animals and humor. >> this moment belongs to broncho's fans. celebrating here and on the streets of colorado. the scenic cited trophy home to denver. >> reporter: they are not

celebration that will take place on tuesday in denver. abc news, santa clara, california. >> patti: still to come on gmv a form are police officer is scheduled to be in court on

>> mona: missing girl is >> patti: a look at top stories a form are police officer will be arraigned today in bedford. the recover indictod six counts of possession of child porn. the 54 year old alexander was taken in custody on friday in henry county. target of a child exploitation case in april of 2015 lead by an investigate with the internet crimes against children's task force.

three year old girl is over. accord to go police the am ber alert was canceled after 6:00 p.m. last night. she was found and the child is in the can have the of authorities. sheriff's office had been searching for her saying she may be in danger. she was allegedly abducted by her father 25 year old james moses the third. there is no word on pepping charges for moses. >> patti: alexis aunt medicare itting her mission to-grieving families starting the aware foundation. the mission to bring awareness, support and education concerning missing people trina murphy create today. her niece was 17 when she was abduct indeed murder indeed 2013. >> patti: we have to you can talk about the possibility of winter weather moving in. >> not going to be like we saw a couple weeks ago.

nothing the south side. flakes, one-two inches out. now cold, 24 with clear skies. grab the coat. temperatures make it in the 40s. that's where we will see the rain/snow mix transitioning to snow later tonight and continues to tuesday and cold and dry the rest of the week.

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good morning, america. the denver broncos run away with the championship. >> the denver broncos have taken super bowl 50. >> their devastating defense grounding cam newton. >> the ball is out in the end zone. >> and powering past carolina. a super ending for peyton manning, becoming the oldest qb to lead his team to the title. was this his final game? peyton manning is joining us this morning. one-two punch. two powerful storms moving in. 25 states in the crosshairs. new england under a blizzard warning. and this cruise ship caught in hurricane-force winds. thousands ordered to take cover in their cabins. overnight, bill clinton lashes out against bernie sanders and his supporters. >> vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane, often not to mention sexist, to repeat. >> and all bets are off for the