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-- her jeep because his trip was broken down. he was possibly heading towards charlotte. >> we need him back. my family, we have five children. parents are gone. and we are tight kids, but we need him back. steve: if you have any information, please call the wake county sheriff's office. breaking news right now in russia. a jetliner crashing in the southern part of the country. flight number 981 going from land. about 60 people were on board. they were all killed when that boeing 737 went down. tomorrow morning. the paris attack is in custody
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salah abdeslam was arrested. the family -- a family had been hiding him. the belgian prosecutors's office revealed that his dna was found in an apartment rated two years -- two days ago. -- raided two days ago. steve: will then give an acosta was picked up by immigration officials in his home in january. he is now being held endura -- in georgia and he could be sent back to ponder. -- two honduras. >> he won't last a week in honduras. i don't think people understand that. steve: family and friends really
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spoken to immigration officials and he is expecting a decision from them very soon. tisha: civil rights leaders in durham asking for change. 15 of the most prominent activist gathered in front of city hall. they say the goal is not tweaking police policies. instead, they want a discussion on what policing will look like over the next several days -- several decades. steve: voices are raising in favor and against a policy and surely that would let transgender people use the bathroom of their choice. angelica: there are a lot of similarities from both people -- from people on both sides of this issue. both say the conversation around this ordinance is around safety.
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call on governor mcgrory to make good on his promise. angelica: fighting a nondiscrimination ordinance passed last month that will, among many things, allow transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. a pass with a majority vote in the city council. but lambasted all of the state. >> [indiscernible] angelica: asking the governor for a special session to get rid of the new ordinance that goes into effect in 14 days. >> it is not about hating. it is about saying the things you see on television. it has nothing to do with love or hate.
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angela can: -- angelica: the issue of protection is for transgender people and the ordinance exists in other cities. >> including myrtle beach and columbia, south carolina. they have been in effect for years without actual public safety problems. angelica: and that is the issue of safety on both sides. there will be a news conference here on monday. law enforcement officials and school administrators will be here. tisha: a health warning in wake county. syphilis is at a 15-year high. many of the new cases are due to anonymous sex among people meeting online through social media. most of them are men ranging in
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the disease is easily treated with antibiotics, but dangerous when left untreated. it is offering syphilis training next tuesday. there is a link with information on our website, abc11.com. steve: many of you have stepped up to do a good deed today. you adopted a huge number of these dogs in sanford. it comes after hundreds of animals were rescued from her in his conditions. the aspca holding this three-day adoption fair started today for nearly 700 animals found in a shelter in hoke county. all the dogs have been adopted, but many of these cats still need a home. if you're interested in making what a part of your family, the adoption event runs through sunday. you will need a photo id, proof of address, and a pet carrier if you have one. there is no adoption fee. if you get a new member of your family this weekend, we would
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tisha: gunned down on duty. a south carolina police officer killed. plus, a huge win for the hu lkster. a few folks downtown raleigh cooling off a little bit. 57 degrees tonight. it will get a lot cooler and some rain coming in, too. chris hohmann will tell us exactly what we can expect in the next few days in his complete forecast. if you are playing the lottery,
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tisha: hope kogan, $115 million richer tonight. the jury sided with him in his sex tape lawsuit against gawker media. hogan sued gawker for videotaping him having sex with his ex best friend's wife. steve: a south carolina police officer killed while trying to survey warm. greenville police say that the suspect was an admitted gang member who later took his life -- took his life. they police chief spoke to the media about the department's loss. >> i've come to know this officer and his work ethic and found him to be extraordinarily -- just an extra ordinary officer, an officer, and
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steve: the officer's name has not yet been released. tisha: hundreds of soldiers finding -- joining the fight against isis. 450 soldiers will go to kuwait. they are expected to leave late this summer. another 400 paratroopers will also deploy this summer to south korea. steve: the must see video of -- we begin in florida with this injured or on school grounds. school officials had to call in that guy. he is a professional trapper. this gator wandered onto the school on. you can see them gathered around watching the trapper catch the gator. the u.s. navy at the north pole -- check out this video of the
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it is designed to test the navy readiness in the arctic and give them more experience in that part of the world. they are also collecting scientific data. they actually got out a chainsaw and cut a hole in the ice. they left open hatch and the sailors are able to come out there and see what life is like at the north all. now let's take you to the cincinnati zoo. the youngest resident is getting tlc. these are cheetah cubs born last week. they are getting fed every three hours in hopes they gain weight and get stronger. when you are getting bottles led -- bottle like they are, they put on the pounds and they will be full-grown cheetahs before you know it. not being handheld like they are now. [laughter] chris: they are beautiful when
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rain is on the way. looks like it will be fairly wet tomorrow and a part of sunday. so have the umbrellas. -- umbrellas handy. last week, we set the clock forward. and this weekend, spring arrives. 12:30 a.m. sunday morning, the vernal equinox, spring officially arrives. the sun's rays directly over the equator. it will start on march 19 in the west and central u.s.. that is pretty early. a beautiful day for the -- one of the last full days of winter. still mild out there now. 57 at 11:00.
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windows calm -- wind is calm and skies are partly cloudy. these are high cirrus clouds. they are not really block in the stars too much. but they will continue to think in those clouds and advanced to the north. here is the rain breaking out over the deep south. lighter rain over the midwest. that is going to spread that shield of rain our way as we had through tomorrow area it is going to be moving in late morning -- through tomorrow. it is going to be moving in late tomorrowmorning. looks like very little if any son tomorrow.
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we will level off at noon as the rain continues to advance in the region. looks like a fairly wet afternoon. our model has sunshine along anisa 95. if it does occur, it won't last long. patches of light rain will continue to increase in coverage through mid-to-late afternoon hours. then continued through tomorrow night into early on sunday then taper off again on sunday. looks like the rain will be off and on. on the light side. about attempts to a quarter of an inch. -- about a 10th to a quarter of an inch. steady rain off and on, but not a very pretty weekend. 50's around the triangle with the rain spreading in. 60's, warmer across the sandhills briefly before it
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and then new the virginia border, a pretty big spread across the region tomorrow. we will all be chilly on sunday. this loan tracks at the coast. -- this low tracks across the coast. there is your seven-day forecast. jerry yang damp on sunday. limited -- dreary and damp on sunday. limited sun. tisha: got a take a break from the nice weather. chris: can't get too spoiled. steve: i family moment takes a pretty surprising turn and it is caught on video. tisha: a family hoping the whole country will be laughing with them. steve: and don't forget to join us tomorrow for the match
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when this rally family appears on "america's funniest videos." they found out just this week that their video was hit. that is -- was picked. that is pretty funny. steve: they could win up to $10,000. who among us hasn't eaten a dandelion? the heels and blue devils on the eve of round 2. nothing guaranteed in march. just ask michigan state. many have the spartans paid as a one-seed. one of the heroes is middle tennessee state.
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carolina best be displaying it a game or everything will be over in a hurry. unc [indiscernible] providence presents a unique challenge. >> ready to play with five guards. it's crazy. >> it is something we will have to deal with. we will need an overall great defensive effort. >> [indiscernible] we know that no. we have to come out and plays hard as we can. joe: rematches are rare when it comes to march madness. but the blue devils get a second
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the bulldogs started strong before succumbing by double digits. joe: two of the first-round upsets have happened here in providence. arizona taken up i would just talk -- by wichita state. is there an exhale because gail windsor knot? -- because gailyale winds or not? >> no. joe: that was a whole season ago. brandon ingram didn't even start in that game. >> to look at them is the same team we played in the fall would be a disservice to them and to ourselves. >> i can remember the first time we played them. we had trouble guarding them for
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joe: yale is the best defending teams in the country. >> [indiscernible] >> a big thing for us all the time is rebounding. and yale is a terrific rebounding team on both ends. we've got to be able to hold our own down. joe: duke was able to rally past unc w. a habit that come if repeated, could prove to be season-ending. >> to carry that momentum into this game would be great. joe: tipoff tomorrow at 2:30. mark: do can carolina, the heels
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2-2. the tie did not last long. somehow squirts it passed first. two runs come in on that it. the tar heels are now 15-2 on the season. and nick is in for the ncaa championship match tomorrow night. it's a heavyweight battle for the ncaa championship tomorrow night. steve: you are off to the pnc tomorrow. jimmy kimmel live is coming up
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his guest tonight i a little boy runs into the arm of his adoptive parents. >> they are so emotional they get to reunite. >> the story behind the journey to bring two new brothers to their new family. a cease-fire makes an epic choice with an avalanche hot on his trail. >> no, no, no. >> the moments one force of nature meets another. >> not bad. she's barking and biting at it. >> she's barking at the sprinkler. >> the problem, here comes her owners. and a wife leads her husband to a gift he's been dreaming about for a long time. the sweet anniversary surprise that left him stunned. >> the whole time he's talking
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car. grab your tissues because you're going to need it for this video. you see 7-year-old bronson right there holding the hand of his chaperone. then watch what happens as soon as he sees these people. and right behind him is his 14-year-old brother, joseph. they just hugged their adoptive parents. now this is the first time they see each other since january of 2015 when they first met. so you can see why they are so emotional in this moment that they got to reunite. and why this video is getting millions of views on facebook. since 2012 the parents have been trying to adopt these kids. it's taken this long because of the adoptive process. but also because the president for a while did a ban on all adoptions. >> it almost seems so hard sometimes. i have an adopted daughter as well. and it takes forever and the paperwork and the money.
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realize now it just doesn't matter, you know? i'm mom, i'm dad, you're my kids, that's it. >> it's all worth it. >> yeah. >> the parents, jennifer and her husband, have wanted a big family for a long time. they already have three biological kids and some adopted kids. but they decided to have two more when they saw bronson and joseph in a picture and realized they had to be a part of their family as well. finally, everybody is together. >> big hearts, a lot of love to give. they put it all together to work hard to bring this family together. >> our family photo looks so different tonight and i wouldn't change it a bit. it's perfect. it's perfect. we head to the north face where we are going to see elliott pull off some speed flying. while you feel like we have seen
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>> right, i agree with that. >> it's pristine. look at that snow. >> it's not going to be perfect for long because this is fresh powder. he takes to the sky. right here as he touches down -- >> oh! he called it, too. >> there's an avalanche. disaster or the opportunity to be the most epic speed flyer in the world. >> it doesn't matter if there's an avalanche at your feet, just fly right over it. >> no, no, no, you fly right through it. >> whoo! >> then in this epic shot from epic tv, he basingly starts surfing over the top of it and then, hey, let's go through it. >> whoo! >> can't see where he's going -- >> it looks like a cloud. >> it's incredible. this guy basically caused his own avalanche just to make his
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>> he must know what that mountain looks like, because he was flying blinding into the avalanche. you don't know where the rocks are. >> i was clenched watching this video. >> i have never seen anything like it. it's one-of-a-kind. clearly, we just didn't think big enough. cameras, cameras, everywhere capturing all kinds of crazy stuff. first in mexico city, you hear the constant symphony of horns beeping obviously stuck in traffic. this rather large chap standing next to a white vehicle there and there's some words being exchanged. >> oh, oh, oh! >> the guy yanks that driver out of his car and drags him over to the sidewalk and begins beating him up. you now know the driver is an
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that large man is a bodyguard driving this red ferrari his employers rent ferrari. no word what sparked this rage. thankfully, reports say the driver was not seriously injured. but he reports that two cell phones were stolen, a tablet and money by the same bodyguard. >> so beat him up and then robbed him. that's so wrong. >> reports say the owner of the ferrari and the employer of the bodyguard had no idea what he was up to and they also say he's since been fired. over to cleveland, australia, where i kind of wish i could play the audio for the folks at home without all the beeps because they have just a way of using expletives in almost lyrical way. cars move right after that, but even he saw this coming. >> oh! >> famous last words. >> the silver car shot out in the intersection right in front of the green car.
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>> soon after you see this woman driving the green car get right out, this guy at the sidewalk comes to help her. reports say there were no serious injuries in this collision. this is drummer eric improa. he has his go-pro strapped on to him because he's about to put on a show. i want you to pay attention to this. >> what the -- >> what happened? >> he just did a backflip? >> yes, without skipping a beat, honey. that's showmanship. he shows us exactly how he did it. you see him -- ba ba ba ba -- here we have it up on the box, backflip and -- yes, honey. >> he could have made it better by the drumroll first and then the ping.

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