staff. so, we treat this very, very seriously." the school has also declared this weekend an open weekend for cadets, meaning cadets will be allowed to leave campus. meanwhile ... roanoke county police find no validity to a threat at northside high school. according to a roanoke county spokeswoman -- an anonymous phone call was received at the high school on wednesday afternoon. concerns over the threat spread to social media. the school resource officer investigated and didn't find a credible threat. two police cars patrolled the entrance until about 10 this morning. parents were notified shortly after. eric inmon, parent: "it was a hoax. but, at that time we didn't know. i would rather have a missed day and make up a few classes than have to go to a funeral." the superintendent excused all absences for the day. a spokeperson for the school system says ... the district handles every incident on a case by case basis, and that their first concern is the safety of it's students. held monday night inside the high school's cafeteria at 7 p-m to discuss today's events. one northbound lane is re-opened on i-81 in rockbridge county ... after a tractor trailer carrying meat by-products crashed causing major backups this afternoon. as you can see from this live look ... crews are continuing to cleanup the roadway ... but drivers are still dealing with those backups hours later. our exclusive time saver traffic system reporting backups at about 5 miles starting at mile marker 192. meanwhile ... i-81 in wythe county is clear this evening ... after a multi-vehicle tractor trailer crash caused major backups on the interstate. hazmat crews cleaned up diesel and paint that was spilled on the roadway as a result of the accident. new tonight at 11 ... one person pittsylvania county. state police say it happened route 640. 74- corrected ... and hit a tree. troopers say he was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene. new tonight at 11 .. nearly two dozen students were taken to the hospital ... after a 3-vehicle accident involving two school buses in dinwiddie this afternoon. according to state police the accident happened just before 3. troopers say a county school bus stopped in response to a breaking pick-up truck ahead ... when another bus hit it from behind. the impact then pushed the first bus into the pick-up truck. police say 22 middle and high school students were taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. the driver of the second bus was charged with following to closely. also new ... the accused ring leader of the gang said to be at the center of kevin quick's murder took the stand today in roanoke federal court. defense attorneys started calling witnesses for the first time today ... testimony centered around alleged gang ring-leader halisi uhuru. 4 suspects are charged in connection with quick's death ... however ... halisi uhuru and another suspect are not charged of being part of a racketeering conspiracy. during today's testimony .. uhuru claims he had no idea about quick's murder. he's expected to return to the witness stand tomorrow. new tonight at 11 ... federal prosecutors file a motion asking the judge in the stacey pomrenke case to revoke her bond. the motion was filed after prosecutors say the bristol virginia utilities chief financial officer inappropriately contacted several government witnesses. they cite two newly filed court documents.. a "thank you" card from her husband... a local judge... to b-v-u's c-e-o... and an email to several b-v-u employees. the judge says he's taking the motion to revoke her bond under consideration.. but has not yet made a decision. now to a story you'll see first on wsls 10. virginia state police have a new tool that allows them to gather and store data from a crime scene in minutes. state police in the salem division used the leica p-40 laser scanner for the first location in the jefferson national forest where they believe nicole lovell was murdered. when police get the data loaded into the computer, it provides a 3-d image of a crime scene ... so police who have never been there can review the evidence as it existed the day it was discovered. kevin zirkle, vsp special agent: 22:47:11 "the data is never going to change and it's always available, so 10, 15 years from now we could pull that data back up and recreate the crime scene exactly the way it was." the scanners cost 200 thousand dollars a piece, and there are now 7 of them throughout the state, one for every division. new tonight at 11 ... the virginia senate approves interstate 73 corridor closer to construction. senate bill 197 ... the interstate development fund and program ... will relocate and transfer an existing fund for u.s. route 58 ... toward the construction of i-73 once the four-lane construction of route 58 is complete. currently ... the state allocates the route 58 project. finished ... i-73 will extend from south carolina to michigan ... and would come through southside and the roanoke valley. the debate over who will replace justice antonin scalia on the supreme court continues. some argue the president has the power to decide who should replace scalia ... while others say the senate should make the decision. wsls ten's duke carter spoke with political experts. he joins us now in the studio. duke what are they saying about the selection process? in short, they say it could be a long process before we finally know who will take over scalia's seat... ...which could be problemaitic because they say there are some issues the court has decided to hear later this year. photos of nominees president obama has a list of nominees that include federal judges, a washington appeals court judge, as well as a litigator and former clerk to justice ruth bader ginsburg. president obama is looking to get someone who.... obama 'is an outstanding legal mind somebody who cares deeply about our democracy cares about rule of law, and any fair minded person even somebody who would say serve with honor and integrity on the court," but will the nominees get a hearing? senate republicans in charge say.... sen chuck grassley/repub lican "i would wait until the nominee is made before i would make any decisions," mark warner stopped in lynchburg this afternoon. he believes the president still has time to nominate a justice -- and that the senate has time to approve it. senator mark warner/democr at "my hope is though he appoints someone who has a record of consensus building so we can minimize as much as possible," nats for any judicial vacany on the federal level the president makes a nomination, we spoke with political expert doctor ed lynch. he says in short, the legislative and executive branch have to agree on someone, but slows the process. ed lynch/political expert "the president doesn't to get to name anyone whom he pleases, the senate doesn't get to name anyone they please, they have to come to some sort of an agreement and in the current political situation it seems that agreement is going to be very difficult," branches are looking for what they want. and lynch says, -- now that the race is on for the white house it may affect who people choose from among the many still running for president. because of president obama's short time left in office, lynch says senate republicans can argue that this is a 30 year commitment and they want to take their time to do background checks, and question the nominees to see if they're a good fit to sit on the supreme court after the president leaves office. in studio duke carter wsls ten. michigan's government is paying for the flint water crisis. 30 million dollars was approved to help pay flint resident's water bills. the measure now heads to the senate then governor rick snyder. today ... dozens of protestors are calling for the prosecution ... and resignation of snyder .. they say the governor committed a criminal act by intentionally poisoning the city's water supply. you've got to figure out how to get clean water to the people of the city of flint and we've also got to make sure that there is a real political accountability researchers will put together 300 water testing kits to be used next week in flint ... to retest the same homes the team tested in august. wsls ten's dawn jefferies will have much more on this ... tomorrow. maryland's highest court delays the trial of a baltimore officer charged in the death of freddie gray. the state's court of appeals ruled today it would take up the issue of whether william porter ... who's trial ended in a mistrial ... could be forced to testify against the other officers while awaiting his second trial. the order stalls the trial for officer edward nero ... whose trial was scheduled to begin with jury selection monday. the court will hear arguments starting march 3-rd. a sixteen year old is in critical condition after a private helicopter crashed in pearl harbor. five people were on board at the time of the crash. their names have not been released. authorities say bystanders jumped into the water ... to free the pilot and passengers. max burner, good samaritan - "... i jumped in. there were three people in the water. there water... got her to shore." the navy says the helicopter belongs to a tour company. federal aviation administration investigators are investigating the crash ... while a national transportation safety board investigator is expected to arrive tomorrow. u.s. officials add two more caribbean islands to a zika travel alert for pregnant women. the centers for disease control and prevention put aruba and bonaire on the list today. there are about 30 places with zika outbreaks ... mostly in the caribbean and latin america. the c-d-c recommends that pregnant woman postpone travel to those places because of a suspected link between the zika virus and a rare birth defect. the virus, which can cause a mild illness, is spread primarily through mosquito bites. parents in rocky mount will no longer have to drive far to access healthcare for their children. a new pediatric office opened today on south main street. for over a year ... parents had to drive to either roanoke or westlake after the only pediatrician in town retired. clinic to fill the void. some parents we talked to today are now relieved there is a pediatrician in town again. jennifer lata/parent "not having anything close was very challenging ... it was worrisome especially if they need treatment soon to make that long trip." carilion is spreading the word about the new office through marketing efforts but plans to hold an open house for the community sometime in march. hill city leaders say it's going to take more than money to address poverty in lynchburg. last year, city council set aside 50-thousand dollars as poverty initiative funding. another 50- thousand is proposed in the 20-17 budget. a recent study shows that 24- percent of the population in lynchburg is impoverished. 20 percent of those grew up in poverty and are now raising their children in the same environment. 7:32:07;18 "it's generational, its been there for a while. of that number 20 percent, 30 for more information on how the money will be used to tackle the issue, visit us online at wsls dot com. a local breast cancer patient gets a night out on the town. the country music star that made (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. new tonight at 11 ... a lynchburg woman gets the v-i-p treatment at tonight's jason aldean concert at the berglund center. leecy fink... a wife.. mother and stage four breast cancer patient was chosen to be part of a special meet and greet with the country music star. she was even treated to a small private acoustic show before tonight's big concert. aldean has been a supporter of susan g. komen since he lost a friend to breast cancer in 2004. this year... he's honoring one concerts along his "we were here tour." leecy says it was awesome to get a break from chemo and have a night out with her husband, kids and aldean. 07.08.12 leecy fink/jason aldean vip "i don't know if most people realize this or not but he has given over $2 million to susan g coleman which for me is just unbelievable because that to me means research dollars that help cure my cancer cancer. it means awareness it means mammograms for people that can't afford them. i'm excited to say thank you." aldean dedicated his 2011 roanoke concert to komen... donating 315-thousand dollars to the affiliate. mark your calendars... this year's race for the cure is april 9th. on thursday, warming us up into the 40s. one more day, allowing for us to be quiet and tranquil for one more day. tonight: fair skies and cold with lows in the middle 20s. friday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s. saturday will be partly sunny more sun east, more clouds west with highs in the lower 60s. i can't rule out the chance for a few late-day showers on saturday, but there will be a better chance for spotty showers on sunday. we turn mostly cloudy on sunday with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. monday will be continued mainly cloudy with scattered showers. it will not be as warm with highs in the middle 50s. temperatures will fall to near 40 on tuesday, so another surge of cold air will come back into play soon. tuesday will be cloudy with passing showers, but the rain could changeover to a mix at some point on tuesday. beyond tuesday, things starts to will be eyeing another low pressure system coming from the southwest. and there are indications that the wedge could be in play for a little while as well on wednesday. here's the issue: will the low take a more inland track, thus bringing in warmer air with it, keeping the main precipitation type rain or will be the low become more coastal, allowing for colder air to sneak in with it, thus bringing us more snow? or will it go in between giving us a mix? that's what we have to watch for over the next several days. any leftover precipitation will be gone by thursday afternoon. but it does look like highs on wednesday and thursday will be in the 30s. 3 degree guarantee force on thursday, warming us up into the 40s. high pressure will be in control allowing for us to be quiet and tranquil for one more day. tonight: fair skies and cold with lows in the middle 20s. friday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s. saturday will be partly sunny more sun east, more clouds west with highs in the lower 60s. i can't rule out the chance for a few late-day showers on saturday, but there will be a better chance for spotty showers on sunday. we turn mostly cloudy on sunday with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. monday will be continued mainly cloudy with scattered showers. it will not be as warm we had some down to wire.. wild and crazy college hoops finishes tonight.. and sparks were flying at the duels..at daytona.. big south rivals radford and liberty..tied at 67 all... the highlanders..get the rock to rashun davis... and he proves again...that he is so--money. 69-67 radford. liberty...has a last shot. watch this. a great lob to center evan maxwell...who has the catch..but can't convert at the buzzer sounds.. drama...and the highlanders.. . 69-67 the final. the virginia tech women...hosting duke..and trying to defeat them for the first time in 22 tries. this is hannah young from the corner 3 of her 15.. the hokies were leading deep into the second half.. but duke's #15 kyra lambert canned this one to give the blue devils a one ponit lead..less the hokies..had a couple of shots to take the lead... but could not convert.. duke 66-62....the hokies are 3-10 in acc play. conference tournament hoops action.. and tonight...semifina l action.. we'll check in with the boys 4a---conference 24. the four seed salem..at the top seed...william byrd. terriers...a well oiled machine.. watch the tic...tac....ryan dippel 2....with machine like precision... the spartans try to hang around.. it's trevon hill to shannon davis...who creates some space and hits the 3. but byrd...kept coming..dylan gravely for 3 more.. byrd advances...55-38 the final. girls conference 24 coach champ hubbard's troops running down the stretch it's cienna bryant stop pop 3 from the corner. later...off the miss it's jr mallory bates...up and in for two more.. pulaski gets this taylor dickerson.... but tonight....the colonels cruise into the conference 24 final....85-35 the final tonight. for all intensive purposes...the nascar season begins tonight.. the sprint unlimited...is a non-points..non qualifying...cash only exhibition.. tonight..the can-am duels...set the rest of the field..for the daytona 500.. we recap the evening...in tonight's edition.. of countdown..to nascar... racing..underway from daytona. and chase elliott and dale jr...leading them to green in the first of 2..can-am duels.. early trouble...cole whitt in the 98..getting reminded how difficult daytona can bem... six to go...when sprint unlimited winner denny hamlin...is outdueled..by dale jr.. the 88 with the move to the front... winner joey logano...for the victory...in duel number one. dale earnhardt jr./duel 1 winner:"....it's such a tough balance because you got to go out there and race to win but but you can't tear up the car but but you got a race like tear up the car doesnt matter so it's really just crossing your fingers and hoping to get there to the finish with the car in one piece but we did so i was real happy with that." to duel number 2. and joe gibbs racing..with a trio of trouble up front.. kyle busch, matt kenseth and carl edwards running nose to tail up front.. final lap.the 1 jamie mcmurray blocks the 48 of jimmie johnson.. johnson gets loose and is bouncing off kurt busch..and into the path of kenseth..and aj allmendinger and martin truex jr.. and a mele occurs. kyle busch...led 36 of 60 laps..for the duel win.. hokies have settled on brian mitchell of west virginia..to coach defensive backs... mitchell replaces the departed torrian gray..who left for florida. the 47 year old has spent the past three seasons coaching on dan holgorsen's west virginia staff.. he has three years experience as a defensive coordinator for coach ruffin mcneill's ecu team... the former..all western athletic conference corner for byu had a three year career ..in the nfl... you can get more on the move from our on-line partner..hokiehav en.com lite o nite.. last night..lisville... mmered sase..and they sentmessa.they are banned from an australian dog tr here in the city, parking is hard to find. seems like everyone drives. and those who do should switch to geico because you could save hundreds on car insurance. ah, perfect. valet parking. hello! here's the keys. and, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. hm, wouldn't mind some of that beef wellington... to see how much you could save on car insurance, go to geico.com. ah! (car alarm sounds) taken to the waves with his rescue dogs -- to teach others about healthy relationships with their pets for around 10- years. the trainer ... along with his 4 rescue dogs travel the australian coast ... teaching dog owners about taking a more disciplined approach with their pets. he said he has had a positive response from dog owners, some of whom had taken to the waves with him, while others have embraced his training but stuck to land. the tonight show with jimmy fallon is next. we'll see you back here tomorrow [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from stage one at los angeles, california, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- vince vaughn. ryan seacrest. musical guest, dead & company. and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 420 saint garcia. >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, i feel the love! los angeles! [ cheers and applause ]