have a great thursday.. i a rash of armed robberies at seven eleven stores in one of the seven cities we're live at one of those stores with more on the search for the suspects was major movement towards making the marine corps more gender neutral. what's in the works to make the change it is thursday morning mrs thirteen is not a pic of sandra parker and ashley smith andre lucy both enjoying the day off we headed over to meteorologist craig know it's been cold for a few days but finally thames back on the rise the more drag. good morning guys temperatures will be going up today we're looking at highs in the reach the lower fifties and low to mid fifties for simeon there is a not too bad his quiet out there right now as well skies going to be mostly cloudy that we will be deal with some cloud cover you see that

the area. one doesn't show up his room bright cloud cover because some of this is kind of lower than it is out there and we will see the most economic conditions out to the lesson more cloud cover but it is dry and i think that's the way would remain for most of the day is the wide sky view from the tower in norfolk. looking across the elizabeth river right at the airport cloudy conditions in north wind ten mph. i would say today generally the winds are going to be counted in that ten maybe fifteen mph range that could be a few gusts near the water up to about twenty mph so maybe a little breezy at the coast generally and i just checked the wind guess we don't have any high gust reported. all right now but it is breezy enough that when you factor in the wins the windchill still feeling like the lower to mid thirty so not as bitterly cold is what we saw yesterday in the day before but that week you have still a chilly start today and the temperatures through the afternoon as i mentioned will rise into the lower fifties officially

hitting that sometime during the early to mid afternoon i'll be back full forecast we will talk about even warmer weather with a weekend stay tuned for more on that and craig is still pretty early in the morning for a whole lot of traffic when you can see here a lot of debris making its way across hampton roads was a quick live look at traffic crossing the high rise bridge you can see eastbound westbound car driving towards her screen headed westbound when for sixty four. you can see looks about the same on both sides of the high rise bridge out not too far from the high rise bridge the gilbert and great reporting a couple lift this morning we'll talk about that coming up at four forty five now a crime alert for you in office that is where police are searching for suspects in a rash of armed robberies. please tell us three seven eleven stores were robbed in the span of two hours last night one of those stories was the same place where a clerk was shot during a robbery early yesterday you saw that is breaking news here on daybreak tri there's no word on whether any of these incidents were actually connected that our lease

eleven on red gate avenue night so elise what have you learned. sandra ashley and there is no armed security guard and the seven eleven behind me he says he was called here around midnight last night he says that this is the first time here police say this store was robbed around eight forty man came in with a gun and took money and then laugh now about twenty minutes later police say a man fitting a similar description of who committed this first robbery rom to another seven eleven on colonial again going in arms demanding money and leaving now at nine fifty six the third robbery happened on chesapeake boulevard. that's the same seven eleven where yesterday morning a clerk was shot. thankfully this time nobody was injured in that robber did not get any cash again police are investigating and they're asking of you know any

live in norfolk. elise brown thirteen years now and also another traveler forty two suspected bank robbers are on the run after hitting a bank in leon county sheriff's office tells us that happened just before four thirty yesterday afternoon at towne bank of credit act surveillance cameras captured one of the suspects but the sheriff's office is looking for two men they believe that the men got away the white ford focus or fusion sheriff's office is also asked authorities in virginia to be on the lookout new this morning a judge ruled that a virginia beach mother who tried to kill herself and her two children must stay in a mental hospital for another year for review hearing yesterday a psychologist testified he feared every day can you see are there on your screens could still harm herself or others. aiken has been hospitalized since june when a judge found her not guilty by reason of insanity prosecutors say she crushed prescription pills into food and fed it to her two children. she then plays it herself. those children did

morning a virginia beach man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking trafficking a minor nose comes from our partners of the virginian pilot according to court documents. alvin moore met a fifteen year old girl who ran away from home back in twenty fourteen more then began using her as a prostitute in hotels of virginia beach documents indicate the girl had roughly ten appointment today and all the money went to more set to be sentenced in april where today elizabeth city police will hold another meeting about body cameras never told this will probably be the final public meeting on this issue sooner research committee will present policy and equipment recommendations to the chief of police the last public meeting is set for two this afternoon is that the passport a county public safety building with the deconstruction alert in norfolk that could impact your commute lane reductions at the intersection of remington avenue st pauls bulldogs are set to begin today. city officials tell us that the restrictions are doing utility work by the handsome and sanitation district now drivers are

church streets of mosul avenue as alternate routes police will help to control traffic during rush hours that work are told is expected to last until early march. all right time now for thirty six still to comeome findings from a new study could save a life the one over the counter medicine researchers found could ctually help prostate cancer but first a startling new study about emergency savings find out how many americans have enough money set aside

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it's not a bad start today rejected temperatures for you right now and across the area temperatures this morning a bit milder than yesterday still chilly in spots but instead of turning up in the twenties low thirties when the mid to upper thirties on the eastern shore low forties run is filling cape charles. also it's not as windy as what we saw yesterday so the wind chills are as bad either. still you want a jacket is you're out the door but we can deal with low forties it is after all early january so expect a cold this time of year for the pencil we have lower to mid forties ron hampton forty five to close in forty three up in williamsburg forty degrees there and we have forty two degrees reported across parts of surrey see spring grove their makeover down towards common forty degrees right now farther to the south as we take a look south side to chesapeake mid forties low forties for much of sceptical of the great dismal swamp a bit milder and

have mid forties all our agency right now in fact a fifty degrees right there in the end of the south along the outer banks is milder is well with low to mid fifties temperatures today generally are going to top out. i think in the low fifty solo bit warmer and you can see nationally still some very cold air for the end north central part of the country but the warming trend is taking place and that will continue over the coming days we will see temperatures into the mid fifties tomorrow and sixty on saturday a chance for some showers late saturday. i show you more on that with our future cast coming up in just a bit sick to gilmer to bridge with ashley. all right greg we have a couple of lifts scheduled at the junction bridge today one of them during the morning rush hour six forty this morning and then again after the afternoon rush hour tonight so it's seven o'clock so course these lists are pretty split their double wanted to give you a heads up you can plan your day accordingly. now the problem that we just become part of the head over more to the port side. here's a live look at traffic on one sixty

moving steadily on both sides no big issues there which attracted the hr bt coming up in eight minutes more and we're coming upon four forty one on this thursday morning still to come new details about the destination that you won't want skepticism and condemnation the international response to north korea's claims when

breaking overnight south korean officials say they're now in talks with the white house has a nuclear power us subs and aircraft the korean peninsula and this comes after north korea claims it successfully lly te a hydrogerogen bobo leaders inn seoul also announced overnight they would resume cross border propaganda proper pop up broadcasts whether pyongyang considers the broadcasts an act of war world leaders have condemned the nuclear test and somewhat new sanctions against the north for more on this developing situation on good morning america and it was more in the marine corps has been ordered to come up with a plan to make its unlisted entry level training co ad and make its job titles more gender neutral as follows the recent move to open all military combat roles to women. last week navy secretary ray made this request of a detail plan for marine commandant general robert naylor now according to mrs memo the plan is due

implemented by april first new this morning the pentagon will review more than one thousand medals issued since the september eleven terror attacks for possible upgrade to the medal of honor defense secretary ash carter ordered the sweeping review it stems from a study of military decorations to ensure the award system appropriately recognizes the service and sacrifices of service members only this morning apartment when prices are on the rise across america wall street journal reports apartment rents increase faster last year than at any time since two thousand and seven publication cites a report by real estate researcher reis incorporated which found average effective rent rose four point six percent in twenty fifteen other report reveals the average rent it now stands at nearly one thousand one hundred eighty dollars nationwide that is up about one thousand one hundred twenty five dollars a year ago this morning a new bankrate report reveals more than sixty percent of americans do not have enough

expenses that include something like a five hundred dollars car repair one thousand dollar emergency room visit us for coming back when money gets tight americans are most likely to forgo eating out followed by reducing spending on cable or satellite tv and new this morning a story everybody is anxious to hear lottery officials say there was no jackpot winner in last night's drawing for a five hundred million dollars powerball prize so you know what that means the estimated prize for saturday's drawing is going up to are you ready for this six hundred and seventy five million dollars it is the largest jackpot of any lottery game in us history but unfortunately that of a reality check for how your odds of winning are one in two hundred and ninety two million if you like a little comparison here's your chance of getting struck by lightning is better about the one in nine hundred and sixty thousand to maybe not in this campaign year but you

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then all you have to do is go to thirteen years now dot com to enter to win asked that the odds of winning or what is wanting to two hundred and ninety two ninety two and to quote jim carrey from and dumber. so he is saying the eye with the mailbox in the devastating than the one of the album a girl like you knew going into it i'd see why one in ten million or so years the eye that's right exactly well i'll tell you what there is a very good chance to be warmer today than yesterday and warmer than the day before that we do have a nice little trend the odds that the satellite assemblies will be going up and going to welcome the warmer conditions with light from the most part dry conditions today and tomorrow late saturday into sunday that's when things may get a little bit last year the system comes through will see better chances for showers no preset yesterday today i think going from

around fifty one a b fifty two degrees or so asd through the afternoons it is a look at sky's going to be mostly cloudy there might be a few breaks in the clouds this morning but we give more cloud cover set to roll into the afternoon so we'll say mostly cloudy today. what weather down offshore not a problem for your morning commute were in great shape as we look at to the less you do find some drier air out there across kentucky but back in missouri more scanner weather and rain down to arkansas and louisiana as well will focus on empty roads and as i mentioned the morning commute is a dry one to break is here let's pick up the future cason talk temperatures starting up this morning mid forties year because it's a little cooler upper thirties a few spots adeline and ninety five in the mid thirties again as we go along. maybe a couple of breaks in the clouds here and there you might wanna take your sunglasses but just know that there will be more clouds coming in later this afternoon with those temperatures again getting up in the lower fifties mid

virginia beach oceanic one of the warmer spots yesterday i think and be that way again today down to the south the local hills also a bit warmer in the upper fifties there you can see they'll be a few sprinkles offshore may be near the coasts but i think most of us remain dry today when a shady extended future cast here we're basing this on the european model and as we take it through saturday late the day you see the moisture increasing their saturday night into early sunday morning chances for showers. hopefully most of that stuff again at around midday and we will welcome drier conditions certainly cooler conditions one set system clears and you see that with the seven day forecast a warming trend through saturday into sunday and temperatures falling back off back to were little bit below normal tuesday and wednesday i dash to watch around hr bt just taking a look at traffic out there craig really is wide overview of hampton roads showing a lot of deep green across the area will zoom in now and

traffic making its way around the hr bt so that the car to drive away from the screen there is making its way eastbound further into norfolk. westbound traffic driving toward your screens are headed to the hr bt the shot right around fourth street in norfolk so we're pretty close to the hr bt this point and traffic is still moving very well said about how the door you will like to ride there. coming up at five o'clock will check to see if we have any overnight road work still going on our editors for fifty one and still to come the best diets ranked by health experts and you might be surprised what's number one in the battle of the bulge. but first new research reveals a link

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we've got breaking news right now that i doubting chesapeake that is where police are working on life threatening shooting at the extended stay hotel that's the one in greenbrier are elise brown just got to the scene she is there now gathering details force here's what we know so far please tell us they're taking the victim to some terra nova general hospital right now so far police are not releasing any suspect information at all we of course the fall of the selection of more as we learn more and developing now congress has sent legislation to president obama is bask in an effort to repeal his health care law. there've been dozens of previous attempts in the house and senate but yesterday's vote

time such a bill actually makes it to the white house president obama will veto that bill republicans say they are fulfilling a promise to voters this morning a new study in jama psychiatry reveals the risk for depression may be linked to the h a woman goes to nana pa researchers found a longer reproductive period and then a pause at age forty or older decreased a woman's risk for depression. it's believed that longer exposure to estrogen may have a protective effect against the disease experts say more research needs to be done but they do feel that the findings could help identify women at greater risk for depression. new this morning. doctors say it it's ah it's good or rather for use during heart attacks and preventing strokes but new research shows taking aspirin regularly may reduce the risk of dying from prostate cancer now a new study found while aspirin did not impact the odds of being diagnosed with prostate cancer those

tablets a week for twenty four percent less likely to die from that disease among men who already have prostate cancer aspirin use aspirin use rather was linked to a thirty nine percent lower risk of early death and for the sixth year in a row the dash diet is the best overall diet for your health that is according to the u s national heart lung and blood institute and dash stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension dash diet is designed to lower blood pressure which with healthy grains poultry low fat dairy and nuts and also this post suppose to meet your facts and your red meat and sugar keep in mind who are new this morning which employees do you think drake though most coffee interesting according to researchers the answer is doctors orthopedic surgeons come in first radiologist come in second and rounding out the top five general surgeons neuro surgeons and

the amount of coffee consumed may be linked to job stress and the number of hours worked. i'm okay with my doctor because he keeps away the right place or i would get some good news we're in for a mild day and we can see what this weekend i had meteorologist chris mohr is tracking this warming trend and when it comes to mental health. it's a problem that

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