New tonight, fire causing major damage to a law office in fayetteville. You can see the huge flames eating up the downing and downing law firm on dick street. Theres a lot of damage. Its up there in the roof, on the second floor balance canism in the fire started at 3 about 6 00. Firefighters say the fire was contained to the second floor and the front office but there is smoke and water damage on both floors. No reports of any injuries and were waiting to learn exactly what sparked the fire. Tisha an emotional day in a courtroom as a man pleads guilty to killing his girlfriend. Logan mcclain pleading guilty to the murder of britny puryear. She was found dead at home in 2014. Puryear and mcclain were dating at the time and had a baby boy together. Together her family talked about their concerns about raising her child after her death. Mcclains sentence was sentenced to 3 years in prison for the crime 32 years in prison for the crime. Steve a teenager who admits to dumping her body in a river. Jemichael malloy was back in court two years after he confessed to killing Danielle Locklear in 2014. Her body was later found in the south river along the county line. Malloys lawyer told the judge the teen would consider entering a guilty plea to capital murder with a 25year to life sentence and the possibility of parole. If malloy goes to trial and is found guilty of first degree murder, could he face life without parole. The judge gave malloy and his lawyer four weeks to decide. Tisha a teenager tied up and locked in a closet. Tonight Raleigh Police are looking for two men responsible for a terrifying Home Invasion that was reported yesterday afternoon at a home in Northeast Raleigh. Raleigh police are investigating this as a burglary and Forcible Rape but they say no one in that Northeast Raleigh neighborhood is in danger because there havent been any other cases like this in the area. The mother of the teenage victim says she found her daughter in a coat closet taped the girls stepfather says his stepdaughter was upstairs when two men went into the house. She tried to hide. But they found her and took her downstairs, tried getting her to unhook the tv, but ended up tying her up, sexually assaulting her and shoving her in the close et. He doesnt know how but she says she was able to facetime a friend and send voice texts to her mom asking for help. He says the teen has been back and forth to wake med twice since the incident. She says shes fine but she dont look fine to me. Its like shes been tormented in the mind about whats going on. So i just want to let her calm down and then im going to speak with her later on and find out exactly what went on. Tisha officers have vegas descriptions of the vague descriptions of the suspects to work from. Both are white men in their mid 20s. One short, one tall with curley hair. Anyone with information should call police. Steve some students are going to be double checking to make sure their doors are locked. Several students living on three houses in chamberlain street across from the main morning when a man walked into their homes. Police say he tried to steal thousands of dollars worth of their stuff and a car. Students who live in two of the houses say their doors were unlocked and they think that may have been the case with the third house too. Raleigh police have charged 38yearold Marc Williams with burglarizing the homes. He is released from prison in november after serving six years for being a habitual burglar. Tisha more proof tonight that vote 2016 is heating up in our state. Our primary is one week from tomorrow and the president ial candidates are coming to town. Republican senator ted cruz will join the blitz on North Carolina tomorrow. A cruz rally planned for noon at Cowboy Baptist Church and school in raleigh. Doors open at 11 00. Seating and tickets are free. Donald trump will return to North Carolina on wednesday for an event at fayettevilles crown sol seem. That event comes after todays rally in concord near charlotte. He told more than 3,000 supporters that he promises to get tough on trade and stop companies from moving to on the democratic side, former president bill clinton penalty is the morning in raleigh stumping for his wife, hillary. Clinton supporters filled the room at city market. He told the crowd that americas always been great. But the country must be made whole again. He said Hillary Clinton is the only candidate in either party who can get that done. Hillary clinton will appear in our state on thursday. But the details have not been released. Were getting our First Insight into our states first wednesday of early voting. The polls opened on thursday, through sunday night. Nearly 166,000 north carolinians cast a ballot. Thats 3 of registered voters. Heres a look at how it breaks down. 46 of the early voters were registered democrats. 31 were republicans. And 23 were unaffiliated voters. The last day of early voting is saturday. And you can check out abc 11. Com politics for continuing coverage of the president ial race. Plus answers to questions you have about voting in your county. Youll also find an updated exact number of candidates that candidates need to secure their partys nomination. Steve the crime numbers for 2015 are now in and they show crime was up in durham. Were live now at city hall. Breaking down the numbers. Reporter this is the Fourth Quarter crime report in 2015 for durham. It vos Violent Crime was up 18 last year. The interim police chief presented this report to the city council here tonight. The report states that 18 increase was driven by a doubledigit rise in reported aggravated assault. Robberies and homicides. In 2014, durham had 22 homicides. That number jumped to 37 last year. But chief smith says 26 of those homicides have been cleared. There are some positives in this report. Poverty crimes are down by 4 in 2014. The interim chief also pointed out that officers were not able time to calls of 5. Minutes. But saw an increase in calls by more than 20 . Something the chief attributes to growth in the city and staffing issues. Were losing on average now about five officers a month. So 12 times five, thats 60. So all the time that we got officers in training and as officers leave, might be retiring, might be going to another job, theres any number of reasons that people leave, were always trying to play catchup. Reporter but he says they did get room in the budget for more staff. They are rockering working through that. There is talk of possible restructuring in the department. They hope for better numbers as change is on the way to durham. Tisha thank you. A jury makes a decision in erin andrews lawsuit. How much each side will have to pay is coming up next. A truck veering off a busy interstate. What led to it and what happened to the driver. Also tonight, we have an icy rescue. A dog trapped on the ice. How long she was there and how shes doing now. But first we want to take a live look outside the raleigh Eyewitness News center. 52 degrees. A very nice night. Even better day tomorrow. Meteorologist thats absolutely true. If you like warmer temperatures, information it the it was in the 60s today. 70s tomorrow. Tonight we cool down. Low to mid 40s across the board as you head out tomorrow morning. Those 70s arrive tomorrow. Ill tell you how long they last and when we see some rain vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Change your thinking about buying your next one. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] tisha fire sweeps through an damage is extensive and part of the home collapsed. So firefighters couldnt finish firefighters dont know what sparked the fire but there were home. Steve the president , the nation and the world all paying tribute to former first Lady Nancy Reagan today. President obama ordering flags at the white house and all fragfral buildings and military posts to be flown at halfstaff. Preparations are under way for the public to pay respects to the former first lady. Mourners in washington lined up to sign the official condolence book for ms. Reagan. Her body will eventually lie in repoles at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in california. Where thousands of people are expected to visit. The funeral is on friday. Its invitationonly. First Lady Michelle obama is among those invited. Mrs. Reagan will be buried alongside her husband. Tisha Sports Reporter erin andrews will get 55 million over her lawsuit of a secretly recorded video. The jury determined he was 51 at fault and he must pay out more than 28 million. The National Marriott was found to be 49 at fault and must pay out 26 million. Attorneys for the hotel argued barrett was solely to blame for the video. The dancing with the stars host sued for 75 million. Steve British Police are preparing for what they call enormous and spectacular potential attacks on the u. K. As isis moves into its next natural phase. That information coming from britains senior counterterrorism officer. In the wake of the paris attacks, he says, isis has moved from a narrow focus on police and military as symbols of the state to something much broader. He says he was talking about a general threat profile and not about a specific bit of intelligence on a known terrorism plot. Tisha the cbs pharmacy that was destroyed during the riots in baltimore last april has reopened. A cbs spokesperson says the store is rebuilt at the same destroyed. The riots were in response to the death of freddie gray. Shocking video tonight of a garbage truck falling off interstate 95. The florida Highway Patrol released the video of last months incident. The driver of the city of miami trash truck loses control. The truck falls 100 feet off the side of i95 and lands in a park. Troopers say it was an absolute miracle no one died. The driver is now out of the hospital. The florida Highway Patrol was still investigating. Steve its time for the mustsee video of the night. And we begin in south america. In ecuador. With an angry volcano. You see here its spewing lavea from its crater and launching some towering clouds of ash and gas there. The column of ash reaching two miles high. Hurling blocks of la vmbing a as well, about a mile down those slopes. The volcano has been erupting now to a frightening ice rescue in utah. The Sheriffs Office and state officials rescuing a dog in the deer creek reservoir. You can see thats 10yearold sadie right there. Stuck on the ice for five days backyard. One of her rescuers grabs her out of the water, puts her in the boat. Despite the ordeal, the dog is in good health. Just hungry and tired after that experience. This bridge in missouri is no more. Crews demolishing the westbound span of the daniel boone bridge in chesterfield today. A new eastbound bridge opened last year that converted the old eastbound bridge to the new westbound span, rending the older bridge obsolete. Spectacular site there over the Missouri River right outside st. Louis. Were going to show it to you again there in shlomo so you can take it all in. Tisha it takes months and years to build them and they come down in seconds. Beautiful weekend. But temperatures keep going up. 60s today. By the time we get to tomorrow, were in the 70s. We dont stop there. A few spots could get close to 80 by the mid of the of the week. Preview of the days to come. The warm weather ahead. Temperatures well above that average of 61. Right through the end of the week. Probably beyond that. Mid 70s tomorrow and wednesday. And any time after wednesday afternoon, through wednesday, thursday. Thats the freedom frame, we have the potential for a couple of spots to get to their first 80 of the season. We go down later in the week because there are more clouds around and maybe a shower or two that may hold temperatures down a little bit. Nice evening out there. Fayetteville still mid 50s. Fairly mild out there for 11 00 at night in march. 52 at r. D. U. Right now. A southwest wind at seven. Last night temperatures were in the 30s in many spots. A lot of frost too. That wonalt be the case tomorrow morning. 52 at r. D. U. Roanoke rapids at auto. 40s. Everybody else pretty much in the 50s. Fayetteville got 54. There were some high clouds overhead now. They should thin out. Overall it was a Beautiful Day with temperatures in the upper 60s, some mid 60s here and there. Rain here, a cluster of thunderstorms, oklahoma city, north of dallas, this is just the beginning of a longterm event of rain for the southern plains, the Lower Mississippi valley. And some Severe Weather too. Threat tomorrow from oklahoma into texas. Highest risk in south texas. The biggest threat on a widespread fashion, more than likely, over the coming days, though. Totals. Talking about eight, 10 inches. This is off the chart literally. There. That white is about 10, 11 inches of rain through the end of the week for parts of louisiana and then a little bit less into arkansas. But if this does occur, which looks pretty likely, going to have widespread flooding problems across the Lower Mississippi valley, obviously. Already flash flood watches are up. Well tell you why in a bit. Upper 40s, low 30s tonight. Generally low, some mid 40s. Could be a patch or two of fog. Overall, nice, bright start to your tuesday. 44 at 7 00. Noon, already up to 70. An awesome day if you can get out and he joy. It play hooky. Dont do that. But enjoy a lunch maybe. Get outside. Mid 70s for the high tomorrow. A lot of sunshine, that average high at 61. So were running 15 or so above average. High pressure brought us the cool weather over the wednesday. Its going off the coast, though, and the circulation around that combined with the longer days we have, the stronger sun angle, temperatures can really warm up. Were going to get into the 70s. Notice you get into wednesday, that high isnt going anywhere. So the atmosphere warms up a bit more, upper 70s or so. Jet stream again, High Pressure here, blocking this storm system out to the west. With the jet stream running well to the north. This high basically saying, no way, youre not coming anywhere toward the east coast any time soon. Because the high is so strong. By the end of the week, this system, will weaken and lift to the north. A weak front may come our way and spawn a couple of showers but right now it doesnt look like a lot. It may very well wait until sunday if we get any rain then. Well watch that day by day. Until then, enjoy the coming days. Upper 40s tomorrow night. Mid upper 70s wednesday, thursday. Records are in the mid 80s now so were not going to get that warm, which is fine. Then we back off a little bit temperaturewise. Get some more clouds. Maybe a few showers for the weekend. Nice stuff. Tisha thank you. A familiar face picked to host the emies. Who will try to charm the audience just ahead. Steve and the British Royal family showing off its where they went on pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. Tisha jimmy kimmel taking the helm of the emmys this year. He was picked to host the show in september. Its not his first goaround. The comedian and latenight host hosted the emmys in 2012. Nom nation nagses will be announced in july nom napingses will be announced in july nominations will be announced in july. Steve sonar imaging revealing a wreck 27 miles down stream from wilmington. Researchers say it would be the first civil war everya era vessel found in that area in decades. She say the ship is really preserved and theyre working tisha a photo op for the royal family. Kensington palace releasing photoses of Prince William and the duchess of cage bridge and their children cambridge and their children. The palace says it was the first holiday for the family of four. And also the first time that the children played in snow. Two photos even show the royal couple having a playful snowball fight. You cabinet be in snow without having a snowball fight. Steve thats right. Mom and dad wearing their goggles there. I feel like they were skiing. Joe is with us right now. Mark is up in washington right now. Getting ready for a. C. C. Tournament week. Big game tomorrow. Reporter they get the early start time. They didnt want the early start time. They have to deal with it. Big football news as one of the nfls top running backs is on the move. Peyton talks retirement and the a. C. C. Tournament gets going. In sports. Reporter offseason departures hurt the wolfpack before this basketball season started. And it may happen again. Cat barber said today hell explore the option of jumping right now nc state is focused on winning tomorrow. Mark am strong made it to d. C. Armstrong made it to d. C. And has more on the pack. Reporter its been 11 long years since the a. C. C. Tournament was here in washington, d. C. And where the wolfpack are concerned, theyre hoping the big city leads to them making a big splash. They love d. C. This is their mecca. This is their home. Where their family is. They talk so much about the city. I love it. I feel like im a part of the culture. They make me feel connected. You got to try carryout, chicken wings. Reporter it seems a long way to go to play wake forest but given that the pack split the Season Series each winning at home, a neutral court decider kind of makes sense. Wake forest, i know [inaudible] they beat us one time, we beat them one time. Its going to be a hardfought game. Just looking forward to coming out tomorrow. We have to figure out how to guard mcintyre. Reporter the shared trait tomorrow, desperation. Offseason square in the face. We have a chance here in the tournament to rewrite the story. Its a new season, its a chance to start 00 and see what happens. The season, the not where we wanted to be but i feel like every game we came out and gave it 100 . We always fought, we always put ourselves in a position to win the game. Its not over yet. Until our last game. I packed a big bag hopefully to stay a little bit. Anything can happen. I veanlt used the magic dust. Im going to try to pull it out tomorrow. Well find out. Well see if we got any left. Reporter prize awaiting tomorrows winner, a date with the duke blue devils. Reporter tipoff at noon. Peyton manning had to fight back tears during a moving retirement speech this afternoon. He says hell cherish all the little moments that occurred during his 18year hall of fame career. He walks away after winning his second world championship. Prayed about it a lot and like i said earlier, it was just the right time. Maybe i dont throw as good or run as good as i used to but ive always had good timing. I think thats the true case in this instance. I got Great Respect for the game and im just grateful for the relationships and the friendships that ive formed in the 18 years ive played. Reporter big on the field news tonight. Philadelphia eagles have traded Demarco Murray to the tennessee titans. The running back signed as a free agent with philly before last season. And in 2014 he was the leagues leading rusher but he struggled under chip kelly who was subsequently fired. Maria sharapova failed a drug test, leaving her future in tennis uncertain. The 28yearold had been taking a drug which became a banned substance in january. She says she takes full responsibility and had been taking the drug legally to control other Health Issues for she could be suspended up to four years. That will probably get reduced but its a big hit. Certainly for her career. Steve big news from los angeles. Thank you. Jimmy kimmel live d is coming up next here on abc 11. Naomi watts, john legend and music from elliott sumner. Maybe well get john legend to sing a song too as well. Tisha that would be great. Reporter it is awesome. Into the 70s tomorrow through the rest of the week. Tisha perfect. Meteorologist lots of sun. Tisha thats going to do it for us tonight. Thanks for watching. Steve the news is always on at our website at abc11. Com and our news app as well. Were glad you joined us tonight. Well see you back here tomorrow night at 11 00. She cant walk on her own but hes got her high on a cliff. Very carefully he just dangles her over the edge. The inspiring balancing act against all odds. A dog looks for one of her puppies. Who has fallen in this sewer drain. See what it takes to get the baby back to mama. A dirt biker takes on a rock. But how he nearly lost something else, too. Oh plus, a sweet dance with nanny that will bring tears to your eyes. And an eyewatering video up for debate. Mack dradle, you know the game. Play along and see if you can spot the truth. This person doesnt just have a name to score 300 points if you are a scrabble, he has a lot of skill as an acrobat. Where hes balancing on a pile of chairs on a mountain. But theres another video where he is not alone. In fact, he has another acrobat with him, 27yearold penny. Penny is an acrobat and recordbreaking swimmer from the paralympics. She has extremely brittle bones. In fact, in her life shes broken over 200. Wow. Oh, my gosh. But inspired as she was as many of us are by his video, she contacted him on facebook and said, i want in. And he invited her along. Now hes walking up, as you can see, with penny on his back. Because penny wants to do acrobatics on the top of this mountain and hes only too happy to help. Theyve got the matching acrobat outfits. And now they are both out there balancing on some edge. Very carefully he dangles her over the edge. Wow as afraid of heights as i am, i think it is so cool because it proves it doesnt matter what your flight in life is, you can do whatever you want to set your mind to. It is incredible and inspirational. Theres nothing more rewarding than being able to rescue our animals. But i saw two videos of two very special rescue moments. This first one, you see that theres a little puppy who has fallen in this sewer drain. But you see that these guys are unlatching the cover. And one of them actual climbs down there to get the puppy out. This was to reunite the puppy with its mommy who is still feeding them. Over here, too. It would be nice if it were the smart guys from l. A. In a repelling only four feet. This next guy in louisiana had to pull himself in a basket onto this tree because apparently the neighbors heard a cat in distress and couldnt figure out where it was coming from until days later when they figured out it was in the tree. Yeah, good little boy. This guy has got to be the sweetest, kindest cat rescuer i have ever seen in my life. And look, the way hes talking to this cat actually calms the cat down. Hes hypnotized this cat. He comes all the way over to it. This was the easiest cat rescue we have seen. He takes extra food and puts it into the crate hes taken up into the tree with him. Before we know it, the cat is the in the crate, they lower him down. Thats the most miraculous