. >>> if you're in dallas north carolina -- a viewer in dallas north carolina sent us this video. a brief snow shower quickly turned to rain. >>> we have a resort cam in blowing rock tracking snow there. you can see a little bit building up on the grass there and next to the tree. the snow has been falling there lightly for two hours. i tracked the storm over night and on your apple and android phone with the wsoc-tv weather app and use the interactive street. >>> for the last hour, eyewitness news has investigated the project to build toll lanes on i-77. we asked whether or not taxpayers will be on the hook if the project's parent company faces money trouble and look deeper at the growing political impact on the race for governor. if the toll critics win and stop the project. transportation leaders could put toll lanes on the interstates. >>> that could minimize the victory for anti toll groups like widen i-77. jenna deery is live along the interstate after speaking with local transportation experts. >> reporter: they told me they are sticking with the plan to go with toll lanes

hearings scheduled in willmington, ashville, eaton and dallas and north carolina. more hearings will be held in counties where there are coal ash facilities through the end of march. >>> the state department of health and human services will roll out the report on medicaid reform progress. lawmakers passed a bill to overall the $14 billion insurance system for the poor and disabled. it could take up to two years to gain approvals from the government. it will take another two years past that point to make the transition to managed care >>> the new president of the unc system. spellings exceeds ross, forced out and left at the beginning of this year. the coalition that includes students and faculty members is calling for a walkout on several system campuses today including unc chapel hill. the group takes issue with the background and the way in which she was chosen by the board of governors. >>> voting on a new funding schedule for school construction. watch the sessions live on wral.com at 4:30 this afternoon. >>> more than 160 paratroopers are back home at fort br

the meetings are in salisbury and dallas, north carolina. >>> duke energy says it is going green with pig and chicken waste. the company hired a contractor to build and own a plant that collects methane from pig and chicken waste. they already have one smaller project including one that draws gas off of the waste of more than 70,000 hogs. they hope to generate enough electricity to power 10,000 homes a year. it was spurred by a 2007 state law that equires electric facilities to get 12.5% of their power from renewable energy by the year 2021. >>> the boil water advisory continues in benson. customers who use public water are being asked to boil the water for three minutes before drinking or using it. that means brushing teeth, broken waterlines caused a drop in water pressure which led to the advisory. the town will notify customers when the advisory has been lifted. >>> wake county commissioners will hold property tax evaluations more often. right now assessors determine the value of your home every eight years. under a proposal approved yesterday, that would change to every four year

there are hearings scheduled in willmington, ashville, eaton and dallas and north carolina and hearings held in counties where the actual coal ash facilities are located through the end of the month. >>> the state department of health and human services will roll out the report on medicaid reform. lawmakers passed a bill to overmaul the $14 billion insurance system for the poor and disabled. it could take up to two years to gain approvals from the government. it will take another two years past that point, to make the transition to managed care costs. >>> the fist day on the job for the president of the unc system. who was forced out and left at the beginning of this year. coalition that includes students and faculty members is calling for a walkout, on several unc system campuses hill. the group takes issue with spelling's background and the way he was chosen. new this morning, more than 160 paratroopers are back home, very happy at fort bragg. >> paratroopers at the 82nd airbornesey vision reunited airfield. they returned from a 9 month deployment in iraq. hugs and happy tears, this h

leaders in north carolina are reacting to her death and requesting that speaking about the influence she had. >> i want to mention she had an incredible effect on north carolina politics. reporter: dallas woodhouse looking back on a story1976 when ronald reagan was making a bid for the white house in north carolina. >> he had lost a lot of primaries. he said jesse helms want to use a video of the speech rating gave in florida, one he felt show the voters who reagan really was. his camp said no but his wife nancy said yes. >> nancy lanza at the one that authorized it think of the videotape the north carolina. they bought television time all across the state. they aired the speech. they edited out the palm trees. reporter: that paid -- they governor pat mccrory saying he was inspired in the public service by the words and deeds of president ronald reagan, and drew much of his inspiration from his beloved wife nancy. senator richard burr saying she and ronald shared a deep connection and they are together again. -- sending personal family and tweeting about her grace and she served our country with a fierce passion. it's a few of the thousands of messages circulating about the now late na

credit from the chairman of florida went to donald trump for exciting the voters, winning north carolina. dallas being with us. >> thanks for getting up early, or staying up late. let's bring our panel back in and talk about this a bit. josh rogin, i want to talk about north carolina in particular. when you look at these exit polls, again i mentioned it just now to the executive director of the gop there. but you look at the exit polls there. you clearly see that the ban on muslims, the temporary ban on muslims, the exit poll we never would have ever asked under any way, shape, or form, but now brought up by donald trump. huge support for that among trump supporters. we're hearing again and again that so much of this energy and so much of the turnout is because of the donald trump effect. >> right. i think you said two important things here. one is that is a truism. trump has brought out lots of new voters. the other one, what the poll shows is that trump's policies are actually influencing the thinking of these voters, and that is something that the republican party, especially republican leade

dallas, 21,000 people. we just left north carolina where i think we are going to do great. we had a room that held 2000 people. it was set up quickly. they had between 9000 and 10,000 people outside listening. we had to send them away. there is something going on. ok, ok. here's the story -- we are going to do things that the country is not used to doing. it is called we are going to win. it is very simple -- win. to want to read you this because i love it. some of you may have heard it. i love doing it, i love reading it. it was written by al wilson a long time ago. it was actually a song. i think it is great. we have a tremendous problem with terrorism and a tremendous problem -- i don't know if you agree with me -- but we cannot let people into our country that we don't know who they are, what they are doing, where they are. they have no paperwork cleared. we cannot do it. we can build in syria and build a safe zone. i want to get gulf states to pay so much money that they would not believe it. we are paying for everything. people think we spend a lot on our military. we

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north carolina. and we are sure that we've weighed in on the side that's going elect the next president come november. >> so, dallas north carolina, born and raised in charlotte, and a bunch of my relatives all live in hickory, north carolina, and listening to donald trump as he was speaking there, was that just yesterday or the day before? the days run together with the elections. but anyway, he was there speaking. chris christie was there with him. i know that hickory, north carolina, along with a lot of other areas in north carolina had been hit hard by manufacturing losses, jobs going overseas. do you think that was one of the keys in terms ever who people chose once they got to the voting booth? well, it may have a bigger effect of where mr. trump wins. that is certainly an area that has been hit hard by trade and it's been hit hard by tremendous loss of manufacturing jobs so, you know, his message probably resonated in that particular -- that particular area, but i think, you know, we've seen all the candidates have some traction in north carolina and, of course, we were proportional so all of the candidates

. >>> today the north carolina transportation secretary traveled to dallas texas to talk with officials from the d.o.t. about a centra toll road that that meeting ended around 3:00 today. and channel 9 arranged to have a camera there. governor pat mccrory ordered nick tennison to meet with the group today. pat mccrory said he wants to review every available option, legal and financial to reassess the toll road model for the contract here. now, after he left that meeting, tennison had little to say about the details they discussed. >>> it was a very good conversation. the opportunity to come down and meet with a number of people from the texas d.o.t. was a very valuable trip. i don't have any details to offer right now. we'll be reporting to the governor. and we'll make that information public as soon as we've completed our process. >>> it's not the first centra highway to go bankrupt. another project declared bankruptcy in december 2014. groups opposing the toll roads here seau we shouldn't be doing busy with a company that has a track record of failure. >>> north carolina's second in c

north carolina politics. joel: political leaders reacting to nancy reagan's death and state republican party chair dallas woodhouse recalls a story campaign and how she pushed to use a video of the speech he gave in florida to show north carolina voters who her husband was. >> they bought television time all across the state. they aired that speech. they literally edited out the palm trees. joel: the governor says he was inspired in evolving service by the words and deeds of president ronald reagan and he drew much of his inspiration from his 11 wife nancy. political figures and the art of nancy reagan. you had to abc 11 's mobile have to read it messages. marco rubio picking up the win in the puerto rico primary. it is his second win but he still trails behind ted cruz in donald trump. senator bernie sanders pic of a win in maine today. lead and the rest of the democratic nomination. the democrats face up again in a debate tonight. this time in flint, michigan. the water crisis was a key issue in lover hillary clinton and bernie sanders agree. both saying people should be fired for the lead-tainted water. even ca

dallas. this could flow up and over a big strong high-pressure system around north carolina. yes, it will come in with, you know, maybe a little cooler air. not in the 60s and 70s. upper 50s. mild for this time of year. we start talking about rain chances thursday and friday as well. tonight warmer than it was last night, 46 degrees. for your day tomorrow. clear skies. a few more clouds later on. warmer inland than at the coast. southwest winds 10 miles per hour tomorrow. across the board here, 71 for wednesday. good looking sky as well. thursday 69 degrees. pushing 70 on thursday. i wouldn't rule out a thunderstorm. that would be an early seasonal change. a possibility. wet weather for thursday. friday 58. saturday 58. sunday 60. monday 57. temperatures are cooler but still above average. saturday night, turn the clocks forward. >> thank you. >>> well, bonuses on wall street were down last year. down by 9% in 2015 to $146,000. the reason the rocky stock market left the banks with smaller profits. >>> airline pilots wanted. no experience necessary. jet blue now taking applica

north carolina. that will bring in a southwest wind. dallas, texas, moisture that could travel up and over the high into the area. but it will stay on the mild side. as you look ated, it will -- ahead, it will get warmer. warmer wednesday. there will be precipitation for the second half of the week. thursday, friday, maybe into saturday. the temperatures are never going to plummet. any precipitation will be just rain. tonight warmer than last night, 46 degrees. clear over night. tomorrow more clouds later. warmer inland. new york city hits 64 or so. cooler at the coast. and then across the board, i professor said never to do this, i am going to go 71 on wednesday. the record is 69. even that, all the models are going warmer than that. i am being conservative with 71. 69 thursday. thursday with a rain chance. even a thunderstorm chance, it is that warm. friday, 58, 58 for saturday. sunday 60 degrees. the clock there on the line between saturday and sunday. go to bed saturday night, spring forward. 2:00 a.m. is when the time change takes place.

dallas. they were the cinderella story. tonight the eagles return to and beat dickerson 96-95 and fgc will play top seeded north carolina on thursday. nit gators moving with a blow- out win over north florida and fsu beat davidson 84-74. the women are headed to la for saturday's open round game against colorado state at pauley pavilion. john sable has more. >> reporter: when the women's ncaa tournament bracket came out usf was in the same region as rival u-conn. >> the last two years we have played u-conn more than anybody. our team has played them better than anybody. to put us in the same region was a surprise. >> the bulls lost to connecticut three times including last week during the conference title game. us p may face connecticut a 4th the elite 8 but they need to beat colorado that have only lost one game all year. >> you don't win 31 games, surprise they are better than a 11 seed. >> jose's squad advance and the bulls struggled against louisville. >> we didn't do what we needed to do the last four minutes. they know what is at stake. >> reporting at usf, john sable, abc action sports. >>> and the rays have put loga

dallas held on to win this one by a final of 4-3. >>> ncaa tournament with miami moving on. florida gulf coast exits would have lost to north carolina. it's good to see logan back in the lineup after getting beaned in the elbow. the home run gives the rays a 1-0 lead. then a little concern involving evan longoria who left after the raise end upbeat the phillies, final 6-1. one more sports, though, the buccaneers sign gerald smith, formerly with the ravens. that's your morning sports update. >>> good morning, everyone. where were we? yeah that seven-day forecast shows the fist three days now. the last four are up quite dramatically. highs in the 60s on monday. gradual warm-up on the first week of spring will start off feeling like winter. by thursday, highs back around 80. >>> if you are looking to do a little spring cleaning and spruce up your home, the tampa home show opens today and features over 900 exhibits of new products and services for your home. we're taking action for you by offering you free administration into the show today. no strings attached. our crew will be live during the 9:00 newscast. >>> today is a big morning

north carolina and virginia. we're staying mild through this section and right now it is as warm in dallas as it is here. it will get near the same temperature. as we have in florida. out west it is a mess. they are getting snow in the mountains and big-time rains oregon. san francisco with rain today. this entire system will be moving into the center of the country and bringing severe weather into the plains states by tomorrow. here is the high pressure to the north and that is giving us a northwind. it will continue to keep us cool over the next several days. you will see maybe a couple of rain drops trying to push in from the east coast with the clouds but nothing that will get here. florida's most accurate digital day planner. noon, 75 for most of the area by later on this afternoon. taking a look at the weather for the second and final day of the gasparilla festival of the and 10:00 the jury art show get out there and enjoy beautiful art pieces. out of the water, 65 degrees. decent day for boating. 3 to 5 foot seas. moderate chop. tied comes in at seven minutes before 6:00. things will get warmer in

dallas holds on to win this one, the final 4-3. >>> all right, ncaa tournament tonight. miami with a win over buffalo, but florida gulf coast exits with a loss to north carolina, and we thought we had a bracket buster right out of the gate. duke and unc wilmington. blue devils move on. today. yale making their first appearance since 1962. usf says don't be fooled by colorado state's 11 seed in the tournament. their opponent ranked 22nd right behind usf in the polls. the rams are 31 and 1, only loss to penn, and the only reason they're seeded so low is they played on the one bcs team, colorado, and they beat them. >> >. you don't win 31 games just because, you know, they have very, very good basketball player, and do things well. they don't foul or turn it over and they defendant you. they're a lot better than an 11 seed. >>> and logan forsythe is back last week. he gives the rays a 1-0 lead, then longoria left the game after suffering a shin contusion. the rays end upbeating philadelphia today 6-1. >>> and nascar back in florida. mcmillan is now tenth in point, and his race team is home right here in tampa. >> >. all the customers attending the race this week

republican voters will cast their ballots in five states, one of which is north carolina. 72 delegates up for grabs. i want to bring in dallasithouse, executive director of the republican party. i want to ask you about last night. especially when you have the republicans in your state talking about the party as it stands pre-last night, pre-cancelation of the trump rally and protests, and post. share those and how they giver and pivoted in the last 24 hours. >> i haven't had any conversation about that. i think our state is focused on a historic march primary. it has been 40 years since republicans have been able to weigh in in a presidential primary this early and this important. and our voting numbers are extremely strong. we have a lot of candidates coming through. and that's what we're focused on. i haven't had any conversations along those lines. >> i have to ask you, "the observer" ran a story with this leddi headline, donald trump worries north carolina gop leaders. again, before the rally. at that point what were those concerns among north carolina republicans over donald trump? >> you know -- i saw that article. but

another live look from dallas, the most delicate to be award odor control worth celebrating. allyson: in our news to go a , small earthquake hit north carolina overnight. geoff: the u.s. geological survey says a magnitude 2.4 quake hit outside of burnsville, north carolna. that's in yancey county. so far, we have not received any reports of damage. earthquaketracker.com reports the quake happened a little after 9:30. allyson: a live look now from our hilton-greenville skycam. dale: the first half of the day, yes, but clouds will build in. 36 degrees this morning and sunrise happens that 5:58 for today. it will warm up into the mid-60's, low 60's in the mountains, but the next front this afternoon kicks up a few showers. this evening, showers and thunderstorms expected with the system. that is what is it not forecast. behind that france, cooler temperatures as you look at our four day plus forecast. the default tomorrow for the upstate and 40's in the mountains. by saturday, nice beginning to the weekend with a beautiful sunday and monday shaping up. the weekend looking good. allyson: thank you. taking a look at the roads, the main concern is

north carolina's environmental agency will host a meeting on the proposed risk classifications for coal ash ponds at allen steam station in gaston county. that meeting is 6:00 p.m. at gaston college's dallas campus auditorium. officials want to hear what the neighbors think about listing the ponds as low risk sites. >>> the towfn mooresville rejected a plan to bring costco to the area. the commissioners voted against the plan 5-1. it means costco cannot build the store off i-77 at exit 35. it would have been the main anchor store in a complex that would include academy sports and outdoors. >> beautiful warm weather is back and tomorrow it is going to get even warmer. >> meteorologist leigh brock joins us live in the first alert weather center. beautiful day. come in sunday and now we are feeling the warmer temperatures. at least average today. and really warm heading into tomorrow. here is your camera nissan camera. beautiful blue skies as far as the eye can see this afternoon. this is where we should be feeling nice. gorgeous conditions outside. slight breeze. you might notice the breeze from 5-15-miles-per-hour. and check out the numbers. in charlotte 66 . and right around the city, har

dallas. animal care and enforcement specialists investigated the incident and the cat was processed for testing and sent to the north carolina public laboratory in raleigh, and the results came back that the cat did test positive for rabies. officials are advising people in the area to make sure that their pets have had rabies vast vaccinations. >> good evening, we're looking at the psl boilt for showers, or two into the area any risk for severe weather should be to the west of us tonight, seeing a lot of activity further to the south, but grain, our region are largely okay, but the rain is beginning to move into the area. you're seeing it hang on the western and northern regions and if you're in charlotte new york the lower elevations nrkt piedmont, things are fairly quiet right now, but you get into morganton, lenoir, wilks, taylorsville and boone, things are pick up. moderate to heavy rainfall across the area. we haven't had lightning there, however it won't be ruled out that we don't see a thunderstorm or two in the region. further to the south, traveling overnight or early tomorrow morning as this line blows through, it

carolinas, now. that will lift north during the course of the day, it's in advance this upper level low south of dallas that's been spinning and spinning and spinning for the last several days. you can see the plume of moisture on the front end. storm system. it's done nothing but rain for four or five days in arkansas. you get into louisiana they picked up over a foot of rain or close to it. some areas have seen 20 inches of rain. the good news the jet stream that's up here will pick it up and lift it to the north an move it into the high plains. we'll see some of the rain saturday but we'll turn over the spigots down here. cold front up to the north, area of high pressure that's trying to bully it's way down into the pattern. that will get down here monday. tomorrow cloudy skies, increasing clouds today. main line cloudy tomorrow, the shower activity moves in sunday night. turns into a steadier rain monday morning. with the influence of the high, the winds off the ocean, it will be a cooler day with highs in the 50s, future tracker 6 we'll skip over today, no we won't. 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon, i t

dallas. animal care and enforcement specialists investigated the incident and the cat was processed for testing and sent to the north carolina public laboratory in raleigh, and the results came back that the cat did test positive for rabies. officials are advising people in the area to make sure that their pets have had rabies vast vaccinations. >> good evening, we're looking at the psl boilt for showers, or two into the area any risk for severe weather should be to the west of us tonight, seeing a lot of activity further to the south, but grain, our region are largely okay, but the rain is beginning to move into the area. you're seeing it hang on the western and northern regions and if you're in charlotte new york the lower elevations nrkt piedmont, things are fairly quiet right now, but you get into morganton, lenoir, wilks, taylorsville and boone, things are pick up. moderate to heavy rainfall across the area. we haven't had lightning there, however it won't be ruled out that we don't see a thunderstorm or two in the region. further to the south, traveling overnight or early tomorrow morning as this line blows through, it

dallas and stanley. traffic will be detoured to old willis school road and rine road. it's unclear when the bridge will reopen. tomorrow is the beginning of severe weather preparedness week in north carolina. governor pat mccrory declared march 6 through 12th as a time to get ready for spring. mccrory encourages everyone to have evacuation plans in space. john is tracking showers in the area. john. >> starting to pick up right now up across north western parts. should say of lake norman. right now, some light rain fall all over statesville. down in the east to the southwestern parts as you get into ford, and near lake norman state park. down to the south and west, still some rain fall. just past conover, right now over the maiden area pushing into denver. and lincoln county. put a tracker on this one with live early doppler 9. these will be the communities get involved in the next hour or so. and they include china grove, landis, mount pleasant, between now and let's say 12:30. still some showers along the carolina border and boiling springs, getting ready to move into the hickory grove area of york county. that will push east into rock hill. so we're looking at places like lesli later on

dallas and stanley. traffic will be detoured to old it will be unclear when that bridge will be reopened. >>> there is an educational crisis in north carolina. what they blame for it. >> i don't want to lose dr. don't lemme get a mcpick 2 check out the brand new mix onmcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! lemme get a mcpick 2. now, choose any 2 deliciousmickey d's classics for just $5 bucks. mix n match share n savor 2 for $5name your flavor pick any 2 iconic tastes- a big mac made with 100% beef, flaky filet-o-fish, seared on the grill quarterpounder with cheese or crispy 10-piece chickenmcnuggets for just $5 bucks. lemme get a mcpick 2 bada ba ba ba >>> we are following breaking news right now on i-4 85 near exit 33. you can see officers have that roadblocked off with their cars. this is at rocky river road. these are live pictures from that accident scene. this is the inner loop. there is an accident there. we're on the scene working to get more information about why those lanes are blocked off and how long it is going to impact traffic. we'll bring you the answers as soon as we can. >>> they held a breakfast to an educational crisis in north caroli

dallas and stanley. traffic will be detoured. it is unclear when that bridge will reopen. >>> the reason some teachers say there is an education crisis in north carolina. what they blame for it. >>> plus, changes are coming to >>> i don't want to lose >>> >>> 7:44. they held a breakfast to discuss what some are calling an educational crisis in north carolina. the groom met in south charlotte yesterday at the church along with the mayor. focus at the meeting. some speakers say it is time for their voices to be heard. >> what i think we need to do is to get parents and teachers and citizens to advocate. >>> we have been reporting for months teachers have been leaving the state because of low salaries. the north carolina board of education created six priorities they want the governor to consider. they want the state to be number one in the south for teachers' salaries. it is currently 11th out of 12 states. this is a big point of discussion. cms board members talked about assignments. parts are concerned that any changes would require kids to move to schools outside of their neighborhood. >>> davidson, help tersville and cornelius boards will vote on re

north carolina. >> this is not the first centra highway to go bankrupt. another project in indiana two years ago eyewitness news anchor scott wickersham traveled to dallas where centra had just opened a similar toll road. critics there said it was a tax on the poor and called it unfair, but dallas leaders told us their population is booming and they could not afford to build roads to handle the traffic. the i-77 toll lanes will stretch from charlotte to mooresville. lake norman residents have spoken out about the spanish company to the governor and transportation leaders for years. they say centra's failure in texas comes as no surprise. widen i-77 will hold a meeting to discuss the toll lane project. meanwhile the d.o.t. plans to meet with governor mccrory to discuss yesterday's trip and will release more information as soon as that process is complete. we have been following every development over the toll lanes for years. you can follow our continuing coverage at wsoc-tv.com. it is under the news tab. >>> 5:35 right now. a tow truck driver accused of charlotte is out of jail this morning. jarvis simpson faced a judge yesterday. cell phone video shows the v

north carolina and syracuse. did any of you have syracude? did anyone have syracuse? >> i think i picked the patriots to win the final. >> i picked the dallas cowboys. >> g syracuse obviously, they pulled off a stunning comeback. 68-62 in a comeback victory over virginia yesterday. at one point they trailed by 15 points. d they turned around and went on to win. i thought the game was over at at popnt. >> classic upset. >> do we know percentage -- every year do they tell you what percentage of brackets are probably wrong or right? >> i know it was very large early on. there was a lot of upsets. i think there was 1% of the brackets that were right. hopefully there's one guy out th buere. >> i think there are a lot of syracuse people out there that probably predicted this, but that's about it. >> i wish i had my umbrella easter egg basket. john, you come with me. you don't have to do the weather but i'm going to have you do sotmething else. you know the "today's take" facebook page? you see that giant blue button? you need to hit that button so we see how many followers we have now on facebook. the button is not working. there we go. >> i'm so

dallas mavericks. julie: you get bragging rights, the money goes to the charity you want. stephanie: we've got everybody's brackets. michigan state is the favorite -- a favored winner. people going for them. north carolina you at home can watch as play. you can follow this on tv and bloomberg.com. bloomberg.com/charitybracket. if you are lucky enough to have a terminal, you can follow it at -- guess who else is playing? ballmer, owner of the los angeles clippers. he is playing. david einhorn is also playing. just because they are smart and wall street doesn't mean they are smart at picking best double-teams. -- basketball teams. stephanie: you know we are going to have upsets. the fact that duke is not even part of this, there are so many massive duke fans out there. we see university of virginia. last, youa was that know p tj would be playing for virginia. julie: i'm a maryland fan. stephanie: kevin plank is playing. huge maryland fan. he has maryland as his number one. if you have not participated, you should join. they got. -- there you go. julie: you don't have to donate to be part of this. the average bracket pool across the country, people are putting in $29. it doesn't have to be $10,000. how gre

dallas, and houston, only 37 degrees right now. you're only in the 50s in tampa, florida, and 30s for you in atlanta and raleigh, north carolina.ide. >> all right. still cold here in new york. you know what? i don't want summer to come because i love your phrase, maria. wintry mix. i love saying that. wintry mix. >> you like saying that? >> maria, i'll talk to her on the break. >> yeah. >> thanks maria. >> you can wear white after this weekend. >> right. >> technically. >> i'll be in all-white. >> pete, tell me when she's done. >> okay, your turn. now you can read. stop watching the video and read. >> you're right. >> we just -- we just got -- we just got the new bigger iphone 6-plus and today apple is expected to announce a new, smaller iphone. >> live from apple headquarters in kuper tino. clayton how is it feeling? >> oh, it feels like a wintry mix out here. wintry mixed bag. we're going to see a wintry mix of new gadgets today from apple hopefully here in cuppertino here in apple at the town hall where they roll out new products and software and announcements. apple over the past few years has made a play, of course, for th