Notice the mayors inspection sticker was out of date so the sheriff decided to confront the mayor and the truly weird situation the sheriff drove after the mayor when the mayor the sheriff though if this was just petty politics at play but he said no one is above the law you polled all will then play clothes and not just to have loved this display. You know now the mayor again now facing a felony charge or hearing from the sheriff thats he is working with a magistrate to file that charge right now we have reach out to the mayor unfortunately though we have not heard back as soon as we do though. Well keep you updated reporting live in portsmouth. Eric came thirteen years now and were also following some breaking news out of court a five year who burned and all to death in for junior beach our third year pleaded guilty to three charges related to the case back in november were still robertson is live at court where there was a lot of interest in this case or sell out was five years for the former navy sailor who burned his dog while with the lie that is the maximum sentence that was allowed in this case and the judge even said before handing down that sentence that he just could not think of anything worse than the actual incident happened back in june the air admitted to punching his dog lucky tying her up and setting her on fire in the woods again all off she was still alive was a very emotional day in the courtroom today full of animal lovers and members of peta coming out to show support for lucky the dog even had a vigil outside the courthouse before that hearing that started and we spoke with some of those people after the hearing they said the hearing of details over and over again in court today which is really difficult when you havent but to hear that the gel was her now as vieira did apologize to the judge she said over and over again im sorry im sorry but again the judge still did impose the five year sentence he was also sent to an additional one hundred and eighty days in jail for two misdemeanor charges will have much more about this case coming up starting tonight on thirteen years now for an hour live in Virginia BeachMarcella Robertson thirteen years now and we want to switch gears now and turn to those i hold a bitter bitter cold temperatures yet it sure is cold outside right now not the best of each days menu looks great out there but the cold were not expected even break out of the thirties today meteorologist regulars the weather last year as happened in the akc reg are also tracking though here a warm up for later this week yet tomorrow and as we get into friday and saturday temperatures will be trending up but today it is chilly and i took a look at that empty beach i was thinking it wont be too long before folks at the beaches for the polar plunge. They like the cold right now it is chilly out there skies are sunny the radar sweeping clear. So the temperatures it is thirty six in norfolk we have thirty nine in Virginia Beach a thirty got up in williamsburg most here is so in the mid to upper thirties and just as the temperatures are down yesterday ten to Fifteen Degrees cooler than what we experienced yesterday and especially up in the eastern the coast for each season gossip run twenty to twenty five mph so little breezy complicating things making it feel like its in the low thirties around or fake mid twenties in newport news feel like the lower twenties up in the Eastern Shore you really do want to bundle up despite all that sunshine is definitely feeling cold highs this afternoon right around thirty eight degrees so thats it. We will enjoy the sunshine that you definitely want the coat in her sunglasses on the back talk about that warm up come in over the next few days and our next good chances for a state it outright and new at for the man who tried to hold the Convenience Store video you see right here today which shows that man walking into the seven eleven on county parkway during the early hours of january eight now in this video you can see the suspect with a handgun wrapped in a cloth on the clerk approaches and the suspect takes off running if you recognize this man investigators ask that you give them the crime line a call alright weve been following two other court cases in three of us knew the first one is out of hampton gets her preliminary hearing is set today for tiny slate reported back in june a state trooper found her sons remains in the trunk of her car during a traffic stop in hampton. The medical examiner said the cause of quincy daviss death is undetermined were told no one has seen the boy since two thousand for when he was a middle School Student in Virginia Beach slate and is only charged though with concealing a dead body when you hear the results of a hearing involving a Virginia Beach teacher accused of having an inappropriate plea this morning a grand november the Kell High School teacher charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor Police Arrested brown back in may and the School System suspended him without pay. Watch for updates starting in thirteen years now for a man who police say killed a police k nine during a barricade situation alpacas dyed a Police Officer shot Keith Richardson after a standoff on lan street yesterday we said that richardson barricaded himself in a home after a call for a domestic dispute on negotiators tried for hours to get richardson to surrender to the richardson walked out with a gun and shot the canine please tell is that richardson passed away yesterday neighbors told us wish that there was something they could have done for their friend. Well those american sailors who were briefly detained in iran are now underway to U S Military Base in the middle east yet it comes as we learn more details about what caused the boat to drift into iranian territorial waters and how should your tax dollars be spent lawmakers discussing that very issue right now while putting holding down the persian gulf ten u s sailors held by iran are back in american care. The other help for several hours after their two small navy boats drifted into iranian waters and right now theyre back for the norfolk based uss gandy of abcs karl about the arena picks up our coverage yet comically announce first on iranian tv these pictures released by the same show the u s sailors on their way back to us custody also want to thank the iranian authorities for their cooperation and quick response. The sailors or see on the floor the same boats in which they were seized the one female sailor wearing a head covering required in iran is roy situations which as everybody here knows of an to get out of control and im appreciative for the quick appropriate response of the iranian authorities the crisis began on tuesday after the sailors to small boats allegedly drifted into iranian waters. They were transitioning from kuwait to bahrain when the iranians say the navigation equipment on one of the boats failed resulting in what they called quote an intrusion. These photos circulating on twitter by iranian Government News service show the moments when the sailors were in custody their arms up and firearms out on display. The navy saying there are no indications any of the ten had been harmed while in custody. A quick resolution appears look at an International Crisis and just stays around is expected to meet the terms of a nuclear deal created last summer with world powers in which one hundred billion dollars worth carla baguette at abc News New York lowest final state administration the president already make history for being the first african ahead a look at some of i say lawmakers are back on the job in richmond the devil just went down minutes ago to officially start the twenty sixteen virginia General Assembly and over the next two months delegates and senators will work on thousands of pieces of legislation that the impact you including what you pay at the pump by cutting is at the state capital with a preview as the oldest legislative body in the world and today the virginia General Assembly meets for day one of the twenty sixteen session. Thousands of bills will be debated one of particular interest to Hampton Roads having to do with the state gas tax would make a little extra effort on gas taxes at this point in time we get these projects accomplished without tolls and i just think polls are terribly inefficient that they divide communities and an unnecessary and i dont want to take taxpayers two dollars dollars with a Road Construction were bringing in less revenue than we thought we would get stuff to come back two years after we passed this big tax increase and say hey we need more articles can be an issue being an even numbered year this will be a long session of the General Assembly it will last sixty days meaning that the legislative process will continue until mid march in Richmond Mike getting thirteen news now are now to politics of the national level. First of all my cutting will be enriched all the General Assembly love live reports from richmond started thirteen years now at five. Now to National Politics of president obamas final state of you need a punchy and passionate defense on his record optimistic overall but also showed a rare flash of regret from the president again he was not shy about taking on the republicans hoping to replace him but he cannot he has more from washington in his final state of the Union Address president obama highlighted his accomplishments and pushed back against his critics anyone claiming that americas economy is in decline is peddling fiction the United States of america is the most powerful nation on her. He acknowledged that americans feel anxious about the threat of terrorism but had a warning for isis. If you doubt americas commitment or mine to see that justice is done just ask osama bin lot and with the country in the process of picking his successor the president had a message trump. We need to reject any policy that targets people because of race or religion governor nikki haley of South Carolina who gave the republican response also spoke about the tone of the twenty sixteen campaign during anxious times it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angry voices we must resist that temptation as he prepares to become in his words just another citizen. President obama expressed regret that the political divide has become a greater during his time in office. Addressing the American People now if we want a better politics its not enough just to change and or president. We had to change the system to reflect our better selves and the president will be speaking directly with the American People today traveling to nebraska and louisiana to talk more about his goals for his final year in office. Baka na ni abc blasts of cold affecting the northeast cause big problems for emergency crews in pennsylvania this morning the water main broke and connor haag and sending a geyser into the air that water froze into the trays the power lines and the roadway slowing utility crews from stopping the water more on that bitter blast of cold coming up in our next half hour including white is now time for skiers hit the slopes. Good news lots of sunshine and a not so good news if you dont like cold weather highs staying in the upper thirties some spots may reach forty but thats about it cold through the afternoon skies clear tonight is going to be quite chilly overnight as well you can see two one am low the upper twenties before the coast it will be even cooler in line is wins get a little lighter. We are clear right now we dont have any cloud cover and certainly no rain to worry about or snow to worry about across now the snow crossing over from illinois into indiana that way but again to the mid atlantic were in great shape just really really chilly out there had a couple white sprinkles at the front came through last evening that thats thats long gone. Well enjoy the dry conditions through the afternoon tonight and tomorrow some changes coming up though. Late friday and into the early part of the weekend and i want to get into those right now so will change up of human and the wind streams to see the wins coming in from the northwest and this is very cold air out here thats why its so chilly across our area we have relative High Pressure i hear you see the winds kind of spiraling outward but things will be changing up over the next couple of days and i want to get into that with you with our future cast. Notice the dry conditions through the afternoon skies clear that mention clear tonight beautiful but cold overnight for tomorrow its going to be another mostly sunny day i think itll be very pleasant across syria temperatures start to warm up teacher will see the wins eventually coming around a little bit and then as the system gets its act together down to the south and near the gulf of mexico are gonna start seeing clouds increasing initially down across parts of mississippi into alabama and georgia and this takes place late thursday into early friday here come the clouds. Nows we take a look and keep in mind were still dry wood mainly Clear Conditions here and read as we take a look at friday afternoon the clouds start push up across North Carolina here we go nine ten oclock by noon on friday clouds pushing up into our area and those clouds will increase through the afternoon friday and by friday Late Afternoon or evening a few showers will be possible via bulk of rain this motion that will come up closer to the area of low pressure that will track through the area to see that spinrite theres that comes through rain will be likely overnight plane on friday night into early saturday the rain still across syria but set pull off to the northeast we will clear it out later saturday and sunday looks pretty nice but temperatures will turn cooler sunday into early next week right now not a cloud in the sky thirty six degrees at three thirty six here in new we had the winds a little bit breezy or near the coasts as some spots seen winds ten to twenty mph slightly higher gusts. Lou tonight near twenty eight with the clear skies winds will ease overnight and tomorrow fifty two the high mostly sunny temps back above normal temperatures building for your friday fifty six and fifty seven on saturday but then falling again sunday upper forties low forties for Martin Luther king day and tuesday so those are cool again next week will enjoy the little bit of a warmup and then that rain and we are talking rain not snow but rain friday night and we sat next to that a three day week and last but no trace of snow umbrellas early saturday will be for everybody out there this afternoon to join us in college can break ground on this new green or Environmental Sciences center looking at the renderings of the new facility will be will be here any moment the groundbreaking ceremony set for one thirty this afternoon virginia wesleyan campus fully funded by a anonymous donor the new facility will serve as the cornerstone of the colleges growing Environmental Sciences program hopefully the pet check it out online to forty thousand square foot building is expected to be completed by fall twenty seventy. You know winter is a difficult time for the American Red Cross because blood and platelet donations tend to slow down but the need. Welcome back to chino that january is National Blood donor month right now the American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donations to prevent a shortage this winter to have phil from the American Red Cross chance that tells more about the need and also how you can donate help to save lives kristin thanks for being with us. Saturdays so but an urgent need. This is not good it is an urgent need for trying to prevent a shortage said oh were calling upon locals eligible donors to come out dirty blood and platelets. I normally saying please come out doing what to the shelf life for five days but we really do need you and we really need to have everyone write the occasion and help prevent fat storage definitely end in january National Blood donation what does that mean since nineteen Seventy Eight junior has been declared National Blood donor month continues typically struggle for us to get a couple things that come into play. Weve got bad weather seasonal illness on the set up to twenty percent of the donor base made up of High School College students and some of them are still on where brady to have that it was everybodys kind of exhausted from the holidays all that kind of factors and im here to tell you please make a two thousand sixteen resolution and donate blood during National Ledger and it doesnt take a ton of people to do i mean just you or tell me to have to come on just a couple more people each letter. Yes if two more people in each blood drive come out for what we already have scheduled that will help us prevent the shortage and the numbers across the nation were looking at seventeen hectic schedules in November December which equates to fifty thousand collected blood and platelet donations so sure the Winter Weather doesnt help you