I just feel sorry for a lot of them out there. Hes no stranger to political stunts and gimmicks. Kim miranda isnt impressed. Watching him im sort of reminded of my children where they dont know where to draw the line. Kim we showed the video to bes rusou. Im glad to see job creation happening in buncombe county. Of course im always a little uncomfortable when were seeing someone get a single days wages. But its not enough to get them out of homelessness. Kim a discussion across the city with leaders to have a larger conversation about helping the homeless in a larger way. Nesbit says city leaders havent addressed homelessness. We posted that video on our website. Wlos. Com. Kimberly king, news 13. Frank a fiveyearold upstate girl dies after being pulled from a fire. It happened on sunday night. The family of Sophia Rhodes are mourning the passing at a georgia hospital last night of smoke inhalation. Firefighters ran back in the house after the family realized one of their daughters was still in that house. Firefighters found rhodes but she wasnt breathing and didnt have a pulse. Its terrible when you lose anybody to a fire. But it really cuts deeper when its a child. Frank investigators with the state continue looking at the cause of this blaze which started on the back side of the house. Tonight on my40 at 6 30, we get reaction from rhodes grieving mother. Tammy now an update in the jackson county. Curtis lafrty has been found. He disappeared from a camping expedition. He walked away from the camp but was found in a womans home in South Carolina by midday. Hes been talking with his mother by phone. They said hes okay. Tammy this case ended well. But coming up at 6 00, this case not that long ago involving a carolina trails camper that did not have a good ending. Frank three days of really sunny and warm. Tammy and boom, gone, jason. Jason you know it has to happen at this point. Heres the radar now. We are watching showers move in. These are not severe thankfully. Most of this is light to moderate rain. Really do not anticipate Severe Weather at this point. Thats the good news. But there is a slight risk. Some of you may deal with strong winds later on this evening. Heres another picture. A double rainbow. Theres the fainter one. Theres the more prominent one. Right over lake julian this evening. Wind from the south at 9 in asheville. 15 to 20 over the upstate. We deal with more wind tonight in the mountains. These are wind advisories that kick in at 7 oclock this evening until noon tomorrow. Mostly high elevations affected there. There will be plenty of wind even in the valley floors. 57 at 7. Still a chance for locally heavy rain. Temperatures pretty mild by 11 oclock. Stick around. Tammy new developments now in the conversion of duke coal to natural gas. Frank denied the request for a third one. News 13s karen wynne is live at lake julian. Tammy karen, some local conservation groups are not happening with this ruling. Karen right, tammy. Theyre not. The two natural gas plants would replace the coal fire plant behind me. It is a huge step in the right direction but not big enough. Even on the cloudy and windy day, lake julian draws families to its peaceful setting. For christina lewis, the duke power plant is not usually her focus. I dont understand all the nuances but i do know ultimately i want whatevers best for the environment, for this community, for the lake area. Karen that would mean not building a natural gas plant at all. Theyre much larger than we affordable hour in North Carolina. And theyre not the best use of rate payer dollars. I would be willing, personally to pay a little bit more to do solar and wind. I do understand its never that simple. Karen but justin pratt also spending the day at lake julian disagrees. Solars come a long way in the past years. But i think it. Karen jim petit says his North Carolinas ridge law, which prohibits Wind Turbines on mountain tops. Right now the Solar Technology adequately serve dukes customers. The extra customers may pay for solar and wind now would ultimately cost less than dukes modernization plan later. Before we go building anything else, whether its more fossil fuel infrastructure or renewables, we need to stop wasting so much energy. Karen walker with mountain truth says her group is going to continue to try to bring more solar and wind in the equation. Its a process that is going to take time. Meanwhile, the natural gas powered plant are expected to be in operation by 2019. Im karen wynne, news 13. Frank news 13 wants to know, do you agree with the utility commissions approval of the duke plant . Log on to Facebook News 13 to answer our question of the day. Tammy happening tonight, a asheville about the classifications for North Carolinas coal ash pond. State officials propose the ranking system which determines the schedule for cleaning up dukes North Carolina coal ash dump. The publics comment will be considered when setting up the final schedule. The meeting starts at 6 oclock in the ferguson auditorium at ab tech. Jaclyn, a new rollover accident is tying up the area. Jaclyn yeah. Because of this crack there at exit 55. Delays last all the way through to exit 59. There are injuries reported here. It is a good idea to avoid this stretch on your commute. Get ready for those usual delays on the west bound side, especially passing through the downtown area. Focusing on Fairview Road and the hawe creek area. Thats a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhls used car superstore. Frank coming up, apple and the fbi face off on capitol hill. How the case is pitting the c cll phone industry against consumer safety. Tammy local First Responders praise a different type of challenge. 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Frank attorney general weighed in today saying the government must do anything under the law to fully investigate terrorist attacks. Three, two, one, go. Tammy Emergency Responders face off for a good cause. They went head to head in a taco eating contest at salsaritas. It was part of their grand opening. Afternoon will be donated equally between the three departments. She was not the winner. Frank goodness. Tammy officer bill wilke of the apd. But im giving it to her. Frank im telling you, if she didnt win, it wasnt worth it. Jason i tell you what, ice cream and taco eating, those are two of my fortes. 64 degrees for the High Temperature today. 33 on the low this morning. That is a degree above average. No rain until late afternoon. And that added up to only 400ths of an inch. Heavier rain soon enough. Flakes, theyre going to every insurance policy has a number. But not every Insurance Company understands the life behind it. For those whove served we offer our best service in return. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Get an insurance quote and see why 92 of our members now your news 13 skywatch weather. Jason rain is coming down in more cases now and more places. Leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. Well start you out at 6600 feet. Decent view from Mount Mitchell about half an hour ago. Now its clouded up. No snow at this time in even the highest elevations. But that, too, will change as cold air begins to flood the system. Rain now. Snow later on in the mountains. Decent showers coming through. This is the potential for severe the day today. We do have a slight risk farther to the west in this lighter shaded area. The risk is slight in the yellow. The risk is marginal here in the lighter green or lighter green. Its just general storms expected in those areas farther east. Right now the rain is the only thing were dealing with. Some thunderstorms possible. Its really just rain for most areas from waynesville now in to madison county. Heres our rain threat tomorrow. Only 30 . Its very minimal. We go in to a wintery mode again thursday and friday. 60 chances of getting rain and snow mixed in late thursday, in to early friday. These are not all day events. Saturday, slim chance of anything happening. In the mountains or anything higher up, a good chance of snow fall. And a lot of it is just going to be snow above 3500 feet thursday in to friday. Plan accordingly if you travel there. Rain tonight. Then were back in to the cold tomorrow. Snow showers showing up in blue. Strong northwesterly winds. 15, 20 to 30 plus miles per hour. That is going to get your attention all day tomorrow. Hold on tight. It is going to be a cold, cold day. We cloud up thursday. Some sunshine. There we go. Another hit of some snow and rain. Valleys mostly rain. Mountains mostly snow from this one thursday into friday. I think that will accumulate a couple of inches at least. Mostly about half inch to more in the mountains west. Heres that snow fall potential in to thursday night, friday morning. Could get up to an inch in the higher elevations. One to three inches. There could be more. Well keep an eye on that. 30s for lows tonight in the mountains. Youll find 40s in the upstate. Our temperatures tomorrow only in the 30s and 40s. Yikes. That is a lot different from today here in the mountains. The chill is here for several more days. 40s again thursday and friday. Back to the 50s, even 60s. Oh yeah, well go closer to 70 by tuesday. There you go. Thats march in a nutshell. Snowstorm and then shorts and tshirts a few days later. Frank time to check out todays see it, shoot it, send it. I tell ya, this guy knows how to stay warm in the sun. Joey johnson shared this shot in columbus. Tammy its a white squirrel hanging out. Hes a cutie. Send us your pictures, and your video, if youd like, to frank a warning for parents during winter weather. The common coat could put its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. Like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. Cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys dont. And as for deals . Hows 300 back for every line you switch . 300 no ball nonsense. Get 300 per line and a stronger signal, in the middle of anywhere. woo when you love seafood this much. Back again . I hope its just a clumsy phase. Its gotta be ds. Anythings worth it for our new homestyle flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. Also, try our grilled menu featuring new tuscan tilapia. For full meals starting at just 4. 99, its gotta be ds. Frank getting a child strapped in to a car seat can be tricky, sometimes even dangerous if theyre wearing one of those tammy news 13s jennifer emret. Reporter you may have seen those recently reports of children who wear those puffy coats while buckled in to their car seats. Ways you can keep your child safe. In cold weather, we bundle up our children to prepare them for the element. But a bulky coat in a car seat could be a dangerous combination. The harness may not be tight enough to secure your child in a crash. With the courtesy of ben. First they put ben in his snow suit. Then they removed bens coat and put him back in the seat to see how loose the straps were. In the event of a crash, all this extra room means theres so much space for ben to ride up of the protection of his shell. Which means he could have a head injury. In addition to not wearing a coat, always make sure that your child is properly harnessed every time. You should not be able to pinch. Reporter for a baby, Consumer Reports recommends first securing her in to the car seat and putting a blanket over the harness. Along with those tips, Consumer Reports suggest you periodically go to a car seat checkup event to make sure your seat is properly installed. For more information on this story and other news, go to wlos. Com and click on Consumer Reports. Frank work on a busy interstate project resumes after a Construction Company walks off tonight at 6 00, whats being done now that could help drivers later. Holly im holly headrick, weve got your next get together snack. And find out how you reporter a local developer wants to turn this former plastics location in to a major apartment complex. Coming up, why locals say theres some huge road blocks in the way. Rex a 17yearold walks away from a camping group. Im rex hodge. How the search ended. Coming up. Now from western North Carolinas news leader, this is news 13 at 6 00. Darcel right now dozens of concerned neighbors in asheville about the development. Larry news 13s hope hanselman joins us live at the meeting called by pulliam properties. Darcel hope, what are they concerned about . Hope the discussion is going on right now where neighbors have gathered mainly to figure out how 272 more Affordable Housing units and high End Apartments will affect traffic flow. Thats not all thats concerning them. The bustle on mills gap in Sweeten Creek has reached a Tipping Point for much of this neighborhood. I remember when 9 oclock at night, you never saw one car. Now the traffic is so you cant even pull out of this driveway safely. Hope so you can imagine when pulliam property asked the city to change the zone from industrial to residential. Making way for hundreds of new you add another 300 families or 200 families. How do you get in and out . How is it safe . Its long enough to get to work now. Hope rusty pulliam says the apartments will be less impactful than an industrial use will. Plus the city is already planning to widen those roads in the next few years. Push the start date back to january 18th to start construction. We anticipate it will be finished around mid2020. Thats right before the ncdot starts their work. Weve been down this road before with the south side Village Development on cts property. We dont want to have another event like that. Hope he has a stack of