This morning, the secrets behind that electrifying night only on gma. And good mork, america. Boy, what a night at the grammys. Lets take a look at the Lionel Richie medley, joined on stage by john legend, demi lovato, luke bryan. Demi lovato was so good doing hello. And the david bowie medley. Everybody wanted to hear adele perform. Easily one of the most anticipated moments of the night. However beset by technical difficulties. What shes saying about them this morning. First, to the major winter storm spawning tornadoes that tore through the south. 15 states on alert this morning, from North Carolina all the way up to maine. That storm also dropping a dangerous mix of snow, ice, and its blamed for thousands of accidents. Mary bruce has the latest. Reporter overnight, slick, sleety roads leading to wreck after wreck. Theres a lot of icy spots. Reporter early this morning, this massive pileup in pennsylvania, just north of scranton on i81, semi trucks hitting each other. Crushing cars
To stop a lower court order demanding ledge slaytors draw a new congressional map. That means the new maps that were drawn yesterday will take effect. The first and 12th districts were struck down by a Federal District court that said they were primarily drawn based on race. The state had a deadline yesterday to redraw the maps unless the Supreme Court granted the states request for a stay. It refused to do so late last night, putting those new maps into effect. That means the president ial primaries will still be march 15th but congressional primaries will now be delayed until june 7th. The defense will present its case in the murder trial of a Transylvania County man. Richard oshields is charged in the 2011 murder of toby mathis in what prosecutors call a revenge killing after the death of oshields son. Mathis was convicted in Involuntary Manslaughter of oshields son joey months friday, jurors heard from a former medical examiner and a sheriff offense detective. A bryson city man ple
Problem, everything up to speed on the northbound side. But its an 8 minute commute from long sholes road to i40 wk. That is a look at your ontime traffic report brought you by the wired mouse. Back over to you. Holly it is gop caucus day in nevada. Republican president ial front runner donald trump has two big wins under his belt, and hes hoping for a third, just one week before superted cruz. Jay Kenneth Moton reports its a town hall for the democrats before this weekends South Carolina democratic primary. Reporter its caucus time in america. Were going to make America Great again and were going to keep win, winning. Reporter overnight, gop front runner trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in vegas. He is bank on a hot streak that will carry him over supertuesday into the nomination as he attacks his rivals. This guy cruz lies more than any other human i have dealt with. Reporter the fight getting nasty. Ted cruz fired his Communications Director for marco rubio disparaged the bible.
Your weekend in a few minutes. News 13 Lauren Brigman joins us live. Reporter sams gap, those are the areas that remain snow covered. I want to show you Chandler Creek road in marsh hill. We are in four wheel drive. This road is slick. We are seeing the snow flurries coming down. I want to show you video we have near the sams gap area, highway 23. That is still snow covered in places. We did see dot crews out treating the roads. They say slick spots had been the primary routes, future i26, highway 213. Those are the main roads in madison county. They are also concentrating on highway 23. As you make your way back out live, you can see still snow covered in places. That is why schools are out here today. Live in marshhill, Lauren Brigman, news 13. I checked in with dispatchers in mitchell, swan, and haywood counties, back roads still might be slick. Always a good idea to take it slow heading out in these Northern Counties on your morning drive. Travel times, future i26 tennessee border
Of snow thats swain, central mitchell in to ery. The white is a thin area where i think half an inch to the tops an inch. Area around marshall, barnardsville. Weaverville. Asheville, a dusting to half an inch is really what im going for. 20s area wide. Its cold and its dropping. 26 by morning. I know, that doesnt mean were going to fall much more because our temperatures may warm as our clouds come in to the morning. Watch out for flakes flying in the morning. We have a second more potent storm to talk about. That comes in next week. Ill show you all the details coming up. Larry mosquitoes are months away but the growing over the zika virus have some wondering darcel news 13s justin about the situation . Justin well they dont anticipate the spread of the zika virus across North Carolina as its primarily contracted in central and south america. In a few short months, blood sucking insects will descend upon North Carolina. But in central and south america, theyre already making their pre