is honest a tech company? this will be the number one question when they are road showing this company. premium, dothe tech they get double-digit times sales valuations, or are they more valued like a retailer or consumer company? it seems like a lot of these tech/whatever companies like they try to get that tech valuation, and investors have pushed back. they saw it in square's case. that will kind of be the call there. honest does have their subscription products, which fits into that e-commerce base. looks to be where they might be angling, and it seems like that would be a natural fit for them to compare the seminal likes of amazon. emily: i want to touch on other tech ipo's. i recently interviewed the ceo of new tenex and asked him about going public. great synergy. as long as we focus on employees and customers and partners, we will be a company on the public market someday. emily: what is in the pipeline? aex: they are on file with placeholder amount. blue coat is a company backed by pain, -- bane, inte

virginia tech's next game is a home date at the cassell with georgia tech thursday night at 7. we are not done talking about hoops, coming up kevaney martin profiles one of the best long range shooters in history. stick and stay for the story the 40th annual big orange wrestling classic wrapped up the two day tournament at william byrd high school yesterday. this event was pushed to this weekend because of last weekends snowy weather. in the end, the christiansburg blue demons defended their title to win. congratulations to all the wrestlers in the tournament. when you think of great 3 point shooters in college further than blacksburg native doug day. keveney martin reports on how the sharpshooter is giving back to his hometown. 01-0540-45 doug day is best known for his accuracy behind the arc. although the local shapr shooting legend is years removed from his playing days at radford university, he still spends most of his time on the hardwood, but now as a coach for his alma mater blacksburg high school...on december ninth radofrd university honored the number 20 jeresey that

tech for higher education. jospeh owusu is a junior at tech. nats "it prepared me for the real world graduate," he's currently enjoying his career at the university --- but says it was hard becoming a hokie .. transitioning from high school to college. his biggest challenge ... often times being the only minority in a classroom. joseph owusu/junior "its annoying when you have racial based discussion class, because sometimes i am asked the question i have to represent the entire race. which is why organizers in the group black men excellence network are hosting the "uplifting black men conference." the goal --- to understand issues black men like owusu face in higher education so they don't leave the school. tommy amal/chair black men excellence network "making sure those students are successful here making sure they have a great time here and making sure they are setup for success," graphic we found out there are nearly 31 thousand students who attend tech. out of that --- about 11 hundred are african americans

time-out, virginia tech. with poise and almost got away, virginia tech almost got this offensive rebound, everybody hustling for it, then gbinije was at least six or seven feet behind the three-point line, almost at the "s" with the game-tying shot. here is the thing, tim, this is for virginia tech right now, buzz williams has to be pumping them up but you have to get something going to the rim. give yourself a little bit of time to get the offensive rebound, but put pressure on the referee to make the call. >> tim: without a doubt our continental tire play of the game driven by continental tire and yeah, this was really deep. this was almost taken from manley field house. i think in that direction. wow. >> mike: we talked about how solid he has been all year long for this to come by in this conference, a power conference like the acc on the road. >> mike: i have to go with bibbs, just because he has the size to get in the lane and get a shot. >> tim: ability to drive in. one of those guards. robinson, back i

something new is on tap for virginia tech. how the school is joining the virginia tech is stepping into the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. growing craft beer industry.. and it's bringing students along for the ride. the university opened its very own brewhouse that will teach students and professionals about malting.. brewing.. and fermentation. wsls 10's bethany teague has more on the unique setup. nats no.. this isn't a college party. but yes.. there is beer.. and as part of the food science technology major.. students are now learning how to make a brew of their own in the classroom. herbert bruce brewing instructor

kept it going, a near miss at home against georgia tech and now virginia tech taking them in overtime tonight. hokies were 4-1, they have been in virtually all of them! bibbs, out of bounds last touched by blackshear. gbinije and blackshear are the guys responsible for the scoring early in ot. >> mike: the opening jump shot and then this move at the end of the shot clock, lydon giving up the baseline that time. >> tim: two minutes gone by in the ot. cooney off the curl. cooney off the curl! and he delivers like a heavyweight. >> mike: that is the example of an upper classmen who had a long night but coming up big when it matters. >> tim: he loves running that curl. that is the first time he had room. listen to this crowd. >> mike: this is not an e see shot for a right-handed player to come back to the left and then square up and make the jump shot with the defense coming after you. >> tim: well, think how devin wilson must have been feeling. he was shadowing him all night but this cooney hit with a right and a left that will not soon be forgotten in syracuse. >>> acc basketball is bei

a tech person to start a company. . encourage you i know it is easier said than done but it is a wonderful time to get out there and get i have. trust that you understand the market. health or this is any anyone thinking about starting a business is they are their own best consumer. they literally said, wouldn't it be great if someone invented x, -- , not tohould trust quote reagan here, [laughter] but trust but verify. trust the market is there but verify it. women do have to be more than similarlyin situated male counterparts. know your numbers. know what people are getting funded. and know what the other investors funded and what they passed on. have a sense of what exactly your needs are when you go in so you can go in and know your numbers cold. if you do not know them cold, you cannot be the fabulous, confident and dazzling entrepreneur that we all know you are inside. if you are bogged down by being will shoot then it your confidence. i try to tell people there is no substitute and it is still a that women tend t

mark, you are within tech technology -- sin tech technology.of america ceo says his bank spence $3 million a year on coding to keep up with the times. mark: some analysts are calling it the uber movement of financial. cofounder and managing partner at augmentin him, he joins us today. how much are the world's biggest financial services firms set to lose to fin tech startups? the reality is we are at the start of this journey. they are coming into line with what is happening in the public market. we are really at the start of that journey. it is hard to estimate and be too specific, but we would think tens of billions, hundreds of billions of revenue over the next 10 years will shift from traditional financial services to technology driven fin tech businesses. mark: can bank keep par with changes that are happening? themselves finng tech companies. of people are talking about fin tech and not everybody understands it. i think the banks will be a integral part. we are not going to see what happens in the vetting industry. i think the financial se

following the arrest of two virginia tech students. what we're learning about the case . # and a communiy in mourning... from local churches to schools.... how the new river valley comes together in her memory.# good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm jenna zibton. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: scattered afternoon rain showers with highs in the lower 60s tonight: cloudy with light rain & drizzle possible.lows in the lower 40s tuesday: cloudy with light rain & drizzle possible.highs in the middle 40s wednesday: heavy rain likely possible.highs in the lower 60s thursday: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 40s friday: mostly sunny with time now for your timesaver traffic report. we are following a developing story out of blacksburg... two virginia tech students are being held without bond this morning-- in connection to the death of a middle schooler. 13-year old nicole lovell was last seen at her home in blacksburg. her family says she went

it's a concern to all of us at virginia tech. virginia tech director of university scholarships and financial aid --- beth armstrong --- says they provide student loan data to the board of visitors... the group that sets tutition rates. current hokies took out more than $93-million dollars in loans in the 2013 academic year. 11:39:27 beth armstrong, virginia tech director of university scholarships and financial aid there is a borrowing issue but we have to make sure we're looking at why students are borrowing. it's very easy for students to accidentally over borrow. schools point to the drop in state support... for the rising costs. at radford university... over the last ten years.... state support dropped from more than 50- percent to less than 40-percent. putting the student loans... to make up the difference. 11:55:03 samantha hart, virginia tech freshman 2:48 - 2:51 it's honestly terrifying because no one's going to help you and you have to do it yourself 11:57:10 ilyes adjerid , taking a break from virginia tech next thing

you don't be a current or prospective virginia tech student. live web virginia western is hosting an event saturday to help families. for more information... and things you need to do before going... head over to our website... wsls dot com. jenna zibton, wsls 10. if you have an education matters story idea for jenna... let her know! give her a call... send her an email... or find her on nues next. a new school program teaches local students about drug prevention. how it's expected to help curb the ongoing issue of addiction. plus ... the 6-11 locomotive is preparations ... before the spring excursions. the next chance you'll have to ride the historical steam engine. and ... "happy valentine's day. okay, that's fine high school students deliver hundreds of hand-made valentines day cards to local veterans. good evening and thanks for joining us for wsls ten at 5:30 ... i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm john carlin. we're following breaking news out of campbell county ... according to eyewitnesses in the dan river plant. here you can see flames and us

the problem for many tech companies, though, is that global tech spending is expected to grow at only a moderate pace. business and government purchases of tech goods and services will only grow about 2% this year according to forester, that's better than the 3% drop suffered last year, but still represents a modest pace of expansion. analysts say a rising u.s. dollar and weaker economic growth in china and europe will pressure spending in 2016. so where does that leave tech investors? there's a good chance that the bad news is already priced in as s&p's kessler notes, many of these stocks have already sold off. as a result, s&p recommends investors buy cisco, ibm, and intel. for "nightly business report," i'm josh lipton in san francisco. >>> from old tech to new, twitter which wants to attract more users didn't. the social media company's average monthly active users stalled in the fourth quarter, disappointing those who were looking for fresh signs of growth. twitter earned 16 cents a share and that was better than expected. revenue just about in line, $7 10 million. it was up stro

two virginia tech students charged in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old-- go before a judge.while investigators continue to build a case against them.also deadly train crash.a norfolk southern freight train slams into a car.they investigation into what lead to the collision.andsuperbowl scam. sot:counterfeiters are looking to make a buck wherever they can find it.as the panthers prepare for the big game-- law enforcement officials are warning to beware of what you buy.details on how fans are being targeted. two virginia tech students make their first court appearance today-- for the death of 13-year-old nicole lovell.david eisenhauer -- is charged with felony abduction and first degree murder. natalie keepers is accused of helping eisenhauer dispose of the bodythey were both arraigned in montgomery county court today. at the same time, divers spent another day searching a pond on virginia tech's campus- looking for anything related reported missing last week, and police found her remains just over the state line in north carolina over the weekend.right now- investigators are worki

she's a sophomore engineering student at virginia tech. here's video of the area where keepers grew up. she's also from maryland. today blacksburg police announced that the 19 year old is now charged with one felony count of improper disposal of a body. the two virginia tech students remain in custody in connection to the death of nicole lovell. natalie keepers arrest comes in addition to the arrest of david eisenhauer. saturday on one felony count of first degree murder and one felony count of abduction. both students are being held in a montgomery count jail. as we've reported nicole was last seen at her home in blacksburg. her family says she went missing between midnight and seven a-m wednesday. since then...officers from seven agencies ...including the f- b-i..focused on a one mile radius around nicole's home. in news conference held saturday...author ities said they found the teen's body in surrey county north carolina. residents in surry county are reacting to the shocking news that the body was found in their neighborhood. we saw t

, but i think virginia tech can get some big time steals. there you have it, jason stamm of hokiehaven.com and rivals.com and i'm alyssa rae in blacksburg for wsls 10 sports. to nascar now.. and cup star---tony stewart...has more self inflicted health issues. stewart's been hospitalized after being involved in an accident in an all-terrian vehicle-- he reportedly flipped an atv on the west coast..and was airlifted to a nearby hospital with a back injury. stewart plans to retire from sprint cup racing after this season.. and his final season...will begin with the 44 year old..recovering--- again.. highly touted ol lineman austin clark of rockbridge co has left the hokies football team..but will remain at the university.. former hokies placekicker cody journell will be playing pro football in germany... and cave step down after 14 seasons...and five state titles...along with two runnerup finishes. lite o nite brandon jennings...going off he window to andre drummond... for the dunk...outta my kitchen im cookin mamma s chili... lite o nite stay

a lake on virginia tech's campus for the second day in a row ... while a criminal investigations unit is stationed in the jefferson national forest using surveying tools to collect evidence. the police activity along with the fallout following the blacksburg community heartbroken tonight. w-s-l-s 10's rob manch spoke to people there who knew lovell. rob - how are people who were close to her dealing with this we're here on virginia tech's campus tonight where police have spent the day searching for clues in this pond here behind me. but as you said all of this investigative activity is a constant remider to passers by of a crime that is tearing this community apart. i stopped by auburn baptist church in riner today, where lovell's family have been members for the past 5 years. lovell's youth pastor josh blankenship says she rode the bus to be at sunday school there every weekend. many people there just learned yesterday of lovell's death, and he says the reaction is unanimous. josh blankenship, youth pastor: 02:48:44 "just shock, disbelief, and unc

but the people of blacksburg and tech wouldn't let that happen. adana mcwhinney, "she lived in blacksburg so she's a part of our community. she's a and our respects. " college avenue was lit up in blue -- nicole's favorite color. her middle school principal talked about the kind- hearted, soft-spoken 13 year old. one ella had class with, but wishes she knew better. ella moeltner "whether you were close to nicole or barely knew her, you just feel like you're a part of this and you need to be here. " nicole's mother addressed the crowd briefly, saying her family is still broken. blacksburg's police chief helped her finish her message of thanks to the crowd. adana mcwhinney, virginia tech student "i feel like it's a duty and a responsibility to be here. for everyone. " growing -- from remembering nicole, to remembering their strength. ella moeltner " if you're knocked up and show the people who you're still going to be great and you're going to rise above them. " leave it to a seventh grader to understand what being a community is all about. the even

virginia tech's flint water study group is now working with them.(dr. marc edwards/ flint water study, virginia tech) "epa is going to fund us to go back to all 271 of those homes or as many as we can, resample now so we can compare home by home, how now, if at all." they spent the morning preparing the kits.. with the team excited to see the results. edwards) "it's quite possible that flint is meeting the federal drinking water standards. in fact it's quite probable."(anurag mantha, phd student, virginia tech) "for the time being, if they keep using detroit water, it will at least and prevent more lead from leeching." testing shows some houses are still testing at 10 thousand parts per billion. that's higher than toxic waste levels.. and way higher than the allowable 15 parts per billion. edwards says that's actually not against the law.(edwards) "you can have any amount of lead in some homes. even hazardous waste. it has to do with how this law is crafted. it allows 9 pecent of homes that are tested in a city to have any value of lead whatsoever. so i

tech-sydney cook to taijah campbell tech cook to campbelltech cook triple uva led 27-24 at the half sign fight 2nd half uva mikayla vinson triple uva steal and score 7-7 for 14 pointstech chinette hicks 19 go on a 16-0 run here tech picks up a season sweep for the first time ever over uva......beating the wahoos 60- 55. after the game, campbell talks about playing in her final home game. 01-0511-15it was something really special. because you kinda think. this is my last time playing on this court. with these girls so you wanna leave everyting you have on the court. i though taijah was phonominal in the game probabaly the best game she has played as a hokie the hokies will play boston college in the acc tournament in greensboro, wednesday night at 6:30. uva plays duke the following day at 2. to atlanta for the folds of honor quiktrip 500, kyle busch won the pole, but starts from the back of the field after failing post-qualifying inspection...================= ================= ================= =================41 laps to go...leader kevin harvick pits under green and gives the lead to j

two virginia tech students are charged in her murder. with annie andersen. >> reporter: 18-year-old david eisenhauer was arraigned this morning and was assigned a public defender to try his case. he was charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder. natalie keepers was charged with accessory after the fact and helping to dispose a body. >> she was a sweet girl. helped on bus. >> reporter: but according to police warrants, police say that david eisenhauer kidnapped lovell. and they think it was only think that keepers was involved. >> it's a day by day process. there's a lot of decisions that they're making right now. a lot of things that they're hearing, and right now i think it's just shock. and it's just setting in as they go. >> reporter: the commonwealth's attorney says that lovell was autopsied today. now, both eisenhauer and keepers are expected back in court on march 28th. and the commonwealth attorney says that we may not know exactly how or what killed lovell until then. we have more on this ongoing horrible situation. priscil

he was part of virginia tech's cross country team. now we do know that eisenhauer was friend with lovell on social media, but police have not gone into detail about how well they knew each other. as for keepers, police have not said whether or not she had any connection to lovell prior to her death. keepers is a software engineering major from maryland. today virginia state police divers were out searching tech's lake on campus. saying that as a father, as well as virginia tech's president, i assure you that we are resilient. you are not alone. the school has not released another statement since the announcement of that second student's arrest. we'll be live in blacksburg tomorrow with the latest. >>> we have an update on the search for a west virginia man on the run from police in allegheny county. andrew allen arnold has turned himself in after taking off from that trooper during a traffic stop police said the 28-year-old fled on food after the trooper tried to make the traffic stop yesterday afternoon. he was wanted in west virgini

two virginia tech students are charged in connection to her murder. this as police are turning their investigation onto the campus. pattie plasma and the virginia tech community is reeling from this news as they try to come to terms with the arrest of students, david eisenhauer and natalie keepers. priscilla kaiser has more. 3 seven divers took to the waters of duck pond on virginia tech's campusa& searching for any clues into the murder of nicole lovella& too short to cg!! heather harcum/ student 12:04:43-46 (:03): "there's definitely a damper on campus, it's something everyone's talking about." students, like senior heather harcum, are left with many questions. heather harcum/ student 12:05:00-14 (:14): "we're still kind of wondering like why it happened and how it happened, how it happened. how it went from being able to just arrest a guy to, you know, finding her body, we don't know anything that happened in between. so there's a lot of speculation right now." police arrested virginia tech students david eisenhauer and weekend in connection with l

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reporter: i found out tech stocks are down. layoffs are happening and they will continue throughout the year. venture capital is starting to close their well its and not invest in tech as much. real estate analysts are warning the rate of growth has surpassed where it was before the dot-com bust. are we head willing for a bubble pop or a -- or a less scare owe slow down -- scary slow down. >> there's a real sense of fear that it's out there. when fear is there and the opposite of optimism, then certainly venture capital ists and any other sort of backers are going to put the brakes on and go slower and going to lend less money. >> layoffs and the extreme fall of some tech stocks is spooking investors. linked in stock is 50% down from where it was in november. twitter stock is down 62% over the last year. at which timer is in big trouble. they are laying off 8% of their workforce. they are not gaining any users. they are losing people. in the last three months of 2015, they lost 2 misdemeanor users. yahoo! is in bad shape. they

tech students are charged in connection to nicole lovell's death. plus.... new details on the teen's alleged killer ... how he made headlines before the crime. "devastating. very saddended. can't imagine. i have three daughters i can't imagine." people in north carolina react to the victim's body being found in their neighborhood good evening and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at eleven. i'm brie jackson. new details about the virginia tech student athlete that's charged with first degree murder. 18 year old david eisenhauer will be arraigned monday. according to montgomery county commonwealth's appear in juvenile and domestic relations court. no time has been set. here's what we know about eisenhaur. he ran cross country at virginiatech. officials announced his suspension from the team following his arrest and removed his profile from the tech athletics website.. prior to attending the university... eisenhauer ran track at wilde lake high school. that's located in columbia maryland. he was a standout in the sport

what impact is china having on their tech industry? we will speak with the former head of google china, kai-fu who helped create silicon valley in china. we are about an hour away from the close of trade on janet yellen day. has the latest. it was hard to read exactly how to interpret her comments. julie: she tried to tell that line and michael mckee kept saying the hippocratic oh, do no harm. it seems she succeeded on that front when it comes to risk assets and stocks today. she was watching the financial turmoil we have seen around the globe. but making it clear as she pretty much always does -- as she said, there is no preset path for rates here. the dow has been flirting with negative. it did just a while ago. disney is putting pressure on it. the s&p and the nasdaq holding better today. if you look at the course of the day, there was a little bit of bouncing around, but it has been positive throughout the day. even if there was some level of volatility. nasdaq leading today, we have been watching to see if it will enter a bear mar

tech finished last season at an even conference record. the hokies dealt with several injuries last year, and come into this season at relatively full strength, and that has the hokies believing a trip to omaha is certainly attainable. patrick mason, virginia tech head baseball coach, "there's one thing that's really special about this group of guys. it's how much they love the game of baseball. there's teams that you need to motivate in different ways and there's teams that motivate themselves. their love of the game and love of each other shows- through every day at practice." luke scherzer, virginia tech pitcher, "we want to win a championship this year. that's our goal. our goal is to get to omaha. that's what we want to do. ultimately we all believe that we can. that's our attitude right now, every time we show up to the ball park. every single day." troy daniels took a break from his nba schedule thursday to make the trip back to roanoke for his jersey retirement at william fleming high school. daniels, who was also a stand-out at vc

who are the teched and founders and what -- tech founders and what is the standpoint. there are people from all walks of life starting companies but they are not getting the meetings. >> why? >> for one, it is less than 8% of women who are are getting capital. less than 1% african american and less than 1% hispanic. the resume, they might not have a resume to get a meeting. >> unconscious bias. the association just made a pledge that white house in to go commit more towards -- to -- to commit more towards diversity. >> i grew up in the bay area, it is nice to hear when a new company comes in, to oakland especially. >> absolutely. >> is that one of your priorities to get tech companies to invest in the city? >> absolutely. i want the -- i want the world to see that oakland is doing things and doing things differently. there is a -- there is an energy that exists here that you don't see in too many places. before i moved to the bay area i was based in washington, d.c., there is similarities between d.c. and oakland that really makes oakland -- makes me fond of being able

our virginia tech recruiting expert. we want to talk about any new recruits coming to virginia tech. >> they had a lot of guys visit -- over 12 that kind of got pushed back from the week before. couple 4-star guys. a lot of guys committed elsewhere looking at virginia tech. >> reporter: do you think this visit flipped anyone, anyone in particular they're really wanting that they think they have in the bag at this point? >> i really like timon fox. 4-star defensive end currently committed to north carolina. teammates with emanuel bellmar who committed to virginia tech last summer. commitments we want to talk about is edmunds out of texas. what do you think about him? >> i love him. he's the highest rated junior college quarterback coming out of the 2016 class. i think he's every bit of that. he has a big-time arm. really can turn nothing into something a lot of times. very smart, very quick on his feet. i think probably is going to be -- have a leg up on being the starting quarterback this fall. >> joshua jackson out of m

-virginia tech's women's basketball team beats uva today 66-46. -and broncos von miller is named super bowl mvp. for your cut it out...the denver police department put out a precautionary psa about how fans should not react to winning the super bowl.. the broncos last super bowl win in 1998 led to this... so the theme the police is using is "be a bronco.. that's all the time we have for we have for now. thanks for watching. brett favre, jerry rice, ray lewis. a few of the big names in football, synonymous with super bowl sunday. this week we look back on nfl greats featured on our show and unforgettable memories etched in history. i'm graham bassinger. and this is "indepth." on a special episode, of "indepth" the biggest names share their greatest super bowl memories. >> nothing can replace that. >> the victories that mark the end of the career. >> turns out. >> you won the super bowl. >> the triumphs in the face of personal struggle. >> what was the difficulty like for you? >> i would have much rather been playing. >> match ups that would change

i was in tech. i was a woman in media working for start-ups before the notion of media start-ups was popularized, i was at media bistro and then "the huffington post," and then i started having, oh, this is a thing. but i didn't really understand it. and it took -- just by the fact that i am, you know, at that time i was in my mid-30s. i was a former lawyer, so i was as sophisticated as a person could be but i actually didn't really have the information flow about what it meant to be in a startup, you know, what it meant to be an early employee in a start-up and, you know, what titles mattered. and so when i started getting into the tech world, it took me a while to come up the curve and realize, oh, i was a -- you know, i was a number -- i was employee number one. i've been part of starting numerous media start-ups and i had no idea that i should have had equity, that i, you know, that there was -- that there was a pattern that is followed for early employees and, you know, arguably people who are

as soon as she got to virginia tech... keepers says she sought counseling at the cook counseling center because she had a hard time to college. a psychiatrist prescribed medication for anxiety attacks and depression. part of her argument for requesting bail was the jail is only giving her half the prescribed dose. she cited a gluten allergy as well... saying the jail doesn't offer a gluten free diet. keepers parents.. sara and tim keepers offered to bail her out and pay for home electronic monitoring in their home. her father described them as a close, strong, christian family and his daughter as a wonderful role model for her siblings. they stressed education over chores. tim keepers broke down on the stand when telling the court his daughter wanted to follow in his footsteps and be an aerospace engineer. the judge denied keepers' request... calling the case a tragedy in every sense of the word. law enforcement officials call the social media app .. kik messenger... lovell's murder. with the murder investigation still ong

she had also been seeing a counselor since starting at virginia tech. her dad and lawyers had issues with how she is treated in jail. why? she is being held in solitary confinement at the jail because her dad says she doesn't have "street smarts". she said she isn't getting all her required daily medication and is being fed food she is allergic to. on the same day one of nicole lovell's accused killers appeared in court, lovell's family and friends gathered one last time to remember her life. the funeral for lovell wrapped up just a few hours ago at mccoy funeral home in blacksburg. dozens of people paid their respects and shared special memories of lovell with one another. many of those who attended went to a afterwards. updatedbook today's weather was a big change compared to yesterday is now phenomenon we can actually see out into the distance is a lot of that fadlallah rate moved away and started a lovitz outlook without it first thing today is that it's produced temperatures in the mid forties do pointer down the twenties or relative humidity at fi

experts at virginia tech explain how!you're it's future farmers of america week- aimed at letting aspiring farmers show off their projects. wfxr's sophia borrelli spoke with students at virginia tech on how to turn projects into money for school. 0:17 - 0:240:44 - 0:490:55 - 1:00these are the faces of past f-f-a leaders. an organization that promotes leadership, public speaking and has a whole lot of history right here in the state of virginia. hoping to join those faces is zach jacobs who says he wanted to join because of family ties. zach jacobs/2014- 2015 ffa state president: "my dad was in the ffa growing up, so i figured that i'd give it a shot and it was something i really enjoyed."zach was last year's state president for ffa and now he is a freshmen at virginia tech but dreams of becoming a cattle farmer. zach jacobs/2014-2015 ffa state president: "be able to help feed my family as well as others around me too."he says f-f-a helped him prepare for college and professors at virginia tech agree. susan sumner/associat

two virginia tech students... david eisenhauer and natalie keepers death. "if you have a trip planned to one of these area, just postpone it, find something to do local." a rockingham county mother of three who contracted the first confirmed zika virus in virginia is sharing her story. longtime missionary-- heather baker is urging americans, especially pregnant women, to avoid travel to area where the zika virus is common. today we are kicking off our 10 cares food drive with feeding america south- west virginia and kroger. this is a live look from the event in bonsack. we are working to help fight hunger... a growing problem across the commonwealth. we'll be set up at kroger stores in roanoke, lynchburg, martinsville today: breezy with increasing sunshine.highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s tonight: mainly clear and breezy with lows in the upper 20s and lower 30s friday: mostly sunny with our region as you head out the door this morning. ahead at 6..... medical students take to the court. the fundraiser that hon

two virginia tech students remain in jail in connection to her death. wsls 10's brie jackson has more.### brie organizers say they wanted tonight's vigil to bring people together as one. they hope to have nicole's memory associated with building a greater sense of community. 13 year old's life and wanted showed support to her family during this extremely difficult time. take vo on this cold and snowy night. hundreds gathered in downtown blackburg for a candlight vigil to honor nicole lovell. friends say they miss the warm- hearted girl who brightened their day. the 13 year old's friends, family...along with virginia tech students and others in the community lit candles...sang a song and shared encouraging words. members of help save the next girl - a non- profit group that helps raise awarness about safety - made this tribute to nicole. it has the color blue....a panda and music....some of her favorite things. tech students signed the custom-made painting to show their support for colie. at the bottom lyrics to a song dedicated to their little mountain

and another....near miss..for virginia tech. vo virginia tech attacking that 2-3 zone hand having success. devin wilson finds zach leday behind the zone for the bucket and coach bay- heim...can't be excited about that development. later..shooting over the zone is the other way to beat it.. devin wilson..off glass for 3....virginia tech..with the lead 30-24 at the half. second half..more virginia tech..justin bibbs staunch launch--3 of his team high 16 pts..he had 11 boards a swell.. the hokies led by as many as 8 2nd half.. ..they led by 5 with 1 and a but michael ben-eh- zhay......the monster 3 from the somewhere in northern onondaga county.. syracuse outscores vt 12-4 in the extra period..for a 68-60 overtime win. full screen other men's action tonight-- liberty with a bigtime..big south win.. evan maxwell and john dawson with 20 each. and a good odac matchup...the wasps with the win by 16 to go to 11-9 on the year. vo to nascar now.. and cup star---tony stewart...has more self inflicted health issues.stewart' s been hospitali

the virginia tech community is dealing with the news that two students stand accused in the death of lovell. coming up a little later on good day virginia, we'll hear from what david eisenhauer's high school principal is saying about the case. roanoke county police are continuing to investigate a deadly accident involving an aep truck and a train. the accident happened on monday shortly before noon on the spring hollow access road near west river road. norfolk southern tells wfxr news that the crossing where the accident happened was private and does not require gates or signs. johnny collins of abingdon was seriously hurt. his co-worker, william lineberry of bluefield, west worked for a-e-p. coming up on good day virginia: the investigation continues into the 2014 amtrak crash in philadelphia.what investigators ruled out as possible causes! and we'll tell you why the national transportation safety board is pushing to lower the legal blood alcohol limit. this is good day virginia. (vo) shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood... all with worry-free ownership. head to yo

tech seven s. in general and campaigns and i can only imagine what 12 years from now will look like especially if we all have google glasses and have campaign ads growing by his 24/7. it will be definitely very interesting advance. >> guest: also to add to that if you look at the facebook in addition to proprietary databases and proprietary software facebook is a very powerful data collection that allows campaigns to drill down to a very granule love for -- granular level on what persuasion of republican or democrat might you be. i think we have seen a lot of it over all put election campaigns are often on the cutting-edge. >> host: facebook in fact has republicans and democrats working on staff to help the campaigns, don't they? >> guest: yeah and it's interesting to see companies like google and facebook have got involved. the last republican debate on fox every commercial break visit if you google fox republican debate you can be taken to a special google page that provides the data. there such

when you guys are talking about tech, we have a chart looking at what happens to tech companies and consumeriscretionary companies during earning seasons. we see lots of volatility. we are looking at swings. up, down, the average move is huge and i think it is closely related to that is where growth is in those two sectors. emily: each of these has a different story. which one are you looking at more closely as the overarching example of what is going on here? guest: there are so many conflicting forces going on. the tableaux story was shocking as was linkedin in terms of sheer collapse. the broader story is there's also this macro phenomenon going on with sovereign wealth funds being forced to do an awful lot more selling than they might have hoped. and what you are seeing in part here, stocks that were very resilient getting sold because there is a demand for cash by the sovereign wealth funds. and that is making things even worse. there are two forces going on. one is nervousness about tech, but the other is mad selling by sovereign wealth funds. the commodity holdings are collapsing. emi

it is also 6 losses in the last 7 games for virginia tech... jermaine ferrell joins us live in charlottesville... jermaine, it was a game that the hoos controlled from start to finish by playing their style of basketball... yeah jeff... this one was all uva as they lead from beginning to end... let's hear from both head coaches...tony jermaine: "the cavaliers now hit the road to cavaliers now jermaine: "the jermaine: "the cavaliers now hit the road to face duke on saturday in a game at 4:30." jermaine... a big win for the cavs as they keep their momentum rolling... coming up... nascar made a major announcement that changes the way the sport is run... and it may have a big impact on our local racing team... and the liberty flames women were going for their 8th win in a row tonight, playing host to campbell... those highlights are next as sports historic announcement today, changing the face of the sport, and putting it more inline with the other major sports... nascar announcing today that it is implementing a team owner charter agreement... the

they go-on to beat virginia tech 90 to 71. virginia tech's women's basketball team also on the road sunday afternoon, where they fall to 11th- ranked florida state 68 to 50, for their 4th-straight loss. chanette hicks was all over the court for the hokies with a team-high 11 points, 6 assists and 5 steals. to the mats, and the commonwealth clash between virginia tech and the university of virginia. both teams ranked in the top 25-- the hokies sitting at number 10. the cavaliers 18th in the nation. starting at 133, uva's 6th- ranked george reversal to pick-up 2 points, he gets the 14-4 major decision over dennis gustafson and virginia goes-up 4 to 3, but there was still a lot of wrestling to be done. in 149, sal mastriani has tj miller in trouble and works his way to a pin. a big 6-point pick-up for the hokies, who lead it 13 to 4. onto the heavyweights in the final bout of the day. this one all wrapped-up for the hokies, but third- ranked and undefeated ty walz picks-up the 8-6 decision over patrick gillen just for good measur

the f-f-a state conference will be taking place at virginia tech in june. at virginia tech be taking place conference will the f-f-a state wfxr news.sophia borrelli in the f-f-a state conference will be taking place at virginia tech in june. 2016 marks the 90th year of the state convention. a touching act of kindess by a starbucks employee in northern virginia is going viral. ibby piracha who is hearing impaired first shared the details of the gesture on social media. he says the cashier at his starbucks wrote him a note, saying she's been learning sign language so he at starbucks as everyone else. get this.. ibby goes to that starbucks about three times a week! in business new this morning: renters beware -- the cost of living is going up and just in time for girl scouts cookies the group is looking for your best recipe! david asman has those stories and more in the business report.in the business asman has those best recipe! looking for your the group is scouts cookies and just in is going up cost of living beware -- the renters morning: renters beware --

justin robinson, virginia tech guard: "i mean, it's a big learning step. we've been clawing all year, and that's kind of what our identity is. we play hard the whole game, and just try not to give up no matter what. either way, we're learning, and just loving the experience. we have two big road tests at boston college and wake forest. we have to keep doing what we're doing, and build off of this, and try to finish off the season strong." zach leday, virginia tech forward: "going on our quest to play in the the road and get these next two wins, get stops on defense, and just keep on playing as hard as we can. we're just trying to do good for hokie nation." virginia is on the outside looking in where the acc regular season title is concerned following last night's 3 point loss to miami. the cavaliers will be in bounce back mode saturday when north carolina visits charlottesville, much like miami was last night coming off a blowout loss to the tarheels over the weekend. tony bennett/virginia head coach: you knew when you get beat like they did, they were gon

why is that kind of support from big tech important in this case, and do you expect other tech companiesy to your side, as well? >> it's very important. i think, one, it goes to this point that isn't just one episo episode. that it's not just this one event. this request by the government, the order that they're seeking, has widespread global repercussions for tech companies and other companies around the world. so it's very important. i think it demonstrates that fact. we're very pleased that we're going to have a strong showing from an array of companies, civil liberties groups, others this week who will file briefs in court, supporting apple's position and saying you can't go down this road. we have competing interests here. the interest in protecting the security of the data of millions of citizens is an extremely important interest, and i think that it will be important for the court to hear those voices, to hear from other companies can, civil libertarians, media organizations, and others saying this is a fundamental principle. it's part of our democracy, it's part of our system. w

tech industry didn't get the patent bill they wanted. there's a lot of open things on docket -- >> the cybersecurity bill they to. largely opposed >> exactly. it's interesting to see. no, they don't have the track record i'm sure they wish they had. i think it's interesting how individual people within kind of playing a larger and larger role. cook from apple will come out meet with members or bill gates. that has a lot of benefits, i'm sure. it's cool to be seen with the c.e.o. of apple. but i think they're trying to figure out the best way to get need from washington. encryptionaps the debate we talked about, at the forefront, leading the fight for tech community, so that seed be a bellwether we'll in 2016. >> it's certainly become more sophisticated, also at the level and figuring out how to better tailor their messages to individual policy and their staff and really working heavily on some of the issues that they're most about all across town. beyoud,oundtable, lydia of bloomberg b.n.a., kate tummarello of politico, and cory bennet o

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