now raleigh official the will work with city officials on plans for an easement. >> the plan does activate that space. it pulls people from outside the space and into the space to >> the park will also be host to all kinds of community get- ing toes, something locals say is currently lacking. >> i like on friday, styles they have events here, and it's a nice community gathering space. apart from that, i think it's once a month there aren't many plans here $but there are concerns about whether or not the now and improved morse square will displace some community members. >> i wonder about the homeless folks who spend a lot of their day here. i'm wondering if there can be more services for them. >> reporter: moving homeless people from morse square has been a controversial issue for years. carly gr efficiency f tirks h, wncnn fuse now. -- wncn news now -- carly griffith, wncn news now. >>> the teacher arrested in connection with 3 inmate escapees will not face charges for now. the district attorney says there's not enough evidence to charge her right now. some of the items found, love letter

raleigh officials teamed up to create a trueness portation that's more efficient and i ceo friendly. she suggest using sensors to relet information to chauffeur student. >> gave us an opportunity to work with technology partners it has led us to think about ideas we otherwise wouldn't have considered. >> the pool will be narrow today five next month. >> those cars were the subject so much my what's next piece in summer of 2015. i had a chance to visit the lab where students are working to make the transportation system a reality, even got to drive a pod car, really neat. the goal is to create the light weight vehicle that can consumeless electricity. the car load would weigh about a thousand pounds meaning the track and -- far less than it takes to support a 1,000-pound train. they would like to use them across wake and durham county. >> looking good behind the wheel. >> they managed to keep it secret for weeks, i don't know if i could have done this. we know about the florida couple that bought one of the three winning tickets in the record breaking power ball drawing. record settin

watch for the slegr to come back up. >> now to an update on the apartment fire in raleigh. officials say the fire that displaced 10 people was accidental but haven't said how it started yet. the story was breaking news yesterday at 5:00. chopper 11 was over the scene at the north ridge crossing apartments on high line street. flames within half an hour but not before four apartments were destroyed. fortunately, everyone got out safely. >> new details about the death of three family members earlier this week in upstate new york. it turns out a police officer shot and killed his wife and their 10-year-old son and then lit their house on fire. and finally he turned the gun on himself. that is officer israel roman a 1-year veteran of the department near albany. >> he put them in the master bedroom in the bed. he lit the house on fire. he went back into the bedroom and took his own life. >> the couple's older son who is 15 was at a high school basketball game at the time of the shootings. police say there is no history of domestic violence and the motive is not clear a restaurant are expe

raleigh officials teamed up with nc state to create a transportation vision that's more efficient and eco- friendly. they suggest using sensors and driverless electric pod toss chauffeur student. >> gave us the opportunity to state and others to think about these problems differently. it has led us to welcome at ideas we otherwise wouldn't have consider. >>> 77 applied the cool will be narrowed to five next month with a winner being announced some time in june. >> such neat stuff. >> they were the subject of my what's next piece in 2015. i had a chance to visit the lab where engineering proobstetrics supports along with talented students are working to make that prance portation system. the goal is to get a light weight -- i got a chance to driver that thing. the car and load would weigh around a thousand pounds meaning weight ere weight requirements as well as track would far less than a hundred pound train. they want those to be used on >> a blast from the past, it hack decades since -- has been in protection but that could soon change thanks no a new belong bark one of the cool per

department of transportation raleigh city officials have teamed up to create a transportation vision for the area that is more efficient, and also ecofriendly. they're suggesting using sensors to contribute traffic information to drivers and driver chauffeured pods for students. >> it's led us to looking at some ideas that we otherwise wouldn't have considered. >> that would be really neat. next month, the applicants will (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) >>> after highs close to 60 today, a little cooler the next few days, but we warm up to near 70 this weekend before wet weather returns monday, tuesday, and wednesday. i don't wash my car many times throughout the year, but today i did. >> you did! >> ready for the rain, >>> breaking news tonight. a stunning new poll. a shake-up in the race for president as ted cruz moves ahead of donald trump.

raleigh. it does not; officials are very concerned about this. ed, no, steve, and that's because despite all of the hoopla, the zika virus is not that dangerous unless you are pregnant. the zika virus is a reportable disease in north carolina and will help officials will not reveal who or where that person is, they will reveal that the person was traveling outside the country. >> they were symptomatically of a went to their doctor, and the test was referred to us. ed: so how many -- 80% of those know they have it and the symptoms are generally not life-threatening. the most serious risk is birth defects. that is why women who are pregnant or plan to get pregnant are told to stay out of i risk countries. others are being cautioned, too. >> we want to get the word out to people planning to travel to take appropriate caution. ed: we do not have the species that are the primary vectors of zika virus, because that insect does not exist here. it is unlikely we will have any mosquito prone -- mosquito borne transmission in this state. ed: there is limit

our temperature trend, temperatures were in the 30s this morning, we had 35 officially at the raleigh airport, 44 the high, occurred at 11:03, tomorrow expect to be a few degrees cooler than today. 39 at the airport. 42 fayetteville. 18 at boon. 25 at ashville. snow falling up there. factor in the wind, the windchill is 4 at boon. feels like 14 ashville. feels like 23 greensboro. 33 at rdu. with the heating, cloud cover, the instability, and we saw the little snow showers and a little bits of rain showers. we expand the view, it's about low pressure in the upper atmosphere. creating the instability. once the sun sets we will lose that. partly cloudy skies, mostly clear skies overnight. wake up tomorrow morning w the heating of the day, the clouds should fill in, we may see the same kind of scene repeatd with the snow flakes and sprinkles. temperaturewise, that's what it looks like now. 24 cincinnati. 26 st. louis. 25 nashville. future cast, take on numbers as we go through the night. by tomorrow morning we should be in the mid 20s for lows for the kids heading to school by 8:00 a.m. i

john: today the official start to what will be extensive changes to the go raleigh transit station. mayor nancy macfarlane will be there at the ground breaking. the project includes new waiting areas, bathrooms, wi-fi and more bus lanes. work should take about a year. barbara: we have a race to contain wildfires burning in the crews worked late in the night in oklahoma. they evacuated families in a town because of a growing fire. highways were also shut down and later today firefighters will be investigating to see how much land burned. an unusual site in missouri this fir tornado -- fire tornado as they fight it in platte county. dry conditions fueled the flames. no one was hurt. and this is a home for 43 u.s. presidents, giant statues of them at least. built the presidents park in 2004. six years later it closed so they were moved here and left to crumble. the smithsonian is considering whether to add them to the collection. finding ways to win with $200,000 for a new football field at west charlotte high. with the help of others they broke ground yesterday. west charlotte is the

raleigh. and see state officials say the man complained of chest pains or during the first mile of the race. the 58-year-old was rushed to the hospital where he died. in a statement, student organizers say their deepest sympathies go out to that runners family. those we spoke with around campus call is surprising. >> that's the first time hearing it back, i did not realize it happened. it's kind of a shock to me. i've done a lot of races and never heard of anything like that happening. >>reporter:at this point authorities have not identified the victim. >>> a federal ruling could change in voting districts across our state. a panel of judges determined race did play a role in drawing including one in our area. the distance that must be greensboro and the first which covers parts of wilson, durham, henderson. >> it reaffirms our belief in the constitution, and what the us, and that every person has a right to vote, that right to vote should be on vetted. >> the judges ordered lawmakers to come up with new boundaries see gets away with an appeals court. north carolina primaries are set for mar

heather: tragedy hanging a dark cloud over raleigh's krispy kreme challenge. race officials saying a 58-year-old runner died. here's the tributes on social media tonight. reporter: we are at the bell tower right now and remnants. race. there are tents. that are pitched all around me. as well as some bundles of balloons we found. this was the starting line for the krispy kreme challenge. the victim stepped off here. and then just went a short distance. on hillsborough street. like hundreds of other people this morning, the victim started off the day excited to conquer the challenge ahead of him. but organizers say one mile in, he stepped out. complaining of chest pain. rex hospital and passed away there. organizers are not identifying the victim right now. but folks who knew him have been expressing their shock on our abc 11 facebook page. one viewer says his name was jeffrey and that he was an awesome guy and retired military. you would be hard pressed to find someone who didn't share a laugh with him. definitely going to be missed. it was an honor to know you. another perso

raleigh marathon. this one is official. jeff? >> another tough loss for the hurricanes. here the reaction when we come back. and current canes and former one >>> the hurricanes have been idle since sunday. they resumed their cheese tonight period four points . four points on the wildcard and one of the teams they trailed by four points was here tonight. pittsburgh was outstanding. nothing. alumni's, the assist, and phil cassels goal. and andre was playing in front of his mother and grandmother for the first time. it is in the third 1-1. and he was simply out send it was outstanding, save after save, we go to a shootout and one goal scored by chris. that is how it comes to a close, pittsburgh will win. >> we did a good job of sticking with it. i'm not sure how it all unfolds but we are going to be plugging away. and we already know it is far from over. but it's one of those points period it didn't happen but we are looking forward to it. >> we will look forward to tomorrow night against the islanders. and the hurricanes are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of winning t

officially if raleigh, even at it's 34 degrees. fees a will the like february. fees a bit like spring on wednesday with that wild weather that we had. dew point is 28. air mass is relatively dry. 39 in faye yetville and foxboro. starting to creep up into the upper 30s. we started mostly in the upper 30s 5 to 2 degrees colder. all this cold air coming right out of canada. low pressure systems have winds that locate counter clockwise. high pressure system have winds that locate clock weise. if you are in between the two, you have a flow coming right into the northwest. kind of like a wind tunnel. if you have been downtown raleigh, fayetteville. right between the two systems funneling the colder air into north carolina. you can see that. these white lines are where the wind is coming from. the winds follow these lines. so you follow your eye up to the north that's where the wind is coming from. you can see the color contours reflecting that and stays that way after saturday. after that, the source of our winds then become the southwest that rolls into south carolin

they lease it to the city of raleigh so that is why the state has to officially sign off on those plans. there's meeting planned for the state council of state tomorrow morning and so that is why the raleigh city council is meeting tonight so they can go ahead and timides this encoachment deal with the state and be able to -- encroachment for the state. part of the plans are to add a cafe and bathrooms, and that is what the state is working on in terms of the agreement. this is a prime location, but aren't very many amenities. construction is set to begin in the fall and will take a year to complete. the special meeting is set for 5:00 tonight. >> tara lynn on the changes >>> the connect nc bond could get a big boost from wake county commissioners. the $2 million statewide bond program is aimed at upgrading infra structure and today the wake county board of commissioners will consider a resolution supporting the bond which will provide $272 million in funding for projects in wake county. >>> a set back for toyota. >> just ahead why toyota had to close plants and the impact a shut down w

official realize using i new monitoring app called gaggle. it looks for words that are inappropriate. the student is also notified. >>> if you're headed to raleigh think twice. d.o.t. officials closed a portion of i-440, i-540 highway 64 because of slick roads there. you can see from this picture here, several cars have slid on the roads and crashed. in fact, the d.o.t. says there are more than a dozen crashes being reported at this hour. >> weather and traffic every ten minutes. >> and that is what we're concerned about here in our area. here is meteorologist keith monday in severe weather center 9. >> yeah, they're seeing a the light precip north. it is coming off of the roads off the i-40 corridor into raleigh. that is going north of us now. as our day goes on here, we expect more of the moisture to stream in. more slick travel can form here and the city goes on especially this afternoon. as far south as you head down around weddington. you may find a few flakes through middle springs over toward monroe as you head on the highway here on 75. unionville. also towards albemarle. light snow flakes out of mid land. falling for sure. up to the nor

raleigh fire officials tell us the house was vacant. pounds >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m., and we have a shocking day care incident caught on tape. a co-worker filmed this woman hitting a 4-year-old and turned her in. we'll have what she's saying now about what really happened. we are family >>> gwyneth paltrow co-parenting with chris martin. what they say they're doing to put their family first and why she says the coldplay star is now more like her brother. >>> could you shed pounds with pizza? it's the diet that's made headlines around the world. the chef who created it dropping more than 100 pounds eating a pizza every day. now he's sharing his secrets slice by slice. >>> and the most anticipated ad of the super bowl. amy schumer, seth rogen teaming up. >> you can handle it. >> paul rudd with a surprise cameo and a cast of thousands cheering them on. >> today we celebrate our independence day. time to get the chains out >>> all that and buckle up. rebel wilson is with us live, you know anything could happen as we say -- >> good morning, australia -- amer

city officials want to approve the future of raleigh in the triangle. renovation work will take nine months to improve. tomoatt ne. th this a tool that lets you know how much hours your roof gets the sun each year. and go to solar maps. if your home is an area of the little sun, you may not be able to go solar. om that point, you need to do some math to e if that will save you money >> that's very neat. >> cool. >> i think i have too much shade. >> we get a lot of fun in the front of the house but the back is dark. >> bitter and sweet combine to make a delightful local dish today. >> coming up, brian and lisa show you a tasty way to spice up your salads. >>> and bee keepers in california are keeping an extra find out why >>> ten days left until nbc joins wral. here is a look at some of the programs coming to wral. the voice, the black list, the tonight show starting jimmy fallon and saturday night live. look for nbc programming starting on february 29th. >> love jimmy fallon and saturday night live. >>> all this month, we are looking for bays to prepare

raleigh and morehead city. congress made the designation official and the transportation bill in december. june, dot expected to complete a bypass in goldsboro. the meeting is from 4 to 7:00 p.m. at wilsons mills elementary school cafeteria. ask questions and leave comments. there will be no formal presentation, interested between those hours. >>> this afternoon, raleigh leaders will consider a multimillion dollars study for the 6 forks road corridor. it's a main artery for midtown, home to the north hill shopping center and churches and banks and schools. the city is looking for ways to integrate commercial residential and recreational uses and includes recommendations for improvements to 6 forks from i- 440 to lynn road. >>> proposed route will take fair goers over the midway, cairnlgs simple chair lifts or gondolas style bassetts. officials hope it -- baskets. >>> both teams haed the day off after surviving the chaos of media day. >> nfl turned the traditional in to a prime time opening night to the super bowl. answered all types of questions from reporters and when asked if he was plan

raleigh. amy cutler has details. >> reporter: you can still see tents up behind us. thousands gathering to take part in challenge. race officials confirming the victim was a 58-year-old man. they are telling us it was during the first mile of the race that he experienced some chest pains. they sea he was rushed to rex hospital where he died. the idea of the challenge is to run 2.5-miles to the krispy kreme, eat a dozen donuts, and a good cause. the event raises money for north carolina children's hospital. it's student run.

officials. meantime, the governor says state troopers are patrolling. barbara: crews at raleigh-durham airport are working to keep the runways and taxiways clear. as of last night about a dozen check flight status. we will talk with airport officials for keeping r.d.u. open at 6:00 and your trip on schedule. first alert weather app is your personal tour. download it and see the precipitation and you will be notified of any watches or warnings assured they develop. john: you are watching team coverage of the winter storm. barbara: coming up we have live pictures from durham and breaking news one in downtown. you see the snow has been falling the last half hour or 45 minutes. john: the death fof ant continue redistricting barbara: welcome back. 4:46 and 27 degrees on monday morning. a winter weather advisory in effect and winter storm warning for roxboro and orange counties and we have live team coverage from across the viewing area. these are two mobile units on the roads. many schools closed or delayed because of the storm. wake county, durham public and chapel hill and carrboro

raleigh. this is new video from wingate north of the beltline. officials say it is vacant. update as we get them and on abc11.com. we are in first alert mode on wednesday february 3. it is 52 degrees and 5:30. i'm barbara gibbs

officially fog. less than that in raleigh. the airport reporting foggy conditions. half-mile visibility for erwin, low cloud cover, a mile and a we have not had too much to worry about in rocky mount and wilson. i checked in on the camera couple of minutes ago, nobody could be seen, it's cloudy and gloomy. the some of the other cameras were showing a lot of fog. it is just not as interesting as what is happening on some of the other cameras now. here comes me showers. we will see that before lunchtime, it's going to start to get wet by the time you're heading out for your lunch plans, your lunch meeting, that sort of thing. and then here come the thunderstorms. this front will produce some weather back to the west. here's the timing of that, as we take you out to 11:00, starting to see rain spread across the area at lunchtime. years at the end of thunderstorms that comes through. that will happen between the evening commute and dinnertime or so. that will produce heavy rain, windy conditions, possibly wind damage, isolated tornadoes not out of the estion but the ris

first breaking news, intense flames destroying a home in raleigh from wingate drive north of the beltline. minutes ago fire officials said the house is vacant. we are waiting to learn the cause of the fire and we will have updates throughout the morning and on abc11.com. it is february 3, 52 degrees. i'm barbara gibbs. john: i'm john clark. a damaging line of storms is responsible for reports of result results of multiple tornadoes and it is closing in on north carolina and could make a mess of the drive home. here is meteorologist don schwenneker is here and what is the impact? don: you are fine this morning. it is this afternoon that could you will notice the temperatures climbing quick limit by 8:00 mid 50's and 10:00 near 60's. from across the reasonable 51, very mild. normal highs for this time of year. 52 r.d.u. 55 fayetteville. 46 goldsboro, 47 wilson. 45 roupblt. looking at the day ahead lunchtime 68 and stray shower. best chance of rained thunderstorms this afternoon. we are under a risk for severe weather. we will talk about that and complete seven-day forecast in a bit. barbara: we are seeing a fresh look

state officials are revealing anything about the patient or saying where the person lives. ed crump is live in raleigh. why won't they reveal that information? reporter: one for the privacy of the patient. they say it doesn't pose a serious health threat. it was likely a mosquito bite gave them the zika virus. the virus is not life threatening in bulk. 20% show symptoms. the real threat is that it can be transmitted to fetuses. pregnant women are being told not to travel to places where north ca the disease but there is one possible way it can be spread. by the way, and that soundbite which we are missing, the health and human services, one of the officials said there is one case where they believe zika was transmitted potentially by sexual contact in texas. that one case isn't a concern but they say there is still research going on to see if that will be transmitted that way. we have all the information you need on the zika virus. that includes interview that i did with the head of the department at n.c. state who talks and explains to you why mosquitoes will not be able to anchor: good information t

officials say a 58-year-old man died after participating in the krispy kreme challenge at nc state univeristy in raleigh. the event requires most participants to run 5 miles while eating 12 donuts in one hour. race officials say the man stepped out within the first mile after having chest e nearby say its shocking to hear this happen. "it's kind of a shock to me i've done a lot of races and never heard of people are involved in with it...definitely sad to hear about." they've not released his identity. covering decision 2016 this evening. there's a lot at stake in new hampshire, and with the primary now just two days away, the candidates are investing a lot of time and effort to win over less than 24 hours from state for more supporters. in a recent poll of likely republican marco rubio bumped up to second place. and donald trump came in first.. (donald trump/ (r) presidential candidate) "i picked up a lot of delegates in iowa and in new hampshire i think i'm going to do very well. i seem to be very positive for me. rubio says he plans to "same strategy in new hampshire. we want to get as many people to

officials. parents say they will continue to fight their battle in raleigh. 3 3 another charter school is coming to the mountains. construction starts next week onthe fern-leaf community charter school, across from fletcher community park. there will be a lottery in march because so many students are enrolling already. the school opens in august of this year. 3 michael luplow, future school comment we hear is thank you. thank you for doing this. thank you for bringing this to our community. thank you for bringing us another option for our children." fern-leaf will start as a "k" through third grade school in the fall. a grade will be added each year until it goes through eighth. 3 3 3 news 13 investigates... how the u-s government tracks foreigners who use visas to get into the u-s. the massacre in san bernadino by a couple using a fiancee visa has many questioning the visa process. according to new records released from the department of homeland security, more than a half million foreigners illegally overstayed their trip to america last year. news 13 investigates why it is happening. 3 00:25:

raleigh and morehead city. congress made the designation official in a transportation bill in december. in june, the d.o.t. is expected to complete a bipartisan goldsboro. today's public meetings from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the wilson's mills elementary school cafeteria. you can ask questions and leave comments. there will be no formal presentation so attendees are we roxboro, anytime between those hours. bill and renee? >> mikaya thurmond in a place that is sometimes hard to pronounce, called wilson's mills. a lot of "s" but you got it right. >>> this afternoon raleigh city leaders will consider a forks road corridor. the city is looking for ways to integrate the commercial, residential and recreational uses. the study includes recommendations for streetscapes from i-442 women were based on public input. >>> well, renee, did you see your shadow today? >> i did not because it was pitch black when we came in. wasn't it? >> well then i would see my shadow. >> just asking. [ laughter ] >> oh, bill. and we need some rebel rousing back in there. supplying it for us. >> are you egging him on? >> we will take

raleigh-durham international, liz a little bit -- it is a little bit colder officially. 33 at the airport. dew point at 16, so the air is a dry. only 50% humidity, pretty low for the time of night. a light northeast winds. temperatures will continue to drop. 29 at south hills. 44 at roanoke rapids spirit chapel hill at 31. 39 and fayetteville appearance and for an airport down to 29. 41 at fayetteville. a pretty egg range across the sand hills. today was not as windy as yesterday, but it was still blustery. a lot of sunshine. nice and quiet after the mess of storm that hammer the south and east coast tuesday into wednesday. a few harmless snow showers around the great lakes. overnight tonight, mid-20's, upper 20's, fayetteville. outlying areas, low to mid-20's. frosty. 27 at 7:00. 47 i lunchtime. not that warm tomorrow, about where we were today. lighter. that will make a big difference in how it feels with that break -- bright sunshine and high pressure across the gulf states here. winds westerly tomorrow, but sunday. chilly tomorrow night. southerly winds moving up the east coast. that

raleigh-durham international, 35. liz a little bit -- it is a little bit colder officially. 33 at the airport. dew point at 16, so the air is a dry. for the time of night. a light northeast winds. temperatures will continue to drop. 29 at south hills. 44 at roanoke rapids spirit chapel hill at 31. 39 and fayetteville appearance and for an airport down to 29. 41 at fayetteville. a pretty egg range across the sand hills. today was not as windy as yesterday, but it was still blustery. a lot of sunshine. nice and quiet after the mess of storm that hammer the south and east coast tuesday into wednesday. a few harmless snow showers around the great lakes. overnight tonight, mid-20's, cold. upper 20's, fayetteville. outlying areas, low to mid-20's. cold start to saturday and frosty. 27 at 7:00. 47 i lunchtime. but the wind will be much lighter. that will make a big difference in how it feels with that break -- bright sunshine and high pressure across the gulf states will continue the nice weather here. winds westerly tomorrow, but they will turn southwesterly on sunday. chilly tomorrow night. souther

raleigh is one of 77 citys to apply for the u.s. department of transportation smart cities grant. officials teamed up with nc state to create a france portation vision that's me i visit i key-friendly. -- i key-friendly. >> it gave fuss opportunity to ant these problems a little differently. it led us to looking at ideas we otherwise wouldn't have considered. >> it will be narrowed to five next month with the winner bag announced in june. >> >> this is neat stuff i had a chance to be part of. those were part of the what's next piece. i had a which a chance -- along with some talented stuns working to -- a league vehicle freak at about a penny per mile. i got a chance to drive that. it consuming less energy and electricity than a tell sa. far less than a 100,000 pound train. they would like to use those car 50s cross wake and durham county. >> if you drive it up you can make it happen too. seek receipt for weeks but we now know about the couple who bought the ticket they both collected their third of the record-setting jackpot. they chose a lump sum of $529 million as if it really makes a di

raleigh. amy cutler has details. >> reporter: you can still see tents up behind us. thousands gathering to take part in challenge. race officials confirming the victim was a 58-year-old man. they are telling us it was during the first mile of the race that he experienced some chest pains. they sea he was rushed to rex hospital where he died. the idea of the challenge is to run 2.5-miles to the krispy kreme, eat a dozen donuts, and a good cause. the event raises money for north carolina children's hospital. it's student run. in a statement they said their deepest sympathies go to the runner's family. those we spoke with around campus call it surprising. >> it's a shock to me. i've done a lot of races and never heard of anything like that happening. it's a little scary. >> it's the first we're hearing about it. it's something to think about when you're running these races. but it's sad to hear about. >> authorities at this point are not identifying the victim. we're also waiting for a police report to get more details on the incident. in raleigh, amy cutler, wncn news now. >>> sad situation there. a federal ruling could change vo

officially up. it's 27 degrees in raleigh right now, 27 in durham a cold wa >>> and that's your latest forecast. guys. >> dylan, thank you. we will come back to you in a bit for much, much more for the scene of the super bowl. a frightening scene in ireland. shots rang out at a local boxing event. terror captured on video. two gunmen seen in the front page newspaper photo. thomas roberts is here with more. >> this is horrifying, craig. one person was killed and several others injured during the shooting. it happened in the crowded room with hundreds of people with an afternoon of fun turned into chaos. the weigh-in ceremony for the boxing event in dublin quickly turned terrifying. at least four gunmen opened fire in the lobby of the regency hotel. people making their way out the side entrance. in the video, you can hear the >> daddy, help me. daddy, what was that? >> reporter: a front page newspaper photo shows two gunmen wearing police uniforms and carrying assault rifles. the shooters entered with handguns and one dressed as a woman. a bbc journalist. >> i thought i was going to die. >> report

raleigh. not far from cameron village. yellow paint now surrounding the 80 foot long crack. officials are trying to keep people away as they look for a solution. steve: now to an ongoing i-team investigation into a system failure at blue cross blue shield north carolina that enrolled thousands of customers into the wrong health insurance. the giant is now having a serious impact on smaller agencies. joel has the rest. >> steve, we sat down with the state insurance commissioner. he calls the system failure of an emergency that is nowhere near being stabilized. >> people cannot get their surgery scheduled, they cannot get their mri scheduled. reporter: commissioner goodwin told us his office has received over 3000 calls and over 850 complaints from frustrated customers. staffers at the department of insurance are overwhelmed as they try to cut through the are suffering through. >> we have actually had to shift folks around. our resources are stretched. reporter: it is a similar story at blue cross. the company is requiring customer service agents to work weekends in overtime. there are

raleigh this morning. >>> governor scott declared a health emergency in four counties after nine cases of the virus was detected in the state. health officials in texas are still evaluating the first known case of the virus transmitted in the u.s. through sexual contact. >>> defective air bags being recalled again today. his catth on lyree mosools centseicththhe t due nnhicln el ud lside palefil hot f prenemorhleand itla t e ngilit cryis ch.. id >>> a court appearance for a second anti-abortion activist who secretly planned an employee from planned parenthood. they are charges with tampering with governmental records. the videos allege that plant parenthood illegally sold fetals for profit. a judge determined that no wrongdoing was done. >>> the police arrested 24-year- old kathleen -- after she went to the hospital. >>> a daycare in florida facing child abuse charges after disturbing cell phone video surfaced. turned this video over to authorities. it those a 41-year-old kimberly reed hitting a 4-year-old hitting the child with a stuffed animal and dropping the child. the child was not seriously hurt. and the daycare is temporarily closed a

officially begins tomorrow. he is the man accused of killing a north raleigh woman melissa huggins-jones was found dead in her apartment by her 8- year-old daughter. today, attorneys for both sides set pretrial motion. the trial gins at 9:30 tomorrow morning. watch it live stream on wral.com. >>> no injuries reported in a bus accident today nothing southern california. on that bus the denver broncos football team. they were were on their way to their hotel after practice when the bus collided with a motorcycle on highway 101. the team had to get off of the bus for awhile but eventually they were able to get back on and get on to the hotel. we are now 6 days away from the super bowl between the broncos and of course, the panthers. >> yes. that is okay. the pregame fun has started in california as you probably know. haincludes gerald owens who joins us live from san francisco. how is it going? >> that includes gerald owens who joins us live from san francisco. how is it going? >> reporter: a mild evening from our perspective. chilly for the folks out here in san francisco. i tell you with ticket prices north of $3,000 mo

meanwhile, officials in wayne county have expressed interest in the project and the jobs it could bring to the county. a raleigh man has been indicted for trying to kill a woman's unborn child. know as ethen's law is rarely used. in this case 25- year-old kimberly richardson was shot and killed when she was 6 months pregnant last april. r baby girl lacy survived. richardon's boyfriend-daniel steele-was charged in the crime. he was originally indicted only on the first degree murder charge-and now he ces this new charge. he is being held without bond pending trial. no charges will be filed in a deadly pedestrian accident that happened wednesday. police say 47-year- old james lucas was killed when he was struck by a car on the ramp from i- 40 toward highway 70 in garner. investigators have not said what led to the accident. the driver of the vehicle was not hurt. a wake county mother is celebrating a win in her fight for her son's civil rights. last week, kathryn brown told us the story of 3-year-old gavin. he has down syndrome and needs help learning to chew and swallow. when he entered public pre-k -- his mothe

raleigh, 21 in lewisburg. lower 20's and upper 20's for the fact. obviously, cold. the sun has officially set, 30 degrees here, the winds are west northwest at nine miles per hour. we'll be watching us temperatures continue to drop. part of the reason why, skies are clear and when we have clearing skies, usually last or much older temperatures not only here in north carolina, but look at that, a big stretch of real estate, very clear. back off to the north, overnight tonight, the clear skies are going to allow temperatures to drop down to near 14 degrees in roxboro, 16, fayetteville. i cannot stress this enough, please bring your pets inside, these temperatures, either the actual temperatures or the feel like temperatures will be like single digits. it will feel like the lower teens in many of the southern section, too cold for a pet to be outside. tomorrow afternoon we will likely see temperatures struggle to reach the freezing mark, yet again in raleigh and are on. upper 20's and roxboro. 34, southern pines. 35, fayetteville and clinton. this high-pressure, part of the recent nursing th

john: today the official start to what will be a change to the go raleigh transit station. the mayor is joining other leaders at 10:00 for the renovation ground breaking. this is the moore square station nearly $10 million project with new waiting areas, bathrooms, wi-fi and more bus lines. it should be done in a year. >> i try to get 500 miles on sunday and under four hours. barbara: nascar season set it rev up and danica patrick getting practice on the streets she went under cover as a driver and most didn't recognize her even doing wild maneuvers. john: wow! barbara: that would be cool. john: 6:11 and former governor's name removed from another state landmark. barbara: why this north carolina university has decided time for carlos aycock's name to go. the cr a john: good morning, 6:13 and 29 degrees. here is a look at the headlines. state lawmakers expected to approve major changes to the north carolina voting process today. the house voted last night to shift the march 15 congressional primaries to june 7. if approved voters will go to the polls march 15 and vote in var

we now know officially where john: hillary clinton's campaign will open its first north carolina office this evening in raleigh. it is located at the capitol club on martin street. larry hall and hillary for north carolina supporters are opening that office. those e-mails from when clinton was secretary of state continue to plague her campaign. the state department may release more those e-mails from the private server she used when she was secretary of state. officials offered to release the nose after a federal judge criticized them tuesday for delaying the release. critics claim the private server put national secrets at risk. the state department was supposed to release all the e-mails last month but asked for an extension. under the new plan, it released 515 is on saturday out of approximately three 700 the remain. john: a senate committee is holding a meeting on the zika senators will be discussing president obama's emergency $1.8 billion funding request to fast-track a vaccine. but one republican leader says the cdc and the nih do not need additional money because there is a surplus from the fight again

raleigh. it is in the manpower building, not far from cameron village. yellow paint now surrounding the 80 foot long crack. officials are trying to keep people away as they look for a solution. steve: now to an ongoing i-team investigation into a system failure at blue cross blue shield north carolina that enrolled thousands of customers into the wrong health insurance. the giant is now having a serious impact on smaller agencies. joel has the rest. >> steve, we sat down with the state insurance commissioner. he calls the system failure of an emergency that is nowhere near being stabilized. >> people cannot get their get their mri scheduled. reporter: commissioner goodwin told us his office has received over 3000 calls and over 850 complaints from frustrated customers. staffers at the department of insurance are overwhelmed as they try to cut through the hour-long wait time customers are suffering through. >> we have actually had to shift folks around. our resources are stretched. reporter: it is a similar story at blue cross. the company is requiring customer service agents to work weekends in overtime. there are c

raleigh is here with your developing now. the v-a calls it "the right thing to do for veterans and taxpayers. "the agency taking action against two top officials at the hospital here in cincinnati. network director jack hetrick was the v-a's highest ranking official in three states. he submitted his retirement after a v-a deputy secretary in washington proposed he be removed. barbara temeck was the hospital's acting chief of staff.her medical privileges at the v-a hospital have been suspended and she has been reassigned to non- patient care duties. hetrick and temeck were at the center of a scripps washington d-c bureau and nine on your side investigation.it uncovered questionable management practices and cost cutting at the four-month investigation followed complaints raised by 34 current and former va employees. you can read the full results of our investigation right now on wcpo dot com. there are fears tonight that a national criminal organization is targeting the tri-state. tri-state.they call themselves the felony lane gang.and police in clermont county need help identifying a woman wanted for questioning.miami township authorities think

raleigh. you see clouds lighting up in the sky. 77% humidity. southwest wind 10. sunrise officially 7:16. nice sunrise in fayetteville. you can see the cloud cover being lit up. 49 right now. southwest wind five miles an hour. looking at temperatures in the area 49 roxboro, 52 chapel hill. 43 smithfield. 48 sanford, 47 fayetteville, clinton. 48 roanoke rapids. more clouds coming through. no rain with them but we will see showers working in. first alert predictor forecast model, by 9:00 tonight we will could see a interim late afternoon into early evening. it is early evening and then shuts off. tomorrow cloudy and relatively dry. wednesday the showers coming in. part afof a frontal boundary that will bring colder temperatures and rough day. we have a front north and warm. next 24 hours it sags and we will be in a cool sector so it will be cooler tomorrow and we warm up ahead of it wednesday and there's the front wednesday that brings chance of thunderstorms. the rest of today raleigh lunchtime up to 64 degrees. through the afternoon partly sunny and temperatures had the 60's. more cloud c

station with three newsrooms in downtown raleigh, downtown durham, and downtown fayetteville, abc 11 eyewitness news continues. barbara: breaking news -- state officials are reporting the first confirmed case of the zika virus in north carolina. they say the person recently traveled to an area where the zika virus is prevalent. ed crump is live at the department of health and human services with more on this. ed: it is likely we will see more cases of the zika virus here in north carolina as that virus spreads worldwide. all but one of the cases in the analyzed so far bye most common way for the viruses to come by mosquito bite in central america and the caribbean. the state has little to fear from the zika virus. the biggest risk is for unborn babies because the vast majority of adults who get it don't even know they have it. >> 80% are a some somatic and 20% have fever, rashes, and muscle aches. rarely are there other issues associated with it. i certainly think that much of the world's attention has been directed around the microcephaly. ed: health officials do note that it's always a good idea to try to avoid mosquitoes and use repellents when you

officials are asking voters to vote as they normally would. obviously, gerald, this is not over. >> all right, adam, live in raleigh. thank you. >>> a second grade teacher is dead after a tragic accident. 25-year-old brandon kinkaid was in his wheelchair when he was hit by a school bus in the parking lot of meadow lake elementary school. the school officials say it happened during drop off at 8:15 this morning. the bus is owned by the small world daycare center. the driver just dropped off a bus load of children at school when the accident happened. >>> no charges have been filed against a man charged with shooting another man with a two men argued in a bathro. that is when one shot the other met face with the flare. the suspect was taken into custody. the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> a man accused of killing a raleigh taxi driver made his first court appear apse today. tears fell as the 25-year-old edwards is accused cectve e owin>> toue js veto or asba daisat ived e e ok'sg he meo inwear egtotyice chotfoes keep immy.shue sb i usto e prwat huusm,fr lioretr tijut tobeawe it l r hent e

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official sunrise 7:09 am. roxborough, the three siler city low 20s stanford and pinehurst millington fayetteville 27. factor in the wind. the wind chill and 18 in raleigh, 15 siler city and upper teens in moore county. wind chills and the teams overall -- 195. forecast for today chilly air. a weak disturbance to the west and that will keep all of the snow behind it. looking at accumulating snow around ohio and kentucky. the mountains of north carolina and virginia and pennsylvania stays put as we head towards tomorrow. i want to put at this, the area of low pressure that will be racing across the gulf states tomorrow and like we've seen this winter the system will move up the east coast as it makes the turn and most of the snow and possibly rain mixed in as we head to the action hours. it will be widespread and we will have to fine-tune the forecast looks like a chance for a mix will happen in the afternoon. in the meantime clear conditions in our area, sunshine and clouds as we head to the afternoon hours. as we head into overnight tonight partly cloudy and sunny skies expected for our thursday. as far as temperatures 41 high today in raleigh, 40 2011

raleigh is set to get a moved den make over. a meeting was held about the future of moore square. now, with the city council's approval officials will work with state officials on an he isment to allow an addition of a building. the park is an important part of downtown and needs some attention. >> it's a little tired and we've had some great consultants look at it, and the plan that they've come up with really does activate that space. it really does pull people from the outside into that space, and utilizes it in a much better way. >> the city is still working on construction documents and permitting for the project but construction is expected to start this summer and finish up in the summer of 2017. last night. both teams showed up for questions from reporters. panthers players talked about a broad range of products. >> manning will always be an all-time great, and for him to be on the other side of the field is just -- it's a pleasure, and hopefully i get the better end of the stick on sunday. >> with a guy like manning because he's a coach on the field, he picks you up on stuff so fast, i got to be just much faster than h

. >> officials say they're swamped with complaints of customers with blue cross and blue shield. michael highland is live in raleigh with more on what's michael? >> reporter: we talked to one man who says all he wants to do is pay his bill. but at the insurance department, they received calls they're struggling to get

officials. parents say they will continue to fight their battle in raleigh. >> holly: the public got one last chance to review a street projecec in asheville. the goal of the livivgston street and depot street area is make it safer and easier to use for bicyclists and transit uses. the community requested a lot of changes back in september and last night the city showed the residents their plans. >> there were people that wanted parking in certain areas and we were also to get a bike lane all the way from one end to the other, that was a big issue for some of the biking communini. and then also, we had a three-way stop out in the end. >> holly: because of a grant deadline, the city fast tracked the project. last fall. >> jay: news 13 investigates how the u.s. government tracks foreigners who use visas to get into the u.s. the massacre in san bernardino by a couple using a fiance veesa has many questioning ( ) the vea process. according to records released from the department of homeland security, more than half a million foreigners illegally overstayed their trip to america last year. news 13 invest

3 back to you guys: 3 across the carolinas 3 north carolina officials say a man died during the annual "krispy kreme challenge run" in raleigh over the weekend. weekend.friends of the 58- year-old say he didn't run very often...but weren't surprised when he decided to sign up for the annual race to help benefit the local children's hospital....the two-and-a-half miles to krispy kreme...eat a dozen dounts...then run the 2-and-a-half miles back. authorities say the runner was only a mile into the race when he stopped complaining of chest pains...he was rushed to a nearby hospital but later died.his friends say they are struggling to cope with his death.meantime.. north carolina state university-- who put on the race--responded "on behalf of the north carolina state community, our deepest sympathies go out to the runner's family members and loved ones." 3 and if you have friends or family who live near summerville...they may have felt a little shaking earlier today.the u-s geological survey reports a 1-point-9 magnitude quake struck just 3 miles south of ladson and five miles east of summerville-- about 9 this morning. 3 now to

officially sworn in yesterday. the department telling her to be safe. tonight he shooting suspect is in custody. will have much more with the story tomorrow morning. new tonight, an upscale raleigh shopping center, the site of a brazen armed robbery. good saturday evening, i'm heather waliga. story. elaina athans's life in midtown saying about the investigation. heavily trafficked area. investigators were seen inside of the jewelers taking pictures and talking to employees. outside, mr. store was blocked off, crime scene tape read of patrons enjoying a saturday night out at the popular, upscale shopping center. offices closed off one entrance and were directing traffic. there was an armed robbery at the high-end jewelry store. it happened around 6:30. police say a man came in with a handgun, wearing a mask. there was one customer and an employee. the thief left without hurting anyone, but took what he wanted. police would not say what was stolen come or how much was -- it was worth. again, that man is on the run tonight. police did release the surveillance video. you see him in a blue jumpsuit. police say he is about six foot tall, 150 pounds, if you have information couple leas