walhalla...oconee state park...long creek and mountain eparedness actions...a strong tornado is likely developing. abandon mobile homes. seek immediate shelter in an interior room on the lowest level of a houseor office building. place as many floors and walls between you andthe in effect until 845 am est for northwestern oconee county... at 817 am est...doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capableof producing a tornado. this dangerous storm was located 8 milesnorth of toccoa...or 6 miles southeast of tallulah northeast at 55 mph.locations impacted include... walhalla...oconee state park...long creek and mountain rest.precautionary/pr eparedness actions...a strong tornado is likely developing. abandon mobile homes. seek immediate shelter in an interior room on the lowest level of a houseor office and 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina.you are looking live over greenville 3 3 new from overnight--another victory for donald trump republican voters in nevada handed him a huge win in tuesday's caucuses... trump votes... compared to 24 percent for second place finish

you're looking live now at the blue springs state park manatee cam. we have great news coming out of there today. manatees are continuing to make a comeback. isn't that pretty to see? >> matt: i love that place. >> ginger: spotters counted more than 6200 manatees in florida this winter, almost 200 more than last year. wildlife officials plan to reclassify manatees from endangered to the less serious status of threatened. they're no longer in danger of extinction. >> matt: that's fantastic news. it's nice to see more and more at blue springs state park this year. speaking of blue springs state park, candace campos is there there. >> ginger: she's pinpointing your weather at orange city tonight. >> reporter: we're at orange city and the blue springs state park, trying to find manatees out there. it's been pretty warm over the last couple of days with temperatures in the 80's last week and into this week. the manatees have now started heading out. but now that the cold snap started, expect the manatees to make their way in. at last check i spotted 5, may

aly myles, wyff news 4, live at jones gap state park. allyson: greenville county deputies say they need your help finding a double murder suspect who cut off his ankle monitoring device. investigators say bradford williams killed two people at a nightclub in 2014. he was released from jail in january with an ankle monitoring device as part of the home incarceration program. records show he cut off that device thursday morning. deputies say williams has friends and family living in the taylors area and in oconee and if you see him, you're asked to call 911. geoff: asheville police say they need your help finding a driver who fired shots during a road rage incident. it happened early friday morning along tunnell road. a woman told police she was almost in a collision with a man, who then fired a handgun in her direction. police say they tried to stop the driver, but he took off. the woman was not hurt. if you have any information about what happened, call the asheville police department. allyson: taking in the roads the roseville, 85 near

harvesting to boost revenue. >> i want to say hey what can we do to make the parks the most beneficial to the citizens and visitors of the state, and the environment that we're serving. >> reporter: the local parks bill spontaneous son says the proposal wouldn't impact the controversial idea. this is, you know, allowing our service folks that protect us every day to enjoy our city and county parks at a discount. >> reporter: environmentalist have heavily opposed the idea of opening up the parks in an effort to make more money. in tallahassee, news channel 8. >> the local parks bill already cleared two house committees unanimously. >>> well, if you like to build things with lego, legoland is hiring people. they're accepting people from all backgrounds to send in applications to be master model builders. you'll work at their factory. about 50 have been hired so far. what a job. >> that would be amazing. i have a 6-year-old nephew that wants to apply. is that too young. out for your next mani and pedi. >> and why getting into bed with a complete stranger can be therapeutic. a professional cuddler explains. >>> well, temperatures

it is the 70,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility in brooklyn sunset park. the nets have actually been drank in new jersey all this time. but this move finally cuts the team's ties to the garden state and they are now in every aspect a brooklyn team. >> this is my 8th season with the nets. moving to prudential, getting to barclays we're all in brooklyn. so we can say hello brooklyn and mean it. >>> rangers hosting chicago tonight after missing four games with a concussion the >>> the oscars are just around the corner but watch number 64 in the devils gear. that's joseph blandisi. >> just a little added drama to a slashing penalty. >> the head goes back. >> he was actually called for embellishment and had to sit for two minutes. the nhl is trying to crack down on this embellishment. just a warning for him right there. but he did release on twitter afterwards how apologetic he was that he -- [ laughter ] >> that's a wrestling move. >> it is. >> that's wwf. >> that's soccer, that's not hockey. come on. by the way, brook lopez isn't he like rumored to be traded?

. >> a north carolina state park set a new record in 2015, more than 17 million people visited the state 39 parks up from just >> among 39 state parks, 30 reported increases. improvements in bike trails and visitor centers are just some of the reasons for high numbers. >> honda adds millions more cars to the growing list of recalls. >> coming up in the business affected and how soon the >> stocks back in negative territory for midday trading. at noon, the dow was down 17 points at 544. hopda added more than two million more cars to the growing list of recalls over tocatta recall. the 2005 to 2016 models are being recalled to replace the air bags. the latest addition brings the number of vehicles recalled to eight and a half million. the new parts will be available this summer. aaa says the price per gallon is down to $1.74, that's the cheapest it has been since 20092009. the seven-eleven is sending it for $1.11. aaa says gas prices are likely to stay low unless there is a major disruption in supply. >> regulators in india blocked three basics which is a controversial facebook service tha

been going to fort macon at least one a year for many years, and it never gets old >> even our state parks and our recreation parks are beautiful, too. i would imagine the stretches of warm weather we had also helped boost some of that attendance. >> when you can wear shorts on christmas eve, you're doing all right. >> when the high is 75 on christmas day. i think last week we had three days with highs in the 70s. it's hard to remember because we're going to be looking at so many days with highs in the 30s for this week. we are so lucky to have such wonderful state parks. it is a little gloomy this morning. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today. a breeze coming out of the west which will bring us the colder temperatures. temperatures really haven't budged much, either to rise or fall. it's 37 in benson, 36 in roxboro, 37 in clinton and 35 from here temperatures only climb about 10 degrees into the low and mid-40s for this afternoon. still 39 at lunchtime. the clouds will come and go. we'll have the chance of a flurry or sprinkle, but much of what falls will be very inconsequential. we st

the governor says within 17.3 million people visited the state's 39 parks. that's up from 15.5 million people the last year. jordan lake state recreation area in chatham county had the highest attendance at 1.6 million. and was among six state park units logging more than 1 million. the others were william b mayhem -- fort mahon. >>> the dow is down 65 points right now. both the nasdaq and smp contest -- contain -- continue to reflect. >>> the justice department is investigating how hackers were able to publish contact information for 20,000 fbi employees. the leak happened yesterday just one day after personal data from most 10,000 department of homeland security employees was posted. the day to dump -- data dump includes names, titles, phone numbers and email addresses. officials say did not appear with present information like social security numbers. >>> we are in the heart of tax season and if you're still in the process of filing, we have ease your nerves. coming up, we talk with the cpa about e-filing and protecting identity and is a glitch in e- filin

allyson: wyff news 4's aly myles joins us from jones gap state park with more. we're here at jones gap state park where we barely have any cell signal, making it tough to extremely difficul to call for help if necessary. so imagine getting separated from a group and dealing with some pretty tough terrain. that's what happened to 12-year-old john quay here saturday afternoon. officials say he was alone for roughly 18 hours. he was found sunday on old camp creek road hungry, cold and in wet clothes. we're told john crossed creeks and went through some rough terrain in below freezing temperatures. >> the crew that found him said he just come up and gave them a big hug like thank you. it was pretty overwhelming. aly: john is part of boy scout troop 210 out of powdersville. troop leaders say they teach the boys survival skills at a young age, including using the buddy system. they say they aren't sure how he got separated. officials say john is now home with his parents and resting. aly myles, wyff news 4, live at jones gap state park. geoff: thank you. quite a story

dale: we have friends in a county state park -- in oconee state park. let's go back for those who have just joined us -- the national weather service issued a tornado warning for stephens county and oconee county earlier this hour, and out as fast moving from stevens county now as you can see into oconee county near the long creek area. we take another look at the direction of the storm, and it has been tracking to the northeast as expected. right now, it is showing up on live super doppler 4 hd, you can see on the screen, we can identify some of those towns her let's zoom in once again, chris, and show the communities being impacted right now. it is right on highway 76 in oconee county. it is just passing over highway 76, continuing on a northeasterly path, so between long creek in holly springs on 76 is where we are seeing the tornado or severe thunderstorm with the rotation indication continuing to head to the northeast, so coming up before long, whetstone may be in the path of the storm as well. folks and walhalla, keep an eye out because this may p

three years ago you approved $2 million to establish our newest state park. the south dakota wild parks and wildlife foundation is in the homestretch of a $7.5 million fund raising effort to match the public funds with private charitable gifts. this will pay for land acquisition, trail development, and a visitor's center with exhibits. trails have been established. native vegetation restoration is under way and an entrance road has been constructed. work on the new visitor's center is just now beginning where the native american history of the park will be told in a spectacular building near a wooded area. last summer seizing an unexpected opportunity, the parks and wildlife foundation acquired the spring creek country club property bordering the park to the south adding 200 acres to the park and increasing the park size by 25%. a portion of this property lies within the blood run national historic landmark and the preservation of those historic resources will become an important element of the park. my son chris and i canoed to good earth state park this past

in north carolina. 3 live interview: emily walker/chimney rock state park park 3 punxsutawney who? grady's big day is less than a month away! grady the groundhog, our animal ambassador and local celebrity, will awaken from hibernation for his tenth annual shadow sighting, weather permitting, on grady's groundhog day tuesday, he outwitted punxsutawney phil to predict the weather correctly last year, but can he do it again? kids' crafts and programs for the entire family will be offered. 3 3 3 3 3 time for weather and traffic. 3 a dense fog advisory 3 is in place until 10am for most of the area. expect overcast skies with scattered drizzle and light rain today, with highs reaching the mid-50s to near 60. tonight, lows drop into the 50s. heavy arrive wednesday morning, and clear out to windy conditions in the afternoon with highs in the upper 60s. partly cloudy skies return thursday with cooler temperatures in the mid-50s, and it will stay clear with highs in the low 50s and lows near freezing for friday and the weekend. a dense fog advisory is in place until 10am for most of the are

a public hearing is set for 6:30 tomorrow night >>> we had beautiful state parks and attend at the state parks set an all-time record last year. 70.3 million people visited the third and parks last year up from 50.6 lane the previous year. recreation area and chatham county reported the highest attendance at 1.6 million visits. the others were fort macon, balls like. >> we have wonderful parks.>>> coming up in the next half-hour a day of remembrance for triangle college students. >>> what led to unc coach roy williams collapsed during a game against boston college. 20 f inte spefromrylia of can a at me te, am mies. yeah, the internet'sat,but k hand mak lo fa ye notng.refetwo-d,horn just-slept-in-rnda , i he ry unok. . ul gi." th's tenceis r >>> three students who made a difference murdered one year ago today. the event set to happen at local college campuses to honor them. >>> in his own words what a murder suspect told police about the night a woman was killed. >>> the major health initiatives that brings vice president joe biden to the triangle.>>> the other big news is bill is back. w

it was their second time hiking in the state park. john was with six boys and three adults. somehow, he got separated from the group around 4:30 saturday afternoon. >> again, i'm surprised how this could've happened. corey: larry thompson, an assistant scout master, says they follow a buddy system. one adult in the front of the line, another in the back. >> you're never strung out. you're always pretty close to each other, so it's a pretty tight-knit group. group was going through a challenging part of the 10-mile trail when john got separated. a local fire chief says john had to cross through some pretty rough terrain after he got separated from his troop. he says he had to go through some creeks that are similar to this one, and he even climbed up some rock creeks, like this one, and went through death -- dense forest before crews found him. crews say john was walking along old camp creek road, wearing a wet long-sleeve shirt and pants, >> he said he was cold, very glad to see people. corey: john was out on his own for 18 hours, and spent the night under leaves to stay war

rescue crews have spent the night searching for a missing 12-year-old boy in jones gap state park. greenville county deputies are searching for john quay. investigators say he was hiking with a group of boy scouts in the park. the group discovered he was missing during a head count yesterday afternoon. crews have spent the night ground and by helicopter. >> as everybody else is right now, we are all concerned about safety and our main focus is to try and find him as quickly as possible. myra: crews are also concerned about the cold overnight as they search for quay. if you see quay or can help authorities find him, you are asked to call the greenville county sheriff's office. we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates on air, online, and on the wyff 4 mobile app. turning to commitment 2016 this morning, the votes are in for south carolina and hillary clinton is the winner of the state's democratic primary. here's a look at the south carolina democratic primary results. hillary clinton took 74% of the votes. bernie sanders only got 26%. hillary clinton has now won so

people visited the state's 39 parks. that's up 11%. and it's a state record. visits were up 35% at lake crowders mountain state park. >>> meteorologist keith monday is tracking snow in the mountains plus a deep freeze that's going to impact our neighborhoods for several days. >> we're behind yesterday's pace of a warm up. it's beginning. it's going to keep going. let's take a tour of live early warning doppler 9. all of this is not hitting the ground. it's just too dry for this to make it down to the ground. and if we do see anything, flurries. so we're seeing all this further away from the radar, up north into claremont, cheryls ford, catawba county, over to clouds. it picks up that snowfall. once you get into the over that. so you're seeing lighter snow amounts. but this is the place where it's snowing much more. they have higher humidity in the mountains. the snow's really coming down. look at the low humidity numbers, 35% in charlotte. that number will go down in the our air will get dryer. you'll feel your hands dryi

. >>> paying for state parks. fshths here's number four -- >> a local man lives to thank >> i'llm josh benson -- >> and i'm stacie schaible. >>> many of us are getting ready to file our tax returns, of course, but watch out. >> someone is calling people pretending to be the irs and using threats to make those cough up the cash. peter bernard has more. >>reporter: a part time ymca employee is off the job after gulfport police say he was involved in an irs scam. lee is all smile in wells fargo bank surveillance video as he watches a teller count at $6800. the police chief tells me he's apart of thieves who threaten people on the phone. they - >> someone pretended to be an irs person. >> they sent the money concerned it was real. as i was doing it -- these guys were so good. >> detectives believes others are involved in this fake irs scam and anticipate charges and arrest. >> lee is suspended without pay and more likely will be terminated. news channel 8. >>> police are trying to track down car jackers on the loose i

meanwhile an ice jam south of ledges state park caused some roads to flood out and be shut down. this is what the river looks like now and after the jam broke up and moved down stream...water levels in some of the flooded out areas have receded...though not enough for 255th street in ledges state park... according to andy bartlett with the d-n-r. "it effects traffic coming through here. it's only about a half a mile closure bit it cuts it off, so you can't get through so you gotta make alternate plans on how you're gonna come to the park if you come south from boone." further north at the y camp near boone.. most of the ice has passed by. executive director david sherry says there hasn't been much damage reported. "a lot of the horse trails and hiking trails are under water. i'm sure we'll have some clean up to do, some trees, some debris that will need to be cleared up this spring; but no facilities or buildings were damaged in anyway that we can see yet." stand up: now to just give you an idea of how much ice has actually been deposited, i'm standing right now where the bank of

garden state park way, local lanes north near exit 24. the accident itself is on the side of the roadway not causing major problems you have major delays george washington bridge. you can see the george washington bridge coming into the city leaving the city doing just fine. we have street cleaning rules suspended but the meter rules >>> thank you, it is 5:02. firefighters are on the scene of a fast moving fire that brooklyn. >> started on the top floor of diamond street. people started posting video on social media. kristin thorne is live. now structurally unsound. we are hearing i'm going to show you a little bit what's going on here, really not a lot of movement left at the scene the department of buildings has to come in here and give firefighters permission to go the investigative work they nee to do. you may be seeing ice on the trees there. the cold really did not affect them at all that they are used to working in these conditions, just was uncomfortable. street. spread to two neighboring homes. four people suffered minor injuries

if you decide to go for a hike in any of the state parks, be sure to register with a park official, so if something goes wrong, they at least know where you were heading. corey davis, wyff news 4, in greenville county. mike: taking a look outside now from our sky cams, what a day. gorgeous, right? hopefully, you got out to enjoy at least some of it. wyff news 4 metoriglost chris justus, in the weather center with how long it'll last. chris: the warmth will last for two more days. today was dry, we started off cool in the 20's but warmed up quickly. we got a 72 degree reading in elberton, 60 one in asheville, 64 in spartanburg. overnight, temperatures will cool down a bit. moz back into the 40's in most locations. tuesday is when things change. 10 degrees warmer now than we were at this time yesterday. the warmth will be felt headed into tomorrow. it will be very nice outside. a view from greenville, you can see, 60 five degrees. a south-southwest wind kicking up the warmth. if you have outdoor plants tonight, clear skies, smooth sailing. the will cool -- we will cool into the 40's. you

state parks start at 8:00 a.m.nd yosemite reservations begin at mid-march. >> social media is buzzing. >> oprah said "thumbsup." also, early in the night a company called total futurity confused her with whoopi. >> show that possible? >> and ellen tweeted "that is incredible." that probably means a lot. >> carrie washington was "floored by the courage and beauty and realness shown by the survivors on stage," with lady gaga. >> modern family to lgbt community. >> we saw incredible dresses and moments and i was surprised a lot of people came out and spoke of thing they believed in. >> and stacey dash came up and did the black history month. >> i was confused. i am glad you got it. >> i was one of five who thought it was hilarious. >> maybe you can explain it to me. >> mike? >> i likeed the jack black. >> angela bassett, that was so good. so good. so good. >> now, san jose, even you in the south bay, not immune from the fog. this is 280 and 17, be careful. ing up in the next weather i will show you the area not dailyi

more than 17.3 million people visited state parks in 2015. that's an 11% increase from the prior year. dozens of parks reported increased attendance. gorgeous state park in transylvania county is among them with a 48% jump in visitation. >>holly: in this morning's news reel, police release new indiana. >>jay: the principal of an elementary school died last month and two students were hurt when the bus hit them on a sidewalk in front of the school. now the police report says the bus driver got out of her seat after loading her students but failed to use the parking brake. that caused the bus to move onto the sidewalk. no charges have been filed. >>holly: a woman is dead after bus in pennsylvania. the bus was carrying 32 students at the time. hospital. their injuries are not life-threatening. police are still investigating exactly what happened. one witness described what she saw. >> the bus never stopped. it was flying through the intersection. and i just saw that tiny little car and i just -- i just knew what was going to happen. >>holly: thre

connect nc funds improvement at community colleges, national guard, state parks and zoo and local government water and sewer systems. leaders signed off to revitalize moores square. they approved the project, input required because the square is on state land, leased by the city. the $12 million project includes a cafe and restrooms, construction could begin in the summer. >>> a bomb may have caused an explosion in somalia. the passenger plane was flying between 12 and 14,000 feet from the airport when passengers heard an explosion in the cabin of the plane. pilot managed to make an emergency landing. authorities did find a body but believe it did fall from the plane. weeks after two military helicopters collided off the coast of hawaii, the dna of the aircraft has been found. marine corp.confirmed discovery of trace elements of dna. they have notified the families but not released the names to the public. 12 ma rebbes were killed in the crash -- 12 marines were killed in the crash last month. they suspended the search five days after the accident. >>> company with offices in north carolina

county, where rescue crews have spent the night searching for a missing 12-year-old boy in jones gap state park. greenville county deputies are searching for john quay, investigators say he was hiking he was missing during a head count. that was yesterday afternoon. crews have spent the night searching for the boy on the ground and by helicopter. >> as everybody else is right now concerned about safety our , main focus is to try and find him as quickly as possible. myra: crews are also concerned search. if you see quay, or can help authorities find him you are asked to call the greenville county sheriff's office. we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates on air, online and on the wyff 4 mobile app. turning to commitment 2016 this morning, the votes are in for south carolina, and hillary clinton is the winner of the state's democratic primary. here's a look at the south carolina primary results. hillary clinton taking in 74% of the vote. bernie sanders, only 26%. hillary clinton has now won south carolina, nevada and iowa. hampshire. hillary clinton we've now gone : through fou

what was once called the "redwood empire" is now a state park. >> welcome to humboldt redwoods state h, my gosh. these trees are so beautiful. >> and they're the tallest trees on the planet. let's go. >> emily burns, a tree scientist with the save the redwoods league, says there is a reason this part of the country grows such towering trees. >> the fog rolls in to the coast redwood forest from the pacific ocean, and these trees collect it, and they take in that water directly into their leaves, and they also rain it down to the forest floor, helping all the other plants and animals. come check out this tree over here. what you're looking at is a history of fire, really. this burned-out cave is called a "goose pen." >> oh, my gosh. go inside? >> go inside, yeah. >> and it could survive this? >> actually, this tree is fine. it's still growing well. and it's created an amazing habitat for species like bats. do you like bats? >> not really. are they in here? >> they might be. they might be right up above you. >> oh, well, it was nice to see it. >> [ laughs ] [ soft music plays ] >> choppi

says the boy scout went missing during a hike with his troop late saturday afternoon at jones gap state park. he was found by a family out hiking about 18 hours later. turning to vote 20-16... no surprises here in south carolina. as won saturday's democratic primary. the former first lady took home 73 percent of the vote to bernie sanders 26 percent. it's not the outcome sanders and his campaign were hoping for. speaking on a-b-c's "this week," sanders admits, he was, "decimated," here in south carolina. while sanders isn't satisfied by the results... he is taking away some positives from saturday's vote. 33 but there isn't much positive news heading sanders way going into tomorrow's super tuesday vote. according to a new n-b-c news-wall street journal- marist poll... hillary clinton is far ahead of bernie sanders in three key states voting leading by about two-to-one margins in texas... georgia and tennessee. those three are among eleven states holding their democratic presidential races this tuesday. for democrats there are one thousand and thirty three delegates up for grabs... in those s

bill advancing through the florida legislature would give regulators more power when it comes to state parks. that means lawmakers could repurpose preserved parks for recreation like hunting, grazing, tree farming and r-v camping. our partners at the tampa bay times are reporting some environmentalists say it gives regulators too much power over the land. the bill now heads to the state senate. right now, temperatures from a warm spell are hitting much of the southern plains. this is video from oklahoma where grass fires were sparked by those high temperatures. the national weather service says the heat was strongest thursday in texas, oklahoma, kansas, and new mexico. get this, temperatures in kansas were 30 to 35 degrees above normal for this time of year. temperatures are expected to be a little cooler today, but still above normal. time to rev up those engines! the daytona 500 is this sunday! the race kicks off the 2016 nascar season. 40 drivers will compete at the daytona international speedway.. starting at 1 p-m. chase elliott and matt kenseth are in the first and second positions. if

rescue crews have spent the night searching for a missing 12-year-old boy in jones gap state park. deputies are searching for john quay, investigators say he was hiking with a group of boy scouts in the park, the group discovered he was missing during a headcount. that was yesterday afternoon. crews have spent the night searching for the boy on the ground and by helicopter. now we are all concerned about , safety and our main focus is , to try and find him as quickly as possible. myra: crews are also concerned about the cold overnight as they are searching. if you see quay, or can help authorities find him you are asked to call the greenville county sheriff's office. we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates on air, online and on the wyff 4 mobile app. turning to commitment 2016 this morning, the votes are in for south carolina. hillary clinton is the winner of the state's democratic primary. here's a look at the south results. hillary clinton took 74% of the vote. bernie sanders got twice 6%. willie wilson, lesson 1%. hillary clinton has now won south carolina, n

commute, if you are traveling the garden state park way has a 45 miles per hour speed restriction from the exit 171 to the new york state line, slippery records reported there salt trucks are going through the area, we'll let you know when that clears out but for now you have a speed restriction. construction blocks the southbound lane on 76th street, traffic still getting by at the queens midtown tunnel, it is construction again that has the tube shut the other taking two way traffic currently delay free. alternate side is in affect be safe don't text and drive. >>> here is a look at stories making news, u.s. health officials are investigating more than a dozen zika infections that may have been spread through sex. spread mainly by mosquito bites >>> president obama says the president of guantanamo bay cuba is a drain on resources and quote contrary to values. he unvailed his plan to shut it down. leaders quickly restated their opposition. >>> ramone castro, the older brother of fidel and raul, he was a famer, he was 91. >>> and stocks down today after a day of losses on wall street y

a real hoot at rye harbor state park. if you have never seen a snowy owl, grab your binoculars. you have a pretty good chance of spotting one on the seacoast. a snowy owl was spotted during last week' s backyard bird count in the area of rye harbor state park. new hampshire audubon asks that when viewing a snowy owl, do not disturb the bird by approaching too closely. you can find even more outdoors news on the "escape outside" section of our website, wmur.com. now, let' s check in with meteorologist hayley lapoint for an update on the outdoor weekend forecast. hayley: a lot of you might be heading out to do some skiing or boarding tomorrow. i know it was probably busy today. if you have plans tomorrow, temperatures will be around freezing. it will be cloudy. i would not be surprised if there were a few flurries, especially on higher mountain peaks. by lunch, temperatures above freezing, up to 35 with mostly cloudy skies. probably see sunshine late in the day with temperatures in the mountains getting close to 40 tomorrow. i will show you the full seven-day forecast after the br

assembly bill 2249 will protect state parks from a similar fate. >>> students accused of a hate crime against their roommate. >>> the verdict handed down and a bike lock and confederate flag. >> bike owners protaking their rights in a poplar park. what we just learned about dogs roaming freely. >>> cars nearly crashed in a tunnel. the problem worse than thought. >>> oakdale and sunnyvale hit the highs today. here is the san francisco skyline. we will talk about and approach records and when rain will approach us. that's coming up. >>> kpix weather sponsored by sleep world. >>> a jury has returned a split verdict. the case heard outrage and protest. kpix lend rameriz says three people were convicted but the jury couldn't agree it was a hate crime. glen. >> reporter: that's right veronica it happened two years ago and a commission was set up to look at the racial disunity. similar react could be coming this time around. >> one san jose state student covering the trial for the spartan daily says the hate crime verdicts could lead to new verdicts. >> knowing how the black student union re

>> a push to have donald trump's name off a state park. >> one in ten teens has experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of a government statistics. the nypd is working to cut that number. magdalena doris has more on how they plan to do it. >> i used to come home all bruised up on my arms. >> reporter: anna lived through a volatile and dangerous win as a young teen. >> jealous and then he just started hitting me out of nowhere. >> reporter: ania survived and she is raising her daughter planning to going to nursing school. >> i cried and didn't know what to dell my parents so i to tell my parents so i hit it. >> young females are beaten more often. it's less than 3% will confess to a counselor or police officer. >> reporter: they are trying the people who work with high schoolers every day to avoid violence among teens. >> they are on the front lines to see the abuse in students. >> reporter: the officers have seen it firsthand. >> girls and boys. [ inaudible ] >> he was crying. >> reporter: identifying the physical, mental or technological abuse creating a safeway to repo

an advocate for smokers say officials exceeded the authority by implementing a smoking ban at state parks. say the restrictions are in the interest of visitors who consider smoking a nuisance. a court of appeals is expected to make a decision on the outdoor smoking ban next month. 6:53. new this morning, former nba way back home. he was last seen last night boarding a private plane from california to new york. according to us weekly, odom plans to attend us weekly this this would be odom's first public appearance since being placed on life support in october. he was released from a los angeles hospital last month. >>> it's 6:53. still ahead, stranded at sea. no more. in a few minutes, an alaska passenger aboard the royal caribbean cruise ship will disembark for the last time after their wild week on the water. >> and we're excited to announce the return of tgit hottest shows. i always heard fios was a lot faster. but, i thought it would be a hassle to switch. turns out it wasn't. they showed up when i asked and they set up wi-fi on my laptop, my tablet and stuff. it's true. it is better.

all state parks will be open but offices closed. >>> hillary clintonnand bernie sanders were in sound for the they got in some fund raising time. clinton got support from gabrielle giffords. she was shot back in the head in 2011. since then she's become an advocated for gun control and clinton. >> she will fight to make our families safer in the white house, she will stand up to the gun lobbyists, that's why i'm voting for hillary. >> bernie sanders were also out for his support. there were 18,000 people out at the rally saturday. >> with your unnethessasm on march 1st -- enthusiasm on >>> skiers got a little more than they bargained for when theirrtram got stuck. -`>> 48 passengers had to be rescued. they had to repel them one by one. fortunately they said everyone stayed calm. >> still not clear what caused the issue, maybe some electrical. >> how do you choose who goes first and who goes 48th? >> we will see good 6-12 inches of snow through the mountaans. right now we're at 37. winds about 5-15 miles per hour. we have been watching some of the gages. nothing extremely gusty, jayson

. >> darcel: gravy the groundhog at chimney rock state park said the same thing. they say he has a 60% success rate. jason, i think yours is higher than that. >> jason: let me see, am i seeing my shadow? in here i am. tee time did not see his shadow. three degrees above average. gloom and lots of low clouds and fog. still 3.33 in the bucket for the year. heavy rain is on the way. and also >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: so the rain isn't going to start in the next hour. it's going to take a couple more rain move in from the south. this is just the initial push from the moisture. and even getting some sun. but it's a lot of rain, folks. 100% chance of rain tomorrow in asheville. really it's all or nothing tomorrow for us. and i think there's going to be plenty of rain for the entire region. same thing in the mountains starting tonight lasting through at least tomorrow. there is rain, very likely. 100% chance of you getting showers. sunshine and mild temperatures have been replaced by a lot of clouds and eventually a lot of rain. fog now at the airp

tropical storm force cost scattered throughout the tri-state around 50 50 mile range. 56 at the state park and you saw 53 in ossining. a lot of 50+ with some damage out there. limbs come out. it is dangerous but it's gone now. heading over toward hartford , the precept is out of you in the tri-state region and we have a drier condition in bridgeport. same thing in allentown and a much cooler thing bringing in that showers and storms.everything has moved on and we have temperatures closer to it at 440. tomorrow, we have reinforcing shots of cold air. chances look weak and there is something they are getting warmer over the weekend with highs in the 50s saturday and sunday. now it looks dry . okay let's get you over to ines. hopefully we are in a much snow and ice moving out of the picture. >> it's been a rough ride. the bronx river parkway remains closed heading northbound over by westchester county. the northbound side was closed in it just reopened. southbound still has the closures. the flooding has subsided but is just taking comes sometime to re-open the roadways. if you are heading to

violations. 3 3 a hiker was airlifted to a hospital in charlotte after falling at crowders mountain state park. it happened yesterday afternoon near the boulders overlook on the cleveland county side of the park. park officials say the 23-year-old victim fell 25 to 30 feet, and was seriously hurt. he is being treated at carolinas medical center. the victim's name has not been released. 3 3 3 three men in charlotte are accused of shooting up two vehicles and a downtown hotel lobby. police say nearly 50 shots were fired into an s-u-v, a van and the lobby door of the hyatt hotel. no one was hurt. investigators do not believe it was a random act of violence. the suspects are charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and discharging a firearm within city limits. 3 3 this time tomorrow, voters and caucus-goers will make their choices for democratic and republican presidential nominees in more than a dozen states. it's known as super tuesday, the single-day contests represent a key 595 delegates are up for grabs for the g-o-p, 865 for the democrats.... reid binion reports. 3 3 (sen. marco rubio

. >> darcel: state parks in north carolina set a new record last year. more than 17.3 million people visited the parks. that's an 11% increase from the year before. increased attendance, with a 48% jump of visitation. >> tammy: we do everything we can to avoid car crashes, so why wouldn't we do the same thing to avoid making bad repairs to our cars? what body shops and insurance companies may not want you to know if you're in a wreck. from unsafe parts to unsafe carolina are cutting corners at the risk of your safety while no one is watching. >> i started a campaign seven years ago to get shop licensed. you have to get your license to braid hair. and i've talked to house of representatives senators, and a car can go down the road at 150, like this car, 150-160 miles an hour, and you or myself tomorrow, with no expertise whatsoever, you can open a body shop tomorrow. >> tammy: part one in to collision care. what your rights are when it comes to choosing parts. your insurance company may not want to pay for. >> darcel: heading to the polls. the surprise go

asheville had a record amount akoni state park checked in with over inches of rain. they reported 3.4 inches. anderson airport received 1.4 two inches. gs7 inches. so many areas saw a lot of rain in a short period of time. and that led to localized flooding. this morning though, we get a chance to dry out. temperatures are cool in andrews at 3robbinsville, 32. hayes bill, 36. we start at cool this morning, but by the afternoon it will reach upper 40's in the d upper 40's to low 50's in the upstatebreezes have picked up, 10-20 mile-per-hour winds in the mountains. you will need to dress warmly in western north carolina.the upstate has typical temperatures this time, the mountains will see upper 40's for the afternoowe have a lot of sunshine for friday, saturday, and sunday. cold mornings are back. it will be 27 in the mountains tomorrow and 33 intatemperatures will get back to the loon saturday, 44-5252 monday morning, there could be a chan for a wintry mix in western north carolina. it will start out as snow and changethat is what is going on this morning. patrick: a

wrap up)) 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 we're watching: state park rd @ poinsett hwy/injurieshudson rd @ old spartanburg rd rd3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on--pit crew traffic sponsored the carolina law group 3 we're working to get more information about a deadly crash in greenville county.the crash happened on mckittrick road just a short time ago. right now, details are limited but we do know it was a single-car cra...our crew at a dump truck ran off the road and hit a tree.we will bring you more information as we get it...on air and online at foxcarolina.com. 3 back to you guys: 3 we're partnering with angie's list to bring you stories that affect your family's health, home, and finances---- 3 with a home improvement store on every corner and do-it- yourself tv shows on 24-7, many people now attempt all kinds of complex projects around the house, but angie's list has new data that shows a lot of us are putting our free time first and hiring out some simple chores. 3 but how much is your time worth?fox carolina's ashley minelli has th

it is also going to meet the needs of chimney rock state park. >> talk about that. other areas in our community, but the park service. >> that's right. there is funding for agriculture, for water and sewer projects for the natural guard and for parks and natural resources. it is about infrastructure for the whole state and investing now for maximum return on investment for our operations going forward. >> when people hear this, they think it is too good to be true. why wouldn't we vote for it; where is the money coming from. $2 million is huge. >> it is huge but there are no new taxes associated with it. first, we are experiencing historic cli low interest rates. on the other hand, north carolina is paying down its debt that it took on in other bond issues so rapidly that it is not going to create any new taxes. it is a win-win situation. we'll get the infrastructure we need to educate north carolinians. >> you'll be hosting a special forum to tell us about that. >> right. special forum next monday to make sure our own -- in western carolina university are involved

we have a problem on the garden state park way north at exit 109, brian just tweeted me and told me there is not a delay at this point getting into the accident scene. bqe northeast on the scope lanes closed everything is now reopened the accident has been cleared away. here is the george washington bridge coming across the span left right upper lower both doing okay. upper level a little bit slower than the lower level you have a minor delay coming inbound the lincoln tunnel, a 10 minute delay our street cleaning rules are in effect. ken over to you. >>> thank you, we have breaking news in the bronx a firefighter among others hurt. this was a scene of firefighters and a ladder truck trying to tackle those flames. >>> joining us where several families have been forced out. good morning. >> reporter: 6 people injured and all of these injuries are considered minor this was quite a fire here on the 1800 block of andrews avenue south here in the morris heights section of the bronx. the fire was placed under control just after 4:00 this morning and most of the damage and the roof of the buildi

the new york state park's department wants to divert the river to the canadian side to replace two bridges closed to the public since 2004. rotted and rusted from century next to the falls. >> either we replace them or they crumble into the river. if they crumble we will have an environmental mess to clean up. >> reporter: daming the river would make american side nonexistent while the horse shoes falls in canada would become more intense. dewatering could lead to more visitors seeking once in a lifetime opportunity. >> potential is huge for us to build a successful strategic, directed marketing campaign >> reporter: this isn't the first time the iconic falls have stopped flowing. in 1969, u.s. army corps of engineers diverted water, to study effects of erosion. ultimately the temporary dam was removed with millions of coins people tossed in. and being in upstate new york they can freeze during the winter or aper to. in 2014 and 2015 during the polar vortex, ice formations grew out of the falls. underneath the water kept rushing. for locals seeing the icon waterless is a step in the right

their original plan was to camp out overnight at "caesar's head state park".. in a "7 news crime tracker"..greenville county deputies are in their third day looking for a suspect.. wanted for double murder.. who cut his ankle monitoring device. in december 2014 .. "bradford williams" was denied bond..after two men were found dead.. in the parking lot.. of "bugatti grand club"..in greenville county. "williams" was let out of jail.. on january 20th.. on a monitoring program..while awaiting trial on two murder charges. we're working to get williams.. was on a monitoring program. he.. should be considered armed and dangerous. if you see him...call 9-1-1.. or crime stoppers. now.. to our coverage of "campaign 2016".. it's on.. to "super tuesday".. for both the democrats and the republicans..after saturday's south carolina democratic primary. more than a dozen states.. will hold primaries.. with more than "5-hundred" delegates at stake. last night.."hillary clinton" won the race here.. with 73 percent of the vote. "bernie sanders" had 26 percent of the vote. "steve n

leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network we're at 6600 feet at mount mitchell state park. frost kind of composition on those pine trees and hemlocks up there. that is freezing fog. 21 degrees. that happened overnight and the temperature is certainly cold and windy up there. 39 degrees at asheville. still clear skies. that puts our wind chill down to 33. but the air is very dry. relative humidity 30%. that usually means they're going to cool off quickly when the air's so dry and the sky's so clear. we may drop quickly initially and kind of level off. 47 degrees in greenville. north wind at 6 puts their wind chill down to 44 degrees. upper 20s in asheville. you'll see that those temperatures really don't fluctuate too much. the wind calms, our temperatures will be close to what it will feel like in terms of wind chills. it will get better. speaking of better, the chance of rain and snow will be better. rain snow mix turning to snow on monday. this is not going to be a big system. we'll get enough moisture working down in to the french broad valley. light accumulations are li

new york's highest court is considering where to over turn smoking restrictions in state parks. smokers rights groups say the rules should be decided by the legislature, not the parks department. >>> a huge announcement today in the scientific world. >> one expert is calling this one of the premier discoveries in the last several hundred years. >> we have detected gravitation al waves. we did it. >> a gravitational wave is defined as a faint ripple in space and time, kind of like the rippling you see when you drop a the ripples were created by a collision of black holes. to detect gravitational waves, scientists had to come up with a way to hear them. and they finally detected that sound this past september. >> it's going to open up all sorts of new ways to study parts of the universe that we haven't been able to study before. >> albert einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves a century ago. >> i'm not sure how it affects us directly, but it is fascinating. >>> still ahead, the airline uber is teaming up with to help you get to and from the airport. >>> and 70 yea

>> one urban planner says there are many ways they can show >> there's the trail system in the state park system. there is a physical things that people say. you want to have the catalyst projects that you can build quickly so people can see change. >> this development plan is for a 15 to 20-year-old timeline. they plan to see changes in the next five years. the developers are also planning on meeting with residents on tuesday night at the mccoury elementary school in player. -- player -- blair.. >>> the south carolina state university is remembering a student who died at the hands of the south carolina hiway 40 years ago on february 8 students at the university gathered to protest the segregation of the bowling lanes. officers shot it to that crowd of students that night killing three and injuring 28. today a program was held to remember those who lost their lives. the keynote speakers spoke. >> two years ago he offered an apology. the state of south carolina has never had an investigation into the circumstances of what happened. at least one of the officers still maintains that he did t

and the status of becoming a state park? "it's been a work in progress." joe elton with the virginia department of recreation and conservation says the steering committee is working to make it happen sooner than expected. 1:36 - 1:43 "that could happen as early as this summer if all of the work comes together as we had hoped." which will help attract more visitors and more revenue to the bridge. and for more information on their plan for finances moving forward, visit us online at wsls dot com. in natural bridge i'm rachel lucas wsls 10 challenges to virginia's eminent domain law are being considered by the state's highest court. a group of giles county landowners made their plea to the supreme court of virginia tuesday. the landowners object to surveyors coming onto their land to plot a path for the proposed mountain valley pipeline. a ruling is expected within six weeks. previously... a circuit court with the surveyors. roanoke county police officers were up bright and early this morning having coffee with people in the community. this is the first time

state park road up to walmart over to wade hampton boulevard. the middle back there, north, western -- northwestern spartan county, that area could hang on until 1 a.m. or later. it has been freezing rain all day long. this could be a real mess. it has the potential to be a damaging ice storm. we are going to have to watch this closely. we do not want to scare youhero. >> lady gaga has something spectacular and special? yeah, we had already booked gaga to do the s before david bowie passed away, but when he died, it was like we were of a single mind. we talked the next and said i think i really need to do something for david bowewie and i said that's why i'm calling. >> and lionel ritchie was celebrated as the musician of the year. >> this amazing. >> this is fantastic. >> and it has my name on about that? >> how about that? >>rihanna's soulful rendition of "say you say me" was just one of the moments at the all-star tribute concert. rihanna rocked one of ritchie's hits from the '80s. and once twicicthree times a lady >> how l lg have you guys b