Jacket, 36 in raleigh, louisburg youre at 34 degrees along with Roanoke Rapids and around the sand hills we have 40 in fayetteville but neighboring raeford and littleton both at 39 to start off this friday morning. Heres a look at your forecast day in detail, showers wrapping up at 8 a. M. 39 degrees there, 46 at noon, mostly cloudy and then were seeing a break in the cloud cover. High today of 49. Normal is actually right around 60. So well below where we should be. Were back to 46 by 6 p. M. This evening. Well get to more on your forecast in that weekend ahead in just a little bit. But lets check in with traffic before you head out the door this morning. This is a live picture of i440 and sunny brook road and you can see cars on i440 cruising along at just a fine speed this morning. So just buckle up and get to your destination safely. Lets talk about drive times. Here we are on i540, 440 and 40 youre all in the green which means youre limits on i540 between u. S. 64 and glenwood will cost you about 16 minutes. Ill have another check in about 10 minutes. Well, every day we are learning new information about the deadly officer involved shooting in raleigh. Now, were getting an inside look into what led up to the shooting. Raleigh Police Released its preliminary report. In it investigators say there was a struggle between akiel denkins and officer twiddy before the shooting. The report also showed just how many times twiddy shot denkins. The report found the gun denkins had was reported stolen back in january. Emma wright has been working on this story all week long. The Raleigh Police department did release the preliminary report yesterday. In that report they say that denkins and twiddy for you to before the shooting. They say that denkins tried to grown at twiddys gun and thats when the officer shot him. Shot as he tried to arrest him for a felony drug charge. Police say den ken rain from twiddy and thats when the struggle began. He reached for the weapon and thats when he fired the first shots. Police say the shots didnt stop denkins and thats when he shot him. Were still asking for people to come forward who whether they have a video, we currently do not have in our possession a video of what happened. Certainly if theres one out there we with urge people to bring that forward to the state bury of investigation. District attorney who you just heard right there says her office has been in contact with denkins family. More on that coming up at 6 00. Thank you now, moments before and after those initial reports came out yesterday Community Members gathered to call for denkins family as well as officer twiddy. The answers given yesterday not enough for some people in the community. A few dozen people gathered at the scene of the shooting. They brought additional balloon and the candles to the memorial. Neighbors and friends say they still doubt law enforcements version of the events though when youre wrong youre wrong and in this situation is totally wrong, everything is wrong, i think. I dont have to agree with what he did, but no one should lose their life for running from the police. Meanwhile a group of people gathered at Shaw University and held signs reading black lives matter and called for justice in this case. Our coverage continues right now in a special section of wncn. Com. Youll find prior stories and more details on the five day reports. The first gop debate since shouting match between the two trailing candidates jabbing frontrunner donald trump. They faced off in michigan. Ohio Governor John Kasich proclaimed himself the only adult on the stage. Many in the Republican Party hoping somehow some way to derail trump. If theres anyone whos ever deserved to be attacked that way is donald trump. He referred to my hands if theyre small Something Else must be small i guarantee you theres no problem. The candidates vowing to challenge trump all the way to the finish line but also said theyd support trump if he does end up winning the gop nomination. Last night debate comes after saithing words from the partys last nominee. Mitt romney said they can and should do better when it comes to picking a nominee. He gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hat. As expected it didnt taking saying this within only a few hours of mitt romneys news conference. What happened is he went to see jeb and jeb had him convinced that hes going to run and mitt chickened out but ill tell you the real reason he chickened out it wasnt jeb, it was me. Donald trump does have a Campaign Stop planned in our area next week. He held a Campaign Event in raleigh back in december. And we are just less than two weeks away from the president ial primary here in North Carolina and early voting is underway in our state. This is the first year that people will be required to show a voter id. Now, if you missed the Early Registration deadline you can still register at any polling location if you do it early. We have must have more of what you need to know on our website at wncn. Com. Durham teachers hope their second attempt to contact a student thats being held work. To mail him his homework. He was arrested in january accused of entering the country illegally. Organizers say he is an 18year old senior who was set to graduate this year and despite his i am imprisonment he still wants to continue his education. A man in california is recovering after being hit by a car outside of a Federal Building. Still to come what witnesses say happened. Plus planning to head to the big duke unc game tomorrow, what you need to know to protect yourself from ticket scammers. 37 in chapel vo new tidy cats lightweight 4in1 fights mess right. Attacks three strong litter box odors, plus locks clumps tight. And now its light. Every home, every cat. So last week when i first moved here back to North Carolina from seattle i couldnt figure out whats going on with my face, right it was like i thought am i allergic to something and then i realized i got some sun on my face its been so long. So im looking forward to next week. Remember the sunscreen next week. I know. Remember your sunscreen next week. And remember your umbrella as you head out this morning. 36 degrees right now and this is out at the airport. You can see they saw a decent amount of rain because its still on the lens this morning. The rain drifting off the east coast so if you are traveling today, yeah, especially going east make sure the good news is just that lingering sprinkle two right around 95 near wilson and out towards wayne county isolated shower extreme southern portions of wayne county. Other than that were already seeing the dry weather. Its a cold morning look at the south hill area 32 degrees right now and a reminder Mecklenburg County schools operating on a two hour delay today. 36 in raleigh, 39 in littleton and raeford. So well be around 39 at 8 a. M. , cloudy, cold, Cool Temperatures at lunchtime today 46. Well gradually see more sunshine into the afternoon hours. Ill have more on your forecast and that weekend ahead in just a little bit. Russ. If we poison the jury well and we poison the witness well who all going to hear what ensure him a fair trial. Some of the baltimore officers charged in the death of freddie gray at the center of yet another court case. Plus. Enjoy the view ask come back and tell people all about it. You could be one of the lucky people to win a free trip to space. Today family and friends will attend the funeral for denkins hes the suspect shot ask killed by a Raleigh Police officer on monday his viewing begins at noon and his funeral at 1 00 in the afternoon. Raleigh Police Released its preliminary report and investigators say there was a struggle between the suspect and the officer. They say denkins reached for a gun and moved the officer shot denkins. Officer twiddy says denkins did not stop and reached for his gun and thats when he shot him again. The autopsy report shows he was shot for a total of four times. Early voting is underway in our state and this is the first year people will be required to show a voter id. If you missed the deadline you can still register at any polling location. Marylands high court is working to make a decision in the freddie gray case, at issue can an officer be forced to testify against the other officers charged. The 25year old gray died in police custody. Officer porters trial last year end in a hung jury and prosecutors say they want to retry him. The panel of 7 judges listened to two hours of arguments in two differentials. One focused on whether porter would be protected if he testifies the other centered on whether the trial judge had the authority to rule on the matter. They did not indicate when they could rule. Investigating after a driver ran over a man just outside of a Federal Building in california. Witnesses say the man got into a chase with the Police Officer around 4 30 yesterday afternoon. Well, the car went right through the bar yes, sir and hit a federal employee. Right now we dont know his condition. Authorities arrested the man. The bomb squad searched his car but found no explosives. Wayne county has its first confirmed case of the zika virus. Officials say theres no reason for residents to be concerned though. It is a mosquito born infection primary caught in central and south america. Many women in countries it is an epidemic have given birth to babies with small heads. And earlier today researchers will discuss the virus. Testing, complications and the likelihood of it becoming a Major Health Problem here in the united states. Today the unc board of governors will meet for the First Time SinceMargaret Spellings took over. The meeting will take place at fayetteville state. She visited the campus on wednesday. Today a bar that lost its alcohol also for three weeks last no will reopen today. Heres not here will have to pay a fine for their role in a deadly dwi crash last summer. The bars attorney declined to comment on the suspension. The bar was one of the two places former unc student went to before police say he got into a deadly crash on i85. Three people were killed including a little girl. His trial is now set to start october 3rdrd. Todays reopening of the bar will kick off with a corn hole tournament and it is going to benefit the carolina for kids Raleigh Police say the man who held autopsy Jewelry Store in north hills last weekend got away with rolex watches. Police arrested this man who they say showed a gun when robbing the store. It happened just before the store closed. No one was hurt. The 18year old is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. Its hard to believe alyssa that in one part of our viewing area theres a little bit of a mixed precipitation out there. Yeah, they saw snow in Mecklenburg County virginia thats why school is operating on a two hour delay but here i was happy to see plain old rain of heres a live picture outside and and we saw that rain out at the airport 36 degrees right now, the moisture collecting on the lens as you can see. So it doesnt matter if its still raining or not, a lot of of the area roads still on the wet side. So keep that in mind as youre getting ready to rush out the door on this friday morning. Most of the rain still falling right along the east coast this morning. Most of it wind down quickly just a few sprinkles left. Other than that were already on the dry side. So walking you through your day hour by hour just that stray shower 8 a. M. 39 degrees i think most of us will be dry at 8 a. M. 43 at 10 a. M. , 46 at noon a high today of only 49. Normal for this time of year is right around 60 degrees. As we head into the evening drive home 6 00 temperature should be right around 46. If youre heading home then we will be looking at a nice mix of sun and clouds. Dont forget the sunglasses youll need them later today. So i want to walk you through your future forecast at 7 30 morning cloudy skies the rain wrapping up for us lunch time and shortly after thats when i think well start to see some sunshine mix if seeing it through about 6 00 this evening and then overnight tonight partly cloudy it is going to be even colder overnight tonight. So if you have to be up and about early on your saturday morning know that again youll as we head towards saturday afternoon we could see a few extra clouds start to spill in and ahead of these showers up towards West Virginia they could arrive in our neck of the wood saturday night into sunday morning but for the third time this week im expecting the rain in the temperatures before you head out the door 37 in durham, 37 in sanford and pinehurst right around 39 in littleton and fayetteville youre Still Holding strong right at 40 degrees. Now, lets get to the weekend planner its the first weekend of march 8th a. M. Temperature on saturday 34, 49 at noon, 54 our high, now, its still going to be cooler than normal but a big 40 sunday morning, 52 at noon and the weekend continues or the warm up continues into early next week. Going city by city city well stay in the upper 40 the high in fayetteville. Fast forward to tonight i was talking about it being colder 32 degrees our overnight low tonight and heres a look again the weekend ahead just that complaint were tracking saturday night into sunday morning and wall to wall sunshine is back early next week i like monday 62 degrees but i really like tuesday and wednesday highs there in the low 70s, so almost 10 degrees warmer if not more than normal as we head towards thursday of next week we could see he a shower or two as temperatures continue to arrive in the 70s. If youre getting ready to head out the door we want to get to your North Carolina news, traffic update i40 and the durham freeway it looks like pretty cloudy skies we can see light reflecting there. Lets take a look at your life drive conditions in the durham area this morning i 5 southbound 64 Miles Per Hour, youre moving raleigh area and 32 Miles Per Hour at 15 this morning. Coming up the ball room dancer who lost part of her leg in the Boston Marathon new fresh step with the power of febreze. Caress presents the worlds first body wash with fragrance release pearls. Touch your skin to release fragrance up to 12 hours. Caress love forever. Youll want to keep an eye on the stock market today. Jobless figures will be released. Employers likely added 195,000 jobs just last month. Thats up from 151,000 in january. The Unemployment Rate is expected to remain low at 4. 9 . Two triangle based companies landed on the for the shine 100 best Companies List here. A Consulting Company thats moving raleigh landed number 7. A warning from the secretary of state to be cautious about where you buy tickets for basketball games. Just this week investigators arrested this man from new york accused of trying to sell fake tickets to tomorrows duke carolina game for 300 a piece on craigslist. An undercover met him and the secretary is urging fans to stay away from places like craigslist. Today the annual fan fest takes place at the durham bulls Athletic Park both days. Fans can take batting practice and play catch in the outfield. You can also buy discounted merchandise of opening day is set for april 7th. Shaws new head football coach wont have to head far from home. Former assistant coach jones was hired. He spent eagles staff and before that was the head coach of southern durham high school. Thats the own way you can win go in and work hard and have a plan and a vision. Certainly knows how to win claim ago state championship in 2013 at southern. Governor pat mccrory welcoming a new member of the North Carolina zoo a polar bear. Mccrory talked about a 25 million upgrade to trails and visits. Welcome come from the kansas city zoo. Your hometown, right . Thats right. Hopefully they mate and have offspring. Tomorrow is your first opportunity win a free trip to space. Maryland casinos is giving only four people get the chance to win or will win. Former astronaut buzz aldrin says that space travel isnt for astronauts any more. Our limits unreachable because theyre always beyond what weve done before. The 86year old was the second man to walk the moon. Happy friday everyone, thanks for watching North Carolina news. The 11th republican president ial debate wrapped newspaper detroit sdmfrjts hear what they had to stay with us. Right now as family and friends prepare to bury the raleigh man shot by police theres now mixed reaction to a Police Report on the incident. We dont believe the police. Different people think they saw different things. And the transgender bathroom controversy continues how the issue may spark a statewide debate. Plus rain is moving out but the weekend is finally in sight. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for watching North Carolina news. Happy friday. Lets get you straight over to the Storm Team Meteorologist alyssa corfont. We had a lot of rain throughout the week, what about the weekend . Well the weekend should start off on a dry note of heres a look at our satellite and radar