Dusting yesterday evening across some portions of the renal so very cold in the northern mountains. The 2 hour they in that zone. Right now in asheville its cold. No snow to talk about. Nothing excited happening overnight besides the temperature dropped. 25 in black mountain, 22, leicester, robbinsville 32 degrees. By lunchtime still freezing. We will return to the 50s soon enough. I will tell you when coming up. Right now lets head over to the traffic center. Jaclyn, there is one wreck now . Jaclyn ingrid, crews are working a wreck at swannanoa drive and the ems and Fire Department cleared the scene so hopefully it will be out of the way shortly, keep that in mind if you are heading that way. If you usuallyake merryman avenue around this time, get ready for some delays. Traffic is slowing on the northbound side in the area of edgewood road and everything is up to speed along this stretch of i26 westbound. Its about a 15 minute ride from u. S. 74 over to upward road. Traffic report brought you by the wired mouse computer solution. Back to you. Holly president obama is of america. Jay he talked about isis, gun violence and the economy. He start his speech by saying he would offer fewer proposals for 2016 and instead discus the future. Holly regardless of the politically charged ideas, obama said the next president will have four big question, how to make Technology Work for all of us, how to keep the world safe without policing it, how to make politics reflect our best, and not our worst. He also said politicians need to talk about isis with perspective. They do not threaten our national existence. [applause] that is the story isil wants to tell. Thats the kind of propaganda they use to recruit. Holly the president says represents muslim and with regard to banning muslim, he said politicians cant use any speech that would hurt a race or religion. Jay looking back at his time in office, but also time to look ahead. Holly christine frazao has more on how its playing out across the state and in washington. Good morning, christine. Reporter good morning, a very cold morning in washington as you can see. And i will show the front page of the Washington Post i. Said a amid mental retardation nations anger, a message of safe. I they how a lot of people interpreted it. An overnight cnn o. R. C. Poll said even though who are disappointed that his presidency fell short, they enjoyed his speech. That comes as much of the 2016 president ial candidates and the very crowded republican field is painting a different picture. We heard president obama say he said the state of the union is strong while the other candidates say otherwise, painting a different picture of the health of the country. We do imagine we will hear plenty of criticism from those candidates today and in the days ahead. Here in washington, both democrats and republicans used this speech as an opportunity to reaffirm their agenda. And as expected, they saw the speech very differently. I thought it was an excellent speech. I think the president talked about the fact that we can utilize the changing world in a way that benefits all of us and that we should not be afraid of change. He talked about how great the economy is now and how its grown so much. Most americans dont feel that. Wages have continued to go down and People Struggle with that. Reporter president obama will no doubt get more reaction as he does what is becoming a tradition for the president s to do. Road. He will photo nebraska today and then later tonight is expected to be in louisiana. Live inhsospwashington, im kristine frazao, back to you. Jay developing in the upstate, an investigation is underway into the death of an upstate High School Basketball player. The spartanburg coroner says 18 yearold they man moore was a senior at greenville high school. While the cause of death is not known the coroner says there is no indication of foul play. Holly Henderson County leaders are looking ahead to the future of east plat rock. A committee is putting together a plan for the area for the next 15 years. The East Flat Rock community stretches from the Flat Rock Middle School to i26. Once completed county and local governments will use that plan to guide future decisions. We look at everies act thef to that community and come up with recommendations based on what the Community Input is and how we can achieve some of that over the next 15 year period. 15 months to fully develop the plan. Jay Asheville City Council cleared the way for Indigenous Peoples day. The procla mental retardation States Asheville was built on the homelands and villages of native people who lived here long before america was settled. Members of the eastern band of cherokee indians are happy with the decision. I think this is within the color and spirit of asheville. Its such a tolerant and spiritual place to celebrate the contributions of cherokee. [inaudible] jay Indigenous Peoples day will be celebrated on the second monday of every october, which is also columbus day. Holly suspects are on the run and deputies need your help finding them. In fugitive files we are teaming up with the Henderson County sheriff offense office and joining us is major frank stout, tank you for coming in. Thank you, maam. We are looking for andrew harmer, white male 27 years of age, frequents bear waller road in Bell Mountain road. Felony probation violation. Next we have christopher chad massey. He is a white male, 39 years of age. Frequents hack lburg lane, sugar loaf loan, thrush road and he is wanting for breaking and entering, three counts felony of a firearm and felony conspiracy and felony entry to real property. Last tara gene melendez, white female, 38 years of age. She frequents north main street, wetler street and dorothy street. She is wanted for felony forgery. Holly all right. If you know where any of these fugitives may be, call anonymously. Its the Crime Stoppers number you know phone phone. Thats 6943128 and go to the fugitive files section of wlos. Com to see all the suspects we are featuring this morning and we will join you again in the next half hour with more fugitives on the run. Jay in this mornings news reel fire officials in oakland, after getting trapped in a sewer line for ten hours. A trench collapsed on him leaving him buried up to his chest. A fire official says it happened because there was not enough support to prevent dirt from caving in. Rescue crews had to shore up the trench so they could get him out safely. Holly a high speed chase in wichita, kansas, with an armed robber end in a crash. Police say the be roar seriously hurt the driver tof a black ford, slamming into a poll. Investigators say the robber stole cash, purse, and lottery tickets from the convenience store. The trail of the tickets led the police to the suspects and they arrested them. Jay the community demanded it. Now the protestors taking over the wild life refuge in oregon are listening. They shared their commit plan but they are not leaving soon. A Spokesman Says this has now become an even bigger issue. This is abuse in our Health Regulations at every level of our lives. We are losing our freedoms and it is close to being gone. Jay Law Enforcement in that area says since the my lashah took over the refuge there is an uptick in intimidation and harassment in the community. Holly tonight for the First Time Ever someone could become a billionaire thanks to the Powerball Jackpot, its up to 1. 5 billion. The largest in history. Jay Lauren Brigman is live from the market station gas station on Henderson Road and, lauren, there is still time to get tickets . Lauren thats right. We bought one live at 5 30 this morning. You still have time. The drawing is 10 59 tonight. Tickets will be sold until 10 oclock so here at Market Center they are expecting even more customers to come in today to get these last minute tickets. But your chances of winning are about 1 in 292,000,000. So, your odds are not looking good. But you know we have been saying all morning, somebodys got to of course we didnt have a winner in the past saturdays drawing so the Powerball Jackpot continued to climb to 1. 5 billion. So, there is a couple different ways, if you happen to win, you can either claim the payments over 29 years or you can get the lump sum, which totals about 930 million after taxes. Now, we did some research this morning to find out, you know, beyond those fancy cars, luxury home, what are some other things you could buy . And we found that you can actually own a professional sports team, soccer team, hockey team. Those are some of the options that popped up there as well. Some of the other things you can buy is you can have a stadium named after you, the cost is up to 425 million you can build a replica of the original disneyland for about 150 million. So, theres just some options to consider ifou happen to win that big Powerball Jackpot tonight. Reporting live in asheville, Lauren Brigman, news 13. Powerball jackpot with you at home. Jay wlos bought 50 tickets and will split any winnings of 10,000 or more with 13 random adults. Go to our Facebook Page to register to win. Holly you dont even have to pay, we will buy it for you. And a building in nebraska is frozen. Jay how the building turned into a giant ice sculpture. Ingrid here is your harrys on the hill bubu stop forecast. The kids will feel like an icicle if they dont wear a coat. 39 by the time they get home. Coming up after the break, we will talk about how cold we will we will be right back. I have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. With asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. Breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. Ingrid it is a very chill start at cataloochee, cold of course to be making more snow. 16 degrees on the leicester carpet sales news 13 skycam network. Not as cold in clemson. Still chilly. You need a jacket. 35 degrees right now. And very Clear Conditions on the radar and satellite from burnsville to franklin to greer, all the way down into greenwood. Clear conditions means it is cold outside. We will start to see some clouds building up late thursday into friday and we will have a chance for some more precipitation to enter our rain gauges there. You know, its cold outside but this is typical for this time in winter. 26 is normal. 2 is as cold as we have gotten down to since midnight. 23 in burnsville, 30 in forest city. Same thing in franklin. Take a look at the upstate now. Below freezing in greenville. 34 anderson. 35 down into greenwood. Now, the wind has picked up over the last half hour in asheville. Right now, with 13 Miles Per Hour. 14 up towards boone and lighter down into the upstate. So, you know what im about to show you. Here is the wind chill. You step outside in asheville, feels like a very cold 11 degrees. So, make sure you have the hats, the glove, the scarf, all the above this morning. 28 degrees is what it feels like in greer. Now, this model is picking up the winds could be gusting by about 8 a. M. And some locations. French broad river valley still feeling below 10 degrees but the western zones feels like the 20s. Thats when you head off to work. Throughout the day, temperatures will stay in the 30s, wuh with the little bit of wind it could feel like the 20s at times. Something else to worry about, humidity levels still pretty low in our eastern zone, so throughout the afternoon into this evening it will be really burning any sort of leaves or anything. High pressure controlling our weather back here at home and that means clear skies through lunchtime the as well. Sunshine expected. It will still be pretty chilly in the 30s. Then we see a chance for some increased cloud cover on thursday. 39 degrees for a High Temperature today. Not very warm. 22 tonight. In greenville, 46 degrees. Slightly cooler today and 27 tonight. The timeline of this precipitation will indicate whether or not we see any wintry weather. The possibility for some patchy freezing rain early friday. The highest mountains. Maybe a few flurries, the highest mountains saturday and then it gets colder for everyone sunday with that mix of rain and snow. In the upstate, we are seeing all rain. Back over to you. Holly from fire to ice, a Historic Building in omaha nebraska was once covered in flames. Jay now its covered in icicles. The firefighters worked in low and now theres 1012 of ice. Holly they say its on the verge of collapsing and the ice temperature changes. Wow, interesting sight there. Unc asheville womens team is trying to stay in the no. 1 spot against clemson. Stan good morning, in a great season. 123, 51 in the big south and first place. Bulldogs had a home game last night against longwood, they are 24 in the league and asheville in the unusual place, first place this late in the season. Hold . Bulldogs have been strong all season and they flux their muscle early and often last night. Off by going inside to fitzgerald, the sophomore from virginia. Doesnt make it the first time, she had 9. Asheville gets on top early. Also, effective from the outside, tianna knuckles knocked 14. Then its Tiffany Wilson overpowers the double team for two more. Asheville had 32 scores after the First Quarter and then on Cruise Control they go. They improved to 61 flat big south, 133, with a win over lawnwood and theres a televised eighth ranked miami against [inaudible] london for 3, u. N v. Up 1, now pa rontist with a drive, hooks it up off the glass, scores 13 in the second half, they go 112 run that puts them ahead for good. They snap the two game losing reak to beat miami 5668. No. 1 goes down in college basketball. Top ranked kansas falls at no. 11 west virginia, mountaineers won this one 7463. West virginia is 151,1, thats their best start since 1982 when they started 241. Overs. They are the fourth no. 1 team to go down this year. And the final app College Rankings are out, alabama no. 1 of course. Fifth time they have won the app honor. Clemson no. 2 followed by stanford and ohio state and oklahoma 23eu6th and North Carolina is 15th and tennessee 22nd. Poll. Thats sports this morning. Im stan pamfilis, we will see have a great wednesday, everyone. Stan hopefully iwill be a great wednesday. Ingrid ingrid its in the 20s in many locations, in the afternoon staying in the 30s so colder than it typically is in winter but nonetheless it will be cooler down into greenville, too, 36 degrees. 22 in asheville. Staying nice and clear in the upstate as well. Upper 20s in greenville for tonight. Right now, lets head b bk to the traffic center. Jaclyn, we are seeing improvements on Swannanoa River road . Jaclyn ingrid, crews are now clearing that earlier wreck on Swannanoa River road on kensington drive. We know there are no injuries reported there so thats good news. Traffic is picking up on merryman avenue. The delays we talked about earlier are nuclear. Speeds there at edgewood road are now up to 31 Miles Per Hour. Here is a look at the commute along i40 westbound from old fort to asheville. Give yourself about 20 minutes of drive time to make this commmme. Thats a look at your ontime the wired mouse. Holly here is your live look around the world this morning. This is a sunny shot of malta. Jay that looks nice, doesnt it . News 13 will be right back. Stay with us. Wow, you changed my old bedroom. With a little help from a havertys designer. He helped us, uh. Reinvent the whole space. And it is perfect. Im sure it was perfect then too, because youre perfect. Yeah, i was perfect. No mom, youre grounded its uh. Its better now. Well, my design sense is everevolving, so. Update your space and take up to onethousand dollars off your purchase at havertys. Plus, enjoy twentyfour month, nointerest financing. Holly we are looking at the most popular breakfast items from across the country. Ingrid we posted this to our site wlos. Com. Holly we will start at no. No. 30 because we are at the end and we want to get to north cc cc. This is new jersey the summit diner, a slider. Ingrid thats hearty looking. Holly oh, pancakes, i cant pronounce these hotcakes from santa fe, new mexico. Poached eggs with curried lentils, cilantro, new york city. Ingrid that looks pretty healthy. Holly looks yummy. Carolina, chapel hill, Fried Chicken biscuit, we do love that down here, dont we. This is north dakota, a ranchers biscuit, something hearty. You want something hearty. Ingrid its . Cmgy\ 3tp. ` cold. Holly cinnamon rolls, steak and eggs. Ingrid thats too hearty for me. I dont want steak and eggs. Holly im sure there are a lot of people looking at that filet saying yum. Triple berry toast. Ingrid is there salmon in this . Holly the salmon coffee house. Im sure they have it in there, but not in there. Strawberry hotcakes which are actually crepes in pennsylvania. Johnny cakes from rhode island. Ingrid yum. Ingrid fried green toe tomatoes an grits. So some things things that are more holly the two most unhealthy dishes were from n nth carolina, did you see that. Holly thats okay. They were probably delicious. Ingrid we are all healthy and it will help you to eat Something Like that before you head out the door its cold outside. Its 23 in asheville. It feels like about 11 degrees. 13 Miles Per Hour wind in buncombe county right now. So, its a cold start. Staying chilly throughout the day. Coming up in the next half hour, i will talk about our next winter bliss, stay with us. Holly asheville is making the way for a housing make over, the changes coming to Walker Heights. Jay developing this morning, the French Broad River is monitoring a farm on tunnel creek. Lauren the largest Powerball Jackpot in history. 1. 5 billion but you need one of we are live from the drawing now, in high definition, from the western North Carolinas news leader, this is news 13 this morning. Holly it is the biggest jackpot in u. S. History. Jay its up for grabs tonight. One lucky winner will walk away a billionaire. Jaclyn the current jackpot is 1. 5 billion at last count. Holly newss 13s Lauren Brigman joins us with how much is up for grabs an your chance at actually winning that. And, it may not be just one person. You know, some people could pick the computer could spit out the same numbers an you can have multiple winners. We have to wait and see. Too. Start. We are in the 20s in black mountain, casher 17, 17 lister, bundle up, folks. 32 by lunchtime. Its still going to be very chilly throughout the day. 50s, soon enough. Moment. Right now, if you are about to take Swannanoa River road in asheville, an earlier wreck may slow you down. Jaclyn ingrid, we have an active c csh on Swannanoa River road on kensington drive. The good news is its now in the clearing stages. There are no injuries reported here and luckily this is the only crash reported in asheville this morning. Things are flowing smoothly along i240 eastbound right now. Overall its a five minute ride from the bow wen bridge to i40 and finally taking a live look at i26 at brevard road this morning, if you are heading out that way, here is what you can expect on your morning commute. Lots of cars out there this morning. So, be careful. Thats a look at your ontime traffic report brought you by the wired mouse. Back over to you. Holly new this morning, flags are flying at half staff to honor a decorated mountain vietnam veteran who died this week. Jay this is video of Army Staff SergeantNathan Matt Henry from the veterans Day Celebration in franknkn in november. He spent six years as a prisoner of war in vietnam and earned two purple hearts, two silver and bronx stars. Holly his funeral will be at the macon funeral home and burningtown baptist cemetery. Jay an investigation is underway to figure out the cause of a house fire in arden. The sky land Fire Department was called to t t home on glen bridge road just before 11 last night. Firefighters say it was heavily involved in flames when they arrived. No one was home. Thankfully no one was hurt. We have calls out to firefighters to learn more information. Holly another hotel is coming to downtown asheville. City Council Approved rezoning building. The 8 Story Building will have 140 hotel rooms and 39 and garage. The developer promises to pay a living wage for fulltime employees and contribute to the Affordable Housing fund and work for change in Hotel Occupancy tax distribution. Not all believe thats enough. The majority opinion i have received from my constituents onn the issue urges me to vote against it on t t grounds of its contribution to the unnecessary growth of theft; hotel industry. The whole city would be cheering for this, except for the hotel question. And i think that its an amazing project and im going to support it tonight. Holly the final vote was 52 in favor of the project. Work is ex expected to begin this spring. Jay the city Council Approved a make over of a Public Housing community, it doubles the units in lee Walker Heights to 200. Part of a Public Private partnership. The toe total cost is 20 million. Also developing this morning, the French Broad River keeper is monitoring a farm in hominy creek because of high levels of ecoli in the water. The department of Environmental Quality sent a violation notice to crowl farms because of the levels just one week before christmas were detected. Hominy creek and the french broad are used for recreation, high levels of ecoli can make people sick. Iflf properly its okay, but when the state went back to inspect upon our complaint, they found a pipe that was discharging animal waste straight into the ditch and into the river. Jay the owner is not commenting on the situation at this time. Holly suspects are on the run and deputies need your help this evening no to track them down. In fugitive files we are teaming up with the Henderson County sheriff offense ughs a. Joining us is major frank stout. Thanks for coming in. Youre welcome, maam. Suspects . First we are looking for oh coy, unique porter, black male 23 years of age, frequents Cherry Street and 7 white street and aurora drive in asheville. He is wanted for attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, hiring with the intent to defraud, attempted common law robbery, assault inflicting serious injury, larceny, possession of a phone by an inmate, two counts of felony probation violation, and robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession by firearm by felon. Holly who is next . Next we have katrina cobb oh kelley, white female, frequents cedar street and sig monday drive in western North Carolina. Wanted for felony larceny of a Motor Vehicle and felony obtaining property by false pretense. Lastly we have jessica vasquez, white female, 26 years of age. Frequents north grove street and the Seventh Avenue areas. Shes wanted for two counts of obtaining property by false pretense and possession of stolen property. Some of these foughttives are hiding right now. Or, if you see them out and about you can call anonymously. The number is 828 6977867. To see a complete list of the suspects we have been showing since 5 a. M. Go to the fugitive files section of wlos. Com. Thanks so much for coming in. Thank you for having us. Phone phone. Jay West Henderson high is raising money for the a student killed in a crash. A donation was held while they with the at a sporting event. Arrowwood was killed back in the fall when his friend got his license. It could easily be our community that is teaing with this tragedy and we felt like it is the right thing to do. A phenomenal thing for them to do and this pulls you jay robinson says her students continue to grieve for their classmate. Holly a Haywood CountyElementary School may close because of budget cuts and low enrollment numbers. They say they lost thousands of dollars in local taxes and enrollment dropped by 745 students in the past ten years. They are considering closing central elementary in waynesville, which is frustrating some parents. It offers something special. Its that small school experience. The teachers there, there is a Community Within it that is just very nurturing. I mean its fantastic. Holly School Leader say Future School closings may be necessary if funding and enrollment dont go up. The 1. 5 billion jackpot is up for grabs tonight. Lauren brigman is live from the Market Center gas station on hendersonville road. You. What are some of the first things you should do once you buy the ticket . These are like cash, whoever has it is the owner of it. Make sure you are signing your tickets when you get them. Then, if you happen to win, make sure you are making a copy of your original and keep the original close to you and in a safe location until you can go in and claim your prize. Of course, other people say you need to hire a lawyer or a Financial Adviser just to get some advice on what to do with all that money. You know, your odds are about 1 in 292,000,000, but somebody has to win this. So we are taking our chances this morning. We found a couple other people out here at Market Center who have also taken a chance and bought powerball tickets. This is robert. Tell me, what would you do if you won this 1. 5 billion jackpot . I would take and buy a whole bunch of car go vans and put a bunch of drivers in them and open my own business and buy me a 45foot diesel pusher motor home and travel the United States. And work when i wanted to. Lauren work when you wanted to. You have a list. And so, ralph, tell me what you would do. To take care of my immediate family. After that, i would donate a portion of it to charity. And then, i would take and secure myself by taking trips all over the country, all over the world. I would just lauren sound like fun. A lot of people, of course, dreaming of what they would do with all of this money. So, if you still want to take a chance, you have until 10 oclock tonight here in North Carolina to get a ticket. The drawing is at 10 59 right before our 11 oclock news. So, you can tune into the news as well to see the winning numbers. Reporting live in asheville, Lauren Brigman, news 13. Holly great ideas. Lots of people like to travel. We hope to share that Powerball Jackpot with you at home. Wlos bought 50 tickets and we will split any winnings of 10,000 or moror with 13 randomly selected awe adults. Jay go to our took page and register to win. You have until 10 oclock tonight to do it. Holly you dont have to even pay your own money if you dont believe in paying for the it is the first snow of the season for one town. Jay their families are enjoying the first snow day. Holly here is a live look on the interstate from the visionexpress. Net traffic cam. I26 looking just fine on your wednesday morning. Will be right ingrid its all clear. Temperatures this morning, they are where they typically are this time of year, should be at least in winter. 23 degrees is cold as we have gotten since midnight. 23 in burnsville. 29 in forest city. Same thing in franklin. But,;w it will make it feel that much colder. Same thing in boone. Calm down into the upstate. Right now the wind chill, brrrr, 11 degrees is what it feels need the thick winter coat, the hat, the gloves, and the scarfs, make some wool socks. Futurecast wind chill is not as bad, wind subsided but we can feel the Single Digits in the French Broad River valley through 8 a. M. Things get better throughout the day with light winds and air the 30s i. Will feel like the 20s still here in the asheville area. So, over the next couple days we have some changes, but for the short term its going to be clear and dry. 26 for the humidity. So not going to be a good day to be burning. We actually have some brush fires reported yesterday. High pressure controlling the weather and take a look at the futurecast and you can see Just Sunshine through lunchtime. Still going to be freezing at that point. Through dinnertime, clear, clear skies tonight. Then we will see the clouds build back in for thursday. The chance for rain is by friday. 39 degrees expected High Temperature here in the asheville area. Clear skies tonight, about 22 degrees. 46 degrees, mostly sunny, slightly cooler than yesterday and 27 degrees tonight. The timing of this precipitation will dictate whether or not we have any wintry weather, so, spotty, freezing rain in the highest mountains possible early friday if the rain comes early, otherwise its all rain. If it sticks around through saturday morning, maybe a few flurries and for everyone a greater chance for a rain snow mix sunday because High Temperatures staying in the 30s. Upstate locations show its going to be all rain friday and saturday. Right now lets get another traffic check. Jaclyn, we have an update on Swannanoa River road . Jaclyn ingrid the earlier wreck is cleared. Traffic nearby on tunnel road is flowing smoothly. Its a 6 minute commute from porters cove road over to i240 eastbound. We are dealing with some delays in south asheville, get ready for slowdowns on hendersonville road. Especially on the southbound side near long sholes. Finally, here is a look at future i26. The commute from mars hill to asheville timing out 16 minutes. Traffic there at elk Mountain Road moving right on time. That is a look at your ontime the wired mouse. Holly the first snow has come and gone in the philadelphia region. Jay now the wind are kicking in and its down right chilly. Wind chills will be in the Single Digits for some parts of the area. Snow quickly stuck on grass and even some pavement. The fastmoving squall left a coating but just enough for those winter activities. Holly some places have only seen a dusting, even buffalo, a lot of people are being spared the feet of snow we usually see by now. It sounded almost like we there was thunder. I heard a boom, boom, boom, boom. Holly workers are cleaning jay what firefighters say holly 6 48. President obama kicked off the final year of his presidency address trumpeting what he achieved during his two terms. Jay Stephanie Ramos reports he spoke about an array of topics. The president of the United States reporter this was it. President obamas last spate of the Union Address before congress and the nation. Kicking off the speech acknowledging the 2016 election and the horse race in the early primary states. And for this final one, im going to try to make it a little shorter. I know some of you are abiliticy to get back to iowa. Marco rubio and Bernie Sanders sitting in the chamber. Gop front runner not invited but going right to twittor down the speech. Without mentioning candidates by name the president took them on. How can we make our politics reflect whats best in us and not whats worst . But also made a plea for unity. Year on some bipartisan priorities, like criminal justice reform. Reporter and highlighted past successes and the future. The future we want, all of us want, opportunity and security for our families. A rising standard of living. A sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids. All that is within our reach. Reporter republicans challenged the president starting with nicki haley. The president s record has often fallen far short of his soaring words. Even taking a swing at donald trump. It can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. Reporter today, president obama will kick off his post state of the union tour, making stops in nebraska and louisiana. Stephanie ramos, abc new, washington. Jay this morning we have reaction from the republican senators from the carolinas in tom tillis and Lindsey Graham say he is not doing enough to protect our economy or destroy isis. The president has a choice to make. He can finally engage with congress to work to find common ground, or the president can continue to sidestep congress and the American People by implementing executive actions that divide, rather than unite. The majority of americans believe our country is headed in bq the wrong direction. Unfortunately, i believe they are right and i heard nothing tonight to suggest that were going to change course. Jay republican president ial hopeful donald trump took to twitter after the speech, calling it borg and saying we need new leadership fast. Holly during the speech president ial candidate Hillary Clinton ran a gun ad saying she is with obamama when it comes to doing universal background checks. She will respond to the state of the union live on Good Morning America in about 10 minutes. It is about to be a very busy time for the president ial candidates. The South Carolina primary is just about six weeks away. Candidates will debate in charleston and then Democratic Candidates will hold a debate there on sunday. News 13 will be there for both debates and it will provide complete live coverage. Holly u. S. Officials confirm the Iranian Military released all ten u. S. Sailors this morning. Jay the Iranian Revolutionary guards captures the sold jers in the persian gulf on tuesday. They were on small naval boats equipped with machine guns. U. S. Officials say they were going from kuwait to bahrain. Holly new this morning for the first time in six months we can see mexican drug lord el chapo inn a prison outfit. Mexican officials released his new mug shot. He is now back in the maximum security prison he escaped from last year. The u. S. Is fighting to have him extradited on seven drug related indictments. A mexican judicial source says it could take more than a year to make a decision about that. First responders in the deadly shooting in colorado are being recognized. Holly the First Responders received a standing ovation for their efforts during the Colorado Planned Parenthood the mayor of Colorado Springs also honored Emergency Personnel and six civilians who he said acted bravely that day. I have said over and over again, this community is defined by how we responded to this incident, not by one person who engaged in this senseless act of violence. Jay the suspect, robert dear, is charged with first degree murder and related counts. 3 shoppers are recovering after several store aisles collapsed. Holly it happened at a party city in boca raton, florida. Special operations crews came in with canines to make sure no one was underneath merchandise. It started with one shelf that fell and it was a domino effect from there. I mean it was loud. I thought it was like the roof falling down. We had to run towards the door. Holly no word what caused all the shelves to fall. Jay oh my word, anything but a party. I have never seen anything like that. Starbucks is cooking up a flavor of live. Jay what one employee created for valentines day. Holly who was the first actress to appear on a postage stamp . You coming up next. You get a cold. You cant breathe through your nose. Suddenly, youre a mouthbreather. Well, just put on a breathe right strip which instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. Shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. Holly an investigation is underway to figure out the cause of the houser ep fire in arden. Jay skyland Fire Department was called to the home on glen bridge road just before 11 last night. No one was home. No one was hurt. We have calls out to the Fire Department to learn more information. Holly Asheville City Council approved a make over a Public Housing commumuty. It will double the number of opportunities to 200. It will rebuild the asheville public partnership. The total cost is 20 million. Jay the French Broad River keeper is monitoring a farm in home any creek because of high levels of ecoli in the water. The department of Environmental Quality sent a violation notice to crowl farms because of the levels. Hominy creek and the french broad are used for recreation. High levels of ecoli can make people sick. The intoer of the farms is not commenting on the situation at this time. Holly here is the answer took. Com news days mind teaser. We asked who was the first actress tovo[ . Appear on a postage stamp . Jay the answer is grace kelly. Holly lots of good guesses. Jay but all wrong. Holly they were not right. An arizona starbucks employee came up with a special way to share americas love of coffee this valentines day. Jay he created three new frapuccinos for customers to try february 14th. The first offering is called the valentine frapuccino. It has strawberries and cream with raspberry at the bottom. The vanilla bean in the middle and blackberry and whipped cream the drinks can be made at any starbucks, but you have to order them by the ingredient and not by the name. And the cost of each drink could vary. Ingrid those baristas are going to hate you. Holly it sounded pretty tasty, too. Ingrid its complicated. Jay they wont like you. Ingrid and the people behind you. Jay are really going to hate you. Ingrid a final look at weather, outside, you probably dont want an iced drink for breakfast. It will be chilly when you step outside. You know, its in the 20s in most locations. And the teens elsewhere. 39 degrees for a High Temperature today. So going to stay relatively chilly. Tomorrow though, if youre not a fan of the cold, look at this. A return to the low 50s with sunshine, and then into friday and into the weekend, rain mixed with snow at some point, too. Jay im saving that for valentines day. Jaclyn we have a disabled tractor trailer at wiggins road exit 23 blocking the l qvg roadway. Us, g farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even turkey jerks. [turkey] gobble. [butcher] im sorry burke covered march fourth,2014. Talk to farmers. Weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything