for this evening areas of drizzle and light rain. no flooding threat for this evening. the heavier rain arrives tomorrow. we will see occasional heavy rain. we may also see a few thunderstorms so you may be hearing thunder during the day tomorrow. as far as rainfall totals, you will pick up an additional half inch to just over an inch and a half of rain. that is on top of the rain that has already fallen. doppler radar showing a few small showers across the heart of virginia. and in tennessee and all that rain will advance toward virginia and that is the rain that will be arriving tomorrow. any evening plans, the temperature is not going to change very much. we are going to hold in the low to mid-40s. coming up a little later, we will show you which parts of virginia could see strong storms. >> mark: george, thanks. the fate of the people charged in relation to the kidnapping and murder of waynesboro police captain kevin

>> the attorneys wrapped up 12 and a half hours of closing arguments. annie andersen spent the day in court and joins us now with the latest on this, annie. >> reporter: the kidnapping and murder of kevin quick may have man with led the government to investigate the six people on trial. those are not the only charges that the jury will have to decide on. four of the six people are charged with usecharged with using a gun to kidnap and kill quick and violent crimes in aid of racketeering or vicar. they make up two-thirds of the 34 charges that the jury has to decide. other third are a federal charge. but the main umbrella charge in this whole case is racketeering conspiracy. that is the charge that in closing arguments the attorneys really went against because if the jury doesn't find the six guilty on those counts, the robbery charges will go away because racketeering must be involved in those charges. the jury could still find them guilty of the gun charges though.

of the defense attorneys came into the hallway and told kevin quick's brother he was sorry what happened, saying he had hoped that the defendants will plead out. he will be back in court tomorrow waiting for the periodtomorrow waiting for the period. >> mark: mark annie, thanks. a pennsylvania county man is charged with life in prison. he severely beat a woman that later died in the hospital. andrew doss was found guilty of thatlicious bodily injury and a jury found him not guilty on second-degree murder. a witness testified in court that doss admitted to hitting mary hooker in 2014 after she made a sexual advance at him. hooker was in the hospital more than a week before she died. abc 13 has been following a string of break ins in around the darington neighborhood. there has been nine burglarythere has been nine burglaries. katie brooke spoke to the neighborhood and police and

home safe, katie? >> reporter: noreen, these break-ups have been happening right here along chamber street and surrounding streets in the darington area. police say they are happening in the daytime when folks are not at home, and they do believe they are related. detectives are following up on several leads right now. they say things taken include consumer electronics, cosmeticsconsumer electronics, cosmetics, clothing, firearms and other household items. and residents say they are unsettleled this is happening so -- unsettled that is happening so often. >> i hope they do catch them, because it is not safe for anyone really. they could come this way or another way. it is really not safe. >> reporter: police say here is what you need to do to lessen your chance of being victim. work together with your neighbors and report suspicious activity to the police. check on your neighbors' homes when they are at work or on vacation.

keep a bright porch watch on all night and consider purchasing a security system. another thing you can do is keep a tv and radio on when you are not at home so it appears that you are, and they want to hear from you if you know anything. tipsters may be eligible for a reward. live in lynchburg, katie brookelive in lynchburg, katie brooke, abc 13 news. look at this hunting bow. it was stolen from richardson drive off old forest road on january 6. that's not all, between january 2 and january 9, a red -- around a red tiller was stolen from the same yard. they believe the stolen items were sold. if you have any information about this, call or text crimestoppers. the phone number to calm 888-79the phone number to calm 888-798-5900. we are working to get the latest information on that situation off of promise land road in appomattox county. and the animals left behind there after their owner died. it appears the woman body was discovered on the property this week had been there some time

office. they will know more after the autopsy but sheriff's office does not suspect foul play. several of her animals were dead, and neighbors believe the surviving pony and alpaca are ill because lack of food and water so they have been feeding and watering them. somebody buried the dead alpaca and dead pony last night. a spokesperson from the state's vet's office that the animal control officer called them last night asking for guidance and said that the county is handling it. we reached out to the supervisor for that area who tells me that the county is investigating the situation. danville city leaders have decided not to hire a private firm to run its water plant saying it is too costly. ken larking says an outside firm will cost taxpayers an extra 300,000 every year. larking said the city was looking at the option because it is challenging to keep trained water treatment operators pupt tilts commission

forward with that project. bedford county school leaders can move forward with the design of a new middle school. they approved a $44 million budget. that is about $7 million over the initial budget they approved. the school board chairman tells abc 13 architect will now design the tool, and then it will go through the bidding process. they are hopethey are hoping to break ground by november, and the goal is to have it all done in time for the 2018 school year. a local community college is embracing black history month by use as an opportunity to teach students of a wide variety of cultures. all month danvilleville community invited people to special programs, and today a very special treat. valerie bragg a live in danville with that story tonight, valerie. >> reporter: the college is asking someone to come in and give a speech. they want to make this event -- all those events fun that way more of their students will

these different cultures. >> reporter: keyboards, drums and congos. sweet music from the caribbean attracted the crowds from the student center. >> i love it. >> let's do this. apeople who will say not a lot of this. >> reporter: the bands call themselves awabu and travel all over the schools of the east coast to play their music. invited to play at gcc son-in-law part of the school's efforts -- gcc is only part of the school's efforts to expose to new cultures. >> people who are african-american, people think that everybody is the same, but the african descendent that includes jamaicans, trinidadincludes jamaicans, trinidadians, dominicans. >> reporter: instructor started

>> it allows a lot of people to become diverse. >> reporter: diversity is what the school aims for. especially when bring in musicians like these. >> i always tell individuals, if you do nothing else, try one cult rath rally vent that you never tried before. so you can know what other cultures experience. >> reporter: one out of three students who adenlded bcc are african-american. school leaders say the purpose of these events to teach these students that it pays to embrace your culture all while exposeexposing students to cultures different than your own. live in danville, valerie bragglive in danville, valerie bragg, abc 13 news. >> noreen: would have been fun to hear. >> mark: i love the music. >> noreen: me too. the fbi versus apple battle is getting stronger. >> mark: a local technology

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valley. >> a number of protests are going on across the country in support of apple. this as the fbi puts more pressure on the company to help them unlock the san bernandino shooter's phone. >> danner: we wanted to know where many of you stand on this issue so mona kosar abdi hit the streets to hear from you. mona? >> reporter: noreen, many of the iphone users do it every day without thought, we swipe right, enter in our passcode to get into our phones, but that code is now at the center of a national debate. a public battle between the fbi and apple. the government asking the technology company giant to help them unlock the san bernandino shooter's iphone, but apple won't bite. >> we are looking at it potentially as a fight against terrorism. >> reporter: but randolph college chief technology officer says what is at stake may be a lot greater. >> it's not a clear-cut black

>> reporter: gosnow says essentially apple will be creating a skeleton key that will be cuesed to unlock any iphone including yours. >> if that got out the terrorists can use that against us. >> reporter: 'bait that has iphone users charged up. >> we are trying to keep you safe so we are butting all of your business out there. what? >> reporter: on the other side of town another user is on the same wavelength. >> opening up pandora's box what the government is going to look at. they are not just to look therethey are not just to look there. >> not everyone is putting privacy before security. >> when it comes to national security and their ability to save people's lives. that takes priority over everything. >> reporter: regardments of the outcome one thing is clear to most. the decision will set a

and to show you just how split the public is on this issue, we posted a poll on our abc 13 twitter page. at last check 54% said apple should unlock the san bernandino shooter's phone and 46% said no way. live in the studio, mona kosar abdi, abc 13 news. >> mark: we want to know what you think. log on to our twitter page to vote in the polls. well, grab your umbrellas. much of the air is under a flood watch.

ch the forecasts you can count on from the abc 13 weather experts. >> george: let's jump straight into it because i want to you know what is headed our way so you are prepared. in summary it is going to rain tomorrow. that part of the forecast is easy to figure out, and i want to show you the timing and how much rain we are expecting. if you have any plans tonight, we are only going to get drizzle and light rain. tomorrow, the heavier rain arrives and will be heavy at times. you may hear thunder tomorrow and when the rain is moving through, it is possible that you could see some small hail. if it is going to be windy when the rain moves on through. most rainfall totals a half an inch to over an inch of rain. this is the additional rain that we are expecting on top of the rain that has already fallen. many of had you questions of the questions of strong storms. this map shows what we are expecting. overall we see the brighter colors. the yellow and the orange where the stronger storms are going to be. so this is generally south and east of lynchburg, especially through the carolinas.

family who live in this area in the orange. this is in south carolina. raleigh durham, cape hattaras, elizabeth city down to wilmington. from richmond southward. if you have friends, family members who live here, i will give them a phone call or send them a text message and give them a heads-up they will see strong storms and it is possible there could be tornado warnings in this area tomorrow to our south and southeast. i think we will miss out on the worst of the severe weather here because the temperatures are too cool. we are going to be in the 50s tomorrow. generally we need temperatures in the 60s for us to have severe weather across the heart of virginia. for this evening, we are only going to see few small showers in the area of drizzle. the heavier rain arrives after midnight. 43 degrees. cool northeast breeze at 9 miles per hour. all these temperatures are going to remain above freezing tonight. wouldn't have to worry about any icy roads and it is possible if you wake up tomorrow morning, the temperature will be slightly warmer. you can see the rain gradually

if you did have something planned tomorrow morning, will be a washout for you. now the strongest area of rain. most likely time that we will see thunderstorms tomorrow would be during the late morning through early afternoonmorning through early afternoon. future cast at 2:00 tomorrow where you see the pockets of brighter colors that indicates we could see downpours. all the rain moves out tomorrow night, and then by thursday morning, drier weather and we will stay dry for the remainder of your week. so increasing light rain this evening. heavier rain after midnight. and temperatures as you wake up than we are now. lynchburg, 44, appomattox, 45. so for tomorrow, showers and a few thunderstorms possible for the first part of the day you as well the early afternoon. temperatures tomorrow 20 degrees wamer than today. we are thinking of the worst of the strongest storms and the severe weather because most of us will be in the 50s but if you live toward halifax or

we will keep you updated if there are a few storms out there. the remainder of the week will be much tamer. cooler and dry for the weekend and on saturday highs near 50 with mid- to upper 50s and pleasant by sunday. it is a busy regional tournament night for high school basketball team. >> mark: uva tony bennett

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heritage boys and brookdale girls are the area teens playing in tournaments. lord batatot. liberty at altavista and altavista at matthews. boys games russburg at kay springs. western ablemarle at heritage and ec glass a winner last night is on the road to john champ in loudoun county.we are really going to have to rebound the basketball and come back and deal with the defensive end because they like to control it like we do. if we can't turn it over and get back in transition. the virginia men are 13-0 at home this season, but the road has been another animal. the 3rd ranked cavaliers fell in 4 and in true road games but last night's 64-61 loss and number 12, miami, all of the losses have been close. the largest margin of defeat

brockton tied his career high and 12618 from the field, but he was the only cavalier to score in double figures. >> we fought to get back in the game and we had our chances. hell, we left some points on the board with some finishes. we were late to and i thought we had a couple of chances, but guys made big shots. malcolm had a terrific second half. >> the men's tournament. randolph plays host to washington and lee and hampton sydney is home to bridgewater. how could b college basketball. the liberty flames playing their home opener against the tribe of william and mary. top three bases loaded but brought the heat. strikeout and liberty escaped 3strikeout and liberty escaped 3-0. bottom half, runner on second for the freshman who drill it is over the centerfielder's head for a triple. andrew kalala come home and he

the flames beat the tribe 8-4. in charlottesville, defending national champ virginia played the home opener and this game was ball virginia's best. p aven smith had six rbis. cavs broke it wide open with 11 runs in the third inning. jake mccarthy was 3-5 at the plate and virginia roughs up 18-1. one-time cavalier and now washington nationals first basement ryan zimmerman is vigorously defending him selves against performance enhancing drug allegations. zimmerman said he never heard of the people featured in the al jazeera documentary "the dark side, secrets of sports doping." he and the phillies ryan howard filed a defamation suit against the network. basketball here.

it is defense staiingt to pet owners if they lose their fur baby, but now there is a new app that aims to help you find lost pets. at 7:00, we will look at fur alert. and show you how it can help you reunite with them. plus, it is tax season and this means a possible audit by the irs. we are looking at how many people actually get audited every year and what you can do to prevent that from happening to you tonight on abc 13 news at 7:00. and we are still and you flood warning or watches for tomorrow. >> george: right now we have a flood watch which means we have to watch out for the potential for flooding. i think the worse risk will be toward south side and the dan river. here are the numbers for tomorrow. it is going to rain tomorrow. 100% chance of of rain but not going to rain all day; however, if it is raining. the rain will be heavy and could be small hail and gusty winds. we will keep you updated if there are any bad storms out

? breaking news tonight. the state of emergency this hour. multiple tornadoes reported already. the devastating damage. we're on the scene. about to power right up the east coast, 45 million in the path. also breaking, the new surveillance images of the alleged uber gunman. where he was in the hours before the rampage. the race for the white house, and tonight, the showdown in nevada. donald trump lashing out at ted cruz. and what trump said when asked why he's not taking on marco rube roe. breaking news on the zika outbreak, right here in the u.s. tonight. authorities now confirming more than a dozen new cases of the disease sexually transmitted. late details coming in now. and the reporter on the field, the "dancing with the stars" favorite, tonight, suing a major hotel. did they allow an alleged stalker to get the room next