Today we are mason quiet. 23 durham. 19 roxborough. 18 southern pines. A bit of a windshield. Feels like 11 and southern pines. 8 am expect low 20s. Mid30s at lunchtime with a high of 40. Sunshine all day. A crash in raleigh shut down parts of linwood avenue in the five points area. The car hit a home on white oak road knocking down cable lines and tracking a utility pole. The home is not badly damaged and the driver was not seriously hurt. Police arrested the driver on suspicion of dwi. The good news is all lanes are back open. Were learning more about a crash on i40 involving three cars in what appears to be a state trooper this avenue davis drive exit in durham county. For two hours last night westbound lanes or reduced to one lane. Its not clear how the crash happened. If the officer was moving with traffic or if he was stopped. Were working to learn more it could be another emotional day in court as prosecutors prove a man beat a mother to death while her young daughter was in the apartment. Travion smith could face the Death Penalty if convicted. Tara lynn is live in downtown raleigh. Reporter we expect a forensic analyst to be back on the stand this morning. Testimony was cut short yesterday because of the late hour. We expect a medical examiner to be on the stand as well and look at autopsy photos and talk about the autopsy report. Family members yesterday wept as investigators reviewed scene on melissa hugginsjones she was home in her apartment of six forks road in may 2013 when she was beaten to death. Her eightyearold daughter wanted out of the apartment the next morning to ask for help. She found the nearby construction worker and he would back to the apartment where they found her mother covered in blood. Testimony has not shown a direct link to Travion Smith but well hear more from the forensic analyst today about some of the evidence they have collected from the scene. Police say they were at the track a stolen laptop from the apartment to a craigslist post which led to the arrest of three people. One of whom is currently serving a life sentence in prison. Another is also facing charges testified earlier this week she said she does not have any plea agreement in exchange for testimony but they simply she simply wants us to the looking for a man accused of shooting another man with a flare gun. Todd poole faces assault with a Deadly Weapon with intent to kill. They are actively looking for him. He shot a man in the face with a flare gun at the panera bread on witherspoon drive yesterday. The victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. A funeral today for the 17 yearold victim from the hit and run accident in lumberton. He was a junior at fairmont high school. Service will be at 2 pm. The driver is now in custody identified as 45yearold michael porch. He turned himself in and highlighted patrol expects charges to be filed. A number of congregations and individuals plan to participate in a prayer vigil tonight. There speaking out against what they call an epidemic of mass incarceration in the us. As groups of that in recent months they want to raise awareness about racial police and laws that groups believe are heavily weighted against the poor and minorities. The prayer vigil will be at the Nehemiah Christian Center in durham starting at 6 pm. Out of oregon this morning the last 4 armed occupiers of the National Wildlife refuge say they plan to send them turn themselves in. This came after cliven bundy father of the jailed leader was arrested in portland. The fbi and other officers surrounded the group at the refuge last night. The tense standoff with live streamed on the internet and the occupiers refused to stand down other activist including the leader ammon bundy were arrested last month. The group seized the site in january in protest of federal land policy. The governor of maryland has ordered all flags at half staff in honor of 2 deputies shot and killed at a shopping north of baltimore. They were shot of responding to a call the panera bread around lunchtime. The gunman was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire not far from the shopping center. No bystanders were injured. Officials and Royal Caribbean will strengthen policies after storm awakens after one of its ships shield into the path the danger storm passengers cheered as the intimacies returned to its home port in new jersey. The ship was on its way to florida over the weekend when it was battered by massive waves and Hurricane Force winds off cape hatteras. Four people were hurt and the ship sustained damage hear from some of the passengers about their ordeal. Not the vacation they had planned another cyber attack making headlines. This time its affecting taxpayers with the irises saying about the hack and what to look out for if your information is twitter might be in trouble. G stchiturelonwe dstoags arghic lonsexl 0 amatho0 fo atta accunu cio io stalllndceat elein a crash killed a sheriff deputy and civilian pilot. The pilot was helping with the rest of a man when the single engine plane went down into the side of a mountain. No word on the cause of the crash a former la sheriff will be sentenced for lying to federal authorities. He pleaded guilty investigating for corruption. He probably retired two years ago. He faces up to six months in jail and be sentenced in may. We could hear from leaders in ferguson missouri about the Justice Department decision to see the city. Department is suing over what it called a pattern of Unconstitutional Police conduct in the city. It comes after City Council Members voted to revise the agreement with department and then to include how police treat poor people and minorities. The man convicted of assassinating Robert F Kennedy will not get out of prison anytime soon. The california county niekro for sir hence her head. This is the 15th time hes asked to be released from prison. He shot kennedy on june 5, 1968 at the ambassador. Hotel in los angeles. After then candidate won the democratic primary in california. He is serving a life sentence. School officials in pennsylvania say they will know made more than 100 students. They started coming down with vomiting and stomach pain tuesday night. Most of them had dinner earlier at a campus dining hall. The school says it is unclear what caused the sickness. Dining hall has been closed for disinfecting. A florida man was arrested for throwing an alligator through a drive through window. Now hes talking about what happened. It happened in october but josh wood jones was arrested in Royal Palm Beach this week. He explained his actions after making an appearance in court. We were fishing and hanging out and stumbled upon an alligator. Without were pull a prank on our buddy working at wendys and throw it at him through the drivethrough window. Im sorry for what i did. I was being stupid and not thinking. Obviously i found out the consequences. Released back into the wild fields to avoid contact with any animals. He also must have a Mental Health evaluation. A homeless man who helped find two of three violent escapees in california could soon see a big payday. Supervisors in Orange County are recommending that Matthew Chapman deserves up to 100,000 for his role in capturing the fugitives. They spotted a stolen van they were using in San Francisco last month and quickly called police. Inmates were on the run for over a week before they were caught the third inmate had already turned himself in. Authorities may vote on awarding the money later this month. We have wind chill this morning. Its blustery out. Today will be nice and quiet. Yesterday we talked about we could see some snow on friday. That is still in the forecast and we have details coming up. And then we have the monday it will be an interesting weekend. Lets check out the forecast start off with our skycam over argue. It is dry. Tomorrow morning will be dry as well. Its not going to be an event that affects morning commute unless you decide you want to stay home. 23 right now. Winds are light at 3 Miles Per Hour now. They will pick up a little later. Our dew point is 5 so it is very very dry. Temperature 19 roxborough. 24 rocky mount. 19 southern pines. The radar shows clear skies for us. Same old same old pattern. Over the great lakes and still rotating moisture and cold air into our region. Today will stay dry with temperatures close to 40. Mid 30s tomorrow. And it gets even colder for the weekends. Another canadian blast that pumps arctic air into the region for those weekend temperatures. Sunshine today but then by tomorrow morning we cloud up a little. Cloud cover over the entire area. This is one model of what might happen tomorrow. Im feeling comfortable about this. By lunchtime we have some snow that develops its probably going to be fairly light. A trace to maybe up to 1 inch and as you head east we might inch. Its going to be a coastal low that develops. Many times estimates from west to east but this one will ramp moisture in from the coast. So the closer to the coast, the better chance of getting precipitation. Now looks like it will be out by the evening commute. But its cold out and its possible we could have some slick bridges or spots on the roads if we get some snow. The better chance will be 95 corridor. Saturday nice and bright and sunday increasing clouds. But brutally cold conditions for the weekend. 22 to begin with on friday. High of 36 with a chance of snow. Snow chance up to 40 at 1 pm and 50 at 4 pm. Were talking about just a few and make up the ground in places. Here is the cold weekend coming up. 24 saturday morning with a high of 33. 15 sunday morning with a high of 32. Monday we have potential for some snow or wintry mix. The thing about mondays system is we will have warmer air that comes in and this changes over to rain. That could happen monday night into tuesday. This might begin monday as wintry precipitation it most likely will get washed away. What will not change is the cold temperatures this morning. The ads are looking good right now. A local teacher can now call himself a grammy winner. The top honor by philip brakes will receive during the musics biggest night. Biltmore estate this weekend. The new exhibit for those who love. 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