Smoke and flames tearing through a home. A wake county family loses nearly everything. what weve learned about the cause. Plus calls for change. A tearful plea from the mother of a murder victim. What shes demanding from police and the community. And. A raleigh couple accused of abusing and killing a dog. The womans teary defense. Eyewitness news starts right now. Now a Fire Destroys a wake county home. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. chopper 11 hd. Brought you the story live as breaking news during our news at six oclock. As flames and thick black smoke poured from the roof. The fire started just before six oclock on cortona way. not far from buffalo road near the wake Johnston County line. Angelica alvarez is live near the scene with the the home though. Is a total loss. Its going to be a long night for firefighters. Theyre still here. Working to put out hot spots. As of right now they dont know yet what caused the fire. But say it does appear to be acci
Look at this getting an army morning peek at the colors starting to spread across the horizon. Just a few clouds as we start our day. Lets check in with the satellite and radar composite. Over the past few hours, weve seen the clouds kind of drift across the area. One important part of our morning forecast, no rain on our radar. So let get straight to the temperatures. Dropping all around the area. 64 right now in durham. 60 in sanford. Also 60 in henderson, south hill youre at 61 along with louisburg. Fayetteville at 68 with hoke county. Raeford at 68, as well. Plans for the day ahead, with these temperatures much cooler between five and 10 degrees cooler. In some cases even 11 or 12 degrees cooler. Lunchtime today the sunshine is still around but back to 81. Human trafficking low side, as well. Knee normal, as well. Sunshine will continue for the work week. The 90s will return ill let you know when. Right now lets send it to ali with the latest on the compute. We only have one minor
A beautiful week heading our way with a small chance of a shower. Were starting off dry. 66 is where we are in raleigh over the beltline, no changes to the skyline just yet. Sunrise is not until 6 57. In the meantime, we have something to talk about, foggier conditions, south of the triangle so lets check the visibility. Right now 5mile in fayetteville and clinton but check out lee county, half a miles towards pinehurst. Here in raleigh, lewisburg, smithfield reporting full visibility along the 95 corridor, things are touch and go and not really causing that many slowdowns so if youre getting ready to head out the door, take it easy if you encounter foggier conditions. Mid60s in durham and raleigh, 69 wilmington, low 70s around the sandhill, fayetteville, 72. It will be a comfortable commute for you, 69, good for weather for those at the bus stop, 82 lunchtime, still dry, 87 this afternoon, but normal is 83. Most of us dry throughout the afternoon, back to 85 by 6 00. I will have a loo
Thom i think you have it all right. You look at this Cardinal Team and the way they played last year 13 wins. Normally that is good enough for Home Field Advantage throughout playoffs. Panthers having lost one game. They had 22 different players that scored points for them. 19 of the 22 are back. They had 13 players score touchdowns last year. 12 of the 13 are back. They have a defense in most people think hasnt changed to be better this year than the top five from last year. So all the pieces are in place despite what happened in the season opening loss of putting together another great year. Healthy was evan. Great game. Look at his left foot. See the extra wrap around it as he comes he had a sprained arch and missed part of the new england game. They were excited that he was going to play in this one because they needed him to help. Guy that has been around well see you on friday. Thom get yourself ready and get in the training room. They returning almost all starters. That is the t
Im russ bowen. Allie will have a look at your commute but first straight over to alyssa with a look at your forecast. Any storms like yesterday . Thats the big question. I dont think we are going to see any storms. There is the chance for afternoon showers again today. Make sure you have the umbrellas. Russ and i were running to our cars yesterday trying to dodge the storms. Conditions. The 60s north ward, lower 70s southward, 71 in goldsboro, 68 in louisburg and67 in henderson. Stray shower at lunch time and better shower chances this afternoon high of only 79 degrees. I will let you know how long these cooler temperatures will hang on for and the chance for rain in your complete storm team forecast. Thanks alyssa. Authorities are trying to u. S. Citizen from afghanistan to carry out a series of weekend bombings in new york and new jersey. Ah Ahmad Khan Rahami is in custody this morning facing five counts of attempted murder of Police Officers and gun charges. The 28yearold is handcuf