Citizen. Moist southeast winds aloft will run over the top of a cool wedgeof High Pressure at the surface. Resulting in rain across theregion tonight through tuesday. On wednesday. A strong storm system will move through the region from the southwest. Bringingheavy rain showers and gusty winds to the area. Canadian highpressure will then build into the region and bring much colder temperatures to the area into the weekend. On the move historic slave buildings in Botetourt County are set to be relocated in a matter of those in the community. We all want to sincerely apologize to you on this incident despite that apology from Roanoke County officials, a Community Meeting on recent issues at Northside High School gets heated. And remembering a local legend. We take a look back at the life of al holland senior and his influence on roanokes rail history through the years. Good morning, its tuesday, february 23rd. Thanks for starting your morning with good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And im january keaton. Happening right now as jason just mentioned. The rain is setting in across southwest and Central Virginia and could impact your morning commute. Wfxrs Taylor Kanost is monitoring hes live in salem with more. Hey jason. Ill start with the good news this is just rain. Thankfully temperatures are happening today, news. Kanost wfxr in salem, taylor reporting live in happening today, weather permittingcrews will begin the process of moving two historic slave dwellings in Botetourt County. At a recent rally, protestors said they hoped to have their day in court before work resumed to relocate two buildings at the historic greenfield plantation. A statement from Botetourt CountyOfficials Say parts of International Drive will be blocked as crews work to move the first structure starting at 9am. Deputies are still working to sort out a scare in bedford county. This was the scene along jordantown road in the stewartsville area of the county just after 8oclock. Our crew on the scene saw several people being interviewed and officers right now, its still unclear if any shots were fired. Deputies tell wfxr news they expect to release more information later today. Virginias Supreme Court has denied an appeal for the man covicted of abducting and killing alexis murphy. Randy taylor was found guilty back in 2014 of murder and abduction in the disappearance of murphy. Taylor has maintained innocence all along. A judge sentenced him to serve two life sentences in july 2014. A Community Meeting between parents and School Officials got heated at Northside High School. That meeting comes after a threat last week at the school, that parents say wasnt handled properly. Wfxrs solina lewis was at that meeting and has reaction from parents and a response from School Officials. This is how we handled it . Thats what the policy was . Nats clappingparents and Community Members at Northside High School were furious after finding out a day after the fact about an alleged gun threat at the school last wednesday. He said it was one of his classmates was going to bring a gun insome parents said they heard through social media about the threat before being notified by the school. When i got the phone call to go and pick him up i wasnt alarmed us the day beforeschool Board Members tried to calm the crowd and say the threat was blown out of proportion because of social media students however, did not see eye to eye on that. Saying they only turned to social media when they werent wanted from officials. As students and i think all the were telling each other that because we were worried about our safetythe meeting turned into a heated discussion about breakdown in communication well as a concern over a lack of security. I was never asked for my identification, even who i was, just a student name and he came outthe school board acknowledged the need for new policy in how to handle similar situations, and apologized several times for their handling of this threat. We all want to sincerely apologize to you on that was solina lewis reporting. That meeting was originally intended to address the schools adminstration after the principal stepped down and the assistant principal was reassigned. The school has named an interim principal who will oversee the school for the rest of the school year. Moist southeast winds aloft will run over the top of a cool wedgeof High Pressure at the surface. Resulting in rain across theregion tonight wednesday. A strong storm system will move through the region from the showers and gusty winds to the area. Canadian highpressure will then build into the region and bring much colder wfxr news is your local election headquarters. Ohio governor and gop president ial hopeful john kasich ended a threestop virginia tour on monday, looking to boost support in advance of virginias primary next tuesday. He first stopped at Virginia Commonwealth University where he told his personal story and answered questions on student debt, immigration and social security. He then went on to speak at George Mason University and in kasich finished fifth saturday in the South Carolina republican primary, with 7point6 percent of the vote. Ted cruz has asked his Current Communications director, rick tyler to resign. The news comes just days after tyler distributed a video falsely depicting rival candidate marco rubio dismissing the bible. Meanwhile republican frontrunner, donald trump is criticizing cruzs campaign from posting the rubio video. Trump has called cruz a liar at almost every stump the man accused of killing six people in michigan faces numerous charges. This morning, were hearing from a man who was inside one of Jason Daltons cabs the night of the shooting. Will enamel is your teeths first line of defense. But daily eating and drinking can make it weak. Try colgate enamel health. It replenishes weak spots with natural calcium to strengthen enamel four times better. Colgate enamel health. Making National News this morning the man accused of killing six people in michigan was denied bail at his First Court Appearance on monday. Jason dalton an uber driver and former insurance adjuster with no criminal history is accused of carrying out the seemingly random shooting attacks. This morning, were hearing from a attacks. Shooting the area into temperatures to making National News this morning the man accused of killing six people in michigan was denied bail at his First Court Appearance on monday. Jason dalton an uber driver and former insurance adjuster with no criminal history is accused of carrying out the seemingly random shooting attacks. This morning, were hearing from a man who was inside one of daltons rides on saturday night. Matt mellen says dalton introduced himself as meme and had his dog in the back of his car. The next thing he knew, dalton was driving 80 miles an hour down west main sideswipping cars. Walter randolph reports. Matt mellen is counting his lucky stars this morning. Pretty scary ordeal. Especially to be so closely involved with it. Im just happy im safe. Mellan was a passenger in alleged gunman Jason Daltons car while he was working as an uber driver before allegedly opening fire on 8 people across kalamazoo county. Mellen says dalton was acting strange. He introduced himself with a different name than what jason was that comes up for uber. Sitting in the back of that chevy equinox was daltons dog. We got a mile from my house and then he got a telephone call and after he got that telephone call he started driving really erratically. We were running stop signs. Dalton allegedly hitting 80 miles an hour down west main avenue while sideswipping cars. We were driving through medians, driving through the lawn, speeding along and when we came to a stop, i jumped out says thats when he called police. He wouldnt stop. He just kind of kept looking at me likedont you want to get to your friends house and im like i want to get their alive. Once he got to his friends house, he told his fiance what happened. She posted this warning so others wouldnt be harmed. We posted the picture on facebook just so our friends wouldnt get in the car with him if they had to take an uber that night. Mellen says he jumped out of daltons car around 4 30 saturday afternoon. Police believe dalton opened fire at the meadows townhomes around 6 oclock before allegedly shooting 7 more people between 10 oclock and 10 30. Im upset because i tried contacting uber after i had talked to the police saying that was that was Walter Randolph reporting. Uber says it received complains about erratic driving by dalton. By the way, there is no Death Penalty in michigan, but each murder charge against dalton carries a mandatory life sentence. This week is all about the future of the farming community. Coming up in our ag life report, well show you the local students and their projects and the crew at black dog salvage is ready for their season 5 debut youre farmers of america week is happening this week and here locally, some kids are showing off their hard work Lord Botetourt High School opened its doors to students who displayed their projects on poster boards and some even brought in live animals. Students say its a way to show the community what the youth in the club have accomplished in the agriculture industry. Tess seibel student leader in ffa its important to have a new generation coming into the farm. We have new ideas and a new outlook on life, but we also are ready to learn and were ready to jump right into this industry and we have to get the youth involved so that this industry can continue our country. Students say the club gives them not only great opportunities in farming, but also Career Opportunities and public speaking. If you are doing something unique for ffa week, we want hear about it and feature you in our ag life report email newsat virginia first dot com with your Contact Information and any pictures of your work our local salvage dawgs celebrities are at it again for a fifth season on the diy network and this time black dog molly may, the crews pupintraining, will make her national debut. This is molly may on her first birthday a few weeks back. The show, salvage dawgs, stars locals robert kulp and mike whiteside, who own roanokes black dog salvage, and follows next hour, well sit down with the crew from black dog salvage and the pups too speeding up service thats the goal behind Starbucks Reward Program overhaul plus. Preventing fraud with selfies . How mastercard is revamping modern part of the starbuck reward some changes. Starbucks overhauled the program to speed up checkout times. Under the old Program Members got one star per visit and it didnt matter how much was spent. As a result some customers were asking to ring up a series of items in separate transactions. Now, its based on how much you spend a lot of people use cards every single day. Maybe youll even use a credit card to purchase some of that starbucks well. New this morning. Mastercard is taking a unique way to pay mary moloney reports. Forget a password. Mastercard is launching new technology so you can use selfies to approve online purchases. The company says selfies and fingerprint scans are safer than typed passwords. Especially since many of our passwords are easy for scammers to guess. If you want to use your pic to pay download the mastercard identity check app. It has you take a selfie each time you buy something online. Your face or fingerprint will be scanned to prove its you spending the money and not a scammer. But you wont be able to use the same picture over and over. Mastercard makes you blink to show that you are taking that pic as you shop. The fingerprint scan is a little easier. Especially if you have a new iphone with the Technology Already built in. But its not just mastercard thats looking for new ways to prevent fraud. If you have an hsbc account you will soon be able to use your fingerprint and voice to access money. And mastercard is researching ways to use your heartbeat and scans of your eyes to authenticate purchases. 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New this morning the white house has rolled has its economic report saying the economy is doing better than ever foxs kevin corke crunches the numbers in perhaps his boldest proclamations yet about the pace and direction of the economy, president obama today told a gathering of the nations governors. That the u. S. Economy remains the envy of the world obama says weve got the best cards. Weve got the best businesses, weve got the best technology, the best innovation, the best workers. 11 47 57 we are a free Market Dynamic economy like nobody else. The president s sentiments. Echoed by todays white house economic report. Which predicts continued growth for the u. S. Economy. 2. 7 in 2016 and by 2. 5 in 2017. Bolstered by low unemployment. Which the council of economic advisers project at just 4. 7 in 2016. And a touch lower in 2017 at 4. 5 . Earnest says its not just a matter of taking the white houses word for it, theres a story to tell across the country about the strength of our economy. Despite the rosy assessment, anxiety about the recovery has emerged as a major theme of the 2016 president ial campaign. Fox news pollin fact, the latest fox news poll found that 45 of those surveyed said they felt like the economy was getting worse. Up from 43 from march 2015. 42 said it was better. 12 the same. While the white house would expect criticism over its Economic Performance from the right, the faced his share of friendly fire from fellow democrats as well sanders says people in nevada and around this country are working longer hours for new income and wealth is going for the top 1 percent. Says we need our economy, that cant be exported. The comments drew a sharp rebuke from vp joe biden, who warned democrats to buck the increasingly negative narrative. Quoted in politico. Com, mr. Biden said, biden says if everybody doesnt buck it, gospel. But analysts say people feel uneasy about the economy for a good reason. And it has little to do with the so called negative narrative. Boccia says they know that their Job Opportunities theyre having a tougher time getting loans at banks, and its like the Affordable Care act and dodd frank, 14 38 23 policies this administration pushed on this economy. Corke says the white house, of course, is eager to point out the fact that the deficit, as a share of gdp, is down dramatically during the president s two 75 percent. But what they dont like to talk about as much is the debt. 19trillion dollars, on the president s watch. And its a bill hell be passing on to the next occupant. At moist southeast moist southeast the weekend. The area into as black History Month enters its final week, we take a look at the influence one roanoke man held on the railroad and the advice he gave that will continue to influence generations to come. Al holland sr. Passed away in december, but not before leaving a lasting memory with anyone who met him. He had worked his entire career on the railroad. Beginning as a janitor, retiring as a manager. Today, a group he cofounded, the African AmericanRailroad Heritage group, has every intention of taking the work holland started and carrying it on for years to come. Heres wfxrs Becky Freemal with more. 09 12 33 45 1 011 11 1 34 1 53 we last sat down with al holland sr. In february of 2015. 1 27 into pkglook your best, do you best, and the best will come to you. A soft spoken man filled with plenty of advice. A man who led by example. Mary lee cabbler 6 00 27he was open and receptive of people in general. Lessons still remembered by his colleagues and fellow members of the norfolk and western African American heritage group. A group he helped found 20 years ago. 33 45 rev. Clinton scott 56 09he was on city council, and he had the idea of making really treated that time. In his 98 years on this earth, al holland sr. Blazed a trail. And its that success his colleagues plan to build on. And share. For generations to come. 1 011 11 mary lee cabbler6 02 30you have to remember that we need to move forward and grow as an entity, to make sure no one loses the thought and the process of what has gone into getting to where you are today. Nats from 2015 pkg.