he had stole it out of my house. >> evan: luckily the thief only got away with old currency. he could have paid for it with his life. >> tammy: we have new details surrounding a new shooting investigation in asheville. a local high school student who was shot died from his injuries this morning. ashlea surles joins us live from the high school where 17-year-old kyrie logan played football. ashlea, there's still no arrest? >> ashlea: no arrest, no one has been charged at this point. police are investigating several people they believe could be tied to this shooting. it happened around 1 o'clock in west asheville. two witnesses came forward. one said kyrie was running way from the gunman when he was shot. at another point documents say police found shotgun shell casings near where kyrie was standing. he had been a junior at a defensive lineman on the erwin football team here. today his coach said he and the team loved kyrie. >> he would be the first one in the locker room. always the first one dressed. not until after about six months in, to me knowing him to realize he was a cut-up. he had a funny side to him. >> ashlea: logan died around 6 this morning at mission hospital. his youngest sister had set up a go fund me page online. his family is asking for donations to help cover his funeral expenses. we talked to some of kyrie's friends and family and get their feelings on what happened and how things unfolded at deaverview apartments yesterday. reporting live, i'm ashlea surles, news 13. >> darcel: a gas station clerk is recovering after being robbed and shot. caught on surveillance deo. they say the suspect wearing camouflage jumped over the counter and grabbed money from inside the register before the other suspect shot the clerk. both fleed the scene. we have a copy of the 911 call. >> can you listen to me? where have you been shot at? >> in the chest with a shotgun. >> darcel: tonight on news 13 at my40 at 6:30, we speak to the neighbor and friend of the clerk. plus we discover this wasn't the first violent robbery in the story even in the past year. >> tammy: happening now, ted cruz is in spartanburg for a rally. this is a live look at the event that kicked off a short time ago. cruz has not taken the stage just yet. it's one of the many stops in he held a meet and greet in sec seneca earlier. >> darcel: cnn reports nikki haley is backing marco rubio. this comes just days before the south carolina republican primary. haley is hoping her endorsement could give a boost for rubio down the line. >> and i want someone that's really going to make a difference not just for our party but for every person they represent in the country. >> darcel: meanwhile the other candidates remained on the campaign trail today. several of them were at events in south carolina. >> tammy: well the sunshine is making a difference weather wise today. boost, too. >> jason: it's that pesky wind. we always seem to have that wind this time of year. once we clear out, we just can't together. we're at balsam gap. yesterday about an inch. down in to hendersonville we go. a beautiful day there, too. 41 degrees. pretty good visibility at this hour. but that pesky wind is something we'll deal with. look at the upstate. that's the place to be if you want it mild. mid to upper 50s. notice at 7 o'clock this evening we'll still have sustained between 10 to 15 miles per hour. some of the ridge tops could have higher wind speeds. watch them drop off. calm only by the six miles per hour in asheville. it may pick up in the afternoon tomorrow. 35 degrees at 7 under mostly clear skies. drop down close to freezing by 9. upstate, you're looking at temperatures dropping at well. we have a high of 45 today in asheville. that's coming and how warm your weekend is coming. stick around for that. >> darcel: jaclyn, drivers need to be careful taking charlotte highway? >> jaclyn: right, there is a four car crash blocking traffic in front of the ingles there. try to avoid this area on your commute if fobl. heads up if you are taking airport road soon. we do have a crash clearing in the area of bradley branch road. keep that in mind. we have delays on i-26 west bobond to be aware of. slow moving traffic there between airport and long shoals. speeds at long shoals slowing down to 40 miles per hour. so it might slow you down on your commute. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> tammy: preparing for today's papal mass along the border. what's expected to be on the forefront of the pope's message. every morning i drink coke zero regardless. >> darcel: later in a special report, the differences between pros and cons of consuming the is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that's amazing! that's amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, you're watching news 13 with chief meteorologist jason boyer. and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. this is news 13 at 5:00. >> darcel: we have an update on the pope's visit to mexico. he's wrapping up his five day trip by celebrating a mass. >> tammy: the mass starts in about an hour. crowds have been gathering all day in anticipation. >> darcel: issues facing immigrants fleeing mexico are expected to be at the forefro nt front of his message. >> that's a powerful message that people do matter. dignity, their work, who they are matters a great deal. >> darcel: across the border in texas, people are gathering in a stadium to watch a simullcast on a big screen. bernardino by a couple using a fiance visa has many questioning the process. more than half million foreigners illegally overstayed their trip to america last year. >> tammymy news 13 investigates why it's happening. >> we have no way of tracking that. even once we go beyond that time, it's up to our honor system to be able to self-report. >> tammy: news 13's jennifer emmert looked in to it. tonight at 11, the problems she exposed in the process. >> darcel: today the sunshine gave us a boost. made us think it was warm out here. >> tammy: the only problem was the wind, jason. >> jason: oh that wind. 45 degrees for the high temperature today. six below average in asheville. we started out below average. no rain or snow officially we have almost 7 inches for the year. a cold wind continues to blow. that's going to weaken. we're going to get our wind shift and warming up big time in to the weekend. will it be the warmest weekend of the month? i'll show you next. >> holly: coming up tomorrow morning on news 13, we continue to give back during international random acts of kindness week. plus we have another early bird we're giving away a at humana, we know when you have your health... ...great things are ahead of you like seeing old friends or making new ones, learning some moves or showing off your skills and being free to keep on exploring. choose a humana medicare plan for the care you need... to help you have better health for everything that's ahead. i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: today was our ninth day in a row we had below average high temperatures in asheville. what gives? we've had a stubborn and persistent trough in the east. look at it diving south ward. that keeps things unsettled and cold. thus we've had our wintery weather and our cold weather here. look at the difference in the mid and southern portions of the nation. 70s in texas and oklahoma. 90 close too phoenix. this big jet stream bulging west ward. we're headed for the warmest weekend of february so far. we've had some very chilly weekends. temperatures averaging the low 40s for the couple weekends we've had to far. 34 degrees for that wind chill. that's not fun at all. 55 degrees in greenville. it is sunny. not much of a wind chill factor but you still have the wind to deal with. it's north-northeasterly at 13 miles per hour. we have high pressure to the north. around that, a clock wise flow. everything is pulling cold air down on this side of the high pressure. once it starts to move to the east and that's going to happen in to the weekend, we'll start to see our wind come back around from the return side of that. that's the west side of the high. and our winds will come from the west and southwest. you can see warm air also going in to the midwest, too. anything south of that is pretty warm stuff. most of that is coming our way, too. we'll watch the cold front skirt on by to the north of us friday and saturday. it will increase the cloud cover. you can see that good batch of cloud cover coming through tennessee, also kentucky. that is coming in for the weekend. we will cloud up. but we will warm up along with that. sun and we can't get the warm weather at the same time. here's the future cast this evening. maybe some flurries. other than that, not means. we'll see. by day break we're clear. mostly sunny through the afternoon tomorrow. look at these winds coming up from the south. already the upstate tomorrow. still more northwesterly winds in asheville and the mountains. my thursday evening, even more subtly winds coming up. the warm up really kicks in towards the end of the week. temperatures tonight, mighty cold. middle and upper 20s south of i-40. gaffney one of the colder spots. look at the temps tomorrow. mid to upper 50s in the upstate. again, that's the place you want to be for some warm temps. other than that, 50s. big change in to the weekend. clouds but mild. 61 sunday. we will cool down with a lot of rain coming monday into tuesday. by wednesday, could be back to some snow. we'll watch that closely. right now it's only 40% chance. we will get a lot colder by then. in the upstate, temperatures close to 60 friday. you too will chill down. thunder showers by wednesday next week. >> darcel: when does spring start? >> jason: not soon enough. march 20th. >> darcel: still to come, it's something a lot of people include in their diets. we break down the positives and negatives of artificial sweeteners in a special report. fo what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, >> tammy: artificial sweeteners are everywhere, in foods and beverages. >> darcel: as news 13's jay siltzer reports in today's health alert, the pros and cons of artificial sweeteners may be best weighed by your goals. >> let's say someone is drinking liters of coke a day and they're wanting to lose weight or they're trying to make healthier lifestyle changes, switching to a diet beverage could be an option. >> reporter: but they're not all saccharin also branded as sweet n' low are still found in tab and other drinks. it's not nearly as common as it was in the 1970s. apertame or equal nutrisweet is found in coke zero. >> every morning i drink coke zero regardless. >> reporter: diet pepsi recently moved to sucralose or splenda. >> do you know the difference between them? >> i do not. i'm basing on what i read and what people say. >> aspartame is made from two amino acids that are chemically joined together. there has been some research negative reactions with aspertame which may be why the switch. >> reporter: like sackcharinsaccharin, there have been questionable studies linked to cancer. sucralose itself has been studied for cancer risk. >> there's not a lot of scientific to support . >> reporter: not necessarily effective according to this physician. >> any of the sweeteners really affect your hormones. so they affect your hormones to how we store fuel, how we process hunger and how satisfied we are. >> followed 749 adults for a period of -- >> reporter: meaning as this website suggests, diet sodas may cause some people to eat more >> diet sodas are making us fat. >> i hit it hard and i really didn't put 100% in to changing my life in what i eat. >> reporter: to fake sweeteners? >> no. >> reporter: and you feel better? >> i do. immeensly. i used to get headaches a lot, too. i just don't have any of that. >> water is the best option. >> drink water. >> reporter: it may help you reach your health goals faster and healthier than any soda at all. jay siltzer, news 13. >> tammy: experts say sweeteners lled as natural like stevia are still sweeteners. >> tammy: bridging the next in never stop learning, the >> darcel: for most adults it's been a long time since they've enjoyed a meal in a school cafeteria cafeteria. >> tammy: but as you'll see in my never stop learning, one group of volunteers show up like clockwork every week. brenda durdin is getting to know these second graders at averys creek elementary school. part of the lunch buddies program. it's more than just eating with the kids, it's a mentoring program. students say even though their buddies are adults, they're pretty fun. and you can talk to them about anything. >> the weekend and school. and report cards. >> being able to see the children that we are partnered with, it's really a good relationship builder and you know, when you work in hospitality, that's what your life's about. it's really good to be able to make a difference. >> parents give you a lot of information. what you have to know and don't know. >> did you have a test this week? >> tammy: i hope not. the hampton in homewood suites also donated lap desks for them to use. they even purchased the battle of the books team shirts this year. so they're good buddies. >> darcel: and they seem to enjoy it. >> tammy: they do. >> darcel: coming up, getting ready for a unique project. >> tammy: news 13 at 5:30 starts witnesses tell us that basically mr. o'shields had came in to the store and began firing at mr. mathis. >> frank: the trial of an alleged revenge killer is now underway. we're looking in to the prosecution of anybody that shoots an elk. >> tammy: the debate over elk when they wander on to private property and cause damage. >> frank: and a judge orders apple to unlock a cell phone connected to the san bernardino terrorist attack. we ask you if the order should be allowed. coming up, we'll show you some of the responses. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: a transylvania county man at the center of a revenge killing case is now standing trial. was gunned down at a rosemund consequence store. >> frank: karen, what happened today? >> karen: frank, a jury was selected today in pre-trial motions began in a trial that brings bad blood and tragic memories to the surface. the murder trial of richard o'shields comes nearly five years after the gun fire that left 27-year-old toby mathis dead at the rosemund dollar general store. according to affidavits, several people saw o'shields pull the trigger. >> witnesses tell us that basically mr. o'shields had came in to the store and began firing at mr. mathis. >> karen: mathis was pronounced dead at the scene. as sheriff david mahoney explained, there had already been tension between the o'shields and the mathis. >> i know that the relationship between these two families has been strained greatly since the