boulevard to raleigh. another option from the north and west would be glenwood avenue. take that toward wade avenue and beyond to get to the at the moment all three of the alternate routes are in good shape. that's good news here at 7:32 in the heart of the morning commute for the alternate routes to be in good shape. that's a hopeful sign that we won't see big problems through the day. around the rest of the triangle, it looks like a quiet morning so far. we have a delay on 40 west bound through garner. once you are beyond that, it looks smooth through and beyond, a sun glare delay is not backing things up too badly as you leave chapel hill. look for a crash on thorn ton at capital boulevard. it looks like it might contribute to the inbound delays as you approach thorn ton and durant. in johnston we had an accident on 95 south. a truck crashed into the 70 business bridge. 95 south is closed at 70 business and because of damage to the bridge, 70 business over inspect it. it is likely that this will not reo

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raleigh police are investigating a deadly crash on south dawson street. one person has died, another is being treated for serious injuries. this happened after a car crashed around to: 30 this morning on west south street. stop dawson is close while police investigate. >>> we are working to learn what was inside a suspicious package that shut down several streets in downtown raleigh. it was discovered in the area around salisbury street around 8:00 last night. police removed the package and the streets reopened three >>> it is veterans day and is going to be beautiful, elizabeth. >> temperatures have been cool this morning, upper 30s to low 40s but look at the sunshine over rdu, really pretty. air temperature at the airport is 37, 38 in erwin, 39 in southern pines but it is 46 in roxboro and 47 in south hill. with that sunshine we'll see temperatures climb into the mid- to upper 40s in the next hour or so. we climbed to nearly 70 this afternoon, likely to hit 72 around fayetteville, plunging 255 tomorrow, and down to 28 sunday morni first hard freeze. >>>

dennis and mary live in raleigh... of the fire zone in rutherford county. - "it's hard to believe you can drive 4 hours in a car going 60 miles an hour and then in 3 or 4 days smoke can drift that far." it's not just smoke drifting... health concerns carry over too. the state urging children, the elderly, anyone sensitive to the air pollution to limit time outdoors. - "if you have to go outdoors, i would use a mask if you're going to be there for an extended period of tim --bell ringing nats-- on city plaza, it's ren day's job to ride his bike outside. - "we try to don't go as hard and don't ride as tough as we normally would. because, definetly you can start weazing after a little while." and in dorothea dix park... - "i'm just doing a pretty short easy run." anna catherine dickens' jog through this typically postcard worthy running trail... looked a lot different on this day... she wasn't worried about how it felt, though. - "i think my biggest concern is just less my lungs, than the people in the their homes, their

donald trump in and hillary clinton at raleigh. and emmy victor wolf pack, at least in the older days it was the home. >> reporter: hey, bill. this morning marked the end of a round of stops for hillary clinton and it all up here in raleigh. 5500 people at reynolds coliseum in the middle of the night. >> it's an amazing experience. >> reporter: north carolina iv soexcited that i finally get to vote for my mom. >> reporter: joined my husband bill and daughter chelsea, the democratic nominee fired up the crowd. >> it's not just my name or donald trump's name on the ballot. it's the kind of country we want. >> reporter: she laid out her vision of creating the economy. >> for millions of amerling with student debt, we are going to help you pay that ne of us want to wake up wednesday morning and wish we had done more; right? >> reporter: the t was no short of surprises with lady gaga and jon bon jo performingu ow the road to the white house leads through your state. >> reporter: north carolina >> it's just really important that everyone

in raleigh, gloria rodriguez, abc11 eyewitness news. away. the team squanders a second half lead to lose the game. we'll break down the action. plus...hear from quarterback cam newton about the tough loss. maverick rowan was scratched from today's matinee against st. francis. rowan is dealing with a possible suffered friday night in that narrow win over georgia southern. trin dorn and ted kapita put on a two-man clinic. 1st half...dorn the steal and the one man break. he finished wth the slam. dorn had three steals on the day -- here's another in the second half...he loves the euro step in the lane. he paced the pack with 21 points but the surprise came from kapita in his debut since being cleared by the ncaa...great finish under the rim. he really pumped in this one. later -- kapita...strong move..bucket and one. 17 points and 8 boards for him in the pack's 86 to 61 win tar heels hosting ut chattanooga at the smith center berry finding the cutting isaiah hicks who sticks the landing -- finally a tiny bit of breathing room. freshman tony brad

outside a gun show in raleigh. a 9-1-1 call shedding light on what happened. plus--wildfires growing in the north carolina mountains. the latest on the struggle to contain them. and just how low those temperatures will go tonight in our area. eyewitness news at ten starts right now. we're following several new and breaking stories, tonight... including the fight to contain those wildfires in the mountains and the blast of cold air hitting the triangle. good evening i'm dejuan hoggard. heather waliga has the night off. we start in raleigh-- where an accidental shooting outside a gun show sends a woman to the hospital. it happened this morning at the dixie gun and knife classic at the state fairgrounds. this is the second shooting at a raleigh gun show in four years. tim pulliam live at the state woman's condition. i spoke with the victim tonight. she's safe and at home recovering. she didn't want to say much more than that.. her husband called 911. william glosson tells the operator his wife is bleeding from her headseconds after being accidentally shot. :21 "s

this time from raleigh. students, alumni, faculties, a big way, filling more than eight pallets and donated three trucks full of school furniture. middle school students made fleece baby blankets behalf a nice gesture in many ways. >> and so nice to see the students go back to school. and elizabeth, it will be beautiful for kids today. >>> it is. it's going to be pretty. heading out to the bus stop, the temperatures are feeling good, cool but not co means. and look at this neat shot. it looks blue out there. pretty, isn't it? there may be low cloud cover where you are especially north of the triangle. but it will burn off quickly. 50 in roanoake rapids and an increase in sunshine and 70 by lunchtime and temperatures will climb to 80 for a high temperature at mid-afternoon degrees. so enjoy. it at the bus stop, temperatures from the mid-40s to mid-50s. a nice mild start and warm afternoon. t-shirts gone by friday as we will potentially have freezing temperatures next week. brian is here, and you have an area

north of raleigh. as we look at the live commute map, crashes popping up including one just over the way johnston county line and big delays as you leave clayton on 70 westbound. this is that guy road. will begin towards clayton. give yourself extra time. we have a few accidents popping up around the triangle. again earlier crash at lumley at 540 cleared up. delays ought gorman. taking 20 minutes. >>> still to come, where the presidential candidates will be in north carolina today as they try to dru land hb2 is n: i'ma disaster. an, hb2 has cost us thousands of jobs. i know from my experience in the state cabinet what it takes to bring good jobs to north carolina. we have to recruit businesses based on our state's reputation. right now, north carolina is showing how not to create jobs. as lieutenant governor, >>> the time is now 7:30 am. a big day north carolina for the presidential candidates. >>> possibly a make or break day. hillary clinton and donald trump will be making campaign stops. it is hard

santa claus at triangle town center in raleigh. the pavilion looks like a winter wonderland, the event featured slighting and performances by local screw groups. you can get your pictures from now until christmas eve. >> we are counting down until the raleigh christmas parade, this coming saturday, november 19 at 10:00 am one of the largest holiday parades on the east coast. this year will feature 115 entries including marching bands, floats balloons and entertainers. the parade will broadcast live we will be there to bring you all of the fun, saturday in downtown raleigh.>>> a dining experience like you have never seen before in downtown raleigh, more than 1000 people sat down to raise money for flood victims in the state. after a bluegrass band played for the crowd, everyone stood together, held hands and prayed. and then they ate a barbecued meal, the idea came employees at a communications company getting restaurants involved to prepare a huge feast. people paid $20 a plate to sit down at table stretching for two city blocks, t

a 'plea' tonight -- from a 'raleigh bicyclist'.... after a "hit and run driver" -- left him bleeding -- on 'glenwood avenue'. "joseph - grubbs" is covered with 'staples' and 'stitches'. he was 'knocked- off' his bike -- a 'week ago'. he's had 'three surgeries' -- to 'repair' broken bones. but 'grubbs' says -- he's "alive"... and that's what "counts most". grubbs doesn't 'think' -- he was 'intentionally' hit. police don't have a 'description' of the car... but 'grubbs' is hoping -- the "driver will come forward". frightening surveillance video -- of an attempted robbery in hoke county. this is from the 'alco gas station' -- on 'rock fish road' in raeford. deputies say '2- guys' went into the store just before one o'clock this morning -- pointed a pistol at the clerk -- and demanded cash. the clerk then tries smacking the gun away -- and then grabs h the gunman hits her wrist -- and tries trashing the counter before running away. both would-be robbers left empty handed. so far no arrests have been made. fayetteville still recovering fro

bryan mims, wral news, raleigh. north carolina has about 13-hundred christmas tree growers, most of counties. the state produces about 20 percent of the nation's christmas trees. this holiday season is a reminder to some local businesses about what they have lost. c1 12:27:26 and we're still in cleanup mode so having to find one item might take us 15 minutes :35 next on rewind, we return to smithfield to check in with retailers hit hard by hurricane matthew. how they're handling this year's shopping experience. problem for drivers between durham and chapel hill. a new bridge and a light rail line will help, but they are years away. coming up....what officials are doing now to keep traffic moving. some retailers in our state won't be racking hurricane matthew are still cleaning up from the devastating floods. oxbay wholesalers in smithfield makes most of its money from christmas decorations. but lost much of its supply during the flood. already lost about 2-and-a-half million dollars, and the losses are still adding

road on the eastern side of central raleigh. a report of an accident on for 40 westbound around western boulevard although right now no delays in earlier crash on chapel hill road so far so good according to sensors. >>> a celebration of popular culture wrapped up over the weekend comic-con brought together artists actors and authors. it was held at the convention center, guests included chris simms and lee charles the creator of the jack reacher organizers are looking forward to this spring show in raleigh the oaks city comic-con. >>> i stumbled upon some of the comic-con goers and some interesting costumes. in the spirit. collect. the carolina panthers took time to honor members of the us armed forces. >> what the fallen soldier of one mother had to say about their efforts.>>> it is that time of year moving in for the holiday >>> "wral morning news on fox 50" is back with bill leslie and lena tillett. >>> the nfl honor the us armed forces in observance of veterans day at bank of america stadium yesterday a special recognition

fine in downtown raleigh. capitol boulevard is open on both sides north of downtown raleigh after that water main break. it opened late last night. that's good news if you're trying to get between 440 and downtown. and chapel hill, traffic is moving along well on major routes. 58 is clear. into rtp delay free, between 15501 and the freeway. the freeway is clear between 85 and 40 so looking fine there. looking fine on the north side of raleigh as well. 540 westbound all clear coming in from wake forest on lewisburg road from roseville, traffic is moving building around the clayton by pass, those travel times coming down a little bit to 13 minutes between 42 and 440. report of a accident with injuries on old we haver trail on voice drive. not a lot of big delays showing up ot there. airport tweeting they're expecting more than 35,000 passengers today. they are advising you to arrive at least two hours early. we'll take a look at airport parking options minute. >>> we're learning more about an apartment fire. >>

north and west of raleigh by 8:00 a.m., and 9:00 moving by. by lunchtime the front moving through, and once the front moves through the winds kick up at northwest sabres territory to 20 inthe afternoon --5 20 in the afternoon, and spotty northern pln, r mogoing to go mostly cloudy, th winds light the rning, but picking up in the afternoon. highed in mid-50s in the northern counties tolow 60s for fayetteville. 61 leer in the triangle, and showers on the increase in the morning and into the eastern counties. thers the seven-day forecast, have the umbrella ready. 30s in the morning on wednesday, 62 and cold front by friday night passing by dry. warmer friday, 68, but once this front moves by the air is coming from canada, so should be colder this weekend. the coldest weather so far this season in fact. the forecast high is 53 saturday, morning low of 40, and mostly sunny skies. 30 sunday morning, the first widespread hard freeze of the season rebounding to 61 in the afternoon. a little rain during the day tomorrow, but th's it the next seven days

as we look at raleigh, other good news in downtown raleigh, and earlier crash at dawson and lenore street is cleared and dawson street has not reopened to traffic. major routes looking good around the triangle, 40 west bound, a smooth ride through wake county, none of which causing big problems. back to you. >>> honoring those who served and died in the vietnam war, a special ceremony was supposed to take place on memorial day the rain forced organizers to whoa, this is awful, try it. oh no, that looks gross what is that? you gotta try it, it's terrible. i don't wanna try it if it's terrible. , i have a very sensitive palate. just try it! guys, i think we should hurry up. if you taste something bad, you want someone else to try it. it's what you do. i can't get the taste out of my mouth! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. announcer: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: how y'all? how's everybody? i appreciate you. well, welcome to "family feud." i

big delays on the east side of raleigh. about an hour to make the trip from the i-40 merge to the wade i-404 merge. the best option is through the fortify. it is taking about 26 minutes which is slow but faster than the 4 that 440 westbound is taking. and 11 minutes to make the trip to 42 to 440 and the wade out to 540 slowing down just a bit. and because of the backups 40 westbound at wade avenue, we are seeing as usual backups on outbound wade from 440 to the i- 40 merge. slow traffic on the west side of raleigh, typical for this time of day. and we have congestion and sun glare from durham. and north of sanford, as far as blocked at colon road. there was an accident out there with slow traffic coming out of sanford this morning foash on u.s. con 1. avoid that if you can. take 15-501 to deep river road and pick up u.s. 1 north of the crash site. >> thank you, brian. >>> it was a contentious race for north carolina governor. we run down the issues between the two candidates. >>> and a city dealing with a major problem. wha

give yourself extra time leaving south raleigh to the west. and we have it a little slow on the westbound side of the knightdale bypass at new hope road at 440 but the delays are easing up a little bit from the knightdale area and slow through garner. we showed you the fortify work zone delays but then it's a smooth trip to the airport and rtp. fine. lena? >> thank you, brian. >>> wral salutes our veterans with the 2016 veteran's day parade. brian shrader, gilbert baez, and i will host. it honors world war ii veterans, the greatest generation. you can watch it live on wral to join us using #wralvetparade. you can write a short tribute honoring the veterans you know. we will use it during the broadcast. >>> record flooding forced plane -- many to flee their cars. now, they are working with the damage. >> perhaps the biggest concerned with flooded cars next. >> and changes to the homegrown halloween helped make it this year. this year. >>> your i alone can fix it! bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i'd like to punch him in the face. i like people that

and look at downtown raleigh. in eastern wake county looking westward, a band of fog, and then along the horizon, no fog. so you will run into a little brian said that the cameras are showing it dissipating and tell dissipate rapidly over the next hour to two hours. it turned chilly. when i came in, temperatures were mid to upper 40s and cooler sarah filtering in behind yesterday's system especially if skies will clear. 100% relative humidity, and this is a look at the visibility, low in south hill, less than a yard of a and this is an interesting morning for us. and a huge range in the temperatures. 32 in rocks bow to 52 in golds row, and the reason we are so much warmer here, we are hanging on to the warmer air from yesterday. and back to the west, the skies have cleared and cooler sarah filtering in with clear skies leading to temperatures, and the triangle, mid to upper 30s. in eastern north carolina that is eroding a bit. and the system that was with us yesterday is pushing offshore with the cooler air behind

this is the duke-raleigh life management center. a man at some point ended up crashing into the window of the front of the building. the good news is a spokeswoman tells us that no one is injured. no one was inside. the area of the building that was hit was the gym. so we are fortunate that no one was inside at the time. >>> in western north carolina, air quality alerts have been firefighters. >> firefighters have made progress because was cooler weather but the situation is critical. bill? >> reporter: lena and renee, an evacuation goes into effect for parts of highway 9 in henderson county, and if you are not familiar with it, it's county. firefighters from wake county will go and spend a week in the lake lure area, near asheville but on the other side. ground-level smoke will remain a concern over the next few days. winds along ridge tops are expected to increase through today and may expand the fire. the fires have burned more than 40,000 acres in our state alone and there are also fires in georgia, south carolina, and tennessee

a crash on ray it on the north side of raleigh. accident with injuries on lake wheeler road around dairy drive. this is north of penny road. northbound side is very slow this morning as they get that accident cleared up. congestion and delays related to the crash. kurdish led forces backed by the us have announced the start of a campaign to retake caracas. the ice is headquarters. kurdish and air fighters prepare for the offensive yesterday. us considered the fighters as the most effective force against isis. defense secretary ash carter welcomed the announcement. >>> in mosul, iraqi kurdish fighters exchange heavy fire with islamic state militants this morning. they are advancing on per shiga , a town east of that city. it is believed to be deserted except for dozens of militants. it is part of the broader push to drive the islamic state out of model -- mosul. >>> in italy a tornado tore a destructive path through rome. this video captured on camera shows the violent twister as it knocked down buildings, trees and power lines. two

the city of raleigh doesn't offer paid leave right now. employees have to do unpaid >>> cary is studying this as well. durham county implemented a policy for 12 paid weeks of leave. >>> billy graham's 90 birthday. no big events planned. 800 people helped billy graham celebrate his 95th birthday at the ministry facility in asheville. his son, franklin, said it's a party every sunday because he's made it through another week . franklin graham will host a prayer for the nation on his facebook page. >>> it is cool out there. we started with 30s this morning. temperatures have warmed up quickly with all the sunshine. towards the nc state fairgrounds, lots of blue skies. 40 in hillsborough. 49 holly springs, 39 henderson. 50 smithfield, 47 wilson. temperatures warming up nicely to 60 at lunch time. -- 5:00, 67 degrees. heading out this afternoon, 63. that will be cooler than yesterday. yesterday's high at the airport was 71. it will be jacket weather all day. the sunshine will feel great. sunshine in the forecast and tonight we may have more spo

raleigh city leaders tonight.. taking new steps to improve the relationship between residents and the police. the new push.. coming months after 'akiel - denkins' was shot and killed by a raleigh police officer. the mayor.. announcing this afternoon.. a schedule of meetings around the city.. what she is calling 'community conversations'. mayor nancy mcfarlane says she hopes to bring to li the challenges that face the community.. including the role of race. the first meeting.. will be november 14th.. from 6:30 to 8:30.. at marbles kids museum. a second meeting will be november 16th.. at millbrook exchange community center in north raleigh. five more meetings will be scheduled in each of the city's council districts. 'lawyers' -- for "bill - cosby" -- are 'pressing a judge'... to 'keep' potentially damaging testimony -- from 'another lawsuit'.... 'out' of his 'sexual assault trial'. cosby -- arriving at the hearing in 'pennsylvania' -- arm' -- of someone on his 'legal team'. his 'attorneys' -- recently filed 'court p

a few doors down from the raleigh eyewitness news center. will open.. right after the raleigh christmas parade... around noon. it will stay open through january 27th. and speaking of christmas---santa arrived at triangle town center today. the mall's transformed into the north pole. it included free activities like sledding, holiday songs and snowfall. kids can take pictures with santa throughout the holiday season from 10-am until 9-pm. meteorologist liz horton is here now with the es tomorrow at the durham convention center. the annual event kicked off friday--and features--superhe roes, publishers and of course at 11-am and goes until 6-pm. a shocker on the grid-iron. the top team in the a-c-c loses a stunner. plus---the wolfpack gets a much needed win in the carrier dome. we break down--nc-state vs syracuse next in sports. bowl eligibility. today the wolfpack squeezed the orange in a game they had to win the wolfpack looking to end a four game losing skid -- trailing seven nothing -- it's the pack defense that kicks things in the right direction. za

not huge delays but it is sluggish through garner, south and west rally -- raleigh and also the raleigh airport, eight again, not talking about big, big backups but a little slow all the way through raleigh and beyond raleigh on 40 westbound. around the rest of the triangle, slowing on 540 westbound between capital and creekmore road. we have a report of an accident on creekmore road and lynn road, another accident getting cleared up at capital and high woods and a crash in the median on 40 westbound beyond the us-1 interchange. a little slow on the northbound durham freeway between ellis road and downtown. back to you. >>> it's time to start thinking about thanksgiving. >> my stomach is ready for it. >> this month, brian and lisa prince have ideas to use north carolina products. >> today, lisa is sharing a family favorite. >>> i've got an old-fashioned recipe for you. just a nice, cold refreshing marshmallows. what kit does not love that with all of that memories? >> or adults for that matter. >> i have turned it into a six cup salad. >> we put cool whip in the bowl along with many mar

new tonight-- a 'horrible crash' -- 'kills' one person in raleigh.... and sends 'two children' to the hospital... it happened at about 6:30 -- on 'creedmoor road' at 'brennan drive'. ...that's in 'north raleigh'. one adult 'died'... 'another adult'.... and 'two children' -- went to the hospital. police have 'not' said -- what led to the 'two car' crash. new tonight -- crews in raleigh just wrapped up the work to 'patch up' a stretch of capital boulevard. that effort -- began monday morning just after nine -- when a water main pipe burst. that set off a 'domino effect' -- and re-pavement operations on the main "north-- south" artery out of downtown raleigh. all lanes are back open for those of you who rely on the road during your commute. tonight - there's 'another' -- "water main break" -- this time 'not far' -- from "crabtree valley mall". 'raleigh city officials' say -- construction workers - 'hit' a 12- inch 'water pipe' -- between the 'mall' and the 'beltline'. there's a "boil water advisory" -- in effect -- for a 'mcdonald's'... and an 'apartment c

this cluster of buildings is downtown raleigh. lingering fog and cloud co it will burn off and temperatures will warm up nicely. 52 in goldsboro and 51 in fayetteville all because of the clear skies to the northest and boundary cloud cover to the south and east. and mid to upper 60s wednesday and thursday. brian? >>> 8:27, elizabeth, and we still have the accident on 440 westbound at new bern avenue blocking two right lanes allow extra time from the i-40 polite to the knightdale bypass and new bern. by the time you get around the accident, traffic is moving along pretty well. look out for lingering outbound delays on wade avenue between 440 and i-40 and lingering congestion on 40 eastbound. >>> the time is 8:30. welcome back. governor mccrory heads to robeson county, attending a meeting of the hurricane matthew recovery committee. emmy victor is live in lumberton with more on what the governor hopes to accomplish. emmy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, renee and lena. robeson county was the first of many stops that the gov

gray skiess in raleigh right now. the temperatures, 60 in south hill. 64 in goldsboro and so pines, mainly mid-60s, and we'll climb to 72 this afternoon and windy. blustery this afternoon, and gusts at 30 to 35 miles per hour this afternoon. a chance of rain mainly late and wednesday night we clear out. mikaya? >>> 7:27, elizabeth, and a look at the live drive times. delays at 15-501 northbound from nc 54 to i-40, 7 minutes minutes. and delays on the clayton bys pass at i-40 and u.s. 70, stop and go traffic. on the live commute map, plenty of green in wake forest and clayton as well. >> mikaya, thank you. >>> there is the day where election results will be finalized. still to come, the disputes we are three weeks after election day and there is one race undecided. >> there is a major obstacle blocking the certification of the gubernatorial race with incumbent pat mccrory and roy cooper. emmy victor has more on what is being done to bring closure. emmy? >> reporter: renee and bill, today is the day they prepared the ce

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dozens packed raleigh times in downtown raleigh to rally around fellow bluegrass musician hiroshi arakawa. the rising star in the local music scene...was critically injured in a thanksgiving night crash. his girlfriend...juana maria cardona- alvarez...was killed. absolutely incredible the amount of love and support that's come through the bluegrass community hank smith is coordinating recovery efforts through 'beer and banjos'...an event he and arakawa used to host together. 17:59:27..i was crushed. i was one of the first people to get a call because the first responders and police had a hard time finding family since he only spoke japanese arakawa's parents flew in from japan to be with their son...now in a lung and broken ribs. 18:06:58..it's a very serious condition right now his father...who was looking forward to meeting juana...says his son is still unaware of her death. 18:18:51...i can't imagine how they're going to tell him. he's going to be very broken up about it friends like cheyenne fairchild are trying to ease the pain and the financial burden on both families living oversea

raleigh. that event is slated to kick off at 3-pm. and tonight, we're learning democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton will hold a midnight rally in raleigh on monday. her campaign says the rally will focus on getting out the vote.. and the economy. clinton made two stops in battleground north carolina on friday. today she was in florida... where she found out you can't fight mother nature. she was doing an event when a storm moved in. clinton tried to stay on point.. but the wind and rain was too much. earlier campaigned with singer katy perry in philadelphia. maddonna tweeting out this message tonight. she says she will do a surprise intimate small concert monday night in support of hillary. details have not been announced. star jones using her star power to get out the vote she stopped at beauty salons and early voting sites in durham and morrisville. she highlighted clinton's plan to help small businesses... especially those owned by african americans. donald trump's son eric--- and his wife lara--- out tailgating this eve

this annual veterans day parade took place in downtown raleigh. a ceremony kicked off the festivities on salisbury street -- before the parade made its way through downown. marching bands filled the streets with music to honor active and retired service members. fans love to follow college recruiting in major sports like football and basketball. but one of the biggest recruiting stories happened in ken medlin has the 5 star story. there's nothing like christmas next on rewind...a look at the ceremonial tree raising. a true signal the holiday season is here ... the biltmore has started washington has made richard burr wealthy. we know that. burr voted himself 5 pay raises and his personal net worth but we're only beginning to learn how little work burr actually does. richard burr missed nearly 70% of his armed services committee hearings... even skipping one hearing to hold a dc fundraiser with lobbyists. it's why the observer says, "burr shows himself to be a consummate washington insider who routinely puts party before country." senate majority p

and while efobi has lived in raleigh for more than 30 years... the nigerian community here is raising money so he can be buried in nigeria. but they are planning to have a wake for him here in raleigh...early next month. new tonight-- an 'arrest' -- in the 'shooting' -- that 'killed' a 'san antonio' police dete the detective -- one of 'two' law enforcement officers -- 'shot dead' -- in the past five days. another 'three' law enforcement officers-- have 'also' been shot. attorney general -- 'loretta - lynch' -- calls the "ambush style shootings" -- "reprehensible" -- adding -- they "won't be tolerated". lynch says -- the 'justice department' -- is taking measures -- to 'improve' officer safety. here at home -- raleigh police say this water main break on capital boulevard -- will continue to torment drivers tuesday morning. excavators -- lined the flooded southbound lanes of 'capital boulevard' all day long -- just north of wade avenue. closed after the break was discovered around nine this morning. the message from police tonight -- it may be in y

here's our raleigh sky cam. we have a mix of sun and clouds in places, clearer the farther north and west you are, the more south andes, the more cloud cover. temperatures will be cool here and temperatures will start to quilter -- filter southward. this afternoon temperatures will be in the 60s instead of 80s. a chilly start saturday and sunday, high temperatures close while we still have a few crashes on our live commute map, the number of major routes that are slow are starting to dwindle as the morning commute winds down.'s low on outbound wade avenue. 40 west bound a little bit slow approaching wade avenue. a little bit slow on the freeway between ellis road and downtown but no big unusual delays. a reminder that the on and off ramps from 40 west and rock quarry road will be closed tonight. >>> a speeding driver caught the attention of a police officer but the driver did that's because the man's wife announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by freman

we save you from downtown raleigh. the leaves are changing color but they didn't look fiber in that shot. i think we have a bit of time for pretty color around the region. 37 is the current temperature at the airport. we drop down to the low 40 degrees this morning. dew point 35 and temperatures from here will climb the sun has been up. some of these will be the lows for the day. we did see 34 earlier in roxborough. 38 south hill. 37 raleigh. 46 fayetteville. cool and cooler than yesterday. yesterday at this time we had clouds and a southerly flow and kept overnight temperatures warm. 16 degrees cooler for roxborough and south hill. 12 degrees cooler in raleigh. five degrees cooler in fayetteville. cold front has moved eastward so that is history and behind it will be noticeably cooler for today and this morning. then tonight and tomorrow we have wind coming out of the south that will bump up temperatures to almost 70. another front comes through will bring some cold temperatures. this is a look at where the wind is co

this annual veterans day parade took place in downtown raleigh. the parade started at salisbury street and then went through fayetteville street. margin band -- marching bands took the street to help honor the veterans along with them. >> we talked to eric kramer he opened up about his battle with depression and his suicide attempt and his new outlook on life . you can watch his ultimate comeback star in two parts at 5 pm and 6 pm on wral news monday night . >> somebody knows who killed a 13-year-old girl and could be trying to protect that suspect. durham county investigators the fema disaster recovery system closed today. it opened early this week to assist with recovering from hurricane matthew. there were still several other relief centers open industry including willington, smith still, and fayetteville . you can sign assistance also on www.wral.com . type matthew in the search bar to find recovery information . everything from replacing important documents that you will find a entire list of resources there. >>> last tuesday would have been

and so in this jam- packed activity room in north raleigh... the city-wide discussion began on how to move forward past the visisirst laid re lasfebruary... --aenats-- en akiel denkins was shot and lled by a raleigh lice ofc... le dominant story you are telling yourself about relations?" placing its police force literally at the table with citizens... raleigh city leaders believe this is a big first step toward healing the divide between cops and community. we listened as residents highlighted the economic and social inequities they feel here... - "it doesn't start with the officer. it began long before the officer ever came on the scene. and that's the part that racially divides us." there were questions... like, what's community policing? is it helping ease tes that community so i don't know if it's really working or whether its making us all feel better." while the conversation flowed freely here... we've spoken to activists in the run up to tonight... who believe the time for talk has passed... who say it's time for action. - " there's a fe

boulevard on the east side of raleigh. elsewhere, we are looking good overall. we are seeing delays on the south durham freeway from downtown to ellis because of an earlier disabled vehicle. 95 south is blocked, 70 business and 70 business bridge over 95 is closed while they inspect it. >> thanks. >>> state board of elections officials are gathering about handling election complaints. state board declined to intervene in the vast majority instead offering legal guide he has to concerns about alleged deceased voters, voters with active felonies and people who may have voted in two different states. >>> our weather is sunny but it is still cool. >> it definitely is. take a look at the pretty sunshine. we have a little bit of cloud cover trying to sneak in. for the most part we will have a bright day. the airport. expect 55 this afternoon. we have high fire danger again today with increasing clouds wednesday and a high of 58. late wednesday and early thursday, there is a chance of patchy light rain but fairly mild for thanksg

tradition. >> the wral raleigh christmas parade presented bishop local raleigh takes over downtown saturday morning. brian shrader shows us what you need to know before you go. ?[ music ] ?? >> reporter: the raleigh christmas parade is the biggest dc, and it's going to be even bigger this year. organizers added more bands to the parade. you'll see over 2,000 high school students from all over our region playing for the crowd, and it's going to be a big crowd with tens of thousands of people lining the streets. here's the parade route in downtown raleigh starting at st. mary's street and along down to the state capitol building. once there it swings around union square and then sout down fayetteville street and the parade ends at fayetteville and lenore. if you want to get there and see it in person get there as early as 7:00 or 7:30 to get a good spot along the street. there's plenty of parking in parking decks and on the street, and the state-owned decks and parking lots are free. keep in mind that streets around the parade route close as early as 6:00 a.m. saturday, but will reopen by 2:0

looks pretty ominous in downtown raleigh. we saw this gorgeous sunrise, the peek in the clouds, the sun coming through those clouds there. the rain that we will see today will likely happen this evening. around sunset or just after and it will be patchy and light, but should be fairly dry for much of the day. 55 in durham, 52 in cary, 55 in erwin, start, we warmed 262 at lunch time and a high of 70 this afternoon. at lunch tiny in downtown durham, variably -- at lunchtime in downtown durham, variably cloudy, could see a chance of a shower but most of that will hold off until after sunset. >>> bryan is here with a look at the roads this morning. a lot of people have the day off today. >> they have the day off or are heading to the mall's doing it is smooth going to the mall out there around the triangle. just a couple of accidents, one occurred in the last few minutes at walnut street and maynard. as you can see from the traffic sensors, it's not causing any delays. we will take you out to the scene, walnut and maynard, not si

meantime, in north raleigh... - "alright how yall doing? --yay! woo!" governor mccrory's last campaign stop in - "actually the polls are showing us dead even and i got other polls that show us 2, 3 points ahead." while the governor pumped up gop volunteers, on a break from dialing voters... republicans allies, like the christian conservative group, nc values coalition... just wrapped a major get out the vote campaign-- knocking on over 370,000 doors statewide. - "we feel very confident. it's gonna be a very close election, but the only early voting i think worked to our advantage with independent voters." over 3 million people early voted in north carolina-- that's a record. democrats were down slightly from 20-12... republicans up by 13% but, unaffiliated voters were up 40% that's the wild card! who they voted for, could hold the key to deciding tomorrow. in 'wake county'... a 'record number' of people expect another 'big turnout' tomorrow -- on election day. more than "202 polling locations" -- will be 'open tomorrow' in wake county -- beginning at 6:

there is the wilson sky camera and we will see raleigh as well. in wilson you can see the blue sky there and it looks absolutely beautiful in downtown wilson. i know we can do it. in downtown wilson. there we go. asking and you shall receive. 39 is the current temperature so it is chilly out there. hill, 41, 38 henderson, 30 and south hill, 41, 38 henderson, 32 roxboro. most of us in the upper 30s to low and mid 40s. exceptions when you go south. a warm-up down south at 50 right now. at stanford, 33. 46 clton. huge range in temperatures today. a big area of high pressure that will keep everything dry today. it will be another pretty day and expect the flow that will warm us up dramatically. it will be warm today but even warmer tomorrow. near a record high. what is developing back to the west is a huge snowstorm so we have snow falling in wyoming and parts of montana and that will be shifting north and eastward across parts of the dakotas and upper midwest. the green and orange colors right here are blizzard watches and warnings and elsewhere the

in raleigh. andrea blanford abc11 eyewitness news. sticking with the holidays-- daughters---gathe red this afternoon in cary to stuff stockings. it was all for the annual 'carolina lily chapter' holiday 'stuffing' party. the teams sewed and decorated more than 14- hundred stockings. the gifts will benefit six local charities serving children, families and pets. eight hundred stockings were supplies---that will go to the brown bag ministries in raleigh. volunteers also collected more than two hundred toys to give to dogs and cats at the s-p-c-a of wake county. meteorologist steve stewart is here now with the the nc-state basketball team facing their biggest test of the season tonight. next in sports--how they are faring against creighton. one ranked duke blue devils also in action today. we break down their game against few games he couldn't throw it in the ocean. and that's with state playing in in the virgin islands -- creighton -- the transfer from west virginia was on fire -- he hit five of his seven three attempts alone in the fir

a raleigh high school teacher faces criminal charges, tonight... accused of having sex with a student. devon-lategan teaches at athens drive high school. investigators arrested lategan, this week-- while he was on duty inside the school. the charges stem from the teachers public schools, back in june. when eyewitness news knocked on lategan's door, today... we were turned away by a woman who answered. we caught up with a former athens drive student... to talk about the allegations. lategan posted bond last night... and is scheduled to appear in court monday. new details tonight-- about a bad wreck in chatham county. three this afternoon... on 'u-s 64' right near 'highway 751'. troopers say a suburu rear- ended a honda stopped at the light. three people inside the honda... were flown to u- n-c hospital... and are said to be in critical condition. authorities say the driver of the suburu got distracted... when he dropped his cell phone and tried to pick it up. charges are pending. in 'hoke county'... two people are dead---following a crash in raeford

you can see that from the raleigh skycam. a bluft -- blustery and warm day. now, you may run into a shower at any point today and the amounts we see in the rain gauges will be very light. so a winds south southwest at 10 to 20 and gusting upto 30, 35 miles per hour in the afternoon. 67 at noon in downtown durham, a high of 72. a chance ofrain late tomorrow into the ovnight hour and a i'll take more about that. back to you. >>> a man continues to recover from injuries after spending several hours trapped in a durham sinkhole. firefighter says that the man fell into the 12-foot deep hole on redwood hole, there for hours, screaming for help until a man fishing nearby heard him and called 911. >> he was obviously very cold for a long period of time. and, you know, he couldn't verbal other than theying he t hey -- saying he was okay and wasn't hurt. >> the man was taken to the hospital. the fisherman said he saw the man earlier that day and seemed lost. >>> a national hockey league expansion team plans to call itself the vegas golden knights, the same name known p

cnn's victor blackwell, he is live in raleigh. but you are in the county that is the battleground within the battleground which you said very well earlier. what's the situation? >> reporter: well, the line has gotten even longer now. hundreds of people in this line. started about 5:30. let me give you a look here. it stretched all the way back into the parking lot here. this is a county that inside the state that set a record for early voting, wake county set a record for early voting with more than 300,000 people casting those early votes. let me put that into context for you. more people cast those votes early than the total number of registered voters in 97 of north carolina's 100 counties. so the expectation was that quite possibly there would not be these long lines with the voter turnout already before the polls opened today of about 43%. but we see that the people here in this community of bedford on the north side of raleigh are in line. this is going to be what we expect, i guess, for the few hours starting this day. poll

league of raleigh says the party will go on. the main events take place january 7th. >>> police in fayetteville will be seeking information in a cold case. they're trying to figure out who murdered craig johnson, who was found shot to death at a barbershop 11 years ago this coming sunday. detectives and john sob's family members will be out distributing fliers. a high profile murder case goes back to court in lumberton today. lawyers for daniel green, the man convicted of michael jordan's father in 1993 want more evidence from the state. green and another man are serving life sentences for the crime. green's attorneys have argued he helped to get rid of james jordan's body but did not take part in the carjacking and murder. >>> we're working to learn more about a crash involving a durham police cruiser. this happened on highway 70 shortly before 10:00 last night. when our crew arrived a wrecker was hauling away one of the two stone, hitting an unmarked police car. no one was hurt. >>> the inland is back open after a cargo ship w

we have rain, from raleigh northward. for the most part. sprinkle coming through, but steady rain for any length of time, i think we're finished with that down south. fayetteville, you've seen a little shower come through. pretty dry in raleigh at the moment. this one missed chapel hill. where you don't see rainfall, you might see drizzle and mist. the radar doesn't pick that up very well. from hillsboro, north word to rockford, that caswell county. once you leave durham and on up through south hill, virginia, you have plenty of rain coming your way for the next several hours as we continue to have this band back off to the west. ed wide view starting at 3:45, that's when the leading edge of the rain began to move into the area. we're in a dry pocket especially from raleigh southwest. but there's more rain to the north and west that we'll deal salem and groansboro that may come across raleigh. not finished yet. a nice bright spot, hole in the clouds. we're looking west and at the very top of your screen you can see blue skies. very cloudy c

raleigh police hoping surveillance photos... will help them find a cab driver's killer. 56-year-old "cyril - efobi" had just left universal cab company when shots were fired. surveillance cameras captured a picture of the suspect - pistol in hand and then running away. efobi was left dying on the pavement -- with his laptop bag still on his shoulder. you can get a photos by going to abc-11-dot-com and looking for this story. now to the big board and the must-see video of the night. we start in utah... with a dramatic rescue after a transformer blew up and caught a bucket truck on fire. in the video.... you can see a 'second' cherry picker -- is extended 'up'.... and another person 'helps' -- the 'trapped lineman' - 'transfer'.... from 'one bucket' to the other.... before being 'lowered' to safety. the 'linemen' suffered a burn -- after he was hit by 'hot oil'. -- after a fireball ripped through the streets of 'rio de janeiro'. cell phone video shows a fire beginning to engulf a car on the side of the road. the car then suddenly

in raleigh tonight .... hundreds gathering in nash square to protest president-elect "donald -trump." many carrying signs...and chanting 'not my president"...and love trumps hate. the protest was peaceful...and no arrests have been made. 'developing' right now - president- position -- on "obamacare"..... and he's 'shaking up' his "transition team". after his "full- throttle campaign" -- promising to 'repeal' president obama's signature "health care law".... it appears 'trump' -- may be 'more willing' -- to "strike a deal' on 'obamacare'. in an interview with "60 minutes"... he 'explained' -- his changing position. and 'trump' has also made a 'big change' on his 'transition team'. elect "mike - pence" is now taking the 'lead' -- a role 'previously' held by new jersey governor "chris - christie." christie will 'stay on' -- as a 'vice chairman'. also in fayetteville -- a special veterans day ceremony. the boy scouts performing a 'flag retirement ceremony' -- outside the 'airborne and special operations museum'.