Phillips graduated fromi win high school and never believed she would be where she is today, cheering for the Carolina Panthers as they get ready for the biggest game on the planet. Superbowl 50. She is a classically trained what lay dancer who has ties to the asheville area. She has been with the Carolina Panthers now for the past five seasons but never experienced anything like this, getting ready for the superbowl. We caught up with her yesterday morning to kind of talk to her about what her experience has been like and why she has extra special motivation to be at her best on sunday night. Mom has been fighting cancer, her. Luke in the Carolina Panthers panthers are able to beet the Denver Broncos to win superbowl there will be no happier group of people than shannon, her teammate, and her mother. Reporting from levi stadium in santa clara, im luke notestine, news 13. Evan last year three of ashevilles own rescue dogs were valuable puppy. At last years puppy bowl i. Was titan and tiara who took to the astroturf in new york representing the mountains. Puppy bowl 12 will air on Animal Planet later today at 12 oclock. This year, asheville sent four puppies to new york city, so we decided to stage a little puppy bowl of our own. News 13s hope hanselman is live at the Asheville Humane Society with todays starting lineup. Looks like she is holding one now. Hope, lets introduce us to some of the crowd here . Hope my heart is melted, evan. These guys are so cute. We are so thankful that asheville humane was willing to let us come over this early in the morning and meet some of their stars here who are going to be taking to our own make shift puppy bowl that we just set up. We have Heather Brandon here with asheville humane so, heather, tell me about these these guys just came into us recently. They are 89 weeks old, little lab mix puppies. Wide retriever, we like to say, on puppy bowl day and they will be available later this week. They are excited about the big game. Hope all right. We will put them down. We realize this is a high expectation for these guys but we will see what they can do with our little make shift field here. There you go, guys. Okay. So, the goal of this game is pretty simple. If they take any [laughter] any toy across any end zone we have scored a point. I think we are going brown versus, what is this, white . Jello . Yeah,. We will try. There we go. We have a player. Hope this is all in anticipation for a big event coming up later today at asheville pizza and brewing. Heather, what can can you tell me about what you have pland . We are excited since we have puppies in the puppy bowl. We are doing an adoption event from 2 00 to 4 00 with adoptable puppies and we will watch the puppy bole together on the big screen from 3 00 to 5 00 so we encourage people to come join us and have a good time. Hope oh, hoe extra points for peeing in the end zone. And these guys are adoptable, too . They will be ready later this week. Keep your eyes opennen on our web site, asheville humane. Org and you can see who is available on the web site. Hope they have names. We are having trouble keeping track of them. One of them i remember his name is rock lobster; is that right . Rock lobster and ducky, i remember the two, yes. Hope we have the plans for this morning. We want to bring a number of different pets out here from asheville humane, including our black panther. Thats right. Hope our little kitten. Stay tuned for that. We will have a ton of fun out here, guys. Thank you so much. I can watch these guys for hours. Humane society, hope hanselman, news 13. Evan firefighters worked a structure fire overnight in the alexander community. The blaze broke out on the porch of this house at 1164 old North Carolina 20, just before 2 00 this morning and then quickly spread to the attic. They had the fire out the about 3 a. M. Investigators were on the scene, but no cause has been determined as of this morning. The red cross is now assisting. We will bring you more information on this fire as details are released. New information this morning about a former episcopal priest here in the mountains who also faces allegations of sexual misconduct, almost a thousand miles away. As we reported, howard white was wrecktor at grace church in waynesville from 1984 until 2006. The diocese of western North Carolina has released a statement saying a woman claimed she was sexual bily abused by white when she was a minor. Dozens of former students at a school in middletown, rhode island, also came forward saying they, too, were molested by white. 40 years ago. School has agreed to hire a Third Party Investigator to handle the case. Reporter pain suffered decades ago poured out through tears and hugs where former members of st. Georges school held a News Conference about the sexual abuse allegations. It was an environment taken over by evil. Now the private Episcopal School of middleton is trying to make good since the 40 allegations of abuse is coming forward, announcing a Third Party Investigator that both will agree on will oversee a comprehensive investigation of sex abuse. We caught up with carmen who represents the victims group, st. Georges school for healing. The speed with which the school responded after the press conference that was held in boston is indicative to us of the schools concern that they get their house in order. Joseph fairline who represents the board of trustees felt for some time to complete a thorough investigation. This is a positive first step and everyone will look at the facts in the same manner. Attorneys say 7 of the alleged perpetrators worked at the school and 4 were students. Purrsel says wont be able to prosecute because the majority were not raped but they are hoping for the facts to finally come to light. What we are hoping for is justice for everyone, in the sense that they will all be able to have their story told, they will all be able to get the kind of help that they need, and the school will do everything it has to do to make sure these things can never happen again. Evan Waynesville Police are also investigating the sexual abuse claims against white right here in the mountains. Well, puppy bowl 12 may be on Animal Planet later today but i will take that local bowl any day. Did you see those little docs . Zack they were so wrungly. Are just so fluffy and small. Evan face all scrunched up. Zack peeing in the end zone . There you go. Evan its a defensive battle. Zack there it is. Panthers playing in the big game, it will be a lot warmer in california than what you see in the morning hours, but overall sunshine will dominate our superbowl sunday here in western North Carolina. Showers to come, we have some rain and snow. How much is in the forecast . After the break. The cool perks of this place is you can eat as much cereal as you want. Its like im going to work to get some. Alrighty. We just like cereal. We make it, eat it, love it, live it. Now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast ged good sunday to you all, looking like a very clear day, some cloud cover as you make your way east. As we broaden this out for you now, there is still a storm system held off to the carolina coast. Its going to stay there throughout the course of our day. A lot of sunshine on the way and blue sky. And slightly warmer temperatures, but you may not be feeling it in the Early Morning hours. We are looking at wind chill values down even into the teens in some mountain locations and those winds could be gusting up closer to about 20 Miles Per Hour throughout the course of the day. So your temperatures right now hovering around the Freezing Point in asheville, as i just mentioned you will want to grab the heavier coat because its certainly not going to be feeling that way. Take a look at the Bigger Picture here. There is that system held off to the coast. High pressure still going to dominate for the ohio valley region. Actually, all the way down into eastern texas but there is a low pressure system and a cold front we have been tracking for the past day or so. And, yes, we are talking about rain and wed are talking about snow on the way for the upcoming work week. As this air mass continues to pull in the canadian chill we will see the precipitation increasing as we are also going to be bringing in that moisture content. So lets put this into motion for you now. You see the cloud cover staying off to the east, but you watch the vectors. These are wind vector, the ar rose on the screen here. The longer they are, the higher wind speeds are going to be seen. So i do think it will be a gusty afternoon as we make our way into the overnight hours, things calming down a little bit in terms of wind, but we will be picking it up in terms of cloud cover and then you start to see it this. Is ahead of that cold front. First, we will see a wintry mix and then it will come and really engulf western North Carolina, i think more so just rain for those down in the upstate. This is at 6 p. M. Tomorrow. You already are starting to see the transition from rain into snow, because our temperatures are going to be falling off fairly quickly as we head into the evening hours on monday. But, watch what happens as we go into tuesday, the snow is going to be more so reserved right along that North Carolina and tennessee border and thats where i think some of the heavier accumulation is going to be. But we will call it relative. Be as big of an event as what we saw a week and a half ago when we were upwards of a foot in many mountain locations. We are still talking a third of an inch at the lowest of elevation, possibly 23 of some of the Higher Elevations and a again its more so for those further west. An advisory could be put into effect come tomorrow evening, bringing us into tuesday. So, its something we will closely monitor. But, i dont think the accumulation is going to be too hard hitting because the rain is going to be mixed in with it as well. Maybe upwards of a quarter ininch of rain. This is going to be dense snow overall and the system is not going to be lasting too long. We are going to see sunshine return as we make or way into the end of the upcoming work week. Take a look at the sevenday forecast now. We are actually going to be bringing it right to you. There it is. Back down into the upper 20s and low 30s for our afternoon highs come wednesday. Evan hmm. Chilly. Zack it will be a cold week in the next seven, but snow and rain just monday and tuesday. Evan okay. All right. Michael use our online see it this shot of her third graders at harris elementary school. Looks like those kids are dabbing. Zack there it s. You can see the pictures and video, too, log on on to wlos. Com or email pics wlos. Com. Vornl i know you are not a fan of the dab. We have to have a dab in the studio. Zack all right, all right, evan we will be right evan europe is facing a over a million immigrants. Several countries want to expel tens of thousands of them others want to start border checks. Many of it began with a string of sexual assaults in germany. Jay siltzer talked to scott thuman who tackled these issues on this weeks cover story of full measure. Jay scott recruntly returned from cohn germany where many of the attacks occurred, how did the attacks change the way people of the city in germany change the way they live . Reporter eye opening stuff, what we saw in germany was palpable from fear across the city, specifically women, who are now doing everything from carrying pepper spray, which by the way is just selling out of all store, and then taking selfdefense classes, calling advocacy groups saying how do i protect myself, avoiding large groups of men, all because of what happened on new years eve, these attacks. Not just a few. There were literally more than on new years eve in colon and its pointed at refugees from the middle east and north africa and we are seeing dialogue change in other countries like austria, switzerland and finland, where they saw similar attacks. Jay how does it change the dialogue about migrants in europe . Reporter what it means is they are wondering if they need to reconsider the policies. The open border policy so many nation policies have had, allowing large numbers of refugees to seek asylum there in germany, for example, its more than 1,000,000 in 2015, they are now starting to say do we need to reconsider that . Do we need to stop allowing people . Because is it changing the culture of life here in our respective countries if we have women who are afraid to walk out at night, do we need to do something differently . And they are feeling pressure from the people understandably. Its a real catch22. They dont want to turn their backs on people who are trying to get away from a horrible afghanistan and pakistan, but at the same time, they went frotect their own citizens. How do you balance the two . Its a very difficult prospect and as a result we are seeing people like Angela Merkel who is considered times person of the year under all sorts of criticism, almost half of the country now wondering if she is right for the job. Jay yeah. As you said, this spans all the way from north africa to northern europe. Well, also this week you are reporting about the boom and bust of the oil and gas industry. What can be bad about low price gas . Question. Look, everyone loves it when you see the numbers continue to drop and you go to the gas tank and you can fill up for 25 buck, which we have not done in years. And as a result you think the world is just great. The problem is, a lot of that oil is produced here domestically and you have Major Energy Companies like b. P. And exxon who are really suffering. At first you might think thats a big company, i dont need to worry about it. Here is why you do. They are coloss sal source of jobs and production in the we have seen more than 100,000 jobs domestically here in the u. S. That have been lost just as a result of the dropping prices. So we will take a look at the impact of these gas prices that we are all excited about and see kind of the tough side of it, and we have some dramatic imagery from space that will put it all into perspective for you. Jay all right. Scott, thanks for joining us this morning. Full measure airs this morning at 10 30 on news 13. Evan this video of a sea lion at a restaurant in california is very cute. But, why experts say it has a you like being picture perfect. You should want your banking to be too. Stop into td bank and well help set you up with picture perfect banking. New customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube video camera on the spot. I dont know what im doing. I cant find anything just when i think its 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 make that go out of their way for me. Right then, right there i couldnt believe it he was so helpful i know its such a small thing little thing. Simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. Zack take a look at those winds, sustained at 12 Miles Per Hour. So, 32 is not what it will be feeling like, even down into the low 20s and possibly feeling like the teens in some mountain locations. The winds are going to be around for the majority of the day. With gusts of 2025 Miles Per Hour. 34 degrees right now in greenville. Might be feeling slightly milder with some calmer conditions. But, overall, we are going to see the winds, but blue sky and sunshine. Enjoy some of that today, folks, because things are going to be shifting as we make or way into the upcoming work week. Monday and tuesday, we are going to start to see a wintry mix and it will all transition into snow as we make our way into tuesday morning. More so for those right along that North Carolina and tennessee border. Not a whole lot in terms of accumulation. Probably less than an inch for those in asheville and actually east of i26. But we could get a few inchesz we make our way further west, maybe even upward of 3 at Higher Elevations. Evan a sea lion makes restaurant. Serious than it thinks. Evan a hungry sea leon got itself a table at an upscale san diego restaurant. This video is cute but its part of a serious problem facing sea world. Zack they rescued the sea lion pup and they explained what i this encounter is not a good sign. We received a phone call early this morning from the marine room in lahoya stating they had an animal in one of the booths and they also sent us pictures and we were surprised to see a really young sea lion pup that had actually spent the night in this booth at the restaurant. This is a Young California sea lion pup we rescued from the marine Room Restaurant in lahoya. When we came across the pup, we right away called it a micropup. Rescued it, it should be 4050 pounds out in the wild right now. Southern california and specifically San Diego County has been having very high tides and very low tides. They have also been having a lot of Stormy Weather and these pups are look for high ground and warm areas to haul out for the night. Southern california is also impacted by an unusual mortality event in an el nio event impacting the food sources for these sea lions, so not only are they looking for high ground, they are also searching out food. Early on in this animals rehabilitation and its condition is guarded but we are cautiously optimistic. Sea worlds rescue program, its entire goal is to give the animals a Second Chance at life and return them back to the wild. That goal isnt just for this small pup, but all the pups that we have rescued. Hope so things are getting a little rough here at up puppy bowl. We brought in our rotator you to denver now, in high definition, from th