dozens of cars are abandoned on roads in winston-salem. snow fell overnight, forcing drivers who were stuck to leave their cars. winston-salem police say the phones were ringing off the hook from people involved in weather-related accidents. nigel: now, let's take a live look outside in greenville through our peace center sky cam. you can see, it's very wet out there right now as we speak. temperatures are falling. gabrielle: in western north carolina, here is a live picture from our asheville skycam. it is gray and cold. john cessarich and chris justus are in our studio, tracking the latest. john: very heavy, freezing drizzle across the area. either hold steady or fall just a little bit, especially along i-85 and north. watch out for that. some of the side roads will freeze, and the main roads will get icy. reports of accidents already. if you don't have to get outside, don't. a heavy batch of rain through tennessee and alabama will move through georgia, i-85 and when that gets here, with cold temperatures around the freezing mark, we cou

district 12 is up to winston- salem. lawmakers are asking the supreme court to grant a delay in the case. for list of times and locations, visit the website. >>> one day after supreme court justice antonin scalia's death a badly brewing between the republican-led senate and the white house. a vacancy in the court during a election year had not happened in decades and those who want to be the next president are weighing in on whether the president should even try to nominate the successor. ted cruz is warning of dire consequences while democrats say they need to at responsibly and vote on a nominee. >> we will see unlimited abortion on demand throughout abortion, taxpayer funding, no parental notification. >> apparently they believe that the constitution does not allow a democratic president to bring forth a nominee to replace justice scalia. >> at top elected official in the county were scalia was found dead said the supreme court justice died of natural causes. >>> a triangle couple making a difference in the lives of c

was held by gk butterfield and the 12th 12th which stretches from charlotte to greens bureau and winston salem by el ma adams. earlier this week the court to stay ruling and allow the march 15 primaries to go forward until the case could be appealed. they said no. the state appealed to the u.s. wednesday afternoon they gave the nod to give lawyers to respond to the request. this increases the chances that the general assembly will reconvene before the supreme court rules. they say the case could create

the twins were transported to a children's hospital in winston salem. one baby is listed in critical condition while the other is stable. 3 3 3 happening today, buncombe county commissioners are set to vote on a economic incentive for a local brewery. hi-wire brewing says local leaders called them when they heard the craft brewer was commissioners offered a 22 thousand dollar taxpayer incentive to keep the new facility - and any new jobs - in the area the two-point- five million dollar hi-wire location opened last fall in biltmore village. 3 3 the henderson county board of commissioners unanimously approved an incentives package for a new manufacturing plant. the package is worth 51- thousand dollars, that would be paid over 5 years. the plant would create 26 new jobs at a salary that's above the average wage in henderson county. no word yet on which company would build the plant or where it would be located. 3 3 3 today is groundhog day! here in asheville, some rely on "nibbles the groundhog" to predict if we will see an early spring or more winter. ne

john, then johnson smith, virginia state university and winston-salem, 4:30. the men's tournament tips off at 6:40 p.m. with lincoln against winston-salem, elizabeth city, tonight. exciting action requesting on. if you are headed to any of the games, fans can get discounted sales are better this year compared to last year by increase of 6%. the championship games will be saturday. prior to that, you can take part in the free fan fest, that will be this thursday, at the charlotte convention center. expect to see a lot of people there. next, president obama's long awaited plan to close guantanamo bay. we are tracking when the next rebound of showers is going to the forecast is next. >> anchor: we have new video of firefighters pouring water on the smoldering remains of the old school in burke county. investigators still trying to figure out what sparked yesterday morning's blaze. hotspots continue to pop up, firefighters are outside of the building. consumer news, sales of the number one u.s. improvement chain on the rise thanks to recovery in the housing market

in winston salem, you can see heavy wind pushed down trees and also brought down on power lines there. duke energy again now reporting more than 10,000 outages in that area. but so far, thankfully, we've nod heard any reports of injuries. some schools in wake county let the students out early today so they could try to get home safely before the severe weather hit. >>> now let's go to meteorologist john ahrens who says strong winds are causing concerns tonight. >>> the storms are long gone but the wind threat will continue. ground's been hit so much with all this rain, it's easy. the toppled trees in this kind of environment. later on tonight, it kind of winds back down a little bit. but it's still gusting out there in spots especially at 17 to 20 miles per hour. and over night tonight in through thursday, it picks back up into the 20 to 25 miles per hour ball park. very windy outside again in charlotte tomorrow. meanwhile, out in the mountains, a totally different story, the winds gusting to 40 coming from the northwest. that's snow with cold air we could see some big time snow showe

dozens of cars are abandoned on roads in winston-salem. snow fell overnight, forcing drivers who were stuck to leave their cars. winston-salem police say the phones were ringing off the hook from people involved in weather-related accidents. nigel: now, let's take a live look outside in greenville through our peace center sky cam. you can see, it's very wet out there right now as we speak. temperatures are falling. gabrielle: in western north carolina, here is a live picture from our asheville skycam. it is gray and cold. john cessarich and chris justus are in our studio, tracking the latest. john: very heavy, freezing drizzle across the area.

. >>> members of the state say they'll be at winston-salem to hear closing arguments in the trial channelling the state's voter id law. it will be up to a federal judge to determine whether the photo constitution or the federal voting rights act. the same judge refused to mandate the rule, and showing an id will be in force during the primary on the 15th. >>> the city of raleigh approved early plans to revitalize moore square five years ago. >> and this is supposed to be the year the work finally gets underway. tara lynn joins us live in moore square. tara city council is holding a special meeting to 20 to make sure that they can actually move forward with part of the plan, right? >> reporter: that's right, bill, because the state actualliens this property and lease it to the city of raleigh, so that's why they have to -- laws the state actually signs the property and lease it to the city so they can time a the square agreeing on a prime location right here in downtown raleigh. there really aren't many amenities in the park besides a couple benches. it's also an area frequented by the homeles

medical center is reporting a local doctor is recovering from surgery in a winston salem hospital when he was not on monday night. dr. neal was shot in the west maine area. the hospital wants to help with bigger problem. they don't want the community to live in fear of walking in that neighborhood. so they're hosting a walking tomorrow night. >> because we do care about the health of the community, it's often more productive to walk and talk. the opportunity is to use this as a chance to share with others you may have concerns, and come up with ideas. >> danner: that walk starts at 6:00 front of the hospital. >>> a woman that handled the funds at an elementary school embezzled $31,000 dollars. the principal says that she relied heavily on musick to take on her role as p.t.a. president. >> she was phenomenonal and she was helpful and willing. and i felt like her child is not even there, and i was asking her throughout the summer to get prepared for what i needed to do. and i realize now it's all just one big, huge lie. >> danner: the p.t.a. uses the money for field trips, field students

district 1 covers a wide area including wilson and iran. 12 is winston-salem. republicans say there are no plans to move the presidential primary which is on march 15. moving it to later in the year could cost carolina to lose influence on the ultimate outcome. that is something voters would be disappointed to see.>> my vote matters. that's why we were allowed to vote in the first place because they wanted our boat and opinion. if it doesn't matter what's the point?>> if the congressional primary must be postponed to the state has to decide whether to hold the presidential >> the city wants to model the program after programs like the one in charlotte. officials here grant money will run after the company citrix based in raleigh talk to a partnership saying they would help pay and spots of the program.>> i love those programs. >> it is great for your help. >>> if you are feeling under the weather you may have some strong craving for coming up what most people order when they get sick. the perfect couch turned into something more. >>> outside this morning a few

it ended yesterday in winston-salem. naacp sued arguing the law will keep african-american and latino voters away from polls. primary voters are required to show an approved i.d. before they can cast a ballot. 6:41 and 50 degrees. two virginia tech students charged with the murder of a 13-year-old girl. john: coming up on "eyewitness news", what we are learning about the case following their first court appearances. barbara: bill cosby expected in a courtroom today. >> hello, raleigh. john: the first day of super bowl week, super bowl 50, begins this is connor like so many kids, he was missing things in school - distracted - disengaged - just not getting it. we tried tutors but they didn't connect. then we heard about sylvan's personal lessons, taught by sylvan certified instructors, using technology kids love. i've never seen him more engaged. and the results are kids like connor typically john: breaking news a prison teacher arrested on suspicion of aiding three jail escapees in california is released overnight. the en

devils in at 20.they play at north carolina wednesday--that game on my 40 at 9.big weekend in winston-salem for franklin junior lesleigh tabor. saturday she won the state 1a-2a shot put competition at the state indoor meet.tabor went 37 feet 6 inches, more than 2 feet better than 2nd place. hendersonville's emma laughter won the pole vault.brevard's noah graham won the 32 hundred meter run. polk county boys won the 32 hundred meter relay. on friday, reynolds anna vess won the girls 32 hundred meter runasheville boys won the 32 hundred meter relay and asheville's satorius uddyback won triple jump---43 feet 4 inches..congrats.that's our sports this morning. i'm stan pamfilis. have a great tuesday. 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days. 3 dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for $4. that's breakfast whenevs. your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. he couldn't. and that one time ron said another chili dog was a goo

as we reported, the baby was taken to a hospital in winston-salem, along with his twin brother. their parents -- nicholas clark and brandy hefner -- are in jail. the district attorney will decide on new charges in the wake of the baby's death. 3 3 3 a developing story out of looking for a man who broke into a home at lake junaluska, while the owner was inside. these are surveillance pictures of the suspect and his vehicle from monday night. deputies say he kicked-in a door but ran away when the owner confronted him. the suspect was driving a white mercury s-u-v with a temporary tag. if you have any information call the haywood county sheriff's office. 3 3 a proposal to change health benefits for thousands of state employees could be devastating. that is the word from some state workers with haywood county schools. the superintendent and assistant superintendent say they were just notified about the proposal on monday. it would eliminate the popular 80-20 plan, even for retirees. it also recommends eliminating coverage for spouses. that leaves state workers with a plan providing

he frequents the winston salem area. >> emotions are high after a school rear -- reassignment plan. parents in south charlotte get the chance to weigh in at a meeting over plans to diversify charlotte schools by busing thousands of students to different schools. they say the plan will make the schools more equal. thousands of parents are blasting the idea and signing a petition demanding that students stay in schools where they live. a cancer survivor is the states newest million-dollar lottery winner. that was her reaction to it she fell to her knees. she was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago. when she found out she was a grand prize winner of the ultimate millions game, she felt like she had been given a second chance. opted to take a lump sum payout. $416,000. >> i love that. i hope she enjoys it. >> what a day. >> absolutely, we get wild swings in the weather, but not that fast. from snow and ice to temperatures in the low 60's. severe weather, gusty winds and heavy rainfall. it is settling down and will continue to do that. through the evening hours -- we west. it will

the hokies faced wake forest tonight in winston-salem... the demon deacons are second to last in conference standings.. with just 2 wins in acc play. virgina tech led by a point at halftime... early in the second half.. justin bibbs pull sup the left handed jumper. -tied 42-all.. chris clarkes shot is no good.. but he gets his own rebound and makes the putback. -justin robinson driving now.. straight to the basket and gets the foul call. greg mcclinton goes in for the layup and gets the and-1. the hokies took this one though 81-74.. they host pittsburgh on wednesday. it's championship sunday in the odac tournament. both the lynchburg men's and women's teams fighting for a conference title at the salem civic center. the lynchburg women facing guilford. in the first half.. hornet's caroline naumann banks it in for 2 of her game high 15 points. -more from underneath.. this time it's chaney forbush with the layup. -lynchburg trailing in the first half.. charmaine hairston goes in the lane and cuts the lead to 1. -guilford keeping it close.. ess

he works for the city of winston-salem and and kermit's hot dog house but when he's off the clock, the mad cattah comes out. myra: even,, before the big -- even before the game ticket , prices for the super bowl are, still going up. allyson: the cheapest price, on, stub hub, 2700 bucks. and that had us wondering, what could you buy for that kind of money?? here are just a few options. will cover, one week, at a, you could also buy, six apple, i-pad airs. it's even, enough for 675 starbucks lattes. allyson: denver police are warning fans not to get out of control during tonights game. the department even put out a commericial hoping to get that message out to everyone. this comes after the broncos won the super bowl back in 1998 and the celerbations turned into riots. cars were turned over fires were set and windows were broken. police say they will not tolerate a repeat of this. myra: you know, it seems like we have been talking about the super bowl forever. but what about the food? you might want to keep your high fives to a minimum and wash your hands. that's because it's flu season,

was held by gk butterfield and the 12th 12th which stretches from charlotte to greens bureau and winston salem by el ma adams. earlier this week the court to stay ruling and allow the march 15 primaries to go forward until the case could be appealed. they said no. the state appealed to the u.s. wednesday afternoon they gave the nod to give lawyers to respond to the request. this increases the chances that the general assembly will reconvene before the supreme court rules. they say the case could create additional confusion in a year that has already seen court battles over voter id and other election procedures. we are going to talk about the mechanics of this tonight. with us director kim and the general council also with us wral capital bureau chief laura leslie. okay i received one of these in the mail just this week. it is my nc voter guide. key election dates all of the things listed here including if i wanted to vote absentie right? >> correct. >> this could be valuable or it could be tossed depending on what happens with the court is >> no i think it's going to be valuable anyway becaus

tipoff in winston salem. highlights at 11:00. 6-2 in january. that's their best record in 19 years. that will do it for sports right now. news at 6:00. of storms goes through here, especially during the afternoon so watch out for that. beyond that, things quiet down a lot. >> all right. you've been watching abc columbia news at 6:00. >> "world news" is coming up next. hope to see you back here at 11:0:0

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virginia state and winston-salem state at 4:30. the men tipoff later tonight at 6:40 with lincoln against winston-salem state. fayetteville takes on elizabeth state at 8:50 tonight. >> john: the charlotte-mecklenburg school board is set to vote on new goals for the student assignment plan. the board sent out a survey and held several forums to let parents weigh in including this one last night at myers park baptist. the meeting tonight is at 6:00. board members will begin working that could be in place by the 2017-2018 school year. now the school board also expected to give a time line for the district's superintendent search. cms staff will present a priority list for school construction and renovation. a possible first step toward 2016 bond referendum. >> christine: we are getting more reaction to the charlotte city council decision to approve a non-discrimination ordinance giving more protections to the lgbt community. the conservative advocacy group north carolina values coalition released a statement which says in part "the ci

here's zac glover with more from winston-salem. tech was only 1-6 on the road in acc play, but after collecting two road victories in the past six days, head coach, buzz williams, says it's just another area the hokies have improved." buzz williams: "as played itself out, i think that we're that they are playing more for one another more. i think they better identify the recipe from which that we have to play, and i think that all of good signs." "the last couple of games, we've been clicking well together. we're kind of getting back to ourselves, and i think we played really tough tonight, on offense and defense, and i'm proud of my team for that. so i think we just have to learn to keep going from this." zac glover: "with the win, the hokies move to 8-8 in conference play, quadrupling the number of acc victories they had from a year ago. and more importantly, they've also ensured themselves a first round bye in the upcoming acc tournament. in winston-salem, north carolina, zac glover, wdbj7." the men's odac college and the top se

district 12 is out towards winston-salem. three federal judges ruled that lawmakers used race as a factor in redrawing the lines of those districts. >> it is of your own doing you tried to fix a problem that did not exist. >> let us draw districts without any consideration of race whatsoever. let's make completely colorblind district drawing. >> some democratic lawmakers responded that would not be consistent with the voting rights act. a delay on this order is being asked for. the deadline is this friday. >>> right now the mother of a three-year old who accidentally and investigators say this man in this picture here is responsible. investigators found the 23-year old dead in a wooded area sunday afternoon. 27-year odd is now face ago list of charges. right now we don't know the relationship that he had with the victim. >>> two south carolina police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a drug suspect will not be charged with a crime. the incident happened back in november. this is edited dash cam video. take a look. th

heavy rain across the area, stretching up to winston-salem, the high country, 12:00 a.m. early tuesday morning, light rain, and more on the way tomorrow night, tuesday night, wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon before we finally clear out. all of that coming up in just a few minutes. >> anchor: in burke county, a major fire at the scene of controversy, the old hildebrand high school building was gutted by fire. more than a year, its fate has been tied up in court. the town wanting to tear it down. hundreds of citizens wanting to save it. now there's not much left to save. >> reporter: the old school building was built in 1917, and firefighters said when old buildings catch fire, they are very hard to put out. in this case, the flames kept spreading. a handle on it, but smoke got intense. i could see flames racing across a second floor ceiling. then fire broke through the roof. as day came, it was clear the old high school could not be saved. >> now now, just trying to contain it because of the building it is in, protect exposure. >> as parts of the roof started fall

we were in winston salem today for closing arguments. >> reporter: inside federal court lawyers established both sides for this case. one is that the law approved in 2013 by the republican led general. assembly will help prevent voter fraud. the other is that the law only serves to disenfranchise certain minority voters. >> this is about racial discrimination . >> cameras aren't allowed the message the plaintiffs, including the state, took inside. concerned that the state you photo id requirement at the polls puts a disproportionate burden on african-american and latino voters . >> is going to have a discriminatory impact. this is un-american. >> the law went into effect this year and first come into practice next month during the march the law went into effect this year and first come into practice next month during the march 20 the law went into effect this year and first come into practice next month during election. it requires voters to show photo id before costing a ballot. in court attorneys representing state leaders said the law is fraud. one argued in closing statements the plaint

the line of thunderstorms, now back off to the west, by lunchtime, towards the triad, in to the winston salem and clemmons and the west of the charlotte, could be looking at thunderstorms, by 2:00 or 3:00 , the line moves in. the timeline from 2:00 to 7:00, from west to east, the line could move through and potential these could be severe. we want to get in to fitness for you runners or walkers or dog walkers, 53 by 8:00. we are at 60 now, that's the highest we have seen so far. 64 fayetteville, 54 greensboro. 69 columbia. 59 willmington, a lot of us saw clouds, during the afternoon, tended to see clearing. our front from yesterday is now down to the south. we are in a different air mass. the mess off to the west severe weather from tennessee down in to mississippi, take a look at the watches that are in effect. the boxes are tornado watches and those highlighted counties, in pink, purple, pink are tornado warnings , the other ones severe thunderstorm warnings. a tornado touching down near newton, mississippi. large hail and tornados, the orange areas where the highest risk is, enhanced, and

in winston-salem, glover, wdbj7." onto some division 3 basketball, and the odac tournament championship games this afternoon. the randolph wildcats overcame plenty of injuries to reach this point against the top seed and regular season champs from lynchburg college. early on, hidden valley product daniel rowe spots up and nails the 3 pointer as part of a 9-oh lynchburg run to open the game. checking-in with randolph, corey brown gets to the rack and gets the shot to go. lynhchburg though, took a 6 point lead into the locker room. ahead to the closing minutes. the wildcats' jason eddie hits the 3 to put randolph up by five with just over a minute to go. lynchburg's zack burnett then goes to the line with 4 seconds left. he ties the game at 56 to force overtime. in the extra period, the hornets go inside to alex graves for two of his 9 points, but the issue was far from settled. randolph down two with a chance to tie it or win it. but the final shot is no good. lynchburg wins 62- title and first since 1979. hillary scot

doctor neal is recovering from surgery at a winston-salem hospital and the neighbor was treated and released. >>> also new at noon, soldiers from lynchburg national guard battalion have been called to active duty overseas. as we speak, members of the team from the first battalion, also known as task force read dragging, our meeting with the media. we are doing interviews right now. they will begin serving may 13 and will replace the winchester based group known as task force normandy, contacting task force operations in qutar. >>> happy friday to you. you have made it to the end of the work week with the clouds we saw early this morning are long gone. i want to take you out to visible satellite. you notice the darkness across the heart of virginia. that equal sunshine. wall-to-wall sunshine. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. 39 in lynchburg. 43 in danville. 39 in roanoke. 42 in brookneal. still 27 in hot springs. it is cool and definitely breezy. look at your sustained wind speeds of the northwest at 40 miles an hour in lynchburg. over 20 miles per hour in roanoke. it will be sunny and beauti

the twins were taken to the children's hospital in winston-salem where one is in critical condition and other is in stable condition. a news reporter and photographer in san diego are recovering john: they were from abc 10 were covering storm clean-up both legs. cornell's husband saidre she went to work. sometimes is sometimes a game of inches. maybe that made the difference. john: they are both expected to make full recoveries. barbara: additional security is on hand at university of new york in albany after a group of female black students said they were attacked because of race. hundreds came together to raleigh against racism. with a dozen white men and women bus when it arrived on campus. no one helped as the group started kicking and punching them. police are investigating it and reviewing bus and cell phone video. john: as the super bowl approaches more super commercials are being revealed. barbara: one for mountain dew is causing a lot of head stretch being. they tweeted brief videos of the star who looks like a mix of a baby, monkey, hours ago and space alien. one shows it acti

the 22-year-old victim was taken to winston-salem hospital. authorities say an argument led up to what happened. >> we now know after obtaining a search warrant a cellphone found at a shooting was not seized by police because it was locked. and the code was not available. one person died after being shot four times sunday night. the person killed his name has not boston police released. >> more about a man who died during super bowl celebrations in san francisco. 44-year-old william rucker had a heart attack. about 20 minutes after his son got a golden football to commemorate the 50th anniversary. the rubbingers are a prominent family a middle school is named after his late grandfather and the dad is a dentist. family is devastated but for him institute of allergy and infectious diseases were on capitol hill today testifying about the zika virus. they say it will likely spread to a quote significant number of cases in the united states. we also learned a mosquito carrying the virus can bite four or five people in the course of one meal making

and redevelopments in winston- salem and wilmington. 3 the site being discussed herr sand hill road, next to the former b-a-s-f plant.the landfill was closed in 2006, but previously stored construction waste, fly ash, nylon fabric and other wastes. under a brownfields agreement, the property could be redeveloped into a park with greenways, ballfields and a concession area.but there are specific requirements that must be followed to make the property safe for reuse.some people are have concerned about this redevelopment... so tonight is your chance to voice those and gain more information. 3 the meeting is at six p-m today... at the event center on the campus of a-b tech. coming up at 6, i'll share more about the state requirements that the developers must follow.live in 13. 3 3 a mcdowell county road remains closed this morning after yesterday's flooding. officials closed gilbert byrd road near nebo, which is a common trouble spot. a bridge was also washed away on calico 3 19:56 "we thought it was that deep, and i ststod in it and i sunk in it." county crews did manage to fix a dam a

the federal judges said they were drawn based on race. 12 is towards winston-salem. it will not impact the primary. the issue is so very restaurant and confusing for some younger voters. they have been investigated and what does this mean when it's time to cast their ballots. they say they are concerned. they can't do clear answer about what is going on. the campaign sites are up. this is a pretty big election. but at the same time they are at the center of a political battle over who will represent them in washington. lately we haven't been clear on what's going on. that is troubling. it actually affects us had on. much of the term is included in the first congressional district. they found them along racial lines. two just keep coming up. and you would think during the same time it would not be a factor. they're trying to redraw the congressional districts. it's very important. the state has to decide whether to hold the presidential primary moving it to later in the year. that's what they were allowed to vote in the first place. it's as if the primary is happening

district 12 is towards winston salem. >>> republican lawmakers and the primary but the issue is still frustrating for young voters. we talked to some young people enter 11 a plan to vote for the first time this year. much of the durham area is in the first congressional district is one of the two federal charges found to be jerry mandel. >> it's aggravating that they don't know what they are doing with this. and if they feel like i don't want to vote anymore because i don't know what's going on here>> we haven't been clear about what's been going on in this troubling college students because it affects us head on.>> we talked to the head of the durham board of elections he says the office is quote proceeding full speed as of the primary is happening next month until he is told otherwise the republican leaders say there are no plans to move the presidential primary congressional primary could still change. >>> from raleigh to the coast problems with severe weather. this was one of more than 30 that happened. in addition to rain, wind, fog was a big story for a strong winds could be to

. -- naacp are in winston-salem for closing arguments in the trial challenging the state voter id law. it will be up to a federal judge to determine whether the photo id mandate violates the u.s. constitution or federal voting rights act. the same judge refused to stop the mandate before the trial. shown a photo id at the polls will be enforced for the first time during the primary march 15. >>> demand for more school counselors will be heard in durham. youth and parents involved with a group called, durham can, that stands for congregations associations and neighborhoods, plan to attend today's durham board of education work session. advocates say increasing the number of school counselors will help deter crime and improve educational outcomes. meeting is later this afternoon. >>> raleigh city council is working to complete a deal that will allow the city to make improvements to moore square, except on state land lease by the city. a special meeting today will allow the city to put a cafe and rescue rooms on-site. the council meeting begins at 5:00. >>> stocks down after friday's big

clemson on the road winston-salem, tip set for 8:00. national signing day is a muwednesday, be with us the entire day on-air and on social media. we will have it covered. had to our mobr a list of the high school athletes signing leof the radar is lighting up. john: nasty thunderstorms to the west in kentucky, tennessee, alabama and mississippi. the system will weakenit the -- by the time the thunderstorms it here, heavy rainfall late tonight and tomorrow. we wilcarol: thanks for watching. >>> tonight, victory lap.

clemson makes the trip to winston-salem to face wake forest. the tigers opening up this game on an 11-2 run. jaron blossomgame knocking down the wide open 3. 22 and 13 for the junior forward. but wake forest led 28 to 20 at the tigers open the second half on a 13-1 run. avery holmes knocks down the triple. tigers up front by later, a one. 4-point clemson lead. jordan roper to the rack for the the senior guard scored all of his 16 points after the half. clemson putting it away. dante grantham uncontested for the one-hand jam. clemson scoring 56 in the second half, the most in a half this season. on their way to a 76 to 62 win, and a 7-3 record in the acc. the gamecocks in athens taking on georgia. south carolina back associated press poll at number 25, first half. the dump down to yante maten for the dunk gives georgia a six george up 10 at the break. gamecocks mounting the comeback. sindarius thornwell with the three, thrownell led the way for usc then, duane notice, from the same gamecocks now down 50 to 48, but the bulldogs have an answer. jj

the trial ended yesterday in winston-salem. the naacp sued the state arguing the law will keep black and latino voters away from the polls. starting with a march 15 primary voters in this state are required to show an approved i.d. before they can cast a ballot, barbara: the wake county board of commissioners is supporting the first statewide bond in 15 years. a resolution supporting the connect n.c. bond act. funds from the $2 billion referendum would be used to pay for new buildings on college campuses and new construction in state parks. it will be on the ballot march 15 when voters go to the polls for the presidential primary. soon there will be no longer time will no longer be standing still in fayetteville. they are expected to start reassembling the market house clock. it stopped working in january and due to its age replacement parts had to be made from scratch. they hope to have it up by tomorrow. john: will winter stick around or will we see an early spring? all size will be on sir waurltlter raleigh. he will emerge f

authorities say antonio vi so attacked the girl a dozen times and she often visit siler city and winston salem. be a lookout for him.>>> apple ceo says his company is resisting a us magistrate order to help investigate the couple who shot and killed 14 people in an isis inspired attack in prosecutors told the judge have access to for looks iphone because they didn't have his password. tuesday's ruling requires apple to gain access to the iphone. >>> new information about a wreck in raleigh the driver, the wife says a medical emergency caused the crash. the man had minor injuries and is recovering at home. you have more testing later this week replaced not expected to file charges. >>> huge victory for the owners historic oakwood neighborhood. an appeals court ruled in favor of the home ownership today. >> it's been a long process. it's nice to feel a sense this is coming to an end. >> it was my best effort as an architect to make a house that was reflective of today at the same time respectful and honoring the past. >> the neighbor who was against the minor houston i want to speak to us but re

the woman told police it happened yesterday - when she was driving through winston salem. she says a car was passing her when the driver pulled out a gun a fired three rounds. two of those rounds hit the back bumper and the third shot struck the back passenger door - hitting her child s car seat. fortunately the bullet hit just below where her child was seated. right now a man is in jail - accused of opening fire on a richmond police officer. jasmine norwood - explains what lead up to the shooting. broadcastify 9:53 the officers en route to mcv now a richmond police officer en route to mcv, after police tell us - he was shot while doing a routine stop sot gene lepley, richmond police 062545 stopped to talk to somebody there as they do all the time police say around 12:15 sunday morning...a group of officers stopped here in the intersection of garland and hooper street to talk with a man whod been standing there- 062725 just a stop and talk they call it, they do it all the time, see somebody out at night, you engage those people and see whats going on police say the man ack

steve: dozens of cars were abandoned in winston-salem, north carolina overnight during the height of a big snowstorm for that part of the country. the area received about 2-inches. area police departments say from people involved in lots and lots of weather-related accidents. kurtis, a weather system coming our way. kurtis: i was wondering if the guy with the volvo over there knows it is four-wheel-drive. a nice evening out there. or conditions are a ok, at least for now. 40 degrees, a wind chill of 34. i've been watching the visibility. initially, we will have some areas of fault for. -- of fog form. here is your planner. partly cloudy at 7:00 p.m. areas of fog forming later on. light mix moving it around 3:00 a.m. it could start with some rain. ramps up around 3:00 a.m., then tapers around sunrise. should be out of here by at least been morning. we had the clouds around early and then we saw some sunshine. rain from south dakota and snow from north dakota. the warm air that is headed our way later in the week already building out to the west. temperatures in the 50's and 60's. some

coming up....highlights from athens and winston salem......sports is next!!! the 25th ranked usc men traveled what's america's best-selling brand of trucks? you're in for a big surprise, pal. actually, you're not. it's ford f-series, again. and, it wasn't even close. same trucks that have been leading the industry for 39 straight years. why? game changin' innovation. like f-150's high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloy. which helps make it stronger, more capable and more efficient than ever. innovation. it's why f-series is making winning four of their last five...but they run out of steam in athens. the gamecocks looking for their first 20 win season in six years..... michael carrera starts the game on fire.....his first two shots....three pointers...usc takes an early seven to six lead. carrera finishes with 11 points. georgia pulls away late in the first hal.....kenny gaines with a three pointer.......he finishes with 17 points. yante maten adds 18 points.....the bulldogs led by ten at the half.....33-23. second half.....the gamecocks make a run....sin

now to more from winston salem. >> inside federal court lawyers established both sides for the case. one is that the law will help prevent voter fraud. serves to disenfranchise certain minority voters. >> this is about racial discrimination. >> cameras around allowed inside federal court but that was the message the plaintiffs took inside. -- [ indiscernible ] >> it is going to have a discriminatory impact. this is un-american. >> the law went into affect this year and will first come into practice next month during the march 15th primary election. it requires voters show a photo id before casting a ballot. in court attorneys representing state leaders said the law is meant to cut down on voter fraud. one argued the plaintiffs case is based upon rhetoric and not on evidence. there is no evidence the state of north carolina intended to discriminate against anyone. >> if there was anyone who didn't come forth this week with evidence, we think it was the state. photo id requirement is still in affect for the march 15th primary and there is no timetable on when the judge will make his ru

it ended yesterday in winston-salem. the naacp sued the state arguing the law will keep black and latino voters away from the polls. starting with the march 15 primary voters will be required to show an approved i.d. before they can cast a ballot. barbara: the wake county board of commissioners is supporting the first statewide bond in 15 years. last night commissioners adoptsed a resolution supporting the connect n.c. bond act. funds from the $2 billion referendum with pay for new buildings on college campuses and construction in state parks. it will be on the ballot march 15 fplt 15. soon time will no longer stand still in fayetteville. cruise are scheduled to reassemble the market house it stopped working in january and due to age replacement parts had to be made from scratch. they hope to have it running by tomorrow. john: will winter stick around or will we see an early spring? all eyes are on sir waurltlter raleigh. the resident ground hog will emerge at noon to forecast our weather for the next six weeks. this is

in winston-salem with the good news, kristen hampton wbtv on your side. >> what a day. >> big day. we've followed robert's story for a longtime and the high school crew all the kids they have supported robert throughout his battlesment a big shout-out to them. his junior prom king last year. and he has been in big support our hearts and thoughts to you. >> and hear his doctor about how all the patients, robert is one of the biggest fighters. >> kristen is always looking for good news to share. accepted her your ideas to... >> and weather right now and get you over to lyndsay tapases in the first alert weather center. >> not as cold today. we saw highs in the upper 40s but the temperatures going back down into. and the upcoming weekend and it's all going to end with the storm that starts out with winter weather for presidents day on monday. 47 in charlotte. not too, too bad. compared to yesterday at this time 10, 12, 13 temperature rise over the past 24 hours. not too, too bad. and that means tonight will not be as cold as last night. we got down to 17 last night in charlotte. tonig

race federal judges say digit one is a wide area including wilson entered and 12 is up towards winston salem. republican lawmakers insist this debate will impact the primary but the issue still is frustrating and confusing for young voters. talk to some young people and durham who plan to vote for the first time this year. much of them are in the first congressional district and it is one of two. voters are concerned about the lack of clarity and what will be on the ballot next month.>> it's aggravating to me they don't know what they are doing. and if they feel like i don't even want to vote anymore because i don't know what's going on.>> we haven't been clear on what is going on and students because it affects us head on.>> we talk to the head of the durham county board of elections and he says his offices, quote, percent full speed ahead as of the primary is having next month... leaders say there are no plans currently to move the presidential primary the congressional primary could still change. >>> from raleigh to the coast to virginia everyone saw problems from severe weather alert thi

districts 1 and 12 impacts the winston-salem area, district 1 is a wider region and includes parts of wilson and durham. three federal judges ruled lawmakers used race as a predominant factor in redrawing the lines of the districts. >> the costliness that is going on right now is of your own doing. you tried to fix a problem that did not exist. >> let us draw districts without any consideration of race whatsoever. let's make completely colorblind district drawing. >> okay so some lawmakers responded that that would not be consistent with the voting rights act. republicans asking the u.s. supreme court for a delay. >>> uncertainty this morning officer plans to implement a body camera presume for durham police officers. last night the council stopped a vote. some members at odds over a draft of the policy that would keep the videos secret. at least two ready to vote movement we talked to some neighbors who agree the footage should be made public. >> we should be able to see what's going on if they don't have anything to hide. >> the council will revisit the program some time next month.

clemson men's hoops team will try to rebound from saturday's loss at florida state when it visits winston-salem tomorrow night, to take on wake a this -- the tigers are six and three in the acc tied with 3 , other teams for 3rd place in the league. the latest bracketolby usa today has the tigers as one of the last four teams in th usc upstate visiting kennesaw state this evening. newcomer of the week mike cunningham drains the three, his first points of the game. he finished with 18-high 14. brown for kennesaw state dropping a game-high. us upstate falls, 65-62. media night for the super bowl, vent has take. brenton burson did a great job as our correspondent. caro thanks, ricardo. michael: so interesting and iowa. the number michael: new numbers just in. carol: we begin with the democrats. it is still too close to call. 93 precincts reporting. hillary clinton has a narrow lead over bernie sandenine votes. minutes ago. it has not been called yet. from our maryland governor -- maryland governor martin o' ted cruz is the projected winner on ththe texas senate taking home 28% of the votes. donald

district which has areas including wilson and durham and the 12th district 12th areas including winston salem to west. the state must redraw the lines by next friday, law makers are asking the judges to put that decision on hold. >>> we can't control when federal courts do what they do. all i can do is to work within the system. >> our state supreme court should have knocked these mops out a year ago. that would have helped everybody. >> supporters of the decision are glad the ruling was made because they say the election would have been illegal. lawmakers are also concerned about concern tenimpact to people filing absen -- people filing absentee ballot. >> >> state and local leaders are not settling for the decision to close the 440th air lift wing. elmer spoke about what she and others are doing. yesterday she met with the commanding general and other military leaders as well about the impending closure. she says she's not convinced closing the 440 won't harm the military readiness. >>> we have about a 90-day window to look at this, you know, those of us in congress, we have to address the

none serious meanwhile winston-salem police say they responded to 90 wreck necessary just a two hour period last night. and further north of here this was the scene today in richmond virginia that region sleet to freezing rain making for dangerous travel conditions. >>> meanwhile it was a great day for skiers in the western part of our state. beach mountain has received four inches of fresh powder since last night. some areas of the mountains got 7 inches of snow. >>> we want to take another live look outside at the conditions. this is i-85 in orange county. we're out there monitoring the roads. and it looks like we're moving from the snow to something a bit wetter but worse. >> right, so we're going -- and it's an amazing that i think mother nature is doing to us, we're going from 30s to 60 tomorrow with severe rainstorms in the morning. so we're busy. hopefully you enjoyed your day off or you survived the trek through the cold and snow we, icy weather. we've still got some of the freezing rain. so it falls through most of the atmosphere as rain and then it it's in the 20s and frees

first district which has wilson durham and the 12th district which has areas to west including winston salem the state must redraw the lines by next friday. decision on hold. >> we can't control when federal courts do what they do. all we can do is to work within the system. >> our state supreme court should have knocked these maps out a year ago. that would have helped everybody. >> supporters of the decision say they're glad the ruling was made because they say the election would have been illegal. lawmaker concerned about potential impact to people filing absentee ballots. they gave the plaintiffs until noon today to respond to the ruling. >> state and local leaders are not settling for the -- wncn spoke with renee el mer about what she and others are doing -- el elmer about what she's doing. she says she's not convinced that closing the 440 won't harm the military's readiness. >> we have about a 9 day window look at this. have to address the issue. we have to comment on this, and we have to pull together to ensure this doesn't happen. >> elmer heads back to washington dc today to continu

clemson men's hoops team will try to rebound from saturday's loss at florida state, when it visits winston-salem tomorrow night to take on wake forest at 8:00. the tigers, 6 and 3 in the acc, tied with 3 other teams for 3rd place in the league. the latest bracketology released by usa today has the tigers as one of the last four teams in the field. usc upstate's mike cunningham was named atlantic sun newcomer of the week today. it was his for -- for his performance in an overti.michael: spring is here. john: yeah, right. we will see what the groundhog says. 59 and cooler with drizzle, light rain and fog late tonight and during the day tomorrow. a warm-up was showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. carol: our next newscast is at 11:00.