plans just went down $1,000 because you count on stocks directly or indirectly. >> the price of oil hasn't been this low since 2003. >> if oil does not recover it's going to be a recession if it does not recover. >> what's happening with oil is economics 101, supply and demand. >> supply is up because it's very successful and got into fracking and we've now become a net exporter of oil for the first time in decades so that's one big change right there. second big change is countries like saudi arabia even prices drop they continue pumping oil. >> after the low demand coming out of a slowing economy in china it's enough to make a lot of investors nervous. >> we are holding a lot of hands and everyone wants to talk. >> so he says you want to think about your financial future like a road trip. if you come up on a curb you you make straight corrections on the correct path and you don't wreck your future. the important thing to keep in mind they say this too shall pass. >> and we also check in with north carolina marketers. they don't expect any major changes any time soon but they did say consumers should be aware and enjoy the gas prices now. in the summer you could see a rise in demand and a slight change in prices. back to you. >> take the good with the bad. l.a. lay live in raleigh thank you. 2015 was a banner year for financing start ups in north carolina. that's the word from money tree. the report out today says 63 funding deals were in the state last year with a total of $675 million ranking north carolina 12th. nationally more money was invested than any year since the.com boom of 2008. and the national picture check out tech wire.com. call this a redo however this time with voters in the right district. this morning the state board of elections approved the new election for one race in vincent. our capital viewer laura leslie is here with reaction to all of this. laura. >> you may remember we recovered the story since we heard from the problem. this resolution is one of these rare instances where opposing candidates agree this was the right move after 37 people voted in the wrong district in a race decided by seven votes. challenger and commissioner john bonner appeared before the commission this morning and the wife was also there. is it was only fair to hold another election and he's ready to hit the campaign trail again smoothly this time around. >> hopefully on the right doors this time. the board also agreed. the rule for ballot order in 2016 would have put his name first. the confusion started when they in 2008. it doesn't seem like those new districts ever made the county election officials so they received the wrong ballot. the other two were not effected because the vote totals were not close. voters in the town council district 2 will get to make their choice again on march 15. david. >> laura leslie thank you. a computer problem means an extension for people trying to file taxes. the problem brought down systems at the revenue department all day and services at the dmv as well. all actions with the deadline of today will be extended until january 20 because of the inconvenience. early today because of bomb threats. police closed the license plate agency for safety threats. north carolina taking steps to confront a chronic nursing shortage. they are considering whether two year schools should offer four year nursing degrees and could launch a study into the pros and cons later today. almost half the states offer advanced nursing education at community college. >> fayetteville on inagm led them to graffiti suspects. police found and instagram account with pictures of the tag and himself in a gray hoodie with a can of spray paint. they pursued court orders that led them to smith's home last week. >> big changes coming to wral 30 year partnership with cbs we will be changing network affiliations. on february 29 wral will become an nbc affiliate. we look forward to bringing you the today show the nbc nightly news with lester holt the vice the tonight show starring jimmy fallon the olympics and much more. you will still be able to watch wral news and all of our local programming in the same place right here on wral. vice president and general manager steve hammel says the station is changing network affiliations because nbc is clearly the best fit for wral t.v. for years to come. this is a long term agreement. 25 years ago the united states sent troops to the persian gulf. coming up we tell you about the governor's plan to honor them and where the money is coming from. and contractors in the triangle are a yard or two along the way. to great lengths to save her yard. we've stilgot rain showing up out there. that will be the case for a little bit longer but very good news for at least part of the up coming weekend. when it a solemn annual tradition in raleigh to mark the birthday of dr. martin luther king jr. it's all part of the state's annual program to honor the civil rights leader on his birthday. martin luther king would have been 87 years old today. on monday we will join the nation in paying tribute to dr. martin luther king. the 36th annual mlk triangle interfaith prayer breakfast it will be held in research triangle park. y al. s moai kf nce nssp 'sr userliwnesori mg.r t >> cartr liirtopaan so>>li mo stki s ab le t aisim n shfowhto owheusst. they are everywhere in the triangle right notch. contractors for google and at&t racing to be the first to upgrade fiber and get your business for high speed internet. >> crews face a very specific challenge snaking under ground without knocking water and natural gas. now through the lens of photographer richard atkins you are about to see a complex puzzle with a simple solution. >> a quilter not a contractor yet she's probably best suited to explain the difficult task of installing the areas new fiber optic networks. >> i'm just pushing the needle and thread through disappearing underneath and coming back up. >> stitching together the new fiber alliance is some what of an art form. up the entire street. >> metal pushed through the soil a few feet at a time. orange is then pulled back through the hole creating a tunnel for the fiber lines to live. >> put one hole over here and there and dollars 100-yards of cable under there. >> scott is an author. he's researched and written about the wires and water ways that go unnoticed. much of our modern infrastructure is hidden under ground. >> they don't always know what's where. that's the reality of it. >> maps aren't always accurate. crews use spray paint to mark the area before digging. >> you can understand that. orange line means communication whether it's fiber or cable. blue means fresh water. >> it was a mishap with one of those yellow lines. natural gas that caused this geyser of a fire in kerri a few years ago. the make the thing worka expect a surprise of something happening that you didn't expect and then you move along. >> homeowner found out crews would be threading fiber through their neighborhood. >> i worked hard to protect my yard. >> she marked the sprinkler system and under ground dog fence. >> so far it's been successful. >> crews tunnel through her yard without issue. >> it's amazing. yes it is. and they did put &t came and put a whole big strung a lot of wires. >> wiring the utility poles has it's own set of rules. >> at the top of the regular poles are the distribution and electricity. you push it way up top so nobody messes with it. >> then comes telephone and cable t.v. >> fiber will be below that if you are stringing it it's not dangerous to you. >> it's a tedious process. >> you have to do it 10,000 >> into the fabric of our community. >> it's an incredible accomplishment. >> how about this fact. google fiber is installing enough in the triangle to stretch from raleigh to california and back again. >> wow that's amazing. it takes a long time to get it done right and work out all of the kinks. >> literally. >> should be fantastic. >> so much under ground they've got to worry about. the end result. we will see. >> so if they do a survey and ask everybody what company they wanted to go with would that be considered a utility pole? >> i guess for some it would be. >> it would be. >> it would make sense. >> you pay for it with a utility check if you lived in that part of the world as well. >> right, right. okay. we'll work it out. >> the poles and the checks too. >> yes. maybe we should cancel that. anyways let's go ahead and take a look at the new sky cam. actually it's not looking at the sky right now but it's a and we want it to snow. we wanted every person to know. >> of course we did. >> that will be helpful in a winter situation. maybe a few flakes in the sky up there on sunday morning. we shall see. all right we can still deal with rain this evening. we are going to have to deal with rain whether or not you really want to because the disturbance in the upper atmosphere linked with this system is still coming through and still a few patches of yellow and orange so don't be surprised if the rain comes down harder from time to time over the next few hours. high temperatures early today made it into the 50s but once the rain started many areas fell back into the 40s. here's a look at the sky cam downtown. visibility is not too bad at this particular point in time. temperature 48 at the airport with an east northeast wind shifting to the west northwest the arrival of dryer air and humidity at 96%. the satellite view as we widen it the calmer shape is a very well developed system a mature system in the upper atmosphere but as it moves off to the north and east dryer air back in here flooding in here. that's sort of an oxy moreon flooding in. moving in i guess i should say. the next system out in here which is rather complex and looks like light precipitation late saturday night into sunday morning in the form of light rain but there could be a few wet snow flakes mixed in just enough to scare everybody but no need to be scared because temperatures above freezing. upper air flow with temperatures kink in the line and the wave coming through right now. the next wave is down here look how far south that is and flattens with time and it's weakening. that's why we are not looking and the cold air pours in all the way down to northern north carolina so it's going to be chilly here but dry monday and tuesday and we really don't have to worry about precipitation into next week when this wave begins to approach and by that time temperatures are rebounding so the next situation would probably be in the liquid form as well. it continues to be a frustrating winter for snow lovers and snow haters it is fire no, sir vanya. the forecast for this evening temperatures to be in the 40s and low 50s. showers still around and late this evening overnight we start to get clearing low of 41 and that sets up for a beauty tomorrow partly sunny to mostly sunny 59, 62 around fayetteville. beaches nice tomorrow. really can't argue for this at all for the 16th of january. 1/6/16. >> that's right it is. it's just a random thought. day if i can get it to come up. there we go. anyways sunday cloudy a little bit of rain in the morning a few wet flakes 44 and cold monday and tuesday. >> thank you greg. >> your welcome. >> flakes. >> thank you greg. >> hi. >> i always love following fish. i'm not that funny at all. >> you should be here every night. >> maybe i'll consider myself lucky i don't. >> next a look at the first rivalry game as nc state we'll hear from the co ta ilo an alrts thc g s anmso geaca up al he re t retene on pnc arena. we will have coverage. pretty big football game the panthers play the seahawks for game. watch the game on 6:50 at 1:00. >> if he's still waiting for it, take it. >> get him a ticket. >> it's going to be vancouver by early next week. >> thanks for joining us.

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