The mayor and take it only on thirteen years now. He had the bizarre encounter that have the sheriff chasing after the mayor in a slow pursuit through downtown at one point police were even called in for backup. I asked the mayor if he felt this was all a setup because the sheriff insists it wasnt plain petty politics was this all political. Do you think though that chasing after him was been digging was in heaven know he has no respect for Law Enforcement all the while some repairs call was their response to gov o theres a god in heaven they just take a bath and we can decide for yourself after watching the tape and listening to the interviews there whether or not this was a setup now of course we had been trying to reach the mayor we message him last night called again today you saw that he didnt want to speak with us as he left the magistrates office. I did notice that some people on his Facebook Page are leaving is due in Court Next Week reporting live in portsmouth there came thirteen years now i course of this taking center stage of social media people are taking sides in expressing support for the mayor or sheriff Watson Online only she bore him j joins us in the studio with what you have to say i cant comment on facebook and twitter are pouring in right now so lets take a look at some of that conversation one Facebook Comments as the mayor should have been charged with evading if there were any other citizen they would have been charged another reads this seems like p towns mayor thinks hes above the law others timing in that they feel sorry for the people of portsmouth because this is an embarrassment but on the other hand there have been those who said that this man is a good man leave him alone concern portsmouth residents have been taking to facebook to express their concerns all day but they arent the only ones we ask you on social media today on twitter people cars all over Hampton Roads have chimed in and we ask this question thoughts on the portsmouth percent have agreed and said the mayor is in the wrong and fourteen percent have said the sheriff is in the rocks so they would love to hear from you head over to our twitter thirteen years now or head over to our Facebook Page we can chime in and join that conversation. Janet david writes a keel well a cold winter day in Hampton Roads wanna show you a live look from the Virginia Beach oceanfront from our beach cam plenty of sunshine today but its not helping us to warm up too much temperatures didnt even rise above thirty is today. So jeff we expect to get even colder tonight yes well colder than we are now yet but about the same as last night in terms of the air temperature but its not going to feel as cold tonight because there will fact were going to be looking at temperatures i think going up a couple of the clear skies on skyview clear skies on radar as well right now compared to yesterday a big Tropical Temperatures member yesterday we were ten fifteen twenty than the day before now back the other way. Fifteen degrees colder officially right now on the south side then it was yesterday at this time. Similar numbers fourteen in newport news thirteen in hampton fourteen at the beach thirteen some say everybody down about thirteen to Fifteen Degrees the next few hours as you can see we go from cold the slightly colder but not as bad as what we saw last night especially in terms of the wind shell and then hold steady for a little i think a lot of spots at some point in here will get down to twenty nine or thirty and then were definitely going to at least hold steady and probably even go up a couple are due for a few degrees maybe even by morning but say thirty to thirty three thirty four in some spots by about six am when you see rising temperatures in the middle the night you know you of warmer air on the way and thats what were talking about them for tomorrow when i come back on you the details on that Virginia Beach teacher has pled guilty to having sexual relations admitted to taking a seventeen year old student into a classroom closet calla my school already forced the victim to perform oral sex on him. The incident happened during school hours brown also admitted to another incident with the same victim in his Virginia Beach home he now faces up to five years behind bars his sentencing is in the night the Virginia BeachPolice Department will host the first of two Community Forums to discuss body cameras. The Department Plans to start using them in two thousand seventeen but before they finalize the policy they want Community Input officers will explain why theyre investing in the technology and what policies will put in place if you want to weigh in tonights meeting starts at six at the myra over North Central library and the second form a schedule for next saturday. Newport news police are asking for your help finding a man who tried to rob a seven eleven heres video from the store on kiln creek parkway near the Elementary School when officers arrived the clerk gun after he walked into the store clerk approached the man the suspect bailed and ran out of the store if you think you know who the suspect is contact the crime. I was again no class today for hilton Elementary Students in newport news this comes after crews found lead based paint inside the school and industrial hygienist is guiding the cleanup in conducting air quality tests the school wont reopen until it passes were still waiting to hear about tomorrow and this is the second straight day officials canceled classes. Investigators are still working to determine why a big rig ran off the side of the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel the truck is still submerged after it plummeted into the water a week ago coastal ag transport officials are waiting for the right weather and water conditions for the recovery the driver Matthew Kellen survive the accident and charges are still pending against him he allegedly tried to pass a slower driver before losing control and we are planning to take the bridge this afternoon to have to re direct her commute we have not one not two but three accidents working at the james river bridge northbound two of those happy accidents have completely stopped traffic. You can see things are not moving at all folks are stuck on the bridge traffic backing up to the south and doesnt take a look at traffic southbound headed toward isle of wight county look at this mess here everything is jay and all we back to newport news due to a separate accident that occurred there and if we could head back to that first camera when she was well but one lane is also blocked southbound this is actually responding to the accident on the northbound side and then further up we did have that other crash theyre headed south to we have big issues at the jr be headed to the south side of the peninsula take the modern era map with the hr bt instead of the very latest at the jr be when i come back i Ten Navy Sailors are now at a u s military facility and carter after iranian officials detain them yesterday. Naval officials to the medical check ups none of them is hurt all of this comes after one of the navys boats drifted into iranian territorial waters after mechanical issues. Iranian authorities boarded the boats and inspected the firearms white house Officials Say the quick resolution came from new lines of communication with iran made during Nuclear Negotiations twenty six day legislative session kicked off in richmond today and tonight Governor Terry mcauliffe will deliver his state of the commonwealth speech mcauliffe is entering his third year in office he hopes state lawmakers will support his one hundred and nine billion dollar Budget Proposal that budget includes a billion dollar increase in education spending small corporate and individual tax cuts and a two percent raise for state employees reported by gooding is in richmond right now in his report stay with us is coming up at five if you love gazing at the stars is an event where you can see them up close masses wallets facility will nine sky winter series this week on friday you can go to the Visitor Center for an astronomy night filled with movies hands on activities and outdoor fun. 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You are currently interviewing for an audience or you cannot buy to get on that site now has to be on the side thats right that the state that attracts gamblers from all over the world is one of six states that dont participate in the Powerball Lottery can be part of the reason this huge line of ticket buyers in california seems to keep growing alongside the coveted jackpot now at one point five billion by seventy six is and by big boat and you know maybe a plane to go see the dreams go from big to small to pay ma house all by the house and a kid i ate all the build on everything jackpot others cant even comprehend. Just imagine what i do have money i can imagine its like someone with the drum roll Morton Einstein has gone at least here in new york. I was more than six hundred Million Dollars worth of lottery tickets we bought today alone on the abc News New York and up and were sticking with the director of the virginia lottery of tonights big drawing thats coming up at four thirty and if youre playing the lottery you wanna know if youre a winner as soon as it happens where your official little station so tonights drawing will air during our eleven pm newscast you can also find all the winning numbers in thirteen years now but calm state police are warning residents of the grandparents can say the scam usually surfaces around college are trapped in the works like this person gets a phone call from a supposed grandchild whos in trouble and needs money wired right away sometimes the criminal pretends to be some type of official the fbi says resist the pressure to act quickly to contact the Family Member yourself and never wire money based on a request made over the phone or in an email theres criticism over the wording on an annual report about Charter Schools in North Carolina. Some say its not actually written and its too negative but Charter SchoolAdvisory Board is recommending changes for example the report describes the overall student population at the states Charter Schools as whiter more affluent than those at traditional Public SchoolsLieutenant Governor says revision should be made before the report is sent to the legislature in illinois three people are dead likely from cold exposure in the chicago area as temperatures dipped into the Single Digits this week officials there say an hypothermia. One woman was forecasters say snow storms may hit from chicago to new york during late january as the cold lingers i might add the cold today but least we have conditions like that although i know there are some of you out there that would really enjoy that i hear from you pretty often on facebook and occasionally by e mail specially those of you like to go skiing if you do well weve got a little bit of moisture potentially going to bring some snow out the western parts of our state but really nothing in the offing around here until possibly later in the week and thats pretty doubtful right now just the cold thirty eight norfolk thirty seven newport news for Elizabeth City thirty two right freeze and quite literally diaries Eastern Shore around wall of silence same thing no on Eastern Shore to melt fat and you can see a fairly tight grouping here thirty seven thirty six chesapeake and down in northeast North Carolina where its closer to forty or even a couple lower for the same thing near the coastline of Virginia Beachs forty one but most spots north and west thirty eight thirty nine will drop back then this evening but as you can notice theyre not going to drop terribly quickly in fact were sold in the thirty two late this norfolk and thirty three in Virginia Beach. Many areas at that point into the mid to notice how they barely go down maybe even rise a couple of degrees toward morning thats because of that when starting to shift and out of the west southwest and that keeps the milder air coming in here during the day tomorrow so its still chilly in the morning at the bustop out there youll find readings in the thirties but then eventually by afternoon were talking about up into the fifties again just like we were yesterday i think almost identical temperatures lots and lots of sunshine a chilly but not a typical evening and overnight for and then during the day on friday will see some sunshine in the morning and then noticed these clouds beginning to thicken and by afternoon theres a chance of a couple of showers. I doubt well see much. I think thatll still be down to our south and then moving pretty quickly during the evening and overnight hours hopefully be gone though early enough on saturday that will lease the lot of your activities during the morning get out there and still enjoy them notice the swirl of action out here to the west thats the next bundle of energy that were getting some of these warmer temperatures out ahead of it here in the east so tomas pollen forecast for today was thirty eight degrees and had we do well so far right at thirty eight so thats going to give us ten days in a row now spawn forecast for tomorrow is fifty three tight twenty eight partly cloudy wont feel as cold as it did last night because the lack of that when shell fifty three tomorrow mostly sunny highs back above Normal School in williamsburg at rawls byrd elementary had the kids there waving to evan bunch of Great Questions and a bunch of great students and Great Teachers for that matter that would be great news right hello everybody up there as for the seven day forecast looks like this freedom are fifty seven friday rain probably not so much during daylight is waiting until the darkness sets and then overnight into maybe early saturday sunday chance of a coastal storm i think itll stay well south of us at this point well keep an eye on it Martin Luther king day rather cold again just about like today its latest i thank you so much so as long as youve heard of someone working at the same job twenty thirty forty years joe flanagan found someone on the job for more than fifty. For the job hes owning and operating the Virginia Beach feed and seed store. Joe flanagan was offered a job at the store before they close so joe you were under the watchful eye of harry Grant Elliott i sure was and i discover he is a real character and get this the guy was twenty years old when he opened the store seventy five years old now fifty five years in the same job talk about loving what you do for a living has fallen by the way we think divorce or after five minutes with very good telly as she understand why this man has attracted so many customer for some twenty years at his Virginia Beach feed and seed on which to grow whether its knocking off the ice on his fish tanks. Yes he does sell fishing port least he has for decades. Her brother or when customers or wide variety of supplies harrys job just comes natural. Probably what will impose on the mat for the premium no proofs will probably the largest open a door in the area of the hard and expensive. 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