He has an awfully big wall at the vatican ka. I think he said something much softer than originally reported by the media. John kasich and jeb bush would not be put down in the debate. Put me propope, i dont doubt peoples christianity. Kasich said a supporter said he found hope in kasichs message. You have to celebrate other peoples wins and sometimes you have to sit with them and cry. Reporter bush addressed a huge blow to his campaign, governor nicki haley endorsing marco rubio. That is obviously a powerful endorsement. I will mark her down as neutral. Reporter the democrats held a town hall in vegas, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders traded barbs in an effort to win minority voters. We are in a campaign and the secretary will say what she will say. I dont know where all this comes from, because maybe its that senator sanders wasnt really a democrat until he decided to run for president. Reporter now, each and every one of the candidates are going to be going out, trying to get those last minute votes of nevada head to caucus and when the people here in the palmetto state go to the polls. Live in columbia, South Carolina, im diane gallagher, back to you. Holly coming up in the next half hour, we will tell you where all the republican candidates are campaigning. Both locally and across South Carolina. A much needed break from the winter weather, at least, for the weekend . Jay Ingrid Allstaedt is standing by in the weather center. Ingrid . Ingrid it feels like winter, we have temperatures at 39 in black mountain, 29 nebo, robbinsville is cold as well at 28. So you will need that winter gear before you head out to work or school on this friday morning. 37 degrees by 10 a. M. , lunchtime, sunshine, and 46. But it is a return to the 60s this weekend. But, will it return with some rain . Hmm. I will have an answer in my full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Right now its time for a first check on your morning drive with jaclyn. Jaclyn good morning, everyone. Your morning commute is looking good so far. If you are heading out to i40 into Haywood County, that drive is clear, a 20 minute road from wiggins road to Jonathan Creek rode in waynesville. I240, speeds there at tunnel road are clocking in at 55 Miles Per Hour. And traffic is also flowing smoothly along i26 westbound from hendersonville to asheville. That commute timing out to 23 minutes. Thats ooh look at your ontime traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. Back over to you. Holly a local ministry sees an increase in Food Assistance requests. Now that group is asking for your donations to help. Jay news 13s Lauren Brigman is live from abccm in downtown asheville this morning. And, lauren, they supply groceries for people who have fallen on tough times . Lauren definitely. Hundreds of people right here in our community, they come in, meet with a counselor, than counselor finds out exactly what they need. And they come here inside the food pantry and put together a we are talking to aaron, so talk about the widespread need you have. We have been inside the clothing closet and we have talked about heating assistance, you provide assistance in so many areas . Absolutely. We are able to help in many ways and a delivery of heating fuel, this time of year, is about 260 i. Can be very expensive. After paying your rent on a fixed income, the end of the month is very hard to provide groceries for yourself or your family. Lauren right. We help provide groceries. We are always taking donation, every single day folks come in and bring donations to anyone in christs ministry, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, canned fruit is great for kids, especially when they take it to school in their lunches, canned meat, shelf stable milk is always a fantastic thing to have on hand. Lauren yes. You can bring in very large containers of Vegetable Oil and we have volunteers that break them down so they are appropriate for the size of the household, corn meal, flour, all of those things. We definitely give them out. Lauren again if you are making a large donation, like would donate things like that. You try to stretch it. Absolutely. Absolutely. Lauren how can people donate, they can stop by but what are other ways . Come down and donate time to put the bags together. All the counselors are volunteers. Everyone who works in a kitchen is a volunteer. Everyone working in the clothing closet is a l voer too. They can come down and work alongside another volunteer and they will be an expert by the, [ggl . Runzxl yx c3` 4vp u 30y[ e vpxwb`g . Street are concerned that change would impact their addresses, deeds, and 911 service. Now givens is considering naming a bridge along west avenue. I thought that would be a coming into waynesville that says welcome to waynesville and have them cross the Martin Luther kick bridge. Holly givens says he will take donations before the community and put them before the board. Any change will have to be approved by the dot. Jay a portion of ashevillespack square park will be closed for two months starting next friday. Crews will replace thed so on rodger mcguire green and the area will remain closed to give the grass time to put down roots. The work was supposed to start today but we are told crews are waiting until next week. Holly we have another update on the water issues in canton. The town has lifted those mandatory water restrictions. They were imposed monday after high demand lowered water levels in the reservoir, causing low water pressure. Town Officials Say the reservoir is back up to an acceptable level. Jay this mornings news reel. Holly more than 75 miseres in missouri put out a large grass fire that charred 1300acres, the incredible video shows just how big that fire was. It even sprouted what looks like Officials Say it started with a spark from a bureau of prison lawnmower. Firefighters say windy conditions made it difficult to fight. Jay wow. Thankfully nobody is hurt there. An estimated 40,000acres are burning across oklahoma. This is intense gusty winds following a record heat spell that dried out grass and brush. Winds gusting 40 Miles Per Hour are helping spread the flames. Firefighters say no one has been hurt or killed, but a number of homes have been lost. Holly in texas a business is left with a gaping hole after a man drove his car straight through the door, two women were hurt, one critical. Police believe alcohol is a factor in the crash. They arrested the driver. The man who runs the store said he couldnt believe this happened. When i built the store, i put the post up just in case somebody tried to drive through the front door. But, i would have never dreamed that anybody would ever drove through the front door, sir. Its pretty scary. Holly investigators say the building remains structurally sound after the but, it would require expensive repairs according to investigators. Jay we have a health alert this morning for pet owners in hendersonville. Officers believe racoons are infected with distemper there. They say at least four have been spotted near downtown displaying odd behavior as if the animals are drunk. The virus is highly contagious between animals and can easily be transmitted to dogs or cats. State wild Life Resources Commission Says racoons and other mountain counties are showing similar symptoms. They have had some confirmed cases of distemper in Haywood County and buncombe county, based on the symptoms that the racoons in our area are showing, they believe its the same disease. Jay the best way to protect your pets from the disease is to make sure they are uptodate on all the vaccinations. Holly a brain tumor can be a devastating diagnose. If that tumor is close to an important part of brain function it can be very difficult to operate without causing damage. Jay as shawna lake report, institute are use a tool to help visualize the tumor. She had a tumor and she was reporter monica brown lost her mother to Bladder Cancer just months before she was diagnosed. It was more hard on my dad and brother because i had surgery two months later. Reporter in 2008, monica had brain surgery to remove a slowgrowing tumor, but now, years later, its back. I dont want my kids to not have a mom when they get older. The tumor was in a dangerous place. She has language function and some motor function that really is kind of close to where the tumor is this time. Reporter thats why dr. Randy jensen, a neurosurgeon at huntsman cancer institute, is using advanced technology. Since her last operation, now we have the interoperative mri scanner. This specialized mri moves on ceiling mounted rains in the operating room. Allowing surgeons to check after the surgery, as to whether any tumor tissue remains. It certainly is helpful in her current situation, where they were in the first time around. I think im taking the most aggressive approach. Reporter new technology and advancements in brain surgery are giving monica a fighting chance. Lets its more important than ever that i need to be here for my kids. Reporter in salt lake city, utah, shawna lake, reporting. Jay monicas surgery was a success and she went home to her husband and kids three days later. Holly dr. Jensen says she is doing well and will start radiation treatment soon. The power of mother nature. Jay coming up, the incredible video showing the destruction in colorado. Ingrid here is your harrys on the hill bus stop forecast. Pick up time will be cold. Make sure your kids have a hat and gloves. 52 by drop off time. So maybe layering is a good idea today. Coming up after the break, we will talk about just how warm we turn this weekend, if this weekend includes some rain and a now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. Ingrid good morning, welcome back. And happy friday. We made it to the end of the work week. And this weekend, its not too bad for our weather. I will se you that in a second. Unca, in north asheville, 36 degrees. Leicester carpet sales news 13 skycam network. Through the time lapse here, it goes until present time. Starts off here, about 3 13. Notice, no clouds to worry about from marshal to hendersonville, forest city or down to the upstate either. Observed category, we stayed zero and we will the next day or two, and then we start to see our chances for rain going up. Almost three quarters of an inch so looking good. 72 degrees was the High Temperature record back in 2014, the low temperature record, it was cold. 3 degrees back in 2015. Yeah, so things are much different this year. Forecasted highs looking good, too. 61 degrees. Saturday, sunday 63. 55 monday and then tuesday, back down to the 40s, you can see that average High Temperature line will be above it and then back down below it. Now, our rain chances starting off very low, but then going to 20, then 40, then 60 through monday. 30 degrees right now in asheville. If you are about to head out to work, make sure you wear the winter coat, maybe layers because it will be nice this afternoon. Above that average as you just saw by a little bit. Clemson 35 into greer and 30 in greenwood. Wind at 5 Miles Per Hour in asheville. So it feel as little bit colder. The wind chill is 25 degrees. Mild conditions. Some clouds tonight, thats going to change our temperature pattern just a little bit. So lets take a closer look at that. 8 a. M. , showing we are nice and clear. Same thing through lunchtime, warming to 50s through mid afternoon, and 30s tonight because of the clouds, not going to get as cold tonight. 7 a. M. , showing just a slight chance for rain. Mainly in our northern region. And then we will hold onto those clouds throughout the day and a greater chance for rain by sunday. 55 degrees, nice and sunny in asheville today. So, keep those outdoor plans. What about greenville . 58 degrees, another nice one. And tonight back down to 41. Sevenday forecast, showing a 40 chance for rain on sunday. 60 by monday. 70 tuesday and then temperatures start to goo down. So thats when we see that chance for a wintry mix, not until the middle of next week. So several days out we will be tweaking that forecast. In the upstate, expecting all rain after a mostly dry weekend. Winds snapped trees and caused Power Outages in colorado. Jay you can see the sheer force of the wind splintered trees. Some power lines were also flattened. Nobody was hurt there. Holly time is 6 16. Conference titles on the line here in the mountains. Jay stan has the action as the Smoky Mountains tries for Dunkin Donuts unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for 4. The new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. America runs on dunkin. Stan good morning, in tournament fines last night in waynesville at tuscola high, both boys and girls squaring off. Girls, Smoky Mountain against pisgah, they had swift in the regular season but looked like smoky was headed to the victory here. They hold the bears scoreless in the third, smokies take the wood to shay, who knocks down a jumper and puts the mustangs up 3. Later in the third, haley oneil gets a shot with good hustle and puts it up and in, Smoky Mountain leads 2726 after 3. In the fourth, bears wakeup. Lewis gets the layup off the glass, pisgah cuts the lead to 2. She had 16. Then Brooklyn Allen will lead the break and watch her make the perfect pass to matty webb, lays it in. Allen is mvp. They come back and stun smoky mao 4642 to take the crown. It feels amazing. Like, im shaking right now because im so proud of my team. I mean, we were ready to play and we won the conference championship i. Was so loud here on the court. I couldnt really hear our scream louder. Fans were screaming louder. It was crazy. We definitely upped our intensity. We ran half court trap and we were determined to not let them beat us in the fourth quarter. Stan boys game, top seed Smoky Mountain trying to make it three straight over no. 2 north henderson. First carer mustangs tray trip drives it, knocks down the short jumper inside the 3 point line, they are up 2. Later, north hendersons kyle decker will get it, drives baseline, and gets the friendly roll. It goes in there. More time. Couple plays later, austin nelson, drives, gets fouled. And puts it in. Three point play. But smokies letford was too much to handle, finishing at the rim for 2 of his gamehigh 31 mvp for the tournament. Mustangs beat north in the Third Straight time. 8865. North hendersons only three voices have come from the Smoky Mountain. Was down by 14 at the half but they come roaring back to win it at presbyterian, 7061, and western carolina wins on the road at mercer and beat the bears for the fourth straight time winning last night 7265. Thats sports this morning. Im stan pamfilis. See you tonight at 6 00. Have a great day, everyone. Holly it will be a great one for sure. Jay and a nice weekend at least in terms of temperature, right, ingrid . Ingrid thats right. We have the sunshine today and middle 60s expected, 57 forest city. Out towards charlotte, if you are traveling, in the 50s, down towards atlanta 60s. Chattanooga as well and knoxville. Back into the upstate, around greenville, upper 50s. Sunny as well. But, more clouds tonight. That will actually help us from getting too cold. 38 in buncombe county and 41 in spartanburg. Lets get another traffic correct. Jaclyn, the road are still clear . Jaclyn we are wreck and delay free around asheville. Traffic is flowing smoothly on hendersonville road in south asheville for you. Travel time to get from airport road over to rock hill road this morning. Here is a look at what you can expect along tunnel road right now. That commute from river mill road to i240 timing out to 5 minutes. . Thats a look at your ontime traffic report brought you by the wired mouse. Morning holly 6 24 right now, stepping back into time in todays morning surf. We are looking at pictures from past of the president ial candidates. Ingrid its kind of funny looking back at your Old High School pictures. We posted the link to the web site, wlos. Com under news links. Holly and no. 1, you know this guy. This is ben carson before he was dr. Ben carson. Ingrid look at that hair nice blazer, too. Holly check out this picture of bernie. Ingrid he looks pretty similar. Holly he does. Lots of pictures of bobby gindal. He appeared in tiger beat magazine. Ingrid really . Thats some nice hair. Holly you are all about the hair . Grit its a lot less for some of them. Holly this is carly fiorina. Ingrid that doesnt look like her. Holly Chris Christie front and spentr center. Ingrid i see the smile. Holly he was part of the state of delaware Student Government and here he is as catcher. And i think this picture of donald trump, he looks so much like his son. Ingrid wow. Holly eric, i think is the one, he looks so much like him. George pataki . And look at this one, these are hillary. Ingrid look at the pants and the sandals . Oh my goodness. I love it. Holly the expression . Here is her again with an unknown male. Ingrid some shortshorts. Holly and jeb bush, here he is with a moustache at the university of texas. Ingrid i love the moustache. Holly and finally jim webb, fun to see what they have become and now they are, you know, common names in our households. Ingrid and now they are all buttons up with their chute and ties. Big difference. A final look at the weather in this half hour, winltdz are light at 5 in asheville. We will talk about how warm we will turn this weekend and who can see some rain and the next week preview at 6 30. Jay a political face off for gop candidates in the upstate. Its a wonderful treat. Something totally unexpected, and very kind. Holly a sweet surprise. Morning Team Continues to surprise unsuspecting customers. Lauren they help thousands of local families but now a local ministry needs your help. A decline in now, in high definition, from the Western North carolinas news leader, this is news 13 this morning. Holly this is a special treat for visitors at Yosemite National park. And it happens only at this time of year. The optical illusion looks like fire flowing off a cliff. Ingrid park rangers say its the sun glowing through the waterfall. The angle has to be just right and it only happens for a few weeks in february. Holly thats beautiful. Ingrid it looks like lava. Jay very cool. Good morning, its february 19th, glad wuh yo with are us. Ingrid its chill, 28 degrees in black mountain, 33 in cashers. Leicester its freezing and nebo, 29. Robinsville 28. So, yes, it is is a chilly start for now. We will continue to warm up this afternoon. Lunchtime, 46 degrees with sunshine. But its a return to the 60s in the extended forecast that will make people smile. But will it include rain . I will let you know in my full forecast in a little bit. Before you head out the door, lets check back in with jaclyn. How is the morning drive so far . Jaclyn the roads are in good shape, all across asheville right now. Traffic is flowing smoothly for it is a clear commute from the buncombe county Haywood County line into asheville. All that green means everything is flowing smoothly. Here is how smoky park highway is shaping up, those are 45 Miles Per Hour speeds at rutherford road. If you are taking i26 on your morning commute, that drive is looking good. Its a little busy out there. This is a live picture at brevard road, but overall no traffic issues to be aware of out there. That is a look at your ontime traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. Holly we are 24 hours away from a Major Political showdown in North Carolina and nevada. Jay president ial candidates op both sides are pleading to voters ahead of the primaries and caucuses tomorrow. Right now, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are crisscrossing through nevada during a televised town hall meeting. They answered tough questions on topics like immigration, privacy, and their records. If anybody thinks that a member of the United States senate or the United States house has to agree with somebody president , well, you know, all the time, that is not my understanding of of democracy. Maybe senator sanders wasnt a democrat until he decided to run for president. Jay on the republican side, john kasich, jeb bush, and donald trump came facetoface with South Carolinas voters. Holly trump is also making headlines after pope francis said trump is not a christian if he thinks more about building walls than building bridges. A reference to trumps plans to build walls to keep out illegal immigrants. Was there a moment when you first heard the pope said something about you that you thought, maybe im going to have to ask for forgiveness . No, no. Look [laughter] i have a lot of respect for the pope but i would say that i think he was very much misinterpreted. Jay the latest poll show donald trump is still in the lead in South Carolina and in nevada, clinton and sanders are in a statistical dead heat. Holly all the republican in the upstate and other parts of South Carolina ahead of tomorrows primary. Jay jeb bush will hold a meet and greet and a rally with his mother and First Lady Barbara Bush across the upstate. Their first stop is at 9 30 and then they will go took. Com news greenville at noon. After that, they will hold a rally at d. D. Central high school at 6 45. Holly marco rubio has Campaign Stops planned throughout the state with South Carolina governor nikki haley. They will wrap up at clemson with a rally at the Conference Center pavilion. Doors open 6 0 tonight and the event starts 7 30. Jay ted cruz is traveling across the state with phil robertson, he will hold a rally at the greenville marriott. That starts at 8 45 tonight. Holly dr. Ben carson does not have events in the upstate, he is holding a veterans patriot action conference in charleston at 10 15 this morning and will host a town hall 3 30. Jay john kasich is hosting 10 00 to 11 00 this morning at the hall at senates end. Holly donald trump has multiple events planned, at noon at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center and at 3 00 this afternoon he will speak at the plantation golf and country club. After that, he will host a rally at 7 00 tonight at the North Charleston convention center. Jay happening to day the North Carolina General Assembly is expected to approve two items that will have a major impact on voters. The new congressional maps and a new congressional primary date. Holly its all because of the federal court ruling earlier this month that mapped for the first and 12th congressional districts were unfair to black voters. On thursday, the Senate Approved new maps. Jay the house also approved a bill to delay congressional primaries in the state until june 7th. The hope is that will eliminate the need for a run off election, because of the changes to the maps. Both sides agree it will be confusing to voters. If democrats had their way, everyone would be voting on june 7th. Not split between march 15th and june 7th. People will be confused. We are already confused. And wont know who they exactly are voting for. Holly barring a stay by the u. S. Supreme court, this means voters will still go to the polls on march 15th to vote in the president ial primaries and various state races. Then on june 7th they will vote in the congressional primaries. Jay the house and senate hope to have the maps and the dates approved by 5 p. M. Today to beat the federal court holly as it stands right now, today is still the deadline to register to vote in North Carolinas primary. To register, you mostly sunny at your current address for 30 days prior to the election and 18 years old by the tate of the next general election. And you cant be serving time for a felony. For more information about registering, go to wlos. Com and simply click on news links. Asheville Buncombe County Community ministry is looking to supply thousands of dollars in heating assistance to folks in need. But, a drop in donations has them asking now for your help. Jay news 13s Lauren Brigman is live from abccm in asheville and, lauren, exactly to raise out there . Lauren about 11,000. Thats to help people right here in our area. We are talking with aaron this morning with abccm, so aaron, paint a picture of how many families you work with in the asheville and buncombe county area . Last year, abccm helped 3,000 families out with financici assistance, that is rent, water, heating assistance, several thousand dollars over the course of the year. And we helped out 10,000 families with food. We will do just as many this year. The reason we can do it is because of the contributions that come from the community, financial, food, clothing, and of time. Lauren if you take a look at all the file cabinets behind aaron and i, this is a representation of all the clients you serve in our area . Thats right. Lauren talk about this drop in donations you are all seeing. What are some of the possible factors that go into that. Well, after the holidays are over, people refocus on going back to school, on some of the taxes in their own new year. They just sometimes forget that winter is still going on. And right now, it definitely is still going on for folks who are trying to fill up a big tank of kerosene or have propane tank they need to fill up or have rent thats drew. Lauren the need, definitely, the heating assistance is a big need. The warm clothing items as well. Absolutely. Lauren so there are different ways to donate. Talk about how people can get involved with you guys and donate . Again, its a great thing to come down to the ministry. Any one of them, one in arden and candler and this one in the mumford neighborhood and see what we do. I would love to have folks come down and we can give them a tour, show them everything we do. They can help out right then, by volunteering or bringing in clothing down or once they see what we do and see the folks that we are serving, a lotf to folks will make a donation right there. Lauren all right. We have information up on our web site, wlos. Com. You can go there. You can also mail a check here to their come ber land avenue location. Te sig nate it to the Heating Assistance Program and it will go directly to that effort that all that information again for you on wlos. Com. Live in downtown asheville, Lauren Brigman, news 13. Jay lauren, thank you. In a few hours testimony will resume in the trial of a Transylvania County man accused of killing out of revenge. Richard oshields is charged with the first degree murder of toby mathis in 2011. Investigators say mathis was involved in the death of oshields son, joey, just months before. Oshields defense team said he suffered a stroke and other issues that contributed to what happened. Prosecutors are arguing he took the law into his own hands. He acted as the judge, jury, and executioner of toby mathis. Richard oshields fell into a perfect storm of. [inaudible] and emotional problem, alcohol, jay on thursday, witnesses testified oshields called mathis before shooting him several times in the Dollar General store in rosman. Jurors were shown Surveillance Video from that night. Holly four fugitives on the run are facing charges this morning thanks to our weekly fugitive files segment that airs here every wednesday rning on news 13. Kevin judge, who we featured this week, was arrested after a viewer called in a tip after watching our segment. William gentry also turned himself 234 after seeing himself on the news wednesday. Mitchell owens, who we showed in december, has also been apprehended. Tiffany brainard, who we showed in january, was wanted in both Haywood County and henderson county, she was arrested this week as well. Jay we have a big update this morning in duke energys efforts to switch its lake julian power plant from comb to natural gas. The staff of the North Carolina Utilities Commission now recommended rejecting dukes proposal to build a third unite there. The commission does not have to follow the staffs recommendation though. But, mountain true says its a dukes plan. We are hopeful. I think its a good sign, the staffs recommendation is definitely a step in the right direction. We hope the staff moves in this direction. Jay the Utilities Commission is expected to make a decision by march 1st. Our morning team has been paying it forward all week long for international random acts of kindness week. Holly news 13s Lauren Brigman and Jaclyn Deaugustino head to Dunkin Donuts to try to inspire the giving spirit. Jaclyn we are at Dunkin Donuts for random acts of kindness week. Lauren we are paying for peoples breakfast and coffee this morning in the hope of giving them a little extra pick me up. Jaclyn hey there, how are you doing today . Good. Jaclyn we are with news 13 and we are paying for peoples breakfast, coffee and donuts today. You mind if we pay for your breakfast . No, thats fine. I appreciate it. Lauren how does it help you by having your breakfast paid for . That helps quite a bit, because, you know, every little bit helps. Im unemployed, too. Lauren hopefully this will make your trip brighter. Definitely. I appreciate it. Jaclyn do you mind if we pay for your breakfast . No, that would be great. Jaclyn order away. My kids would like 25 munch. Karen25 moneykins. Lauren how does it help you and your kids . Its a wonderful treat. Something totally unexpected and very kind. And thank you. Jay this is. This is not breakfast, this is donuts. Jaclyn what are you ordering . Boston cream. Jaclyn is it okay if we pay for it . Absolutely. Lauren does it help having your breakfast or coffee and donut paid for . It helps right here. [indicating] lauren we put the money to good use, we paid for someones out of town and also passing through on their way to work. Jaclyn 2 and we bought munch kins for someones munch kin. We are jaclyn and lauren for news 13. Holly from the University Classroom to the high school. Jay coming up in thanks job is now even more your news 13 skywatch forecast. Welcome back and happy friday. I will share the weekend forecast in a moment. In asheville its 36 degrees. Leicester carpet sales skycam network, the sun is rising through the time lapse. The time lapse here, not a lot to share with you. This starts around 3 44 in the morning and lands at the present time and no clouds, really, even to share with you. Departure is still in positive territory, almost three quarters of an inch for the year. Temperatures, pretty interesting this morning. You know, we have stayed right close to that normal for this time of year. 31, 30 has been the low. Notice the normal high though. 52 degrees. We will exceed that in the coming days. Nothing this warm back in 2014 and 72 degrees and the record for a low on this day is 2015, 3 degrees. 61 tomorrow. Going above this average timeline, 63 on sunday. Middle 50s monday. Back down below the line, back down to the 40s across much of the region by early next week. And our rain chances, zero today. Not too bad saturday, 40 chance on sunday, and back up to 60 by monday. Live look right now at what it feels like in newland, its cold, 25. Morganton, 29. Same thing in burnsville. 30 degrees in asheville. Below the freezing mark in all of our western zones. 35 in greenville. Clemson, anderson, and greenwood, cold. Its 30 degrees to start the day. Now, the wind is light, but its going to make it feel colder. Make sure you wear that winter coat with a 5 Miles Per Hour wind in asheville, it feels like 25 degrees. Overalthough, mild conditions and sunshine today, but that will change. First with the clouds, then with the rain. 8 00 this morning, still in the 30s. But by late amp, 40s and 50s. Tonight, after dinnertime, we will start to see the cloud increase. Slight chance for rain to start the day on saturday. The majority of us wont see any rain saturday. All of us will see the clouds. Back here today, 55 degrees. Nice and sunny. Getting warmer overall. Increased cloud cover back down 58 degrees in greenville and tonight will be cooler, back down to 41. Sevenday forecast does show scattered showers into next week and a chance for wintry weather by wednesday. Be careful if you head out in fairview, soon, jaclyn, there is a new wreck . Jaclyn right, this is a nigh por bump up on old fort near miller road. Thankfully no injuries are reported here but try to avoid the area if possible on your commute. Luckily, this is the only crash that we are dealing with across our area this morning. Here is a look at future i26 over in madison county, things are moving right along in the area. Speeds there are at 65 Miles Per Hour as you approach sams gapment from four seasons boulevard to the state line, the drive is nice and smooth for you. It will take you 20 minutes right now. Thats a look at your ontime traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse. Holly in this weeks thanks to teachers, we introduced you to a Swain County High School teacher. Jay zack green shows us the university to Teach High School students. I would be zack there was a time dawn gillcrest worked at the University Level. I taught western carolina university. Zack after reaching a Higher Education position, just two years later she found herself back in a high school classroom. The students tat University Level are there by choice. And the students in Public School are there because of compulsory education. Zack compulsory education. Students are required to attend. Meaning that a teachers job is to ensure these kids are here to stay. I essentially have to give your life to it. It is an immersion job, half your job is getting them engaged in the material and getting them to want to be there. Zack so, dawn has brought english to life for her Swain High School students. So confederate soldiers captured them. She picic out interesting stories. Zack stories of their surroundings, and their home. Its pretty cool. Getting to learn more about your heritage and your culture. And what actually happened before you were even here. Ways in which the material can get complex. We make it the beginning of something that goes much larger and becomes an umbrella for understanding what it is to be human. Zack her students know, she will always make it relevant to them. She can explain it to you, but it will make sense. Thats the biggest thing. It makes sense. Zack and to her, thats what makes the immersion worth it. Its beautiful. Its wonderful. And its frustrating. And at times, it is exhausting, but almost always, if you look at the big picture, its worth it. Zack reporting from swain county, zack green, news 13. It started coming really slow and straight at me. Holly caught on video, the into the water in jay 6 51. The white house has officially announced president obama will visit cuba next month. Holly this is the first time a sitting american president has visited the island nation in 88 years. The announcement comes 14 months after washington reestablished ties with havana. Travel to cuba is easier but tourism is still banned. It will be up to congress to allow it. Jay a public viewing is set for today for late Justice Antonin Scalia who died unexpectedly in texas at the age of 79. He will lie in repose in the great hall at the supreme court. His family, friends, and justices will attend the private ceremony. Then the hall will open to the public until 8 p. M. Holly a tour helicopter in hawaii crashes near the u. S. A. Arizona in hawaii. Jay its horrifying. Three people are hurt, one in critical, five people were on board the helicopter when it went down in the water near ford island. With witness who took the video says he knew something was about to go wrong. And coming straight at me, essentially. And it seemed out of place and not normal so i switched to the video real quick and shoho the video clip and the rest you can see. Jay people who saw the crash jumped into the water and helped pull the victims to shore. Its not clear yet what caused the crash. Holly they are lucky the folks were there and did see it. The so called affluenza teen ethan coach will appear in court today. The judge will decide whether to transfer him from juvenile nile to adult court. He has been at the maximum security adult facility since february 5th. He was sentenced to probation after he killed four people while driving drunk. Adults can now take out their frustrations. Jay how one business makes sure clients walk away relaxed. Holly first todays mind teaser, what country has the highest consumption of candy jay we have the answer steve today is your lucky day. Woman surprised oh, my goodness mark youve just won a thousand dollars woman thats amazing thats amazing shrieks woman ok, nice job. Mark, way better than yesterday. Maria, that delivery felt a little forced. And steve, steve yeah . Woman i am still missing that raw emotion. Woman pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so lets really bring it lucky for life. Win a thousand dollars a day, holly 6 55. A recap of local headlines, testimony will resume in the trial of a Transylvania County man accused of killing out of revenge. Jay Richard Oshields is charged with the murder of toby mathis in 2011. Investigators say mathis was involved in the death of oshields. Oshields defense team says he suffered physical issues, others say he took the law into his own hand. Holly jay ball was indicted in august of federal charges after agents raided his storage jewelry outlet and he was charged with illegally drugs. Jay a man remains in the buncombe county jail this morning, charged with trying to hold up a gas station. To rob the ingals gas station and the leicester highway at knife point and stole a womans wallet. His bond is set at 80,000. Holly todays mind teaser, we asked what country has the highest consumption of candy annually . Jay we both got it wrong. Holly we dont believe the answer. Jay i said switzerland. Holly and the answer is denmark. I dont understand. Go dieva is in belgium. A business lets people smash and break whatever they want. Jay according to the company, its a way to relieve stress. Business is called tantrums, llc, and it opened in december of last year. Holly the company decorates the sound proof roomm on what the client want, the props are reclaimed or donated. The sessions can be held for 1015 minutes and prices range ingrid i think its a good idea. Jay its fantastic. Book me for the computer. Please. Holly you can do that. Jay that seems like a great idea. Ingrid a final look at weather right now outside your door its 55 this afternoon. 61 saturday, sunday, 63, scattered showers return to the forecast. Mainly just half half of the weekend. Rain into tuesday. Then a chance for wintry weather in the middle of next week. Overall, really is not going to be too bad of a weekend besides isis clouds. It will be in the 60s. I think we deserve that. Jayay absolutely. Holly on the roads this morning we have problems. Jaclyn crews are working the one minor wreck on old fort road in fairview, otherwise the roads in good shape for you. Jay all right of the thanks so much for joining us. Gma is next. For more local news and weather check us out at wlos. Com. Good morning, america. Heartstopping crash caught on tape. A helicopter with five tourists on board plummeting into pearl harbor. New video of witnesses diving in to rescue the victims. Cutting a 15yearold free from the wreckage. Those heroes are going to join us live only on gma. Donald trump versus the pope. Those stunning remarks saying the gop frontrunner is not christian. Trump fires back all through the night. No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another mans religion or faith. And donald trump joining us live this morning. Record heat. Building across much of the country for the weekend. Blazes sparking firenados. The Wind Warnings and advisories spread from california to new york. That big warmup right now baby love we have a big announcement from ginger zee and little adrian training for this moment for months. 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