wral's gilbert baez joins us live form our newsroom at the fayetteville observer after speaking with one of them. david.. out north carolina deligation is hot. and they're not giving up the fight. the still want to see c-130 cargo planes packed with troops and equipment flying over the skys of fort bragg. word of the decision to deactivate the unit secretary of the air force which basically said this is a cost- cutting measure that will save the air force money and not jeopardize airborne training at fort bragg. senators thom tillis and richard burr disagree. they say the air force will be held accountable to prove every month that the troops at fort bragg are not being put in danger by not having the aircraft readily available for training on post. i spoke with congresswoman renee ellmers by phone this afternoon and she says she's taking her gloves off to continue the fight. ellemers says she was outraged by one of the suggestions the air force offered to make sure airborne training continues at fort bragg. "we have heard that they are planning busing a number of the paratroopers fr

it depicts the market house where slaves were once the fayetteville observer . >>> the sheriffs office says a mother and her four month old twins were reported missing. >>> a pregnant whom is expected to be okay this morning after some scary moments on harris lake. she was one of two people onboard this boat when the couple was headed back to shore and realized there was a hole in it. >>> big changes on the way for our hometown hockey team. stahl was traded to the rangers. other trades could happen before today's deadline. he has spent canes. they acquired a second round pick. he is leaving as a canes all time lead are. that's goals, he's also the team's leader in assists, points, penalty minutes and of course he was key to the stanley cup championship. many hope this move is good for him and the canes. >> i think in his heart he'd like to be here and mentioned at times he likes the direction we're going. >> we've been season ticket holders for a long time and followed him since we picked him up and really sorry he's gone. >> the canes will not name a a new captain this season. >> a lo

live from the newsroom at the fayetteville observer. thank you. >>> the book he's say the carolina panthers are favored to win the super bowl. but what about the puppies. >> we head over to the spca of wake county to see their favorites. >>> in honor of black history month, we begin our living the legacy series. we are introduced to a raleigh man who helped hundreds of men and women. >>> winter is when it comes to sunshine this afternoon. what a gorgeous day. yes, it was cold. yes, it was windy. we're had for a cold night. the sun is setting on the sky. the freeway. when when rain returns to the >>> that's the kind of reaction they get. two teams took to the field for all the pups were named after characters from the game ue. i might be asking how this works. the dogs have to get to the 40- yard line of the other team. this year there is a puppy hall of fame. it honors legacy players and it promotes the adoption of older veteran animals. how could you say no to a face like that. >> oh, my word. >> oh, man. >> we digress. >> yes. >> the

gilbert joins us life from the bureau at the fayetteville observer. bhp >> reporter: david, i tell you lot of tears during the interview not only from her husband but me as well. as we sat in his red skins man cave at his house and wiped away the tears, i heard the story of a man who really and trulylod his wife and the tragic way he lost her. winfrey says his wife sherry ann was the kind of person who would give the stranger the clothes off of her back or feet. >> one of members in the church liked her shoes and after the service she gave her shoes. >> reporter: i sat down and talked about the love of his life. >> she treated me like i was a king. >> reporter: the 62-year-old woman worked here for 38 years, 9 days shot of retirement when she died. >> we were talking about what we were going to do once she retired, travel. >> reporter: the medical examiner says an aneurysm was her husband believes temperatures of more than 100 degrees in her part of the building may have played a part. >> the medical people were there, i guess assigned to the plant, t

and the fayetteville observer said that the judge dismissed the complaint against the state. but he can move forward with the claim against rhonda bryant. she did not spend enough time in jail for her time. she was drunk and high on home in november of 2012. >>> the north of a teenager brought rush hour traffic to a a standstill in raleigh begging for help. her daughter got angry and took her cell phone away temporarily and threatened to hurt herself and she ran into the i-40 overpass. >> >> i just need some help. there are not that many services out here for her, for people like her for deaf people, her age. >> a police officer coaxed the teen to safety using sign language. >>> the show crime watch daily has a voicemail that the host could the last moments-her life. on the true crime show. and the voice call is garb belled. but they claim it is her voice and screams. and the police have not commented. a $40,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. >>> search warrants provide new details about the arrest of a nc state professor accused of embezzling t

the fayetteville observer first reported the new results of a consultant's finding and the city council said it was willing to consider new design ideas and wand community input. >>> a mom and her twin girls safe this morning after being reported missing. the sheriffs office says her and her twins were reported missing early sunday morning. the sheriffs office says once word got out >>> a pregnant woman is expected to be okay this morning after lake. she was one of the two people onboard the boat when the couple was headed back to shore and realized there was a whole in it. >>> today a group of people will meet in charlotte to call for the release of 7 teenagers being detained by immigration officials. one of the those is acosta. officials took the high school senior into custody last month saying he crossed the border illegally a couple of years ago. he fears if he's reported he'll be killed. he left there to he ises escape gang violence. attend dance dropped right around the time he was arrested as other students feared the same thing would happen to them. >>> big changes on the way f

barbara: the restaurant may have don: busy day with the tornadoes up north apbdnd "fayetteville observer" reporting tornadoes in moore county, cumberland county and sampson county. then we had a report in wayne cut. i'm waiting to hear back to see if they send teams to those areas. we will keep you updated. this is a graphic we do throughout the week for rain chances. barbara: let's see the sun chances. don: that would be like 100, 90, 100. we will talk about that. live look into downtown raleigh. 43 right now, dew point 32, 65% humidity. west wind nine miles an hour. looking into downtown fayetteville. temperature right now 45, 59% humidity. west wind nine miles an hour. 41 roxboro, 45 in roanoke rapids. 45 wilson. 45 smithfield, fayetteville. clinton. 44 goldsboro and 43 southern pines. we are drying out. that is good. we will continue to see that dry weather. we will show what you is going on as far as the region. the system that brought us the storms pulling northeast out of here. as it moves out we will see the dry conditions moving in. also we see a lot of snow in the great lakes.

our fayetteville observer reports the split on the issue. willing to consider other design options. >>> raleigh police officers were out in full force today tracking down speeding drivers. we saw them on the belt line early this afternoon. police say this is routine. no word on how many tickets they issued today. >>> well, it was a beautiful day outside, and meteorologist bill ray is predicting what sounds like a pretty good start to your workweek, as well. he will join us right now with what's the weather. what's it looking like out there? >> check this out. 55 degrees right now. skies are mostly clear. as we get you started for your monday here the rays of sunshine. not quite a ten as today. it was a gorgeous day today. a weak little front is coming through, but the winds will all be out of the west. clean. look out to the west of us, and pull the map over a little bit. you can see a few clouds from kentucky into tennessee. they'll climb over the mountains and kind of break up into our dry air, but be flowing tomorrow, so we'll see a few c

the fayetteville observer first reported the results of a consultant's findingings. the council said it was willing to consider new design ideas. >>> a mom and her twin girls safe this morning after being reported missing over the weekend. the sheriffs office says her and her twins were reported missing early sunday morning. the sheriffs office says once word got out about them they were located quickly. >>> a pregnant woman is expected to be okay this morning after some scary moments an harris lake in apex. she was one of the two people onboard the boat when the couple was headed back to shore are and realized there was a whole in the boat. they were quickly rescued. >>> on the eve of super tuesday the mud slinging on the republican side of the race for the white house is at an all time high. senators marco rubio and ted cruz hoping to stop donald trump's momentum. hillary clinton is trying to build on her lead. we have the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump and marco rubio spent the weekend proving there's rarely any love lost in presidential

, the rain falling during the rush hour, here are the rain fall amounts we observed so far, almost an inch at rdu, fayetteville you haven't gotten much yet. now that showers and storms moved through in many areas, the only strong winds are observed down towards the sounds and the coast, again, here is the satellite and radar imagery, you can see that area of rain continuing to slowly progress eastward. 8:00 this evening, it's going to be mild, 68, with showers likely, and we may get a little bit of a lull tonight with the overnight low of 58, tomorrow, whatever break we get during the morning, the rain is probably goingo fill back in during the afternoon, and that high is probably going to be whatever it is when you get up tomorrow morning with temperatures falling through the 50s as we head through the course of the day. then on friday , the sun finally returns, chilly and 49, saturday looks okay, a chance of rain on sunday, we talked last night at 11:00, about how if it came down hard enough it could be in the form of wet snow, but now it looks like it's going to be light. that means rain and turning there i