New tonight on Eyewitness News. A Wake County School bus driver rushed to the hospital. The bizarre circumstances behind a crash. A smoky haze over the area what you can expect this weekend and the possible toll it could be taking on your health. And a foamnado forms in california. what turned streets into foamy rivers. Eyewitness news starts right now. A Wake County School bus driver rushed to the hospital after a wreck in a raleigh neighborhood. Good evening, im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. Eyewitness News was first to bring it to you as breaking news at six oclock. When it looked like a chaotic crime scene. Weve been working to unravel the details all night. It happened in South Raleigh off garner road at cross link road. At herndon village way. The latest. The bus was just towed about an hour ago. Leaving behind a broken mailbox. And a neighborhood wondering what happened. Regina jeffries lives here on herndon village way. She heard a loud noise. Looked outside. And couldnt believe what she opened the door i saw a bus in my driveway. She saw a big yellow Wake County School bus had crashed into her mailbox. And saw the driver. Wasnt behind the wheel. Other eyewitnesses say the woman who was driving was across the street. With a head injury. And that the bus was still rolling. Right into the mailbox. She hadnt put it in park when police and fire arrived on scene. Eyewitnesses told them they heard gunshots. And said the driver had been shot. Police later said the driver was not ela injury. Or what caused the bus to crash in the first place. All of that is still under investigation. As far as the driver. Theres been no official word as to how shes doing. But eyewitnesses said she was talking when she was taken to the hospital. There were no children on the bus when all this happened. Its not clear yet if she had just dropped off any children in this neighborhood. Wake county schools had tra staff on scene earlier. And say theyre also looking into this. A haze is blanketing the skies over the triangle. And itll blanketing the skies over the triangle. And itll stick around for part of the weekend. The smoke from the wildfires in the western part air quality alert is in effect for a big part of the triangle because of the fires. We can see it and smell it. joel brown live in raleigh to show us the toll it could take on our health. Were at code orange, right now. This is when the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups. It can go up to code red. Thats unhealthy for most of us. Then theres code purple thats dangerously unhealthy. And theyve had some code purple days in the mountains. So, this is just a taste of what with out west. From chopper 11 over durham. Bull city blue skies, blocked by the haze. Same story flying over ralegh. Smoke settling in on the skyline. By nightfall, on city plaza. You cant see the smoke, anymore. But you can certainly still smell it. Smells like somebodys burning wood. Oh yeah. For sure i smelled it when i woke up this morning. Its the smoke from the fire. We knew it because we were up there, 45 minutes from our home. Dennis and mary live in raleigh. Of the fire zone in Rutherford County. Its hard to believe you can drive 4 hours in a car going 60 miles an hour and then in 3 or 4 days smoke can drift that far. Its not just smoke drifting. Health concerns carry over too. The state urging children, the elderly, anyone sensitive to the air pollution to limit time outdoors. If you have to go outdoors, i would use a mask if youre going to be there for an extended period of tim bell ringing nats on city plaza, its ren days job to ride his bike outside. We try to dont go as hard and dont ride as tough as we normally would. Because, definetly you can start weazing after a little while. And in dorothea dix park. Im just doing a pretty short easy run. Anna Catherine Dickens jog through this typically postcard worthy running trail. Looked a lot different on this day. She wasnt worried about how it felt, though. I think my biggest concern is just less my lungs, than the people in the their homes, their businesses. Whats so concerning about this air are those particulates. Those tiny bits of dust and burned material floating in the air that can get deep into our lungs. The good news. This smoke will clear the triangle soon. The news not so good out west. Jbrabc11ewn. Im here in the First Alert Storm Center with chief meteorologist chris hohmann. Chr, weekend . Smoke from Western NorthCarolina Forest fires spread into the region this afternoon, reducing visibilities and causing air quality to deteriorate. The triangle and points north are under code orange air quality ailments are advised to limit your time outdoors, along with the elderly and very young. From wake county are in the North Carolina mountains tonight. Theyre arriving to relieve crews battling the wildfires. The firefighters are in lake lure to help with the party rock fire. Theyre relieving just over forty wake county firefighters whove been in Rutherford County since saturday. The group will be there for five days. Theyre hoping to make it home for thanksgiving with their families. You can stay on top of the forecast and the smoky conditions on the abc11 mobile news app. Tonight election protests in Durham County a voter named John Posthill filed the protests claiming that ineligible voters cast ballots that ballots were improperly scanned and that absentee ballots were cast on behalf of another person. This came hours after the durham board of elections threw out a different formal protest handing pat mccrorys campaign a big blow. A republican lawyer challenged an issue with early voting. But a state inspector testified that there was no discrepancy when it came to the governors for the board to reject the protest. Now the Durham County board must handle the latest protest. And every county board today delayed their canvasses so certifying the results of the election wont happen until at least next week. Votes in wake county getting a second look. The board of elections met today. To canvass. And go through provisional ballots. They also discussed protests filed against 27 early voters. Three votes in wake county were tossed out including those by 2 people who died after voting early but before the felon. Officials determined the other votes will count. They hope to meet again on november 30th to certify the final results. The man convicted of killing Michael Jordans father trying to clear his name more than 20 years after the murder. A hearing today in lumberton the latest stop for daniel green. Greg barnes joins us live to show us what happened in court today. Daniel green has long claimed he did not kill james jordanbut did help dispose of he hoping to get a new trial and lesser sentence. Daniel green smiled today after daniel green smiled today after a judge ordered prosecutors to find and turn over any possible evidence of Law Enforcement corruption in his murder conviction. Since 1996 green were convicted of murdering of james jordan, who was shot to death as he slept in his car. Jordans body was later found in a South Carolina swamp, his car discovered stripped and abandoned in Cumberland County. In a ple bargain, demery testified green was the trigger man. Green maintains he help dispose of jordans body and used jordans cell lawyers told the judge today that jordan may have accidently gotten caught up in a drug deal gone bad between larry demery and the son of former sheriff hubert stone. And there was a coverup. The judge ordered the da to see if the sbi has any evidence including documents and interviews withheld by the sheriffs dept. Greens attorney hopes that leads to a new trial. Mjs 16 42 20 04. Scott holms greens lawyer. We are very pleased today and lookin court by december 9th. E besides any new evidence, the judge has said he also wants to review any files on the former sheriff. Dec 9th is the next scheduled court date. Today. We are kickingoff the 30th year of our abc11 together food drive in a big way. With big cash donations for with our Parent Company disney. Presented checks for 15thousand dollars each to the food bank of central and eastern North Carolina in raleigh. And the Second Harvest food bank in fayetteville. It was part of the kickoff celebration at Sanderson High School in raleigh. These kids play a big part in our food drive every year. Collecting food for families in need. And nows your chance to help. Wed love to see you. On our food dropoff day on december 7th. This year. The need is greater than ever because of by the recent flooding. We have all the food drive information on our homepage at abc11. Com. This thanksgiving is going to be really special for some families in Cumberland County. 21 children are now officially members of their foster families. Clerk of court kim tucker presided over the adoption ceremony today that forever unites children and families. There were lots of smiles. Hugs. And tears. social Service Workers say there more than 900 children in foster care in Cumberland County waiting elect settling a court case. The latest, just ahead. Foamnado a big problem inside a building creates an even bigger problem outside. What happened that turned streets into seas of foam. Drive thru a car plows into a restaurant. Why he was charged. But first. A live look outside of the raleigh Eyewitness News center and were getting Raleigh Christmas parade tomorrow. It rolls right in front of our downtown raleigh studio on fayetteville street. Steve. Chris and i will be on the float. Along with everyone else you see here. We hope youll z25esz zi0z san jose airport being blamed for a huge mess. Foam 5 inches deep flooding a street in california this afternoon. The foam is also blowing to surrounding roads. San jose fire Officials Say that a fire alarm malfunctioned releasing the foam. Fire officials urged people to stay out of the foam since the fire retardant can cause skin irritations. The zika Virus Outbreak is no longer an International Public health emergency. The world making the announcement today. It doesnt mean zika may not be a problem. But on a global level the spread of zika is under control. zika is spread mostly by infected mosquitoes. And it can cause birth defects in unborn children. President elect donald trump settling a lawsuit against Trump University. New yorks attorney general Eric Schneiderman says his lawsuit and two others against Trump University will be settled for 25 Million Dollars. The deal does not require trump to acknowledge any wrong doing. The settlement also covers two california. Now to the big board and the mustsee video of the night. And we start with quite a scene in oregon. A car crashing into a restaurant this morning. The driver said he accidentally hit the gas. As he was trying to park. You can see. The car made it all the way inside the restaurant. The restaurant was closed at the time. The driver wasnt hurt. But he was charged with not having a license or insurance. An unusual sight in south america a waterspout. It formed on the coast near the town of rocha. Watersp area and many People Living there were surprised. The waterspout never reached the ground to become a tornado. An unexpected sight on the hudson river in new york. A guy was out on the river today when he spotted something bobbing in the water. It soon became clear its a humpback whale. No one knows how the whale got that close to the city. Work. This is albus the frenchie. He loves to nap in unusual places. Like this desk drawer. You can see hes snuggled up in a blanket. Western North Carolina forest fires spread into the region this afternoon, reducing visibilities and causing air quality to deteriorate. Under code orange air quality through 2 pm tomorrow. Those with asthma and other respiratory ailments are advised to limit your time outdoors, along with the elderly and very young. Tonight will be clear with lows in the low and mid 40s. The smoke should clear out by tomorrow afternoon as a strong cold front sweeps across the state. Ironically, the fire danger will increase. There wont be much rain with the front, but a few areas will see a sprinkle or very light shower. Highs tomorrow will be in the low and mid 70s before the through. Much colder air will spill into the region tomorrow night and sunday on gusty northwest winds. By sunday morning, temperatures will plummet into the low and mid 30s with wind chills in sunday, highs will only reach the upper 40s and low 50s. The fire danger will remain elevated on were celebrating mickey mouses 88th birthday tonight he made his debut on november 18th 1928 in the animated short steamboat willie. Mickey is often referred to as walt disneys alter ego. And is said to represent the world of many of our abc 11 viewers have been sharing pictures all day long. To help celebrate his birthday. We love looking at all of them so keep sending them in. A royal home. Getting a royal facelift. Details, next. And a popular raleigh spot could be making big changes, too. what could happen here, just courtyard at its location on south blount street. The museum raised more than 20thousand dollars as part of a Public Campaign to knock down a nearby building. And create a welcoming corner that sparks imagination. This a rendering that was used when the museum submitted its plan to the historic districts commission. Approval for the project coul next week. Some royal changes at britains Buckingham Palace as well. The British Government will spend 458 Million Dollars to refurbish the royal home. Construction could start in the spring. Itll take about ten years to finish the upgrades to antiquated pipes and wiring. The palace has 7 hundred 75 rooms. An expensive dress gets even more expensive. Marilyn monroes form fitting dress she wore during her kennedy has sold for nearly five Million Dollars. Ripleys believe it or not bought the dress. The dress cost 12 thousand bucks back then. And it was so tight Marilyn Monroe was sewn into it. Coming up next in sports. Nothing but good vibes from our local sports teams. The canes are on fire, the pack is percolating and our College Soccer teams are stampeding. And i havent even gotten to the field hockey. How about the heels. They beat uconn 21 in overtime thanks to this phenomenal passing squence. Unc will play for no Omer Yurtseven for state as they began the business portion of their paradise jam trip today vs montana. Needless to say, the forward line a bit depleted. But that didnt show up tonight vs the grizzlies. To the Virgin Islands we go, in a strictly television sense. Id take you all for real if i could. Early going. Dennis smith with a scalpel like split have a big night later Markell Johnson is a player the steal dodges the montana coach in the middle of the floor and hammers it. Gott none too happy about the extra defender in dress shoes montana was game walter wright. Nifty scoop grizz led by 2 at half. 2nd things would shift. Its markell again. Catches the grizz hibernating another rim rocker. He had 9 then it was johnson to dsj a point guard to point guard oop. Dont see too many of those and one more banger for good measure malik abu a career high 25 points state pulls away 8572 central, fresh off a win over western carolina. Back home at the nest tonight to take on jackson state. Montreals media rolled into pnc tonight with a rolled into pnc tonight with a bunch more relocation talk. Best way to handle that send the canadiens home with a loss. 3rd 10 montreal. Then lightning enveloped the building ron hainseys point shot magically redirected by jeff skinner 11 4 mins and change later. Hainsey again. This time its teuvo teravn to it 21 canes 79 seconds after that. How bout Elias Lindholm to victor rask. That was a laser. Happy days are here again. Cam ward continues to find a fountain of youth. This save was spectacular. He made 31 stops canes with a monster dub. 3 2. Theyve won three straight a banner night for womens College Soccer in the triangle. All three local teams are through to the sweet 16. Carolina took out with illinois state, winning 31 and nc states breakthrough season continues with a 10 win over pepperdine. We know good things happen to the pack when they beat pepperdine in ncaa play join us tomorrow morning on abc11 for the latest Eyewitness News. Well see you again tomorrow night for Eyewitness News at ten here on z25esz zi0z Berg Wahlberg te st. Harvey wow, kanye west announced that hes with him. Would i have voted i would have voted on trump. This is going to be interesting. Huge uptick now because trump just went from like scott baio justin bieber, he walks out and this girl pulls his pants down bare ass. [screaming] and his dyguard bolike quickly pulls up his pants. Wait, the bodyguard pulls his pants up . Harvey what if it was kim ks bodyguard . Its like strike two its like oh, i had another bad