and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 we are learning new information this morning about a fire that destroyed a home in woodfin. news 13's lauren brigman is live from the woodfin fire department. lauren, firefighters were on the scene four hours overnight. we are told that dozens of firefighters from multiple fire departments responded just after 9-30 last night, and were on scene putting out hot spots until 2-15 this morning.

and i'm jay siltzer we have live team coverage this morning.. news 13's lauren brigman is standing by in asheville. but first let's get right to your current conditions, ingrid? good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 as the rain 3 as the rain continues this morning, it will likely impact your morning commute. news 13's lauren brigman has been driving around asheville to see what the roads are like and joins us live from amboy road. lauren, what have you seen so far? 3 3 3 we are following new developments this morning regarding charlotte's controversial new law that allows transgender people to use the public restroom of their choice. north carolina house leaders now say they plan to take up the issue when the legislature reconvenes in april. state house speaker pro tem paul stam says he and other state lawmakers will use their constitutional power to reverse the law. 3 the new

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 several republican presidential candidates will be in the upstate today. governor jeb bush, doctor ben carson, senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio will all participate in the 2016 faith and family presidential forum. the event is at the "founders memorial auditorium" at bob jones university in greenville. it begins at this afternoon. doors open to the public at 11 this morning. 3 3 after marco rubio finishes with the 2016 faith and family presidential forum, he will head over to the greenville downtown airport for a rally. doors open at 4-15 p-m and the event is scheduled to start at five. 3 3 and republican john kasich is having an event this afternoon in orangeburg. afterwards, he will go to bluffton for a town hall. 3 3 fresh off of last night's debate in wisconsin, today hillary clinton will host a townhall at an elementary school in d

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 today... you can weigh in on a proposal to turn a former enka landfill into a public recreation space. news 13's lauren brigman joins us live outside "the event center at a-b tech" in asheville, where the public hearing will take place. lauren, who is hosting this meeting? the north carolina division of waste management... which oversees the state's brownfields program. the meeting will start at six p-m today. 3 the site being discussed is the 41-acre property on sand hill road, next to the former b-a-s-f plant. before the landfill was closed in 2006, construction waste, fly ash, stored on the property. a brownfields agreement would allow enka partners l-l-c of asheville to redevlop the property into a park with greenways, ballfields and a concession area. but they must abide by specific requirements. some of those include keeping at least two- fe

it was a seamless, loving act. >> reporter: in asheville, jay siltzer, news 13. about crossroads, call the number onn your screen. >> tammy: that number is 828-277-4722. >> darcel: still to come, memories from super bowl how fans are remembe >> tammy: with super bowl 50 in the books, fans are looking back francisco bay area. >> darcel: news 13's luke notestine caught up with them before they went home. >> luke: the city did such an outstanding job hosting the enormous event that is the super bowl. it was an exhilarating week with a full gamut of emotions. a few days ago thousands of football fans were eager with anticipation for the big game. now it's time to take everything down and get ready to go home. >> getting here, tickets, travel, booking that was stressful. then you got here and it was like wow. i'm at the super bowl. the 50th super bowl. >> never been to another stadium other than bank of america stadium. just getting to the west coast and seeing what the city is like and the fan experience. just even getting to the game and seeing different celebrities

jay siltzer wore one for the day and had quite an experience. >> reporter: inside this bag is life changing. at least for a day. it's called the empathy belly. >> i think just the physical challenge of having 30 extra pounds on you at the end of pregnancy is a big hurtel to overcome. >> reporter: all jokes aside, i've had this on for less than 5 minutes and already my back is hurting. i feel like i have to go to the bathroom. >> every hour it seems like sometimes. night time i wake up a couple of times a night. >> reporter: alicia plans to deliver next month. that can't come soon enough the discomforts of pregnancy, especially the last trimester. >> reporter: one, my coat won't button. secondly, getting in a car is just about impossible. and thehe after doing that, you're almost out of breath. >> you just kind of have to deal with it. it can be very uncomfortable. and every stage of pregnancy has different uncomforts. the heartburn and stuff, i just deal with it. it hasn't been that bad for me. >> reporter: but this choice probably isn't the best. >> i would like to get a number 8 value mea

. >> darcel: as news 13's jay siltzer reports in today's health alert, the pros and cons of artificial sweeteners may be best weighed by your goals. >> let's say someone is drinking liters of coke a day and they're wanting to lose weight or they're trying to make healthier lifestyle changes, switching to a diet beverage could be an option. >> reporter: but they're not all saccharin also branded as sweet n' low are still found in tab and other drinks. it's not nearly as common as it was in the 1970s. apertame or equal nutrisweet is found in coke zero. >> every morning i drink coke zero regardless. >> reporter: diet pepsi recently moved to sucralose or splenda. >> do you know the difference between them? >> i do not. i'm basing on what i read and what people say. >> aspartame is made from two amino acids that are chemically joined together. there has been some research negative reactions with aspertame which may be why the switch. >> reporter: like sackcharinsaccharin, there have been questionable studies linked to cancer. sucralose itself has been studied for cancer risk. >> there's not

i'm jay siltzer. new this morning a man from western north carolina is charged in connection with the armed occupation of the oregon wildlife refuge. says jason blomgren is arged. a local media report reported he was on the refuge and taken into custody wednesday in nevada near the bundy ranch. blomgren was arrested after officials say tried to by an a r15 rifle. >> in about 30 minines volunteers will meet in canton, then head to search for scott turner. his truck was found tuesday. today more than half a dozen specially trained canine teams will join the search. >> authorities have identified the victim of a deadly car wreck in asheville. 72-year-old barbara barkley was a passenger in the vehicle. the 89-year-old driver and another passenger had threatening. caused that crash. >> 7:25. here's ingrid with your skywatch forecast. >> ingrid: good morning, jay, let's take a live look at the radar. in our western zones starting to see some of the possibility of some of the snow hitting the ground. let me

i'm jay siltzer. today the >> jay: good morning. it's 8:27 on monday, february 22. i'm jay siltzer. transylvania county man. 3 3 richard o'shields is charged in the 20-11 shooting death of toby mathis. months before mathis was shot and killed, he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of o'shields son. prosecutors say o'shields gunned mathis down at the dollar general in rosman in retaliation for his 3 closing arguments are set for today, in the trial of dynel lane. she's accused of attacking a pregnant woman from brevard, and cutting the unborn baby from her womb. prosecutors say lane lured michelle wilkins to her home in colorado in march of 20-15, using a craigslist-ad for maternity clothes. wilkins survived the attack, but her baby did not. 3 pickens county sheriff's deputies are investigating a homicide. deputies say a woman's body was found yesterday morning on a boat ramp at saluda lake. the morning on a boat ramp at saluda lake. townville, south carolina. no other information has been released at this time. 3 >>> welcome back to "good morning america" on this

february 19-th i'm jay siltzer. today the >> jay: good morning. it's i. it's 7:24. i'm jay siltzer. maps and move the congressional primary date to june 7th. 3 3 it is because of a federal court ruling earlier this month that says maps for two congressional districts were unfair to black voters. on thursday, the state senate approved new maps. the house also approved a bill to delay congressional primaries. barring a stay by the u-s supreme court, voters will vote for congressional primaries on june 7th. 3 as it stands right now, today is still the deadline to today is still the deadline register... you must be at your current address for at least 30 days prior to the your current residence for at least 30 days prior to the election. you also have to be 18 years old by the date of the next general election. you cannot be serving time for a felony. for more information about registering go to wlos.com and click on news links. >> in just a few hours testimony will resume in the trial of a transylvania county man accused of a revenge killing. richard o'shields is charged with the first

i'm jay siltzer. tonight you can discuss body camera policies with local law enforcement. the asheville police department and buncombe county sheriff's department are hosting a joint forum. 70 sheriff's deputies already have body cameras and the office is looking to use them for as many as 60 officers this summer. >> the haywood county school board is set to vote tonight on whether to close central the school has seen falling enrollment and a budget shortfall, but many parents have argued the school is worth saving. if central closes, most kids will go to hazel wood elementary. the board meeting begins at 7:00 tonight. >> weather watches and warnings are getting close to us. >> ingrid: the radar shows over the last couple of hours seeing cloud cover and light snow develop in our western counties closer to that tennessee line and that's going to be the areas that see the most snow out of this event. that's going to be lengthy in nature. we have these chances in effect until wednesday morning at some lo

i'm jay siltzer. 3 3 a funeral service will be held at noon at garrett funeral home in waynesville for 17-month-old kyler presnell. the family will receive friends starting at 10 a-m. an autopsy revealed that little kyler died from a brain injury, caused by blunt force trauma on sunday. the haywood county sheriff's office is investigating. no charges have office is investigating. no charges have been filed in this case. >> detectives are investigating a suspicious death after a man was found shot to death in his home. timothy norris yesterday morning and arrived to find his body inside. they are not saying who made that call, but no one has been arrested. 3 asheville police are investigating two break-ins that happened a few days apart at the same property. they happened at a home construction site on hazel mill road in west asheville. equipment worth about 700 belonged to "branch creek asheville. equipment worth about $700 was stolen belonging to brandt creek construction neighbors know what happened

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 bernie sanders and hillary clinton are separated by less than one percent after the iowa caucus... with no winner declared this morning. ted cruz won the republicacavote, putting donald trump in second place, with marco rubio hot on his heels. lana zak joins us live from iowa - good morning 50 percent bernie sanders, 695 - 50 percent martin o'malley, 8 - 1 percent ted cruz, 51,649 - 28 percent donald trump, 45,416 - 24 percent marco rubio, 43,132 - 23 percent ben carson, 17,393 - 9 percent 3 sanders it looks like we are in a 3 virtual tie.a razor-thin margin separates bernie sanders and hillary clinton in iowa, a race too close to call? in some precincts a coin toss broke the delegate tie- nats coin tossthe clinton campaign saying this morning, they believe they won. but 3 clinton didn't 3 officially declare victory in her speech. instead she t

. >> darcel: as news 13's jay siltzer shows us in today's health alert. >> mothers choose to consume birth of their child for many reasons. >> reporter: you heard right. women can eat their nutrient rich afterbirth. >> we take the placenta following your child's birth. we dehydrate it and put it in to capsules. >> reporter: a typical placenta yields between 75 and 200 capsules. >> once i started taking them, the main thing that i noticed was more energy. >> reporter: mary beth hughy has no regrets. and an increasing number of women report greater milk supply. >> even if it grosses you out, you don't taste it. >> it's a very popular service. and there are a lot of encapsulateors in the area. mothers are inquiring. >> doula of asheville charges $300. >>> news 13 is hosting the live well expo coming up next month. >> darcel: it's march 19th at the western north carolina ag center. free health screenings, cooking demonstrations and entertainment. >> tammy: admission is free and you can get more details at wlos.com. if you're happy and you know it >> tammy: now those are some happy faces.

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 a road in mcdowell county remains closed this morning after flooding yesterday. officials closed gilbert byrd road near nebo, which is a common trouble spot. a bridge also washed away on calico 3 19:56 "we thought it was that deep, and i stood in it and i sunk in it." county crews managed to fix a dam at a private pond that nearly failed due to the high waters. 3 3 3 clean-up will continue this morning in other places across the mountains... after flash flooding caused damage and left behind quite a mess. one hard hit area of asheville was biltmore village. crews put up barricades to block flooded streets. some businesses and property owners cleared storm drains on their own. that helped the water recede quickly, but it left a muddy mess behind. 3 3 the heavy rain also forced several offices to close in henderson county. the beverly hanks office

i'm jay siltzer. transylvania county man. 3 3 richard o'shields is accused of killing toby mathis to avenge his son's death five months earlier. yesterday o'shields told jurors he just happened to be at the dollar general store the night mathis was killed. during cross examination, prosecutors said it was not a random encounter, and that o'shields had been tracking toby. 3 a man convicted of manslaughter is now charged manslaughter is now charged asheville. david penley allegedly walked into a neighbor's yard sunday night and killed a pet chicken. the animal's owner says she found penley breaking into her chicken coop. when she yelled for him to stop, she says he grabbed two chickens by the neck and shook them. penley was charged with murder for stabbing a man at a party in 20-10. 3 asheville city school leaders will give school-based review with restructuring options. the decison comes after parents protested, asking for extra time to learn about the proposed changes. nine teams representing nine sch

i'm jay siltzer. breaking news, we have just learned that a teen shot at deaverview apartment asheville police confirm that 17-year-old kyri logan died around 6:00 this morning. he was a erwin high school student. police say they are looking at a few persons of interest in this case. >> a teenager in macon county is improving more than a week after he was accidentally shot in the head at his home. christopher cowart's father says the swelling in had is brain are going down, his eyes are open and he is able to squeeze their hands. there's a go fund me page and an account set up at united community bank. >> loved ones of a man from cashiers are confident authorities will make an arrest. norris' family says he was a wonderful family man who loved the outdoors. jackson county deputies have been tracking all leads but have not named any suspects yet. here's ingrid with your skywatch forecast. >> ingrid: just into our newsroom six weather-related accidents in henderson county. six right now because refreezi

i'm jay siltzer. happening today suspects in two high pro feel murder cases in asheville are scheduled to appear in court. a probable cause hearing is scheduled for pierre griffin ii. the hearing was continued earlier this month. griffin is accused of alexandra king and tatianna diz. the buncombe county district attorney also requested a rule 24 hearing to determine when the state will seek the death penalty. >> robin richardson, the woman accused of killing a wlos employee is charged with first-degree murder for the death of tim fry. she remains in jail without bond. >> a husband and wife are dead after a car crashes into a cleveland county home causing multiple explosions. it happened around midnight in the town of fallston. these are photos from the scene from our abc affiliate in charlotte. the highway patrol says a white truck hit the home causing propane tanks to explode. charges are now pending against the driver of the truck. it's not clear what caused the truck to crash. here's ingrid with yo

and i'm jay siltzer. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 the democratic candidates are starting to make their way to south carolina ahead of saturday's primary. thousands of people packed in the bon secours wellness arena in greenville to see bernie sanders on sunday. he spent an hour talking about everything from equal pay and the criminal justice system... to campaign finance reform and student debt. his main message was that every day people will benefit from a sanders presidency. 3 24:43-53to paraphrase abraham lincoln, this is a campaign of the people, by the people and for the people the presidential hopeful also brought along special guest danny glover who introduced him. 3 3 hillary clinton is already looking ahead after her win in the democratic primary in nevada on saturday. she flew to houston after the victory and held a rally at texas southern university. clinton told thousands of supporte

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 it's g-o-p caucus day in nevada. donald trump has two he is hoping for a third one only one week before super tuesday. tonight, it's a town hall for the democrats before this weekend's south carolina democratic primary. kenneth moton has the breakdown from washington. 3 it's caucus time in nevada. sot donald trump 11:40:33 we're going to make america great again! and we're going to keep winning,winning, winning! overnight gop frontrunner donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire is banking on a hot streak that will carry him through super tuesday and to the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals.sot donald trumpthis guy cuz lies more than any other human being the fight getting nasty. ted cruz fired his communications director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible.sot t

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 breaking news involving the founder of wikileaks. a u-n rights group has found that julian assange should be freed from the ecuadorian embassy in london. this is a live picture of that embassy. the group found that he has been arbitrarily detained by sweden and the u-k since his arrest in 2010. 3 he has spent the last three and a half years at the embassy to avoid arrest for alleged sex offense charges in sweden. the panel also said compensation. 3 3 3 new this morning... a man from polk county is behind bars after a lengthy drug investigation. 21-year-old braelyn metcalf faces several charges including possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver marijuana and felony possession of cocaine. deputies say they found marijuana and cocaine at his home in mill spring after executing a search warrant there. 3 3 3 an update this morning on a story we've been following for you since wedne

i'm jay siltzer. figure out what caused a house fire in woodfin. firefighters were called to a home on strafford drive around 9:30 last night. flames were shooting through the roof. firefighters tell us the flames were so hot the rain didn't help. the family of four did make it out safely. firefighters remained on the scene until 2:15 this morning to put out hot spots. >> a austin-bergstrom reveals a toddler from haywood county died from a brain injury caused by blunt force. earlier this week a family member said she believed kyler suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. on sunday first responders were called to the home, tried the revive the boy but he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> here's ingrid with the latest on your weather. >> ingrid: let's take a live look at the radar. we are seeing some heavy rain bands moving through specially transylvania county into henderson county where this flash flood warning has been issued in the asheville area also seeing a good amount of heavy rain falling at the moment up towards burnsville and spruce pine. o

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 the republican primary in south carolina is just two days away now. and the g-o-p presidential candidates continue to take swings at one another. ray raimundi gives us a look at the latest poll numbers on the campaign trail. 3 the clash of the republican candidates....now going into overdrive. the battle ground: south carolina -- where four of the six republican candidates -- participated in town hall forums across two cable networkssot-trumpi do attack people when i'm attacked republican front-runner donald trump....all alone on m-s-n- b-c ... where he attacked his fellow counterparts...and defended his fiery temperment sot-trump "in a year from now, people will respect what i did // you're so worried about being nice and being politically correct. so what would you rather have me do? be nice to everybody"over on c-n-n...senators ted cruz and b

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 we have new details this morning... about a house fire that burned overnight in woodfin. news 13's lauren brigman is live from the woodfin fire department. lauren, were there working smoke alarms in the home? there were. right now those are what alerted the family to the fire, though. that family of four made it out safely by the time crews arrived. 3 when our cree arrived on scene overnight, flames could be seen shooting through the roof. multiple fire departments responded to the fire just after 9-30 last night. they were on scene until 2-15 this morning, battling hot spots. while on scene, a woodfin firefighter told our crews the fire was so hot the rainfall was not aiding their efforts. 3 we're dealing with a fire burning over 1,000 degrees 41:21:20 and it's not going to be that effective on that. 41:24:12 crews had to use a lot of water fr

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 it's the last leg of a carolina and nevada. democratic and republican presidential candidates -- pleading to voters. the primaries and caucuses --- now just hours away. ray raimundi has the latest on the new push by the candidates...to get the all important vote. 3 the stakes -- couldn't be higher. the presidential hopefulls -- hot on the campaign trail. the democrats - - criss crossing thru the state of nevada.sot - hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate "to have an election that is about real change?not promises you can't keep."sot - bernie sanders / (d) presidential candidate"the eyes of america will be on nevada"both democratic candidates facing voters at a telivised town hall meeting -- answering tough questions on topics like immigration, privacy and their records sot - hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate""maybe it's that s

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 it's the last leg of a

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 with only two days before the south carolina republican primary, presidential candidates are campaigning hard in the upstate. senator ted cruz, marco rubio and doctor ben carson will be at the "conservative review's conservative convention." it starts at eight tonight at the bon secours wellness arena in greenville. all of the candidates there also have multiple events in the upstate prior to the event. 3 donald trump plans to hold a town hall tonight in gaffney. it starts at 5:30 at the broad river electric cooperative. 3 and ohio governor john kasich is holding a town hall at clemson at the strom thurmond institute. doors open at 1:15, and the event starts at 2:15. 3 3 the deadline to register to vote in north carolina's primary is tomorrow. to register... you must be a resident of the county and have been at your current address for at least

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look 3 at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 while repbulican presidential candidates are trying to drum up support in south carolina ahead of saturday's primary, the democrats are now focusing on the state as well. news 13's lauren brigman joins us. lauren, the democratic primary in south carolina is just a week after the republicans'. that is why the candidates have turned to focus on south carolina. the democratic primary is february 27th. 3 3 former president bill clinton hit the campaign trail for his wife, speaking to crowds at college" and the "west end community center" in greenville. meanwhile, senator bernie sanders held a rally in charleston. 3 2:50 they understand that establishment politics and esablishment ecommerce just isn't going to do it. 2:59 21:22 the reason hillary's running for president is to make sure the american dream is available to 100 percent of 3 according to the

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 rain is to blame for a crash on the edge of downtown asheville. the driver was not hurt, but firefighters say he could not see in the rain, turning from patton avenue onto clingman avenue. the car ended up at a 45- degree angle on a utility pole. the road was closed for a short time to get the car back on the ground. 3 3 3 developing in burke county... a beloved landmark... destroyed by fire. now the a-t-f is involved in the investigation to find out why. the old hildebran school house was built nearly 100 years ago. but it only took hours for flames to destroy it. for the last year, residents fought to save the building from demolition after town leaders voted to tear it down. 3 "it's a piece of my heart it's a piece of my heart going up over there."sad day. sad day for hildebran. the chief of the hildebran fire department credits firefighters wit

i'm jay siltzer. later this morning a highlight a 2003 murder case from the upstate. crime watch daily on my 40 will air an episode on the quadruple murder that happened in a motorcycle shop. brian lucas was one of the victims. his parents hope the show will lead to a break in the case. they say tips that have come in over the years have never led to an arrest. >> an update on an armed robbery. 29-year-old steven mccoy is now in custody. investigators say he robbed a dollar general on u.s. 441 tuesday at knife point. mccoy was arrested on the cherokee indian reservation yesterday afternoon. he remains in jail on a bond of $200,000. >> new information is released in the case of a murdered asheville artist. chris ortega was found strangled to death inside his apartment in october of 2014. juan jimenez is set to go on trial for first-degree murder. who said jimenez told her he watched ortega's home and waited until his roommate left. jimenez was also indicted on 20 counts of producing child pornography.

i'm jay siltzer. 911 calls and new court documents are released in an asheville murder case. >> i'm at 56 metro. i just went to push some trash in the dumpster. there's some blood and >> jay: that call was made to police friday after the discovery of 62-year-old tina committees62-year-oldtina kissinger's body. >> this morning police are still searching for a suspect after a local high school student was shot to death. 17-year-old key kyri logan died yesterday. he was a junior at community high school and played football for erwin. police say they have several persons of interest. >> opening statements begin in a transylvania county murder trial for the trial of richard o'shields. he is charged with killing 27-year-old toby mathis as a rosman store in 2010. police say o'shields wanted revenge for the death of his son. comes up in hendersonville. nice clear skies. 29 in asheville. 31 in greenville. gaffney 32. 26 in forest city and 24 in morganton. there is a little wind outside at 8 miles an hour in as

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 happening today... how local law enforcement use body cameras will be the focus of a public meeting.. news 13's lauren brigman is live outside of the asheville police department.. lauren, when will the department start using body cameras? the asheville police department plans to implement body cameras for 60 officers as early as this summer. with that comes a policy as well. officials with the sheriff's office say this addition is one of the many reasons they chose to organize this event, now. 3 though a policy has been in place since the sheriff's office began using them last year, tonight's forum is a chance to answer questions from the public. one of the questions often asked is "who has access to this footage." officials with the buncombe sheriff's office say the only person who has access to body camera footage is the "lieutenant in the offi

and i'm jay siltzer we have live team coverage this morning.. news 13's lauren brigman is standing by in asheville. but first let's get right to your current conditions, ingrid? good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate.

jay siltzer, news 13. >> tammy: searching for . >> darcel: they're reflections of ourselves and they're dark. what are they? shadows, of course. >> tammy: in my never stop learning, first graders learn about shadows. they can be? >> short. >> tammy: perhaps the most famous shadow is the one punxsutawney phil looks for every year. students learn if they want to see their shadow, they have to have one thing. >> when you have, like, light, your shadow will appear. it's all over where you at. >> it's a good thing because you can play shadow tag. >> because i like hot but not cold. >> cold's not really my favorite. >> tammy: well madison might just be in luck because the students at jones elementary school learned that phil did not see his shadow this morning which means the groundhog is predicting an early spring.

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 today... the murder trial of a transylvania county man moves forward in court... with the defense set to begin presenting its case. news 13's lauren brigman is live from the county courthouse, in brevard. lauren, witnesses are expected to be called to the stand today? witnesses that will speak to what they say are issues richard o'shields battled... including a stroke, p-t-s-d and alcohol. o'shields is charged with gunning down toby mathis in 20-11. 3 prosecutors say o'shields killed mathis to avenge his son's death. on friday, the jury heard from a few

i'm jay siltzer with channel 13-hi. >> jay: this is holly headrick with me. we are paying it forward today, so you don't have to pay for this. we will take care of it. >> oh, wow! thank you! we don't have to pay for it. >> holly: the news is going to pick it up for you today. we are doing random acts of kindness. >> oh, wow. >> jay: and you saved some money today. >> that's fine. i will come you do to pay it forward, you talked to me about recycling. >> i'm trying to get other people to do it. i need to do more recycling. >> holly: how are you doing today? this is a good thing, i'm holly and this is jay, we would like to buy your groceries. >> oh, wow, thank you! >> holly: we are doing random acts of kindness. >> oh, wonder. i appreciate it. it's my daughter's cupcakes for school. >> holly: we are helping out the kids in school, too? >> absolutely. >> holly: do you ever do anything to give back? >> i try to help out at school as much as possible. >> holly: we will pick up the tab for you real quick. >> thank you. >> jay: did you expect this? >> no, not at all

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 several republican presidential candidates will be in the upstate today. governor jeb bush, doctor ben carson, senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio will all participate in the 2016 faith and family presidential forum. the event is at the "founders memorial auditorium" at bob jones university in greenville. it begins at

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 we are learning new information this morning about a fire that destroyed a home in woodfin. news 13's lauren brigman is live from the woodfin fire department. lauren, firefighters were on the scene four hours overnight. we are told that dozens of firefighters from multiple fire departments responded just after 9-30 last night, and were on scene putting out hot spots until 2-15 this morning. 3 from the video, you can see that flames were shooting through the roof of the home on stratford drive. the fire then spread through the attic. as crews were battling the fire, it did not help much. plus, a woodfin firefighter tells us crews also had issues with the water system because the hydrant closest to the house was not working, so they had to go up the road about 500 feet to find a working hydrant. 3 41:39:21 we're having some issues with the water sy

. >> tammy: as news 13's jay siltzer shows it's making healthcare more efficient for patients. >> i just had no record of this. >> reporter: call at mission control or mission health. yeah, we have patients come in to the hospital through the emergency room, the operating room, through the region. and we really want to make it happen. >> reporter: it's where doctors, nurses and support staff work together to coordinate care plans to eliminate red tape and patient waiting. that means. >> treatment faster. less steps for things to go wrong. and just a coordination of all the services that are needed. >> reporter: everything in this command center operates in real time. take a look at this board. the average patient stay just over six days. the smaller mission hospitals have plenty of open beds. >> usually for the kinds of problems that people need to be transferred to a medical center like ours, time is important. >> reporter: mission accomplished. >> tammy: mission officials say the command center is becoming a model for other hospitals to emulate. >> darcel: news 13 is hosting the third

as jay siltzer shows us, a little sting can take the pain out of an unflattering profile. >> and i think that really honestly, the faster you go, the better off you do. >> reporter: 59-year-old robin kaskey gets up to four injection of a natural substance at a time. >> it was embarrassing to me. i would notice it all the time. >> reporter: before and after photos prove it's going away as a result of this new fda treatment. it's available at derma blue in asheville. for a typical patient, two to four treatments are required. >> what happens is after that injection, it breaks down the fat cells and it breaks them down for good. >> now i'm happy with it. i'm pleased with the outcome and >> you have more definition in that chin. it will define your jawline. and in different positions. so if you want to take a nice selfie in a different position, it will look good. >> reporter: and it's all done in a doctor's office without an invasive procedure. >> darcel: insurance will not cover the cost which can total more than $4,000. >> larry: get this, we've got a live demonstration that's going to be

i'm jay siltzer. happening today... a contractor from candler, accused of scamming homeowners, is expected to be in court. 3 3 adam spears faces half a dozen felony charges for obtaining property by false pretenses. victims say they dozen felony charges for obtaining property by false pretenses. victims say they paid spears thousands for work but he never completed the job. shooting of an asheville teenager last week. 17-year-old kyri logan died after being shot at 'deaverview apartments.' yesterday police told us investigators are still collecting and analyzing evidence...as well as interviewing witnesses. kyri was on the football team at erwin high school. 3 a transylvania county man, now a convicted murderer, will spend life in prison without now a convicted murderer will spend life in prison all of parole. it took jurors less than an hour to find richard o'shields guilty in the shooting death of toby joey. months earlier... mathis was charged with involuntary manslaughter for joey's death. 3 3 her

. >> darcel: a procedure that uses a pair of balloons that can help >> larry: news 13's jay siltzer shows us how it works and introduces us to a woman who hopes it will change her life. >> i have pretty much been on them all. >> reporter: as a firefighter, an emt, her life long battle of you might say. >> i've always struggled with my weight from 13 on and this is my heaviest that i've ever been and i'm very uncomfortable. >> reporter: so kristin turned to dr. curry. the reshape duo gastric balloon. it's two balloons connected together which are put in to the stomach through a simple procedure which does not require any incisions. >> and it basically occupies space in the patient's stomach so they get full earlier and are >> reporter: she allowed us to go in the procedure room with her to see how it works. the balloons are filled with a blue saline or water solution so if there's a leak or a problem, it can be easily tracked. >> the patients will feel full earlier definitely, mainly because the space that the balloon takes up in the stomach. so they're going to lose weight because their p

i'm jay siltzer. new this morning a man from polk county is behind bars after a lengthy drug investigation. 21-year-old bray lynn metcalf faces several charges including possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver marijuana and felony possession of cocaine. deputies found marijuana and cocaine at his home after executing a search warrant. >> an update on a story we've been following since wednesday. jackson county authorities are now investigating the shooting death of a man as a homicide. timothy norris' body was found by his wife wednesday. as of this morning no arrests have been made. >> new information in the investigation into the death of a 17-month-old boy in haywood county. 911 calls made the day kyler presnell died indicate he was blue and not breathing. first responders were not able to revive him. initial autopsy findings state kyler died from blunt no charges have been filed. >> here's ingrid with your skywatch forecast. >> ingrid: good morning jay and happy friday. it is a chil

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 democratic presidential candidates are starting to descend upon south carolina ahead of the primary election on saturday. news 13's justin hinton was there as bernie sanders stopped in greenville. 3 46:32-42it's back on the campaign trail for bernie sanders following a loss in nevada. here's what you need to know following his campaign stop in the upstate on sunday night.11:21-28it's not about the time that you spent, it's the substance you make out of that time that you spent and that's sesetor bernie sanders. hollywood actor danny glover introduced bernie sanders'

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 asheville police are investigating a motorcycle crash. it happened at the intersection of hendersonville road and airport road around 10:30 last night. witnesses say the motorcycle rider was speeding and looked confused. they say he was not wearing a helmet. we will bring you more on this developing story once details are released today. 3 3 we are learning new information in an asheville murder case. 9-1-1 calls were released, along with new court documents.(911 calls emailed to kelsay)255 eoc5-15i'm at 56 central. i just went to put some trash in the dumpster. there's some blood and there's someone in there. that call was made to police friday after the discovery of 62-year-old tina kessinger's

and i'm jay siltzer. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both 3 3 3 3 3 still no arrests this morning... after a teenager was shot in the head at deaverview apartments in west asheville. family members say 17-year-old kyri logan remains in critical condition at mission hospital. he is an erwin high school student and football player. kyri's cousin says the shooting touches everyone at deaverview. 3 that's a good kid. this doesn't not only involves him that involves everyone. you shouldn't be out here shooting and killing each other. that's crazy, that's just crazy.(as far as the investigation any update as far as suspects?) at this point it's too early. we've been talking to folks

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look 3 at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 happening today... the north carolina general assembly is expected to approve two items that will have a major impact on voters. the new congressional maps and a new congressional primary date. it is because of a federal court ruling earlier this month that says maps for the first and 12th congressional districts were unfair to black voters. on thursday, the state senate approved new maps. the house also approved a bill to delay congressional primaries in the state to june seventh. the hope is that will eliminate the need for a "run off election" because of the changes to the maps. both sides agree, it will be confusing to voters. 3 "(joel:) if democrats had

and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 rain is to blame for a crash near downtown asheville. the driver was not hurt, but firefighters say he could not see in the rain, turning from patton avenue onto clingman avenue. the car ended up at a 45 degree angle on a utility pole. the road was closed for a short time to get the car back on the ground. 3 3 3 we are following a developing story on racial tensions at a high school in the mountains. the f-b-i tells news 13 it has opened an investigation and is working with the department of

jay siltzer shock with sharyl. >> jay: you spoke with kingmakers, carl rove and jim messina, what did they have to say? >> reporter: i think the interesting thing was to have them side-by-side, they lead dualing super packs but they agree upon a lot when it comes to strategy. and we talked somewhat about social media and the increasing role it's played in getting votes. they are going after the 7 or 8% of undececed independent voters just to go after all those relatively few voters, it makes all the difference in the world.. they are primarily using social media to do it. >> jay: what did they say is the most important factor in winning a vote in today's media environment? >> reporter: they say, historically, and today, the most important way to win votes from the independent people is to get someone they hold in confidence and trust to talk to them and sway them to voting in the candidate. this was done, obviously, you know, a hundred years ago, 150 years ago in different ways, but today, they say it's largely done through social media. that's why social media is so important. snap c