the final testimony in the north hills murder case that brought the victim's mother to tears. >>> finding the calorie count of our burger, who wants to give label as break on food labeling requirements. >>> from the mountains to the coast, this is what we saw in a lot of the state today. this is from the outer banks, kitty hawk. vicr>>th, cakdue peasauer 1,iv atacungocus yoe orn weasboiva roparts, ynee llmiaenadouun ki e >> reporter: 95, north, we are just outside of smithfield area. action the side of the road. on the road, the conditions are pretty nice. there are some moisture on the roadway that you want to be careful about, particularly temperatures continue to drop. highway 40 earlier. not too far from where we are now. noticed there was a tractor trailer cab that had spun off in to the median, not sure if that was weatlatea warning t ytoo arywayokay. back to you. >> adam owens live in drive 5 #- bgs. >>> snow began falling early wral's bryan mims, spent his day there, any problems on the roads there now? >> reporter: david, both the highway patrol and rocky mount poceavnot responde

. >>> the murder of a mom and north hills. her body was found in may of 2013 in a north hills apartment. trae veon smith is accused of killing her. in court witnesses testify her eight-year-old daughter found a woman's body covered in blood construction worker for help. >> she had blood all over her face and blood was everywhere. i put two fingers on her wrist and there was no polls. ice. >> he is one of three charged ronald anthony has pled guilty for first-degree murder. gone to trial. the group was breaking into cars in the area where haggen jones is been to death. >>> investigators trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a raleigh home. it happened just after three. no one was home and fire crews say the house did have smoke damage. >>> three teenagers behind bars charged with throwing rocks of an interstate overpass. several 911 calls from drivers led them to mile marker 65 and cheryl beckett road that's in a white bmw. they faced accusations of throwing rocks onto a lease five vehicles most of them freightliner truck

the water main break causing flooding in north hills. >> it was wild out there. take a look at what went on as at the line of heavy showers. roaring through the area, the narrow line. here is our first alert predictor. by 9:30, light rain moving in. it will get in here while most of us are sleeping. it may me mixed with a snowflake. it is gone as we get towards the morning rush tomorrow. we're back to sunshine. a little rain overnight. the badgers coming back our way. tisha: the storm is moving through the triangle causing major damage to a home in north hills. a tree slammed into the roof punching a hole in it. elaina athans in raleigh. elaina athans: this solve the most damage. you can see the pine tree in the it crashed on the roof before tumbling down on the driveway. a chunk of the roof has been ripped off. folks say the tree came crashing down this morning. >> it was scary. just the sound. it was a lot of wind traveling fast. reporter: the strong wind caused the tree to crash on a workshop and topple onto another home. folks have some work ahead of them. th

anthony went in the north hills apartment alone, smith told police. what happened in may 2013 at the young mothers of apartment in north hills. >> everyone in this case who was involved because of anthony. he is the one with the dynamic personality. he is the one everyone was connected to. >> that's what they wanted you to believe this entire time. they cannot get away from that. >> court will resume at 9:30 tomorrow morning for the death penalty phase. the defense will put on evidence and try to convince the jurors to spare smith. no matter what happens in this case, at the very least he will spend life in prison without parole. steve: we will have that penalty phase being streamed live morning. the legal site that could change not only who we vote for but when we vote. lawmakers are trying to sort out . tisha: andrea blanford joins us live from downtown raleigh. >> state lawmakers are in a mad -- to redraw congressional districts in a way that will be in compliance with the federal a blind eye to race as a factor in the process. minority factor say

what a pretty shot of the setting sun at north hills. right around christmas, it was setting just after 5:00 and so our days are noticeably longer. north hills in midtown rollie, 70 at already you international. beautiful day. rocky mount wilson at 70. perfect temperature at 72. even around the midwest, it is cooler with 44 chicago. that is 10 to 12 above average. 50 in kansas city. this is the ballpark we will be in tomorrow area notice they are running about 10 to 15 degrees cooler towards leland. that will be us tomorrow as cooler air spills in for one day and then it warms right back up a few showers rolling through mid to late evening, triangle northward and southern virginia. then it is out of here. overall, it looks to be fairly quiet day tomorrow in terms of any rainfall. temperatures are very mild this evening i'm only falling into the 50's there midnight or so. blue skies today. here is the front with the showers. not a big rainmaker for a couple of hours this evening. that will check on through and it will be cooler tomorrow.

traffic backed up on i-440 in the north hills area. anna: several commutes will be dicey with our weather, so be careful out there. parents getting vocal as they fight to get eternal school real. the hearing is underway this afternoon. joel: plus a board facing serious criminal charges. his message on twitter. >> the lover of one of those two teams charged with crashing a f home was in court today. anna: more room on the road, not just biplanes, like -- not just biplanes but bike boulevards. dad's telling the whole world about the great deal he got on high speed internet from at&t. right now, he's probably talking about how reliable our connection is. my connection is super reliable, so i know i can depend on it working. sounds good. do i know you? see? get a deal worth talking about. get high speed internet- starting at $15 dollars a month for 12 months with a 12-month agreement and other qualifying service when you get it all on one bill! with high speed internet from at&t, we get fast internet for an unbelievable price. plus, we can

north hills is looking great a good southwesterly outside. gorgeous blue skies. our sensor in the mid-50's. a southwest breeze is boosting our temperatures up. 55 in southern pines. r.d.u. is at 51. the same thing in fayetteville. so midday temperature, probably at least 60 degrees. warming quickly through the afternoon. and then around 2:00 to 3:00, we will kind of level off with the temperatures. in the mid-60's with the light southwest breeze. the hurricanes playing at 3:00 today taking on the blues. tailgating is great. wonderful out there. just fine. zoom out and try to find clouds. the next frontal boundary to the north. clear skies tonight. find the moon and below and to the left you will see mars tonight. here is the fast-moving front as it moves by and a trough, too. it could squeeze out a sprinkle. partly sunny and then on tuesday, warm, and the temperatures near 70. some areas will touch 70 ahead of the next system. this front should come in and could arrive as early as wednesday morning with rain, maybe even a thunderstorm. and then cooldown behind th

look at that shot though at north hill. temperatures started out at 19 at rdu and 14 at southern pines. we got into the upper 30's and low 40's. at 48 right now at north hills rdu international. winds are pretty light now, but these are live readings. they are falling pretty quickly. durham, you have 34. 33 in wake forest, 43 though in fayetteville. a 10-degrees spread across the region. the breeze is putting that wind chill into the 20's and some spots. no worries if you plan to be out and about this evening through midnight and beyond even. tomorrow things start cranking up a bit. this will be a major winter storm, but still a little snow and ice on the roadways can cause travel problems, especially on those untreated roads. midday, snow develops around the triangle. maybe just rain before it ends. then it moves north mid to late afternoon, and the best shot for steadier snow looks to be to the will throw a little more moisture back in. it could be the line between a snow-snow -- snow-no snow isn't any triangle. there may

there's an accident near north hills saint alban's traoeufr north hill street and nice sunrise over 540. clear conditions and no problems there. caitlin: we are getting new details now in that deadly shooting spree that took place in hesston kansas. that is a small community about the gunman is cedric larry ford. a standoff at his home is over. police went in after some conflicting reports of somebody being inside. the main crime scene is excel industries where 15 were shot, three killed last night. the suspect again away just there. by the time law enforcement killed him 15 had been shot in the building. eyewitnesses describe the moments as bullets started flying. >> i witnessed him shoot the shots. i saw the shell brownback is asking people to keep the people in your prayers. five of the 14 injured are in critical condition. barbara: u.s. military sending a testing a missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. the machineman -- machineman three was shot and it reminded north korea of u.s. power as concerns degree about north korea's push to have nuclear weapons that could reach u.s.

this happened in the north hills area. her daughter found her the next morning beaten to death. >> i heard some sounds. it was rolling, the wind was -- i've never seen wind and rain that strong. anna: powerful wind. overnight rain topples trees in the triangle. joel: a huge gust of wind knocks this big greg on its side. you can see the truck left angling on the edge. anna: pipe burst. a you are shares this video of a water main break that cause flooding in north hills. she heard a metal noise explosion that saw a waterfall. all morning long crews responded to damage like that. joel: they knocked out power to thousands of people. joins us live this afternoon. trees started falling. >> several came crashing down. this solve the worst of it. you can see the pine trees block the driveway. part of the roof has been ripped off in one spot. it is actually a crash. next door another pine toppled down. this slid in half. one person told me a tree crashed outside of his window. here is how he described what he heard. >> just the sou

he was found guilty in the death of melissa huggins-jones in her north hills apartment. he faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty. >>> prosecutors dropped charges against one of the suspects in the death of a 1-year-old in chapel hill. the da says he dropped the attempted murder and assault charges against shaquille davis because of conflicting evidence. he was one of three suspects accused in the christmas day drive-by that killed mealeah williams. davis is serving a 90 day sentence for a probation violation. >>> after the way we started this workweek weatherwise, it's nice to have a somewhat quiet day, elizabeth. >> it absolutely is. we have a few showers out there we are watching this morning as we take a look at what's going on and show you what's happening. there's a look at the raleigh sky cam, a little bit of sunshine trying to peek through. it is nice to see a little bit of that definitely. we had a few showers overnight last night. those have moved on out for the most part as skies continue to be clearing as we get toward lunchtime. dirty six i

a woman was found dead in her north hills apartment in may of 2013. month for both sides to agree on 12 jurors. in just a few hours they will hear opening arguments. nearly 3 years after she was found murdered in her north hills apartment the man accused of killing jones willing before a jury. police say the 23-year old murdered the mom of two in her own bed. police say jones had recently moved to raleigh with her daughter from tennessee. on the morning of may 14th, 2013, the then 8-year old girl left the apartment, approached a a construction crew. they followed her back and found jones's body laying in bed covered in blood. >> it was really surprising. i mean, you don't hear about crime so close to home. >> police say smith had help from two people, while one pleaded guilty to first degree murder in 2015 and may testify again smith. charged in the case. prosecutors say she served as get away driver. she has not been offered a plea deal and is also expected to testify. the trial begins this morning at 9:30. wcnc will be there and we'll bring you upda

testimony at the continues in the wake county courthouse at the case of a woman killed in north hills. killed during a botched burglary attempt. witnesses tested her 8-year-old found her body covered in blood and ran to a nearby construction worker for her. >> she had blood all over her face and blood was everywhere. i put two fingers on her wrist and there was no pulse and she was cold as a block of ice. >> smith is one of three charged in this case. ronald anthony has already pled guilty to murder. the three suspects said they never intended to kill huggins-jones but the crime quickly elevated to murder. >>> a man accused of trying to cumberland county courtroom. kevin powell junior is charged with attempted murder after shooting his mother in the head in fayetteville. it happened last month at the spa that she owned. last check was in critical condition at the hospital in chapel hill. >>> today, two people who starved a dog to death will be back in court today. they charged with felony cruelty to animals. animal cruelty told wncn officers found one dog dead, the other locked inside

she found dead in her north hills apartment in may of 2013. now, three people on trial for her killing. emma wright joins us live with more on this story, good morning. >> well, it took nearly a month for both sides to agree on 12 jurors that will consider the death penalty. now, opening nearly 3 years after she was found murdered in her north hills apartment the man accused of killing jones willing before a jury. the 23-year old murdered the mom of two in her own bed. police say jones had recently moved to raleigh with her daughter from tennessee. on the morning of may 14th, 2013, police say the then 8-year old girl left the apartment, approached a construction crew. they followed her back and found jones's body laying in bed covered with blood. neighbors told us what happened was shocking. >> it was really surprising. i mean, you don't hear about crime so close to home. >> police say smith had help from two people. one pleaded guilty to first degree murder in 2015 and may testify against smith. redden is also charged in the case. prosecutors

it was live on wral as travion smith was found guilty of killing a mother in her north hills apartment. >> the sentencing phase of this began, the jury will decide between life and death. amanda lamb was in the courtroom this morning for the victim's daughter. >> reporter: she was the only witness for the prosecution,ing the first witness to take the stand, she did so outside the presence of our cameras due to a judge's order. 10-year-old hannah jones found her mother dead the morning after the murder. the same jury who convicted smith of murder will decide if he lives or dies. melissa huggins jones was found stabbed to death by her then 8- year-old daughter hannah jones. the child took the stand as her d ngof arnnlis ap aran sh. h s.ng sh he udmandg rs w a ol teda . d e l daigiores ne ry fayet is t thrordemvi a reew s.meerca the laser during preparations for touchdown in mexico city. no one was hurt. >>> many of you have plans to umre n n'cocoaicoidsafee di mmdere r orrid emur, ra ch tas kasqecthe r stmt g r pe an duthuay as>> stabig. gew,t.habrd frks enere on >>> stocks close hider l

. >>> compelling testimony in the murder trial of a north hills mother. today the jury heard from the woman who admitted to being the get away driver the night melissa huggins jones was killed. steve has the story. >> he asked ron what just happened? >> testifying about what smith said several hours after the trio had gone to a north hills neighborhood to break into automobiles. at one point during the night she says the two men left to check something out. melissa huggins jones was murdered. >> he was wiping off the rails. >> how was he wiping off the rails. >> using his shirt. >> later that night ronald anthony displayed a knife. >> how long was the knife? >> like that. >> a short knife. >> yes. >> and what did you notice on that knife. >> blood. >> she testified that smith now had blood on him. >> he was looking down at the bottom of his shirt. and when i looked over, it looked to be specks of blood on his shirt. >> he says that smith rebuffed her when she tried to get answers. i asked him, you know, what's going on? and he tells me to let it go. don't

north hills looking good. look at the gorgeous blue skies, light breeze around 8 miles per hour but it's a southwest breeze that will boost these temperatures up relatively quickly. 20s and 30s now by mid-day, already, to 60 degrees. so a great morning to get out and get a little exercising in this afternoon. temperatures in the mid-60s with the southwest light breeze at 5-10 miles an hour. so you can imagine the tail gating will be great. the game is at 3:00. if you're out there from 1:30 to 3:00, will be nice. after the game, still a light jacket if you're cold nature, but in the 60s. clear skies for now. we zoom it out to st. louis and memphis. we'll have clear skies. find the moon and south to the left of the moon, you'll see the planet mars in the night sky tonight as you look off to the east. there you see the front moving through tomorrow, a little fanfare, we'll see some clouds, a time tomorrow, mid-day through the afternoon. and on tuesday, really warm. clouds coming late in the day with the southwest

. >> smith drew a lot of attention to himself in the north hills mall, first the head server at bone fish grill remembered him, anthony and redden because of a huge pile of mess they left at an outside table. >> i remember seeing golf tees, and it was just -- i don't know if it came out of someone's pants or where it came from but i just remember when he i walked out there it was sitting there and i was like inside and talked to a manager and was like this is odd, like something is odd about this. >> she also remembered reddens unusual behavior. >> she acted uneasy. >> then the manager of the north hills ben and jerry's store are that she remembered them because of an argument they had in filling out an employment section. >> the argument, you know like i can hear what you're saying, i'm the manager, you know, you're not going to get a job here and you should probably leave the store. >> she also testified she had security escort smith reden and anthony off the property. michael hop testifiedd of seeing them at a marijuana anonymous meeting that anthony had been identified smith as b

today as a precaution. >>> sentencing phase continues today in the trial of a man who killed a north hills mother. yesterday the ten-year-old heartbreaking loss in finding her mom's body. the same jury that convicted smith of murder are deciding if he'll get life in prison or the death penalty. >>> this report comes out four times a year. and this is the fourth and final quarterly report for 2015 and it contains the summary of the entire year. and the department has not released the. >> reporter: the. >> report publicly yet. >>> president obama will be saiding to vietnam this month after a half century of cold war opposition. castro in cuba announced that they would repair ties. >>> and pope francis heading back to the vatican after a whirlwind trip to mexico. he offered prayers for those that crossed the border and those that died while trying to reach the u.s. >>> what a wild night for round one one the battle of the blues. >> final duke 74, tar heels 73. >>> a stinging loss for unc in the first round. duke fans were nervous down to the last second of the yesterday's game. downtown durha

says ronald anthony displayed on the night of may 13th the night she, smith and anthony were in a north hills neighborhood where the men were brokeing into automobiles, the night that jones was killed she said, smith and anthony went off to check something out. she says she stayed in building under construction near the occupied building in the north hills neighborhood. at one point she says she saw smith on a second floor balcony of the occupied building. >> it was wiping tough rail. >> how was he wiping off the rail. >> using his shirt. >> a few minutes later she met said they had to go. in her words, they left kind of quick. in a nearby parking lot, the two men cleaned themselves. >> ron had a water bottle he was pouring over his hands and he handed out the tray and he did the same thing. >> smith appear today have blood on his shirt. she couldn't get answers about what happened when she questioned smith. >> i asked him, you know, what's going on. he tells me to let it go, don't ask question, just forget about it. >> that was steve reporting. sarah testified she is charge window first degr

north hills mall that area's gotten really bad so i've been wanting more lane lanes and wider lanes on six forks for quite a while. >> if council approves, the next step would be to begin designing the new roadway and that would cost about $2 million, which would be paid for in part by transportation bond. >>> today, the greatest show on earth kicks off here in raleigh. the ringling brothers will hold a series of shows today -- the ringling brothers show here ringling bros. barnum & bailey circus show is here. here's what's coming up on the today show. >>> coming up today, they're heading to new hampshire. bernie sanders and hillary clinton pushing into the all important primary. senator sanders has a double we'll tell you secretary up, and how he husband w . >>> all right. it's time for a quick look at some news before you head out. today an important meeting between wake county schools and county officials is scheduled to take place. both sides will meet to discuss the future of school and the county and the meeting happens every few months. today, they'll be talking about how they'r

he robbed the jewelers in north hills just before 6:30 last night. the robbery took place again, last night, surveillance cameras captured a picture of the suspect, just before he ran out with a stash of undisclosed item ts and investigators believe he is still armed right now. identified. >>> investigators say the man who shot and killed a rookie police officer swore an oath to protect the country. still a ahead, find out the high security duty station he's assigned to, plus the other task. >> a prank on a middle schoolteacher goes too far, what got a fwrup of schoolgirls locked up with felony charges against them. >> beautiful weather today, nice and warm, we were about to 10-15 degrees warmer than yesterday. these are the highs, mid to upper 60s across the viewing area. how long the warm >>> an saerm staff sergeant facing murder charges after he killed his wife and opened fire washington, d.c. suburb. the first day on the job fwr the officer killed. investigators say the officer was his sister in arms. >> officer down, too, i don't know where the

travion smith was found guilty a mother in her north hills apartment. wral's lamb tells us....now a jury will choose between life and death. the same jury who convicted travion smith of murder, will now decide if he lives or dies. lissa huggins- jones was found beaten and stabbed in her north raleigh apartment in may 2013 by her then 8- year-old daughter hannah jones. the child took the stand as her loved ones watched. e described her mother- "she was very funny. she would always make you have a smile on your face. she was very giving and loving to everyone she knew" hannah testified she slept near a loud fan in her room at the apartment, but that she did hear something the night of the murder. "i heard a screaming noise and went back to sleep," hannah said. "it didn't sound like it was in our apartment." when hannah woke up she went straight to her mother's room. "i walked into the room and saw she wasn't alive, so i went e office." hannah testified. hannah got help from some construction workers at the apartment complex. as her grandparents and father

melissa huggins jones was killed during the burglary of her north hills apartment in 2013. now one of the people charged in her murder is on trial. amanda lamb is following this case and joins us with what happened in court this morning. amanda? >> reporter: renee, like you said, this is terrifying. a stranger breaking into your home with a weapon. prosecutors contend this break- in was just one of a series of crimes that the suspect carried out the night she was murdered. several cars were broken into, and at least one other, at the murder. traveon smith says he was breaking into cars that night with his first two codefendants and at first detectives didn't know for sure that the break- ins were definitely connected to the murder of melissa huggins jones but they did suspect that they were. >> the murder was an apartment that was broken into, and the apartment that was broken into, there was another apartment right under under the victim's apartment that was also broken into, and in the immediate area of that were several cars that were broken into. and it all happened on

prosecutors say he murdered a north hills woman during the burglary. melissa huggins-jones was found dead in her apartment of may 2014 by her 8-year-old daughter. the trial begins this morning at 9:30. we will carry it on www.wral.com. >>> punxsutawney phil fails to see his shadow. early spring. not? >> will have to see about that, bill. we will look at the longer- time. right now let's focus on what's going on right now. you've got 46 degrees up there in roxboro, 46 in south hill, raleigh. 59 in fayetteville, 54 in clinton area. mainly cloudy skies out there to start the day. you can see a little frontal system with sprinkles and light showers moving across the northern parts of the state last night. those moved up to the east pretty early last night, since then, we've had low clouds filtering in from the north. as we go through the day we continue on with more clouds, maybe a couple of patches of drizzle, 49 degrees at 8:00 a.m., lunchtime matching up to 52. might be a break in the classroom the south and east of raleigh. maybe a few more of those fo

sand hills, sanford 51. 52 lillington. 53 fayetteville. 53 goldsboro. we will go north and you will see temperatures in the 40's, 48 roxboro. 47 south hill. 50 roanoke rapids. 52 wilson. tonight the temperatures across the area back to around 30 for an overnight low. i feel we will have the wintry mix early. rain may end as a few snowflakes. no accumulation. overnight le nightnight lows a little below normal. powered by accuweather shoals cold weather all -- shows cold weather all week. 43 tomorrow the high. tuesday night into wednesday down into the 20's for lows. wednesday 40, lots of sunshine. cold. friday 41 and partly sunny. monday 41 and for valentine's day you will want to snuggle up. only in the 30's. the rest of the week. today is the warmest of the next seven. john: 4:52. a protest planned for today at a durham school. barbara: why the students are upset after being told to remove head wear. about barbara: welcome back. john: officials at the brunswick nuclear plant on the north carolina coast are declaring an alert saying there's no danger and the alert was d

the wake county courthouse, closing arguments for smith the man convict of killing jones in her north hills apartment three years ago. the defense called several members of smith family to the jury will decide if he will get life in a north carolina resident was diagnosed with the zika virus. they willal not say who got the virus or where abroad and brought it back to the state. the majority of people who get the virus don't know they have it. anthony: 9:35 now, abc11 eyewitness news highlighting the leg agency of three college students murdered in chapel hill. ahead on abc11 eyewitness news. caitlin: breaking news now. a police officer dead, three others hospitalized after a standoff at a home in mississippi. authorities are saying the standoff ended in gunfire earlier this morning with the suspect also dead. a woman and girl were inside the home at the time. they are alive. called into that scene last night. it is not clear which agency the officer worked for. steve. steve: all right. thank you very much. good morning, everyone. right now we're looking nice out there. mid and high level c

north hills temperature 44 and wind northeast three. 42 in oxford to 46 tkpwoldzboro, 48 clinton. satellite and radar composite shows the cluck -- bulk of the activity to the north. by lunchtime it shifts east and 5:00 one or two pockets of green. it is tomorrow as the system is rolling we will see showers in the morning and between 1:00 and 7:00 tomorrow we see this lane work through. it is not much now but this will intensify as the models get a better handle on this. as far as the type of severe weather, the threat risk tomorrow flooding, you may see isolated flooding. ing we elevate the chance for hail and tornadoes. unfortunately we could see an isolated tornado tomorrow afternoon and certainly straight line damaging winds would be problematic. something to watch through wednesday. today you don't have to worry about any of that. cloudy skies and rain ending this morning. by lunchtime 49 degrees in the capital city. we will hover in the 50's in raleigh all afternoon. across the region temperatures in the 50's from holly springs to chapel hill. 50 durham, 52 smithfield. 52 in p

he is accused of killing huggins jones during a break in at her north hills apartment. >> i saw this child standing at the fence and she had her hands locked in the fence and she was crying. >> reporter: the granddaughter found her mother and ran to nearby construction workers asking for help. they went to the apartment. >> she had blood all over her face. i put two fingers on her wrist and there was no pulse. >> reporter: they called 911 and called wallace to tell her, her daughter was dead. heard it but i didn't hear it. >> reporter: in opening statement, smith's attorney says his client was manipulated by a codefendant, ryan anthony who pled guilty and serving a life sentence. sarah redden is also charged. >> ronald anthony who killed melissa huggens jones. >> reporter: one of the saddest parts of the testimony today, it was clear that hanna jones had no idea that her mother was dead. she thought she was sick and needed help. everyone who talked to her that trial is expected to last a month. back to you. >>> smoke and flames shot through the roof of a raleigh home this afternoon,

the jury in the north hills murder trial saw disturbing evidence. we will tell you what the interview reveals about the crime. >>> a man accused of killing a taxi driver face as judge. some want the community to get man: astiling raion. man:rey awfor tuesut tw isp 'ally bt! cky fe. thoudollday, >>> thank you for joining us i'm gerald owens. >> i'm linda gialanella. injuries viewed disturbing physical evidence. amanda lamb is following the case and joins us with what happened in court. >> reporter: sometimes it is not emotional testimony that prompts an emotional reaction from people in a courtroom but the sight of blood or pictures of the victim. it began as smith telling his

. >>> testimony started today in the trial of a man accused of killing a woman in her north hills apartment. smith is accused of killing melissa joans in 2013 rs while her daughter slept down the hall. her daughter who was 8 at the time, found her mother and ran to ask nearby construction workers for help. they called 911 and the child's grandmother. she testified about the call today. heard it but i didn't hear it. i didn't understand. i told my husband. i got the phone call something was wrong with melissa. >> shith was manipulated by his codefendant say his attorneys. anthony pleaded guilty and serving a life sentence. the trial is expected to last a month if convicted, smith could face the death penalty. environmental disaster changed the way we deal with coal ash, in 2014, a broken pipe sent 39,000-tons of ash in to the dan river, at the retired duke energy plant in rockingham county. the clean up and investigation led to new state regulations about storing coal ash, the company is moving much of it to two landfills in our area. duke energy pleaded guilty to violations of the clean wat

north hills murder. california with more team coverage of super bowl 50. the organizers are trying to make this year's game the greatest ever. live from raleigh, wral news at 4:00 on fox50 starts right now. more rain drop the day today, and it will be a soggy commute tonight for many of you. 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 eas

. >>> closing arguments in the north hills murder trial were put on hold until tomorrow because of the wintery weather. some jurors in the trayvon smith case were unable to make it to court this morning. smith is charged with killing melissa hugins jones during a break in in 2013. the final witness testified. the defense did not present any evidence. an arrest death investigation. 27-year-old timothy lockleer is charged with first degree murder attempted rape and a body was found on nina road yesterday afternoon. they have not identified a victim or set a cause of death. >>> a topic that draws deep police vision heard arguments for and against teacher tenure something latch makers tried to end in 2013. wral's colin brower is here to take us inside the supreme court debate. >> for the justices this is a question of contract law. in 2013 they passed legislation to out law career status for teachers. granted after four years that status eliminates job evaluations and adds due process if they want to fire a teacher. the legislation to abollish step your is a way to weed out because those a

. >> a jury found him guilty of murdering melissa huggins-jones in a north hills raleigh apartment. wral's tara lynn is live at the county. his life is on the line now. >> reporter: it only took an hour before jurors returned with the guilty verdict. now his lawyers are going to argue that they sent him to prison rather than sending him to the death penalty. smith is accused of murdering mother of two, melissa huggins- jones, in 2013. during closing arguments in the case, the defense tried to convince jurors that another man, ronald anthony, was the ringleader and manipulated smith to participate. anthony pleaded guilty last year in order to avoid the death penalty but the argument was not enough to convince the also responsible. family members of melissa huggins-jones cried as the jury read their verdict. smith showed no emotion. the defense did not call any witnesses, nor did they put on any asset -- evidence in the testimony phase but ours expected to do now in the sentencing phase which could take 2 to 3 days. the jury will have to decide to send him to prison without the chance

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sand hills pinehurst 71. 7 2 72 fayetteville. 71 goldsboro. north of the triangle south hill 66 and 69 rocky mount and 69 wake forest. tonight temperatures back into the 40's and 50's. cloudy with showers. normal low is 32. we will be 18 degrees above that. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow chiral, on wednesday 68 with a storm chance into wednesday night. thursday, 54 and cooler and drying out and staying typical as we head toward the weekend. the weekends will be dry and cooler than this weekend. almost 20 degrees cooler but that's where we should be. john: we had it good. barbara: it is 5:21. burger king adding something new to the menu. john: details of the buttery carolina panthers arrive in hey, you're going to do great. hi. if you misplace your discover card, you can use freeze it to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds. and once you find it, you can switch it right on again. you're back! freeze it, only from discover. get it at discover.com. adventures from $599, come seek the roya

north hills, clearing skies, that is going to set us up for a cold night. temperatures in some cases into the teens. it is down to 35. humidity with a west, northwest wind at 10:00. 31 south hill. 37 rocky mount wilson. 34 in southern pines. all in the 30's, temperatures cold across the midwest. that is funneling down the east coast. it is in the 70's, oklahoma city in dallas and denver, they are and 61 right now. clouds are beginning to break up. we have a dry evening. there are snow showers across the mountains and winter weather advisory's. we turn mostly clear tonight. cold with upper teens, even some suburban areas around the triangle could be 18 or 19. low 20's around fayetteville. you will need the winter coat, only 35 that name. i don't think we see the clouds increasing. it should be sunny from start to finish. temperatures in the mid-30's as the arctic high continues to build. here is the low pressure we talked about for friday. a small chance of a light snow for a brief time on friday. it doesn't look like a lot. either way it doesn't look like a

there is a look at north hills. temperatures are right around 50 degrees at the moment. it will not be as cold tonight. humidity is at 36%. a south wind at 10. 40's, roxboro to oxford. 48, rocky mount-wilson. 48 southern pines. lower 50's around fayetteville. cool today, but not that far away, look at the 60's, as far kansas city. minneapolis, what he above normal for them. and this warm air is about to jump over the mountains and you will see that tomorrow. there's a look at our radar and satellite ensures -- pictures. cold and trustee. there are clouds to the west. a lot of clouds, high-level clouds overhead. still really nice. tonight, not as gold. mid-to-upper 30's. 40's in fayetteville. not as chilly. and you may need a jacket to start out, 30's at 7 a.m., up to 56 i 11:00. we will be warmer by noon tomorrow than we were all day today. notice there will be clouds around. sunny -- maybe a patch or two of fog in the morning. and then we get into sunday, warmer still. this will spread rain into our mountains back into northern tennessee. it will not be until late in th

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we will check in north hills. not much. 36, north wind five. from across the region this morning, sanford 26. 31 roxboro and oxford. 30 louisburg. 35 wilson, 34 goldboro and 37 in fayetteville. clear skies fors not part. a couple of high clouds and that's it. we have some cloud cover back knew western virginia and eastern kentucky and southern virginia. lots of dry air and that works across us today, tonight and tomorrow meaning lots of sunshine. by lunchtime first alert predictor forecast model shows clear skies and sunshine. 5:00 clear skies and sunshine. should be a beautiful sunset tonight. tomorrow more sunshine on the way and nice weather on the way and we warm up as we head toward the weekend. the high pressure is up to the north helping to pump in cooler air. that is why we will only be the normal high is 55 to 57. tonight into tomorrow we warm a little built but -- little bit but then we have warm air down in alabama, georgia and mississippi coming our way and it willhrwill push the temperatures into the 60's. by lunchtimed to 46 degre

you just heard the 911 call after a double shooting in north college hill.. one person has been charged after two teens were shot. police say they arrested a juvenile male and recovered a weapon. officers say a 17- year old boy was shot several times on clover lane near hamilton avenue last night. a second teen was also shot in the incident. both were taken to university medical center with non- life threatening injuries. the juvenile arrested has been charged with two counts of felonious assault and tampering with evidence. family and friends gathering tonight to remember a former butler county sheriff... dick holzberger also served as a hamilton police officer and a hamilton council member. tonight a visitation service was held at we're told he suffered what appeared to be.. a massive a stroke. he passed away at the age of 70. a funeral will be held tomorrow at st. julie billart catholic church in hamilton. reds numbers now in tonight... the reds are estimating more than five-hundred fans showed for today's final stop in florence. joe d is back from the fin

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now, we he do have an accident here in north raleigh at north hills it's at market north hills street so watch out there. we know that's a busy area as people trying to get on 440 this morning. so allow that accident plenty of room. we'll keep you up to date through the rest of the morning here on wncn today. >>> well, new this morning we're learning more about what it was like inside a kansas plant when a man began firing killing three wncn's justin quesinberry is here with what the witnesses saying now. >> they say they knew this man who came into the plant. he was one of them, a worker at the factory that makes lawn care equipment a co-worker and friend identified the suspect as ford confirmed his name. witnesses say he was armed with an assault style weapon and a handgun. this happened near the end of the workday. the shooting was the fourth scene authorities were called to as the suspect moved from location to location in a shooting spree. witnesses say he did not seem to have a specific target and and shooting anyone who got in his way. >> he we was looking at him and he yelled

a wide look at north hills right now. looking pretty good. cars on the roadway. temperatures are mile through the evening our -- hours. a normal high is 57. we are there right now. tomorrow morning should be pretty mild for the kid. a light jacket is all they need. 52-53 degrees holding steady. showers in the mountains. we expect cloudy skies for now. the rain showers, we will watch this moisture continue to come our way and increase our rain chances by tomorrow night. during the day is mostly cloudy with the northeasterly flow giving us cooler temperatures. some showers start to show up eventually as you get to midnight or 2:00 in the morning we will see rain start to spread in. it will be with us throughout tuesday. the warm front stays to the south. in the afternoon there might be a break in the rain. the question is will this warm front moves the cooler air the surface. i think it will. upper 60's. may be done easily will even see 70's. along the front outer have this we could see a couple of thunderstorms moving on in has the front moves in. behind it we wil

testimony continues in the trial of travion smith, accused of killing melissa huggins jones in her north hills apartment in 2013. the victim's daughter was a asleep during the crime. the girl who is 8 years old, found her mom and ran to ask nearby construction worker for the grandmother who lived in willmington. defense attorneys say smith was manipulated by his codefendant, ronald anthony and anthony committed the murder. anthony pleaded guilty and serving a life sentence. smith could get the death penalty. >>> a prayer individual toil bring attention to unsolved murder in durham, orie was found shot in the head along concord or december 1st. the crime was not random. so far, no arrests. pastors of three local churches will hold a vigil at 6:00 tonight at the scene of the crime. >>> round for annual charter school report. >> comes after the lieutenant governor asked for a revision, he said it was too negative and needed to be worked on. tara lynn joins us. >> reporter: this report went to the state oh board of education, a month ago, the some more highlights to be included to make it positive

should be in the 40's around the triangle as temperatures start to warm up through the there is north hills. right at the freezing point with overcast guys. -- overcast skies. look at our temperatures, low to mid 30's. this warmer air is going to overwhelm this really cold air mass in place. you -- it should really surge in as the wind kicks the warm air in. look at to the thunderstorms in alabama north florida. tornado watch out in central alabama and the florida panhandle. just another look at this line coming in right around sunrise tomorrow with the potential for wind gusts at 40 to 45 and maybe to the east. then we go back to sunshine looks to be a nice afternoon. temperatures will hold around the upper 50's to around 60. there is the storm system that will move on through with the cold front and bringing gusty showers tomorrow. you see the system coming in wednesday. it will have a little bit of rain in the morning hours and then that's it. the seven-day forecast, wednesday dries out again, 55. thursday and friday, seasonable, nice weather. teens and single-digit wind chills we had th

. >>> it's day two in the trial for one of the men charged with killing a mom in her north hills apartment. more witnesses took the stand today. >> the prosecution spent the day, showing the jury how police built their case against the suspects. connecting a burglary and the theft of some laptops to the murder. >> reporter: the onsight manager testified, the leasing office was just below huggins- jones' apartment, and had been broken into the same night she was murdered. lee says she kept the boxes with the serial numbers which helped detectives. >> were you able to get them as best as you could? the serial numbers from the box >> reporter: clint merit testified that he found the missing laptops. >> he found a craigslist ad, and one of the photos showed that window's serial number on one of the screen shots of the machine. with that we were able to positively identify that that was the machine based on its windows serial number. >> reporter: travion smith was picked up after another detective posing as a buyer met to meet with the seller of the laptop. >> i wept to the wal-mart to meet mik

jon: he has watched traffic explode around north hills and knows something has to be done about it. and in this case, that something could be transformative. they went to why did it, adding raised bike lanes, walkways, and public art, but others we talked to are wary about what it would take to make all of that happened. >> i think it will be great. it will be painful for all of the people who are here to get through the construction part of it. jon: those concerns run deep, as more than half of those who showed up came out against widening the road. >> i am hesitant to discuss options that were not even the majority option of our citizens. jon: other council members going over the plan for the first time had other concerns, raging traffic, pedestrian safety, and bus plans. meantime, mike's concerns are more immediate. the design calls for median strips. he worries that will cut off business. >> you do not want to overdo the aesthetic and create a lot of issues and a lot of maintenance that is not necessary. jon: and ahead of us, you can see this and of headlights which is not untyp

north hills, 31 there. light breeze around three. most areas below freezing so we have a cold are start. but temperatures about the same as yesterday in the afternoon, low 50's the bus stop kids bundle up it will be cold, 33 degrees by 9:00 and we will climb to around 51 this fair weather for now, a few clouds. should be nice and sunny today. we warm up tomorrow. we have a flow out of the south-southwest boosting the temperatures to near 70's sunday and next week we have 40's and rain coming in potentially as early as monday. travel-wise looking pretty good all major hubs showing no delays. seven-day in a few minutes. along the u.s.-mexico border made him not christian. >> he said something much soft are tan originally reported by the media. i think he heard one side of the story which is probably by the mexican government. probying the pope has an awfully big wall at the vatican. barbara: korea slapped with tougher sanctions for its nuclear weapons program. this is weeks after the north launched a rocket with a satellite and conduct

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