it will try to change that over the rain. i think this is way over done in terms of temperatures climbing into the low 40's. those areas along 95 internal rain during the evening. we may see plain old rain by the evening hours. a pretty good accumulation of some ice. mainly freezing rain with some sleet and snow. that could continue. the whole thing winds down as we get past midnight temporarily. the moisture will bring some snow especially to the virginia border counties. the main problem looks to be freezing rain.

get. is it enough in some areas. to bring down tree limbs or even power lines. we will be talking about those ice accumulation amounts and ice accumulation and snow coming up in just a few minutes. steve: the governor is expected to approach and address this snow emergency tomorrow. a one-two punch of ice and snow. angelica: things are looking very dry tonight. this is nice and dry. the roads have been treated all day. it wasn't heavy.

clearing interstates and major roads. they have had more than 30 crews spreading salt on roadways. thankfully the weather has been ideal to spread some of that salt with that big winter blast that is coming on friday. they had a good couple of dry days. that helps prevent some of the snow a nice. they plan to switch to a sand and salt mix as needed. we are good things here. we're looking ahead to those icy

to the north of the triangle. and randall county. i-85 waiting for the next winter storm. capturing this video of snow falling. the prevention of ic dots. a look at the preparations there. the major arteries and thoroughfares are dry tonight. they are looking very good. some of the brine that was put down here. we were out on i-95 earlier this evening.

they been brining all the exits. making sure they in the bridges don't freeze over early in the morning. we get all the ramps. high-speed off of 95. if you have any icy patches you can look as you're going to fast to slow. dot officials want us to avoid it tomorrow night. some damp patches and wet spots out there on the road. they will be back on the roads working for 24 hours.

with the chance of wintry weather in the forecast. school closings have been delayed. check out the free app right now at the app store. the high-speed chase tonight between durham and this county. someone threw a got out of the car. southbound i-85. the unc employees seriously burned while working on electrical issue on campus. this happened at about 4:00. the campuses crews worked on restoring power.

classes and activities before noon tomorrow. it has been canceled. the accident remains under investigation. the fire started in a second-floor room caused by a lit cigarette. it caused significant damage to several rooms. one man was taken to cape fear valley medical center. the fire has been ruled an accident. the johnston county board of commissioners announcing his opposition. the state says the rail yard create 1500 jobs.

jennifer edwards was finally smiling again after anxiety field six days. this board does not support the current effort. building its massive intermodal terminal in eastern part of the county. no zoning has been changed. it was way too early for them to thursday. warning residents had vacate their land in six months. we do not condone these activities. they were going to say.

for the people johnston county. we believe we can reach a mutually acceptable agreement. she was relieved tonight that is refusing to let her guard down. the board says that it hopes an alternative can be identified. he did tell us tonight that he would be willing to pull the plug on this project entirely. in smithfield on joel brown. we're just getting started tonight at eyewitness news. a roadkill surprise. a deer is stuck to the trunk of a car. it got the health department involved. we take you inside an avalanche heart stopping moment on the slopes. a snowboarder careening down the mountain. it is the must-see video of the night.

chris will tell you all about it.

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up a dead deer off the road. she recognized the car because it has delivered food to her home and office. it drove behind the restaurant. the owner said he'd never eaten deer before. and he was not going to sell it to his customers. this is the must-see video of the night. a snowboarder capturing the terrifying moments and avalanche hit. he was out snowboarding with some buddies. as they passed through this area with fresh snow he decided to try out a job and it was his landing the trigger that i go avalanche. inside that massive snow. he survived with only a sprained ankle. usually the president lance at joint base andrews and then gets on marine one to fly back to the white house. this is some pretty heavy snow

air force one arrived and it changed travel plans for the president. he and his staff had to jump into the motorcade to return to the white house on the ground. about an inch of snow on the ground but they were hundreds of wrecks on the roads. chris: the same system that came through and brought us all the snow here. that is gone. we picked up a little bit of a dusting. check out these pretty shots posted on my facebook page. it says baby it's cold outside. a little dusting there. not a huge issue. it is this storm on friday that could be different. this is raleigh-durham international all quiet there. especially to the north washington and baltimore are

temperatures down to 33 degrees. 32 at roxboro now. 38 degrees and lumberton. it will stay dry tomorrow and all of tomorrow evening. if you have any plans errands to run do that before the storm comes. areas north south and east picked up a little bit more. here's the storm now is going to take shape. as it presses into tennessee is going get some energy in the atmosphere. eventually the atlantic. all signs point to this becoming a powerhouse storm for the east coast. the night mostly clear. becoming mostly clear. temperatures in the mid 20's and upper 20's. great day tomorrow.

low to mid 40's, partly to sunny skies. nice quiet day with high pressure building in. this highs going to get stuck over pennsylvania. and continue to funnel cold air in here. it doesn't really move away gets up into new england and a northerly flow of air. well over tennessee. this will become the primary storm. moving slowly up the coast. if it comes in land it will bring in some warm air and it could be a quick changeover to rain but that doesn't look likely. it would probably keep us in the colder air much of the time. for us a wintry mix. you have got everything on the table from some snow to freezing rain and rain. everything is on the table. it is going to be a crippling storm that is mostly snow. here's what we think.

midnight. toward sunrise we start to see wintry mix. quickly transitioning to sleet and freezing rain. during the day friday. this looks to be mainly a nice event. the warmer air tries to come in and changeover to rain. i think it is going little bit fast. by evening it may change terrain around raleigh if not durham. this may be a little bit optimistic. i just don't see jumping up to near 40 friday evening. freezing rain continues. there could be some icing issues around the triangle. ice accumulations we show you in a bit. any precipitation friday night after midnight does taper off.

during the day saturday look how much it rapidly to the north and west. we could be talking up to three or four inches in there. anything over a quarter of an entry and you begin to have power issues. if you have plans to travel northward this is going to be a crippling snowstorm northern kentucky and west virginia virginia some areas could see more than two feet of snow. a blizzard watch for baltimore and washington. traveling is going to be

light snow potentially saturday. we will fine-tune that and it is essentially the 50's. star wars fans will have to wait a little longer to find out what happens to luke skywalker.

you will have to wait a little longer for the next star wars movie. it will be released in december 2017. it was originally scheduled for seven months earlier. the current star wars film the force awakens was scheduled for the summer of 2015 because you know it came out last month. he has no problem speaking before world leaders but president obama says don't ask me to give the commencement of my daughters graduation. he will be too emotional. it is going to the dogs.

governor has been exchanging the losers dog has to wear the jersey of the winning team. you see is a golden retriever. may the top dog when. my money is on the governor. a little teamwork to get the carolina game on. congrats to catherine smith hired to be the quality control coach. the first female full-time

i was about to leave for dinner break when i heard from espn. do we have a satellite truck? they needed our truck to get the game on the air for the nation.

here are some of the highlights you didn't see. this was a feathery turnaround. john collins can leave over buildings much less dogs. carolina pretty comfy from there. scraping the sky with that one. three more on this. nice play here. he dives to the bucket. he had 27 points. the only real suspense was marcus playing for.

his only bucket two points. the loudest cheers came at the five minute mark in the second half. he was one of 13 from the field. the more creative approach to fixing his shooting slump. we haven't had a game where everything is clicking.

at some point we have to turn it up because we had february the schedule gets real tough. despite the win tonight, he said his team had a terrible week of practice. it doesn't continue going into that virginia tech game. cam newton was named to the m.v.p. by the pro football writers. the second scoring offense in the league. both of the peak of their powers right now. should be a dynamic showdown on sunday. we had this game in the parking lot. we could have this at the practice facility.

media goes along with it. i think we are doing a good job of focusing on that. today's the only day we have. i will be in a family event in calgary wearing a kilt. thanks for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its sanders? here's abc's cecilia vega. >> are you ready for a commander in chief? >> the clinton campaign hoping to raise big bucs from that big endorsement. sending out this plea. donate to make sure this is nothing more than a bad snl skit

>> but it is no laughing matter for hillary clinton. especially with the new poll showing busy with his biggest lead yet in new hampshire. bill clinton right there the assessing the damage. >> we're on a home field disadvantage here. >> the implication? sanders from neighboring vermont has a leg up in the granite state. >> you've been good to me. you've been good to our family. i trust you. >> in a new ad, hillary clinton highlighting her experience. >> the secretary of state who stood up for america and stared down hostile leaders around the world is the one candidate for president who has everything it takes to do every part of the job>> but sanders says experience isn't everything. the candidate who promised to run a positive campaign now says this. >> experience is important. dick cheney had a lot of experience. >> reporter: in the homestretch, clinton hoping to capitalize on president obama's popularity with the democratic base writing a personal essay. >> than essay published on

from then, a new president will be sworn in. cecilia vega, abc news, des moines. >> analysts are hoping wall street has turned a corner. the dow down 565 points at one point yesterday but then turned the corner and ended the day only losing 249. the latest wave affair was triggered by the biggest drop in oil prices in month. crude is now selling below $27 a barrel which some see a sign of slowing economic growth. there could soon be drastic new action over the safety of hover boards. some are now under investigation after they caught on fire. latest in northern california just this week. the head of the consumer product safety commission is now calling for asus pension of all online sales of all hoverboards till there's better testing and proof of safety of the devices. he is calling into question the safety of all hover boards even those not actually under investigation.

already getting pretty emotional about an upcoming major milestone for first daughter malia. >> the president told his lunch companions in detroit that he turned down an opportunity to speak at malia's high school graduation graduation be. >> malia is a senior at the private sidwell friends school in washington, d.c. and expected to start college this fall. we still don't know where she's going to go. she's still deciding. > very cute of the president. coming up an imprompt tuitt concert by john legend. >> why the grammy winner sang outside of a detention center yesterday. we'll give you an exclusive look. >> but first, why a tennis player stopped the match to help a ball girl in distress. the good deed on the court going viral.