Marco rubio is hoping Campaign Stops in virginia can give him the push he needs on super tuesday. Wdbj7s Christian Heilman was at the rally at Roanoke College last night and has more about the event. These are the kind of days Everyone Wants to be back in college. Its also one Patrick Stone probably wont forget. Patrick stone, coming to hear rubio 00594014 its a great opportunity. Its not something that happens that often where a president ial candidate comes to you, you know . 00594621 this is the first time a major president ial candidate ever visited the college. Cullen truett doesnt agree with rubio, but wants to hear what he thinks. Cullen truett, coming to hear rubio 00495423 its about doing your civic duty to be an informed citizen. Everybody bases their support on what they get on dont actually have the evidence of what that candidate said to back it up. Nats cheering rubio didnt waste any time before attacking frontrunner donald trump. Marco rubio this matters because whas at stake here is the future of the conservative moveemnt. We cant turn over the conservative movement to a con artist. The latest cbs news poll puts rubio 13 points behind trump in virginia. In the last hours before super tuesday, rubio wants his message of change to change voters minds. Marco rubio the American Dream is in a lot of trouble and it will continue be in a lot of touble if we lose this election. It appears it may have worked for some in the crowd. Deborah goodwian i was looking for a conservative with strong values. I found him. I enjoyed it. Christian heilman, wdbj7 our political analysts say rubio needs to start winning some states, in order to have a shot at the republican nomination. Super tuesday is the first opportunity denton says rubios stump speech was quite good. Bob denton, political analyst 07193620 07194606 we certainly see that in some ways trumps attacks are more vicious than rubios, but he did it tonight with alot of humor. He says im going to have fun with this. He said that several times. Harry wilson, wdbj7 senior political analyst 07232212 a lot of people never see is that he actually did talk about issues and at the end he talked about his story and the family story and i think thats really the strength of the rubio message. 07233004 wdbj7 senior political analyst harry wilson says rubio is in a fight with ted cruz to see who can survive the longest in the race. Donald trump will be speaking at Radford University later today. Wdbj7 political analyst bob denton says its not surprising trump picked this part of the state. He says central and southWest Virginia are strong republican areas. Bob denton, political analyst 07200620 its going to be a spectacle. Its going to be donald trump. Whatever he wants to say. He has somewhat of a stump speech but hes going to excite the crowd as a spectacle and of course he hopes to get the headlines. 07201713 donald trump will be visiting Radford University later this morning. The event starts at noon, and doord wdjb7 will be at todays event and we will live stream it on wdbj7. Com democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is also in virginia today. She will make stops in Northern Virginia and hampton roads. cold toss to brent youdoing looking beautiful today and tomorrow you get to a couple hours of perhaps some showers just didnt zone location got a we disturbance is a front its moving through tracker bring the cooler air but it is bring some lighter rain across virginia and then again its can a sneak in this morning of the next few hours some be surprised to have some rain falling not everybody will get wet were expecting it to fall apart as it moves from west the east but this morning closing in on fifty eight degrees and the and during the afternoon we are expecting a very very warm day with high mid and upper fifties to low sixties and will cool off into the forties later on tonight they heres the rain as a moves through again it falls apart some snow showers in lorries and that amount locations later on tonight looking ahead to tuesday starting out dry and sunny 60s for highs in the will bring some Mountain Lake in the day tuesday night into early wednesday morning this line of some showers moves through and will have another dry on the dry the dry day for thursday before our next chance of some inclement weather moves in will take a be some rain or could be some snow that would be early friday morning but a Beautiful Day on the way want to get some of these clouds and showers out this morning eyes it sixty three and bedford almost sixty eight degrees and south boston sixty seven in danville little cooler heading toward the west but still comfortable upper fifties to low sixties with that chance of Early Morning showers in the allegheny highlands and the new river valley and in will to get rid of that will notice clearing skies to the afternoon its a had of this next seven days last forever in fact it skinny get back warm in winter, very quickly by the middle part of the week will get into the fifties with those temperatures dropping and in early friday why the watch for some morning rain and snow mix could be all snow the gets cold enough but right now does look like a big storm is coming one of those nuisance steps i you him you i you him yo accident last fall has died after being hospitalized for months. Ivy adkins died saturday afternoon. Her family reported the news on a social media page that was set up after her accident. Adkins and her cousin, natalie matthews, were badly injured in october when the car they were riding in crashed in the lake vista neighborhood of forest. Investigators say they were riding with christian riddle, who was driving a stolen car. Hes facing criminal charges related to the accident. A grand jury is scheduled to take up his case on tuesday. A virginia teen is facing charges for supposedly threatening her school through social media, using emojis emoji symbols are used on mobile devices and sometimes take the place of words. The Washington Post reports the middle School Student posted the message on instagram back in december. The post also included the words kill and meet me in the library tuesday. According to a search warrant, the girl acknowledged she put up the post under another students name. Shes charged with threatening the school and computer harassment. Tomorrow is the last day for candidates to file as independents in the race for roanokes next mayor. So far, no one has announced a challenge to now democratic nominee and current councilman sherman lea. The reverend and consultant beat doctor David Trinkle in the democratic primary. With no other candidates challenging him, he could run unapposed. Yesterday on wdbj7 sunday morning, anchor chris hurst asked lea if that was good for voters. Chris hurst do you wish there was more competition in the process, more voices out there through may . Through the election . Sherman lea, candidate for roanoke mayor well i feel like there are voices out there anyway. I feel like there have been on city council, i think most people know the things that i stand for and have done. We Going Forward regardless of who the other candidate may be. Lea said he was happy to have trinkles endorsement after the primary and despite long wait times, he was happy to see such a large turnout. Community activist Martin Jeffrey has been considering a run as an independent but as of now he has not declared. We want to make sure your monday morning communte is a smooth one. Well have your i hometown traffic report, after the break. Ladies, today is your day to get down on one knee. Its a leap day tradition youll for. Flooding is a problem on one giles county road. You cant drive on bear springs road from Kirk Cemetery road to eggleston road. The valley view interchange project will likely cause one northbound lane of i581 will close near the mall exit at eight and a second lane will close at 10. The mall exit will be blocked from midnight to two tomorrow morning. Bridge work could slow you down on route 58 in pittsylvania county. The eastbound right lane is closed near pounds road until Saint Patricks day. Were taking a live look at i81 in christiansburg from a Virginia Department of transportation camera. Traffic is moving right along there and most places this on your calendar just yet. Its leap day wdbj7s new morning reporter neesey payne has been teaching us about leap day this morning. Good morning, neesey. Good morning. Leap day was put in place to keep our calendar running smoothly. But theres more to it than just that. Heres some fun facts you might not know about. Take a look. There are a lot of traditions and superstitions that come along with leap day. Like the old irish legend that st. Brigid complained to st. Patrick about women men to propose the two struck a deal. So ladies, if you liked wanted to put a ring on it, february 29th was your day to pop the big question. And if your man refused, he was fined take that for saying no some big moments in history also day. In 1692, the first arrests were made in the salem witch trials. In 1940, Hattie Mcdaniel became honored with an oscar. She won the best supporting actress award for her role as mammy in the classic movie gone with the wind. And fast forward to 1972. Hank aaron signed a recrod breaking threeyear contract with the atlanta braves. Aaron would be paid 200thousand dollars per year under the contract making him the highest paid Major League Baseball player at that time. Now, the odds of being born on leap day are 1 in 1,461. But if youre lucky enough to have come into this world on february 29th, you also share a birthday with a few names you might know, like motivational speaker tony robbins, singer dinah shore, and rapper ja rule. Since leap day only comes around about every four years, the questions is, should you celebrate your birthday on february 28th or march 1st . The answer its all up to you. A lot of really neat of that stuff . Camping in the iwnter probably camping in the iwnter probably doesnt sound like such a great idea. But there is a way to enjoy the great outdoors, even in the colder months. And, how a Non Profit Group in our disabilities. Planarea and warm weekend and all i can think about this of get in appomattox county we got us are moving photos sent to us i this is twelveyearold sarah holds assess sitting in a broken chair there pretty much on the ground and no looking at the home that cell was lost her family home soaks to so many pictures come in from out of that area that the good news is in all of this is that they are able to begin the cleanup in the weather is been cooperating with that over the weekend and a couple more days of warm temperatures to before start to get some chile numbers back in here we do have a cold front thats moving through right now that a bring some scattered showers were really not drop the temperatures all that much finding some heavier pockets of rain across parts of West Virginia those again the sneak into the allegheny highlands over the next few hours but again not everybody gets wet some of this will fall apart as a moves through a mild start to your day now fifty six and roanoke fifty in danville where forty seven in lynchburg forty seven degrees and hot springs but it has been very, very windy those gusts up to 40 mi. h at times across hot springs very breezy thirty mileperhour wind gusts there and bluefield now we can tell you that the winds will start to relax later on today once that system moves through here once the rain chances dropoff and of by mid to late morning will start to clear out later on in the afternoon thats warmup the low sixties the Beautiful Day in store for us and in once a look ahead to the seventy forecast sue got one more warm day tomorrow and will start to cool things down on wednesday with temperatures dropping into the 50s through the day the next shower chance coming when it comes to exploring your hometown, sometimes you have to challenge yourself. During the winter time it can be hard to get outside but there are definite advantages. In this weeks your hometown, we tell you why winter camping is a good thing and how to make it a successful trip. Im going to interject an idea herewinter camping. It may seem crazy but theres a lot of people that take advantage of it. My favorite part about camping in the winter is the. The lack of campsites is the biggest. Not many people go winter camping around here. The other would be the lack of bugs, spiders, arachnids, snakes and all those creepy crawling things im sold. Pat metheny from backcountry ski and sport says theres three keys to a good winter overnight backpacking trip. First, you have to have the right gear. Keeping your feet warm and dry is huge. Its probably the most imporant. I think marino wool socks does the best job of keeping your foot warm and it tends to get a little bit wet it wicks moisture off your feet remember cotton is your enemy. Bring long johns and dont forget a hatone to hike with and a dry one to sleep with. With winter camping you only have a limited amount of daylight number 2, you need to have good shelter. Here in southWest Virginia a good 2 or 3 season tent will do. This time of year youre going to have the rain fly on. It tends to add a little bit of insulation. Then theres staying warm at night and when its wet and cold that can be hard but its not impossible. Sleeping bag in the world, without a ground pad youre still going to end up being cold at night. Ill wake up cold if i roll of my sleeping bag at night. You feel like you rolled on to a cold bed of ice. A little bit of insulation pad goes a long way. Last but not least you have to stay hydrated. Your body just works better when youre hydrated. Your muscles works better, your brain works better. You make better decisions throughout the day. So this winter not only go on a hike but stay out there for a night. Less people, less bugs and less heat equals seeing more of your hometown. It looks wet and damp and it really was on that day so maybe pick your spots when youre looking to go over night. But the weather doesnt wait on your weekend so sometimes you just have to go but kim, it is amazing how when you go out this time of year that there really isnt a lot of people out. Better. Katies place is a Nonprofit Organization that teaches life skills to adults with these disabilities. From preparing meals and learning how to use every day appliances to enjoying each others company, katies place strives to make life normal. Wdbj7 anchor nadia singh tells us why parents are grateful for the program. Christy paderick katies place we are a nonprofit day support program. That allows young adults like eva, shannon and tyler the opportunity to learn and grow. Lisa crowder parent it gives them a place. It gives them a place in the community, it helps them to integrate out into the community and they make friends, they have a life, just like you and i do. Lisa crowder and her shannon love coming to katies place. Lisa crowder parent hes here. Im happy that theres an opportunity like this in the community for everyone. Katies place leaders say theyre striving to help those with Developmental Disabilities lead fulfilling lives. Christy paderick katies place each individual is just like you and i christy paderick katies place you dont see the disability, you see the person so thats why were here to provide services for them. And teaching them things many take for granted. Christy paderick katies place life skills, social skills, relationship skills, activities of daily living. Which gives moms like lisa peace of mind. Lisa crowder parent were getting older as parents and we realize we may not always be here so its comforting to know that they have a place where they can come. Right now, northern Roanoke Baptist Church is where katies place calls home. Theres limited programs for people with disabilities so thats why katies place is here. And laughter to everyone it touches nadia singh, wdbj7. People born on leap day dont always get to celebrate their real birthdays. Well meet a man whos celebrating a major milestone today. And if youre a fan of Monarch Butterflys, we have some good news for you, after the break. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Her lifes work has been about breaking barriers. Which is why, for every american whos not being paid what theyre worth. Whos held back by student debt or a system tilted against them and there are far too many of you she understands that our country cant reach its potential. Unless we all do. Together. For most people, birthdays happen every year, but thats not the case for people born today. February 29th it onto our calendars. 180thousand people in the us who were born on this day. One of them is 84 yearold paul knebels he was born in 1932, but today technically marks his 21st birthday. So his family and friends threw his a Surprise Party this weekend to celebrate. Theres some good news for the Monarch Butterfly population. There are more butterflys this season thats according to the Mexico National commission of protected natural areas. When compared to last years numbers of migrating population has gone up by 255percent. Conservationists say its good news, but that monarchs are still at risk as their migration continues. Bed early, weve got the big winners from last Nights Academy awards. Plus, why oscars host chris rock is also winning rave reviews. Five ku klux klan members who went to jail after a fight at a california rally are now free. Why seven are still behind bars. Plus, well tell you what you should be buying at the grocery store. In this weeks Healthy Liv