Will be climbing until they reach a temperature of 70. But 53 at 8 a. M. A little bit of fog. 66 at noon and a few showers and there we are at three clock. Warmer showers and storms, a high of 70 this afternoon 3 00, and well continue with the threat of showers and storms through the evening drive home at 6 00. Ill have more on when these storms will move out of the area coming up but a check will show i440 and wake forest road on this wednesday morning. The good news is all around 440 south of downtown that means traffic is moving at or near the posted speed limits. Ill keep you dated on weather and traffic every ten minutes. Off to a good start. Testimony at the continues in the wake county courthouse at the case of a woman killed in north hills. Killed during a botched burglary attempt. Witnesses tested her 8yearold found her body covered in blood and ran to a nearby construction worker for her. She had blood all over her face and blood was everywhere. I put two fingers on her wrist and there was no pulse and she was cold as a block of ice. Smith is one of three charged in this case. Ronald anthony has already pled guilty to murder. The three suspects said they never intended to kill hugginsjones but the crime quickly elevated to murder. A man accused of trying to Cumberland County courtroom. Kevin powell junior is charged with attempted murder after shooting his mother in the head in fayetteville. It happened last month at the spa that she owned. Last check was in Critical Condition at the hospital in chapel hill. Today, two people who starved a dog to death will be back in court today. They charged with felony cruelty to animals. Animal cruelty told wncn officers found one dog dead, the other locked inside a crate with no food and water that dog is recovering. Today, a prayer vigil will honor a man near Central Florida university. Last month Police Arrested christopher wiggins. Todays vigil starts at 6 on concord street. Be getting different results. 19 people were searched with ties of crimes, eight of those people have been arrested and the number of shootings has been cut in half since the initiative started. The big question, it will have a Lasting Impact . Weve seen an increase in violent crime. Weve made some pretty significant arrests and we continue to work this special operation and trying to keep the pressure at the right places with the right people. Last night, the new officers took the oath and begin monday. Both sides will meet to discuss the future of School Growth and how its going to be paid for. Were joined by the campus of North Carolina university where todays meeting is taking place, emma . Reporter these meetings between the two boards. Today theyre talk future money, construction, and renovations. A hot spot to live and work, wake county schools are feeling the population boom first. The number of students is growing, and growing, but where to put them. New School Construction hasnt happen fast enough. The frustration for all of usa weve got two increasing curbs, the other is construction and we cant close that gap. That was wake county superintendent jim meryl last year. Wncn spoke with at a similar meeting 29 him and the board of education and county commissioners. 365 days pass but largely remain the same. I would not want to pay for other kids to go to school, but its a very important reason for money to go to. In 2013, voters passed an 800 million bond that allowed for the construction of cant upset their kids will have to switch schools. Wake county cools will work with the board of commissioners on the future. Reporter todays meeting is happening this afternoon at 5 30 time at the mckemmons center on nc state. Em wright, nbc news. And a hearing expected. Still to come, what his attorneys are trying to accomplish. How this show [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why so ny people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. Delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. Thats three times longer than the leading cough liquid. All night. Or all day. Announcer and now your w nshgs krshgsnccn cast. In waterloo, there was anywhere from a dusting to siuxoux city. They were really worried about that, so that went off sioux city, that could affect us. Its all the same storm system which puts it into perfective how big it is. It caused blizzard conditions around iowa, very Severe Weather. Were tracking the potential for storm this is afternoon. Lets get to the hourly forecast. Temperatures from here on out are expected to be climbing. 63 at 10 a. M. , 66 at lunchtime, just an isolated shower or two at lunchtime. The bulk comes into the afternoon, say after 2 00. 70 though our high around 2 00. 68 at 4 00 this afternoon, and back into the mid60s by 6 p. M. Youll notice that storm threat also picks up as we head into the afternoon. So thats something that well be watching closely as we head into the afternoon, but we were system is and you can see even up towards toronto, and it turns more severe towards the gulf states. That Severe Threat is going to make it into our area this afternoon, just talking about a marginal risk, which means the storms would be isolated in nature. We are seeing a few showers around the mountains. It will be into the afternoon that we start to see the steady rain move in for us. 52, raleigh, and clayton, and lewisburg and henderson in the 40s. And Roanoke Rapids youll be climbing into the 40s in the next hour or so. I mention were in the marginal category, a chance of afternoon cant rule out an isolated torn. It will be crucial to have weather apps. A great app and can do that for you this afternoon because these storms could be hitting around the drive home, which could make it crucial. 70 the high today, lingering rain towards thursday. 56. And then as the dry weather returns on friday, the chill sets in, 49 as we wrap up the work week. Ill have a closer look at the weekend forecast in just a little bit. Mike. All right. Thank you so much. When denver and carolina square on the field, there will be another battle off the field to help those in need. The goal is simple collected most canned food, cereal and other nonperishable items through sunday. 4 42. Be honest. Do you watch the super bowl just for commercials . Well tell you how this year is where one convenience. Announcer wncn what you need to know right now. Heres our top stories this morning, a Severe Weather system that spawned a tornado in alabama is headed our way now. The twister hit 45 wests of tuscaloosa, and parts of mississippi. Its expected to bring wind and rain to the area sometime this afternoon. And testimony continues in the case of a woman beat to death in her apartment in north hills. Melissa huggins body was found, and trivon smith was accused of murder in a botched burglary. Her 8yearold found her body. A 24yearold accused of expected back in a Cumberland County courtroom today. Police say kevin powell junior, shot his mother in the head at a salon she owned in fayetteville. At last check, burch was in Critical Condition. Fort braggs investigating the death of a paratrooper. Private First Class Jacob buckmaster was found unresponsive in his barracks on monday. He joined the army in september of 2014. Buckmaster, an oklahoma native are survived by his parents. Three teenagers are charged with throwing backs off an interstate overpass. Deputies say several 911 calls led them to mile marker 65. They found the teenagers inside of a white bmw. Investigators say they threw freight liner trucks in jail with freight liner trucks in jail. And 72yearold robert durst has been in jail since being arrested last year, the day before the final episode of a crime documentary about his life and is facing firstdegree murder in california. And today, in a pennsylvania case involving bill cosby, a former da who opted not to charge him took the stand. He said he did not have enough evidence to consist him at the time. I remember thinking he probably did do something inappropriate, but thinking that and being able to prove it are two different things. Cosby was rearrested in december for the same exact case and his lawyers want the felony charges dismissed. A Convenience Store clerk taking matters into his own hands in florida. This is from the Brevard County store. You can see the suspect walk corner and show a gun and demand money. The clerk, a military veteran, walks to the register, as well, opens up and then jumped right into action wrestling the weapon away. The suspect ran from the store, no one was injured. Today, a House Oversight commit sescheduled to hold a hear nothing washington d. C. About the Safe Drinking Water act in flint, michigan. Flints tap water was contaminated with lead, after the source switched from detroit to the flint river. It was made while the state was under Financial Management and caused lead to seep into the drinking water. Residents started complaining about the appearance, smell and taste of the water shortly after the switch but no one would listen to them in state government. Were days away from the morning youre getting an early peak of some of the commercials. This year, commercials are expected to be much funnier. Its a broad audience the super bowl attracts. Comedy is a safe haven for car and beer companies. When it works it could be really effective, but when it falls flat, not so much. There is some risk, but in general, funny is a crowd pleaser for sure. And listen to, this the ads cost in upwards of 5 million for just a 30 second spot. Wow. You can watch the super bowl on cbs. And speaking of cbs we want to remind you february 29th, wncn will be the new home for cbs programming delivering the big bang theory, nciis. And go panthers, right . I guess so. Why not. Come on, alyssa, jump on the bandwagon. Yesterday, was somewhat decent. We had a lot of clouds and today more of the same . More of the same, but temperatures are going to be really warm ahead of the cold front. That could bring simultaneous strong to severe storms. Heres what you need to know as youre planning wednesday. 8 00 should be a dry morning commute. 66, and the majority is starting to see the rain move in. Its 3 00 and im really going to be watching for the threat for showers and potentially some storms. High today of 70 degrees. Now, its not all uncommon to see those temperatures spike out ahead of a cold front. Behind this front temperatures are going to drop quickly. Well talk about that in a moment. Lets talk about whats going on right now, 52 degrees and normally when were talking at this time of the morning, were talking about temperatures continuing to drop until sunrise. Not the case today. From here on out, those temperatures are going to be 55 in pine hurst, 57 in raeford, raleigh, clienton clinton, 42, and 45 in south hill. So not a lot going on locally. We dont have to travel very far to see that rain, moving into asheville, and boone, as well. Picture. This system is enormous, extending up into canada, responsible for tornados across the gulf states and blizzardlike conditions back to the west. As this system approaches the east coast, most of us are too warm. Not thinking snow, im thinking more springlike storms. So 6 00 this morning were going to be on the dry side, a few sprinkles throughout the morning. I mentioned during the lunch hour, scattered showers start to pretty distinct line that well be watching very closely in the wncn weather center. This is 5 00 so a lot of you getting ready to hit the roadways and this could bring us showers and strong thunderstorms. Ive talked about the wncn weather app, most of us moving east boy midnight. Well continue to see a few showers thursday morning and more rain by the afternoon. You can see it should be a much quieter start to the thursday morning. Heres our Severe Weather outlook for today. Were all in the marginal category. We were talking about this yesterday, it is Holding Steady from the Storm Prediction Center damaging wind gusts, isolated tornado all possible this afternoon. High of 70 in raleigh, 69 in durham, and 73 in fayetteville. Then, overnight tonight, were going to drop into the low 50s. Mostly cloudy the majority of that rain, tracking off to the east. Well be cooler toward, 56 and look at the chill that sets in on friday. 49, increasing sunshine. Well stay in the 50s over the weekend and a tricky system is going to start to work its way up the east coast sunday into early next week, that could bring us the chance for a few showers sunday into monday. It is 4 52. Lets go ahead and check in with traffic f. Youre getting ready to hit the roadways on this wednesday, heres i40 and barbie road. Just a few cars in either direction this morning, not a lot that is going to slow you down. I have some live driveway conditions keyed up here and this is checking in with some speeds and look at that, up 70 into 98. Slowing down as you proven durham, moving at 16 miles an hour if youre coming in on i85 southbound, moving at 69 milesperhour. Well have another check on traffic and weather, but heres whats going on today. Reporter coming up on today and its on to new hampshire, secretary clinton and bernie Granite State making the all important push before the next primary. Senator sanders has a lead, and well show you the strategy for catching up and her husband and how raleigh City Councils taking a look at a massive plan to take over 6 forks road. The plan took two years to develop after taking input from the community. It would create six travel lanes, as well as make it more pedestrian and bikefriendly. Those who use the road often say changes are needed. With all the New Buildings around, that areas gotten bad so ive been wanting wider lanes and more lanes on six forks for quite a while. The next step would be designing the new roadway and that would cost about 2 million, which would be paid for in part by a transportation bond. Raleigh city council approving an application for a 40 million grant. Competition among several cities use more en innovation and technology. And today at pnc arena, the ringling bros. Barnum bailey circus is here, and the elephant will move to their permanent home at a Conservation Center in florida. Tickets are between 20 and 65. The montana grizzly bear made his super bowl pick. Ozzy sniffed the carolina and Denver Broncos cakes for a while, but couldnt make up his mind. After taking it up with bruno, they ended up losing to the seahawks. The rest of his predictions have been spot on for the past several years. Well see what happens this time. Today people will lace up their Running Shoes and head to new york city for the 39th this looks like so much. It is the worlds famous tour race. They race up 1,576 steps. The distance climbed during the race is one fifth of a mile. The men 1 5th. Womens record 11 minutes 23 seconds. Im the type i want to be out front and get trampled. Maybe thats not so much fun. All right. Coming up were going to talk. Announcer on air, online, wncn starts now. Good morning, happy hump day. Im stephan chase. Some Severe Weather that pounded parts. Southeast is headed our way. Unfortunately, a large tornado touched down in alabama. The National Weather service,