friday in inland north carolina first. the snow will then cross the state line into hampton roads, again as all snow. areas along the albemarle and outer banks, though, will more than likely see rain. then, through the day, as low pressure moves closer to the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain for most areas. however, our northern communities, especially along the peninsulas, may see a slower transition to rain than the rest of us, meaning you could see a little more snow on friday. saturday will start with rain across most of the area. but later in the day, once the low exits the coast, backside of the low, causing the rain to transition back to snow. some wintry weather could stick around into early sunday morning before all of the moisture pushes offshore. new this morning am american student from the university of virginia has been arrested and is being held in north korea. otto warmbier is said to have entered north korea on a tourist visit. he is acc

photos of snow from this morning and north carolina and the tennessee border. we love getting them in ... so keep them coming!you can email them to fox carolina news at fox carolina dot com or post them to our facebook page! 3 light snow and sleet is falling for parts of the upstate, with some heavier snow in western north carolina. expect skies to clear quickly after 6pm, with no accumulations expected outside the mountains. slick roads could develop overnight with snow on the ground in the mountains. thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 40s for the upstate and low 40s in the mountains, thursday night rain will move in as our next big storm system approaches. it will begin as rain, then transition to freezing rain and sleet in western nc. some of that may drift south into the upstate for friday morning colder air 3 3 ((wrap up)) 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 we're watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 still to come--welcoming home deputy dempsey! dempsey!41 days after being

north carolina's voter i.d. law will be challenged in federal court in a hearing that begins monday. the voter verification act this is beeact hasbeen in place sinc. requiring voters to show specific forms of i.d. the naacp is suing the state saying the i.d. provision is unfair to for young and minority voters. the law was challenged last summer. this week the court will hear arguments in favor of the original more restrictive law. the case will be closely watched because the push for stricter voter laws has become one of the country's most bitter partisan divides. necessary to preserve fraud and and the authority of the electoral process. al jazeera's robert ray has more with the about the north carolina case with national implications. >> we are less than two weeks from the presidential primaries beginning here in the u.s. starts with iowa and the caucuses, new hampshire, south carolina and florida. but six weeks from now it will hit north carolina where a controversial new law will require all people going ou

pretty concerning with three quarters of an inch in the north carolina mountains. for the upstate, rather, for saturday on friday, how much ice we could have. we could cap nine inches of snow on the high-end in the low-end been three inches. snow models are not accounting for what moisture will fall as ice, so if you cut that in half, nine to 12 inches of snowfall. we are going to go with a quarter of an inch of ice to half an inch of ice and possibly a damaging ice storm along i-85 northbound with about three inches of snow on top of that. or inches to six inches possible for the mountains of north carolina with nearly one foot in the high country. it goes downhill overnight. we will have high impacts on roadways and pretty much impossible over friday night and into saturday after it falls. we will see a cold the on friday, saturday, so not much melting. sunday, sunshine and 50's and we should get melting by then. allyson: taking a look at the roads, i-85 clear. traffic moving nicely around white horse road. no real reports from highway in westminster, an accident

pat mccrory, north carolina north carolina.millions are prepping for a wicked winter weekend. in washington d.c. it was chaos before the storm. less than an inch of snow, turned highways into parking lots wednesday. you don t know how long this will take. one hour, two hour, six hours? even the commander-in- chief couldn )t escape the d.c. disaster. his presidential motorcade -- stuck in the snow with everybody else. i would have hoped they would have would have anticipated this a little better and treated the roads the city, admitting this morning, it messed up, mayor muriel bowser, washington, dc we are very sorry for inadequate response.mayor muriel bowser says, despite the failure overnight, her city will be ready for the big one this weekend. mayor muriel bowser, washington, dc we will treat this event as a homeland security and emergency management event in the district of columbia.the nation )s capital is expected to-p&-p&- get the worst of it. a staggering 30 inches of snow possible. virgina has the national guard on standby and maryland is bracing for the worst, gover

october 2. 19 people died in south carolina, and two died in north carolina. authorities say all the deaths happened in or near vehicles and were caused by the weather. as we cover the roads now you , may have been caught in a major slowdown this morning on i-385 near woodruff road. chances are you weren't the only one. multiple accidents in both the northbound and southbound lanes caused a backup for miles. wyff news 4's allyson powell was there. she has more on the cause. allyson: these are just some of the cars involved in this morning's accidents. tow truck drivers tell us it's unusual that they would have to >> this is very unusual to have we have before, but not that often. usually inf you have a five-car towed. towed. towing. he says five of his wreckers were called to this morning's accidents on i-385. someone slowed down, and someone a chain reaction. allyson: a total of five accidents in the northbound and the morning commute around woodruff road for hours. >> the traffic was backed up. it took a good while for the trucks to get around. my truck is a

northampton county schools in north carolina will be closed tomorrow. poquoson - newport news and hampton public schools says their students will only have a half a day because of the winter storm. to see when and where the system will hit - let s get right to meteorologist dominic brown with an update on the massive storm. tracking rain, snow and wind....we are gearing for a significant winter storm to impact hampton roads and ne north carolina over the next few days. but tonight will be the calm before the storm, so start preparing now. the weather will be fairly tranquil, with increasing clouds and overnight low temperatures in the mid 20s. then, all eyes will be on an area of low pressure that will move up the coast from the southwest. as the low moves into some very cold air already in place, snow will develop from southwest to northeast, starting mid- morning to midday friday in inland north carolina first. the snow will then cross the state line into hampton roads, again as all snow. areas along the albemarle and outer banks, though, will more th

winter weather is pounding our area this afternoon---- 3 from the mountains of western north carolina...down to the upstate!a live look in asheville where inches are already accumlating...and we could see nearly a foot by

mountains of north carolina will continue to drop down into the low 20's. we will talk about the rest of the week in a few minutes. myra: thank you. geoff: an arctic invasion. it's the coldest day of the season as dale just said. and it's only getting colder. myra: north carolina cut snow over the weekend what you are seeing now is snow along knoxville. the mountains got a light dusting of snow but it didn't stay for very long. today is martin luther king junior day. and many of you will be out today performing mlk service events. want to think about wearing hats and gloves and dressing warml geoff: one of those days. turning to commitment 2016. the democratic presidential candidates took the stage in charleston last night for their have their say in the iowa primaries. myra: with the polls tightening hillary clinton and bernie , sanders sharpened their attacks. brian mooar has the story. brian in their final debate of : this pre-election season, hillary clinton pounded bernie hillary clinton: he voted to have guns going to amtrak. guns go into national par

hertford - and edenton- chowan schools in north carolina are all on a 2- hours delay. northampton county north carolina - gates county and perquimans schools are also running on a two hour delay. you can always find school delays and closings at wtkr dot com. we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday that could bring us snow but also some rain. we )re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that move into the area from the southwest. as cold air already in place, any precipitation that develops will first fall as snow early on friday. then, during the day, as low pressure moves over the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain. once the low exits the coast by saturday, colder air will wrap around the backside of the low, causing any rain to transition back to snow. the highest snowfall amounts will likely be in the richmond area. however, some areas across hampton roads and ne north carolina could see several inches of snow as well. so how much snow are we talking about friday and saturd

michael: you said it, the first snow of the winter and west north carolina. flurries fell most of the day there. madison, yancey, and haywood counties sent students home early. heavy flurries came down in haywood county. snow, blowing across the roads at times. and for the first time, it looked like winter at cataloochee ski area. on friday, the ski area was look at that. they've been making their own snow, and today's flurries certainly didn't hurt. >> it builds a lot of interest. the snow, it makes it look pretty, and it certainly makes people think winter, which is something we've been missing thisiseason so far. michael: it feels like it, too. during the day, it was around 19 degrees at cataloochee. carol: and don't forget, when the snow hits, you can turn to the wyff 4 mobile app for the latest weather updates, including live radar. the app is free to download, and available in both apple and android stores. michael: an upstate k9, shot and could end up having his name on a new state law. carol: hyco died october 21st. hearing from his handler, a deputy

this is no way a guarantee that we're going to get snow at this point in north carolina, western north carolina to be more specific. the flake-o-meter has picked up. other thanthat, it is clear sailing here. yes, it will be chilly. skies remain clear. more sunshine tomorrow afternoon to get us in to the 50s and 60s in some places. teens and twenties in colder spots north. upper 20s across the upstate. not bad. upper 50s and low 60s in the upstate. we're going to see our highs in the mid 50s. temperatures will cool off with the rain chances coming back up on friday. we'll go down a touch on saturday. upper 30s. even colder still come monday next week. we're going to get bone chilling stuff again as our winds crank up. our windchills will be in the single digits. in the upstate, enjoy those 50s at least through saturday. you'll get colder, too, by the end of the weekend. >> larry: that flake. >> jason: flake-o-meter. >> larry: is that real or made up name? i thought it was a boyerism. >>> coming up, what they have against a >> stan: carolina panthers start the playoffs sunday at home aga

we have seen echoes over western north carolina. it has been snowing up at 12, 15, 20,000 feet above the ground and dry air below has been operating snowflakes before they get to the ground. i have seen brief report of snow as far east as hickory and even those places have dropped back off at times. let's take a look at life sweep of dual doppler 5000. you can see those echoes around greensboro and to the east of charlotte. they are scattered and still right on those areas, haven't seen reports at the surface of snow getting to the ground. we will watch for the possibility that an upper-level disturbance coming in from the west may produce some snow to the surface for a brief time. better chances of getting any accumulation with that are over the northwestern piedmont, roxboro, asheboro, lillington and points further to the north and west. if you are traveling that way this afternoon or evening, or maybe patches within here that develop slick spots on roads. chance that could happen across the northern part of our viewing area late

just upper 30's for the mountains of north carolina. we will see that get into the 40's later this afternoon. we talk more about what the rest of the week holds for us in just a few minutes. allyson: it's the end of a fantastic season for the clemson tigers. patrick: geoff hart has been out there working hard. we may see him in just a short bit. we have palmdale highlights to get to. brad fralick has those for you now. read: the story didn't and how clemson wanted it to. bring a perfect 14-0 record into the national championship game against alabama and came up a few point short. an electric atmosphere at university of phoenix stadium running into a sea of orange, more than half the stadium filled with clemson and -- fans. the aim at seven in the first quarter. shawn watson finds hunter for a second touchdown catch of the game. coming in third quarter, tied at 14, oj howard down the sideline, a busted coverage for comes in. that gives alabama 21-14. later, they are down 21-17. touchdown, 24-21. fourth quarter, game tied at 24, alabama w

check out these carefree kids from winston salem - north carolina. they had a great time - singing and dancing to the song )let it go ) - from disney s hit animated film "frozen" yesterday. they even wore princess customs - from the movie. yesterday s dusting will not compare to the monster storm heading our way. how the east coast is bracing for it - ahead north carolina - just one one of the states - on edge about the storm heading our way. and rightfully so - the monster storm could paralyze cities from north carolina - and further up the east coast. parts of virginia could see up to two feet of snow - and that s not all you should look out for. some of us could see sleet - rain and maybe even flooding. are making a call to dismiss

denver, north carolina, is a small town north of charlotte in lincoln county. it is home to about 2000 people. : we will be with the panthers through super bowl 50. special live coverage starts this sunday from santa clara as the team arrives. you can get coverage online at anchor: this is a tweet chris hohmann put out around 5:00. last friday and today, what a difference. chris: blue sky besides the snow being gone. it does not get much bluer. than that anchor: white day and night truly. chris: folks wish it had been snow instead of the sleet-ice mix. that makes it difficult to move around. it is not fun to play in. still time for snow lovers to have an all snow event. certainly not in the short term. our temperatures going the wrong way if you love snow. 50's tomorrow and mid to upper 60's sunday into wednesday. it will not like be --be like december. it will change traumatically by thursday. chilly weather late next week and the week beyond. 51 now at r.d.u. the days are getting longer. we have about a half hour more of daylight now than we did around christ

that's what north carolina's highway patrol says, too. they're working with partners to make sure everyone has the resources they need and potential slick spots are getting treated, but as for folks out today, most are just happy to finally see some winter weather. >> i like winter. it's exciting. the roads were a little bad this morning coming from madison county, but i'm excited about it. it's great. >> i've looked forward to it all year. i don't know what happened to our weather in december, but i'm really excited. it's snowing, it's cold, it's great. aly: what we've seen so far are asheville employees salting sidewalks and blowing away snow. they did an incredible job. there is not too much left to show you, but there might be friday and saturday. aly myles wyff news 4 live in asheville. geoff: more like a dusting there. meanwhile, the departments of transportation in the carolinas potential incoming weather system, so they have prepared brine solutions to treat the roads. a reminder to not get a false sense of security and to be pati

the base salary for starting teachers in north carolina is $35,000 a year. we asked the speaker about atkinson's request for a 10% teacher raise. >> with all due respect, i don't think that's a realistic number. certainly we would like to do that, right? but we can't afford that. >> reporter: atkinson says more money is necessary to help improve that turnover rate. >> now, i want our teachers to get a 10% raise. i understand the general assembly has a very huge challenge in balancing the budget. >> reporter: the committee will meet again in february and march, and ultimately it will report its findings once the general assembly reconvenes in april. beau minnick, "wncn news now." >>> officials told us a 10% raise for teachers in north carolina would cost about $540 million. >>> you can expect to see a big construction boom on ralleigh's they are starting phase two of the renewal project focusing on making the sidewalks safer. it includes raised medians, marked bike lanes and three roundabouts. the project manager says they will try to avoid disrupting travel

schools in north carolina are all on a 2- hours delay. northampton county north carolina - gates county and perquimans schools are also running on a two hour delay. you can always find school delays and closings at wtkr dot m. we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday that could bring us snow but also some rain. we re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that move into the area from the southwest. as this system moves into some very cold air already in place, any precipitation that develops will first fall as snow early on friday. then, during the day, as low pressure moves over the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain. once the colder air will wrap around the backside of the low, causing any rain to transition back to snow. the highest snowfall amounts will likely be in the richmond area. however, some areas across hampton roads and ne north carolina could see several inches of snow as well. so how much snow are we talking about friday and saturday?

under current north carolina law, that video is not considered public record. the city's new policy says the chief can allow a recording. the plan is fo officers to begin using them. >> jaclyn: a problem in h hwood highway 276 or crusoe road is closed right now due to snow and ice. there's no word on when it will reopen. but if you live in that area, heads up, avoid that spot if you can. there's a minor bump. if you're taking i-26 near brevard road soon, there's a live look for you. you can see the snow on the median and off ramps. if it you are driving out later this evening or even tomorrow morning, please use extra caution because black ice is a threat. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> frank: the big winner in yesterday's nfc championship a north carolina t-shirt company. reunion between a local family and their long lost pet. happen. in this line of work only the freshest ingredients make the cut it's important to me to know every dish i serve is the best it can be. especially for this food cri

and north carolina. winter weather advisory's in all the areas in purple and pink will get the most amount of snow, which is why they declared an emergency for northern georgia. it will start late morning, early afternoon. temperatures in the teens and low 20's in western north carolina will reach into the mid 30's. our computer showing a few flurries of snow along the late morning and early afternoon, it starts to come down. about 2:00, 3:00, and works its way into the mountains of south carolina and continues into the afternoon hours. flurries across the upstate and not expecting accumulation, but enough in the mountains to make it slippery. >> teaming up on the trail. i and aixa diaz. who donald trump will be campaigning with, coming up. allyson: a live look from detroit where president obama will visit the auto show today. geoff: commitment 2016, donald trump has company on the campaign trail. allyson: sarah palin is joining him and aixa diaz joins us from washington with alcatel trump. aixa: sarah p

none of them were sold in north carolina. winning tickets were sold in tennessee, florida and clinicean flow hills, california. fewer candidates will be on the strategy tonight for the republican presidential debate in south carolina. just seven have been invited on the main stage hosted by fox. it is one of the last chances for the white house hopefuls to sway voters before the february 11 iowa caucus. barbara: it could be another rough day on wall street. after wednesday's nosedive onjanuary. from eastern north carolina has landed in legal trouble. marie hole many of shallotte won more than $87 million in february of last year. she's been in the news for repeatedly having to bail her boyfriend out jail. this time it is she who is in legal trouble. she is accused of threatening another woman and making harassing phone calls. barbara: you didn't win the power ball but you can win thanks tokrispy kreme. they make it your lucky day by offering a dozen for $4.99. john: fans watching the panthers and seahawks game sunday in charl

mainly because if you're joining us from the south side north eastern north carolina. this is mainly going to be a rain event for you. maybe a few especially as we head into this afternoon as we start to head towards the peninsula little bit farther and went on to the eastern shore anywhere from zero to one end mainly on grassy or elevators the reason is because temperatures will remain above freezing throughout the day and again we're talking a whole lot higher in terms of accumulation or anything of that nature is the major issues on the roadways. here's a look at what we're doing what so far this morning and the snow has started to push answer richmond's are traveling at sixty four heading to richmond you'll definitely notice those snowflakes take your time on the roadways but just some light showers mainly approaching portions of the peninsula on to the middle peninsula saluted dealing with some light showers starting to see from its precepts are approaching own and calm but most of the viewing area still pretty dry but starting off with temperatures in the forties

carolina forty one right now was the city and when that's one our north. now for reporting twenty seven degrees here to look at satellite and radar we do have some very light showers across a portion of the viewing area most of us our drive to southern virginia beach very light activity stretching into creeds also knotts island you're catching a little shower there stretching down all the way it's a water lily that to continue to push off the northeast we've got more moisture to the south riding right along this boundary i was going to happen these two areas of low pressure will sort of converge and will head off to the north and east. so as a dye that can be close enough to bring some showers and see the sunset on our future cast as we head to the rest of the morning will see mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies partly cloudy a little bit farther to the north by lunch time temperatures generally on one cooler than the model generally and the low forties as we head into this afternoon will top out in the mid forties but notice a lot of the rain especially

western north carolina. and down in the upstate, as well. the snow, however, is going to be tapering off. these are the upper level dynamics. the last portions of this system. it is going to be pushing off to the east. watch what happens in the overnight hours into sunday morning, clearing out skies. i do think we finally see sunshine returning to the forecast for sunday as well as monday. and the thawing, potentially going to start helping things really melting off some soft snow. but it will be very slow and very gradual. i think the impacts are going to be sticking around even as we lead into about midweek. and that's when we actually see our next chance for rainfall. >>> your winter storm timeline is coming to an end. more so at the higher elevations coming this evening. coming through by 7 a.m., expiring for those in the upstate at 7 p.m. this evening. and then our afternoon highs going to be cold all day long. so, if you do plan on heading out with the kids, maybe trying to play in the snow. just want

we now know who won one of the $2 million prizes in north carolina. a group of six co-workers in morrisville. they bought their winning ticket in raleigh. they work at a pharmaceutical company in morrisville. they pooled their money every time the jack pot rose over $100 million. the other ticket worth $2 million was bought at this store in spring lake. that winner has not come forward yet. >> you are here for all of this. we had a big pool. maybe your husband was in it. >> we didn't benefit. >> we had one winner. we'll try again. welcome back by the way. >>> food on the floor, dirty pans and moldy ice machines. >> monica tells us where inspectors found these violations and more. >> plus a drug trial goes seriously wrong for a volunteer who is now brain dead and several others critically ill. >>> plus actor sean penn speaks with 60 minutes about his time with el chapo. coming up at 5:30 why he says his interview was the one his drug lord failed. >>> we've still got rain showers out there so if you want to do something outside this evening take the umb

most of western north carolina hunter a winter weather advisory. one inch to two inches of snow can fall. three plus inches could accumulate from the event coming through today. we will run the future plus in a moment. anywhere from teens and 20's in western north carolina and upper 20's in the upstate today. temperatures will get into the let's take that future plus forecast and look at the next 12 hours. we are seeing a couple of flurries in the mountains of north carolina and more action developing late morning, 12:00, 12:30, coming down pretty good. by 2:00, three :00, impacting northern greenville, pickens county, oconee county, getting snow until 5:00. parts of the piedmont will see flurries of snow with rain south of i-85 corridor and things quiet down for the evening. it cannot be a big event for the upstate but it continues well into the evening in the mountains, which means we could seek accumulation on higher mountaintops. rain comes in tomorrow afternoon. temperature wise, mid 30's about the best we see for the upstate and the mountains

of course over north carolina as well. all of that with the ridge of high pressure to the west drifting in our direction. see how that plays on, clouds thinking up on the west side of the mountains where low-level moisture reaches the mountains, lifting up forming cloud cover. otherwise we have brightened up along the eastern seaboard. that continues to be the case with a storm system continuing out to e. we should see just about sunny skies for much of the day. it may be that some moisture evaporating off of the snow and sleet will translate into a few fairweather clouds, that should be just about it for today. as we go through the nighttime hours, upper level moisture that will drifting. after mostly clear skies in the evening, we will see a few high clouds, turn as partly cloudy for the morning. tomorrow, those will drift across the region from time to time. we will have a mix of high clouds and sunshine to start the week monday. they made been out a little bit as we head tomorrow night into early tuesday but as we get

the carolina panthers have a lot of support to a sixth grader is in the locked in north carolina even wrote a poem about it for class assignments called twas the night before the super bowl. downey is l says he wanted to write about his favorite team going for hopes the team can hear the phone before gameday in me really good look from a very sweet guy and his good to me in awe right so kind of crazy weather week but some things before tat we do we have a really nice weekend so look for to plenty of sunshine but we've gotta get through the clouds and the chance for rain today so let's take a look at what we've got we're also starting off on a chilly know this morning especially as you had a little bit farther to the north at twenty seven right now in gloucester or come in a twenty seven as well and mouth and thirty two and watch a parade on the peninsula to joining us from st newport news. even places like and sinful colors and i you're at thirty four degrees right now are coming in at thirty seven enhances or chili starts the morning definitely bundle up if you're heading out the doo

we'll see a few showers in the area with the highest chance for rain over northeast north carolina and the outer banks. then we'll dry out for friday into the weekend. we are looking at a very nice weekend. monday. good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. we have new information in a story we first told you about as breaking news last night at 10. in three different stops, police arrested 8 people tied to over federal lands. one of those arrests includes ammon bundy. he's been leading a group of ranchers who took over a national wildlife refuge more than three weeks ago. according to cnn, during the arrest, protester lavoy finicum and bundy's brother didn't surrender. shots were fired and finicum died. bundy's brother was hurt. right now it's unclear who started the shooting. the bundy ranch released a message on facebook last night saying in part "one of liberty's finest patriots is fallen. he will not go silent into eternity." cnn reports the people arrested face felony charges related to their occupation. this morning it's unclear if the arrests will put and end to the

way.fox carolina's adriri acosta is at the north carolina d.o.t hub in ashevillea&and adrian what have been doing there to get ready? 3 cody just check out he giant pile of sand behind me and that shows you how serious crews are taking the threat of bad weather they are facing herea& 3 crews have been mixing that sand with truck load after truck load of salta&and that will be used to help keep the roads clear when the wintery weather beginsand they had to spend a lot of the day supply they used yesterday when snow feel here for some of the afternoonncdot engineer justin rice says crews spent the afternoon making sure all of the road clearing equipment is ready and set to go and loading up things like chainsaws to cut trees if they fallrice says they are also having plenty of manpower on hand a&he also talked about what the plan of attack is if roads started getting in bad shape 3 3 "once the interstates and primaries are cleara&that means all of the snow and ice is removed from those systems then we make the determination to move to the major secondary and collector routes and from the

a wondrous opportunity we have here in eastern north carolina. a wildlife mecca. >> it's mess morizing. >> -- mesmorizing. >> they usually depart in february and return the next winter year, after year. >>> coming up in this the next half-hour, a new state law aimed at protecting children from identity theft. five on your side's monica laliberte explains tools parents wral news at six starts right now. >>> if you are outside today, you know it. it was the coldest day of the winter so far and we could see more wintry weather tomorrow. thank you for joining us, i'm david crabtree. >> and i'm lynda loveland. debra morgan has the day off. ahead of a winter storm that'll enter tomorrow, governor pat mccrory ordered state agencies to begin preparations for possible treacherous travel conditions. the ground islready losing a lot of heat from this weekend. shallow puddles on hargan in downtown raleigh are freezing over. be aware any water even a trace could be an icy spot in the morning. and a similar scene in downtown durham. people pulled out their hea

north carolina saw snow over the weekend. what you're seeing now is snow from mocksville along i-40 in davie county yesterday. the mountains also got a light dusting of snow. it didn't stay for very long. now, today is martin luther king, jr., day. many of you lucky enough to stay inside, but some also will be going out to take for activities. if you do go outside, make sure you bundle up. to anybody who watches our show in t winter. aly myles, wyff news 4, live in downtown hendersonville. myra: taking a look at the roads now, this is our woodruff road skycam. you might want to give yourself a few extra minutes to warm up the car and defrost the windows. ice on the roadway on rutherford road near spring street and scenic drive in traffic news this morning. turning to commitment 2016 now, sparks in south carolina as the democratic presidential candidates faced off in their on stage. from charleston with more. patrick: we came into this debate with two democratic candidates sparring out over the last couple of weeks and one of

in north carolina now, day two of the voter i.d. trial will get under way this morning in winston-salem. a federal judge is hearing a challenge to north carolina's voter identification laws. yesterday, a political science expert testified that there isn't any evidence of voter fraud in the state, but an attorney for the state says poll workers wouldn't know if a voter is who they say they are without proper i.d. the voter i.d. mandate will be in place for the state primaries on march 15. local boards of elections are getting ready for the primary voting day. in guilford county, voting machines were set up yesterday and tested for any issues. primary voting for state, national, and local elections will be on the same day. t-shirt companies in north carolina are working hard to print thousands of panthers t-shirts. off the press in charlotte. now these shirts will get send t out to thousands across the state. when the carolina panthers and the denver broncos square off in super bowl 50, the denver broncos say they will wear their whit

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carolina 3 traffic was backed up throughout western north carolina during most of the morning and into the afternoon. several major accidents on interstate 26 caused delays for more then seven hours. hours.3 3 here's a look at the scene - jack knifed tractor trailers shut down the highway backing up traffic at least 15 miles carolina.the initial accident happened at 4 a.m. but traffic was at a standstill for hours. 3 this is just one of hundreds of incidents north carolina highway patrol say they've been called to.we're joined now by trooper kelly rhodes for an update on conditions - what are problem areas?- working with dot?- advice for stranded motorists?- tips for 3 and near the tennessee border - more issues as this winter weather causes a traffic mess. mess.officials continue to urge drivers to stay at home--- as we've seen even major roadways and interstates aren't immune to the problems 3 this is video of the standstill on interstate 40. hundreds of crashes - and cars off the road - causing backups and delays.the department of transportation in tennessee says rain prevented them

north carolina. in answer to the noontime hour which countries are in the thirties as for harris a southampton county isle of wight county for much of the peninsula middle peninsula northern and eastern shore. primarily we will be looking at snow but notice pictures again above freezing so anything that falls went and had some of the war roadways will know pretty quickly and we didn't have enough verse that we could see some minor accumulations on the grass tops of cars things like that southside in north carolina mainly dealing with some light to moderate rain as we go to the morning hours into the early afternoon as things start to wind down we could see a few snow flakes mixing but certainly by two three o'clock everything is done in the storm's pulling off the coastline by for that loss allow the colder air to really start to work its way in tomorrow night and into the martin luther king holiday on monday to partly cloudy skies tomorrow night clearing skies overnight and for the martin luther hol

no snow in the upstate, it will be confined to the north carolina mountains. even the foothills and all the way over to rally, where they had - - all the way over to raleigh-durham, where they had flurries. it will get colder. now back to you. gabrielle: now back to western north carolina, where snow caused a short day of school for a lot of students. wyff news 4's mike mccormick is live and local in haywood county. mike, show us what it is like the right now. mike: the wind john was talking about is no joke. we are getting nailed by man-made snow coming from tube world in maggie valley. you can see the snow going up from the man-made cannons. the natural stuff that came down today didn't hurt things for these businesses. you can see some of the man-made snow accumulated up there. blue skies right now in maggie valley. the roads are doing fine. on the grass, a few patches of snow here and there. today, madison, yancey, and haywood counties sent students home early because of snow in the higher elevations, and of course to keep students , off the roads. in hayw

wintry mix weather in western north carolina. tomorrow evening we might get the excitement the snow flurries across the upsgeoff: this morning on "today," the countdown to the iowa caucuses is on. with less than two weeks to go, both the gop and democratic candidates neck and neck in both parties. "today" has all the political news you need to know just moments away. allyson: if you are headed out the door, bundle up. dale: freezing temperatures

at&t north carolina. retired brigadier general david national guard. >> i think the university and community college investments are pretty self-explicit. they are going to a lot of engineering type of things. i think some things that people may not understand as well is water and sewer money set aside, that is going to a fund that will then be called upon by smaller communities. can you explain that a little bit? >> i think the concept is what we've been doing in the clean water trust fund and that is it and towns that have particular needs in water and sewer apply money. you look at the issues in michigan. you are well aware of the need for clean water. process. >> that segment mentioned agriculture. that money is not going necessarily to farmers and -- or farmland preservation. that is going to nc state for apartment research, spectator slowdown it not. >> virtually all of the projects are capital project. s have i to get the title correct. the plant sciences initiative complex at nc state. the bond pr

this is a winter weather watch near western north carolina. this is why several schools are closed today. 1-3 inches of snow could cause problems. the mountains of georgia are under a winter storm warning. it will begin this afternoon into the afternoon in the mountains. we will see a flurry in the upstate today, that no accumulation expected. 29 in anderson. 28 in spartanburg and laurens. 21 in marshall. it is pretty cold all across the area. it is not as cold as yesterday and the winds are lighter. here is the computer model. we have clouds this morning and then around 1:00 we start to see snow in northeastern georgia and western north carolina. that will come down pretty good with 1-3 inches possible. then, it comes to an end. tomorrow, rain will begin later in the afternoon. friday. they could be a wintry mix in the mountains on friday. it looks like it will basically be a rain even for the upstate. early friday morning is when we will see some wintry mixes and some heavier rain expected. the next 12 hours will see temperatures struggling

state officials do not have the authority to close private businesses on north carolina virginia our employment at will states that means that your employer can require you to be at work regardless of what it looks like outside. he might be thinking but i have responsibilities are children the bottom line is as harsh as it may sound it's not your employer's problem whether work or yet another trip to the grocery store how do you get your car that is stuck in the ice and snow out and on the road just remember the acronym casts the c stands for clearer path to give your tiresome room to roll a is for an attraction spread the salt sand or kitty liter later in the direction tires deflate her tires a little bit for better traction and finally s which stands for. straighten your wheels before you start to roll and a quick reminder for you today is the day that we are picking a winner for our new york contest a break is giving one lucky viewer a chance to win a trip for two to new york city set includes a two night stay airfare tickets to see good morning america in times square. you still

there in eastern north carolina but now this evening. there are only a few showers laughed again especially in north carolina but we can't rule one or two out here locally temperatures this evening dropping to around forty one under mostly cloudy skies not much wind to talk about some of the wall that set at five twenty five meanwhile temperatures across the rest of the region there's a fifty inch sp fifty in virginia beach almost the same number in elizabeth city. most of our forty four to forty seven you can see couple of outliers like williamsburg at forty eight inches then dropping back to the forties noticed that the steady rain shower stay well to our south little bit of action maybe every once in awhile here locally best chance to be about let's say eight o'clock to ten o'clock in virginia and really more like now through about ten o'clock down in north carolina. temperatures tomorrow morning will start off in the thirties that is a little bit above normal and then will start to climb up with sunshine to the lower forties at the e

we will zero in her western north carolina. even a couple flurries possible into the foothills of north carolina, certainly possible in marion. especially along the north carolina-tennessee line. this is the best chance of snow showers. maybe a half inch to an inch possible especially on the high peaks. asheville, waynesville, note the expected in the upstate. you can see the waves on lake hartwell, because of the strong winds gusting as high as 30 miles per hour out of the west as the front comes down off the mountains and into the upstate. a couple clouds around. mainly clear skies for the upstate. it is cold. temperatures not too bad, 48 in spartanburg, 53 in clemson, 52 in greenville, 51 in anderson and greenwood. northeastern georgia, the cold air starts to come in. 49 in toccoa, and livonia. lookout chilly it is. 30's in the north georgia mountains and raven county -- raybun county. 47 and clarksville and cornelia. 57 in elberton. the cold air is coming in from the northwest. 52 in atlanta, 51 in chattanooga. the low is m

two people one $2 million prizes in north carolina. seven including five attackers have been killed in terror jakarta. three suicide bombers exploded themselves and police stormed the kafcafe. it is a painful beginning to the year for many investors after a flat year of returns on the stock market. volatile oil knocked the s&p down 10% from the peak. the dow lost more than 300 points before closing. john: 10 u.s. navy sailors are back in bahrain after spending less than a day in iranian custody after their boats drifted into iranian waters. the sailors were released yesterday. one of them later apologized on camera for the mishap on iranian tv. >> it was a mistake. it w appears to be threupbt but not clear what the crew was experiencing at the time. they are undergoing a re reintegration process. leaders say the important thing administration is that the sailers are safe. barbara: an arrest is made in the case of an american woman murdered in florence. italian mediaaggravated murder. they identified him from surveillance cameras in the

carolina again mainly rain with some areas right along the virginia north carolina border saying a few snow flakes mixing and by this afternoon temperatures near forty degrees will drop back into the fur is on mine was the king day thirty two that morning temperature at nineteen it's going to be a cold start to tuesday even wednesday lows near twenty with highs back in the forties will start to moderate just a bit by the end of the week. zhao bao by the bride's become a player in sports how rare is monarchs lose their second straight home game they were taken on middle tennessee will have highlights just ahead blues with like five seconds left in both games plus i'm sorry i got distracted i'm sorry oh do you mark a friendly wager between two governors will during today's nfl selling mattresses the traditional way isn't the best way. most are made in a large factory, and shipped hundreds of miles to a retailers warehouse, where they're marked up and up before finally selling and delivering them at the original mattress factory we take a straightforward approach. we have eliminated the e

.>>> north carolina electric co-ops are also getting prepared. they serve more than 2.5 million people. >>> be sure to charge your phones and tablets so that you have access to the wral news app. you can also get alerts. the app is available in the itunes store or google play.>>> you can count on wral to keep we will have lives -- live hourly weather updates. >>> can't smith is on campus gathering information at the scene.>> reporter: this remains an active scene at north carolina university. you can see crime scene tape surrounding the parking lot. we are working to find out the identity of the people shot and the number of people shot. we don't know that information. take a closer look. police have been focused on that black car in front of the student center. that car. we are hearing from witnesses that an inspired -- incident happened at roxborough and lawson. the person driving attempted to get away and drove onto the campus and the scene unfolded here in front of the student center. we're not sure if students were involved. classes on campu

. >> and we also check in with north carolina marketers. they don't expect any major changes any time soon but they did say consumers should be aware and enjoy the gas prices now. in the summer you could see a rise in demand and a slight change in prices. back to you. >> take the good with the bad. l.a. lay live in raleigh thank you. >>> 2015 was a banner year for financing start ups in north carolina. that's the word from money tree. the report out today says 63 funding deals were in the state last year with a total of $675 million ranking north carolina 12th. nationally more money was invested than any year since the.com boom of 2008. and the national picture check out tech wire.com. call this a redo however this time with voters in the right district. this morning the state board of elections approved the new election for one race in vincent. our capital viewer laura leslie is here with reaction to all of this. laura. >> you may remember we recovered the story since we heard from the problem. this resolution is one of these rare instance

et 'sthghu sb 's-- >>> north carolina handles wake forest with ease. roy williams wasn't overly happy. they shot 30%. joel james didn't play because of an injury but bryce johnson was good. bryce johnson scoring 27 points, 11 rebounds. as a matter of fact, he's the only tar heel in double figures for the contest. north carolina will finish the half with justin jackson off the break. he's got nine points and a 16- point lead for north carolina. man the post. johnson and kennedy meeks will man the post and it is a 24- point lead. devin thomas lights a fire. nice throwdown here. marcus paige, now, continues to struggle there it is right there he's now #-for-25 over the last three games. all three wins for north carolina carolina visits -- they were -- but they now fall in -- house visa requirements moves up. carolina health insurance got some surprising news yesterday. cam -- a concussion. they'll find -- felt fine at practice two days ago. they gave him a test and it was determined that he does have a condition cushion. >> he's been called up from charl.