Reporter family and friends waiting anxiously outside. Now safely reunited with his wife, he says that ford was a hard guy to get to know. He was really quiet. He really did not say much. Reporter months ago, ford posted this video and picture of himself on facebook firing. He had an Extensive Police record. Deputies had served ford with a protection order at work. He was upset and left the plant. Abc news, washington. Barbara new at noon, we are learning more about a mysterious crash during the morning commute. Of i40 work while, but all lanes are open now. State troopers say 53yearold winta Mitchell Hill was killed. Hells red card hills red card pulled red car pulled out in front of a white suv. John a Chinese National with a doctorate who worked for a federal agency headquartered in Research Triangle park. Ed crump has been gathering information on this case. What have you learned . Ed john, one of the first things i have learned is those involved with the case are being tightlipped, because it is still going on, but when he came to court yesterday, the prosecutor he is a Chinese National, but his attorney told the judge that the 55yearold has significant ties to the triangle. He owns a home in cary with a value of half 1 million. He is charged with promoting prostitution and felony conspiracy. The prosecutor told the judge that Raleigh Police started their investigation in december. A phone number that led to a hooker was linked to him and a codefendant. She appears to have recently moved to the area and lives in apartment in Durham County. His bond is set high, at 1 million. The prosecutor said that is because they are concerned he will leave the country. Ed the National Institute for Environmental Health sciences is headquartered in research tribal park. Officials would not confirm whether he works there or what he does. A judge made him surrender his passport, but would agree to cut it in half. Nine hours later, he was out of jail. John interesting. Ed crump, live at the Wake County Justice Center, thank you. Barbara investigators looking for clues in a driveby shooting that left a 72yearold woman injured. Dorothy holloway is opening up about the ordeal. She was coming back home after shopping with her children two weeks ago. Her daughter jumped on her mom to shield her and when she regained consciousness, she was doctors had amputated her left leg and there was another bullet wound in her right. I dont remember. Nothing. [indiscernible] barbara 13 days after the shooting, Durham County sheriffs deputies were back in the neighborhood passing out flyers to try to keep the case from going cold. Still there have been no arrests. John at noon, a woman delivering food to airmen was also selling drugs on the side. Roberta mcclure has been accused of selling drugs to airmen on the base. She was arrested after allegedly delivering food and drugs to an airman on base. She is been held on a half Million Dollars bond. No word on the charges that the airman faces. Also new at noon, this man street in greenville. He is charged with seconddegree he is being held at the pitt county detention center. Barbara cleanup in Granville County after that f2 tornado tore through. A dairy farm in cattle farmer also hit. As a result, governor mccrory emergency. The National Weather service says that the tornado was an ef2. It was more than 50 yards wide. Amazingly, no one was hurt. In the meantime the National Weather service says that tornado that ripped through appomattox county, virginia was an ef3 category twister. It was on the ground for 13 miles. That storm killed three people in virginia. John a controversial ordinance that might be brought back to discuss. Also ahead, potential changes at cape hatteras. We will tell you about the meeting in raleigh next week where you can have your say. Barbara first, a look at the raleigh skyline. It is chilly, don. Don it is getting cool out there. It will get even colder, but the good news is we have a warm up on the way. We will talk about this temperatures in your complete forecast. Ppbarbara welcome back. Here is a live look at fayetteville street outside the raleigh Eyewitness News center. It is sunny, a little cloudy. Meteorologist on schwenneker is coming up with the seven day forecast. A new development in cary hitting a snag. John at its meeting, the town council decided to give the green light for the development. Some residents have been fighting the project. They said the vote was only about approving the area for commercial use and specific developments will have to be approved at a later date. Second store on the property. Barbara a controversial vote ithis week the Charlotte CityCouncil Approved a nondiscrimination ordinance. Summer bubblegum leaders, and looting governor pat mccrory, are not some republican leaders, including governor pat mccrory, are not happy with the bill that would allow transgender people to use bathrooms that accord with their gender identity, not gender assignment. John there are five public hearings on possible changes to beach driving rules that would allow more access. Among the changes opening beaches that are now closed at night, extending seasonable off road routes, and providing smaller bus routes around you can weigh in at and later, the mysterious noise baffling a town. What police are asking everyone to stop calling 911. Months in the makbarbara a medical first in the united states. Surgeons in cleveland have performed the first uterus transplant. The surgery was performed on a 26yearold woman who received a uterus from a deceased donor. John apple getting back up in its court battle with the fbi. Google plans to file a friends of the court brief on apples behalf. Last week, the fbi ordered apple to help hack into the iphone used by one of these San Bernardino shooters. Apple was against the idea. Like apple, google fears creating a precedent that authorities could use to reap Sensitive Information stored on phones. Barbara the fight ramping up against isis, president obama team to pursue the terrorist organization on all fronts, including cyber attacks. They have not lost a single successful attack since summer. And governor sandoval has said he does not wish to be considered as a replacement for Antonin Scalia a. A source occurred that a source confirmed that the white house was vetting him. Sandoval says he is humbled to have been considered. A sheriffs deputy reunited with a dog she helped rescue from deplorable conditions last year. John the dog spent the last seven months in michigan being nursed back to health. Marty returned to durham and to the waiting arms of the deputy. Glory rodriguez was there at gloria that is right. They have a very special connection and they have had that connection since day one. Take a look. He gave me a hug. Gloria this is what marty did when dakota banks found him in deplorable conditions last july. Marty and about two dozen other dogs were standing in urine and feces in a durham home. They were full of maps, emaciated. The owner was charged with 28 counts of animal cruelty. Three dogs died. The southwest Michigan Husky Club took in marty, temple, and back to health. As soon as marty was ready for adoption, the deputy jumped at the opportunity. I like his temperament. Absolutely the worst conditions known to animals, but he still wants to love and he still wants to meet everybody and its inspiring to me that a dog can go through what he went through and still be so positive. Gloria and he is very loving. Dimples, the dot that you saw in that story, he is up for adoption. Stay tuned, because at 12 30 p. M. , i will tell you how you can adopt temples. Barbara and john, back to you. Adorable dogs. John great story, thank you. I feel much better. Barbara i do, too. Don that dog is happy with our weather now. Its going to be a tough summer for that dog. Right now that dog is happy. I know a lot of other folks arent. It is cool. Tonight will be the coldest night of the next seven. Good afternoon to you. Thank you for spending part of your day with us. As you head out and about over raleigh, we will see temperatures in the 40s this afternoon. By 6 00, we dropped to 42 degrees and this evening you will want a bigger coats. Down in the sandhills, we will be in the 50s this afternoon. Those early evening plans will be in the 40s, not the 30s. Taking a look at life downtown raleigh, you can see the blue skies. 42 humidity. North wind at eight miles per hour. A live look at the north hills. 36 humidity, southwest went at 12 miles per hour. Durham checks in with 46, 33 percent humidity, north wind at 11 and a live look at fayetteville mostly sunny skies, 48, northwest wind at 11 miles per hour. Everybody in the 40s this noon 47 chapel hill. 42 roxboro, 47 wilson. 24 hour temperature change it is colder today than it was yesterday. Yesterday was so windy, you could not tell. It is six degrees colder in sanford. Seven degrees colder in roanoke rapids. Satellite radar, you see some cold air spilling off the mountains. These are thin, certainly not rain or snow makers. There is no going into the mountains and we are losing all of the snow in the mountains to our north and west and the clouds spillover. Good conditions for the skaters, but weve got a very good good conditions for the skiers, but weve got a very sunny weekend. We start off tomorrow at 8 a. M. In the 30s. A cold start to your saturday, will see temperatures are clear and dry. Sunday afternoon, we are in the 50s. We are on the front side of the high. That will pull the cooler air down from canada. We will see that working down from the south and east. Its a little bit to the east. Not much change. Eventually the high is going to work east. We will get pulled into it and that will give us the nice warm temperatures for sunday. Sunny, breezy, temperatures in the upper 40s this afternoon. We are looking at what is going on across the region. 49 durham, 48 chapel hill, 50 randel, wilmington goes to 50 today, 51 in pinehurst and goldsboro. You will be at 50 in wilson. 45 and roxboro. Tonight, clear skies, the coldest night of the weekend, the coldest night of the next seven days. 26 and durham, 29 in fayetteville. Our normal for this time of year is 36. We are about 10 degrees below average for this time of year. Sunday, 63. That warm air will push back in and make a nice end to february. A nice start to march. 66 on tuesday. Chances. And by thursday 64 degrees and mostly sunny skies. 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Brintellix did not have Significant Impact on weight. Ask your doctor if brintellix could abc 11 is keeping you find us on facebook the community and police are asking people not to call 911 with their take on what these source could be. Police say they have received calls from around the globe and even the Fire Department and public works are being inundated with calls. Theories include a drier belt, extrthing that you are not 100 the only station with three newsrooms downtown raleigh, downtown durham, downtown fayetteville. Abc 11 Eyewitness News continues. Barbara happening now, authorities in South Central kansas are working to find out why a man killed three coworkers and wounded many others before it being killed by a in a they say that cedric ford opened fire 90 minutes after he had been served with a restraining order to keep them from a former girlfriend. He drove through the area, firing, wounding people. He was killed at the factory where he killed three people and wounded more than a dozen. John ed crump is at the Wake County Justice Center where he has new information. Ed . Ed i have learned that authorities are being very tightlipped because it is still going on, what the prosecutor did reveal some information about the case. His attorney told the judge that the 55yearold has significant ties to the trying go. He has lived in the area for 14 years and owns a home in cary he was charged with prostitution and felony conspiracy. Raleigh police started the prostitution investigation in december. A phone number that led to a hooker was linked to him and a woman who had recently moved into the area and lived in apartment and Durham County. At his bond was set at 1 million. The prosecutor said that was because they were concerned he would leave the country. [indiscernible] there is some concern he is a flight risk. Ed officials would not immediately confirm whether he works at the headquarters in Research Triangle park or what he does. Passport, but agreed to cut his bond and half. Nine hours later, he was out of jail. Ed crump, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Barbara thank you. Happening now, cleanup continues through Granville County after that ef2 tornado tore through on wednesday. Governor pat mccrory has declared a state of emergency. The storm had maximum winds of 125 miles per hour. Its path covered five miles and was 150 yards wide. Amazingly no one was hurt. John this is promenade lane near airport road and whispering pines. Trees and nearby buildings were destroyed. Authorities believe that the fire started from a tree down on a power line. An investigation after a small plane carrying 11 people went at least one person died. On interviews. Marci gonzalez is in columbia with more. Reporter on the debate stage in houston, marco rubio and ted cruz pouncing on republican front runner donald trump. You are the only person on the stage who has been defined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. Reporter mr. Trump i won the only people on the stage you senator cruz marco is right. Senator rubio if you build the wall the same way you build trump towers, you will be using immigrant labor to do it. Mr. Trump that is a cute soundbite. Senator rubio he is consistently telling people he will be fighting on their behalf, but he has been 40 years sticking it to the people that he he claims to be fighting for. The only thing that could hurt donald trump is if in the aftermath of the debate some of the allegations reporter it appears that trump will be the nominee, but Hillary Clinton is focused on her own message. Secretary clinton break down the barriers for america and americans live up to their potential area that is it. Reporter sanders travels today trying to rally lastminute support ahead of the primary. And sanders is already looking ahead to super tuesday. Marci gonzalez, columbia, south carolina. Barbara facetoface with an angry elephant. John the charge caught on video. What led to this. A with at t the choice is yours. You only pay for the services you need to make your bundle work for you. Call now to get high Speed Internet for just 15 a month for 12 months with a oneyear agreement. When you bundle with tv, home phone or even wireless on one bill. With high Speed Internet, youll get 99. 9 percent reliability with a connection you can count on. For just 15 a month for 12 months with a oneyear agreement. When you bundle with tv, home phone or even wireless on one bill. Switch today and get a 100dollar reward card. For every new service you add thats a 100dollar card. For every new service john nasa is giving us a closer look at pluto. Barbara the new horizons spacecraft posted this photo and while the earth thes the earths northern pole is known for frozen areas, plos is covered with frozen canyons. Here is more of the mustsee video. Reporter john a barbara, we begin with a very close call in africa. It was a real charge there. Against a vehicle carrying politicians. You can hear the guide telling them this is a real charge. The group apparently got too close to the elephants baby, angering the protective mothers. Later they tweeted these elephants have no respect for fellow republicans. And an Emergency Landing in guam. The pilot only had the rear wheel to touchdown. You can see the front of the page the front of the plane touching the ground. No one was hurt. And now to louisiana where the Sheriffs Department is releasing this Surveillance Video capturing the moment when a tornado hit on tuesday. The brie and dust started flying into the room. Debris and dust started and a couple of swift kicks to the face from his sweet baby girl gracie. Gracies mom recorded the video. Ok. Back to you. Barbara very sweet. You can see the mustsee videos any time by going to abc11. Com or using the mobile app on your phone or tablet. Case in the twoyearold murder of an elderly north carolinian. John the relative facing charges. Plus posing as a team this 23yearold man busted. Why he went back to high school. Barbara and this is beautiful. A little cool. Don it is. The winds are still up at 10, 15 miles per hour. We will warm it up, but before that, the coldest night of the week. Well talk about the forecast as we had to br donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey 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. Barbara a charlotte man is now charged with murdering his own 82yearold mother two years ago. John initially he told investigators that he had just found her body. The body was found february 4, 2014, and Police Arrested him and charged him with the murder. In recent weeks, investigators developed probable cause that link the case to feldman. They have not released a motive for the murder. Happening now in south carolina, Authorities Say a female deputy was shot after his stepping outside her vehicle. The shooter barricaded himself in a house. He was later found dead of an apparent one shot wound. Barbara a pedestrian caught on that is thomas mohan taking that nasty fall there. He was arraigned in his hospital bed on charges of drunk driving. Police say he had already been ordered to surrender his drivers license. A sheriffs deputy adding a new dog it to her family. John she first met him when she rescued him from a terrible situation. Last night the two were reunited. Gloria allred Gloria Rodriguez has the story. Gloria this is what marty did win the when the sheriff steffy found him in deplorable conditions. Marty, dimple, and other dogs were found in a home, in urine and feces, the hydrated and but these selig Michigan Husky Club to again marty, dimple, and another dog and nursed the back to health. As soon as marty was ready for adoption, the deputy jumped at the opportunity. I like his temperament. I like he has been through absolutely the worst conditions known to animals, but he still wants to love. It is inspiring to me that a dog can go through what he went through. Gloria dimple is looking for a good home. If you are interested in adopting dimple, i will have information on my facebook page, gloriarodriguezwtvd. Barbara i love it. John absolutely. 23yearold man for they are underage and you basically have a grown man in here misrepresenting himself. John that was david wright reporting. Barbara crazy story. Don i have a high school who student was a college applicant. That is crazy. That is a crazy story. Lets talk about what were seeing a spurs this afternoon. A pretty cool day out there. Well below average for this time of year. We will see those temperatures by 4 00, 5 00, we will drop into the mid 40s and this evening we will drop into the 30s by 7 00 tonight. A live look downtown. Dew point is just 22, giving us 40 humidity. Into durham. Hour. A live look this new tower fayetteville, checking in at 50, 30 5 humidity. Cutting down to the beach for the weekend, will be a cold weekend, but it will be drive. 51 down in wrightsville with a north wind at five miles per hour. In the mountains, if you live in the mountains look at that. Snow in the mountains, 24 degrees. Perfect ski conditions. Lots of fresh powder for all of 43 right now in roxboro. 47 in chapel hill. 45 and lewisburg. 50 clinton. 45 sanford. Zoom it out, look at the rest of the nation. 32 minneapolis, chicago. 41 in kansas city and if colder air is going to shift and, we will see it tonight before the warm air makes a return. Were not seeing much down here. Couple flakes flying in the mountains. The clouds kind of spill over the mountain tops. It is going to be a sunny weekend. By 8 a. M. Tomorrow, we are in the 30s and we climb into the 50s tomorrow afternoon. Then as we go through the night we will be back in the 60s for the rest of today, 42, 5 00, we are at 47 degrees. About 10 degrees below normal. 50 in holly springs, 49 into room. South and west into the sandhills 52 in fayetteville, south though, 45 roxboro. Tonight it gets cold. 29 in fayetteville. First alert sevenday forecast powered by accuweather, 51 and sunny tomorrow. Sunday, 63. Our new producer robin can be happy we stay above freezing next week. Tuesday 66. We do see rain, not snow. Barbara i heard her all the way from over here. 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I have a good feeling. I have a good feeling. Barbara and that was laura spencer. Also your sunday is two days away. The only place you can see the Academy Awards this year abc 11. John and this just in, Chris Christie endorsing donald trump. More on abc11. Com. That is a shocker. Don 40s, 60s by the end of the weekend, staying in the 60s barbara announcer have no fear, friday is here, and we are celebrating by serving up delicious chewapproved weekend eats. Were wrapping up chewer challenge week and putting mario to the ultimate culinary test. Then, shes everywhere you look, and shes in our kitchen star of fuller house jodie sweeten stops by to cook up a dish youll shout cut it out. Plus, michael visits a hot new restaurant thats serving up favorites with a surprising twist. Thats crispy shiitake bacon. Bacon thats made out of mushrooms. Wow, thats really good. Announcer the weekend fun starts right now on the chew. [ cheers and applause ] hello