Department want to make sure neighbors know the signs of the virus. They will be handing out information throughout the community. Zika is carried through mosquito bites and can cause serious birth defects. The virus has been traced to a specific kind of mosquito and local mosquitos are not currently infected. Federal investigators are taking a look at the another incident on metros rails. Our News Partners wtop report that the federal Transit Administration is involved after a fire in the red line tunnel. No one was hurt and the line is running again as normal. Metro says an electrical arcing inside later is likely the cause. There are four things we soo know about the forecast today. And first can we just say welcome back . Yes, we can. Thank you. Me . Aaron gilchrist. He was gone all last week. Our director was gone, too. Oh, she missed you. Thank you, melissa. Welcome back, aaron. Why want to be accused of not being part of the welcome wagon. Temperatures this afternoon back up clo
Looking at the day ahead. In the 30s now. By lunchtime clouds and sunshine. 46. Through the afternoon 51 degrees under partly sunny skies. Today the coolest of the next seven. Big warmup coming. Now we talk weather and traffic with amber rupinta. Amber happy friday. We have an issue with a tractor temporarily accident in Durham County on u. S. 70 getting on to the 85 interstate ramp. You see it looks like it slid off the ramp. You can get by. Cars are getting by but it is stuck in the mud on the u. S. 70 ramp heading to 85 northbound. So heading out of durham toward the Orange County area. Obviously just something to watch for this morning. We have some wet roads around the area. You have seen some of the scattered showers overnight. That is the tractortrailer accident. You see the rest of the viewing area. Everything else looking nice. Especially traveling along 95 toward rocky mount and 795. That is the green showing precipitation and raleighdurham looking nice, things on time. This
Tonight sharing the lead with an carson. Mark the questions will be detailed and specific on the economy. If ben carson gives decent answers, people would think he knows a lot. The bar is so low. There is pressure on trial trump on how he goes after ben carson. This is the trait the day that trump should do well. Nprid a recent interview on on the debt ceiling versus the debt. I thought he was dangerously in over his head. Pasould commit a faux tonight. People think that ben carson is stupid and ignorant. It was not evident in the interview. The guy asked the question three times in a row. Not know thele did difference between the debt and the deficit. He is one of them. Box trump has a chance to cars and in a little bit. Heard that he is going to want to school carson a little bit. We will see what the moderators do. If they try to make this a trumpcarson the bank for it is impossible donald trump not to go after someone he perceives is ahead of him. Hes got to be able to resist. Not
Stage for their fifth debate. In a new National Poll today, donald trump has hit an alltime high, leading the pack with 38 followed by ted cruz and 14 . Ben carson is 11 . Marco rubio at 10 . Jeb bush at 7 . Trump across the categories doing extraordinarily well. He leads in best personality, best chance of winning the election best chance of changing , washington, he is seen at the strongest leader. He leads among men, women, college graduates, noncollege graduates, liberals, moderates, and conservatives. He is seen as the best that handling terrorism, which is ofnt and center in the minds american voters. Today, the Los Angeles City shut down its entire School System after receiving threats. We will see what happens with that. Since the last date, we have had paris, san bernardino, and the whole race has changed. National security is front and center. What are you expecting . Mark everybody will try to show that they are the strongest on National Security. Every Time National securit
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