wral's lynda loveland takes us to a middle school in hillsboro, to meet the man with the plan. >> are you wral's teacher of the week! >> yeah, he is in. pretty cool. >> this former history teacher wants nothing more than to make a difference in his students' lives. he is an avid instructor to help the students develop the skills they need to be successful in college. >> it is not about getting the test score but working hard to get it and focusing on those principals of, you know, motivation, and curiosity, and that kind of stuff. and then the other stuff takes care of itself. >> peter has a reputation for encouraging students to push their limits, to dream big. >> he will take a core group of kids that without that push, may not get there. and give them what they need. so that they are moving beyond where they thought they could have been. >> we will make some recommendations on the types of >> peter is more than just a teacher. he also considers himself a bit of a coach. a life coach. with this advice for his students at the end of 8th grade. >> never give up. you know, learn from y

lynda loveland is here with the details revealed in a news conference. >> the state announced it is preparing for the possibility of redrawing congressional districts 1 and 12, a court ruled those districts were unfairly drawn, the state requested the supreme court issue a stay on the ruling , the march election can go on as planned. a decision won't come until the state expects to get that stay but is repairing for the other possibility. it created a special committee on redistricting and will hold public hearings next week. the first steps to a special session. if there is no stay, lawmakers return to work thursday. the 6 public hearings are set for 10:00 a.m. on monday at locations across the state. on tuesday, the committee will discuss the public feed back, and what needs to happen next. we plan on being at one of the public hearings next week, we will let you know what happens. >>> durham public schools maybe cutting close to 140 jobs. 58 central office positions, 50 teacher assistants and 30buwo ki l ckme sheby h, tint arie ad l nt r spethion,ysun e teinkilad dere craimse>> br stoys in

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. >> send your emails to lynda loveland. >> she loves your questions. >>> the nfl wants to know, are you a super bowl baby? 49 months after the super bowl. in a commercial campaign called super bowl babies, featuring bowl babies, fans born in super bowl winning cities approximately 9 months after the game. i was born in september, 1966. this group encompasses 49-year- old green bay packers all the way to seattle seahawks babies. what they're doing is collecting all of these babies, no as adults, into a choir. there will be a 60 second commercial that will air at the end of the third quarter featuring people collected from different super bowl cities. and, seal will be singing his song, "kiss from a rose." >> i was wondering why there would be a spike, because the commercials and ballgames are so good. but you named it. it was from the super bowl winning cities. they are celebrating. >> also with a commercial there is a quiz. fans of all super bowl xix winning cities are having a chance to discover whether they are part of the football family. it could be. i was born in september. >>

aim lynda loveland. we'll have those updates. but first another big story we're following. it's the weather. let's get right to meteorologist amy amy. >> it might be a possibility that we see a little bit of snow with this coastal low pressure system that we're tracking. it's now offshore of florida now, and it will continue to track to the north and east overnight. we're going to have to watch this really closely because i have to berighnode is aat futurecast. if you have evening plans, you should be fine. a couple of showers close to midnight, but for the most part we're fine. tomorrow morning, this is 7:00 tomorrow morning, look at the snow down in our southern counties. it is possible that you wake up to a few flakes to the south. this is lunchtime, some rain, southern and eastern communities. here's 5:00 as this system continues to push away. we could have some accumulations. we'll take a look at the probability of who could see some accumulating snow for super bowl sunday. >> very interesting, amy, thank you. >>> a man is dead after participating in the annual krispy

i'm lynda loveland. ken smith and kathryn brown are on assignment. let's get straight to meteorologist aimee wilmoth with the latest model for snow. we're getting some grief about this already. >> we're already getting reports of winter weather right now in southern sections of southeastern north carolina. take a look at our live dual doppler 5000. all of this is moving to the north and east focused on the south. cumberland county, down into -- down toward the lumberton area. we have had reports of ee from a couple of viewers. in bladen county we've had a few reports of sleet, all of this lifting to the north and east. i wouldn't be surprised in the clinton area if you hear some pings on the window with some sleet falling. this shouldn't really impact the roads. we still have more on the way though. take a look overnight. snow town in southeastern parts of the viewing area. that continues into parts of the morning hours and into the afternoon on super bowl sunday. futurecast down playing this a little bit for the raleigh area. however, i wouldn't be

thanks for joining us, i'm lynda loveland. >> i'm cullen browder. the rain will continue in the hours ahead. let's go to meteorologist mike maze was tracking it all at kbak weather center. >> it had been soggy and continued this evening and will likely continue overnight. take a look at radar view of what came through. you see those lightning strikes getting close to the outer banks and jacksonville. that's the heavy band that came by but now we are in a more stabilized atmosphere so we are seeing light to moderate rain. southwest of fayetteville there's more rain moving north and east, and we are going to keep that in the area through the night. 1.2 inches of rain at fried the room, 1.6 act rocky mountain, and it's not done yet. chance of rain it 10:00 o'clock is quite high. tomorrow morning we are likely end up being in the coastal plain. we expect a surge up from south carolina in the afternoon primarily from the triangle area to the east so keep umbrellas handy. this time tomorrow night likely to start raining, and even as early as three. anothe

lynda loveland uncovered a connection between jordan sasser and clay aiken. >> reporter: jordan sasser is on "american idol" and a raleigh native. clay aiken is a runner-up and also a raleigh native. but there is a closer connection. this house. both families live tonight at different times. >> he texted me about jordan and said, did you see that guy from raleigh? he is very good. that before he made the connection to "american idol". >> reporter: turns out, his mother bought the house from jordan's grandmother in 1996. and has lived in it ever since. but, wait, faye has another idle connection. she judged a clayton "idol" contest in 2009 whose winner was none other than scotty mccreary. is faye the key in the connections? >> i don't have any dna except since she is a pro at dealing with everything "idol" she has advice for jordan's grandmother, martha. she says, don't go on the internet and read the people are saying about it. >> they don't say, i really prefer someone over him. they have to talk about it and it's a really nasty things. >> reporter: martha and the rest of the sasser f

lynda loveland. >> and i'm david crabtree. gerald owens is on assignment meteorologist mike maze is tracking the system. you are also looking at the forecast for tomorrow morning. >> we could be looking at snow showers as this system to part in the morning. we will talk about that momentarily. let's start with the radar, the rain we have been seeing is primarily around the triangle east along the i-95 down for the coast. it has been light to moderate at times, for the west for durham and chapel hill, very little and nothing really going on in tran -- roxboro. temperatures happen gradually fun. it was quite mild as we started the day but temperatures into the afternoon have fallen. that was the expectation. tony brown rainfall totals, quite a bit of rain, especially eastern counties. 2.3 inches rocky mount, over 2 inches goldsborough, clinton, and farther northwest, about 1.5 inches roxboro. we have a bigger upper-level storm coming through, what that will do is give rise to precipitation and cold air coming in as well. we anti

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

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

i'm lynda loveland. >> julia sims is on the scene of a shooting incident to gather more information. >> reporter: there is still a heavy police presence here, been here all afternoon. two people are in the hospital this afternoon. investigators say that, right now, they are trying to determine the motive behind the here is what we know this all happened about 1:00 this afternoon. two males gunned down in the parking lot of this busy ashton square shopping center, right off capital boulevard. you can see there was gun found on the ground. folks from around here about lunchtime say this was a chaotic scene, very frightening, as you can imagine. investigators, though, are telling us this afternoon that people don't need to worry. >> i tell you, this time, we don't consider it a random act, not a threat to the public, but we are investigating the circumstances that led to this >> reporter: most of the stores here have closed as a result. police tell us that the two victims who were shot both in the torso are at wakemed right now, alettered alettered -- alert and talking. investigators sa

. >> i'm lynda loveland. gerald is on assignment. some parts of our viewing area could see 2 to inches. once this line of storms clears out. meteorologist mike maze has been tracking the line as it moves across the southeast. >> the line has moved to wake county or at least is currently now. just moved by wral. we'll got a huge downpour. looking at the world the sky cam, it looks clearer than it did 20 minutes ago when the line was coming through. let's check out the radar view. multiple counties were under severe thunderstorm warnings which expired at 4:00. the only warning or advisory we have now is a flood visory for wake county until 6:00 this evening, about an inch to an agent have every possible as the line moves five. you can see that yellow polygon that moved by, that is highlighting the severe thunderstorm that was in effect until 4:00. that line is moving through soon-to-be pilot and dunn, also strong gusty winds. if you're watching from rocky mount, spring hope, red oak, castilian, likely to get that heavy line as well. as

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