another option, the $350 samsung gear s2. which offers 3g so you don't have to stay tethered to your phone to receive calls or notifications. battery life of course is a big issue for smartphone users. all of the watches lasted at least a day. you can find information about this story and other news on our consumer reports section on wlos.com. next at 6, dot crews trade . >> holly: in the carolina kitchen, tuna fish never tasted so good and it could easily be well. >>> a multi-million dollar face lift for the thomas wolf auditorium could be on the way. >> darcel: also tonight, food, water and shelter for animals. but is there something missing? >> it's very sad that it still happens and they're out there. >> larry: the law one mountain town is considering to keep animals warm. news 13 at 6:00 starts now. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 6:00. 15 to $37 million to possibly

the 350-dollar samsung gear s2, which offers 3g - so you don t have to stay tethered to your phone to receive calls and battery life is a big issue for smartwatch users. so it s good to know that all of the smartwatches consumer reports recommends lasted at least a day. with local news, sometimes you never know what s going to happen during a live interview. and one oklahoma woman s interview is going viral after she described what happened where her apartment building caught fire.. that )s michelle dobyne as she recalled the events of how the video reached over 14 million views in less than 24 hours. by the way, no one was seriously injured in the apartment fire. ahead at 4: a daring fire rescue by three new york "police officers". we )ll have a closer look at how they teamed-up to three police officers in new york are being hailed as heroes, for jumping in to a burning building to save people inside, before fire crews could get there. scott rapoport reports. amidst the screams and smoke from the raging fire at this apartment building on jericho turnpike in west hempstead on friday,

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samsung and apple are long-time rivals. the south korean electronics giant says it will make its latest smart watch, gear s2 compatible with apple's ios. samsung didn't say how the watch would be compatible. apple let's rivals create apps to work with its devices. back over to you. >> landon dowdy and wall street, thank you so much. >>> now we want to check in with meteorologist kari hall and mike, keeping tabs on the roadway. is this the strongest of the storms we're see? >> yes. this is the third one we've had this week and the strongest. more intense, lightning, heavy downpours and gusty winds to go along with that. o a lot of concerns this morning as you head out the door. let's take a live look at palo alto where people are moving slowly, but they are making it. if you do see water covering the road, standing water on the road, try not to drive over it because you just don't know how deep it is. that will be the concern, not the only flooding, but the possibility of trees toppling down and some lightning as this storm system continues to roll in. so the most intense of this storm is now moving in for parts of the south