cruz plans to be in south carolina, or excuse me, cruz plans to be not in south carolina for his primary, because he will be attending the funeral for supreme court justice antonin scalia. >>> as he made this next supreme court appointment a prominent issue of his campaign. ted cruz is polling third in, excuse me, marco rubio is polling third in the palmetto state but he won over governor nicki haley's endorsement and later today trump is planning a rally at the spartanburg we do plan to have cruz there crews throughout the state with coverage of the gop primary. poms open today at 7 a.m., just about 30 minutes. they will be open until 7 p.m. tonight. we will have live coverage throughout the day of that, so please stay with us. reporting live in south carolina, hope hanselman news 13. >>evan: and we have coverage on 6:00, 10:00, and 11:00 and my 40 and we will have several crews bringing results and reaction from the candidates and any concession or victory speeches as all of them wait for the votes to be counted. you will find the latest results at wlos.com. click on our election tab o

in south carolina gop presidential primary tonight. here's how the final election results shape up. donald trump 32% of the vote. marco rubio 22%. ted cruz 22%. jeb bush 8% and john kasich 8% of the vote. another republican candidate is dropping out. we have live team coverage of tonight's primary vote. frank is in spartanburg. darren is in columbia. let's begin with frank at the site of the big victory party for donald trump. >>>reporter: right now it's a lot cooler and a lot quieter now that all the trump fans have left. crews are tearing down the risers and the stage. donald trump going to victory here in the presidential primary in south carolina. one he said many of the pundits thought he could not achieve. folks were excited about him speaking and the victory. trump was quick to pass off nay sayers. he took a swipe at governor haley that he says endorsed the wrong kandz dat. he at the scene he's going to make america great again. hitting themes like getting rid of common core. >> the people in this communities, every time i see t

western carolina wins. they face either firman saturday march 5th in asheville. >> the unc asheville women's victoria hits the triple and brenda and the bulldogs are down by two. weaver does some work up and under for the bucket off the glass. then later, victoria major hits three of her 18 points but it would not be enough as asheville falls to campbell. the bulldogs and liberty are tied for first place. >> kyle busch in atlanta. he would take advantage of the starting position because on the final lap he crosses the line first. the nascar sprint cup series will compete in atlanta at 1:00. have a great start to your day honey, would some captain d's make you feel better? yeeeaah! (woo) when you love seafood this much... back again? i hope it's just a clumsy phase. ...it's gotta be d's. anything's worth it or double dozen shrimp. also, try our grilled menu featuring new tuscan tilapia. for full meals starting at just $4.99, >> 7:47. time for the ask the vet segment from the pet hospital. good morning, doc.

the south carolina primary is about two weeks out from north carolina's election day. this marks a last minute push for voter turnout... and gives the community a chance to be involved. 3 53:24 "bernie's campaign and his grass root movement is all about trying to re-engage people in the political system. that our democracy works best when everyone is involved and when we stand together on things that are really important, there's accomplish. bernie 3 supporters say they chose to work with "the block off biltmore" for a good reason. the building was once home to the ymi cultural center... which according to the north carolina naacp... is the oldest african american cutlural center in the world. 3 tonight in asheville, there's another bernie event. new mountain hosts a fundraiser starting at 8. live in asheville, aaron adelson, news13. 3 3 polls for the south carolina democratic primary close in less than an hour. we'll have live updates throughout the evening... both here on wlos and on my40. then live team- coverage at 10:00 and 11:00. up to the minute results will als

georgia upset south carolina 69-66. gamecocks' third loss of the year. >>> panthers thomas davis, remember he was hurt in the nfc title game against arizona. he broke his forearm. he had surgery the next day. he's wearing a hard cast. he's practiced but how is he? will davis will play? his coach is counting on it. >> i thought thomas looked really good in practice. he used that hand. one of the concerns with it is what would happen if he had to deliver a shock. he seemed to weather that yesterday very nicely. he looks good. again, like i said, i don't doubt thomas. >> stan: luke notestine heading to santa clara. >>> wrestling all over the state. only one in the mountains. that was at enka. enka won the pod. they advance to third round thursday. lexington knocked out brevard. mitchell two time defending 1 a state champ kicks out rosemund. rosmind will wrestle on thursday. >>> tony stewart in the hospital he was injured driving an atv somewhere near san diego. he's awake and alert. no other update until thursday. he turns

this is the one moving moisture across the eastern part of south carolina and north carolina bringing those light snow showers to the triad. we can see that moisture stays to the east of us as we put this into motion. notice the snow showers around raleigh durham tomorrow and over the outer banks. it's this ridge of high pressure that is going to influence us in the mountains. enjoy that sunshine. we are going to end up the weekend warmer than we were today. we do have a cold front on the move and by 6:00 tomorrow it's still well to the west of us. along with it, some rain and snow showers, mainly snow at 6:00 on monday morning. that commute should be quite interesting. as that front moves on through, we'll have the rain/snow mix. once the sun goes down on monday we see it turn back to all snow and we'll have a chance of lingering light snow showers on through tuesday, even a few into wednesday morning. how much snow are we talking about? we could see two o three inches in some western mountain locations. higher elevations towards gatlinburg, lower totals elsewhere in and around ashev

you will see a broader band rolling through --, right across the north carolina and south carolina border but it is going to be dissipating quickly, right after the mid morning hours, leading us into the evening we will see cloud cover remaining. >>> you no, overnight,@ a bit of clearing so we could see even fog concerns as you are heading out to your destination on sunday morning. but watch what happens as we head into the afternoon hours on sunday. that's when we start to see the storm chances picking up ever so slightly. they're not going to be as wide spread as what we see for the upcoming work week but we want to grab the umbrella by tomorrow afternoon. take a look at this. we are not seeing a whole lot in terms of impact but some locations could possibly see even upwards of a half inch of rain, especially for those in the northern mountains across the tennesseeeorder as well. tomorrow afternoon, but the bigger implications are certainly going to be coming as we make our way into monday and tuesday and by wednesday, i think we may even mix in just a bit of wintry area. so, we could b

carolina. they will be key in georgia, arkansas, alabama and virginia. sanders spent primary day away from the palmetto state part of his super tuesday strategy. >> america's never stopped being great. but we do need to make america >> i congratulate secretary clinton on a victory. tuesday over 800 delegates are at stake and we intend to win many, many of them. >> stick with us through the next half hour for more on yesterday's primaries. we had a crew in columbia with the clinton campaign as the results came in. >> meanwhile, gop presidential candidates hit super tuesday states on the campaign trail. donald trump joined forces in arkansas with formal rival chris christy. ben carson was in texas and john kasich in tennessee. >> officers are investigating a shooting last night. according to the salt lake city tribune witnesses say a teenager was shot late saturday. officers intervened in an altercation and shots were authorities say two how far sirofficers were involvedd the incident. >> friends

we have the first in the south primary in south carolina. we have news 13's hope hanselman at a an interesting adventure game here in asheville. but first, today looking as warm as yesterday? >> zack: even warmer still, and on top of that we will bring you the rain showers. it might not be the best day to head outdoors but maybe the warm temperatures will have you creep outside. just bring the rain jacket along, folks, but the scattered showers are going to be seen. the cooler air is going to start region. so the 60s will become a thing of the past. going to dominate the next few days. i want to time it out for you all and show you who will get hit the hardest coming up in just a little bit. >> evan: the front runners lived up to their name at the ballot box. voters gave hillary clinton a big win in nevada over bernie sanders and in the first southern state primary, donald trump easily won south carolina. his second straight victory, leaving marco rubio and ted cruz to fight it out for runner up. meghan hughes reports from columbia. >> repor

carolina day over christian. play offs for the public schools next week. >>> college baseball starting up today. in the season opener at greenwood field. nice day for baseball in february. let's go to the top of the 3rd. ball to center field. ohio does score. tough game for unca. ohio scored sixth in the ninth. western carolina falls on the road as they lose 15-2. >> larry: good weekend for more baseball games. anything else you want. >> karen: saturday is better than sunday. nice and warm both days. highs in the 60s. a good break from winter. >> larry: thank you for joining us. remember you can always check us out on wlos.com. >> darcel: be sure to find us on facebook and twitter. have a good weekend. captioning company" >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- bill maher. from "the danish girl," oscar nominee alicia vikander. jake byrd at a donald trump rally. and music from nothing but thieves. with cleto and the cletones. and now, as luck would have it, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and

he earned the endorsement of south carolina govern haley. he spent the last couple of days touring the state with haley. we'll see what affect those endorsements have. a couple of hours ago he tweeted out a video of him playing football with his son. in the iowa caucus he finished third, almost second. hampshire. we'll be keeping a close eye on the numbers. live in columbia, news 13. >> frank: there's not been a lot of campaigning. most candidates did not have anything scheduled. bush was greeting pollers. his mother, former first lady along with supporters holding signs. he'll be in columbia tonight. carson will watch returns in greenville and kasich is in massachusetts. stay with news 13 for continuing coverage of the south carolina primary throughout the evening. polls close in less than an hour. you can watch results here on our election ticker. plus live reports on my 40 at 10:00. news 13 at 11:00. check our continuous updates on www.wlos.com, facebook and twitter. the associated press is reporting hillary clinton won the caucuses there

that says a lot about south carolina on the democratic side? hillary clinton and bernie sanders are battling it out in nevada.. ahead of that state's caucuses this weekend. new polls show the race in nevada at a virtual dead heat. ray tag:and with the race so tight in nevada -- the democratic party is providing an unopened deck of cards at all 250 precinct locations. if there vegas style game of chance can break the tie. the race -- possibly coming down to a high card draw. ray raimundi, abc news, new york. 3 3 3 3 getting a look at asheville's history through a "riverlink" tour. news 13's lauren brigman is live from "pearson bridge road" in asheville. lauren, that is the site of the historic old riverside park?we have archive images to show you from when this space was the park 3 3 the north carolina d-o-t says a contractor is to blame for work not being finished on the i-26 bridge over pond road. right now, the interstate is still curvy, with barricades up in the median. the d-o-t says "devere construction" left its contract last week without

there is a system right now, held off to the coast of the carolinas. even all the way down into northern florida. but it's not going to be impacting us. this is going to stay a coastal storm as there is a stationery boundary that's really holding it in place. so, we are not going to see any impact or any rain from that, but there is an impending front that is going to be moving in with some precipitation. we are talking rain and snow for high pressure, going to dominate just today. our temperatures are going to be hovering around average for this time of year until we tap into a canadian air mass that will dive further south. and on top of that, we are going to bring in the moisture content, get a little bit of a lift on monday, and that will facilitate some of the showers. let's put this into motion for you now. keeping thins clear. notice the white vectors on the screen here. just the arrows. as theye elongate, that means increased wind especially during the afternoon hours. we can see gusts of 20-25 miles per hour. at some portions throughout the co

up, including north carolina on march 15th. i was reading that four of the ten most louse most populous states are having primary, ohio and illinois, so a big date coming up for us march 15th. but it's going to be affected by this redistricting battle. how do you see this playing out? >> well, i think that the redistricting battle, it's unclear. if you were to ask me on friday, what would i think would happen, i would say the supreme court would basically grant the stay that the state requested and the current district boundaries would have been the ones we have been working under for this election. but since antonin scalia passed away yesterday it's going to be, you know, now the supreme court is a 4-4 court and there is a chance that the liberal justices will sort of say to north carolina you have to horary up and get the districts, the new districts working, the district redrawn. so,. >>evan: what happens if they are deadlocked? >> then what happens is the lower court ruling stands and the lower court ruling was that boundar

we are one month from the north carolina primary. if the districts have to be redrawn by friday, they may not be improved by the primary. meaning they may have to be pushed back. frank. >> frank: this whole redistricting issue took another term this weekend when chief supreme court justice antonin scalia died suddenly. his death makes it likely the court's decision will be deadlocked. if that happens, the decision of the lower court stands and lawmakers will still have to meet friday's deadline. >> tammy: a haywood county plant says it will have to cut positions because of the struggling industry. some permanent jobs. conmet makes parts used in tractor trailers. >> frank: slick conditions are a problem on some of the roads around our area right now. >> tammy: jaclyn, weather related wrecks are tying up henderson county. >> jaclyn: right. u.s. 25 south is down to one lane right now because of an accident. one minor injury is reported here. avoid this spot if you can on your commute. u.s. 74 bypass in rutherford county is a big problem

20th, and for the democratic prime air any south carolina, it is the 27th. north carolina has one primary for both parties, set march 15th >> two presidential gop candidates are holding rallies, marco rubio at the marriott, in spartanberg, and donald trump will be holding one in clemson >> the update on the redistricting battle in north asking the supreme court to delay a ruling that requires two congressional district be redrawn by next week. they ruled the first, and 12th districts unconstitutional, because they relied on race too much to draw them. they argue that it is too close to change them this close to the primary >> anoint and i man's murder, his son is charged with second degree murder, joey put letter confessed to killing his father, and said his dad used a cane to beat him. they won't say if butler acted in self-defense >> a south carolina victim of a local /popbzee scheme is speaking out about the thousands of dollars he lost, last year in businessman, barry, pleaded guilty to money laundering, they talked about why he -- >> this was high risk,

he is being treated at the carolinas medical center. the victim's 3 3 3 mcdowell county d-s-s is seeing a growing number of children coming into foster care.... that means the need for foster families is growing too. news 13's lauren brigman is live from the county d-s-s office in marion. lauren, a special meeting today aims to garner more foster families? currently 26 families foster children here in mcdowell, but the number of children in need of foster homes, has more than doubled since last year.the info meeting is tonight at 6, at mcdowell county d-s-s. 3 3 this time tomorrow, voters and caucus-goers will make their choices for democratic and republican presidential nominees in more than a dozen states. it's known as super tuesday, the single-day contests represent a key juncture in the primary race. reid binion reports... 595 delegates are up for grabs for g-o-p, 865 for the democrats. 3 3 (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "donald is not gonna make america great he's gonna make america orange."republican presidential c

right now in north carolina.. the local sheriff has final say on whether you can have a machine gun. but a little-known loophole lets you buy an automatic rifle without local law enforcement approval. and your friends can use it without any background checks. it's called a gun trust. 3 lee mulligan, attorney 03:21:02 "a gun trust is what we call a purpose-built trust that means it was built for a specific purpose in this case to hold weapons. it could be nfa weapons or any kind of guns or rifles or handguns." 03:21:17tonight at 11... news 13's jon ostendorff investigates how easy it is to get a machine gun using this loophole... and if there are any plans to close the loophole anytime soon. 3 3 lent begins today for many christians around the world. ash wednesday launches the 40- day lenten period. in the western church , it lasts until midnight on easter sunday. during that time, many believers will give up something, such as their favorite food or activity. it is done in remembrance of jesus' fasting in the wild

when i finally moved to north carolina i was on the search. come to find out that the barbecue i had been hearing about was on the eastern part of the state. >> oh my god, it was so good. >> it's really good. >> delicious. >> and i did the brussel sprouts which i thought were totally different. >> these were, like, barbecued. >> typically we put the pigs on at 8 o'clock at night. they cook all night long. we pull them in the morning. it's 180-pound piece of meat. it takes a while to cook. you're getting a little bit of everything: the dark meat, light meat, the belly. all of that stuff is kind of mixed up. the first mention of this building was 1936, it was the asheville skating club. who knows what happened down here. this could have been a speak easy. who knows. i think maybe one day someone who works for me will open a whole hog joint and maybe asheville can be known as a whole hog food. >> tammy: makes me hungry. >> tammy: to learn more about elliot's story and the history of barbecue, go to wlos.com. >> frank: we have his entire interview

but their send-off in the carolinas was anything but calm. hundreds of fans gathered outside "bank of america" stadium to cheer-on their team... departing for charlotte airport. as reporter angela hall reports... folks "panther pride." 3 there's no doubt in these there's no doubt in these fans minds.fan mosfans gathered to give their team an energetic send-offoc: ... the lombardi trophy will have a seat on 3 the "panthers" take-on the denver broncos in santa clara next sunday. luke will update us on last-minute preparations for "super bowl 50"... a little later in sports. 3 3 helping mountain drivers stay safe... by giving them another place to rest. the state dot opened a new rest area in haywood county this weekend. it's located near balsam... serving southbound travelers along u-s highway 23-74. the new, multi-million dollar facility has two restrooms... a vending area... and parking for cars and tractor trailers. 3 3 educating people about a childhood disorder... with the help of some child athletes. awareness classic" brought together mo

carolina falls short for the second time. let's get straight to news 13's luke notestine live in santa clara, california. but a devastating loss for the panthers. >>>reporter: good evening to you. it was a devastating loss for the panthers. their magical season comes to an end. they fall 24-10 to the broncos. but what a season it was for carolina. the big story of the game tonight was the denver defense. they set a superbowl record with 7 sacks against the panthers. they forced four turn overs, miller, the bronco's defensive player was named the games mvp. he was all over the ball. seemingly almost every offensive possession for carolina. newton couldn't get beginning. but tonight the denver defense stepped up when they needed it most. cam newton had no answer. first game all season newton was not responsible for an offensive touch down for the panthers. they end with a record of 17-26789 they are a young team. they'll have a lot of good players come back. a lot of good things to look forward to if you're a panther's fan. los

a building block for the western carolina football team. congrats to him. >>> well the bad weather postpones today's western carolina baseball game. the two teams scheduled to play on april 19th in cullowhee. the bulldogs are one and two. cats at home this weekend against louisiana and monroe. >>> braden lewis gets the state's honor. she scored 16 points. 9 in the fourth quarter at pisgah's win. last night, pisgah won their playoff opener. they'll host hickory ridge thursday night at 6:30. >>> enka won the state's softball championship. sugar jets are number 30 in the national poll. >>> check this out. vandy at florida. block by matthew fisher. look at this. wow. what a shot by josh henderson. he just comes down with it. >> larry: i've never seen one like that. >> stan: vanderbilt wins it. look at that block. >> larry: harlem globe trotters would be proud of him. >> darcel: that was awesome. >> jason: that was a line drive. we're going right in to winter weather mode this eveninin and overnight. the mountains get it first. the valleys will

in north carolina, the average is 1.77. and south carolina's prices are well below the nation average at 1.58. missouri and oklahoma have the lowest prices at 1.50. >> frank: i've actually seen 1.69 in fletcher. surprising. >> tammy: today you had to swim to the gas station, didn't you? >> jason: or take refuge. 63 degrees for the high temperature today. boy, that was mild, wasn't it? 14 above the average at 49. 20 above average at the start this morning. 48 degrees. that gives us two and a half for the month. rain is out. but the runoff continues. our next cold blast is coming. st >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: as is typically the case in these kinds of events, the run off will continue for days to come. in many cases south and west near the mouth of the french broad river. still some light showers coming down here along i-85. jonesville, union county, south of spartanburg, woodroffe, laurens, laurens county, gaffney. big picture. there's the line of heavier showers and storms marching east ward. it's bee

turner is seeking another term for north carolina house, district 116. that includes most of western buncombe county from arden to enka- candler and leicester. the event is tonight from 6 to 8:30 at the holiday inn west on smokey park highway in asheville. tuner is running unopposed in the democratic primary and will face republican kay olsen in the general election in november. 3 3 3 the u-s supreme court will not take any action on a redistricting appeal... until at least next week. last friday a federal court ruled north carolina's first and 12th congressional districts because race played a large factor in their creation. the court ordered the maps for those two districts must be redrawn by next week. as we have reported, the state has appealed to the high court, but chief justice john roberts gave lawyers on the other side until next tuesday to respond. 3 congressman mark meadows is responding to the redistricting crisis. that's because of the concern that the federal ruling could disrupt north carolina's primary vote. 3 8:53 as far as wnc it won't

abc's tom llamas is in south carolina. >> reporter: in south carolina today, a flash of anger at a donald trump rally. [ booing ] a protester surrounded and escorted out. trump then inviting the men who led the charge up on stage. where they pledged allegiance -- to him. >> my man donald trump. i'll tell you what. i ain't going to lie to you, donald. when you first got into this, i was kind of a little iffy. i ain't going to lie. i said, i don't know, donald trump? you're the best we've got by far. >> if it wasn't for mr. trump right here, i don't think any of have. >> reporter: but now, from the last republican president, a sober warning to voters -- don't fall into trump's trap. >> and i understand that americans are angry and frustrated. but we do not need someone in the oval office who mirrors and inflames our anger and frustration. >> reporter: former president george w. bush making the case for his brother, jeb. >> strength is not empty rhetoric. it is not bluster. it is not theatrics. the strongest person usually isn't the loudest one in the room. >> reporter: trump has blamed pres

the city of charlotte, the whole entire carolina community has been awesome all season long. they've been a big part of our success this year. i'm proud of our team, and the ww we've competed, and the way we've grown over the last few years. this season hasn't been a fluke. obviously this is what we've worked so hard for to be in this game. now it's here, so we still have some work to do. still got to get ready. a lot of week of preparation ahead. super bowl 50 is scheduled for sunday, february seventh at 6:30p-m. the panthers led the n-f-l with ten players selected to the pro bowl. none of the panthers are playing because the pro bowl was sunday night, and carolina has a bigger game on the horizon. but the other best players in the league gathered in hawaii tonight for the annual all-star game. second quarter, russell wilson finds todd gurley who dives into the endzone! team irvin leads 21-7 over team rice. later in the second quarter, derek carr connects with travis kelce for the lead to 21-14. then, later in the game, teddy bridgewater dumps it off to darren sproles. team

tonight, it's a town hall for the democrats before this weekend's south carolina democratic primary. kenneth moton has the breakdown from washington. 3 it's caucus time in nevada. sot donald trump 11:40:33 we're going to make america great again! and we're going to keep winning,winning, winning! overnight gop frontrunner donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire is banking on a hot streak that will carry him through super tuesday and to the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals.sot donald trumpthis guy cuz lies more than any other human being the fight getting nasty. ted cruz fired his communications director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible.sot ted cruzwe will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity but rubio is focused on trump who is leading in nevada by 26 points. his apparent unstoppable rise has the republican establishment rallying around rubio.sot 022216 c16)22:50:21 donald has a base of support but the majority of our party doesn't want him as our nominee the democrat

so what can i do from north carolina to push the effort forward? >> darcel: if you'd like to donate, we put a link to maria young's site. >>> nibbles was the main event at the western north carolina nature center. it was tough to tell but the did not see her shadow. >> tammy: so that means spring will come early this year, if she's right. >> she's really a special animal. nibbles came to us from folks that tried to keep her as a pet. that did not work out. we got her about three years old. come in nature, that's a really long life. >> darcel: gravy the groundhog at chimney rock state park said the same thing. they say he has a 60% success rate. jason, i think yours is higher than that. >> jason: let me see, am i seeing my shadow? in here i am. tee time did not see his shadow. three degrees above average. gloom and lots of low clouds and fog. still 3.33 in the bucket for the year. heavy rain is on the way. and also >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: so the rain isn't going to start in the next hour. it's going to take a couple more rai

voters in south carolina will head to the polls for the republican primary. and the democratic caucuses will begin in nevada. as reid binion reports, candidates on all sides are in a heated battle. 3 two parties... ...two states... ...and two big nominating contests. voters head to the polls in south carolina's republican presidential primary in less than 24 hours... ...and on the very same day, the democrats face off in the nevada caucuses. (clinton) "we have to go after systematic racism. we've got to go after the barriers that some states are trying to put up to prevent people from voting." hillary clinton and bernie sanders - battling for the minority vote ahead of the silver-state showdown. (sanders) "i was arrested when i was 22 years old. you know what i was arrested for? fighting segregation." during an interview with b-e-t television, sanders also accused clinton of embracing president obama's policies in a calculated attempted to appeal to black voters. at thursday's m-s-n-b-c las vegas democratic town hall, clinton fired back. (clinton) "i don't kn

the south carolina primary is february 27th. >>jay: rick santorum postponed his event for today at limestone college in gaffney. and greet at voters in spartanburg. his campaign says it's because of low gist acl issues. his campaign is cork working to reschedule the event. >>holly: in this morning's news reel, authorities in massachusetts are investigating death of a 13 year-old boy. >>jay: just outside boston, the boy was struck and killed by a commuter train. transit police say the teen was on the track when he was hit. a spokesman for the local prosecutor's office says the boy's death does not appear to be foul play. >>holly: a homeowner and his wife narrowly escape a house fire in new york. officers say the man drove into his garage and accidently hit a gas line. the explosion could be heard and felt throughout the neighborhood. >> i thought my house blew up. i thoughtn it was my water tank or something like that. it shook the house. i ran downstairs and there was nothing there. then i saw people running down the streets. >>

first, wednesday at 9, duke versus north carolina. carolina first in the acc. check out saturday at noon, the battle in the big south. unc asheville and winthrop. should be a great one. >>> prep conference tournaments going on this week. first round games at higher seeds. so the boys play. that puts 7th seed madison at owen. nice pass to johnny franks. owen leads 61-38. jordan baker steps up and knocks down the three pointer. then it's matthew lloyd. he'll get the open look at the three point line. the home team will build a big lead. nice look down low to matthew brown. he scores. tournament semis and finals at avery thursday and friday. >> we got number one now in conference. on the 2a side. side, hopefully a high seed in the playoffs. maybe even a home court advantage. hendersonville. girls, madison, owen and avery win. wncac at tuscola. overtime. girls, pisgah edges franklin. smoky mountain beats tuscola. they play the title thursday. cherokee boys win 102-91. players on the west roster. the east-west soccer all-star game in greensboro. daniel vickers. no s

in a few short months, blood sucking insects will descend upon north carolina. but in central and south america, they're already making their presence known spreading the zika virus. >> a woman was in earlier and she's going to costa rica, and she was concerned. a lot of people are traveling out of the country. that's why they're coming in for repellent right now. >> justin: in the tar heel state, no cases have been reported. a lack of funding have repelant. >> species that can be helpful in part in estimating transmission risk for various diseases. >> justin: he said that could help with prevention efforts. >> some counties have limited spraying programs. we do as well. but it's a very, it's a limited spraying program. and i don't want that to give people a false sense of security. >> justin: that's why they fore on a message of personal protection. repellent. why there is some concern, it's not his biggest concern. >> we're far more concerned locally with west nile virus. those provengs strategies are the same for them as well as the mosquito type that would >

. >> frank: deadly over doses hit record levels in north carolina. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: a security camera captures the moment a suspected drunk driver loses control on a buncombe county road and slams >> tammy: the driver made it out without serious injuries, but the home is destroyed. hope hanselman has the story from alexander. >> hope: when bad luck has a way of coreening in to our lives. >> we were actually leaving and we heard squealing noises, tires squealing. then this big crash. >> hope: milton knew to expect worse. >> we looked at each other and said, someone's hit a car now. >> hope: he didn't realize that the tiny house he was building would be the second home he'd lose in just two weeks. milton was only home that day taking inventory for an insurance company, after a fire destroyed this house. >> there was fire in the back, side of the house. it breached through the attic. >> hope: the fire department is >> the same fire chief and his wife, they live just up the road. they responded. >> hope: and the only reason

he signed with the university of south carolina. today he joined congratulations to him. >>> prep hoops, a huge girls game in sylva, smoky mountain edges pisgah. mustangs 12 and 1 in the conference. now one game lead. smokey will be at north henderson tuesday. >> larry: okay. weekend's here. >> jason: we've got a few seconds, don't we? temperatures mid 40s. clouds and sun mix there. temperatures will drop we'll even have our snow chances go up monday and tuesday. >> larry: remember you can always check us out on wlos.com. >> darcel: be sure to find us on facebook and twitter. "captioning prov >>> and now, abc's "jimmy kimmel live"! >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- shaquille o'neal, from "how to be single," alison brie, and music from banners, with cleto and the cletones. and now, more than likely,

we're going to win in south carolina. >> reporter: but in south carolina, trump is already under who, today released this video. >> look! i got the trump action figure. >> no way. let's see! >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican. >> reporter: in south carolina today, a big crowd for ohio governor john kasich. he was last night's surprise second place finisher, running an upbeat campaign. >> tonight, the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. >> reporter: but today, kasich says he's ready to fight. >> don't mess with me, okay? so, i'm not going to be a pin cushion or a marshmallow, but i'm also not going to spend my time trying to trash other people. >> reporter: perhaps the biggest disappointment in new hampshire was marco rubio, fifth place, blaming his debate disaster. >> our disappointment tonight is not on you. it's on me. it's on me. i did not do well on saturday that will never happen again. >> reporter: rubio had all the momentum until his repeat-a-thon at the abc news debate. >> let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that barack obama doe

a building was build when western carolina was 4,000 students smaller than it is. our fastest growing majors require biology, physics and we are out of space. we need more nurses in our economy, we need more engineers. for us to meet the needs of our region, we need to grow our enrollment. in order to do that, we need a larger building. >> 11% in the last four years. >> this is obviously going to be great. it is going to benefit some other educational institutions in our area. >> absolutely. every unc institution will receive funding. our pattern here at unc asheville will receive 21.1 million dollars in renovations funding for their owen and car michael hall. blue ridge community college, 2.9 million. it is also going to meet the needs of chimney rock state park. >> talk about that. other areas in our community, but the park service. >> that's right. there is funding for agriculture, for water and sewer projects for the natural guard and for parks and natural resources. it is about infrastructure for the whole state and investing now for maximum return on investme

. >>> showdown in south carolina. donald trump firing away until the very end. >> so, it's crunch time, folks. it's crunch time. >> ted cruz and marco rubio with their last-minute push. can they still catch trump? >> it's in god's hands and in the voters' hands. >> the first test for republican candidates in the south. the results coming in right now. >> what donald trump said just as justice scalia was being laid to rest. as thousands paid their final respects. >>> this is abc "world news tonight." >>> good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. i'm cecilia vega. tonight, candidates on both sides coming one step closer in this race for the white house. at this hour, the results of the democratic caucuses in nevada based on our analysis of the vote, abc news is projecting hillary clinton will win that contest with more than 80% of the vote already in, clinton holding about a four-point lead. enthuse i am for the caucuses so high, the lines wrapping around this high school in henderson. hillary clinton

the north carolina general assembly is expected to approve two items that will have a major impact on voters. the new congressional maps and a new congressional primary date. it is because of a federal court ruling earlier this month that says maps for the first and 12th congressional districts were unfair to black voters. on thursday, the state senate approved new maps. the house also approved a bill to delay congressional primaries in the state to june seventh. the hope is that will eliminate the need for a "run off election" because of the changes to the maps. both sides agree, it will be confusing to voters. 3 "(joel:) if democrats had between 3 march 15th and june 7th? (larry hall:) that's correct."- "people will be confused. we're already confused and won't know who exactly they are voting for." barring a stay by the u-s supreme court, this means voters will still go to the polls on march 15th to vote in the presidential primaries and the various state races. then on june 7th, they will vote in the congressional primaries. the house and senate hope to have the maps and the dates

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he was then flown to mission hospital in asheville. 3 3 3 a south carolina utility company says duke energy's planned upgrade at lake julian energy" says its facility in lexington county can generate more than 500-megawatts of power for the asheville-area. the "state utilities commission" agreed to let "columbia" intervene in consideration of duke's proposed natural gas conversion here. the commission is expected to rule by march first, whether to allow construction of the new lake julian plant. 3 3 north carolina does not need new regulations for zip lining. that is the word from the state labor department. officials were researching possible changes... after a 12-year-old camper died in a zip-line accident last summer near boone. the department found that most deaths are caused by human error... and that no amount of regulation can get rid of all of the risk during a zip-line ride. 3 3 3 today, "chipotle" will close all of its restaurants across the nation, in the wake of recent outbreaks of e-coli and norovirus. they will close for a company-wide food safety meeting for all employ

tennessee border counties, not in north carolina. look at the blues showing up here in soco gap. transylvania, the high country over the smokys and swain county. here are the black mountains right up in here. this is where mount mitchell resides. elsewhere it is rain. you can see here on our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. we're 55 feet in haywood county. coal springs ranch. well above freezing in most places. anything that falls above asheville, even if snow does stick in, it really doesn't have a chance to stick much. still some snow showers for the highest elevations along the tennessee border. the idea is everything should dropping to the 30s by 9. snow beginning to mix in here in asheville. >> darcel: downed trees and power lines left thousands in mcdowell county without power. >> tammy: news 13's karen wynne. >> karen: it has and for many people cleaning up the damage and getting through the day without power. around mid-morning, repair crews leaving this neighborhood cut off and powerless since 2:30 a.m. >> it's hard without power. >> karen: you all have bee

carolina "carolina kitchen," we are painting the town red. what better way to this that than with some red and red velvet bane nees. >>> ( ). >> awesome. tell us what we are going do? >> we will make them and fry them off, add sugar on top and i will make a rye swizz l with an old cow bell shaker. >> all right. whywhile you are doing that, i will have amanda tell us about paint the town red this. is a fund-raiser. how does it work? >> we have ticket sales for $40 a ticket you can visit all six venues an get a small bite and sip and what anthony is preparing is what the social lounge is serving, this is his bite. this is his bite and sip. >> awesome. >> and our celebrities will be out helping serve and maybe behind the bar a little bit. competing for tips. >> this all happens tat fuse, >> it is, and there is not a lot else going on in asheville on fat tuesday, so it's a great reason to come out and support the red cross from 5:30 to 7:30 at the venue and then we have the wrap-up celebration and the crowning of the winner at pack tavern 8 p.m..

. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 6:00. >> frank: we begin with breaking news. u.s. supreme court justice antonin scalia has died after apparent natural causes. president reagan and was the longest serving justice. follow us at wlos.com and on facebook for more details and updates. >>> the 9th republican debate is set to get under way tonight. news 13's darren botelho is live in greenville outside the peace center. darren, there's a protest ppening outside of this debate. >> darren: that's right, frank. as you can see behind me, protestors have lined up outside the peace center. we have marco rubio over here. ted cruz over there. donald trump on the other side of the street. all the candidates represented. the six candidates get on the stage and tell the voters out now we have a marco rubio supporter right here. sir, why did you come out today? >> i'm here with the republican club. we're just here to show greenville and the great state of south carolina that marco rubio has the support. we're just here to show everyone that marco can take this cou

bush campaigned for his brother, jeb, in south carolina."the presidency is a serious job that requires sound judgment and good ideas and there's no doubt in my mind that jeb bush has 3 the experience and the character to be a great president. (clapping)" the brothers spoke to voters at a rally in charleston. it comes after jeb bush's most forceful debate performance of the push-back to donald trump for attacking his brother's national security record. 3 3 3 today, both democratic and republican presidential campaigns will focus on the upstate. and our crews will be at each event. former president bill clinton will campaign for his wife hillary in greenville. he will be at the west end community development center. doors open at 12:15, and the event starts at 1 this afternoon. 3 governor john kasich will hold a meet and greet at the boiling springs fire district station four in greenville. doors open at 3 and the event gets underway at 3:30. 3 and doctor ben carson will hold a lunch and town hall with the cherokee county g-o-p in gaffney. it

cuts the carolina lead to 4, and that was the margin at halftime.allen with 23. -----------------johnson keeps it up in the second half, gets away from plumlee, and flushes it..29 points, 19 rebounds. -----------------unc up 7, but brandon ingram keeps duke close., with the 3, cuts the heels lead to 4. he scores 20 -------------------------duke outscores carolina 14-5 in the last 6:40, hold them scoreless the last 2:08blue devils stun the tar heels, 74-73.clemson hosting boston college tonight..tigers down 3 at the half. and down 43-42 when donte graham with the corner 3..he had 10.,clemson leads ---------now its avery holmes, drives spins, fades away and scores. he had 17-------------- jarron blossomgame with the three from the wing--a 16-5 run lifts clemson, blossomgame with 23. tigers hand bc its 13th straight loss.,65-54.sac action on my 40., two struggling teams needing wins., 6-18 anderson at 4-20 brevard. tied at 41, when steve williams drives and one.. -----------moments later..here he goes again..and another and one..he scores 25, brevard uses a 12-2 run

that is the word from north carolina attorney general roy cooper. cooper says "natixis funding corporation" and "societe general" defrauded local governments, hospitals and housing agencies. some of that money will go to wake and mecklenburg counties. 3 green man brewery in asheville will hold its grand opening of its new facility on saint patrick's day next month. the 20-thousand square food "green-mansion" is next to the brewery's current operations on buxton avenue in the south slope. inside is a to- floor indoor and outdoor tasting room. on the ground level, there will be a "brewtique", that will have a bottle shop, growler station, and merchandise store. 3 in more "brew news", the triangle business journal reports that asheville's "wicked weed brewing" is expanding its distribution to raleigh. the brewery is year, 'wicked weed' won a silver medal at the 2015 "great american beer festival" for its "per-nicious i-p-a." 3 3 3 there are challenges especially with radiation between the earth and mars the future of human space travel, and going to ma

carolina leads louisville and virginia. duke on wednesday. >>> prep basketball games affected by the weather again. the two biggest of this evening are still on. smoky mountain at fifth ranked north henderson after the girls' game. each team with one loss. in the mack, north buncombe at asheville. asheville beat them earlier. a cougar win wraps up the mack. mcdowell at enka, pisgah at brevard still scheduled to play. huge game in women's hoops in the big south saturday. liberty at unc asheville. first place all by themselves. it's the biggest game for the asheville women in years. that will be the subject of our game changer on thursday. for asheville, big news as well. and unc asheville men on national television thursday. bulldogs host ratford at 9. a game ahead of coastal. radford going 6 and 6 but they beat asheville in their first meeting this year. it's all good news. teams. >> jason: good news if you like snow and you like cold. we've got more of that in the forecast. most of us here would not say yes to that. 30s to

it's all along the coastal sections of north carolina, south carolina, too. say good-bye to it for the time being. this is what we'll be watching up to the northwest. cold air bottled up will start to make its way south from canada. we'll see our chances for snow going up eventually in to next week. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. we're in black mountain. 50 degrees. yeah, look at the fog really forming over here. a light wind. that means thick fog in the morning. plan accordingly. give yourself a few extra minutes on that morning commute to work or school. the french broad river at floods. 7.2 feet going up to about 8.5 feet. we're going to look at mild flooding. and it drops off tomorrow. watch out there in blantyre towards henderson and transylvania county. no chance of rain for the next several days here in asheville. only a slight chance of some snow. that's right. high elevations near the tennessee border friday may get light snow. it is foggy and we have the humidity very high. 97%. here's our front slowly on the move towards the coast t