florida's surgeon general and secretary of health, doctor john armstrong, will testify before a and preperations from *our state, dealing with zika. 3 doctor armstrong has also been keeping floridians up to date with our fight against the disease. every afternoon during the week... he posts an update on our zika cases... on the state website. at last count, there are 29 confirmed cases in our state. only three in the bay area... and all of them are in hillsborough county. and *national health officials are dealing with a *new zika concern... more than a *dozen cases have now been spread in the u-s... through sex. 3 3 the tampa bay rays are not *leaving the trop anytime soon. but st. pete city leaders are already preparing for it - just in case. 3 (jen/ they're calling on urban planners and developers to help come up with a plan to *replace the 85 acre site. the city is asking for plans that include a stadium for the rays.. and plans with *no stadium. bids for the project must be returned by march 25th. a finished plan is then due september 30th. 3 today in tampa... jose gaspar and his pirates be

john armstrong demanding the center for disease control provide a thousand antibody testing kits. >> what the antibody test does is to tell us somebody had zika. that's particularly important for pregnant women who travel abroad, who might have had some symptoms of a rash, a fever. >> reporter: the governor says distributed to the counties where zika tests had been confirmed. he's not making these tests mandatory, instead he's hoping that people will do the right thing and take the test if they feel any symptoms coming on. reporting in tampa news channel 8. >>> the most important sports prognosticators in the bay area have weighed in on the super bowl. but there's a sharp division in the tank at sarasota. but the fellow man said hold the phone backing the carolina panthers. i should mention here buffett has the best record picking seven out of the past eight years, only miss was two years ago when he also picked denver. >> he is just a fan of the orange and blue that's all. >> you think that's the issue? so his streak is just a coincidence prior to that? >> you have to wonder with th

john armstrong will be in tampa to update us on the steps the state is taking to avoid the spread of the virus. recovering after a crash sheriff's cruiser. the cruiser's bumper. the deputy will be okay. the condition of the other person is not known at this time. >> later today, tampa city council will get an update on the bike ticketing controversy with the police department. this is in the wake of the investigation that found 79% of the agency's bike tickets are given to african-americans. tampa police will present a report on out reach programs to enforce bike laws. >>> it is 5:31 and the rain is moving in. >> it certainly is. not far now and it spreads all the way up from the gulf of mexico into the carolinas. we'll give you a closureser look. we have clouds -- we'll give you a closer look. we have clouds in hernando. you can watch where you are and see when the rain gets to you. what i believe will happen is after that, a few light showers in the northern areas close to where the rain is now. it won't really be until midday when places like hillsborough and polk county start to

john armstrong said agriculture is looking for ways to stop mosquitoes from spreading the virus.>> we work to keep the public informed -- informed to calm fears and educate for action. >> so far all of zika cases are travel related.>>> we are following breaking news out of orange county where firefighters have been exposed to moldy conditions at a fire station. part of station eight nearly vista has been shut down. ty russell is live there right now. you found out firefighters have moved equipment to other stations. >> reporter: martha, we just arrived about an hour ago. after we got a tip first today saying a firefighters health and safety was at risk. the first thing we noticed was this big blue dumpster. we also noticed there were still cars in the parking lot. we knocked on the door and saw firefighters inside. i talked to the department spokesperson. she confirmed a portion of the building is closed. firefighters normally rest between calls. there usually 10 firefighters here, but now there are only four. we obtained an email sent from the fire chief to the department that states

john armstrong will be in tampa to update us on the steps the state is taking to avoid the spread of the virus. >> one person is recovering after a crash involving a you can see the damage to the cruiser's rear bumper in the picture. the deputy will be okay. the condition of the other person involved is not known at this time. >> later today, tampa city council will get an update on the bike ticketing controversy with the police department. this is in the wake of an investigation that found 79% of the agency's bike tickets are given to african-americans. tampa police will present a report on out reach programs to enforce bike laws. >> it is 4:31. we should expect a wet one today. >> if you have to do anything outside, i would say the earlier the better. you see this rain system is pushing south. at this point we're all dry but we're seeing clouds north of i-4 ant rain is just to the north up in cedar key. now let's move to a forecast mode going into the future and notice right at 7, 8:00, we might get light rain along the more and more of the heavier downpours start pushing south. at

doctor john armstrong will testify in front of compass -- congress. to get has been confirmed in 23 us states and the district of colombia. >>the president has revealed his proposal to close guantanamo bay. he will fulfill the promise he made a years ago. it involves transferring most of the detainees to other countries. prisoners deemed too dangerous will be really quoted -- relocated to a for tension -- detention facility in the united states. it will cost $175 million to move them and renovate a new facility but that it would say $85 million a year in operating cost.>>> let's check in for the hot topics trending on social media. >>good morning. after 6 months in the making adam levine is finally showing off his body. he posted this photo to instagram of his back. the tattoo was done in california and it appears to include waves and clouds behind a wind mermaid holding a scroll. he shared a teaser image of his tattoo 5 months ago giving fans a clue before revealing the whole thing. >>> now the kardashian's are at it again. this time it is their brot

john armstrong, will testify before congress today. he will discuss florida's response to the zika virus... and the state's actions to keep residents and visitors safe. 3 3 ((jen)) developing this morning: two women, caught on camera... breaking the law. but there's surveillance video... and that could bring them to justice. 3 ((jen fox-13's shayla reaves is in dundee... in polk county... this concerns a theft... and the women involved are still on the run... but the video... could crack this case. 3 3 3 3 ((jen 3 thanks, shayla. 3 new this morning... police have just called off a search after someone who pointed a laser beam at a law enforcement helicopter. it happened at columbus drive and nebraska avenue. someone on the ground shot the laser at pilots multiple times. able to find them. police say the pilots are okay. 3 ((jen)) across the world: an airplane... vanishes midflight.((walter)) this morning, the two big obstacles that are making it so hard to solve this frightening mystery. 3 ((walter and... time to get your *bake on... t

john armstrong will steps the state is taking to combat this virus. we'll be there bringing updates at first at four. >>> the switch is flipped and in just about 30 minutes, the florida state fair will open the gates starting at 10 a.m., you can catch all of the classics of the fair ground, the good food. more on the first day of the state fair in our later news cast starting with first at four. >> we have red neck burgers. >> a funnel cake pizza! >> can we just go? >> if you do go, bring the rain gear with us. the rain is on our door step off of the coast of citrus, hernando and pasco counties. the rain chances will go up and will continue on and off through the night. pockets of light rain but i don't expect strong storms. what i do expect is cooler air tonight and tomorrow. >> don't forget the umbrella. visit us online for more news at >>> big news in the search for cure of type i diabetes johnson & johnson joining forces to cell treatment. they have begun testing it in a small number of diabetic patients. >>> a new study found girls with adhd are

john armstrong is fighting for job after coming under fire for handful decision including repeal of standards for pediatric heart surgery and slow roll out of medical vote the 5-4 in support of con fir nation nearly after an hour of questions. he has to be confirmed before a full vote goes to senate. he's army veteran and former top medical officer at the university of south florida. >> whole foods, listen to this whole foods is recalling cheese sold in florida because it can cause potentially deadly food poisoning. pecrino age cheese and walnut may be contaminated and could be deadly for old pregnant people and 290197 sell by dates of february 29 and march 8. customers should throw the cheese away or throw cheese back for bring it back for a full refund. parmesan cheese you are eating walmart adds sell ulows and the parmesans contain sell ulows levels of what is considered acceptable. cellulose is a safe additive. >> texas emergency room closed this morning after bats innovated invaded the hospital. good shepherd in killgore a number of small bats got into buildings ceiling and wall and rece

john armstrong. pthey'll be speaking here in the pflorida department of health and phillsborough county location and phere is what they want everyone pto know. pof course, when we talk about pthe zika virus, this is a virus pthat's spread by mosquitos and pso far hillsborough is one of pstate of emergency has already pbeen declared. pnow, some of the symptoms of the pvirus include fever, joint pain, pred eyes. p>> what people need to know that pwe do not have zika virus spread erson to person, within phillsborough county. p>>reporter: in fact, the cases phere in hillsborough county, we plearned they've come from a pcouple of people who have ptravelled outside of the country pand in fact, those two cases are phere in florida. pthe others have been in lee pcounty. palso miami dade and santa rosa pcounties as well w. more rain in pthe forecast as you mentioned pand of course, coupled with the phot, humid conditions here in pflorida, that makes for a erfect breeding ground for pmosquitos. pso some things

john armstrong will be in tampa to update us on the steps the state is taking to avoid the spread of the virus. >> one person is recovering hillsborough county sheriff's cruiser. you can see the damage to the bumper. the deputy will be okay. the condition of the other person, however, is not known at this time. >>> and the countdown is on for the state fair. >> we'll officially kickoff the state fair in a few minutes. we'll show you how you can get in on all of the fun. >> let's check in with meteorologist leigh spann. it looks like it will rain on the first day of the fair. >> not all day. but if you are heading out to the fair, grab the rain jacket for sure. it is all to the north for sure. we'll get a closer view to it. patchy clouds here. the rain up in levy county actually. the first areas that would see rain, further to the north. what i've done is is put this into a forecast model so you can find where you live and see where the rain is coming in your direction. not a lot of rain between 8 and 9:00 this morning. be a slow moving system pushing to the south. places like citrus,

john armstrong expected to testify before that committee about florida's response and preparation for the zika virus. he is just one of many, many people in the medical community capitol hill today. >>> killer storms across the gulf coast. right now pensacola firefighters urging people to stay out of the northeast part of that town where the power is out and storms have left a mess. elsewhere at least two people died in louisiana and another in missisisppi when severe storms ripped through those states. the same system is abt to push up the east coast. count on your nbc news and weather app for what you can expect next. >>> in kendall police say they were forced to fire at a man who drove his car straight at an officer. it started with a man and his wife in a fight at a dadeland mall. >>> breaking for you overnight, another big win for donald trump. nevada caucus-goers handed him 43% of the votes. the nbc news decision desk not yet calling second place. with about 24% to senator ted cruz's 21%. >>> semyon boykin was the man driving the mercedes in a hit-and-run crash. the victim in se

john armstrong will testify before congress tomorrow. heel talk about florida's response to the zika virus and the state's actions to keep residents and visitors safe. >> anchor: battle heating up over guantanamo bay. his plan to close the cuba. he says it's going save money and keep us safer. as you can imagine, not everybody agrees. >> fox's kevin court breaks down the president's plan and backlash. >> reporter: ed to just as in 2009 president obama is call torg the prison of the prison at guantanamo bay. >> this is about closing a chapter in our history. and reflect the lessons that we've learned since 9/11. lessons that need to guide our >> reporter: even as the white house delivered its plan to congress to close the facility, the president acknowledged the brewing storm of opposition. >> i am very clear eyed about the hurdles to finally closing guantanamo. the politics of this are tough. >> we'll review president obama's plan but since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in u.s. communities, he should know that t

john armstrong: we' re emphasizing the importance of mosquito control, public , professional education. sally: the type of mosquito that can spread the virus is found in the southern part of the country and that' s why mosquito control , efforts are being stepped up throughout the gulf coast. stewart: of course be sure to , stay with wesh 2 on air and online for complete and continuing coverage of the fight against the zika virus both in florida and nationwide. we are going to keep you up to date on what health officials are doing to keep you safe. coming up, after nearly a year -- spacex prepares for a launch. angela: plus, under investigation. a local deputy' s on-duty actions get him fired, but now concerns over his handling of some cases are being voiced. stewart: we are following breaking news in seminole county, and a lake mary a vehicle that was involved in a robbery earlier today had gotten we have learned one of the suspects was taken into custody. inserted with a robbery at a steak and shake at 436 in altamonte. the suspect took off down 436 to i-4. they got off at lake mary

john armstrong he's phe will be point person. pthen the execution of whatever pit is that they need to do pshould they detect additional pcases here in the county. pi know a the love those things pare already in place. pi know i've talked to people a pmo 62 to control here. pwe've got very robust public phealth group here in phillsborough county. pwhat exactly additional is this phealth emergency going to really pgive us? pand again, those are all pquestions we're going to find pout today. p>> and what do we know about pthese mosquitos? pyou know the 80s mosquito are pnot that dusk to dawn mosquito pwe think about mosquito control pand a trucks that come by they pdo that fogging mosquitos are preally not going as affected by pthat kind of control. pthey talk a lot about backpack pspray in this where they are pgoing house to house. pgoing in a yard or environment. pnecessary. pthese guys like to hang out in atios covered areas. pand guess what they like biting phumans. punlike some of the other pmosquitos we're just an pso all of

john armstrong expected to pjoin governor and we'll binge pbring you information as soon as pwe get it health minister are pworking to stop the spread virus pthere. pthey held an emergency meeting pyesterday. pthey said more resources are pneeded to quickly help fight the pspread. pministers were strongly pencouraged that country to the pcountries to spend more money on pmosquito control, bolster health pservices and educate the public pon the dangers. pnow this, two professors in pmedical and sports field say pthat the international olympic pcommittee should really consider pcancelling, cancelling the psummer olympic games. pthey say they are putting lives pof all of those young female pathletes at risk. premember these olympics are pbeing held in rio. pbraz is at the heart of this poutbreak. ptwo fro professors say not only pcoaches, spectators, everybody pneeds to be worried. pso far i oc has no plans to pcancel any of the events. pbut they are working closely pwith the world health porganization to minimize any otential problems. p>> and smeek speaking of roblems irs is having few

john armstrong will give updates on the zika virus. they' ll come each day at 2 p.m. and have the confirmed case by floridians prepared. recently osceola joined the growing list of cases with zika. there are now 14 across the we' ll be sure to bring you any the homepage. >>> happening today the story that has won the hearts of many. a gainesville police officer and some young basketball players get another special treatment, this time from the orlando magic. you' ll remember this viral playing basketball with the group of gainesville kids. he was called after someone complained about the amount of noise. instead of scolding the boys he picked up the ball and started playing with them. the group even got the visit from the big fellow shaq and today they' ll hop the bus to the amway center to watch the magic take on the hawks this afternoon. >>> no, these runners didn' t freeze their bottoms off. it' s the annual cupid run. it' s to raise awareness for neurofibromas tois that causes tumors to grow on the nerves throughout the body. i wasn' t part of that and yesterday w

john armstrong is the surgeon general and secretary of health for the state of florida. have doctors bills moreau and he is the managing director for sports medicine for the united states olympic committee. i want to welcome all of you and pursuant to the committee rules this is an investigation in oversight subcommittee. i will ask you to stand and be sworn. raise your right hand please. you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to get before the subcommittee of congress are the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect the witnesses answered in the affirmative. while dr. fauci has been here before it's customary to give a five-minute statement and you have additional information or data you would like to be made part of the official record asked her the chair are members that they be included and we will do that. we will start right out. i want to welcome again the deputy director from this center of disease control dr. ann schuchat. thank you and you recognize. >> thank you. like congresswoman duckworth and members of the subcom

john armstrong, india's the surgeon general -- and he is the surgeon general of the secretary of statefor the state of of florida. do we have a dr. bill moreau, managing director for sports medicine for the united states olympic committee. i want to welcome all of you and pursuant to the committee rules, and this is an investigation and oversight subcommittee, i will ask you to stand and be sworn. raise your right hand please. [witnesses were sworn in] anlet the record reflect that te witness answered in the affirmative. and while dr. fauci has been a before maybe others, it's customary to give a five minute statement. if you have additional information or data you would like to be made part of the official record of these proceedings, ask the chair or member that they be included and will do that. so we will start right out. i want to welcome again the deputy director of the centers disease control, dr. anne schuchat. welcome and your recognized. >> thank you so much, chairman mica, ranking member duckworth and members of the subcommittee. cdc and partners here and overseas are workin

john armstrong, and he is the surgeon general and secondary of health for the state of florida. and then we have dr. bill moreau. he's the managing director for sports medicine for the united states states olympic committee. i want to welcome all of you. and pursuant to the committee rules,s this an investigation and oversight subcommittee and committee of conference. i'll ask you to stand and be sworn. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give before this subcommittee of congress is the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. and while dr. fauci has been here before, maybe others, it's customary to give a five minute statement and if you have additional information or data you would like to be made part of the official record of these proceed seed proceedi proceedings, we ask the chair to be included and we will do that. we will start right out. we want to welcome again the deputy director of the center of disease control, dr. ann schucat. welcome an

secretary of health doctor john armstrong announced the cases in his daily zika update. a total of 32 cases have now been reported in florida. all of them are believed to be travel related. but -- the virus can be spread by bites from mosquitoes that are common in florida. sources say white house is considering republican governor brian sandoval of nevada as one of several potential nominees to the supreme court. the nomination of a republican would be seen as an attempt by president obama to court the senate gop. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said they will not hold hearings or vote on obama's pick. sandoval is a former federal judge. the cuban government has loosened travel restrictions on some of the island's best- known dissidents in advance of president president obama has said his trip is designed to push the cuban government to improve conditions for its people. activists say the cuban government granted some dissidents one- time permission to travel abroad before the president arrives on march 21st. the u-s department of labor will release it's weekl

doctor john armstrong is the surgeon general and secretary of health for the state of florida and then the managing director for sports medicine of the united states olympic committee. i want to welcome all of you in person and to the committee rules this is an investigation of oversight subcommittee and i would ask you to stand to be sworn. raise your right hand please. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to get before the subcommittee of congress is the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflects reflect the witnesses answered in the affirmative and while doctor fauci has been here before, maybe others it's customary to give a five-minute statement, and if you have additional data that you would like to make a part of the record of proceedings to ask the chair or a member they be included and we will do that. so, we will start out and welcome again to the deputy director for the center of disease control, doctor schuchat. >> thank you so much, chairman, congressman and members of the subcommittee. the cbc and partners here and overseas

fought in korea in the fighter jets, including a of the original astronauts like neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, john glenn, and the baseball hall of famer ted williams. you have all of the amazing men who were known and unknown to the families who fought in this new way of fighting. this is actually my favorite portion of the exhibit. we really highlight jesse brown. he was from mississippi and one of the first african-americans to join the united states navy, as well as the first pilot. he struggled when he joined the pilot program. they did not want him. to be in the navy, you have to pass a swim test. they kept trying to say he cannot swim. he basically outlasted them. he goes to korea, and december of 1950 his plane is shot down. he dies of exposure. one of the men who was with him won the honor for trying to rescue him. his body remains in north korea, worked his tried that work has been made to try to recover it for the family. this painting is from a photograph. it really does highlight not only his story about how important korea is in race relations, harry s truman really embraced this idea

great famous people who fought in korea including a lot of the original astronauts, kneel armstrong and buzz and john glenn. ted williams. you have these amazing men both known and unknown other than to their families. this is my favorite portion of the exhibit. we highlight jesse brown. he was from mississippi and one of the first african-americans to join the united states navy. one of their first pilots who struggled when he joined the pilot program. he had to pass a swim test. they kept trying to say he couldn't swim. he outlasted him. so he goes to korea and by december 1950 his plane is shot down and died of explease poser. his body remains in north korea. work has been made to try to recover it for the family and this picture in particular painting is based off a photograph. it was painted by clifford lee. while he doesn't fight in korea he saw this imman and decided to make a portrait of it because it was inspiring to him. it does highlight not only how important korea is and overall race relations is, his main goal really was racial integration and one of the first to really embrace this ide

john: we are with the panthers through super bowl 50. mark armstrong and joe mazur are there and tissue tesch has live reports -- tisha powell has live reports starting friday. yesterday some of the best football players minus confirm panthers suited up foreclosure the pro bowl. it it team michael ervin versus team ervin rolled to a 49-27 victory. teddy bridgewater and jameis winston each threw for over 100 yards and two scores for error strip's squad. trading on wall street starts a new month after the worst january in serve years. barbara: here is our financial and consumer news. >> good morning. topping america's money could wall street predict the presidential election. tpif fell 5.5% in january. since the 1960's every election year with a negative january and no incumbent running the white house changed parties. >> americans close to lighten things up at the movies. "congress few panda brought in more than three times as "the revenant." $41 million compared it $12 million. "star wars" was third. extra long buttery cheeseburg with the standards but

john: in the next half hour mark armstrong breaks down the game. you will marry from both coaches -- you will hear from both coaches and players. barbara: to vote 2016 and republican presidential candidates facing off in a town hall forum in south carolina two days before the primary there. donald trump and ted cruz are neck and neck at the top of the republican field according to new poll. the new numbers come amid a three-way feud. ted cruz dares donald trump to sue him and dismissing marco rubio's charges of dishonesty. rubio got the endorse the of governor haley. pope francis is on the way back he prayed for the thousands of illegal immigrants who died trying to reach the u.s. and urged governments to open their hearts if not their borders. a massive crowd attended the gathering and thousands more watched the live video at a college stadium in el paso, texas. john: an ex-con accused of killing his wife reportedly confessing. coming up, the other new details search warrants reveal about a wake dress murder. barbara: charges filed in a chase and

john: in our next half hour mark armstrong breaks down the game. you will hear from both coaches and players about the upset. going forward. to vote 2016 and the republican presidential candidates facing off in a town hall forum in south carolina two days before the primary there. donald trump and ted cruz are neck and neck atop the g.o.p. field nationally according to a new nbc "wall street journal" poll. the numbers amid a three-way feud. ted cruz is daring donald trump to sue him and dismissing marco rubio's charges of dishonesty. rubio may have scored the biggest win of the day by securing the endorse the of south carolina governor nikki haley. barbara: pope francis ended his visit to mexico with a mass along the border with the u.s. he prayed for migrants who died trying to reach the u.s. and urged governments to open their hearts if not borders. many attended and others watched at a college stadium in el paso, texas. going above and beyond the call of duty. >> she said you are an angel. barbara: his small act that made a world of difference t

john: eyewitness news is with the panthers through super bowl 50. mark armstrong and joe mazur are there now getting all the barbara: justbarbara: -- john: police to looking for the suspects involved in a shooting. one person was shot in the arm bullets. we will have the latest on the investigation starting at 4:00 on eyewitness news. you can stay connected all day by going on to abc 11.com. "the chew" is up next. barbara: for the entire eyewitness news team, we will john: >> announcer: hungry for a show that packs a real crunch? then you're in luck. we've got an hour of crispy creations you'll crave. mario's getting things started with a savory, cheesy bite, packed with pancetta and filled with flavor. with the smell of cinnamon, as

john: our coverage will have hour. coverage of the panthers continues all week long. we have been with the team since the start of the season. mark armstrong is there with behind-the-scenes action. you can see his live reports starting on friday. it will be a lot of fun and they look like they had having a good time. john: they are having a ball. bill cosby goes back to court. anna: just ahead, why his attorneys are arguing the john:>> the only station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, europe and fayetteville. continues. anna: happening now, the capital murder trial accused -- trial of a man accused of killing a woman has started. we are joined now from the wake county justice center. >> right now, the victim's mother is on the stand. we will tell you how you can watch that life. this trial was expected to last a month. but it seems to me moving along at quite a fast pace. they started with opening statements from one of two prosecutors handling the case. she said that smith delivered the first of the blows. that was in may of 2013. the attorney took less than 10 minutes for his opening. he says they have to prove that the codefend

who fought in korea in the fighter jet, including a of the original astronauts like neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, johnlenn, and the baseball hall of famer ted williams. you have all of the amazing men to were known and unknown the families who fought in this new way of fighting. this is actually my favorite portion of the exhibit. we really highlight jesse brown. he was from mississippi and one of the first african-americans to join the united states navy, as well as the first pilot. he struggled when he joined the pilot program. they did not want him. to be in the navy, you have to pass a swim test. they kept trying to say he cannot swim. he basically outlasted them. to korea, and december of 1950 his plane is shot down. he dies of exposure. himof the men who was with one that will honor for trying to rescue him. his body remains in north korea, worked his tried that work has been made to try to recover it on th for the family. this painting is from a photograph. it really does highlight not only his story about how korea is in race relations, harry s truman really embrace this idea of civil rights.

john: with the super bowl four days away anticipation is barbara: we have been covering all the angles. mark armstrong joins us with how this carolina team is closer than ever. mark: welcome back it super bowl extra in santa clara. i are heard somebody cleverly refer to levi stadium as the field of jeans. you may wonder why cam's teammates always have his back when he is getting criticism. that is because he has their back. >> they have been playing lights out since day one. jericho cotchery was washed up two years ago. brown will no hands. we did not let no one dictate that we know what we are capable of. mark: maybe the biggest challenge is the impressive denver pass rush. we talked to mike tolbert who blocking to slow down the rushers. >> we have to execute. those guys on that side of the ball for denver are amazing in what they do. they have a hall of famer on one side and future hall of famer on other other. we will be ready. mark: thomas davis continues to get treatment and continues to be on track to play. we will speak to him and other panthers later today. from santa clara, mark armstrong, ab

barbara: mark armstrong has the latest about the panthers. john: remember you can stay connected by going to abc11.com or by going to the mobile app on your talent -- tablet. barbara: the drive home maybe bumpy. don: i think the chance of rain the best -- be best chance of rain may come at the end of your commute. i know i have tornadoes in green . though, any storm could spawn a between four clock-7:00, expect rain across the area. barbara: i barbara gibbs, for john clark and don trigger, we will see you frustrated with your overactive bladder medicine not working? can't handle the side effects? going too often, and the strong sudden need to go. ask your urologist if botox can help calm your bladder and reduce your daily leakage episodes. the effects of botox may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, loss of bladder control or muscle weakness can be a sign of a life-threatening condition. don't take botox if you can't empty your bl

john: with 6:00 left carolina looked poised to win. mark armstrong explains how the upset occur. >> this was austin rivers over tyler zeller minus the last-second shot. the tar heels never seemed in danger of losing until they did. >> we fight. and we are going to continue to fight. >> there's the understatement of the season. no amile jefferson and no matt jones and no answer for brice >> that is a great victory. it the way we pulled it out and fought is big for us. very tough win against a very good team. they were beasts on the inside and we had to fight the whole game. >> the confidence that they display displayed is incredible. a game like this you sit back and say, man, that was really good. >> duke cover melted away under the backboard assault of brice. most of the game he seemed magazine any advertised to the -- magazine advertised to the -- magazine advertised to the ball. >> you are can't do it all. it seems like you did it all but somebody has to help him. >> thanks to duke's resilience and u.n.c. flailing it was decided at the wear and be

buzz aldrin, neil armstrong, john glenn. was actually baseball hall of famer, -- tedliams paired williams. this is my favorite portion of the exhibit. we highlight jesse brown. he was from mississippi and one of the first african americans to join the navy. he really struggled when he joined. they did not want him in the part program. navy, he had to pass the sum test. he kept passing the swim test, they try to help him. his plane was shot down and he sometially dies to exposure. , ishis particular painting based off a photograph. it is painted by clipper lee. he is a world war ii veteran. while he did not fight in korea, he decided to make a portrait of this event because it is really inspiring, but it really just highlights not only jesse story and race relations in the united states. harry s truman, his main goal was racial integration. he was one of the first modern presidents to erase the idea of civil rights much to the a grin party members. he used executive order to get it done. is the firstr integrated war that the

original a lot of the astronauts like new armstrong and buzz aldrin. john glenn. john glenn's copilot was actually baseball hall of famer ted williams. you have all of these amazing men known and unknown other than to their families. they thought in this new way of finding that korea unleashed. this is my favorite portion of the exhibit. we highlight jesse brown from mississippi. he was one of the first african americans to join the navy. struggled when he joined the pilot program. they did not want him. because he had to be in the navy they had to pass it swim test. they kept trying to say he could not swim even though he repeatedly passed the test. he outlasted them and said you have to give me my wings because i will not drop out. and in theto korea summer of 1950 his plane is shot down and he essentially dies of exposure. one of the gentlemen with him will win the medal of honor for trying to rescue him. his body today remains in north korea. this picture in particular is based on a photograph. it is painted by clifford lee from chicago. he is a world war ii v

john: we followed them to the california so we can bring you reports. mark armstrong has more. >> i'm just outside levi stadium and they are ready for super bowl 50. it is amazing no matter where francisco, airport, the signage is wherever. they are ready for the nfl's biggest party of the year in the bay area and,sunday the two reasons showed up. cam newton let out a primal scream as he exited the plane. >> we want to make sure that we do everything in our power to match their passion, their intensity. we have an opportunity and we pretty much have our destiny in our hands. depends on how we do it. >> he then hit the ground and khoupbed some teammates. his $850 versace pants were the talk of the day but addison was best dressed. thomas davis was all business in >> i remember coming down that and knowing that you are hear for the pole and you have an opportunity -- super bowl and you have the opportunity to get the ultimate goal. >> they have moved media day to prime time tonight. they expect to take the field and get our questions at 10:00 p.m. eastern. barbara: mark

john: thank you, joe. our "eyewitness news" coverage of the panthers continues all week. mark armstrong and joe mazur there with behind the scenes action. you can see tisha powell's live reports beginning friday. barbara: it will be fun. we count down the hours. don: did they have a picture with miss philippines the one steve harvey called the wrong one. john: it is right on the card. don: i thought so. today a lot different. even throw it is warm this morning the temperatures won't change much. best chance of rain tomorrow. 80%. it could be heavy at times. this is a live look at that chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow and putting us in a severe risk. the entire area understood a marginal risk. biggest threat is high winds. looking into downtown raleigh and northeast winds nine. durham checks in with a cloudy sky, 51, northeast wind 10. more cloud cover working through right now. we will see clouds all day. a little chance some sunshine breaking through in spots this morning. this is our next storm. it is a huge weather maker in the midwest. they are seeing snow from omaha to

tisha powell and mark armstrong report live from santa clara and we have a report from charlotte. john: garner police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman. amber rupinta has more on this developing story. amber: police are revealing a few more details about the skwreupblt. they tell us the victim was 22-year-old kayla higgins who was walking down highway 70 after 3:30 sunday morning when a minivan hit her. her body was fondund around 8:00. they fond what they believe to be her purse. police are not sure of the minivan's make or model but said it should have front and right side damage. you are asked to contact garner police if you have any barbara: 5:06. testimony expected to resume in the capital murder trial of a raleigh mother. john: melissa huggins jones was beaten and stabbed to death. traveon smith is on trial. a jailhouse informant took the witness stand but it was shrouded in secrecy because of concerns of safety. the judge ordered the camera off during his testimony. we will stream it live at abc11.com. we have a traffic alert for drivers in the triangle. ba

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

john: hard work did he say? all right. our "eyewitness news" coverage joe mazur and mark armstrong will have live action. barbara: joe mazur had a picture with miss universe i said but that is mark arm strength and he sent to his wife and that was only message after she was with all three of their boys. john: hmmm. barbara: he is in california. don: he can still feel the rage. barbara: he has to come home at some point. don: mart man right there. today relatively quiet weather. we have 50's moving in and not a bad day. tomorrow could be a bumpy ride. the storm prediction center has us and you marginal risk and i wouldn't be surprised ed toed to see thunderstorms with gullsity wind and heavy rain. that is the story. we will talk about it in the weather department the next 36 to 48 hours. and temperature 51 and dew point 46, 83% humidity. northeast weekend 12 miles an hour. durham has a temperature of 50. more clouds across the area. we will see that with us throughout the day. at noontime when sir walter wally makes his appearance he may see his shadow but i think we will have plenty of clouds through thi

john: our "eyewitness news" coverage of the panthers continues all week. joe mazur and mark armstrong are there with behind the scenes action. you can look for tisha powell's live reports beginning friday. barbara: tough job getting a selfie with miss universe. john: par joe. -- poor joe. don: today is ground hog day and i brought this you can only get it in punxsutawney. in punxsutawney, if you have seen the movie ground hog day which was 24 years ago i was the we have a lot of feed to us. this is punxsutawney, it is 10,000 people on gob her's knob and it is a party. it starts at midnight and they have bands perform. they do fireworks and around 7:00 he makes his prediction. then within 20 minutes all 10,000 are gone. that is that is live feed. if you can't make that, don't worry. i put it on my twitter page. locally we have sir walter wally at the science music. i interviewed his handlers a couple of years ago. he will make his prediction at noon. barbara: this is a dry event. it used to not be that way, right? don: when i first did it there was alcohol allowed on the knob so you wo

armstrong, abc 11 eyewitness news. barbara: our coverage continues all week. tisha powell joins the team sunday. john: join us friday night for an abc11 special. the carolina panthers chasing a championship. all the details and stories you have not seen from inside the run to super bowl 50. it will air friday night 7:30 live. barbara: some people had a rocky night. don: parts of mississippi and alabama over a half dozen let's show you or day. our biggest risk will be from flooding. we could get over two inches of rain by tomorrow. let's look at what is going opbn. start. by lunchtime we are up to 68 degrees degrees, then we see showers moving in. i think as we go into the afternoon we will see rain and thunderstorms we will show what you is going on with a live look into downtown raleigh and temperature is 52. dew point is 49. that is 89% humidity. south wind eight miles an hour. looking into joined durham, right now 53, 85% humidity and southwest wind two. sand hills fayetteville under cloudy skies, may see patchy fog there. you see the low cloud deck, 55, south wind 10. we are not seeing showers he

john: joe mazur is there for coverage and he has more coming up next half hour. we have coverage all week. mark armstrong is there with joe damien lee will 24 points including two free throws with eight seconds remaining to help louisville win more. the pack has only won two conference games. apple is no longer the most valuable company in the world. john: here is kendis gibson and reena ninan with our financial and consumer news. >> in america's money the world's new most valuable company alphabet. when the markets open it will be worth $544 in billion roughly about $6 billion more than apple which has been on top since 2011 and snacks back to american those snacks will be available in all the domestic flights by april. that announcement came just as united again offering the freebies as well. and this is taking the hard rock chain of hotels and restaurants to a new level. a guitar shaped hotel in hollywood, florida. they could have just built something boxy for the expansion but wanted to create something kind of special. looks like they got it. that is america's money. barbara: pretty cool. john: amaz

john: 24-10 the final score. this is a game of defense. the broncos were too much for carolina to handle. cam newton was sacked seven times by the defense of defense. mark armstrong begins with a look back at the terrible loss for us. sorry about that, mark. mark mark: yeah, john. von miller will be in cam newton's nightmares for weeks. he terrorized him all game. the defense of the panthers played championship caliber football. it was the offense that never made the trip to san francisco. penalties, than they did points, only 10. all game long i found myself saying surely the real panthers will show up shortly. they never did being thrurl dominated by a snarling denver defense. >> denver did what they needed to do to win tonight. they really did. their defense played spectacular. the offense offense played good enough. mark: seven sacks and four turnovers, not a single player on the panthers offense played up to snuff the m.v.p. included. the result was a stunning crash to earth. >> we dropped balls and turned the ball over. gave up sacks. threw errant passes. that's it. it is gut-wrenching and hard to swallow. mark: the carolina coronation will have to wait. th

john: we are only two days from super bowl 50. the excitement reaching new levels. you can read what is happening with mark armstrong agencies sports blog. snoop dogg stole the show thursday and what are the players up to? mark armstrong reports from santa clara for us. mark: the final day of immediatemedia before they hunker down and snoop dogg a cultural icon with a microphone and questions in hand for cam newton. >> what he stands for and he is such a class act. a lot of kids look up to him. one of my kids in my league look up to him. he is doing a great job and keep up the great work. cam cam, dance for me. mark: he said he expects a touchdown ball for all three kids sunday. he spoke to all the panthers and we did focusing on the five guys that protect cam newton. >> we all share a lot of similar interests, food, we are legitimate brothers. we fuss, fight. sometimes we don't like even other and sometimes we love each other. but we we are on the field we are together. >> it is the golden game, man. just because -- i know that is the personality i have. god made me that way and i can't be nobody other than who i a

armstrong williams. this was "rightside" forum. captioning company]welcome to new beginning tabernacle - carrying the good news of the gospel of world. pastor gary moore: in 1st john chapter 4 and verse 7. the bible tells us here. beloved lets us love one another for love is of god. not of the world. the world has a different perspective of love. they think love is satisfying the flesh. but love goes far beyond that. of self-gratification through flesh. it goes beyond that. it says that god is love and everyone that loveth is born of god and they know god. they know god. in the next verse he goes on and tells us. he that loveth not knoweth not god. for god is love. so when we don't love. then we don't know god. that threw a monkey wrench in it. i don't love everybody. because i don't love them people that talk bad about me and put me down. and do things to me that i don't like. friend you've you love god? if you love god you'll love them. love them. because love is of god. love is god. it goes on in verse 9. he tells us here. he said love of god into the through were contrary to him. we did mean things to him. but yet he still loved us. we should love in that same

john f. kennedy: the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. barbara jordan: the american dream need not forever be deferred. lyndon b. johnson: this is the richest, and the most powerful country. >> armstrong: there are approximately 40,000 vets country, imagine if they were in high schools, colleges, universities, around churches, imagine that would be the last person terrorists would go. when you think about the mexican gangs in california who are just as deadly and lethal as terrorists. obviously, i am not making comparisons here. guns in the hands of any capacity, no matter what the area is, is a dangerous thing. where did this start, this country started turning a sour note towards guns as if guns were bad, larry? >> armstrong, i don't think it as we have turned away from any, mostly belief in god, life has become cheap, we shoot horses, don't we? what does it matter? things are taken in a very cavalier fashion. there is a lack of responsibility, people seem to behave as if there is no norm, no planning. almost a mentality of a criminal. criminals don't plan ahead other than how they are going to steal what they want. if i want it i am going to take it. i don't care what gets in my wa

armstrong: it might be. remember jesus made two references to the word tribulation. we dealt with one of them last week when he said in john6:33. he said, in me you will have peace. but in the world, you will have tribulation. he said he can but it me you will have peace, but in the world, you will have tribulation." the word world is the social order. so he was saying that tribulation, even though you are a christian, even though you are a believer, even though you have a relationship with god you are not exempt from the realities of human experience. love the minute of wisdom. you know it is true. in your life you are going to have tribulations. buckle down because it makes you who you are. i cannot thank you enough, what is the website for us again. >> dcconcealedweapons.com >> i want to thank all of those who came and for the production team that look good and make me sound good, nobody gets to where they are by myself and i want to wish them all a happy new year and let them know how much i appreciate amen. that is a wrap. [laughter] [music] >> armstrong, armstrong, ♪ ♪ armstrong. ♪ >> >>> good morning. i'm reena nina

john: we are only two days from super bowl 50 and the excitement reaching new levels. every day you can read up on what is happening in santa clara with mark armstrong's sports blog. stoop dog stole the show thursday. what are the players doing? mark armstrong reports from santa clara. mark: the final day of media availability for the players before they hunker down for the game sunday. what a surprise guest there was. snoop dogg a cultural icon showed up not just himself but with a microphone and questions for cam newton. >> we love what he represents for and he is a class act. a lot of kids look up to him. my kids in my league look up to him. he is a great inspiration. he is doing a great job. >> i want to see cam, oh cam, cam, cam, dance for me. mark: he said he expects a touchdown ball for all three of his kids sunday. he spoke to all panthers and we did focusing on the five guys that protect cam newton. >> we all share a lot of similar interests. we are legitimate brothers. we fuss, fight, we don't like each other sometimes and sometimes we love each other but on the field we are together. mark: josh normen one of the biggest personalities on the