oath keepers. so january 6th committee members have made claims that they can link members of trump s inner circle to the oath keepers. and new this morning the justice department firing back at steve bannon s sudden about face that he s willing to testify before the january 6th committee just days before his contempt trial begins. trump is waiving executive privilege as he said as bannon has said and waiving should certainly be used loosely here, perhaps in quotation marks so that bannon can testify, but the doj says that doesn t matter even one bit. more on that in a moment. experts obviously believe that never applied in the first place. we do begin with sunlen serfaty who is on capitol hill with more on tomorrow s big hearing. what are we expecting? reporter: certainly a big week up here on capitol hill with two big hearings from the january 6th committee starting with tomorrow. now, tomorrow s hearing will be largely focused on the mob who participated, how did
His body in fontana lake. It was along the edge of the water. Reporter that finding hit a little closer to home. Whether i knew him or didnt know him, he was someones son, someones brother and theyre hurting right now. Reporter entering the water in Tuckasegee River and floating to fontana lake is how Police Believe balu ended up here. With the flooding in the river, thats what we believe at this time. Reporter how he wound up in the waters part of what theyre investigating and hope to find out with an anticipate on monday in chapel hill. It could be accidental. It could be foul play. We just do not know yet. Reporter until they get more answers is a waiting game and a sad start to 2016. Its the beginning of the new year and i hope this is not how the rest of the year is going to go. Reporter in swain county, jerrika insco, news 13. County Sheriffs Office made a gruesome discovery today on lower alarco road. Thats where the sheriffs say rosco lindsey was found dead on his property wher
Thats a big change from the northerly winds we had yesterday and the day before. That is going to usher in moisture and milder temperatures for us. Wind chills in the 30s and 40s mix. Layer up. Your temperatures in the upstate will go down below freezing by 9 oclock. Well talk about that chill tonight and when the next round stick around. Tammy president obama got emotional as he outlined his plan on gun control. He announced executive actions today while surrounded by victims and survivors. Reporter in a defining moment during his last year in office, president obama shed tears as he made good on his control. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. Reporter the 20 first graders of the sandy hook stood behind the president as he made another emotional plea. His executive action expands background checks. Overhaul the fbis background checks system. This is not a plot to take away everybodys guns. If you pass the background check, you purchase a fire arm. Reporter gop reacti
Location where we cant get a live signal. What we know is its a blaze involving multiple units. Well update you as soon as we get more information from our crew on the scene. It will be another dangerously cold night tonight with temperatures in the teens. Larry then we warm up a little as we go in to the weekend. Jason you can expect another cold start tomorrow morning. Give yourself a few extra minutes on warming the car up. Maybe scraping the frost off the windshields as well. Its in the teens in northern communities, like newland and boone. 25 the current temperature in asheville. Its already down to the low 20s in hendersonville, franklin, andrews. Already dropping below freezing in many places over the upstate. Compared to 24 hours ago, were slightly colder. Bryson a degree colder. Morganton is nine degrees colder compared to this time yesterday evening. There is no wind, the temperatures are dropping quickly. Our wind is out in the south in asheville. More of a northeast wind in
Largest jackpot of any u. S. Lottery game on record and fourth largest jackpot and remember in asheville, Frank Griffin won more than 210 million, where is frank . Holly i think he went and did good good, didnt he spend money on sports complexes and gave back to the commumuty . Good morning, its january 6th, thanks for waking up with us. Ingrid is ingrid i feel like the odds of giving the money to someone else are so slow. Holly i think you can get struck before you will be winning it. Ingrid hit multiple times. We are not talking storms or anything but just cold conditions. That is the headline today. Similar to yesterday, but even colder in some locations. 17 in asheville right now. 15 in brevard. Cherokee, 19. 15 degrees in hendersonville and 17 degrees. By 12 p. M. , by lunchtime, still barely above freezing, but overall, a milder day. Coming up in my full forecast we will talk about a return to the 50s. And as you head out towards i40 in asheville, we have construction to make you