west virginia needs help. i think it ought to be on the desk of the next president of the united states. mr. ames: thank you, senator kennedy. now, gentlemen, we have concluded the formal portion of the program. and we come to the portion which will be questions and answers. i will remind you again the questions have all been sent to "the charleston gazette" by its readers and that they have been screened by the editorial board of "the gazette" to avoid repetition and select the best of the hundreds that were received. now, the ground rules regarding the answers of questions are as follows -- questions will be asked of you alternately and you have two minutes in which to give your answer. at the end of the two minutes, the buzzer with which you have now become familiar will sound as it has before, and you will stop and i must ask your cooperation in observing that. the candidate to whom the question was not directed -- some have been directed to both -- but the candidate to whom the question was not directed w

for virginia voters. the poll shows clinton is statistically tied with republican hopefuls ted cruz and marco rubio. donald trump has the lowest favorable rating ... with just 22- percent. # the way virginia executes criminals is now under review in the general assembly. one bill would allow the state to use the electric chair if lethal injection cannot be carried out. the bill would put inmates to death using the electric chair if the state cannot access lethal injection drugs-- which has been an ongoing problem. right now inmates get the option to chose between the two methods. sen. scott surovell, d-36th district: "effectively what an electric chair does is cook a human being to death. i don't think that comports with due process, i think it's cruel and unusual punishment. i don't think that's a humane way to kill people." the discussion comes as an execution is scheduled to be today marks a big day across the region... it's the annual ten cares food drive. wsls ten's rachel lucas is bringing us live c

now on virginia today ... roanoke county police are investigating following an officer-involved shooting. how one witness is reacting to the incident. good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm rachel lucas. and i'm jonathan kegges. here's a live look at after another below average day warmth surges in for the second half of the weekend. sunshine goes on the increase on saturday and stays with us for the bulk of the weekend. a weak cold front crosses the area on monday, but temperatures stay mild. today: becoming mostly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 40s. tonight: mostly clear with lows in the low to mid 30s. sunday: mostly sunny and warm with temperatures in the mid 60s. we'll keep the warmth rolling into tuesday as mild air is reinforced from s storm system that will likely track into following a story out of roanoke county where an officer was involved in a shooting. according it happened just after seven last night near the walgreens on brambelton and electric ro

while virginia tech and virginia military institute students pay more. but the price you pay isn't just for classes... and professors. we found out it also includes a lot of extras. there are mandatory fees... to support athletics, health services, transportation and paying off new buildings. 11:57:18 ilyes adjerid , taking a break from virginia tech i decided to take the semester off and i am just kind of working, getting my credit back up, get some money and i hopefully get some loans. 11:39:27 beth armstrong, virginia tech director of university scholarships and financial aid there is a borrowing issue but we have to make sure we're looking at why students are borrowing. it's very easy for students to accidentally over borrow. schools point to the drop in dollars from the state... for the rising costs. coming up tonight at six... on wsls 10 in a special education matters report... we take a closer look at what your money is in what's news today... lynchburg city schools announces a partnership with amazing grace outreach church today. the new partners

here in virginia - started! in fact, plans interstate 73 have been stalled for the past two decades. we sent wfxr's kristen eskow in search of answers in this wfxr news special report -- 73 questions! 1:00-1:051:34-1:392:16-2:22 2:24-2:29 if you're driving one of the thousands of vehicles that cruise down interstate 581 and route 220 every day -you've probably seen the signs - but not much else when it comes to progress on i-73 in virginia. blaine lewis - co-owner, fleet feet sportslewis: "we've heard very little about it."blaine lewis says he moved his athletic wear shop - fleet feet sports - to route 220 in roanoke county three and a half years ago. running one of the many businesses along the road - lewis says he believes a new interstate - could benefit all businesses in the roanoke area. lewis: "it just gives another corridor that connects roanoke to other locations, which could be good, you know, for businesses in a lot of ways and good for the valley." goodlatte: "it would make this area more attractive f

a virginia police officer day of patrol. this morning her captain talks about the officer that made the ultimate sacrifice. we'll get to your headlines in just a moment, first we get a check on your weather and traffic on this leap day. jen lewis is keeping an eye out on any problems on the road. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is tracking some warmer temperatures in the super doppler weather center. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. highs will be in the upper 60s. winds sw 10-20mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low/mid 40s. winds west 5-10mph. tuesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds se warm day with highs in the upper 60s to near 70. it will be very nice. a cool front will move through late in the day. this may bring a sprinkle, but the front looks to pass through mostly dry. tomorrow will be just a little bit cooler with highs in the be much cooler towards could bring a brief rain into the afternoon. stay tuned for updates as roads. let's check two presidential candidat

the tables on virginia tech. and trey freeman is having a career season at old dominion and is being compared to some of the greats. the sportswrap back in early january, nationally ranked virginia was upset by virginia tech. tonight, riding a six game win streak, the cavaliers were not about to let it happen again. i'm bruce rader, virginia, number 7 in the week--actually one of the hottest teams in the nation, taking no prisoners in charlottsville tonight. good sight if you're a hokie---chris clarke out of cape henry in virginia beach---missed most of the season with a fractured foot, off the steal chris slams it home, 11 points for clark in his return for tech. how bout another former cape henry star, virginia's devon hall--off the ally-oop, these were his only points of the night, but it gave the cavs a nice lead. and the hoo's hold on for a 67 to 49 win staying in second place behind carolina in the acc. old dominion's trey freeman, is so good he's being compared to other great virginia players including his

virginia tech skycam... for more on the forecast in the day ahead... lets check in with storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins .. kristina? today: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 40s tonight: partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s thursday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s friday: sun & clouds with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the monday: scattered showers possible with highs in the low to middle 50s showers possible with highs in upper 40s tonight: partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s thursday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s friday: sun & clouds with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s time now for your timesaver traffic report. after more than 24-hours of dealing with snow and ice... virginia now are dealing with power outages. it could tak

coming up on good day virginia: and another confirmed case of a fast moving virus in virginia...we will tell you where it popped up... plus.. more trouble for a roanoke restaurant, just days after the shut their doors for good! and new details on a murder- virginia's eastern shore. you're watching good day to the northcarolina/south carolina border by midnight. this front returnsnorth as a warm front late tuesday night followed by a strongercold front wednesday.today...mostly cloudy. numerous showers...mainly this afternoon.highs around 60. west winds around 10 mph with gusts up to20 mph. chance of rain 60 percent. .tonight...cloudy. a chance of showers in the evening...then a chance of drizzle with a slight chance of rain after midnight.patchy fog after midnight. lows around 40. light and variablewinds. chance of rain 50 percent. .tuesday...cloudy. a chance of rain and drizzle in the afternoon.much cooler with highs in the mid 40s. light and variable winds.chance of rain 40 percent..tuesday night...cloudy with a chance of rain and drizzle. near steady temperature in the mid 40s. southe

virginia authorities virginia authorities are still looking for the man who took his child over the weekend, setting off a statewide amber alert. three-year-old haven moses was believed to be in extreme danger after she was abducted on sunday. by her father, james safe sunday afternoon in augusta county, where moses lives. anyone with information on his whereabouts should call police. jury selection continues today in pulaski county for ashley white's trial. she is the mother of noah thomas, the five year old boy who was found dead in a septic tank last march after a weeklong search. this is new video of her leaving the pulaski county courthouse, after more than six hours yesterday her lawyer, kelsey bulger, asked dozens of potential facebook usage, if they have liked, shared, or commented on anything related to the death of noah thomas, and if they know any of the witnesses. the judge and prosecutors also asked dozens of questions. so far 15 people have been selected for the jury pool out of 122 potential jurors. seven more will be chosen later this morning. nicolle lovell's memory lives o

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

that's just over the virginia state line. and the discovery of lovell's body shook the people who live in the quiet north carolina area of surrey county. as fox's amber roberts reports, people who live in the county, which has about 78-thousand people, say not only are they family and friends are devasted about the death of lovell.the small community is in shock.as far as i feel, devasted.at the restaurant and country store, the news spreads quick.we saw the officers going by.on saturday, officers found her body in this area.two people have been arrested in her death.david eisenhauer charged with abduction and murder.natalie keepers is accused of disposing the body.both are in the two people in custody this morning-david eisenhauer and natalie keepers- are engineering students at virginia tech.fellow students say they're upset and disgusted by the allegations against two of their classmates. molly simon "i felt safe before, but to think about a little thirteen-year-old girl being hurt by someone my age is mindboggling."chris

republican candidate ben carson will be in virginia beach. he's scheduled to speak at regent university. and democratic front runner hillary clinton will hold a rally tonight in norfolk. rico bush is at lake taylor high school ahead of the former secretary of state's rally. rico, good morning. good morning, katie and don. following a decisive victory in south carolina and with just a day left until super tuesday, hillary clinton is bringing her message to the commonwealth to tell voters why she's the best candidate for the presidency. at tonight's event, clinton is expected to speak to voters about her proposals that seperate herself apart from her democratic challenger senator bernie sanders. her campaign says she plans to touch on many issues like the ecomony, racial justice and healthcare. for the former secretary of state, she's hoping today's event at lake taylor high school in norfolk drives voter turnout in tomorrow and solidifies her strong support in the commonwealth. as we previously reported more than 1-hundred delegates are up for

virginia. i'm january keaton.kyle benjamin. we'll get those stories in just a moment, but first-- a developing story just in to our newsroom. danville police are investigating an early morning homicide.shortly after midnight, officers responded to a home on halifax street. they found a man with gunshot wounds. police say firefighters pronounced the man dead at teh scene.police sent the body to the medical examiner's office to pinpoint the cause of death. as jason just mentioned, the rain were expected to see later today is coming from the deep south and that extreme toll on the southeast. new this morning: at least three people were killed tuesday night across the deep south in mississippi. around 1-hundred trailers were damaged when a tornado slammed through a mobile home park. in the past 12 hours, there have been at least 15 reports of tornadoes in louisiana, mississippi and alabama. those states are all under state of emergencies right now. high pressure will remain wedged south along the e

we first told you about it yesterday on good day virginia. this is live look at that area from a virginia department of transportation traffic camera. before the right lane can be reopened, more repairs to the bridge joint will have to be completed. depending on the availability of materials, it could be several days before the repairs are completed and the right lane can be opened. new this morning: a man is dead after an accident in southeast roanoke. roanoke city police say the accident happened around 8-30 last night on garden city boulevard near craig robertson road and thomason road. right now, it's not clear how the accident happened. we'll bring you any updates to this story on-air and online at virginia first dot-com. two people are expected to be okay after being shot during an attempted robbery in danville on monday night. officers say someone shot dr. randolph neal near mount vernon avenue as he walked home from the danville regional medical center.the shooter then attacked a neighbor who heard the gunfire and came outside to help

here in virginia... an "economics and personal finance" class was phased in for ninth graders in 2011... becoming a graduation requirement. the class of 2015 was the first class had to meet the requirement. but how to manage your money is a lesson many u-s schools are failing to teach. sot: charlotte palmer, former student "when you learn from parents it feels like you are just told to put your money in a piggy bank. when you learn in a classroom it is seeing in a broader scope what's going to happen to me when i grow up." sot: patricia page, teacher "we were graduating a whole generation of students that were going to be financial decisions even before they left the high school walls. and they were ill-equipped to do so." according to the non-profit council for economic states require students take an economics course before graduation. that number drops to 17 for personal finance classes. # for have less than 1- thousand dollars to their name. a study conducted by forbes also americans have less than $

a 56-year-old from west virginia was killed. in a company truck. we just learned from norfolk southern - this wreck happened at a private crossing - that does not require gates or warning lights. 00:00 - 00:0500:28 - 00:33 "upon arrival the truck was on fire"this is all that's left - a burned and mangeled truck. police say - this truck was on spring hollow access road - at a crossing - when it was hit by a norfolk souther freight train. roanoke county police say 22-year-old johnny collins of abingdon virginia was seriously hurt. his co-worker - 56-year-old william lineberry of bluefield west virginia died. both worked for a-e-p. sgt. jeffrey johnson "members of the blue ridge transportation safety board regional crash team, including salem police norfolk southern police." officials at norfolk southern say - the train had 3 locomotives and 14 freight cars. this wreck happened in a 40 m-p-h track speed for the train - and again - this crash happened at live, bill wadell, wfxr news. a virginia student has now come down with the zika virus- this as the

virginia tech men's basketball team renews its rivalry with virginia tomorrow night in charlottesville, and after beating clemson saturday, coach buzz williams and the hokies ended a five game skid. the hokies, of course, already have one victory against uva, earlier this season in blacksburg. tech now, has earned 5 acc wins for the first time since 2011, and they still have 7 conference games to play. and buzz says the progress the team has made is a tribute to their character. buzz williams/virginia tech head coach: they're good people that were raised by very strong parents. they play for one another and you can see the relationship they have off the floor by watching them play on the floor. they play incredibly hard because they believe that what we are trying to do is built on the right things and they're not scared. the hokies beat of january in blacksburg. the cavaliers are certainly playing better over the last two weeks though, stringing together five straight wins. they've now climbed back to number 7 in the national polls, including one vote in the ap poll for the hoos to be

virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expected to tour the damage here in appomatox and waverly, virginia. we know that four people have died across the state from the storm, and several others are injured. thousands are without power, but dominion is working to repair a damaged metering point that serves appomatox county. even the shelter here at the appomatox only running on a generator. officials are also asking drivers to stay off the roads because of debris. the governor has declared a state of emergency, and soldiers with the virginia national guard have already been sent to a number of counties to help clean up debris. but again, here in appomatox county, there will be a press conference regarding wednesday's stom coming up at 7am. a total of 8 people were killed in the powerful storm system that affected the gulf coast before heading our way, and on to the northeast. the storm brought heavy rains and strong winds to other places like new york, making a mess of on roads in putting some vehicles underwater. caused thousands of power outages. those windy conditions are expected to st

into virginia-- and crashed. arnold is charged with attempting to elude police, reckless driving and driving without a license. in vinton- several homes and businesses are without power-- after a driver crashed into a tonight---south pollard street is still closed down--from virginia avenue to cleveland avenue. vinton police say a driver lost control-- and hit a utility pole.when the pole came crashing down--- one of the transformers hit the ground and cracked open. a haz-mat crew was called in to cleaned up the chemicals. some people may be without power until the pole is replaced. but officers say they're not sure when that will happen. the driver was not hurt. in danville- fire officials say an extension cord is to blame for a fire inside a storage building.the fire department responded to that fire on 135 ruben court just before 4-30 this morning.they said the building was engulfed in flames. crews were able to get it under control just before 5 a-m.the building was a total loss. no one was hurt. around the c

the epidemic now has virginia beach police taking action. newschannel 3s margaret kavanagh joins us - with the story you will only see on 3. its killing too many people. today we sat down exclusively with virginia beach police as they explain how all the officers a device that could prevent someone from dying from a heroin overdose. 13:20 if we can save one life than it s worth it. virginia beach police are hoping to save more lives by using these devices. inside them - theres medicine called naloxone. na-locks-zone - it can counteract the effect of a heroin overdose. right now the department has 50 - but say they plan on getting 150 over the next few weeks. 2:53 we wanted to be among the first to roll out the program. the number of people overdosing is alarming. in virginia beach alone - police say in 2015 they had 135 heroin overdoses - of those 35 people died. and so far in 2016-- 36 people have overdosed -- and 6 of them were fatal. and those are just the cases that police have responded to. —tons 494483"i never ever thought in one

police dispatchers say the latest one happened in virginia beach. we found crews on brigadoon drive around seven. that's off pleasure house road in the cheseapeake beach area. closer to the oceanfront -- virginia beach firefighters put out burning apartments on treetop drive. that's in the linkhorn bay area. they say one person was hurt, and they think it may have started by accident. it could be weeks before we know what caused a devastating weekend inferno in norfolk that left nearly 40 people homeless. chopper 10 flew over the smoking remains -- in the willoughby area of ocean view, saturday. today -- chief jeffery wise told us the fire destroyed eight buildings and damaged six. everyone made it out safely -- thanks in part to neighbors who went door to door -- and to the firefighters who braved bitter cold and high winds. marianne mcgovern/ocean view resident (1) 48:17 please believe me, to anybody, to any of the firefighters, we are so proud of you, and i thank every single one from every engine company that responded to stand out here in the f

for good day virginia, i'm kristen eskow, wfxr news. and the candidates for mayor weren't the only ones talking about important issues in roanoke. nine city council candidates came together at the same event to discuss several issues, including regional partnerships. for all the latest election news across virginia first dot-com. in the new river valley this morning.researchers at virginia tech are starting to work on the zika virus.they'll use mosquitoes to try to answer the questions like how the virus overcomes a mosquitos' immune system in order to even be transmitted to humans. while researchers are working at virginia tech, a senate committee met in washington on thursday to discuss the zika virus. senators discussed president obama's 1-point- 8-billion dollar funding request and and a fast track to finding a cure.republicans say the c-d-c and national institue of health don't need additional funding, since there is a surplus from the fight against ebola. the investigation into a roanoke county house fire continues this morning. t

marco rubio will be in virginia beach. hillary clinton and ben carson will be making stops in hampton roads on monday democrats a super tuesday is going to be a close race between clinton and sanders sanders a supporter dana fleming minutes or until the close race and we plan on making it as loose as republicans are echoing the excitement of democrats hoping to hear directly from rubio and carson before march first i always cry if i can get to knew her thirteen news now and other news the news police are investigating three shootings in one day in fact two of them happened on the same story different parts of jefferson avenue the other one happened on twenty fifth st. now police say the latest shooting happened just before eleven o'clock last night on jefferson avenue near dresden drive officers found an eighteen year old carrollton man with an apparent gunshot wound to his left calf medics took him to the local hospital with non life threatening injuries. he's expected to be okay about eleven hours before that shooting of

examing a monsterhow a massive weather system thank you for choosing good day virginia. it's and i'm kyle benjamin. we now know the name of a missing man who was found dead after wednesday's tornado in evergreen. the appomattox county sheriff's department says 78-year-old edward harris was killed. police say his home was destroyed by the tornado. seven others in including harris' wife. people all across appomattox county say they're lucky to be alive following wednesday's deadly tornado.virginia state police say the tornado destroyed 20 homes in appomattox county and damaged at least 100 other buildings. the nws estimates the tornado cut a 400 yard wide 13 mile long path of destruction along route 460those who lived through the tornado tell wfxr news its something they will never forget. scary- scary for me i was really scared and the dogs got scared i had him in my arms and he was shivering, and im shivering and it started pouring, pouring down raining on me i had glass and dirt and roofing stuff and insulation all in my hair and all over me never want to go through it

virginia". but first, jason? >> jason: the temperatures with the single digits and higher elevations and teens and low 20s and higher side of zero on saturday night. >> kyle: no one looking forward to this at all, but we're looking forward to seeing you captioning provided by: depere, wi >> maury: why does this woman's husband -- >> i'm married to him. >> maury: -- have a huge issue regarding his son? >> do i look like a white man to you?

tech and the university of virginia. uva hosting the hokies. virginia has an 18-game win-streak in the series against tech. in the first quarter, mikayla venson with the quick pass to lauren moses for the easy lay-up. hoos down one. then on the other end, the hokies adding to sidney cook who his the long 2. tech by 3. cook with a game-high 23 points and 14 rebounds. still in the first quarter, sydney umeri finds mason out wide. she led the hoos with 14 points, 7 rebounds, but uva still fighting from behind early. second quarter action. cook out to young for 3 of her 16. hokies with a 6-point lead. this one is tight until the 4th quarter, where the hokies out-score uva 21 to 8. they go-on to win it 66 to 46. also sunday afternoon, the radford ladies taking on liberty, in a battle of two of the top big south teams. the highlanders hanging tough early. janayla white battling down low. gets her own put-back, plus the foul. the flames though, coming back the other way. mickayla sanders with the quick release from the wing, bu

secretary lane believes the referendum written commitment from virginia beach. the state cannot fund the projects right now the city has acted in last year's budget the money was put in there to bring light rail to trails and lanes coming up with a resolution tomorrow he will ask the transportation board for guidance in making a decision now says and says that if the state comes back tomorrow with a memorandum of understanding that he looks forward to reviewing it with the city manager and city council members to see if the terms of agreement or acceptable for now reporting live in virginia beach on jimmy thirteen years now well light rail has its critics of course the group say no to light rail needs twenty seven thousand signatures to get the light rail issue on the november ballot the group's organizer tells thirty news now he has seventeen thousand signatures and he believes he will get the rest is actually aiming for thirty four thousand signatures just to be say websites like you caring and the way to go when seeking donations and a special investigation t

that means public safety agencies such as the virginia national guard, virginia state police, the virginia department of emergency management and the virginia department of transportation can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. about an hour ago we found out the virginia national guard have sent more than 50 soldiers to help with debris clean up. they're being sent to essex, richmond, westmoreland, sussex and patrick counties but more counties will be added if need be. governor mcaullife will also be here in appomatox county and waverly, virginia today - the two hardest hit areas from the storm. in appomatox, trees are down, homes are damaged, and thousands are without power. about 2800 dominion customers in the county have no electricity. and nearly 50 percent of meters for central virginia elective cooperative have been damaged. it might be early morning to mid-day tomorrow before power is restored to the cvec point. right now there are two shelters open for those affected by the storm. we're at the appomatox community center and there is another one at the pa

virginia. voters were asked who they liked head to head and what they thought of each candidate. the results may come as a surprise to some, and validation for others. presidential campaigns are stepping into overdrive as primaries begin. here in virginia we vote in less than a month, and new roanoke college data suggests virginians are liking bernie sanders. "we really are right now sort of feeling the bern, bernie sanders seems to be the only candidate right now above water in terms of favorable and he has and he has a lead over each of the candidates." in a head to head matchup, sanders leads donald trump fifty- five percent to thirty three percent, ted cruz forty-nine percent to thirty- seven percent, and marco rubio forty- eight percent to thirty-eight percent. hillary clinton is leading only trump fifty-two percent to thirty- five percent, and statistically tied with cruz and rubio. "the fact that he's doing better right now in a matchup against those major republicans than hillary clinto

reporting live in virginia beach by getting thirteen years now. well tonight democratic presidential candidate rally in norfolk he said lake taylor high school. doors open in an hour and here's a live picture outside the school you can see people lining up look for a live report on the rally coming up on thirty news now at six on super tuesday republicans in eleven states will vote to five hundred and ninety five republican delegates are at stake in virginia there are forty nine gop delegates up for grabs on the democrat side eight hundred and sixty five delegates are up for grabs in eleven states ninety five are virginia delegates and polls close at seven tomorrow even counted thirteen is now to bring you the results on air and online why live team coverage with political analysis to check results as they come and go to thirteen years now but com slash elections. breaking news just in from norfolk that's where police tell us a vehicle hit two kids this happened at about four o'clock along chesapeake police say emergency crews took those kids to t

another nice day in southwest virginia. this is a live look at the star city from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s time now for your timesaver traffic report. new this morning... a danville man will wake up in jail in connection with a deadly shooting in north carolina. 26-year-old demetrius lamar farmer faces first degree murder and kidnapping charges. he is being held at the danville city jail and is the third his arrest is

a virginia community is mourning... after a police officer was killed on her first day on the job. 28 year old ashley guin-don along with two other officers were shot while in prince william county. police say 32 year old ronald hamilton opened fire on the officers after allegedly killing his wife. guindon was killed just one day after being sworn in to the police department. her co-workers say she was passionate about her job. chief steve hudson / prince william co. police dept. - "she felt like she still wanted to do this job. she couldn't get it out of her blood. it was something she thought she could pour herself into". the other two officers are expected to recover-- one is in critical condition. hamilton was a member of the army who worked in the pentagon. he's charged with capital and first degree murder as well as malicious wounding. hamilton will be arraigned monday. roanoke county police will release more details about friday's officer involved shooting. according to a county spokesperson ... a news conference

well, not for a family here in virginia who's going all out!as nakkell william shows us...neighbors don't mind and seem to "love" it... literally! with a name like stephanie loving...how could spreading love especially for valentine's day not be her mission?: "the second day after christmas l start decorating for valentine's. it's the day i look forward to the most."loving's glen allen yard is filled four-foot hearts...flashing...with sweet valentine's wishes and it all started when she was a little kid.: "when i was a little kid, you know when we used to decorate them and stick them under the chalkboard. everybody would put their valentine's inside of there. i just always loved and was so excited to get that brown paper bag to see what was inside it."people can't resist stopping by for a little smooch in the kissing booth... : "a lot people will leave coins in the kissing booth. there is like a little shelf. there were four coins there. one was a quarter and one was a nickel. then one day i came home and one of my nickels was missing. i said s

severe weather all across virginia, maryland, d.c. and morning city at this hourch the most dramatic images coming ot of the virginia where i believe we had 18 we showed you this picture during our coverage earlier. jason smith during ever green virginia east of lynchburg area what a large tornado this is. you're talking at least probably ef 2 to ef 3 from looks of this picture and there was significant damage in the ever green area. closer to home southern virginia large, large hail stopz. we hit everything with the severe weather. not just tornadoes but hail, flash floodinging, straight line wind. remarkable. following that we saw so many of these pictures a nice scene after the storm passed in virginia suburbs. out of ashburn. thank you bill from the rainbow. many wide arching rainbow shots and double rainbows at that. nice to see once the storm passed. recapping tornadoes these are all reports confirmed that have come in through the storm prediction center and waverly, virginia with three fatalities and this one 2:30 people which

here in virginia, liberty university allows concealed carry on campus. apple's c-e-o says the company opposes a judge's order to help the f-b-i break into one of the san bernrdino shooter's phones. as scott mclean reports, this case to the supreme court. for investigators in the san bernardino terror attack, getting into the minds of the shooters, means getting into their phone... more than two months later... they're still locked out by a simple passcode.: "it is a big problem for law enforcement armed with a search warrant. you know in san bernardino, a very important investigation to us, we still have one of those killer's phones that we have not been able to open."a judge has ordered apple to help the fbi hack into that phone... an order the company is opposing.in a public letter, ceo tim cook says the order would create a "backdoor to the iphone" -- something "too dangerous to create" -- a position he's made public before.: "if you put a back door in, that back door is for everyone, good guys and bad guys."but apple is up against the fbi and the jus

wsls 10 will highlight couples in southwest virginia. send in a photo of you and your sweetheart..with your name and your story.. to news at wsls dot com or post it online. we may feature it right here on virginia today.### nicholas sparks is known for his love stories... and one of his most why he says it took him almost ten years to bring the story to life on the big screen. # plus one alabama couple had a pretty good excuse for getting out of a speeding ticket. their incredible story when we again! again! again! again! again? again! again! general mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. so you can love cereal... now to what's trending now... a look at the biggest social networking, online and technology talkers. the author of the notebook has admitted that nobody wanted to play one of the main characters in the film. in an interview with i-m-d-b nicholas sparks explained that many people thought the character arc of "noah" was boring. he says ryan gosling got the role because he had no competition. the 2004 t

as we said nearly every candidate is making stops in virginia. virginia last week. bernie sanders and donald trump were in hampton roads earlier this week. senator marco rubio s campaign has announced the presidential hopeful will hold a rally in virginia beach on sunday. although the event is free -- each guest is required to r-s- v-p online. -- ben carson is scheduled to appear at regent university on monday. and democrat hillary clinton s campaign office says she will be visiting northern virginia and hampton roads on monday. families are mourning the loss of their loved ones after a deadly tornado ripped through waverly earlier this week. newschannel 3 s margaret kavanagh has been speaking to victims and she has more from waverly. skipper lucas/lost friends 09:32 i thought i was gonna die really did it scared me. track skipper lucas lost his car to the tornados -- but the real devastation came when he walked over to his friend 50 year old larry turners house 08:27 i said where in the world are my friends where in the world is the house i couldn )t believe it. tr

an unsettling forecast across southwest virginia. this is a live look at blacksburg from our virginia tech skycam. storm team ten meteorologist tuesday: rain showers with highs in the middle 40s wednesday: rain showers with highs in the lower 50s thursday: breezy with highs in the middle 40s.few morning showers west of the blue ridge parkway friday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s sunday: sun & clouds with highs in the upper 40s the virginia supreme court will not hear the appeal of a lovingston man... convicted in connection to the death of alexis murphy. randy taylor's request was denied by the high court. in 2013... a jury found taylor guilty of the murder of nelson county teen alexis murphy. he was sentenced to two life sentences. taylor maintains his innocence a family member of alexis murphy says they're happy with the decision... but it doesn't bring them closure. they still want to know where to find her body. # the man charged with first degree murder in the death

here in virginia, liberty university allows concealed carry on campus. apple's c-e-o says the company opposes a judge's order to help the f-b-i break into one of the san bernrdino shooter's phones. as scott mclean reports, this case could ultimately make its way to the supreme court. for investigators in the san bernardino terror attack, their phone... more than two this was the scene out front of an apple store in san francisco. people marched in opposition to that government court order we just talked about. another string of demonstrations will kick off on february 23 across the u-s as well. one republican presidential candidate is getting a big endorsement ahead of the south carolina primary. south carolina govenrnor nikki haley says she is endorsing senator marco rubio.the support from the popular second-term govenor could potentially help rubio in the palmetto state, where he trails donald trump and ted cruz in the polls. hillary clinton's campaign is launching tv ads in the commonwealth ahead of the march1st primary. the first add is running in th

a wind chill of southwest virginia and virginia from 11 p.m. friday areas could be in store for wind chills in the -10s and - 20s. a wind chill warning is in effect for western greenbrier county in virginia and western highland county in virginia during the same time frame. wind chill values as low as -30 are possible in the warning areas! when wind chills drop below -18, it only takes 30 minutes for frostbite to develop. high pressure will slide overhead saturday n as a result, winds will die down, but that will just allow digits. the first step - in selecting a new mayor for the star city - will happen tomorrow. the firehouse primary will be held in the berglund center tomorrow - from noon to 7. voters will select the democratic nomination for roanoke's next mayor - as well as three sears on city council. sherman lea and david trinkle - are both in the running. so far - no republicans are running for mayor. the two remaining democrats throw down in a contentious debate ahead of nevada... while republicans engage in attacks that have gone even

michael rubio will come to virginia beach sunday hillary clinton is coming to the area monday that same day ben carson will again speak at regent university questions about gender neutral bathrooms and facilities are becoming more common around the nation now old dominion university is tackling the issue with some big changes on campus alternative medicine is pets are getting an orthodox medical treatments in if you want to get outside and enjoy yorktown officials need your help in tracking down some soft lifters from a wal mart earlier this month two men pictured here are where it went into walmart on george washington memorial highway there's a picture that's near deputies tell us the suspects left the store without paying for cell phones and a black hoody. if you recognize them and contact the crime line at the flu is finally getting widespread levels in virginia partners at the virginian pilot the surge coincides with the blast of winter weather the flu tends to do well in dry cold conditions but doctor say can spread faster when more people are too late to get your flu shot this ye

we move on to virginia... also a team with a new head coach who had limited time to make an impact on the recruiting trail... but bronco mendenhall was able to snag a couple of guys who could make a difference next season... let's dig a little deeper into that 2016 cavalier recruiting class... despite some defections virginia checks in at 60th by rivals dot com... they had 24 total players join them this year, with 12 of those guys being rated as 3-star players... one guy they relaly like is sonny abramson, a pro-style qb from new jersey who held offers from schools like iowa and duke... no major top end talent listed, but jermaine ferrell is in charlottesville and says that the cavs are pleased with the overall group coming in... :00-:06:20-:26jfvirginia head football coach bronco mendenhall is excited about the recruiting class coming in. 19 players signing national letters of intent plus the 4 already on campus. so the class is 23 players strong. coach mendenhall is already focusing on 2017 and building the

virginia court records show sgt. margie hobbs' blood alcohol concentration was more than twice the legal limit. and that she had a child in the vehicle with her. c50 1:03 - the crook isn't going to place a hobbs when she served as a public information officer. a police spokesman says she now works in the investigative division and has been with the department for 17 years. master police officer jimmy cason released few details on hobbs' arrest - other than it happened on sunday in the early evening. however, police sources tell us some sort of accident happened near the oceana nas dam neck annex. and that hobbs did have a norfolk's swat team and homicide squad. sources tell ten on your side they're shocked by the charge. they say, when hobbs decided to become a sergeant she was at the top of the department's list. adding, they wouldn't expect this from her. hobbs is currently being held in the virginia beach city jail. she will have a bond hearing early tomorrow morning. i'm liz palka, 10 on your virginia beach polic

republican candidate ben carson will be in virginia beach. he's scheduled to speak at regent university. and democratic front runner hillary clinton will hold a rally tonight in norfolk. rico bush is at lake taylor high school ahead of the former secretary of state's rally. rico, good good morning, katie and don. following a decisive victory in south carolina and with just a day left until super tuesday, hillary clinton is bringing her message to the commonwealth to tell voters why she's the best candidate for the presidency. at tonight's event, clinton is expected to speak to voters about her proposals that seperate herself apart from her democratic challenger senator bernie sanders. her campaign says she plans to touch on many issues like the ecomony, racial justice and healthcare. for the former secretary of state, she's hoping today's event at lake taylor high school in norfolk drives voter turnout in the democratic primaries tomorrow and solidifies her strong support in the commonwealth. as we previously reported more than 1-hundred dele

-- fairfax, virginia. that is that 4:15 p.m. eastern on c-span3. at 6:00, presidential candidate donald trump at a rally in georgia. we had that on c-span3. >> it is a whole different campaign now. we had basically moved beyond the early primary and caucus states, and now we are on super tuesday. 12 states, voters in each of these 12 states will have a defining impact on who the democrat and republican nominee. -- nominees are. we have moved from that retail campaigning, that we saw in iowa and new hampshire, and now we are in 12 states where the candidates are literally going from airport to airport, trying to appeal to as many voters as possible, and make last-minute pitches. advertisement is key, organization is key, but it has moved to a different level where the candidates hope the voters know what they are. in those cases, the name ideas out there. with the candidates have to do is convince voters that is the person they should vote for. since this network began in the late 1970's, one of the hallmar

and virginia. in virginia, they do carry some high capacities. >> in virginia no restriction. >> armstrong: shocks me, this gun, i could not believe that this gun is legal. >> this is considered a handgun. >> >> armstrong: this is considered a handgun. we are on tv. how is it this gun is legal? >> barrel size, 16 inches and able to handle capacity of 30 rounds, less than 10 rounds makes it legal. >> armstrong: some would think it is a semiautomatic, it is not. >> it is not. might have that look, nostalgia. >> armstrong: this gun is so sexy. it is so -- it makes me oh when i feel it. it is so appepeing. why? >> i couldn't say. comfortable. >> i look at it as a defense mechanism. if this place went crazy it would be one of my first weapons. >> armstrong: it is very interesting in the times we live in, more and more people are rethinking their positions and feelings about guns, why? >> people looking to protect themselves, protect their families, with the mass shootings, it is becoming the way of the

experience at virginia tech. getting into the beer brewing business.but it's not clear if the beer will be available for public consumption.w-f-x-r's charlie cooper found out the it's food science department to give students hands on experience in an industry that's booming in the commonwealth. from germany this brewing system is the newest addition science and technology faculty, food science and technologyit mimicks the macro out there. it more closely mimmicks the processes, the materials that are used in the brewing industry today.brian in the department. he says the equipment will be used to brewing techniques.brian wiersema- faculty, food take an intro to brewing advanced malting and brewing class as well. where they actually have to come up with their own recipes, formulations.sean o'keefe, a says student interest in fermentation is growing those who practice home brewing.sean o'keefe- professor, food science and technologyit translates because most students that are into home brewing have a base understan

arguments continue tomorrow in the lawsuit filed by the democratic party of virginia over virginia's voter i-d law. democrats say the law requiring voters to show photo i-ds at the polls is unconstitutional and illegally suppresses law common sense protection against election fraud. the trial is expected to last at least a week. right now, a traffic alert in pulaski county. the right northbound lane on interstate 81 at mile marker 89 is closed right now. crews are doing an emergency repair to a pothole on the bridge over route 100. the right lane will be closed until about 6 a.m. tomorrow. botetourt county leaders lay out their timeline to get two historic slave houses moved to a new location. and- christian tease: a sight to degeneration and now has it back, thanks to a new about it coming up." the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon... then quickly fell back to earth landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. luckily geico recently helped the residents with homeowners insurance. they were able to get the roof repaired like new. they later sold the cow because they had al