same thing down in fayetteville. you have a dry spot for the next half hour, by 1:00, the next batch of showers works through. sleet. south of downtown raleigh is seeing the heavier batch of showers. let's check out the folks who twitter. larry wilkerson took a video and you can hear his cap, a lot of snow in roxboro. marina is iced and, david sitting that in, thanks for completely covered. this is from jessica and raleigh, i do not know who is more excited, my husband or the dog to be out in the snow. i bet a lot are excited today. we go back to meteorologist -- right now. and maybe a 20% chance with less three to six seems unlikely with snow totals. mainly because we turned over to system. the ground temperatures are in the lower to middle 30's. it does not take much at all. most roads are completely covered. if you are not covered with ice at this point, it would take more time to treat the roads. even the big roads will be covered up. if storm is expensive. good -- you could see snow falling past d.c. and thunder

to us live he was patrolling a portion of juliet street which comes on to fayetteville fayetteville. we will follow him now into this neighborhood. this looks like cook avenue and you see he's trying to make some headway with the ice and snow that is here. this road by the way leads to southwest elementary. this is one of the reasons why people are not going to school in durham today. this is what you would encounter if you were driving here and trying to bring your child. the school bus would also encounter the conditions. it is looking been it has the past few days but because of snow it is slippery. that is why the trucks like this are trying to make headway. we are told they have made about 15% of the neighborhood streets which have been covered with snow and ice and gotten work on trucks like there one with people working 12-hour shifts are now trying to clear what is left. they are also waiting for the sun to make a difference because they say they really can't make much headway with the ice, they can just treat it. hopefully this type of activity will make a difference and may

barbara: it was a cold night for fayetteville residents who lost power overnight. about midnight a car crashed on sawmill road knocked out power in the tiffany pines and college lake area. amber: there are a number of local celebrations and commemorations to remember dr. martin luther king jr. on his national holiday today. interfaith break physician at sheraton immaterial hotel. is. gloria: it is a holiday but the staff here has been working sense 3:00 this morning gearing up for this large breakfast. i'm ao told they expect 2,000 people. they have an overflow room in the back. they have set the tables and banner is up and they are giving out these programs today to commemorate the 36th anniversary of this breakfast. >> let's celebrate today. gloria: mark anthony middleton will be the keynote speaker of the breakfast. it has been a tradition for more than two decades. always drawing a large crowd more than 1,000 people are expected to attend this year. middleton is known for his activism in the community. he is the founder and pastor of band hope christian church

in fayetteville, this is ramsey street. shower activity around fayetteville on our radar. a little glistening there, very light. thankfully, no snow. a lot of stuff melting today. under my name there is green, there you go. southern pines and fayetteville roxboro, and the orange, fog in the roxboro area. down power lines due to an accident and elbridge drive and rock service station road east of holly springs, keep that in mind. police on the scene are de touring traffic. 40-15-501 doing great endearment county -- in durham county. the bill and looking good. -- the beltline looking good. seven minutes from i-40 up to u.s. 15. president obama weighs in on the oscars' diversity john: john: welcome back. barbara: the oscar diversity. controversy has made it to the oval office president. obeverybody is getting a fair shot? comes a casting announcement some people feel is y michael jackson for a british tv project. given the talk about diversity in hollywood, some people are not happy about that. john: if you were born to run or bruce springsteen is coming to north carolina. an

fayetteville is always one of our important weather spots. >> gilbert bay is live in fayetteville. what's going on there. >> we have a wintery mix drizzle thing happening here but nothing accumulating on the roads. we are at the intersection and normally you have a lot of soldiers getting ready to go to fort fort bragg. that's not the case. it's closed and school and businesses are closed. it's good because there's no traffic out here. normally you can see the ice accumulation. that's not happening on the grassy area around here as well of the day yesterday with bill hammond, county engineer and maintenance. they put out 60,000-gallons worth of brine over the roads in the past couple days. it's a potential to wash off what we have on the road but again no icing or reports of any issues right now but this is a developing system and things are going to change and we can hear right now like an icy mix falling here in fayetteville. we'll send it back to you and get with you in the next half developing. >> gilbert thank you. continues. >> we have a live look at charlotte right now and t

studios in raleigh and durham. 53 in irwin and fayetteville so still very comfortable. temperatures well above normal today. many of you in the 60s normal is 50 so very nice. here's a live look at our sky cam. the sun was set and pretty ones today. the sunset gorringe because of high clouds moving in. wisheds currently calm but a south westerly flow which afternoon. it really was pleasant. 30 degrees the dew point. the number not moving much right now. we start to see it creep up as the moisture increases ahead of the system that moves in tomorrow. right now very quiet all across north carolina but here's the system down in the gulf of mexico bringing thunderstorms across parts of louisiana moving into mississippi and then alabama and then into so the rain returns friday and we'll need the rain gear tomorrow. it won't start in the rning. it will be an afternoon and evening event. we'll be okay for the morning commute. the evening commute looks rather wet. overnight tonight quiet partly cloudy skies by morning and a few spots heading to the south and west. we'll see thos

fayetteville. 30 lumberton. looking at the day ahead right now 30. by lunchtime 32 and through the midday mid 30's with sunny skies. the sunshine will give way to colder temperatures tonight and we will talk about that and seven-day forecast. a chance of snow. we will tell you when that is. now we talk traffic with amber rupinta. amber: we have an issue right now. this is 40 eastbound the ramp to 440 there's an accident off the side of the ramp some flashing lights and police arriving. but that is 440. watch for that. to the mapping system on this holiday pretty light but there martin luther king jr. boulevard. that may still be there at blount street and report of an accident in the 7900 block of old wake forest road. we will keep you posted on that. watcher the possibility of slick spots. any left over precipitation from yesterday would have frozen. barbara: we begin with with breaking news, several americans missing in iraq. the embassy there confirms three were kidnapped in beg. the three have

and 28 in fayetteville. the next few hours heading out and about try to stay in, but if you have to head out, spotty snow and flurries through lunchtime, 31. late this afternoon we will keep towards 32 degrees, and might tonight significantly colder again. we'll talk about that plus the forecast coming up in a bit. now, traffic. amber rupinta. amber: thanks, don. i just got off the phone with the state highway patrol a short time ago. and updated numbers from midnight to 8:00 a.m. here are the number of cops, 278 collisions they responded to across the state. in the triangle, 104. that's a lot of in the triangle out of 278ism so the last 24 hours, 2700 calls and 1500 collision calls. so that is a significant uptick with the winter storm. here we go, with the road conditions which are not ideal. especially secondary roads, they are not touched. d.o.t. is focusing on the main arteries. they are trying to get one lane cleared on each side so even emergency vehicles can pass through. a tough time just keeping up

this is raeford road and hope mills in fayetteville. you see a little precipitation falling there, glistening on the roads. it is early, 4:00 so quiet. that is what don was talking about. some of this is aloft so we will be watching the roads. a lot of schools canceled so the advice this morning is stay off the roads if you can. this is 40 and 15/501. beach you covered on this fun friday -- we have you covered. john: winter storm warning in effect. barbara: d.o.t. gearing up for a big mess. caitlin knute is live in breaking news one keeping an ion conditions. caitlin: we are in joined raleigh and not much to report, not a lot of traffic. that wouldn't surprise you this time of morning but especially we are at a stoplight and nothing on the roads except the brine. the d.o.t. is in wait and see mode after they have been busy the past two days putting down brine. thousands of gallons were put down. they were sent home early yesterday to rest to be ready to come back and clear the roads. they are expected to put in really long hours. we und

live in fayetteville to bring us up-to-date. things could have changed in the last few minutes but it hasn't been too dramatic where you are gilbert? >> reporter: no, bill, katherine it actually has not been dramatic at all but we have ice accumulated on some of the surface and we also have puddling on the ground here. i want to show you this because this issignificant. i talked with bill, our engineer down here, they just went out at 11:00 last night and for this morning put more brine down. this rain and water coming down right now is washing that away so that's going to cause issues as the commute begins this morning for those who have to get out now photo journalists and i have to get out and take pictures along robinson street. there are motorists getting out but again, the rain that's falling now is starting to ice up on some of the areas like the bridges for example,, so if you you have to get out here you'll be de september everly you can make your way around, there's no reports of any accidents but the concern is notice

outer -- final design for a section of the fayetteville outer loop. that is raeford road-u.s. 401. the meeting is from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the john griffin middle school cafeteria on fisher road. >>> new overnight at least 11 people are dead following a bombing in pakistan. it happened at a police checkpoint on a road leading to afghanistan. 21 people were wounded. a local official says the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who struck as a local police chief arrived at the checkpoint. a taliban leader is claiming responsibility. >>> at least for a while, directv customers will not receive capital broadcasting stations through their service. that includes wral and fox 50 despite months of discussions and agreements, it expired yesterday. >> steve hamill, our general manager, says... we were unable to get a comment. negotiations are ongoing. you can hemp more by going to keepmylocalstations.com. >>> in a few years robots could take up millions of jobs. >> coming up, the occupation said to be most at risk. >> plus, the so-called affluenza teen

but take it over to fayetteville that's exactly what's happening it's 29 degrees in fayetteville and it looks like just rain but it is freezing on surfaces. we do have the winter storm warning that's in effect all the way through the day on saturday. the heaviest precipitation will happen during the day today and overnight. it might end up as a little fairly light. eastern part of the viewing area winter weather advisory for lighter amounts but still some slippery places for say clinton, goldsboro and up through wilson. brian here talking about how this is affecting the roads and we all know the bridges get hit first. >> bridges are the ones that get slick first. we have some icy bridges out there this morning, not getting very specific reports but we've had accidents on icy bridges here and there. not a lot of accidents however, traffic volumes very light and in case you you were not awake much earlier in the 6:00 hour we suddenly got this pretty significant burst of snow and sleet that moved across the triangle and really coated the roads pretty well with snow. then, in raleigh at

fayetteville checking in cloudy 46. wind are calm. 45 fayetteville, 40's now sanford sanford. 42 roxboro. 41 chapel hill. 50 wilson. smithfield. satellite and radar composite showing this line of showers weakening as it moves closer to us. there is a little light rain around. we zoom out and it is extending from the nation's capital to georgia and alabama. there is the cold front moving east and it doesn't have a lot of cold air behind it. as it drags through you could see a spotty shower. first alert predictor forecast model showing the showers moving out by 5:00 this afternoon. by 5:00 tonight mostly cloudy skies and then another system pushes through that could bring temperatures topping out today in the 40's actually we will hover in the 40's. cloudy and 48 wake. roxboro mid 40's this afternoon. 48 roanoke rapids. you will make it to 503 in rocky mount. winds up to 20 to 25. 48 siler city. 49 lillington, 51 fayetteville. tonight the temperatures back into the 30's for overnight lows. 32 raleigh. 35 fayetteville. i p

we have had rain reports in fayetteville. it is 32 smithfield. 34 in fayetteville and 29 in goldsboro. we look at wind chills, they don't affect objects. they are just how the wind feels with the cold air on the human bid. it feels like the teens in oxford and looking at the day mix reported. we will see that all day long. i hate to leave it generic but some will see snow and others rain. we have a wide spread of temperatures and wide viewing area. we will talk about that with the seven-day forecast and better news for those folks who hate winter. the serve-day forecast will make you smile. we have team coverage as well. meteorologist steve stewart taking a little more in-depth look. now weather and traffic with amber rupinta. amber: not a lot on the road right now and that is good as we head into this friday morning. many school systems canceled and that will help. we have the storm chasers on the road. this is i-85 alamance county anthony wilson was reporting here. they are seeing a little precip there but nice and quiet. t

events in the state is going on this morning in fayetteville. the prayer breakfast is 7:30 at crown expo center. so there's a lot to do today if you want to commemorate martin luther king jr. gloria rodriguez, abc 11 eyewitness news. amber: two weeks from today iowa residents will gather for the presidential caucuses. barbara: last night the for the final debate about of points. barbara: the reverend jesse jackson says exposing its 100 p thou 100,000 residents to toxic levels of lead. it is 4:43 and 28 degrees. deadly. looking for as at the try seven minutes while an emergency call went unanswered. amber: the cardiac cavs live up to their (coughing) coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why there's delsym. delsym's advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. all night... your heart loves omega-3s. but the omega-3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. megared. the difference is easy to absorb. barbara: welcome back. 4:45 and 28 degrees. really cold air

it is certainly clear right now over downtown fayetteville. it looks beautiful but my goodness, it is cold. fayetteville 30 degrees, robert 27, 25 greensboro, 33 in wilmington, 13 in boone, and 21 in asheville. only one spot in the entire state at least on this map with temperatures above freezing. and just barely, wilmington at 33 degrees. we will probably get close -- close to it later this afternoon in charlotte and fayetteville but it will never feel like freezing. it feels a 22 in charlotte with the windchill, 22 in fayetteville, 23 in lymington, coldest in boone at -3. temperatures are going to be like 20s for our viewing area for the rest of the day today. it is a pretty noticeable change, this is the actual temperature change, not the windchill change. but, it feels does it is 7 degrees colder in raleigh and 11 degrees colder in fayetteville. 10 degrees colder in wilmington, 6 degrees colder in charlotte. cold is the real story for the next several days. we're looking at teens from pittsburgh to charleston and cincinnati, and i picking

fayetteville police report the shooting injured three people. investigators say this stems from some sort of a disturbance at a party off of a home on ramsey street. the victims are being treated at the hospital. police tell us the injuries are not life-threatening. investigators are asking anyone with information to call fayetteville police. >>> investigators say an unattended stove caused a fire in durham. q this call came just after 5:30 this morning from callaway court in north durham. here is a video of that scene. firefighters found heavy flames in the back of the two- story townhouse. smoke damaged throughout. nobody was hurt. the deputy fire chief says someone was cooking on the stove and left it unattended. sparking the fire. the american red cross is helping the five people who were displaced. >>> also new overnight, a man who tried to escape police is in the hospital. after he was hit by a car in moore county. >> state troopers were running a license checkpoint on highway 211 at indiana avenue. they saw a car turn around, around at 11

sand hills lillington 56. 57 pinehurst, 58 fayetteville. tonight the temperatures back into the 30's for overnight lows. 33 raleigh. 36 fayetteville, 32 in durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back into the 50's and 40's in many locations. rain around tomorrow night into saturday. 56. sunday 45. monday, 35. that will be the high and temperatures staying in the 30's and 40's with a big dome of canadian high pressure bringing cold air but today a nice day. john: enjoy the day. amber: looking pretty good on the road. pretty typical start. usual delays forming. 40 westbound 70 clayton bypass from johnston to wake. every morning this hour five to six minutes to get through that. the major interstates. a lot of green with the live returns. there is report of an accident in downtown raleigh. john: 6:22 and skype users getting their wish. resraoetd i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and

it is 18 at the airport and 15 in south hill, 21 in fayetteville, 14 in southern pines. here is how it feels. it feels like 8 in rocky mount and wilson, 11 in goldsboro and roxboro. this number will change as we get through the morning on and off w. lefluctuate between single digits and low and mid teens. major sure you were prepared the bus stop. we expect upper teens at 8:00 a.m. 27 at noon and a high of 3. we have nice, calm -- high of 33. we have nice, calm, blue skies all day. we will wrap up wednesday with a system coming through that could bring us a few more flurries. we will talk about that in a few minutes. bryan is checking out the roads and i am thankful it is quiet out there this morning. >>> that is of the of us and most likely more. this is tw alexander drive. this is northbound and delay free. 6 minutes from i-40 to mangum street. southbound sides of the freeway on i-40 also deplay free. nice and quiet. mainly routes are in good shape. we have a report of a stalled vehicle on brentwood road at sky crest drive. as far as we can tell it is not causing big d

john: a good samaritan saves a driver in fayetteville after a bad crash. it was last night on charles avenue near eloise street. joshua watkins was speeding and went off the rod and rolled at least five times. when troopers arrived a good samaritan was using a jack to raise the vehicle to get him out. watkins was not wearing a seat belt. barbara: no charges in a crash involving a pedestrian in wake county. scene of the ramp from i-40 to highway 70 in garner. police say jason jones ran his car off the road and hit a person person. lucas was pronounced dead. the ramp was closed several hours while police investigated. a prison guard accused of having sex with inmates at women's prison in raleigh was arrested and is expected in court today. caitlin knute joins us from the wake county detention center with the latest. caitlin: good morning, john. that prison guard is behind bars. he was accused in december so he lost his job there and it took this long to officially charge him and arrest him. that is due in part because investigators were examining d.n.a. on s

more ice than snow, gilbert is live in fayetteville to bring us up-to-date. things could have changed in the last few minutes but it hasn't been too dramatic where >> reporter: no, bill, katherine it actually has not been dramatic at all but we have ice accumulated on some of the surface and we also have puddling on the ground here. i want to show you this because this is significant. i talked with bill, our engineer down here, they just went out at 11:00 last night and for this morning put more brine down. this rain and water coming down right now is washing that away so that's going tousissues as the commute begins this morning for those who have to get out now photo journalists and i have to get out and take pictures along robinson street. there are motorists getting out but again, the rain that's falling now is starting to ice up on some of the areas like the bridges for example,, so if you you have to get out here you'll be de september everly fooled by what you you see out here. you can make your way around, there's no reports of any accidents but the c

but its first drop in fayetteville. >> we had the fayetteville guard present the colors, the family was elated. i told them we could never forget as long as we play basketball for a sport we love. for a great cause. we're always going to honor him. officer turner was shot and killed in 2001 during a traffic stop. he was honored during yesterday's ceremony. a portion of the admission goes towards scholarships and underprivileged areas. >>> this afternoon we tagged along with volunteers in raleigh as they went door to door to give away and install smoke alarms. several people die in fires across the country. volunteers hit the streets to cut the number. they went over emergency plans with the people they met. part of the campaign to reduce home fire deaths and injuries >> it's important to me because it's such a small fix to the amount of people that are dying. we just need to go in and put the smoke alarm and help people out. >> the red cross recommends people have two ways to escape their home in two minutes. they recommend two meeting places outside the home. one close to the house and

holy grail into fayetteville hay hay street. road. no, it is covered with white snow, so that's what you're running into in downtown fayetteville. the storm system that brought us all of this weather is tearing up the east coast. for more on what they're seeing north of us, let's go to steve stewart on the low pressure system. steve: this is causing significant problems for major metropolitan cities from up to new york, d.c., philadelphia and up into boston as well. boston probably not getting the brunt of this but heavy snow happening up in new york city right now as we speak. you can see those blue shades all this is a blizzard warning, not just for the heavy snow, but the wind will be a factor later on today as well with the gusts as high as 50 plus miles an hour. there you see the predictor of the forecast model, taking the low to the north. still by 2:30 this afternoon, really heavy bands of snow. maybe at the rate of around 5" per hour at times. that's really coming down. then we're going to see the lows start to move away and i

and, at american tobacco and also over in kerry and town by town, 45, fayetteville, 46. you folks rocky mountain, 37 right now in southfield, virginia. we have the clouds streaming through the day. they are still with us. expanding the view the front that came on by off shore came down in florida is looking at low pressure developing off of the west coast of florida. now we will in the front and the low will move up to the north and east. with us all week. watching every night, 10:00. it is still in the back of our mind that the possibility that thursday would not turn out great. the upper level winds are going to the south and the west. going southwest. it should be carried toward us. it will be a long day tomorrow. 30 at nashville. atlanta, now, oeulder along -- now, milder along the gulf coast. now, blue skies overnight. dry, four clock a.m., stopping it again at 7:00 a.m. mostly cloudy skies. it is possible that we could see sunshine at the beginning of the day. the thicker moisture, cloud cover, building in for the morning hours, lunchtime, rain, looks like along an

barbara: fayetteville city leaders are thinking about summer. yesterday the mayor and city council members broke ground on the third public swimming pool this is at college lake recreation center. crews were supposed to start work last week but were delayed because of the storm. city engineers hope to have it opened a ready by summer. john: all right. barbara: nice to think about. john: thinking ahead. barbara: 5:58. a bug infestation in raleigh. john: how this water meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. now we can connect more devices, at the same time. hi grandma and grandpa! ha, look at that! [laughs] time warner cable even has an internet plan for us. get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month and ask about free installation.

tisha: new details on the shocking shooting of a fayetteville mother. the men charged with shooting his mother in her hair salon with eyewitness now denies being inside during the shooting. miss dee burch was shot in the face but survived. nicole carr is live in the fayetteville newsroom with new information about the suspect, kevin powell junior. nicole: we have learned kevin powell, jr., was denied a handgun permit less than an hour he was denied for two areas. in other words, the court system, there was a red flag raised. this is all redacted so we cannot get details on the areas he failed. a sheriff's office official tells me most often it is because of a domestic assault issue. we are looking into issues that may have been in the home over the past year. fayetteville police are working with federal officials to determine where the handgun powell allegedly used to shoot his mother in the face, where that handgun came from. let's take you back to the courtroom from earlier this afternoon. howell appearing with a public defender, making his first appe

looking at fayetteville real quick, you'll notice in the fayetteville area we're still seeing some snow worked through. that's what it is. you're seeing snowflakes falling. downtown fayetteville, 26 right now. from a regional perspective, we have this band working through, it's still west of us and could work through as we go throughout the morning. more on that in just a bit. we'll talk about the storm and get a perspective on it. steve stewart now. steve: it's racing up to the north, significant snow coming down in d.c., all the way up to it's going to be a mess up there, and the system is going to be deepening and getting stronger. all these blizzard warnings all the way from long island down towards d.c. the wind will be a factor with this storm. the gust will be very strong, indeed. and there's all that snow. the low finally ejecting and moving away as we go through the next 24 hours, things getting better. upwards of 14-20 inches. this will be a tight grade near philadelphia. they'll be getting sleet mixing in as well. the temperatures warmer than normal coming in and mixing. yest

in fayetteville, 57. at four miles per hour. 48 in chapel hill. 54 in smithfield, fayetteville and clinton. look at oxford, you are 20 degrees warmer today at noon. 18 degrees warmer in roxboro. 16 degrees warmer in southern pines. it is because of all the sunshine. no cloud cover around here. you have to go into south carolina to even find some clouds. this is the next weather maker parts of alabama and mississippi. when it brings us the rain. today, drier. should be a nice evening across the region. now. the model starting to see some showers possible in the it brings the rain, the rain will be with us for a 12 hour period. could see a half inch of rain in the northwestern part of the area. it pulls out of here and as we go into saturday, sunshine returning. temperatures back into the mid-50's. big dome of high-pressure because of the blue skies -- that low lifts to the north. it will pull us in. we will not see any snow out of it. rain showers as we go through tonight into tomorrow night. temperatures

this happened a mile west of fayetteville. troopers are saying the driver lost control of the car, ran off the road and hit a tree. we're told that the driver, michael tidwell and the passenger were killed. another passenger was injured in the crash. prosecutors are investigating an alleged gang rape, but asking for more time. they are looking into it 18-year-old woman's report being raped by five teen boys in a new york city playground, but they need to gather more evidence before they decide whether to take the case to a grand jury. the teens are saying the encounter was consensual. this morning a flight attendant after an american loyals flight hit terbia violence, it was headed from new york to miami, fire rescue had to come to the scene and treat and release five passengers. the flight attendant suffered a broken to keep working. two other winning tickets were sold in california and florida. to this, abc has landed a big star for their tv movie remark. now, as soon as we learn the release date we will be sure to let you k

john: a shocking crime in fayetteville. a son accused of shooting his own mother at point blank range at her place of work. kevin powell jr. is charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. police say he walked into his mother's nail salon and spa and shot her in the face. it was yesterday at a shopping center at 1111 ireland drive in or miss dee is working behind the counter. a customer who was getting her nails done said she heard the shot, saw powell run in the back door and he came back. >> he just stood over me when i was on the ground with her trying to help her breathe. he was just standing there. just standing there watching me on the ground with his mother. john: police have not commented on the motive. friends and customers say powell had member health issues. barbara: a man and woman carjacked with operating a meth lab. robert kennerly and melissa godshall were arrested when this house was raid and found a lab. two children ages seven and one were also found in the home. they were taken to the h

wral's tara lynn joins us live from downtown fayetteville. that building behind u is part of this debate, right. >> this is where the state ratified the constitution but it was also the place where slaves were once bought and sold. that is why some are calling for the city to remove the building from the industry's seal. the market house s built in about 41% of fayetteville's population is african-american. the city will be holding a second round of community forums tonight for people to voice their opinion. they will be at the college lake rec center, the westover rec center as well as the smith rec center. they will all three be going on at the same time. they will start at 6:00 p.m. and are expected to last until 7:30. >> tara lynn live in fayetteville on a big debate. thank you. >>> a few dozen people gathered at the wake county detention center to protest raids on undocumented immigrants. it is one of several demonstrations that took place across the southeast. it was i show of solidarity with children and families who have been detained

farther south at fayetteville and a little shower passed through. get a break now but more rain back off toward the west. temperatures are on the cool side as well so in addition to the fact that it is cloudy and rainy, it is a little on the cool side. 39 in roxboro. [ inaudible ] 44degrees in between the showers in fayetteville. as we check in on the fayetteville skycam, you can see some dampness on the roads. no rain as of right now. mostly cloudy skies. this is about what it looks like for the rest of the afternoon. not at all what it will look like as we head into the day tomorrow. satellite-radar view showing you the rain filling in now. i think just about everybody has a chance of getting a the bit of light rain. notice this is all mostly light rain with the exception of a little pocket of heavier rain at i-95. at this point, we are not looking at any flooding concerned. behind this, we don't have much going on. we have one little disturbance that will skirt there. could bring some snow to the mountains tomorrow. otherwise, dry air isettling i

here's some rain around fayetteville this morning. riley road in morganton in cumberland county getting a shower. keep the umbrella handy. in brier creek, lumley road and brier creek parkway an accident. downed power lines after an accident that a car hit a power pole on the wake-johnson county line. elbridge drive at rock service station road east of holly springs p to watch for that area. on 540, 11 minutes no problems eastbound u.s. 70 to u.s. 1. on 85, 4 minutes u.s. 70 up to nc 55. john: amazon getting into the game. barbara: what amazon will be meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls. they even made it easy to switch with a one hour arrival window. for $89.99 a month, you'll get 100 meg internet, tv, and phone. plus free installation, with a one hour arrival window, tv equipment and epix included. call for more, now. look, the wolf was h

southern pines. 43 fayetteville and 41 clinton. looking at the day, as we go through the day temperatures will climb into the mid 40's, sunshine breaks out late in the northern counties. we will talk more about that and we have the seven-day forecast coming up with the rain chances. john: new details about this serious crash in fayetteville. a 24-year-old charged after the wreck that trapped him under his s.u.v. on charles avenue. the highway patrol says he was speeding when he went off the road and rolled at least five times. a good samaritan used a car jack to raise the vehicle and get him out. he is in stabl condition at cape fear medical center charged with driving without a license, not barbara: the irons of a animal shelter face charges after a raid. aspca brought in trailers to treat injured animals while volunteers from dozens of humane societies and rescue groups helped remove more than 600 dogs, cats, horses, birds and livestock. >> we are seeing animals that seem to be malnourished. barbara: one time the haven shelter ho

three separate meetings taking place throughout fayetteville today. we've got more on wncn.com. >>> protests outside the wake county detection center due to recent immigration raids. protesters held a vigil and tried to call attention to how they feel the raids are tearing families apart. earlier this month u.s. immigration and customs 100 people during raids. those people were undocumented immigrants, primarily from north carolina, georgia and texas. the homeland security secretary says it's part of a broader strategy to deal with illegal immigration. people at last night's vigil are concerned about kids being separated from their families and then the safety -- their safety when they return back to their home countries. >> it's always like a constant fear -- this takes a psychological toll on people -- since i was a kid i had a mistrust of the police because every time i saw a police car i automatically feared that i would be separated from my parents. >> secretary jay johnson says the raids shouldn't have been a surprise. he says these kinds of ope

we are not segui it in fayetteville. -- we are not seeing it in fayetteville. i don't have my hood up. it hasn't been doing much but in preparation for anything that can freeze over for folks that came in to work in our building they have their windshield wipers up so nothing freezes on the car. we are good to go and aware watching -- and we are watching things and we have the school closures and fort bragg closed and two-hour delay on the p.x. and commissary. we will check with you in the next half hour. back to you from joined fayetteville. john: we check in with "big weather" and you are broadcasting live in two different ways. don: this is new. they are allowing our facebook to do behind the scenes live broadcasting. so if you go there you can see what is going on. scenes because barbara is fixing her hair and it is great or i have something in my nose. john: sometimes i fix my hair, too. don: that takes a while. barbara: getting coffee. don: you go to it. when i'm not doing weather i'm answering questions about what folks might see. we have great reports o

john: a shocking crime in fayetteville. a son accused of shooting his own mother at point blank range at her place of work. kevin powell jr. is charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. amber has the emotional reaction from one woman who saw all of this. amber: kevin powell was locked up in jail this morning as you said after police say he walked into his mother's nail salon and spa and shot her in the face yesterday at a shopping center on ireland drive where derema burch or miss dee known by customers was working behind the counter. a customer who was getting her nails done said she heard the shot, saw powell run for the door and he came back into the business. >> he just stood over me when i was on the ground with her trying to help her breathe. just standing there watching me on the ground with his mother. he was not trying to help me or anything. amber: police are not commenting on a motive but friends and customers say powell had mental health issues. barbara: a man and woman charged with operati

they bought the ticket on fayetteville road in raleigh. the six work at a pharmaceutical company and say they pool their money together every time the jackpot reaches $100 million or more. the winners have come forward to claim their prize, john and lisa robinson from mumford tennessee say they purchased the ticket at their neighborhood grocery store. they were on the today show when they spoke about their life changing experience. >> i looked again, they were the same. i looked again. and the third time i went running down the hallway. john, john, you have to check these numbers. >> i checked them actually four times. and i said well, i'll believe it when the news comes on in the morning and they say hey there's a winner been in mumford. >> the numbers weren't lying. they presented the ticket to >>> today groups around the nation are honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. [ music ] this afternoon in raleigh, state employees honored dr. king at the first baptist church on north salisbury street. as part of the event, they highli

it is 39 degrees in fayetteville. a little bit of a chilly start to the day and temperatures are likely going to stay in the 40s for most of us. mid- to upper 40s, maybe up to around 50 degrees for some of our northern communities. you might see alittle bit more sun up there. 45 today with clouds and rain south and east of the triangle. a couple of the showers may be making their way into the raleigh area. 34 tonight, 50 on friday. sunny skies and then mid-50s and lots of sunshine on saturday. >>> we are see something big delays through garner on 40 westbound. the big of the delays we've seep so far this week. 19 minutes from 42 to the beltline split. most of those delays are right around the clayton bypass. you will want to look out fay disi believed vehicle on the ramp from southbound rock quarry road onto 40 westbound. -- nt to look out for a disabled vehicle. also on the southern side of wake county, an earlier crash at rock service station road at elbridge drive took out some power lines. rock service station roa

fayetteville 21 right now, 51% humidity. hour so no wind chill. 16 roxboro and chapel hill. 13 sanford. factor in the winds and we have wind-chill single digits. nine chapel hill and rocky mount and wilson eight this morning for a wheupbd -- wind chill. 13 sanford. as far as the clear skies, won't see much cloud cover today. we are watching a system in the midwest with lots of snow from denver through nebraska into iowa and missouri. this is shifting east but it will run into the mountains and bring a chance of flurries. today we are clear. not much to show you at 6:00. tonight into tomorrow the clouds build in. notice this is one update in the model. it changed significantly in the past three hours. it tries to put down snowfall. i think a lot of this will be a absorbed into the atmosphere. this is 8:00 tomorrow night. we could see flurries us but we mountains then our lower part of the atmosphere will be dry so that will steal a lot of moisture. all that said, we could see flurries tomorrow evening. it exits quickly and th

what is a situation in fayetteville right now? >>reporter: there is nothing -- yes, i can hear you -- there's nothing falling from the sky right now. we do have an issue with trees and limbs that have fallen down. this one on cliff dale road. you notice that i cannot snap this. it's not like this slim was dead, this is the weight of the ice that brought this limb down off of this tree here. i'm going to walk around here and hopefully not fall on live tv because i will go viral. i know how that goes. this is a hilly area here, we have a car coming down the hill right now, there is some powder see it clearing here. you have clear spots and then you have spots that are kind of icy. you can also see that there is a dusting on the vehicles, as well. i want to show you the weight of the ice on the trees appear. because of that they are weighing down, you can see powerlines up there. this is one of the areas off cliff dale road near raeford road that lost power. some of the houses out here, i believe that power is back on in this particu

nicole carr is in the fayetteville eyewitness news center. nicole: let's talk about -- everybody has been asking about it online. this morning her husband told me she is stable -- good news on her health front. the 911 call, we hear her son who was now charged with this shooting. >> do we know the person who shot the victim? who is the person who shot him? >> these newly released 911 calls the tale the confusion the moment police say he shot her after -- he shot her in the face thursday afternoon. the 911 caller was asking where she was turned the shooting. police and witnesses say they returned only to stand over his mother and this woman who frantically tried to help her. >> you didn't say anything to me other than that's my mom. just standing there. just standing there watching me on the ground. >> now charged with a campus first-degree murder, denying what happened. >> bring you the latest -- we will bring you the latest from that at four. abc 11 eyewitness news. john: happening now we are working to learn the cause of a house fire in ral

barbara: drivers in fayetteville loop. the state department of transportation is having a meeting tonight to discuss the final design plans for the section that will go from camden to raeford road. that is in the john griffin middle school. john: the u.s. secretary of transportation is back in north carolina today. former charlotte marry anthony fox -- mayor anthony fox will highlight president obama's my brother's keeper tphrbt active which is designed to bring community organizations together to assess challenges facing young men of color and highlight opportunities to address them. this starts at noon at f.s.u.'s the public is invited. barbara: about 25 soldiers from fort bragg leave for kuwait today. they will be deployed at 11:00 this morning. they will provide financial oversight and relieve soldiers who are completing a nine-month tour. john: radon is estimated it cause 21,000 lung cancer deaths a year. the e.p.a. has declared january radon action month. the durham public health department is handing out test kits.

chance of showers around goldsboro, fayetteville. clinton. not fpmuch in the way of frozen precipitation. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather we have the rain chance in as we go through the day thursday and then by friday it clears out and sunshine returns, 49. 57 saturday, sunday 63, monday 65. ground hog day. could see rain working in next tuesday. but for the next couple of days temperatures in the 40's. lots of clouds today. i think the showers are more keep the umbrella in case. barbara: change those snowflakes to raindrops. it is 4:53. a couple of cary brewers brewing john: barbara: welcome back, interesting story. john: a couple of local brewers are brewing up a terminated tea with page health benefits. barbara: they just landed a major contract with whole foods. now investors are calling. reporter: this is almost like >> it is a sweet tea mixed with medicinal and herbs. we don't mix juices or syrups. reporter: made from permitted tea this manufacturing space is a gold mine for local entrepreneurs entrepreneurs. >> we

let's take you to our 49 in henderson, 47 in louisburg , 54 in fayetteville. this is a live look from fayetteville. look at that gorgeous sky. 55 degrees and southwest wind. clouds off to the east, fairly clear conditions continuing overnight. a very quiet east coast. clouds toward new york and boston. florida seeing some clouds as well. things are heating up back at west. this is not the system we are concerned about. this system will start to affect california. at least for now, winter storm warnings in effect for many areas of colorado and new mexico . all of this will be pushing off to the east. check out the snow forecast, this huge form will move toward the east. the rockies could see more than blizzard conditions expected of north. it is going to affect us later in the week. all of the snow pushing through monday. all of a sudden, this huge area of low pressure twisting in, approach in kansas by tuesday. he will start to bring storms here all the way up toward st. louis and even the midwest. watch what happens through tuesday and wednesday. although thi

john: fayetteville police trying to find a rape suspect. they have arrest warrants for 23-year-old devonte williams. they say sexually assaulted a and took off in her car. the victim's vehicle has since been found. he is facing kidnapping and larceny charges. barbara: the search is intensifying for a robber. he hit the same business twice. police believe the crime spree involves two businesses on murchison road and gas station on yadkin. he wears a hoodie and pulls out a rusty revolver on the clerk. if you recognize this man you are asked to call police or crimestoppers. john: 5:43 and u.s. sailors back in raising questions after they were held in iran. death of an american overseas. the evidence that helped police track down a expect. john: an olympic gold medalist in trouble after a fight with her father. don: we have temperatures across the region around 30. we are going to see warmer temperatures move fact. advil pain relievers are used by more households than any other leading brand. to treat their aches and pains more people reach for

in raleigh for the high this afternoon. 48 fayetteville. then fast forward to tonight with the rain ending and that gradual clearing. temperatures, 32 to be exact. that is what you'll have friday morning. friday afternoon 51. wall-to-wall sunshine on saturday. and on sunday. sunday really just beautiful for this time of year. the dry weather continues for monday with a high of 66. then don't forget it's groundhog day on tuesday. we'll see good old groundhog, longer winter? or longer spring? >>> 5:21 on thursday. let's check traffic. nothing to slow you down on this thursday morning drive in. sand hills on the live drive conditions to show you, where we're seeing the green is where the roads are wet. we've been tracking just a few showers, so some of you around hoke and cumberland counties could encounter wet roads. we'll keep you updated on traffic and weather next update >> i love when the groundhog makes the appearance. tuesday? ok. >>> today's pet, "vinny" lives with two other dogs and linda in hillsborough. >> we want to feature you are

on fayetteville and cecil street. another example of how in bad breaking news, capturing the trouble on the roads. we will talk with jeff gordon who is collecting crash numbers. steve: and here is the staging number for thousands of power crews that have assembled, waiting to respond as we get power outages. crews have been called in from neighboring states and they're ready to respond. 62,000 power outages reported across north carolina. here is a look. 7900. no power outages in durham county. in cumberland county it is 2600. thankfully the power crews are ready to go and try to get your powerback on if you lose it because of this freezing rain. steve: chris hohmann is here with the latest. chris: those power outage numbers tell a story. durham county is zero so far. in riley we have been transitioning to freezing rain. if sleep does not cause issues if you make a mess of the roads. six flights are going out out of the normal 200 that go out. 31 degrees, closer to freezing. officially the airport is standing at 30. i

anything in fayetteville is more tonight into the 20's. not as cold. 27 raleigh. 30 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow mid 40's, nice day. friday wintry mix in the morning and changing to rain during the day friday. we could see over an inch of rain and that will cause problems. friday night into saturday changes back to snow before it leaves the region. it melts on saturday afternoon, 38. 44 sunday and 50's return by next week. but friday-saturday is a wig question mark. if it is farther south we would have snow or north we could have an inch and a half to two inches of rain. we will have to wait to see the track. amber: i don't have anything that interesting on the roads. quiet. and change is coming. we will show you on this hump day how things are looking. we are keeping a close eye on any issues that match crop up. 40 westbound a stalled vehicle doesn't look like it is causing a huge problem or delay because the volume is light. this is off to the side. you see the hazard flashing on the sign. 5:54 and early. if yo

more toward the morning. 42 raleigh. 45 fayetteville, 39 roxboro. with everybody above freezing tonight it is a rain only event. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back into the 40's. 46 with rain around. on thursday a chance of a shower, slight chance, 43. it clears for the weekend. friday partly sunny and 49. saturday 57 mostly sunny. sunday 60 and lots of sunshine. we will stay in the 60's into next week. a question are we done with the winter storms. not yet. we have february to go. not saying we will see a bunch but we have any on the forecast john: barbara: welcome back, 4:55 and 36 degrees. john: time is running out for the presidential candidates to impress voters in iowa. barbara: the caucus is less than a week away. reporter: the countdown to the iowa caucus is being measured in hours now. >> 171 hours. that is how long we have until 171 hours. reporter: ted cruz seeing his poll numbers slip urged voters to turn out. >> it is now or never. we can't get it wrong again. reporter: but wrong is what do