Teach kids that anything is possible if you work hard and continue to learn. He followed his dreams. You can always follow your dreamed. Dont let anyone ever tell you what you can do. Mostly cloudy with periods of showers and rain through late afternoon, highs near 50 rain chance 90 tonight, clearing skies, lows middle to upper 30s friday sunday. Mostly sunny and warmer. Highs lower 60s to upper 60s by sunday. Lows in the lower to middle 40s chance 90 tonight, clearing skies, lows middle to upper 30s friday sunday. Mostly sunny and warmer. Highs lower 60s to upper 60s by sunday. Lows in the lower chance 90 tonight, clearing skies, lows middle to upper 30s friday sunday. New at 7, a fairfax man is headed to prison for a train wreck scam. Today james love was sentenced to almost four years in federal prison in connection with the crash of an amtrak train into a car. In 2013 investigators say love and deon roberts deliberately parked the car at an allendale crossing, then after the train
The zika virus. And cheap check . A hockey player slams into an official sending him into the ice. The player claims it was accidental. The league may see things differently. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its a thursdaymorning. Do we need an instant replay. This is the calgary flames. I think that accident might earn him a couple of days off. We will have more on that in just a moment. Our top story on a thursday morning, the donald trumpless so far trump isnt budging. It is add ag new wringal to the already wild race. We have it covered with peter alexander. Reporter this will be the venue for tonights debate with or without donald trump. A source familiar with the situation tellsls nbc news that fox news ceo reached out to trump through the women in his life trying to see whether his decision to skip the debate is a done deal indonald trump betting he is bigger than fox nene. The republic
Before the iowa caucuses. Frontrunner donald trump still says he wont be there because of issues with the moderator and the network. Tracie potts has more on that and new poll numbers just released this morning. Our new nbcmarist polls show trumps numbers remain strong. Analysts say skipping tonights debate is a risk but it could turn out to be a smart one. Just released this morning our nbc marist polls show donald trump flipping the script in iowa now up by 7 over ted cruz. Who was leading there earlier this month. Trumps up by 19 in new South Carolina, our polls show. Yet his feud with fox news and anchor megan kelly has led to one less candidate on stage tonight. Super burned in president ial candidate 22 24 i dont like being taken advantage of. Fox confirms there will be no empty podium. Trump tells South Carolina voters its what the us shouldve done with the Iran Nuclear Deal president ial candidate 32 35 you just walk out. You leave. Thats what you do. Ted cruz challenged trump
To middle 40s mostly cloudy with periods of showers and rain through late afternoon, highs near 50 rain chance 90 tonight, clearing skies, lows middle to upper 30s friday sunday. Mostly sunny and warmer. Highs lower 60s to upper 60s by sunday. Lows in the lower to middle 40s mostly cloudy with periods of showers and rain through late afternoon, highs near 50 name in the race. A new nbcwall street journalmarist poll puts donald trump way ahead of ted cruz in the palmetto state. Trump now has the support of 36 hes also ahead of cruz in iowa heading into mondays caucus. Among the democrats former secretary of state Hillary Clinton dominates the poll of likely primary voters at 64percent. With challenger Bernie Sanders coming in at 27 percent. Instead of making tonights debate, trump is planning to host a veterans benefit at the exact same time. Phil mattingly has more. 14 19 1 10 1 15 1 32 1 36 1 37 1 40 donald trump only hours away from hosting his, quote special event to raise money for
Haywood county, when he refused to stop. Multiple agencies became involved in the pursuit and stop sticks were deployed about 3 miles prior to the crash. Four people were in the Dodge Durango but the driver was the only one injured. Authorities say he was not seriously hurt. 3 3 3 3 new this morning. A fire damages part of a home in weaverville. Firefighters were called to the home on village park drive around 10 30 last night. Our crew at the scene captured firefighters removing the bed. The Weaverville Fire Department tells us the fire was contained to the bedroom, and the woman inside and her dog made e out safely. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. 3 3 investigators are still working this morning to determine the cause of a house fire in candler. The blaze started around 7 last night on Walter Crawford road. Crews quickly got the fire out and 3 buncombe county authorities are asking for the publics help after shots were fired at a local housing development. Early mo