drmc is increasing security to escort staff to and from their cars and they are hosting a walk tonight to come up with solutions to violence in the city. >> because we do care about the health of the community. it is more productive to walk and talk. the opportunity is to use this as a chance to share with others who may have concerns noreen: the walk will begin at 6:00 in front of the hospital. doctor neal is recovering from surgery at a winston-salem hospital and the neighbor was treated and released. >>> also new at noon, soldiers from lynchburg national guard battalion have been called to active duty overseas. as we speak, members of the team from the first battalion, also known as task force read dragging, our meeting with the media. we are doing interviews right now. they will begin serving may 13 and will replace the winchester based group known as task force normandy, contacting task force operations in qutar. >>> happy friday to you. you have made it to the end of the work week with the clouds we saw early this morning are long gone. i want to take you out to visible satellite

now drmc says it is time for the hospital to step in and help fight crime. >> this is not the only incident. there are other parts of the community where violence exists as well. so i think the -- the bigger concern sieve working collaboratively with the police and chief broad foot coming and meeting today to talk about crime across the whole communitycrime across the whole community. >> reporter: doesn't want the community afraid to walk to work or a friend's house, he is organizeorganizing a neighborhood walk friday evening. he hopes to take away the fears so many are feeling. but there are other neighbors who say they want whoever pulled the trigger scare them into changing their habits. >> the coaches have a lot in their community and not particularly healthy when it comes to building bridges and making friendships with neighbors. this stuff goes on in every city, every neighborhood. >> this walk will happen tomorrow night at 6:00 right in front of the hospital. on that walk, will listen to community members who have any ideas how they can work together to address the crime. danville po

>> reporter: danner, several drmc employees are feeling uneasy walking to and from work, because dr. randolph neal was walking home from work when he was shot. the hospital's ceo allen larson says the incident has prompted him to increase security at the and in the overtime hours. in the six months lawrenceson has been in that position, he said he has seen more than 25 gunshots and stab wounds come through the emergency room and enough is enough. he says it is time he addresses the crime and help build what he hopes to be a crime-free city. >> we are also working with the police. we will have some -- some experts come and give lectures and talk about how to be safe and the community will be invited and will be making that aware, employees and all. it is important. and our world is changing. and we need to be educated to the change. >> reporter: drnc is organizing a prayer and a neighborhood walk tomorrow night at 6:00. they want to encourage neighbors to get back outside and not be afraid to walk and be healthy. coming up at 6:00, i talked to neighbors who live in the area to see how

alan larson, ceo drmc, "because we do care about the health often more productive to walk and the opportunity is to this is a chance to share with others, you may have concerns and come up with ideas. " larson hopes to make this a weekly thing. to participate join entrance of the hospital tomorrow at 6 pm. new at six: the movement to build a passenger train station in bedford is entering a new phase. a group advocating for the project is now getting help from transportation experts in richmond. wdbj7's tim saunders is following the progress. he's live in our lynchburg bedford newsroom with an update. jean, a consulting firm is studying whether a train station in bedford would be feasible. it's a necessary step needed to change minds at the state level, where officials have previously said trains will come through bedford traveling to and from roanoke. instead of passing by the town, one group wants the trains to stop at a bedford passenger station. on thursday the bedford/franklin regional rail initiative announced it's partnering with a consulting firm out of richmond, to try and make the be

alan larson, ceo drmc, "because we do care about the health of the community it's often more is to this is a chance you may have concerns and come up with ideas. " larson hopes to make this a weekly thing. to participate join the group at the main enterance of the hospital at 6 pm. cloudsdeleted afternoon yeah looks dry overall of inexorable days ago michelle you why we have to keep a close eye on the coast today so why been with the lack cover social he couldn't sunshine here there the temperatures of court often still a bit of of breeze to soaks river the rain yesterday when they can go fark it's moved off the cullison women to do is withdraw the front and it's pretty much lost all of its moment of the leave the area and installed ride along the coast and will happen is will get these waves of energy this counter ride along that over the next couple days any bigger waves of energy match atreides throwbacks some of showers in our direction of the next few days we'll think that's can be any widespread but please like martinsville danville south boston have the best chance of seeing some

at drmc on match 3, 10 and 31. one hospital doctor was shot walking home from work. no one has been arrested. >> mona: cent rais close to opening a medical serb in danville. yesterday a small crowd of nurses and doctors watched as view crews put up the final beams that beam was filled with signatures from community members the 48,000 square foot doctors. liberty workers physical therapists and other medical service. employees are looking forward to the new location. >> many of our patients were elderly medicare patients. this is a place where they get their chronicle care and all the services that need in one site. they don't have to travel from one office to the next. >> mona: the grand opening is september 25th. >> patti: fda new guidelines for keeping the zika virus out of the u.s. blood supply. people who traveled to the countries to wait four weeks before donating blood. applies to everyone had sexual contact with the travellers. most don't show symptoms the four week wait should be enough for immune systems to clear the virus. it is spreading through latin amer

alan larson, ceo drmc, "because we do care about the health of the community it's often more productive to walk and the opportunity is to this is a chance to share with others, you may have concerns and come up with ideas. " thing. to participate join the group at the main entrance of the hospital tonight at 6 pm. the rockbridge area health center is planning to expand it's facilites after it was awarded a million dollar government grant. the center plans to use this grant to renovate and add more medical exam rooms, dental operation rooms, and expand patient programs. they're still in the design phase of the project. i'm told they're expecting to serve more than five thousand people this year and add jobs once construction is complete. leaders hope this will increase access to healthcare for people in the area. suzanne sheridan: "just because you have health insurance doesn't mean you have access to healthcare services. this is especially a problem in rural area where you don't have a lot of doctors." construction is planned to begin in march. rail service may soon return to bedford. a

alan larson, ceo drmc, "because we do care about the health of the community it's often more productive to walk and the opportunity is to this is a chance to share with others, you may have concerns and come up with ideas. " larson hopes to make this a weekly thing. to participate join the group at the main entrance of the hospital tonight at 6 pm. we'll see out wednesdaywould a continue to see increasing sunshine today which will continue right through the weekend would these numbers still chilly out there still one a bundle up thirty two roanoke twenty 28 louisburg 20 hot springs danville 37 smith mountlake 36 and back toward with bill in around twenty four degrees still finding accumulating snow new jersey southeastern new england especially this area could see up to forty eight inches of snow is it's a low-pressure rides along a frontal boundary that's can a help cake off the coast lunacy that dry air to our west begin to build an and would a be watching this system monday and tuesday coastal storm stays to our east we have a clipper system driving down that could bring some rain an

randolph neal as he walked home from drmc monday night. his neighbor was also shot. at last check -- neal was in stable condition at wake forest baptist medical center. from the hospital 3 pattie tight less than a year after nearly closing,..sweet briar college has received a record-breaking number of applications. usa today reports.. students and faculty say the number of applications is more than a thousand this year. that's an increase from 750 at this same time last year. 3 we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay in the 50s. colder air arrives for tonight with overnight lows dropping into the upper 20s to near 30. friday ends the week with abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 40s. your weekend will be dry and pleasant. lots of sunshine to go around with saturday. >>> welcome back to "gma." you are looking at the republican debate sta