We are just into the initial investigation to see what kind of condition these animals e in. Reporter members of the aspca went from shelter to shelter evaluating the animals. There are at least 10 horses on the operty. There are also scores of dogs, cats, even pics. Although the investigation is in its early stages, the team onsite has already determined that there are several animals that have been neglected. Youve got animals out here with open wounds. Youve got animals that have obvious skin conditions. Animals that appeared to be malnourished. Different things ke that. Reporter the owners, and linden and steve spear, were arrested and taken to the Hoke County Detention Center in his white van. They face a number of animal and neglect charges. And one felony count of possession of a ntrolled substance. With some type of medication that they were using to treat the animals. So what is going to happen to be 600 animals . This is probably one of the largest if not the largest animal bust from the aspca in their history. At least for 20 years here in North Carolina. Gerald, coming up at 5 00, we tell you what they plan to do with those animals. It is a massive effort that is going to take several days to remove animals from at shelter. I bet. Gilbert baez, live in hoke county, thank you. Troopers say speed was a factor in a crash that killed an 18yearold man this morning. Investigators say Christopher Sanchez was headed eastbound on sanctions road when he get off the street and onto the shoulder. He ercorrected, crossed the centerline and hit several trees. Sanchez was thrown from the truck, no one else was hurt. An emergency meeting is set to begin in one hour as a Duke UniversitySorority Member is being treated at the hospital. The female student got sick during Sorority Activities. Officials say the onus is related to alcohol. Wrals is live at duke, all suspended on campus, ght . Reporter thats right. They have been suspended indefinitely. At this time, the student was hospitalized at this time and we are trying to sort through all of the details about the events that led up to the hospital. What we do know is that alcohol was involved. And the female student was a new member of a sorority. Now, she s participating in recruitment activities according to university officials. Right now, we have been told all Sorority Activities on campus have been suspended, due to reports of several incidents during rush. As for what is expected during that 5 00 meeting, again, it starts in just about an hour here, we are told members of the panel and council will discuss the actual incident. They will review dukes expectations of all chapters and their members and ask each chapter to review its own activities to see if they are in compliance. Wral will be at that meeting, we are going to try to get to that meeting and will bring you the latest as soon as we ank you. The trial for the high profile murder of a mother in her north hills apartment is expected to begin monday. Jury selection for the Traveon Smith case has been going on for 3 1 2 eks. 11 jurors are seated, and two alternates. Smith is charged with killing Melissa Huggins jones in may 2013. Police say the 30yearold was beaten to death following a break in. Hugginsjones 8yearold daughter found her. A woman was taken to the hospital with burns on her hand after a house fire in leigh. Investigators have not said what started the fire in that hanover home. Crews were at the scene for a couple of hours. No one else was hurt. East carolina is stepping up security on campus. This comes after two results were reported in the st week. Campus officers are raised working with Greenville Police to work in safety corridors they have stepped a presence in this area and are looking at installing more l. E. D. Lights and cameras. Duke University Also try to keep students safe despite another robbery on the main campus. This happened monday near wanna maker and chapel drive. A student was held at gunpoint and had several things stolen. The suspect flashed a gun, and drove away in a red suv. Over the past two years, the university has tripled the number of security guards and investigate more cameras and lighting. Students say they have noticed a difference but arent sure what else can done. It has happened before and i have noticed that campus has stepped up security. We have had guard that both bus stops and they are there all the time. I think they are definitely making an effort but its hard when you have an open campus to completely cure everything. This is the third Armed Robbery involving a student since july. This week, the United StatesSupreme Court handed down a decision allowing juveniles convicted of murder and sentenced to life to have their sentences reviewed. The thought, they could wrals amanda lamb joins us now, some families arent too happy with this cision. Reporter we have heard from several. There is a lot of concern about this. But it is a very narrow ruling. Basically, if the defendant was under 18 at the time of the crime, he or she can petition the court to review the sentence. A judge them has the ability to change the sentence from life in prison to life with the possibility of parole after serving 25 years. State prison Officials Say at least at the last count, excuse me, there are 79 inmates in North Carolina who fit this criteria. District attorneys across the state are now looking at their cases to see which ones are eligible for we sentencing hearings. I think we are looking at a handful of cases. You know, is only applies to those cases after 1994. Very specific time frame. A very specific set of defendants. People under the age of 18 who were convicted of firstdegree murder. We anticipate having less than 10 of ose here. Reporter Defense Attorneys say this is the right thing to do, especially when the offenders were so young when they committed these crimes. And may have the potential for rehabilitation. We have also heard from some victims families who say this is devastating because they thought the person who killed their loved one wa is for life and now they may have to relive the tragedy. Amanda lamb live in the newsroom, thank you. A group of students say recent raids on Illegal Immigrants is unacceptable. That was the overall tone from the demonstration on the dukes campus. The group, Student Action with farmworkers, also plan to send a petition to washington calling for an end to the raids. They claim more than 63,000 people signed it. A man accused of sexually assaulting a Fayetteville University student surrendered this is a look at Jonathan Jones originally from pitt county, thats also where he surrendered earlier this week. Fayetteville police say the incident happened in the victims dorm room in november and say jones and the victim knew each other. If you have any information about this case, call the fayetteville police. Lawyers say takata airbags cost and 11 steps during a crash. They believe it happened last year in india. It involved a 2007 nda civic. Documents show the inflator exploded during the crash, setting metal shards everywhere. However, the cause of death was undetermined. Honda says given the evidence it believes the driver died from her injuries. Check your credit card statement if you have used it at a wendys lately. The company is investigating reports of unauthorized charges on cards used legitimately at restaurants. The company has not yet set where in the country those cards were used. Wendys says it launched an investigation with the help of Cyber Security experts and is cooperating with Law Enforcement officials. Argument over prayer at government meetings began today in federal appeals court. The aclu says starting those meetings exclusively with christian prayer is discriminatory and coercive. County over the practice in 2013. A federal court sided with the aclu in may, noting that prayers violated the constitutional separation of church d state. However in 2014, the Supreme Court upheld, allowing prayers for a case in new york. For the second time in as many days crews were called to repair a water main break in wake forest. A 12 inch y main broke this morning on wral road between capital boulevard and tyler run drive. At the same location as yesterdays water main break. Officials say it occurred in the new section of pipe installed yesterday. The incident left three nearby neighborhoods temporarily without water service. Donald trump will be at tomorrows gop debate. We will hear what he brings his absence will hurt the event more than it will hurt his campaign. Plus, the massive mammal that washed ashore on the coast and what experts say may have caused its death. And we will look at new technology that should help the accurate vote this election lynda we have a change in donald trump did not get debate in wa. Weijia jiang is in des moines were some voters are disappointed. Reporter , trump takes pride in calling himself a washington outsider. Now he will be sitting out of the last i uld debate before the caucuses. Let them have the debate and see how they do with ratings. Reporter trump is refusing to participate in the foxnews debate because the network rejected his demand to pull megyn kelly as moderator. Ted cruz, comes closest rival in the polls, marked the businessman when he tweeted a link to a park monty python movie. Some voters we talked to in des moines say they were disappointed with trumps decision. What message do you think it sends to iowans . Hes getting his feelings hurt, more important than them getting to hear his message. Reporter trump put out a 56 responded saying he should go through with the debate. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton is pushing back on the notion that Bernie Sanders will be tougher on corporate america. I will give you the best evidence as to why my plane to go after wall street is the top plan. It is because e republicans are advertising against me. Reporter sanders left the campaign trail wednesday morning for private meeting with president obama at the white house. Weijia jiang, cbs news, des moines. Democrats arent having any fight over the debate schedule. In fact all three candidates agreed to add another debate in New Hampshire ahead of the primaries. Crowds thered on cary beach to check out a humpback whale that washed ashore. It was between 20 and 25 feet long. It was first reported around 6 00 this morning of the fishing pier, a unc wilmington biologist believes the whale is between one and two years old and appears to have been sick. Necropsy will determine the there you see it right there. Thats so sad because its such a rge animal. You hate to see that. Any kind of wildlife. Unfortunately, that is nature. Hopefully theres nothing out there that costs that. Right. What a change. Early this morning it was cold, then the sun came out. Got a little goosebumps going on right there. It is comfortably cool here. For us with the long sleeves. What a big change, 61 yesterday, today, low 50s. This morning in the 40s, but at least we saw a little sun, tomorrow, more going. Lets take a look at whats happening on the weather headlines. Overnight, clouds will stick around. There is a reason for that. We explain coming up. Rain is on for thursday. This is something we have been watching all week. Will it rain, wont it rain, will we see the sun . It has been determined there will be enough moisture in the packing. Tomorrow, a rustling they with lower to mid 40s for the highs but dont distrust yourself or get upset or fred. A warmer stretch of weather is coming starting this weekend and lasting most of next week. He will see that in 7day forecast coming up. There is the rdu sky m, if you look, bits of blue here and there between the cause. Mostly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy overnight. And at the airport as a 4 00, they were calling and partly cloudy but in this view it looks mostly cloudy. 50 with a typical of 37, relative humidy 61 . 40s and 50s close to home. 39 Holly Springs and cary. 748, 49 at wake forest in bits and pieces and snow trying to hang on for dear life, but will be shortly for sure. 46 roxboro, 45 in south hill, 51 fayetteville, 50 goldsboro. Are visible satellite picture using light from the sun to illuminate the class, we saw a lot of cloud cover this morning. Breaks are happening but look to the south and west. That direction. All of this cloud cover that transported upon us. We wont get rid of the clouds tomorrow. As we brought enough of you with the satellite radar overlaid upon it, there is the front that has moved offshore. We help High Pressure building in from the west. Notice the motion of the upperlevel wind coming in from the south and west and when you have your upperlevel wind running parallel to the front, there is no momentum to clear the front out. It will likely stall either where it is or little offshore and all the moisture that you see to the southwest will be transported in. We are going to keep it generally cloudy for the day tomorrow and possibility exists for some rain. We take a look at temperatures and then take a look, i dont know why it does that, but take a look at the numbers out there right now. 50 in raleigh, go back to the west, 45 atlanta, 42 nashville, areas that were warm yesterday are cooler this afternoon. Still mild in jacksonville with about 66. Here is future cast. Mostly oudy overnight. There is midnight. And in the morning there may be a few sprinkles around. Now the model does not show sleeves but the air aloft gets sharply colder. So if anything is falling it could refreeze briefly and fall to the ground as a little bit of light sweet. Would you get from future cast is there is not a lot of moisture out there to start the day. There is 8 00 a. M. , by lunchtime rain in the area, tomorrow afternoon shifts off to the east. During the night and tomorrow night and into friday we will have generally clear skies and momentum to see all this push on by. Forecast by 8 00, mostly cloudy, should be dry. 41 by that point. Overnight lows colder. Low 30s in the northern counties, 34 in raleigh. 37 fayetteville. Tomorrow morning as we start the day there could be sprinkles and cannot rule out maybe a sweet or two but thats not going to be the main focus of the forecast and i would not fret about at, either. 85 by 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow afternoons highs will be warmer in the north because you will see less rain, colder for goldsboro and fayetteville because you folks will likely see the most ring from beginning to the end of the day. That will tend to keep the temperatures down. Could be a very raw day in goldsboro but not so bad in raleigh and not that in roxboro or south hill. 50 for the gh. Very windy friday. Saturday and sunday, milder. We keep the 60s from sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday of next week. We may return to rain wednesday and cooler thursday. But the weekend hasnt changed. Not at all. Tomorrow, might want to wear a heavier coat and umbrella. We can do with that as long as we have 60 to look forward to. Black back to the future fans cannot have their own delorean. Tonight on fox50, first round of hollywood. Been tioratwh inna tir olyieye thgaon ger daht bed. Th rh heat ght. Urd the rtoy he h re thyomyman. Htam isaroldsehef. Ete and, ra en gsa c wlept st mth on bous asgol. 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In a statement, they say csx is committed to this infrastructure projects, which will create jobs, and deliver him to stay competitive advantages for large and small businesses, and spur economic development. All interested stakeholders to address concerns and move the project forward. So, where are they focusing their efforts now . What is being considered . Those questions they did not respond to. But, here is who is talking about this today. Those hoping to actually get the deal. Johnston county and the governor basically said building the cargo hub here, just east of selma, not going to work because of concerns from current landowners and their desire to sell their land. Now, other counties see opportunity, and they are making that pitch to csx to consider bringing that carolina connector to their neck of e woods. We are not supportive of the project on a particular footprint, but, we also are keeping that door open, because we know its going to be a great project. And i know that there are many communities that are also trying to find sites as well. But, we are in the mix. Do you see how he says that with a smile . That is the county chairman of the board, joe doherty. One of several now trying to get in on the action. The project to wayne county. Now, North CarolinaPorts Authority board passed a resolution this morning encouraging the state to continue working with state and local officials, to find some way to ve forward. We will see how that all pans out, leyla santiago in the newsroom, thank you. A driver had to be airlifted to chapel hill after a bad crash in moore county on u. S. 1 your pennsylvania avenue in 7 pounds. Witnesses told police the driver of this mingled pickup truck swerved off the road and hit a tree. He was able to get up before ems arrived. Investigators have not said what caused