Eyewitness News at 9am - March 28, 2026

0:00right now live coverage from your local news leader breaking stories from overnight and this morning and your first alert forecast. Here's what's happening where you live. This is ABC 11 eyewitness news that it's Saturday morning Carolina and the alcohol men is March 28 this morning on eyewitness news one month into operation epic fury. New attacks and fears this war could spread. And today President Trump opposition rallies happening all across our area. Jim and that's it. Dude is still elite for the third straight season of Blue Devils is advanced to the regional finals. All right, that's what we like to hear and the Blue Devils securing a spot on to the Elite 8 the push for championship. Tremons with a full breakdown in 30 minutes. But right now let's go ahead and take a look outside. All right, we've got some clouds out there, but the sun was shining on through a brand new day.

1:04It's the weekend is here. Yeah, Hey, yeah, it's a lot colder. I mean, we're about 30 degrees colder yesterday. We tied a record. It isn't that cloud cover that's making it. It's moving south. We're going to get plenty of sunshine as we go throughout the day today. Also, I know we had rain last night. I'll show you how much we got in just a second, but it's drying out quickly. So dry with the winds picking up humidity values going to be low. We have an increased risk for some fires later today. So just be cautious out there. So some clouds out there right now as we look downtown, but the clouds are pressing to the south. We'll get bright skies this afternoon, but only 56. Yesterday, we topped out at 87, which tighter record high temperature. And we got almost four tenths of an inch of rainfall. That was impressive. As a matter of fact, more than advertised, a lot of the models were hinting at upwards of a tent to a quarter inch of rain. But anywhere you see that green shade, that's about a half an inch to a few areas. Got even more than that help wash some of the pollen away. We have a long way to go to get out of the drought situation though. Meantime, lots of sunshine. Once these low clouds move on out, we'll get to the mid fifties. Maybe you're going to do some shopping today

2:05or getting out and about. Have a light jacket or a sweatshirt. Mid fifties with a breeze. It's going to feel rather chilly. 44 right now at North Hills with a North breeze at around 12 miles an hour. 41 Oxford 43 in Iraq. We're a 43 also in a row. No crap is in favor currently at 48. Evening plans. Have a jacket again. Temperatures falling down to the forties by APM and by 10 o'clock. We're down to 44. When should calm down overnight and with the dry air, we could have a freeze in many spots early tomorrow morning. Meantime, there's a pattern change later next week and more chances for rain. And we need that more on that in just a few minutes. Bianca. All right, Steve. Thank you. Raging overnight, a serious crash in Harnett County near I 95 involving two vehicles. State troopers say the driver of the pickup truck initially detained later tested below the legal limit and was released three children and in many van were seriously heard, including two children who were ejected five people in that van were taken to the hospital. Troopers say they'll meet with a district attorney Monday to determine possible charges. We're learning more about how inflation and strained economy can contribute to the rising

3:09cases of domestic violence. Take a look at the data on your screen right now. It's a problem that we've covered countless times in recent months all across central North Carolina. The first three months of 2026, there have been 12 reported domestic violence related homicides in the state according to the North Carolina coalition against domestic violence and some of those deadly cases played out right here in the triangle. We checked in with interact and organization that provides resources for people looking to escape a violent relationship and we learned their numbers are up across the board. People are contacting their hotlines for help. They're walking in for services and they're looking for housing to escape their abuser. Deanna Manley with interact says one of the factors is in the increase can be contributed to the downturn in the economy and she says the same thing happened in 2008. When gas prices go up and clothing prices and food prices go up, it makes it more difficult for people to maintain their financial stability and so that causes

4:10tension in the home and with that increased tension we're going to see more domestic violence. And so our numbers locally are on trend for what we're seeing nationally. According to the FBI from 2020 through 2024, there were 1.1 million domestic violence victims nearly 75% were females. Happening today more than 70 cities and towns all across North Carolina will join a nationwide no Kings protest. This is the latest in a series of no Kings rallies organized by an opposition to President Trump and his agenda and when asked about the nationwide events the White House called Trump derangement therapy sessions about a dozen protests or scheduled across the triangle. Our Anna Rivera shows us out some of the local events happening here and how you can get around the traffic that it'll be happening today. So we may see some traffic issues with the protests that are happening and we have some major protests happening in Raleigh Durham and Carrey. So I want to show you the areas that you may want to avoid or find different alternate routes. In Raleigh the protest is going to happen at the state capital. So the areas to avoid south

5:15Wilmington Street, East Morgan Street, North Salisbury Street and East Eden Tin. And that protest is happening from one to three. So that's when we'll see that really busy time. In Durham it's at 211 Paris Street. It's right across the street from CCB Plaza. So if you're going to be in that area, West Main Street, Corcoran Street and East Chapel Hill Street, that's going to be the busy spots from 10 30 AM until 1 PM. And then over in Carrey, the protest is happening at 110 southeast Maynard Road. So you want to avoid killed air farm road and kill main drive and all of that will be happening from two to five. All right, Anna. Thank you. The war in the Middle East is this escalating. Now, one month in Iran, bad Houthi rebels claim they've launched their first missile towards Israel, which the Israeli military says it intercepted the conflict began after US and Israeli strike zone Iran's sparking retaliation across the region. Iran is vowed to retaliate and struck a US base in Saudi Arabia wounding more than a dozen American service members and damaging planes. Meanwhile, inside Iran, civilians are facing daily explosions,

6:15economic struggles and widespread uncertainty. Officials from several countries are now pushing for talks as fear grows that the conflict could widen. Troops and their families here at home celebrate Easter a little early at the annual Easter egg roll at Fort Bragg. Plus, the Bain robbery that ended in a crash, what we're learning from the investigation. And we hear from the NC State grad turn astronaut as she gets ready to make some history. Pretty cool stuff, Steve. It really is. Absolutely. We got some clouds over downtown, but like Durham's got full sun shunner. Western counties as well. These clouds are moving south. We'll have sun soon as well. Forties for temperatures now, but only 50s for highs today is a clouds move out. We do warm up though this week, all the details after the break. Not sure how to tackle your taxes? Are you sweating the small print? You may be experiencing FOMO, the fear of messing up. The answer? Using turbo-tax on into a credit karma. They

7:15help you get your biggest refund and then we help you do more with it, with a personalized plan designed to help you hit your money goals. It's time to take your taxes to the max. Start filing today in the credit karma app. This is First Alert Weather from ABC 11 eye witness news. Good morning everybody and welcome to the weekend. It's a lot colder than yesterday. Instead of eighties, we'll have temperatures in the 50s today. Clouds are pushing to the south, so lots of sunshine is to go throughout the day today. And generally speaking, we're going to have those winds picking up with that north breeze going to make it feel even colder. There's the front well to the south now. That's the leftover showers that moved out early this morning. And now we're done with any rain and we'll have sunshine pretty soon. And temperatures in the mid 50s for highs today. Maybe you want to get the car wash but we don't have rain for a while. Next chance later Wednesday and Wednesday evening and that continues in the Thursday and Friday. 44 in North Hills right now partly cloudy with that north breeze at about 12 miles an hour. Making it feel a touch cooler. 43 in Rono

8:17crap. It's 41 in the Oxford in Sanford currently at 44 degrees. Head down the mountain to watch the Kings against the the Devils today. 55 as you're walking in game time at five o'clock about 49 by the time you head on home under clear skies. Really a quiet day across the country. Not much weather to talk about. Dallas gets a couple of showers. Denver at 82 and LA about 81 degrees. So far this morning the major hubs looking pretty good. Got you seven to you just a few minutes beyond. All right Steve. Thank you. I went as news is learning new details about the man accused of robbing a bank and leading police on a high-speed chase. Raleigh Phillies say Ishmael Santiago robbed a Wells Fargo on Western boulevard. A state trooper then spotted him on I 40 in a black Audi and a chase began. Then Santiago crossed the grass median slammed into a silver car at the Jones sausage road exit. The impact set off a chain reaction which caused additional crashes. And so Santiago and the driver of the silver car were hurt and rushed to the hospital. I witness news learned that this isn't the first time Santiago committed robbery. You start of time been federal prison for a hold up

9:20at a Walgreens drugstore in Jocelyn County in 2011. We also discovered Santiago was facing an eviction notice for a owing roughly $1,300 in unpaid rent. And need of a checkup no insurance needed in Henderson this weekend. Also families finding relief at Fort Bragg even as global Titchens rise and as we head to break here goes a live look into downtown Raleigh. We'll be right back. It's crunch time at work and you need to bring wings to your workday. Visit redbull.com slash getting it done and answer a couple questions about your work style to get a Spotify customized playlist tuned to your productivity. Plus score a can of red bull on us while you go from to do to done. And remember red bull keeps you wings supplies are limited terms apply visit the website for more information. We are local news ABC 11 eyewitness news continues now. All right free health care

10:23is available this weekend in Henderson for anyone who needs it remote area medical hosting a two day clinic advanced charter school offering dental vision and medical care at no cost no insurance or ideas required but services are first come first serve as outdoors they opened at six this morning they'll open at six again so officials they are urging people to arrive early. Well despite the growing tensions overseas and the threat of deployment soldiers and their families here at home how to chance to celebrate Easter early our cameras were there at the annual Easter egg roll at Fort Bragg soldiers say their the war escalates this family friendly event reminds of just how important community is during challenging times. It's a lot going on in the world. People are stressing and panicking because you don't know what tomorrow may bring so this this is great camaraderie come out have fun enjoy time with your kids away from the stressful environment. We love kid events and we love to get out and be able to distract them and give them fun things to do around the community and we have a military family so we come to these and

11:25you know fill that void and so 1,000 eggs were donated by Braswell family farms in Nashville North Carolina. Well we are hearing from the astronauts set to make history in just a matter of days their crew the Artemis 2 lunar mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday as soon as next week they could be on the first US human moon mission to Mars in more than 50 years among the four person crew is NC State grad Christina Cook and she talked about what it's like preparing for mission including the multiple delays they had and what she's looking forward to which is back on earth. One of them is preparation without expectation and that is something we go into this with straight away from the beginning there's one thing I'm sure of though is every day that passes is a day closer to launch and that's something that I keep in mind as for things I'm looking forward to afterwards just splash down and being back on earth I haven't thought a whole lot past that but yes the to-do list in the folder of post flight is growing. Okay a little launch window for

12:30the mission could open as soon as next Wednesday hopefully the skies are clear for them and there's no more delays. Debbie that's what we're hoping for. Yeah it's exciting. We still have some clouds around looking downtown but other areas different I mean here's a shot of Durham to give you an idea lots of sunshine it's chilly though and it's going to be chilly as we go throughout the day today generally speaking about 30 degrees colder from the record high temperature we had yesterday at least tighter record at R to you at 87 warmer though as we go through the week 70s and 80s come back into play although a pattern change will be where this and our rain chances are going to be increasing that's some good news you see the moisture coming in from the south so as we increase that moisture that'll tap into this front and that'll give us better chance of showers with the dryer air staying well off to the north so we increase those rain chances as we're in Wednesday and Wednesday night Thursday into Friday as well and potentially holding on in the early next week they're the clouds right over Wake County and also off to our northeast but these are pushing to the south

13:33and eventually we'll get lots of sunshine for everybody not a bad day if you want to get a me a little yard work done it'll be chilly though with temperatures in the mid fifties and that breeze out of the north at times could gust upwards of around 20 to 30 miles an hour but the clouds are being pushed to the south and clear skies this evening and rather chilly overnight as we're going to get down near freezing tomorrow morning most of the days last month no surprise they've been well above average we're going to do that again I mean 65 tomorrow which is close to normal and then here come the 70s and 80s and then we'll cool it a little bit in the 70s with some showers coming in for Thursday and Friday. 44 right now the north breeze at 12 miles an hour that's 21 degrees colder than yesterday with widespread forties out there with 49 Clinton 41 Oxford and Rona Crapids at 43 on average a good 20 degrees colder than this time yesterday and now for this evening though I'm taking that walk after dinner yeah chilly temperatures getting down to the forties by eight o'clock under mainly clear skies and the breeze will calm down overnight tonight

14:36allowing good radiational cooling and near freezing tomorrow morning 75 on our Monday about 80s we go into our Tuesday there could be a little pop up shower here and there to our south well watch this front though that's our next weathermaker shouldn't approach the area on Wednesday but better chance of rain as we get into Thursday up in the mountains this weekend looking pretty good tomorrow as well with lots of sunshine around temperatures in the sixties now the showers that you're seeing here that's for early morning hours quickly that moves out and we'll get some sunshine there along the coast as well tomorrow will be a bit warmer so our high temperatures in the fifties today 53 and Henderson 55 in the Durham Fayville around 57 that north breeze though make it feel a touch cooler winds calm down overnight yeah we're getting down near freezing in many areas so a frost expected for tomorrow morning first of all seven day 65 tomorrow the Durham crop walk will be fine it's in the afternoon looks like lots of sunshine on our Monday we warm up 80 on Tuesday Wednesday we

15:38have a risk of a late-day shower thunderstorm as we welcome April that front settles in and our better chance for rain will be Thursday and that can last in the Friday as well Bianca all right see thank you western North Carolina recovery a key railroad reopens after Helene's damage i witness news get in the game with the college branded Venmo debit card record team with every tap and earn up to 5% cash back with Venmo stash a new rewards program from Venmo no monthly fee no minimum balance just school pride and spending power get in the game and sign up for the Venmo debit card at Venmo.com slash college card the Venmo master card is issued by the bank court bank NA select schools available Venmo stash terms and exclusions apply at Venmo dot me slash stash terms max one hundred dollars cash back per month this bringing you tomorrow's headlines today and this morning we are getting an update on redevelopment in western North Carolina post Helene joining me from outside the rally i with this new center to talk about a major new step in the road to recovery

16:41there's Richard stradling he writes about transportation for the news and observer Richard welcome back to the show let me jump right in here engineers have finally rebuilt a segment of the Norfolk southern railroad line they call it the old fort loops it suffered from major flooding during this storm tell us about the challenges that came with getting this railroad section back in service. sure so if you've driven out to Asheville and gone up i4 do you know that very steep climb that you make up over the eastern continental divide into the mountains this railroad kind of parallels that through a very windy route that goes up in a remote area and the terrain is very difficult when the when the flooding came there were landslides both above the railroad and then underneath it the tracks were washed away. what does this railroad completion mean for residents out there in western NC? yeah so there's there's basically two uh railroads that come through western North Carolina that that come from the outside world csx is the other one it kind of runs up from South

17:45Carolina up into Tennessee this is the one that that connects the western North Carolina with the rest of North Carolina to some people it's it's where they're they're hoping that Amtrak will restore passenger service to Asheville this would be the line that it would be used it would connect in again it sounds very um and bring passenger trains back up to to the mountains. yeah that that that key section of the old Fort Loose holds a lot of significance to the area Richard talked to us about some of the history it holds yeah there's a lot of history there first of all just getting it built it was something that that people didn't think could actually happen and it took it took more than 20 years 25 years or so to get get the railroad up into the mountains and when it did it just opened up western North Carolina all sorts of development the railroad company had gone bankrupt the state took over the railroad because they wanted to to see the railroad built out there but they didn't have money or people they used convicted

18:47prisoners shipped them out from Raleigh and most of them were black men and put to work for no pay basically building this railroad under really harsh conditions and there are now a couple of monuments to the men there were at least 139 and maybe many many more that that died building this railroad you can read more of Richard's reporting on the news and observer website or in Sunday's paper all right Joe thank you well coming up governor Stein targets broad band and health care to boost rural North Carolina in DC the house GOP passes funding plan but shut down keeps dragging on and the blue devils advance to elite aid and march madness what's next for Duke in the nation's capital boy head to break here goes a lot of looking to downtown Durham we are local news ABC 11 i witness news continues next right now spring styles are at Nordstrom rack stores now and there are

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20:55yeah rain overnight it helped out a big way yeah that front settle to the south and now i know we just had rain but the fire dangers elevated today humidity is now winds are going to be picking up coming out of the north so it doesn't take much to get a fire started and not too far away it's red flag warnings which is a step above what we're talking about here and this could be the cases we go into the day again tomorrow mean time we're seeing clouds right now as we look downtown but not everyone's got clouds about to our west we have a lot of sunshine and these clouds are drifting south they'll clear out and we'll get to 56 today and that's it after a tying a record at 87 yesterday and we're well below the average of 67 degrees 39 hundreds nice to get that rain yesterday matter fact more than advertised in many areas picked up around a half an inch and where you see some of the yellow and orange shades that's upwards of around three quarters of an inch to maybe floating with an inch so this really helped out in a big way but we need more rain and we have to wait quite a few days for that to happen 40s early on we warm nicely to the 50s plenty of

21:56sunshine through the afternoon but if you're out and about just have a light jacket or a sweatshirt that chilly breeze out of the north stays with us most of the day right now 44 with that north breeze at 12 miles an hour 21 degrees colder than yesterday with widespread temperatures in the low to mid 40s top or 40s down in the sand hills evening plans if you're heading out on the town it'll be cool we'll get down to the 40s fairly quickly into the evening hours winds calm down overnight and we could have a freeze in spots early tomorrow morning there's a pattern change coming though that means more rain we need that more on that coming up in just a few minutes all right Steve thank you well happening now over 70 no Kings rallies are taking place around the nation in opposition to President Trump and his agenda including right here in the triangle so we have our own Michael Purchase live in the whole city the morning Michael what is the crowd looking like there what's the turnout good morning the first handful of folks making the way here to CCB Plaza many of them holding signs getting ahead of today's plan rally set to start here at

22:5610 30 we've seen a number of these protests during the Trump administration under that no Kings banner including this past June and October issues driving turnout have varied from immigration force from the U.S. involvement overseas conflicts of the role of outside money in politics today they are expected actions in Durham rally carry in Chapel Hill amongst others in the triangle as I mentioned right here in the bull city this is all set to begin at 10 30 we will have reports wrapping up these demonstrations later this afternoon in Durham on Michael Purchase KBC 11 eyewitness news all right Michael thank you of course we'll be watching those throughout the day and bringing the latest throughout the day online and on air well House Republicans push through their own funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security after rejecting a deal passed by the Senate with bipartisan support the House bill passed 213 to 203 last night the bill as a short term measure that would extend funding for the entire department for eight weeks Senate Democrats have already said the House Republicans would be planned would be dead on arrival in their chamber

23:57as a result the shutdown will continue with no end in sight right now the Senate bill would have reopened DHS without funds for ice and border control that infuriated many House Republicans who put forward their alternative plan instead well you switch gears now to sports the blue devils are on to the elite eight up in the nation's capital they got the job done against number five seed St. John's Trey Miles was there and tells us what's next for Duke once again just four words Duke finds a way the blue devils show incredible resolve going down 10 points in the second half but they're able to call out of a hole to beat St. John's 80 to 75 to advance to their third elite eight in a row Duke trying to make program history up against the coaching legend Rick Patino the blue devils took an early seven point lead and then things turned St. John's used constant full court pressure to force turnovers and scored quickly the red storm also hit nine threes in

24:57the first half and took a 40 to 39 lead into the break in the second half St. John's had another run this one 13 0 to take their largest lead of the game by 10 from there Duke settled in with an unlikely hero Kayla Foster broke his foot 21 days ago and he's the guy that turns the game around scoring seven straight for Duke Foster Cameron Booser and Isaiah Evans combined for 38 of Duke 41 second half points Duke on to the elite eight for the five point win yeah I feel great you know that's what we've been working for all year long in a game situation like I said it's really tough summer that's what we've battled through together I've got a lot of competitors in this group with a lot of dogs no one here scared of the moment we're all stepping up to the challenge again we've been in these situations then this entire year so we're prepared for it obviously you don't want to go down by 10 points but we're prepared for it man it feels great that was a big dog fight you know so it's probably a team now you know learning from these game and heading on to the next because you know we're not done yet I mean since I was a kid I watched

25:59Duke win national championships and I've always dreamed to be a part of it so like I said whatever I could do provide a boost for these guys to you know help us come out with the win Duke now finds himself in a big time match up with Yukon on Sunday with a spot at the final four on the line from here in Washington DC trade on miles ABC 11 eyewitness news trade thanks and over on the women's side Duke B LSU Tigers last night overturning the score the last minute an unbelievable moment they won 87 to 85 a little face the number one C UC LA tomorrow at 3 p.m. Tore Hills they lost in the sweet 16 to the undefeated number one C Yukon Huskies final score 63 42 and it all leads up to the women's championship game on Sunday April 5th and Phoenix Arizona tip off 330 right here on ABC 11 governor Josh Stein outlining his priorities to support rural communities the 2026 rural summit was held in Raleigh yesterday morning the governor and his team highlighting their commitment to invest in infrastructure broadband access affordable health care and safe drinking water

27:03Stein says rural North Carolina needs to be part of the state's success story that means that more people are saying more opportunity and more places which is exactly the how it should be because if you work hard where you come from should never limit how far you can go and the governor and his cabinet are traveling throughout the state to meet with community litter leaders to hear their concerns and priorities for strengthening rural communities we turn now to the growing opposition in person county over a new rule to change for male lake the nearly 3000 acre reservoir in person county just below the Virginia border is owned by Duke Energy it's a popular spot for fishing boating swimming and camping permanent docks are not permitted on the lake but since the 90s lake property owners have used converted pontoon boats to act like docks you can see him right there and for now decades later Duke Energy says those pontoons must go the utility company is now asking the NC Wildlife Resource Commission to enforce

28:07the rule that has been in place since the late first open back in 1978 but has not been enforced residents are holding a town meeting this morning at 10 of Lawrence Avenue Baptist Church just across the border in Virginia. New jobs coming to Smithfield after town council approves a new industrial park and a golf star Tiger Woods in custody this morning after a crash and what's the drink of choice for North Carolinians we're reviewing the top-selling spirits at ABC stores just ahead good morning Steve. Hey good morning there Bianca good morning everyone still some clouds out there right now in Wake County and off to our north and east and these are drifting south where a lot of us already have sunshine we're in the 40s now we'll get brighter as we go throughout the day but only 50s for highs we get warmer tomorrow and a big warm-up next week details after the break this is first alert weather from America leads the world in medicine development it matters we get new medicines first nearly three years faster five million

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30:10at 49 degrees canes have a five o'clock start time against the devils of mid 50s as you walk when you head home about 49 degrees under mainly clear skies it's a quiet day across that country for travel not a lot going on New York looks good at lana 69 maybe a spotty shower but no delays expected there in Dallas Denver at 82 in Seattle in the mid 50s so far this morning we've been looking pretty good we do have some delays in Philly this morning about a half hour got your seven day coming up in just a few minutes Bianca all right Steve thank you and Johnson County and industrial park is expected to bring up to 200 new jobs to Smithfield the town council approved plans for a clarius park on highway 70 business across from St. Anne's Catholic Church the plan calls for four different industrial buildings on 75 acres construction is expected to begin this summer the entire group was arrested for DUI after a roll over crash what we're learning and here at home people getting ready for the Durham crop hunger walk we hear from the coordinator and as we head to break here goes a lie looking to

31:10downtown Raleigh a great day to get outdoors get those errands done we are local news ABC 11 eyewitness news continues now the annual Durham crop hunger walk returns this weekend it's tomorrow at Duke Chapel it's the 52nd year of the event Alice Sharp the coordinator stop by to our studio to talk about the importance the walk is an effort to eradicate hunger locally nationally and globally and Durham has been at the top of the national crop walks for many many years and we hope that you join us this weekend for the crop hunger walk registration begins at 130 the walk starts at 230 the Durham crop hunger walk supports 12 local food pantries with 25 percent of the money raced in right here in the Durham community ABC 11 together is a proud sponsor and again one more we want to tell you want to remind you that March madness you can watch the Duke women's team tomorrow Sunday right here 3 p.m. on ABC 11 we want

32:18to make sure everybody tunes in Steve absolutely yeah it's so we got both two men and women for Duke exactly they're pulling through that's good okay looking downtown right now getting brighter we talk about the clouds are moving off to the south and that's happening and we have some clouds there in Durham as well the plenty of sunshine as well it's going to be a chilly day today about 30 degrees colder than yesterday so grab that jacket or sweatshirt you'll want that warmer week ahead though 70s and 80s are going to come back but there are signs we're going to get a pattern change mid to late week and that'll increase our rain chances as we'll see more moisture coming up from the south the drier stays to the north and we'll tap into this moisture and increase our rain chances so Wednesday especially into Wednesday night Thursday and even into Friday we've increased those rain chances and we look forward to that as well there's a visible shot showing the clouds pushing south still a lot of clouds and Fayetteville at this time also in the Wilson give a time though these are going to push to the south and everyone's going to have plenty of sunshine if you're going to get that yard work done today might need a sweatshirt even for them will be in the

33:20mid 50s but that breeze out of the north could gust between 20 and 30 making it feel even colder but lots of sunshine anticipated as we go throughout the day today and you can see that flow right out of the north as we go throughout the day now the last 30 days or so we've been well above average again and not just a few degrees many days significantly above and we'll do that again starting in the mid 70s as we go on the Monday 80s for a couple of days and then we'll go back to the 70s with increased rain chances as that front settles in from the north we're looking at some sunshine right now at north hills with a north breeze at about 12 miles an hour low 40s and Oxford 43 in the rocks were a 48 in the Irwin on average we're a good 20 to 25 degrees colder than this time yesterday so a big change for sure head now for a walk after dinner tonight numbers falling quickly down to the 40s clear skies winds calm down and we could have a freeze in spots overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning we're in the mid 70s on Monday we're looking fantastic about 80 on Tuesday but we look upstream and we see our next weathermaker there's that

34:25front that'll be coming our way mid to late week increasing our rain chances up in the mountains today and tomorrow we're looking pretty darn good with 60s in the southern mountains I think the beaches now where you see in some of the showers well good it's been pulled out that's because the rain is pretty much done still around Oak Island it's wet there this morning but give it another hour in the rain will be over with but 50s if you're going to the beach that's a chilly walk a little bit better tomorrow with low to mid 60s will be in the 50s to from 53 in Henderson 56 in Newrali in favor of 57 a chilly north breeze today times gusting up to near 30 miles an hour and cold tonight winds will calm down allowing good radiation or cooling because the freezing temperatures in a few areas so expect some frost early and then 65 in the afternoon the Durham crop walk will be fine it's in the afternoon we'll see the numbers warming up April 1st we have to introduce a chance at a shower thunderstorm later in the day best chance of rain is probably Thursday but with a front nearby we'll keep some light rain around on Friday as well and we need a rainfall

35:28we'll be back right after this 951 on this Saturday morning when it comes to what North Carolinians are buying at the ABC store there's one brand that is leading the pack according to our news gathering partners at the news and observer Tito's and made vodka is the top selling spirit in North Carolina the margin is pretty wide stay data shows more than 300,000 cases of Tito's were sold over the past two fiscal years with half-gallon bottles leading the way as for runners up Don Julio Reposato came at number two that we got swearing off 80 proof vodka goodness y'all high noon vodka settlers always also got another vodka there and they say that the ABC system they have generated about 1.4 billion dollars in sales over two years with Mecklenburg and Wake Counties leading the state okay college students be careful those livers now oh my goodness I know one chance let's look at the weather yeah listen it's gonna be a chilly day today in the fifties clouds are moving on out tomorrow it'll be a cold star but a milder afternoon and then

36:31here come the eighties for a couple of days but good news we need the rain and it's gonna be coming into play Wednesday Thursday friday Wednesday opening day for the balls okay wonderful all right from the eyewitness news center i'm Bianca homel for Steve Stewart and the entire i'm witness starting a business can seem like a daunting task unless you have a partner like Shopify they have the tools you need to start and grow your business from designing a website to marketing to selling and beyond Shopify can help with everything you need there's a reason millions of companies like Mattel hides and all birds continue to trust and use them with Shopify on your site turn your big business idea into sign up for your one dollar per month trial at Shopify.com slash