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Ahead on eyewitness news at 4 o'clock, a Wake County couple behind bars this afternoon after investigators say they placed their 11-year-old child's feet into scalding hot water. We're taking a closer look into this disturbing case. And the family of a teen killed at a Fayetteville house party speaking with eyewitness news today, their emotional plea for justice. And I knew in his dying moments, he was thinking about me and in love that we shared. That's ahead. Also, March Madness has officially kicked off. We are live at Divine Sports Bar in Durham. We're a lot of Duke fans on the edge of their seat right now as Duke is facing Sienna and Sienna's up at the half.

Right now, live coverage from your local news leader, keeping you connected to your community and your first alert forecast. Here's what's happening where you live. This is ABC 11. I Witness News. Right now at 4, we're learning more about a disturbing child abuse case in Wake County. A couple behind bars after police say they placed their 11-year-old child's feet into scalding hot water leaving permanent damage. Thanks for joining us here this Thursday for the news at 4. I'm Amber Repenta. And I'm Lauren Johnson. Barbara is off today.

41-year-old Christopher Ross and his wife, 37-year-old Tamara Ross, at the center of this investigation. According to charging documents, the couple placed their 11-year-old's feet in scalding hot water, causing burns and blistering, which resulted in permanent scarring. Jemise Price live in Raleigh, where the couple faced away County judge today. Jemise, tell us what you're learning about the case. Lauren, these allegations are disturbing. We are learning through those court documents that these two are accused of abuse ranging from 2017 to 2026. So Tamara and Christopher Ross facing some serious charges against children. The two are charged with a felony intentional child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury and false

imprisonment. Both Tamara and Christopher appear before a Wake County judge through a video conference call system this afternoon. The two are accused of placing an 11-year-old feet into scolding hot water, causing burns and blistering to the feet and permanent scarring. Christopher Wasch was also accused of placing a washcloth over the victim's mouth, allowing water to run over it, making it hard for the child to breathe. It was in court where we learned these charges are only some of the heinous allegations against the 11th, against the parent Tamara Ross and Christopher Ross. The prosecution laid out some of those allegations today in court. Take a listen.

That was informed that this defendant made her consume all of her calories at one meal would not let her eat at any point other than the day. She was not allowed to eat on Saturdays. Defendant also put the victims again, as Ms. Chiquia said, head in the sink of a washpoth over her mouth and ran the water. essentially waterboarding her, she could not breathe. Now the 11-year-old is the birth daughter of Tamara Ross and the stepdaughter of Christopher Ross. No bond for Tamara and Christopher Ross that judge this afternoon cited Arena's law, a new criminal reform bill that changes how judges that bond for people charged with violent offenses. Now, the next court date is scheduled for April 9th and 9 a.m. in Raleigh, Jimmy's Price, ABC 11, eyewitness. disturbing details to hear.

Jamis, thank you. Right now at 4, 17-year-old Fayetteville teen, facing murder charges in connection with the shooting at a house party last weekend. Penelope Lopez is joining us live in Fayetteville. She's outside the Cumberland County Courthouse. So Penelope, I know that you spoke with the family. It is heartbreaking to hear from them.

How are they coping? That's right. It was an emotional conversation. They remember Harrison as a gentle and loving. They said he loved playing his. video games, hanging out with his friends, most importantly, his dream of becoming something in this cybersecurity field. He called that for his mama, and I knew in his dying moments he was thinking about me

and in love that we shared. Nina Anderson says she is trying to stay strong, but losing her only son to gun violence has left her heartbroken. I was told that Harrison was trying to contact me as she was. He got shot. It just wrenched my heart. I called back and I didn't get an answer. It began Saturday evening when Harrison and two friends who were on spring break decided to go to a house party.

An argument broke out. And Naina says Harrison tried to de-escalate the situation. As he was walking away, she says 18-year-old Harrison was shot from behind. Now only three days after the shooting, 17-year-old Justice Miller is in custody. facing a first-degree murder charge. The family hopes Harrison's name lives on. I want my son to be remembered for the courage that he had, for the light that he's shown.

And what started, the argument is still under investigation. Now, this comes just one month after Harrison lost his grandfather. We were able to speak with two of his sisters, Olivia and Desiree, will hear from Desiree and the next next hour. For now, live in Fayetteville. Penelope Lopez, ABC 11, eyewitness news. So heartbreaking for the entire family. Penelope, we'll see you soon with more. Thank you. It's the last day of winter, and it's certainly starting to feel like spring. Temperatures hitting the 60s today compared to yesterday's 40-degree weather. Golfers in Briar Creek taking full

advantage of the nice weather today, getting out on the course. Let's send things over to meteorologist Cruz Medina, who can tell us all about the warm up that's headed our way. Hi, Cruz. Hi there. Yeah, it's going to be warm indeed going forward in time. So tipters today were already an improvement from yesterday where we were in the 40s. This afternoon, we're in the 60s, tomorrow's 70s, near 80 by Saturday, and then by Sunday, we're well into the 80s. If anything, I've bumped that up a degree since our noon newscast. So Sunday, start making some plans to be outside. Now, even today, where it was only in the 60s, I've seen lots of people walking around at downtown Kerry Park. You can see some little kids playing back here. It's 60 degrees in Kerry right now. And so the

evening's looking pretty nice. We'll have a mix of sun and clouds. Tipters will stay fairly mild through about 6 p.m. Then after that we fall into the 50s, so we don't fall as quickly as we have in previous nights. That said, it's still going to be a chilly night ahead. Tipters will drop into the mid-30s. Few clouds out there could be some patchy areas of frost. It's not going to be a widespread concern for tonight. And then tomorrow, if you're heading out for a morning walk or just on your way to work early tomorrow morning, you'll probably still want the jacket for the morning hours by noon already reaching 62. afternoon those tipters keep climbing into the low 70s so all of us should be well into the 70s tomorrow the warmest spots down near Fayetteville so the sand hills 74 degrees there 72 in roxborough

and 73 and the triangle we'll talk a little bit more about a cool down on the way and why you should enjoy that warmth while we have it coming up in your seven day forecast back to you cruise thank you now to some other local headlines this thursday and your speed feed first we are learning of two different measles cases in our viewing area coverland county health officials say that they have been notified of measles exposure. If you were at Gates 4 Golf and Country Club on March 13th, between the hours of 8.30 in the morning and 3.30 in the afternoon, you are asked to monitor yourselves for symptoms through April the 10th. In Moore County, health leaders also warning of a measles exposure there, they say an out-of-state traveler who's been confirmed to have measles

visited the Legacy Golf Course Pro Shop on U.S. Highway 15 and 51 in Aberdeen. That person was there on March the 11th between 7 a.m. and noon. So if you think you might have been exposed, you're also asked to monitor yourself for any measles symptoms. Meantime, Clayton Police releasing new details about a late night chase that ended in a crash. Police say it started when officers spotted a car which they believed had been stolen from a dealership in the Garner area. When officers attempted a traffic stop, they say the driver took off leading them on a chase that continued into Wake County. That chase ended on East Garner Road when the vehicle crashed into a tree and then burst into flames. The driver suffered

serious injuries, including burns. That drivers now being treated at WakeMed, and charges are pending. In Chatham County, the Sheriff's Office has identified a body found in the northwestern part of the county. That person has been identified as 38-year-old William Cooper III of Alamance County. His body was found yesterday in a field near the 900 block of Moon Lindy Road. A discovery comes just days after the Sheriff's Office received a call about a suspicious person in the same area.

Deputies searched the area but could not find him at that time based on evidence, investigators believe that that person they received the call about was Cooper. They are still working to learn how he died, but they do not suspect foul play. And that is your Thursday. Speed feed, Lauren, back to you. All right, Amber, right now the Durham City Council is discussing the future of the old police department headquarters, the building on West Chapel Hill Street has sat vacant since 2018. City leaders are looking at whether to purchase and redevelop the property or work with a nonprofit to preserve it.

Akila Davis joins us live in Durham. Akila, you were at that meeting. Tell us what ideas were discussed. Hi, Lorne. Durham community members are really pushing the city to act fast on this property. They say the old Durham police headquarters has set empty for about eight years. This all comes as the city faces an affordable housing crisis. Today's presentation and proposal is about a compromise where we can enact affordable housing sooner versus later on part of that acreage and then dream with city council down the road for the possibility of more to create a real neighborhood.

Several community members voiced their support for affordable housing. This as city council members heard a redevelopment presentation from Durham Can, a coalition of local leaders pushing for change. They laid out two proposals, both focused on bringing affordable housing to the northwest portion of the property where the old police headquarters sits. The first calls for a five-story building with 80 units in parking, costing about $4.2 million. The second, a seven-story building, also with 80 units in parking, totals 6.3 million. This is an opportunity for us to advocate for affordable housing to be built on the property as soon as possible, and it would only take a small portion of the property.

And ahead of five of the two plans, I'll tell you which is being considered and why. Reporting live in Durham, Akela Davis, ABC 11, eyewitness news. Okay, Akela will see you then for that. Coming up, March Madness is in action, kicking on. off today, both UNC and Duke, hoping to make it to the next round. Kate Rogerson traveling with UNC. She's going to join us with a preview of what's coming up after the break. Hey, Kate. Hey, Amber, hey Lauren.

Mortch Maddust is so exciting for everyone, but especially all those players getting to play in it for the first time. Coming up, we hear from two tar heels that are excited for their first time in the big dance. That's ahead. Also, the war with Iran. Attacks on oil infrastructure in the Middle East region are now having a ripple effect on the world economy. Cruz? All right, it's time for a check of First Alert traffic. This is I-40 at Event Ferry, and you can see things are moving along smoothly in both directions.

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We are Local News Weeknights 4 to 630 and 11. Now to the war with Iran, Iran escalating attacks on oil refineries all around the Gulf today. And now the Pentagon is looking for more money to fund the war. ABC's Olivia Rubin has those details. Today, refineries on fire, fueling fears of a wider war and soaring energy prices. Iran launching attacks on oil and gas sites around the Gulf, new videos showing smoke rising from refineries hit in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Iran admitting it attacked the world's largest liquefied natural gas field in Qatar after Israel bombed its largest gas facility. President Trump today's saying he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I told him don't do that and he won't do that. We didn't discuss. You know, we do, we're independent, we get along great.

It's coordinated, but on occasion he'll do something and if I don't like it. And so we're not doing that. And the Pentagon today asking for more money. It takes money to kill bad guys. The request to the White House a stunning $200 billion. And it's a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top. The president meeting with the Japanese prime minister in the Oval Office today asked by a Japanese reporter why the U.S. had not given allies a heads up about launching the initial strikes into Iran. You don't want to signal too much.

You know, when we go in, we went in very hard. And we didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay. Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Okay? Right? And now a major development today, a source telling ABC News,

a U.S. F-35 was forced to make an emergency landing last night after it was believed to come under Iranian fire. That would be a first in this war. The source adding the fighter jet made an emergency. emergency landing at a U.S. base in the region and that the pilot is in stable condition. Olivia Rubin, ABC News, Washington. President Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Homeland Security could be one step closer to being confirmed. Mark Wayne Mullen's nomination will move forward for a full Senate vote after Democratic Senator John Federman crossed the aisle to advance it out of committee.

Federman's vote was crucial after Republican Chairman Rand Paul said he would not support Mullen over concerns about the Oakland. the Oklahoma Senator's temperament. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he hopes to hold Mullen's confirmation vote early next week. Mark Madden is officially underway. Both Triangle teams hitting the court in round one play. Number one seat at Duke facing Sienna right now. Things are looking a little rough or watching the game. 4736, Duke is down.

People don't want to hear that in the triangle, but our camera crew is out and look. It's quiet here. This is a Blue Devils go-go to. This is Devine's restaurant and sports bar in Durham right there on West Main Street. You can see fans watching closely to see if Duke will be able to pull off that W. Our Trayvon Miles is also on the road. He is with Duke, so he's going to have more. He's watching very closely right now, I'm sure.

He's going to have more coming up at 530. Real quiet in there. That's the calmest man I'm seeing with the tied shirt on right there. All right, let's go to Kate Roderson, who's on the road with UNC. They take on VCU tonight at 650. We don't have to sweat for this game yet, Kate, because tip off hasn't happened yet, but how's it going so far? I don't know if you can hear any of the.

energy in this building, but there's a lot of ooze, a lot of eyes. Everybody is so excited. Warch Madness is a huge event for fans. It's something that looked forward to all year long. We can say the same thing about the players, especially those on the tar heels. New NC enters the NCAA tournament as a six seed. They have four players on their roster with significant NCAA tournament experience. For everyone else, this is new.

Freshman guard Derek Dixon told me that he has been, it's beyond excited since earning his way into the starting five. Junior guard, Jaden Young, grew up a Tar Heel fan and Goldsboro. He transferred from Virginia Tech for moments like this. Young says being in the dance hasn't hit him yet and it probably won't until he runs out of the tunnel versus VCU. Honestly, just been with this group of guys. It's my first time. Just being here, taking it all in, willing to have fun with these guys and doing whatever it takes them once. It's unreal, honestly. Really excited to be here. You grow up dreaming about this, filling out brackets, watching all the

games. And Coach Davis told us this is where the 2017 team, this was the last time that they played here in the tournament. So maybe maybe it would give us some. some good luck. I hope so. March magic and good luck. It's a very powerful thing in this tournament. North Carolina, as you mentioned, enters the tournament as a six seed. They've lost back-to-back game. So this Tar Heel group is hungry. They have a chip on their shoulder and they cannot wait to hit the court versus VCU. The heels haven't played in a week. So it's been a slow burn getting ready for this moment. 6.50, the tip time will have more coming up at 5 o'clock. Back to you. All right, Kate, we'll see you then. And Governor Josh Stein getting in on the March Madness Action

filling out his bracket. Yeah, and get this, none of our local three teams here in the We're in his pick for the final four. He actually has Michigan and Houston in the championship and Michigan winning it all. We have two teams from Michigan. Well we have one that's coached by a Carolina boy, Kelvin Samson, Robinson County. And then we got U.M. And then the champion is going to be the University of Michigan. What?

What? That's got a lot of people talking. Come on, Gov. You're the governor of North Carolina. I know. Do you take any North Carolina team? No. You can see his bracket and people are saying he's a Michigan fan now.

We're going to have to talk to him about that next time we see him out of the hour. Seriously. Yeah. We got some questions. We need an exclusive sit down about your bracket. Yes, we do. Cruz, did you do your bracket? I sure did, but I'm not telling you who I.

Okay. Don't say it or. Some things are better left unsaid. Going forward for our forecast this weekend, that's what we're looking ahead to. And so start making some plans. It's going to be very warm outside, but it's also going to be a dry weekend. So you could be outside, don't have to worry about the rain, and tipters are going to feel more like June. So Saturday, tipters in the middle tipter for 70s, and then Sunday, look at that, 86 degrees. So we could be nearing a record as we go into Sunday.

All around, it's going to be warm. But where is this warmth coming from? because it was just cold yesterday and the day before. So we don't really have any big fronts nearby, but we do have a big dome of high pressure building back to our west. And to that heat, it all has to come in this direction. It's going to be pushed toward us, if anything, by a cold front that comes in early next week.

So Sunday, it's going to be so warm because the winds are really going to pick up out of the southwest ahead of that front, and then the front itself arrives Monday, cooling us down into the middle of next week. This evening, it'll cool down pretty quickly. Diphters will stay in the 60s through about, about 6 p.m. So not necessarily a windows down on your evening drive type of day, but it's not going to feel as cold as yesterday evening. Tipters will stay in the 50s for quite some time.

It'll take until about 10 p.m. for us to fall into the 40s. Overnight, though, other than just a few clouds out there, tipters will fall quickly. We go all the way down into the upper 30s to low 40s across the region. It could be some isolated areas that see frost. That's not going to be a widespread concern for tonight. But into tomorrow afternoon, look at that. We're going well into the 70s, low to mid 70s, across central North Carolina a decent amount of sunshine and we do have a weak disturbance coming through that could bring some showers late tomorrow evening mainly overnight and that should clear out by the time we get into Saturday. So tomorrow as you plan your day, you might want a light jacket for the morning by the afternoon. You certainly won't need a jacket. You could honestly

wear a t-shirt if you wanted to, maybe even some shorts too with those 70s on the way. But if you're going to spend any amount of time outside, we've been talking about this a lot. The tree pollen is very elevated for this time of the year. So it's about to peak sometime, either late this month or into the first week of April. That's kind of when we see the peak, at least a pine pollen, which honestly is not causing you as much concerns as things like oak, walnut, and maple trees right now, but just keep that in mind. Now this weekend, if you're not staying local and you're going somewhere like the mountains, it's also going to be pretty warm out there. Just watch out in Boone and Banner Elk could be a few showers around. Elsewhere looking pretty dry. So great weekend for

a little trip in state to this. somewhere other than here. All right. So beyond the weekend, Monday's still warm, 78 for that high and isolated storm. And then we drop into the 50s for next Tuesday. And then those tipters are going to climb back up by the time we get to the end of the week. Next Thursday, a high of 74. So the roller coaster continues. Cruz, don't leave your bracket on your desk because I might go over there and try to see you not winning at all. I did hear your forecast. Oh, thank you. Okay.

Thank you. Still had Dairy Queen is looking to get a jump start on spring. After the break, the sweet treat, the ice cream chain is offering today. Today, the Wayne County Animal Services is offering four low-cost rabies vaccination clinics. Vaccinations will be available for just $5 per pet. Residents may attend any of the following drive-up clinic Saturday, March the 28th. We have a list of those times and locations there on your screen. And there'll be another coming up on April the 4th. The clinics are cash only and you must have a valid ID.

And thousands of clothing steamers have been recalled due to the hoses risk of malfunctioning. includes more than 700,000 Wagner 900 series power steamers. The attached toes can overheat and the nozzle can leak hot water posing a burn risk. The steamers were sold nationwide at hardware stores, Target, Walmart and online between 2018 and this month. Users are advised to stop using them immediately and contact Wagner for a free repair kit. So far, more than 50 burn injuries have been reported. Dairy Queen is celebrating the start of spring with free ice cream cones today. All you have to is visit a DQ and you'll get a free vanilla soft served cone, but you do have to do it in person. And mall locations, by the way, are not participating in that giveaway.

That's news you can use. Lauren, back to you. Amber, coming up at the bottom of the hour, getting in and out of the DMV has gotten really easy. After the break, the I team is looking deeper into the massive drop in wait times and the changes the agency has made to help move those lines along faster. and a sea of pink and green has taken over the Raleigh Convention Center. We're talking about the annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, the economic boost. The big event is expected to bring to the city. We are local news. ABC 11 eyewitness news continues now.

And we're back with this, new here at 4 and I-Team investigation is revealing some good news for North Carolina drivers. Average wait times at DMV offices across the state dropping significantly. over the last few months. That's according to new data from the DMV. ABC 11's I-teams, John Dowding, is here now with the first look at this new data. This has been something they've been trying to do for a long time, John. And it's definitely a sigh of relief for drivers across the state. And we're not just talking about decreases in wait times of five or 10 minutes on average. We're talking about in some locations here in the triangle,

drops in almost two or three hours on average as a change in those wait times. My daughter said the line is short. We don't know. over and I came on over. Get ready for a speedier experience at North Carolina DMV offices. After months of hours long waits and an I-team investigation, DMV offices across the state seeing massive drops in average wait times. One of the most improved offices is right here in the triangle, the Raleigh North DMV office, right off the Spring Forest Road.

Back in September, the average wait time there sat at more than three and a half hours. But last month, the average weight is down to just less than 20 minutes. And now you can see wait times for each DMV office across the state online. We're starting to see lagging wait times in the afternoons all across the state, even in the urban areas, even right here in Raleigh. And so using the wait time tool online and checking, you might be able to get service really easily. So what changes contributed to this huge drop in average wait times and just how long are drivers waiting at DMVLA offices here in the triangle? We'll share those details coming up right here at 5. Lauren.

Okay, John, we'll see you then. Thank you now at 4 the Rocky Mount City Council calling a special meeting as the town continues to grapple with the financial crisis. Earlier this month, we reported results from a state audit which found the city went through 80% of its cash reserves. In just two years, the report alleges the blame lies with the former city manager, Keith Rogers, deemed, quote, unqualified and enabling city council. In response to the budget crisis, the city eliminated nearly 90 jobs,

forced residents to pay more in property taxes and utility bills. Well, today we learn just how much more people could be paying for their bills. The rate path that we're proposing to move forward with will recover almost $92 million. And so this is an 8% increase across the board. So an 8% increase, electric rate increase is what we're looking at collectively across this utility system. This would get us an additional $6.8 million off the first. And the reasoning for the additional revenue is to replenish the city's zero fund balance. It will be another very busy weekend in downtown Raleigh with the 73rd annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

More than 4,700 women expected to fill the convention center for fellowship and leadership, but also to support this year's service project. The project titled, We Are Legendary Period, is a collection drive that will benefit the diaper bank of North Carolina. Right now, the diaper bank is addressing period poverty across the state through its period power initiative. The project supplies over 1,000 public schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels with feminine hygiene products. And this year, the organization's goal is to serve 73,000 people, so they've already reached 63,000. We looked at the girls that are going to school today. We don't want to have any barrier for them to even go to class. And so, and we noticed, too, that one and three girls, they have this problem.

So to us, supplies, mental supplies are actually school supplies. So we wanted to make sure that those girls could go to school without worrying about any of these supplies when they get there. According to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, this conference is also expected to spend more than $600,000 with minority, black, and women-owned businesses, and to bring in more than $4 million to the local economy. New at four, the Raleigh Police Department is recognizing one of their officers for his very quick thinking. Sergeant M.T. Forren was recently honored by Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce after he jumped into action to save a child who fell into a partially frozen pond. It happened last month at Laurel Hills Park in Raleigh, Sergeant Forren was the first one to arrive there on the scene. He quickly jumped into that water and pulled that boy to safety. And we are looking ahead to the Triangle Lunge Forward 5K, the annual event raising awareness and support for those impact.

by lung cancer. Paige Humble, the chief executive officer of the Lung Forward, the Lung Cancer Initiative and the event. Stop by our studio today to tell us more about the event. And it's going to be for the whole family. It's, we've got activities for adults and kids. We have a kids zone with a bounce house and food truck. We have a recreational and timed 5K event. And we have activities for survivors. And lung cancer survivors are free. And for anybody that hasn't registered, we still have plenty of space. It's at triangle. lungeforward.org. But it's it's all about hope and about celebration. The triangle lunge forward 5K run walk and celebration begins at 8.30 this Saturday morning at coca booth

amphitheater. For more info, you can head to ABC11.com. This just in. ABC is not moving forward with the new season of The Bachelorette. It was supposed to premiere on Sunday with reality star Taylor Frankie Paul as the Bachelorette. But video shared online shows a fight from a few years ago between Paul and her ex with her child in the room. In a statement, Disney Entertainment Television said, quote, in light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of The Bachelorette.

At this time, our focus is on supporting the family. Still ahead, we are getting a firsthand look at the damage left behind after last week's violent attack on a Michigan temple, the synagogue sharing photos of that devastation. Plus, the major changes the FAA is making that will impact how high. helicopters operate near busy airports. We're learning a funeral plans for Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shaw.

He's the man who was shot and killed by a man previously convicted of terrorism charges. Shaw was back at work on the campus of Old Dominion University last week when the attack happened. He served more than 20 years in the military, even serving with the 82nd Airborne Division on Fort Bragg. According to a Facebook post from the ROTC, there will be a public viewing for Shaw on Saturday at the presidential funeral services in Portsmouth, Virginia, a celebration of last. will be held on Sunday at Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, federal agents continue to investigate this incident saying, Mohamed Jallo, open fire inside an ROTC classroom or Shah taught as a professor of military science. For the first time, we are seeing pictures of the devastation left behind after a man rammed

his truck into a Michigan temple. Temple Israel and West Bloomfield sharing these photos of the school after last week's attack. You can see classrooms destroyed, broken glass all over the floor, burnt pictures. The attack happened last week. Police say 41-year-old Amen Mohamed rammed his truck into the building. He died following a shootout with security and a fire that erupted. The temple remains closed at this time as recovery efforts continue. The Federal Aviation Administration is making a major change to how helicopters operate near busy airports. Under a new order published Wednesday, air traffic controllers will now use radar to track helicopters flying near planes, taking off and landing. Until now, chopper pilots have been

allowed to rely on visual separation to avoid other aircraft. But that practice came under scrutiny after a deadly mid-air collision last year near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people. Investigators also found thousands of close calls in recent years. Up next year at 4 o'clock, a surreal scene caught on camera. This is in an airport gift shop. Have you seen this? A very real stowaway spotted hiding on a shelf full of stuffed animals. We have that after the break. Plus spring begins tomorrow. We've got tips on how you can help your plant survive the change in seasons. New at Ford.

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Showtime, Barbara Gibbs caught up with one of the stars of the play Stereophonic running now at the Deepak. This week, the most Tony Award-nominated play of all time is at Deepak. Stereophonic takes us to a music studio in 1976 where an up-and-coming rock band recorded a new album and suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. Joining us to talk about this show is Christopher Moad. He plays Reg the Bassist. Thank you for being with us.

Thanks for having me. All right, so is this the kind of thing where the audience is like a fly on the wall, watching what happens? Exactly. Okay, cool. So walk us through it. Yeah, it's very documentary style in a way.

And I'd say it's kind of like a love letter to the creative process of making an album that will then become the biggest album. And you're just kind of watching them as they struggle with trying to get the sounds right, and their personal relationships getting closer and falling apart. Sure that goes on behind the scenes with a lot of some of the big groups that we watch and that we love. Would you say this is kind of modeled after a particular, or is this fictitious, or how would you phrase that?

We're a fictitious band, and we're never named over the course of the show, but it's modeled on several bands in the 70s, that era. I kind of think it harkens back to a time where bands were really coming together to make something bigger than the sum of their parts and there wasn't kind of one kind of ring leader that would kind of figure it all out. And this is the kind of struggle that happens when people all want to bring their own flavor and their own art to something. And there's someone that has great taste that can take you to the next level, but at what cost? And how does the audience react? They react usually.

There's guffaws and hoots and hoots and hollers sometimes. And so we've had many audience members yell out sometimes because of just an intense kind of experience. Because you feel like you're part of this recording process with them, and there's just this almost purgatory of being stuck somewhere, plodding away. And, you know, it reminds me of, like, going through the grocery store, and I'll hear, like, the Eagles playing or Rillin' The Years or something, and you don't think about anything other than just that beautiful song,

but, like, how many painstaking months was spent crafting and disagreements with the sound of the guitars, the tones, the melodies, the harmonies, If you're a musician or if you're an artist at all, you'll feel extremely triggered in a sense of like, I know what that looks like, I know what that feels like. I think you'll leave with a different appreciation for all of what it costs to make such miraculous pieces of art that affect us so deeply. Wow, Christopher, thank you so much for being here. We wish success. So glad you're in town. Stereophonic plays through Sunday at Deepak and tickets are still available.

Barbara, thank you. Now to today's top trending stories in real life. news first, a cuddly culprit in Canada seems to be ignoring international law on a daily basis. It's a cat that's jumped back and forth between the United States and Canada. However he wants. Louis the cat lives on Zero Avenue in South Surrey, which sits smack on the border of Canada and the U.S. There's no fences. There's no concrete blocks, just a little ditch and signs warning people not to cross, but several times a day, almost every day. Actually, you can catch Louis going back and forth between the two countries. quite where he wants to be, right?

All right, there was a furry surprise from some Australian travelers. A wild possum was found sitting among stuffed animals at a gift shop in the airport. A passerby recorded the imposter who was described as an airport employee as, quote, pretty comfortable with his friends there. The possum later left the shop, walked around the terminal. The airport said the possum was safely collected and relocated, and the gift shop was sanitized. as well in that gift shop. All right, let's go to Cupertino, California,

where dinner got a little interesting when a staff member had to step in to restrain a robot who was getting a little carried away there during a dancing performance. Video shows the robot dancing inside the restaurant, trying to entertain the guest, when it suddenly slapped his hand on a table, sending chopsticks and sauces flying everywhere.

It took three people to restrain the robot. They were eventually able to get it to stop, but not before a lot of chaos ensued, inside that restaurant. Amber, that is real news. Back to you. Right? I mean, this is what can happen

when the robots are taking over. Lauren, thank you. I knew this afternoon. As spring approaches, many start to think about refreshing their homes with a lot of greenery and flowers, right? Neeraldes Cruz Medina's here with more on how you can use your green thumb

properly as we transition into the warmer months. Do you have a green thumb, Cruz? You know, a little bit, but I will say I have also had some failed attempts in the past. And this season transition that we're going through right now. It's kind of tricky because we've seen the tipterus go up just to come back down. And so we actually talked with experts about how you can navigate planting while the seasons change. If you don't like the weather, just wait an hour. It's a phrase used all over from the Bay Area to

the Berkshires, but it definitely rings true here in North Carolina. I've been in this industry for about 25 years plus. I've never left it because I enjoy it, right? The roller coaster ride just makes it a little bit more fun in the spring season. Even with the bright sun here at Lake Willer, it was still another cold morning. But you just got to be cautious. You can pull them into your house during that period of time,

or you can frost cloth them or spray them. There's a few options you can do to protect them just for these cold snaps that are kind of coming up. Action is a great oxygenator for your house, and on top of that, they take a lot of abuse. ABC 11, Cindy Bay went down to Logans near the State Farmers Market

to find out what to plant and when it's a good time to do so. Now is a great time, especially for your larger trees and shrubs. You want to get those into the ground early so they can establish a root system before the summer season. That's a chance of loss is that it's greatest. Now, you just got to be careful for your certain early variety vegetables and early varieties like your petunias. He feels that waiting maybe another week or two until we get into April may be the best plan to make your garden grow. All right, so some great tips there and then something else to keep in mind. We mentioned this pretty often, but it's best practice to not plant until after tax day.

So our average last frost at RDU is April 16. So if you can hold out until then, that's great. If you want to start planting things and keeping them inside just so that the seeds can, you know, sprout, get some roots going and then plant them later. You could also do that. But I can tell you, we've got some more cold nights ahead and tonight's going to be one of them. So for your evening walk, tipters will be in the 60s. Those tipters eventually fall into the 50s for most of the evening.

And then later tonight, we should see the lows go all the way down into the 30s once again. So even though tomorrow is going to feel like a spring day in the afternoon, in the morning, you might still want to have a light jacket with you with those tipgers in the 30s. That's going to be what the kiddos are heading out to the bus stop to 38 for that 7 a.m. Tipter by the time they're coming home, they could ditch the jackets as tipgers will be in the low 70s. So significantly above average tomorrow. And that's just the start of the warm up because it gets much warmer as we go into this weekend. Look at this.

79 on Saturday. If you're heading out to the Lunge 5K, it's going to feel great for that. And then Sunday, 86. So that's 25 degrees above average on Sunday. It's going to feel more on par with what we would see in the month of June. By the time we get into Monday, still warm 78, isolated storms possible for the second half of the day. Then we cool down briefly. And then those tipter is going to rise right back into the 70s by the time we get to the back half of next week.

So it's tricky to plant right now, but we just shared some of those tips with you, and I'm sure you can find them on our website as well. So if you're planning soon, just hopefully hold off a little bit longer to plant them outside. Right now, you could start planning, maybe inside, keep those plants covered and protected. All right, we've got Steve Daniels joining us now with what's coming up at 5 o'clock. Hey, Steve. Okay, Cruz, we got it. We'll deal with the taxes and then the garden after that. Now we go. We've had it figured out. Thanks. New here at five. We have something from the I-Team troubleshooter. She takes on a big airline after a triangle couple canceled a flight and was promised $1,300 in flight credits, but they couldn't get what they were promised until Diane Wilson stepped in. That's coming up new at five. And the madness of March is here. The NCAA tournament games are underway. Duke is in a battle this afternoon against Sienna, a 16-seed. High Point University knocked off Wisconsin this afternoon. Carolina getting ready to play this evening. And our sports team is traveling with Duke and Carolina. They'll be reporting in live from Greenwood. Greenville, South Carolina in the hour ahead. And we know which dog breed is the most popular in Raleigh, the new ranking from the American Kennel Club coming up new here at 5. Lauren will run down that list when I see you for the news in just a few minutes. I will be here, Steve Daniels.

Thank you. Coming up, realtors in Raleigh say homes are sitting empty for much longer. Yeah, why they say the Capitol City is seeing an increase in the number of days that homes are sitting on the market. Here's tonight's ABC Primetime Preview. 9-1-1 kicks off the night at 8. 7 Central. The 118 handles another dangerous call. And when Sue faces a medical crisis, the team jumps into action. Muscle weakness. She's having a stroke. I'll get her on her side. When to call for help. Then at 9-8 Central on 911 Nashville, a hiker falls from a trail,

and the team must determine if it was accidental or something more sinister. It's a balance to the show, and I know that that's where they're going to go with these emergencies. I just think that the scenes that we're doing, we try and make them as honest as possible. And at 10-9 Central, it's Gray's Anatomy. Lucas and Simone do what they can to support a terminally ill patient. That's followed by your late local news. Then Jimmy Kim alive with guest Robert Pattinson, Sarah Shahee, and musical guest, Tedesky Trucks Band.