>> many are operating on a three-hour delay. a decision to delay school in weed county is not popular for some. >> reporter: so your school is on a three-hour delay. what does that mean? get to school three hours later than you usually do. if you take a bus, be there three hours later. if you attend before school programs, they will begin three hours later. there will be a shortened lunch period. for this mom, now that roads are storing -- thawing that's good news. >> we have been stuck in the house. >> reporter: this debt has been lucky. his daughters day care state open. they got the best of both worlds. >> she played in the snow and ice. roads are clear there are still problems spots. /and ice that for teen drivers may not be easy to navigate. one even tweeted asking for prayers to get to school safely. and parents on facebook questioning whether or not buses could get to all stops. the district will keep an eye on conditions and will change plans if needed. >> that was carleigh griffeth reported. if your neighborhood is icy and you cannot make school, wake county will not excuse those absences. >> crews hope warmer temperatures and plows will clear things up. >> duke energy cruise spent the day trying to get the last of its customers online. there are about 100 customers wake county is one of the hardest hit areas. of those who lost power was one woman near willow springs. >> we lost it twice. wants friday evening from 4:00 p.m.-8 pm. again saturday. >> she relied on the families 20-year-old generator to get her through. what about the actual forecast tomorrow? what kind of temperatures will be the morning commute to mark here's chief meteorologist wes hohenstein. we did start the morning and 220s -- in the 20s. 41 right now. feels like 38 by morning. it's the temperature we play -- pay close attention to. what's on the ground. most of us right at or right above freezing tomorrow. we've got plenty of sunshine tomorrow. any warming we do tomorrow will be next aside when this cold front arrives wednesday. it will being rain to are forecast. tomorrow morning, light went from the south. those of you by the virginia border in person county, just under the freezing mark. everyone else, just above it. 33 in the triangle. 35, 36 in the sandhills. it will be a sunday morning around 340 at seven and. some of us flirting with 600 tomorrow. check this out. kids in queens new york had to go to school today. they had trouble getting there. this school bus got stuck at an intersection. it's one of several that had problems. people complained the city was not moving fast enough to get the streets cleaned. it's not just new york. it's up and down the mid- atlantic. >> storm deaths now reaching about 40 and financial impact $850 million. some roads are impassable. in washington dc, the government shut down again. public transit is slow-moving if at all. neighbors are shoveling out roads trying to help each other in case of an emergency. >> i would feel trapped. get to us. >> several states are operating under states of emergency including hours. when winter weather strikes you can take the latest conditions to go with the wncn out. the 911 center" accounting is having problems receiving calls from cell phones. you can call 910-893-9111. a student was -- a suspect in custody and in the hospital accused of mall. police say jamoral lee hill was involved in a car theft. he took off and filed -- fired a shot at an officer. he jumped off a 25 foot retaining wall. a seven-year-old boy has died after being mauled by a dog. talan west and his siblings were playing behind a field went three dogs came running after them. his brother jumped on a car but his younger brother could not get away. one of the brothers tackled the little boy. >> one was on that leg. one was on that leg. >> it doest feel fair. since i left the hospital, i didn't get a chance to hold my baby. >> the property owner didn't get a chance to speak on the the pit bull died on scene from what they call, over excitement. dss is not allowing unsupervised visits during the investigation. lyn durant county, there was a inmate death. matthew kane was found unresponsive in his cell. a group claims he died after his officer ignored repeated emergency calls. department of public health says it will review cycle requests. the sheriff office says there will be no disciplinary action related to the death. democrats squared off in iowa. a contentious town hall between the clinton, sanders and martin o came hutchinson has more. >> reporter: voters took center stage in des moines. after a brief introduction, chris cuomo handed the stage which candidate to support. bernie sanders was first and faced a question about his embrace of the democratic socialist label. >> the ideas are not radical. what democratic socialism means to me in its essence is that we cannot continue to have a government dominated by the do you know class and a congress that continues to work for the interest of the people on top while ignoring working families. >> reporter: that was followed up with tough questions about his health care plan. >> yes. we will raze taxes. yes we will. we may raise taxes but we are also going to eliminate private health insurance premiums for individuals and businesses. >> reporter: martin o was next to joked about his third-place standings. >> with only three of us in this democratic primary, there's only one of us who can still upset the apple cart. took the stage last. >> i understand you get into the arena and you are going to get pummeled and pushed and criticized. i wouldn't be doing it if i didn't think it was absolutely necessary to try to build on the progress that we've made. that we've made under president obama. >> reporter: it's under -- it's up to democrat voters to choose a candidate who best suits their interests. republican candidates are feeling the heat. donald trump and ted cruz are picking up big endorsements from sarah palin and rick perry. trump and cruz are sparring hard. this as the pair runs away from the pack in the polls. >> the rest of the field trying to not finish so far out of the money. >> iowa caucus is february 1. trial over the state voter id law appears in court. the mandate is expected to take effect in the march primary. it states the law discriminates against blacks and latinos. lawyers say that's not the case. the law was changed last summer so the people having trouble getting ids could go. absentee ballot request started today. voters must request a ballot at least seven days before election day and returned to the board no later than 5 pm on march 15. still ahead, record plus, a grand we're back with breaking news out of corner where crews are on the scene of a fire at shadle court. >>carleigh griffeth is the lives. >> reporter: we were asked to move across the street because we were on private property. you can see there is an apartment complex. only a couple officers on scene. the fire department has left. they were here earlier this evening for an apartment fire the fire official told me it was not a very big fire. it did cause smoke damage to several other units. the fire official told me around eight people would be displaced. it did not take officials long to put the fire out. they had to help someone with a letter get out of the second story window. two people were taken to the hospital with injuries related to this fire. fire officials do not know the cause. they are working to investigate that. the scene is just wrapping up. planned parenthood sharing after ruling in a texas court. grand jury found no wrongdoing by the abortion provider. it comes on the heels of a selling fetal parts. the pair were charged with tampering of a governmental record. new information has been uncovered regarding the water contamination in wake forest. nearly 3 years ago families learned they were drinking water contaminated with cancer- causing chemicals. the company has agreed to develop a plan to clean the groundwater that tainted the wells. the department of environmental quality has drafted the plan and has sent letters to families affected. water donations continue to pour into flint, michigan. a state's attorney general has named a former prosecutor to spearhead an investigation into the crisis. >> this investigation is about road back to rebuild and to regain and restore trust in government. >> investigators want to know if any state laws were violated in the process that left the city's drinking water contaminated with lead. governor rick snyder has been subpoenaed. the red cross wants your help to fill a critical need. the organization has had to cancel 50 blood drives. regional ceo says as many as 2300 potential blood donations were lost during that time hurting the already low blood supply. >> that's about three days worth of blood supply lost. we try to maintain three days on the shelf. hospitals put in the orders and we deliver immediately as soon as it clears testing and processing. >> porter says the group is in need of play with donations. local blood drives and we have a list at our website wncn.com. consider this a public service announcement of why it's necessary to clean off your cars. asheville police department posted this video. that is a slab of snow smashing into a police cruiser windshield. the department posted it as a reminder of the dangers of winter weather. after everything that came our way friday, we were here at the station all day. i spent a good 45 minutes scraping my car. hopefully you did okay with all be snow, sleet and rain. we've got some warming to do. we made it up to 520. we get warmer tomorrow. the cold front drops we throw in chances of rain. won't be until friday until you can commence car washing. sanford, 290. compared to where we were last night at this time, this looks pretty good. 150 warmer in rocky mount than last night. 110 warmer in raleigh than it was at 11 pm. this morning we started in the mid-20s. we will be about 100 warmer tomorrow morning, 340. it's above freezing which is important. most of us above freezing. there will still be patches of on a wide -- our way to a high of 580. speaking of sunshine, no more snow pictures. let's get back to what we do best. mariam took this while shopping in holly springs. it's an amazing sunset. went there is no snow or ice we post pictures and we ask you to capture pictures and send us the picture at sendit@wncn.com . i got about 1 million snow and ice pictures. high pressure gave us sunshine today. but that will happen half the day tomorrow before clouds moving. we will have rain on wednesday. of us not freezing, sunny. by lunchtime we are sunday. afternoon brings clouds which will eventually rain on us but in central north carolina not until wednesday. cold front moves through on wednesday. if you want snow, you will have to go to the mountains. cold air will chase the rain. scattered showers throughout the morning wednesday. front will pass through. scattered showers in the afternoon. rain chances look fake -- like they are trending down. on thursday, rain moves farther offshore. both days looking colder and wednesday the wettest. tomorrow morning as you can see, it will freezing. we have made it past the worst of this system. there is still a chance of some spots tomorrow. the afternoon, sunny and dry. 62, fayetteville. seven-day forecast. 58 tomorrow. 46, wednesday. 43, thursday. rain chances have come down. friday, 51. near 600 on saturday, sunday and monday. bring it on. >> i won't complain about that. if you lived in the triangle 16 years ago, you probably can't forget the scene. january 25, 2000. more than 20 inches of snow fell. that's the all-time largest single lots of people were looking for love during this weekend blizzard. a dating app saw a surge this weekend. likes were up 66% new user sign- ups climbed 42%. happen is a dating app that matches you with people who cross your path. 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