c 1 00:14 christian crabtree rescuer -- our asst shop foreman who told us that a man had jumped in the water and asked us if we could go and assist it was near the campostella bridge during rush hour. c 1 00:39 christian crabtree where we found the gentleman on the fender system of the bridge that's this part near the bridge piers. police arrived, but the closest they could get was way up here. c 12 13:50 officer frank st. george norfolk police -- he was soaked, we could see the water beneath him, puddling off of him the teenager, soaked with cold river water and frigid winds were blowing. c 2 1:27 christian crabtree rescuer -- i guess a little bit of instinct took over - a 15:06 officer ted gimber norfolk police -- we were just trying to keep him calm, we knew he was probably pretty frightened where he was down there norfolk police had called marine patrol, but this time, the shipyard workers were the "first responders". c 3 4:50 russell orr south yard, and that's where the emts picked him up we're not sure why the teen jumped. does it really matter? the quick thinking and rescuer --

7 news anchor tom crabtree joining us now. tom, these results, do they surprise you at all? >> don't surprise me a bit. some of the potholes that i see are like land marks, but look at this. worse or much worse? road conditions? the vast majority of you, like 95% are saying yeah, worse, much worse. >> who is the guy who said gottenen better? . >> you know what it is, i'm telling you, it's the people who live up north and see worse wear and tear on the roads because of the freeze and thaw situation, that's what it is. >> there is road work going on o, i-26, south of columbia, orange barrels for miles. >> but when i get on 85, driving towards greer, later at night, the center lane, a giant crater >> i know exactly where it is. every time. >> thanks, tom. >> thanks for checking those out for us. >>> the takata air bag recall to include more recent car models, they could explode. honda alerting auto dealers to 2008. prompted the biggest auto recall in american history, more than 20 million cars have been recalled due to the air bags. >>> leaders in the low country will introduce

. >> i'm david crabtree. craig boswell has the latest on the last minute campaigning from iowa. >> david and deborah it is likely to be a nail biter here in iowa tonight. these candidates trying to round up last minute voters but there's a familiar refrain. get out and caucus. it all boils down to turn out. >> hillary clinton brought breakfast to thank her campaign workers in des moines. >> i'm feeling so energized we are going to win. >> clinton is in a dead heat. bernie sanders says coming out on top depends on one thing. >> we will win if the voter turn out is high. >> the polls show that sanders and donald trump benefit. >> this is it of the it's crunch time. >> in waterloo trump thanked his supporters. >> hopefully tonight we are going to start a positive revolution. >> trump is polling seven points ahead of ted cruz who held his own rally in jefferson. >> if we stand together we can do it again and we can restore that last best hope for mankind. >> as the caucuses wrap up the nearly 1700 precincts will

good evening...i'm tom crabtree. tonight... on "7 news at 6"... low income families .. in need of assistance to keep their homes warm... man >> i'm tom crabtree. low income families need assistance to keep their home's warm. it's a familiar sound this time of year --- that hacking >>> that sound this time of year, that hacking cough but not all coughs are the same. we're going to help out a little bit here. if a person has a dry cough that ends with a rattle that might be asthma. when the cough is wet can colored mucus that can be pheunoma. a cough followed by a whoop might be whooping cough. >>> speaking of health, we know about the health benefits of getting a good night's sleep. a new study suggests more than a third of americans aren't getting enough sleep. >> 7 news anchor tom crabtree is here. we did a poll on this. >> i've been treat ed ed at a sleep lab before. it's ground zero when it comes to good health. look at what you're saying about the amount of sleep that you're getting. 4 to 7 hours, 70% of you almost saying that's how much you get. look at this group,

thank you for joining us, i'm david crabtree. >> i'm debra morgan. lawmakers today took final action on a new election schedule. laura leslie joins us now from understand all these dates. >> reporter: the new congressional map and schedule is in place tonight, though republican leaders are still hoping the u.s. supreme court will tell them they don't need it. the ruling this month by panel of 3 federal judges thrown the upcoming primary in to chaos. under legislation, vetters choose congressional nominees from the old districts on march 15th. if the supreme court doesn't step in by that date, candidates will have to run in the new districts for another primary on june 7th. house redistricting chairman acknowledged it's a confusing plans but allows people to

c 1 00:14 christian crabtree rescuer -- our asst shop foreman who told us that a man had during rush hour. c 1 00:39 christian crabtree rescuer -- where we found the gentleman on the fender system of the bridge that's this part near the bridge piers. police arrived, but the closest they could get was way up here. c 12 13:50 officer frank st. george norfolk police -- he was soaked, we could see the water beneath him, puddling off of him the three shipyard workers knew they had no time to spare. it turned out to be a teenager, soaked with cold river water and frigid winds were blowing. c 2 1:27 christian crabtree rescuer -- i guess a little bit of instinct took over - a man was in the water and he's cold so you got to get him out as quick as you can c 12 15:06 officer ted we were just trying to keep him calm, we knew he marine patrol, but this time, the shipyard workers were the "first then we took him over here to the south yard, and that's where the emts picked him up we're not sure why the teen jumped. does it really matter? the quick thinking and quick action of three people he had

. >> i'm david crabtree. much of the state got a good dusting. this is in downtown wilson at this hour. snow fell for a lot of the day, a little of it hanging around now. >> let's take a look at the flurrys we saw in raleigh. the scene on i-40s at the 540 afternoon. >> many of the children enjoyed an afternoon at home , the weather prompted the school districts to close early. let's go to chief meteorologist, greg fishel to find out what we can expect tonight. one of the scenes we didn't see was the great snow along the outer banks today. >> reports of 3 inches in some areas over there. we talked last night about that being the sweet spot of the system, if anybody was going to make out, it would be them. that's turned out to be the case. the radar around here, everything has wound down a bit now, we see a couple of patches there in martin county, east of tarboro, that is speeding away. looks like we are done with the precipitation. with regard to temperature, we are at or just below the freezing mark in most areas , the only years that are warmer

. >> strange calls coming from don't trust i'm tom crabtree. coming up on 7 news at 6:00, a scam that's slamming people with 864 area codes. some road work that starts today. so first in spartanbur coys d ibetweeaand old furneoat' ita o eos be ae cwuh bo l ssa lectnuft r tnror rr tr go >> ieyen. some rdrtsd first in spartanburg county, paris bridge road will be repaved between highway 9 and old furnace road. that's going to last through june. be aware of some crews out there, maybe some lane closures. also in laurens county on south frontage road between warrior church creek be back on 7 live at 5 continues now with a 7 news consumer watch. apple is expected to release its >>> live at 5:00 continues with a 7 news consumer watch. apple is expected to release a new iphone at tend of march. lit have a 4 inch screen and look identical to the 5s. it will not have the 3d touch feature. >>> disney is making some changes. disney land and disney world are raising ticket prices on busy days. tickets will go up 20% on busy days. >>> gas prices are inching

i'm david crabtree. >> i'm debra morgan. the boundaries proposed posted on line. a panel of federal judges ruleed two of the existing districts were unconstitutional, race was used a as primary factor to draw the voting lines, it was appealed to the u.s. supreme court. while they wait for an answer from the court, lawmakers are faced with a friday deadline for new maps. democrats haven't released their proposal. wral is talking with lawmakers, more on the new districts at 6:00. >>> raleigh man convicted of murder is in a fight for his life. it was live on wral as travion smith was found guilty of killing a mother in her north hills apartment. >> the sentencing phase of this began, the jury will decide between life and death. amanda lamb was in the courtroom this morning for the victim's daughter. >> reporter: she was the only witness for the prosecution,ing the first witness to take the stand, she did so outside the presence of our cameras due to a judge's order. 10-year-old hannah jones found her mother dead the morning after the murder. the same jury who convict

c 1 00:39 christian crabtree rescuer -- where we found the gentleman on the fender system of the bridge that's this part near the bridge piers. police arrived, but the closest they could get was way up here. c 12 george norfolk police -- he was soaked, we could see the water beneath him, puddling off of him the three shipyard workers knew they had no time to spare. it turned out to be a teenager, soaked with cold river water and frigid winds instinct took over - a man was in the water and he's cold so you got to get him out as quick as you can c 12 15:06 officer ted frightened where he was down there norfolk police had called marine patrol, 4:50 russell orr rescuer -- we got his jacket off and we wrapped him up, and then we took him over teen jumped. does it really matter? the quick thinking and quick action of three people he had never met made the difference. c 4 6:45 bryan lindsey rescuer -- i wish don't really look at it as me being a hero, just, i was helping out c 12 15:50 officer definitely helped us out greatly chris horne toys we're told the 16 year old has a collapsed lung but

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tom crabtree joining us now. >> this is one of those must not mess up events. >> i always mess it up. >> what do you prefer? jewelry is high on the list. >> you picked the expensive one, guys, come on. >> flowers got a quarter of you, candy, roughly 15%. >> why, because flowers and candy are fleeeeing, they don't stick around. so really the jewelry is a great investment. think of it that way. >> a great pitch by you. >> what women want. something together, something memorable, something fun, something you planned just for her. >> you've gone in the opposite direction. they said they wanted the jewelry, we think you want nothing, just to hang out with us: this might have been guys, but i don't think the guys would have said is jewelry. him a week ago, he has planned everything. >> all set. >> i believe that about you. good planner for that. >>> there's a live look at spruce pine, you can see the camera shaking. things are starting to cool off. a lot more snow is expected up near the tennessee line over the next few day, thanks to a cold pattern that has said up. it will continue to bri

it will be closed between the crabtree crossing parkway for the next six months as a replacer railroad crossing with the railroad bridge. expected detour, cary parkway and high house road to get between 54 and davis drive will take a long time for people to get used to the new pattern. expect delays and allow plenty of extra time. back to you. >>> interesting weather this week, today will be the warmest, says elizabeth. >> that's right. it looks beautiful out there now. let's start off with the wilson the sky cam looking down nash street. there are several counties were the sleet we had yesterday and lingering moisture on the road, especially bridges. temperatures have blocked -- dropped below freezing could be careful. no specific spots, but it's 34 in goldsboro, 32 roxboro. temperatures starting to come up a little bit now with some of that sunshine. we warm up nicely 253 this afternoon but become cloudy out lunchtime with showers during the evening commute and up until around midnight or so. tuesday, cooler at 45, chance of a struggle or flurry. wednesday we start to see the arctic

the bigger issue is in mooresville where they were close mooresville parkway between crabtree crossing and bristol creek. at some point a plan to close that. it will be close for six months as their place that crossing with the railroad bridge to make it safer and help traffic flow easier when a train comes through. you are going to see heavy traffic on 54, davis drive, as drivers get used to the new traffic pattern. there is a detour taking you to cary parkway and high has road. allow plenty of extra time to there and consider using an alternate route if you know of one better than you get back to you. >>> everyone talking about the super bowl last night and still this morning. >> up next, a google trend expert will let us know which commercials, moments and people most talked about online. >>> plus, we're six months away from the summer olympic games. we take a look at efforts to turn rio into an olympic destination. >>biggar sher g seing inus this mofonso nge ds eigo m. d momy condothntcaroit wgo gamha are ed, anin f. e e o e p w beor nson. a . bimont t e rehe aon mbhreeas jat tun c

. >> i'm david crabtree. sky 5 was over the scene moments after police arrived. this is capital boulevard at the intersection with new hope church road. julie sims spent the afternoon on the scene and joins us live. happened around 1:00. two males were gunned down in the parking lot, a weapon was found, a weapon was found nearby. >> we are having technical difficulty with the live shot there. again, police do tell us, though, however this, was not a random shooting, they tell us they have a person they are questioning, they are not calling that person a suspect. it's been a busy scene for a couple of hours. much of the strip mall wrapped in crime tape for the better part of the afternoon. the shooting happened around 1:00, two males were gunned down in the parking lot. a weapon used was found on the ground, many shoppers told us they heard the sound of bullets and it was chaotic. >> when i heard the shooting, people were running. they took off and when they got people were still running. >> the stores closed as a result. investigators expected to be on the scene

thank you for joining us, i'm david crabtree. >> i'm debra morgan, we brought you the verdict live as it happened. wral's amanda lamb, joins us live from the wake county justice center with what is next. >> reporter: the jury found travion smith guilty in just about an hour of deliberations of two different types of first degree murder. one, standard with the felony murder rule, that means it was committed during another felony, in this case a burglary. the other malice, premeditation and deliberation. there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom as this verdict was read today. it happened after just about 2 emotion from travion smith. there was emotion however, when jurors left the courtroom today, several of them appeared to be crying, and their job is not over yet. they returned tomorrow, to begin a sentencing hearing, expected to last for several days, and they will have to decide whether or not smith deserves life in prison or the death penalty. >> amanda lamb live in raleigh, thanks. >>> hundreds of homeowners are caught in limbo by a state law. >> new tonight at 6:00 , the stori

. >>> heart breaking testimony i'm david crabtree. >> i'm debra morgan. the trial for travion smith began today. charged with killing a 30 30 year old woman in may of 2013. amanda lamb shares the emotional testimony from the victim's mother. >> reporter: it was, i heard other parents testify in this situation, it never, ever gets easy to listen to. in this situations melissa's when she got the phone call it was surreal. >> reporter: melissa huggins jones was a newly divorced mother of two, starting a new job at a local bank and a new life in raleigh. >> she was good hearted soul that treated everybody the same. it didn't matter if you had a dollar or a millionaire, she treated everybody the same. >> reporter: the mother took the stand this the trial of travion smith. he is accused of killing huggins jones during a break in at her north hills apartment. >> i saw this child standing at the fence and she had her hands locked in the fence and she was crying. >> reporter: the granddaughter found her mother and ran to nearby construction workers asking for help

. >> i'm david crabtree. greg fishel is here. i looked out and saw a few flurrys and blue sky at the same time. >> almost like the winter time equivalent of what we see in the summertime where you can have it pouring in a one place and a mile down the road nothing. not as hot and humid. if we look at the radars see the patches of rain and snow area west to east, we will move in tighter so you can see where the areas are. not much in wake county but a patch towards durham. the snow activity could pick up a little bit in the next few minutes. you can see a patch down there across portions of moor county and light rain showers to the north and east, although there, there could be snow flakes mixed in. if we look at the actual air temperatures now, they are above freezing, that's the good news, the other bit of good news, the air is dry. look at the dew point temperatures, if you hit snow coming down hard enough to wait the pavement. that water is going to evaporate. so we are not looking for black ice issues tonight. we could repeat

access.wgbh.org >>> good evening and thank you for joining us i am david crabtree. north carolina has a senate seat up for grabs this fall to get it is currently head -- held by richard burr. he faces three challengers in the march primary and we will that want a chance to run for the seat. we will hear from immigration health care the economy mental health social security and the supreme court. here's a look at the four democrats running for the primary on march 15. >> kevin griffin is the president and ceo of the group a staffing firm operating in the triad and the triangle. he is a graduate of unc greensboro and currently lives in durham. this is his first run for elected office. ernest reeves is a retired us officer. after his retirement from the pentagon reeves worked in the private sector and returned to greenville to start his own business and care for family members. reeves have its - rmasmayoofng laken cumber ty.issoheexecute ct ct thca for noninsured people he iannoveran d a jothnatiald. deh ro 10yes entiakcoty in th atusoftis.e ent e st twyrss cotrle.haal

i'm david crabtree. >> i'm deborah morgan. we have several crashes on the map tonight. not as many as this morning but the roads are still slick. the highway patrol responded to and 3: 30 this afternoon in our area including this one east of clayton involving a pick up. statewide that number of accidents is more than 1,000. we have team coverage of this winter storm starting with greg fishel. greg? >> all right deb from raleigh south and east this has transformed into a liquid event so nothing to worry about tonight but we'll talk about the areas that do have something to worry about in just a minute. here's the radar color coated so you can see the areas that are still experiencing freezing rain and drizzle and the green areas indicating in liquid form and that boundary will be moving to the north and west overnight. let's check out the current temperatures right now so basically if your air temperature is at 32 or higher the ice event is over. so rocky mount, the 31 you see there is actually at rdu close to 32 in raleigh itself. about. raleigh durham airport points no

i'm david crabtree along with deborah morgan. let's look at the freeway here all the way up to 15. northbound is closed. >> this is obviously a big traffic nightmare for people trying to leave rtp or leave the area at all and head westbound because this is the problem with the traffic just backed up we are trying to learn more about what is causing back up as you can see from this view from the chapel hill camera. this could be like this for quite some time. we will watch it for you. >>> on to the next story and it start was the word disgraceful. that is how trump described the pope today at a rally in south carolina. >> trump held nothing back when talking about the leader of the catholic church. it started when the pope was threing mexico to rome. hours after spending time at the united states mexico border giving mass a reporter on the plane asked the pope for his thoughts on trump's plans to build a border wall. the pope said he hadn't heard the plan but said anyone who wall isn't christian. >> for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. i'm proud to be

.>>> i am david crabtree.>>> everything else wral does on tv and in the community will stay the same. our weather team.>> greg official will be well -- wear? >> most definitely on nbc. a great program, too.>> the azalea gardens are staying put. so is coast for the children. all of our phone banks to help you and our people. they are all on wral now, so come monday, they will all be on wral on nbc. >> football friday is on wral. >> friday night. >> where will it be when nbc joins us? >> righty night. wral. on nbc.>> the same goes for the tower lighting. the wral this was parade. first night coverage. breaking news, you know it. and investigations that impact you.>> what about 5 on your side?>> i like that. it's like the restaurants and stuff like that. good deal.>> i like this guy a know i am?>> i have seen you. i don't remember your name.>> we're going to have to work on this one a little bit. right now, we are all on wral. come monday, where will we be?>> the same.>> you got it. wral and all the you count on will be the same, just with hit nbc programs, the today show, the nightly ne

miss crabtree, what is going on here? why so much passion in the belief that the county board in the eyes of teachers is just not doing enough? >> it's about the kids. it's about the things that are important to them and the things they need. for so long we have been underfunded even though the board of supervisors and our county executive tend to say we are not under-funded, we are. if you look at the increase of the students we have had over the year, if you look at the needs of our students over the years, all these things are growing and they have not kept up with what they need to do. the programs that help our students are at risk. so much of what we do counts on money coming from the county because otherwise the state isn't doing their part and obviously we know the national won't. so it's up to the county to make a big jump and take a risk and do what is best for us. jeff: thank you, miss from the teachers, school superintendent and the teachers union. that is setting up the battle they are having with the board o

tomorrow crabtree valley mall will host a series of events. wakemed will have health screens and you can have lane dancing to get the -- line dancing to get it is 11:00 to 2:00 tomorrow. spirit. you see your red. orange tie. don: i have a wonderful wife and a daughter and i don't want them struggling with heart disease. if we can get people aware of things you can do i will do something special. today you may see a little precipitation or flurries. by this afternoon those chances are zero and stay there saturday, sunday. monday to tuesday we are seeing something. we will talk more about that in the seven-day forecast. you are seeing some snowflakes in spots on the radar. first alert doppler xp, the most powerful radar in the carolinas showing most of the rain sliding out. back to the west through siler city and moore county and even parts of hoke county you may see a little snowflake activity. we are not seeing anything heavy being what they are. i don't think you will see any accumulation. maybe a little on grassy areas but just flurries. 37,

. >> tom crabtree, anyo >>> allgh we've gotto enjoy some sunshine, we had some clouds ar, in other spots. there's a live picture of the builtmoetn ashevil th're ge a little rai right now but it was a nice warm afternoon in hle today. we got up to 67 degrees. that's way above average. almost in rd territory. we'rein cl it off a little into tomorrow thanks t a front that's bringing s rain to asheville and the northern mountai and tennesse border counties here. these individual showers are pushing to northeast so they' not making a lot of places sou wad hendersonville coulget into some showers. i think the coverage wl begin to diminish with timat going to leave the up state with isolated showers a bt going through the over night and into tomorrow morning. hav had the cloud cover moving through though as some of us getting into some clearing with those south western winds gusty at times. that he tpere soar today not just in the mountains but the up state. we have a strong wind that we're tracking for the mide part of the week. that one in the central plain states drang in gulf moisture. we'r

precious crabtree says decrease funding could lead to scuts in staffing and programs like the arts. >> if we start to make cuts to the programs we won't have the students ready for the 21st century. >> today county executive ed long presenting $4 billion budget next year. he says the slow economy resulted in a shortfall leading long to request a 4% property tax increase. >> there are unmet needs and investment. >> school funding tops the list. the county is proposing a 3% increase of $55 million and the nearly 7% boost of $122 million. >> make no mistake. this is increase to the school budget but not meeting their needs. jeff: school director says the fairfax board should not be blamed for the problems created by the general assembly in richmond. >> they have an obligation to meet funding in education and they are failing. >> i have yet to see them fighting for the fairfax county public school system. the budget introduced this morning. discussions will continue followed by the public hearing in early april. there are a lot of intense feelings about this but the fight is only just beg

david crabtree will moderate the half-hour scussion. learn more about the candidates thursday night at 7:00 on wral. >>> orange county health department want to explore adding any cigarette to the smoking ban. before it directed the counties to draft policies that include smoking bans including taping. they hope to have a draft of the public road before april, it could take effect by paul. >>> u.s. chocolate maker, mars, is recalling candies and 55 countries. a spokesperson for the company says plastic was found in one of the products and could lead to choking. voluntary recall affects projects.products and earlier this year in the netherlands. affected foods were listed on the dutch food safety side including mars, milky way, >>> stocks are down, dow wn, the s&p close down 24 1/4. >>> a rescue operation was underway this afternoon high above the streets of new york city. two window washers were stuck on the 60's fifth floor of a high-rise. the men were working outside of the marriott courtyard in times square when they got trapped on t

. >> i'm david crabtree. ontionre south leigh. our drive 5 wet ro afte obvus thig to impact the commute if sebe careful. greg fishel talked about the winds we were going to feel in your forecast yesterday. boy, were you spot on. >> it was a blustery day, no question about. that of course that transported all sorts of warmth and moisture our way and fueled the thunderstorms ahead of the cold front we are going to watch tonight. once you get past this line, it is just rain. the only years that have risk of severe weather over the next hour are well to the east of raleigh, the threat here is over. let's show you what the radar looks like now, we will zoom in to this general area here, east look at the area from east roanoke rapids through rocky mount, to wilson and smith field, and we will pan down here a little bit farther to the south, you can see the leading edge of it there, going right through fayetteville. once that edge goes by, the threat of severe weather is over and basically rain event from that point forward. none of the

a section of morrisville parkway closing for six months between bristol creek and crabtree crossing. it is to a contractor with build a rail overpass and eliminate the rail closing. a detour will direct you around. the roads are already heavily traveled so drivers are encouraged to allow extra time in the area. sounds like fun. may need patience. 5:12 and 32 degrees. family tragedy. john: how two brothers were killed while sledding down a bobsled track at canada's olympic park. barbara: mardi gras mars. violence that leaves family and super (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. john: the broncos are the nfl champions beating carolina 24-10 in the super bowl. carolina. cam newton was sacked a record tying seven times. he was so upset he just walked off during the post-game interview. governor mccrory sl

plans to shut down the parkway from crabtree crossing and bristol creek drive for the next six months. this is allowing crews to construct a road under the new railroad bridge. during that time businesses will be accessible in n.c. 54. barbara: the deadline passed to enroll in health insurance. the period closed this morning and this year fines are going up. john: cuba is launching its first broad band home internet service a potentially major step in bringing them online. important milestone in cuba for general public access. it began only last year with the opening of dozens of public wi-fi spots. barbara: middle cancellers show off -- schoolers had teams on display in the future city competition at n.c. state. this year the theme is waste not, want not. solid waste management systems the future. the winning team can compete in the national final ss in washington, d.c. next month. good luck. 5:56 and 48 degrees. man charged in murder of a raleigh mother. john: the punishment he could face. woman switch to centurylink prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without

the truck driver, 22-year-old derek crabtree had minor injuries. he is charged now with reckless driving. six of the 33 cattle on board died and another six escaped hand to be rounded up. there is a veterinarian on the scene to help treat the cows closed as crews work to move that truck. >>> coming up next, we will update you on the snowfall total and when to expect all these temperatures to rise above freezing. >>> later this afterhour, we go to d.c. over the fight is picking up over who will replace the late supreme court california lea the heart of the church, the mission of the church, is to change our world by developing christ followers who love god and love people. everything that we are wrapped up in, everything that we do, everything that ought to drive us, the passion that we ought to have in our hearts is summed up in that statement. we want to change the world. river valley. >> danner: i have really enjoyed all these pictures comeenjoyed all these pictures coming into our in box here at abc 13. you are sending us pictures what you are s

tom crabtree here, so shed some light on it, tom. >> well, first with teams like the panthers and the broncos playing, can't miss is going to be great football, yes we've know that. there are other reasons, the ads, 40% of you saying i want to show, that's usually what draws me in as well. the a third of you say you want to see the half time show, the game 20%. but i've got to tell you, this year, this year, i want to make sure i don't miss the ann national anthem, because it's lady gaga. i think she's terrific. >> she's a good singer. >> what do you think she's going to be wearing. >> the fashion choice will be the question with lady gaga. >> the super bowl shows. she'll be okay. it is the national anthem. >> people bet on how long the national anthem will be, they do an over-under line. so we shall see. >> she certainly raised her interest when she did the tony bennett. >> yes. >> she's good. >> thank you, tom. >>> 7 news your source for all things super bowl 50. we have crews in california giving you a row seat to everything that's happening leading up to sunday's big game. we'll c

you can see tom crabtree joining us now. >> frozen one of many movies that people want to see a sequel to. >> all in the family, archie bunker had 7 spin off shows, the jeffersons, maud, several others. but what do you think about this? do you feel other spin offs, based on classic tv shows are a good thing? most of you do. 70% have responded saying you love them. why not keep a good thing going? >> there's examples of good and bad. god father two is as good as god father one. >> the csi shows, the good wife >> it makes sense. this is -- it was girl meets world is the spin off from boy meets world, the same act --. >> a spin off of full house in the 90s. >> look, if they're good, if they're well made, people will watch them. >> and full house will have a lot of the original characters in it, they should be better actors now, may be fun to watch. >> you still weigh in on our facebook page fl the oscars, hoping to make acceptance speeches less boring. they want to avoid a long list of thank yous, so they're asking every nominee to submit a list, and if that nominee wins, those names scro

you see tom crabtree joining us now. >> we've got another round coming up here in a few days, we're asking your voting experience this past saturday. we're getting in the web poll, folks, have is a look at this. 76% say they have no problems, no issues. among those who did, over 13% say they were concerned about untrained poll workers, long by the time the voting took place, a number of had had troped out of the race and -- dropped out of the race. >> and those votes county, you vote for them, the votessstill count. people waiting in the long lines, anderson had real problems with that. line to vote. they're concerned when the process is going slowly, and there were some problems with countiess where they said they didn't have enough volunteers at the polls. >> the lines do indicate that the primaries had a good turnout, which hadn't always been the case. >>> given some of the problems that you've been telling us about, we decided to take a closer look. >> we checked into what's being done to prevent the issues this saturday, when the democrats have their primary, 7 news reporter robert ki

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. >>> i'm tom crabtree, we're uncovering hidden files about as if airplanes aren't crowded enough ... airbus has >>> a story that hits close to me for me at 6 foot 5. if airplanes weren't close enough, airbus applied for a patent that turns a row of seats into a bench. different ways to fin configure the seats. >> it's a squeeze. a plane at this point. >> this might not help much, first class food is getting a shakeup. the restaurant owner behind shake shack, is teaming up with delta airlines. >> if you get into first class, this will be nice. the new york times rorts the goal is to -- reports the goal is to create airplane food that is as good as the restaurants. on international flight, from jfk. a lot of restrictions. speaking of food, the parmesan cheese -- companies use cellulose to keep it from clumping. and some use large amounts of it as a filler. 2-4%, is considered an acceptable amount in your parmesan with the industry, but bloomburg business found between 7-9% of the walmart brand the fda says it takes fraud seriously. >> it's product did not actually contain any parmesan

captioning sponsored by cbs access.wgbh.org >>> good evening and thank you for joining us i am david crabtree. north carolina has a senate seat up for grabs this fall to get it is currently head -- held by richard burr. he faces three challengers in the march primary and we will

. >> so you see tom crabtree joining us now. you've been monitoring people's responses as to whether or not they think the changes to fix the intersection will actually fix things. >> we waited a lot of days for this plan. do you think this plan is going to ease the traffic problems. we're just about evenly split here. the yes at 53%, the remainder said no. this is a 3-year project here. >> do you wonder if people who are saying -- half the people who are saying no, it won't fix things it's not like they don't lack the design of a project, they just don't trust the government. >> a lot of them may be in that video sitting in the traffic jams. need for years. >> we had facebook comments to show that show long all of this will take. we'll get to some of those later in the newscast. this could be a setback... see what happens whe >>> driverless vehicles becoming more popular. this might be a set back. see what happens when an atv with no driver goes on its own straight ahead. >> from homeless to homeowner. a woman in the unstate is

good samaritans for rescuing the teen who jumped off the campus tele bridge russell or christian crabtree and brian lindsay say when they heard about the boy in the river yesterday they dropped everything and search for him under the water was cold and when it was co probably forty degrees so we try to get some soon as possible. i wanted to the what happened why the men found the boy underneath the bridge they got him into a tugboat and wrapped in jackets police say the team has a collapsed lung and is being evaluated. happening now nearly one hundred new jobs are headed to south but governor mcauliffe announced investing more than sixteen million dollars in a new east coast distribution center in the city virginia competed against south carolina for the project and one governor approved a two hundred and fifty thousand dollars grant from the opportunity fund to help suffolk with the new center a consumer alert for parents at noon a baby essentials is recalling thousands of high chairs because kids can fall out of them. in fact it happened to six kids already. the company says the chairs

home and -- the home invasion happened just south of crabtree lake. anthony wilson is live on the scene with those details. what a terrifying morning it must have been for those homeowners. reporter: in fact, one of the phones from one of the people recovered when the six men were caught up by officers. no confirmation yet of any arrests. we are awaiting confirmation, but here is what happened. damaged. inside, three women were asleep. >> i heard the commotion. i didn't know what it is. i had no idea what is going on. reporter: the men who broke in work caught on home surveillance video. >> i hear my sister going i'm coming. that's when i knew someone was in my house. reporter: durham police attains them at a hotel. they believe that they are the home. >> my door was open and he was like give me your phone and then he followed me downstairs. door and locked it but the mother kicked the door in. say, we won't hurt you. we just want the cash. then they said we've got it and let's go, let's go. two of them were upstairs and ran down. they had my phone. r

. >> but here to bring us some information on this is 7 news anchor tom crabtree. we said skunk, immediately hur. >> what's the worst here? . >> a big dog next door that bashes a lot. these possibilities, here's the worst ones. poisonous snakes, 70% of you say yes, an elephant? 14%. roosters, 14%. get a wakeup call. >> rooster was my suggestion. >> pigs, i grew up on a farm >> a neighbor in my community who has a pet pig, when there's one, they're fine. >> the venomous snakes, years a somebody had a petco bra in the upstate and it bit them and they took it to the hospital. who has cobras in people do. >> skunks, oh, my gosh. whether it's been destunk or not. >> seeing it there. who's going to let it get close enough to find out. >> thank you. >> next on 7 news live at five, he may be the most clever kid you ever meet. just wait until you hear all of the stuff this little guys know, straight ahead. thanks for joining forget "are you smarter than a fifth grader" .. kristen hampton has found one north >>> forget, are you smarter than a 5th grader, kristen has found on

>> coming up here on >>> good evening and thank you for joining us i am david crabtree. north carolina has a senate seat up for grabs this fall to get it is currently head -- held by richard burr. he faces three challengers in the march primary and we will hear from the four democrats that want a chance to run for the seat. we will hear from immigration health care the economy mental health social security and the supreme court. here's a look at the four democrats running for the primary on march 15. president and ceo of the group a staffing firm operating in the triad and the triangle. he is a graduate of unc greensboro and currently lives in durham. this is his first run for elected office. ernest reeves is a retired us officer. after his retirement from the pentagon reeves worked in the private sector and returned to greenville to start his own members. reeves have its -- has never held elected office. chris rey is serving as for -- third term as mayor of spring lake in cumberland county. is also the executive director of cumberland healthnet a nonprofit group formula

attorneys are ready to make opening statements tomorrow morning, thank you for joining us, i'm david crabtree. >> and i'm debra rgan. traveon smith is in trial for the murder of a mother. amanda lamb is not in the newsroom with what they had to say. >> reporter: attorneys covered little bit of everything. they talked about how test results for dna, footprints and anger prince will be reintroduced. they talked about what crime scene and autopsy photos are appropriate to show the jury. talked about who will stify against traveon smith. or not they haven't offered plea deals. now, ronald anthony pleaded guilty under an agreement with the state and was sentenced to life in prison, he has told the state he will not testify but is still on the witness list. sarah redden has no deal, she's the admitted getaway driver and has changed her story that she told police three times. defense attorneys are concerned she was a smith is the most probable version they believe she ter retracted. >> sometimes, even if you give a proper limiting instruction, it's too damaging. what this is about is a ogeny so-- a

david crabtree will monitor the half-hour discussion. learn more about the candidates thursday night at 7:00 on tran02. >>>he cdc says people exposed to lumber liquidators flooring are more likely to get cancer than previously thought. the laminate flooring makes people three times more likely to get cancer than the cdc's original report. the agency estimates the risk of cancer in 6 to 30 cases per 100,000 people. his recommendations will likely stay the same if people take steps to reduce their exposure. >>> there is growing support for national movement, calling for a ycott of beyonce's formation tour. the tour will stop in carter finley stadium in raleigh may 3. the raleigh police protective association meets tomorrow night to discuss the in a statement to wral, the organization says that some members are concerned about what they consider, and by police messages portrayed during lftime performances. the statement read, many officers believe it was disrespectful to the police profession d hope beyonce will look to less controversial i

the next six months, morrisville park way is going to be closed between bristol creek drive and crabtree crossing parkway. this is out toward park west right there is a railroad crossing and the dot is separating that crossing. it's going to be closed for the next six months there are going to be posted detours. expect unusually heavy traffic tomorrow. back to you. >> brian, shrader my traffic mentor, thank you much. >>> we have already been through one bout of ice this winter. remember a couple weeks ago? plenty of people slipped and fell. ths honcheof ohat's alon't me m, ooubet.renge nd est i aane thteio? afic bweigmae.ra rarmed t acbein a ant wa e wou h 0. >>> right now on wral news, new overnight a 17-year-old has died after he was hit while walking in lumberton. troopers released details on the vehicle that left the scene. >> plus meteorologist mike moss is in, telling us who could see snowflakes. you're taking a live look at those road conditions, we'll certainly have live drive five out as well keeping an eye around town. >> and we're live in the bay area, california, we'll have a

police officers met with russell orr junior, christian crabtree, and lindsey yesterday to thank them for helping out. the men all work at lyon shipyard. using a tugboat, they pulled the teen to safety. editor: assist/p53 norf campostella bridge jumper/c3 ;04;40 - 04;57 russell orr jr. he was cold and i think he was glad to see us, but we him over here to the south yard, and that's where the emts picked him up" butt to editor: assist/p53 norf campostella bridge jumper/c12 ;14;31 - ;14;35 "it was their quick actions that i believe led to his safety" safety" one of the rescuers told us, he hopes someone would do the same thing for him if he was in a similar situation. as for the teenager, he has a collapsed lung, but should recover. virginia beach's mayor gave the state of the city address, and 10 on your side was there. mayor will sessoms says leaders need to focus on three things to make the city better. mobility, livability and connectivity. sessoms says he's worried if the city doesn't improve public transportation. that includes extending the tide from norfolk. (26 9:29) ((down the

i'm tom crabtree. of course... one of big issues...already getting a lot of attention... is today's unexpected death... of u-s supreme court justice ... antonin scalia. here's a look...at tonight's debate stage... donald trump and ted cruz... will be side by side... at the center of the

crabtree will moderate the half- hour discushion to learn more about the candidates tomorrow night at 7:00. >>> what are the healthiest cities in america? the results of a new study and which north carolina city ranked near the bottom of the lift. mike? >> well, the weather is quieting down. it is windy out there. how about the warm high today. 73 out of the raleigh airport. cooler days are ahead. around the state >>> the cdc says infections have a strong case of zika virus. is still a mosquito virus. they confirmed cases of the disease in 23 states now. the world health organizations says 4 million people can be infected in the next year. >>> johnson and johnson must shell out $72 million because of the talcum powder. a family says the product caused ovarian cancer and cost a woman her life. they claim that the company knew about it and did not disclose it. the company says they stand by the products. if if the ruling holds up it will be the first one of 1200 similar claims. >>> now, the senate approved the appoint of a fda cardiologist. he had been there for 30 years before leaving