if you look in the distance -- a look into downtown fayetteville. 45 with a north wind at 13 miles per hour. 41 in roxboro. 42 in south hill. 43 in chapel hill. 45, smithfield. really cold air still up north. minneapolis, 18. 31 in chicago. 33 in kansas city. that cold air works its way towards us into the weekend. clear skies to the west. it is extending from cleveland and into the gulf of mexico. as clouds move out, clear skies and then. that means it cold night. if you have plans this evening, it will be dry. same things tomorrow. high cause working through during lunch time. sunday is a question mark. 4:00 a.m. sunday morning, we see what looks like rain. it could mix with sleet and will turn into all rain as it approaches the region. staying cool. 46 at 2:00. 5:00, 48 degrees. high temperatures from around the region, 47 in the around. 48 in holly's -- 47 in durham. 48 in holly springs. 49 in pinehurst. 46 in henderson. 48 in wilson. tonight, clear skies and cold temperatures settle in. 27 in durham. 25 and roxboro. your abc 11 first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather

downtown fayetteville, one or two clouds in the sky. that is it. otherwise, temperatures running in the mid-50's, and a northeast wind at five. -- 52 in clayton, 52 in willow springs, 51 bumgarner. 50 in weight force. durham checks in at 50. 50's across the area from 55 in fayetteville to 55 and clinton. 50 in roxboro. 52 in chapel hill. the latest satellite/winner composite -- we have clear skies over the western part of the state. across us. looking west, we have some cloud cover to the tennessee river valley, but we are not seeing big pockets of precipitation. a lot of dry air out here shifting each -- 6 -- shifting east. overnight rain is gone. clear skies as we go through tonight, overnight into tomorrow. a couple of high clouds working through, and that is it. clear skies stick with us thursday into friday. eventually, we see warmer air moving in. service maps show the highs a little cooler on the front side. as we go into friday, we are starting to see that high slide to the east. as we see the warmer air, we will see warmer temperatures in

it was in 2003 in downtown fayetteville, a woman accepted a a ride from a passing driver. >> he assaulted her with his fists and then raped her. >> reporter: police investigated but the case turned cold - - cold. but that is not the case now, joshua mills was recently arrested for the crime and on a female. his team helps to bring the investigations back to life. since june, unless - - arrests have been made in 11 cold case assaults. robert brown was among those. charged with second-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and sexual battery against a 16- year-old. summer said victims are often - - often surprised. >> i thought the police did not care about my case. the suspects are usually surprised period but the message to get out is that we are coming for you. >> they discovered about a decade ago 330 rape kits had been tossed out to make more room in the evidence room and the cases. the cases you heard about are among them. >> the lieutenant says we should expect more rest - - arrests soon. >> joshua be got reni benjamin and brian sadowski were all killed in heston yesterday. they tried

beautiful day today this is video we shot this afternoon of people enjoying the sunny day in downtown fayetteville. lets check in for the forecast. >> happy friday, a couple of clouds, warmer temperatures. maybe some rain this weekend. it's friday not. traffic not too bad. it's chilly, 48 degrees. this morning we started off in the 20s but thanks to a south wind we do not have 20s for overnight lows for at least the we have a cold front that will bring with it a but of rairn later next week. for tonight, 46 at 8:00 and 38 by tomorrow morning. raleigh. friday night. next week we have good rain chances, i will walk through each day coming up. >>> businesses in the area are reaching out to syrian refugees. we have the story. >> reporter: growing up in the civil rights area, this woman knows how it feels to not be welcome. >> reporter: her business is one of dozens across the triangle that held up signs welcoming the refugees. >> it does not matter from where they are, from syria or mexico we are here to support the people that need help. >> reporter: the debate escalated when the governor asked the f

. >> the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, downtown fayetteville and eyewitness news continues. barbara: we are in first alert weather mode with snow fix falling in parts of the viewing area but in fayetteville, it's just raining. cumberland county schools are dismissing one hour early and all afterschool activities are canceled. andrea blandford is live in wilson county. good afternoon. any sign of snow yet? >> good afternoon, we saw some we were on 264 earlier and have since gone to 795 south out of into wayne county. it's still very dry and the flurries we saw did not last too long. there was a good bit of them and you can see them now driving but i'm not sure our camera can pick them up. they are just like traces. we will keep our eye on the conditions. dot has really hard for this winter weather event. they have him treating the roads on 795 south. they have brined the entire length of 95 in advance of whatever we end up seeing. note for the substation in the area where we had been so far. we will -- no precipitation in the area where we have been so far. th

downtown fayetteville 56 there and 88% humidity and northeast wind nine. numbers from across the region, more clouds across the area this morning. you can see the cloud cover. this is a major storm in the midwest. it is our next storm. it is putting storm down in nebraska, iowa into kansas. blizzard warnings out for omaha this morning. as it pulls north it is the trailing frontal boundary here, this line, that will work through tomorrow. as we go through the day too many we have cloud cover. by 6:00 tonight mostly cloudy skies and not a ton of sunshine today. tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. a sprinkle could happen in the morning but here is the line working through with the winter storm. it will keep the snow to the north but the boundary working through will bring the chance of showers, storms and potential for an inch and a half of rain in some spots. we will watch that for the midweek. mostly cloudy, above average, by lunchtime 55 and clouds thickening this afternoon. across the raleigh area. other locations around today mostly cloudy skies and durham 57, 57

we had one in downtown fayetteville of 44. 24 miles an hour in smithfield. 25 r.d.u. and roxboro. 28 goldsboro and 20 miles an hour in clinton. ahead of this front it is warm. 54 oxford. 59 r.d.u. 57 chapel hill. 54 sanford, 57 lumberton. 61 clinton. we are seeing the warm temperatures with the rain. once the rain works through they will drop a bit. i think we will go lower 50's. by lunchtime back to 55. into the afternoon lots of sunshine and we will approach 60. we have cooler weather heading in and dry weather for a while. we will have that if the forecast next. john: several states are weather in the middle of winter. this tornado was caught on video in florida where about 10 to 20 homes were damaged in century. a few people suffered minor injuries but officials say it could have been worse. twisters were reported in alabama and louisiana. barbara: a fort bragg soldier is called a hero after running into a burning apartment to save a family. heavy flames were pouring from the apartments off cliffdale when firefighters arrived. some residents were afraid to leave t

you can see the market house and what roads in downtown fayetteville. 44 officially at the airport. we have drizzle falling at rdu, northeast wind at 8 miles per hour, dewpoint 43. it really has not changed at all since this morning when i walked into the door. drizzle, temperatures in the mid-40s. 42 s. hill, 46 in rocky mount and wilson. 46 in southern pines. it is 49 in clinton and 50 in kenansville. some of our towns in the east could warm up this afternoon as we have that boundary pushing back to the west. i'm going to talk more about that coming up in 30 minutes. we are watching this next system get cranked up over texas. we have our first tornado watch posted in louisiana and tornado warnings as well. we can expect that, i would not be surprised at all if we go under a tornado watch for tomorrow. tomorrow morning. we will wait for that from the national weather service. here's a look at futurecast. the rest of today looks fairly quiet for us. and isolated shower and thunderstorm. here comes this powerful line. there is 7:00 a.m. stretching for the mountains through georgia, m

and this comes three days after gop frontrunner donald trump opened an office in downtown fayetteville. early voting north carolina starts thursday the presidential primary is scheduled for march 15th. >>> the highly anticipated 88th annual academy awards is now in the books. coming up we have a surround booed controversy and a highlight of the event. >>> also coming up now, we're your station to go to for all the cbs programming. and you're going to need a light jacket as you head for the door. 48 right in fayetteville. >>> what a nice way to end the weekend, 65, 67. >> yeah, we hit 67 here in the triangle. so it was really nice. i hope you were able to get out and enjoy it. so here's a look at your drive time forecast for today 45 at 6 a.m., we're going to stay in the mid-40s through 7 and then by 9 a.m. we should be back to 49 so really nice driving conditions for you this morning. just don't forget those sunglasses. now, obviously we don't need those sunglasses for a little bit. this is a live picture from our tower camera and as we look out to the west we're looking over the beltl

looking into downtown fayetteville no rain but fog there. 48 right now. 93% humidity east wind six. everybody in the 40's this morning from 42 roxboro to 48 46 smithfield. 43 chapel hill. satellite and radar showing a damp day because of cloud cover. showers mainly north and west. over toward charlotte it could be very wet. by lunchtime most of that has shifted east of i-95 and through the afternoon a spotty shower and pockets of green. that doesn't mean we will see widespread rain. it could rain any time today. then as we go through tonight into tomorrow morning, tomorrow morning you wake up to a couple of showers. tomorrow afternoon here is the line of showers developing and it is not much on the radar. our model is underplaying this a little. here is the line and doesn't show yellow or red. that doesn't mean it is not going to be bad. i just think tomorrow afternoon could be very interesting as far as weather goes. we will talk about the severe weather threat for tomorrow. flooding flooding, i don't think so. maybe some isolated streets. large hail, bumped that up and doesn't mea

he set up in downtown fayetteville proving a demonstration of the material in the back of his pickup and showing how to use coal ash and its plastic form. >> you can use it over and over. it is not a one-time thing. i've used this two times already. you can see it is still the same thing. it can be made into products. john: he will continue to travel to give jim instructions -- to give demonstrations to get people on board with his discovery. a company in fayetteville announces the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. john:john: raleigh residents can more square bus station. from now until 5:00 p.m. project plans are on display. they include removing or replacing most of the bus shelters and adding bus lanes. the station is being renamed the go raleigh transit station. there triangle town center mall will see renovations. they are restructuring their loans to move ahead with improvements. no word on what they may include. barbara: the goodyear tire company lost 380 million dollars in the first quarter of last year. company shares have fallen since the start of the year. the compa

back to you from downtown fayetteville. john: 4:38 and coverage just getting started. barbara: we will check the conditions at the airport coming up. and the governor's advice during this winter event. from the first alert storm center. don: good morning. as you head out we have dry conditions across the region in spots. other spots seeing some snow work through. as we go to break you see the bulk of the white to the north. virginia being pounded with snow we will talk about what is don: welcome back. weather and traffic together this morning. you will see a wintry mix on the drive in especially from triangle north. down south you may see more freezing rain in the sand hills. allow lots of extra time and pack patterns because roads are going to get worst. just 21 south hill right now, 23 all snow there. 28 smithfield. basically all snow if you are seeing it. then down national sand hills lumber ton closer to -- lumberton 1. we have cloudy skies and sleet being reported right now at r.d.u. by lunchtime we are around 30 and could see the wintry mix. this afternoon we wil

looking into downtown fayetteville. temperature right now 45, 59% humidity. west wind nine miles an hour. 41 roxboro, 45 in roanoke rapids. 45 wilson. 45 smithfield, fayetteville. clinton. 44 goldsboro and 43 southern pines. we are drying out. that is good. we will continue to see that dry weather. we will show what you is going on as far as the region. the system that brought us the storms pulling northeast out of here. as it moves out we will see the dry conditions moving in. also we see a lot of snow in the great lakes. if you are flying today heading into o'hare or midway or cincinnati call ahead. you may run into some nasty weather there. you may run into flight delays. surface map shows the low pulling out. we are between that and a high pressure some so these are lanes of equal pressure, air pressure, how much pressure is pushing down on us. when we see them packed close together that means a windy day. effect until 2:00 this afternoon. they spread apart, not as packed through tonight into tomorrow. that means the wind has died down. the high west of i

plus what this historic house was doing on the back of the truck this morning to downtown >>> fayetteville 64, chapel hill 67. we have 60s five for the 50s with a few clouds having rolled all in all one more >>> welcome back. today thousands paid respects to the funeral mass for justice antonin scalia. the supreme court justice's son led the mass attend by vice president joe biden. story. >> reporter: draped in an american flag the casket of justice antonin scalia was taken into the nation's largest roman catholic church. the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. over 3300 politicians, friends, and family came to pay their respects. including his fellow supreme court justices. >> hope does not disappoint. >> reporter: former and current congressmen and presidential hopeful's also attended. vice president joe biden came too. despite criticism, president obama was not there citing his security detail. scalia's son delivered the words. >> god blessed dad with a love for his country. >> reporter: father scalia added he were to the ceremony telling a story of his father

downtown raleigh. 92% humidity. looking into durham, cannot see much. what a different picture in fayetteville. causing some pricing but it is not there right now. everybody in the 20's. clinton is up to 32. 37 in sanford. warmer than we were yesterday at this time. this line of showers, more green then a lot of green out here. all away down into mississippi and thunderstorms, too. we will continue to see the freezing rain and that it is switching over to mainly rain. by 9:00, it is the strain and as you go to bed, and he ice out there will go away. and it is rain and very heavy rain. it lists its way through here. you could even see a line of thunderstorms once that clears day tomorrow. best of this afternoon in raleigh, the winds will pick up on the temperatures gradually climb above 33. a wintry mix and warming tonight, lorraine around to seven-the forecast powered by accuweather. 50 is wednesday, thursday, and friday. 60's back at the weekend. barbara: that is a nice change. thank you much. john: get ready to get wet, though. peyton manning is named in a barbara: just super bowl barbara: wi

in downtown raleigh, downtown fayetteville. continues. john: happening now, the jury deliberating in the jury trial of christopher long, or charged with killing a shaw university student 20 years ago. gloria rodriguez has the update. gloria? deliberating. they will take to come to a decision, but we do have video of what happened in the courtroom earlier. take a look at this closing argument this morning earlier in the murder trial of christopher lyon -- christopher long. an aspiring doctor, mcqueen was pregnant with his baby when she disappeared. her remains were found nine months later. he was charged with her murder in 1997, but the charge was evidence. in 2014 he was charged with murder again after new technology tested evidence the prosecution says that he did baby. the defense says that they got into an argument at a park and she left with two strangers in a blue car. >> he was a calculating man. and a man who had his mind made up that he was going to get rid of this baby no matter how much he had to do to get it done. >> christophe

it was in 2003, downtown fayetteville, a 35-year-old accepted a ride from a passerby period >> he assaulted her and raped her. >> police investigated back then but the case turned cold . >> no leads, no clues. >> reporter: joshua mills was recently arrested for the crime, charged with rape and assault. his team knew that - - they helped to bring the investigations back to life. and arrests have been made in 11 cold case sexual assaults. robert brown was among the arrested, charged arrested, charged with battery against a 16-year-old in a 2004 case. and victims are often - - often surprised at the new developments. >> a lot of people say i i thought the police did not care. and the suspects are usually surprised to see us. but i want to say look over your shoulder because we are coming for you. >> 330 rape kits were discovered and tossed out to make more room in an evidence room but they vowed to continue to work the cases. and the cases that you just heard about are among them. >> we should expect more arrests soon in cases dating all the way back to 1980. >> we know the names of victims ka

are not 100% >> the only station with three newsrooms -- downtown raleigh, downtown durham, downtown fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. barbara: happening now, authorities in south central kansas are working to find out why a man killed three coworkers and wounded many others before it being killed by a -- in a they say that cedric ford opened fire 90 minutes after he had been served with a restraining order to keep them from a former girlfriend. he drove through the area, firing, wounding people. he was killed at the factory where he killed three people and wounded more than a dozen. john: ed crump is at the wake county justice center where he has new information. ed? ed: i have learned that authorities are being very tightlipped because it is still going on, what the prosecutor did reveal some information about the case. his attorney told the judge that the 55-year-old has significant ties to the trying go. he has lived in the area for 14 years and owns a home in cary he was charged with prostitution and felony conspiracy. raleigh police started the prostitution investigation in de

announcer: the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville, abc 11 eyewitness news continues. john: jury deliberations underway with tribune smith -- travion smith. he good face the death penalty for killing a lake county mother in her apartment. down, but early this morning, the courtroom was very emotional as crime scene pictures of the victim were used to try to make a point. the convicted killer closed his eyes and rested his hands in his head -- head in his hands. jurors want to put the 23-year-old to death. they showed melissa huggins-jones lying in a bed in her apartment, beaten and stabbed. family members sobbed, one left. when you look at the picture earlier, he did not look. the murder was especially cruel, the victim likely died a slow death, all the time not knowing what happened to her daughter down the hall >>. everything she can do that protect that child. in the end, for her, she did not know what was going to happen to her read when melissa died, not knowing what was going to happen to her. daughter. reporter: at the time, th

ghost she >> the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. barbara: happening now, lawmakers are working with a new primary date and to redraw the congressional map after the lines for two districts were deemed unconstitutional. the big vote is expected to happen in both chambers this afternoon. good afternoon, gloria. gloria: good afternoon. that's right. lawmakers could vote on possibly changing the primary date, and that of course will impact all of us as voters because we would vote on a different day. we have video of what happened here this morning. they have now gone on recess, but the committee will meet at 1:00 to discuss a new congressional map. a new map could mean new candidates in new districts and it could affect the timeline. the court requires a new congressional map by tomorrow so the vote on a new primary date needs to happen today. i am told the primary could be moved to may or june. >> this will be in addition to local school board elections so we hope there will be some states help there

>>> and this comes just three days after gop front runner donald trump opened an office in downtown fayetteville. early voting in north carolina starts thursday. the presidential primary is march 15th. >>> more than a dozen states and territories will hold primaries on super tuesday, which could make or break some campaigns. steve has our story from the campaign trail. >> with the major victory in south carolina, hilary clinton is hoping to keep that momentum going across multiple southern states ahead of super tuesday. sunday, clinton traveled to tennessee where she spoke to a congregation in memphis while attending a church service. >> i will need your help on tuesday. the primaries here in tennessee is very important. i hope you will come out and vote, and, of course, i would be honored to earn your vote on tuesday. >> as part of his super tuesday strategy, senator bernie sanders skipped the palmetto state on primary day and moved onto texas then minnesota. >> i'm going to be asking for your vote on tuesday, but i need i need your help the day after the general election because i can't do it

man slips >> the only station with three newsrooms, downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville. abc11 wtvd eyewitness news continues. john: a man who lives near the nc state campus is hospitalized after a possible weather related fall off the balcony that happened at 2:00 this morning on chamberlain street in raleigh. we go live with details on what happened. >> we are still checking to get the facts about what happened. we are learning more about the man found back there. someone told me he believes her car or a vehicle back there with out of state tags belongs to the victim. there are still many unanswered one neighbor did not appear on camera said he saw the police and ems here at 2:00 this morning and saw a man on a stretcher but could not tell of the man was awake or able to talk before he was put in the ambulance. raleigh police confirmed the victim's 29 and taken for treatment of serious injuries and there is a possibility the incident was weather-related. no confirmation on reports that ice coated the wooden staircase. it's not clear what happened before he was spotted

downtown fayetteville under a cloudy sky. humidity, 83% and northeast wind at 8 miles per hour. as far as the latest satellite radar composite from around the east especially east of i-95. have your pockets of rain. not seeing anything severe. this is going to shift to the east. by late afternoon it will be one or two pockets of showers. as we go through the day into tomorrow what we will see. by 6:00 tonight, maybe a stray shower. i do not think we will see a ton of rainfall. overnight tonight we will see showers work through. another spotty shower for your morning commute. our in-house model is faster with the system. by noon it has it west of our area. two batches of showers. in this first batch, as this works through, that will be our best chance at seeing strong thunderstorms. could see supercells develop between noon and three and that may spin an isolated tornado. the potential is there to see straight-line wind, 70 miles per hour. the model is not sure have to deal with it yet. as this line work through, 70 mile-per-hour wind, the equivalent of a small tornado so you hav

. >> reporter: so i'm in downtown fayetteville literally by our bureau here on hay street and it is really in spurts. rain has been coming down nonstop, very heavy. the street literally puddled in water. folks have been driving very, very slow on the roads. you can see a lot of traffic building up because folks are driving about 20 miles per hour with their high beam and hazard lights on just to make sure that no accidents occur. now, i would say within last two minutes, it is coming down a little bit but not as hard as we've seen for like the last hour. visibility has been pretty low but now the skies are lightening up just a bit i just reached out to the police department to see if they've had any reports of accidents and they say none yet. i've reached out to the cumberland county highway patrol and they say they are getting some reports but they are still waiting for the totals to come in. are still in monitoring mode. cumberland county schools will be letting out early today along with ft. bragg schools. they are having an early release also. so you all are absolutely right. for those

reporter: the only station with downtown raleigh, downtown durham, downtown fayetteville. eyewitness news continues. anchor: let's get a check on our first alert traffic. this is in west raleigh. this is the exit. a several hockey fans will be using it as the hurricanes play host to the boston bruins. oh does it look bad now. that is just the start of our evening commute. there is a hot spot we will take it to you. a wake forrest church is holding a yard sell tomorrow. everything is free. the details on how you can shop or donate to it. >> the sign says it all. a free yard sale with a simple purpose. to say that we are not asking for the community to give us anything. we want to give the community something. this is the fourth year they have hosted a free yard sale. in previous years these are the items given out. everyone receives bucks to spend. >> we give them living word bucks. everyone gets 15 items. they get to pick out whatever they want. >> they fill the room with all donations. >> friday we open at 6:30. people will come through and we will have that section off.

this is eastern at grove, not too far from downtown fayetteville. if you must head out this morning, really anywhere in the viewing area, anywhere that looks white, estimates icy come in many cases it is completely ice covered. best bet is to stay at home. >> thank you. to date on the winter storm with the wral weather app that will give you instant access to and details on watches, warnings or advisories issued for our area. all of the details on our website, www.wral.com, circular center. >> team coverage of this storm continues, we have teams spread out across the viewing area. >> coming up, we check in with drive 5. it has there's something to be said for exploring the world around you. for seeking out the new; for trying the untried; for doing the undone. why should snacking be any different? discover all nine flavors of our creamy cheese and tap into your curiosity. the laughing cow. road oth go to'sielle clayveve an thtrhenoweare 540 totrleadha e nt as ondis t dring fae adt ds t it e stte nt 5 mi eachacvolved adthasf ent tc tf rsthat we br ch

brintellix could >> the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville, abc 11 eyewitness news continues. barbara: breaking news -- state officials are reporting the first confirmed case of the zika virus in north carolina. they say the person recently traveled to an area where the zika virus is prevalent. ed crump is live at the department of health and human services with more on this. ed: it is likely we will see more cases of the zika virus here in north carolina as that virus spreads worldwide. all but one of the cases in the analyzed so far bye most common way for the viruses to come by mosquito bite in central america and the caribbean. the state has little to fear from the zika virus. the biggest risk is for unborn babies because the vast majority of adults who get it don't even know they have it. >> 80% are a some somatic and 20% have fever, rashes, and muscle aches. rarely are there other issues associated with it. i certainly think that much of the world's attention has been directed around the microcephaly. ed: health officials do note that i

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carolina the >> the only station with three newsrooms, in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. anthony: good morning. 45 degrees. hope you're enjoying your breakfast on this saturday, february 20. i'm anthony wilson. caitlin: i'm caitlin knute. i'm laughing because anthony just saw a recipe online for oatmeal with greens and garlic. anthony: and red pepper flakes. caitlin: no, no. anthony: and yogurt. caitlin: some things should be just kept separate, and oat meal and salads. steve: don't knock it until you try it. anthony: knock it off the table. caitlin: not a recipe for us. anthony: anyway, enjoy your day. steve: all right, so if you're going to be out today, no jackets. as a matter of fact, you could and t-shirts. caitlin: whoa, in february, all right. anthony: looks good. steve: 40s right now. typically we're in the low to mid-30s, so we're a lot warmer to start the day. that means a nice pleasant afternoon. mid and high-level clouds throughout the day today. overall looking good. 60s later on. could have a thicker cloud deck later on. to

. >>> the clock that towers over downtown fayetteville will be back in place. workers are set to replace pieces of the market house clock that were removed for repairs. the project is expected to take much of the day. crews are set to calibrate and test the clock tomorrow. make sure how accurate it is. >>> the council of state in north carolina will vote on whether to approve a permanent fairgrounds. the proposed route would take fairgoers right over the midway. carriages could either be simple chairlifts, or perhaps gondola style basket. the new ride isn't just about having fun. fair officials hope it will become a way for people to quickly get from one end of the fair to the next. tran and moves around a lot at the fair, i'm sure he would like it. he does all those great reports out there. >>> it's going to be a wacky winter week. we will warm yesterday, cooler today, then we go back up tomorrow. >> that's right. we had back up tomorrow and only one day after that before coming back down. a lot of ups and downs he roxboro the next couple of days to roxboro a

right now, we are on hay street in downtown fayetteville. we are actually right across from our studio here in fayetteville and you can see the wet roads. it is a soggy morning here in fayetteville. also, when we were driving to johnston county, we did but right now, mostly rain here in fayetteville. so any of you driving this morning, maybe you're heading out to church, just be extra careful if you're on the roads in the fayetteville area because you will see some rain coming down. we will continue to stay out here and bring you the very latest on road conditions. be sure to tune in in the next hour, half hour. we'll be out here all morning long so tune in tomorrow morning. back to you in the studios. anthony: thank you, gloria rodriguez, live from fayetteville. the u.s. is planning its next move after the long-range launch of a rocket. that development will likely worry north korea. the state reports this was a peaceful satellite watch but critics say the technology is being used to lauvrp a missile that could reach the u.s. secretary of st

tum, tum >> the only station with three newsrooms, in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. anthony: welcome back on this saturday, february 20. we've got 44 degrees now at 6:30. i'm anthony wilson. caitlin: i'm caitlin knute. great to have you with us this morning. we've been telling you about movies you guys have been lucky to see, "deadpool" is excellent but a little violent. what's the other one. anthony: the one about the 1936 olympics. it's excellent. caitlin: this is what we talk about on our commercial breaks. i have a long list. not going to do it today though. get outdoors and enjoy this nice, warm weather. it's going to be very pleasant for at least a couple of days temperature-wise. plenty of clouds around, numbers in the low 40s in the triangle right now. 45 at smithville, 45, roxboro, 39 at sanford, the coolest spot out there this morning. we're running about 15-20 degrees warmer this morning than yesterday. you see the clouds moving on by. we'll see that throughout the day today, temperatures climbing in the low to mid-60s th

we will go live to nick call carr in downtown fayetteville. what is it doing there, nicole? rained in spurts this morning since we have been in to work and you can see that by some of the glistening roads. we haven't will any issues, just cold and normal winter day. our weather app this morning and last fight were showing snow between the hours of 8:00 and about 11:00 and then that disappeared about an hour ago. so it is looking good. the most we are looking forward to today is rain and later on in the morning and maryland day and kids -- midday and kids out for presidents day so we won't see any school effect. back to you from a clear and dry wonderful cumberland county this morning. barbara: all right, nicole. thank you. john: snow covering the ground in roxboro. last night. there is a live look at the conditions from our news vehicle breaking news one and you see that the snow is covering the roads a little bit. looks like maybe a little rain it is presidents day, closed schools in person county. john: here is a live look at terminal two at r.d.u. international airport. i

. >>> the clock that towers over downtown fay fayetteville will be tested. they replaced pieces that were removed for repairs. workers have to calibrate it. >>> the north carolina council state approved the sale of one of the historic homes on blunt street. the north carolina association of realtors will buy the heck andrews house for 1.5 million dollars. the heck andrews house dates to 1870. one of the first homes built in raleigh after the civil war. >>> not everyone in north carolina is rooting for the panthers to win the super bowl, grady the ground hog in rutherford predicted the other team, the broncos will win. this was much to the dismay of the state, panthers fans like renee chou, huge fap. he predicted we would have an early spring. renae, you are the birthday girl today. >> ground hogs are weather prognosticators. when is a ground hog predicting football? >> that's a stretch. >> put a banana by the panthers thing. yeah. >> we know ground hogs like to eat bananas. >> i think a lot of us are happy, all of the ground hogs i they saw shadows, it is lo

i'm ed crump now in downtown raleigh. tisha: fayetteville police searching for a man who sexy assaulted a woman moments after she walked into her home. the victim is a woman in her first -- 40's. >> i assume she got past the it was dark out inside of the residence. >> he is described as a black male. police are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area to give them a call. steve: police announcing a major break in a crime spree. a woman who was robbed at gunpoint in the driveway of her home is just one of many victims. >> we have a teenager involved in this one very investigators say the group was traveling back-and-forth between new york and fayetteville where they have elaborate fraud scheme that involves check-cashing. you probably remember how she says she was held at she would be the first of several victims to be robbed. to make a long story short the teens are young men who were tied to surveillance video bearing her name. investigators say her rent checks were washed, new amounts were put on them and deposited into the su

don: taking a live look into downtown fayetteville. southwest winds four miles an hour. in roxboro, 55. 53 fayetteville, 51 in goldsboro. seven day forecast power by thunderstorms. on wednesday-thursday rain moves out. john: coming up, the death penalty trial set to begin this week for a man charged with killing a raleigh mother in her home. we will have a preview. stay tuned for live with kelly and michael. go to abc 11.com and download our free app. keep up-to-date on all the breaking news, weather, and traffic. >> it's "live! with kelly & michael." gooding, jr. and little piggy predictions "live"'s big game week.

don: into downtown fayetteville under a blue sky. into the upper 30's now, 37 in the south wind. rapids, 29 sanford, 36 in southern pines. you could see some rain more towards the evening hours today. tomorrow, same thing. i don't think we will see big accumulations. time for weather and traffic together. john: the first alert mapping system investigating a fatal crash on highway 54. a car hit the guard whale, flipped over, went 15 feet down an embankment and turned over in a bog. i am john clark. eyewitness news is keeping you connected. >>> there she is, our special super bowl kid correspondent, marlo mosley standing by. she had a huge night on the sidelines. it was great. i had the pleasure of meeting her and her mom friday when i was in town. person. >> she's all bubbly this morning. can't wait to see her. >>> also this morning, this little challenge. we're making dinner for $5 or less. there's chef ming tsai, he's got something special for chinese new year, which is today. >>> but first, our kid correspondent marlo mosley as you can see, standing by, 11-year-old superfan, go

if you have been downtown raleigh, fayetteville. right between the two systems funneling the colder air into north carolina. you can see that. these white lines are where the wind is coming from. the winds follow these lines. so you follow your eye up to the north that's where the wind is coming from. you can see the color contours reflecting that and stays that way after saturday. after that, the source of our winds then become the southwest that rolls into south carolina. monday and tuesday, some upper 50s to 70 degrees. colder air retreats to the this time of the year, all in the back and forth, you know. it's like a scale. cold for a few days and warm for a few days and goes right back until the warm air wins out for good and we start summer. in the spring, it's a war between these temperatures. thursday, we start to have older air that rolls back in behind a front that will bring us some rain on wednesday. for the most part, the seven- day forecast looks nice and quiet. 49 the high today. notice that it stays cold at night. wee

downtown raleigh. we are running at 36 degrees. hour. in fayetteville, mostly sunny skies at 39 degrees with 36% humidity. durham, mostly sunny skies with a couple of high clouds. the temperature right now is 30 degrees with a north wind at eight miles per hour. 34 degrees in roxboro. 38 degrees in fayetteville. you look at the 24-hour temperature change, we are 5-7 degrees colder. wilson, you are a degrees colder than yesterday at this time. the satellite picture is showing plenty of clear skies. you see clouds through the mountains and you have snow up in noon. great, fresh powder that will be there for the next couple of days. a big system of to the north. that is pushing the cold air in. we will not see much moisture work its way through. there may be a stray so flake through the corridor but i don't think we will see much of anything because the humidity is low. i wouldn't worry about. then we need some clouds to hold in the heat that we do get from the sunshine. but the temperatures will really drop through the overnight hours. for the rest of thi

and then of course downtown -- down south fayetteville, referred to park apartment county, very little of that song at the moment. here's a look at the bigger picture of the radar. you can see earlier this morning, we had a nice band that laid down some snow. up to the north, that has tapered off a good bit. you can see how that has changed over in the purple areas, where we are looking at freezing rain and really a lot of that. as we thought that changeover to freezing rain, heavier precipitation has moved up into virginia. you can see how light and patchy it is from goldsboro, over to fayetteville and into moore county, too. cameras really showing what happened. we have the beltline at six forks, traffic rolling, most likely from this slick bridge up here. just realized that no matter where you are you will run into slippery spots on bridges and surface roads. that's something you don't want to do. i was pointing that out earlier. i guess in some places, you just want to be really careful, keep yourselves far away from the road if you do get into an accident. it's 23 degrees, northea

downtown raleigh, durham and fayetteville. abc 11 eyewitness news continues. john: breaking news happening now, a parking lot caving in in raleigh. we are live over the scene. this is a building on overload and rode off wade avenue. the parking lot is surrounded by yellow tape. the parking lot sits atop a retaining wall which as the camera pulls back, you can see. p manpower building has not been evacuated but the parking lot is off-limits right now. we will continue to follow this. barbara: happening now, potentially damaging testimony in the trial of a young raleigh mother. the girlfriend of a suspect to the stand to tell jurors what we are at the justice center with the testimony. >> amber alberts is the girlfriend of ronald anthony who is already serving time for this murder. the 25 euros was the first witness called today. she told jurors that he pledged guilty and was sentenced to life without parole. jurors have been told that anthony is the kill your, not tray the on smith. melissa huggins-jones was found by her eight-year-old daughter the day after th

and then of course downtown -- down south fayetteville, referred to park apartment county, very little of that song at the moment. here's a look at the bigger picture of the radar. you can see earlier this morning, we had a nice band that laid down some snow. up to the north, that has tapered off a good bit. you can see how that has changed over in the purple areas, where we are looking at freezing rain and really a lot of that. as we thought that changeover to freezing rain, heavier precipitation has moved up into virginia. you can see how light and patchy it is from goldsboro, moore county, too. here's a look at what's going on, of course, the traffic cameras really showing what happened. we have the beltline at six forks, traffic rolling, most likely from this slick bridge up here. just realized that no matter where you are you will run into slippery spots on bridges and surface roads. that's something you don't want to do. i was pointing that out earlier. i guess in some places, you just want to be really careful, keep yourselves far away from the road if you do get into an acciden

let's take a look at fayetteville street in downtown raleigh right outside the new center. we don't see any rain just yet. but chris says there will be some coming our way and he will tell you exactly how much of the forecast after this break. lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month tisha: president obama promised again to nominated justice to replace justice scalia. the president said he intends to nominate someone and he expects the senate to hold hearings and votes on the nominee. republicans remain dug in saying the next president should name the replacement. justice scalia's body will i in repose at the great hall of the supreme court on friday. not far from the chair now cloaked in black that he used to during his 30 years as a supreme court justice. a funeral mass will be held at the national shrine of the immaculate conception. and friends.t's a cosby had a promise from a previous prosecutor that he would never be charged. tisha: grounded at the airport. about 200 angry frontier passengers were stranded in philadelphia after a series of delays. a mechanical issue

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why his attorneys are arguing the john:>> the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, europe and fayetteville. continues. anna: happening now, the capital murder trial accused -- trial of a man accused of killing a woman has started. we are joined now from the wake county justice center. >> right now, the victim's mother is on the stand. we will tell you how you can watch that life. this trial was expected to last a month. but it seems to me moving along at quite a fast pace. they started with opening statements from one of two prosecutors handling the case. she said that smith delivered the first of the blows. that was in may of 2013. the attorney took less than 10 minutes for his opening. he says they have to prove that the codefendant anthony killed the victim, not smith. the construction worker who was in the apartment complex came out crying because she couldn't wake her mother up and he went out with her. >>w she had blood all over her face. tvd -- she had blood all over her face. i put two fingers on her wrists. and there was no pulse. and she was as cold as ice. and i was talking to t

let's take a look at fayetteville street in downtown raleigh right outside the new center. we don't see any rain just yet. but chris says there will be some coming our way and he will tell you exactly how much of the forecast after this break. here are the winning lottery i'm chris bosh. when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto . hey guys! hey, finally, somebody i can look up to... ...besides arnie. xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there's limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. you know, i tried warfarin, but the blood testing and dietary restrictions... don't get me started on that. i didn't have to. we started on xarelto . nice pass. safety first. like all blood thinners, don't stop taking xarelto without talking to your doctor,

a look into downtown raleigh it is 40 greecedegrees, winds calm. fayetteville 43, 83% humidity and north weekend four miles an hour. durham checks in with 43, 69% humidity and those winds are calm. let's show what you is going on as far as temperatures across the region. everybody above freezing this morning, coolest spots are louisburg and roxboro both 37. 39 roanoke rapids, 39 southern pines and 42 fayetteville. 43 clinton and 39 goldsboro. a lot colder this morning than yesterday. 20 degrees colder in smith and 18 in fayetteville. roxboro nine degrees colder. satellite and radar composite shows rain showers in the northern areas and southern areas see breaks in the clouds. by lunch predict prrbgtfirst alert predictor forecast model shows us around 50 and by 5:00 we are mid 50's and skies clear out and they stay clear tomorrow. friday into saturday. we start with spotty showers, by lunch 50 and then skies clear and we dry out across the region. temperatures in the 50's. looking across the area today, chapel hill will go to 54. 55 wendell, 57 smithfield. 55 ho

fayetteville road. by the time you get to 55 change, traffic's moving along pretty well. the freeway is backs up all the way into downtown durham. consider using 55 as a good alternate route. we have an accident on 264 westbound on highway 97. those delays around highway 39 interchange extends all the way out to 97. awe low extra time. we do have some accidents as far as we can tell, none are point. we do have a significant backup on 5 had around airport $54 on airport budd. that trip out to the park, not so batted from west raleigh. back to you. >>> it's 807. sides of the aisle. >> the relocation of syrian refugees. our governor doesn't want them in our state and how his request has en ignored. >>> a mosquito born virus linked to severe birth defects. year,. >>> one of the attackers posed azaserine asylum seeker to slip into the country. this came weeks after the obama administration promised to bring some ten thousand refugees into the country. he was one of the governors quick to say not in our state. three days later the governor said this. >> what i request as governor so that we learn exactly who these people r wha

don: taking a live look into downtown raleigh, 54 now. 93% humidity. into fayetteville, 89% humidity. northeast wind at 40 miles -- 55 fayetteville, your seven-day forecast powered by accuweather. tomorrow, showers 48, dry as we head towards the weekend. john: pretty clear out there. that is a good thing. we take a look at our network. this is 40 at lake wheeler. westbound traffic is moving along pretty well. eyewitness news is keeping you connected when you are away from your tv at abc 11.com. >>> welcome back to "good morning america" on this monday morning. and we're counting down to oscar sunday. rachel smith helping us get red-carpet ready. showing great workouts stars use rachel, you have some high-tech gifts that can help us, too. right, rach. >> oh, yeah. sure do, robin. to keep me on the glam game, i'm samsung. i just talked my bpm. it will clock my steps. 2,237 steps this morning. nice work. yeah, and other versions will e-mail from your wrist. it's pretty handy while working out. >> all right, already 2,000 it's 8:30. not bad. she loves that move. >> she does