. >> i'm gerald owens. the storm hit parts of texas, in san antonio, thunderstorms moved to the area creating wind gusts and hail in some areas. thousands of homes and businesses were without power. let's get to meteorologist mike maze in the weather center. when will this make its way to our area and what should we expect? >> midmorning to perhaps late afternoon. it may come in a couple of waves. we will explain in a moment. let's go to the radar view. we're in a stable hermas, it's cool and damp, drizzle, missed, fog and sporty light rain which should remain the case through the evening. no severe threat of weather but thunderstorms may move into the area tomorrow morning.

. >> i'm gerald owens. travion smith was sentenced last week, amanda lamb has been following -- >> reporter: the jury started deliberating at 3:15 after judge. before that attorneys had the chance to make the arguments. defense attorneys say smith should die prison, not at the hands of the state. they point to a long list of mitigating factors mostly childhood to say that he does not fit into the narrow category of people of eligible for the death penalty. prosecutors say he serves the death penalty. melissa huggins-jones not only suffered physically but emotionally and was no doubt worried about her 8-year-old daughter who was sleeping down the hall as she lied dying. >> she had been struck 18 times at this point.

football jerseys and t-shirts to a $2500 stay with wral for super bowl 50 coverage, jeff gravley, gerald owens, kathryn brown and amanda lamb will bring you live reports. gerald is live to show us the security in place for sunday's big game. >>> by the way, we need your help, we are going to have a bet with our contemporaries in denver, colorado, kcnc, about what we expect to gain when the panthers win the super bowl. we need your input of what you think we should ask from the rocky mountain station. >> not that we are going need it. however we need your help. >> we do not want rocky mountain oysters, by the way. they are a delicacy there. >> what is great about north carolina, food or something you think we should be able to send to the people in denver, should we lose. >> email deb or me or tweet us. let us know, we will include it. >> the interest is peaking. >> yes, in deed. it's amazing some of the things they have come up with already. >> coors beer. hot sauce. >> so looking forward to winning all of that. >> speaking of the coors beer, we are going to be feeling a draft here over the ne

gerald owens live in san francisco. thank you. >>> stormy weather continues to move through the area this evening, let's look at conditions right now in downtown wilson. wet there but awfully calm. greg fishel will walk you through what to expect for the rest of the evening when we come back. >>> a woman died here, from a heat related injury, her husband believes. >>> a daycare director caught hitting and dropping a child. police say they have the proof on tape. coming up in our late news, why this isn't the only investigation the director face, plus what she has to say aabout the video that went that's tonight on fox 50 gdiies. yeah, the internet's,but k ha makp too fa ye notorng.refetwo-arhorn just-slept-in-rnda , i he rply unok. . ul gtti."at's tenceis r ike ywooder igh-inte cennk. her husband spoke exclusively with wral's gilbert about what he thinks happened. 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 hus

even the simple thing of gerald owens, live in san francisco. thank you. >>> the anticipation keeps building as we get ever so close to what some say is the biggest game in all of sports. panthers broadcaster make nixon has broadcast some indelible -- incredible game strategy up whenever the super bowl. he talks with jeff gravley about ron rivera as coach, and his hopes for the lombardi trophy to come to the carolinas. see his interview tonight in our special, "keep pounding." that is coverage of the super bowl. and watch the unique stories by our team of reporters from san francisco to charlotte in two half-hour specials. join us tonight and tomorrow night at 10:00 for "keep pounding." >>> no time to run to the store? now you can use an app to bring you what you need. prime now is available for amazon prime numbers. the apple me service launched cities that offers it. in the prime, you can order food and gifts, anything from baby items to books. the one-hour delivery service costs $7.99, the two-hour delivery service is free to prime numbers. w

gerald owens is in santa clara and caught up with the triangle company preparing to run the graphics for the big game. >> reporter: smt stands for sports media technology. it's the company that puts the yellow line on the football field for a 1st down, but it's much more than that. this is a multifaceted company that drives much of what you will see on tv sunday. >> newton, to the sideline, and caught! >> reporter: smt is a company out of durham. they tell us how far the panthers have to go for a 1st down and produce all the statistics a fan could want. smt does it every week during the regular season but this is the super bowl. >> big push for the super bowl, there's more cameras. we move from five cameras to nine cameras. >> reporter: the ceo says every player. >> we have a football intelligence engine that examines the formations so you can see what one team is doing against another team, how effective they were on 3rd down, what the match-ups are. >> reporter: all that information is funneled to game announcers to use as they see fit ?iew. might not notice that left guard is now

you are looking live at super bowl city, up there in san francisco, gerald owens will have a live report. wral news at 6:00 starts right now. . >>> we have been monitoring storms as they moved across the viewing area. now on wral, who is seeing the worst of it at this hour and rain is gone. >> a threat of severe her passed in raleigh, icking is liveat drive 5 patrolling the roads. evs ght we see more rain the evening commute. greg fishel is here to tell us how long the rain will stick around. >> persistent for several hours. perhaps lasting in to the wee hours of the morning and some of us get a break before it comes back again. we will talk about that in the regular weather segment. there is nothing to pin detail in on here, it's a big blob of rain right now with the threat of severe weather, pretty much over i would say if you are around clinton or keenansville, a chance you could see severe thunderstorm activity, there is just no recent history of that anything that bad. the activity is not moveing point in time.

i'm gerald owens. >> i'm linda loveland. julie sims spoke with the couple that own the new home in the oakwood neighborhood. she joins us with their reaction to the ruling. >> reporter: they are relieved more than anything else, here is the house now, it's completed, the homeowners moved ago, the big complaint was it did not fit in with the historic oakwood neighborhood. the homeowners say they feel much a part of the neighborhood, that wasn't always the case. architect lewis and his wife, marsha were forced to stop construction of their home when the neighbor filed a complaint with the board of adjustment saying the house didn't fit the neighborhood and shouldn't have been built or approved in the first place. gordan and cherry had the proper permits, they were facing having to possibly tear down their house. the case went to court, as superior court judge found he had no standing. the objection was based on how it looks and that's not enough. >> maybe at one positive outcome has been there has been a lot of discussion abou

haincludes gerald owens who joins us live from san francisco. how is it going? >> that includes gerald owens who joins us live from san francisco. how is it going? >> reporter: a mild evening from our perspective. chilly for the folks out here in san francisco. i tell you with ticket prices north of $3,000 most of the people here will not go to the football game on sunday. but it this is their way of being part of that unique experience that comes along with hosting a super bowl. >> several city blocks dedicated to football. super bowl city is the crown jewel of san francisco's pregame festivities. the biggest attraction outside of the game itself. >> so many people here, so many things to experience. big time city. >> a former high school student, gold, is taking it all in. he joined the steady stream of visitors that kept the turnstiles busy. all under the watchful eye of an impressive show of strength. heavily armed police officers patrolling the grounds while the dogs try to sniff out the explosives. >> a beautiful thing. to see them, letting them know they

. >> and i'm david crabtree in for gerald owens. let's go to him in san francisco right notch. >> david and deborah the city of san francisco has been gearing up for this for a long time. this is an opportunity to show case the beauty of this wonderful city while giving fans an experience that will last a life time. hosting sports biggest party.

cky fe. thoudollday, >>> thank you for joining us i'm gerald owens. >> i'm linda gialanella. injuries viewed disturbing physical evidence. amanda lamb is following the case and joins us with what happened in court. >> reporter: sometimes it is not emotional testimony that prompts an emotional reaction from people in a courtroom but the sight of blood or pictures of the victim. it began as smith telling his

. >> in partnership with north carolina education lottery, wral's gerald owens shows is what finally compelled page nixon to become a teacher. >> password up into a girl, please. >> reporter: teaching is in page nixon's blood, literally. >> my dad taught for a few years. my uncle is a teacher still in my onto the teacher. >> reporter: her future was not cemented until high school. she credits a mentor for paving the way. >> i was able to work with her several times and have loved visiting her class, classroom environment and everything about it, i just loved it. after that i knew that's what i had to do. >> reporter: she is a third grade teacher at east clayton unit -- elementary. >> yes or ? >> yes! >> awesome. it's time to take our test. >> reporter: this was coming home. >> i wanted to come here where i could make an impact with people i know and be back home. >> reporter: as a second-year teacher she admitted can be overwhelming. >> to see the kids happy, growing and learning, it's worth everything that can be overwhelming at times. >> reporter: in clayton, gerald owens, wral new

hopefully jeff bradley and gerald owens are ready. you can see the coverage tonight at 10 and 11 from california. no sylvia hatchell as unc jamie cherry hits for unc down five. at half-time, 3rd quarter, when nc state really breaks free. spencer, attack of 8, unbelievable 3rd quarter for nc state. they out score the tar heels by 17 in the third and the game just turns into a blow out. nc state with the big 1, 78-49, beating unc and duke in the same season for the first time since 2,007. that's a look at sports we begin our super bowl 50 coverage tonight at 6:00. check it out. have a nice monday. >> thank you, mandy. >>> one man in the triad wanted to show off the love for the panthers while honoring his brother. matthew got a tattoo in memory of his brother, mike. he took him to his first game and stuck with him ever since. mitchell will get a lombardi trophy tattoo if the panthers win the super bowl and we hope you do. >>> there are plans to improve a the city has one hurdle cross, how council members are organizing a deal with the s

gerald owens joins us now. gerald, dozens of security agencies, it takes a lot to come together to make this a safe week. >> reporter: oh, yeah. this is a major undertaking, lynda. football, of course, is the first order of business at any super bowl, but security is a close second. you can't walk 10 feet here in super bowl city and not see some form of security. there are 50 agencies are working together with the same mission. that is to keep people safe and keep any sort of crime or criminal element out. and they are doing their best to do just that. some of these examples are easy to see led police officers on the ground at security checkpoints but many more are unseen. what is implicit secret service that can monitor social media for any signs of a threat. today, homeland security secretary j johnson toward the very portant message. >> at this time, we know of no specific credible threat directed at super bowl 50 or related events. >> reporter: all of the agencies say they are prepared, should anything happe

. >> i'm gerald owens. earlier in person county, roxboro was quiet and breezy, covered with snow as you can see from this video. on the left-hand side, windblown that flag. compare that to the right-hand side, in degrees, most of the snow is gone, still you can see some on the side of the street. the roads are wet and folks are moving about. let's go to meteorologist mike maze in the weather center, is there any concern about this refreezing overnight? >> not at all. temperatures will rise to the evening, and by tomorrow, across the area. what a change coming up. let's go to the radar view. i woke up at 7:30 this morning, it was completely dry, i had sleet come down covering the driveway and i thought, i'm not going to be able to come to work. it ended up melting, coming into work at lunchtime, most of the roads were wet and squashy. the areas that you see in paint, as we zoom in closer to the northern counties over the past hour, we are seeing a mix of freezing rain and rain. some of that is intruding alon

coming up at 5:00, gerald owens reports from california as we are now just two days away from the game. >>> and breaking news from twitter. why the media company suspended 125,000 accounts. and before you go to eat this weekend, join us for restaurants by request. we run down a list of violations at your faith places including where food was being handled with bare hands. these stories and more in just a few minutes when you switch over to wral. >> okay. deb, thank you. >>> well, with with a huge jolt, a puck-up truck backed into a convenience store in berkeley, california. you can see the men trying to steal the atm from inside the store. the atm was heavy and locked. thieves tried again. but they could not. they did leave a mess behind, including bottles all over the >>> a week long snow festival kicked off today in japan. the 62nd sapporo festival is expected to draw more than 2 million people. features 199 sculptures of snow and ice. the international renown festival began in 1920 when six local students built six snow statues at a local park. >> what a neat idea. those are fantast

. >> gerald owen is off on assignments. the officers showed up in a housing development in the bronx. it was less than 5 miles from where the mayor was giving his state of the city speech. one of the officers was hit in the head and the other in the one suspect is in custody. and they are working to settle consumer issues. but the bad news is that they don't expect that to happen anytime soon. snoopy called for around 3.5 hours and no one came to the phone period >> they signed up her son for the wrong insurance plan and all she wanted to do was get it corrected. >> and they called the complain. >> so far, at least 850 consumers have called us with various complaints about the blue cross disaster. that is just in the last month. cannot get medical appointments for surgery or prescriptions period >> he has had to move staff members to cover the phone calls and he says the breakdown is affecting thousands of customers. >> call volumes are continuing to barrage us. and we do not expect this to be resolved anytime soon. >> a st

week, gerald owens, wral news. >> her energy is off the charts. to see all of our teachers, to www.wral.com and search for keyword, teacher. >>> right now families are starting to think about spring sports. >> hourglass mom editor has information on how to best support our young athletes and what you should and should not >>> love is >>> springs for the season is starting to ramp up. young athletes are getting ready for soccer, baseball, lacrosse and more, and the pressure is on. >> in many cases, kids are sources, their n parents. how can we filter out the wrong critics and focus on supporting our kids? wral's go ask mom editor, sarah lindenfeld hall is here. what can parents do to reduce the ress level? >> there is focus on the lessons kids can take from playing sports about sportsmanship and resilience, and teambuilding, things that they can take on through life. instead of focusing on other they shot the goal, or whether they, you know, miss the basket or whatever it is. i talked with bradley haack, owner of rolina strategies. is also the dire

in dunn with our teacher of the week, gerald owens, wral news. >> what a character. to see all of our honored teachers, go to www.wral.com and search teacher. >>> a raleigh landmark forced >> coming up, we take you inside of the boylan bridge brewpub. >>> and coming up we show you it is very >>> raleigh's appearance commission holds one more meeting today about downtown sidewalk seating rules. the final meeting was supposed to be last week but members decided they needed one more. the panel agreed to include a ban on picking tables as part of their recommendation to counsel. probably sometime in march. >>> meredith college is marking its 125th anniversary. there is a convocation and reception beginning at 10:00 at jones auditorium in the campus in west raleigh. they will have the unveiling of meredith's new historical marker. a special anniversary celebration will take place friday morning. >>> the orange county health department wants to explore adding e-cigarettes to the smoking ban, the board directed county and town governments to draft policies expanding smoking

gerald owens live in san francisco. our coverage of super bowl 50 continues in the queen city. that's where ken smith was on the prowl searching for broncos fans in panther country. ken, did you find any? >> reporter: you know, it all, this is home to the nfc champion carolina panthers but we accomplished it. our quest to find broncos fans in panther country took us to this sports bar on the south side of charlotte. dee dee peckers is listed as the local place for broncos fans. we caught up with a couple that's telling me the trash talking and the fact that the panthers are so confident that they will win the super bowl. the webers believe they've got the team that can stand up to the panthers. we will see come tomorrow. coming up on our late news we talk to this other bronco fan. she's actually a peyton manning fan. she reveals the toughest thing about pulling for the orange in that's tonight at 10:00 on fox 50 and right back here on wral. >> i assume you probably found some wings. >> wings are flying. >> ken smith, thank you. >>> pregame programming begins tomorrow morning at

wral's gerald owens has tonight's nc wanted mystery. >> reporter: november 7, 2010, fayetteville, a college party come to a tragic conclusion. >> he was a great kid. a great kid and a wonderful young man. >> reporter: pamela green's son alexander was hosting a party in the haymont cottage apartments when two men wearing bandannas burst into the the student was trying to protect others at the party when he was shot to death. >> the only thing i know is that he was shot and he was killed. and, no one has any answers. >> reporter: a young woman at the party was also shot but survived. police went door to door passing out flyers hoping someone in the community had information that would help them make an arrest. despite their best efforts, more than five years have passed and still the case is unsolved. >> just want some closure. was want the people that are responsible found. >> reporter: if you have any information about the unsolved murder of alexander green in fayetteville, call our toll free hot line at 1-866-43 wanted. that is 1-866-439-2683 or go to wral.com and search report a tip. you

. >> i'm gerald owens. travion smith was sentenced last week, amanda lamb has been following -- >> reporter: the jury started deliberating at 3:15 after judge. before that attorneys had the chance to make the arguments. defense attorneys say smith should die prison, not at the hands of the state. they point to a long list of mitigating factors mostly childhood to say that he does not fit into the narrow category of people of eligible for the death penalty. prosecutors say he serves the death penalty. melissa huggins-jones not only suffered physically but emotionally and was no doubt worried about her 8-year-old daughter who was sleeping down the hall as she lied dying. >> she had been struck 18 times at this point. lying there in a pool of ood. helpless. travion smith should be punished. and nished severely. you, as an individual, believe that the death penalty is not the appropriate punishment, and the answer to that question is, no. smith guilty of first-degree murder in about an hour after two weeks test

gerald owens live in san francisco thank you's. we are helping you get ready for super bowl 50 with two 30 minute specials. is broadcast features live reports from santa clara and charlotte, plus we will have little known connections to the big game, player interviews and moores. >>> and north carolina man has a holy grail of sports tv but there is a financial dispute over the only known broadcast recording of super bowl one. this man's father take the game in 1967. amazingly the nfl, cbs and nbc didn't keep the broadcast of the packers beating the chiefs. he said the videotape stayed in an addict in his home for sell at but the nfl won't pay the $1 million he initially requested. plus the league threatened to sue if he tries to sell the content to anyone else. he's saying is like having the golden ticket but you can't get into the chocolate factory. >> there is just something not right about that. >> it's so interesting on so many levels that he is the only one with a known recording of super bowl one. >> you think something. >> t

hello, thanks for joining us, i'm gerald owens. >> i'm lynda loveland. victory over to the judge that they have a decision, and we will bring that to you live as it happens. now, attorneys spent most of the day today making closing arguments. the defense had a pretty simple and direct message that the codefendant, ronald anthony, who already pled guilty in this case, is the real killer, t smith. but the prosecutor disputed that, saying there was plenty of evidence that both smith and anthony participated in the crime together. melissa huggins-jones was beaten and stabbed during a burglary at her apartment in may 2013. >> ronald anthony's behavior before and after the crime he is the one responsible in the death of melissa ggins- jones. >> this case is about the state of north carolina versus travion smith. at the end of the day, the fact that ronald anthony has pled guilty to first-degree murder has no basis, has no relevance to what you are here decide. >> the jury is considering first-degree murder and second- degree murder. if convicted of first-degre

jeff gravley, gerald owens, mandy mitchell, kathryn brown and jared fialko were bring live at hillshire farm, spice is the spice of life. that's why our cec hillshire farm. because it'st.'sas l sultarsometo savor. >> announcer: today on an all-new "dr. phil." >> the woman accused of pushing her husband to death. >> announcer: convicted of second degree murder. >> dr. phil: joshua fell from the 25th floor. >> announcer: was itself defense? >> dr. phil: your daughter said there was a struggle. >> announcer: they claim she didn't get a fair trial. >> the media made it out to be

i'm gerald owens. >> i'm lynda loveland. parts of damaging our ewing area. we begin team coverage with julia sims life in granville county where a confirmed tornado touched down. >> reporter: three homes here were significantly damaged, a dairy farm down the road, well, it's a mess. all day today, i'm going to step out of the way, you can see that this home lost its roof. folks were here assessing the damage, they were next door, trying to patch on the roof. the good thing in all of this, no one was hurt. >> is unbelievable. you just never know how blessed you are. the lord was with me, and i'm just thankful that none of the farmers were hurt while they were doing the milk of the cows. they did not lose the cal. it's devastating. >> reporter: up the road at sears date dairy farm, the concern was e cows. how to milk and feed them. they have been relying on a utility crews were working around the clock to try to get their ower restored. and crews from the county and state emergency management were out here for a couple of hours today, trying to total up the da