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 ResourcesCommission 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 T