nesbit says city leaders haven't addressed homelessness. we posted that video on our website. wlos.com. kimberly king, news 13. >> frank: a five-year-old upstate girl dies after being pulled from a fire. it happened on sunday night. the family of sophia rhodes are mourning the passing at a georgia hospital last night of smoke inhalation. firefighters ran back in the house after the family realized one of their daughters was still in that house. firefighters found rhodes but she wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse. >> it's terrible when you lose anybody to a fire. but it really cuts deeper when it's a child. >> frank: investigators with the state continue looking at the cause of this blaze which started on the back side of the house. tonight on my40 at 6:30, we get reaction from rhodes' grieving mother. >> tammy: now an update in the jackson county. curtis lafrty has been found. he disappeared from a camping expedition. he walked away from the camp but was found in a woman's home in south carolina by midday. >> he's been talking with his mother by phone. they said he's oka

nesbit says he saw the two men and felt they were starving, so he paid them. >> two hours. 30 bucks an hour. >> he succeeded in free campaign advertising. but there's no doubt that this is a political stunt from a politician. >> larry: miranda debruhl a county commissioner also running. >> darcel: voters in 12 states are now at the polls casting ballots on this super tuesday. it's a key marker in the presidential race. and north carolina has a lot riding on what happens. donald trump and hillary clinton are leading most polls. if either of them win by a landslide, it could mean low march 15th. >> larry: rescuers in jackson county have found a missing teenager. the 17-year-old walked away. he was later found safe over the state line in south carolina. rex hodge is at the campsite with more on how this teenager was located. >> rex: he was last seen camping in the heady mountain area. the search for laferty took place in the air and ground. a wilderness therapy program that deals with troubled teens. >> they had a check at 4:30. tent check. and gentleman was there. and at 7:30, he was no

chad nesbit showed us this video when he hired two homeless men by the asheville mall. >> i want to ask you if you to hold my sign out here. >> kim: the video taken yesterday by nesbit's friend, who he says had just joined him for lunch. the man was very appreciative. >> these two guys that were up here were starving to death. >> kim: the two men worked on the hill for two hours. >> we got a bad homeless problem here in buncombe county and the city of asheville. and there are a lot of good

officers cody fields and brian nesbit risked their own lives to pull him from that car. >> the windows. the doors were locked. the driver's side was pinned up against the jersey wall. the only actual access we had was to the passenger side where all the flames were. >> it was exciting and intense. whatever that situation is, we overcome it and make sure we all go home safe and help out whoever we can. >> they are the heroes, because without them, you know, i don't know where i would be. they are. they are the heroes. i thank them and i appreciate them. >> we all do. israel says thanks to his two rescuers, he only suffered no >> lucky man. >>> state lawmakers in annapolis restored a key provision to a bill known as noah's law, known for a montgomery county police officer killed last november by a suspected drunk driver. the bill would require convicted drunk drivers to use a device that keeps them from starting their vehicles, if they have been drinking. today, the house restored language a committee had taken out. under the restored language, drivers who refuse to use the interlock dev

here is the map near the intersection of granada street not far from nesbit elementary school. the woman told police after she was attacked, the men left in a black hatchback sedan. now police are asking homeowners and businesses in this area to check their security cameras for any images of those men. >>> well, a disturbing new report finds more than half of california's adults either have diabetes or they're prediabetic. that's way higher than previous estimates according to "the l.a. times." experts say even more troubling than those high numbers is that most people with prediabetes don't realize they have their condition, so they don't get treatment early enough. ucla study does include some good news. we're talking about type 2 diabetes, which is preventible with a healthier diet and exercise plan. >>> well, how about this? a new island here in the bay area. we'll show you where it popped up. stay with us. a new, high-tech solutiono an =anim=y area problem. >>> well, coming up tonight at 6:00, a new high-tech solution to an old bay area problem. a story you'll see only on

both leone i and nesbit were hit >> all i remember is being pinned up against the counter, between the counter and the car and the people trying to drag me out. going to the floor. the car past me and him being slammed against the wall. >> no word as to what caused that crash. the driver involved has not been charged. >> in new jersey, pothole fillers will be out. they will be dealing with them aggressively this spring. however, to avoid traffic problems, most work will be done between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. with major work taking place overnight. new jersey drivers can call 1-800 pothole to report problem areas. >>> the city is roll out a pay by plate parking system. drivers are punching their license plate, pay at kiosk. they can also be paid by a they phase in the system on monday. >>> a rare blue diamond ring that turned shirley temple -- it's on the auction block. it's a 9.5 carat ring. it will be featured at the magnificent jewels auction in new york april 19th. the pre-sale estimate is 25 to $35 million. it was shirley temple's father who bought this cushion cut stone for her.

officer fields broke the window with his baton, flung open the door and with the help of officer nesbitst honor. >>> in a desperate search for a missing air force veteran and father of three. california police say michael david van zant disappeared under suspicious circumstances while out with friends in a.m. rowa b weekend. went missing after leaving the waiting line to go to a liquor store. his wife says he would never walk out on his children. >>> in the news of peyton manning's retirement shattering one four-year-old's world. >> peyton manning is retiring. he's not playing next year. i don't know pop. >> i really loved him. >> you really loved him? who else is your favorite player? >> nobody now. >> the viral video just goes to show, for some of peyton's fans, the future hall of famer is irreplaceable. >> there's another manning that he can start rooting for. you'd have to be a giant's fan. >> you don't want to do that to a poor little kid. >>> first college students, what does that tr have to do with protecting our country. lessons like that weaken our military. you're going to hea