students out now, they would get ahead of the brunt of the snowfall. about two hours ago, we were up at sands gap one of the highest points in madison county where snow tends to fall first. the elevation is more than 3700 feet. just an hour later, we came down the mountain where kids were boarding the buses, ready to head home. some of those waiting in line to pick up students say they know conditions can change quickly so they know to expect to break away for an early dismisal times during the winter months. >> i'm glad they are not putting them in danger. >> i guess it is going to be ok, not missing a day. it is not much to drive out and drive back. >> so far madison county students have missed five days superintendent. he tells me no decision has been made on how they'll make up those days. in comparison to previous years, missing five days is pretty good for it to be february. of course, they are preparing for winter weather. they want parents to stay close to the phone. they will send out the phone call alerting you of closures or dismissals as well and stay with us both on air and online at wlos.com. >> news 13 kimberly king picks up live team coverage, she joins us. i see lots of flurries in your live shot. >> you sure do. they just picked up right as the noon newscast began. our photographer will pan off. we are at a school off the highway and the snow is starting to accumulate. this is the playground and it has literally started to pick up about 10 minutes ago, just as we began our newscast. the district made the call that elementary school children would kids would go home this morning. outside parents were waiting for kids, picking them up early. the principal was on her walkie talkie overseeing the parent line making sure kids got in the car safely. >> we have been listening to our central office and the snow was moving in so we made a decision to seat everyone, load them and get them on the road. >> on the road they went. the fifth grader told us he was happy to get the word in his class that the yancey county system was sending students home today. back out live, it is starting to accumulate at the playground at ball creek. they obviously made a good call. we saw school buses heading out here about an hour ago. all the kids are home safely with parents picking them up as well. coming up, we'll talk to one parent who has to juggle her pick up two kids in the school system. >> we have new information this noon in a triple murder in buncombe county. the district attorney's office has called for a hearing. the pup for the hearing is to decide whether the state will be pursuing the death penalty. the dwrur returned indictments against griffin last week for those murders. >> also happening today, the haywood county school board is set to vote on whether to close central elementary. the school has seen falling enrollment and a budget shortfall. many argue the school is worth saving. the board meeting begins tonight at 7:00. >> also happening today, the way local law enforcement will use body cameras will be the focus of a public meeting. plans to implement body cameras for officers as early as this summer. today you have a chance to sit down with local law enforcement to discuss their use of them. deputies are outfitted with body cams. the agency began using them last year. tonight's forum is a chance for law enforcement to answer questions. >> we drafted a policy we think is a good policy we know the public has questions about that, what happens to that footage, how is it stored? who has access to it. >> authorities say body camera footage was critical in the recent decision to terminate two deputies following a use of force complaint. officials say since implementing body cameras, complaints have decreased decreased. today's meeting is at 6:00 in the high smith union. it is free to attend. >> news 13 investigating a trend in the service dog industry. family pets to emotional support service dog. with proper 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mountain cam. this is at 8,000 feet. you can see the roads turn pretty snow covered quickly, just a couple of hours. our news 13 skycam network, we started off with some of that snow this morning. it is still left on the ground. you can tell through the time lapse they are seeing a break from that falling at the moment. winter storm warning is in effect right now. entire day and into tomorrow morning. it does include mitchell yancey madison haywood, swain and gram and northern jackson county. we are under a winter weather advisory and this goes until 6:00 this evening. also includes avery county, southern jackson, may con, clay and cherokee as well, not as much snow expected in these locations. then this is pretty lengthy, this winter storm watch will kick in tonight. this goes through thursday morning for the tennessee border counties. this is going to be several days of an event. not going to be significant snowfall. we'll show you how much in a bit. 26 degrees is as cool as we got down to. 40 degrees right now in asheville. that he was about where we'll stay. the cloud cover will probably hurt our temperatures. 30's from boone to burnsville. 49 degrees right now down into the upstate. south will be liquid precipitation. this is pulling this front, continuing to give us a chance for snow and also some rain. not much going on in asheville. this is the area here where most of the snow will fall. you can see that continued snowfall throughout the day on tuesday as well. even into wednesday, we could see the snow fall. this is the map we made to show you how much is is expected to fall. the lejt indicates this is through wednesday morning. this is today, tomorrow and through wednesday morning, just to reiterate that. four to eight in the pink. one to three in the blue. a dusting to a half an inch in the white. keep in mind, this is elevation dependent. down into the lower elevations will be on the closer end, the highest elevation, the northeastern corners could see 41 degrees for a high temperature today. the rain snow mix will turn breezy, up to 18 miles an hour. scattered snow showers, of course, temperatures kelled going to be all snow. 49 degrees in greenville today. it will be breezy. once again, that's going to be the rain. temperatures do drop back below freezing. the possibility of a few flurries even down into the upstate. seven-day forecast shows a 40% chance for snow showers tuesday and then a 20% chance here in the asheville area through wednesday morning. holly, look at the high wednesday. >> we had a 16 after that 147, now it is 124. >> coming up in the business trying to buy its way out of >> as the price of crude oil falls, stocks taking a triple digit dive. let's s t you to the board. the dow down 299 points at 15905. nasdaq down 130 points at 4232. >> the prescription drug industry trying to buy its way out of an image problem. the industry's largest trade group on print, television and radio advertising. drug pricing has become 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