there is our ken smith. the awards going on right now. we will keep you posted if we bring home anymore of that hardware. >>> and a personal milestone i wanted to share with you. you know i had twin girls. here they are a year later. ellie on the left. abby on the right. fun. >> it was. it was so fun. they were loving all the attention. and max is such a good big brother to the cutiesful it was a great day. >> they are fat and we love it. >> you survived! >> and we have a new member to the wral family. one of our editors alex and his wife stephny blessed with a beautiful baby girl. oh she is so sweet. meet alaina. this is their first child and we of course want to offer them a special congratulaons. >>hewi make it through first year. >> will make it. you might not sleep much, you you will make it. >> true. coffee. right? >> right. [ laughter ] exactly. >>> well it was pretty today, kind of cool. a lot of sun. lit be warmer tomorrow, we will lit be another cold night tonight. this morning, we woke up to some teens and 20s . it was chilly o

ken smith, live in charlotte. i love it. >> reporter: exactly. >> thanks ken. >>> pregame programming begins tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. with super bowl 50, before they were pros, then at noon, road to the super bowl. at 1:00, phil sims' all-iron team super bowl edition. at 2:00 the super bowl today. all that leads up to the championship game in santa clara. coverage begins at 6:00. >>> and you can't miss our special one-hour edition of wral news. we air right after the game. we will have live reports from the bay area and charlotte, plus post-game news conferences and much more. it will be fun. >>> just ahead, how the u.s. and other nations are condemning north korea's launch of a long-range rocket. >>> plus -- >> apartheid is not the way for our representatives to be elected. throwing our state's primary elections into turmoil. hear from people for and against the ruling and what it means for next month's primary. >>> and here's another look at your winning powerball numbers. 13, 4, 36, 31, 52, the koou wpo c

that storm system prompted a number of school closures an delays thanks for joining us i'm ken smith. >> i'm katherine brown. a number of schools already out for president's day but list of new closures and delays grows by the minute. wake county public schools are closed tomorrow we heard that in about the last hour and-a- half. chapel hill chatham county school delayed two hours. clinton city delayed two hours. durham public schools are closed edgecombe county closed. >> we want to let you know tri- county schools. granville county. halifax county delayed two hours. polk county schools delayed two hours. >>> wake county schools. mecklenburg closed. orange county closed person county schools closed as well. >> vance county schools closed wake county schools closed wayne county schools delayed two hours as well as wilson county schools. >> you can find all of this information scrolling at the bottom of your screen throughout the newscast. >> we have this information on wral.com along with dozens of business closings and delays. parts of the triangle already seeing some wintry mix some

. >> i'm ken medlin -- ken smith. they spoke one on one to one of the bicyclists. she joins us from wake med where the fellow cyclists are recovering. candice, i cannot imagine what the last 24 hours have been like. glenn, i spoke to joe lawrence -- >> reporter: yeah ken, i spoke to joe lawrence. he's hoping for the best for his two friends here at wake med. even though this happened so fast, he still has very distinct memories of the moment he realized he had been hit by a car. second to last in line. >> we were riding along the right hand side of the road as opposed to being in the middle of the road. >> i don't remember hearing the car, but i do remember thinking oh my gosh there is something going on here. ani'm about ready to go down. >> the group was riding a couple of lanes apart. >> all of a sudden i'll run in to lynn. that is when i got nudged forward. >> and i remember seeing her kind of flying through the air. i think that i saw mike going down. lynn daily all ejected from their bicycle hit by a driver 50-year-old donnie marie. >> the lady got out and sh

that's where ken smith was on the prowl searching for broncos fans in panther country. ken, did you find any? >> reporter: you know, it all, this is home to the nfc champion carolina panthers but we accomplished it. our quest to find broncos fans in panther country took us to this sports bar on the south side of charlotte. dee dee peckers is listed as the local place for broncos fans. we caught up with a couple that's telling me the trash talking and the fact that the panthers are so confident that they will win the super bowl. the webers believe they've got the team that can stand up to the panthers. we will see come tomorrow. coming up on our late news we talk to this other bronco fan. she's actually a peyton manning fan. she reveals the toughest thing about pulling for the orange in that's tonight at 10:00 on fox 50 and right back here on wral. >> i assume you probably found some wings. >> wings are flying. >> ken smith, thank you. >>> pregame programming begins tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. with super bowl 50 before they were pros, then at noon, road to the super b

kbak's ken smith viewed that and joins us in the newsroom with what the director had to say say. >> when we first saw this cell phone video it was startling and unsettling. the daycare worker who turned it over to florida's child protective services said she was uncomfortable with the director's behavior. we must warn you some of this might be difficult to watch. this is the video line forfeits officers used to eventually charge 41-year-old board of supervisors,. the daycare employee is captured on phone hitting a boy several times, lifting him up then dropping him. in the video from the children's palace learning center the little boy appears to be resting when reid is the thing and dropping him. >> it's difficult to view the video as a parent. we want to get it out there so if there is any other >> police got wind of the incident after another daycare worker notified florida's department of children and families. they then called police. training defended her accidents -- actions say she was only playing but investigators are eyeing her account. >> once you be the video is disturbing i

the daycare is temporarily closed as the >> the video is tough to watch, ken smith. >> a video link to a terror plot with a -- the unidentified suspect fled guilty to a gun charge last year. the of p.m. began investigating the team reached out to a man about rubbing a gun store and attacking u.s. troops in the name of isis. the teen was denied parole as we. >> the teenager charged in the hacking investigation is out tonight in the custody of his parents. messi stood before magistrate today. police say he hacked into the school database and changed about 90 grades. authorities were alerted in october when administrators noticed unauthorized access and this at the. >> funding schools for the future, that's what wake county teachers and school board members discussed tonight. adam owens is there in joins us live in raleigh with the proposal. >> the way the schools are funded, no schos are funded of years we passed big bonds bonds, and they are attached to long-range planning. the proposed idea tonight was to break goes up into more frequent but smaller chunks. > > every few years wake cou

. >>> we have live team coverage of the storms, ken smith and adam owens talking to the homeowners about what is going on. >> we are in the weather center all afternoon and evening tracking the storms. >> mike, you and the weather team told us days ago this storm this dangerous potential, boy, did they live up to it. >> yes. during the event at the 5:00 hour when we had 8 tornado we did not have the kind of tornadoes we had back then. let's look at the radar view. the event has been over for some time. it ended 7:30, 8:00. now, these are the storm reports that we saw all 24 hours. not here just in virginia but alabama, florida and north this is a close-up view. the wind damage reports, we are talking about durham county. we had wind damage, a report of a tornado touching down. we have towards vance county and reports of 3 inch hail. we are talking about the size of baseballs and softballs, there is waverley up in southeast area. the good news is, it is done, we have cooler air coming in. you might of noticed the wind howling strong out there. that is the case throughout the night tonight

. >> and i'm ken smith. sources say justice scalia died of natural causes a day after quail hunting. he was known as a conservative pat mccrory released a statement shortly after the news. mccrory called him an unapologetic defender of the constitution. we'll hear soon from a local attorney who knew him personally and we'll hear of his passing. >>> politicians have wasted no time in analyzing how the next justice should be appointed. cullen browder is live with new details. i imagine no shortages of opinions there. >> reporter: here in greenville, south carolina. it was really one of the moments in the debate where all the republican candidates, the six republicans who are all running for president were in agreement in total reverence of former justice scalia. really talking about how conservative justice scalia on the u.s. supreme court. tonight's debate started at 9:00 as the candidates walked out on the stage. for the first 15 minutes, the entire debate was focused just on the passing of justice scalia sc

he dives low and ken smith and martin and truex junior. and this is the closest finish ever. take a look at the photofinish.hamlin gets the win. again the closest finish in 58 years of the daytona 500. >> i can't figure out what i did. so happy to get this win. >> reporter: so here's how they finished. hamlin, 1/100 of a second. kyle busch, third. kensmith 14th. johnson, 18th. what a ride. liberty men's basketball team dropped both teams in their home stand. the flames lost the radford on against presbyterian. 79-73. coaches and players both went into a lackadaisical defensive attitude. >> i think we're being complacent, just thinking that all teams are going to shoot bad againstis and over the top. >> complacent, if that's the word that they use. it's hard to be complacent when it's emphasized in practice. we're going through stuff that we've never been through. we've not been in a conference championship. this week, we didn't pass that test. >> reporter: a different sort of test for the u.v.a. baseball team. on the road in carolina. haysley comes around the score. and cavs

our ken smith was invited to be the guest speaker. ken talked about his career and shared his experiences as a journalist. go ken. >> good job, ken. >>> tuesday can't get here fast enough. that's the day he comes home to earth. he will talk to reporters today just a few days before the end of his almost year-long trip to the space station. he feels like he has been camping in the woods for a year. physically kelly says he feels pretty good. he admits it has been hard being isolated. >> i just can't imagine that. wow. >> a year. >> what is that going to be like coming after a year with weightlessness and coming back. >> right. >> camping is different. you know. >> i imagine when he comes back, he will experience gravity for the first time in a year and how --. >> oh my gosh. >> he will really have to recuperate for a while, i think. >> but what an honor to be able to do that, for your country and his twin brother. they're part of this experiment. they know the effects of weight lsness. >> what to eat? . >> yeah some of the views he's s

i'm ken smith, wbz news, back to you ken. >> stay up-to-date with the cbs boston weather app with current weather conditions and your forecast and plus any weather alerts that might pop up. it's free in the google and apple app stores. >>> some other news now. safety inspectors were back out on the roads today taking a close look at manhole covers grates and electrical panels and trying of course to prevent another horrible incident like the one on 93 yesterday. manhole lids were inspected and 65 of them were repaired. 35-year-old caitlin clevette was killed on her way to work friday morning when a manhole cover went airborne and crashed through the windshield. investigators are trying to pin down what happened. she was a beloved art teach they are milton and also a -- teacher in milton and also a triathlete. grief counselors were at the school today and helping families deal with this tragedy. >>> an update now on former boston mayor ray flynn. who was involved in a car accident this week after blacking out at the wheel. doctors at mass general now say it is likely that flynn developed a

i'm kathryn brown, ken medlin ken smith has the night off. a man wearing a ski mask walked in before 6:30. . after robbing the place of undisclosed items, he took off. investigators say the robber is armed and dangerous, but they do not have a lead on who he is. we want to get to breaking news now of officers shot in virginia. they were called to a domestics incident south of alexandria. they have not released their conditions or a motive in the shooting. there are reports the suspect is in just de. we will continue to gather information and bring you updates as soon as we get them. you can find the latest on our website wral.com. >>> to politics now. it was a day of heated rhetoric between republican presidential candidates. ted cruz went after donald trump's positions on guns and immigration. trump didn't mince words. he claimed rubio stole the republican party. >>> well days after tornadoes carved out a path of destruction through north carolina, many are still trying to figure out how they will rebuild, if they can, and how to move forwar

. >>> we check back in with ken smith live in charlotte. we are talking with panthers fans. why the team even has an international following. >> and how many gift cards do you have. many go unused. liberty shows us how to get the most money out of those unwanted cards. turn to wral in just a few minutes for your 5:00 news. >>> a movie stunt in london scared and angry people who side. this involved blowing up a double-decker bridge -- bus on the bridge. this is for the movie, the foreigner. some people on social media complained that they were not notified of this debt before hand and called it insensitive. you saw that happening -- absolutely. >>> too much weight. several cars crashed into the ice on lake wisconsin. more than a dozen cars parked for the winter fest event at the ice started to give way. fire crews had to put tow ropes on the vehicles and slowly pull them to dry land. it is illegal to park on the lake but event officials say they really don't recommend it. obviously. >>> and alabama state trooper pulled over a couple. a husband and wife were speeding to the ho

wral's ken smith talks to one of the lucky young fans to receive a game ball from cam you can see that interview tonight during the special keep pounding. we have moreau neck storeys the team of reporters san francisco to charlotte in two, 30 minute specials. join us tonight and tomorrow night at seven for keep pounding here on wral. >>> before tonight's special we will check in with g era ld owens. he will be live to show us some of the fake items federal authorities have sees is the in the -- seized in the bay area. it's out the there for sure. >> all good stuff. i love the little guy and the dad. he has it down. thank you. >> she has it down. >>> every year at tax time phone scammers try to have it down. they pose as agents and call people to tell them they owe back taxes. this year they are going door to door. irs said they found out about this scam when a fake agent came to an employee's home. we are told the scammers often have fake credentials, request personal information like numbers, some demand people pay their fake bill with a debit card. >> someone says you have to pay thi

ken smith has the night off. firefighters and ems crews rushed to that fire on the corner of brag and matthews streets in sanford. shortly after 1:00 this afternoon. adam owens was on the scene. adam, what a day. >>reporter: what a day, katherine, firefighters spent hours on the scene dumping nonstop on these three burning buildings. >> there were flames shooting out the back of the roof, it was like it. the flames was real high, and a lot of black smoke. >> we made an initial a attack inside and saw that was not going to work. >> the more water they put on it, i wouldn't go out, the fire wouldn't go out and it got that bad. >> we've put a tremendous amount of water on it. >>reporter: to save robert's cabinet shot, firefighters threw the kitchen sink at it. >> using an aerial ladder on it. >>reporter: 40 firefighters from but pl departments, crashing wave after wave of water on the fire. two attached buildings and burned. this is what those buildings looked like before the fire. sanford fire chief says the tools

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. >> that was ken smith reporting. statewide hearings are planned for monday and lawmakers will use feedback to help them redraw the state's congressional district lines. if a special session is required, they will convene thursday. >>> for the first time, unc president-elect addresses the criticism she faced after her hiring. >> much has been said of the selection and about me personally. i must say that after spending most of my career in service to the public, working on behalf of all students and with people of all points of view, i've been surprised at the intensity of the reaction. >> spellings was referring to meetings. some took aim at her connection companies. friday she laid out her vision for 17 campuses at a board of governors retreat. she wants to create a system that's accessible, affordable and accountable. spellings officially takes over march 1st. >>> a fayetteville man is being held on $1 million bond after charges of sexual assault involving an 11-year-old. police say it happened last month and he kn

>> reporter: ken smith is called an ethical hacker with secure state. they touts itself as a global management consulting firm specializing in information security. he took news to secure state's war room, they are paid to break sites and help find holes in companies or government agency systems. he told me ip based cameras started filling commercial needs but now the cameras are all over the place, everyday, more and more in the homes, video is wildly popular. >> they had security issues since the device has been in inception. >> reporter: the light is on, for a protective father, john, gets it now. he was wanting to keep his family secure, trying to do the right thing, to show up on a website. >> you have to watch everything, anything connected to the internet can be accessed >> johnathan reached out to 6, the top camera makers, the russian website mentions in the hacking, panasonic, sony, tp link, phos cam and axis, the only companies that respond ready lexis and tc link. lingsies stopped selling the cameras. tp link wrote in part, we are developing

. >> ken smith is something called an ethical hacker with secure state, a cleveland company that touts itself as a global management consulting firm specializing in cyber security. this is your war room? >> yes. >> he took us into secure state war room where they are paid to break into sites and find holes. he told me that i.t. based cameras started filling commercial needs but now they are all over the place. every day, more and more are in our homes, capturing our life. >> they had security issues since the devices' inception. all of those are starting to come to light. >> the light is now on for a protective father who gets it now. he just wanted to keep his family secure, trying to do the right thing, only to show up on a website. >> we have to watch anything. if there is anything connected to the internet, that can be obviously accessed and probably pretty easily. >> jonathan reached out to civics -- six of the top camera makers that the russian website named. only two respond. they said that the passwords should be changed >>> you may have seen it trending on social media this mo

our jim smith is live in maynard tonight where he has just spoken to town officials. jim? >> reporter: well, kate and ken, mixed signals from town officials, they tell us on the one hand the warted is safe to drink but -- hand the water is safe to drink but a chemical compound in one of the water wells contains a dangerous substance that could pose that and women who might become pregnant and possibly infants. we are tauming about a compound called tri-halo-methane, a by- product of flushing water supplies with chlorine. and it combats possible bacteria problems. it is safe for drinking and cooking and bathing and also working on the problem. >> there is some concern. there is evidence that it might be harmful. you should follow-up with your physician on that. in the meantime, the town will be flushing out water lines in an attempt to get rid of organic malter that might be in the lines through poor flow, low flow, in the tanks. >> reporter: research does indicate that long-term ex pore to this chemical -- exposure to this chemical compound could potentially cause trouble

but they will be adding some "captain ken young, ccsd "also, starting with parents, if these are young people, ensuring you know where their young people are especially in the evening time, knowing what type of activities they are involved in. it is a community, team effort." ((tony smith)) tony smith, 8 news now. > ((denise valdez)) if you spot graffiti in your neighborhood, you're encouraged to report it by calling the graffiti hotline at 455-4509. the number is also on our website - las vegas now dot com./// ((dave courvoisier)) big game on the hardwood for coronado hoops. your full highlights and analysis just ahead... and how long will the runnin' rebels be without big zim? the latest on stephen zimmerman's scary injury... next./// "from 8 news now, this is praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. a practical and successful legislator, bernie sanders passed more roll-call amendments in a republican congress than any other member, primary care access for millions of americans, protected social security, cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthe

. >> reporter: project smith and ebenezer project said for all of the people who didn't get to adopt brodie, there's still hundreds of other animals, waiting to find homes. in rock hill, i'm ken lemon, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> we have been covering this story extensively on air and wsoctv.com. online, you can find videos and pictures of brodie, including meeting his new owner. >>> a massive fire after smoke alarm woke her up. it took five different fire departments to put up a fire at it started in a utilt room in the -- utility room in the basement and spread from there. investigators don't know the cause. just where it started. >>> a new driver says drivers are to do as i say, not as i do. 78% of drivers engage in risky behavior. ine though 94% say it's unacceptable to run a red light. 39% admit to doing just that. 81% of drivers say it's completely unacceptable to text while driving. and 42% say i've done it. and nearly a third have sent >>> stocks trying to wipe >>> breaking news in just the past 30 minutes. police have now charged a south charlotte man with the brutal killi

ken, lori, over to you. news" this morning, four years after a deadly police shooting in the bronx and a plea from ramali graham's parents to the mayor. >> and in philadelphia what will bill cosby anything, about the sex allegations he's facing. >> and new jersey state troopers putting their talents oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. >>> it's 6:44. welcome back. the new york state health department is offering free testing for the zika virus. this is for anyone who may have symptoms after traveling to virus zones. the world health organization is now calling the virus an international emergency. experts estimate there could be up to 4 million cases diagnosed in the next year alone. new yorkers who want to be tested should see their own physician. >>> four years since he was shot dead in his grandmother's home, the mother and father have writte

you'll find out why when shepard smith reporting begins in 15 minutes. >>> a former star nfl quarterback, the latest to be found with a traumatic brain condition following his death, the family of ken stabler telling "the new york times" that the former raiders and saints great had cte. in the meantime, the doctor who discovered that condition is now saying this about o.j. simpson. >> o.j. simpson is more likely than not suffering from cte. >> can a defendant now use that brain condition as a defense? let's ask our defense attorneys and both former prosecutors. let's start with you on this. with o.j. simpson, he's up for parole in that armed robbery case. >> right. >> in 2017. so could his lawyers use this as a possible defense? >> that's in the blink of an eye. i'm going to say no. here's why. cte does cause aggression and impulse control which would explain a lot of criminal behavior, especially on the part of o.j. the problem is, you can't prove whether they have it until they're dead and you examine their brain. o.j. won't be able to say for sure that he has it. however, his attorney

it's 36 in smith and babylon. brookhaven 33. westhampton always a chilly 35 poughkeepsie. 33 wrightstown. that's a little cooler with the wind that's kind of out of the northwest now. 39 in the bronx, 31jfk. monticello. normal overnight low is about 26, 27 in the city. little snow showers popped up around fairfield county. otherwise, cloudy skies and breaks of sun today. temperatures are going to be 38 by 11:00. we get to the mid-40s this afternoon above normal this time of year. it gets a little colder and a lot warmer. all of that in the accuweather forecast. it's weather then heather every seven minutes. that's heather. that's heather. take three, that's heather. >> here i am. subway service is running on or close to schedule. no major problems. metro-north, long island railroad, new jersey transit running on or close to schedule. if you are going to morristown route 202 between morristown green and dowdy strode, we have a downed poll and downed wires. so all lanes are closed down in both directions if you normally travel up