adrienne alpert, downtown los . grand plans to revitalize downtown norfolk will live with a major impact the move could have on the community and it's being called an overdose epidemic what's being done today to come back to heroin and prescription drug problem right here in the commonwealth. good morning it is tuesday morning this is that a newsnight a break of lucy bustamante home on three seniors four thirty on the dot roof work whole day today and things are only gonna get colder. that's pretty much our pattern jest of the destroyed muller is going to give us all the answers right holding getting colder here we are it's mardi gras right we have fat wednesday and were very excited about the rock and some mardi gras colors. that was kind of the thinking and you know what i'm giving up for lent. warmer temperatures were the well known in

that's for sure temperatures today actually close to normal. we have one more day to soak it up i enjoy the relatively mild conditions today because it does turn a lot cooler for the rest of the week. this morning temperatures in the thirties forties near the coast forty five right now and oceanic shower still up on the eastern shore. we had the rain across syria it was fairly light precipitation right now things winding down down on the current acts out a few more showers down there it would dock in corral you'll see little button that up on these for sure right now for a northampton mackinac counties are still seeing showers aches then back over towards teens year and as we take a look off to the western side there of the bay just a few sprinkles exiting the little pencil and the northern neck so that's what's out there this morning as we expand the view you can see there's a little break for today and a quick look at the future cash you can see the temperatures will climb up through the forties will hit the fifty for seven when there is slight chances for

evening i'll talk more about that coming up right now get a check of the berkeley bridge ashley smith wears a purple this morning good morning all of a goal to bring their ic. i got a couple of the color that this morning i got the green here behind me on the traffic network that's alot of ppl aussies out of that thank you thank you for the award already fingers i left sec traffic the whole picture of the downtown to let you live look around the downtown tunnel i'd feared is that people are really inside the tunnel norfolk and portsmouth to sixty four westbound just a couple cars right now making their way toward portsmouth. no major issues traffic flowing wells let's head back the maps now to get the rest of the area moving pretty well not seeing any overnight road work but if you're headed further out west. even though a lot of those routes that i was watching yesterday are drying up and stop a couple of reports of standing water in isle of wight in surry county to just be careful to make an oven for forty will head over to the midtown tunnel traffic

right ashley thank you later today major changes could be coming to downtown or favorable or receive the construction of the grand hotel. but tonight's city council me to hear proposals from other businesses looking to get in on the activity i lisa brown is live in downtown norfolk with new details on this way exciting planned elise good morning with the non trade right now i'm on main street everywhere you look down town new been since both with national chains and local mom and pops are sprouting up in a developer just bought two buildings behind me the first one is to commerce plate and connected to it. he also bought the bank of america building out tonight. city hall is scheduled to vote on what could be housed in to commerce place on the docket is scheduled. adp now our partners at the virginian pilot sick or into a source adp is a national human resources company automatic data processing of that company comes here to norfolk

jobs some of those employees could live at the apartment that'll be how to write next or at the bank of america building that we spoke with mary miller with the downtown norfolk council and she said the developer buddy guy adams briefed her team on his plans is proposing to do a full service restaurant on the first floor a coffee shop will be recreation facilities for the resin and so on. no place for wine store ads on there even any jewelry thought jack and i had the opportunity of going on top of the building last fall in the views from there it is unparalleled. add to the life that are happening in downtown norfolk. currently more than thirty thousand people work here and more than five thousand people live yours will keep you updated on all these changes that could be voted on tonight and city council live in norfolk. elise brown thirteen years and thanks so much the least of those four thirty four later today a hot button issue will be

roads right attorney general mark herring will join won forcing officials to discuss joint efforts to address the heroin and prescription drug problem right here in state us attorney for the eastern district in appointee will also attend they're also expected to announce a guilty plea in a heroin overdose case that resulted at sharing things combating the drug epidemic is a top priority for him later today nasa said to give us an update on plans for a journey to the red planet nasa administrator charlie bolden will deliver the annual state of knesset address this afternoon the former astronaut will detail the plan at nasa's langley research center in hampton. bolden is expected to discuss the agency's scientific and technological achievements and cutting edge future work later today president barack obama will submit his last annual budget plan to congress the president is calling for a double u s investment into clean energy research and development as a way to combat climate change calls

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. in the spirit of mardi gras purple pen exploded all over my hand this is when one of those mornings for as low am right now across the area skies in are going to break up the one i mean by that we had showers and cloudy conditions overnight it's still mostly cloudy and later today. it should become very oblique i didn't even partly sunny so looking forward to a good tuesday for the most part in our temperatures getting into the upper forties pushing close to fifty degrees you can see still showers up around the eastern shore we had the rain roll across our area like this for here over the last twelve hours you can see how it's really starting to pull way still to be a wet morning go up on the few short things looking much quieter out to the west for now we are going to see colder temps so settling in

right now in the thirties for the inland areas we have lower to mid forties closer to the coast want to talk about the big picture here and look at the cold air poised to roll into our region we are going to see a couple shots of cooler air and you can see some of the snow on the other side of the mountains slight chance for a couple areas with light next off to the north later this evening. anything we to be very light very isolated most of us will not have to worry too much about that in st louis and chicago some snow today i see that the forecast for travel cities as we focus on the region you will notice the temperatures get pretty chilly up in d c thirty eight forty five at richmond forty seven new bern locally or captures a bit milder i will be back with a big cool down for the rest of the week coming up we see these weekend temperatures. i lower them again. checkmate downtown here's ashley. so wait wait because yesterday sunday was like thirty two of

is what you're saying oh my gosh our lives does is talk about trap the lilies that's positive it for forty. you can see here things moving very nicely at the midtown tunnel traffic headed into norfolk and that's moving well and there's a westbound lane will be even better if you're planning to head to portsmouth snowshoes at the midtown a quick check back at the traffic network maps will help the coleman bridge also very calm and quiet no bridge that report just yet. you can see you're headed to yorktown route forty five crossing the bridge and into making a way to northbound route forty one so we are moving well they are coming up in a few minutes we'll head to sixty four was the traffic is moving just as well hint into norfolk at the hr bt tower actually think ill it is a lovely here on daybreak it with millions of people searching for love online it can be pretty difficult to set yourself apart. ahead how you can add that extra pizzazz to your dating

the doctor just to see the case of a woman accused of running down a man leaving him for dead is scheduled for trial today sarah flanders is due in court at nine thirty this morning. she's charged with second degree murder and felony hit and run with the flavors hit richard pence with her cart near plaza middle school and left him to

fourteen will update you after today schedule trial andy this morning a father connected to an amber alert is now in custody. james moses the third turn himself in last night state police sent out an alert for three year old moses haven on sunday they canceled it after the founder trooper see that the father violated a protective order when he took his daughter from a caretaker court documents reveal the teams most recently served time in prison on child abuse charges. moses could face new charges in this case. new this morning hundreds of people came together to celebrate remember a girl whose life was taken to just thirteen years old love once the candles sang hymns and pulse for a moment of silence last night from the co level officers found stabbed to death last month in north carolina to virginia tech students are charged in connection with her for more on this developing case ahead on good morning america that's coming up at seven o'clock right after daybreak and later today mardi gras celebrations will kick off in

get underway last night it's actually lundy gras last night as hundreds of people poured into the streets for the annual london gras parade so probably it's the second all the screw in mardi gras welcomed the crowd with his sea themed throws an unique floats and then the super krewe of orpheus put together handcrafted floats as they do every year with spectacular light displays and plenty of throws his net. oh my gosh i'm so nostalgic. it hurts but that's okay because i have to take first episode of you're not going to be pretty well i'd like to give a big shout out to a pizza we contest winner carl and helen of newport news carl and her husband are all the free pizza once a week from dean o's pizza shop in newport news would like to also thank all the thirteen is now viewers who enter for chance to win congratulations to collar which is officially last week here on daybreak a sorkin to give you a chance

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close to normal typically word fifty today will be in the upper forties to just about fifty degrees yesterday were forty six and today actually a little bit milder and i didn't just attempt up a little bit from what we were looking at yesterday so we'll enjoy it because after today everything changes will see a seven day forecast looks pretty harsh as we get into the weekend i'm serious attempt has a lot colder as you can see the temps will be warming up forty five around midday asset backing a good look at the graphic and our temperatures again reaching about forty nine degrees and that's what's out there for today what we're going to find across the region last of the showers up on the eastern shore pulling away from the coasts of this is going to be a bit of a soggy start to the morning up there in the eastern shore little bit kind of exiting the northern neck of the little peninsula but that too will clear out and you can see the snow flying back across the ohio river valley back to the ascent for us of the midwest seeing a little

of this stuff can interact with the mountains and there's a slight chance we can see a passing white mix precipitation maybe a little snow shower off to the north later tonight for the most part temperatures mild enough that we are talking mainly just rain showers and then overnight tonight around nine o'clock a little bit of snow show up they're really up towards maryland and will just keep an eye to things we could see a stray flurry or two around the northern neck or early tomorrow maybe eastern shore in general tomorrow should be partly sunny pretty good look at de force actually just a low risk of a passing flurry or two off our to the north and then we are good shape thursday i think skies become mostly sunny there by friday to saturday a few more clouds but still things are going ok she said temperatures will trend down as colder air moves in. so this morning thirty zealand forties near the coast and as we take a look at the airport light west wind just three mph temperatures today should reach right around forty nine degrees and it's invariably cloudy now want to talk about

and as we take a look at those temperatures trending down slight chance for snow flurry far to the north tomorrow the big news. breezy and cold weather settling in here you go saturday's thirty six for i will look an overnight low saturday night into sunday down into the upper teens and highs sunday now looking to be close to twenty nine degrees there could be developing system monday night into tuesday we're watching for developments with that but in general the big news be prepared cooler weather set for hampton roads. time now to check in on the hr bt here's ashley. all right craig to take a look at traffic now leaving hampton and making its way to norfolk exactly see behind me here on the maps we still remain pretty nice shape and as we get a live look now but a mile away from the hr bt here's a live look at traffic passing settlers living headed for mallory. not much working as of yet nothing else the knife into the five o'clock hour. hopefully we'll see a pickup until well into the morning rush and you can see here westbound traffic

with a hint of a bridge or six sixty four also moving very well this morning so let's head back to the trap of network maps and keep the good news going here as we take a look at route fifty eight and supple very nice flow here. eastbound and westbound two hundred four six sixty four only taking in nine minutes to come from lakewood all the way up here at an aspen parkway so again grateful there as well coming up at five o'clock to head over for sixty four. we'll see how traffic is shaping up there between the chesapeake and norfolk. i will also check traffic at the jordan bridge are things to let a few times for fifty one the funding the fight against the danger seeker virus had the president's plan to combat the outbreak both here and abroad and a trip to

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