wral's gilbert baez was the mc. structuring estimate for the american tobacco durham campus gerald owens will emcee with a number of performances. this event concludes around 7 pm with the tower lighting. >>> at least it will be chilly enough so that it feels like christmas. >> it will be perfect weather for that. it will be nice and clear and crisp with this morning the same thing. the christmas decorations in south hill, virginia beautiful this morning. we head up to the north in waxahachie and south hill with 40. 36 in southern pines with temperatures warming up just a little bit. at lunchtime we expect a high of just 56 so it stays pretty chilly and by 8 pm temperatures are back into the mid-40s. you are going to be happy to you. our overnight lows get close to freezing over the next several mornings. after that we have rain that roles in and we will talk about when to expect that but right now brian has a look at your roads. >>> it is 8:07 right now and look at for a crash just beyond the alston avenue intercha

this is wral news on fox 50. >>> >. a raleigh police officer responding to a break in yesterday afternoon was injured by friendly fire. hello and thank you for joining us i'm gerald owens. >> i'm lynda loveland. the officers was released from wake med. it happened when officers chandler was in a struggle with a 28-year-old suspect. tonight we're learning more about the suspect and what happened at the lake park condominiums. ken smith is live outside wake med where the suspect remainings tonight. ken? >> reporter: the suspect remains here at wake medalisted in critical -- med listed in critical condition, and we're as he recovers, and one thing is that his run in with the law wednesday wasn't the first. the police radio traffic show it is moments the police encountered this man wednesday afternoon. >> shots fired, shots fired! officers shot. >> reporter: that officer was cm chandler who got into a struggle with the suspect who had a knife. officers chandler accidentally by another officer. a police call notifies why the

this is wral news on fox 50. >> right now on fox 50 we are following breaking news in raleigh with the report of the shooting at a hotel near the crabtree valley mall. we will have a live report. >>> a suspect remains in critical condition this morning , but an officer also injured is now out of the hospital and what we have learned coming up. >>> a mother is dead and her son injured. but investigators i saying about this investigation. thanks for joining us this friday morning am lena tillett. >> and am renee chou in for bill leslie. >> it is so nice to be back, and i heard it was 70s this week . i am happy to be back. >> at least it will feel more like iowa weather here definitely turning colder. even though we did have some warm temperatures, it was kind of grade. it was nice to be out, but it is not beautiful like it is but it is a lot colder than it was yesterday. 34 in durham and 36 in holly springs. town by town it is 28 in roxboro with 38 at fayetteville and it is pretty chilly with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s and 52 at noon. compare that to mid to upper 60s yesterday

you may have seen this moment live on wral last night. the 84th rockefeller center christmas tree was lit in new york city. the 94 foot norway spruce is from upstate new york. worker spent weeks decorating it with more than 50,000 led lights. the tree will sparkle until january 7. >> if you use a spotify there's a chance that drake was on your playlist. he was the most strained artist for the second year. he had 4.7 million streams. he was also the most strained artist of all time on spot a rounding out the top three, justin bieber and rihanna. drakes, one dance, is the most popular song ever on spot a fight with nearly 970 streams. >>> president obama welcomed the nations nobel prize winners to the white house. noticeably absent, bob dylan. the president invited all the winners to the oval office yesterday. doctor f duncan held day and doctor j. michael kosterlitz were awarded for their work in physics. sir j. fraser stoddart one for chemistry and doctor oliver hart w a in economic sciences. singer-songwriter bob dylan was not there. he

this evening we are excited about our tabulating here on wral. you can tune in and the 5:00 make sure you were watching during 6 pm. the let's go on at 6:15. we have a special guest to help us turn on the lights and a special guest down in fayetteville at sport bright. if you are in the fayetteville area, head over there. on friday you can head down to the american tobacco campus and that is where there will be a tower lighting. the event kicks off at 6:00 with music and fun. it will be a little cool. beehive 56. by 6:00, upper 40s. on saturday, winterfest in downtown raleigh. it wil 53. at lunchtime, 48. highs will be in the 40s on sunday. it will be a gray and chilly day. we start in mid 30s on sunday morning and end up around 49. a good bit below the normal i- 57. notice the morning lows. it will be colder tomorrow morning at 37 and 35 on saturday. after that it warms up as we get into a chance of rain on monday and tuesday. no freezing chip -- days. here is belt line at us 64. the traffic is moving very slowly in this direction. everything lo

this is wral news. >> shots send an officer and suspect to the hospital. tonight, new details. >>> the shooting of a man brings protesters back out. the frustration around their >>> a new twist in the undecided race for governor.>>> gunfire since an officer and a suspect to the hospital and tonight we are getting our first official update on their conditions. it happened just before 3:00 this afternoon. kim smith has been following the developments. he is alive with what we have learned. >>reporter: we have learned police officer suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. the suspect is in critical condition. let me show you what residence have been coming home to tonight, lots of raleigh police officers patrolling and standing guard as well crime scene tape. this section remained under heavy police their homes. >> i got home and there was a lot of police officers. >>reporter: this man moved in less than a month ago and says this scene is not the neighborhood he have come to know. >> peaceful. i don't have trouble out of anyone. >>reporter: wedne

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