reporter: in opening statement, smith's attorney says his client was manipulated by a codefendant, ryan anthony who pled guilty and serving a life sentence. sarah redden is also charged. >> ronald anthony who killed melissa huggens jones. >> reporter: one of the saddest parts of the testimony today, it was clear that hanna jones had no idea that her mother was dead. she thought she was sick and needed help. everyone who talked to her that trial is expected to last a month. back to you. >>> smoke and flames shot through the roof of a raleigh home this afternoon, trucks blocked brooks avenue off of wade avenue. sky 5 flew over the scene, the house was not occupied. a neighbor told wral he spotted the smoke and called nine one. no injuries were reported. >>> another dismal day on wall street, the price oil dropping below $30 a barrel again. the dow dropping 300 points, the nasdaq slipped more than 2%. sp down 36. the results are finally official, hilary clinton has narrowly won the democratic caucuses in iowa. the former secretary of state edged bernie sanders, claimed the fist victory of in the 2

ryan: flowers by anthony has been a southside staple for more than six decades. kevin: putting a little on the outside petals. ryan: kevin funaro is a second-generation operator of the family business. kevin: if you don't do good work, you're not going to get the business. ryan: but it's not mother nature's creations he's most proud of these days. it's products he's designing, himself. kevin: i started doing the engraving simply because, to me, it was just an extension of the except for it's something that captured a person's life, after the moment of their life. ryan: for the past year and a half, funaro has been using a high-tech laser machine to engrave personal memorial tiles. oftentimes, for customers' loved ones, he says it helps with the family's healing process. printing pictures and dates on materials like marble and wood. kurt: oh, i think about him every day. he's on my mind all the time. ryan: kurt paulsen's son, zachary, was killed in 2014 near a clive trail. flowers by anthony produced multiple wood engravings, including this replication of one of ku

ryan: flowers by anthony has been a south side staple for more than six decades. kevin funaro is a second-generation operator of the family business. >> if you don't do good work, you're not going to get the business. ryan: but it's not mother nature's creations he's most proud of these days. himself. >> i started doing the engraving simply because, to me, it was just an extension of the flowers except for it's something that captured a person's life after the moment of their life. ryan: for the past year and a funaro has been using a half, high-tech laser machine to engrave personal memorial tiles. oftentimes for customers' loved ones, he says it helps with the family's healing process. printing pictures and dates on materials like marble and wood. >> i think about him everyday. he's on my mind all the time. ryan: kurt paulsen's son zachary was killed in 2014 near a clive trail. flowers by anthony produced multiple wood engravings including this replication of , one of kurt's favorite pictures of his son. >> a very emotional thing, because when he picked it up, h

. >> markets and a more bullish of the three, ryan is the thinker and anthony, is one of the more cohesive of the family members so between the three they make a great b set on 19. >> triplets love to keep their winning wayss this weekend, they could bring home three state titles,u wrestling runs the family of their dad was also a star wrestler in high school. >> you could soon be a big winner. >> tickets for the st. jude dream home go on sale in less than a week on thursday februaryho 18 at 6:00 a.m. to half a million dollar home in avon's red tail golf community is built by cleveland custom homes, tickets are $100 h.ed.. >> proceeds benefiting saint jude the tickets will give you also a chance to win a car for nick abraham auto mall in the hot tub from lite-house pools about to feel some of the coldest temperatures of the year so get ready. >> bitter cold winds will be blowing throughout northeast ohio or the next day, countless see what melissa mack is trackinga . it is extremely cold, the coldest of the year so far, it t on monday, we're looking at snow bursts . about one to 2 inches f

the body of 38-year-old ryan osberg of millebrae, california was recovered yesterday pyramid lake. 31-year-old robert anthony glennon, of san francisco, was recovered saturday. tribal officials say they went missing when the weather turned bad... while they were out in a boat. they were not wearing life jackets. the washoe county sheriff office's hasty team assisted in the recovery. still to come on channel 2 news still to come on channel 2 news this morning... star wars movie is breaking records left and right...in the past few months the film's ticket sales surpassed 'avatar'...just how much did the movie make....the latest, after the break. a deadly shooting at one of mississippi's mardi gras parades yesterday...what police are saying after 2 were killed...after the break. "you're watching channel 2 news this morning with john potter, andi guevara and meteorologist jeff martinez's pinpoint 2 forecast!" welcome back. let's take a look around the nation right now. first, the candidates are making their final pitches to new hampshire voters today... ahead of the first in the nation primary tomorrow. latest p

cut, something that we may not see again, andoo corona a triple threat , the triplets, mark, anthony and ryan farina to wrestle in different weight competition .t the first chose to make trip was to make it to the state tournament probably in the united states if all three when it could be the first time that three brothers took a title from let's send it on over to a.j. colby. >> eventually, sometime before june. >> currently yesterday we had a high of 23 degrees, it will be colder than that today . snowfall yesterday for the month nine . five . it is still more than 35 inches less than normal for the season . the latest arctic air mass receiving on monday as another fit of arctic air from currently 11 degrees lakefront . it feels like minus 8 degrees . the arctic i keep in the sky is pretty clear except downwind of the lake . the arctic blast, moving over new england where it is expected to be aboute minus 26 even over two boston . as the arctic air retraced over the canadian maritimes will see some and hopefully we will have some breaks in sunshinep .. learn more about the about the man wi

josh blatt from north henderson, dalton beaver from mitchell and ryan shepherd from avery county and anthony from cherokee and tony mcgill from mcdowell win state tiles as well. congratulations to all of these outstanding student athletes. that is a look at sports. have a great start to your sunday,, everyone, i'm luke notestine for news 13 sports. >> hope: okay the clock is ticking in the asheville escape room and my next challenge is to them. we will find out next. my tempur-pedic cuddles better than my husband does... ...but that's just between you and me. it's really cool to the touch. at mattress firm,get zero percent apr financing. visit mattress firm, america's number one tempur-pedic retailer today. now, in high definition, from the western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 this weekend. >> evan: we have a "early bird gets the win" giveaway for you this morning, folks. yesterday, we previewed the asheville lyric opera's upcoming performance of the magic flute, with a live opera singer in the studio. >> zack: today we are giving aby two tickets to that show in early april.

liam neeson, helen mirren, alec baldwin, anthony hopkins and to name a few, made appearances in ads this year. hyundai also used ryan reynolds. another one that got people laughing was the mountain dew "puppy, monkey, baby" commercial. "death wish coffee on the big stage. was chosen as the winner of the intuit quickbooks contest and got a 30-second spot during the here's a moment that everyone is talking about from the halftime show.. it happened during beyonce's performance. watch closely -- it looks like she almost falls back.. but then catches herself. newspaper tease: taking a live look this morning from bangkok! there is a 12 hour difference there. astronaut scott kelly is almost done spending a year in space. didn't stop him from celebrating the big he threw a super problem was that he was the only one who showed up! kelly joked on twitter that he would have served nachos if he had some company for the big game. he also posted a picture of his view of the super bowl from outer space. elton john may be all over your facebook feed this morning. the music icon joined late late show host james corden for this late

the body of 38-year-old ryan osberg of millebrae california was brought out of the water yesterday. 31-year-old robert anthony glennon of san francisco, was recovered saturday. they went missing when the weather turned bad... while they were not wearing life jackets. turning to school watch. we have an update from a story we brought you last week. a reno school won the state science bowl competition in las vegas this weekend. the team from davidson academy won the event, defeating clark high school from las vegas in high school from las vegas in the championship match. the entire competition took over 11 hours to find a winner from 32 schools. davidson academy won five- thousand dollars for the school's math and science departments. they will also represent nevada in the national competition in april. coming up on channel 2 news this morning... what did you think of this fans weighed in on one of the most anticipated parts of the big game. each candidate is hoping to secure a win in the new hampshire primaries...while some fight to stay in the lead...others try to boost their momentum. we have the latest afte

anthony hill. >> michael brown, eric garner, ryan soaked, elon gray, duane brown,. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> as if everythinge they resisted [applause]. >> to have a time check to see if we can do questions? one or two questions. okay anybody have one or two questions? you can also ask a specific question to the whole group. >> when the united states was originally founded there is very few police departments. mostly all of the states made sheriff's over each county. all of those sheriff's i think it all the states were elected by the people, today we have a situation where there is hundreds of police and departments like transportation police, park police, they have all the different kinds of place. they are creating these police departments and none of them are very few of them have been elected by the people. the sheriffs and all the states were elected by the people. if there is both police brutality, the police could get rid of the sheriff and get rid of him and put another one in it that would straighten out the problem. but now we have police departments where they are appointed, they're not elected b

the body of 38-year-old ryan osberg of millebrae, california was recovered yesterday afternoon at pyramid lake. 31-year-old robert anthony glennon, of san francisco, was recovered saturday. tribal officials say they went missing when the weather turned bad... while they were out in a boat. they were not wearing life jackets. the washoe county sheriff office's h-a-s-t-y team assisted in the recovery. is caffeinated coffee okay during pregnancy? and how much weight is okay to gain? there are lots of pregnancy myths... we'll sort it all out for you in tonight's health watch. plus, you have 20 more minutes left to speak with an infectious diseases expert about the rapidly evolving zika virus. dr. trudy larson is the director of the university's school of community health sciences. to speak with her, call 858-2222 right now. arianna: if you're planning on going to burning man this year... your ticket will be costing you more. i'm arianna bennett... i'll explain why... on sports, and mike alger's pinpoint two forecast!" welcome back. burning man tickets go on sale on wednesday... but this year... there are some big changes to

talks sports coming up, a big night, carmelo anthony said he is not going anywhere but clause this summer. >> and spring training. all right. thank you, ryan. christina: we'll be right back. >> a look at what you need to been tomorrow's commute. >> i am ines rosales. construct going on route 4 westbound, right lane will be christina: hope you enjoyed it. antwan: audrey has one more look. audrey: couple morning showers, we'll be dry tuesday, cooler before wet weather returns wednesday, cooler and drying thursday, we do flip flop, friday we could see mix of rain and snow. we'll see how it pans out. christina: that is it for us tonight, thank you for watching i am christina park. antwan: i am antwan lewis with audrey puente and ryan asselta. christina: stick around sports extra with ryan is next. i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) . no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. i would kill for s

ryan is in for russ. the nba trade deadline is thursday. the rumors are heating up. carmelo anthony? >> we're coming off the all star break. the knicks don't come back until friday. a lot to talk about. this trade deadline is thursday. carmelo made it clear. he got the no trade clause. he has no plans on waiving that. he loves new york. he plans on staying here. any trade rumors we keep hearing involving carmelo are far-fetched. he's in control. there are other moves to be made. if i was jeff teague, who the knicks are enamored with, phil is in a tricky spot. he wants to improve the team. ernie: they're trying to build a future. >> he could fit in financially and with the system. they're talking about two players for one where they bring the knicks like this guy. whether they have enough to get him, that's the big question. the knicks are not going to trade draft picks like they did for many years. ernie: got a lot of action going on. thursday deadline. we'll see what happens. want to talk about baseball. matt harvey. i love it. spring training. >> kicks off this week. matt harvey wa

liam neeson, helen mirren, anthony hopkins -- anthony hopkins were just a few that were in the ads. one used ryan reynolds. another one that got people laughing was the mountain dew it is hard to say. then there was the end to it quick looks at which was a 32nd spot. it was huge for the company to have a five million-dollar commercial. they won a contest and they are all over the country. >>> talk about having to work around-the-clock to ramp up production. when you are a small company and you know you are going to have all of those folks.>>> this is the halftime show. it happened during beyonci's performance. it looks like she almost falls back and then convict -- then catch a cell. you see her on the edge of the stage. >> she pulled it off. >> you may think she meant to do it and she may have. >> maybe she did, but she looks like she's about to fall. >> there were some impressive moments. >> yeah, it was good. spots out there this morning, what we need to know? >>> this is the nellis county u.s. 19 going south. -- panellis county, u.s. 19 going south. let's go live to the sky 10 network camera.

anthony also. >> reporter: the roads were wet and investigators say that could have played a role in the incident. and it appears everyone involved was wearing a seat belt. ryan raiche, abc action news. >>> now a crime alert in tampa tonight. police are searching for the man who shot another man in the face after a super bowl party near busch gardens. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >>> covering pasco county, deputies need your help finding this man, accused of trying to kill a deputy. deputies were trying to arrest him for an outstanding warrant when he tried to run over one of the officers. anyone with information leading to his arrest is eligible for a cash reward. >>> this is the sign chipotle customers were greeted with this afternoon. the company closed for a training food safety seminar after several food outbreaks all across the country. no new cases have been reported since december. all restaurants reopened their doors at 3:00 this afternoon. coming up tonight at 11:00, after all those illnesses were discovered, we wanted to know how safe are bay area chipotles. the i-team uncovers which chipotles locally failed with stat

>> janine: ryan right now 4:30 ab our top story today, twin tornadoes slamming uth florida. anthony's dashboard camera was rolling at about 8:00 this morning from the tornado came through. you can see cs dodging, trying to get away from that twister. >> vicicr: a cleanup operation underway throughout miami-dade and broward. this apartment building left damaged in northeast miami-dade. >> janine: and trouble on the wawar in fort lauderdale. the storms leaving both underwater. >> victor: pictures have been pouring into our news room of damaged cars. storm. >> janine: and this afternoon we also have new cell phone video of those storms. again, the national weather service conrms that two twisters touched down. we have live team coverage thi afternoon with reporters in several areas, including northeast miami-dade, light house point, hollywood, and newsroom. >> victor: let's begin with michael seiden. he's live in northeast miami-dade. michael. >> michael: you can frobel hear e chainsaws. right now the cleanup effort is effort. you can just see stacks and stacks of debris all along the st