ABC11 Eyewitness News - Eyewitness News at 5am - February 12, 2026

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Right 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. 5 a.m. on your Friday Eve, good morning, Carolina. Welcome on this Thursday. It's February 12th. I'm Joel Brown. And I'm Anna Rivera. Thanks so much for joining us today. Early voting kicks off today ahead of the March 3rd primary. What you need to know before you cast your ballot. Right now, public health leaders sounding the alarm after more. More measles cases are reported here in the triangle. We'll walk you through what we know. Right now, a search is underway for the suspect who shot and killed a father of five in Garner.

This morning we're hearing from the victim's friends about the devastating loss. All right, five o'clock in time for a first check of weather and traffic together. Meteorologist Quaylon Murphy is here after a couple of days of temperatures above average. We get back to what I find fine, just seasonal average temps. Yeah, we'll take it right after what, 17 day stretch of temps, the level average. nice settled into the 50s this afternoon. This morning it will feel colder. You'll notice a difference as you head out because it is much colder. Temperatures in the 30s for morning pick up for school under mainly clear skies on the way home. 54 degrees. No chance it showers today so the kids can leave the rain gear at home. Here's a view of that waning crescent moon over downtown Raleigh. We have some beautiful conditions out there right now. But you'll need the heavier coat for today or at least some added layers. 41 degrees right now in Smithville, Clinton, 42. It's 42 in Fayville. 40 in Durham and Raleigh-Syler City.

Definitely our coldest spot down to 27 right at freezing in Roanoke Rapids. So here's a change from yesterday at 15 to 25 degree drop. That cool wind from the north continues through the afternoon hour. So some passing clouds north and east of the triangle at this time. There's the front that came through yesterday to our south. High pressure builds in today. We'll be up to 50 degrees at lunchtime today. Temperatures low to mid-50s this afternoon.

Back to the upper 40s at 6 o'clock this evening. Your first alert that tomorrow morning will be colder down into the 20s. But a nice bruce. right finish to your Friday and your work week looking at a 50-50 weekend so dry condition Saturday but soaking rainfall on Sunday and then next week we're talking about another warm-up. I'll have more on that when I come back right now. We want to check those roads. Weather and traffic together.

Anna, back to you. Quaylan, roads really quiet right now. Our crash count still sitting at zero. Let's take a live look outside at the DOT cameras. This is 40 and Avent Ferry Road. You can see traffic still very light and moving nicely. Breaking overnight, a teenager in Durham is recovering after dodging gunfire from a drive by shooting. It happened around nine last night near Rosdale Avenue and Halley Street. Durham PD

says the 13-year-old boy was walking when a vehicle drove by and opened fire in his direction. They say the teen was hurt in the incident but expected to be okay. This is an ongoing investigation. Now to your voice, your vote. And today is the first day of early voting across this state. We've got our eyes on primary races for the midterms and local elections spurring turnout. ABC 11's Michael Partich, joining us live from Chavis Park. Raleigh and Michael there are some changes to the number of early voting sites this year. Good morning. Good morning, Jolana. This is one of 12 early voting sites in Wake County. According to the state, Audres Office, there are 319 early voting locations across the state. That's up 6% from the May 2020 primaries. Wake 1 of 17 counties in the state, which has seen an increase in the number of locations. Others in our area include Orange, Hornet, Samson, and Wilson. The Senate race at the top of the ticket generating plenty of conversation, but there are also down-ballot races likely to be competitive, raining from congressional seats to state House and state Senate to local elections. Key issues such as immigration enforcement

could play a role in spurring turnout. Folks are pretty interested in what's going on in government. We did have a shutdown not that long ago. So the issues that might be driving people to the polls are pretty salient right now. This location opening up at 8 o'clock this morning. February 28th at 3 o'clock election day, of course, Tuesday, March 3rd. I'm Michael Pertschick, ABC 11, eyewitness news. Okay, Michael, thank you. Now to another new case of measles reported here in the triangle. Public health officials, Wake and Wake, Durham and Johnston County is now warning about potential exposure

after people infected with a highly contagious illness went to public places. Tamara Scott, there she is, live at State Health Headquarters in West Raleigh to break down what we know. Good morning. Hey, good morning, Joel. Yeah, North Carolina health officials are urging people to think back and ask themselves if they were in any of these areas just last week. So the latest alert is in Johnson County where officials are reporting a person infected with measles, went to the hospital on Saturday.

Officials are also on alert in Durham. The county says last Friday, an infected person stopped at the Goodwill on Garrett Road, the Chubby Tacos on Hope Valley, and Plato's closet on Renaissance. Parkway and in Wake County, officials say last Thursday, an infected person traveled from out of state to the Breyer Creek area and visited five locations. Now, health officials don't want to scare anyone, but they do want you to be on the lookout for symptoms in case you were exposed. Symptoms include a high fever, cough, watery eyes, tiny white spots in your mouth and your most infectious before the onset of the red rash and four days after. It's more contagious than COVID-19 or some of these other viruses that we recently have seen and know about. Now the CDC says the vaccine, when the vaccine rates are 95%, the community has what's called herd immunity. And in North Carolina, 94% of kindergartners are vaccinated. And in Wake County, 94% of people are vaccinated.

So see a full list of all of these places that were exposed. Head over to ABC11.com. Back to you. Okay, Tamara, thank you. And this morning we're learning new information about the family at the center of a death investigation in Vance County. Yeah, two teenage siblings were found dead inside their home when deputies responded to Tory Drive on Monday night. The two victims were a 13-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy. Sheriff Curtis Brame says a father and four children, including the victims, were living inside that home. He says the family is being cooperative and so far no charges have been filed. His office is still waiting for the medical examiners report. IWitness News reached out to NCDHHS to learn if child protective services previously visited that home, but the agency declined to answer questions citing confidentiality laws. We're learning new details about stabbing in Fayerville.

A 17-year-old is now charged with stabbing his mother to death. Police say it happened just after 7 o'clock on Tuesday night at a home on Daphne Circle near Bingham Drive. Investigators say 17-year-old Isaac Tracy stabbed his mother, 49-year-old Catherine Svaldi. He's now charged with murder and is being held. without bond. And right now, the Durham County Sheriff's Office is searching for a young suspect wanted in connection with the stabbing. It happened just before 3 o'clock yesterday morning on Cheek Road. The Sheriff's Office says the victim told deputies he was stabbed in the head. They say he was rushed to the hospital and is expected to be okay. The Sheriff's Office

says the victim told deputies the suspect left on foot. Authorities say they do they do know the young person they are looking for. This morning, the search continues for the killer who gun down a father of five in Garner, Joey Adams was shot while sitting inside of his car on timber drive near Vandora Springs Road Monday night. Police are now asking anyone who traveled through that area that night to turn over any information that could help like dash cam video. Meantime, the victim's friends talking to eyewitness news about the devastating loss. He was a hard worker. He lived for his family and for his children. I mean, that seemed to be his entire life with his family and being a father and a hard worker.

husband. Garner police says investigators are planning a news conference soon to give an update on the investigation. Time now 508 on your Thursday morning and a major rebuke on President Trump's trade policy from his own party. Plus what do you know about the plans for a new high rise in downtown Raleigh? Good morning, Clay. Hey, good morning, Anna. Clear skies out there. A little colder than yesterday. We're back to temps in the 30s and 40s, but a good car wash day for you today. High temperatures right around the mid 50s with sun and clouds in the mix. Colder tonight. We'll have more after the break. This is first alert weather from ABC 11. I witness news. It's 511. It's Thursday morning too. We're tracking dry, quiet weather for you. A little breezy and cooler today. We have temperatures

that'll be closer to average. Right now the skies are mainly clear, but by the afternoon, we'll see some passing clouds. Temperatures mainly 30s and 40s across the region from Virginia across our state, Myrtle Beach 41. Boone is our coldest spot in the state right now, down to 29 degrees. Now statewide today, we'll see 40s and 50s across the board, reaching 60 in February, 54 degrees in Raleigh. Tomorrow we'll have clouds at times, 52 degrees, and then we'll see some sunny skies early Saturday with increasing clouds late for Valentine's Day. Soaking rainfall coming Sunday.

I'll have more on that when I come back. Joel. All right. See you then. Quaylin, thank you. Happening now, changing skyline. A new high rise could be in the worst for downtown Raleigh. The Triangle Business Journal reporting Tuscany Construction Group filed applications with the city to rezone two lots in Glenwood South.

The properties are on the corner of Glenwood Avenue and West Jones Street. according to the rezoning request Tuscany. Once the land to change from office mixed use up to three stories to downtown mixed juice up to 20 stories tall. A local coffee shop is getting national recognition. A steamed coffee in downtown Kerry made the top 10 list for the best woman-owned coffee shops across the U.S. The Carrie Cafe ranked number six on the list. The On-Dec report looked at more than 12,000 women-owned small businesses across 431 cities. A steamed coffee is a nonprofit coffee house offering employment opportunities to people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. And they've got a cool name. Yeah. It's really, I know.

It's clever. Very good. 512 is the time. Make sure you stick around for Good Morning America. The Trader Joe's products that some on social media call super dupes for expensive brands. We'll take a look at how they stack up. We are local news. ABC 11 eyewitness news continues now.

I own the economy at 515 and a real. rare rebuke for President Trump from his own party after several House Republicans joined Democrats to vote to terminate his tariffs on Canada. ABC's Nicole DeAntonio in Washington with the latest. On this vote, the aza 218 and the Nayser 213. The bill has passed. This morning, a major rebuke of President Trump's trade policy. The GOP-led House passing a resolution to rescind the president's tariffs on Canada. Six Republicans joining nearly every Democrat to pass the measure, despite Speaker Mike Johnson's effort to block it. Trump warning on social media last night

that any Republican in the House or the Senate that votes against tariffs will seriously suffer the consequences come election time, and that includes primaries. More than 60% of Americans disapprove of these tariffs. They know that the foreign governments don't pay these tariffs.

They know that American families do. Speaker Johnson argues that Congress should not be getting in the way with Trump's tariffs. should be able to conduct his trade policy, which has been very successful. At the same time, a decision is still pending from the Supreme Court on whether the president has exceeded his authority by using emergency statutory powers to impose wide-ranging tariffs. It comes as a new report from the Nonpartisan Tax Foundation shows that tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 more last year.

That number is set to increase to $1,300 this year if all the existing tariffs stay in place. President Trump credits tariffs for bringing in revenue for the federal government. But as we head towards the midterms, the latest polling shows 56% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy while 39% approve. And the bill now heads to the Senate where it faces an uncertain future. If it passes, the president will likely veto the legislation. Nicole D. Antonio, ABC News, Washington. On this day in 2018, the official portraits for former President Barack. Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled.

The ceremony was held at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and is considered a right of passage for former presidents. The First Ladies shows her long, her in a very long patterned dress while she rests her head on her hand. The former president's portrait shows him sitting in a chair in front of a green foliage. I think it's Gahinda Wiley who did President Obama's portrait and he's featured a lot at the National Museum in Durham. I love his work.

Thanks for that tidbit, Joel. A little tidbit of info. You have any tidbits for it? I do. She's got all kinds of tickets. Let's talk about it. We have some rate in the forecast for the weekend, but not today.

Dry conditions today. Highs in the 50s. It's closer to average 55 is our normal high. 52 tomorrow, so a little bit cooler. We're back to 61 on Saturday, and then some 50s to kick off early next week with 60s returning Tuesday. Here's a live look into downtown Raleigh.

The skies are mainly clear right now. The temperatures ranging from the upper 20s around Goldsboro back towards areas like Siler City, also 30s for Roxborough. 40s right now for the triangle and Fayetteville, 42 degrees. It's not quite breezy right now, but it will turn breezy later today. We'll have those guests from the north approaching 20 miles per hour. 40 degrees at 9 o'clock by that time partly cloudy by noon. We're partly cloudy up to 50 degrees, 54, the temperature at 3 o'clock this afternoon. We'll still have some clouds around for the early part of the night before sky's to clear out and that will allow for temperature

to fall from the 30s into the 20s tomorrow morning. We have that front to the south of us that came through yesterday, high pressure to the west, and that will build over the region today into tomorrow. High temperatures tomorrow again, a little bit lower than this afternoon. We'll be in the low 50s, but skies will be brighter for Friday. That high pressure slides offshore on Saturday, so that's going to lead to that return flow. That's the onshore flow, kicks those temperatures into the 60s, and then we'll be tracking our next system, which will bring us that rainfall on Sunday, some potent rain potential for us Sunday through

Sunday night. Early Monday morning, I think some lingering showers shortly after sunrise. And here, a clear picture of the deficits that we've been suffering unfortunately since not only October, but September. And the drought continues to worsen at this point. We have a severe drought for the area now. And we'll get our next update in today. That could lead to some slightly worse conditions for this week. The temperature on Saturday, 61 degrees, Sunday 53 with rainfall, which will be locally heavy at times. This model, the euro actually presents the rainfall. little bit later in the day on Sunday. So I think we'll have some late morning showers by the afternoon. Expects scattered rain turning more moderate to heavy at times through Sunday afternoon and night.

But some decent totals, one to one and a half inches at least, I think, for the viewing area on Sunday to Sunday night. High temperatures today in the 50s with some clouds arriving later today. Clearing out overnight. Temperatures drop into the mid-20s to around the low 30s. So it will be colder tomorrow morning and colder than average. 52 Friday up to 61 Saturday for Valentine's Day. Sunday, that's so. looking rain arrives high temperature around 53 degrees 40s Sunday night. Monday will dry out for President's Day so it'll end up being a really nice afternoon. Upper 50s for highs. Mid-60s Tuesday near 70 degrees next Wednesday and that trend of near 70 degrees continues to end the week Thursday and Friday. By Saturday we're still in the upper 50s. Weather and traffic together back to you.

Quailan right now the road's looking really good. It's pretty quiet out there. We're not seeing any major issues in Southern Way County. You can see we do have some type of issue. That's just a road hazard and it's not causing any delays. Let's take a live look outside at the DOT cameras. This is 40 and Wade Avenue. You can see traffic has definitely started to fill in in both directions. 521 and athletes shining a light on mental health among young people. We are going to take you to the important conversation at Wake County, a. Wake County Middle School. It's coming up in our 7 a.m. Streaming hour. ABC 11 first alert weather on eyewitness news every day. This morning fans are mourning the loss of actor James V.

Vanderbeek, best known for his role in the TV series Dawson's Creek. The 48-year-old died after a battle with colorectal cancer. Vanderbeek was diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer in 2023, but he didn't speak publicly about it until a year later. Eyewitness News spoke with the Duke Health doctor about the increasing number of younger people being diagnosed and why it's happening. So we've talked a lot about ultra-processed foods recently, sedentary lifestyles with our current jobs and how that looks compared to

how things used to look and then chronic stressors of everyday life. But the bottom line is why we study the exact causes of colorectal cancer and younger people. And while we're seeing this kind of rise, we need to increase our vigilance and try to detect colon cancer earlier and treat it earlier. Dr. DeVito says some key symptoms to watch out for include a change in bowel habits like more diarrhea and constipation, fluctuating abdominal pain and blood in your stool. Because colorectal cancer is becoming more common in people under 50, doctors have lowered the

typical screening age to 45. Now to testimony in that landmark social media addiction trial in California, the head of Instagram, Adam Masseri taking the stand yesterday. Messeri was asked whether Instagram hooks young users. He said he doesn't think users can be, quote, clinically addicted to the app, though he acknowledged that problematic use was possible. The trial comes after a now 20-year-old woman filed a lawsuit against YouTube and Instagram's parent company meta. She alleges the companies deliberately developed addictive features to get young people hooked and that her mental health has been harmed as a result. Defense attorneys are now trying to prove the plaintiff. It had mental health struggles before using their apps. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is

expected to testify next week. Google is offering a new tool that helps you remove non-consensual explicit images from its search. Here's ABC's Rena Roy with this morning's TechBites. And today's Techbytes, another reported delay for Apple's new and improved Siri. The AI-powered Siri was first promised in 2024, and it was expected to launch next month. But Bloomberg reports it's now likely to roll out in parts over time, starting in May, due to trouble during testing. Uber Eats is testing a new AI-powered feature to fill your grocery basket faster. It's called card assistant. You can type out a shopping list, upload a photo of a handwritten one, or screenshot a recipe.

The AI assistant will display prices and promotions, allowing you to delete or switch items. Amazon's new ERO signal is meant to keep you connected when the internet goes out. You plug it into any compatible device and it switches to cellular when an outage occurs, provided you have an ERO subscription. Ideal for areas prone outages. It costs about $100. Those are Techbytes. I'm Sophie Flae. Have a great day. 527.

Now it's going to be cooler today than it was yesterday. Yeah, what you can expect this weekend and Kwayland's got your... forecast coming up next half hour.