patrick walker is live at apex with more. patrick? ((patrick walker)) this empty desert sure doesn't look like silicon valley. but tech businesses are interested in opening up shop out here. one leading economist tells us... that interest is rising by the day. ((patrick walker)) at first the apex valley is empty desert flanked by mountains. but looking at it through the eyes of tech companies like faraday future -- it is fertile soil. ((dr. robert lang/executive director, brookings west: "10 years ago, you would have been happy to get some warehousing out at apex, now it's more along the lines of advanced manufacturing." )) ((patrick walker)) brookings mountain west director robert lang has been involved in the city of north las vegas' efforts to develop the apex industrial park. ((dr. robert lang/executive director, brookings west: "we're never going to be silicon valley, there's only one silicon valley, we're more like the work bench." )) ((patrick walker)) take faraday future's 3- million square foot facility as an example. lang sa

you have to remember the basis for apex being created in the first place. after the pepconexplosion thing, they were going to force the complexes in henderson to move out there. government was going to offer them 0 to move and i think if i remember correctly, i could be way off on the number because this is 20-year-old information, the ticket for time was about billion and a half or something like that and they kind of said, fu offer us nothing, we probably are not going to move. we will leave, rather than move. that was at that point in time, close to 500 jobs and the county backed out. in the process of backing down, they stopped any infrastructure to make apex viable in the first place. it could have been viable 25 years ago and for political reasons, it wasn't. >> the good news is that has changed and the state and especially john will take credit for this. >> absolutely. >> have made incredible moves, but will take a long time for apex to be functioning. pri was purchased in 1998 and here we are in 2016 seeing the but there was a lot of infrastructure

the rest of in apex are going to be closed. unfortunately we don't have specifics about when it's going to happen but plan some extra time there not just apex but also kerri. you can see that list of railroad crossings that will be closed beginning today through friday. plan alternate routes and plan some extra time. there's also a water main break in wake forest on durham road not too far from capital boulevard. mikaya thurmond is on the way and will have an update. back to you. >>> get news traffic and weather to go on the go on our wral mobile phone app. >>> and airport nightmare followed the weekend blizzard. >> see more of the gridlock at new york's laguardia airport and see how people got around the big jam. >>> and see a new daddy daughter photo posted by mark zuckerburg. >> cbs this morning is coming up right after the newscast. here's norah o'donnell. good morning. in iowa covering last night's town hall with hilary clinton and bernie sanders. plus how mcdonalds is winning back customers. also u.s. news and world repor

completely from the northern apex all the way to bearss. coming up, we'll see how traffic is flowing. >>> update on a traffic alert. i-275 just reopened to all traffic between i-75 and bearss avenue. around midnight a southbound tractor-trailer hit a disabled van in the middle of a road. that van burst into flames killing the driver. violent crash accepting both vehicles careening across the median and into the northbound lanes. the interstate was shut down for more than six hours, just reopened about 15 minutes ago. >>> we've been monitoring that closure throughout the night and now that everything is back open we're watching to see if there are slowdowns on 275. >> janelle, you know that whole stretch can get clogged on a good morning. how bad is it now? >> it's looking great out there. it's hard to tell there was even a crash that serious. this camera position just north of bridleton way, traffic up to speed in both directions. this is south of the apex, that check this out, your drive times looking great in this area. 75. >>> checking o

like you said both directions of i-275 still shut down from the north apex to bearss. couple of minutes had a few cars trying to get around that roadblock to head southbound. this is not an area you want to be driving through now. there is debris all over the there's still wires from the center divider down all over the roadway. through. if you're heading in this come down i-275, it is not open yet. like you said fhp working now lanes, they said those will be they are still trying to get oil and debris out of the roadway. as well as the northbound lanes. it will be shut down for quite some time headed into the morning, as they have to do a lot of repairs. here's what happened according to fhp -- this all happening just before midnight. there was a van that was disabled and stopped in the center lane of southbound 275 with no lights on. there was a semi traveling southbound in the same center lane. going full speed, didn't see that van, slammed into the back of that van. the impact made the van burst into flames causing it to cross the median, and the impact killed the male driver of the

again this was fiery, fiery deadly overnight crash between the i-275 apex and bearss. more after this. plus, act of kindness that has >>> we've got a major traffic alert on 275, the drivers need to know about this. both directions of the interstate shut down now between i-75 and bearss avenue because of a deadly overnight crash. crews working since midnight to get this cleared up. >> of course it's in the stretch, that very long stretch of highway where there are no exits. our live team coverage starts now, janelle martinez has options to help you avoid that area. near the scene to tell us exactly what happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. within the last 10 seconds or so we've started to see this traffic flow as southbound 275 is now open from the apex south through bearss avenue. it was shut down overnight due to a deadly fatal accident. let's look at video from last night. here's what fhp told us happened. there was a van that was disabled and stopped in the center lane on southbound i-275 traveling southbound at full

church in apex. >>> a fayetteville couple accused of allowing their dogs to starve will make a court appearance later today. franky and danielle abandoned the two dogs in an apartment on oak bridge road. one of those dogs died at 20 pounds under weight with no food in her system. the second dog was alive but no food in it's crate. the couple is charged with >>> a lawyer helping to free wrongly convicted inmates was found guilty of invading a woman's privacy by taking a water bottle from her home and having it tested for dna without permission. charges were dropped. the decision means she can get back to work. >>> we observe the official holiday on mond but today is the actual birthday of dr. martin luther king jr. and there are a number of events across the triangle today including a wreath laying at the martin luther king jr. memorial gardens in raleigh at 9:00. also the public is invited to a prayer breakfast in spring lake. that is going to be at 9:00. recommended donations at the door $10 for adults $5 for children. proceeds will be used to help fund the scholarship fund for yout

highlights include the apex industrial park...building an amphitheater at craig ranch regional park, and brining in a new police chief. but...he's looking forward to 2016... and beyond: (( what we have is we we been able to because of the assets that we had to not only bring jobs to the north las vegas but intelligence to north las vegas mind numbing kind of companies hyperlope verde the va hospital this has been the most exciting time for the perfect opportunities to all come together at the same time )) ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) the hyperloop will be joined by future at the apex industrial complex. we will have a full report on the address in the 4 and 5 p-m shows./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > the hyperloop going into the apex facility is the brainchild of tesla owner elon musk. he gave the idea away.. but is still encouraging others to get involved. (( elon musk: we are building a little test track and funding an annual student competition which is really to encourage students to think in new modes of transportation. it seems to have gotten a fair bit of at the college level.. the o

he has an outstanding warrant for a robbery in apex. we are working to learn more about a hit-and-run on parish street in durham by the bull statue. the woman driving the s.u.v. nipped over did not appear to be injured. john: growing outrage in chicago. the new and disturbing video barbara: a teacher who takes a barbara: welcome back, 5:44 and 39 degrees on friday morning. two are in custody after a meth lab bust in raleigh. robert kennerly and melissa godshall face charges of manufacturing and trafficking methamphetamines. authorities responded to the home and found two children in the home. they were sent to the hospital as a precaution. trump and ted cruz. they khrrbed during the debate in south carolina last night. trump said cruz has a big question mark over his candidacy given the fact he was born in canada. a wake county mother and daughter killed in a double murder-suicide are remembered today. ashley fite and her mom were found murdered in a home near apex. there will be a joint visitation tonight at apex funeral home and funer

. >> that is right and this is currently the largest grow house in the apex area right now. what we're showing you here is just a very small amount because they had a major harvest. only days ago ago. this is a growing industry. make no mistake about that and that means that the product here >> we currently are growing 20 different strains right now. >> forget what you thought you knew about marijuana farms. this is -- wave seer of nevada. a facility located in apex north of las vegas. >> you're staning in a vegetative room only and th9 lights are actually on 24 hours a day because plants do not sleep. >> here the workers look more like doctors than farmers with their white lab coats and rubber gloves. the plants will be turned into medicine to treat everything from headaches to cancer. >> once they are full size we'll take them and put them into our flower room and create nice big flowers and then they will go boot processing machines. >> also on staff here -- he helps monitor things like soil conditions and plant genetics. the environment is 100% and the humidity to the pr

the delays as you leave apex. 12 minutes from 55 to i-40. use tryon road to walnut >>> cary police are looking for four suspects in connection to a robbery this sent the person to the hospital. it happened on wisdom dr., monday night. the victim told police all suspects were armed and wearing dark clothing. the victim's injuries are not life-threatening. >>> this weather could be life- threatening if you stay out in it too long, mike. >> on the cold side. temperatures that are 10 degrees below the normal temperatures for this time of year, maybe a little more in the north, 17 at south hill, 19 rocky mount, 18 roxboro. we have 20 and raleigh, 25 in fayetteville and clinton, goldsboro at 21. there skies yesterday gave way to increasing high clouds that -- last night. with clouds off to the west and southwest. radar occurs over much of western north carolina, much of that not reaching the ground. very few if any reports of snow reaching the surface. as we go through the day, 31 at lunchtime, isolated sorry. during the late afternoon into early

plant in north las vegas but we haven't heard much about the other businesses already operating in the apex industrial park. good evening, i'm jim snyder. >> i'm marie mortera. >>> our focus is on the medical marijuana industry. our report is from waive seer one of the largest medical marijuana grow farms in southern nevada. >> reporter: it wasn't that long ago that a scene like this one would have been connected to something illegal. now not only is it not ill illegal, it's part of a growing industry here in southern nevada that's only gonna get larger. >> we currently are growing 20 different strains in here right now. >> reporter: forget what you thought you knew about marijuana this is waive seer of nevada, a cannabis facility located in apex, north of las vegas. >> right now you are standing in a vegetative room only and the lights are actually on 24 hours a day because plants do not sleep. >> reporter: here, the workers look a lot more like doctors than farmers with their white lab coats and rubber gloves. the plants you see will be turned into medicine to keat everything from headach

we have reports of some sleet falling in cary and apex and holly springs and we're looking for sleet pellets in northern portions of wake county and i want to check in with other portions of the area. we were talking about the crew there. and they are reporting sleet and pellets and also seeing some light snow in pinehurst and pine bluff this morning and let's slide off to portions of cumberland county and sampson and rose borrow. we're seeing freezing rain and still falling as sleet in wade and dunn. and the temperatures are concerned, very crucial in today's forecast. also 28 in lewisberg and 27 in henderson and temperatures are at freezing in fayetteville and clinton. so the freezing rain what that mean it's is falling as rain -- means it is falling as rain and your car, bridges and mailboxes. factor in the wind, and it feels down right frigid for some of you. 19 in roxboro, 20 in raleigh. winter storm warning in effect. it started at midnight and it continues through 6:00 p.m. tomorrow and we're looking at a winter weather advisory in effect for the same time frame and this will

at the apex industrial park. it will be home to "faraday future"... a car company with plans to build a billion- dollar manufacturing facility on the grounds. "brookings mountain west" director robert lang has long been involved in apex's development... and says faraday's 3- million- square foot facility will bring work for 45- hundred employees... and they'll have good paying jobs: ((dr. robert lang/executive director, brookings west: "we have the population to staff a place like that, if we don't have the right skill mix in the region, someone will move here ((dave courvoisier)) businesses who build at apex will depend on road and rail lines. n-dot is fast- tracking 50- million dollars of improvements of this 5-mile long... 2-lane section of u-s 93... starting at interstate 15. more companies could soon be on the way... north las vegas mayor john lee says he hopes to hear about new deals every few months./// ((paula francis)) > trying out products... so you don't have to waste your money! michelle mortensen is on your side... to find out if a heavil

here is a look at the trip from of fuquay, 55 up to apex and highway 50 in southern wake county to garner looking good this morning. back to you. >> thank you, bryan. >>> raleigh police are searching for suspects in an armed robbery following a basketball game. five friends from broughton high school were playing ball at chamberlain park in raleigh sunday night. police say four suspects approached them and one of them showed a gun. they stole cell phones and an suv. as they left officers say they fired a shot. the vehicle was found blocked away. >>> flee days after a hit-and- run crash -- three days after a hit-and-run crash killed two teenagers in harnett county and still no arrests. 13-year-old jennifer shark and 16-year-old kyle strait were killed and 14-year-old steven daniels was critically injured. the three were walking home from a convenience store when they were hit from behind. with are combing through and businesses, hoping to find the vehicle. >>> we reported a story yesterday morning at 4:30. a man was found in the road near the intersection of street. he was taken to the hos

the apex parks and rec's director tells us that the park is in the beginning of the planning stages, and there are plans to address the cess concerns for the department of transportation as well as the railroad as they move forward with this process. the apex town council is scheduled to discuss the pleasant park proposal at their meeting tomorrow night. the residents that we spoke to meeting d hope to get more information about this plan as it moves forward. >> all right, we'll see how it works out, thank you, sloane heffernan. >>> a teenager accused in a home invasion was shot during a dispute at the scene of the crime. halifax deputies arrested justice moses. he was armed with ndn when he and another person entered a row no rapids home and got into a fight with a 15- year-old victim. moses was shot during the hospital and charged with burglary and assault. >>> durham police are searching for a driver who hit a man and took off. the man was found in a road near the intersection of avondale avenue and howard street shortly before 2:30 this one. he was taken to the hospital with seri

the visitation is at apex funeral home. the funeral is tomorrow morning at olive chapel baptist church in apex. >>> the official holiday is monday but today is the actual jr. there are a number of events across the triangle today including a wreath laying at the martin luther king, jr. memorial gardens in raleigh. that is at 9:00 o monday, we will join the nation in pay be tribute to dr. king with the 36th annual martin luther king triangle interfaith prayer breakfast. it will be at the sheraton imperial hotel in research triangle park. wral's parent company is a proud sponsor. can you watch the first hour of the breakfast on wral.com and then starting at 8:00, we'll carry it live on wral tv f you want to watch cbs this morning, can you see it on wral2. >> it is chilly out there. so chilly thatbury appear wore his long johns. >> didn't need it. it was a miscalculation. >> you will need two layers let's take look at our satellite-radar picture. a little precipitation getting closer to the sand hills. not quite there yet but

he talked about the huge developments set for apex... as well as the city's credit rating stabilizing. which is now at 23- million dollars... comapred to 150-million when he took office 2-years ago. lees says this is all part of fulfilling a mandate voters issued to him... when he was elected: ((mayor john lee/north las vegas: "my mandate was made clear to me by the residents of north las vegas: increase their property values, bring them high-paying jobs, protect their property, and make their lives better.")) ((brian loftus)) lee credited the city's business- friendly climate with landing faraday... which has kick-started interest at the apex industrial site. /// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > metro police released more information... about the officer- involved shooting that happened in front of the bellagio. in the arrest report for kahleal black... police say he yelled that he was going to "kill everyone"... while pointing a weapon at tourists. police say he pointed a gun at several people and pulled the trigger... but the gun was not loa

. >> there is something pleasant about living on pleasant plains read in apex. just ask mary lou. >> reporter: she has lived here for 30 years. she says she has never worried about safety until now. in our front yard. about pleasant park. the plan is to build the park right next to her home. plans include several baseball tennis courts, but it is not worried. >> the access on this park it is dangerous. >> reporter: right now there is only one way in and out. and railroads go over the only road. tournament, you have 1,000 cars in here and you have railroad tracks, a train derails, something. you could not evacuate this place fast enough. >> reporter: hair sis not the only home owner concerned about access at the park. >> i am concerned for safety. for not only myself but for people who come across back and forth with the ai reporter: the found officials say the planning for the park is just getting underway. and that access concerns will be addressed with the railroad and the department of transportation. so that pleasant park ll be pleasant for everyone. >> the

taking a look down salem street and apex. the rain isn't here yet but it will be here just after lunch time so don't forget to take your raincoats and umbrellas. 38 in henderson 39 in holly springs. 28 in cart everything. 30 degrees in smithfield and 31 in wilson so some folks below and others above freezing because of our variable cloudy skies. temperatures this morning ranging from 30 to upper 30s. we are likely to have a little sun early on but the rain rolls in around lunch time. we talk about how much we could see tonight in just a few minutes. >>> thanks elizabeth. new overnight a tour bus on japan slid down a mountain side killing 14 people and injuring 27 others. it veered into the opposite lane rammed into a guardrail and plunged down the mountain landing on it's side. officials are looking into what led to that accident but the tour bus operator has a history of driver safety violations. >>> more details are emerging from the terrorist attack in indonesia. authorities believe they know the identities of the five dea

drive times about 16 minute from the apex to i-4. >>> let's go live to the skycam camera. here is the howard frankland bridge at the kennedy boulevard exit. we have seen significant delays last week after the tuesday lane shift that happened. right now not looking too bad. it helps it is a holiday though. you're not seeing significant delays yet going into tampa but we'll be watching it for you. >>> in sarasota and manatee county, there are reports of debris on roads still especially through neighborhoods that have not been able to clean them up yet. >> the signals are not working there. heading there to get them fixed but treat this as a four-way stop for now. no significant delays there though just when we do see that happen, make sure you're not blowing through the intersection and you're stopping. >> taking you 15 minutes there. your drive time is 18 minutes > that is really the only problem, the lake-effect snow across the northeast. still fairly quiet out west. little snow, that will be good. go. >> happy mlk day to everyone. we have road closures from the parade, st

this is heading southbound, 13 minutes from the apex to i-4, five minutes from bush to i-4. and six minutes from downtown tampa to the howard frankland bridge. pinellas county on 275 looking great. 66 your average speed northbound, 69, almost 70 southbound. >>> 6:18. all this week, the 10th anniversary. >> ? st. pete, the museum is offering $5 off anything's tickets and membership. and today free architectural tours around the building. >>> still ahead, if you thought powerball fever was spiking before, well, it's growing again. along with the recordsetting jackpot. coming up, the community here in tampa bay that is already striking it rich. >> first, a big elecfrying deal is expected at the detroit auto show. here's your business news. >> reporter: in today's "tech bytes" -- volkswagen's flashy >> the german automaker is showing it at the auto show. it uses separate electric motors to power the front and rear wheels. >> a turbo charged gas engine on standby. >>> apple music passed a new milestone. >> the 6-month-old streaming music service has more than 10 million paid subs

that's backing up traffic on the northbound side leading apex. looking at 10 minutes from 55 up to i-40. consider using tryon wrote out to walnut street. looks like an active map but minor accidents not causing problems on major routes. all major approaches into rtp looking okay. >>> a lockdown lifted overnight at st. augustine's university after a student was injured following the shooting on campus around 1:00 i am. the victim and suspected shooter know each other. classes are in progress as normal. we will update the story as we learn more. >>> five duke university faculty members host a public forum. they will examine the impact of isis at home and abroad. among questions, how to the rise of isis happen and what is the threat posed to civilians? the form will be this afternoon at 5:30 in room 4 of the sanford school of public policy. it is open to the public. >>> the american red cross is asking people to help stabilize. they need blood or platelet donations. the organizations has the needed north carolina is critical. they are hoping to prev

apex industrial park. ((kirsten joyce)) the company says it wants to put a car on the market as soon as next year... and they're going to build all of their vehicles here once construction is done. as patrick walker explains... n-dot is pushing to keep up with the ambitious timetable. ((patrick walker)) as part of the deal to bring the billion dollar faraday future electric car manufacturing plant to nevada... the state passed 335-million dollars in tax incentives and infrastructure investments. 50-million of that... highway improvements on u-s 93... to be spearheaded by n-dot. (( patrick walker: "these are projects that were already on the books, did that (special session) open up the door to speed up the process?" (30) tony illia: "oh yeah, it absolutely did." )) ((patrick walker)) spokesman tony illia says his department had already planned on upgrades like widening a 5- mile stretch to four lanes... and upgrading the interchange at i-15. but last month's special session freed up funding to get the proj

this same flexible platform for every other model it plans to build at a billion dollar plant at the apex site in north las vegas. animated videos released by ff hint of designs still to come....vehicle with multiple engines....a pickup truck...a compact car...a soccer mom mini van..all with the ability to drive themselves..digi tal co- pilots...augment ed reality...and the most advanced interactive personal technology anyway. nick sampson/vice president of faraday future: we are able to change the size and shape of the vehicle to virtually anything we want. with vpa, we can easily create multiple drive configurations. for example, we can change the number motors for a particular or another more acceleration and horsepower, front wheel drive, rear wheel drive... north las vegas mayor john lee, who initiated the effort to lure ff to nevada, had to sign a non disclosure agreement months ago but is finally able to comment on what other techno-goodies might be coming along for the ride. john lee/mayor of north las vegas i've seen two different concept cars now. both are jaw dropping. when you

while the huge developments at apex... like faraday future and the hyperloop testing site... were definitely highlights... he also talked about other improvements. one of those... the city's credit rating has stabilized. they're also cutting long- term- budget deficits... which is now at 23- million- dollars... dollars when he took office two years ago. less says this is all part of fulfilling a mandate voters issued to him when he was elected: ((mayor john lee/north las vegas: "my mandate was made clear to me by the residents of north las vegas: increase their property values, bring them high-paying jobs, protect their property, and make their lives better.")) ((denise valdez)) lee credited the city's business- friendly climate with landing faraday... which has kick- started interest at the apex industrial site./// ((dave courvoisier)) > the price of oil plunges... but will southern nevadans benefit? we dig into the numbers... to find out how much americans will save at the pump this year... and why the price drop is not good news for everyone. plus... the weather is almost

the apex right were both highways split off to go south into tampa. you can see a lot of headlights we are seeing a delay coming from the chapel heading down into tampa drivetime is about 17 minutes with a two-minute delay at this point in the morning. make sure you leave a little early. it's goats were map, 275 and you us 19, there is an accident in st. petersburg. then, there are injuries reported here. intersection. polk county drivetime looking good. just about one minute delay heading into tampa. then you'll start to get a little slower as you approach downtown. were drivetime is 16 minutes there. parkway looking good speeds at 65 miles per hour. statement 60 -- state road 60 not looking bad. there was some construction on 75 at university parkway. >>> a great first year for the salvation army kettle 5k. i had the privilege of kicking things off thing runners, getting started. 10 news running as well. it was a lot of fun and the money raised is to fight money -- is to fight hunger and poverty. >> it's always beautiful >> it was a good morning. >>

and that is happening in holly springs and apex and cary. we had reports of that sleet mix falling. and i want to move you further south and we're getting report of southern pine that's it is sleeting. on the satellite and radar it is showing up as snow. and moore county you're seeing the white flakes as well. and we're looking at johnston county and smithfield, if any it looks like sleet falling along the 95 corridor. so let's talk about the temperatures this morning. these temperatures will be critical, not only this morning but later today when i'm expecting the warmer air to move in and rain move into south enportions of the viewing area. 29 in raleigh and durham. 27 in roxboro and henderson and enough of a wind to make it feel colder. it feels like 20 in raleigh and teens in south hill and henderson. this is the winter storm warning in effect through 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. we have a few counties in this winter weather advisory. this is along the eastern portions along the 95 corridor. we'll break down totals on the snow but ice as well coming up in your complete forecast. right no

they were found murdered in a home in apex. there will be a joint visitation tonight at apex funeral home and john: chilling surveillance just released of a teen carjacking suspect's final moments after he was shot by a chicago police officer. a federal judge lifted the protective order that barred the video release. the officer says he fired after seeing cedric chapman turn toward officers with a dark object he thought was a gun. it was an iphone box. his mother is suing chicago and the police officers. a man wanted for shooting at a durham police officer is in custody. syron townsend was picked up in burlington. police say when officers tried to question him over the weekend he ran off and started shooting. no within was hurt. townsend faces self charges. barbara: three tennessee high school officials are charge after failing to report the sexual abuse of four basketball players. the complaint revealed a broader it says four freshman boys were sexually busted with one requiring emergency surgery. police charged three male bas

we head 275 southbound from the apex heading through hillsborough avenue, with a quick stop here at mlk, traffic flowing nicely in both directions, all the way to the junction, even the junction there still in the green, though it's early this time of morning. again 13 minutes to get from the apex to i-4, your average speed now 70 miles an hour. on the other major interstates. >>> a pretrial motion hearing is set for this morning in baltimore for four police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. the judge will hear a motion to strike a court order compelling william porter. porter's trial ended with a mistrial in december, he will be retried in june. six officers charged in gray's death, goodson was supposed to start this week but it's on hold now until the court decides whether to order porter to testify. >>> police are making plans to program. it will be with cameras used in a pilot program in october. it came to light after police were involved in deaths like officers shared positive feedback so far about the cameras. it's expected to take about two years to make sure every

this is between bearss and the northern apex here on 275. both directions are blocked. so southbound, coming out -- out of pasco county. you can take bruce b downs or fletcher and hop on that way. and over here on fletcher and get to i-75 to continue north. and u.s. 41 known as nebraska avenue is a good alternate as well. again, both those lanes closed. ryan was at. i will keep you posted throughout the morning. right now the traffic is extremely light so not seeing significant delays but if it continues to be closed for hours later, we will definitely see a problem. >> what a sad way to start the day. >> yeah, very unfortunate. >>> it's much warmer than yesterday. about 53 in tampa. still cool at 45 in zephyrhills. 56 in sarasota. look what a difference, anywhere from 10 to 16 to even 20 degrees warmer than we were just this time yesterday. and were going to stay warmer, a high today of 73. that's above the average of 70. and tonight, down to 63. so a very warm but that's because we're going to see increasing clouds and eventually heavy rainfall for tomorrow. i will br

our slowest spot is i-275 at 21 minutes from the apex to i-4. i- state road 56 to the selmon expressway. the selmon expressway from i-75 to gandy bridge is 25 minutes going wet west. ashley? >> we are done with the cloud and rain. we'll get sunshine in the mix today with temperatures in the mid 60s. we are looking good. it is friday. a lot of folks have travel plans. heads up if you are heading to the northeast. we are seeing another round of snow moving through. nothing like what we saw with that blizzard. if you are heading out to the pacific northwest, to seattle, and places like that check with your airline before you head to the airport. >>> donald trump skips the thursday night gop debate and held his owner vent -- own event miles a way iowa. >>> 700 passenger stuck on a cruise ship in port tampa bay are getting ready to get off the ship. this ship was supposed to be back thursday morning. because of fog it was delayed 15 hours thursday night. >>> it is gasparilla weekend. tomorrow the gasparilla invasion starts at 11:30. parade of pirates

vegas that think this doesn't have anything to do with us, it has a lot to do with them because of apex and farraday, they are dealing with the same issues. >> same issues. >> you have experience in economic development after you deputy director for northern nevada development authority, responsible for folks in storey count and he those areas outside of washoe. >> right. right. >> as you look at what is anticipated just with switch and tesla to be tremendous growth, now lance gilman was on the program talking a couple weeks ago, another project in the works that is 4000-plus acres, the size of switch and tesla combined. >> right. >> coming into the marketplace and looking good that deal will happen. that is even more intense than we saw before. i'm saying it is good news, but the fact is that we'll have to deal with it and through the city and counties. >> right. lance is a visionary. lance and roger. they are visionaries, they took the land out there and put the infrastructure in, with great anticipation of developing that park and you can see the fruition of their work, but with that

if you're heading out the door in the area in the southern apex way down there at 275, it's just 29 minutes to get to i-4 so good drive there through that area. buckle up, we're going to take a virtual drive up i-4 to downtown tampa. passing through ybor city, all the traffic indicators in the green. as you head into the junction traffic indicators also in the green, there's a live picture bhaf it looks like, again, traffic very light, no crashes let's check drive times on 275, southbound towards i-4, from the apex to i-4 it's 13 minutes. 4 minutes from busch to i-4 and just 6 minutes from i-4 to the howard frankland bridge. for more updates throughout the morning, on your morning commute keep it here and follow me on twitter @tampabaytraffic. >>> 5:19. the search is expected to resume nor a toddler who disappeared in west tennessee last thursday. this 2-year-old, his name is noah, he was walking in the woods with his grandmother and older sister when he got lost. the grandmother said she lost sight of him. the temperature in the area was supposed to drop to 14 degrees overnight. authoritie

funeral services were held at all chapel baptist church in apex. start speed is being blamed for a crash that killed two and cumberland county. chippers tell us the driver lost control around 1 am and struck a tree. that is north of spring lake. a man and woman in her 20s were killed and another man was taken to the hospital with non- life-threatening injuries. troopers say the suspect alcohol may be a factor. >>> the pharmacy at cape fear valley medical center is expanding its hours to the weekend. starting today the pharmacy will be open seven days a week. on weekends if it will be open 7 am through 4 pm. the weekday hours will remain the same. struck the catholic diocese of raleigh held its sixth annual love my life youth rally this morning. the team was, be the trigger. one 1000 kids and young adults poured into the event. bishop burbidge was the principal celebrants. >> to me, it's incredible. on a beautiful day like today when young people have so many options and things they could i think it's a wonderful sign and it's a wonderful witness an

we know you've been all over wake, apex. where are you now and what are you seeing? >> reporter: we're in raleigh right now near crabtree valley mall and glenwood. when i was with you about a half hour ago, one of the last few flakes and it is not starting to stick. famous last words. take a look. take a look. we've been on some roads where you can see that no one has been on the road since us since the snow started falling and sticking. starting to stick and starting to become a real potential issue out here. we have not seen any wrecks yet. hopefully people stay in and safe and we don't have to report those to you this morning. stay safe -- out there. and we'll bring you updates through the morning. live in raleigh, justin quesinberry, wncn news now. >>> as the winter weather picks up, we'll continue our coverage beyond the 7:00 newscast. >>> the mid-alantic is bracing for the harsh winter thunderstorm is predictinged to blast through the morning. >> reporter: good morning. the snow expected to start at the forecasters say it will continue through late saturday. a

the developer, apex clean energy spoke on the project it's calling the rocky forge windfarm. the company says it's going through all the necessary steps and rules in order to build it. "the botetourt ordinance was very thorough on what studies was we also have alot more studies to do down the road whether that's the state or federal agencies" apex clean energy will now start going through a state process. continuing coverage now: michigan's governor met today with the mayor of flint. the meeting comes ,as more children are being tested for lead. adriana diaz is in on the situation. michigan governor, rick snyder joined flints mayor today updating residents about the water crisis. (sot rick synder, (r)mi ) more is getting done. were going to keep doing more. we are committed to the people of flint. ==butt== i have told gov. synder that flint residents should not have to pay for water they are not using. (sot brooks 21:57:27 "flint water bulk mi hrem55") "we've gotta talk about accountability." cornell brooks, the head of the n- a-a-c-p, called for a long-term tuesday night. 21

investigator george knapp sheds light on the other projects faraday future may have in the works at the apex site. ((dave courvoisier)) rain in the valley... snow on the mountain. your weather conditions for the rest of the week as winter settles in the valley./// settles in the valley./// < ((voice over: "now, nevada's first choice for news. this is 8 news now at 5.")) > ((paula francis)) > several parts of the valley woke up to rain and clouds. while the mountain is preparing for 12 inches of fresh powder overnight. good evening... i'm paula francis. ((dave courvoisier)) and i'm dave courvoisier... thanks for joining us. the wet weather here in the valley is keeping first responders busy as we've seen several accidents throughout the day. ((paula francis)) and the fog hanging over our area is mccarran by about 3 hours. 8 news now has live team coverage tonight. meteorologist tedd florendo has a look at the current conditions. ((dave courvoisier)) but first patranya bhoolsuwan is live with the message from metro to drivers. patranya. ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > the message is to be very caref

and in the 40s in benson, clinton reporting rain in the last half hour. 42 in hope mills and 37 in apex. take a look at the next five days. big warm up requiring a smiley face. temperatures in the 40s today but warming to 50 tomorrow with a lot of sun and breezy though. 56 on saturday, sunday 65, on the way. more on that coming up renee. >> the smiley face is a nice touch amy. fayetteville city council is holding a special meeting to talk about the way the county distributes sales tax dollars. the current agreement expires at the end of the fiscal year. they meet at 5 this evening inside city hall. you have until sunday to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. by law if you do not have health coverage you will have to pay a penalty. you can get in person help on donald ross drive in raleigh. they will be there to help from 9 to 3. to learn more go to wral.com and search obamacare. >>> stanford received $100 million each in 2015. according to the council for aid to education more than any during a record year. $40.3billion raised by american universities in total. t

right at the apex. in the sighting of burmese in the fresco accords with this convention. in the arch, scenes of titus's mortal life. here we see the future emperor, headless. but nonetheless, there he is in his chariot returning to rome after the conquest of judeo. the scenes of his mortal life are placed in the lower section. and depict the subject in a more realistic fashion then above. -- then the apotheosis seen above. as in the rotunda, this orchestration alludes to the passage of time, life, and rebirth. by showing the enshrined leader's earthly deeds as a prelude to his now immortal status. these examples are didactic in nature, intended to teach very specific lessons with the model they provide. although the concept and iconography refer to the roman world, its scale and visual complexity call to mind the baroque ceiling designs the artist would have known in italy prior to his 1852 immigration to the united states. we can note, for example, the glowing circles of light that indicate an opening of ceiling to sky in both frescoes. while recalling the placement of h

starting to get in the red here, 23 minutes from the apex seven minutes from busch to i- 4. >>> your heading out the door to temperatures that are mainly in the 40s to about 50 degrees so a little higher this morning than what they were yesterday at this time. brooksville 41. largo 54. tampa now 51. as we move through the day won't be as cold as what we saw yesterday. we'll be making it to highs in the mid-60s. plenty of sunshine and fair weather clouds today. no rain in sight until tomorrow night that is. that is when the rainfall associated with this next area of low pressure that is going to roll on through, will start to get us wet. three things to know before tonight's historic powerball drawing. first the deadline to buy a ticket is 10:00 p.m. the drawing is just before 11:00 p.m. also remember that florida lottery winners cannot remain anonymous. make sure if you win you have a plan before coming forward. by the way, for $1 you can buy a florida lotto ticket, that your odds are much better at winning the powerball just one in 23 million. >>> "good morning, america" is next. >>

your drive from the apex still >>> it's 6:02. big breaking news. buccaneers looking for a new head coach now after firing lovie smith last night. >> that decision was made after the team won only eight games during two seasons with smith as head coach. reporter adam winer is live at 1 buc place where we expect to hear from bucs management today. the reaction from fans is mixed but how's the league reacting? >> reporter: i think a lot of people were surprised by the move, in part because love only got one season with that -- lovie smith only got one season with that rookie quarterback jameis winston, but not a total shock since the team failed to make the playoffs again and had eight wins over two seasons. owner and co-chairman saying in a statement last night they thanked lovie smith for his time with the team but disappointed by the lack of wins and that's why they were letting him go. especially since the team didn't win a single game in the they were trying to get a playoff spot. last night tampa bay bucs beat writer spoke to abc action news by

the developer, apex clean energy spoke on the project it's calling the rocky forge windfarm. the company says it's going through all the necessary steps and rules in order to build it. "the botetourt ordinance was very thorough on what studies was required of us and we also have alot more studies to do down the road whether that's the state or federal agencies" apex clean energy will now start going through a state process. we have new details in a hammer attack in amherst county that we told you about yesterday. the sheriff says it child care issues. holly jo morgan davis is charged with aggravated malicious wounding after a dispute with her neighbor turned violent. investigators say she attacked manuela andrews with a claw hammer sunday night. andrews was rushed to the hospital with cuts on her head and chest. the father of a bedford boy who was suffocated by his mother has been sentenced for crimes related to the child's death. prosecutors do not believe michael smith had anything to do with the murder of his 2-year-old son, jordan. he was charged with conspiracy to manufa

let's talk about this one, southbound 275 coming away from the northern apex, you are down to about 35 miles per hour there. and we have another crash, u.s. 41 right at nebraska avenue. and let's go ahead and take a look at this collision, you can see, looks like it's off to the left shoulder now. it's causing a little bit of a delay. coming away from state road 56 on i-75 southbound right before the northern apex, a collision. and state road 56 connecting to 54 under i 5, heavy at this time. carson drive over here in the residential area, an accident but it's blocking lanes. and port richey, this cleared up, westbound ridge at congress street, you might still see activity out there. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> all right. thank you. >>> take a good look at this. a ship wreck was found in the indian ocean by crews searching for the missing malaysian airlines plane. this is the second old ship that search teams have found on the ocean floor. and now they believe this one is a steel or iron vessel dating from the turn of the 19th century. there's still

the project would increase revenue for the town of apex. some residents have expressed the town council. >>> i know they want to grow the town, they want to get those increase revenues, they want to bring people here. this is a great place to live but at the same time, they should not be affecting the quality of living of the people that are already here. >> a vote on the design is scheduled r tomorrow. >>> another stop on the road to the white house, potentially. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and bernie sanders went toe to toe on gun control last night at a debate in south carolina well martin o'malley struggles to be hurt. >> as weijia jiang reports, with the iowa caucuses just two weeks away, clinton and sanders are getting more critical of each other. >> reporter: bill and hillary clinton greeted supporters and pose for pictures of the final debate before the iowa caucuses. earlier, secretary. clinton and bernie sanders question number of issues starting with gun control. >> he voted for immunity from gun makers and

problem with it, if they want to set one up in my yard they can set one up in my yard" the developer, apex clean energy spoke on the project it's calling the rocky forge windfarm. the company says it is going through all the necessary steps and rules in order to build it. "the botetourt ordinance was very thorough on what studies was required of us and we also have alot more studies to do down the road agencies" botetourt county voted unanimously to move forward with the planning and zoning commission's recommendations of the next stages in the process. the county is in full support in bringing clean energy to the area. "i'm somewhat of a conservationist and i approve it. i have looked at this hard enough and i really believe it is. i'm also a hunter. i'm on the mountains and i can't see anything wrong with it" on monday, rockbridge county board supervisors voted to ask botetourt to delay the zoning application for the project for 90 days until to give them a chance to learn more about it. boteourt acknowledged their resoution and said they have 11- months, the same time frame of the plann

robert lang has predicted apex could have a quarter- trilliion dollar economic impact over 20 years... once the wide swath of desert is built out. while it's no silicon valley... lang says a full industrial park will be a source of tens of thousands of good-paying, advanced manufacturing jobs. ((dr, robert lang/director, brookings mountain west: "the fact is you have many more employees in the manufacturing plant in the place you're making the product, and it's the kind of employment that we need, the kind of jobs that we need filled in this valley." )) ((patrick walker)) faraday is expected to break ground soon... other companies are expected to follow... leaving a tight schedule for n- dot to try to get its work done. if all goes as planned... road construction could begin in the first half of next year. patrick walker... 8 news now. ((dave courvoisier)) in addition to widening u-s 93 and building a new interchange... there will be a new fly-over ramp from u-s 93 to the faraday site and re- alignment of a frontage road. n-dot says the design and engineering phases of the project sho

and i-75 just around the apex downpours. you see the lightning strikes zephyrhills. the line will carry more of that and across i-4, around polk city and lakeland, heavy rain. and once the line starts to give it about a half hour and it will move to the east. and light ening up. but you will not -- lightening up. you will not be rain-free. we'll still have a chance through rain about noon and still the potential for strong severe storms and then afternoon we'll really start to clear out, especially closer to the coastline. so we'll clear from west to east as that storm system continues to press east. and keep in mind, if you are going leave the house and you don't have an alert device own your phone, you may want to download storm shield and you'll get the alertses right away. and we'll -- alerts right away. once the storms and the rain starts to clear out around noon, you'll start to notice that the winds will come down through the afternoon. you'll see some sunshine breaking through. and the nice weather continues through saturday. and sunday, we have another quick

pressing insert the proper how almost upper apex today. highs in the mid- 20s.pp double deuce intimate dinah 24 down at barberton and over all snow obviously here. 20 west salem. not much forever rise. 26 degrees will to our snow showers this morning will taper blustery fault blowing 20-30 miles per hour by this afternoon taking our temperature down to 9 degrees tonight. the other 2-4 inches of snow fell. all moving under the comfort of lake effect snow and will be pushing it arounduom to pile up. thanks no warnings are posted for northwest pa. if your travels take you in that direction you'll need a y lot of extra drivetime in may want to consider rescheduling lake affect will and in and it will be cold conflicts will develop out of the teams tomorrow. we're in the deep freeze. we are probably going to see some delays. off the pace already. we are starting to see a drop also long were off the pace of 251. folks are starting to already take it slow that's a good idea don't crowd the pile. a this is 71 down the to 71 a little snowy covered

csx shut down nine different crossings in apex and cary. company is making improvements to the tracks and crossings. residents say the closings had caused unnecessary gridlock. residents in one neighborhood say they were trapped for two days. we talked to a csx spokesperson today. julia asked them about the status of the crossings and he said they had no comment and they were doing the best they could and hung up on her. a town spokesman told julia are having a hard time getting information from csx. we'll continue to follow this at 530:67:89. >>> a serious crash knocked out power at several wake county homes this morning. troopers say a driver was speeding on rock service station road and hit a ditch near elbridge drive. the car went airborne and hit a utility pole snapping it in half. investigators charged the driver with dwi and reckless driving. power has been restored to the area. >>> police in zebulon are looking for a man who almost robbed a bank today and you won't believe how he was foiled. we have a report. >> we are having some a