and this opens in -- is a continuation of that history taking the history of the state's to our three virginia and north to south carolina in georgia. in into the image their shaven and and as they read the first. >> you come to the province of south carolina he has said his shot for them to weigh him. but then this earth carolina hit him -- unhappy province listen to the complaints of the few who that shows the body of politics see just lie at but that is a stark contrast. the man he is here to is a comedy by a colony as he may designate of the southeastern who but in 70 is in the head and he and the half and minister who is the namesake. with this was a letter written but to up in the middle of the state to phenomena and not priggish governor half legman's if or in but also to be accustomed but his letter explains the situation in an undated -- we should be made the real to the case cumbrous and mean enough but he went on to become with most respected is cells per does the head live ascetic but because the selfie carolina race is neck and head. but just to end of with is a huge and there you

this case just being one example disturbing details in the case right here in virginia beach boat wheel or a girl from new york promising her a better lifestyle telling her she could make money by giving massages when she got to hampton roads he made her have sex for money advertising her services on back page. we pled guilty in federal court thursday morning and unfortunately this case is not the only one human trafficking is akin to modern day slavery over the summer police arrested several people for trafficking a young girl in virginia beach and recently several massage parlors have also been investigated for prostitution. now lawmakers are stepping up to help too right now the general bills regarding human trafficking. we're not speaking for them and who our god to themselves. one would require teachers and law enforcement to go through training to detect it the other would give victims more time to take their traffickers to court in a civil suit as local and federal authorities try to tackle the problem they're asking for the community's help. the pc an individual's movements bein

sears announced it's closing a k-mart in virginia beach this spring. the retailer says slow holiday sales forced them to speed up the closings. our n-b-c affiliate in roanoke says: it spoke to a company representative. that person says a k-mart in virginia beach will be shutting down in april. according to the store locators on its website-- there are two remaining in virginia a legal battle between a local shipyard and some of its workers could come to an end today. ahead 10 on your side's rico bush shows us what's at stake. plus a big economic update. find out what local lawmakers decided about bringing a major company to the area. but first a local father blames "the boss" for his daughter being late to school. wait until you see the note he your heart loves omega-3s. but there's a difference between the omega-3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body... ...which makes your heart, well, mega-happy. happier still, megared is proven to increase omega-3 levels in 30 days. megared. its the ta

. >>> a man subjectof a silver alert was found dead in virginia. he went missing at duke rally hospital. he was found dead in halifax county near his vehicle. authorities found no indication of file play. >>> a man is being held on bonds tonight, charged with sexual assault involving an 11-year-old girl. police say he knew the victim. >>> after a string of jewelry men conspired to rob six stores in five states and they got jewelry. >>> this is the first day of a three-week suspension. he says he is not there as part of two of the bars. police say enrollment and education on alcohol schools has spiked since the accident. underage drinking seminar attendance is up 40% and they are also paying more attention to underaged drinking prevention . >> authorities have made it clear and maybe paid more attention to make sure every bar is following the law and is responsible and making sure in. >> the other bar that served that night also had a license suspended in december and they both paid a $5000 fine. >>> this is a great time, a prompt for people with sp

virginia power takes responsibility for the oil spill that caused a sheen on the potomac visit this week. all samples came from a 13,000 gallon spill in crystal city. the sheen stretc it was first spotted last week. >> the number of victims police say were abused by a former teacher's aid it's now at 14 children. a judge elementary school and four other locations including a church. sexual offense charge when he was a teenager. the school district says juvenile records are sealed and nothing came up when they read caraway's background check. a lawyer filed a lawsuit for five of them yesterday as he said there will be more victims. >> they are required to have better restrictions when screening people for work. >> you r statement from the suspect on our web site. >> one of two students found shot dead in an arizona hospital this morning has been identified by her family. may qu was by her sister. police believe may and the girl and one shot the other for shooting herself. a vigil will be held for the two girls at the high school tomorrow. >> here at the live desk, u.s. health officials sa

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he told police he was cleaning his gun in virginia when it accidentally went off. his injuries are not life- threatening and has a court date in march. >>> college hoops, gw and st. joe's just started in foggy bottom. early on, st. joe's leading, a nice ditch to miles to give the hawks a 15-8 lead and next possession, cavanaugh with the hoop and we'll have highlights and reaction tonight. gw could use a signature win make the tournament. >>> all right. so he shoots himself and is charge wednesday a crime? >> that's right. >> hope he's getting >>> tonight, the new trump movie? johnny depp doing a dead-on donald impression. >> this is the second best selling book of all time. >> best selling book of all time. >> we go behind the truth as trump unleashes his secret weapon. pregnant daughter, ivanka trump. >> you are good friends with ivanka. >> we talk about everything. >> "zoolander 2" takes over new york fashion week. >> entertainment to wow. >> "e.t." is front row for jen and justin's date night on the runway. >> this is how we always go to the movies. >> also toni

surely after virginia beach officers arrived and took her into custody. prosecutors say hobbs was driving with a blood alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit all while her two in five year old children sat in the backseat. there is no good excuse for having children in the car while you're impaired loans no good excuse for driving impaired michael got off is a norfolk attorney and president of the southside chapter of mothers against drunk driving he isn't familiar with the specifics of the hobbs dui case but says her arrest should serve as a reminder no drunk driver is immune from

i think the clinton campaign probably feels relatively safe about virginia. i think if they started to feel like they were there when they were at risk of losing virginia to bernie sanders would see her hear a lot but i imagine you can see her in the states where she might be worried that the race is a little bit closer. of course hillary you count the airwaves she in the rotation right now here on abc thirty and tomorrow bernie sanders rally at scope is free and open the public now as for at regent later in the week due to high demand tickets already sold out for them reporting live like that in thirteen years now races for state workers and more money for virginia schools those are some of the things lawmakers are pushing for in their budgets the state senate and house both released their proposals yesterday. those plans call for more funds for schools than the governor's plan and house plan calls for a bigger pay raise for state employees now republican led general assembly and the democratic governor will work to combine the proposals into a two year budg

. >> he asks, why does senator , why did they blame kneels of west virginia on the eisenhower administration when we have a democratic congress which has done nothing yet toward helping us? i've been getting all the hot ones first, i will take this one. i was just going to say, i will let senator humphrey answer,, i remember taking the lead in a bill to steer a defense contract into defense -- distressed areas. the administration committed themselves to maintain this by executive order and it was never done. i was a manager in the first redevelopment bill to assist areas like west virginia which had high unemployment. the president vetoed the bill. givehat senator humphrey some examples. senator humphrey: one example is a cold bill. coal research bill. it had a moderate appropriation which would have been a help to the industry. the president vetoed it. we have 19 such research programs in foreign countries which the taxpayers of america pay for, but not one dime in west virginia. furthermore, the administration eas taken a dim view of thi foodstamp plan. would it have been a big help you. i

virginia's london drove 5-threes adding 19 points. virginia wins 73. 53 to improve the 21 and 5 calves don't play again until next monday night at miami. >> now we have a week to prepare. we look sluggish. you just don't know how the young guys are going to respond. we talked about not doing it. but talk is one thing, and doing it is another. >>> they're playing one of the hottest team in the big south. after starting 0-3, they've won nine of the last 11. including the last seven inform a row. the saturday victory of long wood. they scored a team of 20. including six threes. all of a sudden, the team has given up on is just one game out of first place in the big south. >> i think we know who we are. our identity is trying to be good on the defensive end and be hard to play again. we're fairly unselfish on the that was indicative of 18 assist. and last but not least, i want our guys to have fun. >> so i mean, (indiscernible) working towards it. but we're far from our best be. and there's a lot of room to grow for all of us. >>> at 20-y

we think we are going to do well in virginia. on "face the nation" john k-6 says-- he expects to do well in virginia. he will hold a town hall led toward mason university in fairfax and then it's to virginia commonwealth university for another town hall monday night. on the democratic side,'s -- on the democratic side, ernie sanders will hold a rally on arena. at the norfolk it is free and open to the public. the freeway. uponrly: it is a virginia turn for the campaign trail. -- devon: the only chance of seeing something is the onset we will get to. this is national harbor where it is foggy and dreary tonight. a little fog toward the capital we'll. what check on our real-time temperatures. -- that'scoming in the average high for this time of year. doppler radar shows we have another batch of showers coming in close to the mix and -- close to the mason-dixon line. , st.ntown to charleston mary's county, the last of the rain pushing out to the eastern shore. an area of low pressure has moved overhead and a warm front -- a warm fron

nicole's body was found 100 miles from her home in virginia over the weekend. authorities believe david eisenhower knew lovele and used their relationship to lure her natalie keepers is accused of disposing of the body. so far, the motive is not clear. >> police in alabama are looking for a missouri couple suspected in a crime spree across three cities. the pair committed or tried to commit three armed robberies within two hours yesterday morning. police say the suspects abducted a woman from her home and also kidnapped the hotel clerk. both of the victims were released unharmed, investigators say the couple is armed and dangerous. >> the highway patrol reported a 25 car pile up at the california state line around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. several big rigs jackknifed. i-85 eastbound and westbound were closed for nearly two hours. after turning traffic around to clear the roads, troopers were able to reopen both lanes. >> severe winter weather snarled traffic on the roads in california. traffic was at a stand still on highway 58 as reports came in of car flipped

jim gilmore more served as governor of virginia from nineteen ninety eight to two thousand to be made a brief head for the twenty o eight republican presidential nomination as well. the remaining candidates are wooing voters in south carolina was economic brings us the latest in the race for the white house in south carolina ahead of tomorrow's republican debate the candidates take aim at frontrunner donald trump. we have a entertainer a guy who's a reality tv star who has been successful in his own life but he also pushes people now to make himself look better the latest poll showed thompson leading by a wide margin in the palmetto state where he is confident enough to change tactics pooling all attack ads from the air going positive. the strategy john k six as propelled him to the number two spot in new hampshire the light she outshine the darkness of negative campaigning and i think it's awfully cool both the democratic candidates hope for a boost i'm not asking people to support me because i'm a woman i'm asking people to support me because i think i'm the most qualified experienc

virginia's house of delegates approved a bill that would prevent the state from punishing individuals and businesses that refuse services to same sex couples transgender people or someone who has sex outside of marriage opponents say the measure would open the door to discrimination but the bill's sponsor argues the state must protect people who are constantly under attack by the shifting cultural when it's the ag department wants to make it easier for those who use food stamps to eat healthier today government officials retailers to accept food stamps to stock a wider variety of foods the rules would require stores to stock at least one hundred and sixty eight items that the department considers healthy a person using food stamps could still buy junk food but they would have more options to buy fruits and vegetables dairy meat and bread was a little sore after running a marathon in taxes but her legs aren't what hurt she says she suffered a concussion and neck injury after a car hit her while she ran the austin marathon on sunday police say a car drove right through barricades landed

and virginia taking on the hurricanes. college tournament virginia up to a tie for third in the country in this week's a.p. poll. they played in miami. they're second in the league behind north carolina. virginia got within two. wilkins, rebound, bucket, and the foul. and there's a foul call on miami. and the coach can't believe it. he wanted traveling. and reid had a big game for miami with 29 points. and miami holds on 64-61. virginia's troubles on the road continue. games. the o.d.a.c. women's tournament began tonight. randolph took bridgewater to number 12 holland lost at eastern mennonite 71-57. and high school regional action at e.c. glass. the hilltoppers faced the wood grove wolverines. the baseball passed and bucket ran the lead. and boden drilled a three. 24-22 wood grove at the break. and after trouble kept him on the bench for most of the first half, knox took glass. and knox buries three in the corner to give glass its first lead. and jones led everybody with 24. gilbert had another big game for the toppers, r

mainly up near the virginia sinking southward to bring us a chance of showers in the south hair on today. you also might run into patchy fog this morning. everything looks okay. i ran into a patch coming in. town by town 52 in roxboro and 57 in goldsboro. temperatures hold steady today. yesterday was a high of 71 but low to mid 50s across the board today with a few showers on and off. renee. >> looks it good elizabeth thanks. jurors are expected to begin deliberating trayvon smith's sentence. >> the same jury convicted him of killing melissa hugins jones in her apartment. mikaya is here to bring us up to speed today. >> closing arguments are scheduled for this morning and the jury has to decide between melissa joins was found beat and stabbed to death by her eight-year-old daughter. the same jury found trayvon smith guilty of her first decree murder. on friday the state and defense rested. today the jury is expected to get to the sentencing case. a death sentence requires a unanimous decision by all 12 jurors. when the jury comes back with a decision we will be streaming it live on wral.

police in los angeles and virginia based and say how williams ended up all the way in california. he is awaiting extradition back to virginia newport news man tried to do the right thing ended up having his car stolen at gunpoint it happened sunday night on quarter to trail off warwick boulevard the twenty four year old victim says he saw a man messing with his neighbor's car so he went up and confronted them and that's when the man pulled the victim's car to ireland deputies were shot and killed today the suspect was a sixty seven year old man and he was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police that happen in a crowded panera restaurant at lunchtime today in abington about twenty miles from baltimore police the deputies after they responded to a call at the restaurant workers at the panera say the man was homeless and they had tried to help them before customers describe the panic as the man began shooting. we're just sitting there and all the sudden i heard this loud popping noise almost like i first visited last breaking but at last bringing does not sound like that. author

decision day is fast approaching for virginia voters as well. the presidential primary is coming up on march first. if you want to vote in the primary -- and you are not registered already -- the deadline to register is monday february 8th. that's one week from today. you can register by mail -- but it must be postmarked on or before the february 8th deadline. you can also register online or in person. to find out more -- go to wavy dot com -- and click on the "politics" tab. new information tonight about a federal investigation -- into last years amtrak train crash in philadelphia. the deadly derailment injured hundreds more. the national transportation safety board just released -- for the first time -- thousands of documents related to its investigation. among the documents - transcripts of interviews with the train's engineer brandon bostian. he says he doesn't remember the crash. investigators still don't know why the train was going 106 miles per hour -- twice the speed limit -- when it crashed. more information about the cause of the cras

. >>> new details in the shocking killing of a 13-year-old in virginia. they say she was stabbed to death and the connection to two virginia tech freshman charged and a app called tick. they say eisenhower stabbed lovell to death. and nattily keepers was charge would improper disposal of the body is now being charge would being accessory before the fact the first degree murder. >>> and check out this surveillance video of a clerk over powering a wad-be robber. the clerk was an iraqi war veteran was able to grab the gun. >>> all right, time to get down to business. the average price of gas is below $1.80 a gallon. a drop of 20 cents since the beginning of 2016. nearly 10% of gas stations are now selling gas for less les than a $1.50 a gallon. >>> amazon plans to open 300 to 400 physical book stores nation wide. they opened their first store in seattle last november. will be the same. >>> super bowl 50 is around the corner and that means lots and lots of wings. according to the national chicken counsel, did you know there was one, americans will consume 1.3

blacksburg, virginia tech 32. roanoke 40. farmville 38. clarksville, south boston, upper 30s and lower 40s. tomorrow in the morning, you will have a light frost. tomorrow afternoon, a nudge warmer than today. we'll see highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s. no travel problems in or out of virginia. saturday, we'll see more clouds around. we'll have a south wind. you'll notice the breeze. not an overly windy day, but 10-15 miles per hour with south and southwest wind. and we'll see temperatures between 60-65. a really nice warmup for saturday and sunday. overnight tonight mostly clear light frost possible by morning. amherst low of 22. appomattox 23. alta vista 23. smith mountain lake 23. danville 25. tomorrow, we'll see a temperature reaching into mid-40s at lunchtime. we'll stay below freezing before 9:00 a.m. on friday. we'll see highs nearing 50 tomorrow afternoon. across the heart of virginia, madison county, 49. dillwyn, 51. 51, alta vista. southside, low-mid-50s. and gretna lower 50s. cooler in the mountains toward wytheville or roano

involved in this new sport. it sounds like it's can be a lot of fun. people come from all over west virginia to compete. >>anchor: coming up on march 13 they hold their frisky dog festival event. i don't know about hunting for rats but it was a good day to take the dogs to the park wasn't? >>reporter: we tied the record high temperature at 72 all the way back before the 1900s. it's been this warm. we should see temperatures drop heading into the evening. clouds will be returning gradually initially from the last with rain developing just after midnight. late tonight and early tomorrow should reach its peak of showers around 4:00 a.m. continuing through lunch tomorrow. weather cams and the sunset. the dry air mouse suggests a dewpoint of 27. (will shine tomorrow all the way through the work week. peebles slightly cooler at 69. warm air is here and it's going to get pushed down to the south but it will take its time and leaving. typical temperatures. here's our doppler weather and you can see you don't have to worry about rain until much later this evening. the intensity of the rain goes down

. >> 106-year-old virginia mclaren said she never thought that she would live to see a black president after a social media campaign she met the president and president and first lady in person she danced de with them and revealed the secret to her long life was blog life was to keep moving, the meeting was arranged as part of black history month .ee if you want to know about your history a little hands-on learning can go a long way.to >> in our continuing series for black history montho roosevelt leftwich texas to the prep academy where students learn with their body nudges the mind. and last-minute instructions not just dance it is interpretation ofin historical peace and after a month of practice you want to make sure that you get a ride especially an before your mom. >> it is from the second part of revelations andit the peace of choreographer alvin hayley had to practice this with and without music it is a hands-on history withit dance but also what it means. >> need to know how famous fa people, showed bravery and try to have the freedom., >> students that he prep academy like a

as light snow showers continue to fall in some parts of southwest virginia ... another concern for communities is the bitter cold heading our way. temperatures could fall into the mid-teens in some places. storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniewich joins us now .. jeff ... it's time to bundle up. well, it was another cold day across the region with temperatures mainly in the 20s and 30s. the winds picked up as expected too. we continued to see some mountain flurries/light snow showers, with a little more sun farther east. the pattern does not look to change a whole lot through wednesday. tonight: mostly cloudy with light mountain snow showers still possible, blustery with lows in the lower 20s. wednesday: clouds west, more sun east with mountain snow showers hanging tough.bluster y still with highs in the lower 30s. thursday will see a mix of sun and clouds area-wide.and it looks to be a dry day for everyone. it will remain cold highs only in the upper 20s. friday will be partly sunny and not quite as cold with highs in the middle 30s. the winds actually

taking on virginia union. not much coach could do because her team ran into a they would fight hard and the big bucket there but virginia union was you tough on offense. raining 3s. 13 as a team. 5 from ronnie bail and johnson 41 points 7 assists. they will take on charlotte in the title game at 4 p.m. now the men are in the semi-final spotlight taking on virginia union as well. 49-48 with 14 minutes left in the second half. and the winner will play virginia state tomorrow at 7. for the latest on the ciaa go to wbtv.com or the wbtv speedway harley davidson sports app and press releases. out underway in indianapolis. the panthers are looking over draft pros protects -- prospects. reports say the cats have reached out to ron riviera with a new contract extension. and interviewing josh norman here yesterday about his basketball game scheduled for tonight. norman working on a deal with the panthers. davis was the other coach. he was focused on giving back. and his non-profit raises money for poverty stricken areas

yesterday she arrived in virginia beach from maryland. she met with says she will continue to for tagger will hold one another what we need everybody to speak up for the truth and stop this and change this. now that's what are asking for the surveillance videos from seven eleven to be released because she feels police are dragging their feet with this investigation but the commonwealth's attorney is doing the criminal investigation. this is the videos will not be released until the review is done one in virginia beach to her thirty news now waiting to hear exactly what happened at a hotel that ended up requiring a large number of virginia beach police officers this morning dispatchers got a call about a robbery at the knight's inn on n hayden parkway around four forty five am a supervisor tells us the nature of the call changed several times. hours later police still were there and at least two people were handcuffed someone who works at nearby business says party and that it's not the first time there has been an issue at that hotel in a

. >> this same storm system wassed itly in virginia. two-year-old boy died when a possible tornado destroyed a home-- nearby one man was in his home when he saw the wind rip of roof -- rip the roof off a land roar mat. lift the roof -- off a laundromat. >> the wind come spinning and lift the roof. i don't know but i survived. and when i came out, then i learned as i saw one of my friends and he said his brother died. >> virginia governor declared a state of emergency there. you can always stay one stef ahead of any storm by down lowing the cbs boston weather app free in the apple and google store. >>> justinna pelletier's family announcing a lawsuit against the hospital she was a patient hospital custody. was the victim of medical neglect but the family says children's proposed a radical treatment plan and when they taken from them. now in a statement children's says it "welcomes the opportunity to vigorously defend the medical care they we are committed to the patient's best health and well- being according to the high standard to ever

>>> now from night team, tlea `three officers ambushed on the job in virginia. a rookie officer with ties to new england, killed tonight, a small community in mourning. >>> and and a suspect is in custody as police search for a et motive. >>> and people in chelsea shaken up after an alarming attack. >>> and all eyes on super tuesday. tonight we go one on one with ohio governor, john kasich. >> mild temperatures continue for the next few days but it theirs comes along with a chance of rain. >>> and the ots oscar goes to to -- and losers from the academy awards. that's right now from the night team. >>> first at 11:00, tragedy in virginia. a rookie police officer originally interest from new hampshire shot and killed her first day on the job. tonight that virginia community came together, they candles and hosted a moment of silence. officer ashley guindon was ambushed while responding to a deek domestic shooting incident the. >> police have a suspect in custody. as they try to figure out what went wrong. we're live with more. >> reporter: we're told there will be

in virginia, will a movie save lives? the attorney general is trying to get ahead of a epidemic with a shocking documentary. parents ellis the movie hits home. -- tell us the movie had some. we also had a winchester where we see babies addicted to opioids. 7 on your side will have the official estimate. is getting better or worse? heroin highway tonight on abc 7 at 5:00. pope francis is wrapping up his trip to mexico. he will visit see it at warez -- ciudad juarez prison. he is also holding a large outdoor mass. thousands of american catholics are expected to cross into mexico to attend. the trip focuses heavily on the injustices facing mexico's poorest citizens. now we switch a little bit closer to home to talk about our forecast. it almost feels like it is spring. i had a coughing fit. [laughter] brian: i will start reading. sorry about that. we are warming up a bit today. we do take a little dip tomorrow. a little bit up on friday for the weekend is 60's on saturday and upper 50's on sunday. the weekend showing a lot o

three police officers shot in virginia. we have learned that one of those officers shot in the woodbridge virginia section has died. conditions of the other two officers injured. they were called to a domestic incident earlier this evening. a suspect is in custody. and we are continuing to gather information on this. we will bring you updates as we get them. you find the latest news and updates on our website on wral.com. >>> friends and family are saying their final farewells to the victims killed in the michigan shootings. a memorial service was held for mary lou nigh. she was one of four people killed at a cracker barrel parking lot saturday. services are also for her sister-in-law mary joe nigh and barbara hawethorne. friends gathered for richard smith and his son tyler. former uber driver jason dalton was charged with six counts of murder in the shootings. >>> after the break, get ready for a big swing in the temperatures. a taste of spring or money were the answers in the forecast >> wral welcomes nbc february 29. >>

former virginia governor jim gilmore has dropped out of the gop presidential race. as the republican field continues to narrow, the remaining presidential candidates are courting voters in south carolina as the democrats turn to nevada. aixa diaz is tracking the battle for votes. >> the focus now turns to south carolina and nevada. >> the diverse electorate will >> it is very important in south carolina. it is a state that has been hospitable. >> i have said it before. my role model is jesus. i do not believe you put your faith in a locked box when you were in public life. >> you cannot be a nation -- >> there are more people that know me today after new hampshire then new me before. reporter: hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be at the same place again tonight giving separate speeches in minnesota. >> a big break to tell you about british police have arrested a teenager behind the attacks over the last few months. several officials including cia director john brennan and jeh johnson have had their e-mails hacked. no sensitive material is believed to have been

likely, we are going to bypass the rain and portions of west virginia which means anyn shower activity on the northernn side of this would be maybe as farm north as canton.a even that it would be just a couple of sprinkles. the forecast next week the temperatures start to drop 30s out think was see any significant chances is note until late wednesday into thursday there's a quick look at the consecutive days in the 50s is ane outside chance of the showers to reflect the showers south of canton on sunday. mid- 30s monday and tuesday andd nor'easter nor'easter develops at the end of next week we been fairly consistent with that some like affect could kick in it's going to be windy and more than likelylyop we see the temperatures trending down i can we will probably keep that trend going heading inton that following weekend. fox 8 news is your official school closing station. it's wendy.w there's always a catch obesity but it felta like 55 because of that wind.i 6:12 a.m. is your time.ou patty harkin has the latest on your morning commute. good morning to you kristi.r it's a tad bit windy

budget he said he hopes to meet with him in the next few days to discuss it for now reporting live in virginia beach i'm jumping the thirteen years now and then tonight a murder suspect has toward themselves and we just learn to break one shorts is in custody accused of killing a seventeen year old in portsmouth. well the bad news here three of his alleged accomplices are still in the run those men were in custody on murder charges but the commonwealth's attorney released thirteen is now four erik ainge is looking into how this happened four guys essentially prosecutors ran out of time to bring this to trial so in order to restart the clock they had to drop the charges and let them go they re indicted them but the problem is police can find some of them the portsmouth commonwealth's attorney on the defense as three murder suspects remain on the run after running out of time to prosecute stephanie morales is office dropped charges drive by shooting that killed seventeen year old is a b a hill last may after five months in jail the men were let go a couple weeks ago prosecutors re indicted and t

virginia and the district of columbia. four of them, pregnant women. today the world health organization will hold an emergency meeting to discuss ways to battle the virus, which first appeared in may. it is linked to birth defects. it is believed to be spread from mosquitoes. as vaccines against -- as they are working on vaccines against the zika virus. >>> high wind hasn't reverenced a state -- ravaged the state of california. the ground is soaked by recent storms. the wind was howling at up to 70 miles per hour. gusting at 150 miles per hour in some areas. el nio fueled the storms are expected to last through the spring. >>> it was a close game. with usc basketball team held onto their perfect record. but the gamecocks rally, led by mitchell, who scored 18 points in the second half. the final score, 70-63. the team is now 21 and zero overall. and nine and zero in sec play. the women play host to kentucky on thursday. >>> google is reportedly testing solar powered drones. they could deliver high-speed internet from the air, that is 40 times faster th

with it and if you look out on the radar you can see that we do have a couple of showers near west virginia and in parts of the new river valley and a little bit of rain over by giles and craig and the highest elevation of grayson county right now is a light mix. this big picture shows a line of severe weather extending from philadelphia to pennsylvania and south carolina. the line certainly capable of producing tornadoes and will eventually push offshore over there are many reports of trees down and damaging wind and i do think that frankly i would be shocked if we did not find out tomorrow about a tornado touchdown in appomattox county. it looks like that was caused by a tornado and the video that we saw certainly looks like or tornado touchdown in appomattox county as well. even more east. we turn out i intend to the wind -- turn our attention to the wind and we could have wind gusts over 40 mph and over 30 mph across lynchburg. overall it looks like the winds will increase tonight on top of what they already are and a saturated ground we could have more trees topple over tonight and int

at central virginia community college. he talked about building a work force in southwest and central virginia... geared towards cyber jobs. he says currently there are 18-thousand open cyber jobs in virginia.... and local colleges and universities should refocus students toward earning a degree in cyber related fields. he also says local virginia the unmanned systems industry... like drones and driverless vehicles. # a measure to reduce emphasis on standardized testing in schools... advances through the general assembly. the legislation requires the state board of education to stress critical thinking over was approved by a unianimously passed the senate. the bill also directs state leaders to emphasize internships and technical training... which is something multiple lawmakers have pushed for.### some central virginia groups are rallying against the atlantic coast pipeline... after new developments. energy companies behind the pipeline came up with a new route... but these groups say it's still not good enough. the new p

a virginia church .. held its service..in the basement today .. after a tornado ripped through appomatox county..wednesday. this weekend..church members.. are helping cleananup the building.. and secure the roof.. before the next rain. they say.. the physical destruction ... is only part.. of the pain... for the small congregation.. some.. who've lost a family member.. are also.. trying to heal.. just a humbling feeling thaa sto s secsominuteud much damage." they say.. holding the service..in the basement this morning.. was a small piece of "normalcy".. for their congregation. hollywood is getting ready for it's big night... and so are protestors... find out why some of them are planning rallies.. against the 88th academy awards.. are coming up .. later tonight.. fans are lining up.. to see the stars .. at the dolby theater... and protestors.. are planning to be there..because of the lack of diversity.. in the list of nominees. chris martinez.. reports.. from the red carpet. hundreds of fans waited for hours along the red carpe alfe favoritt. 00:0

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. >>> normally people decorating their yards for christmas or halloween but a family in virginia goes all out for valentine's day. >> her last name is loving. >> it feels with a kissing >> the tradition started all the way back when she's in elementary. he's so excited to get hall vein valentine's card from her classmates that she feels the to share the love >> people do enjoy it. >> families inviting everybody in the community to come out and share a kiss in their yard for valentine's day. >> the demand in change of marijuana laws keeping fewer kids out of jail. a shoplifting suspect dies at walmart. the investigation under way that ism this is abc action news. good thursday morning, we start withour weather alert. we have freeze warning posted for our areas of frost advisories. we'll have the latest as many places are dropping in the 20s. >>> the oregon standoff is finally coming to an end. the fbi is make an arrest, we few. >> i am the most conservative

. >>> republican ted cruz will hold a rally in virginia beach. registered voters in virginia can cast ballots in either the republican or democratic primaries. the latest polls show trump and clinton with considerably leads in the commonwealth. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders are looking toward saturday's south carolina primary. clinton is targeting voters and is expected to win south carolina easily. sanders is meeting observe heading to south carolina for tomorrow's race. >>> and for breaking news, leading up to the super tuesda wusa 9 app. >>> could go down as one of the worst planned and costly projects. but after two years of delays, the long awaited street cars ready for the first passengers. numerous inspections, delays and changes. our surae chinn got a preview. >> can you believe it? we are riding on the d.c. street car. and it is moving. and it's moving very smoothly. still, a tight squeeze here between the parked cars, saying it took long enough. is an understatement. >> i mean, things happen. take a long time in d.c. >> it's go

reporting in virginia beach. eric came thirteen years now to new guinea a closer look at the heavy smoke seen pouring out of a home in norfolk and see it cambridge crescent off hampton boulevard before it still working to find out if anyone was inside that house the time and what sparked this play is over fire is he talking about a busy weekend fire officials just wrapped up a press conference releasing new details. that's right officials say they responded to four major fires two hours alone. the biggest before along ocean view fire to homes and other fire she spoke on their efforts to fight them he says the most difficult for them of the cruise was obviously the ocean view fire which required more than sixty firefighters fourteen buildings were damaged there eight of those are considered destroyed and will be torn down altogether about thirty to forty people are displaced. the fire chief says it could be weeks before cause is determined. summit fire and rescue is remain reminding everyone of the increased risk

we were surprised to find that indiana, kentucky, pennsylvania and west virginia all allow weapons inside churches as long as the carrier has a proper license. >> denise: a local basketball team wins a game by more than a hundred points, but some are calling it unsports man like. coming up, we hear from both teams on the lopsided score. then -- >> if you took your finger and taped on his arm it is like tapping on a counter top. >> romona: one boy's battle against a rare condition that is turning his body to stone. what doctors are doing to try to fight the disease. >> breaking news and weather 24/7. >>> live from cleveland's news center driven by don joseph toyota in kent, this is cleveland 19 news. >> romona: wednesday night a local high school girls basketball team won a game 108 108-1. this picture of the scoreboard soon went viral and reaction has been pouring in nationally. team's -- the teams involved thought of the lopsided score. >> reporter: ramona, gilmore academy won the game and the school's athletic director said the coach tried to keep the game in hand. but it ended with a l

a young police officer in virginia was shot and killed on her first day on the job. she was sworn in on friday. she responded to a domestic call last night that turned into a shooting. another woman was killed and the other officers were shot but expected to survive. >> the suspect is in custody. his name is not been released. lead over bernie sanders in the south carolina primary. the candidates are gearing up for super tuesday. there are now questions about what path sanders will take it to win the nomination. >> thank you so much, south carolina!? >> [cheering and applause] >> this is what a victory speech looks like. >> tomorrow we go national. >> [cheering and applause] >> compare that to the concession speech -- >> on a given night sometimes you win and sometimes we lose. tonight we lost three >> sanders campaign hoping the voters will come to their rescue on tuesday. >> >>> south carolina clinton to 39 pledged delegates compared to 14 for sanders. >> she is well ahead. delegates are up for grabs three >> we plan to win many of them. >> today clinton has two te

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tomorrow clinton plans to attend hillary for virginia organizing event to campaign for hillary clinton ahead of them are first primary meanwhile the republican rallying voters in nevada ahead of tonight's first in the west republican caucuses the other democratic candidates are courting african american voters ahead of their next contest in south carolina. abc's baa second on the latest new front runner heading into tonight's nevada republican caucus with a double digit lead is fired up but to mars the god of the crowd and a riled up after a protester interrupts him like a punch him in the face of taylor donald trump also unleashes on ted cruz this guy is sick is something wrong with this guy attacking the senator after his campaign shakeup cruz a force to fire his communications director for re tweeting a student newspaper report that falsely claimed this video shows marco rubio disparaging the bible. i think we're in this campaign that we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of the tech crew helps to put the latest controversy behind momentum the florida senator

two standout virginia tech college students now facing charges in her murder. >> and the call was -- nicole was a very lovable person. ed: the seventh-grader told friends she would regularly sneak out to meet her boyfriend an 18-year-old she met through online social media. we could learn tomorrow if criminal charges against bill cosby will be thrown out. a pennsylvania judge is deciding if cosby has immunity in the sex crime case he is facing. today a former district attorney to prosecute cosby but the current da says no formal agreement was ever signed. cosby is accused of drugging and assaulting a temple university -- a woman back and 2004. heather: we now know when the new government center will open. mark your calendar for march 26th. the station has been closed for nearly two years for a major reconstruction. the main goal of the $82-million project was the make the station more accessible for people with disabilities. >> next on newscenter five. ed: heather: a mid-air scare. a hole blown in the side of a plane. the new clues that could reveal what caused it. ed: an alcohol ale

this is virginia mclauren. she's so sharp, she had a whole an effort to meet the president, including a facebook page and white house petition. you can see her energy is infectious there. >> you see she and the first lady there cutting a little jig there on the rug. the white house posted this video to facebook last night and it's been viewed more than 10 million times. and show still has moves. >> i love this. i am sure you can see the whole thing on white house.gov. you're a black president with a black wife and we're here for black history month. the last time -- she was a baby, the president was president taft, so, you know, she's seen a lot in her 106 years. >> for sure. you have to love it. >>> it's monday and a lot of you might be feeling like flossy dicky this morning. >> oh, yeah. watch this. >> are you excited for your party? >> not one bit. [ laughter ] >> flossy dicky is a trend -- for her attitude there, she doesn't care at all. she turned 110 and good day spokaney that thought they big mistake. sh

. >>> a virginia man celebrated president's day by saluting his collection of presidents heads in his >>> the virginia man celebrated presidents' day by saluting his collection of president heads in his backyard. he's got a collection of 43 and all which way about 800,000 he was hired but he decided to take them to his recycling business and he hopes to find them a new home where they will be appreciated. >>> we have some showers and thunderstorms that are headed this way. they will be coming through in the early morning hours. after that, things will be clearing out. we have seen our low temperature for tonight and a high temperature of 63 degrees tomorrow. >> some pretty good rain in the next little while. >>> the gamecocks are on the

no travel issues in and out of virginia. overnight tonight, we will see a freeze, but we will not drop below freezing until after midnight for most of news the 20s by morning. mobing, 27. south boston, 29. altavista, 27. and smith mountain lake at 26. we will be below freezing for 8 a.m. after 8:00, forming into the 30s for the rest of the morning. 40s by lunchtime. a high tomorrow of 46 and dropping back down in the 30s for tomorrow evening. around the rest of the area highs in the 40, and south side including danville and south boston. your seven-day forecast, part of the forecast you will probably like. highs reaching into the 60s for saturday and sunday and we could see some rain moving in late sunday. this will be light rain. on monday, a few small showers are possible. then tuesday and wednesday are looking wet. and across virginia, there is the potential for winter precip mixed in. stay with us. we will keep you updated on the wednesday. >> mark: i know. >> noreen: is he done? >> mark: he is, thankfully. >>> in additi