By lunchtime 71 and lots of sunshine. Late day more sunshine and 76 degrees. Today by far the warmest of the next seven then it cools off. We will have that in the complete forecast but few we have weather and traffic with amber rupinta. Night. Happy st. Patricks day to you as you head out. We have an issue in Durham County. We will get to that right here. This is a single car accident a car hit a power pole on n. C. 55 near carpenter fletcher road and there is a closure. Two of four lanes are closed in the westbound lanes of n. C. 55 headed to carpenter fletcher road. It is supposed to be cleared by 7 00. We will watch that. We have a detour. Two lanes closed there at carpenter fletcher. If you want to stay on 55 the alternate is 40 east to the durham freeway northbound and you back to n. C. 55 fplt. Again, two lanes getting by. Ncaa tournament at p. N. C. Arena first game 12 40 but the doors open at 11. Last game is 9 50 so watch for added added volume there especially if you use wade. Barbara we have a developing story from vote 2016. Five Cumberland CountySheriff Deputies disciplined for actions during the donald trump rally that turned violent. Caitlin . That made news we a trump supporter punched a protester. The Security Officers are few catching heat. It was last week in fayetteville. A man can be seen with the cowboy hat punching rakim jones. The man who threw the p faces charges but the Sheriffs Office because they say they failed to take appropriate action. Three of them have been demoted and suspended without pay five days and two suspended without pay three days. Jones says it is not enough. When i was threatened on fat national tv this man was saying we are going to have to kill him. I would like to tphoeknow who we is. Caitlin jones says because of this his life has changed and he cant do normal things he used to like catching a bus. The sheriff says the deputies did fail to respond properly but he is taking their past actions into account and does describe them as previously showing great bravery and for thetitude. All five will remain on row base the next 12 months. Barbara not backing down, the refuses to even consider president obamas nominee to the Supreme Court. John judge merrick garlands nomination is in the middle of a heated election seen when the highest abortion, to confirm confirmation hearings. Barbara today u. S. Auto Police Barracks set to make a phaeupblgmajor auto makers to make a stpaoeufplt they are expected to announce a plan to cut down on crashes. They will have a plan to install automatic emergency braking systems in nearly all u. S. Vehicles by september of 2022. Automatic emergency braking includes systems designed to prevent crashes in which drivers do not apply the brakes or fail to aeupply enough. Officials say the Technology Available now in higher end vehicles can prevent thousands of crashes a year. The announcement is expected this morning. John People Living around coal ash ponds in Person County say it is tainting their water and they want it cleaned,. You turn the faucet on and there is Running Water you cant drink it. John Phyllis Jeffers was among the crowd that intended this. Officials say that health risks from the two power plants are low. Communities across the state. The state plans to get rid of plants that are low risk by 2029 and high risk sites by 2019 fplt. 6 07. Please bring it back. Barbara the message from officials in Southern Pines after a piece of history went missing. John the mustsee video. Why a store clerk is called a hero after grabbing a baby out of its mothers arms. Don we have temperatures it will be a coo 52 raleigh and 50 hillsborough 51 lillington, 53 fayetteville. 43 sanford, 49 pinehurst. Hope mills 54 and 49 goldsboro. Right now 40 and clear. By lunchtime 70s and not as warm as yesterday. Late day 75 degrees with lots of sunshine we will see sunny skies today and tomorrow but rain moves in for the weekend. We will talk about that in the sevenday stores next. Barbara now to the mustsee video appear cameras rolling as a Convenience Store clerk saves a baby. This captures a routine transaction a Woman Holding the baby but what you cannot tell is she is having a seizure and just second before she blacks out and falls that clerk reaches over and takes that baby and pulls it from the mothers arms. The mother is fine and the enter the clerk is called a hero. Texas and louisiana bracing for more rain. Many ordered to evacuate due to flooding. One family actually living bed and other things moved to the roof. And if this do not bring tears to your eyes this reaction from two middle School Opportunity when their dad comes back early from deployment. His twins thought they were going to learn about college and careers during an assembly at school and their dad walks in to price them. Hes been gone a year. John welcome home. The Southern PinesHistorical Society says no questions will be asked if an historic bell is returned. The 170yearold plantation bell was stolen from the shaw house last week. It sis from the plantation that during the civil war fortune troops took everything from the plantation except the bell which was too heavy. It was donated to the shaw house in 1996 and has been run by visitors ever since. Barbara former charlotte mayor back in court. John the charges he plead guilty to and punishment he received barbara video to facebook of this man running down a donald trump sign in North Carolina. You wont believe what happened to him. Pick, john 6 15. Here is a look at the stories making headlines. Five Cumberland CountySheriff Deputies punished after a scuffle at the donald trump rally last week at crown coliseum. Three were demoted and suspended without pay five days for being escorted out was sucker punched punched. The Highway Patrol teaming up with Law Enforcement from across the state for the st. Patricks day booze it and lose it campaign. Today through sunday there is extra officers on the streets and highways looking for drunk drivers. Troopers say 11 were killed in crashes on st. Patricks weekend last year. And the d. C. Metro scheduled to be up and running again this morning. It was shut down 29 hours to address safety concerns yesterday after fires and smoke. Barbara a former charlotte mayor pleads guilty to attempted voter fraud the patrick cannon was in court yesterday admitting he voted in the november 2014 election even though he was convicted of federal corruption charges and sentenced to prison. He pleaded guilty it a reduced misdemeanor carjack charge Wilmington Police say this man driving over a Donald Trump Campaign sign has been charged. It caught the attention of police after it was viewed poerp 900,000 more than 900,000 and shared more than 25,000. John when Michelle Obama leaves the white house in january of 2017 she has no intention returning. Specifically no plans to run for rez. She said it has a lot to do with her daughters. I have these two young people at home and being the daughters of a president , just think about it. Come on, young people. Not so easy. They handled it with grace and poise, but enough is enough. John as first lady most obama causes especially childrens born in italy. He says it is an honor to be a u. S. Citizen. As hes to with every tournament president obama makes his march madness picks. Barbara he showed the local team love revealing the basket on espn picking the tar heels to advance with michigan state. Kansas and texas a m but picked kansas to win. Duke advances to the elite eight and hes only been right once in the predictions and that was in 2009 when u. N. C. Was the winner. I remember when he picked them. John yeah. Somebody did coach k give him some grief because he accountant become duke didnt pick duke. In most of the brackets you have seen them because i do that. Kansas is the favorite in a lot of brackets. Barbara forth while you are working. John certainly not. Don can we get there forecast done i have a few more brackets. We have quite a cooldown the next several days. Today above average and tomorrow. Average is 64 but saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday all four days below average and sunday will be cold compared to what we have been seeing. It will be 40 agrees colder tan yesterday degrees colder than yesterday. A live look into downtown raleigh and temperature running at 47. 80 humidity. Live look into durham and 61 there, 27 humidity and north wind at eight. 44 right now in roxboro, 57 in oxford. 50 louisburg. Chapel hill sensor may be a little hot. 42 sanford. 52 clinton. Not much to show you in the way of of cloud cover. We had some in the south and eastern parts but it moved out and we are clear. If we look back to the west we are clear as well. Lots of dry air and not seeing showers and that is with us into tomorrow. By lunchtime today around 70 degrees and clear skies. By 5 00 tonight clear skies and 73 73. Clouds overnight but tomorrow clear. Tomorrow only 63 at lunch. Today temperatures in the 50s at 9 00, by lunchtime 71 degrees and through the afternoon in the capital city 76, sunny, still above average. Across the region temperatures in the 70s from 77 in smithfield, 76 cary and holly springs. 75 wendell. 76 durham. 75 chapel hill and siler city. 77 lillington. 78 fayetteville. 77 pipe hrs, 77 goldsboro. 67 rocky mount and 74 henderson and 73 roxboro. Tonight clear skies and 40s for overnight lows. 45 raleigh and 47 fayetteville. Seven first alert sevenday forecast forecast, tomorrow temperatures in the 60s, 68 degrees and partly sunny. Saturday 58 degrees and clouds increase. Could see a stray shower. Better chance of rain is sunday for the first day of spring. 47 the high. Mid lower 40s. Monday 55. Tuesday and wednesday near 70. Big cooldown for the wind and it doesnt last but it will be wet and chilly on sunday. Barbara good day to stay in. Amber like a roller coaster. We have a couple of things to watch for as we approach 6 30. We are seeing volume increasing. 40 and gorman. We have a report of appear accident westbound at gorman and we are not seeing a day yet but that doesnt meet r mean it wont be there. Fayetteville good morning to you heading out to fort bragg we can show you Clear Conditions and very light volume through cumberland crumb. No delays there arson the fayetteville area. We have an issue in Durham County. Road weather index is clear by the way. This is an overnight accident two lawns closed on tkrb two lanes closed at carpenter tphrfpfletcher road. Your alternate if you want to stay on 55 westbound but avoid the delay get off on 40 east and durham freeway north and cornwallis and pick up 55 westbound. Again two lanes getting by just watch for added volume around p. N. C. With the tournament. First game is 12 40 but the doors open at 11 00. The last game is 9 50 so watch for that. 40 into south saunders guys and light volume and a lot of green on the live returns there. Barbara 6 23 and 4 degrees. Ncaa tournament hours away from tipoff. John everything you need to know about local teams in the big dance. Barbara amber uses the waze app. Avoi i have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. Breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo see if youre eligible for 12 months free at mybreo. Com. Ze john welcome back. Barbara get your brackets ready. Ncaa tournament tips off today and the top rank the tar heels dont have to travel far. They face Florida Gulf Coast at p. N. C. Arena tonight. 30 minutes from chapel hill. On participate it should be easy. No number one seed has ever lost to a 16. John duke begins defense of the fat championship today National Championship in providence. They are a four seed in the west regional. Their first round matchup is against one of the four foulke based teams North Carolina based teams u. Tphfpltncwilmington. That is their fifth appearance and duke made it 40 times, won five National Championships and hover boards face another ban because of fire concerns. Barbara if you tool to help you navigate the roads. Here is reena ninan and Kendis Gibson with our tech news. In our tech bytes hover boards banned and forth just over safety. It affects material all hover board imports because they pay infringe on segue patents. They will have to be halted almost entirely. Waze wants to make sure you get to the destination on time. It asks users what time they tonight arrive and calculates the time they should depart. Time magazine has its list of 30 most influential people on the internet. It includes donald trump, Cristiano Ronaldo and 87yearold fashion physical that who has 1. 8 million with outfits like that who can blame them. Barbara i dont know who that is. John now you know. Still to come new documents reveal why earl Sergeant Bowe bergdahl abandoned his post in afghanistan. We united with 20 megs of Internet Speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. Yeah, the internets great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. Yeah, thats not working. I much prefer the twoday beard, hornrimmed glasses, justsleptinhiscar kinda thing. Yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. Okay. Be paul giamatti. Thats the essence of this role. Feel like a hollywood insider barbara krupltd Cumberland County deputies feel the heat. Punishment they face an allegations of new violence at the same event. John why earlarmy Sergeant Bowe bergdahl said he left his post. Ncaa tournament tips off today in raleigh. Our local teams not the only ones hoping to score big. Welcome on thursday happy st. Patricks day. Im barbara gibbs. John im john clark. We will get to the stores in a bit but first weather apbdnd traffic with meteorologist don schwenneker. Tkpwhrao good morning to you. We see the temperatures climbing again above average today but not as warm as yesterday. By lunchtime we are at 71 and we will spend in the afternoon in the 70s. Yesterday we were in the 80s. Current numbers from across the rapids, 50 louisburg and 47 r. D. U. Chapel hill running hot on the sensor. I doubt it is 60. 40 sanford. 46 smithfield and looking at the day ahead mainly clear and 47. By lunchtime sunny and 71 degrees. Through the afternoon we will see 76 with nothing but sunshine. Today the warmest did i warmest day of the tphebgsnext seven. Now we have traffic. Amber we are getting busy. We have an accident on 40 westbound at gorman. This is the live camera at lake wheeler. You see flashing lights there so westbound 40 at gorman seeing the issue with an accident. We are seeing a day around lake wheeler due to that. We have this issue. This is n. C. 55 Durham County the westbound lanes a car hit a power pole. Two of four lanes closed there. On the map i can help detour you around that. If you want to pick up westbound lanes on 55 go 40 east durham freeway and get off at cornwallis and then pick it back up. Vam around p. N. C. Due to the tournament. First game 12 40. Doors open at 11 00 the last game 9 50. Barbara to the story making National Headlines five Cumberland County deputies suspended after a scuffle at a donald trump rally. Sheriff says they saw a 78yearold man punch a protester but didnt take action and new claims of violence from the same rally in fayetteville. This is stone video of a man allegedly attacking an East Carolina University student. He said he was mistaken for a as he was escorted out people yelled insults and racial slurs and as you can see had fay it guy slaps him. It is a pathetic that this happened at a president ial candidate candidates rally. Barbara he says he plans to file an assault complaint with the sheriff. More than a dozen military personnel get punished after the mistaken bombing of a civilian hospital in afghanistan last year. The Doctors Without Borders hospital was attacked in october. 42 died. Special Operations Forces are among toes disciplined for the those disciplined for the pwraebgbreak down. It is mostly administrative and include to criminal charges. Caitlin i have a story that is new this morning. New documents have been released providing insight as to why army argument Bowe Bergdahl left his post in afghanistan in 2009. Attention to what he saw as leadership problems. According to the transcript of the 2014 interview he saw his action as a selfsacrifice. His attorneys released appear evaluation are the earl sanity board concluding that he suffers from skits so type owe permit we he left the post. A mayo clinic website say people with this have trouble interpreting social queues and can develop significant mistrust of others. He faces a general courtmartial on fort bragg for charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. John there will not be another debate monday for the relying canceled in after donald trump lified. Trump says he will unite the party and become the follow knee. Barbara the ncaa tournament tips off today and raleigh has the first and second round games. Organizers hope for a slam dunker the local economy. We will go to Gloria Rodriguez outside p. N. C. Arena with more. Gloria four games will be played here at p. N. C. Today and among those u. N. C. The number one tar heels taking on number 16 that. Gulf coast. That game will be tonight at 7 20 p. M. We checked and there are still tickets available. They range from 55 to about 81. Thousands of people will be here for the games. Country will visit the capital citior the first two rounds of the tournament. P. N. C. Arena is hosting games today and saturday. You will see tournament banners downtown and local businesses are hoping for an economic boost. In 2014 we raleigh last hosted the tournament we are told 17,000 people visited greater raleigh. The executive director of the tkpwrart Raleigh Sports Alliance says it generated more than 4 million in direct visitor spending. It is asking restaurants it hang posters, offer food and drink specials and have tvs tuned to the games. If you dont have tickets but want to be part of the excitement hyped me behind me this is open to the public. They will open up it area behind me about 2 1 2 hours before each game and have food and televise so plenty to do. Even if you dont have tickets. Barbara and john, my alma mater u. S. C. Is playing tonight taking on providence. So it is an exciting day basketball. John good luck to your team. Gloria. Barbara fight on. Metro system expected to be on schedule. John a message from the Highway Patrol if you plan to party this st. Patricks day. Don as you head out temperatures today cooler tan yesterday but by sunday these we will talk about don welcome back. Looking at the bus stop force. We have blue skies, lots of sunshine today. Temperatures running in the 50s. Yesterday yesterday we had 60s to start and this afternoon cooler, too. 49 right now in south hill. 49 hillsborough. 53 fayetteville. 43 sanford. 49 pinehurst, 53 raeford and 48 goldsboro. Starting to see light sky, temperature 47. By lunchtime 71 degrees and nothing but sunshine. Late day 75 degrees and more sunshine on the way. Today gorgeous and warmest. We will cool off and it get wet for the weekend. We will have that in complete forecast next. John the washington metro system will be back up and running this morning after appear unprecedented 29hour shutdown. Inspectors were checking the third rail power cables following an electrical fire monday. The general manager said they requiring replacement or repair. Barbara enjoy but dont press your luck as you prepare to celebrate st. Patricks day. The Highway Patrol will join with local Law Enforcement for a statewide booze it and lose it campaign the expect to see appear increased number of officers, deputies appear and officers. 11 were killed last year on st. Patricks dayeekend. Amber more than 600 Community Leaders are gathering for a special break pass in cary to raise money for habitat of humanity. It is one of the biggest fundraisers and im proud to emcee it again. I will leave a little early. The chair is bubba wall for his many years of commitment of helping Families Build and purchase affordable holes. This year habitat wake will build 42 new homes and repair 45 homes as part of homes globally. A big impact from wake county. You have good weather for that. 6 42 and abc11 is taking you inside one of the companies hoping to equip local Police Officers with body cameras. Why this company says its software is different from the others. Barbara one lucky dog, this girl back on dry land after going now at havertys furniture, its our spring home event, where you can create the perfect home. From now until march twentyfirst. Youll find huge savings on stylish pieces, plus youll save an extra one hundred dollars, on every thousand you spend. And, were offering twentyfour month, no interest financing. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. [thwack] the spring home event. From classic to contemporary, barbara welcome back. 6 45. Today michigans governor headed to the hot seat for a hearing about the water crisis in flint. Environmental officials assured him water from the threaten river was safe when it had Dangerous Levels of lead. He didnt learn of the contamination until nearly 18 months after switching sources. John Police Departments are starting to use body cameras and it is an issue that hit close to home after a officerinvolved shooting in raleigh. Envision Enterprise Solutions is one of nearly two dozen consist trying to get a contract with the raleigh police. The founder says their software dont just handle the video capture but stores it as well. That one of the biggest hurdles. The price tag for the approved Pilot Program in 5 million over five years. People in texas appear louisiana are bracing for more rain many ordered to evacuate. One family is living on top of the home. Water continues to creep on to the road the leaders there say john 10 will re i10 will raceway open when it recedes. John Frank Sinatra jr. Died of cardiac arrest on tour in daytona beach. He work for his father as musical director and conductor. He performed the National Anthem at a yankees game last year. He was 72 years old. One lucky german shep her has quite a tale to tell. Barbara receives missing at sea she was missing at sea nearly five weeks. It was presumed dead after falling off a fishing boat but managed to swim to San Clemente Island off the coast of scaring. Navy Officials Say see greeted them tuesday morning. She was given a keen bill of clean bill of health. We have match madness. Our bone marrow rental vacation drive. Houses are thousands are in need of a match chug carl fox who is battling blood cancer. Be the match is looking for donors from 18 and 44 and all it takes to register is a swab of the inside your cheek. We are asking you to join us for the bone marrow donor registry drive from 11 00 to 2 00 saturday at the streets of south point mall. You will find everything you need at abc11. Com. Barbara going to be a good day. Don that is so important, 18 to 44, last year we had a couple of people who were in their 50s and were angry. You can still register because it takes a separate kit and we will take cash it help pay for t. Our friend sheldon i met him transplant. John we particularly need minority candidates. Don yes. If you are a minority come register. We would love to see you on saturday. Lets talk about allergies. It has been nasty with the pollen and if you are new to the area we have folks who transfer in and dont open the windows the next couple of days. You think it is nice. Dont do it. Bring all the Patio Furniture or anything outside because it will be covered in yellow dust. Today, tomorrow running extremely high. Saturday appear sunday down because and sunday because of rain then back up monday. Live look into joined raleigh and 47, 41, 80 humidity. Nice sunrise into fayetteville. All the colors in the sky. 54 and weekend calm. We have a wide variety of temperatures. Golden state bow, satellite and radar composite shows clear skies. Had some clouds in southern areas and back to the west to the seeing any rain. It is dry and will stay dry. By lunch predict prurblgt put us a predictfirst alert predictor forecast model puts us at 70. A few clouds and then tomorrow sunny and 60s instead of 70s. Colder air gradually working in. By saturday we could see showers along with the colder air. The rest of today temperatures across the area running in the 70s by lunchtime. 71. Then upper 70s to around 80 under sunny skies. Tonight clear skies and 45 raleigh and sanford. 47 fayetteville. Seven first alert sevenday tomorrow back into the 60s. 58 saturday, sunday 47 of first day of spring is going to be chilly an wet appear raw. 55 monday. Tuesday 61 and 70 wednesday. Big weather pic of the day this where i went yesterday. I forgot it sis scotch ridge elementary. That is me talking to them. They made a great thank you note. I will run over from the weather center. That was me, great group. That is the thank you note. It is huge and it has all of the signatures from all the kids in second grade. They sent each of you your individual bag. Barbara thank you. Don john and amber. Paoeufplt amber nice. Don they give you an extra. A great group. Barbara that is awesome. John thank you. Amber that is one place you can tkpwhrao that is the only place. Paoeufplt i have to get to traffic very busy and im running out to the breakfaster habitator humidity oror humanity. This is 40 and there is a delay, an accident 40 westbound at gorman. That is adding to that delay. That is always usually a spot with a lot of volume. Weather cooperating this morning but we have a couple of issues. Walnut treat another accident street and creedmoor and old weaver and Durham County an accident n. C. 55 westbound highway carpenter fletcher road a car hit a power pole. Take 40 east to the durham troy north to cornwallis and pick 55 west. Two lanes getting by but there will be a delay. That is a heavily travelled road. The tournament first game 12 40 and doors open at 11 00. Barbara 47 degrees and the Supreme Court. John why the senate refuses to consider it. Barbara tipoff hours away the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. Dunkins new grandde burrito a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. Go grande with veggie or sausage today. This afternoon at dunkin, save when you sip. Get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2 00 and 6 00 p. M. Barbara all the news, worth and traffic you need. John you can see some big stores here behind us including president obamas pick for the Supreme Court. Major announcement from auto makers. Five Cumberland CountySheriff Deputies punished after it scuffle at a donald trump rally last week at chronology coliseum. The sheriff says they failed to act when a protester was sucker punched will not consider any nominee by president obama. John auto makers plan it make aunt emergency braking Standard Equipment on most cars by 2022. Other sensors to see objects in the way and slow or stop a vehicle. Barbara ncaa tournament officially tips off today and tar heels dont have to travel far. Facing phrafpt gulf coast at p. N. C. Arena this evening the duke begins defense of the National Championship in providence. They face u. Tphfpltncwilmington. Icious cooler temperatures today. Don we will see sunshine throughout the day and outthedoor forecast a little cooler and lots of blue skies the not as warm as yesterday. By this afternoon 70s. Barbara Good Morning America is next for barbara,al better and see you again in 25 minutes. Good morning, america. Donald trump takes aim at Hillary Clinton. And the last person Hillary Clinton wants to face is me and i mean i know that for a fact. As he backs out of the next debate his chief rival says hes ducking him and the president prepares for an epic showdown over his Supreme Court nominee. Breaking news, seaworlds stunning announcement, the end of the orca shows. The park now partnering with the humane society. The tides now shifting. Is this the end of shamu . Family first. A major league star drops a baseball bombshell walking away after management stopped him from taking his son to work. Did the team go too far . A royal exclusive. Prince harry oneonone revealing the mission thats changing his life. Im new lucky enough to watch someone who should be dead run the 100 meters. You want a definition of inspiration, thats probably it. The moment he says almost broke him and why hes being called air legend this morning. And good morning, america. You really enjoyed your time with the prince, didnt you . I certainly did. Was there last week, spent time with him at his childhood home which is also his current home Kensington Palace but why hes so passionate about the Invictus Games coming up. Where are our manners. Top of the morning to you. Happy st. Patricks day and a great crowd with us decked out in green getting in the spirit. Wow, they are not kidding