There is overnight construction lingering so we will look at raleigh and you see they have the shoulder closed due to the construction on i40 both directions between exit 293 which is u. S. 64 and 301 which is i440. But it should be picked up by 6 00. Other than that we have light volume and clear conditions, 40 and south saunders moving well. You see everything is green, no problems and we will check the drive times in a few minutes. John the naacp and local pastors are meeting today with attorneys for a man shot and killed by Raleigh Police. Barbara his family will be there discussing the next steps as the investigation into the shooting continues. Caitlin knute has the latest. Caitlin we are hearing from one local Church Leader supporting the family that they will launch their own investigation. This as the f. B. I. Is already looking into what led up to the shooting death of akiel denkins. Just yesterday the police union are standing by officer d. C. Twitty who fired the gun. The union says he acted in selfdefense. In a prayer vigil yesterday denkens mother said her son was shot in the back while running away from police. His body has been turned over to his family finally and they say the Funeral Services are scheduled for tomorrow. Meanwhile, the initial finds from Raleigh Police chief cassandra deck brown are expected monday. John to vote 2016 now and today is the first day to cast your ballot for early voting in our state. Unlike on election day you can choose whichever site is most convenient for you. If you still havent registered to vote you can knock that out the same day. Polls will be open until saturday march 12. In the next hfr hour we will break down the changes you need to know about when it comes to and you can go to he had a different approach in january when he demanded she be ousted because he believed she was unfair to him. Fox said no. Instead he skipped the debate and had his own event later and he later suggested that it might have cost him votes there. Meantime he is laid out his healthcare reform plan how he plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. A sevenpoint plan includes breaking down barriers that prevents the failure of Health Insurance and making Premium Payments fully tax deductible. John ben carson announced yesterday that he will not take part in the debate tonight and forward for his campaign. He fared poorly in the polls and primaries. He will offer more details at a gathering tomorrow. Barbara the Supreme Court deeply divided as it considers the first Abortion Case since the death of justice antonin scalia. Anthony kennedy appears to hold the outcome as the court operates with eight justices. The case deals with texas regulations that would cut the number of abortion clinics in that state. The clinics claim they are unnecessary and limit a womans right to abortion. But others say it would allow admitted rights to hospitals. John tension between north and heights. Officials in south korea say the north fired six short range east coast. The launch comes just after the u. N. Security Council Approved the toughest sanctions on recent nuclear test and longrange rocket launch. Barbara Margaret Spellings is due back at Fayetteville State University today. Tomorrow she will attend the board of governors meeting. Yesterday she toured the campus and discussed the possible name change with students there. State senator phil burger has been putting together a bill to change the name and cut tuition. Spellings says any talk of a name change needs to be a local decision. John 5 36. The ultimate gift from a wake county woman to her husband. I have literally gotten a Second Chance at life and im going to run with it. Barbara after the break, a heart warming update about this tunnel couple. John waking unto freedom. A North Carolina man serving time for a crime he didnt commit. Don as you head out a cold morning. We will talk more about the cold we h don you will see partly sunny skies and it is cooler. Right now it is 29. By lunch we are only in the 40s. The wind wont be as strong as yesterday. 30 south hill. 27 roxboro and roanoke rapids. 31 louisburg. 32 durham and 30 downtown raleigh. We look at the day ahead and partly cloudy skies and 29. By lunchtime up are whos and through the late day 49 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. We will talk about the rain and complete forecast up next. Barbara after more than two decades in jail a North Carolina man is waking up with his freedom. Howard dudley was serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting his 9yearold daughter in 1992. Yesterday a superior court uphill ruled out judge ruled it out after his daughter admitted the assault never happened. The judge said the system failed him and ordered him released. John two state troopers hurt helping with a traffic stop and a man faces charges for the crash. Chopper 11 h. D. Was over the scene at highway 64 and bowers store road where derek bowden slammed in a cruiser. It had blue lights on at the time of the crash. Both troopers were taken to u. N. C. Hospital with manner injuries. Bowden was hurt but not seriously. Hes charged with reckless driving and failure to reduce speed. Barbara a wake county couple is recovering from Successful Surgery after a wife donated her we told you about this last month. He had both kidneys removed and doctors say they were the size of tpaobsfootballs and weighed 30 pounds. His wife of 15 years donated her kidney to him. The match is incredibly rare. The chance of this happening less than 1 . Jason says the experience not only has made him healthy again but a better person. I have literally gotten a Second Chance at life and im going to run with it and try to be the best husband i can and just try to remember when times get tough dont want to take the crash out, dont want to do chores. She gave me life and just really honor her for doing that. Barbara nicole is out of hospital recovering at home. She is in a lot of pain but will recover. 5 41 is the time and drug lord el chapo changing his mind on mexico. He is looking to come to the u. S. What he offers in return. Barbara the search is on for an escaped inmate and suspected killer. How he walked right out of the jail unnoticed. Khafrpl barbara a meeting is planned today to discuss the death of a man killed by Raleigh Police. That is one story making naacp and local pastors will meet with akiel denkinss family at 3 00 at bible way temple. He was killed monday while officers were trying to arrest him on a felony drug charge. The naacp has called for a transparent investigation. Early voting starts today and runs through march 12. You can cast the ballot at whichever site is most convenient for you and if you still have not registered you can do that at the same time. Australian Officials Say debris from the missing Malaysia Flight 370 may have turned up in a spot that matches investigators theories. It was discovered over the went. It disappeared two years ago with 239 on board. John an Alabama Police officer charged with murder. Aaron smith is accused of shooting and killing 58yearold greg gunn outside a neighbors home. They said gun had a stick or cane but a neighbor said it was roller. Smith is in custody this morning. A texas state trooper officially off the job after his arrest of a woman who was later found dead in jail. He was charged with perjury three months ago. Hes accusationed of lying about the arrest of sandra bland whose stop was recorded on this dash cam. He can appeal the firing. Bland his family sued the authorities who ran the jail. Barbara Joakim Guzman is trying it bargain with u. S. A. Authorities saying he will plead guilty any charges medium security pitcher. He already broke out of one. He wants to accelerate the extradition so he can get out of harsh conditions in a mexican maximum security prison. He told his lawyer the guards will will not let him sleep and they are reviewing options for a u. S. Defense attorney. Murder suspect in mississippi Rafael Mccloud used a home made knife to threaten a guard and disguised himself in the guards pants and jacket and walked out unnoticed. He was booked in the wash county jail on Warren County on capital murder and rape. He is accused of killing a 69yearold woman. John questions around the death of a gas industry titan and part owner of the Oklahoma City thunder. He was killed in a single car crash in Oklahoma City. Police say the 56 was the only person in the s. U. V. When it slammed into a concrete bridge pillar. His death comes after he was indicted for allegedly conspiring to rig bids to buy oil and natural gas leases in oklahoma. It is too early to tell if it was expense intentional. Barbara malichi love robinson is facing charges for a third time after making a house call he sold her phony vitamins and stole her checkbook swiping 30,000 so he could pay bills. In court yesterday a judge ordered him to undergo a mental evaluation. John final ruling when it comes to smoking ecigarettes on commercial flights. The Transportation Department says not allowed. The secretary said the rule will protect passengers from exposure to unwanted fumes. Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products have been banned on planes for years. Barbara he chases birds and animals off runways for a living at michigan airport. Piper a Border Collie is an internet superstar. Nearly four million can clicked on it. He is called the coolest dog thanks to his outfit. He is usually in goggles and safety vest. They are extremely smart. Don the first dog we had as a here two years ago was a Border Collie. She was amazing. Barbara and they need a job. Don she used to tear things up and when we figured out if we walk and run her with Different Things she was fantastic. Barbara they wont hurt children. Don we were with friends in the yard and we had her about six months she started running in circles and we noticed we were closer together and she stopped. Im like she just herded us. It was cool. We have sunshine working in the morgue and it will mix with clouds. Partly sunny skies and not as warm. By lunchtime we are up to 48 degrees and this afternoon we will really see the clouds thicken across the region. Temperatures below average barely touching 50. Live look at what is happening now in downtown raleigh. Temperature is 29, dew point 19, 67 humidity and winds calm. Live look into downtown right now 33, 61 humidity. No wind to speak of. Northwest wind five miles an hour. Numbers from across the region 27 roxboro, 28 chapel hill. 25 sanford. 32 smithfield and 29 goldsboro and 31 fayetteville. 27 roanoke rapids. We saw the clouds moving in from the west, just high hroudz right now clouds right now but it is part of the system out west. Heavy rain and showers in north mississippi and southwestern tennessee. Snow in indiana and illinois. This will take all day to cross the u. S. But it will arrive here tonight. Same setup we saw a couple of days ago but there will have more moisture so i think we will see more rain as we go through the overnight. By 6 00 tonight we are cloudy and we will see showers working in late evening to overnight. Midnight the rain is here and will rain through overnight. By 7 00 it is pulling out. On the back side it will wrap in colder air so dont be surprised roxboro to mecklinburg county. Wont be big accumulation. Then we clear out and dry out heading toward the weekend. The rest of today starting under partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures. 38 at 9 00. Lunchtime 48 and into the afternoon 50 degrees and more clouds. Below average for this time of year as we are near 50. Across the region mostly cloudy skies and by this afternoon 50 in chapel hill. 51 holly springs. 53 smithfield. 52 lillington and 54 this afternoon in fayetteville and 51 in sanford. 40s in south hill and roanoke rapids. 48 henderson, 50 wake forest, 52 wilson much tonight the temperatures back into the 30s. Not as cold tonight with the rain around. It will be wet in the overnight. First alert sevenday forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back only into the 40s. 49 degrees. On saturday 53 degrees, a few sunday more sunshine and little bit warmer. Could see showers saturday night into sunday but dont think it will be affect sunday. 65 monday. 70s next week. Today and tomorrow the coldest days of the next seven and it will be wet overnight. We could have up to a half inch. Not bad when it comes to night. Amber not bad when you see 70s next week. Don that is another nice thing. Amber that is the prize. Happy friday eve. We made it to thursday. I always notice all of them. Good thursday morning. Lets show you how things are on this thursday. We are nice and dry. Sun coming up at 5 52. We spotted this camera a few minutes ago and we decided to share it. South saunders and i40 nice picture and the weather is going to cooperate this morning. As don said showers later into start to thursday. As john likes to say make it a great day. Road weather index clear, no fog or precipitation. Into raleigh we go because overnight construction can be lingering until about 6 00. There is a shoulder closed due to some construction, 40 both directions between u. S. 64 and 440 the beltline. Into durham no problems. It is smooth sailing. This is the freeway and alston a lot of green very nice there. U. S. 70 at cheek road same, 540 eastbound clear 11 minutes u. S. 70 to u. S. 1. Barbara you are getting predictable. A tv actress ultimate one stop grocery, apparel and home destination. Fuller house actress jody sweetin is following her sister with dancing with the stars. She is known for the role as Stephanie Tanner on full house and current role in fuller house. Her tv sister competed in dancing with the stars in 2014 and was third. Fuller house has already been today is the day. The stingray migration. John disney releasing the trailer for finding dori the sequel to finding nemo which was nearly 12 years ago. Ellen degeneres does the forget forgetful blue fish. It hits theatres june 17. Disney is the Parent Company of abc11. Barbara a lot of people looking forward to that. Some more than star wars. Im just saying. Pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. See whats happening this instant. Abc 11 Eyewitness News starts right now. John primary election season starting in norththe reunion with his family. Why he says the return to earth is bittersweet. John the break in the gun store hi scott on video. The new developments. Welcome to this thursday, march 3, 6 00, 29degrees. I am john clark. Barbara i am barbara gibbs. We are around 20 this morning. Good morning. Some spots or 20 degrees colder compared to yesterday. We will see the cool air sticking around. Thats talk about the day ahead. In the 30s by 8 00, 40s by 10 00. We will touch 50s by 2 00. We will stay on the cool side. 27 right now in roanoke rapids. 25 in roxboro. 31 in fayetteville. 28 in wilson and rocky mount. We will look at the day ahead. By lunchtime, 40 eight with a partly sunny sky. We can see the clouds building in through the day and into the afternoon. Nice weather moving in today. Warmer weather moving in in that 7day. Lets talk traffic. Not a lot in the world of traffic for the time being. It is a very slow start