as we head to holly springs, there is an accident on holly springs road at the intersection of sunset lakewood so do be prepared for delays in that area. we are starting to see the >>> a tech initiative is coming >>> public meetings start today about classifying duke energy coal ash ponds in north carolina. >> the state department of environmental quality came one the draft proposal. this is important because the classification will determine when each pond must be closed. the agency will present the draft to the public in 14 meetings throughout the state all this month. the meetings tonight are at robeson, central carolina and wayne community colleges. they all begin at 6:00. the meeting are happening as at state does a major about-face on the safety of hundreds of wells near coal ash ponds. the state department of health and human services told more than 300 families their well water was not stave to drink. the agency says its testing standards were too strict and 235 of those wells are safe after all. the new standards mean duke provide bottled drinking water for those homes. >>> n

. >> for some in holly springs it's a individual it's memory. we will talk with them to about their spoarns as we keep you prepared for -- experience as we keep you prepared for the severe weather. >> something is new is coming. >> north carolina news at 5:30 starts now. >> >>> people are pabbing the crown coliseum to see donald trump speak. >> this is the scene -- packing the crown coliseum to see donald trump speak. >> this is the scene. the campaign rally is scheduled to start at 7:00. this is trump's second trip to north carolina this week. the latest polls show he is ahead in the tar heel stay following next tuesday's primary. >> trump is well on the way to winning the republican nomination after winning 4 >> but tonight focus is on democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders will square off in miami. mark meredith gives us a preview. >> reporter: another tuesday another impressive win for hillary clinton. >> i want to be the president for struggling and striving for people who have the dream. >> reporter: while she claimed victory in miss

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lots of 30s. 39 at the tv station, 39 in holly springs, 36 in roxboro, 42 in fayetteville, and 43 in goldsboro. temperatures dipping into the mid-30s by 8 a.m., but skies will be clearing this morning. at lunchtime, 49, a high of 56 >>> we have new information outside the durham county detention center. >> we showed you in the 4:30 half-hour there's heavy police presence in the area near mangum street, and wral's mikaya thurmond is live. you can tell us why police officers are there? >> reporter: bill and renee, certainly a change in climate since the last time we checked in. take a look behind me. you can still see a smaller police presence, but just about 20 minutes ago, there were 2 dozen officers, now it appears to be about 4 or 5. we do know an officer was shot at by a suspect. police tell me he's in custody and is not injured. the officer is said to be okay in this incident. they've taken down the crime scene tape here and said this is pretty much wrapping up for the most part. they say this will not impact these police cars will be gone in the next 20 minutes. bell and renee?

it's 63 in durham, 61 in wake forest and 66 in holly spring. town by pound, 59 in roxboro, half mile visibility, 64 in goldsboro, 65 in fayetteville, down to fayetteville, visibility is at ten miles. so right now, and the most trouble is up closer to the virginia line. expect low 60s heading out this morning. 72 at lunchtime and a high near 80 this afternoon. but some late day thunderstorms are likely. we'll talk more about those threats anything up. bryan's got road weather index and it's showing pretty well with where the fog is. >> as far as to the north and west in roxboro, but in the iale area, no real problems with fog on the traffic cameras, that pretty much matches up with the road weather index. along to the north and west, that's where you have the greatest likelihood of running into some fog. no trouble with fog right now in the triangle as we zoom into the live commute map taking a look at raleigh, durham, cary and chapel hill. let's take a look at the durham freeway at 147 and alexander. right side of your screen northbound and it'

we have an accident in holly springs right here. looks like they have just about cleaned it up. that is the only accident showing up. we will watch that and have the real-time travel times in a couple of minutes. caitlin: it has been 24 hours level in bel memorials and messages of sadness and solidarity. president barack obama has issued a proclamation that the american people stand with the people of brussels and ordered all american flags to be flown at half staff through saturday out of respect for the volumes. john: the attacks in brussels having an impact on life here in the u.s. this morning major u.s. cities are on a heightened level of security and warning has been issued for americans traveling overseas. that. gloria: it is a very busy morning at r.d.u. as most mornings. the state department issued that warning about the risk of traveling to eastern and it stayssays that they are manning attacks in europe. you should be prepared for extra security screening. here at r.d. travelers are taking notice of the terror attack. there's plenty of security at the airport. r.d.u.

holly springs, operation coming home. it is a community effort. >> all the people come together as one. it is amazing and says a lot about the triangle and holly springs and the companies involved. >> it is a blessing. it is very humbling to be given a home like this. >> they hope to have keys ready for the home next fall. barbara: i haven't been to tkropbd breaking but i have been to the dedication ceremony and it is awesome. great work. john: the polls about 30 officers hurt in a shootout. i believe in building ladders of opportunity for people, knocking down the barriers that stand in the way. hillary knows educationis the way up... ...to a good job,a decent living. so she wants pre-school for every child... ...great teachers... ...and college without crushing debt. together we can break down barriers for our kids so they get the education they need and deserve no matter what zip code they live in. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. john: right now primary day in north carolina. weeks of hard pitches build

holly springs 60 holly springs 76. durham 76. 75 siler city. 77 pinehurst. 78 fayetteville. 77 lillington, 77 goldsboro. 76 rocky mount. roxboro 73. tonight temperatures across the region colder back into the 40's for overnight lows. 45 raleigh, 47 fayetteville. seven first alert seven-day forecast forecast, tomorrow lots of sunshine but it is going to be wouldn't tomorrow. winds will gust around 20 to 25 miles an hour. 68 on friday. saturday 58, sunday 47 degrees. it is the first day of spring sunday but it hrwill be just nasty, mid 40's. lots of rain. doesn't last. monday 55 and tuesday and wednesday back in the 60's. barbara: last few days of winter. don: yesterday we had summer temperatures, mid 80's. we are in the winter temperatures for the first day of spring. john: it happens. barbara: it does. the ncaa tournament hours away john: everything you we know designer when we see it. like the designer smile. it's bolder, brighter and our blogs are buzzing about it. it's the new must-have look. the designer smile by c

we had one accident on holly springs on sunset lake road. there's an accident right at west cot ridge drive. use caution in that area. keep in mind, we have the ongoing closures through project fortify, and overnight tonight, the ramp to i-40 westbound will be closing from midnight to 5:00 a.m. for repaving. that should be reopened by the time the morning rush hits tomorrow morning. so if you are traveling during the overnight hours, find a detour around that area. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up in a few minutes. >>> right now, the fbi is agist bill january officials in the search for the coordinated attacks in brussels. >> authorities say the back-to- back terror attacks in the airport and subway station left including americans. >> reporter: authorities continues searching for suspects expected to tuesday's deadly terror attacks. one of them seen here with two of the suspected airport attackers is said to be on the run. belgian prosecutors say he vanished leaving his luggage at the scene while the men next to him died when t

as we take a look in holly springs, two accidents to let you know about, one on holly springs road and sunset lake, and also one at us-1 and you west highway 55. we will take a look at the drive times from northern wake county in 10 minutes. >>> we saw e first eaglet hatch friday morning and now there is a second at the national arboretum. the first one broke through it shall fully on saturday morning, then a crime.of the shell sunday. you can tell the two apart wobbly on its feet. the bald eagles known as the president and first lady 2014. there is a live picture. last year, they raised one eaglet, now they have two to give their tender loving care to. >>> astronomers will observe a twin common flyby that starts today. nasa says these two comments could be interplanetary twins. that means the smaller one on the right may be fragment one on the left. the smaller, it was discovered two months ago. it's larger twin will pass near earth today with the smaller, following tomorrow. both will be a safe 2,000,000 miles away. but, the event will be the third closest common flyby in recorded hi

into holly springs, there's an secondary roadway in holly springs. this one also in raleigh at green lawn drive, but your main interstates like this, 540 and u.s. 70, look at that, nice sunrise coming up we're looking pretty nice. 40 westbound, just another spot where they're doing a little brake tapping at this hour. john, we'll check your drive times in just a few. john: new this morning, fire forcing people out of their homes in wake county. eyewitness video showing heavy smoke pouring from a town home in morrisville. the fire started just after 11:00 in a section of town homes behind the market on morrisville carpenter road. one home was destroyed, five others had to be evacuated. no one was hurt. the home where the fire started was unoccupied. the cause of the fire is now barbara: a crime alert in raleigh this morning. police are looking for two men who tied up a teenager during a home invasion. police say they responded to a call for help just before 3:30 sunday afternoon at this home on glade astor court. broke into the back door, tied up her

but, figure out your allergy medication first. 40 degrees at the tv station, 40 durham, 41 holly springs, as we brought in the view, generally low to mid 40s with upper 30s. 37 roxboro and south hill, 43 in fayetteville, and over in southern pines. all of these numbers are 10 degrees cooler than where we were yesterday, that was about 10 degrees cooler than where we were friday. we were in the 80s wednesday, and now we're in the 40s, that gives you an idea of how far we have fallen. upper-level wind blowing parallel to the white lines, like cars on the highway, colors indicating the temperature. you can see we are solidly in today will be rather calls tomorrow. the infamous system will push off to the east with an area of high pressure centering over us tuesday morning, we have a chilly start with light wind that. notice by tuesday the average temperature for the lowest mile or so of the atmosphere will have warmed up. calls at the surface to begin it will feel nice. looking ahead toward wednesday, we warm up, thursday looking decent as well and another shot of cooler weather coming in f

relative humidity, 37%. 60, holly springs. 56, wake forest. 59 durham. greensboro is at 60. 62 in fayetteville. 61 in goldsboro. all of that gray color is the cloud cover advancing upon the area. chance for rain. this is a very disorganized system. i don't think it will get going until the area of low pressure starts. we have a stationary frontal boundary triggering thunder storms. this is producing big thunderstorms with the potential for large hail across north texas. we could have rain starting tomorrow morning picking up in the afternoon. temperature-wise the coldest air is to the north and west through the weekend. we had 78 yesterday, 70 tuesday. tomorrow upper 50s. sunday, upper 40s low 50s. clouds increase overnight and tomorrow we should wake to mostly cloudy skies or a full overcast. chances exist for sprinkles. farther to the north, snow is possible. that rain will pick up overnight and sunday afternoon should be cloudy. through the weekend, have the umbrella ready. you could run into spotty rain overnight and the first part of the day sunday.

across the region. 79 degrees in holly springs. tonight, temperatures will fall back into the 60's for the overnight lows. 60 degrees in durham. in the seven day forecast, we have temperatures in the 70's tomorrow. abc11 will be live at the parade, come on down and say hello. we spring forward on sunday and back near 80 degrees by next week. barbara: this weekend, thousands john: coming up,john: this sunday, thousands of runners will take place in the tobacco road marathon and half marathon. 21 miles of this marathon are run on the american tobacco israel which has minimal turns on paved roads. those are qualities that make for runners. abc11 together is a proud sponsor and joining us is the marathon founder. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having us. john: how many folks do you think will come out? >> probably 7000 or 8000 people. with the families and the kids, everybody coming, we have about 4000 full runners. anywhere from 8000-10,000 people will be coming around the finish line. john: and you are doing this to raise

let's take a look at your drive coming in from apex, holly springs area. we are delay free. here's u.s. 1 at trion road. not too many cars here at cary parkway, along u.s. 1 and the same is true at walnut street. it will take you just six minutes from nc 55 to i-40. coming up in about ten minutes we'll take a look at your drive times to downtown durham. bill and renee? >> thank you,a. it aftethree wee at num one del ge knoed o top e. lhe wng a . >>5:54. mmy ero izestn t coast tan i rahnd durha rmoney f tynh idh delopmsa. the ed0,0.>>its ale atg a tf asnals ut sswtr t recerispie tat and zpihe t , bngnnstimat $7il rueit ey passed ati'se-t . -pri nd fale i $2n. and rveledsur he dea pl dppedoumit $16il. nd aoue th cplesacedvely ichea bailcl and so wen, eam psoar t 1 pouthwig uple setec0ec eir tt arecds e cod iz op.nkhe pctf ty pre r tituc err. i sething >>> con t yodn't waste money bung snoower imiami. whyte youy overid luhe ead, ft th lls atuby, u caget a delious x-inch s, ma fsh it of it'she threer su thy: on our binchub diffsub ery day of teek, st tollars. e sweet onion chick

workers expanding the holly springs shopping area hit a gas line around 8:00 a.m. and had to close old holly springs apex road for more than two hours while crews fixed it. there was no fire and no need for evacuation. >> a circus scheduled for next week in fayetteville is canceled because performers were injured during rehearsal. before 4:00. the big top out of the box circus was scheduled for next friday at the crown coliseum. anyone with tickets can return >> all right. we hear about students getting into fights but it's what one student did to another on a wade county school bus that has everyone talking. stick around for this story. >> where you can see michael jordan in the viewing area in less than an hour and a big night on the hardwood. >> yeah. i'm mark armstrong live in d.c. the tar heels and irish. i'll tell you why it is necessarily not a good thing to take the lead on notre dame. >> all right. see you in a minute. but first, state of emergency in louisiana. a look at the flooding that is not expected to stop any time soon. >> and it is a much differen

across the region, 80 in smithfield. 78 in chapel hill. 79 in holly springs. 80 and goldsboro. 79 in pinehurst. 79 in rocky mount. 78 in wake forest. with clouds around, we could have a stray sprinkle. most places stay dry. 58 in fayetteville. mostly dry for the st. patrick's day parade. isolated shower not out of the question. if you do not want to chance it, we will stream it live on abc11.com. if you do,, we will have our pop-up studio. sunday, temperatures back in the 70's. we spring forward saturday night into sunday. back to 80 on wednesday. thursday is st. patrick's day, even though we have the parade tomorrow. by st. patrick's day, cooler but still above normal. barbara:barbara: downtown raleigh will turn into a sea of green with the st. patrick's day parade. the parade starts at 10:00 and goes down wilmington street. the parade features hundreds of floats and marching bands. joining me is diane enright, director of the raleigh st. patrick's day parade committee. thank you for being with us. what can people expect tomorrow? >> a lot of fun and the see a lot of interesting thi

springs, 32 roxboro. 34 south hill. 46 fayettevilleing 50 goldsboro. a ride wide range of temperatures most spots in the mid 40s this morning. 66 lunchtime. high of 72. another quick warm up, a beautiful afternoon, expect rain tonight and early tomorrow, we will talk about how much coming up. >>> the naacp will talk about an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a man in raleigh. >>> the 24 year old was shot by an officer police identified as dc twitty. tara lynn is live. >> reporter: you can imagine the anger, the frustration that has swelled here in the community. leaders are asking for patience from the community as the investigation continues. the police chief here in a written report of what they know so far that they will be ending over to the city manager's office in five days. around noon. police went to serve a drug warrant downtown. police and witnesses say the suspect ran and during the chase, the officer shot den kins and killed him. a gun was found near the suspect. crowds gathered, intentions remained high during a candl

parts of lake county, holly springs, apex, raleigh, all getting some light to moderate showers. these will move out tonight while you are sleeping, not a big deal. gone, the chill was the be with us. we should be in the upper 50's. when you factor in the breeze, it will feel brisk. take your jacket. warming up, 60's tuesday and wednesday. thursday 70's. frost is possible tuesday morning, especially in outlying areas. temperature in the low 40's at the airport. a light breeze at around 10, jumping up to 15. lower 40's elsewhere, we will see numbers coming down to mid 30's tonight. most of us they above freezing. our model shows the upper 30's. we'll see numbers in the 50's tomorrow, but with the breeze it will feel cool. we get a little bit warmer, seasonal, on tuesday. and then above average two days. the warmest is thursday, high temperature around 77. there is the front, squeezing happening up north. we have widespread snow falling already. this d.c., boston, but once you get to new england, it is three to six and maybe a narrow band of four to eight inches of snowfall in the

it's between apex and holly springs not far from the triangle expressway. we are arriving on scene checking this out. it doesn't look there is smoke but no flames. chris was talking about this elevated fire concern today. dry air and gusty wind for firefighters. it's march madness time in north carolina and we are live on the road. duke and carolina playing in raleigh tonight. tisha: president obama and his family will make a historic visit to cuba. joel: all eyes are on this. this is the bald eagle camera. we see the first sign of an and catching. geico motorcycle, steve: hundreds of workers are scrambling to catch up on fixing buildings before president obama arrives. president obama is the first american president to visit cuba while in office than a century. he will meet with dissidents and young entrepreneurs and attend a state dinner. michelle obama and their daughters are also making the trip to cuba. it will be a pretty educational trip. now to the ncaa tournament. march madness is underway. tisha: tar heels taking the they are already advancing to

temperatures feeling miles, cary 55, 58 in durham, 60 holly springs. 51 in rocky mount and wilson, 61 fayetteville and southern pines. temperatures close to 60 heading out this morning. in the forecast, high of 83, 3 degrees from the record high today. if you don't like it hot, hold on, it is much cooler the next several days. brian is here checking out the roads. any issues? >>> a couple of accidents causing any big delays at this point. 7:01, we have an accident on east street at boylen, also when need in and rich. traffic is flowing freely this morning. elsewhere looking good in north raleigh, still clear on raleigh westbound, the beltline also looking pretty good, it's a little slow heading through garner, 16 minutes to make the trip from 42 up to the beltline split. that trip through the fortify work zone is delay free and caused so many backups all morning long on 40 w. on. smooth trip from wade avenue, taking six minutes. still looks good on the durham freeway and also 85 all clear. let's look at the drive times coming out of wake county, coming in from wake forest, nine minute

we will see temperatures to 80 in smithfield. 79 cary and holly springs. 78 durham. 78 siler city. 79 pinehurst, 80 goldsboro and fayetteville. 76 henderson, 79 louisburg, 77 roanoke rapids. tonight temperatures back into 56 raleigh, 58 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back two the upper 60's, 68 degrees for the st. patrick's day parade. if you can't be there we will stream it on abc11.com. we spring forward and 73, 75 monday, 77 tuesday. wednesday 80. on st. patrick's day 74 but st. patrick's day parade always a good time to go. now rob come down to the raleigh for the st. patrick's day parade. always a tkpd -- good time. >> ron: i have never been there for that. 70's and 60's and 80's. good time to be in the bid mid-atlantic. louisiana and mississippi and arkansas that you mentioned historic stuff and monroe 20 inches in 48 hours a one in 1,000 jury 1,000-year rainfall event. the actress that met with el chapo speaking out about her connection with the drug lord and sean penn. exclusive look in the reagans intimate ima

two actions in holly springs area, one on holly springs road and sunset lake, also one atrovent 10 n. and highway 55. those may be causing extra delays traveling in at area. take a look at the drive times along the durham freeway, a 10 minute ride. relatively quick from i-40 to mangum street. if you're heading west along highway 55, it will take nine minutes from i-40 to the durham freeway. heading south taking the freeway, four minutes from i- 85 to roxboro street. >> thank you. >>> it is a meeting that has been anticipated for more than a year. >> president obama meets with raul castro in cuba. what the world leaders are expected to talk about and message being sent to the cuban people. >>> tensions continue to rise along the 38th parallel. the message north korea >>> the deadline facing its emissions cheating scandal. >>> it is 8:10. president obama meets with cuban president raul castro today. >> as jay gray reports, the leader of the free world and one of the last communist leaders will sit down despite >> reporter: after a visit to old havana late yesterday including a stop at t

lots of 30s. 39 at the tv station, 39 in holly springs, 36 in roxboro, 42 in fayetteville, and 43 in goldsboro. temperatures dipping into the mid-30s by 8 a.m., but skies will be clearing this morning. at lunchtime, 49, a high of 56

typical. 65 in garner and durham, 67 smithfield, 64 siler city, 65 holly springs. 70 fayetteville and lumberton. 66 sanford, 67 pinehurst, 68 goldsboro. 65 louisburg. back this the 40's for overnight lows. 24eu raleigh. 41 durham. typical for this time of year. forecast forecast, tomorrow 76 and lots of sunshine. thursday 80. a good chance of rain good friday. sunday clouds increase with a chance of showers sunday night into monday. could be a wet start to next week but temperatures pretty typical or above average. this morning the coldest of the next seven then we say goodbye to that after today. john: good riddance. amber: the bunnies like hopping into warmer weather. we have a serious issue to tell you about if you are hopping your way into durham. 15/501 there is a pretty bad crash at garrett road. southbound lanes are closed here. police are detouring everyone but expect delays. but the southbound lanes there's an accident involving a tractor-trailer and pickup truck and we are told some critical injures as a result of the cash crash. erwin road southbound on 15/501 would be the

holly springs, stephanie lopez, abc 11 eyewitness news. joel: march madness is coming. crews were busy today putting all the finishing touches on before kickoff on thursday for the afternoon's first-round games. if you don't have tickets for the game's you can still enjoy the hoops and hops fan fest outside the arena. it includes a food truck brigade , beer tent, and fan activities zone. it opens 2.5 hours before each session on thursday and saturday and it looks like fun. received a brand-new heart last week. >> the mother said that after her son recovered their work complications she was dealing with today. posting this on facebook, talking about the kid a function getting worse. the mom shared that he was retaining fluid and said that of surgery. she said that the angels were with us and she had her son repeat that he is a fighter, strong, and the hero. the family continues to ask for your prayers. he's been battling the condition since he was just four months old. you know what? he is a fighter. he is a hero to a lot of people. a local company is asking you to drop

a look across the region, 55 and holly springs, 54 in chapel hill, 57 in smithfield, 58 in clinton in fayetteville. 59 in raeford, 52 in henderson, 55 rocky mount, 54 wake forest. tonight, with the clear skies and overnight lows acting into the 30's, i don't think we will see much rain. 33 in raleigh, 36 in with the clear and cold conditions, we will have some frost tonight. this is a look at your seven-day forecast going into tomorrow. 65 on your wednesday, 74 thursday. 77 on good friday. we could see some showers. saturday, a slight chance of showers. right now, easter is looking dry. temperatures in the 60's. a little bit of a warm-up, and then we get back into the 60's. john: 4:52. as we are seeing, winters grip wants to hold on. say you should do let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast-max. it's the same difference. this one is max strength and fights mucus. mucinex fast-max. the only branded cold and flu liquid gel that is max-strength and fights mucus. let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. muci

it's 58 in holly springs. forty-seven. town-by-town, 45. and roxboro 46 in south hill. fifty-two in fayetteville. and your planner at lunchtime. 70-degrees. we'll see 77 for our high this afternoon. running a good ten degrees below yesterday's high temperature. we tied the record yesterday. pleasant day today. we have a big cool-down in our forecast for the weekend. we're going to talk more about that. sunday in particular, it did not look freight. more on that in a couple of minutes. bryan had some traffic. it's not great either. now, it's over in durham. >> two left lanes are blocked right now. here at 8:07,, we'll ta a live look at that camera head ago way from grayson street. it looks like if you could pick up 85 southbound. do you know, those collector lanes over on the right side of your screen, we should be in from pretty good shape. through that interchange. that where we are running in the big delays. we had two left lanes blocked on 85 southbound. it looks like that may be a little while before that gates cleared up. an update on your ride on 40 westbound. fif

in durham, 41, cary 32, 31 wake forest, 35 popcorn, 39 in holly springs. it's a little bit after 8:00 so these temperatures will just a little bit as we get through the next few minutes. degrees in rocky mount. having started at 3232 this morning you can see a big jump in temperatures in the last hour or so. at lunchtime expect temperatures to climb up into the upper 50s and mid-60s later this afternoon. huge warm-up continues with highs in the 70s for most of this week. there is eventually rain in the forecast, we'll talk about when in a few minutes. tara, it looks like you've got a number of accident showing up on the commute map. >> reporter: i can tell you one of them is clear, that's the one at i-40 and gorman street. that was earlier but has been clear for about 15 to 20 minutes. still seeing heavy delays along the south side of raleigh because it is that time of morning but of course all it takes is one accident to add significant delays, and we have had two. thankfully they were both clear within 10 minutes. county area of -- we are good to go? all

interesting to see as people get on the roads. 27 in durham. 38 holly springs. 37 wake forest. maybe the 27s are a bit of a misprint. the temperatures are above freezing across the area except for south hill 32, 34 roxboro. no trouble roxboro. 35 rocky mount. 39 degrees in clinton, siting in to mecklenburg county, virginia. mid 50s this morning, lingering drizzle. cloudy lunchtime and 45 and clearing this afternoon with a high of 50. >>> the weather is delaying the start of school in mecklenburg county, virginia, opening at 10:00 a.m., find delays or closings at wral.com. >>> there is a funeral for akiel denkins,. >> the 24-year-old raleigh man shot by police on monday. tara lynn is live in raleigh, this is a day after we learned a lot more about this investigation. >> reporter: he will be laid to rest this afternoon, the funeral set for 1:00 p.m., of course people since the shooting happened have been calling for answers and may have some that have answered their questions after two preliminary reports are out. community members gathered each day since the shooting of 24 downt

holly springs 42, 48 henderson, 51 knightdale, pa lillington, 43 smithfield. a nice, mild start compared to yesterday. at the bus stop, temperatures at 50 degrees. plenty of sunshine all day long, high of 76 this afternoon. shorts and t-shirts for the kids, a jacket on top should work just fine. i know that the minute my kids get home they will be begging to get outside. put that on your calendar. if you can't make it today we have a really long stretch of days with highs in the 70s and are forecast. minutes. brian, looks like you are starting to see some of those delays show up on your map. >> their building in south raleigh. the clayton bypass were as usual traffic is stop and crawl on that particular interchange. notice in the distance, the red comes to an end, and then it turns into yellow as traffic starts to thin out a little bit getting closer to 70 business. then a close -- slows down again around the jones sausage road interchanged with the beltline. 15 minutes from 42 to the beltline split. overall not about travel time, something to be watching. see

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around the region, 55 in garnering holly springs, 54 in schuyler city in chapel hill. 60 around fayetteville, 57 in in wake forest. tonight, clear skies, temperatures dropping. a frost advisory in effect. we will be down to 33 in raleigh, 36 in fayetteville. seven day forecast, temperatures tomorrow -- warmer. 50's today, 60's tomorrow, 70's on wednesday. we could see some showers thursday night into good friday. saturday, 65. easter sunday, 67. barbara: thank you. 5:22, 39 degrees. gas prices continue to rise. coming a look at the teams who are in and one who is headed home. barbara: and fans of "dancing with the stars" don't have to wait much longer. also be sure to watch for us. this is connor like so many kids, he was missing things in school - we tried tutors but they didn't connect. then we heard about sylvan's new teaching system, sylvansync. personal lessons, taught by sylvan certified instructors, using technology kids love. i've never seen him more engaged. and the results are kids like connor typically times more growth than if if you're looking to save money on your medicare part

springs. fayetteville 86. 85 pinehurst and 85 lillington. 85 goldsboro. 84 tarboro. 80 south hill and wake forest 83. tonight temperatures back into the 50's. 55 durham and 57 southern pines and 58 fayetteville and 57 goldsboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather severely temperatures tomorrow into the mid 70's. exercise. on saturday 58 and nothing but sunshine. sunday the first day of spring 56 degrees but overnight lows in the 30's and it will rain on sunday and mountains could get snow. monday 55 and tuesday pack to 61. feeling cooler. 30 degrees colder by the weekend. john: interesting. don: first day of spring was like winter and first day of spring will feel like went. >> north carolina set to begin the road to file four tomorrow. barbara: we will reveal their first round opponent and how you john: indiana jones we know designer when we see it. like the designer smile. it's bolder, brighter and our blogs are buzzing about it. it's the new must-have look. the designer s

across the area temperatures in the 80's. 8 84 garner, 83 cal. 83 holly springs. 85 pinehurst and 86 raeford and fayetteville. 85 lillington and 84 sanford, 85 goldsboro. 80 south hill. 81 roxboro. 84 wilson and tarboro. mainly clear tonight other than a chance of evening thunderstorm. 56 raleigh and 58 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, as we go we have another nice day. forth as warm. -- not as warm. 76. friday 68. saturday 58 and rain sunday, first day of spring and almost 30 degrees colder. highs in the 50's. sunday night into monday could see snow in the mountains. could be a wet end. today very warm. mid 80's. barbara: people don't want to plant plant. you have to wait technical april 15 -- wait until april 15 fplt. don: wait technicalfelltplfell -- wait until tax day. stpaoeufplt amber: wear green tomorrow or i will pinch you. it is nice and quiet this morning. clear conditions. if you are flying today it is a good day, right? as don said just sunshine. so grab the sun disasterspbnglassessunglasses. nice and clear and this is roxboro and 501 a

across region 79 holly springs. 78 durham, 80 smithfield. normal high is 62. we will be 80 in fayetteville. 78 sanford. 79 pinehurst and 75 south hill, 77 roanoke rapids and 79 rocky mount. tonight temperatures across the area back into the 50's. 56 raleigh and 58 fayetteville and 56 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather tomorrow temperatures back into the 70's, fear 80 under poke -- near 80. st. patrick's parade we will be there if you can't be we will have it on abc11.com. we spring forward saturday night and tuesday, wednesday, fear 80 and st. patrick's day is on thursday thursday. for that day we should see showers and temps in the mid 70's. every day of the next seven well before average for this time of year. barbara: crazy. i like it. john: hope it continues into summer. amber: we will have something to complain about. you know friends in leow places. there is a concert this weekend. barbara: somebody gets it interview him from abc11.com. amber: garth brooks. it is friday and he's coming and that is one traffic alert. no traffic

springs and durham. 78 fayetteville. 7 77 lillington. 78 raeford, 77 pinehurst, 77 goldsboro. 75 roanoke rapids, 76 louisburg. tonight clear and back into the a raleigh, 47 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 60's. 68 degrees. gorgeous day, sunny skies and saturday a lot of clouds. could see an isolated sprinkle. 58. sunday wet, temperatures in the 40's. nasty for the first day of spring. upon back to 55, tuesday 66 and wednesday 70. if we are lucky this system that is working,on sunday if that were hit in january or february it is a major snow maker. but because we are warm enough it will be mainly cold wet. john:phobe -- nobody has time for that. barbara: wigs can be therapeutic for somebody going through chemotherapy treatment. the barbara: it is 4:55. john: the most visible side effect of chemotherapy patients lose losing their hair. barbara: amber will show us how to cope. amber: the business of free wigs turbans and head scarfs is booming with specialty stores here in the triangle. as an oncology nurse who

springs. 52 sanford, 54 pinehurst, 55 fayetteville. 47 south hill. 49 henderson and 52 in rocky mount. tonight the temperatures in the area down into the 30's for overnight lows. even 20's. 26 roxboro. 30 raleigh. 33 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 50's. we will stay cooler the next couple of days. 53 thursday and rain thursday night into friday morning. then by friday afternoon 51. saturday 53 and sunday 58. monday 65 and 70's return with a big warm-up next week. the rest of today cool,and windy this afternoon with wind gusting john: all right. barbara: thank you very much. it is 4:53. if you want a show dog who wins there's a lot of training involved. john: see how a local woman who barbara: tomorrow morning super tuesday results. john: the big winners and don: big barbara: welcome pwabgback. john: a top dog at this year's westminster dog show is from apex. barbara: this is annabelle and jean. she bred 100 champion bulldogs the past 50 years. anna laurel met her at her house and found out what it is like

numbers from does the region today 75 chapel hill. 55 wendell. 76 garner and holly springs. 77 smithfield. 77 pinehurst, 8 -- lillington 77. 72 south hill. 73 roxboro today and 75 wake forest and 76 wilson and tarboro 76. tonight the temperatures dip into the 40's. formal is 40. still above average. clear and colder tonight. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow into the 60's. 68 degrees under partly sunny skies. on saturday 58 degrees and clouds increase. could see an isolated shower. match madness love to see you for that. in the 40's. rain. by monday 55 and back to 70 by the middle of next week. that system sunday if it happened in january or early february it would be several inches of expo. we have enough warm air that it will be 40. john: that will be bad enough. amber: movie day. even on a sunday. basketball will be on. march madness. hang out. watch for basketball traffic around p.n.c. with the tournament getting under way. a lot of folks head out to take in that march madness so i will have info on attachmentthat. this is the viewing

we will see temperatures around 80 from smithfield to holly springs. mostly cloudy, near 80 in the sand hills. tonight back into the 50's for overnight lows. 56 raleigh. 58 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather severely temperatures tomorrow -- showing temperatures back into the 60's. 68 degrees for the st. patrick's day parade. if you can't join us, you can watch it on abc11.com. we spring forward saturday night into sunday. 73. monday 75. tuesday 77. 80 wednesday and thursday is st. patrick's day and that is looking like we will see showers and temps cooler, around 70. barbara: starting the party don: i think a lot of folks are, man tonight. john: 4:52 and it is an abc11 story that touched hearts across the accountant. barbara: remember this teen that went for a job interview after employee. john: it is a picture seep these argument -- seen helping a interview. barbara: you pay remember this. for those asking what happened did he get the job. an anna laurel checked on him. reporter: nearly every time he works somebody as

springs. yes, we are talking about cooler temperatures, but not necessarily this morning. morning temperatures in the 40s and 50s are above normal. but won't get any more than this and by this afternoon is going to feel chilly especially compared to 74 we saw yesterday. 54 in erwin, 56 fayetteville, cold air coming in from the northwest. goldsborough, inton, fayetteville, will be the last is equal temperatures. lunchtime 49, 53 at 4:00. plenty of sun for the rest of the day today. it starts cold tomorrow morning with temperatures down below freezing. i'll show you that coming up on futurecast. we do have 70s in the 7-day forecast but it's not for a while. of course that is coming up in just a little bit. tara, you continue to follow the mess on i-40 no longer on rock quarry road but on the road at lake wheeler. >> this is actually good news because this is what it at least it's back to normal although that does mean it is slow traffic. 15 minutes ago we had two lanes blocked at this section of

springs. near 70 in fayetteville. 68 goldsboro, 67 pinehurst. tarboro 67. 65 rocky mount. 60 south hill and 61 roxboro. tonight even though it is clear 40 for overnight lows. 45 fayetteville. 43 southern pines and 30 in roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures continuing to climb. 76 on wednesday. thursday 79 degrees and clouds increasing. i think we will see showers thursday night into good friday. 68. saturday partly sunny and 65. sunday clouds increasing. at this point most of easter looks dry until late day. do could have showers sunday night into monday and near 70. this is the coldest morning of the tphebgsnext seven. then we are out of the 30's. john: 4:52 and spring break will be here before you know it. barbara: we have the perfect get away. amber will explain the secret of john: why john: welcome back. 4:54. barbara: special tribute to world down syndrome day in raleigh. if you didn't catch this last night here at the executive mansion lit u

. >> the holly springs fire chief was on the scene and said some dust may have ignited this afternoon damaging the ceiling and roof of the restaurant. everybody inside was able to get out and no one was hurt. >> 60's and you and killed by police officer, members of local learners staged a prayer walk through dinkins's. church walked down the road. they prayed for perspective. they ended the walk near the street side memorial. >> we feel like the city needs to be healed as a whole. we cannot think in terms of us and them. >> it is one thing to say that you're thinking about people, but there is nothing like seeing it in action. >> >> parishioners prayed for an end to the high crime rate. fayetteville drivers may want to hit the brakes. we will tell you how the city is setting up its red light enforcement. >> find out how you can adopt one of the hundreds of animals an unlicensed shelter. . look at i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the neighbors doing here? bill! hey! i didn't know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. dad, it's time warner c

the rest of the region will see temperatures in the 70's from wendell to durham. 71 cary, 71 holly springs. 72 smithfield. 70 chapel hill. looking south you will see 72 lillington, 73 fayetteville. 72 pianonehurst. north now and rocky mount, wilson 71. south hill 67, 70 wake forest and 68 roxboro. tonight back into the who's for overnight lows. 42 roxboro, 45 raleigh. 47 fayetteville. mostly cloudy skies. cooler temperatures. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow 58 and look at the spotty afternoon shower. tomorrow night into sunday is we the rain is here the by sunday morning it will be wet and that feeling like late winter. 49. monday 55. tuesday 61 and nice weather returns. upper 70's by the middle of next week. sunday night into upon i wouldn't be surprised or monday night into tuesday testosteronefrost could be a problem. john: we don't need that. amber: if you feel bad the first day spring will be cruddy they are getting snow in the northeast. d.c. area will get a mix sunday. and philadelphia getting some. barbara: it could be worse. amber: it could as be wo

across the region mostly cloudy skies and by this afternoon 50 in chapel hill. 51 holly springs. 53 smithfield. 52 lillington and 54 this afternoon in fayetteville and 51 in sanford. 40's in south hill and roanoke rapids. 48 henderson, 50 wake forest, 52 wilson much tonight the temperatures back into the 30's. not as cold tonight with the rain around. it will be wet in the overnight. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back only into the 40's. 49 degrees. on saturday 53 degrees, a few sunday more sunshine and little bit warmer. could see showers saturday night into sunday but don't think it will be affect sunday. 65 monday. 70's next week. today and tomorrow the coldest days of the next seven and it will be wet overnight. we could have up to a half inch. >> not bad when it comes to night. amber: not bad when you see 70's next week. don: that is another nice thing. amber: that is the prize. happy friday eve. we made it to thursday. i always notice all of them. good thursday morning. let's show you how things are on this thursday. we are nice and d

springs and 80 fayetteville and 78 sanford, 80 goldsboro. 75 south hill, virginia. big story will be the winds, they will be gusting up to 25 miles an hour. tonight back into the 50's for overnight lows. 58 raleigh. offensive fayetteville. 57 durham. support clouds, warm, patchy fog. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow back to 77. saturday 6. the raleigh st. patrick's day parade say hi. we will be in the parade. abc11 are be around the -- will be around the parade and we will be streaming it. saturday night two sunday we spring forward and 73 and rain on sun. monday showers ending. 75. we stay warm. fear fear 80 for the middle of next coolest day of the next seven is saturday. amber: i like that kind of crazy. i will take it. barbara: that is the crazy we feed. amber: south point paulmall an overturned vehicle that avoided hitting a deer. that is near south point in the auto park to give you a landmark. a lot of boxes of clothing. it looks like they were going to drop that at the mall. we can take the mapping system and give you a couple

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we shouldn't see too much more 53 henderson, 60 holly springs, 61 in willmington. cooler that yesterday. a beautiful afternoon, sunshine, lunchtime 72. a high of 78 this afternoon. >>> lightning strike blamed for a fire at a raleigh home. it started after 10:30, in the 2-story home on knights bridgeway. they saw smoke and fire from the roof when they arrived it took 30 firefighters a half an hour to knock down the fire. no one was hurt. >>> a chinese company is making a bid for starwood hotels operating the w and sheridan chains. the chinese group is the same that just snapped up an iconic american hotel, the hotel in california. that win along with 16 other the hotel is a national historic landmark. >>> michael jackson's estate sold interest in a massive music catalog for $70 million to sony. the catalog includes the work of artists such as the beetles and bob dillan and doesn't include the master recordings or the rights to song he wrote. >>> for the first time in nfl official acknowledge as link between football and the brain disease known as cte, it came during

we have an accident in holly springs right here. looks like they have just about cleaned it up. that is the only accident showing up. we will watch that and have the real-time travel times in a couple of minutes. caitlin: it has been 24 hours

we have one accident in holly springs right now on sunset lake road. there is an accident on wes scott ridge drive. watch for that with the major roads around the triangle are looking okay right now. so 540 and 440 are looking okay. tonight, we'll have a ramp closure. the lake wheeler road ramp to i-40 westbound is going to be closed for repaving tonight. it closes at midnight and reopens tomorrow morning with no weather delays expected. they should be able to reopen by tomorrow. if you are traveling late tonight, you may want to find an alternate route. things are looking good across the area this morning. we'll have more weather and traffic updates coming up in a few minutes. before we go to break here, let's look at what's coming up on this this morning. >>> i'm nora o'donnell. >>> this morning, we are waiting for an update about the conditions of two kids involved in a crash in wake county. troopers say 63-year-old janelle brown died after her suv collided with a tractor- trailer. in the suv were taken away to med. >>> and a deadly officer- involve