he wrote cliff barrows was one of the closest friends my wife ruth and i ever had. he was a role model of what a christian ought to be. he was the musical director of the he was 93. >>> >. still to come/teen is fighting for his life after he was found locked in a basement. >>> and new details about the wildfires threatening homes and businesses in the western part of our state. and the local efforts to help bring the fires under control. >> and some customers across the triangle will soon have access to ultra fast internet. >>> >. and with the clears of the clouds today we've cooled down more this evening. rocky mount and 4 degrees cooler in raleigh. also a warm up is underway. how the afternoon highs will make you smile if you like the warm weather. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> thank you mike. and as we head to break here's this beautiful shot of the moon >>> wral news on fox 50 with lynda loveland, gerald owens, and meteorologist mandy mitchell. mike maze. >>> new tonight prosecutors want to fast track sentencing for a gang murder that confessed to murder.

crusades was remembered in song today [ singing ] >> a crowd gathered at calvary church to remember cliff barrows, graham's musical director for decades. he planned the service and said he wanted quote less talking and lots of singing. graham was unable to attend the service, but his daughter was there. barrows was buried this afternoon at the billy graham library in charlotte. >>> a world war ii pilot is in north carolina to celebrate the >> and he's reconnecting with an important part of his past. >> reporter: it was like saying hello to an old friend for the 93-year-old when the world war ii plane touched down. >> at the time we were flying the airplane, the airplane was your main support. >> reporter: he flew a plane just like this one during the war stationed in india. >> as the war was going on, they found the airplane really good job finding enemy positions, so it was a ground attack airplane as well. >> reporter: he's visiting family in cary for thanksgiving, and a friend of the family set this up for the vet who usually spends the holiday at home with the kids. >> we specialize in war bi