As warm as we were yesterday. I will you know. Right now, we will check with traffic. If you are heading out the door i here is i. You have just a few cars in either direction, not a lot to slow you down this morning. Lest check in with your live drive. We do have a closure this morning. This is near u. S. 64. The closure, we are doing construction in that direction. This is along the morning routine. Take another drive in this morning and we will have another update on traffic and weather in ten minutes. Sounds good. Thank you so much. State lawmaker will be in raleigh for a special session surrounding redistricting. Republicans want to approve a new map that features new congressional districts. The existing one was struck down by federal judges who found two districts on racial lines. Wncn joins us live outside of the legislative building with the three judges ruled that they were decided by race which is illegal. Tomorrow they have the tolls will be extra busy, if you plan on voting prepare to cast a ballot twice. Lawmakers sabes of one for the. The price, not cheap. It is expected to cost millions of dollars and sop turn out wont be great. Picking and this is the new income. The new Fourth District includes durhams fire department. George holding and democratic david price both live in the newly created district put it does so in a way thats not in with interest. This an effort we could even get autoaowl this approved they expect to who would a new date just to hold congressional i local primaries. The white house is expect today announce that president obama will travel to cuba as the two countries continue to work on efforts to normalize rerations. Both nations signed a deal that would a new gop front runner is pull ago head in ways race for the white house the poll has cruz ahead of trump by two points. It was conducted after the win in New Hampshire and after saturday in South Carolina where trump has a promising lead heading into saturdays primary. If people used facebook to would be different. A study 5 38 looked at the candidates likes on facebook. San december leads the way on the democratic side sanders leads, carson is on top with 26 percent of the likes on facebook. Trump a close second with 23 . Rubio landed a huge endorse transmit South Carolina governor, nikki hailey. She will be on the campaign trail before voters head to the polls on saturday. We say everyday is a great day in South Carolina. Proximate cause proximate cause. Ladies and gentlemen, [applause] ladies and gentlemen f we elect rubio, everyday will be a great day in america. Rubio is in third place with 17 support from likely vote. New information is coming out about a motorcycle chase involving a troop never wake the 34yearold horn was trying to get away when they rashed into a car near u. S. 401. The driver of the car was not hurt bit horn is in custody the bus driver who hit and killed a teener at meadow lane will not face charges. The driver hit bran kincaid when he was on his wheel trey chai mr. It was a close fought with theal but in the. Todd gangbang son was. Rice johnson. He had railroad registered a rubble. 29 points and 19 rebounds but despite losing matt jones to an ankle history and first duke game carries the devils down the stretch hitting clutch shots. Theres a toughness element with that. It is not going to be my night. Ly work my way through it, but shes. He finished with a double double but the biggest shot was off of another, it gave duke the first lead since the first half. The tar heels cannot get off a clean shot and they go on the final possession, a real head scratcher. I told the kids i should have called a time out. We didnt get as go ahead of a shot as i thought we would get. The tar heels led almost the the last two games against duke, they would not hold a late lead. He cant do it all. It seems like he about did it all tonight. Someone has to help him. They raise all of the the fight, North Carolina and miami sit atop the heat. Her canes come on saturday. Wncn sport. Win or lose, what a game that was. The next game is march 5. It should be another good one. It is 6 08. Thank you for join us today. Supreme Court Justice is speaking out on the fight to fill scal ias seat. What shes advocating for. We are heading to the out back where weeds have taken over. See. Temperatures are chilly. 28 in south hill, at freezing how long these hi, im Henry Winkler and im here to tell homeowners about a great way to live a better retirement. Its called a reverse mortgage. Call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. It answers questions like. How a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money. And more. 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However, we are cooler than normal. 50 today, a2 tomorrow but look high on saturday, and it does look like to 60s are going hang aroundment i will let you know how long coming up in your complete forecast. We have sunshine and warmer temperatures but an ice jam caused streets to flood in augusta. Several driver hearsay to move their cars to avoid the ice flow there. Ice jams are common. They usually occur in early spring when lakes and rivers begin to, thehaw. A quick time check for you it was a close one last night in the battle of the blues, a duke blue level taking this coming up we will hear Johnston County school safe after a threat made its rounds on social media. Officials contacted parents and will have extra security out of an abun dan dance of caution. Joshua is accused of a 20108 Sexual Assault case. Hes link today an attack on fort bragg road the second suspect involved was identified but has since passed away. State lawmakers will come to roadway lee, they went to build the existing one was struck down by ideal. The United StatesArmy Surgeon General will enher visit at fort today. Reporter it is the she tuesday continues it today. Wear over other it shall west served as the commander from 20308 to 2010. As they prepare our new recruits making sure they have got, you know, not only Good Health Care but good healthic case, how to take care of themselves and how to exercise properly so they reduce injury. West is the first African AmericanSurgeon General and also the highest ranking female of any race to graduate from west Point Military academy. Mike, back to you. Thank you so much for that. Oconnor is disagree being fellow republicans and is urging quickly, in an interview with the phoenix based tv station. Name a nominee as soon as possible it were. Scalir was found sunday night. Bundy, the felony charges are connected with the stand off in 2014. He was arrested in oregon where sons ryan and were involved. He could spend rest of his life in a prison if kick. Now a toy owe that recall. The company says a flaw could cause some Rear Seat Belts to fail in rav 4, ev and vanguard vehicles. owe at that will fix problem at no cost to consumers. Tumble weeds have swamped victoria take a look. Truckloads filled streets and yards. That guy can barely make it through them. Conditions lead to a bumper crop of tumble weeds n. Some places, they have piled as high as the roof tops like that one right there. The city council is not going to help out either with the clean up because it is not considered a fire risk. Has taken to waves with his less cue dogs. Chris travels the east coast with his dogs, using that unique me today to encourage owners to take a mortis plained approach he performed tricks. Hes just showing off there. Ive had dogs that run away from me. I trace i chase them through the neighborhood. I cant stand up and surf i dont know if it is good for ser sr. Everring, but theres sunshine. Sun rise happens before 7 00 a. M. It is getting brighter earlier and earlier. 33 as the kids head to bus stop this morning. Other when they head home. As far as the temperatures are keshed were at other in raleigh. Lewisburg back up to 30, 31 in Roanoke Rapids and 35 in rocky mount and down around the sand hills actually at 37 in fayetteville as you plan your day, 44 at lunchtime. The high will hit 50 and you are driverring home around 6 00 p. M. This eastbounding, it should be back into the this evening. It should be back into the 40s. Cant recollect et. High pressure has built in behind it. We see a northeast breeze filtering into our area. It is bringing in chilly air. This stays put for today and tomorrow. We will fast forward to the weekend. The week send requesting to see a nice warm up. High pressure moves out and off to the north. We will see a more Southern Breeze bringing in unseasonally warm temperatures for us. Look for highs over weekend in the mid to upper 60s. Plenty of sunshine, lunchtime sunshine for us. The sunshine still around as you head home today and overnight tonight, clear sky, a recipe for cold temperatures, i think tomorrow morning it can easily be colder than we are right now. So for today, looking for a high near 50 in raleigh, 54 in colder, yes, 28degree, as you head out tomorrow morning. 52 tomorrow. We are moving into the next direction and when we i cant rule out a shower or two more sun. It will be dry and that throughout the day on tuesday is. Temperatures are going to cool off fast. 60 for a high monday, back for eighties and by the 40s. Thats your latest fork. Lets go to traffic now this morning. If you willing are being to again u. But nothing that should slow you down too much. A lockets your drive times, new will. Moving slower than the most listed. Amount moving slower on another check of traffic and weathers at 6 30. Duke fans feeling good but unc fans are in a sour mood but theyre not alone, how in other wednesda lots of up sits in College Basketball yesterday. The blue devils pulled off the upset over the tar heel. Duke won by just a point in the tightly fought battle of the blues but unc wasnt the night. The texas red raiders fans stormed the court after the 6563 win. In state college, the lions knocked off the top of the big ten, 7975. It was just pen states fourth conference win. The top ranked team, they took care of business against unrankled temple. They knocked off the owls. Up next is another important game the very visit the louisville cardinals on saturday, tip off at noon. They host the hurricanes, the game is a chance to rebound after last nights loss. Tonight the hurricanes are back in action, they head to ottawa to take on the senators at 7 30 theyre in the midst of a serious playoff, that could shrink the gap keeping them out of the playoff win. The last night carolina won 3. 2. He will undergo the knife to repair a partially torn labrin. He was injured late in the first half of the last regular season on january 3 but did not miss a start or practice in the post season. Good to see him. Here is what is coming up in the next half hand hour. The deadline is looming for lawmakers to redraw voting maam, coming up what they need to get done by tomorrow. Thank you, emma. Also, more about the forecast. We had a lot of sunshine and a gorgeous day on yesterday. Is it sun, rain, Colder Weather . Meteorologist alyssa is going keep it here on wncn news now. Good morning. So glad you are with us. S0q february 18. Glad to have you alone. Emma wright is live in raleigh ahead of a special legislative session today. Lauren is live in studio the latest on the battle between apple and the fbi. Thats right. First we will get you other to alyssament we want to know more about this forecast. Know that the sunshine is around today. However, cooler temperatures, south hill and rockbroa sanford the cold spot at 26 while lillington is now at 35 degrees. We will get straight to our fast forecast. If you are heading out the door around 8 00 p. M. Freezing, if not a degree above. Other for anarch high, not as warm as the 57 we hit yesterday but sunshine so we cant complain that much. Back to 43. Clear and calm condition, more on when the 60s will be here coming up. We will check in with traffic. We start to see more cars on the road. No delays on this thursday morning, none around the triangle but look at this. In her tensor we have an accident on i85 northbound one lane is block. A new map that has new congressional districts. The existing one was struck down by federal judges who found two district were gerrymandered along racial lines. We will go live outside the legislative building. Reporter thats right. Three judges rule that had two districts were drawn because of race which is illegal. Now they have until tomorrow to fix it. If you plan even voting prepare to cast a bat local twice. Law makers say because of redistricting theyre expecting to hold two primaries, one for president ial election and another for congressional races. The price, not cheap. It is expect today cost millions of collars and some say voter turn out wont be great. It is making us create a separate primary. Turn out will be lower than it would have been on march 15. This is the new map of North Carolina congressional districts, the new Fourth District includes parts of counties. Two current congressmen, Republican George Holding and democrat david price both live in the newly created district, potentially putting them against each other. It may margely comply but it is not in best interest of South Carolina. This is a heroic effort that we could get that accomplished. If the map gets final approval republicans expect to pick a new date just to hold congressional primaries. Lawmakers are expected to reconvene sometime this morning. Reporting live in raleigh, im emma wright, wncn news. Now to a developing story out of california where a battle is brewing between app example the fbi. The tech giant says it is all about protecting your privacy, while the fed say it is about national security. Wncn joins us live with the latest on this story. Reporter at the center of it all, an i phone belonging to months after the attack is still locked. The fbi says itd found a smart phone used by farook that could contain critical evidence. What the government is worried about is security that could delete the data on the phonement the judge is ordering them to create and install software, allowing a fbi compute tore keep entering numbers until it hits on the right combination to unlock the phone. Tim cook accused them of overbeach. The husband of one of those killed in shooting disagrees. Im upset at apple not assisting the government, peoples life matter. Cook writes the ruling is a is request would ultimately undermine the very freedoms and liberty the government is meant to protect. Apple has five days to respond. Some students in Johnston County will be greeted. With extoo security. Officials contacted parents to let them know it is safe to go to school today. Sentencing will continue today for trayvian smith. Me sa melissas tenyearold daughter was only eight the day she discovered her mothers bodyment she didnt know anything happened because she was sleeping with a ceiling fan because it was noisy in the apartment complex where he lived. Waiting extradition to North Carolina from alabama accused in a 2008 Sexual Assault case in fayetteville. Dna evidence linked Joshua Watson to an attack on fort bragg road. Two suspects attacked her in the parking lot. The case was inactivated but reopened the second suspect was identified but hahasince died. 6 35 is your time. The 18 month old baby boy shot during a drive by at a durham day care is out of the hospital this morning the day care is shut down. The owners of the chris Chance Center tell wncn the will remain closed. There have been no issues in last year and no arrests have been made in this case so far. One top story at wcnc. Com a Raleigh Police officer praised persuade a deaf teen. Sign language. They opened her communicate with another woman they brought to the scene. He took a lot of patience. He didnt let what he had. And knowing shrine language. She was not harmed the officer has not been identified yet. The incredible story. There are disappoint tar heels fans. Duke fans are happy though. They traveled to chapel hill for the first round of the bat of the blues for nearly the entire game the scores were within just points of each other and in final seconds they pulled out and get the win, 74 73. A great time to remind you that wncn is your new home for march madness. Wekas way from couple of wekas way from cbs programming. We will have ncia, big bang, and we are going to aid 5 00 p. M. And 5 30 p. M. In addition to 6 00 to bring you the latest. This kicks off again february 29th. Much more information on the swap including a full programming line up on our web site, go to wncn. Com. Pretty big a great show. Theres a lot of great shows. You can tell i will be watching. Time now is 6 37. Our battle of the blues conch donts in ten minutes we will hear from both unc duke fans filing out of the dome. It is a dome. We will have that story plus this. Officers have disgraced themselves. They have disgraced this badge. Two lapd offersers face charges after women say they sexually assaulted them repeatedly. Allegations later. As kids get ready for the bus stop here, here a look at the bus stop forecast, 33 outside, clear and cold, sunshine sticks around all day more on your forecast