Up in the storm team forecast. Traffic, i40 and harrison avenue, its early but there are a few cars in both directions. The good news, no delays, no accidents to report just yet on this thursday morning so. Well use this time to remind you, yes, its the first round of the march madness tournament. Pnc arena, first game starts at 12 40. Parking lots open two anda half hours before each game. Cars and vans. Its going to cost you 20 to park. Im expecting a lot of congestion there so if you dont need to be there try to avoid it. Another check of traffic and weather coming up in about 10 minutes. Right now five Cumberland County deputies are facing discipline for this arrest you see in a recent rally for president ial candidate donald trump. Cbs North Carolinas emma wright is live with details. Reporter the sheriff says the deputies didnt act fast enough after a trump supporter punched a protester in the face. It was caught on video. The Cumberland CountySheriffs Office rakim jones punched by 78yearold john mcgraw as he was walking up the stairs during the trump rally. The sheriff has disciplined five deputies involved floating three in rank and suspending for a period of five days without pay. Two other deputies were suspended for three days without pay. They will all be on probation for 12 months. Trump supporters say the incident is unfortunate. I cant blame one man for another mans action. As far as i know mr. Trump didnt ask the man to punch a protester. So i heard nothing like that. So, i think its all on him, on the man that actually assaulted the protester. Reporter john mcgraw was eventually charged with punching jones. More in the next halfhour. A man expected in court accused of peeping in windows near large apartment complexes the incidents happened near morganton road and westlake drive. There are several apartments there. 36yearold chris lewis is now facing a list of charges. Hes believed to have been in fayetteville for at least the last three years. Right now Raleigh Police are searching for a gunman, Police Responded to a home on fountain drive 5 30 yesterday evening. Where they found the victim. He was taken to wake med and expected to be ok. Neighbors kept away from their homes for an hour andahalf while police investigated. Still no word yet on what led up to the shooting. Police in durham are still looking for leads after a 23 yearold man was found shot to death. We brought this as breaking news yesterday morning. Officers found simon lewis outside of an apartment complex on hardy street. Police havent made any arrests. Three people including a state trooper are expected to be ok after several vehicles were involved in a crash at u. S. 1 and i440. Police say a motorcyclist lost control near the exit and crashed, a trooper pulled over say a person driving a mercedes hit the troopers vehicle. Charges are expected. We talked to the mother of one of the two People Killed last week in a double murder in Johnston County. She talked about the emotional and financial struggles shes experiencing. Jessicas mom went into exclusion after her daughters murder struggling with the Emotional Turmoil created by the loss of her daughter. Michelle recently lost her home, can barely afford gas money and says paying nor a funeral is out of the question. I need help to make sure my baby gets a proper burial. Have they told you how much youre going to need . Oh, wow, about 4,200 just to have her cremated. Investigators havent made arrests in the case. Call the Sheriffs Office if you have any information. To tynd out how to to find out how to help the family we have a link on wncn. Com. Extra Police Officers will greet students at fuquayvarina officials learned about a student reportedly making threats to two other students. Authorities say theres no danger to anyone and no threat to the school. The development of Environmental Quality held a Public Meeting in Person County last night. At least 13 families there receiving bottled water after concerns nearby coal ash ponds contaminated tap water. The focus and what order the deq should close the ponds that didnt stop residents from speaking out i worry about, if i brush my teeth dont open my mouth. You believe the water in the wells close to the facilities are safe . Yes, the water in these private wells are similar to public well water across the nation. The department of health and Human Services originally sent out that letter warning certain residents to not drink the water. Saying the water was safe but people still remain skeptical. Todays a big day for College Basketball fans. Even bigger day for fans of local teams. Tar heels will face Florida Gulf Coast tonight. Tipoff 7 20. The tar heels are riding a five game winning streak. Duke plays today. Blue devils open up tournament play at noon against unc wilmington. You can watch the game, its going to be right here, at cbs North Carolina. Coming up next videos. I dont know what im going to do. Thats how bad it is. A fight surrounding a pet alligator is heating up in florida. Why the owner says he cannot survive outside. Shes hugging it. 40s and 50s, 46 in lewisburg, 51 tarborough. Long the cool morni lets enjoy the warmth while we can. Yes, temperatures will be back in the seven today. Yesterday we tied a record, 86 degrees. It felt like it. And its march. Im kind of scared for the rest of the summer. Lets look live outside. 51 now. This is a live picture from our North Raleigh studios. Not a lot going on as expected. Its not even 5 00, but you will need a jacket as you get ready to head out. Youre looking at clearing skies and the clearing skies in the wake of yesterdays cold front all contributing to the fact that temperatures have dropped considerably. Yesterday we only had one area in the 40s, that was sanford. Sanford this morning youre at 44. Nearby siler city is also in the 40s at 49. South hill and lewisburg both in the mid40s. Raleigh, again, were 51, heres your hour by hour forecast, around 8 00 a. M. , dont forget the sunglasses, also dont forget a jacket. 52 degrees. We climb to 64 by 10 00 a. M. 69 at noon, in the 70s this afternoon. 73 at 2 00. Our high will be close to 77. Now normal for this time of year around 64 degrees. Were well above that mark, still today. However, were not near recordbreaking, todays record sits in the 90s. So im very happy we wont be breaking that. Again, your st. Patricks day will be dry. Tomorrow we drop back to 69, and the start for the weekend, saturday, back to 58 with a chance of rain. More details on the rain chances for the weekend in a little bit. Back to you. How would you like to have this as your neighbor . A florida woman says shell continue to fight to keep her petal pet alligator. Rambo lived with mary for seven years now. Rides and even to the store. State regulators say you can own an alligator but it has to be outside on at least two and ahalf acres of land. Well, rambo lives inside. Hes a house gator. He lived in the house all his life. He only knows house sounds. You bring him out and hes scared of the birds. Thorne also says hes sun sensitive and cant survive outside. She keeps him in shade and puts sunscreen on him when they are outside. That kind of frightens me to even look at that. The time is now 4 42. Why utahs first republican president ial debate will not happen. Plus duke knows all too well that anything can happen in march madness. They won it all last year but struggled in years past to get out of the first round. Coming up on cbs north making another deep run. Welcome back. North carolina state trooper and two others are recovering after a nasty Traffic Accident along the raleigh beltline. The trooper just pulled over responding to a motorcycle crash when another vehicle slammed into his cruiser. Charges are now pending. Still no arrests in connection with a deadly shooting that happened in durham. Police found simon lewis dead outside of an apartment complex on hardy street early wednesday morning. If you have any information about this case please call police or crime stoppers. Five Cumberland County deputies are suspend the without way for the way a violent incident was handled during a Trump Campaign last week. A 78yearold john mcgraw was not arrested until the next day. Three North Carolina house primaries could go to a recount. Patricia oliver leads Jimmy Massengill by only a few votes. Margins could adjust as absentee ballots trickle in. Candidates can request recounts if the difference is less than or equal to 1 of all votes cast. Mondays republican president ial debate in Salt Lake City will not happen. Fox news cancelled the event because donald trump and john kasich decided they wont participate. Trump said they had had enough debates and hes committed to a big speech on the same night. The Ohio Governor john kasich says he wont debate without trump. The debate was scheduled a day before the utah caucus and arizonas primary. President obamas choice of a new Supreme Court judge, merrick garland, will make his first visit to capitol hill to meet with members of congress. The president announced the chief judge on the u. S. Court of appeals for his choice to replace antonin scalia. The 63yearold was born in chicago and graduated from harvard law. The president says hes one of the countrys sharpest legal integrity and even handedness. These quatlez and his long qualities and his long commitment to Public Service earned him the respect and admiration of leaders from both sides of the aisle. Republican critics are already jumping in threatening to block the nomination until a new president is elected. The white house insists the senate has a constitutional duty to consider the president s nominee and not hold out. Today in the ncaa the duke blue devils open up tournament play at noon against uncw. This duke team says they are ready. Cbs North Carolinas david hurst is covering the blue devils from rhode island. Reporter were hours away from the start of march madness in providence as duke and unc wilmington tip things off today. This duke team he is they are a lot different than the one last year that won the National Championship but say they still have the characteristics to make a deep run. If any team has experienced the its the duke blue devils. We know anything can happen. Reporter they are taking a similar approach to last year, always looking ahead. Im proud of the team so far. I think this is the start of a special journey. Reporter while the pressure can be high playing for a program like duke, they still find time to joke around to ease some of that pressure. Hes funny in the locker room. Who is the funniest . I dont want to give too much anybody too much credit but probably chase. Chase can impress, do impressions of anybody. I wont say which coach but he does some of the coaches. Im not going to sell him out. Reporter jokes aside they say things are always more fun when they are winning, something they hope to do a lot of the next few weeks. At the end of the day basketball should be fun. Fun to go through a whole season together but the most thats the main focus more than anything. Reporter tipoff is scheduled for 12 15 between duke and unc wilmington on cbs North Carolina. Your only home for march madness. Reporting in providence, david hurst, cbs North Carolina news. Thank you. Ive got my bracket ready. I know russ has hers and alyssa does too. And president obama hopes he made the right picks on his bracket. Bill self owes me. Im putting kansas in here. Coach, im just teasing, im not putting pressure on you. This is going to be the year, i started off making the right pick, im going to end making the right pick. You noticed he picked kansas to beat the tar heels in the National Championship game. Before that though he has unc beating Michigan State in the final four and kansas beating texas a m. I have kansas on the top too. Who do you have . Well find out. Alyssa won last year. We dont want her to have kansas we need to peat alyssa this year. She wont get in the shot because she knows shes going to be wrong. President obama did get his bracket right in 2009, his first march madness in office. He picked the tar heels, they did win. Its the last time they went to the final four though. A girl from the state got a response from the president after she took a jab at the president. The 11yearold said you are a great president , just not the best bracket picker. You can see it here. He says he expects big things from her in the years ahead. Weve also made our picks like i mentioned on cbs North Carolina. Go to the special section of our web site, find a link on the home page and check out what alyssa has this year. With the bracket. Im nervous. Theres a lot of pressure when youre a previous winner. I picked duke last year. There you go. I took unc and villanova to fingers crossed. I cant disclose how i picked very scientific. Last time i heard it was im not telling. One thing you always get right is the weather. Tell us more. Another warm one today. It wont last forever, cooler temperatures will come through over the weekend ahead. Degrees. Here we are from the Raleigh DurhamInternational Airport as we start this thursday morning. Lets check with temperatures elsewhere, 50 degrees in clayton, 46 lewisburg. 56 rocky mount. New to the 40s club, Roanoke Rapids now at 49. 44 south hill. Roxboro 51, along with us in raleigh, also 51 around the goldsboro area. As you plan your day today take a light jacket out the door, 8 00 a. M. Temperature 52. We climb to 69 at lunchtime. That is still going to feel nice. 77 this afternoon, nowhere near yesterday here in raleigh we actually tied a record of 86 degrees. Well fall back to 73 with just a few clouds around sunset this evening. Heres the setup for today. Were tracking a cold front yesterday, now off to our east and that is in the wake of that, why were dealing with cooler temperatures. High pressure starting to build in to control our weather. Overall its still going to be a really pleasant day. We just dont have to worry about the mid and upper 80s that we were dealing with yesterday. So plenty of clear skies this morning. As we head into the afternoon, say a cloud or two from time to time. Nothing to have a negative impact on the forecast. Well stay pretty clear overnight tonight. Then as we head towards friday, calling it partly cloudy at times as we head into the weekend ahead were tracking even more clouds and the chance of rain. Rain we could use, just unfortunate timing for the weekend. Lets stop for the highs today. 78 sanford. 81 pinehurst. Fayetteville. Wilson 77, 78 around portions of Johnston County and smithfield. In the triangle 77 in raleigh and cary. 76 durham. Lewisburg, also looking at topping out in the mid70s. Overnight tonight, if thinking this morning is chilly wait until you wake up tomorrow morning, 46, pretty clear skies for friday morning. Friday afternoon, 69 and then look at the weekend ahead, spring officially starts on sunday. That spring equinox, starting around 12 30 in the morning, so many of us will be sleeping but by the time you wake up on sunday well be in the spring season, sun directly over the equator on sunday. As we head into early next week well see temperature start to climb back to 70 by wednesday. 4 53 on this thursday morning. Lets switch gears and get to traffic. If youre getting ready to head out we showed you this earlier, i40 and harrison avenue still showing some cars in either direction. No slowdowns, no accidents to report. What we have, some information nc55 westbound, that is the apex highway, two lanes are closed near carpenter fletcher road as they clean up an accident in that direction. So again, that is nc55, maybe heading into the durham area from apex, certainly watch for this, it could slow you down this morning. Thats the latest check of traffic and weather. Hello, im gayle king. Coming up, how safe is your tap water . The surprising results of a Usa Today Network investigation of the u. S. Water systems. Comi rooms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are big rooms, tiny rooms, rooms that are whoa. With eight times more fragrance control, the new air Wick Scented Oil warmer lets you dial up or down to fill massive minimalist rooms. Small secret rooms. And tall rooms you climb to. A treehouse is totally a room. You get the perfect amount of fragrance. No matter the size of the room. Funeral arrangements underway for Frank Sinatra jr. His real name was Francis Wayne sinatra. Were just minutes away from the nations second largest Transportation System reopening after a 24hour shutdown for repairs. Inspectors found at least 26 defects requiring replacement or repair. At least three of the areas are urgent. The trains are expected to be up and running by 5 00 a. M. A warning from Law Enforcement officials across North Carolina. If you drink and drive expect to be caught. In charlotte the governors annual booze it and lose it st. Patricks day campaign. Patrols will ramp up through sunday. That includes additional checkpoints across the triangle. D. O. T says 11 people were killed statewide during last years st. Patricks day crackdown. It involved drivers with alcohol levels four times above the legal limit. Its a preventable crime. Theres no need for anybody in North Carolina to be a victim of Impaired Driving or to kill themselves. Its really a simple solution. Dont get behind the wheel. Authorities also believe Ride Sharing Services like uber and lyft helped in getting more people home safely. The campaign started 22 years ago, in that time the annual fatalities have dropped from more than 600 to 400 deaths each year. Its just before 5 in the morning. Are in trouble after an incident during a donald trump event. The punishment they face coming up. Youre watching cbs North Carolina, its thursday, march what is it . The i dont know. Well double check. I think its the 17th. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on cbs North Carolina on march 17th. Im stefan chase. Im russ bowen. Emma wright is in the house with the fallout from an incident at a donald trump rally in fayetteville. And the morning commute as well. First we go to Storm Team Meteorologist alyssa corfont. Where is your green . I cant wear green, not at the wall. Oh, thats right. Pretty clear skies and the clear skies leading to some chilly temperatures this morning. 52 in raleigh and in durham but 43 in sanford. Also now in the 40s raeford and rocky mount. Wilson, youre actually around the 50s. 50 clayton, 46 lewisburg and 44 south hill. Heres the forecast for the day ahead, 52, take a light jacket and sunglasses. 69 at noon. Then 77 our high. Its not going to be as warm but remember yesterday we tied our old record with a high of 86. Normal for this time of year actually around 64. So still well above that mark. Heading into the afternoon. We do have cooler temperatures on the horizon. Ill let you know when they arrive coming up in the storm team forecast. Lets check with traffic before you get ready to head out. Here is i440 and six forks road. You can see 440 in the distance and we can see just a few cars in either direction. So some good news as you start your thursday morning. No delays, no slowdowns to report on the roadways. Lets check in with some