maggie newland is live in downtown raleigh with the latest. >> sean, we're in the brentwood neighborhood in raleigh. people tell us it's very family-friendly. there's even a community watch here. and most neighbors tell us they had no idea anything strange was going on. investigators gathered evidence from a home on huntly drive after they found a meth lab inside. >> i all of a sudden start hearing, you know, police giving orders to people in this house. and you know, basically, they had, i don't know, ten police lined up, with guns drawn. and they all just, you know, they were asking people to come out. >> reporter: police arrested melissa and robert. charged with manufacturing meth amphetamine and child abuse and animal cruelty charges. there were kids and dogs in the house. they could have been exposed to dangerous chemicals after one the week. >> the two children were still in the home. a two-year-old and a seven- year-old. they had two dogs in the home. >> police say the children and their mom were living in a separate part of the house and had no connection to the meth lab. but pro

. >> the dog named ricky is well known around campbell law and as wncn's maggie newland explains, the community is stepping up to help one of its own. >> reporter: for the past four years meredith and ricky have been inseparable. the two care for each other. meredith is legally blind, ricky is her guide dog. she accompanies her to classes where the dog has become a favorite among professors and fellow students. >> ricky is always looking at me. i said the dog is paying attention. i don't know if the rest of the class is or not. >> ricky helps meredith find an empty seat in class and navigate her way to school. >> any where there's moving cars or traffic is the most dangerous. >> just crossing the street can be a frightening experience. giving her a sense of confidence and security. >> i know she sees everything and is looking at everything and i don't have to worry about it as much. right now ricky is too sick to go to school. >> i can tell she's a lot more tired than usual. >> when she became lethargic and stopped eating. she learned she has a mass on sheer spleen. she needs surgery.

>> reporter: in raleigh, maggie newland, wncn news now. >> oh, maggie, thanks so much. if you want to help out, find the link to the gofundme page on our website, wncn.com. and meredith is going to donate any extra money that's raised and put that towards ricky's organization that provided the, provides guide dogs. just a wonderful story. >> great story all around. >>> okay, so take a look at the weather now, meteorologist alyssa corfont, i think the top priority is to stay inside laugh half. >> i wish we could do that! wouldn't that be nice? it's cold out there this morning, and then for your evening drive home we're tracking the potential for light flurries, snow showers as well. 19 degrees, live look from the raleigh durham international airport, we're getting a frosty louisburg, 15 south hill, on delay, mecklenburg county they won't open until 10:00 a.m. further south of the triangle, 22 lillington, 21 pinehurst and raeford. here's what you need to know as you're planning your day, 8:00 a.m. temperature, 18 we're at freezing at lunch time, pretty cloudy already at l

. >> now the campus is coming together to help her out, maggie newland has the story. >> ricky, can you shake? >> reporter: inseparable. >> like my cold. >> reporter: the two care for each other, meredith is legally blind, ricky is her guide dog, the dog has become a favorite among professors and students. >> always looking at me, so i said the dog is paying attention! i don't know if the rest of the class is or not! [ laughter ] >> reporter: ricky helps meredith find an empty seat in class and help her navigate to school. >> anywhere there's cars or traffic is the most dangerous. >> reporter: for those who can't see clearly, just crossing the street is a frightening experience, but ricky acts as eyes, giving a sense of security. >> i know she sees everything and is looking at everything and i don't have to worry about it. >> reporter: she's too sick to go to school. >> she's more tired than usual. >> reporter: she became lethargic and stopped eating, meredith learned she has a mass on her spleen. she needs surgery and it's expected to cost about $7,000. meredith started a gofundme page

. >> and i'm maggie newland in for mike gonzalez. here's alyssa corfont with your forecast. >> it is going to be a great weekend. plenty of sunshine. the sunshine is all across the area. looking at cardinal givens high school in raleigh. it is breezy. looking at the flags blowing in the breeze. at the wind gusts, 24 in raleigh and 21 in durham. roxboro, 21 miles per hour. calming down to the south. continue are right into the afternoon. let's talk about the temperatures. 49 in raleigh and around the sand hills, the temperatures in the 50s around fayetteville and rayford. up to 48 in clifford. the high today around 50 degrees. if you're already in the 40s, may need to bump up a little bit. 40s this evening. more on the forecast in just a bit. >>> a health warning from latin american countries into the united states. looking to control the zika virus in the united states. causing disturbing birtd defects. doctors are investigating ponl case is in puerto rico and virgin islands. carolinians? >> doctors don't think there's a threat to th

. >>> good morning, and thanks for watching "wncn today" on this friday, i'm maggie newland in this morning for mike gonzalez. >> good to have you along, maggie, good morning to you, good morning to you, i'm stefan chase. we've got your morning news and a check on traffic first. let's find out more about the weekend fork -- forecast from meteorologist alyssa corfont. >> the weekend is looking phenomenal, sunshine, temperatures in the 60s by sunday afternoon. before we get to that, we have to talk about today. skies, a big change from where we were 24 hours ago. remember, yesterday some of you were actually starting off with a few showers. now, because of those clearer skies, we're also looking at colder temperatures, 32 in raleigh, 33 durham, 35 henderson, 30 now in roxboro and siler city. these temperatures continuing to update around the sand hills, 37 in clinton and raeford. so we'll get to your fast forecast as you're getting ready to head out the door on this friday morning. we're talking about plenty of sunshine. a little bit of fog though, south of triangle this morning should be rig

that evening, i maggie newland, thanks for staying up late. we will have more on that accident in just a moment but first a possibility for some is get over to bill reh who has a first look at the forecast. >> as we go through the nighttime hours and since the ballgame went late, i've got access to the latest model runs which is now going in the opposite direction of trying to dry out the atmosphere so we are getting -- when we were getting moist thinking they would be snow, now i'm questioning that. what a beautiful sunset, joss rangers pick that sunset up over falsely can doug likely was over with the planetarium club or astronomer club. he said that is visible only once in a while. that shot was with his phone through a telescope so that's pretty cool. 44 degrees right now as we take a look at what's going on. temperatures upper 30s to low 40s. overnight clouds roll in. this is the moisture we have our eye on but it looks like that moisture is of us so we are going to have minimal amounts of moisture north of the triangle. cloudy overnight

maggie newland, wncn news now. >>> family and friends are old firefighter killed on his way to a call. 24-year-old joshua woods died after overcorrecting,ing off the road and hitting a tree. the funeral is tomorrow at 1:00 at the first missionary baptist church. >>> this marks the 25th anniversary of the start of the persian gulf war. today 17 north carolinians were honored that lost their lives during the war. 24 years ago the kuwaiti government gifted $100,000 for a memorial. until now, north carolina hadn't done anything with the money. governor mccrory announced the money will go to the state's history museum for a traveling exhibit to honor the soldiers of the war. >> i'm proud that the new department of veterans affairs made it a priority so there is no delay in honoring our veterans and fallen servicemen and women. >> it will be expected -- end of the summer. >>> the governor honored dr. martin luther king junior, honoring the economic contributions african americans have made to north carolina's economy and way of life. dozens gathered in hillsborough to honor the legacy of dr

. >>> good evening i'm maggie newland. thanks for joining us. breaking news out of franklin county. a man was killed in a skydiving accident. it happened at triangle skydiving in louisburg. the owner tells us the man was an experienced regular jumper. amy cutler talked with the owner and joins us live from the scene with more. amy? >> reporter: there are a lot of heavy hearts at the center here tonight. the owner identifying the victim as james. they tell us he would come here every weekend to jump. the owner of the triangle more than 1800 jumps under his belt. he knew what he was doing. but something this afternoon went terribly wrong. he told us he spoke with him 20 minutes before he died. his parachute worked. but somehow he had a hard landing. we still don't know the how or why of that. first responders quickly arrived but it was too late. the owner explaining he was a marine, originally from texas, he moved to raleigh a couple years ago. >> james was a friend of mine. it's unfortunate. that's all i can say at this point. it's unexpected, unfortunate, and it was a tragic acciden

. >>> good evening i'm maggie newland, we start with an update to a durham shoot out that left a man dead two weeks ago. today police announced an arrest in the case and they're crediting deputies in neighboring wake county. two men, jesus and lewis shot and killed jose rodriguez two weeks ago. this was the scene on north 16th. police say they shot the 25- year-old and left the scene with 25-year-old elizabeth espana. she's charged with accessory after the fact. earlier this week, deputies pulled over the group in wake county saying they were connected to a separate home break-in. that's when they linked them to the murder case. they're being held in jail without bond. >>> an update to a story we first brought you as breaking news on wncn today. officials say the man who died in an early morning house fire in smithfield was deaf. crew rest responded to the home on fifth street before 5:00 a.m. the homing is located beside the smithfield police department. no word on what caused the fire. >>> right now family friends and community leaders are in durham calling for action from immigrat

. >> and i'm maggie newland in for mike gonzalez, happy friday to you. emma wright is in the studio with details about a sendoff for the super bowl bound carolina panthers and a look at your morning commute. >>> but right now getting your day starting with the forecast with meteorologist alyssa corfont. good morning. >> good morning, guys, and good morning to you at home as well. we're looking at clear skies this morning, that on our satellite radar composite, a nice change from where we were 24 hours ago. with those clearer skies come colder temperatures, right now at freezing in roxboro, 35 in raleigh, 34 in clayton, the upper 30s around fayetteville and clinton. that's really the biggest change from yesterday morning because if you remember, temperatures hills yesterday at this time. here's a look at your fast forecast, a little bit of fog south of the triangle this morning, 35 at 8:00 a.m., 45 at noon, plenty of sunshine and then we're looking at highs in the 50s, 51 is where i think will be normal, 52, i don't think you'll get closer than that in yo

i'm maggie newland alongside meteorologist bill ray, a winter weather advisory is the threat of icy roads still lumes. >> that winter weather advisory is for black ice not for anything falling from the sky any more. and the weather service, i've talked to him about it over the years. they have to call it a winter weather advisory. i like to refer to it as a black ice advisory. we're going to have clear skies later tonight. we'll have the black ice advisory into tomorrow. 32 degrees right now. the sun is down. and we are just sitting with cloudy skies. as a matter of fact, as we take a look and see what is going on right now, you can see 32 degrees. let me go back for a second. 32 degrees in durham and raleigh. 33 fayetteville. 32 roxboro. now we'll remove those temperatures. little bits of snow flurries still falling. southeast of dunn we're not looking for any accumulation. but this is all going to twist off to the northeast. and in its place, this is one more potential couple flurries that might happen in the triangle at about 9:00. but as we head toward midnight much dry with the flurr

i'm maggie newland. thanks for joining us. >>> several hours today this road was closed after a cabbage load was spilled over the highway. the driver of the tractor trailer, kevin ellis of florida, is charged with driving impaired among other charges. >>> three people are recovering after an accident near smithfield road. troopers say a pickup truck crashed through a guardrail and down an embankment. the three involved were taken to the hospital. they are all expected to >>> turning to politics, the iowa caucuseses are tomorrow night. and the polls point pointe to a close race between both parties. what that means depends on turnout. so the candidates of both parties are scrambling to get out their vote. >> reporter: donald trump went to church in muskatine, iowa. he bragged about his polls. >> by the way, the polls, no. 1 in security. no. 1 on isis. no. 1 on protection. no. 1 in almost every category. the only thing i wasn't no. 1 on .... personality! [ laughter ] >> reporter: a symbol of a trump proble

>>> good evening, i'm maggie newland. we're following breaking news in north raleigh. crews are on the scene of a house fire at white chapel way in the sutten estates neighborhood. you can see several units are on the scene. they responded just before 6:00. fire officials tell us it started in the kitchen and caused heavy smoke damage to the home. there are no reports of injuries. we'll bring you more details. >>> breaking news out of denver colorado, one person is dead and several others injured after a shooting at a bike expo there. police say the gunfire erupted about the same time a stabbing took place. no word on how many people were hurt or their conditions. police say there are several officers investigating both in and outside the coliseum. >> during the disturbance, there were shots fired and at least one stabbing. we do have one deceased party and multiple other victims. at this time, we do not have anyone in custody. have one person in custody for questioning, at this point, no arrests have been made. back here at home, durham police say they have people in

i'm maggie newland in for mike gonzalez. >> and i'm stefan chase, a look at traffic as always, checking in with meteorology alyssa corfont. >> we're looking at clearing skies and those clearing skies paving the way for colder if you remember yesterday, we had the 20s, 30s, 40s. almost areawide this morning right now we're in the 30s. at freezing in sanford, siler city, here in raleigh we're at 34. durham, 37. south hill, you're checking in right around 35 degrees this morning. so here's your forecast for this friday, plenty of sunshine. a little bit of fog though as we do start off our friday. and that will be mainly south around the sand hills. 45 lunch time, plenty of sunshine. near normal later today, our normal high is 52, i'm expecting a temperature right around 51. i'll have a closer look at your weekend ahead in just a little bit. but let's check in with traffic as you get ready to head out the door on this friday morning. >>> this is i-440 and athens drive, just a few cars in this direction. good news if you're heading out this way. no accidents, no slowdowns and very similar co

good evening i'm maggie newland alongside meteorologist bill ray. >> it's a black ice advisory. winter weather advisory for black ice. and it goes until noon on sunday. so we've got to deal with freezing temperatures. as a matter of fact, right now, as we show you, it's 32 degrees. that was our high for today. have a little bit of flurry activity down around clinton. look at everybody, except for fayetteville. we did get above freezing. everybody below frozing, snow on the ground in parts of sanford and up to the north. we're not going to do any more melting. if you have any today, most areas stayed below freezing. we stayed cloudy. we have a little snow shower activity. a few flurries. i have this on the fine detection mode. those are going to drift off toward the east. as we take a look at things. what we've got for you, this is for the flurries that might be around until 9:00. but look at those temperatures around 29 degrees. that means we're going to continue with roadways that have been snow covered. a lot of the side streets have never been plowed. they stay icy and danger

. >>> good evening i'm maggie newland. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news out of franklin county where a man was killed in a skydiving accident. we're learning more about how it happened and the young man. it happened at triangle skydiving in in louisburg. wncn's amy cutler joins us live from the scene with more. amy? >> reporter: well, there are heavy hearts here at the center tonight. the owner identifying the victim as james. they tell us he was a regular. he would come almost every weekend. this is a photo of him taken bust before the accident. skydiving center says he had nearly 2,000 jumps, that he knew what he was doing. but something this afternoon went terribly wrong. he spoke with him 20 minutes before he died. that his parachute worked. but somehow, somehow he had a hard landing. we still don't know the why or how of that. first responders quickly arrived but it was just too late. the owner explaining he was a former marine, originally from texas, he moved to raleigh just a couple years ago. >> he's done 1800 plus jump

good evening i am maggie newland thanks for joining us. what a day today in charlotte. pact panthers will -- panthers will host nfc championship game after beating the seahawks 31- 24 todd gibson joins us from bank of america stadium with highlights. >> reporter: maggie when things got dicey in the second half. my son texted me on the phone this. and no i said son they will hold on for the win and they did hold on for the win. # 1-2 the final and now carolina moves on to the nfc champion game and knobbing off the two-time super bowl he par test pay thing seahawks. let's hoe you what happened. fans rolling in and on the very first place pray great start very first play stewart goes 59 yards before he is dragged down he would score #-0 and on seattle -- 7-0 and on seattle's first possession ball flutters and kuechly picks it and 14-0 carolina. and still in the first half, stewart up and over for the touchdown. making it 21-carolina and the the cats are off and rolling seat. then -- seattle. then cam newton to greg olsen caps the highlights spectacular pass for the the tou

i'm maggie newland. here's a look at breaking news. >> shoppers nationwide are losing access to their store. wal-mart is shutting down 150 stores including this one here. opened up a year and a half ago, putting a smaller family owned grocery store out of business. committed to opening 300 stores alyssa corfont will be b . >>> welcome back. and a good morning to you. just about 9:00 on friday. looking outside, the sun and cloud out there. some in the 40s. durham apt 40. and high of 50s and the wind gusts and the catch, the warm up continues. early next week. >>> this morning on "tote'sday's take," trump holds a rally during the debate. who is the real winner? >>> we span the world in sports. >>> one of the biggest stars in music, charlie puth, is in the building. >>> all that and more is coming up now. >> announcer: from ws, this is "today's take," with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it's friday morning, january 2