in a raleigh jonathan rodriguez. a local church held a prayer vigil for the family of denkins his mother rolanda byrd spoke briefly after the vigil and said she was able to view her sod s body and her son s body yesterday and she is disappointed and frustrated with the lack of communication from raleigh pd. the raleigh police department has not contacted mow at all since they left crime scene. there are other people that abcs that are my lawyer has been in contact with, and most of those contacts were made by us. dekins families what not denkins family has not said when the few rail will be held. they asked naac funeral will be held. they asked the naacp to joinen this they will. william barber spoke today on the radio he echoing calls for be vigilant for justice. don t be violent toward one another. nccu law professor attorneyjoyner is handel the handling the legal portion of the case in monday marks the first time an officer shot and killed someone in
45 at noon today, 51 our high. normal for this time of year is around 59 degrees so well below that. we turn pretty cloudy by 6:00 p.m. and the chance of rain is here by about 9:00 throughout the evening hours. and will continue overnight. i ll have more on the rain chances coming up in the complete stormteam forecast. let s switch gears and check on traffic. it s early on this thursday morning. not a lot going on, on i-440 and hillsborough street. so if you are heading out buckle up. get to your destination safely. one alert to pass to you. we have the entrance ramps closed on i-40 east and westbound. those entrance ramps are closed around south saunders street. we ll continue to watch that as we head throughout the day but right now back to you. the push continues today to get more money for some firefighters in wake county. garner firefighters haven t ones starting their careers make about $10,000 less than rookies in other departments. cbs north carolina reporter em
street. pretty sleepy on this thursday, just a car or two out there on the roads. let s go ahead and check in with your live drive conditions. some speeds are keyed up coming into the durham area. on i-85 southbound that is moving about 71 miles per hour. if you re coming up 19 or 15 this morning, that is about 32 miles per hour and cruising at 67 miles per hour on the durham freeway. more on traffic and weather in about 10 minutes. back to you. the push continues today to get more money for some firefighters here in wake county. garner firefighters have not got an raise in seven years and firefighters starting their careers there make about $10,000 less than rookies in other departments. cbs north carolina reporter emma wright joins us live from station 1 in garner. the chief says the pay increase is a necessary thing, doesn t he? reporter: he does. he says the last time anyone got a raise here was back in 2008. needs to be comparable to the pay. he says cost of li
i ll break down the timing of the rain showers coming up in your complete stormteam forecast. let s check traffic. here s i-440 and six forks road. we re starting to see a few more cars but as you can see they are cruising along at a pretty good speed. no big accidents or delays. so i m showing you your live drive conditions north of downtown. we re looking at i-440, heading westbound, around 62 miles per hour. from time to time we re seeing a little slowing close to wade avenue so if you re heading eastbound on 440, right now 13 miles per hour. we ll watch to see if it s an accident or any other delay you should be alert to, coming up in the complete traffic report. early voting starts today for north carolina s march 15th primary. you ll see a few differences at this year s election. joins us live in studio with what you need to know before you go. reporter: state elections officials say they are ready to implement the mandate citing training and large public relation
good afternoon. i m stefan chase. i m russ bowen. the first case of zika virus has been confirmed in wake county. cbs north carolina reporter emma wright is live at the wake county health department. what do we know about this first case so far? reporter: we know this person contracted the zika a. the health department says when they got home to north carolina they started to feel sick, had symptoms of the virus, went to the doctor. the doctor tested, that test came back positive. the health department says they ve been carefully monitoring this person. and want to remind people there s no need to panic. the virus still can t be passed from person-to-person. began to proactively prepare for the possibility of the zika virus making its way to north carolina months ago. they say they ve been keeping in close contact with officials about the virus and where it is spreading. associated with birth defects and linked to serious brain abnormalities in babies born to women who