water and getting everything contained." :11pattie tight make sure to stick with us for the latest on the fire. in the next half hour we hear from johnson about what they know concerning a potential cause for the blaze. 3 3 3 mona tight today - more witness will take the stand in the trial of ashley white. yesterday, prosecutors painted the picture of a filthy and unsafe environment during her bench trial. she's charged with felony child abuse and neglect. her 5-year-old son noah thomas.. was found dead last march in a septic tank. in opening statements- the ruling prosecutor told the court.. white admitted she had lied about leaving her children at home the sunday morning she reported noah missing. there was a lot of discussion during testimony about the septic tank and the lid. several investigators testified the lid was on the tank when they went to look for noah. 3 3 pattie tight new this morning.... just in the last couple of hours we learned about 2 people being shot in danville. right now, we know that a 21 year old man and 22 year olf woman were shot, but authorities say their wounds are non life told police they were shot while driving through the intersection of first street and abbott street the investigation is under investigation. 3 pattie mona state police are still continuing to comb the area, searching for a teenager they say led them on a car chase spanning two counties. it started wednesday night in franklin county, and ended just minutes later on 220 near webb road in roanoke county. that's where the car lost control and crashed. 4 people in it had to go to the hospital. the driver, who witnesses say was a 15 year old boy, ran off into the woods. police say he does have a gun on him, but they don't thinknk he's dangerous.(sgt. rick garletts, virginia state police) "i think we just have a scared kid. i don't want to make assumptions but i don't think he's in the woods right now. i think he's found somebody to call, called somebody to come and get him. so i don't think we're looking at a desperate 3 person."mona tight police have searched for the teen, from the air and on the been able to find the boy. 3 3 3 mostly cloudy for the day with the chance for light mountain snow showers and even a few flurries to the east. outside of the mountains, no significant accumulation is expected. high temperatures will reach the mid 30s this afternoon. lows fall into the teens during the overnight hours, and the coldest air of the season arrives for your valentine's day weekend. please dress warmly and bundle up through the entire weekend. saturday will be breezy with frigid wind chills. sunny but bitter cold as highs only reach the upper 20s. northwest winds could gust up to 30mph. temperatures plummet by sunday morning, and most of us will be facing lows in the single digits as we're waking up on sunday. valentine's day will 3 pattie for the first time since hillary clinton's new hampshire loss to bernie sanders in the democratic primary, the two candidates faced off - both now looking to nevada and south carolina. mona both candidates are hoping to convince a more diverse population that they are the better choice for the democratic nomination. lana zak has more. 3 3 sanders sot: "i do have a disagreement here."the differences were substantive , but subtle in last night's democratic debate.clinton sot: "we agree that wall street should never be allowed to wreck main street again. but here's the point i want to make tonight. i am not a single issue candidate and i do not believe we live in a clinton trying to reset after being walloped in new hampshire gfx: the demographics now changing...voters more than 90 percent white in iowa and new hampshire...but in south carolina, more than half of democratic voters could be african americans--sanders sot: "when we have more people in jail, disproportionately african american and latino, than china does // here's my promise: at the end of my first term as president, we will not have more people in jail than any other country," the fireworks really coming at the end with this contentious moments clinton sot:" ...the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans. i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination to succeed president obama." sanders sot: "madam secretary, that is a low blow.//one of us ran against barack obama. i was not 3 that candidate." tag:clinton was asked about losing the she responded she has devoted her career to empowering women to -quote- mkae their own choices even if that choice is not to vote for me. lz abcn, w3 3 pattie virginia's house has approved a bill that seeks to undo governor mcauliffe's ban on the open carry of guns in some state-owned buildings. now it heads to the senate.. where it faces a likely veto from governor mcauliffe. mcauliffe's executive order in october.. prohibited the open carry of firearms.. except by law enforcement officials.. in offices used by executive branch agencies. the bill approved by the house would prohibit state entities from adopting or enforcing policies on the possession or storage of firearms. it would void any such policy put in place.. before july 2016. 3 mona tight a proposal to allow security guards in virginia schools to carry guns.. is making its way through the general assembly. for years, bills like this have failed. but this one is different saying the security guards would have to get permission from the local school board. philip van cleave with the virginia citizens defense league says he still thinks permit holders should be able to carry on school grounds. and says he believes this bill is a stepping stone in that direction. but not everyone agrees.philip van cleave virginia citizens defense league]everywhere they allow permit holders to carry it has been a success whether it be in schools, or churches or anywhere else.butt toandy goddard with virginians for responsible gun laws - if you can find an opening to crack open the door then next year you can add more things and push the door wider.mona van cleave says this idea is already working in higher education citing liberty university. but andy goddard says even retired officers should have to go through annual training before they're allowed to carry a weapon on school grounds. 3 3 pattie virginia senator jim webb will not seek a third-party run for president. we learned yesterday that, webb dropped out of the democratic presrdential race last year. his spokesman says the senator will not 3 pattie now that north korea has launched another satellite into space, u.s. defense officials anticipate the country has the ability to provoke nuclear war with the u.sa& mona they say that could be done by launching inter-continental ballitic missiles or i-c-b-m's. jeff barnd reports. 3 /nat/ the launch of north korea's "shining star rocket" violates u.n. resolutions condemning the launch of *any* ballistic missile to halt pyong-yang's nuclear weapons program. but some experts say launching missiles at the west may come in second to selling technology to the highest bidder.. /sot/ steve sin part 2 politics 9:16 "whether they're launching a missile versus *selling* their technology. i would hedge my bets towards selling the technology, rather than launching a missile." 9:23/vo/ experts say north korea's icbm know-how could make an astronomical profit on the black market and the buyers could be non-state actors and rogue nations with the u.s. in bruce klinger (wjla korea sound barnd) - 2:31 "they had a long-standing decades long missile relationship with countries such as iran 2:36 /butt/ - 2:44 "so certainly if they have a viable nuclear weapon they will exchange not only the technology that they already have and the know-how, but perhaps a completed weapon.. we just don't know. 2:53 /bridge/ in 2012 the last time the north korea launched a satellite into space , it's capabilities *admittedly* caught some u.s. defense officials off guard. but experts say *this* week's launch should be a wake-up call./graphic/ pyong-yang's previous icbm capability had a projected range of 10-thousand kilometers 4-years ago. striking well within the u.s. north korea's *shining-star* missles may have a range of 13- thousand kilometers.. covering the *entire* u.s. /sot/ mccain barnd politics- :00 "its not a matter of whether they have the striking the united states of america.. it's a matter of when" :07/vo/ experts say it doesn't have to be *north korea* firing its misslesa& *instead* it could be terrorists with deep pockets who are more than pleased to purchase north korea's icbm technology. in washington, 3 pattie tight it's a breakthrough that's being called as one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the decade. yesterday scientists from cal-tech, m-i-t, and the "ligo" scientific collaboration say they observed the phenomenon known as gravitational waves. physicists have been working for a century to prove its existence. they were first predicted by albert einstein in research published almost 100 years ago when he created a theory of general relativity. the discovery of these waves, created by violent collisions in the universe, excites astronomers because it opens the door to a new way of observing the cosmos. for them, it's like turning a silent movie into a movie with sound because these waves are the soundtrack of the cosmos. when objects like black holes or neutron stars collide, their gravity sends ripples across the universe. 3 mona box it might be three months away but, major preparations are underway for the lynchburg regional airshow. they want to make sure the same mishaps made during the show 5 years ago.. don't happen again. airshow organizers say.. they're thousand spectators this year.. that's up from the 32-thousand who came out for the show in 2011. the two-day event will feature the blue angels, eight other aerial performers, and 15- static displays. you can get tickets to the show on our website, wset dot com. 3 pattie still to come on good morning virginia... it's been cold out there, and the homeless population often faces the brunt of such frigid temperatures. see how a new program is hoping to veterans. i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. my dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not something that grows back, it's kind of a one-time shot and you have to care for it. it's gonna help the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee and to eat healthier, and it was a real easy 3 3 (:03)carlton woodruff, getting "things didn't go too good and i ended up being homeless." 3 pattie these frigid temperatures are especially tough on those who live on the veterans at least, are getting permanent homes, thanks to a state program.mona this saturday a local vet is getting the keys to his new apartment. and it is all thanks to "warm streets." katie brooke explains. 3 (:03)carlton woodruff, getting a new home, "things didn't go 3 too good and i ended up being homeless." army vet carlton woodruff has been staying in different shelters around the city for the past 8 months. (:04)carlton woodruff, getting a new home,"i think when you first get homeless, you have an 3 empty feeling." woodruff says he got kicked out of his last apartment after reporting his landlord to building inspections for shoddy living conditions. he was left with no place to go but shelters, and it's wearing him down. (:13)carlton woodruff, getting a new home, "people have attitudes and a lot of times you have to count your chicken nuggets and you look in the refrigerator and your cranberry juice is down and you have to pour it out, there's too many things going on when you're living in a rooming house." but not for long. warm streets just joined hands with my guys moving, which donated space in their warehouse for donated furniture. they'll be free to carlton's new apartment this weekend. (:07)rick hughes, director, warm streets, "seeing people get off the street and get their own place, it's an indescribable experience really." an experience, carlton says he's so thankful for... and the first thing he's going to do when he gets settled? cook his own food. (:04)carlton woodruff, getting a new home, "i can bake some mean cheesecakes, and i miss that." 3 pattie tight warmstreets and my guys moving plan to move a third homeless veteran into her new place in a few weeks. if you know of a homeless veteran who needs a home, we will have contact information at wset.com so they can get in touch with the right people. 3 mona still to come on good morning virginia... valentine's day is a day for showing just how much you love that special person in your life. well, one man may have trumped us all with his act of devotion. we'll right back. 3 happy friday, let's get a check of your morning drive. mostly cloudy for the day with the chance for light mountain snow showers and even a few flurries to the east. outside of the mountains, no significant accumulation is expected. high temperatures will reach the mid 30s this afternoon. lows fall into the teens during the overnight hours, and the coldest air of the season arrives for your valentine's day weekend. please dress warmly and bundle up through the entire weekend. saturday will be breezy with frigid wind chills. sunny but bitter cold as highs only reach the upper 20s. 3 mona tight trouble on the tracks. virginia international raceway says it sometime this year...because the company had its track paved in 2013, and has since noticed some problems. leaders there say those problems have become irreparable. v-i-r filed a complaint in court. the owner says quote - it is our hope that we can get a resolution to the stated issues in a timely fashion to mitigate any inconvenience or business interruption to our customers, renters and local community. ....now over to dennis with today's sports. 3 dennis qj peterson led five keydets in double figures as vmi beat unc- greensboro to snap a six-game losing streak. the keydets raced out to a 12-3 lead, here it's austin vereen for the jumper and the foul, the three-point play made it 27-13, vereen had 12 points. later in the half, how bout some more vereen, this time with the corner 3, vmi up 17 at the half. unc-g rallied, but tim marshall's 3 helped seal the deal. keydets win 86-72. l.c.a., the bulldogs battled the brookville bees. l.c.a. junior jay barber shot lights out the first half, barber drained seven of his 11 shots, including six 3s, he scored all of his 20 points before the break. the junior shooting guard has already committed to lu. down 22-9 after one quarter, brookville tried to rally, sam slade knocks down the jumper. but l.c.a. led by 16 at the half. l.c.a. wins 61-45. 3 at jefferson forest, the cavaliers and heritage. second quarter, the pioneers' jordan hamlette drives and hits the reverse layup, hamlette led all scorers with 22. on the other end, john saunier splits defenders, hard to the rack for two for the cavaliers. but heritage wins 52-50. don't forget full court press tonight at 11:15. 3 dennis nascar is revamping its overtime procedure. moving to an unlimited green- white-checkered finish but also establishing an "overtime line" to determine the winner. if the race leader passes under green before a caution, that's a valid attempt. if the caution flies before the try again.3 mostly cloudy for the day with the chance for light mountain snow showers and even a few flurries to the east. outside of the mountains, no significant accumulation is expected. high temperatures will reach the mid 30s this afternoon. lows fall into the teens during the overnight hours, and the coldest air of the season arrives for your valentine's day weekend. please dress warmly and bundle up through the entire weekend. saturday will be breezy with frigid wind chills. sunny but bitter cold as highs only reach the upper 20s. northwest temperatures plummet by sunday morning, and most of us will be facing lows in the single digits as we're waking up on sunday. valentine's day will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 20s. the forecast gets increasingly challenging by monday and especially tuesday as a winter storm heads our way. as we know, the track of the low will determine what type of winter weather we see and how much. more snow will fall mountains and higher elevations, sleet and snow likely across most virginia. 3 pattie coming up in the next half hour of good morning virginia... just ahead we have the latest on that fire at the former dan river plant in brookneal. hear from old building go up in flames. mona plus, we are looking into some serious allegations againg the albemarle police department. aheadth3 3 pattie tight this morning we are continuing our coverage of the fire that broke out the old dan at river plant in brookneal. we just got off the phone with the campbell county fire marshal who says the fire is under control ...and now the search for a cause begins. " with building this size this is going to be a a little answers" :6pattie fire 3 departments from several areas worked throughout the night. officials say getting this fire under control brought out a real sense of community and teamwork among the crews. " it's great because most of our force is volunteers so there's just a small amount of people here getting any compensation just taking their own time volunteering all the effort being put in is great to 3 see." :14pattie tight and we wanted to show you a picture this morning. it's is of two firefighters, one from brookneal and one from rustburg. and to get an idea of just how cold it was working on this fire last night. look at the icicles on their helmets. pattie tight we're told that most firefighters have been released and now a minimal crew will monitor the site. as for those crews who stayed on the scene overnight, fortunately they didn't do that on an empy stomach. we'll tell you why just in a moment. 3 mona while the plant has been shut down for nearly a decade. it still has a very special meaning to folks in brookneal.pattie neighbors say it was a huge surprise to see the building go up in flames. marissa parra spoke with residents who say "shocked" is an understatement.. 3 paul jennings, brookneal resident: "i was going down the road and i got stopped by our town cop who said, "brookneal is pretty much on fire" and i was like, 'oh crap.'" (7 secs)kenneth jennings, brookneal resident: "we just come down here to watch it, i live a quarter of the mile up the road." (interviewing him from car with fire in background) (4 secs) the old dan river plant was in the process of being torn down...kenneth jennings, brookneal resident: "well, they ain't gon have a problem tearin it down now!" *laughs* (4 secs) neighbors say it was a sight to behold.3 elena bell, brookneal resident: "you could hear what sounded like boom boom boom explosions, almost like the building was collapsing on itself."elena bell, brookneal resident: "when you went outside immediately it burnt your eyes and it made you cough. it was extraordinary." especially for brookneal. elena bell, brookneal resident: "being from a small town and living in a small town, nothing like this every happensa&" but even in the face of misfortune...elena bell, brookneal resident: "look, they brought them pizzas!" they still show a little southern hospitality. elena bell, brookneal them pizzasa&" large acts of kindness from a small town. elena bell, brookneal resident: "now that's the way a community comes together." elena bell, brookneal resident: "it makes me proud to be from brookneal." 3 mona tight the consensus in the town is overwhelming relief that no one was hurt. 3 pattie and you can follow the latest on this fire by going to our website wset.com and by following us on our abc 3 3 mostly cloudy for the day with the chance for light mountain snow showers and even a few of the mountains, no temperatures will reach the mid 30s this afternoon. lows fall into the teens during the coldest air of the season arrives for your valentine's day weekend. please dress warmly and bundle up through the entire weekend. saturday will be breezy with frigid wind chills. sunny but bitter cold as highs only reach the could gust up to 30mph. temperatures plummet by sunday digits as we're waking up on sunday. 3 3 mona take a look at this picture - south boston police say this woman has been missing since november. 39-year-old angela scott owen may also be going by the name angela kilmon. police say she was reported missing last week they say she is on numerous medications and may be in danger. if you have any information about where she is, call south boston police. 3 pattie tight two lynchburg men are facing multiple charges following a drug bust. police arrested shawn clegg and joseph guida..and charged them with possession and distribution charges. police say they executed a week ago at an apartment on the 300 block of peninsular street. there they found marijuana, hash oil, various smoking devices and a handgun. no word yet on how much or the worth of what they found. 3 mona tight a bedford county judge has certified charges to the grand jury after a crash that left two teens seriously injured. 19-year-old christian riddle is charged with dui maiming and driving under the influence. a "driving with a suspended license" charge against him was dropped. police say back in october -- riddle sped off from police and crashed his car in a forest neighborhood. they say the car he had been driving was reported stolen. last month riddle was sentenced to 60 days in jail in lynchburg for grand larceny. 3 3 pattie tight the albemarle county police department is facing series misconduct allegations. according to wcav -- three lawsuits were filed yesterday against officer andrew holmes. they accuse the officer of conducting three illegal searches between april 2014 vehicles and one on a home. attorney jeff fogel says holmes targeted african- american males for stops and intrusive searches. the police department sent out this statement which says, in part: we do want the community to know that the albemarle county police department takes very seriously any claims of alleged misconduct involving our officers. the department has well-established mechanisms in place to determine if there has been any violations of our policies and procedures, and ensuring adherence to these policies and procedures in all situations ... 3 3 mona tight police in the uk are looking for a mysterious good samaritan who helped them get a "leg up" on a fleeing suspect. video released by the kingston police department shows officers in pursuit of a suspected drug dealer... when a bystander..sticks out his leg, tripping up the man. social media erupted with praise for the swift-footed stranger, who the cops are now looking to thank. as for the suspect..well he's been charged-- and may be facing another trip, this time to the big house. 3 pattie still to come on good morning virginia... again... first a music video on a treadmill..and now one right at the edge of space. details in today's showbiz news. mona and... >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, please listen carefully. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. many policies don't have one but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. this plan was designed for people on a fixed income with coverage options for just $9.95 a month. that's less than 35 cents a day. can never be cancelled. your acceptance is guaranteed. you cannot be turned down because of your health. call for your information kit and gift. with no obligation.3 3 3 3 mostly cloudy for the day with snow showers and even a few flurries to the east. outside of the mountains, no significant accumulation is expected. high temperatures will reach the mid 30s this afternoon. lows fall into the teens during the overnight hours, and the coldest air of the season arrives for your valentine's day weekend. entire weekend. saturday will be breezy with sunny but bitter cold as highs only 20s. northwest winds could gust temperatures sunday morning, and most of us will the single digits as we're waking up on valentine's day will be mostly the upper 20s. the increasingly challenging by especially tuesday as a winter storm we know, the track of the low will type of winter weather we see more snow will fall mountains and higher elevations, sleet and snow likely across most of the heart of virginia. 3 3 mona box an area food bank says it's thankful for our generous community. and as part of its ongoing partnership, kroger presented virginia with a check for more than 20 thousand dollars. last year the group provided about 1.3 million meals every month over the 26 counties it serves. leaders say the need is just as great this year.(pamela irvine president and ceo, feeding american swva) "even though the state and even though the nation is experiencign 4 percent unemployement, in southwest virginia a lot of our communities are in double digits still yet. so in southwest virginia we have not recovered yet economically and we need help as much as we did back in the beginning of the recession. ":mona box the food bank 3 says it will be able to turn this into about 140 thousand meals for hungry people. now over to america's money. 3 3 3 good morning. topping "america's money"... oil prices doing no favors for stocks. the price of oil hit levels not seen in nearly 13 years yesterday.that's one reason the dow opens this morning on a four- session losing streak. stocks across asia were sharply down the cheaper spin-off of the chain -- set to offer more than just organic fruitin a move to 3 entice millenials -- the store will feature outside vendors selling everything from fresh juice to tattoos.the first of ten 3-65 stores will open in los angeles later this spring. and finally, kanye west's big night. before a big crowd in new york, he simultaneously unveiled his new and debuted his new album.it prompted an offer from former drug company c-e-o martin shkreli, promising west ten- million dollars, to release the new him.guess not.and that's america's money. have a great day. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a like an inhaled corticosteroid. once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. do not take breo more than prescribed. see your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. ask your doctor if 24-hour breo could be a missing piece for you. see if you're eligible for test, test, test, test >> patti: this morning we are on the scene massive fire that broke out at the former dan river plant. we talked with the fire marshall who says, it is under control. most crews have been sent home and a few are left to monitor it. the fire started at 3:00 yesterday and became so large that that smoke became visible from our tower cam. this was the view yesterday at 5:30. the smoke on the left hand side of the skroen. stay with abc 13 on our website and our facebook page for full coverage and we will have more on the fire and how the community step indeed to help those to battled flames in good morning virginia. >> mona: firefighter injured in battling a fire.

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