Districts should look like and when voters will cast their ballots for representatives. Remember, this mad dash begin two weeks ago when the state ordered new maps for districts 112, said the district seven scrambling. The deadline is tomorrow. We have been keeping up on the changes. We are outside the legislature this afternoon. John, a lot of moving parts. Where are we right now . The house is taking up a new primary date. That is what they are focused on. The senate is looking at these new congressional maps. That is what they are doing today. While we have been focusing on what these maps look like, all at the direction of a federal court, a threejudge panel telling North Carolina to come up with new maps, specifically for district 112, ruling the race when they drew the maps, diluting the impact of black voters in other districts. Now democrats are blessing the new maps drawn by republicans, in part because blasting the new masterps drawn by republicans. In this time, republicans say they did not take a race into a count at all, which has democrats equally steamed. It seems to me that the court has said that we use race improperly. The best way to rectify that is to take away race altogether, and thats what these maps are doing. The court wanted that to be a the courts of th said that was not to be a predominate consideration. These new maps are likely to be approved. If they are, we need a new primary date. That is what the house is working on. We will keep an eye on all of this and have another update for you in the next hour. This is fast moving down here. With the clock ticking down on lawmakers, we wanted to ask what does this mean for north carolinians. We have that side of the store with a closer look at the impact this could have on you, the voter. It means the printer who represents you in congress could change. You can still vote in the congressional primary, whenever that new date is set, but depending on who your candidates are, they could likely be living could also see a scenario where incumbents take on each other. A new congressional primary date could also make way for new candidates to merge, that leading to a new date for planning expenses. 21,000 voters have sent an the mail in absentee ballots for the primary, more than 22 hundred returned. Political experts say changing the date this close to the primary could have a real impact on who shows up at the polls. Even before then, we have the candidates trying to work out whether they are going to do what they plan to do, change their plans, new candidates emerge, other candidate say i do not want to do this anymore. We are really starting from scratch. This is just three weeks before primary. The state board of elections out. We will have more on that at 5 00 and 6 00. Until lawmakers can nail down a date, the impact on voters and candidates is still very much in limbo. Thank you to you both. We have the new voting map posted on her homepage at abc11. Com along with the old one, see you can take a look at the differences. Plus, we just posted new numbers from the state board of elections on absentee ballots. Today, a former professor accused of embezzling nearly 72,000, and he may have been giving that money to student to pay medical bills. The documents are on file at the wake county justice center. What is the reaction to this revelation . N. C. State student say the professor was well known as kind and generous, and the information in the search personality, but they also add that it is still a crime. He is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the accounts of student clubs he helped to supervise, shocking many colleagues and students who know him as a good man, but now i search warrant says that he told them he was giving money to a graduate student to help her pay her medical bills and get another car when hers broke down. There may be evidence that he tried to repay some of the funds from his retirement account. After 18 years as a professor, he resigned just before he was arrested. The bizarre story baffle some students. It is unusual. I believe he has a good heart. Investment is wrong. We will have more student reaction at 5 00 it, and you will hear what his attorney had to say all about this at 6 00. Two more county, a tree tremor starting his workday ends up dead. Crews were extending their work road signs when a car came crashing into the worker on plank road. Nicole is working the story force and joins us from the scene. The witness told this terrible accident. They are in a close knit group, contracting for the dot, and they saw their french duck and killed this morning. This is the scene of the accident and they sold their friend killed this morning. A driver ran into him, and he died on the scene. Police say they believe the driver had some sort of medical condition that led to the crash, and that driver was sent to the group of workers were doing some tree trimming work for the dot, and the accident happened very early this morning around 8 00 a. M. When they were setting up signs. As you can see, Police Troopers investigated the scene and the wood chipper has been moved from plank road a couple of blocks away in front of the police station. This is where it all happen. No one on scene one the talk about mr. Wood. They said this is very tragic today. As we get more information about the driver and his condition, we will pass that along on abc11. Com. In moore county, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Thank you for that. That tragedy in moore county. Meantime, the weather, 50 if you want warmer temperatures, countdown to the weekend. A little cool, but a nice day today. Temperatures in the upper 40s, lower 50s. Grab a heavy jacket if youre out this evening, temperatures tumble into the 30s quickly want the sunsets quickly once the sun sets. Tomorrow stays on the cool side, bright and sunny, but temperatures surge into the 60s over the weekend. You know it cant last in february. We will take about rain and chilly weather coming up in a little bit. Joel thats right. Weekend. Anna two weekends ago we were snowden on a saturday, but it bad. A historymaking visit. Anna president obama is going find out when he goes and what local cubanamericans are saying about id. They said, mr. Trump, made a statement about you. I said, the pope . He pontiff had to say about the billionaire, plus trumps rapidfire response. Anna a teenager blame for this crash involving a Durham County sheriffs deputy. What we just learned about this wreck. Lets head outside. So nice. 50 that feeling. You know the one. That grandslam, acedthepresentation feeling. Multiply that feeling. Its the deal of all deals. A moment worthy of celebration. Now multiply that. Youre everyones hero in the championship of all championships its that feeling. Multiplied. Introducing the new multiplier scratchoffs. A chance to win. And a chance to multiply your winnings. Yea, that feeling caring for someone with alzheimers means i am a lot of things. I am his guardian. I am his voice. So i asked about adding oncedaily namenda xr to his Current Treatment for moderate to severe alzheimers. It works differently. When added to another alzheimers treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. Vo namenda xr doesnt change how the disease progresses. It shouldnt be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, or whos had a bad reaction to namenda xr or its ingredients. Before starting treatment, tell their doctor if they have, or ever had, a seizure disorder, difficulty passing urine, liver, kidney or bladder problems, and about medications theyre taking. Certain medications, changes in diet, or medical conditions may affect the amount of namenda xr in the body and may increase side effects. The most common side effects are headache, diarrhea, and dizziness. All my life, hes protected me. Now i am giving back. Ask their doctor about oncedaily namenda xr joel a stowaway strikes again, a woman with a history of sneaking on board airplanes has been arrested at chicago ohare airport. Marilyn hartman was arrested as she boarded a plane. She was arrested multiple times for incidents at ohare and chicagos midway international. Anna president obama will do done and 90 years. He is taking a trip to cuba. The white house announced the president will travel to latin america, including cuba, next month. President obama says he will raise u. S. Concerns with with raul castro in his visit. The last president to visit was Calvin Coolidge in 1928. We will show you how local cubans are reacting at 4 30 p. M. Joel marco rubio a big thumbsup from a popular governor, and donald trump e starting to make the plan exit out of this race. Anna microsoft and google stand behind apple. Apple and the government are locked in a battle between privacy and security. The feds are demanding the tech giant help them crack encryption on an iphone belonging to a San Bernardino terror suspect. They say that phone holds important clues. Some of those who lost loved ones say apple should cooperate. Apple is bowing to appeal the federal judges order. Tim cook says the software is something the Company Considers too dangerous to create. Joel 50 degrees on a thursday afternoon. We wish it was saturday. Anna thats right. A lot of folks arent working. It goes from the 50s and jumps quickly to the 60s, and maybe 70s by sunday. A lot to look forward to as we check out the snow cover through mid february. The little bit we had is gone. That was washed away by the thunderstorms on tuesday. Still a little snow on the ground, as far south as parts of kentucky. Parts of michigan, ohio, illinois, bare ground into montana. The snow cover is below average. It is typically further south across missouri, kansas, and parts of nebraska. Rdu airport 49 degrees. High clouds overhead, but a goodlooking thursday. 50 officially at the airport. The air is dry, humidity 36 , wind light here in 48 rocky mount wilson. 49 chapel hill. 53 fayetteville. 53 southern pines. You need a jacket heading out. No wonder there is no snow. Rapid city and denver, 70, pushing 80 and oklahoma. Some of this warm air gets here by sunday, but a few spots right at 70, maybe 71, but it will not last long. You need to make the most of it this weekend. Sunny skies, Cool Temperatures a goodlooking february today. Although whether action is ahead of this warmer air back across the western u. S. Rain and snow, a good storm system up there, but we will take a while for any storm system to come our way, monday into tuesday. Until then, clear sailing. Mid 20s north, mid20s around the triangle, lows in the 30s in fayetteville. 27 at 8 00 a. M. Noon, 44. Goodlooking friday, cool side, eastman become southeast late in the day, not soon enough to kick at temperatures up, so we will be around 5055, but still a lot this front stays to the north to the weekend. Sunday night into monday, it gets closer, but ahead of it the wind turns to the southwest of the high moves off the coast. Some high clouds, but the warming trend its going in full steam as we head into saturday and sunday. 51 raleigh tomorrow. 50 chapel hill. Mostly sunny skies, eased when become southeasterly late in the day. 53 for the high in fayetteville for friday. Upper 40s to the north, 52 and harbor. Tomorrow night, 38. Into the weekend, sunshine, high clouds saturday, 60 five, clouds increasing sunday, may turn mostly cloudy, but it will still be a great day, upper 60s to near 70s. Light rain monday transitions to a steadier rain tuesday into wednesday. It wont rain constantly, but often on may total of 212 inches. We have the weekend to look forward to, right . Joel got to get out and enjoy it. Next week, so what . Thats right. Joel still ahead, treating ptsd in the military, the care they are not getting. Anna the benefits and the the techannouncer abc 11 is keeping you connected. Find us on facebook, like our page, click get notifications for the latest updates. Anna a study on men and testosterone. Joel it highlights the potential risk. Dr. Richard besser is weighing in this afternoon. Anna helity to exercise, it did not seem to there were some significant benefits. Anna dr. Besser says that if you experience any symptoms, dont take testosterone supplements and unless you have had tests that show low levels. Joel thousands of active duty troops suffer from ptsd and depression. A new study shows the military is struggling to provide adequate care. They found many troops are not getting the minimum number of therapy sessions, which according to the military guidelines is four within eight weeks. Officials blame it on a lack of Mental Health professionals and say the military is turning to civilian therapists available through pentagon contracts. A hospital offering and new procedure to pancreatic cancer patients. Until now, they were told tumors were inoperable. Anna how it works in the second patient who tried it. At 71, david has seen his in 1966, i got the opportunity to serve on a world war ii sub. He received devastating news. I was stage three, given six 11 months to live. The diagnosis was pancreatic cancer, and the tumor was declared inoperable. It had wrapped itself around the major artery. He found himself with no chemotherapy would buy him more time, which it did, for a while. As he took a turn for the worst, duke doctors said they had another option. We know that electricity makes the Cell Membranes leaky, and if you do too much electricity it kills the cells. Surgical oncologist explains this gives a chance of a cure. This is allowing a significant number of patients who had been previously told that the tumors cannot be removed to have surgery. He is now three months on from that procedure, and he and his team are optimistic about his future. They said they think they got it all. Im hoping this can will show that is the case. Meanwhile, he is making the most of his time in barking on embarking on new adventures. Anna we hope they got it all. A doctor in louisville kentucky was the first to perform this several years ago, and his results suggest Patient Outcomes that are just as good as if the term or tumor was surgically removed. Joel it moves so quickly and is see progress. Anna all new at 4 30 p. M. , wake county ems going retro. We will show you why ambulances are being dated. Joel new information on what led up to a crash and the Durham County sheriffs deputy, but first flames and smoke billowing on i40, the latest on what was behind the fire. President obama announcing he not everyone joel several brush fires burning along i40. Here is a view from chopper 11 hd. Those fires were burning along a three mile stretch of the anna authorities believe an suv malfunction and started the fire. Traffic is back to normal, that it was a different scene this morning. Take a look at chopper 11 hd video, small fires burning for miles. Fire departments responded to the scene at 10 30 a. M. This morning, shutting down one lane of i40. A Ford Expedition was parking flames between exits 309 and 312. The good news is they were able to put the fire out and no one was injured. Joel thank you. We have learned that teenage driver pulled out in front of it or am sheriffs deputy, causing this crash, the cars collided. Deputy smiths were to avoid the crash, but was unsuccessful. The deputy and the 17 year old, lauren hill, were taken to the anna we went back to the brewpub and raleigh today one week after a water main break a caused the wall to collapse. The owner says the damage is worse than he thought, and now he is not sure the popular business will ever reopen. This is video we shot today at the pub. If repairs can be made, it will take up to six months. The owner says that no one can help the business celebrate its seventh birthday at the end of the month. We should know more and the next few days and will keep you posted. Happening now, the sentencing hearing for trayvon smith. The jury found him guilty tuesday of killing huggins at jones inside her raleigh apartment in 2013. Her eightyearold daughter found her mothers body. They spent time trying to get she talked about being abused by their father. The defense continued to call witnesses, painting a difficult childhood. You can watch Live Streaming video of this trial on abc11. Com. Joel this is what the raleigh skyline looked like 10 years ago. The current tallest building nowhere to be found. Im sure you can spot the other differences in that picture. Now, take a live look at the skyline. When you consider what it looked like a decade ago, many can call raleigh a boom town. The city is during startup companies, new innovators, sparking advances in technology. Today, a man known as a marketing innovator, working with Major Electronics companies stopped in raleigh to see what all the buzz is about. Him. Together . What was his impression . His name is peter hirschberg. He says the city is receiving high marks for innovation. This is a sickly a hub for start up Tech Companies not this is basically a how before start up Tech Companies not off the ground yet. He says these Tech Industries have really helped raleigh grow over the last years. He knows a thing about the tech world, spending nine years at apple. He tells me that raleigh is thriving. There is a vibrant downtown, a strong education scene, as well as in art scene. You have manufacturing, and then you have big carpeting big company saying we need to be a part of that. That is energy that is helping the economy to thrive. A lot of people are quite excited to see him walking with folks who work here as well. He is highlighting raleigh in the book he has written. He was also chosen as a keynote speaker. I did have time to ask him his thoughts, where does he see the industry going over the next couple of decades. He shares his thoughts just ahead at 5 30 p. M. Anna raleigh, a great place to be. Thank you. The u. S. May still have big differences with cuban president fidel castro, but president Barack Obama Says another Upcoming Trip will improve the lives of cubans. We spoke to a local cuban Restaurant Owner and political prisoner about the trip republicans are blasting. Commons cuban restaurant in mooresville, the 75yearold owner says he escaped cuba in 1962 after facing jail time as a political prisoner for speaking ill of the government when he sentiments, he says he is glad president obama has announced he is going to cuba and says he thinks emerging relations will improve commerce for the nations poor, and that will help bring an end to, and is him. He says he disagrees with cubanamerican republican president ial candidate ted cruz. I think it is a mistake. I think the president also be ought to be pushing for a free cuba. [indiscernible] they dont think. They have to start thinking about the people. The only people it will be of cuba. Castro this and that. Back to his Old Neighborhood and reconnect with old friends. Joel it has been a cold day, but a nice one with lots of sunshine, clouds to start the day. A really nice day. Cool night, chilly night, cold night coming up. Temperatures fall into the 40s quickly. By 10 00, 30s. Tomorrow morning, many of us in the 20s. You need that winter coat. 50 at rdu. 49 chapel hill. 48 roanoke rapids. 50 in clinton. 53 fayetteville. Temperatures below average, but not a bad february day with sunshine. 27 tomorrow, temperatures climb, but still chilly, 11 00 40 degrees. Sunny skies through the day, high clouds, by afternoon upper 40s north, 51 raleigh and durham, 53 in fayetteville. A nice day to kick off your weekend. 63 on saturday, mid and upper 60s sunday, rain developing on monday, but we will concentrate on this nice springlike weekend coming up. It will feel really good. Joel first things first, a great weekend. Today marks the 40th anniversary of wake county ems. It is being celebrated with this new retro and runs. They unveiled today retro ambulance. Weeks. The unit is expected to have a fouryear service life. County ems. Anna on the inside, it is fully ready to go. Joel walmart employees, are you getting a raise . How much paychecks are getting pumped up. Get with the most cash back. That is right for you. Joel looking to hire kanye west so the superstar can pay off his that. First, another live look outside the raleigh Eyewitness News center. Gorgeous out there on a thursday afternoon. It just gets better from here, just stajoel more than one million walmart workers will get a raise this saturday. The company will post minimum wage to 10 an hour. The change applies to nearly all of its hourly workers, including supervisors. This is the second step of a twophase increase. Cash back credit cards are popular right now. You might as well learn something for all the dollars you are spending, but which one is best for you. Anna first ask yourself if youre willing to do extra work for more cash rewards. For consumers who dont want to chase rewards, matt scholz says consider the city double cash card, giving you 2 cash back on everything you buy. Pay your bill, so a 2 return. Matt says discover it card can earn 5 cash back which changes each quarter. Gas stations. Other times it might be groceries. For those about miles and points, the chase sapphire preferred card may be your best choice. Matt said it gives you a big sign up those this signup bonus, and you can transfer points to hotel chains and airlines. If you have 40,000 points, those points can be transferred to Southwest Airlines and turned into 40,000 southwest miles. Anna love those miles. Thank you. Keep in mind that your credit score when youre ready to open a new account. We posted more information on abc11. Com so you can get a closer look at rewards. Joel Philadelphia Police having fun with kanye west. It appears they are offering him a job. The Department Posted this tweet reading, we are hiring kanye west, starting salary 47,929. You can be debt free by the year 3122. West said he had 53 million in personal debt, and he wanted Martin Zuckerberg to invest 1 billion in him because he is the greatest artist of all time. So far west has not responded to this tweet. Or just books him to her dates. Tour dates. Anna we told you about the pothole problems, not one joel see what led to this after some customers ordered a meal. Anna the Facebook Post that has people turning back time on their phones. We will show you that trick that will damage your iphone, so dont do it. Lets take a look at durham. Locale gorgeous it is outside, 50 degrees. Looking mighty fine this afternoon. Stay with us. We will be right back. 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. So lets really bring it lucky for life. Win a thousand dollars a day, announcer the only station with three newsrooms, downtown raleigh, durham, fayetteville, abc 11 Eyewitness News continues. Joel a heart aching story in pensacola, florida, four children killed in a house fire. The victims 11, five, three, and an 11th month old. No working smoke detectors found inside the home. Family members suspect the fire was called by caused by a faulty water heater. Anna incredible video out of houston, texas. Robbery victims fight back, putting their lives on the line three men came into a restaurant pertaining to be customers. Started ransacking the place. Three men ran off and got away. The owners say they recently installed cameras and hope the the street. Joel apple now responding to a digital prank making the rounds on facebook and ruining iphones. The prank is a bug that will prevent your phone from restarting. The message looks like an old macintosh advertisement and asks people to set their phone back to january 1, 1970, a special feature that allows you to relive the magic pass. When you restart your phone, it will leave your phone stuck on the greetings green. Several devices are at risk read apple will provide support for any phone affected and promises anna 30 to recalls nearly 3 million suvs, and more than one million are in the united states. The problem involves seatbelts that might fail in a crash. The recall covers rather for suvs and electric vehicles from 20122014. Tell your to says the belts on second row window seats could come into contact with a metal frame, and that means the belts could be cut and would not restrain passengers. Joel pothole protection technology, the shock absorber system automatically stiffens when sensors detected pothole, allowing the system to keep the wheels elevated instead of dropping into the hole. Ford lincolns in ks he has anna Manny Pacquiao says he respects nikes decision to sever ties with him over a comment about gay relationships. The boxer, also a politician in the philippines, is not backing away from his opposition to samesex message. He caused a backlash after saying people in gay relationships are worse than animals. He apologized for hurting peoples feelings. At the white house, president obama hosted the Chicago Black ops blackhawks. They won the championship. It is the third time in six years the president has hosted the team at the white house. Joel getting close to 5 00. Steve daniels standing by with a look at his investigation into veterans and some of the other big stories. Steve we heard from local families in a lot of pain. We went to work to get some answers. Funerals, military veterans, no funerals because of a lack of government funding at a local veterans cemetery. The caskets and urns are lined up, so we went to the man in charge to get some answers. My investigation coming up at 5 00. Also, the video going viral, a dog stranded on an icy lake. We will show you the rescue. Up. Chris absolutely its still on track for the 60s. Cold tonight, 20s, then the warmup for the weekend. All the details on that and when we see rain, coming up at 5 00. Steve thanks. Breaking news, video showing a helicopter crashing into the water in hawaii. Were turning that around and will have the details straight ahead. Anna thank you. 15 years ago, nascar lost a legend. 2001 when he crashed on the last lap of the daytona 500. He was 49 years old. There are in heart 17 titles and the daytona 500 among many other accolades. This years daytona 500 be held sunday. Joel one Group Ranking nascarfootball when it comes to acknowledging religious consumers. Faith driven consumer is recognized for its faith equality index, which rates how well it gave nascar a score of 50 out of 100. The nfl got 24 out of 100. Anna we are tracking stories across the state, including the future of alligator hunting. Joel a crafty car thief caught in the act. Police explain the trickery one man used to try to buy a car on a credit card that was his. Eyewitness news center, looking down at the performing arts center. The in the fayetteville street. I like to call this the golden hour. See how that sunshine it said in the perfect spot. Anna beautiful. Love it. You can stay on top of the weather with our first alert weather app. You will be the first and know about watches and warnings in your neighborhood or did you can check out live Doppler Radar anytime you want. Next week, it will be raining again and you will want to know about that before it gets to you. We also stream all of our on abc11. Com pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. Anna developing around the state, firefighters spent much landfill fire in asheboro. It started after 6 00 this morning. Smoke could be seen billowing from that scene. There is no word on what caused it. No one was hurt. Joel a driver killed in charlotte. This was the scene around 10 30 a. M. The driver might have suffered a medical emergency. The driver did die. One person was in the home. They were not heard. Anna Charlotte Police arrest a man suspected in fraud cases it dealerships from january. The thick to hims say he used to trick with credit card machines to get away with it. A Sales Manager for as auto brokers says the 25 your old try to buy a car with a credit card, but it was declined. The 25yearold tried to buy a car with a credit card, but it was declined. Joel she says they did not contact her about her 11 year olds flight. Her daughter was flying alone on a flight without a phone. The plane never arrived. It was diverted to columbia, south carolina. The airline eventually called her. American airlines has since apologized. Anna unc greensboro the latest to decide to remain rename a building. Trustees will decide whether to rename a not a tram rename an auditorium. He also led white supremacist campaigns. His name was dropped from campus buildings in the past two years. Joel alligators in north the state has decided against holding a hunting season this year. The Wildlife Resources Commission wants more information about how many are in the state and develop a management plan. Alligators grow more slowly in North Carolina than warmer states further south. Im not sure what our viewership is among alligators, but you are off the hook. Anna we would like to know where they are right now. There is a lot more news happening at 5 00. Joel here is stephen keisha. Steve primary chaos, new map, new negotiations, will do be a new primary date . Will it have an impact on North Carolina say in the president ial race . Tisha a dog stranded in an icy lake, struggling to keep his head above water. Steve and, broken promises, military veterans who served our country, their families say they are being forgotten, their caskets left in limbo. Why their funerals are being delayed. It is an iteam investigation. Live at 5 00 with breaking news, germanic video coming in from hawaii. Watch as his helicopter goes down dramatic video coming in from hawaii. Watch as his helicopter goes down. That is a civilian helicopter appeared five people on board that helicopter. All five people did survive. There are injuries. At least one person is in Critical Condition right now. Down is not yet known. Harbor. More details as we get them. The big story, the primary on march 15 hanging in the balance. I am steve daniels. New congressional maps, and the house is debating on whether to push back the primaries. We have Eyewitness Team coverage. We begin with jon camp. The senate just wrapped up a day of debate on what new congressional maps should look like, passing new maps about half an hour ago, sending that to the house for a vote. If it goes into effect, there will have to be a new primary date, and so that is what the house has been working on today. Representatives asking questions from the board of Elections Officials and learning that moving the congressional primary could be expensive, costing the state around 10 million, and that it would not save much money to move all of the primaries together. It seems unlikely the march 15 date will be thrown out completely. More likely, the congressional date come of the congressional primary, would be moved, probably about twothree months