Tomorrow afternoon with an additional one to two inches of rain possible. On top of what weve recently had. So that means that flooding could happen very quickly. If you are going to be out and about driving in the wee hours of the morning, especially when its dark and kind of hard to see flooded roads, be very careful and dont cross any flooded roads. We also have a high wind warning for the Higher Elevations above 3500 feet in the blue shaded area. Western mountain counties that could get damaging wind. 60 mile an hour wind gusts. Go ahead and secure loose objects on your property. 49 degrees at pick up time. Showers and storms. A few of them severe. Up to 57 by lunch time. With that chance of strong to severe storms. Cooling off a little bit at drop off time. Still rain in the area. Coming up, well show you when to snow. Larry new tonight, local reaction to a new law in charlotte that allows transgender people to use the bathroom of t tir choice. Darcel the Lgbt Community applaud. Opponents wants the legislature to block it. Frank joins us live. Frank for a woman who identifies as a man to use the mens room. This is something that charlottes been struggling with. Something that asheville has not yet had to face. It was a contentious meeting, supporters and opponents. There are already businesses across the state making accommodations. Making it clear transgender people will not be discriminated against. Theres mixed reaction from you have an anatomy of a man, you ought to use the mens restroom facility or locker room. Is this something we should be doing in our city. If they were dressed like a man and came in to a womans restroom, i would be a little weird. If they present as a woman but they are a male, what do we care . Its who they are inside that matters. Frank the governors called on the state legislature to block the charlotte ordinance. That attempt will be made if that does not succeed. The new law goes in to effect on april 1st. Now we talked with asheville mayor esther manhierm tonight. She said no one has ever approached the council about this issue. She says if that happens, if will be taken seriously and considered here. Reporting live in asheville, frank kracher, news 13. Larry an alert for pet animal control has euthanized almost 30 animals this year because of distemper. Just in the last day, the Sheriffs Office says its put down five raccoons and a fox vpt a worker found a raccoon. He called the Sheriffs Office. Which people are advised to do. Were seeing it in raccoons and foxes. Were just afraid in a matter of time someones pet is exposed to distemper. Larry humans cannot get distemper. But it could be deadly for your pet. Make sure their vaccinations are up to date. Darcel an expert testifies a murder defendant was mentally ill. Richard oshields is on trial for killing toby mathis back in 2011, which prosecutors say was mathis is charged with in Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of oshields son. Theres little chance oshields could have planned the murder. Closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow. Think. A news 13 investigation uncovers glaring gaps at the front gate of aviation security. Larry jennifer, who is slipping through the cracks . Reporter larry, many are slipping through the gaps. Security goes beyond thehe bag that you pack or the toiletries that you pack. Tonight were looking at the airports closer to you investigating the security gap. I think its wrong and its a little scary to me. Reporterr scary because this breached security from her kitchen table. Just the fact if i can do it, how many other people can book a flight for someone else and have them prechecked. Reporter after paying for a background check. Her friend never registered. But landed beside her in the precheck line for trusted travelers and quicker screening. We got this at the airport. And again, it was a precheck with a green. So she did not have to take off her shoes or jacket. I know shes not going to do something crazy on a plane. How do you know someone isnt going to book a flight that they know is and i dont want to use the word terrorist, but someone who might harm somebody else. Reporter when i called the tsa, they say billados friend hit the jackpot. The office of Inspector General cacas the program a security vulnerability. Through the same program, a convicted felon who served time on Domestic Terror Group charges got the same approval. But he shouldnt have qualified for precheck. A recent report by the Inspector General found layers of security simply missing at airports nationwide. I see that they didnt check all the workers either. Reporter the tsa failed to catch 73 airport workers nationwide who received badges but shouldnt have because the tsa terrorism watch list wasnt complete. Applications from baggage handlers to store workers funneled through. But its the tsa who is responsible for background checks. If you have a criminal history, were going to know about it. I think a complete background check should be a minimum standard, not the maximum standard. Including access to some of the airports most secure areas. This past fall covert testing auditors had no trouble getting in to areas. Those resports show real areas that we have aaddress. Reporter to get in to secure areas at both asheville regional and Greenville Spartanburg at gsp international, news 13 found it sometimes takes more than a badge. Other areas would require a swipe of a badge, the insertion of that special code and a fingerprint. Reporter levels of security are important since the airport had 16 badges lost or stolen over the last five years. On an annual basis, well do a badge audit. And of course there are random checks of badges. Reporter Asheville Regional Airport wouldnt release the information. Police chief kegan smith did tell us only a few people have access only for areas that you have a need to be in. Reporter news 13 watches employees entering areas with just a swipe of their badge. Noin number and not a single fingerprint reader. Because what would work at a very large airport may not work at a very small airport. There are huge gaps that have to be filled. Reporter whats being done to secure air travel . Meadows said congress, the Inspector General and tsa are all looking at more controls fo are badges, as well as their employee credentialing program. Until we get serious about actually vetting those who work, vetting those who provide the security and ultimately vetting those who are making decisions on what comes through a scanner and what doesnt, were going to have these gaps. And its troubling. You know, its more than a three reporter now the Inspector Generals report also raised issue with behavior detection officers that are stationed at checkpoints to notice suspicious behavior. The Inspector Generals office says just does not work. I requested more information about the tsa. When we get that information, well update this story. Jennifer emert, news 13. Darcel Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton took the stage tonight in South Carolina. But not together. They just wrapped up a townhall from cnn. Well hear from them next as they get ready for saturdays democratic primary. Larry a pizza Delivery Driver was kidnapped and robbed. Before he was let go. Nts how to put your foot in your mouth. Man, wish my yard looked like yours. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry. Now get 20 off stagreen fertilizer, at lowes. Whats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. Like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. Cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys dont. And as for deals . Hows 300 back for every line you switch . 300 get 300 per line and a stronger signal, in the middle of anywhere. Larry Republican Voters in nevada are taking part in tonights caucuses. This is a live look from las vegas where caucus goers signed up this evening to participate. Darcel donald trump is hoping to build on his victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Larry we expect the results to start coming in about midnight. A little after. We will have results for you on and our coverage begins at 4 30. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders are both in the south together for the first time. At the university of South Carolina, they took questions from voters in the audience at cnns town hall. News 13s Jerrika Insco joins us after watching that town hall. Jerrika. Jerrika laree othery, larry, it was not a traditional debate. Both at one point or another spoke highly of president obama. Winning over most of the black voters, which is notable leading in to the South Carolina primary. Historically black colleges, what they each can do for African Americans and police brutality. Their views and what south carolinians wanted from them instead of bashing each other. Top 1 10 percent of america now own i think that is wrong. Here it is, folks. You can like it or not, this is my view. We are going to ask profitable multinational corporations and the rich to pay their fair share of taxes. I think the right response is lets respect police. Hold up those who are doing the right things and protecting us. And lets hold Police Behavior accountable. Jerrika one thing they both discussed tonight and do not agree on is college tuition. Clinton supports debtfree tuition. While sanders is pushing for freepublic education. Darcel and larry. Tonight that have done a lot of damage out to our west. Darcel meteorologist karen wynne is here with the timeline of when we can expect the storms to move in to the mountains. Karen. Karen once again, a look at that tyson furniture bus stop forecast. All of us. Elevations. More on the storms. And then the snow coming up next. Larry and later, a horrible a puppy. Now your news 13 skywatch weather weather. Karen rain. Were talking about some potential flooding and damaging winds. These are going to be the main issues issues. But with this system, we cant rule out an isolated tornado and snow coming behind it. Right now the latest computer models are putting out measurable snow in parts of the mountains. Ill show you that coming up. Right now the big story is heavier rain moving in to our Western Mountain counties. We can see some of the heaviest rain in our area is in parts of swain and haywood counties moving on in to madison. More moisture on the way. It is going to be a very wet and unsettled night. Our winds have picked up a bit. Out in the south its 15 miles per hour. In greenville, we see more raindrops on that camera lens. 45 degrees that rain coming down. Brisk wind out of the eastnortheast eventually. Were going to see our winds shift around out in the south. A couple of future cast models to show you. We have a warm front moving through in the overnight. Temperatures go up. Heavier rain moves in. A little after 7 oclock, we could have strong to severe storms. Very gusty winds. Periods of heavy rain throughout the morning. Then by lunch time, much of this is going to shift just to the east of the mountains. But were not completely out of the woods yet. We are going to have more rain on top of what we have already, of course, we could see some high water issues through the afternoon. Then by 6 oclock, we have cooler air moving in. Our temperatures go down. We begin to see a little bit of snow moving in. Then that snow keeps on flying across much of the Higher Elevations through thursday. Pretty much all day long through thursday. It is going to begin to add up. Future cast hour by hour. Here we go with the rain, 7 oclock. That looks like when some of the heaviest rain should be over us. At noon, we do see things begin to let up. Our winds remain quite high, though. We see that snow across the highest elevations as we go on through tuesday. Future cast with snow fall totals now actually showing light accumulations. Not really much in asheville. But some of the blue shaded counties and the Higher Elevations around burnsville and Great Smoky Mountains national park. Up to four inches. Not out of the question there. So several inches accumulating in the Higher Elevations. Lows tonight, weve about hit them. Around 50 degrees in parts of the upstate. Asheville and in franklin and larry a sixweekold puppy is recovering tonight after someone shot it 18 times with a a utility worker told officers puppy. When he later checked on the dog, it was bleeding heavily. Theres 18 bbes lodged in the puppys skin. Theres no doubt this is one of the worst acts ive ever seen. Larry two teenagers were arrested today. A 17 and 14yearold. Vets say the puppy is able to eat and move around. Once hes fully recovered, hell be available for adoption. Darcel police hope they will help them track down a man they driver. He was taken 80 miles away about of he managed to get away. He wasnt hurt but says a man and woman made him drive to three different atms to take out darcel an asheville radio show brings its microphones to music scene. The honeycutters opened to sold out crowd tonight. Host david dye and his crew are here checking out the local bands, clubs and places to studio. Larry High School Basketball playoffs tonight with a lot of stan shows us who is stan the prep playoffs beginning tonight. 45 mountain teams in the first round play. Surprising 3a mack champs at rockets the 12th seed but fired up. Look at this, puts it in there as the rockets jump on top early. Great bounce pass. Lays it in. Reynolds lead goes up to 10 in the first quarter. Josh jones, he lays it in. Rockets lose the 17 point lead but come back and win it 6258. They advance to the second round. Girls on the road. Reynolds down but they ride the play as sarah who had the outside shot working together. Southern guilford too much this evening as they beat reynolds. The third seeds in 3a. Drew williams hits his 1,000th career point. The jumper. What a shot. The knights still down by 7. Kyle becker drives the baseline. Hell make the nice pass. North henderson could not erase the deficit. A stunner. 8063. In 2a, owen the 8th seed at home, hosting thomasville. Nice move. Hits the jumper. 5447. Later in the game, ben craig. Watch this. Behind the back. Then he finished off the glass. So nice. Were going to show it again. He shows the handle and makes the great play to increase the lead, 5247. Then its ben craig finds johani franks. Watch him beat his defender. Hits the baseline jumper. Owen wins it 7359. It was great hearing all the fans enjoy the game. It was just great playing intense basketball. Its always fun winning. Especially a playoff game in front of your home crowd. Stan acc hoops tonight, clemson trying to keep their ncaa. Watch it here. Its good. Theyre up 12 with a minute left in the half. They had 22. But right before the half, Marcus George at the buzzer. Got it. He had 25. Tech battles 13 down. They win 7573. Larry all right. Weather a little violent out west. Not so bad here. Karen well we have that heavy rain chance and chance of severe storms tomorrow. Be aware of that. We even have a chance of mainly light snow as we go through the day on thursday. Some of the Higher Elevations could see three or four inches. Larry thank you for joining us. Remember you can always check us darcel be sure to find so, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats a lot less than verizon and at t. So, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a month [ echoing ] just sayin. Dicky from hollywood, its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight ellen pompeo, from the walking dead, norman reedus, and music from yo gotti featuring travis barker, with cleto and the cletones. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thanks for joining us. Im glad im here. This may sound a little bit odd but im starting to think my house is trying to get rid of me. I mentioned last night on the show on, monday night i accidentally ate a handful of sea sick medication because i thought they were breath mints. I have no idea where they came from. Last night about 2 00 in the morning. Im in bed and i think i hear a chirping sound. My wife who wakes up any sound. Every time i let out even half a snore, she wakes up. Shes sound asleep. So i assume im dreaming. Then i hear it again. And i wait and i hear nothing. I lay my head back down. Then again i hear it. This happens again and again