to eat. what food doctors say may be linked to childhood obesity. 3 3 3 after an active start to the week, we can enjoy a quiet rest of the workweek and a mild weekend across the heart of virginia. i'll have the details coming up. 3 3 pattie good morning virginia. it is 3 wednesday, february 17th, 2016. i'm pattie martin. whit and, i'm whitney delbridge. thanks for starting your day with us. 3 whit tight the attorney general's office and the defense counsel for a former bedford police officer indicted on possession of child porn.. reached an agreement on bond. yesterday, brian mcalexander got a 20-thousand dollar secured bond with special conditions. mcalexander was indicted by a bedford county grand jury earlier this month. as a former police officer possibly having worked

attorney's office or icac.. mcalexander was assigned a special prosecutor from the attorney general's office in richmond.wes nance/deputy commonwealth's attorney (:09): "when there's a member of local law enforcement that is charged or even accused of a crime, our office has to remove itself from consideration."whit tight mcalexander's next court date is this friday. 3 3 pattie box one of the people connected to the lyon sisters case in bedford county has pleaded no contest to perjury. yesterday, leslie engleking, senior admitted he lied to a grand jury investigating the case of the missing sisters, to protect his sister, patricia welch. her husband, richard welch, is being called a person of interest in the case. patricia welch is also charged with perjuring herself before the same grand jury. engleking faces up to 10 years in prison. 3 whit an iraq war veteran is recovering after he says he was brutally attacked outside a d.c. fast-food restaurant. the incident occurred late last week at a mcdonald's. chris marquez says he was

came up and started taunting him, asking "if black lives matttered?" he says he tried to ignore them.. but then the alleged encounter escalated. (chris marquez/assault victim)" because i wasn't responding back to them, they were calling me a racist. as soon as i walked out of the mcdonald's...i got hit in the back of the head or the side of the head. 3 kinda brought back memories of the war and stuff."whit tight marquez says the suspects also took his wallet and credit cards.. and used those cards shortly after the attack. no one has been arrested, but marquez says he hopes the suspects are caught. 3 3 3 grab a jacket this morning as temperatures are starting out in the 30s. while some roads will still be wet and could be slick, no significant threat of black ice will be present on your morning commute. for your wednesday, we'll see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 40s. winds will be out of the west and a bit breezy at times. some clouds linger for tonight with overnight lows falling into the upper 20s. mostly sunny for thursday with highs

3 pattie in the race for president - new polls show donald trump holding onto his commanding lead in south carolina.whit this as voters there are set to head to the polls in just a few days. megan hughes has the latest on the race for the white house. 3 3 trump calls in on stephen colbert's "the late show"--sot colbert:"i can think off the

that you have said on air that, and this is true, cbs will not let me repeat"-- though he's vowed to clean up his dirty language, that doesn't mean he's playing nice. sot-trump:"bush, poor bush, he comes out (imitates bush) i don't think donald trump can beat hillary clinton but i can. then why aren't you beating me, why aren't you beating me?"jeb bush sot:"i dont care what donald trump says... the guy is a complete loser."jeb bush making news with a one word tweet-- "america" with a picture of his own gun?his name printed on the barrel. the new york daily news 3 going after bush this morning-with the headline- dolt-45. (gfx) the latest cnn/orc poll in south carolina shows bush, rubio and cruz all trailing. trump with a 16- point lead in the palmetto state. (gfx) on the democratic side-hillary clinton with a nearly 20-point advantage. both candidates appeared on nevada public television last night-sanders sot:"you cannot ignore the impact of what wall street greed has done to this

hit harder than in nevada." clinton sot:"i've spent a lot of time in nevada. it's one of the most diverse and exciting places in this in our country." tag: tba - megan hughes, abc 3 news, washington. 3 pattie tight on the heels of justice antonin scalia's death, president obama is declaring that republicans have no constitutional grounds to refuse to vote on a supreme court nominee..when there is a vacancy on the supreme court, the president of the united states is to nominate someone. the senate is to consider that nomination and either they disapprove of that nominee, or that nominee is elevated to

been viewed as a 3 question.pattie the president also said he intended to do his job between now and january 20th, 2017. he told reporters yesterday.. he expects senators to do their jobs as well. since justice antonin scalia's unexpected death at a ranch in texas on saturday.. white house lawyers and advisers have been scrambling to refine.. and vet a list of potential replacements. they've also been devising a strategy to push a candidate through the republican-led senate. 3 whit box medical experts are in washington d-c learning how to limit the zika virus. a workshop is being held at the national academy of sciences building. their plan? to stop the spreading. yesterday's conference brought together some of the best minds on the issue. with people returning to the u-s and bringing the virus with them -- officials are growing concerned. yale university researchers say zika was unknown a year ago. and

was more serious for pregnant women.albert ko/professor, yale university school of public health"and then women who we believe were exposed early in 2015 now are giving birth to these babies with birth defects...so a year ago this wasn't happening, wasn't happening right."whit brazil has gone from 0 to 4- thousand affected babies in less than a year. 3 3 pattie tight there's been a lot of talk lately about whether doctors need to screen children for autism. the statistics show 1 in 68 children have autism spectrum disorder. yesterday, a top advisory group issued a new guideline saying there is not enough evidence to support routine screenings for autism in apparently healthy toddlers. autism affects behavior and communication. the u.s. preventive services task force makes recommendations for america's doctors. it looked at existing research on autism in children ages 18 to 30 months. what they found is there is not enough research for the experts to recommend for or against screening all healthy toddlers for autism.

suggests eating fish more than three times a week during pregnancy could be associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity. the study's author analyzed data from more than 26-thousand pregnant women and their children. researchers followed up with the children at two-year intervals from birth until age 6. the study found pregnant women who ate fish more than three times per week gave birth to children with higher bmi values. the fda and epa recommend pregnant women should eat no more than two to three servings per week. 3 pattie tight there could be a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer... researchers at seattle's fred hutchinson cancer research center have announced a potential new treatment based on what's called "immuno- therapy." that helps a person's immune system fight off cancer cells in a way that's similar to fighting a virus. in the treatment, doctors take white blood cells called t-cells from cancer patients and genetically modify them. the cells are then put back in the patient

say the cells could protect from cancerous invasions. in one study - the therapy eliminated all symptoms in 94 percent of participants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. other blood cancers showed response rates greater than 80 percent. 3 whit still to come on good morning virginia... it's easy to think there's not a whole lot of gardening that can be done in the winter. but gary garner says that's not the case. hear from him in today's gardening. pattie and...

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3 whit we've been seeing a bit of a warm up following the winter weather earlier in the week. our abc 13 crew caught this view yesterday in lynchburg at the hollins mill dam -- as the sun melted the snow away.3 3 3 grab a jacket this morning as temperatures are starting out in the 30s. while some roads will still be wet and could be

of black ice will be present on your morning commute. for your wednesday, we'll see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 40s. winds will be out of the west and a bit breezy at times. some clouds linger for tonight with overnight lows falling into the upper 20s. mostly sunny for thursday with highs in the mid 40s. friday ends the workweek with a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures start to warm up and we'll be in the lower 50s for the afternoon. the weekend looks quite pleasant! partly cloudy for saturday with highs soaring into the 60s. we'll be back in

chance for a stray 3 shower. 3 hi, i'm gary garner with this week's garden tips. over the last few weeks we have discussed some things you can do through the winter, and during the cold weather. we talked about pruning shrubbery at the proper time; we've talked about transplanting shrubbery; we've talked about making plans for the spring. today i want to suggest that now is an excellent time to mulch your flower beds; to give them a good cleaning if they have dead material in them--to get out sticks and trash and things like that. so go mulch your beds through the

better to do it in cool weather than it is in the hot summer time. mulch them, clean them up, cut out broken and dead twigs in them, and really get them ready for the spring when they'll start flushing out new growth. you'll be tickled to death when you see them in the spring, and see how much better they'll look when they are clean, and cut, and shaped, and ready for spring. 3 pattie still to come on good morning virginia... what would you do if you won the lottery? what one massachusetts woman decided to do with her winnings may surprise you. the full story in the next half hour of gmv. 3 whit but first.. here's a look at the most viewed news stories this morning on wset dot com. a dirt slope on wards road in lynchburg partially collapsed - making for a muddy drive. also, many of you are logging on to read about all the weather- related accidents in our area. plus, president obama is vowing to fill the open

justice antonin scalia.. who passed away on saturday. be sure to log on to wset dot com...your source for abc 13 news anytime.

3 3 good wednesday 3 to you, let's get a check of your morning drive. grab a jacket this morning as temperatures are starting out in the roads will still be wet and could be threat of black ice will be present on your morning wednesday, we'll see partly cloudy skies and high the upper 40s. winds will be out of the west and a some clouds linger for tonight with

3 tuesday was media day at daytona with the duel qualifiers tomorrow night. one big change for jimmie johnson this season is new teammate chase elliott replacing jeff gordon.jimmie johnson, 2-time daytona 500 champion (2006, 2013)- "i've seen the 24 car on track and jeff wasn't in it and that was weird. but i haven't had full competition against the 24 without jeff and his departure from these meetings that are so vital to the success of the team. i haven't experienced any of that stuff really yet. with all that said, i know that chase is going to do an amazing job and be a huge asset for our company."3 3 dennis the high school state wrestling tournament is this friday and saturday at the salem civic center. among the region champs who'll be competing for state titles are undefeated elijah seayof staunton river and jeffrey

brookville's reid stewart and austin wilkerson, lca's chad cantrell and mason wolk and christian kennedy of appomattox. 3 appomattox raiders linebacker and tight end marquise morgan has signed with division two the university of charleston in west virginia. congrats to marquise. 3 dennis uva pitcher connor jones and catcher matt thaiss have been named to the preseason usa baseball golden spikes award watch list. the cavs open their season this friday against kent state at coastal carolina. 3 nfl commissioner roger goodell took a slight pay cut in 2014. now before you shed tears, the commish is gonna be ok. he made more than 34 million dollars, down from 35 mil the previous year and 44 million in 2012. the only player with a higher salary than goodell in 2014

and 3 pattie most people spend valentines day with loved ones... but for one little lost baby horse, he spent his alone. whit that is until some kind strangers came to his rescue. he was found on sunday.. hurt at the bottom of a ravine in california. but as amy hollyfield reports.. this story has a happy ending. 3 from the looks of things, valentine is very happy in his new home.his rescuers can hardly believe this is the same colt they saved from a steep ravine ."he;s a million times better than when we picked him up. when we picked him up out of that ravine he was lateral and unable to get

day and yesterday as well. this is the most boisterous behavior i have seen from him." and when you're this cute-you steal a lot of hearts. people have been calling and donating money online to pay for him to have life saving surgery to repair his broken pelvis. "we've had over 120 voicemails of people justl wanting to donate."hikers spotted 3 him over the weekend.he was pulled to safety on sunday- valentines day...and brought to the owls crossing ranch in pleasanton...a place for retired horses. they say his mother is nowhere to be found. "don't know where she is so we're gonna do the best we can for him. he's 6 days old we def want him to have a great long life."he's on his way. first step is a vet appointment at u-c davis.and even though he looks a bit tentative to step out - his rescuers are feeling confident. by mid morning more than enough donations had come in to cover the cost of the surgery."i can't believe it i

happen. this is a great prognosis. i am excited for him that he is gonna get what he needs."3 3 3 grab a jacket this morning as temperatures are starting out in the 30s. while some roads

slick, no significant threat of black ice will be present on your morning commute. for your wednesday, we'll see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 40s. winds will be out of the west and a bit breezy at times. some clouds linger for tonight with overnight lows falling into the upper 20s. mostly sunny for thursday with highs in the mid 40s. friday ends the workweek with a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures start to warm up and we'll be in the lower 50s for the afternoon. the weekend looks quite pleasant! partly cloudy for saturday with highs soaring into the 60s. we'll be back in the 60s for sunday, with the chance for a stray shower. 3 pattie coming up in the next half hour of good morning virginia... the recent warm up means a lot of melting snow. we'll show you where all that extra water is causing some big problems. whit a local non profit is helping out the homeless by reaching out to you. they're in need of

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3 3 pattie good morning virginia. it is wednesday, february 17th, 2016. i'm pattie martin. whit and, i'm whitney delbridge. things are really starting to warm up.. compared to earlier this week. melissa le fevre is in the weather center tracking the latest. melissa? 3 3 after an active start to the week, we can enjoy a quiet rest of the workweek and a mild weekend across the heart of virginia. grab a jacket this morning as temperatures are starting out in the 30s. while some roads will still be wet and could be slick, no significant threat of black ice will be present on your morning commute. for your wednesday, we'll see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 40s. winds will be out of the west

some clouds linger for tonight with overnight lows falling into the upper 20s. mostly sunny for thursday with highs in the mid 40s.3 3 whit tight and through the night, many people in our area have been experiencing power outages.. it's stemming from the freezing rain monday night. right now -- power crews say they're working hard to restore power to everyone.. here's a look at the

reporting more than 16- thousand outages. this is a look at their outage map. you can see most of the outages are in and around the roanoke area -- with almost 6- thousand out in roanoke city and close to 5-thousand in the county. but botetourt county has more than 600. and bedford county has about 450. 3 pattie tight the winter weather that moved through the state caused a lot of problems on the roads. as of yesterday afternoon, virginia state police had responded to at least three fatal crashes on icy roads. monday night -- police say a trooper and two other people were on the median of route 288 in chesterfield county when they were hit by a vehicle, throwing one person into a nearby firefighter. police say that person was pronounced dead and the trooper and the second person were taken to hospital with serious injuries.pattie tight in fauquier county, police say a man died when his suv hit a snow plow. and in loudoun county, police say a woman died monday night when her car rear-ended a backhoe. 3 whit and in madison heights an accident between a car and a tractor trailer sent a driver to the hospital.

state police responded to the intersection of amelon drive and south amherst highway around 8 last night. first responders say it was a side collision. the driver of the small car was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. right now.. state police are still investigating. they don't know if drugs or alcohol were involved. and there's no word on charges. we'll follow this story for you.. and bring you updates as we get them. 3 pattie in lynchburg, the driver of a tractor trailer is facing charges. police say john lee of wichita falls, texas wasn't hurt-- but he's charged with reckless driving following yesterday's accident. police say he lost control on route 29 near kemper street, hit a guard rail, street lamp and bridge, and caused several gallons of fuel to spill out. 3 whit tight this morning we know more about a rollover accident in appomattox. the driver -- antoinette jennings of farmville -- has been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for minor injuries -- according to centra. no word on how the three children

but first responders tell us everyone had minor injuries, following monday's crash. police cited jennings for two child restraint violations -- a 2 and 7 year old were sharing a seat belt in the back seat. 3 pattie take a look at this. this is an old gas station in henry county that collapsed. it's on the corner of axton road and morgan ford road. henry county emergency services says the gas station has been closed for several years and remained in very bad shape. they're not 100 percent sure if the collapse was weather-related. 3 whit and another collapse of sorts caused a big mess in lycnhburg.. it's quite muddy over by river ridge mall.. and it's coming from the big dirt slope across from cook out. yesterday, a beam broke under the weight of melting snow.. and washed mud onto wards road. at last check, crews tell us the scene is under control. untill the mess is completely cleaned up, you can expect your car to possibly get a little messy. 3 pattie temperatures are

yesterday, the melting snow created issues for a lot of people. whit for one woman, the warmer weather has created a mess. marissa parra reports. 3 cheryl rose is tired. in her house, she says when it rains- or snows- it pours. cheryl rose, frustrated homeowner: "i was trying to keep the water from pushing down in my basement, when it down to my basement it had nowhere else to go. it looked like a river!" her lawn was taken over by water from the melted snowcheryl rose, frustrated homeowner: "it just filled up, it was filled up completely. it's a pipe that's been running over for quite a while." so..she says she took action...cheryl rose, frustrated homeowner: "i called them! i spoke to the highway department." but she says nothing has been done. this isn't a new problem, she says.cheryl rose,

were like okay we see you have a ticket in, and i said this has been an ongoing problem for almost two years." vdot confirms she submitted a complaint on september 29th, 2015. according to the website, it was resolved. rose says the flooding shows otherwise.cheryl rose, frustrated homeowner: "this is what... february now? now look, the problem is even worse."cheryl rose, frustrated homeowner: "it's not fair. i pay taxes here, and it's just not fair." she says she doesn't want anything other than the issue to be resolved. cheryl rose, frustrated homeowner: "every time i call they tell me that. they give me a work number and they say i promise i'm going to look into this. and i'm hoping that they will this time." 3 pattie tight a spokesperson for the virginia department of transportation tells us that they are aware of the situation, and they will be looking into it this week. 3 whit tight it's something we all have ... and may take for granted. but it's the most asked for item among the homeless.. we're talking about socks. and the local non-profit 'warm streets' is partnering with many local businesses to help get them to those in need. they've set up kiosks all over the area -- this one is at absolute bridal in downtown lynchburg. the project

and more than a thousand socks have already been donated and distributed to local shelters. and it's raising awareness too. (:12)rick hughes, director, warm streets, "he got frostbite because he didn't have anything covering his feet and we don't want that to happen and we want people to know that there is a problem here in lynchburg, but there's a solution and that's the community coming together." whit tight for a list of locations -- or if you want a kiosk in your business -- check our website, w-s-e-t dot com. 3 3 pattie a massachusetts lottery winner used her winnings to do a good deed.whit the first thing she did was give cash away. todd kazakiewich has the story. 3 ( sofia andrade / helped homeless man ) "i legitly had like two bucks left in my pocket, and i bought a scratch

on the scratch ticket."sofia andrade says her fortune soon got even better than that.she had an immediate opportunity to give back.sofia was at a stop sign in new bedford when she saw glenn williams, a man who has been homeless for three years.he was panhandling saturday night in the bitter cold.( sofia andrade / helped homeless man ) "i knew that the money never really belonged to me, that this money was meant to help him." sofia called glenn over to her car and drove him to a coffee shop.( sofia andrade / helped homeless man ) "at no time did i ever feel threatened by him. he was so overwhelmed by just the generosity of a coffee that he just couldn't stop crying."she did a lot more than buy him a coffee.after this single mom learned that local shelters had no bed space, she used her scratch ticket winnings to get a motel room for glenn close to her home in wareham.( glenn williams / homeless ) "it's emotional."( glenn williams / homeless ) "i couldn't believe there's somebody like her. she deserves a lot of the credit

facebook page, hoping to raise awareness.she also started a go-fund-me page for glenn's long-term benefit.the story went viral, and so did the good will.a local barber came and gave glenn a haircut.other people donated warm weather gear.a child even made a valentine's day card.( glenn williams / homeless ) "i'm overwhelmed with all the help, and i just want to thank everybody for it." 3 pattie tight and at last check that go-fund-me page had raised more than 11-thouand dollars for glenn. 3 whit speaking of the 3 lottery... remember the record-breaking powerball draw last month -with a jackpot worth more than a billion-and-a-half-dollars? the world is about to meet one of the three lucky winners from that drawing. one of the tickets was sold at a publix grocery store in melbourne beach, florida - and that winner will revealed himself - or herself - today. a tennessee couple was the first to come forward - they took a lump-sum payout more than 187-million-dollars after taxes. a third winning ticket was sold in

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with no obligation.3 news. whit and... 3 3 3 after an active start to the week, we can enjoy a quiet rest of the workweek and a mild weekend across the heart of virginia. grab a jacket this morning as temperatures are starting out in the 30s. while some roads will still be wet and could be slick, no significant threat of black ice will be present on your morning commute. for your wednesday, we'll see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 40s. winds will be out of the west and a bit breezy at times. some clouds linger for tonight with overnight lows falling into the upper 20s. mostly sunny for thursday with highs in the mid 40s. friday ends the workweek with a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures start to warm up and we'll be in the lower 50s for the afternoon. the weekend looks quite pleasant! partly cloudy for

into the 60s. we'll be back in the 60s for sunday, with the

3 pattie tight it has become a symbol of vancouver's out-of- reach real estate market. this tiny, tear-down home in a popular area of the city has sold for almost two-and-a-half million dollars. that was 80-thousand dollars more than the asking price. the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was put on the market two weeks ago. it's missing a few shingles, some of the walls are rotting, and it needs a paint job. but none of that really matters since it will likely be torn down, and a new home built in its place. 3 whit new this morning... there may be cheese in your refrigerator that isn't quite what you think it is. pattie abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson have the details plus a classic chocolate's special spring flavor. 3 3 good morning. topping "america's money"... commercial flights to cuba may start this fall.nearly every major u-s airline plans to apply for them... now that there's an agreement between the two countries.it allows

cuba's 9 major airports.. travelers will need to list a reason for their visit, other than tourism.beware what you're sprinkling on your pasta.the f-d-a discovered lower quality cheeses and cellulose made from wood pulp in one brand of parmesan.that

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it is wednesday february 17th, 2016. i'm patty. >> whitney: i'm whitney. >> the snow we saw earlier has been melting away. melissa is tracking the latest. >> melissa: good morning and happy wednesday. tell be quiet for the week. temperatures warming up over the next couple of days. jump to satellite and radar. other than high cloud cover rain and snow over night are history. temperatures not too shabby. mainly in the 30s. you see everybody is on the roads in danville. 30 now in lynchburg. it is 35 in danville. 36 in roanoke. 32 in blacksburg. your school day forecast. make surety children have a jacket. tell be cool. the 30s. we will make it in the upper 40s. have the sun glasses. it will be bright.