when she got the phone call it was surreal. >> reporter: melissa huggins jones was a newly divorced mother of two, starting a new job at a local bank and a new life in raleigh. >> she was good hearted soul that treated everybody the same. it didn't matter if you had a dollar or a millionaire, she treated everybody the same. >> reporter: the mother took the stand this the trial of travion smith. he is accused of killing huggins jones during a break in at her north hills apartment. >> i saw this child standing at the fence and she had her hands locked in the fence and she was crying. >> reporter: the granddaughter found her mother and ran to nearby construction workers asking for help. they went to the apartment. >> she had blood all over her face. i put two fingers on her wrist and there was no pulse. >> reporter: they called 911 and called wallace to tell her, her daughter was dead. heard it but i didn't hear it. >> reporter: in opening statement, smith's attorney says his client was manipulated by a codefendant, ryan anthony who pled guilty and serving a life sentence. sarah redden is also charged. >> ronald anthony who killed melissa huggens jones. >> reporter: one of the saddest parts of the testimony today, it was clear that hanna jones had no idea that her mother was dead. she thought she was sick and needed help. everyone who talked to her that trial is expected to last a month. back to you. smoke and flames shot through the roof of a raleigh home this afternoon, trucks blocked brooks avenue off of wade avenue. sky 5 flew over the scene, the house was not occupied. a neighbor told wral he spotted the smoke and called nine one. no injuries were reported. another dismal day on wall street, the price oil dropping below $30 a barrel again. the dow dropping 300 points, the nasdaq slipped more than 2%. sp down 36. the results are finally official, hilary clinton has narrowly won the democratic caucuses in iowa. the former secretary of state edged bernie sanders, claimed the fist victory of in the 2016 race. the democratic party called clinton secures 23 delegates, sanders 21. it takes 2382 to win the nomination. how the candidates are pushing the message to voters in new hampshire ahead of that primary coming up in less than a week. since desks bill cosby appeared in court. attorneys asked the judge to throw out the sexual assault charge because of a deal made with a former district attorney. cosby's attorney accused the da of re-opening the case for political gain. the actor had no comment before or after the hearing. charges pending following a crash in wake county, breaking news last night when troopers responded to white oak road. investigators tell us a truck driven by 79 year old henry munday crossed the center line and head on with a third vehicle, the driver of that car, christopher wright, died. hospital and expected to recover. a three s roov s, s ted ofouinofa edn atntimfose wo lebo>>r bs . ivtiki episodrot th ng te udt. a . entem i 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on the ground. anyway, we do have -- mike mays talked about this yesterday , the whiplash temperature patent. we are going to continue to see that over next couple of days as we bounce back tomorrow and go back down again heading in to the end of the week. let's start off with the durham sky cam, look at things, we got clouds out there, that's about it at this point in time. down east, there was a fair amount of sun during the course of today. see that on the visible satellite imagery that raleigh was on the eastern edge of the cloud deck, the south and east you went, the sunnier it was. back in here, the general flow goes up the east side you get rising motion and clouds, sinks on the other side you get sunshine. we talk awithout the down slope pat western the westerly wind helping us to see sunshine here. with the easterly wind, that's the on cut. you got to be on the other side of the mountains to enjoy the sun and areas in eastern tennessee were the beneficiaries of that today. broaden the view, see a contrast, mid 50s around greensboro and rocksboro to 64 at goldsboro. the big picture and the storm in nation's midsection, dumping snow farther north and west than perhaps anticipated. heaviest snow across parts of nebraska, southeast south dakota, up in to minnesota, central and northern wisconsin. the areas around des moines have gotten off scot-free, once the storm begins to shift east they may get in to the wrap around in here. watching, this part of the storm, they are severe weather watches in effect. we could see a severe thunderstorm or two in our area tomorrow afternoon or evening, mike will have more on that in a half hour, be sure to check with him on that. the upper air flow, compared to normal. ridging in the east, so even when we cool down, we are averaging above normal, this next push of cool air coming in, is going to weak an little bit with time. it isn't going to be anything that severe, as we head in next week, signs the pattern may become amplified, you won't see numbers reflecting anything too extreme in our seven-day forecast at least not yet, as you see a pattern like this, where the anomalies or the comparison normal is this extreme wl the trough in the east -- with the trough. >> the east, you would see temperatures normal. after that, the pattern may relax and temperatures as we head towards the middle part of we continue to see this overall pattern of it ending up above normal for the winter, i will talk about that at 6:00. what would it take for the rest of this winter for the entire winter to end up at normal, you will be amazed at how extreme it would have to be. 8:00 this evening, 53, variably cloudy, a little bit on the cool side. tomorrow, windy, it's going to blow like a son of a gun, with a good chance of showers and storms during the course of the afternoon. some storms could be strong to severe again. check with mike in a half hour. we are in a marginal risk tomorrow, which is what the slight risk used 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