professionor cole and o'connell. we're thrilled you've taken the time to come here tonight so thank you. as you're aware in recent years, drones have become an important weapon on the war on terror and conducting attacks on various targets in afghanistan, pakistan and beyond. the increased use of drones for targeted killing has become a focus of much discussion and controversy. raising many types of questions in a variety of corners, both at home and abroad. so this is a particularly interesting debate for me. so as a former infantry marine corps officer, both the pros and cons of this debate and of drone strikes in general hit a little closer to home than probably for the general audience. so on one hand, drones are quite attractive. they provide the capability to have near or true continuous reconnaissance coverage to then execute strike coverage -- excuse me -- strike orders based on certain criteria being met all while meeting the risk of downed pilot scenario which inevitably would lead to hostabbling rescue sit

o'connel was dating the boy's father "justin garwacki." the father is *also facing murder charges but cut a deal with the state in exchange for his testimony against o'connell. the defense *blames the father for the murder. 3 3 making headlines around the state: wanna hang out with "harry potter" this year? the price... just went up. universal orlando just annnounced a new hike in ticket prices. 3 a one-day ticket to either universal studios or islands of adventure just jumped to 105 dollars a person. that's a three dollar increase. and a ticket for *both parks went up from 147 dollars... to 155. that combo ticket is the only way guests can use the "hogwarts express" between harry potter attractions. this hike comes about a *year after the last increase at universal. and it now *matches the one day prices at disney's magic kingdom. but that will probably change. disney usually hikes *its prices every year too... usually this 3 there's a lot less snakes slithering through the florida everglades today. and it's thanks to the state's python c

o'connell will be sentenced next month. she faces 30 years in prison. >>> and the hillsborough county teen busted with a gun on the school bus is out on bond tonight. sims was seen loading the gun on the bus headed to brandon alternative school. the bus was evacuated and the gun was recovered. deputies say the gun was stolen during a burglary at a temple terrace apartment last month. sims is not charged in that crime but deputies are looking >>> a consumer alert for drivers in sarasota. police found a skimming advice at an exxon gas station. this is a picture here of the pump where the skimmer was found. employees noticed the antitampering tape was missing during a routine check this morning. it's not known how long the skimming device was on the pump. if you bought gas there recently, you should pay extra attention to your bank statements. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. a frigid start to our day with temperatures in the low 30s across the metro. even up

let's go to brody o'connell you've been watching the story in the alert center, are you getting more information? >> brody: that's right, christine. reporting them since 4:30 this morning. what we know so far is this is a home with nobody inside. we don't know what caused the fire. one person is being treated for smoke inhalation, what i want to do is here pull up apple tv to show you some pictures tweeted out from the huntersville fire department to give you an idea how big the fire was. a good picture to give you an idea of the severity of the fire. good news the flames have been knocked down here, started before 3:00 a.m., we have a crew out on the scene, they are working to bring you a live picture and of course we'll bring that to you as soon as possible. this was over on devonshire drive in huntersville, john and christine we're monitoring updates, i'll bring them to you as soon as possible. back to you guys. >> john: people across the country are remembering a man from the upstate who was one of the last of the buffalo soldiers. 93-year-old private tommy gaines buffalo soldier

those stories plus brody o'connell here in the alert center getting the overnight headlines. >> brody: hoping to get a give picture out of r oxboro, north carolina, we'll look at that school districts in the area are closed or delayed today. officials with charlotte-mecklenburg schools tell us they are on a normal schedule and are expected to decide on any changes to the schedule any minute now so if we hear of anything we'll let you know first. the latest closing and deb lays on the bottom of the screen and wbtv.com/closings. >> john: to make it clear, charlotte-mecklenburg on normal schedule, let's find out what we can expect in the area, charlotte's mothers most experienced meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: temperatures area-wide are below freezing. snowing in the mountains, shortly have a report from ashton pellom up there, you can see snow is coming down across the high country. gets spottier toward i-40, some of this may not be reaching the ground but again the potential there with temperatures that are well down in the 20s. south of there, very very spotty around the metro area

o'connell was dating the boy's father. last week, the boy's father testified about o'connell's abuse. he's also facing murder cut a deal with the state in exhange for his testimony. the defense claims *he was the one who killed his son. 3 3 tampa police have a new clue... in a deadly strip club shooting. they're looking for a person of interest... captured on surviellance cameras. 3 tampa police released several photos of the man seen on the cameras.. they are not calling him a "suspect"..just a person of interest. someone opened fire in "club rayne" around 2 a-m saturday. 21-year-old marvin lancaster, of brandon, was killed inside the club. and yesterday, a second man... 20-year-old christopher houston...also passed away in the hospital. a candle light vigil was held for houston last night. family members say he was only in the club to pick up a friend when the bullets started flying. they say he did not deserve to die. what he deserves, is justice: 3 in addition to tampa crimestoppers is offering a 3- thousand dollar rew

o'connel was dating the boy's father "justin garwacki." the father is *also facing murder charges but cut a deal with the state in exchange for his testimony against o'connell. the defense *blames the father for the murder. 3 3 developing this morning in polk county: a new scam... targeting taxpayers. and it all starts, with a phone call. 3 the sheriff's office say a caller will claim to work for the i-r-s and demand payment of the taxes you owe. if you get a call like that... you're being scammed. that's because the i-r-s never makes phone calls or sends emails about taxes... they only communicate through the u-s postal service. and the calls are even getting more complicated. the scammer might call and threaten jail time if you *back, claiming to be local police. the sheriffs office says elderly residents are especially vulnerable to these scams. the i-r-s says if you *do get a call like this... they want you to report it to *them immediately. fox 13's shayla reaves will much more on these scams... in a live report at 4-30. 3 in hillsbor

those stories miss brody o'connellplusbrody o'connell getting details on a fire. >> brody: would be person is being treated for smoke inhalation, new details in in minutes in the alert center. >> john: get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. >> al: a very mild start to the day and damp as well w that a little bit of fog, around wadesboro, zero visibility, good visibility here in charlotte. be mindful you may run in a little bit of fog this morning. you may also get a spritz or sprinkle, rain is spotty and light, no rain in statesville right now but a little bit of fog you can see clover leaf elementary school. dry in charlotte, very mild, 59 rock hill, 55 in gastonia and lower 50s from boone, morganton, salisbury, albermarle, a little bit cooler but not by much, still in the 60s, may have a few breaks of sunshine, better chance for rain later in the day and temperatures will probably fall this afternoon across the i-40 corridor. a lot more rain to the south of us heading in our direction, talk about it in the seven day forecast. you're never

kara o'connell is charged with murder. the child's father agreeing to testify against her. spanking the 3-year-old boy and it kept escalating from there. he is testifying o'connell beat him with a belt for peeing on the bed and cut his lip with fishing string. >> on a few occasions i witnessed her pick him up by the throat, hold him up to the ceiling fan and tell him if he didn't get [censor] she would hang him from the ceiling fan. >> he agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder charges in exchange for his testimony against o'connell. he will serve no more than 30 years in prison. jamison. >> the woman accused of taking her two children and causing an amber alert is back in jail before a judge. gigi was found with her kids in madison, florida last week. police say she took the kids from the grand parents. with the law, not even a parking ticket. she will be granted a public defender. >>> a cop killer sentenced to death will have his case heard by the florida supreme court. morris killed tampa police officers david cu

wbtv's brody o'connell begins our team coverage. what was newton's response to the critics? >> maureen, i can tell you that cam was unapologetic. he admitted to being a sore loser. he has drawn sharp criticism his week but i can tell you after spending time in the locker room it is clear his teammates they still have his back. hurry for cam... >> cam newton's teammates cheered him on and had fun as the nfl mvp gave his first interview since the now infamous press conference walkout. the mood was lighter today but cam was not backing down or apologizing. >> i mean, i've been 0 on record to say i am a sore loser. who likes to lose, show me a it is not a popularity contest. i'm here to win football games. >> cam's walkout is not the only thing he is being criticized for. there was the fourth quarter fumble he did not dive on. cam told reporters today that his leg was in an awkward position on that play and felt that he could have been injured. gregle son has a message for people not satisfied. >> the one thing i do know is if anybody ever wants to question how much cam cares an

we'll start up in salisbury, brody o'connell was telling you about this from the alert center. a section of jake alexander boulevard closed down this morning between 150 and brenner avenue because of that huge fire at an area burger king there. so 6001 closed at that scene. looking live at independence boulevard at briar creek heading in toward the city this morning, volume of traffic relatively light. checking drive times, matthews to center city, 13 minutes, providence road from the arboretum area, 15 minute commute. and concord to center city running at 17 minutes, 68 miles an hour. again, most of our major interstates here in the charlotte area are running in the e een and they have cleared that scene on central avenue, which was closed down because of overnight hours, now the accident scene has shifted to an investigation just down the street at the green briar apartments, expect police presence along north sharon amity. that is a check of the morning commute, christine, over to you. >> christine: is your personal information falling in the wrong hands? >> john: the irs la

. >> christine: 5:36, get back to brody o'connell, who got details about a stabbing at a school in china and he has more. >> brody: disturbing news on cnn, ten school children stabbed, apparently the person who carried out the attack state-run media in china. all of the children are expected to survive, right now they are in the hospital receiving treatment. the incident took place in the far southern island of hunan. the motive is unclear at this time. john and christine, back to you. >> john: new this morning, prosecutors say the f.b.i.'s fight to have apple unlock the phone of one of the san bernardino terrorist shooters could help investigators here in north carolina. according to our news partners at the charlotte observer, law enforcement agencies across north carolina say that if the f.b.i. wins, they will seek similar help unlocking phone in their own criminal cases. the charlotte-mecklenburg police is one agency who say encrypted phones made some investigations more difficult. >>> steph curry is one of the carolina panthers biggest fans, as we know. it looks like the feeling is

is getting results for families still fighting for justice. >> kiersten o'connell, news 6. rain is overnight. troy bridges has a forecast >>troy: we have warmed up quickly even though we have tons of clouds in place. view. hardly any sunshine out there but we are already very close to where we should be for an temperature. that happens around three or 4:00 in the afternoon. this time it would be 74 in orlando and here at noon we are at 73. you can see the reason the south east wind is kicking up at 60 miles per hour. it's bringing more of the warm air and temperatures are heating up about the afternoon. we'll see a chance of showers with the southwind bringing in the moisture. we are at 72 in sanford and 70 in ocala. 70 in daytona and 73 in melbourne. nearly as cold this morning at a few mornings back. we were in the 20s at times and ocala started out at 46. the two was the early low in orlando. we will warm near 80 in many spots today. 78 with a 30% chance of rain. tomorrow. we will detail the and pinpoint the timing, straightahead >> the orange county man was found stabbe

. >> christine: brody o'connell following the details now in the alert center. brody, what do you know so far? >> brody: this is up near i-40 off i-40 near morganton at the hildebran town hall. here is the map giving you an idea where it is while i give you the latest details. we called dispatchers to see what was going on, we reached an official who gave us the address of 202 center street. we specifically asked if this was the town hall that was on fire, dispatcher said they were responding to a fire at the town hall, which is in a complex that shares office space with other buildings. so the town hall and other offices are located in a bigger building, that used to be the old hill hildebran high school. steve ohnesorge has done thorough coverage whether they were going to tear down the building. they are in the newer part of the section slate forward demolition was the oldest part of the build, built in 1917. we'll bring you updates whether we get crews to the scene. >> john: more breaking news covering for you out of huntersville. firefighters remaining on t

for the raycom news network, i'm brody o'connell. we'll have much more on super bowl 50 later on the news at five...first, lets get an update on your forecast. a fantastic frfray with a return to sunshine. mostly sunny , breezy and cool with highs in the lower 50s. clear, cold tonight, lows in the upper 20s mostly sunny tomorrow, highs lower 50s. it's looking like low pressure forms off the coast late saturday into sunday giving us sunday. cold air moves in for much of next week with well below normal temperatures. a man charged in connection with a deadly crash in lexington county is making his first court sunny , breezy and cool with highs in the lower 50s. clear, cold tonight, lows in the upper 20s mostly sunny tomorrow, highs lower 50s. it's lookininlike low pressure forms off the coast late saturday into sunday giving us some clouds and a 30% chance of next week with well below normal temperatures. a man charged in connection with a deadly crash in lexington county is making his first court appearance this afternoon. 21-year-old

brody o'connell joins us live braving the chill in charlotte. we do not see this a lot so it is a good idea to go over some of these things. >> you are right, jamie and fortunately, the sun poked out. temperatures they will dive when that sun goes down. i was talking to meteorologist chris larson and it's not just overnight that it will be cold it will last through the weekend. temperatures well below the average for february. so went around town today and talked to different businesses getting ready for the cold weather. at michael and son they are expecting a spike in business with heating and cooling issues obviously as well plumbing. when you have piping in the cold weather things can go bad. take precautions there. more on that at 5:00 p.m. and a lot of people are bundled up ready to go. but i went to crisis assistance there is a good population in pay their bills and it will be extremely cold. keep that in mind if you are having trouble reach out to crisis assistance before the cold weather gets really bad with the lows. and something easy

it is six after 6:00, get over to brody o'connell. >> christine: following more winter weather in other parts of the country. >> brody: we're not alone, all up and down the east coast, seeing some form of winter weather. this is a look out of baltimore right here and they expect some winter weather up there, no doubt but the temperatures were the big headlines up toward the maryland area. their temperatures down in the single digits over the weekend, trying to shake off the snow. i wanted to look around the country see what the impact is and seeing no surprise flight delays around the country, looking up at boston for example, seeing two cancellations right now, delay as well, clicking down to new york city, same idea there, in fact seeing a total of three delays and three cancellations out of there. it just spreads as you move west out toward detroit and south down to miami. that is a flight being affected because the plane can't get out of new york city this morning. how about this cool picture out of roxboro near the virginia state line, wral tweet had out. i figured i would share th

chris o'connell spent the day trudging through all of it. he's live in ridley park. chris, you had the an mom meter out earlier noun it's just plain cold. >> reporter: in a word lucy, sloppy all day's snow turned to rain and freezing rain as the temperatures continue to rise. i want to show you here in ridley about this was 27 degrees about... nighttime freeze on area roads has drivers on thin ice. >> had to pull over because the ice actually covering my headlights. and fogging up the windshield so bad you got to some sometime. >> reporter: molly spread her night spreading salt around the kennett square what. what as soon as she was done she had to go back don't all over again. >> we do this to make sure everyone is safe. we don't want anyone to slip and fall. >> reporter: daytime snow turned into nighttime freezing rain. keeping drivers on their toes and on their brakes. >> it's very icy. i just had to stop and, um, get all the ice off my windshield and windshield wipers because they were accumulating too much and made it hard to see. >> reporter: this crash on 202

live in mooresville, brody o'connell wbtv on your side. >> thank you. and that story is not unique there are race fans who could tell a tale because dale earnhardt struck a connection from nothing to become the sports greatest driver. >> and you are a nascar fan when you say that you are saying that understanding all the drivers in the sport. >> it's hard to believe he is gone. that was the indestructable driver and he is sorely missed. >> let's talk about the forecast we keep talking about the sunshine and it feels good. >> and the warm temperatures are going to continue. after the weekend we'll see. here is lyndsay tapases. >> no reason not to like the weekend forecast and yes things go downhill next week but we have a few really nice days ahead before we get to that point. sundown 6:08 and average high is around 56. so as we get into the later part of february early march we will faster. 53 in charlotte. we are pulling a northeast wind but tomorrow and through the weekend as the wind turns out of factor in the warm-up. we are holding on to 54 in conc

the father charged with the same crime testified against o'connell last week. the couple accused of choking, punching and torturing that little boy right there. the abuse so severe that he died. he agreed to testify in exchange of a sentence of no 2016. the candidates setting their sights on south carolina and smaller. tonight carly fiorina has race. and new jersey governor chris suit. christie staked the campaign on new hampshire. last night he told supporters instead of heading to south home. >> we have decided that we're going to go home to new jersey tomorrow and we're going to take a deep breath, see what the final results are tonight because that matters. >> last night's sixth place finish means it's unlikely that he will qualify for saturday night's debate. >>> meanwhile donald trump finished first among republicans and bernie sanders delivering a double digit win against democrat hillary clinton. coming up on friday, trump will speak to a packed house at the usf sun dome. it creates unique security we will have that story coming up at 6:00. >>> scary st

wbtv's brody o'connell was there when armed police started knocking on doors. the story new at 5:00. >> 9:00 a.m. at a secure officers from agencies load up. their targets include 16 different suspected drug dealers. including kingpin ernest bevin. >> he is a criminal and a thrug he is somebody that you do not need in your neighborhood. >> sheriff brought in federal agents to assist in the roundup. the priority suspects wanted on federal charges went down first. our cameras were rolling as they were marched into the union county courthouse one by one. then it was back out into the field. >> after knocking off the suspects wanted on federal charges the next thing they did they got in position to make more arrests these suspects wanted on state charges. >> these people are predators. you know, they are the people that prey on the young and they want them to grow up to get hooked to demand the drugs and bring them the money. march of 2014 this sting titled operation roosevelt runners took 136 kilos of cocaine off the street and additional 53 kilos of crack cocaine

professor o'connell, you have five minutes. we don't have a red light and orange light and green light, but let me tell you, we are going to try to stick to these times so we can have a full discussion. professor o'connell. >> i'm a law professor and an irish so sticking to five minutes will be challenging but we will do our best. just two years ago we were so focused on the drone. i attended a wonderful conference at loyola law school, and tom durkin is here, organize. some of you might be asking why are we still talking about drones? is an ice is the only issue on the national security agenda? i think you're right to ask that. but in my view, in the comments i want to me, i will bring these two topics together because i link our policy of counterterrorism that soaking to focus on and use the drone as in part responsible for the rise of isis. isis came up from according to the cia nowhere but, of course, they were a round. the cia just didn't watch as it was focused on using drone killings. drones that can arise the people who

live in uptown, brody o'connell wbtv on your side. >> we will see you at 6. the trial is underway for a man accused in a deadly shooting at a local convenience store. >> new and next... >> compelling testimony in a rowan county courtroom is a man pleaded guilty to murder testifies against his former friend who is also charged in the same murder case. >> and i'm meteorologist eric thomas. showers are moving back into the wbtv viewing area. here we go introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. the only way to make em' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com breaking news, new information of the murders of a alex giles has the details. we got our hands on the court documents that show

brody o'connell has been talking to officials and live in wilkinson boulevard. power lines i know have been down there. do you know when that road is going to be clear and free of that problem? >> yes, we got word from cmpd if you look you can see up at little rock road the intersection of wilkinson closed for the inbound lanes it will be 3 to 4 hours before they get that back open. but cars are flowing outbound fine. but the scene we have seen here all day across town. downed power lines, downed trees causing serious problems. >> it's madness. >> dizzy spent the afternoon driving around and checking out the aftermath of the storm. >> lord it is a mess. i mean, there's trees over houses and debris all over the roads and that if you drive around the wind is blowing you all over the roads. >> martin stopped to take pictures of this condo. part of a tree crashed through the roof. but it was not just downed trees creating problems, downed power lines have also created a safety hazard as well. crews spent hours cleaning up this mess on sardis lane in south charlotte.

we are staying on top of the story and brody o'connell is on your side looking what you can do to make sure your water is safe. how are people finding out about the test results? >> believe it or not several families here in the neighborhood found out through us and they were not happy about that. the families told me they felt like carolina water service should have reached out to them directly after high lead levels were discovered in one home. >> they need to do the right thing. >> bill lived here in the neighborhood for 22 years. still he has yet to receive anything from carolina water service notifying him one of his neighbors had elevated lead levels in their drinking water. >> amazed they did not notify us especially with all the attention that they have had over the last few years. >> he is not the only one waiting on the company for more information. this woman asked to not be identified. >> one of the things we did ask communication. because it seems to be lacking as well. and for us not to be communicated bothered me. levels. we reached out to the epa to see if others could

chris o'connell is looking at the damage from the inside. >> reporter: listening to kathy i'm not sure how fast the winds were blowing surely enough bad enough to cause major damage about 1:00 o'clock this afternoon in holmesburg. we're on the hockey court holmesburg boys club they're not playing hockey tonight. that's why. look, all this rainwater coming in from a roof that was ripped off here about 1:00 o'clock. take look at the images from skyfox that we captured right about 1:00. major winds came ripping the roof off of this, the layer, the rubber layer protective layer on top of the holmesburg boys club here on ditman street in one fell swoop ripped it entirely off the building. you see the right hand side of your screen was completely ripped off. if we can come back out here live, we're now on the back of the boys club where you're actually going see the damage first hand. look at that one piece of -- they're surveying the damage right now. you see this one piece of rubber roof behind here that just was literally one gust of wind that came over here. joe he is the vice-president

brody o'connell is one of the neighborhoods deemed high-risk. what can you tell us? >> there are neighborhoods just outside of uptown charlotte that are heavily populated with old trees and homes and this morning we got a reminder how dangerous that can be especially when the weather turns. >> i heard a rumbling sound and then the roof starts collapsing. >> daniel and his family escaped this near disaster without injury. but this close call in south charlotte is a reminder how important it is to be aware of the trees on your property. tim porter is the city arbourist here in charlotte and we asked him to identify the five most high-risk neighborhoods, areas that most commonly report downed trees after a storm. the list includes wesley heights, cherry, dilworth, myers park and will more. homeowners should be looking for tree might be a threat. >> look for things such as mushrooms on the tree at the base of the tree they may indicate rot or decay. has the tree been dropping limbs, that could indice something is going on. >> officials have not determined if weather play

this afternoon at 4:30 brody o'connell will explain warning signs that >> the vote was 7-4 charlotte city council oks a nondiscrimination order naps that would allow transgender people to choose a restroom people were vocal and packed the meeting. sara-blake morgan was there and joins us live from the government center with more on the fallout today. >> yes, this was a victory in the eyes of the lgbt community but one they were not surprised by. they knew walking in last night that they had the support from city leaders to get this vote passed and that is exactly what happened. look of this video from inside last night. it took sometime to get to that vote. nearly 140 speakers each given one minute pleading their cases passionately to the council. the people for and against the ordinance passing were split evenly. most of the focus has been on the bathroom portion it does give an lgbt person protections in other areas like businesses or transportation, but last night opinions were not in short >> you worry when you have about your daughter running into face-to-face with a anatomical

brody o'connell has the latest on the search for those doing this and it's new at 5:00 p.m. >> the flint hill fire department in fort mill, south carolina, the latest target for thieves. the sheriff's office tells wbtv multiple vehicles were broken into overnight. all of them belonging to firefighters. to the north in huntersville, the local fire department is rebounding from the same situation. >> very disappointing and sad. you know, we are learning some of the vehicles are targeted while on fire calls and some of the vehicles targeted while we >> saturday morning four firefighter vehicles were broken into in huntersville. officials here are just stunned that the crooks could sipk this low -- sink low. >> personal vehicles belonging to public servants trying to help people. it's extremely sad. >> multiple departments wbtv spoke with monday said they are working together to share information and to protect one another they are not alone in huntersville, police are also stepping up patrols. >> they feel bummed that the it happened we work with them and know them on a first name basis. we

live in uptown charlotte, brody o'connell wbtv on your side. >> thank you. neighbors say they have questions about test results >> we go to the utility that did the testing to find out if the water is safe and what the neighbors should do tonight. >> we are still tracking a batch of rainfall and snow up in the mountains moving through. how long that lasts and good news we think we will be warmer going forward part of your seven-day first-alert forecast. >> and new tonight at 7:00 p.m. on primetime before you get rid of your boarding pass after your flight, think again. we are on your side showing you who may be after it, and how they could use it to steal from you at 7:00. on wbtv news is sponsored by... for you all new at 11:00 we are on your side investigating several gaston county communities short on police officers. and tonight we are looking into what is causing the shortage and the steps they are taking to fill in the gaps. and we will have all your breaking news at 11:00 p.m. >> three communities have been told samples tested positive for elevated le

justin garwacky took the stand against his ex-girlfriend cara o'connell to escape a life sentence. last week o'connell was found years in prison. >>> in democracy 2016 -- the presidential candidates are pulling out their not so secret weapons to try to get ahead in the campaigns. >> jeb bush hoping for a boost in support after his brother joined him in south carolina. here's what former president george w bush had to say about the election. >> there seems took lot of name- calling going on but i want to remind you what our good dad told me one time. labels are for soup cans. >> a big laugh from the crowd. he didn't mention donald trump or any specific candidate by name but went on to say how the country needs a president with humility. at the rally bush says he understands americans are angry and frustrated but the country needs someone who won't just mirror those emotions. he says jeb bush would be measured and thoughtful on the world stage. >>> meanwhile, donald trump is threatening to file a lawsuit against gop rival ted cruz. challenging cruz' eligibility to serve in the white

brody o'connell following these breaking details in the alert center, you have images from the scene too, brody. >> brody: we found out a burger king caught on fire. these are pictures from a crew on the scene. a very active scene, hoses out trying to knock down the fire. we also have video we can also show you right now from the scene. this is the burger king on west jake alexander boulevard for those of you familiar with that area. we have a couple updates, fire knocked down, main part of the fire. jake alexander boulevard closed right now between highway 150 and brenner avenue, keep that in salisbury, heading out here in a couple minutes, avoid the area. there was a nearby ymca had fire alarms going off, they checked it out. that was a reaction from this scene here. no fire was located over at that ymca. the cause of the fire, well, not known at this time. john and christine, that is the latest from the the alert center, back to you. >> christine: we'll see if anything comes out of that. thank you, brody. >>> police are asking witnesses to speak up after a man was shot and killed

we will start with faster o'connell and move on to professor coll. light, andave a red orange light, a green light. but let me tell you, we are going to try to stick to these times so we can have a little discussion. o'connell: i am a law professor and irishman was a speaking for five minutes will be challenging. just two years ago, we were so focused on the drone. i attended a wonderful conference from tom durkin who is here. some of you may be asking why we're still talking about drones? isn't isis the only issue on the agenda? i think you are right to ask that. but in my view, the comments i want to make, i will bring these two topics together. a policy ofink counterterrorism that soaking to focus on and use the drone has been, in part responsible for the rise of isis. isis came up from, according to the cia, nowhere. but of course, they were around. just did not watch as they were focused on using drone killings. drones that terrorized the , note who are affected just the targets, but those who have to live under the constant threat of attack. an

brody o'connell wbtv on your side. >> with the winds gusting the threat is not over. thank you. >> let's check in with alex giles live in the alert center. i was thinking about this. people losing their power because the wind was so strong. >> you saw the video of the downed lines and look at the duke energy outage map. you can see the icons displaying the outages in the charlotte area. 14,000 customers without power in mecklenberg county. and 5,000 in gaston county. we will keep watching the numbers, wow that is an active map. we'll keep you updated here in the alert center as the utility crews work to get the power restored across the region. >> across the foothills the storm left hundreds without power and knocked trees down and crushed a house in longview. storm this afternoon. >> the storm moved through so quickly there was no time to hunker down. if you were not in a safe place you did not have time to get anywhere. it lasted just a few minutes... dumped a lot of water... it was the wind that was the issue... this is what it left in its wake; trees down across t

this morning when a 200 pound storm drain cover dislodged inside the only o'connell and went airborne crashing through the windshield and killing her. caitlin was driving to work when it happened. she was an art teacher here glover elementary. today the pto released a statement that the caitlin was love by how many students and she inspired a love of art in our children. she will be greatly missed in our community. and for a woman his passion was pictures, those who love her say her legacy cannot be captured with just words. >> how much we appreciate not only dedicate themselves to whatever their goals are but encourage other people along the way. >> parents can come here to glover elementary tomorrow morning to meet with the counselors to talk about how to discuss the death with their children. i'm sorry school officials do ask that you do not bring your children with you. her family has asked for privacy at this time. box 25 news. >> more details not traffic is moving in both directions of the only o'connell after crews worked for hours today reconstructing what happened. they went

on this i fully agree with , professor o'connell. absolutely, we do not want a situation where weapons themselves make the decision. right now, that is not the situation with drones. they are fully controlled by the president. they are under full command. there is no robotic drone out there on its own, deciding who to target. so let us not be overly dramatic about this issue. the second thing i want to say is that, with regards to policing, ok, if the american people want to have a conversation and decide that we want to ban drones, along with other states, and we might ban chemical weapons or biological weapons, that is a very legitimate conversation. but we need to be aware of what the costs will be. ok? which are different from the cost of banning chemical weapons. the cost will be that we are vulnerable to attacks by these individuals, who will not operate in an armed conflict zone, but will operate somewhere else. and they will have impunity to plan attacks against us. in areas where we will not practically be able to arrest, de

chris o'connell, thank you so much. suburbs are seeing storm damage as well this picture from matt henry shows a sunoco sun that blew over on route 352 in glenns mills delaware county. to buck county and look a that right there. strong wind tore off the roof of one of the buildings at the tanner brothers dairy farm in richboro. you can see inside there are c cows. we don't know if any were hurt. >>> live look in delaware right now. this is wilmington. very pretty. look at that. the skies all clear out. remember you can get weather alerts and forecasts 24/7 right at your fingertips. download the fox 29 weather authority app on the apple and google play store. >>> developing story right now out of center city philadelphia. 38-year-old man is shot early this morning on the street at 15th lone cut. he's now in critical condition. >> tonight a lot of questions surround what happened. fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from the scene. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, the concern among at least some folks in question in terms of thi

chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >>> philadelphia police say they've nabbed an accus accusedf targeting northeast philadelphia church then say he made it easy. 28-year-old william sides now under arrest. investigators say he stole from a donation box for the poor inside our lady of calvary church twice. officers were able to catch him after they hid inside that church last night and just waited for him. authorities say the accused crook came back for, yes, a third time and they say they caught their guy in the act. >> both my officer and officer yanko ducked down behind the organ. we heard the keys rattling. we observed the gentleman walk in and we waited until he tried to pry open the poor box. that's when we swooped in. >> video shows officers making the arrest. sides is facing a list of charges including burglary. >>> it's all too common problem for septa. hopping the turn style. see what karma had in store for this guy as he tried to skip out on his fare. >>> and amazing group of youngsters going head to head on the hardwood tonight all in the name of fun. how they're being recogniz

raycom's brody o'connell spoke with fans at charlotte douglas airport. you can call it an emotional -- super bowl sorrow among passengers this morning -- shaking off a red-eye flight from california -- and a heartbreaking loss in the super bowl. sot: 9:32 well, there is obviously some sadness with the loss but i'm still proud of the panthers making it that far 9:40 sot: 9:53 we were there we were just ready for everything to transpire into a win and it didn't but you know next year 10:03 among the passengers we bumped into -- tim mckyer -- a former panther -- and three time super bowl champion. he says he sees a bright future for this panthers team... sot: 2:01 to lose a game of that magnitude i know the guys are disappointed however, they are motivated, they are young. cam is only 26 years old. stud. have a lot of pieces that are coming together and this is a great team. this is a team that is built to go back so, disappointing loss, yes, several fans we spoke with shared the same sense of hope... ended in disappointment -- they say traveling west for t

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we have former senator scott brown and charlie o'connell. rubio, he said he wouldn't do this kind of stuff and he's embracing it and some of the thing he's saying are personal. >> there is an old add an d an o rubio hasn't won any states. this is a hail mary pass. he's being berated by donors. he has been able to get under trump's skin probably more effectively than candidate in the past. trump has been spending a lot of time in retaliation but would i like to see more on policy. >> rubio gets more out of this than trump. he gets wall-to-wall free media coverage. remember the other thing is the narrative. it's a two-man race that marco get to drive home and possibly drive hope the idea that trump could be a con artist. none of the other attacks on trump didn't work because trump i presenting a vision. charles: we'll take a look at a trump rally in georgia right now. >> you people are amazing. here's the tory. i love you, i love georgia, frankly. georgia. so here's the story. we have 7,500 people in the room. outside we have 12,000 people. an

chris o'connell has a closer look at the issue in center city tonight. chris?> reporter: dawn, the center city apple store here on wall net street was one of 50 demonstrations going on around the country tonight. in support of apple and against the fbi. the big question, should the federal government be allowed to hack into your iphone? >> it was a small group with a big message. >> very slippery slope. >> reporter: the issue of privacy took center stage at the walnut street apple store. while i-pads and mac books were being sold inside, outside apple supporters were protesting the federal government similar demonstrations were held across the country. >> we need to know about it because it's us. it's our private communications. it's everything that people keep on an iphone most of our lives. >> reporter: protests over privacy revolves around syed farook the san bernardino shooter who killed 14 people and injured 20 in december. the fbi ordered apple to develop a back door hack to unlock farook's phone in hopes of gathering new evidence. but apple ceo tim cook

chris o'connell is watching the roads in chester county. chief meteorologist scott williams is focusing on that ice that's to come and let's start with meteorologist kathy orr for a look at what's happening right now. >> iain, outside our weather window we're looking at reduced visible at the airport. you can see there are some cars going by here some trucks shut link back and forth but visibility is reduced. we still see the snow falling in many locations. there are many airport delays as well. in philadelphia, 86 minute delay jfk an hour and over two hours in newark airport. so we're seeing a little bit of a mix moving in. but still on-going delays at the airport. one of the reasons visibility. improved at 2 miles right now but half mile visibility in allentown. that's where we see some of heavier precipitation mount pocono down to quarter mile visibility and even half mile visibility in lancaster as we see that warmer airlift up and over that snow pack tonight, fog will be an issue especially north and west. you can see the warmer air tr

hope you're having a great start i'm brody o'connell. >> let's start with donald trump focusing his attention on the nevada g.o.p. caucus tuesday after winning the south carolina primary this is the is second victory for the billionaire real estate mogle. cruz and rubio are in the close race for second. meanwhile another prominent candidate has suspended his campaign. jeb bush made the announcement last night to supporters after finishing a distant fourth. bush had a lot at stake but his fate was sealed this past week when the popular state's republican governor endorsed marco rubio considered him to be the choice of mainstream republicans. >> many republicans are saying bush is putting the future of dealing donald trump ahead of himself. >> i'm proud of the campaign we've run to advocate conservative solutions that would give americans more opportunity to rise up but the people of iowa, and i really respect their decision so tonight i'm suspending my campaign. >> five candidates remain in the list. well we are on your side with more on what a trump win means. wbtv michael clark was at the oh

thursday, a jury found "kara o'connell" guilty of manslaughter and child abuse. she was dating the boy's father, justin garwacki, at the time. *he was *also facing murder charges, but cut a deal with the state, in exchange for testifying *against o'connell. 3 3 (jen - happening today: donald trump is making a campaign stop in tampa. the g-o-p heavyweight is u-s-f. more tickets than seats were made available. so arrive early and bring cash. it's 20-dollars to park. hear what trump had to say... and how voters feel about his message... tonight on fox 13 news at 10. 3 3 (jen) former president george w. bush is expected to make his first appearance on the campaign trail next week. former governor jeb bush at a rally in north charleston, south carolina. bush is still popular among some republicans, especially in south carolina... where he won primary races in 2000 and 2004. in new hampshire, jeb needs he's lagging behind in fourth place in a recent poll of likely voters in south carolina. 3 3 (walter) 3 so... take a big deep breath. we made it... that means: time for

her boyfriend justin garwacky pleaded guilty in the case and is expected to testify against o'connell. investigators say the child had bite marks, bruises and possibly a broken arm when he died in 2010. the abuse inflicted only to "injure and cause pain." >>> happening now -- the coast guard is out around clearwater beach searching for a missing boater. that man reported missing last night and his family says he could be suicidal. an abandoned boat was found near the sand key coast guard >>> if you're headed out today look at the temperatures now. in polk county, already hitting the 70-degree mark. in bartow and winter haven 68. lake wales 69. hillsborough county temperatures are also getting close to the 70s-degree mark. so we're definitely warming up much above average for this time of year. if you're planning on getting yard work done even though there will be a lot of cloud cover the chance of rain is very low. a brief shower, maybe even a little relief with the warm-up. it's going -- we will also see the humidity on the rise with the southerly flow over the next couple of days. 7