Well be down to 23 at 11. A little bit of wind will certainly drop those wind chills down. Youre going below freezing at 9 oclock in the upstate. Well talk about the warming spell that we will experience. And what price we have to pay for it. Ill see you in a few minutes. Larry its getting so cold, the code purple is in effect for tonight as emergency shelters prepare to house people who temperatures drop. Theyre using every Available Space to get folks out of the cold. The rescue mission provides blankets who may not stay there warm. Macon county is left with more than 700,000 in damages after the heavy rains around theyve sent a request for a damage assessment. That could determine if any money will be made available for affected by the flooding. Preliminary estimates show damage to more than 30 homes and 23 roads. Darcel president obama is moved to tears as he makes a passionate call to limit gun violence. And for every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. Darcel the president has bypassed congress and is taking executive action. News 13s hope hanselman is live at bear arms in brevard. Hope, some gun owners are concerned this will restrict their rights. Hope darcel, in the past, places like bear arms have but here today, theyve already and now this announcement has these folks talking. But i also believe that we can find ways to reduce gun violence consistent with the second amendment. Hope the sensitive topic of how to curve gun violence have some firing back against the president. They watched his live announcement in brevard. A violent felon can buy the exact same weapon over the internet with no background check. Hope fisher says hes concerned people are getting the wrong idea about the process already in place. You can go online and order a gun. Anybody can go online and pay for a gun. That is correct. But the gun still has by law, it still has to be shipped to a federal fire arms dealer. Hope they first have to pass a background check. We already have to do that. Thats already a law. Hope the executive order and fire arm agents. To process background checks faster and crack down on black market. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. Hope the president s effort to reduce gun violence has encouraged gun buyers to hit the stores. Hes known as being the worlds greatest gun salesman. Hope now in any gun store around the country, background check takes longer than three days complete, that person can go home with a gun. This executive order is aiming to reduce that back log. Background checks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It could possibly lead to faster gun sales for some people. Hope hanselman, news 13. Plans to build an Indoor Shooting Range near waynesville. He plans to put an indoor gun range on one acre. He says hes adhering to state and federal guidelines and will build a facility thats clean and controlled. But residents have opposing views. The noise, the traffic within 100 yards of my front door. Something ill have to be looking at for the rest of my life. Its a business that benefits the community. Hunters, police officers. Darcel one neighbor took a opposing. He says he has no zoning ordinances preventing him from building. Larry two men who police say now in custody. Christopher arwood was arrested by waynesville police. Christopher hester was taken in to custody after the december 10th incident. The victim did survive. Now another suspect, Stephanie Bower remains at large. If you know where she could be, call the Haywood County office. Catherine turner says that she and her three kids were visiting her mother on florida avenue on monday when a man they had never seen before walked right in to the home. After she ran out, the man ran out. He then harassed her neighbors and wrecked a car in to a nearby fence. And he was right there. And he came right here as he was entering the room and cowarded down and said im scared. You know, like, just what do i do. He jumped up and said which wa i do i go . Of here. Larry the man is in buncombe county jail tonight. Hes facing charges of breaking and entering. Darcel governor mccrory launches a Major Campaign on sell voters on a referendum. The money will go to schools. Kim 5. 5 million. According to administrators, the money is much needed for repairs and renovations for buildings all over the campus. These are stairs at the balsam building on campus. And administrators here say that the money would go to this project as a priority. Many of the buildings are more than 30 years old and in need of upgrades. Unca will get 21. 1 million of an overhaul of owen hall where arts and engineering students take classes. Students in art in together and collaborative spaces and really preparing for the kind of work theyll do in the workplace. Kim wcu in cullowhee would get 110 million for a new life science building. The state has rolled out a user friendly website where people, voters can go to see all the projects that will be funded. Now other schools will also be funded in Western North carolina, including Blue Ridge Community college. There will be a referendum on the ballot march 16th for voters across the state to decide on. Reporting live from ab tech, kimberly king, news 13. Larry just in to the news room, buncombe county commissioners have approved to zone all of the socalled donut holes. Now the commissioner approves eight of the nine parcels to be zoned. Was sent back to the zoning board for further consideration. When you got the ticket, were you surprised of the filing fees . Yes, i was very shocked. Darcel speeding tickets with hefty court fees. Why you still have to pay even if you never go to court. We break down where all that money goes. Could bring millions of d hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Larry well anyone who has ever had a speeding ticket knows they can be costly. A lot of that cost comes from courtroom fees. Why do you have to pay them if you never even stepped foot in a courtroom. Frank, why are those court costs tacked on to tickets . Frank larry, its simple. Its revenue for the state. How its spent, may surprise to court. But what you have to pay can be even worse. When you got the ticket, were you surprised at the filing of the fees . Yes, i was very shocked. Frank Beverly Higgins showed us her fees. Did you have any idea where those fees go . What theyre used fo for . Im going to guess taxes and maybe road repairs but otherwise i dont know. Frank Steve Cogburn says even if you waive your rights to appear and mail in a ticket, you still have to pay. The reason is the court costs dont come to the court system. It is set by the legislature to be sent in to the general fund. Its kind of like a tax. Frank a typical ticket with like this 2 is for Law Enforcement training. 750 goes to a Law Enforcement retirement fund. 4 is for technology and phones. 5 is added for a service fee. You pay 10 more for chapter 20 offenses which is any violation involving a motor vehicle. Most of it is for the court of justice. The only part that goes back to the county is 12 for courtroom facilities. Theyre required to provide the building, the electricity, the cleaning. Frank fees the clerk says make the legal system work. It encompasses everything including the Law Enforcement person who stopped you. It includes the papers that we have to print out. Frank britney is hoping papers she produced proving her car passed inspection, will get i hope it works out. Me, too. Frank we checked with neighboring states success and tennessee, theyre ticket costs are also used in the s sme way. If you have a story, you can write me at wlos. Com. Darcel off to the races. The usa Cycling National cyclecross National Championships are on their way outside biltmore village. The event will draw in several thousand people from all over the country in to asheville. Officials believe it will generate 2 million in tourist spending. You can see Economic Impact in the millions based on hotel revenue, restaurant revenue. Anything thats local entertainment. Things like that. Spend a week here. Darcel and those cyclists are in for maybe a nice weekend ahead. Larry jason, well be warming up, wont we . Jason rain will be in the forecast friday, saturday and sunday. 40 degrees for the High Temperature today. That was, again, way above average. No rain today. But we do have a trace of snow thats fallen again yesterday. A cold night is ahead. Well get even colder in some places. So, now your news 13 skywatch weather. Jason plenty of cold to go around. Thats a guarantee. But not much moisture. Thus, we dont have any snow in we do have clouds. Forecast chances of rain in asheville. Nothing tomorrow. But watch it go up here significantly thursday. Now thats a late day event. 50 chance likely after sunset. Its up to 70 chance on friday. Not all day rain but periods of rain. 60 chances of rain on saturday. Saturdays rain chance much higher now because its slowing down the process of clearing it down. Were going to keep t tt rain chance through the weekend. 33 degrees right now in asheville. Just shy of the freezing mark. Southsoutheast wind at 5. The humidity has come up a little bit more. The wind chill is 29. Youre going to feel that wind chill even though its much lighter than it was 24 hours ago. Currently its 35 degrees. Yeah, its cold no matter where you go in the Western North carolinas. East and northeast wind is really going to plague the folks the next couple of days because its more of an on shore flow for the folks there in the beaches. Rain and cloud cover tomorrow. That cloud cover moves to the east and affects us here in the mountains starting later tonight, more so thursday and again on friday. We need something to kick that moisture up andndring the rain. Thats going to happen with the cold front and area of low pressure. Theres two of them. One out here. One in the texas panhandle and another along the coast. This time its g going to be rain. And we get that warmer air to kind of overrun some of the cooler air at the surface. Its really going to be a lot of rain for the area, not snow. At least at this point. Future cast goes in to motion tonight. Were seeing clear skies tonight. Clear skies much of the day tomorrow. Increase late day tomorrow. No rain really on the radar here until late thursday in to friday. Temperatures in the teens tonight. Middle to upper teens across the Mountain Valleys, you betcha. Another cold night with those furnaces. Highs tomorrow should get back in to the middle and upper 40s. Not bad. Close to average in asheville. A little shy of it over the upstate. Well take those 40s. Youll find 30s as you go up to the Higher Elevations and northern counties. Temperatures will stay on the milder side of average thursday, friday, saturday and even sunday. But we crash. Barely 40 degrees monday and tuesday. Well tweak thhis forecast. It may only be 30s forhighs. Enjoy the weather, even though its wetter this weekend, it wont rain all day friday, saturday, or sunday. Upstate, 60s and then falling back. Larry when you add that wind it, it hurts. Jason you gotta bundle up. Darcel a new survey paints a dirty picture in North Carolina. It ranks the state 15th with the highest air pollution in the nation. Larry the survey said the western part of the state has the most fine par tick u late matter in the air. They say the data used goes back to 2003, before North Carolina reduced its fine par tick late matter. Clean smokestacks act and clean diesel fuel. Darcel it includes Mountain Valley inversions and smoke from wood stoves. Larry North Carolina has a long proud history in basketball. But last night, one tar heel did heel basketball game. Stan tells us who it was and more about that historic night next in sports. Darcel and coming up new at enforcement for the stan we are less than a week now from the National Title game, clemson versus alabama, glendale, arizona. As tiger fans know, the team has been doubted all year but theyve responded to every challenge. Join us on sunday night as were going to have a my40 on sunday from 7 to 8. An hour long special from that journey to the National Title game. From hope to dominance. Clemson coach dabo swinney knows theres a lot in the name. I didnt even know my name was william until about the 3rd grade. Especially with William Christopher swinney. And i had to remind myself how the role that the teacher would have, the first time they started computerizing that stuff, would be your birth name. Theyd be like, William Christopher swinney in here. Id be like, theres another swinney in here. Do i got a cousin . Stan last night the heels had a a historic performance from a player they think could lead them to the promise land. Were talking about bryce johnson. Becomes the first tar heel player what a play on the defensive end. He was a force. Passes to marcus paige. First time unc has had 30 points. They play at syracuse saturday night. Unc asheville womens Team First Place in the big south. But the flames wouldnt let them stay unblemished. Asheville answered seconds later. Kayla webb. But it was too much liberty last night. Unc asheville still tied for first. Larry good to see some sunshine today. Jason it was, wasnt it . Tomorrow well go from mid 40s, back to mid 50