it's friday, january 29th. i'm kyle benjamin. >> reporter: i'm january keaton. schools are on time for you in case you're wondering. the busses were on the snow route just in case you're wondering why the bus may have been where it should have been. greg county schools you open 2 hours late. just be aware of that. >> kyle: this morning the search continues for a missing girl in blacksburg. many are out looking for the 13-year-old. they last saw nicole madison lovell at midnight. she's in urgent need of medication that helps her deal with a liver transplant. a drone and state and local police are out in full force this week to find nicole lovell. they're investigating all possible leads. the organization helped save the next girl and even join in the search. they're trying to console nicole's parents. >> i spoke with tammy this morning. but of course she's -- you this is her -- this is and right now we don't have a clue to where she's at and she wants her home. >> reporter: investigators set up an anonymous tip line. if you know anything about the whereabouts call the number on the screen right now. 540-36-- and 10 and 8. sending an e-mail and find this information on our website virginiafirst.com. >> anchor: we are your local election headquarters. the approximate presidential debate was packed with voters ahead of the monday they have just 3 days to decide who will win. caroline shively as the latest. >> the candidates took their >> the last 4 questions were rand, please attack ted. jeb, please attack ted. >> the candidates tore into each other including immigration. >> that's when you changed the book because it used to be a path to citizenship. >> so did you. >> they laid out fans to fight isis. >> dudefeat assad? larger and more traveled may see isis take over all of syria. >> we want to destroy isis it has to be on the air and on the ground and not with friends the arob world and the colcoalition and that will develop the strategy together to take out isis every place it is around the world so that together. all of us, too, and then destroy it and move on to come back. >> troy boycotted the event. >> you have to stick up for your rights. when you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. >> reporter: trump says his for veterans including one million out of his own pocket. carolina shively, fox news. >> anchor: the president of liberty university is facing criticism for endorsing donald trump for president. jerry falwell jr. appeared on cnn last night and defended his decision. he says people also criticized his dad for supporting ronald reagan. truffle mate not be the holiest candidate but does believe he's a good turnaround expert which is best for the country. >> nearly 600 people are facing drug charges as part of the area round up on those criminals. operation deep freeze through southwest virginia and targets trafficking upset drugs. those arrested face charges including to methand then anyone with information is house. >> and the hearing and prescription drug addiction. senators say 2 thing are key to successfully combat the national epidemic. >> we don't get the support and treatment for those struggling with addiction and deal and now according to the national institute on drug abuse, overdose deaths involving available since 1999. hair we found one. >> and in case you didn't know, january is national wakhoema awareness month and hits an estimated 3 million people around the u.s. right now that number is expected to go to 4.2 million people by 2030. >> reporter: wfxr is going to tell you why glaucoma symptoms. people could potentially lose and then once investigation is lost, it's permanentmenter. i don't know if it's something to affect the nerve. it goes from your brain novels. i spoke to and then anyone can develop glaucoma but your rifts like family he alsos more are others. according to the national institute they're 6-8 times more likely in conference occasions then locations. they also say it's extremely difficult to protect of the 3 million people estimated to have and then they've been diagnosed. >> the best way to determine whether you have glaucoma or not is to have a really good eye exam. you just can't look at one thing like what your eye you have to have a complete exam by someone who knows what they're doing. >> reporter: the good news once glaucoma is diagnosed, disneylands and then going towards home, wfxr news. >> thanks, paris. we have ourselves the heck of a weekend coming up and not a great day today but think of it as the payment for what is to come as we go over the next couple. so for today here in roanoke, temperatures will be in the middle to upper 30s for highs. weavertalking about 50s and even 60s as we and wendy know and then it's snowfall with the same story as we head on into central virginia. did tails in the forecast coming up. terry? >> reporter: all right, thank if we are going to get out to old fashioned soft drink. back to "good day, virginia". we're cooking up something on facebook. you always ask me for a recipe and i found something kind of interesting. >> when you said how about this we had to do it. i always get the other one. >> i love rootbeer so -- >> this is great. >> a different take on things, too. >> these are slow cooked rootbeer wings. for those out there there's not a lot of heat if you like the buffalo spicy wings. you can tweet this recipe somewhat but it's not bad. normally i separate the wings and found out you put them in the crock pot for 4 hours on low and they fall off the bone. so i would recommend trying the first 4 hours keeping them together. if you can help or apart. what you have is salt and and whatever and then there is a lot of salt and everyone tries the different salt with this and then you add 16 ounces of rootbeer. >> so about a can and a quatederer. so if you want to measure and then this is after we start to weaken it. you add that in and then a cup of barbecue sauce. any one you like. this is where we might put heat in the milgts and more in the way of store. >> i'll tell you it smells. when you walk out and it spells amazing. >> you just say hey, let me give my townings and i think they forgot to bring it over. and just going to mix it all up. >> and it is -- >> you get more of a cherry flavor. try what you like. sometimes something like this and going in. >> i love rootbeer. >> love all different. >> that's what you do with this. stick it on for 4 hours. the first time you like on saturday to keep watching it. you lay it out on the cookie sheet and the boiler for about 10 minutes or so. i would put it on high and to help crisp the skin up because the skin will not be crispy and then before you put them in spread that bit of salt and pepper on it and come out and about. >> the brown sugar the at the end and you sprinkle on and then before you put the barbecue sauce on. i recommend watching it because brown sugar being sugar and then it will burn. and then the boiler. the boiler down in the middle first and then close to the end but whatever you need to do and dig in. >> all right, i'll try this now. what do you have going on? >> come on down! everybody knows we have the blue plate special today. pork cut let with mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables. >> jason: and that's sarah's place. this is delicious! >> it's really good. >> jason: sometimes chicken wings are hard to eat and tear off. this is really good. >> and i think this same recipe would really work good with barbecue meat. -- >> jason: like a pulled pork or something? >> it would be good. i just love spice and i can't do heat so this is a great way that i can enjoy wings. >> jason: this is really, really excellent! this recipe, of course, will be on our website, we'll be >> jason: loving chicken wings! i can't wait to get more of those! not here. right here. right here. and then it is definitely checking the wings out and we'll have the recipe up in just a little bit. we have kind of a crazy day today and, well, need a crazier weekend but only in a good way. as we take a look outside in blacksburg we have plenty of we've seen a few snow showers. rain and snow showers are moving across the region as we speak. it's a cold front that makes its way on by and with that coal front in the wake of it do expect temperatures to hold steady and trail off as we go throughout the day. if you have evening plans, be careful! notice that between 5 already and going to blabsing new temperature down below the freezing park so use caution especially on the sidewalks and things like that. a couple of camera guys in the studio were talking how they both went down on black ice earlier so be very, very cautious out there. the wind really ramping up at 17 mph and likely to see gusts at 20-30 mph and still holding steady for us and should start to trail off as we go through the afternoon and there you go. on the hourly planner with the the 30s and during the early part of the evening already down at and below the freezing mark and then it is during the day on monday and then it's 38 in lynchburg right now and out of the west and indicating that cold front coming by. then it is going to the high pressure for the way and then it is going to be the next couple of days to get patches of it and by monday it may be all green once again. file that picture away. it will be interesting to check back with that as we head on into the day on monday after a very warm weekend. not warm today. temperatures trailing off throughout the day around lynchburg. but look at this. 50s tomorrow. sunday and monday. just downright gorgeous out there with a lot of sunshine, too. 27 this morning in hot springs. morning in bloomfield. 10-20 mph and almost 25 in hot springs and still see a couple of lingering rain and snow showers around the region as that cold front continues to press its way off to the east but certainly reducing the amount of coverage we've seen with that. kick this off the coast even further with the high pressure building in and moves past us and brings us a beautiful, beautiful weekend. on the future cast all is quiet and just a few lingering later in the day and the temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s around the roanoke valley earlier this afternoon. the low 40s will do it to central virginia as well and find a lot of sunshine later in the day but the gusting winds will make it feel colder. low to mid40s on the south side and on your 7 day forecast, well, we'll really kick those temperatures up a notch as we head through the next couple of days. the upper 40s and low 50s on tap for saturday and 50s to and then cooler for the first week of february. >> anchor: wow! >> this month is flying! >> anchor: flew! >> kyle: by the way, bonus day in february. leap year this year. >> election year is always the leap year. >> kyle: see 29th for the first time. >> anchor: happy birthday finally to all you february 29th! took long enough! >> kyle: don't forget virginiafirst for all the latest news, weather and sports headlines. that's virginiafirst.com >> anchor: presidential candidates are weighing in on the governor's response to the flint, michigan, water crisis. >> kyle: and bonnie breaks it down from new york. >> reporter: more hot water for the flint water crisis after e-mails revealed michigan sent trucks of bottled water to the state office in flint months before acknowledging it was >> it shows the reaction was to take care of the state workers while telling flint residents the water is safe. go ahead and drink it. >> problems started in 2014 when the city witched the water source from detroit to flint river. while governor rick schneider has claimed he was unaware of the problem until past october, the e-mails show the state was trucking in the water back in january of last year. >> it shows what we've assumed all along. there was no way the governor's administration didn't know earlier there were real issues with the water. >> reporter: now even governor schneider's own party is criticizing his response to the water crisis. >> i don't know all the details of what rick schneider has done. i know there have been people who have been fired. people being held accountable. but the fact is every single engine of government has to move to see a crisis like that. >> reporter: and going to continue to move in from across the country including from the texas school with the teacher who is a native of flint. know that way down here in houston that we're having them drive my family in flint, michigan. >> reporter: the governor's office has not yet commented on the e-mails. while environmental and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit, schneider said they won't be able to put new ones in any time soon. jackie, fox news. >> anchor: 8:23 now and professor mark edwards is leading the team in flint for the crisis any long-term solutions to the water contamination crisis going. there are elevated levels of lead in the water and he's bringing the issues to light finally. >> kyle: well, facebook is making more money off you than ever before. the social media site reported wednesday it made more than 1.5 billion dollars in profits in the last 3 months of now facebook serves 1.5 billion people that use the site every month. 33 percent globally. the u.s. and canada, making $13 million per user in the use. this morning suing devry university for misleading about job proeect spects after graduation. this since 2008. they say the ads claim 90% of people who graduated since 1975 found jobs in their field within 6 months. the ftc said that's just not true. the university said in the statement the lawsuit is without legal basis and it will be contested. and folks are camping out in the cold in front of one business. why they're so anxious and willing to take 3 days off of work and sit in frigid of one particular days to be one of the first people to buy the new "air jordans."a bunch of people in >> and the new air jordans are causing lines. >> anchor: a lot of people lined up on south state street. >> kyle: that's at the corner of 23rd. >> anchor: that would be cool if it was at the corner of 23rd. chances are it's not enough to keep you warm in chicago this time of year. so everybody brought plenty of blankets. look at these crazy people! already lining up on wednesday and that's 3 days -- >> anchor: that was 3 days before the sneakers even went on sale! >> kyle: they go on sale saturday. a pair of air jordans? $650 per pair! break down, 325 per shoe! >> anchor: that's for just done air jord ans. that's the name of the $650 pair of shoes and those folks are out there for 3 days? wednesday until they actually launch on saturday. >> and own one pair of air jordans and high school basketball shoes which i kept for reasons. them. >> nostalgia. >> kyle: and my turf shoes. >> anchor: were they air jordans? >> kyle: i wear them when i go skiing. they make good ski boots. >> anchor: you heard it on live tv, everybody. >> kyle: they were provided to me for my athletic services. >> anchor: the athletic at least didn't camp out for 3 days. have to have a talk after the show. a cold front will move >> jason: elliott just walked in the studio. we have snow showers in the region this morning. we have the wind cranking. is it windy over there? it's going to be very windy this afternoon. keep a good grip on the wheel if you're out driving around. temperatures 20s, 30s and 40s right now. as we head on into the afternoon and feeling colder because of those gusting winds. but some short sleeves in order and then it's the full 10 point forecast. "good day, virginia" returns right now. >> kyle: thanks for joining us on "good day, keaton. and i'm kyle benjamin. on virginia's eastern shore -- six people are dead after an apparent murder- suicide. officers were called to this home in chesapeake for a well-being check. once inside, they found a body inside the home. further investigation led them to another home a few blocks away. an armed person inside that house would not come out. after several hours, police entered the home and found five people dead. police believe all six are related. the this morning. happening today: governor terry mcauliffe and republican leaders expected to announce they've struck a deal on virginia's gun regulations. mcauliffe agreed to legislation that says the state must recognize concealed- handgun permits from nearly all states, a reversal of attorney general mark herring's decision last month under the deal, the state would take guns away from anyone who has a two-year restraining order against them for domestic-violence. state police would also have to attend all gun shows to provide background checks for private sellers if they requested the service. two roanoke non-profits join forces to create better operations and more resources for people dealing with substance abuse and homelessness. wfxr's charlie cooper has the details on how the two will move forward in efforts to help those facing crisis. those the director of the director of operations said no jobs were lost in the merger and in fact a new one was created because of it. in rocky mount: a dollar tree store could reopen as early as this morning after a car comes barreling through the front of the store. this picture of the damage was sent in by a viewer. the crash happend at the store located in the 200 block thursday. authorities say the driver may have had a medical emergency at the time. the building has 20 thousand dollars worth of damage. students from 20 colleges around the commonwealth shared their student loan debt concerns at a roundtable hosted by senator mark warner, and senator tim kaine.the students shared their concerns about the rising costs of higher education, and many asked for more transparency and flexibility in college loan application and repayment programs. the average virginia graduate is 26 thousand dollars in the red. according to the federal reserve, americans owe more than 1.3 trillion in student loan debt. the million dollar winner has been revealed.today kelley cox was given a 1 million dollar check from the virginia lottery.cox matched 5 numbers in the the 1.5 billion dollar powerball drawing ealier this month.kelly bought the winning roanoke boulevard in salem.the store also received 10 thousand dollars for selling the ticket.kelly says she didn't know she won until her co-worker told her to check her ticket. "i called my husband, woke him up, told him that i had gotten 5 of the numbers right and he was like that's great baby, congratulations. what did you in? like 1 thousand dollars? and i was like no, a million, no. no. no wait what did you say? i said a million and he was like you are kidding and i was like no i'm not kidding."kelly says she does not have any immediate plans for the money, but says she is happy to be able to share the wealth with her kids. a cold front will move through the region from the northwest overnight...bringing windy conditions to the mountains increasing snow pressure follows the front fridaybrief shot of colder weather night. the high passes saturday low milk prices---- good for customers- not so good for farmers.coming up: one local farmer has to fight to keep her farm running. last >> well, before we get started, a first shout out to becky doing knee repairs and physical therapy. i feel your pain. last week total bust when it came to entertainment options. this weekend looks to be a little better! look at the weather! that first of all very awesome and discoincident the clipper. >> don't look right now and assume. >> it is not and elliott royal buzzing for the weekend. how are you? >> good. >> glad to see you finally get out last weekend and sorry i didn't make it. but there were no events. >> kyle: we were talking about the snow. >> hopefully all dug out or melted out but we missed a bunch of event because of the storm which brings me to the exciting news you probably already gone over a couple of times with the restaurant week and extended and then amazing food touring through to the downtown restaurants. check out downtown roanoke.org for more information. we talk about that a little bit last week and that terrific event. circus time in roanoke at the center today through sunday. check out the acrobats, clowns and animal performers. this is some great affordable fun. the organizers want you to know the shrine circus is animal-friendly and the animal performers work in close partnership with the trainer challenging one another to delight their audience. >> that is good stuff. >> the animals treated well it's 16 for adults. over in salem you can dance away the winter blues with the 9th annual winter fest beach bash at the salem center tonight. that's a mouthful. winter west beach bash starting at 5. the band of oz will perform and admission is $8 in advance and $10 at the door. >> kyle: a wizarding good time. >> wizarding. >> kyle: come on now! >> check out the museum of art international wine festival on sunday from 1-4. sample 30 wines in the souvenir wine glass. check out expert food and wine pairings and live music. tickets are $45. come on now! that's wine! sensible price right there. full list of wines can be found on the museum's website. >> kyle: that's a box of diapers! >> but wouldn't you rather go buy a box of diapers having had a bunch of wine? >> kyle: yeah, i suppose so. is kung fu panda 3! yeah! continuing his legendary adventures of awesomeness, po must face 2 hugely epic supernatural threats. one also closer to his home. have you seen a panda bear at the zoo do kung fu? it looks like this! >> kyle: check out the panda cam and see at the national zoo. they do it all the time! >> if you tune in for even 2 minutes, you're going to see a panda do kung fu. it's fun! brandon thinks hellmann's is heaven in a jar. that's because our ingredients come from... farmers committed to responsibly sourced oils... blended with ingredients like cage-free eggs. mmm. heaven. real ingredients. that's how we're working to the >> 8:47. last check of the weather as we head on into what's looking like a fantastic weekend and certainly much better than last weekend was. whether we're dealing with 1-2 feet of snow across the region and gusting winds. gusting winds with some flurries, snow showers and a few rain showers, as a matter of fact. the wind is picking up in spots gusting at 30 mph. the weekend talking temperatures in the 50s and 60s and absolutely fantastic most of us in 50s and feming very nice and 31 in smith mountain lake and 38 in lynchburg. here's the winds. 10-20 plus mph winds and wind anybody blank has not had a 60 gust with that gust in roanoke and 30 mph gusts in hot springs so again a lot of these winds coming perpendicular to the path of 81. so if you're driving up and down the highway, obviously keep a good grip on the steering wheel and get the big trucks and nice wide birth when you go by. 10-2. that's right. 10-2. give the trucks a wide berth when you go by them and with that big gust goes around with the high profile they have plenty of space to re-adjust. a few showers and snow showers out there. it's been reducing an aerial coverage over the last couple of hours. really not much more than a nuisance out there and some of the bridges and overpasses might be slick. the cold front sweeps through quickly and this one on out of here and the high pressure pushing in very quickly and it will actually move across the region and then park off the coast for us and get into the return flow on the back side of that. the southerly winds are going temperatures up as we go over the weekend well into the 50s for most of us. future cast showing mostly sunny skies as we go into the afternoon. it will be very windy and colder air moving in in the wake of the cold front and it will kick the temperatures down as we go through much of the day today so be ready for a cold one when you walk outside and if you're off any length of time make sure well layered up. the sunshine around and pleasant-looking weekend all in all for us and the wind is going to die down late tonight and into tomorrow and that will make you feel better, too. lower 40s and upper 30s on the map for the roanoke valley as we go on through the day today. central virginia in the low 40s and temperatures pretty much what you see out there right now is what you get. not really going to bump a lot as we go into the afternoon with the sunshine and making temperatures feel significantly cooler than the actual number reflects and that's well down like in the new river valy and up into the highlands as well with those temperatures, air temperatures in the 20s and 30s and then tailing off in th your 7-day forecast. tap. i love showing that. 50s to 60s and by the time sunday rolls around and i'll take that. >> anchor: get a high 5 every now and then. >> get so much heat from all the bad weather and it's nice to get a little praise for the good weather. >> and a little heat in the forecast this weekend! >> well played. >> kyle: don't forget, virginiafirst.com is your source for news, weather and sports. and maybe a pun or 2. >> anchor: and wages are down falling in 80 of the 100 biggest metropolitan areas. they look at several all of those 100 metro areas. and did see improvement and with employment and productivity but most saw less pay for workers. the wage declines affected minorities more than white. and many saw median employment rates fly while poverty fell. low milk prices are great for us and we have them not so great for the dairy farmers and fight to keep the runs going every day. >> according to the bureau of labor statistics, milk prices average $3.80 a gallon and dropped 70 cents after 2013 to 3.10 a gallon leading to the drop in profits for dairy farmers and put the strain on the operating budgets. they'll explain how those farmers are trying to keep their farms open. succeed."but sometimes success price of their product is never stable.tayna young/3rd generation dairy farmer: "the ups and downs have become a norm for us dairy farmers." from the months of may to september of 2014 ... to that same time period, the following year - the farm took a 33% hit.tayna young/3rd generation dairy farmer; "you have to borrow more money to pay the bills with. we have to do more work ourselves, so we can cut labor. we have to plant more crops so we can buy less feed.cynthia martel/dairy agent for va extension: "it's a hard thing to do for a farmer to say i'm going to go out and work a job off the farm so then i can come and make sure my bills on the farm are going to be paid."nat of cowsstandup: "this is a high quality feed, so that the cows can produce more milk and even though milk prices are low, farmers say the quality of the care of their animals is still important to them."tayna young/3rd generation dairy farmer: "you have live animals to take care of, it's your responsibility. you can't just give up."and that ... tanya says ... is not an option. tayna young/3rd generation dairy farmer: "we have to feed the world."so next time you go to grab some of this at the local grocery store, make sure to remember the dairy farmers who you support. reporting in franklin county, sophia borrelli wfxr news. so that the cows can produce more milk. and even though milk prices are low, farmers say the quality of the care of their animals is still important to them. >> you have live animals to take care of. it's your responsibility. you can't just give up. >> and that, tonya says, is not an option. >> we have to feed the world. >> make sure to remember the dairy farmers who you support. for "good day, virginia", i'm sophia birelli. >> anchor: well, we know folks pulling around for carolina to win the super bowl and the one man is feeling blue. story when a man bet his friends >> anchor: all right, lastly a man bet his friends the carolina panthers would not make it to the superbowl. >> kyle: it was not a monetary bet but he's now blue. he said if the panthers went dancing, he'd paint himself blue and stand on the side of the street. he stood on the side of the gastonia, north carolina, road, just outside charlotte holding a sign saying "i love cam newton." >> anchor: you won't believe this. he bet against them again! he says if they win the super bowl, he'll stand outside a bank of america stadium in a tutu. >> pretty decent chance of him ending up outside the boa stadium. the panthers are really good. i would just stop to make sure. >> anchor: you have a tutu? >> jason: maybe not sitting properly part of the gag. >> kyle: add insult to injury. >> anchor: i don't want to see a man in a tutu. we'll see it's another maury original. and it starts right though. just a few months ago melody

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