45 at noon today, 51 our high. Normal for this time of year is around 59 degrees so well below that. We turn pretty cloudy by 6 00 p. M. And the chance of rain is here by about 9 00 throughout the evening hours. And will continue overnight. Ill have more on the rain chances coming up in the complete stormteam forecast. Lets switch gears and check on traffic. Its early on this thursday morning. Not a lot going on, on i440 and hillsborough street. So if you are heading out buckle up. Get to your destination safely. One alert to pass to you. We have the entrance ramps closed on i40 east and westbound. Those entrance ramps are closed around south saunders street. Well continue to watch that as we head throughout the day but right now back to you. The push continues today to get more money for some firefighters in wake county. Garner firefighters havent ones starting their careers make about 10,000 less than rookies in other departments. Cbs North Carolina reporter emma wright joins us from station 1 in garner. The chief says the pay increase is necessary. Reporter he does. He tells us no one has gotten a raise since 2008 and that the pay needs to be comparable with the cost of living which is going up. He says not only that but the call volume that the Garner Fire Department is dealing with is going up as well. He says they handle thousands of calls of a year and cover 84 square miles, a lot of territory. The chief says he wants to pay his crews 37,000 a year. Obviously hiring at 30,400 versus the average state rate of 36,000 it makes it difficult to gather a large applicant pool. News at 5 30 were going to hear from one of the garner firefighters who says hes struggling just to make ends meet. You just got to hear his story, coming up on cbs news at 5 00 a. M. Live in garner, emma wright, wncn news. Funeral arrangements for the 24yearold, akil denkins, the man shot and killed by a Raleigh Police officer. We continue to make phone calls and send emails and visiting the Police Department to get more information for you. Through that process we have learned more about the officer involved, dc at dc twite has not have any problems. And received promotions from first class officer to senior officer. Reporter the victims family tells us authorities released his body. A gofundme page is also set up to pay nor funeral expenses. People have donated more than Raleigh Police have been a bit tight lipped about the shooting. The Wake County Sheriff is not part of that investigation but offered insight on why chief brown hasnt released much information yet. Shes working very closerly with Lauren Freeman and the das office and the sbi. I think when she gets the information as would i, i would wait until i got the proper information and be able to say this is what have got, this is what has been documented, investigated. Raleigh police anticipate more information to be available by next monday. Of course well stay on top of this and bring you new information as we get it in. Raleighs police chief was expected to lay out her plan for of the department to get body cams monday with you that was postponed because of the but that was poet boned because of the shooting. The chief was looking to start the problem with 100 body cameras, costs with data storage could be more than 1 million. Chief brown planned a three year phased implementation. Transparency body cameras offer would be in the public interest. Of course they are not a silver bullet, that really can address all of the concerns that communities might have or all the concerns that Police Departments might have about their interactions with individuals but you know, its a good place to start. According to proposal police could start using the body cameras sometime next year. The city council is not expected to hear that now expected to hear that presentation on march 15th. We have a special section of wncn. Com. You will find more reaction from Community Leaders as well as the state law when it comes to these types of cases. To a consumer alert the state attorney general is warning about a scam targeting churches. Involving emails that appear to be from church officials. They ask people with access to the churchs money to wire it urgently. The ags office is not clear if the scammers are hacking into e a church in raleigh nearly lost thousands of dollars recently. The bank handling the Wire Transfer suspected it was a scam and stopped it. The Attorney Generals Office is not sure where that scam is originating and may never find out. Breaking overnight nearly a Yearlong Mission in space, astronaut scott kelly arrived back in the united states. Greeted by nasa administrator charles bolden, his twin brother march, sister inlaw, Gabrielle Giffords and jill biden. Kelly spent more time in space than any other american. Incredible. Welcome home. Time now 4 37. One person is dead, another injured and a third in jail after a shooting at a mcdonalds in our state. Still to come where this happened and what investigators are now calling it. A backyard pool lassoed a alligator. That story coming up. Were at 26 degrees in sanford, and below freezing in chapel hill. Temperatures . I got slapped in the face with a little cold air this morning. Wow. Good news, this is the coldest morning were going to have to contend with. Good. Bundle up and get through it. 30 degrees, the live picture from the raleighdurham international airport. Why its so cold, were looking at pretty Clear Conditions. Hard to see now but dont worry, youll see it around 6 42 web the sun rises. The satellite and radar shows the clear skies. You dont have to look far to see the next weathermaker. The showers are now moving into portions of memphis, tennessee, northern portions of mississippi as well. This system is going to arrive in our area after sunset tonight. So the bulk of the rain coming through in the overnight hours, for the second time this week. We were talking about that cold, 25 now in roxboro, also in the 20s around sanford, pinehurst at at freezing in fayetteville and just above the mark in rillington and raeford this morning. The sunniest part of the day is going to be the morning commute. So youll need sunglasses, remember the heavier jacket too. 32 at 8 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. Around 40. 45 at noon and then a high today of only 51 degrees. I showed you earlier but normal for this time of year is actually around 59. Even cooler tomorrow, the bulk of the moisture coming through overnight tonight moving out first thing tomorrow morning. Things will warm up, 54 on saturday but into the upper 50s by sunday afternoon. Ill have a breakdown of the week ahead and when we see 60s for afternoon highs coming up. 4 42. Still to come, what a georgia psychologist had to say on the stand during erin andrews trial. You dont mess around. A Convenience Store clerk does not think twice about fighting back when a man pulls out a gun. Later, hear her side of the said to one another. 1234506789d early early voting begins today. You have to show your id in order to vote. Registration deadline you can do sameday registration. Stop by a polling place in your home county. Early voting runs through march 12, the primary is march 15th, tuesday. And donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, john kasich will all face off in their 11th debate. Dr. Ben carson will not participate. He hasnt formally suspended his campaign but told supporters he didnt see a path forward. Leaders from the Garner Fire Department in wake county will meet tonight to discuss possible pay raises. The chief says the low pay is making it difficult to recruit and retain firefighters. The department hasnt seen a pay increase in seven years. The man arrested in connection with last years gold heist along i59 in Wilson County is expected to make his first court appearance. Federal agents took 46yearold Adalberto Perez into custody yesterday. His exact involvement in the case hasnt yet been released. Bound a truck driver, left left with the gold from the van. New information about a deadly shooting at a mcdonalds in hickory. Investigators say the shooting is domestic. Police say a woman died, a man recovering in the hospital. 1r50 eurgsd both worked at the mcdonalds and they tried to leave and the shooting started in the parking lot. Officers quickly arrested the suspect. Additional charges against a Gaston County woman. The wife of one of the victims, crystal gambino has been charged in the case. Her husband, James Gambino was very politically involved in the community. Investigators say all three victims were found naked. A kent state man is free after spending nearly 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. A judge overturned howard dudleys life sentence saying that the system failed him. In 1992 he was convicted of raping his then 9yearold daughter. The story but it took decades of work to free him. I feel great. Im excited and i look forward towards moving on. You have a great family around you, will help you all the way. Great family. Great family. What is your first stop . Bo jenningles. Its a good one. He says he wants to visit the graves of his late wife and mother, both died while he was in prison. Monday morning a funeral will take place for Fallen Police officer ashley guindon. Her body back at her hometown in western massachusetts. She was the officer gunned down her first day on the job just outside of washington, dc last weekend, while responding to a Domestic Violence call. Two other officers were also injured but survived. The former cab driver accused of killing two virginia both Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington disappeared in charlottesville five years apart. Jesse matthew jr. Was sentenced to four consecutive life terms. Right now the trials surrounding naked sportscaster erin andrews continues in tennessee. A stalker shot the video through a peephole in her hoe ankle room in 2008 hotel room in 2008. A clinical psychologist diagnosed erin andrews with a mild case of posttraumatic stress disorder. Shes a resilient stable person who functions fairly well psychologically despite the horrible experiences shes been through. The psychologist also referenced andrews skyrocketing career after the release of the video saying its an indication she was able to function well despite the video. Shes fighting for 75 million from the stalker and the operators of the hotel. Jury selection is underway in florida for a trial surrounding wrestler hulk 100 million defamation lawsuit against gawker media. Accused of posting a video showing hogan having sex with heather klem. The exwife of hogans best friend. He claims he didnt know he was being recorded and the trial is expected to take as much as three weeks. A florida family found an unwelcome guest in their Swimming Pool. A 9foot alligator. The family says it came from a nearby pond, broke into the Swimming Pool screen enclosure, found its way to the pool. They noticed bubbles coming from the pool and that is when they saw that gator. No one was hurt. And the gator is now back in the wild but ok, yeah, that is noted, the next time im in florida and going to a friends swumming pool i am going to have to check, double check and check again. You have to be careful when you visit florida. Never know where those gators are. Youre a big golfer so pay attention. Its a nice day to get out . Just take a jacket. Its going to be on the cool side, temperatures are going to stay in the 50s this afternoon. Right now though were at 30 degrees so youre certainly going to wait several hours to see some milder temperatures move in. We are below freezing here in raleigh, looking at live over the beltline as we start our thursday. Just a few cars to start our morning. Heres our satellite and radar composite. Looking at pretty Clear Conditions this morning. That is one reason, just so cold. Look back to our west, some rain moving out of arkansas, moving towards tennessee, northern portions of mississippi this morning. Thats not severe but what we are watching for later today, will be a shower or two, after sunset, then eventually the chance for widespread rain. As you wake up tomorrow morning. As far as the temperatures are concerned, a lot of us at or below freezing so 30 in raleigh. 30 durham. 27 though in henderson, south 31 rocky mount and goldsboro, clinton 34 degrees. So heres your day in detail pretty sunny skies, near freezing at 8 00 a. M. At noon today were going to be at 45. Still very cool for this time of year. Afternoon highs should top out in the low 50s. Then dropping back into the mid 40s by about 6 00 this evening. Pretty cloudy skies at sunset. I think the rain holds off until say 8 00, 9 00 this evening. So let me walk you through the changes. Our future forecast will start off around 6 30 this morning. Clear skies, lunchtime were quickly seeing partly cloudy skies. After that we turn mostly cloudy. Now well stay dry through sunset this evening but look at all the rain back to our west, waiting to move in. At midnight were going to be seeing widespread rain, i think were seeing more rain than what we dealt with earlier this week. Im stopping this again at 2 00 a. M. Notice right along the virginia border, say towards mecklenburg snowflakes could mix in. I expect no impact on the roadways. As we head towards 8 00 a. M. On friday, still lingering showers, dry by lunchtime but still rather cloudy tomorrow. How much rain could we potentially see overnight . In some areas close to 3 4 inch, 8 10 ij possible in possible. 51 our high today in raleigh. 50 durham. 56 fayetteville. The rain is here overnight with that light wintry mix developing along the virginia boards border. 36 our low. The rain is out friday and sunshine returns for the weekend ahead. Back to 58 by sunday afternoon. There you see it, the 70s in our forecast next tuesday and wednesday. 4 52. Lets get to our thursday morning traffic report. If youre getting ready to head out, oh, this is something you might like. U. S. 70 and u. S. 70 business pretty empty early this morning. Pass along on i40. Both directions, the shoulder is closed. This is at exit 293, the u. S. 64 exit, they are doing construction work there. So make sure you are giving crews plenty of room on the shoulder. More on traffic and weather in about 10 minutes. Im charlie rose, coming up the surprising way video and gain self the clerk said she figured he would shoot her either way so she decided not to go down without a fight. No one was hurt. Are you sure . Have a bruise. Today the state board of education will once again discuss the curriculum used to teach your children. The board is set to take up the academic standards review, the key issue . Changing our ending common core standards changing or ending common core standards. Minnesota is not a member of either of the two National Testing consore shah but instead developed its own state assessments. A meeting regarding this starts at 9 00 this morning. Teachers at Riverside High School in durham plan to mail school work to a student currently in custody. Wilton acosta was picked up in january. Accused of being in the country illegally. Friends say he came to the u. S. From honduras to get away from the violence in his home country and also says he fears for his life if deported. Teachers mailed homework last month but the packages were boys and girls club have been named a finalist for the lowes blue door decorating campaign. Its decorated with concepts each child should embrace, education, integrity, health, hope and safety. We adults can do it too. The winning entry can get 5,000. A link to vote is on the organizations facebook page. With that transition to cbs here and cbs North Carolina we bring you plenty of top rated primetime shows. Tonights one of the busiest lineups of the week. Starting 8 00 catch a big favorite big bang theory, then life in pieces at 8 30, followed by mom mom at 9 00. 9 30 two broke girls. North carolina news is at 11 00 p. M. If you have questions about our switchover go to wncn. Com. Good reason to stay up late tonight. Lots of laughs but well be time now 4 57. Republican president ial hopefuls are preparing for tonights debate in detroit, but theres one familiar face that will be missing. 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And the clouds spill in first. Back behind that rain, even snow. Im not expecting the snow here i am expecting a chance of rain but not until after sunset this evening. Lets talk about the temperatures. Were now 29 degrees in raleigh. Weve fallen a degree the past hour. Durham is now 28. 27 roxboro. 26 south hill and henderson. Hands down, this is the coldest weve been all week and the coldest that we will be as we head into the coming days. So that is some good news, just bundle up, get through this morning as you head out. 32, at freezing at 8 00 a. M. 45 at noon. 51 our afternoon high and i do think well be looking at pretty cloudy skies by 3 00 today. Our normal for this time of year 59. So well below where we should be. Chance of rain arrives say 8 00, 9 00 this evening. Ill let you know how much rain were expecting and when it