huggins jones was beaten to death and said smith was an murder. they are both going to tell that you smith is the person who first hit melissa huggins jones. reporter: his defense attorney insists smith is not to blame and was manipulated by his friend ronald anthony. anthony who is already serving a life sentence for the murder of huggins jones is the one responsible for her death. reporter: this trial is expected to last several weeks. smith could face the death penalty if convicted. live in raleigh, raleigh, wncn news now. what started a fire at a home off wade avenue? started on brooks avenue after 3:00 and backed up traffic. no one was home, there is some smoke damage. bernie sanders campaign will not challenge the results of last night s iowa caucus. hillary clinton eked by with a victory walking away with 23 delegates compared to 21 for sanders. doesn t plan to recount any of the close results. for the republicans ted cruz won. up next new hampshire s prima
road is one of the city s higher priorities. how to pay for it, most of that money would come from future transportation bonds. i m steve, wncn news now. dramatic testimony today in the murder trial of a north hills mother. 23-year-old travion smith is charged with killing melissa huggins jones in 2014. reporter: there were plenty of tears shed today on the witness stand as people remembered the woman who died and the day her young daughter found her body. a devoted mother who dearly loved her family and god. god. especially her children. the church doors were open. she did everything she could to have her children in church. reporter: that s how melissa huggins jones mother described her daughter in court three years after she was killed in her apartment. blood was everywhere. a construction worker at the apartment complex testified about the morning in may of 2013 when her eight-year-old daughter found her mom lying blood covered in bed and came out to ask him for
was springlike temperatures we have spring thunderstorms. the good news for the south from louisiana to mississippi alabama up to tennessee the tornado threat has relaxed but they still have heavy rain with flooding problems and severe thunderstorm warnings producing strong winds and hail. what this system will head our way tomorrow it will weaken some. a lot of the video you saw there and pictures i m going to show you later we will not be in for the same stuff. a lot of it will still make it here tonight. tonight cloudy and dry and we should stay that way through the the morning commute. this warm front will pass through and will help warm us up and wipe in our atmosphere. a cold front then moves through tomorrow night and closes down. cloudy, dry and mile and it will be a windy day. we will approach 70 but after lunchtime is when the heavy rain and storms will arrive so through the afternoon ride home from school and the evening commute home armed home we will have storm
will be climbing until they reach a temperature of 70. but 53 at 8 a.m. a little bit of fog. 66 at noon and a few showers and there we are at three clock. warmer showers and storms, a high of 70 this afternoon 3:00, and we ll continue with the threat of showers and storms through the evening drive home at 6:00. i ll have more on when these storms will move out of the area coming up but a check will show i-440 and wake forest road on this wednesday morning. the good news is all around 440 south of downtown that means traffic is moving at or near the posted speed limits. i ll keep you dated on weather and traffic every ten minutes. off to a good start. testimony at the continues in the wake county courthouse at the case of a woman killed in north hills. killed during a botched burglary attempt. witnesses tested her 8-year-old found her body covered in blood and ran to a nearby construction worker for her. she had blood all over her face and blood was everywhere. i put two
wednesday morning, so let s go ahead fine on this wednesday morning. i m looking at i-40 south of downtown, heading westbound moving at about 65 miles-per-hour and cruising eastbound you re looking at very similar speeds around 65 miles-per-hour, as well. i ll have more on traffic and weather in about ten minutes. alyssa thanks so much. time now 5:31. testimony continues at the wake county courthouse of a woman killed in north raleigh. melissa huggins-jones body was found. and in court witnesses testified her 8-year-old daughter found her body covered in blood and ran to a nearby construction worker for help. she had blood all over her face and blood was everywhere, and i put two fingers on her she was cold as a block of ice. smith is one of three charged in this case. ronald anthony pled guilty to second-degree murder and one more hasn t going to trial. the group was breaking into cars in the area where huggins-jones was killed. they never intended to kill them they