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WRAZ WRALs 7AM News On Fox50 October 25, 2016

And down where we see the warmer air from summer turn into the cooler air for winter. Temperatures will go back up and then back down again. And you can always look on wral for more. Our durham skycam, beautiful, clear out there. Well have a gorgeous sunny day. Its 51 in durham, and 37 in roxboro and 40 in south hill, so cooler temperatures there. But our temp has dropped a bit, too, in the last hour. 53 in goldsboro and 52 in fayetteville and clinton. Cool air continues to filter in all day. A big spread right now and later in the day, everybody sees cooler temperatures than yesterday. So somewhere between the upper 30s and low 50s this morning but by lunchtime, 60 degrees and a high of 65 this afternoon. Thats 15 degrees cooler than temperatures will be all over the place this week. Ill show you that on the 7day forecast. Brians here with a busy morning commute. Brian . Indeed, 7 02, elizabeth, and the ramp 40 eastbound to airport bled blocked. We have an accident blocking the right shoulder. Well watch it and let you know how its shaping up here when they get it cleared. As we take a live look at the durham freeway at chapel hill street, they are moving an accident to the right shoulder. Hopefully, they will get the lanes open quickly. We are seeing delays in advance well head over to cary and look at carpenter fire station road. Thats carpenter fire station road headed out to the west. We have an accident, reportedly a pedestrian struck just in front of the cary fire station. We have flashing lights up there, and it looks like its affecting traffic heading towards 55. No big delays just yet but well keep our eye on the sensor readings. A few other looking at building traffic on 40 westbound through garner and South Raleigh. Durham and chapel hill, a crash blocking the left lane at farrington between 15 501 and 54, no big delays just yet but heading out of hillsboro through chapel hill and durham, just want to stay in the right lane. Back to you. Thank you, brian. County are investigating an officerinvolved shooting on government road near clayton. This is video of the scene from 11 00 last night. Not many details have been released but we know that multiple agencies responded. No word on any injuries. Mikaya thurmond is following the case and reports there were arrests and theyll give us the latest information in half an hour. A home shooting last night when four men forced open a front door, and confronted the victim, shot him and left the scene. The victim was taken to Cape Fear Medical Center in serious condition. His name was not released. The fbi has joined the investigation into a violent prison disturbance in wayne county in goldsboro at the neuse correctional facility on sunday. One inmate and one staff member but it took officers four hours to get the disturbance under control. It was an outstanding response. It was a lot of staff but we accomplished the goal with minimized injury and protected the general public, and, fortunately, there was no serious injury to staff or inmate. 500 of the nearly 800 inmates were moved to other prisons in North Carolina. And an investigation is conducted to determine if prison staff followed proper procedures. The driver accused of the deadly wrong way crash in raleigh will be in court today. 40yearold Carlos Gonzalez is said to have been going east on the westbound highway when he slammed into another car. He has a history of drunk driving arrests in wake county. The most recent is in 2015. Friends of a bicyclist his family and the need for awareness on the road. Jason markley was riding on sunday morning when the driver of a chevy pickup struck him from behind as he tried to make a left turn. Theysay that its time for drivers to think about the cyclists they encounter right now. Pretend its your brother, someone you know and love on the bicycle. Wherever they think that they feed to be is not more important than that person coming home tonight their family. The driver of the truck, the 42yearold is charged with failure to reduce speed and misdemeanor death by vehicle. Early voting is underway in many of the Battle Ground state donald trump is saying dont believe the poll numbers. And Health Insurance is narrator richard burr wrote a plan to privatize medicare, making you pay more. And richard burr got one point one million senators to vote against banning Insider Trading by congress. And richard burr voted to raise his own pay. Seven times. He increased his wealth over 500 percent. Richard burr. Twenty years in washington. Serving himself. Dscc is responsible for the content 7 09. Two weeks from today, america will elect a new president. Right now, Hillary Clinton is leading in most national polls, but donald trump argues those polls are rigged. Tracie potts has this story from washington. Reporter both candidates and some are still undecided. Im at a cross roads. I dont who. Reporter democrats registered 50,000 more voters here. I am very, very concerned about the rhetoric coming out of his mouth. You gotta get out and vote. This is our last chance. Reporter donald trump in florida continues to blame the media and pollsters for his downward slide. The media isnt just against me. Theyre against all of you. Thats really what theyre all up by more than 5 points and is diverting money and support to down ballot candidates, trying to help democrats retake the senate. She has never been afraid to stand up to donald trump. Reporter republicans are trying to with stan the heat. They havent been standing up for the right people. Reporter on the trail with clinton, her attack dog against donald trump, senator elizabeth our nasty vote to get you out of our lives forever. Reporter tracie potts, nbc news, washington. The naacp is reminding voters to double check their ballots when using electronic voting machines. Voters in five counties including cumberland in our area, said that it selected a candidate other than their choice and in all cases, voters fixed the their choices before submitting their ballot. The organization sent a later to the state board of elections about the problem. Former president bill clinton begins a twoday bus tour across the eastern part of the state, rocky mount and goldsboro and massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren will campaign for clinton at Meredith College in raleigh. On thursday, first lady all this week, we are on the road in North Carolina talking about the issues important to them. Bryan mims will be in a different town each day, talking with voters about what matters. Tonights main Street Series will be in pinetop. You can see the report at 5 30 tonight on wral. A judge could issue a decision today on the volkswagen emissions scandal. The action the proposed settlement. And details on the future of an aircraft used North Carolina used to make education a priority. We all understood the importance of having good schools. But pat mccrory seems more interested in giving tax cuts to millionaires. We rank 44th in spending per student. There is a textbook shortage. And pat mccrory has cut 3,000 teaching assistants from the early grades. He may have given tax cuts to millionaires, what a beautiful sunrise this morning. Its gorgeous out there, isnt it . Is that roxboro . It is. What is it about roxboro sunrises. They cornered the market. A very personable sunrise. There. It was. You have to be standing over here in the evening. I am not as funny as greg. Mike moss is a funny dude. He is. Very, very smart, that mike moss. All right. Lets talk about what is happening, and everybody is seeing a pretty sunrise. This is just you know, we cant swing the camera around in apex. Its stuck on this shot. We cant swing around to see morning and downtown apex, absolutely aer toable downtown. 45 is the current temperature, and winds are calm at the moment and 42 is the dew point, and its pleasantly clear but we have a huge range in temperatures. 38 in south hill and 52 in fayetteville and clinton, and the cold front has moved southward and cooler air is filtering in from the north and tell make it down and everyone will see much cooler High Temperatures, and this morning, we only had it make it down as far south to the triangle, and cooler air across the region with a developing cold front that will develop across the nowhere plains that rolls in here on thursday and bring us the best chance of rain all week. But its a slim chance at best. It stays nice and dry for the next several days. Morning at 39 and we have officially yet to hit the upper 30s at the airport for this fall season. We hit 40 last week but 39, well see if we can hit that on wednesday. We have a better chance of patchy frost near the virginia line. 36 is normal and 27 is the record. The will be wimpy and we are likely to have a. 25 or less, and most folks will get less. Behind it, friday looks beautiful, 70 and a morning low of 52. So cold for tonight and after that, the temperatures warm up even at night. Footballfriday looks nice, clear skies at 7 00 and 62 degrees and at 10 00, 58 and in the forecast. 78 on saturday and 81 on sunday, and that 81 on sunday is not likely to hit the record but not far from it, 86, the record from 1996 and the normal is 69 for sunday. But monday, things look nice and monday, its halloween and for trick or treaters, the weather looks fantastic. At 6 00, the ghosts and are heading out, not too cold or too warm, perfect for the halloween costumes. Brian is here with a look at a very busy morning. It ises about. In cary, a report of an accident with a pedestrian. This is at carpenter fire station road, and i can tell you exactly where this is, west side right in front of the fire station, and we have Police Activity on either side. As far as we can tell from early reports it doesnt sound like the person was injured badly but still a lot of investigative work. Thankfully, we are not seeing delays on carpenter fire station road. We have an accident on 40 eastbound as well at Airport Boulevard and traffic is floal freely. Earlier days 40 eastbound on 540 towards the accident site, cleared up nicely but still with the flashing lights on the side of the road, you can scoot over to the center or left lane coming over to the airport. And this is northbound durham freeway at chapel hill, an accident has moved on the right freely in the two left lanes. Watching the building traffic in garner westbound. Coming up, well take a look at the live drive time. Back to you. Thank you, brian. The judge in the volkswagen emissions scandal said he is inclined to approve the 15 billion settlement with owners. The deal would give most owners the option to sell the car back to vw or have owners can get payments of 5,000 to 10,000. 300,000 vw buyers have signed up so far and 3000 are rejecting saying that the deal is not good enough. The Obama Administration is confirming double digit hikes for obamacare which could be notice the price hike because they receive federal subsidys. Betrayed, frustrated, upset. Thats how some u. S. Veterans are feeling after they learned they have to pay backbone uss that they received for enlisting. In 2006, the bonus was offered to sign up, and then soldiers did not qualify and are asking them to pay back 20 million. There is a call for federal action to absolve the debt. Remember the gyro copter that flew over the white house lawn last year . The aircraft will be destroyed within weeks. Attention to big money and politics. He pleaded guilty to operating the gyro copter without a license and spent four months in prison. The exwife of subway pitchman jared fogel is suing the company that made him famous. He is serving time for child porn charges and his exwife is filing suit alleging that the simple knew about his, quote, sexual interest and activity with children and failed to act. She is suing answers. A subway spokesperson cannot comment on pending legal action. East Carolina University police are looking for whoever vandalized the pirate statue. It has been recovered and is in a warehouse to be repaired and is expected to be book in place in a few days. Policesay that Surveillance Video will help to find those responsible. The same thing happened in 2014. To have a nonstop flight to austin, texas. Delta will offer a nonstop flight each day starting in march and will connect the tech communities in both areas. This is rdus 46th nonstop destination. 5 on your side helped hundreds of people answer their questions about college. Financial aid and emissions experts from 29 colleges and universities took calls on the phone bank to about free applications for student aid or fasa. We have a link on more information on wral. Com and a link to a free service that will help students plan, apply, and pay for college. Its a long road to recovery for hurricane victims. The new group of victims who can apply for federal help to and researchers say that autism doesnt strike girls in the same way. How a new approach may help to reveal some of the 7 26. Im bill leslie with the top stories. A rash of traffic alerts, brian shrader. We had a lot of accidents so far and thankfully, a lot of them are clearing up and easing. Well take a look in just a moment. Big congestion problems in garner. Were up to a 24 to 25 minute right on 40 west at 440 and the drive times in the fortify work zone are creeping up. Shoulder, 40 eastbound at Airport Boulevard and an earlier crash on the durham freeway at chapel hill street. Bill . Thank you, brian. Appreciate that. In Johnston County, officers are investigating a officerinvolved shooting in clayton last night. A court in connection with a deadly wrongway crash on i 440. Carlos gonzalez has pleaded multiple times to dui driving. And he faces charges in the sunday crash that killed pareshkumar shah. Elizabeth . Its chilly from the triangle northward and we had a cold front come through last chillier than it did yesterday. Look at the spread in the temperature, 37 in roxboro, and we will be uniformly cooler across the area by tomorrow, however. A high of only 65 this afternoon and 67 tomorrow and 74 on thursday. Bill . Thank you, elizabeth. Schools impacted by Authorities Say they have made an arrest in officer involved shooting that happened along government road near clayton. We have learned that the arrests were made with the help of Mikaya Thurmond in Johnston County. Bring us up to date, mikaya, if you would, please. Reporter bill and renee, we have confirmed that multiple arrests have been officerinvolved shooting. Heres what we know so far. Starting at 9 30 00 p. M. , Police Responded to government road in clayton. We know that the Clayton Police department was involved and the Cleveland Department and Johnston County fire department. At some point, we dont know many details and are working to learn the condition of the officer and the suspect or suspects that were involved in that particular incident, and may be facing. Again, its still very early in this investigation. But as we have any new developments, we will be sure to bring them to you live. Bill and renee . Mikaya thurmond live in smithfield, thank you. More people impacted by Hurricane Matthew, lee and moore counties are now on the list to apply for federal aid and qualify for unemployment assistance through those who are unable to continue working or lost their jobs due to the disaster have until november 23 to apply. A 5 mile stretch of u. S. 70 from raleigh to did your hand could be converted into a freeway. The department of transportation is looking into the idea. The section is between tw alexander drive and lynn road in durham. Help to relieve congestion, reduce travel time and increase safety. Some businesses would only be accessible through service roads. The d. O. T. Is looking for input from you and plan to host meetings in 2017 to exchange ideas. More than half of the roads closed in Hurricane Matthew are opened, but 300 roads remain closed. 17 roads remain closed in Cumberland County and 20 roads robeson county, 79 roads are still blocked. Bladen county, 16 roads are closed and 10 roads not up to travel from columbus county. Attorney general roy cooper will be in tarboro touring the temporary site of the shelter. Yesterday, governor mccrory edgecombe valley and also visited princeville. School systems that missed days after matthew may get help from the state. Statehouse leaders announced a plan to file a bill in january to give School Districts flexibility. 180 days of instruction are required per year. The bill would allow the districts that had to close for flooding to apply for a waiver. Robeson County School system is sampson and bladen County Schools are back on a regular schedule. A pregnant donkey rescued from flood waters after hurricane path you gave matthew gave birth. Meet maddie, named after the hurricane. Horsesand goats and pigs that were rescued are unable to go because of all the floodwaters. It will be a Beautiful Day today but it will feel different. Right, elizabeth . Absolutely. We have plenty of sunshine out there today but its just that we had a cold front come through. 45 in durham and 45 in wake forest and 47 in wake springs and 50 in Southern Pines and 52 in fayetteville and 51 in goldsboro, and 38 in south temperatures up near the north. In terms of the forecast, expect the lunchtime temperature at 60 degrees and plenty of sunshine around here and a high of 65, and feeling colder than it did yesterday, and sending it over to brian. 7 34, elizabeth. Looking at big delays still on 40 westbound and they seem to be getting worse. A right through garner, no backups, just congestion, and South Raleigh in the fortify work zone and beyond, 440 to wade avenue, a 22minute ride. 440 and u. S. 1 out to wade, traffic seems to be moving along fairly well.

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