Shooting ram passenger in Republican Debate before surgeon tuesday. The jabs super tuesday. Caitlin we have breaking news about a plane crash. How many victims there are and why getting to them will be a challenge. Carolinagood morning, carolina, welcome on friday february 26. Barbara thank you for joining us. We will have more but first weather and traffic. Here is meteorologist Don Schwenneker in the first alert storm center. Don good morning to you. As you head out weve got temperatures across the region in the mid 30s and they will climb today into the 40s. Expect 30s until about 10 00 this morning and that is the transition time to 40 and they will stay in the 40s most of the afternoon. From across the region we have dropped below freezing down to 31 now at r. D. U. 31 roxboro. 34 louisburg, 36 smithfield, 33 fayetteville 37. Mainly clear now and 31. By lunchtime mostly sunny and 44. Going home it afternoon mostly sunny and around 50. Today is the coolest of the next seven. Tonight the coldest night then we warm up. We will talk about that in the complete forecast but now we talk weather and traffic with amber rupinta. Amber happy friday. Chopper 11 h. D. Just took off and they are joining us so good friday morning to you giving us aerial pictures. It is early so the volume is pretty light. The sun is just starting to come up over some of the area. We cant tell from this shot but we can see the lights moving fine. We are starting off with a light volume and here is our road weather index looking very nice. No precipitation to deal with and no fog. Everything is aok in the weather department. Around the wake forest area an accident here. The main interstates are looking good. 540 and glenwood fine. We will check the drive times in a few. Caitlin we are keeping an eye on a developing story involving another plane crash in nepal. This is the second one this week. This one was in the mountainous area in the western part of the country. The small plane was said to be carrying 11 people at the time. Government Officials Say at least one is dead and there could be more. It appears it was having technical problems and tried to land in a field near the top of a mountain when it crashed. As we said this is the second crash in three days. On wednesday 23 were killedkuwait, the rest local citizens including two children. Crash, it is in a remote area so the hike getting there takes at least four hours. We will keep you posted so stay tuned to abc11. Barbara stunning video just in a spectacular Emergency Landing in guam. The froze gear on this plane wouldnt come down and the pilots had only the rear wheels. It scrapes the ground and only three were on the flight and none was hurt. Never in a million years you imagine it with happen. When you work with them our day. Just in a panic. John employees of a Kansas Company in shock after a coworker went on a shooting rampage. Three are dead and the gunman who was killed about paolice. They were all employees at excel industries who makes lawn mower products. 14 others were hurt in a series at the factory. Look at the abc11 mobile app for updates. Barbara the National Weather service says a tornado in appomattox county had winds up to 165 miles an hour. It was 400 yards wide and on the ground 13 miles. More than 100 homes were dammed or destroyed damaged or destroyed. It spawned a tornado in waverly be virginia that killed three. John the governor of North Carolina issuing a state of emergency following the storms in our area wednesday. That system spawned four confirmed tornadoes, three in North Carolina and one virginia. One in North Carolina caused a lot of damage in granville county. Gloria rodriguez is live in oxford talking with the cleanup process. Gloria today is the cleanup process that continues here and once it cleans up they can rebuild. Look as the sun starts it rise. You can get a view of some of the damage. You see trees that have been snapped from the powerful winds. We have chopper 11 h. D. Footage of the wreckage. At least a dozen homes damaged after the twister touched down in granville county. Some homes on hunts pwreboro road are destroyed. A dairy farm and cattle farm hit and the governor declared a state of emergency. The National Weather service says the tornado was an ef2. It had maximum winds of 125 miles an hour. Its period of time covers five miles and it was 150 yards wide. Three cows we are hearing died and amazingly nobody was hurt. Rick mcwilliams and his wife count their blessings. He went out to get dog food just before the storm hit. Looked at what could have been. If he had been home he wouldnt have lived through it. He would not have known to go get in the bathroom. He would never have known that there was a tornado coming. He wouldnt be alive. Knowing that, acanti cant cry over this. Gloria so many residents saying they are so thankful nobody was hurt because they say this can replace all of these belongings and rebuild but of course a person can never be replaced and again everybody here safe. The other thing is that many residents here lost power but at this time almost all customers in our viewing area do have power again. Live in granville county, gloria rodriguez, abc 11 Eyewitness News. John thank you, gloria. Barbara the five republican candidates wrapped up the final debate before super tuesday and donald trump was the targentum going in super tuesday. John 6 09 the weekend starting early for some students at one foulke g like storms winter returns to some parts of the state. Barbara weather and traffic together. We will look from chopper 11 h. D. Showing boy, a beautiful sunrise over the triangle. I wish it was a little more clear. Don every now and then you see the bright morningstar. The morningstar always burns brightest discuss before it has to go. That is from our town in case you are wondering. It is early. We will so you radar. We have sn don welcome back. Lets talk about the drive in. Should be easy for you weatherwise although you may want to warm up the car. I ran out to get something out of my car and it is cold. By 7 00 we are just 34. We warm into the 40s but it will take until 10 00. 36 south hill, 34 Roanoke Rapids, 32 henderson. Hillsborough 35. Raleigh, cary both 36. 33 sanford, 35 hope mills, 37 lillington. It is clear right now and as we go through midday we will have lots of sunshine but just 44 agrees. We will be in the 40s from the triangle north. South you may get to the low 50s. We will have that and weekend forecast up next. John a Charlotte School is closed to clean up from a senator virus outbreak. 63 metro School Students were absent and seven went home yesterday with symptoms of stomach bug. That is 70 students out of a population of 250. The cowert Health Director the county Health Director said it is a concern because it serves students with Developmental Disabilities and some with other health issues. They are scrubbing down the cast rooms and buses. Barbara went weather in the a couple inches fell in madison county. You see the weekend blowing it. There was a light coating yesterday. They were salted soexactly. A live pony dressed up for a childrens Birthday Party got loose. The pony darted out in traffic before a nearby resident with a horse helped corral it. That is lake i dont want to go. Take this off my head. It is 6 14 and development in cary getting the green light. That is despite protests from residents. The person of a vote last night and why the fight is far from over. Barbara the happy reunion for a the son of a civil rights attorney josh stein learned early about justice, equality and doing whats right. Senior Deputy Attorney general, one of the most effective state senators, josh stein fought to make schools safer, and stein took on scam artists who prey on seniors. Stein we need an attorney general with the independence to stand up to the special interests and who will always put the people of North Carolina first. John welcome back, 31 degrees and 6 17. Here are the headlines. Authorities trying to determine shooting in kansas. The gunman killed three people and wound the 14 at a lawn mower parts plant where rubio. Hours before a Court Deadline to motion asking the government to drop the demand. Other Tech Companies microsoft, gag, twitte facebook, yahoo are publicly siding with apple. Barbara surgeons in cleveland performed the first uterus transplant. It was done on a 26yearold woman using a uterus from a deceased donor. It gives women a chance of phreg si. Other countries have done this. Plans to stop a developer from building another Publix Grocery in cary hits a snag. Last night the town council gave the green light for development on the corner of Green Level Church and carpenter fire station road. The vote was only about approving it for commercial use and any specific development will have to be approved at a alert date. John today a rescue dog has a reunion in durham. In an animal cruelty investigation. The deputy saw more than a dozen dogs in unspeakable conditions. Marty and that deputy seen here will meet again when marty is the newest member of her family. The southwest Michigan Husky Club nursed marty back to health and now it makes the 12hour trip to durham for a wonderful reunion. Barbara i love that story. What a face. John beautiful dog. Don those people who foster pets have a special place in my heart. I dont know how you do it. Bring them from terrible conditions like our recent dogs both were in Terrible Health and within was starve and one was shot with a gun and we nursed them back and i cant manual giving them away. You have all my respect if you are a foster family for a pet or kids. Barbara but they probably have five other dogs. Don makes it easier. We can get rid of one. We will talk about the temperatures. Little below average. It will be cool today. Today the coolest. 49. A 51 tomorrow. 60s saturday and we will stay there into next week. Love look into joined raleigh and downtown raleigh and beautiful sky. See for miles. It has dropped the temperature. 31 is the new number it hour. Dew point 25 and 79 humidity. Southwest wind five miles an hour. How about this gorgeous shot the sunrising in the city of medicine. 34. West wind three miles an hour. Looking at temperatures across the region, 31 roxboro, 31 chapel hill. 36 in Roanoke Rapids, objection for the because of that tornado that hit at the airport we dont have a Temperature Sensor there so we will have to wait to see the f. A. A. , if it fixes it. 37 fayetteville. Cheer across the region and that will be with us today, tonight for the rest of today in raleigh 39 at 9 00. By lunchtime 44 and mostly sunny skies. We go north where you will see mostly sunny, breezy, 48 degrees by 2 00. Looking at temperatures across the region today, around 50 in holly springs, 49 durham. 48 chapel hill. 61 smithfield. Wendell 350. 50 lillington. 52 fayetteville. 51 pinehurst. 46 henderson, 45 roxboro, 48 Roanoke Rapids and 50 wilson. Tonight the temperatures across the area back into the 20s for overnight lows. 27 raleigh. 29 fayetteville. 27 durham. First alert sevenday forecast powered by accuweather, temperatures tomorrow morning coldest morning by far of the next seven below freezing. 51 tomorrow afternoon. Sunday 63 after starting at freezing. Tuesday of 66 fplt66. Nice dry stretch. John monday is leap day. Im asking on my Facebook Page what special thing should we do to celebrate. Don that we can do. Barbara that is pretty risky. Don how about sleep in . John yeah. Amber did they agree with my leap . I just put it on. Amber chopper 11 h. D. With always. Tgif. It is 40 and 440 off to a great start. Been a long week weatherwise and we say every friday it has been a long week. 40 and 440 just fine. The sun is making its way up. It is hard to see from this chopper picture but that is a nice clear picture and shows us that it is quiet. Chopper is able to fly with us. Road weather index no problems, no fog, no rain. We have had this minor accident there is a lane block due it bridge maintenance around siler city at 421 southbound at ikes brooks road. Other than that good. John good, good. Barbara it is 6 23 and 31 degrees. Score one for the humans. John the company bucking the trend and replacing robots with people. Barbara no doubt the dukes but his only kraft natural cheese has a touch of philadelphia cream cheese, so whatever you make, john another dominant game for dukes grayson allen. He led the blue devils with 18 points in an 8065 rout over Florida State. But it is what happened at the end of the game that has folks talking. He appears to intentionally trip a Florida State player in the final seconds. He was not called for a foul but it was the second time he has been accused of tripping an opponent in the past month. For once people are replacing robots. A milestone for an iconic game. Here is reena ninan and Kendis Gibson with our tech news. In tech bytes major reversal by mercedes. It is replacing robots with humans. You heard that right. They say robots content keep up with the level of individualization on some models. Humans are taking over. Of pokemon started in 1996 showing no signs of elect up. A new game is do you out soon and fuller house is streaming on netflix and fans are excited. Most of the original stars are back for the 1980s classic. 13 episodes and twitter is on fire with fan reaction. Most saying they are staying up all night and all day to win pblg watch. Barbara what are we waiting for . Lets do it. Those are your tech bytes. John 6 27 and a man gets attacked in a durham parking garage. The next thing i remember is a coworker was with me holding a wound on my head. John what else he remembers before he was attacked. Mi boom, boom, boom and proceeded to go into the building. Barbara breaking horror in hesston. Others wounded and the suspect identity just revealed. John making sense of a senseless crime two weeks after a grandmother lose her leg in a driveby shooting. We hear from her. Chilly morning as temperatures flirt with freezing. Look how beautiful it is. Meteorologist Don Schwenneker tracking a warmup that you will like. Good morning, carolina, welcome on this friday february 26, 31 degrees and 6 31. Im barbara gibbs. John im john clark. Thanks for tuning in. We go to meteorologist Don Schwenneker and talk about the cold temperatures. Don it is chilly but clear skies and nothing falling. It should be an easy drive. You will need the sun glasses and the heater. Looking at temperatures, in the 30s. By 8 00 it is 34 and 10 00 mid 40s this afternoon by lunchtime. Then as we go into the afternoon temperatures upper 40s. 42 and it will fall through the 30s in the evening hours. Current numbers from across the region, 31 roxboro, 36 Roanoke Rapids, 35 wilson and goldsboro. 33 sanford, 37 fayetteville. Looking at the day ahead, 31 now and mainly cheer. Lunchtime 44 and through the afternoon a lot of sunshine and around 50 degrees today. Today will be the coolest of the next seven. Tonight will be the coldest. Even though we are in the 30s today tomorrow morning the temperatures will be in the 20s. Very cold to start saturday but we warm up nicely. Now beewe talk traffic with a. M. Many a. Amber it is a pretty quiet start to the day. Friday is usually lighter with the volume and we have chopper 11 h. D. Giving us some aerials. 440 and 495 looking nice and it is nice, dry, clear start to the friday morning. A little chilly, 31 degrees. You dont have to worry about this is the mapping system. Live returns coming back with a lot of green. Everything moving on time on the majors. Theres an accident near north hills saint albans traoeufr north hill street and nice sunrise over 540. Clear conditions and no problems there. Caitlin we are getting new details now in that deadly shooting spree that took place in hesston kansas. That is a Small Community about the gunman is cedric larry ford. A standoff at his home is over. Police went in after some conflicting reports of somebody being inside. The main crime scene is excel industries where 15 were shot, three killed last night. The suspect again away just there. By the time Law Enforcement killed him 15 had been shot in the building. Eyewitnesses describe the moments as bullets started flying. I witnessed him shoot the shots. I saw the shell brownback is asking people to keep the people in your prayers. Five of the 14 injured are in critical condition. Barbara u. S. Military sending a testing a missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. The machineman machineman three was shot and it reminded north korea of u. S. Power as concerns degree about north koreas push to have Nuclear Weapons that could reach u. S. Soil. Several top military were there including the Deputy Defense secretary. Deputies are pushing for clues in a shooting that left a 72 woman injured. They were canvassing her nabbed yesterday and she neighborhood yesterday. She remembers coming back to her home from shopping and someone heard gunshots outside the house and her daughter jumped on her mom to shield her. She went to Duke UniversityMedical Center and doctors had amputated her left leg and another bullet wound in the right. I dont remember nothing else. Waking up with an amputated leg. Barbara 13 days after that Durham CountySheriff Depu