take a look. >> i' m chris powell. >> i am heidi powell. >> and this is what we do. reporter: on their show, they inspire contestants to dig deep and pursue a healthy lifestyle. >> come on. there you go. reporter: now the couple, married for five and half >> we' ve come up with this incredible dynamic that has resulted in 4 wonderfully happy kids and three happy adults. reporter: heidi posting this portrait of her ex-husband cuddling with her kids and the chris with the hashtag, #lovemyblendedfamily. it has generated a lot of positive results. together so we can communicate and talk about parenting plans, etc. acknowledge and recognize that he is their father, he will always be their father, it' s not my job to be their dad. i am their stepdad and i could not be more proud of it. im their bonus dad. >> you want your children to have a safe haven. with their health and their self-esteem intact as much as possible at all times. reporter: though it has not always been smooth sailing, they are all committed to making it work. antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. the qu

chris and heidi powell, outside with the first workout tip for you this morning. so what is your tip there, chris? >> all right. first tip to start off with a healthy new year. just move for five minutes a day. biggest mistake everybody makes is overcommitting to exercise. thinking you have to do 45 to 60 minutes. just five day sets the perfect foundation for long-term success. just move. jumping jacks. squats. intense exercise. maybe marching in place while you're watching tv. just a little bit of moving goes a long way. >> easy way to start. >> move to it lose it. >> if my arms can look like heidi's, i'm mufoving. did you see those. >>> a lot of speculation about this. who is coming back to the "gma" family all next week. we're ready to spill the secrets. >> i wonder who's guessed already. >>> let's get the morning rundown. >> we begin with the race for president. donald trump released his first tv ad for the campaign. he ignores his republican rivals and takes aim at hillary clinton. he talks about building the wall on the southern border. >>> meanwhile, preside

allyson: and i'm allyson powell. chris is in for dale. chris: we have a warming trend heading this way.picking up on a few showers, especially in the southern parts we have some showers south of union. in southern lawrence county, towards 385, back down to shhere is the way lawrence a skycam looks. in greenville, mostly cloudy skies. a cool s at 38. visibility doing ok across the area. fog from anders to franklin. be careful traveling those 31, hendersonville. 34, spartanburg. anderson, 43. the wind is calm. they are out of the northeast at about five to six miles per hour. not a whole lot of sunshine today. mostly cloudy and cloudy skies. asheville has a better chance of warming up. what you need to know for your forecast, cloudy and cool, but warmer this weekend. a calm weather pattern takes hold of our area. allyson: you can see construction. looking to relocate some power poles. we will keepbeginning with commitment 2016 news. the republican presidential candidates face off one more time before the geoff: the 8 candidates who are lead

then carla's teaming up with fitness gurus chris and heidi powell, and they've got a dish that will help you get fit, one mouthwatering bite at a time. plus, new mom of two, our very own daphne oz is back. it's time to get your skinny feast on, right now on "the chew." [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, everybody. hello, and welcome to "the chew." now, does anyone here want to eat delicious food without having to worry about overloading on calories? [ cheers and applause ] >> yes! >> whoo!

as reporter chris powell shows us... two men were charged with felony murder by arson. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- (sheriff mark miller/wapello co. sheriff's office)"i think some new revelations have presented themselves and that what caused us to look into it again"ten years ago, 21-year-old nathan messer and 22-year-old seth anderson were killed in a tragic house fire. the cause -- ruled undetermined... until today. (mike motsinger/iowa division of criminal investigation) "here recently information was brought forward that was alleged the fire was started intentionally"wapello sheriff mark miller said recent, detailed information led to the arrest of 28 year old christopher yenger of ottumwa and 27 year old zachary allen dye of council bluffs.(sheriff mark miller/wapello co. sheriff's office)"these things are never out of our mind." both yenger and dye are facing two felony murder charges for starting that deadly fire. police say on march fifth, yenger got into a fight at a party messer and anderson were having, then

. -- i am allyson powell. chris now, we are talking about 60's and the this is carolina and georgia weather for you. it is a cool start the day at 38 degrees. temperatures will make for a warm day in the upstate. we have dry conditions across thin the afternoon we have loads of sunshine. 32 degrees in spartanburg. 36 in asheville and 38 in anderson. we have winds at 5-15 miles per hour in the mountains. the upstate will reach the mid-50's by this afternoon with a lots of sunshine. in the mountains, , are talking upper 30's to around 40 degrees with a few flurries north of downtown asheville. we have loads of sunshine both days this weekend and it wil warmer. but we have cooler weather arriving later in the week. i will have that for you, coming up. allyson: we begin with commitment 2016 news. just days before the iowa caucuses, republicans took the stage in iowa to convince voters they are the re esident. geoff: even though republican frontrunner donald trump didn't participate, he still dominated mary moloney repor

we are family >>> the perfect mix, extreme heidi and chris powell have a secret that could change your family sharing this photo of her ex and all of her children from both of her marriages. >> we've come up with this incredible dy powells are working out a way to make their blended family work. >>> and did victoria's secret steal their secret? lingerie brand facing a big lawsuit. took her idea. now "shark tank's" daymond johnlive. how you can protect your million dollar dreams. i'm alive >>> all that and we are live with sia this morning as we say -- >> good morning, america.'m alive i'm alive >> good morning, sia. there she is and, boy, look at all those other sias inre this morning. >> sia nation. >> it is. she is going to be performing live -- >> look at them all. >> out there in times square. the donele gangers, we faces though. >> there is the real deal. >> right there. so enormously talented in our final half hour. saying when she was rehearsing, goose bump, not to be businessed. >>> also the story about the new big and bigger.h saying what a pushful moment for barbie and barbie

then carla's teaming up with fitness gurus chris and heidi powell, and they've got a dish that will helpone mouthwatering bite at a time. plus, new mom of two, our very own daphne oz is back. it's time to get your skinny feast on, right now on "the chew." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> hey, everybody. hello, and welcome to "the chew." now, does anyone here want to eat delicious food without

then carla's teaming up with fitness gurus chris and heidi powell, and they've got a dish that will help you get fit, one mouthwatering bite at a time. plus, new mom of two, our very own daphne oz is back. it's time to get your skinny "the chew."

then carla's teaming up with fitness gurus chris and heidi powell, and they've got a dish that will help you get fit, one mouthwatering bite at a time. plus, new mom of two, our very own daphne oz is back. it's time to get your skinny feast on, right now on "the chew."

then carla's teaming up with fitness gurus chris and heidi powell, and they've got a dish that will help you get fit, one mouthwatering bite at a time. plus, new mom of two, our very own daphne oz is back. it's time to get your skinny feast on, right now on "the chew." [ cheers and applause ]

powell. good morning, dale. chris: we are finally getting some rain from these the movyou can see the rain on the lens of the skycams. the roads will be a little slippery. give yourself a little extra time and the rain jacket is a good idea. here is a look at the live super doppler 4hd. foothills and part of northeastern georgia, the front is still having an ithere is a possibility for freezing rain. most of the temperatures we see coming out of the mountains e freezing, but those higher elevations could have a little bit of ice early. it changes over to rian and comes to an end as the front pushes east and south. we have mid 40's in greenville. 50 in the piedmonttemperatures today will not climb a lot, but we will reach a low 50's for the mountains. it feels colder with that breeze at 18 miles or hour. it feels like 20's in the mounagain, rain for the morning and by the afternoon it will be mostly cloudy. the anticiiasheville-hendersonville will reacgeoff: thank you, dale. sidewalk, you could face a fine. geoff: the

just had water main break at powell and fredly. chrisck to you. >> white house says it does not believe north korea's claims of having conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test. >> white house spokesman josh ernest also says nothing has happened to change the us government assessment of the country's technical or military capability. announcement of successful hydrogen bomb test would mark major and unanticipated advance, but still limited, nuclear arsenal. >> a community in oregon sending message to armed protesters occupying wawa preserve. they're saying go home. met last night to address what to do about the 20 gunmen most from outside the county and state. the protest started peacefully saturday morning, quickly escalated with the gunman taking over their demanding two men in custody for setting fire for federal grazing lands be released. >> there is a time to go home. we recognize that. we don't feel it is quite time yet. we feel like we need to make sure that the hammond's are out of prison. >> a native american tribe in oregon say

powell. the rain keeps moving through. chris hohmann has details in the storm center. chris: it has been a rainy afternoon. the heaviest rain came through quickly and now is tracking out. there is light rain. the need the umbrella. this is nothing heavy. southern durham county, this is light rain tracking northeast. it will be with us for the next several hours. just scattered areas of rain across the region now making its way north and east. it will be with us through the evening, scattered light rain for the most part. temperatures in the 40's. low 50's south and east. past 11:00, the rain is gone. we have a nice saturday. if you like mel temperatures, make the most of tomorrow. cold air arriving sunday and monday. steve: we have breaking news in the triangle. a security threat at blue cross blue shield offices. the i-team tipped off about internal e-mail saying because of incidents involving frustrated customers, we are increasing security and safety measures at facilities. that internal e-mail goes on to say uniformed police from chapel hill, durham, and fayettevil

powell. we have chrhr in today. chris: we have a significant storm late tonight into tomorrow. right now, we have a winter weather advisory in effect for the northern part of the upstate into the north carolina mountains. you can see the moon right there. it is a clear and cold start to the day with temperatures below freezing. that made the roads wet have a frozen to a little bit of black ice. it is 30 degrees in asheville. everyone in hendersonville. 28 in -- 38 in hendersonville and 28 in spartanburg. we will see a high in the lower 40's. in asheville, we start in the 20's and reach the lower 40's. we see clouds increasing today and rain will move in late this evening. as that falls, it will cool the column of air and transition to the rain into a freezing rain north of the i-85 and greenville and spartanburg. as you are waking up tomorrow morning, we will have already had some sleet and freezing rain. more continues to move in throughout the day. it will be heavy at times. it picks up by lunchtime. that ice will change over to snowfall. we could have one to two inches of sn

are watching live, local, breaking news with geoff hart, allyson powell, and weather with dale gilbert. this is wyff news 4 today in hd. chris: here is a live look right now from asheville. the snow is coming down very heavy right now. we will continue to see it in the mountains. some areas could see over one foot of snow. it is an icy mess out there in the greenville area. geoff: thank you, chris. this week's golden apple award career in banking. allyson: she then went back to school to become a teacher and she found a home at the school she attended. geoff: born to be wild? not exactly. >> i wish i had done this 20 years ago. geoff: much like riding a harley, angela burns is full of surprises in her classroom as well. in this building. >> let's give everyone a twinkie . geoff: nobody is going to question her methods. she has created a love of reading for 16 years. >> i have learned a lot about keeping students engaged. are you most like a rock or a feather? why would you choose to be a rock? >> they are very strong and they are hard to break. >> it gets into how they think. geoff: she is creative in the ways she makes sure

chris perkins, roanoke chief of police "it's mind-boggling and they're being addicted in so many ways. " taylor powell, 12th grade "a lot of these adult problems have kid consequences " taylor powell and lidya tadesse are high school seniors who came up with the idea for thursday's program. lidya tadesse, 12th grade "we can really make a difference and the best way to do that is educating and having an open dialogue. " about two dozen people attended. discussion to serve as a start to more meaningful talks. nancy hans, executive director, prevention council "i look at that as here's an opportunity -- there are new faces in there. so we want to continue to build on all of this." christian heilman, wdbj7 if you're interested in hosting an event, you can get in touch with the roanoke alliance. we have a link to their website on ours, wdbj 7-dot-com. now let's take a look at what's hot on wdbj7-dot-com. people are buzzing about this story -- an elderly woman in miami woke up to quite a surprise when she found an exotic animal caressing her face. the botetourt county board of supervisors is creating a pres

chris perkins, roanoke chief of police "it's mind-boggling and they're being addicted in so many ways. " taylor powell, 12th grade "a lot of these adult problems have kid consequences " taylor powell and high school seniors who came up with the idea for thursday's program. lidya tadesse, 12th grade "we can really make a difference and the best way to do that is educating and having an open dialogue. " about two dozen people attended. hans wants thursday's discussion to serve as a start to more meaningful talks. nancy hans, executive director, prevention council "i look at that as here's an opportunity -- there are new faces in there. so we want to continue to build on all of this." if you're interested in hosting an event, you can get in touch with the roanoke alliance. we have a link to their website on ours, wdbj 7- dot-com. christian heilman, wdbj7. new tonight, 67 people have been indicted on 188 drug charges in our area. this morning the alleghany highlands drug task force made the arrests with help from several local agencies and state police. those arrested face charges related to marijuana, co

powell and fredly. otherwise looking good on our major roadways. chris and lauren, back to you. >> hate these stories specially as a parent, but radnor man arrested for child abuse is due in court this morning. >> so authorities say he's worked closely with children for some years now. fox 29's dave kinchen live at the courthouse in newtown square with more on the story. hi, dave. >> good morning, very difficult story certainly for parents to hear about the suspect is expected to appear in court later this morning on charges of sexually molesting a 13 year old family member, here's what we know from investigators, we're told charles robinson of paoli is the man accused of this disturbing crime. cops are not releasing the gender of the alleged victim. but police tell it is the abuse started in 2010 and lasted for four agonize being years, investigators say the abuse happened at the robinson's house on shamown road in radnor, do not currently live there. they moved away. the victim finally went to chester county youth services which in turn contacted radno

saint francis.we caught up with former n-f-l linebacker chris draft.who loss his wife keasha to the disease in 20- 11--and was a close friend of powell's. 3 3 3 "were asking people here in the upstate to support dan powells warriors or to become apart of dan powells warriors and give money to his team to make sure to support to maintaining this group" group"if you're interested in donating--we have a link in the "as seen on" section of fox carolina dot com. 3 it's (time).today is game day for clemson and the crimson tide.we'll tell you about a few key match ups on both sides of the ball. 3 we head to break with a live look at...clemson you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. in my business i can count on my i.t. guy bailing me out all the time... i'm not the i.t. guy. i'm the desktop support tech supervisor. and my customers knowing right when their packages arrive. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at...greenville county 3 clemson and 'bama fans are obviously exexted about tonight's game, but analysts say there are a few key matchups that may determine tonight's winner. winner.alaba