Off tonight with arsenal looking for seasonal jeweller by off tonight with arsenal looking for seasonaljeweller by replacing liveable in the Top Four Champions League places. Seasonaljoy. Liverpool. Six breakfast presenters, what could possibly go wrong . And carol has the weather. The forecast for the next few days is mild. Rain at times. Also windy across the north west. The brightest conditions in the east and north east. Good morning. First, our main story. Hundreds of miles of roadworks have been suspended by highways england as the great christmas getaway begins. Today is predicted to be the busiest travel day of the festive period, with millions of extra vehicles taking to the roads. Theres good news for rail travellers as planned strike action on the west coast mainline has been called off. Our reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn is at the racs headquarters in walsall. How is it looking . It looks like it might be the calm before the storm. Still looking pretty quiet out there. And in
Warmer weather. How are the temperatures now . Ingrid they are hovering around the freezing mark in a couple locations. The good news is, yes, we are starting to see the precipitation leave the region. The foothills, we are still worried from mcdowell to rutherford, polk county, for black ice concerns as well as the mountains of the upstate, where as of about even 45 minutes ago or so, i still saw some pink on the map, which indicates sleet, freezing rain. So were not completely out of the woods and, in fact, you can see some of the light snow still falling along the tennessee line. Here is a closer look at temperatures, 34 in hendersonville but still 32 in morganton. Forest city, gaffney, and greer. So, please use caution in those zones. Coming up in a little bit, we will talk more about how much more wintry precipitation is expected to fall as early as tonight. Right now lets check in with jaclyn, the weather is making traffic difficult in some areas this morning. Jaclyn heads up for
Right here approaching exhibit 59, but overall the commute is looking good. And i26 heading into asheville, closer to brevard road, everything is up to speed here in both directions, overall that drive from brevard road to asheville highway timing out to 12 minutes for you. That is a look at your on ontime traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse. Back over to you. Holly several reason president ial candidates will be will be in the upstate, teb, ben carson, marco rubio and ted cruz will participate in the 2016 faith and family president ial foe rum. Jay the event is at the founders Memorial Auditorium at bob jones in greenville and goes from 2 00 to 5 30, doors open to the public at 11 00 this morning. Holly Hillary Clinton will host a town hall in den yark outside columbia, she is expected to outline her plans to build on president obamas agenda. Jay along with south carolina, Hillary Clinton is looking ahead to nevada, but not before she and Bernie Sanders holly lana zak rep
Advisories for yancey, mitchell. Elsewhere, not quite that cold but still very, very uncomfortable if youre out for too long. We are down to 20 right now in asheville. Burnsville 18. Newland 10 degrees. 17 in morganton. You add the wind chill factor in that. Feeling like 10 right now in asheville. 4 below in boone. Thats where its dangerous. 24 in forest city. We are looking at a very cold overnight and cold valentines day morning as well. Starting out at 15 degrees at 8 oclock. Cloudy and 22 at 10 00 a. M. 26 at noon. Layer up if youre going to be out in the morning. Upstate cold at 22 degrees at 8 oclock. 28 at 10 00. 33 degrees at noon. We have a winter storm watch kicking in tomorrow evening through monday for all of us in the mountains and the Northern Tier of the upstate and coming up, ill tell you much more about the mix of snow and ice. Coming up our, frank. Frank drivers across the mountains already had some trouble getting out the door this morning. Fresh snow made for slick
He died unexpectedly while on a hunting trip in west texas and this morning his jurist legacy will forever be remembered. By far the most conservative jurist on the Supreme Courtpe influenced a generation of you judges, lawyers and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. Put your left hand on the baseball. Scalia, nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1986, serving 30 years on the bench, known to many as the anchor of the conservative wing of the Supreme Court, he will forever be remembered for his strict interpretation and staunch defense of the constitution. Republican president ial candidates reacting during saturday nights debate. This is a tremendous blow to conservativism and a tree blow, frankly, to our country. He will go down as one of the great justices in the history of this republic. The longest serving justice on the Current United States Supreme Court died in his sleep of natural causes. Half staff outside the Supreme Court to honor scalia. This is as a political batt