The recordbreaking jackpot winners for powerball. Within an hour last night we learned there were three Winning Tickets sold that matched all five numbers and the powerball. They were sold in california, tennessee, and florida. The winners have not come forward but the stores where the tickets were sold are getting big payout. North carolina had some big winners and were talking two separate 2 million winners. Three 100,000 winners. And 14 50,000 winners. Both of the 2 million tickets were sold in our area, one of them at the Harris Teeter on fayetteville road in fuquay varina. The other at a food mart express on spring avenue in spring lake. The owner there tells us hes had winners before, but none thats won it this big. Yeah, im happy when i hear that you know, that is good for my business because its slow here. And maybe it pick the business up. Officials say wednesdays sales alone broke a single day million earned. 20million of that was from the powerball alone. The lawyer who spent years helping to free innocent people who were wrongly convicted learned her fate this afternoon. The bar found christine muma guilty of violating privacy when she took a water bottle in a case to check for dna but it cleared her on a list of other accusations. Our beau minnick reports. Reporter with muma only responsible for that one violation, shes receiving the lowest possible punishment. Which is a written admonition. [ applause ] the day ended with cheers and hugs. It began with closing arguments. This is a hard case. Theres nothing easy about this case. Reporter christine muma was before the state bar with some of the men she has helped exonerate over the years close by for support. Muma the director of the North Carolina center on actual innocence faced accusations for her conduct in the case which exonerated joseph sledge, a man who spent 37 years in prison commit. We talked with sledge today. Like she she done robbed the bank or something. Reporter muma took a water bottle from the home of a Family Member of another suspect in the sledge case. Without that womans consent. And tested it for dna. The defendant by the actions in which she engaged used methods that violated the legal rights of a third person. Reporter her defense repeatedly talked about how she asked the das office for eight months for dna testing. And it never happened. Shes there for joseph sledge. Is there any evidence that she wasnt there for joseph sledge . Reporter the state bar found muma in violation of the witnesses privacy. But didnt find her in violation of four other accusations including that she acted deceptively. Some attorneys called it a technical violation. A real miscarriage of 37 years for a crime they didnt commit in the state of North Carolina and we ought to be dealing with that, not with someone taking a water bottle for testing. Reporter after the proceedings were done we heard from her. Im just glad its over. I really just wanted it to be over. Its interfered with my life. Its interfered with my familys life. Reporter and this certainly was a difficult experience for her as she faced possible disbarment its now time for her to get back to work. In raleigh, bow minnick, wncn news now. Governor mccrory announced today csx will build a shipping center on a large squad of land between selma and microbe. It will bring about 15 hunt jobs to North Carolina as a Johnston County alone. And will serve the eastern and central parts of the state. Today duke energy invited the media to the site of the coal ash spill at the dan river that happened nearly two years our investigates Jonathan Rodriguez has more on what the things up if make sure this doesnt happen again and make sure this doesnt happen again. Reporter february 2nd, 2014, right here in the pond behind me that a pipe burst, spilling nearly 39,000 tons of coal ash into the dan river that spread about 70 miles downstream. Now duke is in a race against the clock to clean all the ash up. This is priority one for duke energy right now. Is. Reporter its the spill that opened North Carolinas eyes to coal ash and now all eyes are on how duke energy will clean up the three million tons of ash left over at the dan river site. And expect to exponentially increase that with the rail reporter right now duke energy is at full speed taking out about 30,000 tons of ash per month. Loading it into train cars and each train car is lined with a thick material almost like a tarp to make sure no ash blows out while its being hauled off. And is separated from transported. Reporter so far it hasnt been a fast cleanup but it is moving. Its not as simple just ash. Theres a lot of work that needs to be done in order to perform this work safely and efficiently. Reporter half will be shipped off to landfills in virginia and once they make room it will be sealed on site and understood ground. The activities here dont impact ground water in the area. Reporter as for the pond, duke energy says its still waiting on permits from the state before they can startic coo visiting. In 2016 is significant progress made to removing the coal ash we have here on site. Reporter a state law gives duke energy until 2019 to have the ash at this site cleaned up. At this time they have on track to do this. In eden, Jonathan Rodriguez. People who say their Drinking Water was contaminated by the ash spill protested outside the Governors Mansion this morning. The protesters claim governor mccrory is acting in the interest of the Utility Company and not in the interest of the people affected by the spill. They say they are upset that while the governor hosted a dinner for duke energy mansion, he will not respond to their calls and emails about the coal ash cleanup. The fact that im not being heard and being treated like im stupid is very upsetting. I just think that the citizens of North Carolina needs to know that what is happening with me can happen finger. Duke energy has to want it to happen and it will happen. A representative for the governor says the meeting with duke energy was constructive and included topics about the economy, environment, energy and job creation. We just talked with the state department of Environmental Quality who defended the governor and that Drinking Water. What were saying is that this water, this ground water, meets all federal safe Drinking Water act standards. Is it oak for people to describe the watter . I would drink the water. You can find much more on the past coal ash coverage. Much more on wncn. Com. Just scroll over the investigates tab on the home page. Durham this month. Two of them fatal. The latest happened last night to a man who says he got caught in a rolling gun battle on the way home. Just blocks from downtown. Hour mario boon is live in downtown where Community Leaders rallying to stop such violence. Mario . Reporter well, Police Source told me that a lot of this violence is due to a serious gang problem here and that is why these people are gathering right now to send a message that enough is enough. This durham man was headed home wednesday night i was just minding my business. Reporter when suddenly he got caught between two cars engaged in a rolling shootout on this residential street. Can you just imagine driving down the street and then you see cars zigging and zagging and hearing popping. Reporter more than 12 hours later, he was still too afraid to show his face when he spoke only to us. The victim told me this intersection is where the rolling shootout began before it rounded to a Downtown West i swerved and got the hell up out of the way. Reporter but not before a bullet struck his truck. An inch one way or another. I wouldnt be here. Reporter we dug deeper into the drum beat of shootings in durham. A durham Police Source confirmed to me what many residents already know. Gangs are tied to some of the violence. Welcome to germs. Reporter in an unprecedented move, the source named at least five gangs. The bloods, krims, ms13. And two active in durham. Via social media like facebook and even youtube. A dpd spokesman would not comment exempt to say one except to say some shootings dont always involve gang activity. All right, back live here and you can see the rally still ongoing. Within the past two hours i got the email response from Durham Police acknowledging that they are like most cities durham does have in fact a gang but they also say that their Intelligence Unit has been monitoring this for years. Were live in downtown duduam tonight, im mario boon. A solid gain on wall street today a day after the market had the worst drop since september. Analysts attribute the gain too a spike in oil prices. They are a duo hoping to hit the big stage. If you and their coaches theyre well on the way. Still ahead what they have their eyes on now and how theyre hoping to grow even more in this weeks on the rise. Be temperatures with temperatures close to 60 today it felt for like spring than the middle of january. Speaking after that spring showers headed our way tomorrow. Well take you through the day hour by hour coming up in the full forecast. An Important Message for dog owners in the state. Dog flu cases are on the rise. What veterinarians say you need to be on the lookout for but first heres a live look at traffic conditions. This is i40 at miami boulevard in durham. At 6 00. Guys, to celebrate super bowl 50 im rewarding fans with a special offer. Order a large pizza and get a second large pizza for 50 cents. 50 cents . thats pocket change if only we had pockets. What . Purely decorative. Get a large,1topping pizza foronly 50 cents when you order any large pizzaat regular menu price. Add our new brookie for just 6 more. Better ingredients. Better football. In a few years the triangle could be home to the worlds best ice dancing duo. The young low cool athletes are local athletes are doing all they can and that quest begins the weekend at the figure Skating Nationals. Story in this weeks on the rise. Reporter it sounds pretty simple. You have to look up and smile. Reporter but in reality, theres much more to pairs ice dancing. Nasit and jonathan practice five days a week. Two hours per session, perfecting their are you teen in a routine in a sport where precision is everything. If one of us makes a mistake and messes the whole thing up. Reporter 9yearold nastia and 13yearold jonathan have been a pair for do years. Two years. Ideally Stay Together with an eye to the 2024 olympics. I mean this is what you want to be. You want to start them young. So they have a long time to really get in sync. The olympics theyre moving as one basically and thinking as one. Reporter they will both compete in the figure Skating National championships beginning this weekend in st. Paul. Minnesota. In the Junior Division a top four finish is a very good showing for the go but theyre duo but theyre thinking bigger. I think we can win because when that moment comes, when its time to put all those hours of practice to the test, their hearts will be pumping fast. Spinning right before we get on the ice to perform. I get excited. Tense. Reporter the nationals are where olympians are made. Scott hamilton and Michelle Quan among others all shined at this event. They hope to do the same. My ultimate dream is to go to the olympics. Yeah. Reporter the seeds for future are being planted now. In raleigh, todd gibson, wncn sports. Enforcement officers may now have to think twice before using their tasers. The Fourth Circuit court of appeals ruled this week to restrict their use. The court says officers are not allowed to use their tasers unless someone is creating quote an immediate safety risk. Many Law Enforcement agencies across the state are now revising their taser policies. But some have concerns that it handson force which could lead to more injury. We dont want to hurt anybody but we also have a job to do and we have a family we want to go home to also. And thats why i say some of the people just making these changes need to walk in our shoes a little bet more. The ruling came out in response to a lawsuit against police that the family of a pinehurst man filed. The man died after police tased him in an attempt to get him to let go of a post. The first p. M. Debates of the republican debates of the new year just kicked off 20 minutes ago. The candidates at 9 00 are trump and his closest competitor ted cruz. Marco rubio, ben carson, chris christie, jeb bush, and john case irks. Tonights debate is in north charleston. Theres only one other before the Iowa Caucuses next month. The Republican National committee is also preparing for the possibility of a contested national convention. If none of the candidates win enough delegates to secure the nomination. Community members didnt cite a particular candidate and only still in the field. The last time this happened, 1976 when gerald ford lead in delegates with no majority. And welcome to the middle of april january i mean. A high of 60 degrees today. And now that the sun has set, beautiful sunset again tonight. We are slowly falling but its 51 right now. Which is still above our average high. Some amazingly warm weather today. And after really cold weather yesterday. And check out these 24 hour temperature changes. I mean, it is now 18 degrees warmer right now in durham than it was last night at 6 00. And weve got numbers like that all over central North Carolina. 21 degrees warmer in roanoke rapids. This will be the warmest time we have out of the next seven days weve got rain, weve got a strong cold front. All coming up in just the next few days and tonight, will keep it dry of course. Skies generally clear before they start to cloud up tomorrow morning. 45 at 8 00 and 42 at 10 00 and as we continue hour by hour overnight, your out the door tomorrow morning, 34 degrees. In the middle of july, thats cold right . I mean thats cold in the middle of january. But weve been in the 20s sometimes the low 20s over the past few days. So well take 34 as you head out the door friday morning. So our winds switched around today because our High Pressure moved around. And those winds coming more out of the south is what helped warm us up. Now we say goodbye to this area of High Pressure but our next weather maker is in the gulf of mexico. And it hasnt even formed yet. Its an area of low pressure. Weve already started to see some rain and clouds develop but the low pressure thats going to carry it all up here hasnt formed yet. It will as we head into the overnight hours and it will bring us rain tomorrow. Lets walk you through the day and ill pick it up tomorrow morning early. Well have some clear skies but very quickly those clouds will be here during the morning. Your morning is dry though. We get to lunchtime. And you see this large wall of carolina and theres the area of low pressure. Rain will overspread most everyone shortly after lunchtime. Through midafternoon and through the evening. So the ride home from school and the ride home from work and if you have plans tomorrow night, will be eat. Some of the wet. Some of the showers will be heavy and since the low is so close to us, and therefore more instability is closetous, we to us, we might have a rumbling of thunder but dont expect Severe Weather and we dont expect flooding rain. By 10 00, most everything is starting to pull out. And we get into saturday, going to be a pretty decent day. Well have a few clouds early on but then some sunshine. And i want to talk about whats going to happen on sunday though. So here we are saturday night. Weve got clear skies and clouds return on sunday. And here comes that cold front out ahead of it. What little moisture there is could fall as some rain or snow up in the mountains. Whats going to happen when it gets here . Well, watch what happens sunday morning we get towards lunchtime and the moisture kind not to lot to begin with. So what im pitting in the portion putting in the forecast sunday morning is a small chance of rain. And if you drive closer to the mountains you might see a wet snow flake. But nothing significant and nothing other than that. So i like saturday is the pick day. It will be sunny. Temperatures start in the 40s and will get into the 50s. Sunday not so nice. Not so pretty either. More clouds. Weve got that small chance of precipitation as we start in the 30s. Then the front comes through. It gets windy and we dont get out of the 40s. So its going to feel a lot colder on sunday. And can you believe for the second day in to a row in the middle of january were talking about the tropics . Well, today alex is now a hurricane with 85mile an hour winds. The First Time Since the 1930s weve had a hurricane in january. And tomorrow no hurricanes but it will be wet especially in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures in the 50s. And your seven day forecast will take us from 52 tomorrow up to 58 saturday. Again the pick day of the then back down to 46 sunday. And sean were still expecting some really cold air monday and tuesday including now teens tuesday morning. So make sure you are bundle upped. So our bundled up. So our three degree guarantee high tomorrow. 52. Today we made it to 60. Just didnt think wed get that warm. We missed todays three degree guarantee but the monthly total for duke home care and hospice is still 1100 degrees. Theyve been around since 1979 with hospice infusion and bereavement services. They do a great job here in central North Carolina. Yeah its not bad to get that 60. I know. Im not complaining. Even with the three degree miss. Do next week. 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. Weve been reporting on the problem sparked by hover boards for months including fires started by defective batteries. We checked with local hospitals about hover boards injuries over the last month and wake med treated roughly 14 people since christmas. While unc and rex Officials Say theyve treated a few around christmas but not many since then. A highly contagious dog flu is popping back up across the country. Three cases were confirmed in North Carolina this past summer. And now some local veterinarians are taking precautions after hundreds of reported cases in other states. The triangles vet Referral Hospital says theyve recently had dogs also midded with admitted with flulike symptoms. Tired and lethargic and may be coughing for a couple of peeks, they can progress to pneumonia. States have been infected. A advantage keen was made november and owners should none of us won last night but at least the weather was good today. We had to come into work. Technically i did win 4. Congratulations. I went ahead and decided to show up today. Dinner on you tonight. Right. We will the finest fast food 4 can buy. Hie, weve got big changes tomorrow and not going to be 60 and even though your morning will be dry, the afternoon will