there was a struggle in the booking area of the jail yesterday. turner is out of the hospital. steve: three teens charged with a robbery in a shoot out from a fate -- fayetteville mcdonald's. the judge raised the bond for the trio to $250,000. one of them walked into the courtroom with an arm in a sling, and another was brought in a wheelchair. they had met at the restaurant for a cell phone sale, and when they tried to rob him, gunfire erupted. tisha: community and police coming together for a barbershop need up -- rap session. the chief and deputy police chief were both in attendance. they say it is just the first step in improving relations.

we need a strategic plan on how we move forward to educate ourselves and a better relationships area. people were transparent and honest. tisha: they hope to help with the healing process. steve: a battle on bathrooms. rallying for a special session on the charlotte ordinance allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. some say they went too far with the ordinance. gay-rights groups want the law preserve, they say it provides dignity. it takes place on april 1. tisha: national guard members back home. they arrived late this afternoon. shortly after their arrival, one national guard proposed to his girlfriend, and she said yes.

steve: an american airport gets evacuated. the mysterious package that cleared out a terminal, and what the bomb squad found. tisha: a florida mom shot in the back why her own a. why she may be the one facing charges. plus, a woman opening fire in a wild shootout, caught on camera. steve: plus, a look at our downtown raleigh studio. meteorologist: that warm-up will continue. very pleasant, 68, 69 fayetteville. tomorrow we will pack on 10 degrees to that. i will tell you how long the warming trend will last, and when you can see rain heading our way.

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steve: -- tisha: president obama wrapping up his historic trip to cuba. this is president obama's first trip to the latin american nation, and the first visit by a president since george bush in 2005. steve: a security alert at denver international airport. they closed down to a terminal because of a suspicious package. a positive hit was found by bomb-sniffing dogs. it turns out that jars of oils

family set off the alert. no bombs were found. tisha: a horrific scene. and 81-year-old woman picking up her grandchildren, another four-year-old ran into the child. the four-year-old was still trying to get into the suv, was hit by the door, and pushed under the vehicle. when she tried to help, the car rolled backward. no one inside the descartes was hurt. steve: a woman hit -- shot in the back by her son could face charges. jamie gilt put a loaded gun into the backseat, and it slid under a chair, where her son could reach it. she is now recovering at the hospital, and police are recommending a misdemeanor charge.

alarming situation for passengers. a small fire broke out in a restaurant in a terminal. heavy black smoke can be seen from the roof. fire crews were able to bring the fire under control. authorities say it started in the kitchen, no injuries were reported. charges in the infamous easter bunny brawl at a new jersey mall. two men charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. he was arrested after slipping from a chair after taking her picture with the easter bunny. he has a lengthy criminal history and is wanted as a fugitive from justice warrant. he remains behind bars. steve: it is time to check out the must see video of the night. this is at a detroit gas station.

she pulled a gone out of her skirt and opened fire on that car. police say an argument started be -- between these two groups. she fired several shots at the driver. the driver then runs over the guy you see under the car. already, the driver speeded off. the driver was taken to the hospital and should be ok. and, a man in a tree. stopping traffic in downtown seattle. it is typically decorated in christmas lights during the holidays. he was hurling oranges and apple peel that rescuers trying to help them. he will be charged with criminal trespassing. 70 years after their service, a group of women in detroit that helped during world war ii, the original rosie the rivers united

women, famous for their we can do it attitude. they worked jobs while the men were fighting overseas. they will go to arlington national cemetery, followed by lunch. steve: that is long overdue. good timing for them. chris is with us now, trying to get easter weekend into focus here. in my be a little early to figure out when that rain is coming. chris: i think saturday is good, and hopefully, most of sunday. we will fine-tune that forecast. more about that coming up. but before that gets here, a another shot at rain as we head into late thursday, thursday night and into friday morning. in terms of friday, a wet commute. a cold front coming through, spreading showers.

weather, it can happen, but not too likely. in the meantime, we had a light freeze this morning. we will continue with a warming trend. remember, the average date of the last freeze is around the first or second week in april. frost can sometimes occur after that. it means that half the time they occur before that. nothing on the horizon, but there are some signs of by the end of next week, we could be cooler than normal again. so bear that in mind. we are ahead of schedule with our green up in spring, three weeks ahead. get out there and get the garden going. 37, very mild out there. a frosty start at 32. we got to 66, and 57 by 11:00. a southwest winds at nine miles

mid 50's in rocky mount and chapel, fayetteville 55. everybody should drop another 10 degrees or so by tomorrow morning. clear skies all day. there are some clouds off here to the northwest. this is our next storm system, just getting organized. rain into south dakota that will change to snow. snow getting started in parts of colorado. a major storm for rocky mountains, high plains, and upper midwest area in denver, not unusual at all. if they get some of their heaviest snows in march and april. also, snow warnings in minnesota and upper midwest, could see a foot of snow. there is a slight risk of severe weather for arkansas.

again, i don't think we will see any severe weather. upper 30's north, low 40's around the triangle. mid 40's in fayetteville. you will need a jacket in the morning, but not nearly as cold as this morning. 57 by the noon hour. much warmer than it was today. a southwest breeze, mid-70's, upper 70's around fayetteville. a beautiful day. if you did not get a chance to enjoy today, maybe tomorrow. 75 in durham, 70 four chapel hill. southwest winds, could get to 20 miles per hour or higher. that will of the fire danger tomorrow, as well. high pressure, which has brought in cold air, is now moving off to the east. at the southwest winds continue tomorrow, about 10 higher than what we had today.

we might not get to 80. here is that front again, coming our way later thursday night. all day thursday, we are drive. here is our predictor. through the evening hours thursday, we are dry with clouds increasing. midnight and beyond we see showers coming our way. could be wet in the morning hours as you head out on good friday. as you had to work or school, i think a lot of schools may be closed. but they are off to the east and we will see a clearing that will make way for a nice saturday. that is your seven-day forecast, 79 on thursday, showers come in late thursday night, friday morning. ending friday afternoon, for some sunshine, 70. saturday looks great for any outdoor plans. 65. sunday, clouds increase. and we will keep an optimistic tone.

a dose of reality from sarah palin, what she has in common with judge judy, straight ahead. steve: baseball diplomacy with

sarah palin has signed a deal to make a pilot for a reality tv show. they say it is time to find a buyer to air the show, possibly starting next fall. a producers says palin is a natural for the role because she is not afraid to give her opinion. sarah palin has no legal training. baseball history today in cuba. steve: in the first visit by a major league team since 1999. there you see president barack obama and raul castro. at one point, the two leaders joined the crowded doing the wave. the baltimore orioles were the last team to play there, 17 years ago. you can see the whole first having a really good time there. tisha: a historic trip, indeed.

sports anchor: coming up next, cat barber reaching an nba draft decision. and happiness for the heels. the associated press, the state of north carolina, coming up

>> now, abc11 eyewitness sports. sponsored by your local toyota dealers. sports anchor: he gave every ounce of himself to the wolfpack. time to get richly compensated for those efforts. barber in forming us that he is bringing his quicksilver game, but will not return. he became a father in the middle of last season, and not coincidentally, that is when his game really started to take off. he had about 23.5 points per game. barber added nearly five assists and five rebounds per game. numbers not seen in the acc since penny anderson in georgia

there were times this year when carolina played like a team devoid of much confidence, and absent of joy. that seems a long time ago, now, though. they were happy, headed to philly. >> this was for a long time, the least appreciated team i have ever had your it everybody else in the media, wrote negative things as much as they wrote positive things. sports anchor: there seem to be extra pep in their step, they are in the middle of something memorable. >> the only way to truly enjoy it is to go out there and play the best match. that is what we think of when we go out there and play great. >> are you going to make it to the final four? you want to win it all.

sports anchor: mixed in with the urgency of the moment, undeniable confidence. the tar heels have the confidence and the flexibility to win. >> it takes it up a whole other notch. we just play a little bit harder, sometimes. sports anchor: two senior leaders and best friends, it could not be better. after they if that is impacted their friendship -- >> is no. >> no. >> i would yell out something to bryce maybe two or three times, and we would yell at the same guy, i could hear his voice. beyonce could come up behind me, i would not know who she was.

course, but he was a firecracker today. what a chance for jeff skinner early. but he was stumped by chad johnson in the sabres. 1-0 in the first. 1-1, third. yoakam nordstrom goes into a spinorama. gives up two late goals. steve: we will see them in philadelphia tomorrow. tisha: thank you for watching. okay, everybody. >> a popular blogger shows fans his monday morning. suddenly the -- >> it gets a bit interesting. >> the minute a boring commute

a kayaker gets up close with nature. >> you've got to be careful. >> why he got a warning to back off. three guys hooked it all the way to arizona. >> from buffalo, new york, last may. >> hear their inspiring reason for their remarkable journey. >> we are walking back home. plus, the answer to a deprived underwater questionnaire. and -- >> so good. >> somebody's a little wobbly. >> all after a few big drinks. >> why daddy is the designated driver after this one. >> it's a party. let's go to chicago. ben brown is a daily blogger on youtube. he updates videos every day of his occurrences. he has a million subscribers that watch him on his channel. ben is having a bit of fun.

checking this place out, and he got together for a photo shoot on instagram. i always try to get my head around the city bloggers because sometimes what they say is mundane, nobody would want to watch this video. but sometimes everybody's day gets a bit interesting. oh! >> what was that? >> well, that was a car accident. basically, these guys are driving along and got smashed from the side. you can see it from the chase car behind. >> oh! okay. >> t-boned. >> it doesn't look as intense as the first shot. they got hit pretty hard. >> you can see it again from this angle as the air bags deploy on the right-hand side of the car. you can kind of see that moment of shock on his face because it's more explosive, he got ringing in his ears and his face is confused. every looks around. >> are you all right?

you can see everyone sees it and then -- >> oh, my god. >> enough. once you get out, you see the aftermath and the longer blows. there's not that much damage to the car. >> i'll tell you why, the car hit the wheel of their car. it impacted probably the strongest part of the car right on the axle. >> you can see the police turn up, there's an ambulance there just in case. now funny enough, the biggest us. >> look at my jacket. the jacket got melted by the air bag. >> no way. >> yeah. from the explosion in the air bag. but let's be honest, in the grand scheme of things, that's not bad for a car crash. >> when you go back and watch it. it looks like the other car is the one at fault here. i want you guys to pay very close attention to where all the pedestrians are in this video because that is very important

that yellow ball is pointing out everyone critical to this video. 54-mile-per-hour wind, watch what happens. >> no! >> oh goodness, right where they were just walking. >> exactly. watch that again, that roof flies off but then it folds in half. and no one was injured. >> wow. a good old moment there, sensed something was happening and stepped in pretty quickly once it came. >> nobody hurt. this next video i still want you to look up. because something is going to come down. >> again? what the heck? >> what the heck, christian? somebody was upstairs in a store working in a certain area and fell through the roof into a pet store. the amazing thing is, no reports of animals being hurt. you can see this employee gets up like, was that you?

fall through the ventilation job. no, someone just fell down. >> there was work going on but they don't detail the work he was doing. >> the work was he was installing a flooring upstairs. >> and just stepped where he had to. baby animals are super cute. but you've got to be careful because where there's a baby, there's a momma. this is stewart gap. he's kayaking in south africa. what you see to the left of him, those are seal pups. he got a little too close and this happened. >> whoa! >> yeah. that's the momma. she was not happy. she head butts the kayak and bites it. just enough to go, get away. >> look at that, you see her mouth open up and then just shoves her whole body weight into it. almost knocks him out.

look at the damages to his kayak. >> better than his leg. that's for real. >> he's lucky she let him go with a warning, a serious warning. >> i'm sure he'll be more cautious. moving over to the kroogcrooger national park, these elephants are hanging out. but look at the baby back there. >> oh, he wants to cuddle. >> the folks taping the video said it looks like he's having a little bit of trouble with his trunk. >> it looks like he's mimicking what the other members are doing, flop his ears, look aggressive. >> he's got an itchy nose. >> babies are so cute. it's amazing in the meantime. looks like this guy has been sentenced to hard labor at the beginning of this video, just a ton of elbow grease workout in