Motorcycle actually cut through and got on the highway headed in the wrong direction, and then crashed headon into a van. The driver was seriously injured and is being treated at wake med. The driver of the honda was not hurt. This started after 2 00. The Highway Patrol says one of the troopers cited the motorcyclist going 75 in a 45 mile per hour zone. The trooper put on their lights, did a uturn, tried to pull the men over, but thats when they say eventually for a one before that head on collision. This motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed and putting his life as well as reporter we are told the Highway Patrol trooper did not follow that motorcycle once they got on the highway headed in the wrong direction. Not only is that putting the trooper and more lives at risk, but it is not their policy. We are working to learn the names of the drivers involved. Troopers tell us charges are pending. Abc 11 Eyewitness News. So many lives in danger in a situation like this, andrea. Thank you. The little girl takes the stand today, facing jurors who will decide whether to put her mothers killer to death. 10yearold hannah jones the first and only witness called by the prosecution in todays Death Penalty stage of the Travion Smith murder trial. Courtroom as little hannah spoke. Ed yeah, joel. The judge did not allow her testimony to be captured by the courtroom camera. But i was in court. She is incredibly well adjusted, was my take away. We can only show you hannah jones in this picture. It was provided by her family. Now 10, hannah jones talked about a heart she made for an ems worker called to the murder scene. She never choked up, even when she recalled the morning she found her mother beaten and stabbed after a burglary. She spoke matteroffactly and was the only witness called by the prosecution. The first witness for the defense was Travion Smiths mother. She talked about how smiths stomach when she was pregnant because he did not want the baby. She would slip alcohol in their bottles or whatever she could to get them to go to sleep so they would get tired. She would slip some sort of medicine so they would go to sleep so she could do what she wanted to do. Ed the defense says it is likely to call witnesses for the next day or two. We are streaming this testimony live on abc11. Com right now. In downtown raleigh, ed crump, abc 11 Eyewitness News. How many shots were fired . Several. They were leaning out of the car. Anchor just moments ago we got the 911 call from a driveby shooting that sent a 1 1 2 year durham. Picks up the story. Reporter but not a gangster these bullet holes in the side of the home that doubled as a daycare tell part of the story of these drivebys. New details from a neighbor who does not want her face on camera. She describes a dark honda sedan and the gunman she saw through the car window. He had a foodie over his head and something over his face hoodie over his head and something over his face. Reporter moments later, he opened fire. He got back into the car and they pulled off. Reporter the sound of gunfire i dont come inside. Its close to my house. Reporter the other kids who were inside the Home Day Care at the time in their own safety now. To not have any common courtesy or respect for human life, that is just tragedy. You pull up to somebodys house and opened fire and pull off like its nothing. Reporter while the honda sped away, the grim reminders of the shooting remain to be seen for a ll. I have to be careful here. Reporter Durham Police one you to call crimestoppers if you know anything. Anthony oak, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Joel the driver of a private day care bus who police say hit and killed a goldsboro youth pastor and Elementary School teacher last week will not be charged. Th eman died february 9 after being hit in the parking lot of now to the race to redraw congressional voting maps. Lawmakers are meeting right now to go over new maps developed by a Congressional Redistricting committee yesterday, two days now until the deadline to redraw those maps. Angelica alvarez live for us in downtown raleigh. Reporter at some point during this meeting which is going on right now, Republican Leaders will unveil the maps they have drawn up overnight. These are the maps of the 13 congressional districts within our state. Democrats who hold the minority tried successfully to vote down most of that criteria. They say there is a federal court to submit new district districts 1 and 12 were racially gerrymandered, which republicans deny. The race of the voters should not be considered. My proposal would be that we use Political Data and do not use race to draw congressional districts. I imagine we will see districts similar to the ones we already have. We are told they are going to look at those maps at some point during the meeting going on right now. If approved, the map will still need to go for a vote at the legislature. The goal is to have all of this done by fridays deadline. Abc 11 Eyewitness News. Joel thank you so much. Anna back outside its pretty nice out here. Its not freezing. Theres been a gust here and there. After all the wild weather weve had, a little bit of weather this morning temperatures are where they should be, in the mid50s. When the sun sets, temperatures will fall swiftly. Weve got a cold night coming up. We will tumble into the 30s pretty quickly. 40s and 30s. By tomorrow morning, upper 20s and low 30s. We are starting a stretch of quiet weather. Its going to be cool the next couple of days. We are still on track for that warm up for the weekend. Joel . Joel we cant wait for the weekend. Thank you. People just cant stop liking this story on our abc 11 facebook page. More than 8000 people have given the thumbs up to our story about a Durham Police officer who delivered a space heater to an 80yearold woman using a stove tim, you just arrived there. Have you had a chance to speak with this woman . Reporter i did. She is so thankful. She says this officer saved her life. This is the home behind me were the officer came and checked on this woman. He went above and beyond his responsibilities during the ice storm this week. He was called to the home to check on the elderly woman and when he saw she was heating her home with an oven, thats when he bought her a space heater. The officer is getting a lot of love on our abc 11 facebook page, 8000 likes an almost 1000 shares. People have really liked this story. Many are thinking him for his service and his love and concern for this woman. You are going to hear from her coming up at 5 00. For now, live in durham, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Joel thank you. I cant wait to hear from the woman on the receiving end of that. Anna i love these stories. Joel it is one of the biggest clashes in the carolinas. Were talking about duke and usc. They are expected to battle it out on the court tonight. Anna in minutes we will go live joel plus, lanna apple citing a court order to unlock the San Bernardino resolved and may ultimately need to be decided in the supreme court. Joel the plane carrying pope francis to mexico with hit by a laser beam from the ground as it arrived last friday. Today Alitalia Airlines notified the Mexico City Airport control tower of the incident and the aircraft landed safely. Pope francis is wrapping up his trip to mexico today with some of his most anticipated events right that includes a visit to a prison just days after a ride to a lockup. Francis final event caps off a the most oppressed and vulnerable to the countrys drug fueled violence. Anna lets turn to the tobacco road showdown that plays out tonight at the dome. Joel duke has won 10 of the last 13 meetings, including both showdowns last year. Tonight unc is the favorite. Fans wearing carolina blue. Joel, they are pumped over there, im sure. Reporter 241st meeting between these two huge rivals. These folks over here lucky enough to get close. They won the lottery, so they are coming in their sunday best. Whatever works. They are fired up. Carolina is playing a home game, where there on top of the atp standings. The students, they have been lined up since 11 30, 12 00 this morning, and they will get in around 6 30. They are fired up, a lot of them. This will be their first dukeunc game. A lot of them toeing the line politically, saying the right things about the rivalry. Im excited. I hope we win. I hope the guys are ready to play their best tonight. I hate duke. I hate the fact that they paid 60,000 a year to way or a to wear a darker blue jersey. Reporter not sugarcoating how im sure the sentiment is probably very similar to a lot of the students out here tonight. Carolina is the favorite there, a five point favorite in las vegas. Duke swept them, winning the game in chapel hill. We will see what happens tonight and send it back to you. Joel to list how you really feel, gordon. Anna i think a lot of people would agree with that. Dont forget that you can watch the game on our Sister Network at espn. Keep it here for highlights on Eyewitness News at 11 00. Joel there will be a lot of celebration, whether it is on franklin street or on the main quad in durham at duke. They should have some party good weather to celebrate, whoever wins the game. Anna they were not too bundled up. Once that sunsets, it will cool down. 44 right before the game starts, falling into the 30s afterwards. If youre heading to the game, heading out wherever, you need that winter coat. Look at the beach, nice and pretty. If you have plans to be there this weekend, you picked a good one because a big warmup is on the way for all of us, including the beaches. 56, not bad at all. A nice afternoon, Beautiful Day after morning clouds and some rain. 56 at rdu. South hill 53. Rocky mount wilson right now, 59 degrees in fayetteville. 55 at southern pines, upper 50s. These are all pretty close to the 30 year average grade clearing sides after a little bit of rain overnight. Not a big system overall. Nice and quiet, a few snow showers around the great lakes, when you typically see. Taking a break after being supercharged for the last couple of days. Overnight lows, upper 20s. Roxboro and henderson, about 30 or so in the triangle. Tomorrow temperatures will be nice and cool at the start, in the low to mid 30s. In the upper 40s, back to the mid50s. A lot of sunshine around, temperatures will be close to average. High pressure will keep in control of the weather, goodlooking thursday. Nothing unusual with a northerly wind, 20s tomorrow night, and still nice on friday, temperatures in the 50s. This high then jumps offshore as we get into the weekend, and a southwest wind takes over. That is when we will see our temperatures take off and hit the 60s. 50 in durham, a nice thursday. Light northerly wind, bright blue skies. 53 in fayetteville, 52 in wellington. Sevenday forecast, as we head into the weekend, friday is still cool. 53 and the afternoon, but look at those low and mid 60s through the weekend. It gets wet later monday. I say this a lot of times, we will worry about that later because we have nice weather until then. Anna a perfect weekend for a cookout. Thanks, chris. Royalty hits the huffington post. Who to look for when you read the online post today. Joel three homes, one suspect. One man struck in Orange County, and the key clue that could help them solve the case. First, those new ads in support of Hillary Clinton who is anna the armys first blackjoel microsoft announced its biggest windows 10 customer yet, the pentagon. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has ordered upgrades on all 4 million of the pentagons pcs. The pentagon is traditionally among the last of microsoft the upgrade on some computers may be difficult because they are installed in submarines or airplanes while the point on the battlefield. Anna Hillary Clinton is getting some help from a wellknown and sometimes controversial force. Land. It is mounting an Advertising Campaign in nevada on behalf of clinton. It features three women talking about why they support clinton. The former secretary of state is barely leading Bernie Sanders in the polls in nevada. This yummy flavored coffee could be killing you when it comes to sugar. The group action on sugar analyzed 131 drinks and found some of the drinks can contain up to 25 teaspoons of sugar. That is three times the amount joel 25 teaspo that Mental Illness is still taboo. Anna she has turned Kensington Palace into somewhat of a newsroom. Michelle obama is writing with her today. Local Service Members scamp, remember this . Joel plus, durham putting a musical spin on accomplishments from 2015. Anna a robber targeting homes around capitol hill caught on video. Im heather waliga. The thiefs and usual mo and unusual mo and what deputies joel who is this man . That is the question for investigators in Orange County this afternoon, trying to track down this intruder caught on tape, wondering through this home. Today they are sharing that video with us. Anna the bigger issue is, the same man is linked to other breakins in the county. Heather waliga is live outside the Orange County fairgrounds. They say this was especially personal for them. Reporter that homeowner tells me the thief made off with thousands of dollars worth of down over the years, heirlooms that can never be replaced. The homes were miles apart in rural areas. What they say is unusual about the crimes is how he broke in, through the back window. One of the victims captured this video of the crook casually rummaging through his home in the middle of the day. After a few minutes, you can see that these picks up a flatscreen tv, puts it on the front porch, then walks out the front door. In other cases the suspect made off with thousands of dollars of yard tools and jewelry. One of the victims is a disabled woman. Its not right to steal from anybody, but going in and the guy knows she was disabled he reporter investigators believe the suspect is familiar with the area and they are hoping someone watching that Home Security video will help them catch the robber. Heres a picture so you can get a closer look. If you think you know who that man is, you are asked to call the Orange County sheriffs office. Heather waliga, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Anna a special visit this afternoon at fort bragg. The Army Surgeon General is on post. Nicole carr is live at bragg with the story. Nicole . Reporter you are talking a lot of firsts here. She is the armys first black surgeon general, the first black female general, and the highest ranking woman to ever graduate from west point. Today, as you mention, womack in her new role since being confirmed by the senate since december. We were able to catch up with her for a few moments to have a conversation about a number of things, including her message to the troops in a time of major downsizing and budget cuts. I know we are going through hard times and ups and downs. We have always managed to maintain and take care of our own. I assure them that this is another time in continuum that we will be there and support our reporter in 2008, general westhead command over womack general medical center. At 5 30 she talks about what she has seen at fort bragg since leaving, and the Biggest Challenges she sees in armie health care at this moment. We are live in fort bragg. Nicole carr, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Anna soldiers at fort bragg caught up in a scam are getting money back, hundreds of Service Members in fayetteville and jacksonville wrapped up in an electronic financing scam. The attorney general sought to saying they deserve a fair deal when they spend their money. So far, checks of 1100 were in this case. Joel a carry man who works for in jail and charged with Sexual Exploitation of a minor. Police say they found more than 800 images of child part on matthews computer. Each contained young grills in sexual poses. The 26yearold is also charged with sending a handful of images to the detective investigating sex crimes a detective investigating sex crimes. Anna romance gone wrong, a mother of five murdered. Days later, the accused killer calls 911 to turn himself in. Now a week later, the victims family still struggles without her. Stephanie lopez shares how our abc 11 viewers can come together to help these children. Reporter we first learned about their needs after an employee of this walmart says the children came to her asking for help, asking for new shoes. The childrens father says they need help. Help. Reporter she says she could not believe it when two of the boys came up to her at walmart asking for shoes. Now she keeps their note, asking for a pair of sneakers, in her bible notebook. Their father says what they really need help with is looking for a new home as he and his five kids are still living in the trailer where the childrens mother was stabbed to death, and they hate it. He says he tried to rent a threebedroom house in the countryside but had not been able to find one. She said she is still trying to get those boys her special shoes to help them take their mind off the tragedy, and could not believe it when she saw them again last night. They came in. The smallest one said, you got my shoes . I just started crying. I did not know i was going to he said, my friends at school got nice shoes. Its not shoes, its not pants. Its nothing to do with that. We need a threebedroom house. Thats what i need. Reporter if you want to help, via on Christian Center and safe haven in roxboro are taking donations. We have information for both those places on our website, abc11. Com. Click on the menu bar, look for abc 11, and look for the story. Stephanie lopez, abc 11 Eyewitness News. We had a bit of rain overnight early this morning, but sunshine returns this afternoon. Temperatures are pretty close to what they should be for this time of year. Grab a jacket if you are heading into the low and mid 30s, even some upper 20s by tomorrow morning. Temperatures now mainly in the 50s. 50 at roxboro. Lumberton right at 60 degrees. Heading out tomorrow morning, need that jacket temperatures, low 30s. Into the afternoon, we hit 51 around the triangle. 27 tomorrow night. It will be a nice weekend. Its been chilly the last week or so. A much different story out in the west. Liz . Reporter it has been pretty pleasant around here, we have temperatures in the 50s, which believe it or not, temperatures are starting to warm up to the east. Right now, still 85 degrees in phoenix, and all of that warmth is expected to spread east. Also on thursday, amarillo, texas could warm to their 90 degrees. You will not be near 90 later this weekend, but we are going to face the big warmup. Chris tillman will talk about that a head at 5 00 in his full forecast. Joel the city of durham is going to digital with its annual report highlighting some of the citys awards and accolades. The mayor used part of this video in a state of the city it is a video showing how a better durham is being built. The video touches on body cams for officers and the city being ranked 15 on wallet hubs best run cities in america. Yes, that is montell jordan. This is how we do it in the background. It . Anna it does. He knows all the words. About to expire. How ups is helping you beat the deadline. Anna a recycling plant up in flames in north carolina. Steve today is your lucky day. Woman surprised oh, my goodness mark youve just won a thousand dollars woman thats amazing thats amazing shrieks woman ok, nice job. Mark, way better than yesterday. Maria, that delivery felt a little forced. And steve, steve yeah . Woman i am still missing that raw emotion. Woman pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so lets really bring it lucky for life. Win a thousand dollars a day, listen up im here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. And give her the strength and energy to stay healthy. Whos with me . yay the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. Anna if you know someone applying for college, you are probably familiar with the free application for federal student aid. Joel and anyone who wants to be considered for Financial Aid is required to file a fafsa. This weekend you can take advantage of three experts all reporter filling out a fafsa can be overwhelming. It talks about your assets and your income. Not only that, but theres quite a few questions on the application. Reporter but filling out the application is important for College Student aid. State officials have set up fafsa day. On friday on every 20, february 20, volunteers will be set up to help parents and students with the farm. Form. The fafsa is required whether you are looking for federal or state student grants, workstudy, or loans. Fafsa day with free help is available in many counties across the state. Every county highlighted in blue will have a fafsa day site. Reporter parents and students forms to the fafsa day site and complete as much of the form as possible online before saturday. If you have not filed your taxes already, that is ok. Bring your paychecks or w9 form. And a type of aid is going. To be coming from the federal government or the state. You must complete the fafsa form. Reporter abc 11 Eyewitness News. Joel next week, following fafsa day, some branches will offer free help filling out those forms. Experts point out there are state deadlines for filing. It is on under the money saver table on abc11. Com. Anna take it from me, dont wait until the last minute. Joel it will be nice to have someone walk through it. Remember that billion dollar Powerball Jackpot last month . Another winner was revealed. Anna get ready to see if you are smarter than this fouryearold. You might be surprised. Joel it seems el chapo donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Anna in northeast ohio, the state Environmental Protection agency says all of the recent water samples from one town are no below are now below the federal standards for lead. Officials say nearly 900 samples have been submitted by homeowners in the village of sebring. 55 homes have shown lead levels above the federal requirement since january. Sebring has come under scrutiny after state Officials Say officials waited to let people know about high levels of lead coming from their pipes. Residents and government officials in flint, michigan know their water is undrinkable. A new study shows that flint paid the highest rates in the nation for that toxic water. The Public Interest group looked at the 500 largest Water Systems in the country. About 864 a year for water services, nearly double the national average. Anna mexican drug lord el chapo is complaining that life behind bars is too rough. D escaped from prison last year but was rearrested last month and is now under very close watch. Mexican Officials Say they will eventually extradite guzman to the united states. Ups is planning to expand Passport Services at all of its 400 Stores Across the country. It announced last year it would allow customers to schedule appointments for passport pictures. Ups reported and 8 increase in Passport Service sales. That is in response to a surge american passports that will expire over the next few years. Joel recipients of the jackpot are collecting their cash in florida this afternoon. The couple from tennessee bought the ticket at a Melbourne Beach grocery store. They decided to take their winnings in a lump sum total of about 300 and 27 million. Anna and now, a look at some of the breaking news stories. A frightening highspeed chase in wake county this afternoon, a motorcycle hitting the wrong way on highway 401 and crashing headon into a car. We have chopper 11 hd overhead moments after it happened. What Highway Patrol is saying about their role in this case. Some gripping testimony from a carolina. She tells the courtroom about the woman who attacked her, cutting her baby from her womb. She describes how she fought back, hoping to save her baby. And a look at a pretty nice evening outside. Not bad, steve. Temperatures in the 50s with sunshine. It will be cold tonight. The next couple of days, temperatures stay a little bit below what you might expect in february. We talk about that warming trend over the weekend, still on track for a nice one. There is some new progress at the legislature in coming up with new voting maps as we get ready for the march 15 primary. Teixeira and i will have all those stories in a few minutes. Tisha and i will have all those stories in a few minutes. Joel what would we do without astronaut scott kellys twee ts from outer space . He has some great pictures. Anna post them on facebook. Joel some people cant name the last 10 president s. Anna a fouryearold boy in charlotte can name every single one by heart. James madison. [inaudible] anna his mom says he has been a sponge of a sponge for knowledge. He knows all the states and the capitals. Im good if you do it in order. Anna he doesnt care what order you put them in at all. When asked how he knows all this, he says he likes to learn new things. Joel that is so amazing. He doesnt need to say them in anna no, he really knows. We have a video we looked at online. He explains why pluto is not a planet anymore. Joel hes a genius. Nice job, tommy. Meanwhile, a barn on fire, animals found screaming for help. What happened when firefighters arrived. Anna the viral disease striking a massive rockslide on the north carolinatennessee border. Crews had to block highway 19 while they worked to clean up this mess. There were no injuries. The slide was caused a freezing two horses, a labrador, and six puppies all died today in a barn fire in west charlotte. The homeowners says he heard the animals making a lot of noise around 7 00 but by the time he got to the barn, the flames were too intense. Firefighters were able to rescue many animals. Investigators are still working to figure out what started it. Joel this fire was no accident, the fbi ruling intentional. We first shared this with you back in january. This is the tire recycling plant on highway 52. No word this afternoon on who said that blaze. Anna a case of mumps confirmed in mecklenburg county. Two patients are adults who work together. Antibiotics are not effective against the virus. Some medications can help relieve symptoms. Joel a unc biology student and strangers baby outside of an apartment complex. Daniel heard a woman screaming for help Tuesday Morning outside their University City apartment. He says he called his mom, who told him to grab blankets and a pillow. They also called 911 and the operator walked him through how to deliver the baby. Just praying to god, im like, let this baby cry or something. After i did that, the baby finally started to cry. Joel he said the baby boy was born less than 10 minutes later. Paramedics checked out the mother and the baby and both are doing just fine. Anna i was going to say, that is why you study in the sciences. It sounded like the 911 operator is what pulled him through. Joel thanks for joining us. Anna steve and tee shot are happening tisha are here with a look at what is coming up. Steve now the victims young daughter taking the stand, as prosecutors call for the Death Penalty. Tisha tornado alert. Dramatic video as a twister sweeps through south florida. Drivers caught with nowhere to go. Steve and, the showdown. The rivalry renewed in chapel hill. The countdown to duke carolina starts now. Its a big night in chapel hill. We will show you the preparations. Tisha im tisha powell. A huge endorsement for senator marco rubio just days before the South Carolina primary. Steve a wild highspeed police chase in wake county this afternoon. We had chopper 11 hd overhead just after it ended. That motorcycle you see down the person on the motorcycle taken to the hospital in critical condition. The person in that honda not hurt, and tonight the Highway Patrol is defending how it handled the situation there. It said it backed off and did not have the wrong way into the opposite lanes following that motorcycle driver before the crash. We will have more later this hour. Tisha the prosecution witness in the Death Penalty say a man who killed a raleigh mother the womans daughter. Ed crump right now at the wake county justice center. Ed while the victims now 10yearold daughter testified in a courtroom, cameras were banned from recording that testimony. The little girl spoke with ease from the witness stand, even giving some oneliners that provided courtroom laughs. She incited tears when she talked about finding her mother beaten and stabbed to death in