South and west. You see the spin in the atmosphere, spin in the radar over texas and oklahoma. That is from low pressure and is intensifying moving to the east and all of those red boxes that you see popping up our tornado watches currently in effect. All of those usually highlighted counties, the ones in pink are Tornado Warnings, the ones in yellow are severe thunderstorm warni symbols, those are reports of tornadoes that have touched down around louisiana, significant damage in many we will see this as Severe Weather grows from mississippi, alabama, panhandle and florida in the next several hours as that activity comes our way. Futurecast. We will show you the wide view and see how the storm is aloft. Midnight overnight, storms moving to alabama and georgia. As we go to deny, drizzle, missed, fog. Daybreak. Thunderstorms but by 8 00 a. M. , South Carolina and western storms. Through noon, thunderstorms will roll in. The way the atmosphere will be set up at that time we have change in direction that could land the development of tornadoes. As we go to the afternoon we could see a small line bringing straightline wind damage. Threat of Severe Weather looking high. Well go through the threats, timing and when we can breathe a sigh of relief when the all clear will come in weather coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. State lawmakers are bound to overturn an ordinance passed last night by the Charlotte City council. The ordinance bans businesses like hotels and restaurants from discriminating against gays and lesbians. It also says transgendered people can use the restroom they feel most comfortable in. Capital bureau chief, laura lesie, joins us to explain. Laura . s reporter Republican Leaders say the bathroom commission could pose a threat to Public Safety and says it goes against common sense and could infringe on religious rights of Business Owners. The ordinance passed the city after a year of controversy and debate. Lgbt advocacy groups applauded the debate but republicans say they will take action to reverse it. I joined my conservative colleagues and governor mccrory in exploring legislative interventions to create this radical course, house speaker, tim moore said this morning. The ordinance takes a fast april 1. Meredith College Professor expects it will be the first issues lawmakers address when they april 25. He says they could pass a law like south dakotas, designating all bathroom statewide according to a persons gender at birth. That is the most obvious thing they could do. Cut the legs out from under the charlotte ordinance. They could pass something local to mecklenburg county. It seems like doing something statewide would prevent other localities from doing the same thing charlotte will do. My conservative activists say that does not go far enough. Theyre calling on lawmakers to say are religious rights of Business Owners to refuse service to gays and lesbians. Gayrights advocates are calling the Public Safety argument, quote, fear mongering. They say other cities have similar ordinances and there has never been a single report of a transgender person stocking or molesting anyone in the bathroom. Laura leslie in our newsroom, thank you. A wake county schoolbus slipped into a ditch this morning but the road was blocked for some time. This happened at 9 30 unpleasant union church road and six forks road in raleigh. The driver lost control while making a turn and the bus rolled onto its side. No students were on the bus at the time. The driver, 58yearold Caroline Brody was charged with failing to maintain lane control. Imagine being free for two decades, but your life and suddenly you are arrested and accused in a murder from 1996. A charlotte man is on trial for the death of his pregnant girlfriend. Amanda lamb is here from the explosive testimony from friends in court today. Amanda . 2 decades, chris lawing went about his life out of the public eye but investigators suspected him of killing his pregnant girlfriend. They arrested him once and let him go for lack of evidence. In 2014 they got a break. New evidence, they say a pebble in his shoe matches the soil from where the body of Lacoy Mcqueen was found off u. S. 1 near cattrall in 1997. Friends testified that lawing was controlling of his girlfriend and believe the baby she was carrying would ruin his life. He was encouraging her to have an abortion. But, friends say they would help talk her out of it. We were so close. So, we had came up with a plan, and, this was our baby. We were still all going to finish school, and she was going to finish school. She was still going to become a doctor, we were going to move off of campus and help her take care of this baby. That was our baby. , prosecutors say her friends never got a chance to help raise that child as she was killed while she was still pregnant. About the day she disappeared. 20 years is a long time. What are the obstacles in bringing a case against someone that many years later . Reporter carols, so many years later. Witnesses forget things, they move away, theyre hard to find, they die and there was no technology back into track people. No cell phones or gps. So much depends on eyewitness testimony. One thing that has changed in the states favor is the science. Again we talked about that pebble, testing that pebble. That is something new that could have not been done in the 1990s. All right, amanda lamb in the newsroom, thank you. Members of the North Carolina naacp are demanding more information about the unc system leadership change. The handdelivered a public records request to the unc for more information about the firing of assistant president , tom ross, and hiring of his replacement, margaret spellings. They say the board has not been transparent throughout the process. Be u. S. Says the number of isis fighters is dropping. A Top Obama Administration says there are 25,000 isis fighters compared to a peak of 35,000. The u. S. Special envoy for the local coalition to counter isis says fighters from 120 countries joined the terror group. He says isis is under pressure and cut fighter salaries by about half. President obama unveiled his proposal to close the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay. The plan would fulfill a promise he made in 2008. As mark albert explains, the president is getting stiff opposition from some in congress. Reporter president obama announced tuesday his latest proposal to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in cuba. Is counterproductive to our fight against terrorists because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit. Moreover, keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. Reporter there are 91 detainees left at guantanamo with a third cleared for transport to another country, 56 will be moved to the accused 9 11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh mohamed. It will take 475 million to renovate, but would save money. We could ensure our security, uphold our highest values around the world, and, save american taxpayers a lot of money in the process. Reporter the administration identify 13 locations in the u. S. , including in South Carolina, kansas and colorado. But, lawmakers from those states have opposed the moves. Along with Republican Leaders. What he is now proposing to do is a direct contradiction with the will of the american people. It would be illegal under current law to transport Foreign Tourists at guantanamo into the united states. Reporter the white house is urging congress to act before mark albert for cbs news, the white house. Speaker of the house, paul ryan, issued a statement saying the president failed to include details required by law including the exact cost invocation of the alternate facility. He says congress will not change law to allow terrorist detainees on american soil. A colorado jury found a woman guilty of cutting the baby from the womb of a former Appalachian State university. Dynel lane faces up to 140 years in prison when sentenced in april. Prosecutors say lane attacked Michelle Wilkens last year after responding to a craigslist advertisement selling baby clothes. The baby named aurora died. Wilkens survived. She spoke at the trial after the verdict was read. I hope she finds the time to reflect on what she did and why. And then find the opportunity to first to seek inner peace, and then find a way to pay the spiritual debt that she has accumulated. Wilkens says she forgave lane but is angry about her selfish actions. Surgeons say it is possible for her to have children in the future if she chooses. Nearly 100 confirmed cases of the travel related trends expires in the u. S. , 11 galveston, texas, is spearheading the research to find a vaccine. Scientists have been studying the virus for decades. Doctor robert tesch has known about it since the 1960s. He says until there were hundreds of cases in brazil, no one was interested. Now experts are realizing how much they dont know about zika. Doctor Shannon Rossi recently traveled to brazil and saw the devastating effects firsthand. Are we closer to a vaccine . Yes. Every single day that people like me and my fellow colleagues around the bench are one step closer to a vaccine. Reporter the university of Texas Medical Branch is home to one of the wowods largest collection of viruses. Nearly 7000 samples are stored there. The National Institutes of health says there could be a zika vaccine by the end of voters in nevada have their turn tonight to pick it to be president ial candidate. Donald trump is hoping to turn support in the polls into a win. He has a doubledigit win over his rivals. Ted cruz is under pressure after a loss in South Carolina and one day after he fired his Communications Director for an incorrect tweet about marco rubio. It is important to be able to say that i am the alternative to donald trump, but it has to be a close second. Reporter both cruz and rubio invested significant time and money in nevada but it will be up to voters to decide if anyone can slow donald trump. A popular raleigh restaurant and brewery may have to stay close for months. Still ahead, boylen bridge brewpub is looking to fix major damage to the building. Plus, Orange County wants how it plans to it has been 13 days since wall collapsed damage to downtown landmark. Boylan bridge brewpub has been closed ever since. Wrals Kathryn Brown is there now and getting an incredible look at the damage. Reporter is incredible when you look at this. We saw the damage outside when this happened february 10 from intermarriages taken from the sky 5. Until today we had no scope of the damage inside. The owner showed us around today. The extent of it really is stunning. One wall collapsed as a result sprinkler that brought down a portion of the roof, as well, the entire basement was flooded. Now it is a mess of mud and equipment. Salvage it. He is working feverishly to get repairs underway and hopes to acknowledges a very real happen. When he starts to talk about that, he starts to get emotional. I feel upbeat about what we can do. This is downtown raleigh. I get emotional about it. So, weve got a lot of prospects here. Reporter very optimistic, be done. There brewpub is a fixture in downtown raleigh where a full patio overlooking the raleigh skyline brings in people through the spring and summer months. Its closer, even if temporary, and to the entire city. Even when we were here there were people stopping by to check in with the owner, asking how things were going, asking if he needs any help. Coming up tran02 out 5 00, andrew leager talk to us about the new business that is here, what he is hoping it will add to the brewpub and why it, too, is on hold for now. Back to you. I had no idea all of that image was inside. Kathryn brown live in raleigh, thank you. By now you probably heard monday, february 29, big day. Nbc is joining wral and this 4 00 news is also moving over to wral. The afternoon lineup starts with days of our lives, a soap opera that has been on air for 50 years. After that, the doctors, followed by doctor phil. After that, join us for our news at 4 00, following the most interesting stories of the day. You probably have questions, we have answers. Check out the special section we have created at www. Wral. Com nbc. Bottom line is we are all staying. We are not going anywhere. You may want to bury the hatchet is after what is coming to market what we are looking at is worrisome because were looking at the parameters of what is producing Severe Weather across louisiana, and mississippi today, similar numbers showing up for us here tomorrow. Weve got to watch the weather closely tomorrow. Were talking the likelihood of damaging wind gusts. That is a certainty. What is not certain if the amount of tornadoes we could see across the area. We should see a few but will be on the lookout for potential for some large hail, too. Lets take a look at whats happening, it is quiet. Were in a very stable hermas. One thing that is not all that great tomorrow is the instability. A lot of significant Severe Weather parameters are coming together that would suggest that we would have damaging wind. The winds tomorrow a few hundred feet off the ground, 50 to 55 Miles Per Hour. Grab those winds and force them to the ground, it will be easy to see wind gusts up to 70 Miles Per Hour with thunderstorms, one of the threats. All is quiet out there, drizzle, mist, spotty light rain, rather chilly. There is a warm front east of the coast moving north and west as we go to the evening and overnight in temperatures rise, especially south and east of the triangle. Also just issued is a wind advisory in effect for tomorrow morning until midnight tomorrow night. Sustained winds, 20 255 Miles Per Hour, 30 to 35. These may come down, power may go out in locations as well. Outside of thunderstorms or tornado threat, we have the threat for gusty winds that could cause problems outside of any thunderstorms. This is Something Else to watch out for, too. Lets take a look at whats happening on the durham skycam. Ugly looking day. Drizzle, mist, fog , rather chilly. The temperatures have but 1 degree since you joined elizabeth at noon on wral. We should remain in the mid to upper 40s for the triangle west and south and east it will next several hours. 51 fayetteville, 52 goldsboro, 48 rocky mount. A wedge of cool air in place, and the problem with the weather tomorrow is the warmer air that is coming in would have to scour out the cool air. We dont get this cool air scoured out, the threat for Severe Weather will be minimized locally north and west the greater down for the east coast. Thats one of the things were watching tomorrow. Thats expanded view. Focus on whats happening. We have an area of low pressure in the atmosphere. This is intensifying as it moves to the east and northeast atmosphere. Right now, mississippi, louisiana under the threat for Severe Weather. Tornadoes. That shift this evening to alabama, panhandle of florida, georgia and for the day tomorrow, south and North Carolina. Lets take a look at the threat pick moderate risk but it has been expended for parts of alabama, mississippi, louisiana, florida and georgia. For us tomorrow we are looking at what we call an enhanced with greater will likely be several thunderstorms that will be severe. Its possible we could see this upgraded to a moderate risk which would put us at a threat, the threat is greater for the triangle, damaging wind, few lets take a look at futurecast. Missed, fog, tomorrow morning as we start the day, some showers moving into the area. Some of them could be severe down for the coast. The weather that is coming tomorrow may come into lines. The first line approaching around lunchtime. The way that the winds are set in the atmosphere, there is a change in the wind direction with type that would lend us some rotation with individual super cells ahead of the mainline off to the west. So from 10 00 a. M. Until lunchtime, we see the results coming in that could produce some tornadoes. During the afternoon we should see a straightline wind event, coming through the triangle, and moving to the coastal plains. Its possible error Severe Weather tomorrow could be coming after 6 00, inc. To quiet down and it should be cooler tomorrow night. By 8 00 this evening, drizzle, missed, fog, clouds, 45. Spotty light rain as well. Most of that close to where they are right now, mid 40s to low 50s for fatal and goldsboro, temperature start to rise, 56 by 8 00 a. M. , tomorrow 71 raleigh, 75 fayetteville. There is the 7day forecast. Six apart tomorrow evening, the threat shall have subsided. Thursday, friday and saturday look good. Monday, we welcome nbc to wral. Quiet with a high of 73. Cant stress enough, wral Weather Center alert app, you are going to be here all day tomorrow. Elizabeth, greg and me in the morning, greg, and myself in the afternoon. You can pick up keywords from the forecast, super cell. Greg was looking at parameters during the april 16 of 2011 is looking close to that. Okay, thats a concern. Thats why im saying what were seeing is worrisome. Thank you. Now barred f Centurylink Prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more all in crystalclear hd. Watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless settop box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. And choose from a variety of great packages