Transcripts For WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News At 500 AM 201603

Transcripts For WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News At 500 AM 20160314



afternoon and evening could be severe. we will talk in that in the complete forecast in a couple of minutes. barbara: heavy rain raced knew the triangle this morning and in durham it was lightning and thunder. by the time it reached raleigh it was weakened. you can stay up to date on the weather conditions with the first alert weather app. it sis free. and you can check out doppler radar and more on the app. a major detour in wake county video in of a huge tree that fell right off highway 90. crews are there working to get it off the road before the morning rush begins. there is no word if the weather brought it down. we are working to find out if the weather played a role in a massive pile-up on i-40 in alamance county that left it involved about 100 vehicles. it was six miles of gridlock. a number of people were hurt. anthony wilson is live with a look at the traffic. looks like it is good behind you. anthony: i can barely hear you because the traffic is moving at a pretty good clip considering it is 5:00. quite a difference the way it looked yesterday in the westbound lanes where it came to a virtual standstill because of the pile-up. we are talking about nine separate crashes. at least 21 people were hurt. authorities say they received treatment for injuries at alamance regional and u.n.c. hospitals in hillsborough. the first week was around 5:30. the backup lasted well into the fight. shortly before 11:00 p.m. the for a late sunday fight. -- sunday night. no word on what authorities believe caused it. we checked with the highway patrol and we are told the trooper in charge will be in alert this morning. we will update that when we get more. live in alamance county, anthony wilson, abc 11 eyewitness news. john: authorities are investigating this accident in moore county just before midnight on 15/501 north at the intersection with spring lake drive in pinehurst. the tkraoeufrdriver was killed after running off the road and hitting a tree. the highway was closed about two hours while it was investigated and debris removed. cause is under investigation. to vote 2016 and one day left before the crucial super tuesday election. fayetteville instead of appearing as previously scheduled. heidi cruz will be at fayetteville technical community college from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. charged with disorderly conduct. barbara: hillary clinton and her husband bill will hold separate stops in north carolina. she will have an event in charlotte at the grady cole center. it begins at 7:30. bill clinton will be in greenville. made a pitch in raleigh at the shaw university campus. she laid out her mother's plan to cap loan payments at no more than 10% of a person's salaryed a forgiven after 20 years of work experience. see criticized bernie sanders's proposal for free college. bernie sanders will also make a final push in north carolina. he will hold a campaign rally in charlotte today. it will be at the n.p.c. music pavilion. john: we are just 24 hours from the polls for the primary election in north carolina. whoer is important information for anyone. they open 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30. if you are in line then you can vote. you must bring a photo i.d. you can find more on election day online at abc11.com/govote. tuesday we are your source for election night. come in here on abc11. swrao we are working to learn about a shooting in durham that left a targeeeenager injured. they occurred on worth street and found a teen shot in the leg on fidelity street. there have been no arrests. raleigh police need your arrest in finding this man wanted for trying to rob a harris teeter. he said he had a gun and when the cash ierier hesitated he took off. he is in his 40's. if you have seen him call police. a man freed after spending to years in prison was found dead yesterday morning. daryl hunt's body was found in a car in winston-salem. to one had seen him for nine days. he had a medical condition that required treatment and detectives have yet to release information about his cause of death. he was wrongfully convicted of d.n.a. exonerated him nearly 20 years later barbara: material 200 confirmed cases of zika in 31 states and scientists are fighting back. amber has what they are doing in labs. night. the experiment usingth defects in brain development. the f.d.a. is taking comments about possible testing in that. john: a brush fire leads to tense moments in the sand hills. the structure burned ingal activity police think the driver was doing. barbara: some of you could run into fog this morning as we brace for severe weather later. don: patchy fog but thick in spots. we check the first alert doppler ended but we are under a there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. let's talk bus stop forecast. kids head out you may see a little patchy fog. it will be another warm humid walk to the bus with temperatures in the low 60's. that should be the normal high. 56 right now south hill. 59 roxboro and hillsborough. 61 louisburg and 62 raleigh, 61 sanford, 64 pinehurst. fayetteville 63. looking at the did i ahead. 63 now. by lunchtime 72 mixture of clouds and sunshine. late day 76 and we will see a shower around. chance of showers today and we are under a shiite risk of severe weather in the evening hours. we will talk about that and the seven-day forecast up next. barbara: brush fire that got outside of hand in cumberland county is no longer threatening homes. you see fire cruise battling it on cypress lake road. a barn burned but it didn't damage homes. firefighters are working to john: the aftermath of a cash is our must see video. a helicopter was in king county, california when the pilot spotted the crash. in this video you can see people running toward the for making sure no one was in the car. police say the car on fire is a subaru forester that flipped after colliding with a mazda. the people in the subaru were ejected. police are investigating if the two drivers were street racing. arkansas, a possible tornado was caught on camera. homes were damaged when it swept through a resort. severe storms damaged homes and downed power lines in arkansas yesterday. and two black swans at a lake in australia recently welcome edd three baby swans. they created a pontoon to they have been unsuccessful at breeding several years mainly due to heavy rain. eel and dogs also affected them. barbara: it is national pie day, p-i-as it pi equals 3.14. that is the distance around a perfect circle. they celebrate it they are offering pizza pie for $3.14 in morrisville and garner. i was hoping it was a p-i-e day. john: it is always p-i-e day for me. father and son killed in a collision in eastern north mudslides danger forces homeowners out of holes. john: the duke lacrosse as we celebrate pi day john: good morning. here is a look at the headlines. police in prince george's county call the fatal shooting of a police officer an unprovoked attack. police were going about their business sunday when a gunman fired at the first officer he saw outside a police station. jacai colson was killed. i-40 in alamance county is open after nine separate accidents involving about 100 vehicles. wet roads and rubbernecking are blamed. several were injured but noities. on the eve of the presidential primary in north carolina candidates make one final push. and bernie sanders will all campaign today here. heidi cruz the wife of ted cruz will hold a rally at fayetteville technical college this afternoon. barbara: a down eastman and his son are killed in a car crash when troopers say because the man put his son on his lap and allowed him to drive. authorities say the two were not wearing seat belts. they were in carteret county when it crossed the center line and hit another pickup. the others in the other pickup were not injured. john: a hazmat situation at port of los angeles. firefighters and coast guard personnel were responding to report of oil spill. a freight vessel was leaking possible fuel leaving a visible sheen. they boarded the vessel to and ensure no life hazard worried they could be next as the hill continues to slide. barbara: it has been 10 years since the party that led to the duke lacrosse scandal we a girl accused them of rape. it was false. espn's 3030 documentary looked back at it last night t. is called fantastic lies. as our body adjusts to daylight savings today it could help you. it sis national napping day. john: it lets you adjust after losing the hour. dr. william anthony of boston national napping day in 1999 as an effort to spotlight the health benefit to catching up on quality sleep. recent studies suggest napping is heart healthy and may help you to learn. barbara: i cannot take a nap during the day. if i do, i can't sleep at night. don: i can fall asleep anywhere. i could sit here. barbara: you nap every day. john: i do. barbara: i have a friend that has a 10-machine -- 10-minute nap. don: i worked at a station with a former nasa guy you need a half hour or two hours. anything else is not beneficial. he would set it two hours. if you go over that are done. barbara: it is like nap hangover. you can't wake up. tkpwhrao this afternoon maybe tough to take a nap. this is the threat. flooding not a factor. though any could spawn a tornado i think the risk is relatively low. i think it is moderate risk for damaging winds and potential to see a little large hail. we will watch that. looking at the rain chances the next several days, after today 50-50 shot. dry tuesday through friday and saturday could be a round of rain. live look into raleigh and temperature right now running at 63, dew point 63, when the numbers match it is 100% humidity and that's when you get fog. you may see fog in spots. live look at tri-county stadium and it dark in zebulon. 65. 59 roxboro, 62 chapel hill. 63 sanford, 68 favorite. satellite and radar showing the showers pretty much out. you may see a shower around louisburg. that's it. by lunchtime mostly cloudy skies working through. notice this afternoon, 5:00 to 6:00 we see spotty showers work through and between 5:00 and 11:00 as this line works through we could see strong thunderstorms. because of that the storm prediction center has us in slight risk for severe weather 10 marginal. everybody could get stray strong thunderstorms. we will be in the 70's. by lunchtime 72. into the afternoon hours we will see the temperatures around 80 under mostly cloudy skies. tonight the showers and thunderstorms will be around in the evening then press out. mostly cloudy, 57 raleigh, 59 fayetteville. could see patchy fog in the overnight. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, i know we had the parade but st. patrick's day is this week. we have voting tomorrow, 80 degrees after morning fog. mostly sunny. wednesday 82, thursday shower chances and cooler for st. patrick's day. 60's by next weekend. so getting cooler. >> thank you. barbara: goes prices going up. john: we will tell you what barbara: and let the incredible bladder protection now comes with an incredible double your money back guarantee. always discreet is for bladder leaks and it's drier than poise. try it, love it or get double your money back. ne barbara: welcome back. selection sunday might be one of those polarizing days in basketball. after appear amazing weekend tar heel fans have more to celebrate because carolina earned a number one seed and it is in the east. here are the rest of them. kansas is overall number one and jayhawks get the top spot in the south. ab the only conference with two top seeds as virginia got midwest and oregon was number one seed in the west. and while most fans thought the committee got it right some were viced to see michigan state drop to the -- surprised to see michigan state two. john: duke starts as the four in the west. they face u.nc-wilmington thursday afternoon. tipoff is 12:15. if at the win they could face the tar heels get to stay closer who home at p.n.c. arena in a night session thursday. u.n.c. will face the winner of florida gulf coast and fairleigh dickinson. this is the 15th time the tar heels were a number one seed and sixth time under roy williams. his teams have tkopbdone well. two elite eight. a file four and two national titles. after saturday's a.c.c. win plenty pencil them as a pick for the final four. springing ahead gas prices rising. barbara: here is kendis gibson and reena ninan. >> topping america's money rising gas prices. the average is $1.94 up 12 cents in a week. big reason is demand is up for driving more because gas is >> family friendly tphrpls. it took it $50 million double the take of this. >> because it sis 3-4 national pi day you can win pizza pies. answer three tough math questions on the website and you pay win 3.14 years of pizza. that is worth $1,600. >> all that math is hurrying my brain. that is america's money. barbara: it is 5:27 and 63 degreesattack that barbara: lining up, why these barbara: rough weather overnight. calm down this morning. when the weather could turn severe again. john: massive pile-up on i-40. what could have presidential candidates making one final push for our state. good morning, carolina, welcome on monday march 14, 63 degrees at 5:30. i'm barbara gibbs. john: i'm john clark. we will get to the news but first weather and traffic together object this monday. here is meteorologist don schwenneker. don: good morning to you. we had thunderstorms work through overnight. they have moved out of here and look at the day ahead and we have quite a warm-up. the normal high is 63. we are there right now and we will be in the 70's by lunchtime and hanging out in the 70's this afternoon. current numbers, 50 in roxboro, 61 roanoke rapids and louisburg.

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