And ashe will be on a delay. Well have it under closings. A cruise ship caught up in a storm off the coast is back in the us we learned a local family was on board. We talked with them over the phone. A story that you will only hear here on wbtv. The hutchins family were on the boat. They were thinking a have vacation was a life or death situation. Reporter it was 12 hours of wondering if you would survive. A terrifying experience nobody expected. Crystal hutchins caught if in the storm in the middle of the atlantic, i have a three year old worried, what do you do next, it was solid hard. High she snapped pictures of the videos from others show the chaos and the passengers were told to stay in their rooms. The ceil something out in some parts of the boat. Chairs and takeles scattered. We saw a couple of people injured. It was crazy. Royal caribbean said the wind speeds were higher than forecasted. She is not happy. In you knew the storm was out there, there is no amount of money risking you took our living lives in your hand and gambled with it, they are still waiting to get off the ship. Reporter the travel package does not have them flying out until tomorrow. The family is forced to wait in line and go through customs on the boat. The cruise line is refunding their money. Back to you. Quite a story. Tonight more republican casualties in campaign 2016. Chris christie and Carly Fiorina have dropped out of the president ial race. The New Hampshire primary and polled worse in iowa. Tonight the focus for candidates now is South Carolina. The first in the south primary is weeks away. Republicans jumping right in crisscrossing the state and a last attempt to stay viable during the campaign. Donald trump told a packed arena that South Carolina is next on the march to the gop nomination, if we win here after New Hampshire, all of the characters will give it up, were going to run the table and make America Great again. Thatky tell you. Senator cruz won the iowa caucus but finished third in New Hampshire. He can win the nomination. One of the most important conclusions is that the only candidate who can beat donald trump is me. The governor kasich was second. People counted me out. I rise up and, okay, next week they will count me out again. Candidate in the establishment crowd to take on cruz and trump but he has a target on his back from the other mainstream hopefuls. Im a kasich fan but im better to take on hillary clinton. And marco rubio is hoping to fix what went wrong in the granite state. The candidates will be at a forum at winthrop. We will bring you coverage at 4 00 and well have wrap up tonight tomorrow night at 11. Tonight at 11, kentucky lawmakers taking a stand on gay marriage. They are proposing to have two license forms one for gay couples the other for straight. That would require couples to note their gender. The proposal is getting bipartisan support just five months after kentucky clerk went to jail for refusing to issue samesex marriage licenses despite the order from the supreme court. And tonight North CarolinaFranklin Graham is in atlanta marriage and a return to biblical values. He called it on our nations, quote, great sibs. He is traveling all 50 states to speak at rallies. He was in South Carolina yesterday holding a prayer rally. Thousands were there, as can you see. The moral and political walls of the nation are crumbling. Walls are meant for protection. Graham has been volk yam saying it is meant for one man and one woman. New at 11, a trial for a man charged in the 25yearold murder case ends with a deadlocked jury. William murphy accused of murdering mark and Jeanne Seacrest in 1990 in their home. It was a mystery. The pros prosecutors discovered new evidence and arrested murphy. The trial has been going on for a month and it is unclear if it will be untried. Rearing three Muslim Students shot to death one year ago today. And at least 200 people gathered to remember the three victims. A neighbor, 46yearold craig steven hicks, is facing three counts of first degree murder. Hicks posted antimuslim and antireligious statements on facebook. The f. B. I. Continues to investigate one year later hicks is facing the death penalty. New at 11, man captured in california after beings on the run for 15 years after a dwi is back in North Carolina. This sis a new mug shot of miguel garcia, he was driving drunk and on the wrong way on highway 321. He hit a car killing one man and hurting another. After gars gas was treated at the hospital he disappeared. The f. B. I. Found him near los angeles. He is being held on half a Million Dollars bail. All new at 11, the city has a program being implemented by the hornets. For the first time it is rewarding fans in a particular way. Coleen harry explains. Reporter well, paul, for the first time in the organizations history they are doing loyal loyalty pricing giving fan as chance to buy season pictures at this current price. There is less than a week to buy in. What is the reason for the campaign . When the hornets are home, there is no doubt who is in control. You can see that people are starting to come out and support this team. The organization is trying something new, they are keeping the ticket prices flat. And is 10dollar as seat in the upper level and 40 per game in the lower level. We wanted to reward loyalty and to those that have been with us. The hornets are almost at the halfway mark. They had 9 sell outs averaging 17,000 fan as game and including 10,000 season Ticket Holders. The demand will be great. And you experience that. And a higher attendance and demand, i think thats a thank you to the fans. Evan kent is behind bring back the buzz. He says that many season Ticket Holders were upset with the hornets before the season started. They spiked up the prices which is it did not rub people the right way. They were under performing. A lot of people will jump on the pricing, come in when you to not make the playoffs, you owe it to them when you do not up the tickets. What about the playoffs . Unlike the panthers where they have to pay up front for tickets, the hornets say season Ticket Holders will pay as the team plays in the playoffs. You have to pay for that no numbers yet on how many people have bought season tickets. Fans have until february 16th to get the price, the price will increase starting february 17. They dont know how much of an increase it will be. And tonight were monitoring a system of mass air coming into the carolinas. It could bring snow next yeek. And were with the details. Good evening and it may be more ice than snow. A lot of things to figure out. I can tell you this, high confidence a lot more and brutally cold air on the way. And video tonight of a construction worker rescued after falling into a 12foot hole. The equipment firefighters had to use to pull him out. A tragedy hits in the middle of the super bowl when a local celebrating the super bowl. I think that probably triggered something. His family recalls his moments with his son. The number one choice for were back aft temperatures are cold and in the Single Digits. Can you feel it through the picture that you see. And. A worker is rescued after falling 12 feet into a hole. We got this video. You can see him strapped to a basket they had to pull him out. This is on west main. They used a harnett to lower themselves in. Of danger, he was taken to the hospital with injuries to arms and legs, he should be okay. And the governor of North Carolina tweeted out a photo from his crash after the super bowl. The back of the vehicle smashed up. Can you see it there, he was grad he was wearing his seat bottle a vehicle rear ended hum after leaving the stadium. The governor refused treatment but another person was checked out at the hospital. Tonight plans to bring costco to a location near make norman. They want to open it off i77 and exit 35. It will be the first major anchor for a retail center. According to the News Partners at the observer, the deal is not set in stone yet. The Planning Board will consider the request tomorrow. The board of commissioners will have a say in march. And a well known Business Owner died after celebrating at William Rucker died moments after his son was given an award. And sarah blakemorgan spoke with family members tonight. She has the story from lancaster all new at 11. The streetss of lancaster are missing someone, people loved him. They know William Rucker. He was a champion to the little man in lancaster. As for the man, people will say they knew him. We are just trying to keep it together. It was supposed to be the perfect trip. William his son and other family members flew to San Francisco to watch their panthers play in the superbowl. Hours before the game, they were at an espn Pregame Party when williams son was handed a football, william celebrated in a way that moved everyone, then brothers soldier and had a heart attack. He died at 44 years old in front of his son. Seeing his son happy, being around the panthers, the fans and celebrating the super bowl that made william happy. And i think that probably triggered something. Now a family and a town are left with a missing piece comfort is found in the way he went out. If he would choose how to die other than hunting or fishing, that would be the perfect ending for him not us. What a story. He leave as wife and two young children. Services are scheduled for saturday at the familys funeral home in lancaster the services are open to the public. The cold temperatures are making life miss ran for a lot of people. We found few outside. They were working despite the temperatures. One valets does not mind working in the cold. I would rather work in the cold than the heat. When it is hot you can only take off so many clothes. Good point. Depending on how busy they are he could be out until 3 a. M. By that time. It is way down there. They are running around to get the car so are you keeping the activity. Are you freezing cold. Still, still. Dont forget to tip the valet. We told you about thed advisory and were talking about the mountains. Lets get to that. And it is only going to add up to another inch of snow. Thats enough to create tricky conditions. We want to alert to you that. The brutal cold is what everyone will be dealing with. Be careful if you are heading out overnight for any reason. Even if you are working the third shift v a look. This is the first alert forecast. Ill break it down for you. In the morning, 18 degrees, 42 and sunshine. No problem there maybe a slight moderation as you see were up to 399. Again plenty of sunshine to go around. Not heat. How about this. Were in the 20s across the high country. Snow is tapering off 30s. And 44 morganton. Thats chilly then the piedmont. Low to mid40s. That includes the upstate of forecast. What were looking at and friday thats the high what i want to point out. Another disturbance coming in the into mountains. This if any is through the Late Afternoon and evening hours into friday. An utterly fantastic situation. Lets talk about the weekend and the temperatures dropping down a couple of days not getting out of the 30s. In the teens. What is the story there. More cold air from the northwest. You see the scale. Anything in blue is below freezing then the teens then into Single Digits with the purple. That is saturday morning and look what happens when the cold air drops down again during the day on sunday. Single digits if not below in the high country. Were moving into monday with this. We have cold air followed by the wintry weather working in here. Monday night and into tuesday. This is for boone. Okay. How about that. The models thinking they could get a lot of snow that way. The gfs is bullish. They flipped this. Its not as impressed. Now, stay with me. All right. Here we go. Rain fall. Wow. This could be 2 inches for monday into tuesday. That was snow and convert to 20 inches of snow. Slouch is available. Not much. Maybe not even an inch. Then the european is there with it. This could independent up turning out to be ice thats something well watch. Not a lot of snow but could be an icy problem on monday into well track it back to you. How the hornets did. Well, wishing back to sports. Hornets are playing well and two 7 of the last ten as they entered play. This is close when they tipped off you can they went off. All 13 played in the game. And walker led the way with 25 pointings. And there you go. Not dislocated his surgical repaired right shoulder. More news to come tomorrow. Not good. Hornets win. 0 third in a row. And at 2726 at milwaukee friday. And there is the head coach. No one past here. And that is a thing of beauty. 24 team assists thats sharing a piece of the rock. Wildcats hit 123s overall tonight. They can light it up from outside. Doubledouble. 13 points 10 rebounds. Won 7976. And 65 in conference play. Hoops. Wingate at queens. Royals looking to extend their six game winning streak. And mad scramble. Inggoing in the lane. Queens up. And wingate. Baez. Fly in for this one. Good. Morgan. Queens won. Still perfect. Some other scores. And a big win for the same cooks. East carolina lost a thriller. And ray williams collapsed. He had this before. Thats what happened this time, too. He will be fine well see they wednesday here on wbtv against but thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, answer the call already. Well be in the teens tomorrow morning when you think thats got to be it. No t is worse over the weekend. And thats sunday morning and that cold air could be hanging around for potential ice on monday. And so were going to fine tune thank you very much. Thank you for watching and making us your choice for news at 11. Glad you could in. Us. Well see you tomorrow. Sleep warm and sleep well. We have got to admit this sting as bit. Champions but the planned parenthoods came up short in the big game. And a great rise from the contests when critics said it was a fluke to the end of the season when it looked like perfection was possible. Not quite but we roll through the playoffs and on to the super bowl. Sports is just a form of entertainment. And they are not better or resolving the dilemma. And where the colors to work. Dont know and think were in this together. This year has been fun. Dabbing and as passing out footballs by cam. And luke kuechly leading the generals and thomas davis playing big boy football with a broken arm. As we know, this kind of season does not come along this often we thank the owner and the organization for taking us on a thrill ride. Preseason camps open in july. Well have the mvp and coach of the year on the field. Well look forward to a victory in the superbowl. Keep pounding, carolinas. Speakout wbtv. Com jon Stephen Colbert band playing intro music cheers and applause captioning sponsored by cbs stephen thanks so much cheers and applause . Stephen jon batiste welcome to the late the late show, everybody. Thanks so much. Stephen Stephen StephenStephen Stephen thanks, everybody. 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