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WTKR NewsChannel 3 News At 530 January 12, 2016

Expect wind chill values in the teens and high temperatures in the afternoon only in the upper 30s. But the roller coaster heads back up through the rest of the work week and into the weekend. We ll climb into the lower 50s on thursday with plenty of sunshine and into the upper 50s on friday. A few showers are possible late friday and into early on saturday. It looks like we will warm up into the lower 60s on saturday before another cold front knocks us back down into lawmakers are arriving in richmond for the start of the 2016 general assembly. It s a budget year, so that means they ll be deciding how to spend a record amount of your money, and hash out a long list of controversial new laws. Kim davis tons 474654 from allowing court clerks to avoid performing gay marriages for religious reasons, tons 483556 to restoring confederate license plates, lawmakers have already filed hundreds of bills on a wide range of issues. Oysters tons 312366 among them mdash;whe ther to put a morotorium on new leases for oyster farming in the lynnhaven river, tons 445983 and whether the state should fund the virginia sports hall of fame in portsmouth. But the prime time debate revolves around the state budget. Wtvr tons 459610 01 im making Strategic Investments in the budget so that we can grow, diversify, bring more business to the commonwealth of virginia 06 for year budget would top 100 billion dollars. Classrooms tons 486897 478947 proposals will likely get republican support in the general asssembly. Mcauliffe wants to invest an in education after years of declining state support. Hospitals tons 469141 but for the thrid year mcaulliffe is trying to push through an expansion of medicaid funding. This time around hes going at it differently. Instead of using state money he wants to charge hospitals a fee equal to three percent of their revenue. Thats not going to fly with many in the gop. Wtvr tons 459710 bill howell 55 2016 could be a tough, tough year for the country. So i think its unrealistic. Thats what i like about the way our people put our budget together. Its very conservative. 1 04 so whether it s how much exercise kindergarteners should get or new regulations on selling turkey parts, lawmakers will face a little bit of everything over the next sixty days. Right now nearly 14 hundred bills and resolutions have already been filed and the session doesn t even begin until tomorrow. President obama is likely using these last few hours before tonight s state of the Union Address to polish his speech. Weijia jiang is on capitol hill with what you can expect to hear. Pkg president obama is just hours away from his final state of the Union Address the future of america for generations to come. Cbs news political director John Dickerson says the president has probably spent a lot of time contemplating his legacy and can use tonight s speech to highlight his accomplishments. Sot John Dickerson cbs news political director courtesy cbs this morning when historians start to look back, if there s something in this speech that frames the obama years, that s probably his best chance for doing something useful tonight. During an interview on nbc s today show the president says he regrets the divisive nature of politics. Sot courtesy nbc today if we can get our politics right it turns out we are not as divided on the ideological spectrum as people make us out to be. Gfx but the divide is evident in the president s Approval Ratings which a new cbs News New York times poll shows is split with 46 percent approving and 47 percent percent disapproving. Standup weijia jiang cbs news capitol hill tonight will be the first time congressman paul ryan will sit behind the president as speaker of the house. Sot rep. Paul d. Ryan rwi speaker of the house this president has continued to kick the can down the road and i see no change in his behavior. The white house says it is still interested in finding areas where it can work with ryan and the Republican Controlled Congress during the president s final year in office. Weijia jiang, cbs news, capitol hill. Suggested tag the president s Approval Rating as a two term leader is still higher than president bush s ratings entering his last year in office t below president clinton ring his administration. W at 5 30 the chief medical examiner revealed the facial models of eight people found dead in virginia. These people have not yet been identified but police hope that someone will recognize them. The five men and three women s remains were found in different places from 1972 and 2014. Two of which were found in hampton roads. One person s remains were found in the woods off of walter mill road in york county. That was back in 1972. The medical examiner has identified her as an African American female. Another person was found along the bank of the york river in James City County back in 1976. The medical examiner adult male, somewhere between five foot six inches and five foot nine. Officials say the photographs have been entered into the National Missing and unidentified persons file. If you know anything that could help identify these people take action and call the ocme central district. Right now a man is in jail after police say they found one of his relatives stabbed to death in his dinwiddie home. Police say the man who suffered a stab wound came into hospital and after a bit of digging police went back to his home and found the victim there dead. Other family members say the victim was a 59year oldman who was stabbed to death. So far police have not revealed attack. A tire slasher who caused people to start 2016 in ruin is still on the loose tonight. Police in richmond released Surveillance Video of what the guy looks like. They say the man you see here wore a suit as he slashed at least five tires on new year s day. The smell of burnt rubber is plaguing a North Carolina community. How officials plan to stop this tire plant fire ahead plus a Virginia Beach church group is taking action and putting their knitting skills to work. Their craft is warming if you have trouble waking up in the morning maybe you need the ruggie it s an alarm clock built into a memory foam mat with speakers. The mat only shuts off if you stand on it for three seconds. You can upload songs sounds the ruggie will cost you 79 bucks on kickstarter. It appears sharing is caring at least when it comes to netflix. The ceo of netflix says you don t have to feel guilty aboutp using a friend or familyp member s account credentials when logging into their service. He says it s actually a good thing because people who share someone else s netflix account usually become paying customers down the line. Ahead on newschannel three a church group is sharing hope and love one stitch at a time. Plus the billions of dollars at stake have people from other countries trying their chances at the record breaking Powerball Jackpot. It s going to be the stopping place for names like the president to billy joel. Coming up on newschannel 3 at 6. Knitting with a purpose helping Cancer Patients and many others in their time of need. Newschannel three s Kurt Williams shows us how the leader of a church kitting group in Virginia Beach audio track trying to sneak into Grace Community church in Virginia Beach. Audio track who was quite puzzled about our visit. Audio i explained we got an email from this woman, who read a portion of it. Audio she s talking about brenda s knitting and crocheting group called keep me in stitches, that meets weekly. Audio they now have donated nearly 5thousand handcrafted audio track they ve also knitted and crocheted hats and scarfs for a shelter helping runaway teens. To see more stories like this or to nominate someone head to wtkrdot com and click on the taking action link at the top of here s a look at some of the top trending stories on the newschannel three app. Hilton elementary was closed today because crews found lead based paint throughout the building. An alert was posted on the school s website. It said crews were stripping paint for a new coat and discovered the lead based paint. Last night crews started cleaning and performing air quality tests to the school. School Officials Say the building will be closed tomorrow and will not reopen until they see a good air quality reading. Fasten your seat belts, our weather roller coaster is headed down again a fast moving cold front will swing through the region tonight. With it we may see a stray shower or even a snowflake or two. But the skies will clear it will be sunny, cold and windy when you wake up on wednesday morning. Expect wind chill values in the teens and high temperatures in the afternoon only in the upper 30s. But the roller coaster heads back up through the rest of the work week and into the weekend. We ll climb into the lower 50s on thursday with plenty of sunshine and into the upper 50s on friday. A few showers are possible late friday and into early on saturday. It looks like we will warm up into the lower 60s on saturday before another cold front knocks us back down into the 40s or sunday and for martin the Powerball Jackpot hit the 1. 5 billion mark just this morning and excitement for tomorrow nights drawing is growing, not just in the us but also in thousands of canadians are pouring over the border to try their luck. Demarco morgan joins us from niagara falls, near the new york border with canada. While millions of americans think they re lucky enough to beat the unimaginable odds, so too do canadians. Nat i m gonna take my chances just like everyone else. Shari ann says she drove nearly two hours from her ontario home for a chance to become the world s next billionaire. Sot shari ann canadian we come here and drop a lot of money on a regular basis. We shop in the u. S. A lot. So we give to you, it s time you give back our neighbors to the north have been travelling across the border from cities like vancouver, toronto, and montreal. Nat the canadians. They coming like crazy here for the lotto. Which they re legally allowed to do. Sot Alex Traverso california state lottery you don t have to be a us citizen to buy a powerball ticket. Nat niagra falls resident even though the odds are totally so you can dream. Demarco morgan, cbs news, People Living in surry county North Carolina are dealing with the smell of burning tires. That s because a plant that recycles tires caught fire overnight. A Police Officer drove by and noticed smoke billowing out of the plant. It could be as late as tomorrow morning before the flames and smoke are totally contained. Some of these cars parked across the street were covered in smoke. The epa is also there making air is still okay for People Living nearby. Right now police are trying to find the person who shot and killed store clerk overnight. A customer was the first to find the victim according to the 911 calls. Jasmine norwood with our sister station in richmond tells us what customers of the store are saying about the victim. Ems 10 1610 46 15 33 engine two walmsley blvd unknown probs. 6811. Its at the market place, unknown Problems Police and emergency crews were called to the marketplace on walmsley and turner just after 1030 monday night 11 37 looks like there might be a robbery. Rescue enroute correct . 104 rescue is en route police tell cbs 6 what may have started as a robbery. Ended in gunfire investigators say the store clerk 55 year old Harshad Patel was shot multiple times 9 37 customer found him lying on the floor, she went back outside shes not comfortable being inside, she says he s groaning police tell us patel was taylor, marketplace regular 201930 i wasn t expecting for you all to tell me he got killed along with trying to find the shooter investigators are also searching for a motive in this deadly shooting. Next on newschannel three at 6. A North Carolina man who police say sexually assaulted a teenage motel clerk while staying there as a guest. And leaving the canned goods at home. Some hunters are donating deer meat to local food we begin with breaking news of us sailors being held by iran. Ten us sailors were taken into iranian custody after Officials Say they lost contact with two naval ships that were in route from kuwait to bahrain. Officials say they are in contact with iran and have been told the sailors will soon be released. Iranian reps at the un are not commenting. New at 6. Police are looking for the man who they say exposed himself in a Virginia Beach bookstore. Police say this man went to the children s section of the barnes and noble on Virginia Beach boulevard. According to investigators he then he exposed himself to a child. Police say the same man also exposed himself at Dollar Tree Store on friday. If you know who this is take action and call the crime line. Turning to the weather now

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