. >>> the plan to save millions in the durham public school ch turylism and e saat celse giu,withvingalth c yes and.ho of ond o so y wattevewhen yes you ayinat? the rulofmpv. likllywside rismfrom clink >>> today show and dateline and nightly news are coming to wral, lester stopped by the station today, to meet our staff. you will see more of our visit with lester holt in the coming days. if you have questions about nbc joining wral.com, you can find the answers at wral.com/nbc. >>> we have breaking news on the redistricting debate we have been following. lynda loveland is here with the details revealed in a news conference. >> the state announced it is preparing for the possibility of redrawing congressional districts 1 and 12, a court ruled those districts were unfairly drawn, the state requested the supreme court issue a stay on the ruling , the march election can go on as planned. a decision won't come until the state expects to get that stay but is repairing for the other possibility. it created a special committee on redistricting and will hold public hearings next week. the first st

durham public schools are closed edgecombe county closed. >> we want to let you know tri- county schools. granville county. halifax county delayed two hours. polk county schools delayed two hours. >>> wake county schools. mecklenburg closed. orange county closed person county schools closed as well. >> vance county schools closed wake county schools closed wayne county schools delayed two hours as well as wilson county schools. >> you can find all of this information scrolling at the bottom of your screen throughout the newscast. >> we have this information on wral.com along with dozens of business closings and delays. parts of the triangle already seeing some wintry mix some accumulation happening as well. >> get right over to chief meteorologist greg fishel with a timeline of the approaching winter storm greg. >> you know the triad area some of those areas back around greensboro have already had more than 2 inches of snow with this initial system that came through the area earlier this evening. now that is beginning to taper off. you can see the snow is on the retreat now across the no

. >> durham public schools does indeed ban students from wearing head dress except for religious and medical reasons. in this case school leaders said the girls failed to get permission before wearing the head dresses black history month. here told me it's bigger than the head wrap. in fact, they are demanding durham public schools change its dress code. >> the solution is for them to be able to express themselves. >> their message has already gone up the ladder to the superintendent who issued this statement to wncn saying: the parents concerns will be shared with the committee currently considering revisions to the student code of conduct. >>> all eyes back on cam newton after the panthers lost in the super bowl last night but not for his play in the field. >> they just played better than us. i don't know what you want me to see. >> coming up we'll take a look at his post game press conference. >>> after two days in the 70s last week, not even close this week. we'll talk by the rain and the much colder temperatures coming up in your forecast. i-440 and six forks road seems . >>> yo

situations, where a video captures the use of force by a police officer here in durham, we have to have access to that video so the public can see that the law was followed followed. >> we reached out to durham mayor but have not heard back. wncn will keel. keep you updated. >> controversy surrounding hillary clinton hit the triangle. >> the message gop is sending before she opens the office. >> the cdc warning when it comes to the zika virus. >> here's a live look at i-40 and harrison avenue. we are coming right back. >>> today was the calm before the storm. sunshine temperatures struggling to get out of the 30s and the cold weather we stage for some snow, sleet and >>> on air online wherever you are. this is wncn news now at 7. >> the head of the cdc appeared before the senate to talk about the zika virus. >> this comes one day after it was reported in eastern tennessee. health experts predict small outbreaks in parts of the u.s. in the coming months. it spread rapidly by mosquitoes in latin america and suspected of caughting severe -- causing the president is asking 1.8 billion doll-- 4.8 billion dollars to help comba

members will speak and environmental benefits of durham public schools using 100% solar power. the presentations begins at 9:00 a.m. at the dps board of education building. >>> dedicated innovative and awesome. the descriptions from parents about teacher of the week. >> partnership with the education lottery, linda loveland takes us to fuquay marina to meet her. >> reporter: congratulations, you are wral teacher of the week. cathy wall is also valentine the fellow teachers and parents rave about her dedication to teaching. it's obvious how she feels about her job. >> i love coming to work. >> reporter: starts with the love of learning, something she has always had. >> i love to go to a museum,ly take a workshop on how to do something with turtles in the classroom, you want to be lifelong learner yourself. >> reporter: assistant principal says she is one of the most innovative and dedicated teachers she knows. >> one of my favorite things about her, she incorporates project based learning, and high interest experience for kids. >> reporter: the key is to use her students interes

wake county, durham public schools and chapel hill carrboro schools closed. barbara: also orange, edgecombe. franklin, granville. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren schools closed. chatham. clinton. harnett. hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson county schools. you can find a list on abc11.com. it is on the link on the home page. now weather and traffic together. here is meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center with the latest. don: good morning to you. we will talk advisories and warnings. we have a winter storm warning for orange, person and alamance counties through 9:00 tonight. we have a went weather advisories extended to can 7:00 tonight for most of the middle we have the winter weather advisory down south for the southern part of the viewing area until 1:00 because of the anticipating change to more rain earlier in the day down to the south. here is what we are seeing on radar. we just got the boundary of this system kind of right over us, the southern edge of it, as the moisture runs in it and we will see a li

wake county, durham public, chapel hill carrboro schools closed. barbara: orange, edgecombe. franklin, granville. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren county schools closed. john: two lower delays for chatham. clinton city, halifax, harnett, hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson. you can find a complete list of and the ling is on the home -- the link is on the home page. barbara: we go to meteorologist don schwenneker. don: good morning to you. we are seeing the winter weather advisories and warnings extended. a look at what we have going on. winter storm warning in effect until 7:00 a.m. for person, orange and alamance counties. the pink ones then a winter weather advisory from wake north through 7:00 p.m. tonight because it will take a while for warmer air to get her. 1:00 p.m. for the southern counties. live look at first alert doppler xp and you can see the precipitation just starting to kind of work its way into the sand hills. kind of building down here and lifting north and east this boundary running through us at the moment. northern wake county up t

they're demanding durham public schools change the dress code. >> the solution is for them to express themselves culturally. >> their message has all ready gone up the ladder to the superintendent who issued this statement to wncn saying the parents concerns will be shared with the committee currently considering revisions to the student code of conduct. in durham, mario boone, wncn news now. >>> durham school board members plan to discuss revisions to the student dress code thursday at 4:00 p.m. >>> more relief is coming to students victimized by for today president obama announced new steps to investigate potential abuse and fraud committed by these institutions. the government did not move quickly enough to take action against for profit schools that left thousands of students with hefty debt. >>> chipotle closed all its locations nationwide to go over food safety procedures. the company also revealed that sick employees are to blame for norovirus out breaks. and that tomatoes are likely behind the salmonella out break. in response, chipotle is offering workers paid sick leave so t

they believe he shot they found the man's body tuesday morning. >>> a clear message from durham public schools to the government. leave our students alone. this all comes after a man was arrested january 28th in an immigration reed. he was on his way to riverside high school at the time. his sister says her brother entered the country illegally in 2014 and now awaits deportation. the board of education passed a resolution calling for the arrests to end. since then attendance has fallen by 20%. >>> unc system president elect margaret spellings is expected to take some questions from the media today. yesterday she discussed some of the goals that #12450ed like to accomplish once she takes over the job next month. >> i'm going to get about the campuses in my first hundred days on the job. those all scheduled. i know that i'll be seeing you many of you around these conversations critical to laying a great foundation for government. >> and tonight at 7 you'll see her emotional reaction to questions about the recent protests against her hiring and we'll be out there live. >>> voters in nevad

durham public schools on a two-hour delay. the big issue is power outages in the morehead avenue area putting about 1200 in the dark. barbara: more than 1200 freight liner workers learned they are losing their jobs. the last day can be friday. workers at daimler's truck manufacturing plant were told that the company is cutting their jobs. daimler took over the plants that were run by the freight liner. it is offering to pay them through the middle of april. daimler says the cut is due to reduction in orders. a gas war in toledo, ohio. it led to happy drivers. this began at this pilot travel center when a computer glitch will unleaded selling for 49 cents a gallon. a gallon and drivers took advantage of this and the circle k across the street dropped its prices to 17 cents a gallon. the war spread on social media and lasted about three hours. there's is fun. barbara: three nice hours. the biggest night of music was last night with the grammys. most of them were announced before the telecast leaving more time for memorable perfo

wake county, durham public schools, chapel hill, carrboro closed. barbara: closed orange chatham edge goal franklin granville. mecklinburg, person, vance, warren and now wilson county schools are all closed today. they were on a delay and they are closed now. john: here are those on a two-hour delay. chatham. hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson and wayne county. ignore the wilson county. they move to closed. there is a list at abc11.com with a link on the home page. barbara: we will get to "big weather" with weather and accidents. don: is chapter close? they were on the two-hour but it is closed. john: chatham is closed. don: although there and south and west we are not seeing as much in the way of live look at first alert doppler xp and we will talk about what we have right now. basically the boundaries for this moisture where it is running into cold air and we are seeing the precipitation is right through our area. back to the south and west it is a little spotty and hit-or-miss. that doesn't mean it is less dangerous but there's not as much. if

. >>> durham public school leaders will take a final vote this afternoon about a student code of conduct change. parents have expressed concern for high suspension rates. a task force of 47 people worked on the new policy for the year. the superintendent says the new rules would be aimed at rewarding students with positive behavior. while the changes go into effect immediately it will the new culture becomes inn grained for students, teachers and the community. today the board expects to hear the next steps about training and get documentation out to schools. >>> this week margaret spellings takes over. when first meeting with the border at its retreat earlier this month she stressed that she would spend the first 100 days on the job visiting campuses across north carolina. >>> today a u.s. navy seal will receive the highest award. it was his actions that helped rescue an american hostage in afghanistan that was in 2012. he also served with the second marine regiment. >>> could the fourth time be the charm for the falcon 9 rocket. it carries a satellite that would bring internet the and

. >>> tonight durham public schools are sending a message that message is, don't arrest our students. it comes on the heels of this student back on general 28. he was on his way to riverside high school when he got caught in an immigration raid. his sister said he entered the country illegally in 2014 and now awaits deportation. the district's board past a vote to have it and. the district with a largest latino population has fallen with fears of more rates. >>> friends and coworkers came together to remember the life of a raleigh taxi driver who was killed earlier this week. a motorcade of taxis honoring 55-year-old josi dominguez. he was found dead at his up -- apartment complex. police believe man called a taxi >> he was a very happy. he enjoyed food and enjoyed being around people. always happy. >> the two men charged in his murder are being held without bond. police are still looking for at least one more suspect. >>> thousands of hours wasted on the phone and did not will answers. the state is taking a look at problems with north carolina's largest health insurer. >> customers a

john: durham public schools, franklin county, granville. halifax, north hampton. orange, person, roanoke rapids, vance county and warren counties all on a two-hour delay. wake county schools on schedule this morning. barbara: it may not be but the morning commute could be rocky as heavy rain is moving in. don: we are not dealing with ice but with very windy conditions along with the heavy line of rain showers. look at first alert doppler xp and the rain starting to arrive around rocky mount and wilson but the heavy line stpbdz from the virginia border to the south carolina border and running through southern pines, getting ready it move into sanford.

john: durham public schools. franklin, granville. halifax, northampton. person, roanoke rapids and others on a two-hour delay. wake county schools operating on schedule. barbara: it may not be ice but the morning commute could be

. >>> durham public schools sending a message to the government, don't arrest our students. it comes on the heels of the arrest on this student. on january 28th he was on his way to riverside high school when he was caught in an immigration raid. his sister says he entered illegally in 2014 and is awaiting deportation. riverside high school has the largest latino population in the district has dropped 23% all surrounding fears of more raids. >>> thousands of customers of blue cross and blue shield insurance commissioner spoke to wncn. he says he met with the company's executives this week and heard the problems customers months, they includes issues with billing and verifying coverage. an examination is being launched after receiving more than 1,000 complaints from customers since early january. >> this particular examination will help us learn about what has happened to prompt those complaints, what caused it, how -- what can be down to prevent it from happening again and really how it happened and by who. >> they apologized for the ongoing problems, and at the same time th

new tonight, the durham public schools considering a change to its code of conduct. the board is asking a task force to consider changing their code to consider expression headwear. they will have to figure out how to word the language. then the task force will bring the proposal back to the board for consideration. steve: the state supreme court throwing support behind the congressional and general us and we voting districts. the state house speaker tweeting -- we appreciate the cased is closed at the state level. it does not impact of federal courtroom in greensboro lessig striking down two congressional district speared the u.s. supreme court is considering whether to block that ruling, which required to be drawn life february 19. abc 11 coming together to help a disabled man who lost the one get around town. our viewers have been calling to offer their support. a thief still might pose a blue suzuki out of his driveway. it is handicapped modified with hand controls for the gas and brakes. it is the only car he can drive to get his son to school and get to his deb

john: durham public schools, franklin county, granville. halifax, north hampton. orange, person, roanoke rapids, vance county and warren counties all on a two-hour delay. wake county schools on schedule this morning. barbara: it may not be but the morning commute could be rocky as heavy rain is moving in. don: we are not dealing with ice but with very windy conditions along with the heavy line of rain showers. look at first alert doppler xp and the rain starting to arrive around rocky mount and wilson but the heavy line stpbdz from the virginia border to the south carolina border and running through southern pines, getting ready it move into sanford. pittsboro and orange and chapel hill the next half hour. heavy winds, gusts over 40 miles an hour so be ready. temperatures surging up. roxboro up eight degrees at 59 at r.d.u. and 60's fayetteville. 60 clinton. goldsboro 59. 61 smithfield. very warm this morning and very wet with the rain moving through. we have rain right now, heavy in spots. 59. we will see temperatures drop back to the mid 50's then up to 60 in th

wake county, durham public and chapel hill and carrboro closed. barbara: also closed orange county, edgecombe. franklin, granville. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren. john: schools on a two-hour delay include chatham. halifax halifax, harnett. lee, phaorbgs robinson, wayne and wilson. we have a complete list of closings and delays at abc11.com and that link sun to the home page -- link is on the home page. barbara: a fire before 3:00 on they got out safely. looks like damage was detained to the attic. two tkuplts and five children -- adults and five children are with family. there will be no autopsy of ant continue scalia at the request of his family. he died in his sleep during a hunting trip to texas. went to bed friday night and was found unresponsive the next day. his body is on the way to virginia. scalia was a leading conservative voice on the high court. his death is starting a major political battle over his successor. barbara: justice scalia's death could impact the battle over the north carolina congressional ma'am. earlier this mont

have chapel hill, carboro closed, chatham county, and clinton city schools delayed by two hours, durham public schools cleared, edge comb county schools are close -- edgecombe. >> and hoke county schools, and >> and lee county, mecklenburg county, moore county, north hampton county, and orange county schools are closed. >> warren county schools also closed and two-hour delay for wayne county schools. wilson county schools are also closed. >> you can find the information scrolling on the bottom of your screen, and on the web site as delays. what a nasty morning. >> what a mess we already have this morning with all of that freezing rain. it's at. >> that's right. when you look out the door you're going to think it's just raining because freezing rain is a liquid raindrop, but our temperatures are below freezing. well below freezing. mid-20 in most places so here on the ground temperatures are in the mid-20s and freezes into that icy glaze. it really has a big impact on bridges and wait until you see all the accidents bryan has to show you. one good piece of information is it's beginning to dry o

durham public schools except for medical and religious reasons. price gave the order because studentstsailed to get prior approval to wear the prohibited attire. parents tell us they wawa the dress code to include cultural exemption. >> but we felt like cultural expression needs be added to that. >> school board members are meeting this thursday at 4:00 to discuss revisions to the student conduct code. >>> special session may be necessary for lawmakers to sort out congressional voting districts after three federal judges ruled the new lines could impact next month's primary, the judges ruled that race was a factor in a drawing of two congressional districts. the first district which has wilson durham and the 12th district which has areas to west including winston salem the state must redraw the lines by next friday. decision on hold. >> we can't control when federal courts do what they do. all we can do is to work within the system. >> our state supreme court should have knocked these maps out a year ago. that would have helped everybody. >> suppo

. >>> durham public schools students could add here to some new rules. the school board approved changes to the student will make a final vote after hearing some wording changes. some parents have expresseded concern about high suspension rates. a task force of 47 people worked on the new policy for a year. the superintendent says the new rules would be aimed at rewarding students with positive behavior rather than focussing on punishing our -- punishing misbehaving students. the vice chair told wncn this morning that while the changes go into effect immediately it will take two or three years before the new culture becomes inn grain in students, teachers and the community. he says monday the board can hear the next steps about training and getting documentation out to school. >>> the town of cary takes another step towards the construction of a new shopping center. but it's not coming without some controversy. neighbors showed up at thursday night as hearing to complain about the project. many worry increased noise and traffic will hamper their family's

. >>> durham public schools will cut 150 jobs this summer. district officials say the budget gap. 15 teaching positions will be cut gradually. along with 100 current positions. the cuts are set to begin july 1st. >>> the u.n.c system is weeks away from its new president taking over. addressed protests aimed at her. wncn's political reporter bo minnick was there earlier today and has the story. >> my assignment today is to frame what i expect from you and what you can expect from me in return. >> reporter: her talk about the expectations at the unc board of governors retreat. she takes over as the president of the u.n.c system on march 1st. there have been protests at recent board of governors meetings about her hiring. >> i've been surprised at the intensity of the reaction. but i look forward to meeting with, talking to, and learning from those who have questions about my record and my intentions. those opposed to her getting the job say it was too political. criticizing her record which includes over seeing the launch of no child left behin

. >>> durham public schools sending a message to the government don't arrest our students it comes on the heels of the arrest of this student on january 28th. he was on his way to riverside high school when he was caught in an immigration raid. his sister says he entered the country illegally in 2014. he now awaits deportation. the district's board of education passioned a resolution calling for the arrest to end. students at the high school which has the largest hispanic population in the district has fallen by at least 20% surrounding fears of more raids. >>> the state is planning to take a closer look at what's causing problems for thousands of customers of blue cross blue shield of north carolina. insurance commissioner spoke to wncn, he says he met with the company's executive this week facing may not be resolved for months. those include issues with billing and verifying coverage. the department of insurance is launching a formal examination of the company after receiving more than 1,000 complaints from customers since early january. >> the examination will help us learn about w

new tonight, the durham public the board is asking a task force to consider changing their code to consider expression headwear. they will have to figure out how to word the language. then the task force will bring the proposal back to the board for consideration. steve: the state supreme court throwing support behind the congressional and general us and we voting districts. the state house speaker tweeting -- we appreciate the cased is closed at the state level. it does not impact of federal courtroom in greensboro lessig striking down two congressional district speared the u.s. supreme court is considering whether to block that ruling, which required to be drawn life february 19. an update on a story we first brought you last night. abc 11 coming together to help a disabled man who lost the one tool that helps him and his son get around town. our viewers have been calling to a thief still might pose a blue suzuki out of his driveway. it is handicapped modified with hand controls for the gas and brakes. it is the only car he can drive to get his son to school and get to his debit at home d

new at 6:00 durham police say the driver of that car is to blame for a head on crash with a durham public schools bus. it happened around 1:15 on lynn road near gibson road. police say none of the four kids on bus 122 were hurt. despite the damage to the gray toyota, no one in the vehicle was seriously hurt. we are waiting to hear if officers will file any charges. we are about 24 hours away from kick off to super bowl 50. all week long we've been bringing you the sights and sounds leading up to the game. let's begin our team coverage. you found some triangle fans who made the cross country trek to cheer on the panthers. >> exactly. they're so excited to be here and the streets are flooded with fans. one of the most popular sights you can see right behind me a bunch of people enjoying that. there has been so much to do around here and people say they can't wait to see what our panthers will do on the field on sunday. they say it's not just about the panthers doing their job. as fans they'll do what they can to help. panthers pride on full display at san francisco's super bowl city. fans g

the go red for heart disease event goes between 11:00 to 4:00 john: today come the durham public-health health county is hosting a free dental health clinic. tori rodriguez is live details. >> it is very important to keep your teeth healthy. the event is going on behind me. -- we thank you for fixing my teeth so i do not have more problems. gloria: the clinic is going on until 2:00. you have to create an role. if you want to enroll your children for the next clinic, be sure to watch. dentist, but these kids are excited. john: good to see they are barbara: a rescues underweight says to save three people trapped under a collapsed late. john: and mitigation -- and vindication for julian assange. how it means to delete ecuador's embassy -- how it means he can barbara: selling mattresses the traditional way isn't the best way. most are made in a large factory, and shipped hundreds of miles to a retailers warehouse, where they're marked up and up before finally selling and delivering them at the original mattress factory we take a straightforward approach. we have eliminated the extra steps a

durham public schools, franklin county, grandville county, halifax county, northhampton county, orange county, person county, are all operating on a two-hour delay tomorrow. and schools in virginia are closed. remember, you can check full closings and delays any time at abc11.com. the wake county school district tweeting this out tonight. kids, do your homework. if you haven't already. great day for teaching and learning. steve: the temperatures are expected to rise overnight but fog is the real problem across the triangle right now. take a look at that. that is a live look at the cam at i-85 and 15501 in durham county. icy conditions have also been a problem tonight. emergency management tweeting though warning about multiple accidents and asking people to slow down. how are things looking in durham right now? this hour. here's a look at our dash cam breaking news one there. we go. there's the view. pretty foggy. roads still wet at this hour. right now, not seeing any traffic. things are calming down. let's rewind the clock a few hours and show you some video of some accidents we ran

. >> a spokeswoman for the durham public school says the principal will have the girls teach the classmates more about the head wraps. >>> the carolina panthers are back in north carolina after super bowl 50. the scene last night at the airport as the team landed. they had fans to greet them and hundreds of fans waited at bank of america stadium in the freezing cold weather to give the team a homecoming. they said it was their way to show panther pride. >> carolina panthers for life, baby. we've got to support them, make sure they know we still love did what we had to do. >> show our support. we love the panthers. win or loose, all day. >> those are the die hard fans. they're the true blue ones. and many of them say they're looking forward to fan fest, which is coming up in august. >>> meanwhile, in denver, colorado, there are the broncos returning home. they're going to have a big parade this afternoon. >>> it is 8:22. winter weather causing trouble on land and at sea. the what makes thermacare different? two words: it heals. how? with heat. unlike creams and rubs that mask the pain, therm

durham public schools, franklin county, grandville county, halifax county, northhampton county, orange county, person county, are all operating on a two-hour delay tomorrow. and schools in virginia are closed. remember, you can check full closings and delays any time at abc11.com. the wake county school district tweeting this out tonight. kids, do your homework. if you haven't already. tomorrow is looking like a great day for teaching and learning. steve: the temperatures are expected to rise overnight but fog is the real problem across the triangle right now. take a look at that. that is a live look at the cam icy conditions have also been a problem tonight. emergency management tweeting though warning about multiple accidents and asking people to slow down. how are things looking in durham right now? reporter: still pretty foggy at this hour. here's a look at our dash cam here outside. breaking news one there. we go. there's the view. pretty foggy. roads still wet at this hour. right now, not seeing any traffic. things are calming down. let's rewind the clock a few hours and show you

durham public schools delayed two hours, franklin and unt -- granville county schools only two hours, mecklenburg county virginia schools are close. >> a two hour delay for northampton county, orange county, person county, vance county and one county schools, all the way by two hours. see all of the closings and delays on www.wral.com. they are also closing on the >> now the wer outages. >> wind being the big story, 35,000 customers without power in wake county, 1200 and durham county. >> 3700 and granville county which is seen the most problems but it is a crazy morning out there with the severe weather. >> blustery wind and all of the rain ming down. >> that's right, we have not had a lot of lightning but a squall line has much from west to east across the viewing area and kicked wind. we had just been wral's just gusts in fayetteville of to 50 miles per hour on custom of places of 45 miles per hour. we start out with e radar, the squall line is beginning to weaken a little bit. 15 minutes or so we had eight or nine counties under a severe thunderstorm warning, much of that has expi

repower our school coalition will speak about the educational, health and environmental benefits of durham public schools using 100% solar power. the presentation begins at 9:00 a.m. at the board of education building. >>> the updates on the stories and other news are available throughout the day on the air, on line, and on the wral mobile phone app. >>> army is investigating the sudden death of a fort bragg paratrooper. jacob buck master was found unresponsive in his barracks room monday. he was with the 82nd airborne. >>> a wreath laying service in raleigh, to honor the life of an officer who died while on duty. delma d adams who was shot ask killed february 3rd, 1980, the police department will remember him as noon at the raleigh police memorial in front of city hall. the north carolina council of state approved the sale of one of the historic homes on blunt street. the association of realtors will buy the andrews house for $1.5 million. the house dates back to 1870, one of the first grand homes built after the civil war. it seems not everyone in north carolina is rooting for the panthers to w

reporter: durham public schoolssee why the changes needed. joel: attorney general loretta lynch filing a civil rights lawsuit in ferguson, missouri and why she says she was left with no other choice. anna: it is absolutely gorgeous outside -- it feels of freezing, so we are on a snow, no snow we've got some weather moving >> tomorrow morning birth surge of cold air a joel: a task force a community in the education leaders is looking at changes for the and i, they will submit there recommendations for improvement to the school board. let's go live outside dps headquarters. why the changes? reporter: school leaders want to update the policy and reduce suspension rates. school leaders say african american represent -- applicant american students represent and number. they want to address cheating and dress code violations. some parents protested outside the school for creative studies because they say their daughters were threatened with suspensions after wanting to wear african head wraps to school. head wraps are prohibited. but they will look

durham public schools and at chatham county schools are close. >> also franklin county, granville county, halifax county and harnett county schools are closed, two hour delay for hoke county. the quimper county virginia schools close, moore county schools on a two hour delay, northampton and orange county coming of school today. >> in addition, person county, vance county, warren county all closed, three-hour delay never went county. wilson county schools are closed, and so did not make the list, it is johnston county closing today. >> that decision was just made a 7:40 this morning after they saw what was happening all across the triangle, given the weather conditions. you can find this information scrolling at the bottom of your screen and on our website along with dozens of business closings and delays. >>> the good news is that precipitation has been getting a little bit later this morning. we don't have to worry about power outages we don't think minutes of ice. elizabeth, go ahead. >> it started off as snow this morning and overnight we had line. roxboro have some snow and early th

lake county schools, durham public schools, are among those close. barbara: granville, halifax, hartnett, lee, kirkman, and wilson county schools. john: clinton city schools, johnson, moore, robinson, wayne county schools, you can find a complete list of closings and delays on the home page. johnson county is closed. because of the holiday. barbara: staff and middle and early college are on a two hour delay. john: let's check in with tamara barbara: good morning. >> good morning john and barbara. john: tell us about conditions. >> we cannot emphasize it enough. if folks don't have to venture out this morning, stay home. it seems like it is clear, but when you get out there the conditions are very very slick. our deputies have been out since last evening, patrolling the streets, helping stranded motorists. at least two stranded motorists our units had to respond to. we had to respond to at least eight weather-related rex. -- wrecks. most commonly, issues off interstate 40 near alexander. conditions are very slick out there. john: any roads in particul

. >>> durham public schools sending a message to the government don't arrest our students. it comes on the heels of the arrest of this student on january 28th. he was on his way to riverside high school when he was caught in an immigration raid of. his sister says he entered illegally in 2014. he's now awaiting deportation. while the district's board of calling for the arrest to end, since his arrest riverside high school has the largest hispanic population in the district has fallen about 20% surrounding fears of more raids. >>> former chair is now out of jail this morning. authorities arrested him after they say he took a gun through a security checkpoint at the airport. >> it was a complete accident. so other than acknowledging i'm stupid can we do away with this now? >> he's pretty frustrated obviously with the media. he says he accidentally left the gun in his briefcase after take it to a shooting range last weekend. he faces misdemeanor charge of having a gun on city property. >>> she has not yet had her first day on the job but her hiring has been the subject of cont

. >>> this afternoon durham public school leaders will take a final vote about a student code of conduct change that they agreed to change last week. some parents have expressed concern about high suspension rates for african americ students versus white students. a task force of 47 people worked on the new policy for a year. the superintendent says the new rules would be aimed at rewarding students with positive behavior rather than focussing on punishing misbehavior. the advice chair told north carolina news that while the changes go into effect immediately it will take two to even three years before the new culture are becomes ingrained are for students, teachers and the community. expects to hear the next steps about training and getting documentation out to schools. >>> this week margaret spellings officials take officer as unc president. when first meeting with the board at a retreat earlier this month she stressed that for the next 100 days on the job she'll visit campuses across the state. >>> president obama will present senior chief special warfare honor. it was his actions tha

durham county public schools have released early today. they are on standby for a very busy day. we will keep tracking all of the latest conditions. for now, we are live. barbara: our crews and mobile vehicles are on standby as the weather gets closer. we will send out first alert's on abc11.com and our mobile app throughout the day. john: a man gets attacked in a downtown durham parking garage. barbara: coming up, where the assault happened and the search john: i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the neighbors doing here? bill! hey! come in, come in! i didn't know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. 300 megs. crazy-fast. and we were right across the street the whole time. the whole time. make your home as connected as possible with time warner cable. with speeds up to ultra-fast 300 megs. get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month. call now. would anybody like to see the kitchen? anybody? dad! you can get wifi all over this place. cool! switching is easy. i know, right?! you get a one-hour arrival window, no contract to sign, and a mone

this afternoon durham public school leaders will take a final vote about a student code of conduct change. they agreed to change expressed concern about high suspension rates for african american students versus white students. the superintendent says they'll be aimed at rewarded students with positive behavior rather than focussing on punishing misbehavior. >>> things shaping up to be quite beautiful today. >> good morning to you at home. let's go ahead and start off with a live picture out at the airport some of the first planes getting ready to taxi down to the runway this morning. 52 degrees and not a cloud in sight as we start off our monday morning. and we were watching this pretty distinct lines of showers back to our west but over the past three hours it's frizzled out and that's good news up to our north. here we are going to stay on the dry side. so let's talk temperatures 52 in durham, raleigh and louisburg, 53 already in clinton. so that's an indicator that the afternoon will be well above where we should be 68 our high today and tomorrow. is going to sneak in on wednesday and

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. >>> durham city leaders want the public to have access to video recorded by police body cameras. mayor bill bell moved to delay the body cameras approval until march 7, so councilmembers can make suggestions about video access to the ty manager. >>> out blustery conditions and area, elizabeth. >> that's right. is moving out of the viewing area on toward the coast. picture. we still have patchy light precipitation across a good bit of the viewing area and steadier rain around anoke rapids. still dealing with that and will be doing with that for another 30 to 45 minutes or so. elsewhere, everything looking pretty good. still seeing rain down toward around e triangle, just a little bit of patchy light rain and that's it. then we are done with it. west. there is a replay of that squall line they move through and produced some strong wind, knocked down some trees and morning. it is still messy, skies have precipitation beginning to taper off. temperatures in the low to mid 50s now. these guys quincy lunchtime and a high of 60 this afternoon. what a change from yesterday. highs in the

and then the top two or three finalists will meet with the durham police department staff and the public. that will happen in late march. city leaders would like to have a new person in place in may. >>> today is the day state regulators must decide whether to give duke energy the green light to build a billion-dollar natural gas plant. it would replace the coal burning power plant in nashville. duke energy would pass along construction costs, plus a profit margin to the customers. environmental groups accused duke of overstating the future electricity needs of the north carolina mountains in order to win approval for the plant. >>> the 88th annual academy awards is in the books and the winners are an interesting mix of predictable front runners and surpri weng y t wrapfrom hollywood. >> reporter: the title describes the moment the newspaper drama, "spotlight" was the center of attention. a surprise winfo st pic. his gaveice to amplifies thatoiepteescte farithvent got bibe rect honor fo thdior o w. and, lnao asbeacr.>> i thank you inleta et fo >>eporr:t "roos", ng hof awds seaso >> tnkth

barbara: today a public school protest in durham over colorful head wraps worn by teenage girls. officials ordered them removed but the students say they are taking a stand. parents of the girls said they help the students show pride in their african heritage. they decided to wear them to school on the first day of block history month but were told they were violating the dress code and remove them or alter the clothes so their hair is shown. they complied but their participants are not happy about >> it was to express themselves culturally regardless of block history month they should able to wear the head wraps. when i was in high school it happened to me but i had to stand firm to my principle and say this is part of my culture. barbara: she said today the parents, students and others will stand together outside the school for the creative study at 12:40 wearing them. they expect dozens of supporters to do the same. john: police on the scene of a shooting in raleigh. we will have a live report from the scene. barbara: more on listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house ba

barbara: today a public school protest in durham over colorful head wraps. officials ordered them remanufactured but the students -- removed but they are take a stand. parents say gels help them show pride in african heritage. they decided to wear them on the first day of block lift month but they -- black history month but were told to remove them because they were violating dress code. parents and students and others school for creative studies at 12:40 p.m. wearing the geles. they expect supporters because word is spreading. john: coming up, police on the scene of a shooting in raleigh and we will have a live report from that scene. barbara: more on super bowl 50. with 20 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. okay. be "paul gi

into the management decision- making and interpersonal finalists will meet with the durham police department staff in public in late march. city leaders would like to have the new person on board in may. >>> garner has one of the busiest fire departments in wake county but it's firefighters are among the lowest paid. the county's fire commission plans to address a salary gap at the meeting this week. a recent study showed the firefighters are paid about 14% less than those at other departments in wake county. garner fire officials say their cause increased from 2% to 5% every year. they say it's challenging to hire and retain firefighters higher salaries. >>> north carolinians will soon see a change in what we pay for certain services beginning tomorrow. the state will raise fees on various items and charge sales tax is on services that were previously not tax. dmv, division of motor vehicles. the sales tax rate will not chart sales tax and services such as repair, maintenance, and installation. that includes installation on big appliances, or auto repairs. as for fees, the state budget raises fees for a nu

mark armstrong will have barbara: a public school protest is getting underway in durham. john: school officials ordered the head wraps removed. parents say it helps the students show pride in their african heritage. they decided the -- to wear them to school on the first day of black history month. she was told the kids were violating the school's dress code. amber: and him of legal -- unbelievable scene in baltimore. the driver facing charges after hitting a woman. he was trying to get away from people slamming on his van. the guy put the car into drive. police say the victim suffered serious injuries but none are life-threatening. more than a dozen parked cars at lake geneva's winterfest. a number of cars fell through cracked ice. the owners thought it was a good idea to park on the lake despite temperatures being above freezing. more than 2000 people in a town in germany trying to break the record for most smurfs in one place. the crowd gathered near germany's border with switzerland. they mass 2149, 361 short of the look at this orderable cutie. the columbus zoo's bar

public input. will signal expansion at a local comairty. the durham rescue mission is planning to build three new residents halls for the victory program students, providing addiction help and helps the students return to the work force. the residents halls will be located along east main street. >>> a pastor is headed to the super bowl, thanks to the generosity of the congregation. >> pastor of kingdom vision and a long time carolina panther's fan. the congregation came together to raise thousands of dollars to send their beloved pastor to california. >> this has always been a dream of mine to go to a game, period. we are talking the super bowl. >> he gives his life for ministry and for the congregation. what better than the congregation to give him what he is always dishing out sundays. >> it's not just tickets pastor wilson was given plane tickets and a hotel room as well. >>> what a way to say thank you he is going to have a great time. he works hard. >> i hope he see as panther's victory. >>> we got a little change. upper 60s and low 70s, a front

shot in the leg it happened saturday night about 7 o'clock in downtown durham near roxborough and holloway street that's near the public library. time. >>> goldsboro police continue their investigation into a deadly shooting. investigators say they responded to reports of a shooting just before 3 o'clock this morning on south john street and -- and found a wayne county man dead. we spoke to neighbors who say the violence in their neighborhood has to stop. >> this is not the criminals neighborhood this is our neighborhood. >>reporter:witnesses say around 2:45 a.m. they heard as many as 10 gunshots. >> it was unsettling, as a homeowner, you know, i feel that i have to say something >>reporter:when police arrived, they found the victim here about a block away from the goldsboro police department. >> i don't know who these people are or why they feel that , you know, there's not going to be repercussions. >>reporter:the victim was identified as 27-year-old julius bryant >> i am concerned, but not to the point where -- where i will not move here are renovating homes implanted -- plan to move into this neighborhood. >> i am

then the top two or three finalists will meet with the durham police department staff and the public in late march. city leaders would like to have the new person on board in may. >>> garner has one of the busiest fire departments in wake county but it's firefighters are among the lowest paid. the county's fire commission plans to address the salary gap at the meeting this week. a recent study showed the firefighters are paid about 14% less than those at other departments in the county. garner fire officials say their calls increase from 2% to 5% every year. they say it's challenging to hire and retain firefighters were nearby communities offer higher salaries. >>> north carolinians will soon see a change in what we pay for certain services beginning tomorrow. the state will raise fees on various items and charge sales taxes on services that were previously not taxed. the most notable changes are at the sales tax rate will not change but the state will now chart sales tax and services such as repair, maintenance, and installation. that includes installation on big appliances, or auto

public service. this is his last facebook post, january 29th 2015. he's providing free dental supplies and food to more than 75 homeless people in downtown durham. today his fellow students at the unc dental school honored that legacy of giving with a public memorial. his classmates held a home of silence to honor their colleague. the legacy of giving back has inspired people around the world. since the deaths, the community has come together to honor their memory through various community service projects. >> if more on the legacy of giving we send it back to sean maroney, live on the campus where the memorial just wrapped up. >> hundreds of people gathered here to honor what's now been known as our three winners. i want to bring someone in who can talk more about that legacy. shadi sadi who is part of the this house was his and it's called the lighthouse project. why is that so important as we look ahead. >> it's really important. all three of them were really beacons of light in our community. and now, in their absence, we feel we must stay together as a community and carry the torch on in their absence. and really this lighthouse should be an