3 3 3 as the rain 3 as the rain continues this morning, it will likely impact your morning commute. news 13's lauren brigman has been driving around asheville to see what the roads are like and joins us live from amboy road. lauren, what have you seen so far? 3 3 3 we are following new developments this morning regarding charlotte's controversial new law that allows transgender people to use the public restroom of their choice. north carolina house leaders now say they plan to take up the issue when the legislature reconvenes in april. state house speaker pro tem paul stam says he and other state lawmakers will use their constitutional power to reverse the law. 3 the new law is called the "non-discrimination ordinance." bathrooms, but in how businesses treat gay, lesbian and transgender customers. supporters say the change recognizes the importance of gender-identity... but opponents, including governor pat mccrory, say it flies in the face of tradition and decency. 3 2113 "if you have the anatomy men's restroom or locker room." 2118 0632 "hopefully what we'll see is more cities saying what charlotte did do is something we should be doing in our city." 0637 1030 "if they were like, just actually dressed like a man and came into the woman's restroom, that would be a little weird." 10360053 "they present as a woman but they are a male, what do we care, it's who they are inside that matters." 0100 news 13 also talked with asheville mayor esther mannheimer. she says no one has approached the city council with this type of gender-identity issue. but that if and when it happens, it will be given serious consideration. 3 3 3 now to an update... on the canine distemper outbreak in henderson county. deputies say since the start of this year, they have euthanized nearly 30 animals, like foxes and raccoons, because of the disease. while harmless to humans, distemper can be deadly to pets. in raccoons, infected animals display drunk and almost friendly behavior. 3 30:30 "he didn't really look at me, or anything. he just himself more comfortable." call the sheriff's office immediately if you see an animal displaying similar behavior. and authorities stress--the best way to protect your pets from becoming infected is to have them vaccinated. 3 3 3 today, a group of scientists from all over the world will meet at n-c state univeristy in the fight against the zika virus. it is all because of new research there to genetically modify mosquitos to keep the virus from spreading. anna laurel takes us inside the lab where the work is being done. 3 this is part of the gmo process. scientists- injecting eggs with dna they have genetically modified...with anti- viral genes. sophia webster 11:16:35 the end goal is not to eliminate the mosquitos, but to basically replace this population that can transmit disease with a population that can no longer transmit disease. for years..scientists have made good progress on creating anti-viral genes for insects...but no good way to move it through a population. that's where phd student comes in. -webster- 11:17:27 what we are working on is basically a system to push those anti-viral genes through the population so you need a vehicle to get that through. after webster genetically modifies the dna...she injects it into the egg. careful not to damage or lose it. and it needs to go in at just the right "moment" to get into a mosquito's reproductive system. then that mosquito will produce offspring that carry the anti -viral gene..and their offspring can carry it..and so on. -scott 12:07:19 so that all of his offspring carry the anti viral gene. then you can show mathmatically that this will spread through the 3 population." max scott is 3 part of a team of entomologists...studying gmo insects at n-c state. -scott 12:05:45 if you're dealing with an insect that's present in high levels, it's very hard to out number them. so the alternative strategy is- ok, we won't try to eradicate it, but we will try to change them so they can no longer transmit disease." reporting. mosquitos are not the only way the virus is spread. the u-s centers for disease control and prevention says it is investigating at least 14 reported cases now of sexually transmitted zika virus. coming up in our next half hour, we will talk live with the medical director of buncombe county health and human services about the virus and it's affects on pregnancy. 3 3 3 you could be key in helping deputies catch suspects on the run. in this morning's fugitive files, we are teaming up the haywood county sheriff's office. joining us is deputy gene williamson.. thanks for being here. who are we looking for? first we want to find daniel plemmons he is 28 years old. he is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds. he is wanted for probation violation.. next, we have... jason warren he is 32 years old. approximately 6 feet 3 inches tall, and he weighs about 185 pounds. warren is wanted for failing to appear on charges of felony breaking and entering and larceny, felony possession of stolen goods, habitual breaking and entering, and possession of drug james brooks a 33 year old male. he is approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 215 pounds. he is wanted for probation violation. if you see any of these fugitives, you can call anonymously. the number is (877) 92-crime again (877) 922-7463 thanks for being here. remember, you can also go to the "fugitive files" section of w-l-o-s dot com to see all of the suspects we've featured. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 we have another chance for you to see the harlem globetrotters in this morning's early bird gets the win giveaway. we are giving away six family four packs of tickets for their show at the bon secours wellness arena in greenville on march 19th. to enter, go to facebook dot com slash news 13. we will announce the six winners just before 7 this morning. 3 3 3 coming up... a fight for benefits, with a happy ending. the steps this student took lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, 3 3 3 3 3 a happy update now on a story we first brought you last summer. sam garder... a western carolina student born with cerebral palsy... has been approved for social security benefits. last year, sam contacted news 13 after he had been denied twice and was struggling to pay for his education. he appealed a third time and won a federal court hearing earlier this month. gardner got the call this weekend that his disability payments were finally approved. he now plans to return to school in the fall. 3 3 all new at six, window washers stuck 65 stories high. what firefighters had to do to 3 today is the late steve job's birthday. in this morning's five at five.... we're taking a look at five things you probably didn't know about him. number five... he has received 141 new patents since his death. coming in at nimber four... every apple iphone ad displays the time as 9:41 am. that is the time steve jobs unveiled it in 2007. number three... steve jobs was dyslexic. coming in at number two... steve jobs never wrote a single line of programming code. number one on the list... steve jobs was adopted. his biological father 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 3 3 high school basketball playoffs were underway last night, with a lot of local teams in action. stan shows us who is moving on... next in steve: today 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) 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, every day, for life. 3 3 good morning everyone in sports.the prep playoffs beginning tonight, 45 mountain surprising mac 3a champs reynolds at homehosting shelby crest.the rockets a 12th seed. but fired up after theirmac title.watch weston herd, misses, battles, gets it back and puts it in, rockets jump on top early.----------now hurd with the great bounce pass to costa poulos, bodies up and puts it in.,as reynolds lead goes up to 10 in the first quarter.----------this time, another nice feed., josh jones to poulos--he lays it in again.the senior had 20, while hurd added 18.rockets lose a 17 point lead but come back and win it, 62-58to advance to the second round.the reynolds girls on the road as the 18th seed, playing at number 15, southern guilford.reynolds down by rides the play of sarah swicegood, who had the outside shot working.but southern guilford too much tonightas they beat reynolds 66-50.the third seed in 3a--north henderson--their only three defeats came to one team smoky mountain, but mustangs aren't in this classification, so good news for north--hosting 30th seed, northwest cabarrus. ----------------pick it up in the fourth quarter, drew williams spots of for three, his 1,000th career point tonight. but north henderson trails by nine. -----------------later in the game, williams hits the jumper off the glass, but the knights are still down by seven. ---------------then, kyle decker drives the baseline, and makes the nice pass to darren lammons who scores the bucket.--------------but north henderson could not erase the deficit in the last couple of minutes. a stunner tonightas 30th seed northwest cabarrus shocks north henderson 80-63. that's our sports this morning. i'm stan pamfilis. have a great wednesday. 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days. 3 for just $4 you can get an everyday value slam, all you can eat pancakes, our new biscuits smothered in sausage gravy, or the new cookies 'n cream mega sundae. you know, i'm more than a cook. i'm everyone's best friend. 4 dishes for 4 dollars each. samples our local music scene. sound of the honeycutters playing we first told you yesterday morning about n-p-r's "world cafe" coming to asheville for its "sense of place series." last night, local band "the honeycutters" sold out at the grey eagle, they did a live recording for the show. the recordings made at last night's show will air on the "world cafe" late next month. locally you can hear the show from six to eight p-m weeknights on public radio station w-n-c-w. 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. here are your weather headlines for today.. up next.. we'll talk about what to expect in the extended forecast. 3 3 we have another chance for you to see the harlem globetrotters in this morning's early bird gets the win giveaway. we are giving away six family four packs of tickets for their show at the bon secours wellness arena in greenville on march 19th. to enter, go to facebook dot com slash news 13. we will announce the six winners just before 7 this morning. 3 3 good morning... it's wednesday, february 24th. i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer we have live team coverage this morning as rain and storms move across the mountains. news 13's lauren brigman is standing by live in asheville. but first let's get to your current conditions, ingrid? good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 we continue our team coverage of the wet weather with news 13's lauren brigman... who is monitoring road conditions across buncombe county. she is now live from sweeten creek road near biltmore village. lauren, you are seeing water start to build on the roads there? 3

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