We will talk more, plus have your sevenday forecast coming up. Barbara you can keep updated on first alert weather app. Plus, live radar and upload weather photos and videos. You can find the app on google play. John not to breaking news and dorm. Guests have been forced to evacuate. Tim is live. Tim john, there are still an active seen here. There was a biochemical Emergency Response team. The building was evacuated around 11 00 this morning. A handful of yes had to walk across the street and wait to find out what was going on. All we know is that this is a bomb threat that they are investigating. From virginia and he told us about the scene. You dont know what to expect. It is kind of scary. Here we are away from home and dont know which way to go or what to do. That is scary. Tim again, police are investigating this as a bomb threat. You can see in the distant distance, a lot of duke students live in that complex. A lot of them cant get through the campus avenue. Theyre trying to find another route. As you can imagine, this is disrupting peoples normal routine. Stay tune for more details on abc 11. Com and on our mobile app. John thanks, tim. A Major Development in the 540 the dot announcing it has chosen the roots to complete the project. The alternative it is a sigh of relief for those taking the red group. John camp is live. Time coming. Folks will be very happy. May. It is been about two decades since they have started talking about this. What they have come up with, what they were talking about now. This preferred route is made mostly of what is now called the orange route. It picks up i40, where we are now, and runs east to the mint roots mint route. They chose that route for a region. A displaces the fewest amount of people. This morning, we talked to the Holly Springs mayor and he has been an advocate for the orange roots routes. Here are his thoughts. Ive always said that public, would be the most important thing to make a decision. I give them credit. Public comment did help. John camp this is not over. There will need to be a final review. The dot holding a press conference later this afternoon at 1 00. Well put that on a website. And we will be there to ask more who will be most impacted. That is on abc 11. Com. Barbara thank you. Happening now. Testimony continues in the trial of Melissa Jones. Add crumb is live and crump is live ed you have heard of the first 48. It once that time has passed, investigators become concerned. A young mother was murdered a week after it happened. Killed Melissa Huggins jones, as her eightyearold daughter slept in the next room. Anthony has since pled guilty to avoid the death penalty. Read and has said to have been the getaway driver. Jurors, who may have to decide whether to sentence into death, whether it was a stolen laptop that gay police their big rate. It was listed on craigslist and we were able to locate that at add the ad. And we make contact with the person who sold it on craigslist. The man they interviewed provided the name ronald he later pled guilty. Right now, an expert from lenovo is on the stand explaining how they are able to identify that specific laptop. John harry Police Serious charges. He is charged with felony breaking and entering, and accessing government computers. The charges carry up to four and a half years of prison. He is accused of hacking into the appear system and altering grades. It also weekly impacted class rankings. Barbara crews working to repair a poll that was damage early this morning. Power. Smoking, and on the side, after slamming it. Police are still looking for the driver, who ran from the scene. This is video from wednesdays fire. Officials tell us the house is making. We will have updates as we get them throughout the day and on abc 11 mobile app. John two people are recovering after a fire in chapel hill. One person suffered burns from the lame secure on coal street. A Police Officer, who rushed to help, was also overcome by smoke. He was checked out for possible smoke and election. Firefighters are still trying to big up because. When county authorities make more arrests in a Murder Investigation. Barbara two people were shot. One of the victims, died. This week, they were charged with connection to the crime. This meant, identified as billy hamm, if you know or have seen him youre asked to call authorities. Returning to vote 2016, john senator paul discussed the matter with staff. The freshman senator was was once a president ial contender. School leaders make a decision on t coming up, we will tell john new details on the zika virus. Barbara it is a cloudy wednesday. Don easier we are seeing 70s across the region. As we had to break, we checked the radar. Starting to show heavy showers now at havertys furniture, its our annual president s day sale. Which means its the perfect time to create the perfect home. Now through february 15th, everything in our store is on sale. Plus, were offering thirtysix month, no interest financing. Come in today for our best prices of the year. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. Sfx knocking. The president s day sale. From classic to contemporary, board opted not to change nine tools are yearround calendar. Four members decided there was not enough time to adjust changes before the next school year. They will continue to give feedback before deciding in 2017. Barbara john circuses of the pnc rina brought their act to the Childrens Hospital in chapel hill. Pnc a rina arena. Tonight show at pnc arena will barbara a French Company is announcing has started it will the zika texas say someone became infected the mosquito carried out break. Barbara president obama is making the first visit of his presidency to an american mosque. Is visiting the Islamist Society of baltimore. The visit comes as Muslim Americans say they are facing increased bias in speech. The white house says the president s speech will focus on speaking out against bigotry. John the 94yearold revealed signs of melanoma. The former president discovered cancerous in his brain last summer. Barbara a former District Attorney testified yesterday that he granted the comedian lifetime immunity. John worried the stunts could turn into something more serious. Barbara never heard of anything like that before. John somebody with too much time on their hands. Don where starting to see showers. We are going to continue to see rain through the afternoon parade i think the mainline holds off until late this afternoon. He will talk more about that in the moment. A live look at first alert doppler xp. We have a heavier band of showers just starting to form along i95. Look at this band here. It is sense from durham to i40. Holly springs you have some spotty showers. That will move their apex and we are not seeing any rain in downtown raleigh. 73 percent humidity. Look at the win. Out of the south, 23 miles per hour. Lets take a look at what is going on. There is the heavy rainfall i just showed you on radar. Raindrops right there on the screen. We have gotten a little lighter. 69 with the southland at 10 miles from our. We will go to a live look at table where you are not seeing any rainfall. Temperatures running into the 70s. South winds at 17. It is a warm day. 76, chapel hill. 64 in roxborough. Satellite radar composite. Look at the temperature change. Degrees warmer. Fayetteville you are fortunate degrees warmer compared to yesterday. Here is a first batch of showers popping up. The heavier rain is to the southwest. That move through bone, has 36 inches of rain in the mountains. We will see that advancing to the east. We see showers extending from maine all the way down to the gulf of mexico. Here is your first look forecast model. By four clocks, pop of showers ahead of the storm. Hourbyhour, by 5 00 we are seeing more of a developed line of showers. By six 00, you can see the line extends from the region. That will trigger showers and thunderstorms. Even by 9 00, we could see showers. Game, here is the secondary area of showers. I dont think we will see anything in the raleigh area. Thats six with us through lunch tomorrow. For the rest of the afternoon, temperatures lingering in the 60s. We will see the heavier showers. First alert sevenday forecast powered by accuweather. Merle, 15 degrees colder. Monday, shower chances. Colder by the later part of next week. Toyota barbara selling mattresses the traditional way isnt the best way. Most are made in a large factory, and shipped hundreds of miles where theyre marked up and up before finally selling and delivering them at the original Mattress Factory we take a straightforward approach. 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Tim good afternoon. We are waiting a briefing that is going to happen momentarily. This is still an active seen here. The hotel is still blocked off by sheriff deputies. There are several emergency crews still here. Earlier, fire alarms went off in the building and it was evacuated. Come outside. We spoke to one of those guests. This is what they have to say. You dont know what to expect. It is kind of scary. Here we are away from home and dont know what to do. Tim you can imagine that this is a headache for people that live in the area. The good news is that the Millennium Hotel has a van and they transported some of the people that live in the area away from the area. This is a very active seen. We are waiting a briefing that is going to be taking place. If soon as we get more permission we will pass it along to you. Also happening now, the deep south picking up the pieces after several tornadoes struck. Parts of alabama and mississippi hit hard. That same storm system now headed this way. Meteorologists liz horton is here with more. Liz you can see behind me. Hardest including this huge funnel cloud. This morning, then is whose homes were damaged are trying to save what they can. The severe drought will continue for us. We could see charlotte under a severe thunderstorm warning. Don barbara will have more in minutes. Barbara barbara the dot announced that it the preferred route they have Holly Springs has been a priority for the local governments and the dot. Saying they showed this group for the large for a reason. It avoids major impacts, the swift creek water said shed and avoids historic resources. Holly springs mayor, a longtime advocate for the orange route, told us he is very happy with the dots decision. They always said that public, will be perhaps the most important thing to help them make their decisions. I give them credit. Public comment did help. Kim this is not over yet. There still needs to be a final review. John happening here in raleigh. More testimony in the Melissa Jones murder trial. He is charged with killing the young mother and 2013. Ed the most crucial part of any Murder Investigation is the first 48 hours. Once you pass that, investigators become concerned. That was certainly the case for raleigh defectives. He was working on the case a week after it happened. He was looking at nearby breakins. At that point, no one had any idea who killed Melissa Jones as her daughter slept. Anthony has since pled guilty to residents jurors, who may have to decide whether to sentence him to death, it was a stolen laptop that gave police their big break. It was listed on craigslist. We were able to locate that craigslist ad. 0 and made contact with the person who put it up for sale on craigslist. Detectives say when they interviewed that person, he provided the name ronald anthony. Testimony continues in the courtroom here at the wake county justice center. You can watch it live on abc 11. Com. 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