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governor pat mc corey plans to make an announce apt at the headquarters of the north carolina association of realtors. connect nc would fund improvements. >>> coach k expected to get back to work soon after missing his fist duke basketball game in more than 2 decades, a statement from the university says, krzyzewski did not feel well after the meal. his doctors advised him to miss the trip to atlanta and the duke won the game 80-71. >>> several states to the west are dealing with the effects of powerful storms, public schools will be closed today. tornados touched down in mississippi and alabama, leaving behind a path of destruction. minor injuries only were reported. officials issued a tornado watch for most of the night. further west, powerful snowstorm buried pats of colorado and nebraska in more than a foot of snow. in minnesota, the dot is advise nothing one travel in the swen part of the state because -- southwestern part of the state because of blizzard conditions. >>> several plans to north carolina will be sold in a major deal. >> who is trying to buy is a genta for $45 million.

lightning does remain a threat, to prepare for this, pat mc corey put search and rescue teams as well as hazardous material response teams on standby. let's hope he doesn't have to call on them. >> tara lynn with important information. thank you. >>> now is the time to make sure your smart phone has the latest wral weather app. it will use the gps on your phone or tablet to send notifications when severe go to wral.com. >>> the trial in the man accused in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. >> i'm keeping this baby, she wanted to tell him that face to face. >> mc queen was a student at shaw university when she vanished in 96. remains found in a wooded area 10 month later. chris lawing, a nc state released for lack of evidence. investigators found new evidence and rearrested him in 2014. lawing was upset mc queen was upset and wanted her to have an abortion, they planned to meet the day she disappeared. >>> a search crew found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in nepaul. the searchers say all 23 aboard died. the twin outer plane lost contact after take off. it was supposed to bee

. >>> pat mc corey plans to take legislative action to keep charlotte's controversial bathroom ordinance from passing across the state. they passed a ordinance in a 7- 4 vote, against the law for businesses and taxis to discriminate against members of the lgbt community and allow them to use the bathrooms of their choice. mc corkey says he believes allowing transgender people to use the bathroom is a violation of privacy and overreach and he is stepping in. >> as i warned and as i expected, we already have state legislators working on legislation for april to reverse what the city council did. >> the law goes in to effect april 1st. lawmakers will likely file a bill that month. >>> we are learning about a man involved in a plane crash this florida. was flying from raleigh to sarasota when he requested to make an emergency landing because of engine trouble. the pilot couldn't make to it the airport. he deployed an emergency parachute and landed in a yard in florida south of jacksonville. no one on the ground was hurt. thomas was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. we are getting ou

. >> one of the stories on the checklist this morning, pat mc corey plans to make a major announcement about the connect nc bond campaign, at the headquarters of the north carolina association of realtors. funding improvements at colleges, university system, national guard, state park zoo and government water and sewer systems. >>> building new public schools and growing wake county on the agenda at a joint meeting of the wake county board and the members of the two boards will meet to determine a frame work for discussions on how to pay for future school construction and renovation. that meeting is at at the center on nc state's campus, starting at 5:30. >>> environmental advocates plan to release a study on going solar. members of the repower our school coalition will speak about the educational, health and environmental benefits of durham public schools using 100% solar power. the presentation begins at 9:00 a.m. at the board of education building. >>> the updates on the stories and other news are available throughout the day on the air, on line, and on the wral mobile phone app. >>