Investigate this as we continue throughout the morning, but again nc55 in Durham County, avoid this area until we get word this accident has been cleaned this morning. Back to you. Right now five Cumberland County deputies face discipline for this arrest at a recent rally for president ial candidate donald trump. Cbs North Carolinas emma wright is in studio with details. What did the sheriff say they did wrong . Reporter the sheriff says the deputies didnt act fast enough after a trump supporter punched a protester in the face. Caught on video. This is another look at what happened here the Cumberland County sheriff says rakim jones was punched by 78yearold john mcgraw as he was walking up the stairs during the trump rally. Deputies initially grabbed jones after he was punch and took him to the ground. The sheriff disploind five of the deputies involved, disdemoting three in rank and suspended for a period of two days without pay. Pay. They will all be on probation for 12 months. Some Trump Supporters say the incident is unfortunate. First off they called the sheriffs down because they felt, as you see the rallies, if youre not there for them you are against them. Get out of here. They figure we were not for him and they reacted. That was jones, the man punched. John mcgraw who punched him was eventually charged with punching him. Well hear from mcgraw coming up in the next halfhour. Next month, the man is expected in court accused of peeping in windows. Near large apartment complexes in fayetteville. The incidents happened near morganton road and westlake drive where there are several apartments in that area. 36yearold chris lewis faces a list of charges and believed to have been in fayetteville for at least the last three years. Raleigh police are Police Responded to a home on fountain drive 5 30 yesterday evening where they found the victim. He was take to be the hospital and is expected to be ok. Neighbors were kept away from their homes for about an hour andahalf while police investigated. Still no word on what led to the shooting. Police in durham still looking for leads after 23year old man was found shot to death. We brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. Officers found cile simon lewis outside of an apartment and police havent made any arrests. Several people 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 and that is when investigators say a person driving a mercedes hit the persons troopers vehicle. Charges are expected. We talked to the mother of one of two People Killed last week in a double murder in Johnston County. The mother talked about the emotional and financial struggles shes experiencing. Solution after her daughters murder, struggling with Emotional Turmoil created by the loss of her daughter. Michelle pyatte recently lost her home, can barely afford gas money and says paying for a funeral is out of the question. I just need help making 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 have not made any arrests in the case. Call the Sheriffs Office if you have any information, and to find out how you can help the family with the funeral expenses we provided a link on our web site at wncn. Com. Today extra Police Officers will greet students at Fuquay Varina high school after School Officials learned about a student reportedly making tourettes to two other making threats to two other students but Officials Say there was no actual danger to anyone and no threat to the school. To an update on the coal ash cleanup, the department of Public Meeting in Person County last night. At least 13 families there are receiving bottled water after concerns nearby coal ash ponds contaminated the tap water. The focus on how and in what order the deq should close the ponds but that didnt stop residents from speaking out. You are constantly workweek about if i brush my team dont open my mouth. You believe that 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. Last week they reversed course though saying the water was safe but people remain skeptical. Todays a big day for College Basketball fans. Even bigger day for fans of local teams. The tar heels facing off with Florida Gulf Coast tonight, the tar heels are riding a five game winning streak so they should be good to go. And duke plays today. Blue devils open up tournament play at noon against unc wilmington. You can watch all the action, games here on cbs North Carolina. Its currently 5 37. Coming up next videos, i dont know what im going to do. Thats how bad it is. Was that what i think it was . Yes. Wait until you see this video. A fight surrounding a pet alligator is heating up in florida. Heres a look at the bus stop forecast. Out the door this morning kids need the jacket, in the low 50s. Clear and cooler, 77 our afternoon high. We vo combine the right things. Sprinkle in the details. And something amazing happens for everyone. Thats our inspiration for fancy feast medleys. Entr\es like white meat chicken florentine and wild salmon primavera with garden veggies and greens. A perfect combination. Looks and tastes amazing. Available in gravy and now pate. Welcome back to cbs North Carolina. 5 40. Were in the low 50s now and well stay in the low 50s through 7 00 and 8 00. 9 00 this morning we could be close to 58. By 10 00 a. M. We should be back into the 60s. Right now heres a live picture from the raleighdurham international airport. A quiet start to the day. Were in the wake of a cold front that moved through yesterday. That and the clearer skies are paving the way for chillier temperatures this morning. So make sure you take a jacket with you as you head out. Look at this, 42 now in portions of lee county in sanford. 46 clayton. Mid40s around lewisburg. South hill virginia now 51 degrees. As you plan your day well hang around the low 50s through 8 00 a. M. A high of 77 this afternoon. Now normal for this time of year is around 64 degrees. Were still above that mark, were just not at the mid80s we hit yesterday. Tomorrow well continue to see the temperatures drop into the upper 60s. Then were tracking the chance of rain over the weekend ahead. Ill let you know when it arrives coming up in the complete storm team forecast. This video is just insane. I have never seen anything like this. A florida woman says shell continue to fight to keep her pet alligator. Rambo is nearly 6 feet long. 125 pounds, hes lived with mary thorne for seven years. He goes to the motorcycle and even goes to the store with her. State regulators say you can own one but has to be outside on at least two andahalf acres of land. Rambo lives inside the house. Hes a house gator. He only knows house sounds if you bring him out hes scared of the birds. . That makes me nervous survive outside. She keeps him in shade and puts sunscreen on him when they are outside. Good to have some love. The time is 5 41. Oo utahs first republican president ial debate will not happen. 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. 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A North Carolina state trooper and two others are recovering after a nasty accident along the raleigh beltline. The trooper responded to a motorcycle crash when another vehicle slammed into his cruiser. Charges are pending. Still no arrests made in connection with a dead he shooting in durham. Police found simon lewis complex on hardy street early wednesday morning. If you have any Information Police or crime stoppers. Five Cumberland County deputies have been suspended without pay for the way a violent incident was handled during a Donald Trump Campaign rally last week. The sheriff says the deputies focused on a protester that got sucker punched rather than the man that threw the punch. John mcgraw wasnt arrested until the next day. Could be a recount. In Johnston County democrat Patrick Oliver leads jimmy massen bill by 44 points. And in Mecklenburg County two democrats are separated by just 10 votes. Margins could adjust as absentee ballots trickle in and counties perform canvass next week. 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, utah will not happen. Fox news cancelled the event because donald trump and john kasich have both decided not to participate. Debates and hes committed already to a big speech on the same night. Ohio governor kasich says he wont debate without trump. The debate was scheduled a day before the utah caucus and arizonas primary. Today president obamas choice as a new Supreme Court judge, Merrick Garland will make his first visit to capitol hill to meet with congress members. The president announced the chief judge on the u. S. Court of appeals as his choice to replace antonin scalia. The 63yearold was born in chicago and graduatessed from harvard law. The president says hes one of the countrys sharpest legal minds with a spirit of decency, integrity and even handedness. These qualities and his long commitment to Public Service have 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 a senate has a constitutional duty to consider the president s nominee and not to today the duke blue devils open up tournament play at noon against unc wilmington. 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 says they are a lot different than the team last year, that won the National Championship but say they still have the characteristics to make a deep run. In f any team has experience, of the ups and downs of march madness its the duke blue devils. Last year we lost in the first round. We also won championships. Both can happen. Reporter they are taking a similar approach to last year never looking ahead and always focusing on the team in front of them. Its been a 23u7b year. Im proud of our body of work 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 pressure. Who is the funny guy in the i dont want to give too much probably chase. Chase can impress, do impressions of anybody. Hes talented. I wont say which coach. But he does some of the coaches. 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. It should be fun to go through a whole season together but the most fun is winning. Thats the main focus more than anything. Reporter tipoff 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. President obama hopes that he made the right picks on his own bracket. Take a listen. Bill self owes me. 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. Notice he picked the kansas jay hawks to beat the tar heels and has unc beating michigan in the time four, and kansas beating texas a m before the two meet up. Hopefully that will happen. We have that in our bracket, kansas. We dont know what the prize is yet. President obama, he did get his bracket right in 2009, his first march madness in office. He picked the tar heels and they won. That was the last time they went to the final four. A girl from our state got a response from the president as she took a jab at his bracket selections. 11yearold amelia says you are a great president but just not the best bracket picker. He wrote her back though. Saying he doesnt have the best record but offered words of big things from her in the years ahead. We both made our very own picks at cbs North Carolina. Just go to our special section on our web site, find a link on the home page, wncn. Com. I got to talk about the smell outside. Those white trees . Yes. The pollen or whatever its a bad smell. Its pretty to look at. Yeah, i saw a meme posted yesterday that says, it had the picture of the trees and said North Carolina in the spring, pretty picture. Then said smells like and it had fish. It smells like dead fish. Its not pleasant but give it the weekend, well get rain and hopefully will wash some of that away. The rain not going to come until the weekend. So in the meantime pollen counts pretty high for today and tomorrow. If you have allergies, like me, hopefully youre taking the necessary precautions. 52 degrees now and this is a live pickture from the tower cam. Were seeing more and more cars now, its 5 50 on this thursday morning. Its also st. Patricks day. Were seeing some green on the 57 now in fayetteville. 52 lillington. 50 goldsboro. Neighboring clayton at 46. More of the 40s than what we were seeing yesterday. 46 in lewisburg and 49 rocky mount and 48 roanoke rapids. Heres your hour by hour forecast well be in the low 50s at 8 00 a. M. 64 at 10 00 a. M. 69 at noon and then the 70s are here for the afternoon. This will be the 10th day in a row that temperatures are at or above 77 degrees here in raleigh. Were back to 73 by 6 00 p. M. This evening. Yesterday we were tracking that cold front, remember out ahead of it near record highs . We tied the record here in raleigh, that cold front now slid off to our east, behind it not as warm. Nice mix of sun and clouds. High pressure starting to build in to control our weather. That will is what will keep us dry today and tomorrow. 7 00 this morning, not a cloud in sight. Do i expect to see a few clouds as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. Well clear back up overnight. It partly cloudy skies at times. Nothing though that will have a negative impact on your forecast. Again the rain holds off until the upcoming weekend. Right now heres a look at what im expecting for afternoon highs today. 78 in sanford. 79 in lillington and dunn. 80 in fort bragg and fayetteville. Along with the 95 corridor, 76 in rocky mount and roanoke rapids. 77 in wilson. Near 80 around the clinton area. And then here in the triangle, 77 in raleigh and cary. 76 durham. 75 chapel hill and mid70s also towards siler city. Overnight tonight clear skies, chilly though, 46 degrees. So even colder than where we are right now. Were dropping into the upper 60s on friday. The weekend ahead, the chance of rain both saturday and sunday and dont forget on sunday we start the Spring Season officially. Though its felt like spring for some time. Sundays high 52 degrees, spring officially starts at 12 30 in the morning and that is when the sun is directly over the equator. Weather return, 56 monday. 63 tuesday. Back to 70 by wednesday. Thats your latest forecast. Morning. Lets check traffic. I40 and harrison avenue. All cars moving just fine on this thursday morning. Well get to an accident that we have been tracking. Getting mixed reports now. Well get to the bottom of this. Its nc55 that were watching in Durham County near carpenter fletcher road. Lanes are closed in both directions, theres reports of a car overturned in this direction. Well keep watching this as we head through the rest of the morning. Right now heres what is coming up on cbs this morning. How safe is your tap water . Surprising results of a Usa Today Network investigation of the u. S. Water cats of the world, its time to rejoice. Put your paws in the air cuz now, your litter box odors are gone for good. New fresh step with the power of febreze has been designed to absorb, trap, and eliminate those nasty smells. So pounce. Go wild. Chase that string. Because this is odor control worth celebrating. Introducing new fresh step funeral arrangements are underway for Frank Sinatra jr. The 72yearold died of cardiac arrest. He was on tour in daytona beach, florida when it happened. His real name was Francis Wayne sinatra. His fathers name was Francis Albert sinatra. We are seconds away from the second largest transportation reopening. Inspectors found at least 26 defects requiring replacement or repair. At least three are urgent. The trains are expected to be up and running by the end of the day. Warning this morning from Law Enforcement officials across North Carolina. If you drink and drive expect to get caught. In charlotte the governors Highway Safety program launched their annual booze it and lose it st. Patricks day campaign. State and local agencies tell us they plan to rampp patrols through sunday. That includes additional checkpoints across the triangle. D. O. T says 11 people were killed statewide during last years st. Patricks day four of the fatalities involved drivers with blood alcohol levels above the legal limit. This is a totally preventable crime. Theres no need for anybody in North Carolina to be a victim of Impaired Driving or to kill themselves because they were drinking and driving, because its really simple, you dont get behind the wheel. Thats right. Have fun but dont overdo it. He says he believes Ride Sharing Services like uber and l about yft and lyft helped in getting people home safely. And the campaign started 22 years ago and in that time the fatalities dropped from 600 to 400 deaths each year. Cumberland county deputies in trouble after an incident during a donald trump event. Coming up in the next half hour, the punishment they face and what the sheriff had to say as well. Youre watching cbs North Carolina on this thursday, things look really nice so far outside but rain could coming up in a few. Kill, kill, kill new fallout caught on tape at a donald trump rally in fayetteville. Who is in hot water now . And countdown to tipoff. Your march madness headquarters. A live report from pnc arena coming up. Radar looking clear now but alyssa is tracking changes on the way for the weekend. That is coming up next. Good morning, thank you for joining us, im russ bowen. Im stefan chase. Happy st. Patricks day. Get your green out. Right now we check in with meteorologist alyssa corfont, shes got a good reason for not wearing green. I have to be in front of the green wall. Lets talk about the forecast for today. Were looking at clear skies as we start this thursday morning. As soon as the sun rises, around 7 22, that is going to mean plenty of sunshine. So get the sunglasses ready, also get a light jacket because look at this, 40s and 50s now around the area. Even some 60s. That is a surprising number. 47 in raleigh. 60 durham. 58 henderson. Mid40s in lewisburg and clayton. Much cooler around goldsboro at 49. In the low 50s through clinton, fayetteville and lillington. Heres a look at the forecast out the door, its cooler than where weve been the past few mornings. 69 by lunchtime today and just a cloud or two. Its not going to be overall as warm as we head into the afternoon with a high of just 77. Keep in mind that is warmer than where we should be for yearior. We fall back to 73 by 6 00 p. M. This evening. Cooler temperatures in the days ahead. Ill break down the details in the storm team forecast