public on the day that the body of dinkins was released to his mother. he visited his family. the family is comforted by the outgrowing support of the community. >> there are people supporting her in the community, of course, with food and water and what have you. >> reporter: the bishop and other pastors of the church in and around the area met wednesday morning to discuss ways to make sure tensions don't boil over in the kphaoup tph*eut this time -- in the community. >> reporter: a memorial is growing near the scene where he was shot and killed by raleigh police officer trying to serve a warrant. it is the one place, though, friends and family are finding solice. >> it is sad, it is heartbreaking, you know, wore years old, just turned 24. >> reporter: community leaders are calling on everyone to peacefully. >> what we are asking is simply for the children. >> reporter: the da says investigators still have a dozen people that they need to talk with. so, that is why she is holding off and releasing the results of the autopsy. local bishops and ministers, planning to hold a community meeting tomorrow afternoon. that is one day after funeral services are scheduled on friday. update. the search is under way for for a 80-year-old man. he was last seen yesterday afternoon walking near hodgeroad elementary. wearing a black cow bound hat and dark blue pants. he suffered suffer -- he suffers from alzheimer's. if you see him, call the police. conviction, howard dudley threw up his hands overjoyed by the news, the assistance failed him. he has been in prison serving a life sentence since the 1992 conviction. he was convicted for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughter. the state never presented any physical evidence. his now 33-year-old daughter that she lied about the sexual assault allegations, he spoke about the news as he left jail this afternoon. >> you feel great. i am excited and, and, i look forward to moving on. >> dudley's family says they are looking forward to 59 family gatherings and quality time. dudly is deprived the trial. the death of a raleigh toddler was caused by blunt force trauma according to an he disappeared two years o. smothering the boy. a father and child are raced to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle. pushing the stroller an at intersection in burlington when they were struck by a car just before 8:00 tonight. the police say the driver of the car was green and white and did not see the pedestrian. stroller. the police have not said how severe their injuries are. breaking news now, south korea's ministry said north carolina fired missiles into the sea. it comes hours after sanctions were placed. the north sworn it will result in miserable ruin. a federal appeals court judge may be under a source near with the process tells cnn that the white house is considering jane kelly to replace the late justice scalia. she graduated with esident barack obama. the fbi is interviewing people associated with kelly. early voting for the primary starts tomorrow. you can mark your ballot for a republican or democratic candidate for local races but you will need something new this year, a photo id. forms of id is a north carolina driver's license, veterans or u.s. military id, u.s. passport or tribeel id from state or federally recognized tribe. the state elections director says if you forget to bring your id on election day you will be given a provisional ballot but youville to produce it before your vote will be counted. a man is due in court million gold heist in wilson county. the fbi arrested 46-year-old man but has not said what role he played in a crime. it was stopped on the interstate last march. the sheriff's office said three men approached the guard and held him kapt cannive and stole $275 pounds of gold bars. -- captivity and stole 275 pounds of gold bars. now, troopers are saying two people were taken to the hospital after a four-vehicle crash near mt. vernon church road. it it started when a vehicle rear ended another and that caused a chain reaction. the driver in the first vehicle including failure to reduce fees. >> the the driver involved in a crash that injured two straight troopers have been charged. they were over the scene. rear ended by another car. those troopers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the driver at fault is charged with reckless driving and failing to redouse speed. the zika virus made -- reduce eed. the zika virus, the patient is recovering in the hospital. zika was a topic of discussion for law enforcements in washington today. top doctors comes public health experts from the cdc, fda and other agencies testified before the house committee. several cases were reported in the u.s. including one ravel- related case in north carolina. layoffs happening at tribal park and other areas. one described the cuts as a quote mass firing. refused to disclose how many workers in the u.s. and how many are effected by staff changes. fayetteville university. today, the college professor was talking about them. spelling is making tours of the campuses, she med with fsu chancellor and board of trustees. she walked around camp us and met with students in the khas room and talked about higher edge skpaeugz what she hopes to class room and talked about higher education. >> we need to talk about value that do not undermind the quality of the institution. >> she will be on campus until rth carolina connections plan to add 10th grade. they are going to add a year as students graduate into them. 2016 and 2017 began yesterday. sports castor erin andrews said her life was ruined when someone recorded her in a hotel room. >> that video is still on the internet. a person saw that page just this week. the connection to the trial that shocked a lot of people, next. talking about shocking. a toddler's tumble caught on video. how this 2-year-old dodged disaster after falling out of a minivan. this time last night we had temperatures in the sects. now looking at 40s. you can see the temperature change, 40 degrees cooler than last night. 20 degrees in fayetteville. this time tomorrow night we are we will check an interesting twist in erin andrews $75 million hotel. an executive that represents the company is accused of watching video of the sportscaster undressing in the hotel room shortly after he testified in her trial. >> reporter: erin andrews arrives in the courthouse with testimony. but, a delay. and a bombshell. >> do you have any comments? >> it is in correct. >> an executive of west and hotel parter ins that owns the hotel where erin andrews was secretly filmed. he testified on monday. >> so, the owner of the hotel was the franchiseee? >> correct. >> reporter: last night, he and two friends were at a national restaurant where andrew's naked viral video was played openly from a cell phone. a waitress told nbc that he and his friends were making fun of her body and tweeting. he said if it was going to cost him millions he was going to watch it and show everyone. in a statement, he says his friends started viewing the video. i asked them to stop and while they did so, it was not as quickly as i had hoped. i would never disrespect miss andrews. i apologize in my participation. it will always be there. every single day. >> reporter: her worst back to you. the fbi agency says they made a mistake that caused the suspect's iphone to lock up. it happened when they tried to reset a pass word. the latest twist in a legal battle that stirred the debate over privacy vs security. the fbi wants to get into farook's i unphone and they need apple's -- ephone and they need apple's help to do it. apple says the information will get in the wrong hand. they appealed it in two days. in two days we will host our attorneys on call. we teamed up with the north carolina bar association for their annual day of service. we will have more than 150 attorneys here taking your calls from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. number for you on the tv screen on wral.com and our facebook page. a local group is hoping you will help encourage young people to read by making a book donation. >> wake up and read wants to collect 110,000 books by the end of next week to fulfill their mission of giving all children access to books. it will be distributed to local schools and community centers. they can be dropped off at the old sears store tomorrow evening and saturday. two more donation drops are scheduled for next week. mike is here now. >> yes. chillier evening than we are used to. >> yes. you noticed the change if you were out this evening. >> yes. colder start tomorrow morning. >> yes. >> freezing temperatures are expected. you may need a bigger coat. i don't think you will need the umbrella. rain should arrive tomorrow evening. i think you are okay to leave the umbrella at home. what is ahead? a colder night. widespread freeze. a little bit of cloud cover starting to build in now. a change in the look tomorrow. a rainy thursday night. so, when you join us this time tomorrow night i will be showing you rain on the doppler 5,000 radar. a chilly weekend coming up. the temperatures in the 50s, now, it will obthe way next week. lots of 70s showing up. raleigh skycam looking at downtown. high of 64 that occurredda at 12:39 this morning. 39 the low. that is the temperature, clear skies, the winds northwest at 5. the air is dry. the winds being light and the skies cleared it will fall into the 20s tonight and you should be greeted by 20s to low 30s when you head out tomorrow morning in the commute. so, let's take a look at the numbers chose to home. everyone is cool. 35, now, wral, wake forest, everyone, 40 in kerry and broadview northwest. a little milder, fayetteville, goldsboro, line right now. a beautiful day. cooler than what we had yesterday. no 70s showing you. it will be back next tuesday. it will be cool out here. bigger picture, the front last night. well off shore. high pressure is building in. as it closes in, the winds are light. now, there is the next system, taking shape, starting to develop across the plains in the valley. snow to the the north, rain across the area. thunderstorms, breaking out across nebraska. it will evolve overnight tonight and tomorrow. take a look at the temperatures starting. the system is starting to develop in its own. transing eugz of temperatures working colder to the north milder and milder across the plains. 51 in memphis, 30 in since skpeupbs there is our chilly 39. so, let's watch how this system evolves. overnight, quiet, quiet weather to reach tomorrow morning. you will need your sun glasses as we start the day. check out all of the cloud cover off to the west. that will move in. lunchtime, calling it partly to county. all of the clouds build in. at 5:00, we will have mostly cloudy skies, rain on the doorstep, heading to the mountain, you should see snow. around asheville as well. now, through the course of the evening the rain starts to build in. that is at 7:00. it time tomorrow night, rain should be coming in. the air will be cool enough to support rain, rain/snow mix or all snow. the air temperatures near the ground are above freezing for the entire event for most of us. it will stick, if it does it will not stick for long. 3:00 a.m., there is rain, rain/snow mix, all parts of southern virginia and the system will wind up and move out during the morning commute on friday. we will be greeted by ending precipitation during the day on friday. it should remain mostly cloudy. generally, most he clear, upper 20s and 30s. your forecast, partly cloudy, a colder start, light winds, that we are not talking about a windchill. partly cloudy at lunchtime. grayer than it will look. 47. and then during the afternoon upper 40ss to feasts, 51 in raleigh. i think the rain will hold off 52 on friday. the rain coming to an end. saturday, sunday, mostly cloudy. a chance of sprinkles on saturday night into early sunday morning and then boom, somebody flips the switch. back in the 60s and 70s all next week will be warm. so, it will be like the opposite of what we will expect over the next couple of days. spring is coming soon. we saw evidence of that, that means cherry blossoms. >> the blooms are almost here. it will be here before you know it. you can plan your visit to the nation's capitol. jeff? campbell university is set to hold their conference nc today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that's amazing! that's amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing th raemio woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, nc state plays for the last time this season. boston native comes out on top for boston college. scoring 11 of the state's first 11. he was barely touching the rim. it was all net. then, boston college catches on fire. garland owens, with an energizer. robinson, from the corner, 3 ball, a 13-point lead for boston college in the first. barber, drives to make it a 4- point game at the half. now, the second half, trying to lead the pack back nearly trailing 52-48. a win joining carolina at the top. starting by miami. going, rodriguez, 19 points, 5 assists, miami wins 69-50, a carolina win gives them the regular season no matter what else happens. well, a lost in the opening tournament means north carolina will finish with a losing record for the fest time since the '95-'96 season. shepherd with a desperation three. she is going to send it to overtime. but, boy in overtime that is where pittsburgh catches fire. outscoring carolina 15-5. 82-72 is the winner. tomorrow, the schedule looks like this. playing virginia. nc state takes on boston college woman just like the men tonight. that starts tomorrow at 8:00. the good tphoebgs at campbell, university hosting the turn. tomorrow. -- folks at campbell university hosting the tournament. sometimes unfairly takes a backseat to the measuring tape. stretching a few inches above his 5 '9 frame, this prospect would have been great. >> coming out of will high school, you know, there is a lot that can be overlooked but, you know, i am happy where i am at. i am glad i have the opportunities. >> reporter: everyone else's loss, campbell's gain. he measures wre it matters the most. averaging 18 plus points a game. scoring freshman of the year honors. >> he wants to be great at basketball. and so there is a desire to learn everything he can and trying to be better as quickly as possible. >> confidence can not be confined to class, though. >> going 3 and score. >> evident by his game winner. >> i was not thinking twice. going to make the shot to win just had that calmness about him. that is part of what is going to be the greatness. >> at the end of the game you have nothing to lose, so -- i just wanted to make a play for my team. >> it is that laid-back but fearless attitude that makes the 7th leading freshman in the entire nation one to watch. >> i think the sky's the limit. no question he can be the best player in the league in time. >> reporter: back to you. so, correct madness starts tomorrow and going through the championship game. they get the bid. >> that would be awesome. >> a lot going on in campbell. >> excite. >> thank you, jeff. >> okay. spent nearly a year in space, scott kelly is back on earth. >> what he had to say about his time away and what is next. anthem cruise ship hampered with weather and illnesses in a short time. we will hear from the belong to a plane that a man convicted of killing two college students in virginia will not get the death penalty. instead, he will i do in prison. matthew pled guilty today to first-degree murder and abduction. in court he apologized for the the 2009 of virginia tech student morgan harrington. after the hearing the parents of the victims addressed the media. >> his evil deprives the world of a great talent that hannah's enduring gift is this guy is convicted. she changed the world but at a terrible price. >> we did not give up. law enforcement didn't give up. the media, you didn't give up. the community didn't give up. for 6 1/2 years you all were determined and resolute to find the top tier predator that hunted in this community. >> the judge sentenced him to four consextive life terms, he agreed not to appeal and not eligible for parole or early release. >> the anthem of the seas will undergo a cleaning before it departs for the next juniory on jersey -- next journey on friday. the cruise ship arrived in new jersey. the crew reported 116 guests with the noro virus symptoms over the course of the trip. 6,000 people were on board. a piece of debris is on its way to malaysia. an american tourist made the discovery on what some believe could be wreckage from the malaysian night. >> new images tonight of debris found along the southern shore. >> reporter: potential clue for crash investigators looking into the disappearance of mh370. the course tells cnn it appears to be that of a boeing triple 7. the same aircraft of the missing plane. >> take it apart to see if there are serial numbers onit. they will be able to confirm it f it is from that plane or not. >> reporter: it appears to be part of the stabilizer. a piece of the tail that helps plane's nose. american tourist gib son said he made the discovery. >> the local people told me that stuff tends to wash ashore from the open indian ocean. >> reporter: the words no step is written on one side. something written on many flat areas of aircraft. it appears to be made out of fiberglass. >> you don't see the marine life, nothing on the piece. it is almost two years. >> we don't know if it was under water, if it was floating the entire two years. >> reporter: it could be the first discovery since july when a piece of a boeing triple 7 washed up about 1600 nautical miles away. the investigators determined that piece called a flapperon was indeed from the plane. as for the new debris found, the transport minister tweeted there say quote high possibility the debrow found >> there is no other triple 7 that lost this specific part in that area of the world. >> reporter: experts agree if the newly found debris belongs it to them it may not make it easier for searchers on find the doomed plane nor the 2thine people on board. >> now, in january someone found debris in thailand, investigator says that did not come from flight 370. a dash camera was rolling when a 2-year-old boy fell out of his grandfather's minivan right into traffic. it happened in china. the video shows the rear door going open and the child rolling out into the road. the grandfather says the boy got out of his seat and did not know what happened. such a scary sight to see. luckily the driver in the car behind that van saw the child, picked him up and once the grandpa realized the boy was missing he turned around and samaritan returned the boy. >> oh, my goodness. >> makes you catch your breathe. >> makes you wonder about the car seat. very, very lucky. an inmates attempt to escape does not go good. it happened in bakersfield. the police were able to take the 23-year-old back into custody. a museum in vegas wants guests to know how gusmon broke out of prison last year. the mob museum has a area dedicated to him. a centerpiece of the model of his escape including a tunnel featuring a motorcycle path and lights. there was a video documenting the plan. it will be on display until july. a new garden is creating a positive message. >> emplowees teamed up with members of the community to begin work if in southeast raleigh. it taut residents how to be more self-sufficient to show vegetables and fruit. it provides more for the kphoupity as well as important education on healthy eating. -- community as well as important education on healthy eating. >> we offer cooking and nutrition classes for kids. and adults as well. all 15. >> the principal financial group awarded the $20,000 grant to support the learning project. phoury says they -- murray says they are planning to start something new next year. they will learn to grow their own vegetables and sell it. . puppies popular names are on the list of inductees for the skopbg hall of fame. "sexual healing," "let's get it with on," and "free falling." ther is a -- "fuller house" just premiered on february 26th. it has been renewed for a second season of the show centers around dj who was widows, she has three young so her family can help raise the kids. many of the show's original cast members are part of the series e. "high school musical" will be back and they are looking for new actors. disney is holding a casting call for part 4. begins in the spring. the original movie just sell -- just celebrated 10th year anniversary. now it is time for "just trending". >> look at this. there it is. it keeps running back in. >> huh. look at that. >> is it a lab rat some. [ laughter ] >> i don't know. why would it go back in? >> it thinks it is home. whoever this is that is trying to shuu it -- >> close the door. he tries, it keeps coming back. he keeps trying to shake it off. yes. >> oh. it just -- oh. looking for his babies maybe. >> look at that nocrazy. moo yes. it has more than 700,000 views so far. [ laughter ] i mean, man -- >> are you afraid of rats? >> they do not bother mow at all just snakes. >> snakes eat rats. >> yes, yes. anything that does not have arms and legs that can move that fast freaks me out. something about that i don't know. >> like fish, right? >> well, at least they have fins. >> oh. there is something to this. any way, so, a lady is playing hide and seek. parents are taking pictures. so i can not see them, they can not see me. [ laughter ] . >> oh. yeah. [ laughter ] oh. there it is. yes, look at that one. >> yes. [ laughter ] you know, we all probably did that. i love that. if you want to see more of those, a bunch of these pictures check out my facebook page. if you see something that you think should be trending send me a message. >> all right, thank you, linda. need to keep track of the miles you drive? there is an a pp for that. actually, several apps for that. we will run down the most popular ap ps and how they work for you. >> we are watching the next storm system. -- [ laughter ] >> how did that little girl get behind the toilet. [ laughter ] how much rain can keeping track how you drive it is important and now handy apps log those miles. they are business or yq@kb [lost connection ] father and son share the leap day birthday together. >> it is fun. on years you don't have a birthday you get a lot of attention because you don't have a birthday and everyone wants to know what that is like not to have a birthday and when you do it is exciting because, you have not had one in four years. >> that is quite a special event to share. now, the new dad says the odds of a father and son being born on leap day 1.21 million. >> wow. that is incredible. i would expect it to be more. >> yes, happy birthday. >> yes, both of them. >> yes. exciting. cute. >> well, interesting story out of las las. you know, tpreg brought it up earlier today. alaska only had 2-1/2 inches of snow this year. that is remarkably low. they don't have enough snow for the race. they are trying to come up with a way to have snow. take a look at the video. snow was on the ground so organizers asked snow in fairbanks to be brought in by train. >> oh my, bringing snow in by train? >> the race is 11 mile course and shortening it down to three miles to help. how weird is that? >> yes. you think alaska in general there is always enough snow and cold enough but this year, a snow shortage. yes, having to shorten the race from 11 miles to three miles and training in snow. it is just too bizarre now, we have no snow but some could be lying in wake. there is snow across the plains and the mississippi valley and then you see the transition zone, and it is this system that is moving to the south and the east. don't think you will node the umbrella for the daylight hours, out and about tomorrow evening we should have rain ongoing this time tomorrow night. so, let's take a look at future cast. can see how the storm system moves on. rain up to change. snowing in indianapolis tomorrow afternoon. mild, cool, richmond, indiana getting snow in the afternoon and evening. for us, 6:00, we are looking at mostly cloudy skies, rain developing. this time tomorrow night we should look at rain falling. now, the morning w here is 39. we should not see accumulation, southern virginia there could be a little bit. friday, 5:00 yes, ma'am. the storm is winding up, moving out. we are left with cloudy skies during the day on friday. the temperatures running in the 50s. so, if we see anything fall it will be long gone by afternoon. so, let's take a look at the upper winds and the temperatures, we have one system coming by last night. here is the one for tomorrow night into friday. a trough of low pressure swinging on by. then, another one. it swings by saturday night and sunday morning that bring chowds and sprinkles on saturday night. but, once that passes look at the warm air off to the west. that has an opening. we are talking about tuesday,ed week. we see a big ridge and all of the warm air is coming in. friday and saturday the way the upper level winds are we should see rain introduced in the forecast so next weekend may be wetter than what we have seen recently or over the past several weekends we had lately peteureed much in the way of rain. next weekend -- featured much in the way of rain. forecast, cool, 51, we will see clouds increasing, mostly cloudy, this time tomorrow night we should look at rain lasting through early friday morning. north and west of raleigh. could be wet snowflakes saturday and sunday. 50s for highs and then here comes the warmth. next week, a warm one. if you like the chill, relish the next few days. >> oh i am looking for it. >> yes. >> gosh, nice. >> yes, all right, thank you very much e. scott kel seback >> how the nasa astronaut after nearly a year scott kelly is back on earth. his return is part of another junior stphaoe scott kelly back on mother earth after 340 days ace. 340 days, 250 miles above the planet in orbit longer than any other american astronaut. >> it felt like i had been up this my whole life, after about which is like the normal amount. normal is about six months. that is a long time. a year is really, really long. >> reporter: kelly spent his time on the space station 49 weeks, locked in research and snapping a gallery of photos posted on social modia. now, nasa hopes to get a clear picture of the effects of an extended stay in space. comparing scott's genetically eye den cal twin mark who remained on either. both going through a battery of test providing data that will help them make the rip to mars. >> by going to mars, it will make things better here on earth. happy to be a part of that. >> to this point, one of the biggest parts, almost a year in the making. jay gray, nbc news. >> kel sescheduled for more medical tests after he returns to houston and a big celebration is in the works. cherry blossoms in bloom at the phagz's nation's capitol plan a trip soon. >> the projected date for peak bloom are march 31-april 3. >> quite the ceremony. >> it is the time of the cherry blossom festival when 70% of the blossoms are open. the dates change year to year depending on the weather. it is from march 20th through april 17th. i bet it is spectacular. tomorrow morning the governor helps welcome a member of the north carolina zoo family. a special welcoming party is planned for the zoo's newest polar bear. he will form a special bond with annona that may result in a cub soon. the pair a peers to be getting along well. >> yes. he is huge. >> now, a woman is checking the record books after her two her dogs, hudson, bailey had 17 puppies, she did a search and found the world record for registered lab retrievers is 19. the state record is 16. one of them did not survive so she is not sure if her record would stick. she would of tied it, any way, she says it is good for first time. >> wow. >> several of us here at wral took place in read across america in schools in the triangle today. taking part of dr. seuss day. it is the famous author's birthday. >> i love dr. seuss. >> have a good night, everybody lights, camera, access. are blake and gwen one step closer to a walk down the aisle? i'm billy bush. plus, a romantic milestone for taylor and calvin as she delivers her own version of "my best friend's wedding." >> the best part of your love story is yet to come. with the custody of their her ex, guy richie, are in court. that was not my call. >> if not lead prosecutor's marcia clark's idea, whose was it? >> and this famous johnnie cochran line isn't his either. so whose is it? >> o.j. says i've got a line. cover of "people" shows blake and gwen and claims how hollywood's most surprising couple are changing for each other. change out much those jeans here and there when you go to the vanity fair cover party. >> their chemistry is strong. blake and gwen made their red carpet debut ativanity fair's oscar party. are wedding bells next? marriage won't be happening any time soon, but a source does say