Warm air and see continued sunshine. Temperatures feel like they should in late april. Its a significant warmup on the way here. Not as cold today, looking at temperatures around 49 degrees still at 8 00 a. M. Up to 59 degrees by lunchtime. 75 is our high as we head into this afternoon. Ill have the forecast coming up. For now, lets get a check on the morning drive. Outside currently, taking a live look here at i440 and capital boulevard. Lets go ahead and switch things over a second here to our traffic map, which is going to show no major issues to tell you about on the road. We have the shoulder closed. That is between exit 293 and 301. Also, we have the exit ramps at russ and stefan . We have two senators expected to visit our state. Ted cruz and donald trump will be here. Cbs North Carolinas emma right is live with more on what we can expect. Emma. Cruz has been battling front runner donald trump for the past few months, with trump coming up on top. Cruz trailed by any one delegates. Both candidates are trying to get out and about and meet voters in North Carolina and trading jabs along the way. I would love to take on ted oneonone. That would be so much fun. Seeing people come together because they are recognizing their candidates were not in a position to beat donald. Expected to start speaking here at noon. Coming up in our next half hour at 5 00, well tell you what you need to do if you want to come to the capital. Im emma wright, cbs North Carolina. Thanks, emma. President bill clinton was in raleigh monday, campaigning for his wife hillary. He addressed hundreds of hillary supporters and talked about how she would expand voter rights and modernize infrastructure. And they responded about i saying bill clintons pushing false talking points. Hillary is planning a visit to the tar heel state later this week and her daughter chelsea will be in chapel hill this weekend. For all of the attention the president ial primaries are getting, voters here have another decision to make that could impact the state for decades. A rally urged people to vote down the proposed connect nc bond. Tour a wide variety of new projects. The group says with the state running a surplus, theres no need to take on debt. Governor mccrory says it will spur job growth. We should use that funding to properly prioritize more than parts of our state rather than taking on debt. If we are going to recruit industry, if we cant find the talent to fill those jobs, we wont recruit new industry. In fact, we wont keep the industry we have. The governor also says the bond would not require a tax increase because Interest Rates are low and the states paying off its existing debt quickly. The day care where a 1 yearold boy was killed in a driveby shooting is closed down for good. The owners of Tatum Christian center packed up and moved. We found these discarded items outside yesterday. Police charged marren la count he denies any volumement, though. A regular monday night Church Meeting was packed with members concerned about the officer involved shooting. The bring back the Village Forum has been going on for more than a year to discuss ways to lift communities up. Last night, the church, justice system, and even gangs discussed how to better the neighborhoods. A local minister says it starts with education and action. We can do this. It will take one day at a time and one step at a time. We can do this. Residents say the biggest thing to focus on is how to Work Together to prevent any more loss. An update to a story we reported earlier this year. Nearly 700 animals rescued from the hope county Animal Center and described as severely neglected are ready to find new homes. The aspca has been caring for them in sanford after they were an adoption event is planned for later this month. They hope to place hundreds of cats and dogs into loving homes. To be able to take them from a situation like that and provide them with a second chance, provide them with a home where they can be happy and healthy, it means the world to us. The threeday adoption event starts march 18th. Weve got the details including what you need to bring with you if you plan on adopting. Youll find it at wncn. Com. The man who killed the young mother of his child in 2014 will spend at least 26 years in prison. 23yearold Logan Mcclain pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder in the death of Brittany Pierre yesterday. The two were dating and had a young child when she was shot and killed at her home. Several investigations are still under way at a North Raleigh neighborhood where a the girl says the two men duct taped her to a chair without clothes and sexually assaulted her. Its not known whether the breakin is connected to sundays incident. The time is now 4 37 in the morning. Stolen guns in the wrong hands. Coming up, where the guns are ending up. Weve got several local teams in the acc tournament in washington, d. C. Well tell you what teams are gearing up for hoop actions that start this afternoon. Kristin . We have a mild start to the morning outside and a really warm day headed our way. Temperatures right now in the well let you know how lo well, i suspect there will be a lot of people out walking sleeve shirts today. I think so. Flipflop season, me might need to break those out. Temperatures over the next several days will feel like here. A live look from our satellite and radar not showing anything in the way of wet weather currently. Were dry and quiet with just a few clouds out there this morning. Thats how things will stay throughout the day today. We dropped to 49 degrees in raleigh. Durham. All of these temperatures are warmer than we were at this time yesterday. Its 50 in syler city. 52 in pinehurst. Current temperature in fayetteville running at about 51 degrees. We have a warm day on the way for us. Thats thanks to the High Pressure thats been so persistent for us. Now its sliding off to the east and pushing the warm air off to the south. We can expect continued sunshine today, tomorrow, thursday, and parts of friday, instead of feeling like its early march, as i mentioned, our normal High Temperatures will be in the 60s so it will be feeling more like late april. 59 degrees at lunchtime. Warming quickly today. 75 degrees is our High Temperature this afternoon. We hit 68 yesterday, so we are going to be much warmer than that today. Then we fall to about 71 degrees at 6 00. We are still going to see the temperatures rising as we head into our day tomorrow. I have a complete breakdown coming up. Russ . Today, the wolf pack kicks off the acc tournamemt in washington, d. C. Nc state takes on the demon deacons of wake forest. The two teams split each winning on their home court. Todd gibson is on the way to d. C. To cover the tournament with live reports. They start later today. Tipoff for the pack is at noon. Up next, more and more stolen guns in the wrong hands in Durham County money weve say the guns are winding up. Works for the man and a how welcome back on this tuesday. More president ial campaigning in wake county. Ted cruz will appear today at Calvary Baptist church in raleigh around noon according to his web site. If you want to attend, tickets are available online. Breaking overnight, Authorities Say four people have been seriously hurt in a train derailment. A commuter train was traveling in Central California when it went off the tracks and the front car plunged into a swollen creek. 14 other people had minor injuries. A Ground Breaking decades construction starts with the ceremony today at 10 00. It is a disturbing trend right now in Durham County. Were talking about guns being stolen and ending up in the wrong hands. Mario boone has more on the numbers and where the guns are ending up. Reporter back in the old days, crooks would break in electronics, but nowadays thieves are going straight for your guns. There is a huge number of stolen guns and am mission on the streets of durham. Police records show nearly 400 guns were reported stolen in 2015, and in Durham County, the Sheriffs Office got reports of 150 stolen guns. Its scary. It left alicia smith im speechless now. Im wondering where they are reporter investigators say a lot of them are swiped during home and car burglaries. If you are going to own a firearm, lock them up. Reporter some are ending up at other crime scenes. There is some good news. Durham cops recovered 67 of the stolen guns and confiscated another 600 for various reasons. Smith worries about all of the guns not found. You never know who could have one. It could be the person sitting beside you. Reporter back here on the ground, both Durham Police and the Sheriffs Office says they do not resell confiscated guns. Mario boone, cbs North Carolina. Police are trying to locate the man responsible for shooting a pastor after a church service. Authorities say kyle olden waited in the parking lot to attack the pastor. They say Surveillance Video near the scene hoped identify odin as the shooter. The pastor that he shot six times is still in the hospital but is expected to make a full the congregation says they are praying for their pastor and want the man wanted by police. Theres a lot of people who are hurting really bad right now over this, and a lot of people are believing that god has a plan. Police believe the suspect has left the state headed towards spokane, washington and possibly south. Authorities in dickinson, texas recovered the body of a man after his boat overturned in the bio. An overturned kayak was located around 7 30. Officials say the victim not identified and another man were verbing when they were overcome by strong currents when returning to shore. Funeral arrangements for former first Lady Nancy Reagan will take place. A jury in nashua awarded erin andrews with 55 million. Throughout the trial, andrews and her legal team maintained that the stalker and two Hotel Companies were to blame for that video. Erin andrews has shown phenomenal courage in standing up for security, safety, and privacy. She is a true american hero. I think we all know it and love her for it. Reporter attorneys for the owner and former operator of the marriott argued the convicted Stalker Michael David Barrett should be solely to blame for the incident. The man accused of killing Danielle Locklear in 2015 has been offered a deal by Cumberland County prosecutors. Yesterday, j. Michael malloy and attorneys discussed the possibility of parole after 25 years. His defense team has a month he is back in court in april. Lets focus on the weather out there. Good morning. Its going to be a gorgeous day today. If you havent had a chance to spend time outdoors, you should try to make plans for this week ahead. We have a fantastic stretch of weather coming our way. It started yesterday with highs in the upper 60s, and weve government a day today even warmer than that. Our current satellite and radar with just a few clouds outside this morning. As we take a wider look here, youll see thats the case across much of the eastern half of the country. This is all thanks to an area of High Pressure sitting offshore. Thats going to keep things looking like this through the end of this week. Its 49 degrees in raleigh right now. So really warm to start the morning, especially compared to some of those temperatures in the 30s that we were dealing with yesterday. 49 degrees in goldsboro. 50 in clinton and 51 degrees in fayetteville. All of these temperatures will afternoon up to 75 degrees. Thats a temperature that we normally experience toward the end of april. Weve got it in the beginning of march here. Were up to 59 degrees by 10 00. 67 by lunchtime. Already by lunch, well be close to our High Temperature that we had yesterday. 75 is our High Temperature by 4 00 this afternoon. And again this is all thanks to an area of High Pressure thats been building in here over the last several days. Now, today, tomorrow, and even on thursday, itll linger just offshore. That will push in very warm air out of the south. It will be staying sunny for the next several days here with High Temperatures well into the 70s. We could even get close to that 80 degree mark by the time we hit thursday. Now, friday, that high slides further offshore. Well see increasing clouds and still be dry and warm. Weve got an area of low pressure moving in from the deep south here. That will send a few clouds in our direction friday. 70s and rain holds off into this weekend. As we head off to the weekend, were watching this next disturbance and the series of fronts that could bring a few showers saturday, sunday, and possibly even a shower or two lingering into monday as well. The warmth continues. High temperatures are still right around 70 as we head into your weekend. Today, though, looks fantastic, mostly sunny. 75 in raleigh. 76 degrees are our High Temperature today in fayetteville. Tonight, we fall to about 50 degrees, mainly clear skies. A relatively mild night with a few hears of fog early tomorrow morning. The sevenday forecast has temperatures continuing to rise up to 76 degrees tomorrow. 78 degrees on thursday. A beautiful day, a beautiful week ahead here. 74 on friday with a few added clouds in the afternoon. Weve got showers likely as we head into your weekend on saturday and sunday. Maybe a lingering shower into monday but all seven days of your sevenday have temperatures at or above 70 degrees. Time change this weekend, too. We spring those clocks forward one hour. So enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures. Lets take a look at your traffic this morning. Weve got no major issues to tell you about. We take a live look at the cary parkway. As we zoom into the traffic map here, we still have some of those closures in the fortified construction zone. Exit ramps are still closed at south bonder street. Expect some delays today. Coming up, if you love breakfast, you are going to love today. Oh, this makes me hungry. National pancake day. Get the batter and maple syrup out. Get a free stack of black jacks. Coming up, how charlie spent the week in cuba. The first u. S. Musicians to looking great and stepping out with confidence includes having beautiful feet. My newest beauty routine secret starts in the shower. Discover the latest innovation from amop\. The new pedi perfect wet dry. Now get effortless hard skin removal on dry or wet skin. Plus, it has 2 speeds and its rechargeable. 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It will mark a historical day as construction for a new boehner bridge over morgan inlet begins. The transportation official says the new bridge has been more than two decades in the making. The Ground Breaking will be at 10 00. The rescue mission will treat homeless men in the area to a Dining Experience like no other courtesy of governor mccrorys super bowl wager. The needy will be fed a four star meal tonight prepared by an executive chef from the Washington Duke inn and golf course. Good stuff. The meal is being donated by butter ball. Pancake lovers have a reason to flip out. Its National Pancake day. Participating ihop restaurants are giving away free pancakes for those who dine in. You are being asked to donate to Childrens Miracle Network do you like a lot of stuff on your pancakes . No i like just the basics. Me, too. I just want plain butter and syrup. Do you cook . Do you make pancakes . Not as well as you. If you make them fluffy like that im coming over, buddy. Coming up two republican president ial hopefuls are looking to stir up from votes in our area. Its going to captions by caption colorado, llc 800 7757838 comments captioncolorado. Com thanks for joining us. Im stefan chase. Im russ bowen. The latest president ial candidate to come to our region happens today. Kristin ketchell is here with a look at the forecast. Good morning. Reporter good morning, everybody. Were off to a really nice start to the day outside weve got mild temperatures this morning, not seeing anything in the way of wet weather currently as you can see. The satellite and radar showing a few high and thin clouds out there today. 53 currently in durham. Its 43 in sanford. Its 47 in syler city. 50 in phietteville. We have fayetteville. The area of low pressure rotates clockwise so we have the warm air moving up from the south. Temperatures will be in the 70s like what we experienced towards the end of april. Overall, it will be a nice one out there. 49 degrees at 8 00 a. M. Warping up quickly by lunchtime today. Our High Temperature climbing to 75 and we stay sunny through 6 00 p. M