. >>> tonight the city of fayetteville will hold public hearings on whether the city's seal should stay or go. >> the seal features a building where slaves were once sold. it has been a source of controversy for some time. wral's mikaya thurmond joins us live from fayetteville with where the public meetings will be. mikaya? >> reporter: bill and renee, fayetteville city leaders will hold the first public meetings tonight start discussing changing that city seal. the seal has been a source of controversy and suggestion because it displays the markethouse, a place where north carolina's capitol once stood on the site and it is where the state ratified the constitution in 1789. the councilman thought of alternative seals including the dogwood flower, the fayette statue in cross week park and the statue at fayetteville university blanco. tonight's meetings are in three locations listed on your screen. all three will begin at 6:00 p.m. three others are slated for january 28th. bill and renee, the city has used this seal for the last 20 years, however the fire department and police department

. >>> well, tonight the city of fayetteville will hold public hearings on whether the city seal should stay or go. >> the seal features a building where slaves were once sold. it has been a source of controversy for some time. wral jim miklaszewski joins us -- mikaya thurmond joins us live from fayetteville where the meetings will be. >> reporter: fayetteville city leaders will hold the first public meetings beginning tonight to discuss changing the city's seal. the seal has been a source of controversy and discussion in recent months because it holds an image of the market house, a place where slaves were once bought and sold. north carolina's capitol once stood on the site and it is u.s. constitution in 1889. alternative seals including the dogwood flowers, the la fayette search cross creek park and blanco university could be possible images. the meeting is at the city hall at 6:00 p.m. three other meetings are slated for january 28th. the city has used the seal for at least 20 years, bill and renee, however the police and fire department don't. >> mikaya thurmond on the controversy

the debate over fayetteville's city seal. john: why some are calling for change and what was decided last night. barbara: a california fisherman will have a good story to tell and he's got the video to prove it, people. check that out. don: good morning. as you head out, temperatures about where they were yesterday and we are dry. the drive home though you could see snowflakes. we will talk about that coming we are dry there's a voice of a daredevil in all of us. that urges us to shake things up, to turn up the heat, and take bigger risks. why should damaged hair silence that voice? new dove regenerative nourishment with red algae complex in a formula that nourishes to regenerate extremely damaged hair. for smooth, strong and healthy looking hair as if damaged never happened. don: welcome back. pwutsz it will be just like yesterday. i know some kids in wake county had a teacher workday but it will be another day to bundle them up. temperatures in the teens. by 8:00 low 20's. 14 now roanoke rapids. 17 roxboro, 19 hillsborough,

fayetteville city council is holding a special meeting to talk about the way the county distributes sales tax dollars. the current agreement expires at the end of the fiscal year. they meet at 5 this evening inside city hall. you have until sunday to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. by law if you do not have health coverage you will have to pay a penalty. you can get in person help on donald ross drive in raleigh. they will be there to help from 9 to 3. to learn more go to wral.com and search obamacare. >>> stanford received $100 million each in 2015. according to the council for aid to education more than any during a record year. $40.3billion raised by american universities in total. the wealthiest colleges continue to attract a dispro posh nate share. nearly 29% of all donations. >>> facebook is getting closer to giving you more options for expressing your emotions. the social network site has been testing six new emotions outside the u.s. for the past few months. the ceo hasn't given a specific time table but pretty soon it will be added to all 1.6 billion u

for a little while. >>> fayetteville city leaders will hold public meetings to official al. it has been a source of recent months because it includes an image of the market house, a place where slaves were bought d sold. voice your opinion at one of six public hearings. three will be tomorrow night at the massey hillbrook center, and the ift alexander. all of the hearings start at 6:00 p.m., three more are slated for january 28. medicine dropbox. people can drop off their old or unused medications at the wake county public health center on sunnybrook road. option to the operation medicine drop effort. the idea helps reduce accidental poison, overdose, contamination. wake county has several other permanent dropbox is including in cary, wake forest, holly springs and garner. >>> a celebrity is helping michigan. cher is sending hundreds of thousands of bottles of clean water. bank in michigan by wednesday. water company iceland glacial said it will go to community centers, the banks and firehouses, focusing on low income housing areas. cher is picking up the majority of the cos

today you can once again share your thoughts about fayetteville's controversial city seal. it's a picture of the fayetteville markethouse. slaves were sold there during the 1800s. critics say the landmark building is a symbol of slavery. >> the republican presidential candidates face off tonight on fox news. it's the very last debate before next week's iowa caucuses. frontrunner donald trump says he won't be there sighting an issue with the moderator megyn kelly who he believes treated him unfairly during the first debate. with wounded warriors and veterans. >>> challenger blew up 30 years ago. all on board died. january 208th is a -- 28th is a national day of remembrance. nasa will lay a wreath at arlington and there will be developments throughout the day. >>> a whale washes ashore. unc wilmington stranding gourd their said it was 1 to 2 years old, weighed 115,000 pounds. also very thin and appeared to be very sick. >>> in the city of ferguson, missouri, and the justice department, they are gearing up to make major changes in the city's police department. this after a prop

. >>> the fayetteville city council is holding a special meeting to talk about the way dollars. the current agreement expires at the end of this fiscal year. evening inside city hall. >>> a man accused in the sexual happened more than five years ago will be in court today. purdys jacob was arrested for an assault that happened in october of 2010. the victim knew jacobs at the time but didn't know his full name. the case is one of many reopened last year by the cold case sexual assault unit. police say dna evidence linked him to the crime scene. >>> tarheel traveler has aired 1500 stories since the series debuted in 2007. they feature a one hour special tonight at 7:00. it's memorial remembering pele the tarheel traveler away. people prosecute across the state would left bendso many stories. watch the special tribute tonight at 7:00. >>> sometimes, you are just a it happens. sometimes you're late. but do you admit you're late or do you come up with some kind can't make it on time. >> it seems more and more folks are going above and beyond tardiness, something that is hard to me to

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the debate over fayetteville's city seal. john: why some call for change and what was decided last night. barbara: the california fisherman that will have a good story to tell and he has the video to prove it. don: as you head out we are dry and you may see snowflakes toward charlotte. we could see snowflakes later in the day. we will talk about that coming up. as we go to break we check the first alert doppler network and you see that patch of white toward charlotte. ofhe we are looking at the driver in this morning. it should be easy on the way in to work. in the 20's. it will be cold and by 10:00, 28. 18 roxboro, 17 henderson, 250 hillsborough, 21 durham and raleigh. 22 louisburg. 25 lillington and 24 pinehurst and 24 favorite and 21 goldsboro. today ahead mainly clear now and 20. by lunchtime temperatures up to 31 and more clouds on the way and through the late day 36 degrees and we could have flurries this afternoon. we will talk more about the flurry chances and get the seven-day forecast in a bit. barbara: fayetteville

. >>> controversy over a city seal will be the focus in fayetteville tonight. >> some are calling for the city to change its seal that you see on the letterheads an things like that. tolary tara lynn joins us from downtown fayetteville. it is the building behind you that is at the center of this discussion. >> reporter: this is the market house and at one point, the state's capitol was on this piece of property. it is also where the state ratified the u.s. constitution. it was also a place though where at one point, slaves were bought and sold. that is why some are calling for the city to remost building from its seal. the market house was built in the early 100s. it has been the focal point of the city's seal for the last 20 years. some council members its tie to the slave trade is offensive considering that about 41% of the population here in fay fayetteville is african- american. the city will be holding a second round of community forums tonight for people to voice their opinions. they will be held at college lakes rec center, the westover rec center as well as the commission recr

the city seal's currently a picture of the fayetteville markethouse. slaves were sold there in the 1800s. critics say the landmark building is a symbol of slavery and doesn't truly represent the city. three separate meetings taking place throughout fayetteville today. we've got more on wncn.com. >>> protests outside the wake county detection center due to recent immigration raids. protesters held a vigil and tried to call attention to how they feel the raids are tearing families apart. earlier this month u.s. immigration and customs 100 people during raids. those people were undocumented immigrants, primarily from north carolina, georgia and texas. the homeland security secretary says it's part of a broader strategy to deal with illegal immigration. people at last night's vigil are concerned about kids being separated from their families and then the safety -- their safety when they return back to their home countries. >> it's always like a constant fear -- this takes a psychological toll on people -- since i was a kid i had a mistrust of the police bec

the city seal's currently a picture of the fayetteville markethouse. slaves were sold there in the 1800s, so critics say the landmark building is a symbol of slavery and doesn't truly represent the city. separate meetings are taking place in fayetteville today. for more information go to wncn.com. >>> protests were held outside center yesterday because of recent immigration raids. protesters held that vigil, trying to call attention to how they feel the raids are tearing families apart. earlier this month u.s. immigration and customs enforcement arrested more than 100 people during raids. those people were undocumented immigrants primarily from the states of north carolina, georgia and texas. the homeland security secretary says it's part of a broader strategy to deal with illegal immigration but people at last night's vigil are concerned about kids being separated from their families and their safety in their home countries. >> it's always like a constant fear. this takes a psychological toll on, you know, people, like, since i was a kid i had a mistru

city of raleigh. durham 69. . fayetteville blue sky. high, thin clouds working atlantic beach 61, gorgeous conditions at the beach for january. the mountain at 41 degrees. even at the higher altitudes they are saying melting as well. if the nine south hills. 58 wilson. 60's in the sandhills. 65 clinton. 67 goldsboro. 30 in the midwest. minneapolis and the single digit. 20 this hour. this cooler air, nine degrees warmer than they are in mississippi. the cool air pushing east. if that arrived, it will bring us showers overnight into tomorrow morning and cooler air as we go through the day tomorrow and then we will warm we are seeing a southwesterly wind. the moister work in backup and humidity through the day. the sun is back for now. tonight and into tomorrow, clouds are back. the rain is out of forecast but the potential of rain tomorrow morning. we should see dry weather working in as we head through the end of the week. high pressure back to the west. as this tracks to the east, it could throw moisture back at us. east of 95 the best

barbara: fayetteville city leaders are thinking about summer. yesterday the mayor and city council members broke ground on the third public swimming pool this is at college lake recreation center. crews were supposed to start work last week but were delayed because of the storm. city engineers hope to have it opened a ready by summer. john: all right. barbara: nice to think about. john: thinking ahead. barbara: 5:58. a bug infestation in raleigh. john: how this water meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. now we can connect more devices, at the same time. hi grandma and grandpa! ha, look at that! [laughs] time warner cable even has an internet plan for us. get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month and ask about free installation.

steve: fayetteville city leaders considering changing the market house. many african-american residents say it is connected to slavery. greg has more tonight. greg: the public part of this debate got started in earnest tonight. the big question was how do folks think about it and how do they feel when they look at this historic structure in downtown? forth talk about a conversation in three different parts of the city. it is the first time residents could get together and talk about their feelings towards the iconic landmark. last august in the wake of the horrible church massacre in south carolina, local naacp officials and local african-americans complained the market house was a divisive symbol because they say it represented slavery. the human relations council was asked by city leaders to get a community consensus on whether it should be removed or included in a new, more modern style. while they were differing opinions, the general consensus is he cannot be wiped out of the city's history. >> i'm very pleased. we were hoping for more people but we h

steve: fayetteville city leaders considering changing the market house. many african-american residents say it is connected to slavery. greg has more tonight. greg: the public part of this debate got started in earnest tonight. the big question was how do folks think about it and how do they feel when they look at this historic structure in downtown? there was a lot of back and forth talk about a conversation in three different parts of the city. it is the first time residents could get together and talk about their feelings towards the iconic landmark. horrible church massacre in south carolina, local naacp officials and local african-americans complained the market house was a divisive symbol because they say it represented slavery. the human relations council was asked by city leaders to get a community consensus on whether it should be removed or included in a new, more modern style. while they were differing opinions, the general consensus is he cannot be wiped out of the city's history. >> i'm very pleased. we were hoping for more people but we had

south appear west into the sand hills fayetteville 36, siler city 33. tonight back into the teens over off. 16 raleigh. 19 fayetteville. 15 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the up are 30's, near 40. 40's on thursday and thursday night after midnight we could see rain and sleet and changing to all rain friday. saturday back to wintry mix before exiting and near 50 sunday. they are playing in the snow. sheila williams sent this. i don't know which is on the left but he has a scream on his face like come on. amber: roxboro. don: we love all the weather pictures. upload them to abc11.com. john: how is the traffic, amber? amber: it is cold. that is an old joke. we will show you how the mapping is. this is 64 in the business area, bypass at u.s. 64 pretty shot. you see the pink sky and sun making its way up and everything moving fine. we have dry conditions on the road. no problems there. fayetteville this is live picture and you see the same no problems to report. new accident downtown ralei

observer - fayetteville s city seal has the image of the downtown market house where slaves were once sold. now the city council is asking for help deciding on a new seal. the council there will begin public hearings about the change this week. a woman attending a gym in chesterfield - says she was asked by the employees to not breastfeeding there. now a virginia state lawmaker -- is pushing to make sure nursing women feel comfortable in the workplace. sandra jones with our sister station in richmond has more on this pivotal issue. breast-feeding. it s a controversial issue for some mothers raising babies in virginia. two weeks ago - a chesterfield mom condemned the a-c-a-c gym for it )s alleged treatment of her after she nursed her two children there without covering up. and that concerns local moms. tc: 02:23:08-14 a new bill before the 2016 general assembly would make it easier for working moms who do it. house bill 139 would keep employers from discriminating against women who choose lactation while on the job. the bill would also not allow an employer

city. three separate meetings take place throughout fayetteville todd. for more information head to wncn.com. >>> protests outside the wake recent immigration rates. protesters held a vigil and tried to call attention to how they feel. the raids are tearing families apart. earlier this month u.s. immigration and customs enforcement arrested more than 100 people during those raids. the people were undocumented immigrants, primarily from north carolina, georgia and texas. the homeland security secretary jay johnson says it's part of a broader strategy to deal with illegal immigration. people last night are concerned about kids being separated from families and their safety back in their home countries. >> it's always like a constant fear. this takes a psychological toll. since i was a kid i had mistrust of the police because every time i saw a police car i automatically feared i would be separated from my parents. >> jay johnson says the raids shouldn't have come as a surprise. he says these kinds of they are warranted. >>> the future of a csx transportati

. >>> another round of public hearings was held about fayetteville's official city seal. they want to know if a hiss eric building should be removed. the building is the market house which sits downtown. slaves were traded will before the civil war. >>> bug problems reported from a -- reported in a government building. when that building will reopen. >>> they ignored a parking ban during the blizzard. have to pay. >>> and we take a moment to remember a part of wral tv's mike. >>> we did have rain around the area today. mainly along and east of i95. it is moving out. sunshine will greet you on your way out tomorrow. we'll let you know when ntntntntntntntntntntntntnt >>> police are treating an incident near disneyland paris as criminal rather than terror related. a man was found with guns and ammunition during a security check at disney's hotel new york. authorities say he had two firearms. he told police the guns were for his own protottion. paris remains on high alert following the terrorist attacks in november. the president would like the state of emergency to be extend

the 40's from roxboro to henderson. 50 roanoke rapids, 50 durham, 47 south hill. 50's. 53 fayetteville. 50 siler city. 51 wilmington and 52 goldsboro. tonight temperatures across the area back into the 30's for overnight lows. 33 raleigh. 36 fayetteville and 30 roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back in the upper 50's. nice day shaping up across the region. wednesday 45 degrees and rain likely wednesday. could see it linger into thursday. wednesday night, thursday morning, temperatures down around freezing so we will have to watch for possible precipitation frozen. i don't think we will see much. friday 49 and near 60 by sunday. barbara: not bad. don: not a bad weekend shaping up. and low blood sugar. januvia (sitagliptin) is a once-daily pill that, along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar. januvia works when your blood sugar is high and works less when your blood sugar is low, because it works by enhancing your body's own ability to lower blood sugar. plus januvia, by itself, is not likely to cause weight gain or low blood sugar

leaders. >> according to a recent city report a good number of residents say they y d feel a little safer last year but tonight, fayetteville's top cop told city leaders he was not happy at all with last year's crime numbers. >> monday night, he told city council members that overall crime in the city last year was not the double digit decrease he had promised a year ago at this time. according to the 2015 numbers overall crime in the city was down but violent crime was up by 14.9% including a 50% jump in domestic violence assaults. he said he felt that anger was behind many of those incidents, from people who he said felt offended. >> young people today, they go straight to some kind of a weapon and that's horrific. these young people don't understand the consequences of their actions when they use a firearm. it's not a reset like a video game. >> homicides were down last year. he says his department now has more officers on the streets late at night and early mornings. they are also using body cameras and he's stepped up community involvement with residents including a new slogan that says one agency, one community, one fam

live look into the all-american city fayetteville 33, 83% humidity. northeast wind two miles an hour. roxboro, 35 chapel hill. 41 r.d.u. 30 smithfield. sanford, southern pines 20's. not usually that way. it sis usually cooler here and warmer in favorite. that is because overnight in fayetteville you had more clear skies and you have clouds above you and that allowed temperatures to drop faster. we had more cloud cover in the triangle and north and that is why the temperatures stayed up. the next rainmaker pushing through georgia and this is getting ready it move into south carolina and it will cross south carolina and up to us this afternoon. the model predict perspective by lunch showing a sprinkle in hoke and moore. then there is the rain. it tries to paint a dry spot here. i think it will be raining across the region and hit-or-miss showers. the model doesn't know how to deal with it so says this someplace dry. but it will be widespread. we dry out. into sunday morning the clouds thicken and still a sprinkle to the north and west and could see a st

leaders. >> according to a recent city report a good number of residents say they did feel a little safer last year but tonight, fayetteville's top cop told city leaders he was not happy at all with last year's crime numbers. >> monday night, he told city council members that overall crime in the city last year was down by a little over 5%. not the double digit decrease he had promised a year ago at this time. according to the 2015 numbers overall crime in the city was down but violent crime was up by 14.9% including a 50% jump in domestic violence assaults. behind many of those incidents, from people who he said felt offended. >> young people today, they go straight to some kind of a weapon and that's horrific. these young people don't understand the consequences of their actions when they use a firearm. it's not a reset like a video game. >> homicides were down last ar. he says his department now has more officers on the streets late at night and early mornings. they are also using body cameras and he's stepped up community involvement with residents including a new slogan that says one agency, one community, one family, on

sand hills you should be around 40 at fayetteville. 3 siler city. -- 35 siler city. tonight into the teens. we could see wind chills in the single digits. 13 roxboro, 15 the overnight low in durham. 16 raleigh and 19 in fayetteville fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow 34, very cold. wednesday 39, sunny, chilly. mixing thursday night into friday before it turns to an all rain event. friday that rain washes away any snow and sunday 48 degrees. "big weather" pique -- piquec of the day. this is a cardinal sitting in t the tree with snowflakes. with the first alert abc11 weather app you can upload pictures and don't have to go to the website. on the first alert weather app you can share. thank you to the folks who sent those in. barbara: great shot. amber: it is a holiday and martin luther king jr. day and a lot of people off but there are people heading out to events or going to volunteer to day of service. if you are doing so we are in good shape with the roads. 40 and harrison light volume and it is clear this morning but if the

. >>> the city of fayetteville issued thousands of tickets. last month they issued more than 1300 citations alone. wncn spoke with city leaders about the program today. and he's live with the latest. nate? >> reporter: we're at cane road. this camera right behind me recorded more than 750 drivers going straight through the red light here over the last several months. over all, the city says the program is going well and they may even expand it in the next several months. >> two of them ran the same light at the same time. that was on cane and brag boulevard. >> ten red light cameras planted throughout fayetteville at eight of the cities most traveled areas. they've caught nearly 7500 people in the last six months running lights. could get badly injured or someone else could get hurt. and children could be in the vehicle. >> check out this video from october. the white vehicle nearly slamming into three other cars. the intersection here at ramsey and lull received the highest number of traffic violations. some 1300 people were caught running the

the city seal will be the focus in fayetteville tonight. >> some are calling for the city to change the seal because of its past ties to slavery. wral's tara lynn joins us live from downtown fayetteville. that building behind u is part of this debate, right. >> this is where the state ratified the constitution but it was also the place where slaves were once bought and sold. that is why some are calling for the city to remove the building from the industry's seal. the market house s built in about 41% of fayetteville's population is african-american. the city will be holding a second round of community forums tonight for people to voice their opinion. they will be at the college lake rec center, the westover rec center as well as the smith rec center. they will all three be going on at the same time. they will start at 6:00 p.m. and are expected to last until 7:30. >> tara lynn live in fayetteville on a big debate. thank you. >>> a few dozen people gathered at the wake county detention center to protest raids on undocumented immigrants. it is one of several demonstrations that took plac

sand hills temperatures climbing near 60 in fayetteville. 55 siler city and 57 wilson. tonight the temperatures back into the 30's for overnight lows. staying above freezing in raleigh and fayetteville. 32 durham and 30 roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast seven showing temperatures tomorrow still around 50. clouds will move in and rain holds off until mid to late afternoon. about a half inch of rain. moves out saturday. sunday 45 and big dome of canadian high pressure will cool us down. high on martin luther king jr. day 35. overnight lows in the teens on tuesday. barbara: good time to stay inside, organize. get the tree down. amber: barbara is all about organizing. john: get the tree down? barbara: i know somebody who works at this station with tit. amber: all the decoration respect off but my husband -- you know. it is on the honey do list. a lot of people yesterday were leak snow on sunday -- like snow on sunday? barbara: there was one model with snow. it was kind of controversial. at this point it still is showing snow but all the other models are not. i think it

. >>> happening right now in fayetteville, people are weighing in on the possible change of the city seal. several said it was offensive. it is the picture of the city's market mouse hawas used as a >>i wonder if there are other things that might also represent our city better or the city of fayetteville better, maybe something that fort bragg or something of that nature. >> market house seal itself don't tells a tenth of what fayetteville is about and we need to get the other 90% involved. >> last summer the city surveyed the city. and the overwhelming number said that the seal should not change. >>> a popular grocery chain may be opening in cary. they are in a develop developer from south carolina this is on a 90-acre site near cary town center and they will discuss this more next week. >>> we're learning more about what happen the moments after a young man was shot dead in and orange county neighborhood. and we brought this to you last and we have the latest on the investigation. >>> in a quiet orange county neighborhood, the sound of gunshots startled many that live near. >> i wa

city. goldsboro. tonight partly sunnycloudy and overnight some folks will stay above freezing. 33 raleigh, 36 fayetteville. 33 siler city and 30 roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, you may see icy conditions this morning but by tonight temperatures back into the 30's. by tomorrow almost 60. 60's in the sand hills tomorrow. wednesday cooler. mid 40's. rain likely wednesday night into thursday as it is down around 20 fplt 20. thursday afternoon skies clear and the wind looking great with temperatures near 60 by sunday. barbara: it is about time. don: finally. i don't think we are done with went yet. we have february. barbara: of course. the last weekend was snowing and the week before raining. don: eight out of the last nine precipitation. barbara: imagine your within of the coldest nights of the year. husband is deployed barbara: welcome back, 4:56 and 26 degrees. with so much of the country cold the last thing you need is the furnace to go out. anthony: that is what happened to a pheulmilitary wife. she was lucky enough to find a know she was in for a much is back working. anth

fayetteville. following that, the city council will decide whether or not to change the seal. in fayetteville, nate rogers, wncn news now. the federal government is investigating how duke university handles sexual assault cases. the university was notified in november. they'll review how council handles reports filed by students and staff. >>> today the supreme court announced it will hear a case on president obama's executive actions on immigration. >> the 2014 policy which shield undocumented immigrants from deportation. allowing adults here illegally for more than five years stay if they have a clean record and their children are u.s. citizens. 25 states successfully blocked the move in lower courts arguing they'd have to pay a large price for those allowed to stay. a decision is expected by the end of june. popularity of vaping, businesses are having trouble keeping up. now some hospitals in our state are banning the popular devices. carly joins us in the studio to explain. >> offices have long banned tobacco product use inside their facilities and some systems don't allow

in the sand hills 62 fayetteville. 58 siler city. 61 goldsboro under partly sunny skies. tonight the temperatures down in the 40's for overnight lows. 42 raleigh and 45 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back into the 40's only so today the warmest day of the next few. 58 today, 46 tomorrow with rain around. thursday still can see a shower, slight chance. 43. friday through sunday back near 60's. dry weekend. barbara: it is about time. thank you, don. it is average price for a ticket to root on the panthers. barbara: duke's crisi right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. you could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as two and a half days when used at the first sign. learn how abreva starts to work immediately at abreva.com don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. at hillshire farm, spice is the spi

rain from raeford to wilson. 45 goldsboro, 46 fayetteville, about 47 siler city. tonight clouds start to break through the overnight and it gets colder. 32 raleigh. 35 fayetteville. 31 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back near 50 degrees and saturday 57 and lots of sunshine. sunday we will see 60's across the region. monday mid 60's and partly sunny skies. on tuesday for ground hog day more clouds and i think showers arrive tuesday night and could be wet weapons was we may be thunderstorms. the possibility is there. that is the middle of next week. barbara: you know what people say about that? don: seven to 10 details after that we will have -- 10 days after that. i have an article about that on abc11.com. barbara: here to help. john: 5:21. barbara: how the f.c.c. is working to save cable give it to me i'm worth it baby i'm worth it uh huh i'm worth it gimme gimme i'm worth it give it to me i'm worth it before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help pay for her kids' ice time. before earning 1% cash

it starts at 5:30 tonight at city hall plaza. john: fayetteville police asking for the public's help to find a rape suspect. detectives have obtained arrest warrants foreclosure this man devonte williams. they say he sexually assaulted a woman and took off in her car. the victim's vehicle has since been found. williams is also facing kidnapping and larceny charges. also in fayetteville search intense intensifying for a serial robber. he hit the same business twice. police believe the four-week crime spree involves two station on yadkin. each details he wore a hoodie and had a revolver. that helped police connect him to four hold-ups. if you recognize him you are urged to call police or crime stoppers. barbara: a smaller group of republican presidential candidates return to the main debate stage one of the last high profile opportunities for the white house hopefuls to sway voters before the iowa caucus. it will highlight a race that has become increasingly heated after months of civility toward ted cruz donald trump is aggressively targeting him sa

also 38 in fayetteville and rayford. siler city above freezing at 33. now at freezing in rocks blow. an improvement in south hill. here's what i'm thinking. 38 at lunchtime. 41, that's all the warmer we get this afternoon. yesterday we hit the low 50s. this evening we are clear and cold. high pressure to thank for that. we have blue skies because of that. now, the cold front that moved through yesterday, that's also helping usher in that unseasonably cold air. the good news no rain today or tomorrow. we will breeze through this forecast. clear skies. overnight tonight we will stay on the clear side. tomorrow morning for some of you could be the coldest day so far this week. i'm expecting temperatures in the mid 20s. plenty of sunshine then tomorrow afternoon. we are not tracking rain again until friday afternoon. but for today 41 in ralleigh, 40 durham, and 46 in fayetteville. across the board cooler than where we should be for this i am of year. overnight tonight we will drop into the mid 20s. enough of a breeze to make it feel a few degrees colder. no

. >>> fayetteville residents about this controversial city seal you see here, three separate meetings took place throughout fayetteville after various city councilmembers and residents complained that logo was offensive. the city seal currently has a picture of market house, slaves were sold there, so critics say the landmark building is a symbol of slavery and does not truly represent the city's values. >> if you want to represent something and be a source of pride, it's not a source of pride. if you want it to be reflective of the landmark, it is a landmark. >> more meetings scheduled for next week. we'll keep you updated on that story. >>> time now 6:41, sarah palin is throwing her support behind donald trump, where the campaign trail leads today for the two. >>> plus, meet this beautiful gal, ricky, a local service dog known around the raleigh campus, the sweet girl known for helping others needs help of her own, signing up for health insurance was very easy... my premium is 22 dollars a month. it only took a few minutes, and i got exactly the kind of coverage i wanted at the pric

live look into fayetteville and all-american city is 47 with northwest wind two. numbers from across the region, we have a wide variety of numbers. this is 51 r.d.u. and 41 smithfield and 50 goldsboro. 50 wilson. 46 fayetteville, 38 sanford, 45 chapel hill and in the rain roxboro is cooled to 41. here is the line of showers and it is nothing major and severe. we are not seeing a lot of severe weather but it is a frontal boundary extending to the south. see some showers working across us. they are going to be more of the spotty variety. i don't think we will see widespread rainfall. by 9:00 you will notice it is working into the triangle and by lunchtime it presses out and by 5:00 tonight most of the showers are done. you may see the sun break out in a couple of northern spots. tonight into tomorrow another system pushes up and by tomorrow afternoon it tries to push showers up into us. we could see a spotty shower for wednesday into thursday and then it pulls out and we clear out friday. surface map shows the front today taking the showers with it. as it does the hi

. >>> fayetteville officials will hold public hearings this week on whether a building where slaves once were sold should stay on the city seal. the seal includes the fayetteville market house. some people think it needs to be changed. the city has used that seal for more than 20 years although the fire department and the police department do not use it because of thedy visiveness. the hearings start tomorrow. >>> all over the country people will remember martin luther king jr. and families are invited to a birthday party that will educate children about dr. king's legacy at 10:30 this morning at the north gate mall center court. today is a day of service for volunteers volunteers in it is called let's make it happen together. feeding needy people and other resources like free haircuts. it starts at the all american city gym. >>> the triangle inter-faith prayer breakfast is this morning, starting at 7:15 at the sheraton imperial hotel in research triangle park. our parent company capital broadcasting is a proud sponsor. you can watch the entire event on wral.com, from 8:00 a.m. on, we will carry it live on wral tv. cbs t

sand hills temperatures climbing 50 goldsboro, 51 fayetteville and 48 siler city. tonight temperatures back into the 30's for overnight lows. i put rain in late, mainly goldsboro and southeast areas. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures again upper 40's, friday mostly sunny, 49. saturday we start it see warmer you are a working in. 57 on saturday and sunday 63. monday 65 fplt. for ground hog day tuesday cloudy and near 60. upper 40's today. spotty showers and we will watch for that. john: something to watch for. barbara: absolutely. amber: definitely take it easy on the roads this morning. even when they are wet they can be slick. you never know if an animal could lose control like i did. yesterday we were talking about the water main break near wake forest. it happened again so there's an issue there. highway 98. this was yesterday and we've a crew headed to the scene this morning to see what is going on and assess the damage. it is highway 98 near u.s. 1 and you can see this was the scene yesterday water gushing about two f

folks once again can share thoughts about fayetteville's controversial city seal. right now we're going to look at the picture of the fayetteville's markethouse. slaves were sold at the markethouse in the 1800s. critics say the landmark building is a symbol of slavery. >>> tonight another public workshop about the future of rdu international airport. taking place in raleigh. the meeting will focus on the vision 2040 master plan. a plan set to improve airfields, passenger terminals, parking and other facilities at rdu. "the >>> from nbc news, this is ""today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hit it! can you hear that sound? that's the sound of the weekend knocking. the 29th of january -- 28th of january. jenna bush hager is filling in

into the sand hills, siler city 55, 58 fayetteville. 57 wilson and 57 pinehurst. tonight temperatures across the area back in the 30's for overnight lows. 33 raleigh. 36 fayetteville. 32 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, temperatures tomorrow back into the 50-degree range with rain clears saturday and sunday into monday clouds, colder. high pressure dips in from the south and 35 the high on monday. tuesday 37. wednesday just 43 with overnight lows in the 20's and teens. some much the coldest air we have seen next week. it will be chilly to start. john: look out. 5:23 and fans watching the seahawks and panthers sunday will be able to stuff themselves with a ma'ammmoth creation. barbara: what is on this carolina creatio i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto . 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 stro

we are getting cancellations into the newsroom from the city of fayetteville saying that everything is closing down this afternoon. the rest of the flights from the fayetteville have been canceled from this afternoon. we are bracing for the freezing rain we will see later on today. i will send it back to you from downtown fayetteville. ground. john: gloria rodriguez joins us now for an update. gloria: right now, the snow is still falling. you can get the live look in our breaking news vehicle. you can see that -- this area could get six inches to eight inches of snow today. this is just starting. take a look at the video we got earlier today as crews have been plowing snow. they have also been dropping salt on the road. snow has been falling steadily since before daylight. parking lot and roads are coated in snow. this batch is telling us they are not getting any major accidents. we did get footage of a car stuck in the snow. low-profile vehicles may have a tough time trying to meet conditions. we want to remind you to be extra careful. we had to push that car out to safety. we do not

live look into the capital city and seven-day on and right now 25, dew point 22, that is 88% humidity and winds are calm. live look in fayetteville this hour and all-american city is dry and cold. 27, 87% humidity. no wind to speak of. 22 in roxboro, 23 roanoke rapids, 28 chapel hill, 27 sanford and 26 fayetteville and 24 in wilson. satellite and radar composite shows cloud cover but that's it. we have the satellite and radar turned on and not seeing any snowfall or rainfall in the southeastern u.s. and that is good news as we go through the day. lot of sunshine. lunch mid 40's. by 6:00 tonight we're back through the 40's and another cool night although not as cold. overnight only about freezing. by tomorrow lunchtime back in the mid 50's so more warm air. tuesday night into wednesday we will see rain coming in as temperatures on -- excuse me, wednesday morning we are at 42 degrees. it will be a cold wet rainy day wednesday but looks like we are above freezing and that will keep the precipitation from freezing. the rest of today we continue to dry out and melt off. 50 raleigh and cary, 49 wake forest and wendell, 50 holly springs

into the sand hills siler city 52, 53 wilmington, 55 fayetteville with rain arriving late. tonight back into the 40's for overnight lows. 43 raleigh. 46 fayetteville. 42 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back into the 50's for one more day. tomorrow the warmest of the next seven. mid 50's for highs. then the bottom drops out. sunday 45 and cloudy. monday 35 degrees and lots of sunshine on dr. martin luther king jr. day. the 30's and low 40's. no precipitation. barbara: that is key. and it is january. 5:22 and 39 degrees. self-driving cars are not just science fiction. john: the big push from the white house to put them on the road sooner rather than later. school football when i lay in my tempur pedic contour then i slowly feel it start to kind of wrap itself around me. my mind just kind of goes blank. then the next thing i know it's morning. with tempur-flex you've got the spring and bounce of a traditional mattress then it also adjusts to my body. my cloud feels so comfortable. it feels like somebody's hugging you. how ca

yesterday morning, the temperatures are colder. 28 in raleigh, 32 in durham and 30 in fayetteville and 27 in siler city. we had a cold front move through last night and that will bring us the coldest air that we have experiences so far this season and that is ushering cold air into the north into the area. overnight lows into the teens. so expect a frosty start to the morning and sunny and cold this today will make things feel colder with our high temperature topping out around 35 degrees. i'll let you know when the warmer weather is coming up in the forecast. let's get a check on the morning dry. this is a live look at i40 and miami boulevard where the traffic volumes are picking up this morning. and the traffic is moving fine in both directions. and we don't have any major issues to report on any of your area rods this morning. if you're hitting the roads, we had some rain and snowfall yesterday and the roads were wet for a while. and on some of the side roads, they may have spots of black ice. but we're all green this morning and the live drive showing nothing in the way of issues and we'll have mor

temperatures in the 50's from durham to louisburg, 49 roxboro and shrivel.south hill. 55 fayetteville. 53 sanford, 52 siler city. tonight across the area back into the 30's and 40's for overnight lows. 43 raleigh. 42 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 50's. tomorrow the warmest day of the next seven. 56 and partly sunny. sunday morning we have a slight chance, less thanpbn 30% chance of showers. 45 in the afternoon. 30's monday and 30's tuesday, weapons 4 -- wednesday 43. coldest morning of the week next tuesday where many areas will be in the teens. today not dealing with cold but rain later so don't forget the umbrella. barbara: at least it is sunny and rain coming. don: clear blue skies next week just chilly. amber: yesterday was super nice. i went to pick up my kids at school and the jackets were all over the playground. it was great to see. cold come next week. get the long johns out. john: long underwear. amber: that is why i call them johns. john: long underwear. barbara: long drawers. amber: this is friday morning quiet. rain moves i

that is a jackpot enough i guess for me. 29 degrees though now in raleigh. 29siler city and mid-20s in sanford. fayetteville now dropped to below freezing at 31 degrees. look at this, , talk about a little bit of a wind, makes it in raleigh feels more like 22. feels like 19 in roxboro. look around roanoke rapids and rock rowa -- rocky mount, feels like low 20s. before the sun rises. we warm up after the sun comes up. we'll be almost 13 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. 50 at 6:00 p.m. this evening. as the clear skies hang around. we'll get to more on the forecast and when you're going to need an umbrella again coming up. right now look at this, glenwood avenue and blue ridge road completely empty. there you go. i stand corrected. one car out there this morning. i do want to show you our traffic maps, our live drive showing all green in all directions, so that means everyone is moving at the posted speed limits around 4:40 and 40 this morning. i'll keep you up to date on update in 10 minutes. >>> this morning we're waiting to find out who won the world's biggest jackpot. we know there were at leas

northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. 46 in durham. 46 in fayetteville. 47 and skyler city. tonight, temperatures back in the 30's for overnight lows. the clouds move out and the drop. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow, 49. 50's tomorrow even. sunday, mid 60's, sunshine, gorgeous. monday, the first day of february, 65. we could see a thunderstorm possibly tuesday into wednesday. barbara: thank you. a big mardi gras party is john: comingbarbara: mardi gras is just around the corner. while it is not a big celebration in north carolina, there is one organization holding a big party to raise funds for a nonprofit. joining me is the president of the kerry mcgregor rotary club. thanks for being with us. it sounds like a fun party. >> it's a great party, fantastic. barbara: what do you do there? what happens? >> we start with live entertainment. area restaurants are providing food, beer, wine, and events. barbara: who benefits? >> we have many charity partners and events we host throughout the year that we support. confidence, which is sponsored by the

south and west into the sand hills siler city 33, 34 lillington, 35 goldsboro and 36 fayetteville. tonight across the area back into the teens for overnight lows. mainly clear, chilly, 16 raleigh. 19 fayetteville. 15 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the upper 30 thaepbs we have a chance of flurries or sprinkles tomorrow. we are dry thursday, 48. thursday night into friday after midnight could see wintry mix friday before changing to all rain friday and as it exits the region saturday changes back to a wintry mix, 41 degrees saturday and any precipitation we see snow, sleet, would melt away quickly sunday as we get near 50 degrees. i'm working on a blog to put up later on abc11.com to talk more about the track and different forecast we are looking at right now. barbara: ok. amber: last week was looking at the snow here and it frswas all super discounted. now is a good time to have it. don: i saw sleds yesterday at the grocery and that is optimism. amber: we need to do that. it is quiet heading into this chilly tues

fayetteville, we have heard of a roll-over accident there. coming in from the grays creek area this morning on mlk, i saw the city of fayetteville sand trucks out and treating those roads and fayetteville police officers kind of blocking off one of the ramps there. so the message here is to stay home, stay off these roads. these do have ice in the sand hills. we have people rolling over. if you're going that fast, you're going too fast because it's okay right here. but in cumberland county, i'm telling you, about two miles past this right at the county line, that's where it turns into ice. so we are kind of on the hearing about what's happening in cumberland county. we'll probably head to a different location but it's not good out here. it is dark. i mean, if it's black ice, you don't realize what's going on until sometimes it's too late. take it slow. the d.o.t. is out and the city trucks are out and folks are having accidents, so please just be careful, be patient, and keep hitting us up on facebook and twitter at abc11 eyewitness hashtag because that's how we're talking to you and finding out what's going on. i'll send it back to you all fro