Your shoes and you coordinate and today i guess sleeveless shirts. It is a hot day. Yeah, starting off the school year feeling like summer definitely. There was a lot of that going on at my house. Everybody is excited thinking about what theyre going to wear. My daughter said let me make sure i text my friend and see what shes going to wear. Maybe we can be twins. Some of the kids are already out the door. Some of them have to leave so early. Here is how it looks, a nice mix of for a beautiful sun rise. In durham it is 70. 79 in kerry. 67 in south hill, 74 in goldsboro and clinton. Expect low to mid 70s this morning. 82 by lunchtime and a high of 89. It is nice to keep it just under 90 and the dew points should stay in the involve. We do have showers stay in 60s. We do have showers and storms, more about that in just a few minutes. Bryan, of course is following the commute which a mess in east raleigh. In deed, breaking news from overnight a car hit a utility poll, and right now new be
Right now here a look at traffic through the i40 and lake wheeler road. You can see plenty of cars for this early hour. The good news is no slow downs to report and no slow downs on i540. You can see we are all on the green. If you are on i540, thats about 59 Miles Per Hour this morning a little slower just because we are seeing a lot of waterton roadway, if you are moving eastbound at about 63 Miles Per Hour. Take your time this morning, more on your traffic and weather conditions coming up in about ten minutes. Thank you so much, alyssa. Today, the Raleigh Police union will vote whether they want officers to work security at the upcoming beyonce concert. Shes drawing a lot of controversy after her half time show which in say had a antipolice message. Reporter beyonce is out crowd. Typically off duty offersers are offersers are hired to work officers are hired to work the concert. Not everyone is crazy in love with beyonce. Shes drawing plenty of heat after this super bowl half time s
Rdu this morning, 75 miles per hour. If you are coming in to downtown alae on i40 you are looking at 6 amiles per hour. More on traffic and weather in about ten minutes. Thank you a lot. Today state lawmaker also be in raleigh for a special session regarding redistricting. They want to approve a new map that features new congressional districts. Thats right, it was struck down by federal judges who found two were gerrymandered. We will go live outside the legislative building with emma wright. Reporter two of North Carolina voter districts were created based on race which is illegal. Now they have until tomorrow to get it fixed. If you plan on voting prepare to cast a balance load twice. Theyre expecting to hold two primaries. One for the president ial congressional races the price, not cheap. It is expect today cost millions and some say voter turn out wont be great. It is making us create a separate primary. Turn out will be lower than it would have been on march 15. This is the new
Audience had that former Dallas Cowboys running back facing more charges. Police say he was throne out of a house party early sunday morning. Thats when three people claim he was hit with a car and forced into the party. They are okay but he he faces a list of charges including aggravated battery, and investigators arrested randall two years ago. Theres a proposal in massachusetts that would relocate 200 timber rattlesnakes to an isolated island. Wild life initials say theyre endangered wild life Officials Say theyre endangered. Officials say the public should not worry about them. Theres such a big island theres no motivation. Theres a lot of food, a lot of habitat, a century from now they will never be off the i think i am going still stay about three statuas way. Mount zion is a 1400acre island thats off limits to the public. An information meeting takes place today even though theyre not invited there. No word when the proposal would be put into place. Im not a big snake fan either
First place over donald trump. This is a different story than what is told by many other National Polls where trump had a big lead. We have a new poll for South Carolina to talk about. Our top story, president obama plans to travel to cuba next month. Ron allen is on white house duty this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter the white house is expected to announce the president s trip to cuba sometime later today. It has been just over a year since mr. Obama said he would begin normalizing relations. Many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. A Senior Administration official telling nbc news that president obama will visit cuba in march marking the first time in 88 years a sitting president will visit cuba. These 50 years have shown it is time for a new approach. Reporter warming relations began after facetoface meetings. The pair announcing in late 2014 that they would begin normalizing ties. Over time it is possible for us to turn the page and develop