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And day two of a heat advisory for our area, feeling like 105 to 110 this afternoon, we'll walk you through it hour by hour and show you when it will feel the hottest. - Siren tests will go on as planned today at a Wake County nuclear plant, after that false alarm that happened on Monday. The test being done today after that alert made, some people a little nervous for what happened there, probably got that alert sent to your phone. I think a lot of people looked going, "That's okay, yeah, what was going on there." Thanks for joining us this morning here on WRAL News on Fox 50. I'm Chris Lovington. - And I'm Michelle McConnicky, yeah. It's Wednesday, we're happy through the day. We have to do the week, I should say. And it's gonna be much like yesterday, really warm. - It really is. Another heat advisory, feeling like 105 to 110 this afternoon. It starts at 11 a.m. And at that point, we're already feeling like right around 100. And then of course, right after lunchtime, really all the way up until around seven o'clock, it's very, very hot. And then we'll gradually drop it down into the upper 90s for eight to nine p.m. That's what it will feel like. This is our heat index. So just a very, very hot day. We've also started off with some cloud cover. I love this view here. We're up above the clouds and our tall tower camera looking west across Wake County. We'll see those clouds tapering off, dissipating as we get through the next couple of hours. It'll be partly cloudy for much of the afternoon. 80 degrees right now with a dew point of 75. So it's a warm and sticky start, as you would expect. After lunchtime, we may see a few isolated storms that pop up, but our potential for rain today is really minimal. It does go up a little bit tomorrow and then even more on Friday, we could have a good soaker on Friday. And we're gonna talk more about that coming up just a little while this afternoon and evening. We'll get to about a 30 to 40% chance, Ken. - All right, Elizabeth, happening now in the WRA traffic center, we continue to monitor your situation on US 1 North. This is around the East William Street area. This is what we're talking about right here. This is really in the clearing phase. It had one lane block near 10 to 10 road, but right now it's in the clearing phase. If you still want to avoid that area, you can take State Highway 540 and take it over to 64 and get you back on US 1 North, particularly if you're coming in from US 1 or you're coming in from more or Lee counties that'll help you out. And this is a good news. This is US 1 North in Highway 55. There was a backup right now, but you can see it. Like I said, that crashes in the clearing phase and not having any problems for you this morning, particularly you're coming in. These crashes that you see in the sensors right now, they're in local roads not causing any major problems for your commute this morning. I-540 has been a troubled spot this morning. There was a crash earlier this morning and falls of news in I-540, but that's clearing up. But this is usually part of this morning congestion that we're seeing this morning. And elsewhere, we've seen that bumper to bumper traffic building and those westbound lanes coming in from Johnston County on I-40. All right, thank you, Ken. Breaking news this morning, and Raleigh, a woman, was seriously hurt during a shooting in a neighborhood off Sunnybrook Road. WRL's Nick Perlin was there, and the WRL breaking news tracker. Raleigh police had this stretch of wood meadow parkway taped off for roughly five hours as they investigated an early morning shooting that left one woman seriously injured. Now, I do want to get you to this video from the WRAL breaking news tracker, just so you can see how far Raleigh police had this crime scene taped off. You can see that police tape blocking off the area. That's roughly a quarter mile from where the shooting actually happened on Blue Ribbon Lane. We do know one woman was seriously hurt in this shooting. We are told she is expected to recover, but at this point in time, there's still several questions we're asking Raleigh police. We're still trying to figure out what exactly led up to this shooting, and if they know who fired those shots, as more information becomes available, we'll be sure to update you. And Raleigh, Nick Perlin, WRL news. - A person was killed because investigators say a car hit them in Fayetteville. That crash happened on Merkison Road. WRL's Kelsey Coffee is at that crash scene this morning. Kelsey, there are just so many different elements to this story. Chris, there really is and deputies have since cleared the scene. This is much different than what it looked like a few hours ago. Let's take you to video now from the WRL breaking news tracker from after that crash. We're gonna give you a breakdown now of what happened just after 10 last night. A driver was speeding near a deputy on Merkison Road. The deputy tried to catch up with the driver, but they kept speeding and hit a person. The deputy stayed there to help, but the person later died. Another deputy came in to find the driver. Then the driver led the second deputy on a chase. The chase ended in a crash at Langdon and Ramsey Street. Deputies were finally able to track down the driver after that crash. The driver was arrested and this morning we're working to find out what charges they could be facing. Kelsey Coffee, WRL news live in Fayetteville. - A man is facing an animal cruelty charge because Carrie Police say he left a dog in a hot car. Paul Fisher, the third of Elm City, was charged on Tuesday. Police say he intentionally left the dog in the car. WRL is working to learn more about how that dog is doing. Fisher is doing a Wake County courtroom later today. - Covering Wake County, do not be alarmed when you hear the sirens near the Harris nuclear plant in Wake County today. It's a test that's happening because sirens unexpectedly went off Monday morning. You may have even got that alert on your phone, maybe even your tablet too. WRL's Laura Levine explains this is a regularly scheduled test after that false alarm. - We're here outside of the Jordan Point neighborhood, less than three miles away from the nuclear plant. And when these sirens went off on Monday, it certainly caused some confusion and panic for the people who lived here. So Duke Energy and Wake County officials want to remind a community they will test sirens as scheduled today around the Harris nuclear plant here in Wake County. Today's testing will be a five to 30 second test between 10 and 11 this morning. Some sirens may get tested more than once. Officials say on Monday while Duke Energy was conducting routine silent testing of sirens around the plant to ensure their proper functioning, a small number of sirens in the 10 mile emergency planning zone and the virtually went off. Wake County Emergency Management explains that sirens are an initial alert for residents and not necessarily cause for immediate evacuation. - In our neighborhood, you know, we've got a lot of congestion around us with all the construction around. And I think a lot of people are just like, we don't have the information, we don't know what to do. We didn't see any evacuations. People didn't actually take it seriously. So it is very concerning that it doesn't really feel like this is well put together. - And question still remains today on what exactly caused the sirens to go off on Monday. Duke Energy is still investigating. Laura Levine, WRL news and New Hill. - Today, the Cumberland County Schools Board will vote on a new school resource officer agreement with a town of Hope Mills. The town police department will need to provide officers to serve in SRO positions. This is happening because the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office announced that it would no longer provide deputies to schools in Hope Mills. The meeting starts at one o'clock this afternoon. - Some people living in North Raleigh say they are, things are becoming increasingly concerning rather about safety, especially at night. That's why they're sharing those concerns with Raleigh police to try to find solutions. Police hosted a community meeting last night at the Milbrook Community Center. Officers noted that road rage incidents and car thefts are up in North Raleigh. - We do focus on a lot of strategic areas. So if we see an uptake in crime, we're going to address it with the officers, whether it's the Bead officers, whether it's a specific unit, they're going to get out in the area and address those issues based on the intelligence led information that we get. - Officers also shared an update about the Connect Raleigh program. This allows police to tap into footage from private security cameras if people allow this. So far, police have access to about 900 cameras. - A 14-year-old is lifeguard trainee is recovering from a shark bite, coming up here can recount the moments that he realized a shark was in the water with him. - Plus, extreme heat is affecting many places across the country. We're looking at the problem this is causing from glass shattering to lower cow milk production. - And of course, we're one of those spots today. We're back to another heat advisory, high temperature 96, but feeling like up to 110 this afternoon. There's some brief relief heading our way. A cold front will stall here and bring us a good chance to rain on Friday and cooler temperatures. I'll show you how much rain we can see coming up. - An official message from Medicare. - A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. You may be able to save too. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? Single people making less than $23,000 a year or married couples who make less than $31,000 a year. Even if you don't think you qualify, it pays to find out. - Go to ssa.gov/extrahelp paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (upbeat music) - Welcome back. You were taking a look over a very cloudy Wilson this morning. We're just seeing some sun peeking through there, the really gigs going. We are in for another very, very hot day. Another day to be really careful outside Elizabeth. - Absolutely. The sunshine, of course, starting to break out of some of those clouds. You can see partly cloudy skies here in Goldsboro. Fairly clear and apex. You can see a good bit of cloud cover there in Chapel Hill, courtesy of Top of the Hill Restaurant. That same thing there in Fayetteville. We're seeing those clouds starting to break up a bit and we'll see partly cloudy skies for most of the day today. Let's take a look at the big picture. This low pressure system or the remnants of barrel, pushing a lot of rain on up into the Great Lakes right now. And of course, we missed all of it. It stayed well to our West, but there is a front that is trailing the low that was barrel and that will push into our area tomorrow. I was going to bring a better chance for some scattered thunderstorms east of the Triangle area tomorrow and then we'll see a wave that rides up that front on Friday and that's going to bring everybody a good chance for rain. This is a look at our afternoon potential for showers and thunderstorms ahead of the front. It's small, about a 30 to 40% chance and then the front moves in and stalls over us on Thursday. Notice the showers and thunderstorms are all closer to the coast. Now one or two may pop up over us, but we'll have a better chance for rain east of I-95. And then that front sits there and a low begins to develop along it and that's really going to help to draw up a lot of tropical moisture. Low pressure systems rotate counterclockwise. It's going to grab up all that tropical moisture and push it right into our area and that low will produce enough lift for some pretty widespread rain force on Friday. Today, our potential for rain is limited. Thursday, it's east of I-95. So we're holding our hopes on Friday. Take a look at the difference in rainfall totals that we might see, probably around a 10th of an inch on an average today and then an average of a quarter to a half an inch on Thursday, but most of that would be east of I-95. And then one to two inches on Friday and that could produce some isolated flooding. So most of the viewing area under a level two risk for flooding, not severe storms, not that we couldn't see one or two, but that's a risk for flooding. So I'll recap Friday for you. We're looking at a front with a low moving up it and that's when widespread rain is likely and localized flooding is certainly a possibility. The hurricane season, of course, is taking the tropics. Anyway, a little bit of a break now that barrel has dissipated for the most part. The folks at Colorado State University just updated their forecast and it still looks very active. 25 named storms with an average of 14, 12 hurricanes and the average is seven. So it still looks like it's going to be fairly active. But right now we're seeing dust from the Sahara moving across the tropics and that's typically a dry air mass that keeps a lot of storms from developing. Heat advisory, our biggest story for today, but it will be nice to have a little relief on Friday as we see highs back into the 80s. - All right, Elizabeth, happening now in the WRO traffic center, a handful of incidents just to make you aware of if you're heading out this morning. First of all, let's start with this crisis. We've been monitoring this morning on the eastbound lanes of I-440, just a disabled vehicle, really. And those eastbound lanes. Eastbound lanes are moving. Look at the westbound lanes. That's a usual morning congestion that we see on the belt line this morning, but that disabled vehicle, not causing any problems for you this morning. For our friends working downtown, there's a crash on Lenore Street, on the eastbound lane, there's Salisbury Street. It's not causing any major problems in the area. You might see some police activity in that area, but nothing to worry about this morning. We don't mind doing the serious crash, on Burridge Road in the southbound lanes there, Western Boulevard, not far from the station, but you can see from our senses, it's not picking up any delays in that area. But again, watch for some police activity if you're happy to be driving through that neck of the wards. Another serious crash we've been monitoring. This one on highway 42 in the eastbound lane, the old stage road, not causing any problems in that area, but just keep that in mind. And again, you'll see some police activity in that area. Also around the triangle, we're seeing the usual trouble swabs building on the belt line, the north side of the belt line, that's a usual morning congestion, as well as the south side of the belt line, this morning always give yourself some extra time heading out. - Thanks, Ken. Today, the NAACP Raleigh Apex Branch will hold a press conference to call for an investigation into the prosecution of Henderson Artwater. Artwater from Holly Springs was charged with a series of pellet gun shootings in 2020. Deputies say that he targeted moving cars. None of these shootings were fatal in August of 2023. The case was declared a mistrial after Artwater had already spent two years in jail. He was then arraigned again on the same charges in January with a trial scheduled for July 22. The NAACP's news conference will happen at 10 o'clock this morning at the legislative building. - A tornado ripped through southern Indiana yesterday. This right here, it left the destruction, the path there in fact. In this video, you can see that massive funnel cloud passing through the city of Mount Vernon. That's near the borders with Illinois and Kentucky. At least 19 homes and several other buildings were damaged. You can see that here on your screen. But so far, no injuries have been reported. The tornadoes were a result of the remnants of what was Hurricane Beryl. Now look at this, this train right here. It derailed after the tornado tore through that area. But it's unclear if the storm is what caused this or what the train may have been carrying, but you can clearly see this train's tipped over. - Jeff Hogan in the WRL live center disturbing headline here you can find on WRL.com right now, happening in London. A manhunt is underway. From and suspected of using a crossbow to kill three women. I wanna give you a picture of this man right now. This is where we have 26 year old man Kyle Clifford. He is wanted by police in connection with the deaths of three people killed last night. He's accused of being armed with a crossbow and possibly some other weapons. Police were called to a house in London last night where they found three women seriously injured. All the women are believed to be related. This is believed to have been a targeted incident. They later died from their injuries and the crossbow is the weapon believed to be used in those murders. Police have asked the public not to approach this suspect if they come across him. - That's shocking, thanks Jeff. A groundbreaking is happening today for new housing for young people transitioning out of foster care. The new housing will be called Hope Village at Method. It's a joint project between CASA and the Hope Center at Poland. It'll consist of nine one bedroom units for youth saging out of foster care and the groundbreaking ceremony gets started at 9 30 this morning. - More than 20 states are under heat alerts today, but some of the effects just might affect them there. Around Las Vegas, it's so hot, glass has been shattering. The heat also makes the air less dense and that can affect aircraft. The National Park Service says that recently prevented a helicopter rescue in California's Death Valley recently. Airlines have changed Las Vegas flight times to cooler hours of the day. Leaders in Oregon say the heat is contributing to smog there. Plus experts say cows are making less milk because of this. - A monthly essential for many women could contain some concerning chemicals. 14 popular brands of tampons were found to have lead, arsenic and other toxic metals inside them. Tampons are regulated for safety across the US, but existing rules do not yet require chemical testing. We spoke with one of the researchers behind the study, Dr. Kristen Upson. - What we don't know and where we need further research is to understand how our menstruators, if they are exposed to metals and tampons, whether tampons are a source of metal exposure. - The samples included both organic and non-organic products, all were found to have measurable concentrations of at least 16 different metals. - The cooling labor market is helping move the fed closer to cutting interest rates, but not quite there yet. Fed Chair Jerome Powell told the Senate banking committee yesterday the job market is not a source of inflation now. He also said keeping rates too high for too long could wind up weakening the economy. Powell said recent data on inflation has shown progress. It was 2.6% in May and the Fed is still trying to bring that down to 2%. Right now, many people on Wall Street believe the Fed will cut rates at its September meeting and they also believe a second decrease could happen before the end of the year. - A teen training to become a lifeguard in Florida is now recovering from a shark bite. 14-year-old Dempsey Manhart was bitten during a lifeguard training camp. He says he thought he hit another person in the water. Instead, it was a shark. - When I hit it, it felt like a big, I didn't know it was, it felt like some of his legs, but it was like hard and it felt like a big ball and like muscle. It came under my feet and I was like hitting it and then it swam away. And then that's when I saw it was a shark. - He needed 17 stitches, but he says this isn't gonna stop him from getting back in the ocean. He plans to continue his training once he heals. - I'll hope he heals up quick. Public school students in Virginia will soon be banned from using cell phones in class this school year. The governor issued an executive order to make this happen. That order requires the state's Department of Education to create policies to restrict or ban cell phones for all grade levels. He called the order essential and says the ban will promote a healthier and more focused educational environment. The new policies are expected to be in place January 1st. A rare surgery is giving one man his voice back after cancer took away his ability to speak. Sean Landgeal takes a closer look at how the voice box surgery is offering hope for similar patients. - Cancer once robed Marty Keating of his ability to speak, but thanks to an extremely rare operation, the 59 year old's voice has been restored. - I want people to know this can be done and it's a process, but it's worth it. - Doctors at the Mayo Clinic at Arizona removed Keating's cancerous larynx, an organ inside the neck that contains the vocal cords and replaced it with the larynx from a donor. Keating is the third person in the US to ever receive a total larynx transplant. One of the biggest critiques about laryngeal transplantation is that it's not a vital organ. And what they mean by a vital organ is that you can live without it. - But Dr. David Lott says his patients argue this procedure is critical to bettering their quality of life. - My patients tell me, yeah, I may be alive, but I'm not really living. And so to me, if you look at it from that perspective, being able to give that gift back to somebody, to me, that really is a vital organ. - Cancer is one of the biggest reasons behind larynx removal. The American Cancer Society says more than 12,600 people will be diagnosed with some type of laryngeal cancer this year alone. Keating surgery is part of a new clinical trial where doctors hope to learn more about the surgery so more patients can benefit from it in the future. - For the first time, since in surgery, I get taught to my 82 year old mother, on the phone, and she could hear me. - Nine other people will be enrolled in the trial going forward. - That was Sean Landgeal reporting there. Well, coming up for us, Duke Energy, we'll test sirens this morning at nuclear plants. It's after the false alarm on Monday. - Save big this summer with great deals. 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Indurum 96.5 FM at everywhere on 101.5 HD three. - Good morning and happy Wednesday time. Now I say 26. I'm Michelle McConnicky. Another day, another heat advisory meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner standing by, temperatures feeling like 105 today. - Maybe even 110 in some places, especially in our southern counties. Do take it easy this afternoon. - Once we hit lunchtime, it's already gonna feel like 100. And we don't really get out of a heat index of 100 until much later in the evening. Small chance of a thunderstorm later on this afternoon. We take a live look at Apex right now. Good bit of sunshine. Of course, that's gonna heat things up quickly. We'll see a temperature of 90 at lunchtime and feeling already like triple digits. A small chance of storms later in the afternoon, kid. - All right, have it in now. The WRR Traffic Center was seeing the usual congestion building on major thoroughfares like I-540, the boat line this morning. The crashes you see on our sensors right now on local roads not causing any major problems for you. Over in Durham, I-885 in both directions. Still seeing the, not really bumping to bump a traffic, but it'll slow down here and there. And the good news, the slowdowns are in yellow, which means traffic is moving slower than usual, but at least it's moving. - All right, thanks, Ken. A person is dead after being hit by a car in Fayetteville last night. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office has a car sped past a deputy. They say that the speeding car then hits someone. Another deputy tracked down that car and initiated a chase. The speeding driver hit another car before stopping. Deputies arrested that driver. And a woman is seriously hurt after a shooting early this morning. It happened in a Southeast Raleigh neighborhood near Blue Ribbon Lane. Officers say the woman is expected to live. No one has been arrested. Coming up next on Fox 50, an update on the recovery of six Bulldog puppies police, they were left in a hot car. And next on today, a breakdown of the healthiest oils. (upbeat music) - Save big this summer with great deals. All in the King Supers app. Get Juicy Washington red cherries for £2.99 a pound, then get 10 for 10 on items like Lay's Stacks, Rice Oroni, and Sparkling Ice, Sparkling Water for $1 each, all with your card. Shop these deals at your local Kroger today or tap the screen now to download the King Supers app to save big today. King Supers, fresh for everyone, prices and product availability subject to change, restrictions apply, see site for details. - An official message from Medicare. - A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can save too. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? Single people making less than $23,000 a year or married couples who make less than $31,000 a year. Even if you don't think you qualify, it pays to find out. Go to ssa.gov/extrahelp. - Paid for by the US Department of Health and Human Services. - Who's from WRL? Coverage you can count on. - Now at 830, a person was killed during a hit and run. How deputies say this led to a chase and an arrest of the driver. And a woman is hurt after a shooting in Raleigh. What we're gathering from officials on that scene. And day two of a heat advisory, it'll feel like 105 to 110 this afternoon. We'll walk through the hour by hour of feels like temperatures coming up. - Don't be alarmed. Sirens will go off again here near the Harris nuclear plant today, this time on purpose. Just ahead, what residents need to know about the testing today after a scare on Monday. - All right, we are halfway through the week. It is Wednesday. A lot of stories going to be covering here in WRL news and Fox 50 here at 830 half hour of Chris Lovingen. - And I'm Michelle McConnicky. Thanks for joining us. We're in for another really hot day. These feels like temperatures, Elizabeth. Oh my goodness. - Oh, yes. Second day in a row of a heat advisory, but we do see a little bit of relief over the next couple of days. And I'll explain that coming up. But do take it easy again. One more day, a heat impacts on your body, your cumulative. So the more days in a row you're exposed to this high heat, the more likely you are to succumb to some heat-related injuries. 100 is what the heat index will be at lunchtime, and we don't get out of the triple digits until around 8 p.m. So the advisory is from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. So it's most of the day where it will feel like 105 or even hotter in some spots. We take a look a little bit of a breeze here on Fayetteville Street, which is nice. We're seeing partly cloudy skies here in downtown Raleigh, but it is sticky and warm, 80 degrees with a dew point of 75. That's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. That moisture in the atmosphere with a little bit of heat could pop up a few isolated storms later this afternoon, but we're not looking at much coverage of that today. We'll have a chance of some scattered storms at east of the Triangle on Thursday, and then some widespread rain on Friday. Save big this summer with great deals. All in the King Supers app. Get juicy Washington red cherries for $2.99 a pound, then get 10 for 10 on items like Lays Stacks, Rice Oroni, and Sparkling Ice Sparkling Water for $1 each, all with your card. Shuff these deals at your local Kroger today or tap the screen now to download the King Supers app to save big today. King Supers, fresh for everyone, prices and product availability subject to change, restrictions apply, see site for details. An official message from Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can save too. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? Single people making less than $23,000 a year or married couples who make less than $31,000 a year. Even if you don't think you qualify, it pays to find out. Go to ssa.gov/extrahelp. Paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (upbeat music) - Hey there, Chapel Hill. Camera looking a little choppy this morning. We'll give you a little more bandwidth out there as you're looking live this morning. Watching WREL news available on YouTube TV and the WREL app on your TV or your streaming device. Don't worry, Elizabeth Garner here though. No bandwidth extra needed. She's here for you, getting your weather forecast. - Okay, I've got my caffeine back there. That's what I need for my bandwidth this time of day for sure. We take a look, finally starting to see a little blue sky there. We started off with a deck of low clouds across parts of the viewing area this morning and now over downtown Raleigh. You can see a little bit of sunshine peeking through. You know what that means though? Whoo, temperatures are gonna start to climb pretty quickly. 80 degrees right now, our winds are south at seven. Just a little light breeze out there for us this morning. We're gonna hit 90 degrees by lunchtime, but by lunchtime it will also feel like 100 with the heat index. 96 for Raleigh and Durham today, 98 in Fayetteville. Those will be the highest this afternoon and yep, second day in a row of a heat advisory. It'll feel like 105 to 110 this afternoon and we'll kind of walk through it hour by hour. Then we're gonna hit 100 with a heat index by noon. The advisory starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m. and you can see why. We're gonna be in the triple digits through all of that time. Tapping out in the triangle around 104 to 105, but some of our southern counties or other areas could be as hot as 110 this afternoon. So take it easy, you're almost really out of time this morning to do any exercise. Mid-day is gonna be pretty tricky already by 11 a.m. It's gonna feel like 100 and we don't get out of that 100 degree feel until late this evening, until around say nine o'clock or so. And certainly the afternoon is off limits really for exercise with the intense heat. But it doesn't have to be that way for too much longer. We're gonna get a little bit of a break. Today our upcoming heat risk is major. The heat risk tomorrow is on the minor side. We're gonna moderate side I should say. It's still gonna be hot and sticky, but it'll be out of the danger zone. We won't see a heat advisory tomorrow. And then feeling much better on Friday, a lot of clouds, some rain to help cool things down. But unfortunately it doesn't look like it'll last too long. Today our areas where we'll see a heat index of 100 or higher, pretty much the entire viewing area. By tomorrow it's mostly along the coast. So again, we get a little bit of a break. It's still going to be hot and humid. Don't get me wrong. We're just gonna take it down a little bit. 75 is our due point right now. That is really high and it will stay that way all the way into the weekend. A little dip on Thursday, but we're gonna see a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. So it's still gonna feel pretty sticky to us. So again, moderate heat risk for Thursday, minor on Friday, but by Sunday it's back to major again. Sunday may be the next day that we see a heat advisory. So the lake might be a nice place to spend your weekend. Rupert Hester has sent us this gorgeous shot of Holt Lake. We would love to see your weather photos as well. Go to wril.com search, weather watchers and send us one or two. Satellite and radar, quiet for us right now, except along the coast. We're already starting to see some showers and thunderstorms and that's likely to continue on and off during the day. For us here, it's just a little less likely. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms late afternoon into the evening. That chance of course goes up on Thursday, but for our eastern counties. And then on Friday, it's an 80% chance of rain. We could see one to two inches and much cooler with the high of 84. Unfortunately, it doesn't last. We're back into some fairly intense heat next weekend. - All right, Elizabeth, at least we're looking forward to that much needed rain on Friday, taking a look at your morning commute this morning. You know, we're seeing the usual congestion building on major thoroughfare to the major roadways this morning. I should say the belt line this morning in the northern side of the belt line around Lake Boone Trail as well as the south side of the belt line around Lake Wheeler Road. The good news is that it's mixed in with some yellows and some breads, that means bumping to bumping traffic, maybe some break tapping going on. We'll show you what that looks like there in the minute. 540 is beginning, 540 is beginning to clear up, which is good news for anyone who's heading to I-540 this morning and that's part of the morning commute. Over in Durham, just about the northbound lanes of I-885 right now, those lanes coming off of I-40, heading into the Bull City this morning. Let's take you outside and show you exactly what's going on with the belt line. This is I-440 in Lake Boone Trail, the westbound lane coming toward us. You can see it's moving in a little soil paste and you'd want this morning, but at least at this rate it's not gonna make you late for work or whatever appointments you have. This is on the south side of the belt line. This is I-40 in Lake Wheeler Road. The westbound lanes are moving away from us. They're moving, which is a good thing. - Good thing indeed, thanks Ken. The future of Ukraine is one of the biggest topics at the NATO summit happening in Washington. President Biden greeted NATO's leaders and delivered a speech as the summit began yesterday. He announced new commitments to aid Ukraine in the war against Russia. - And in the coming months, the United States and our partners intend to provide Ukraine with dozens of additional tactical air defense systems. The United States will make sure that when we export critical air defense interceptors, Ukraine goes to the front of the line. - Thank you, the examples for you. - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke last night. He said everyone, including Vladimir Putin, is awaiting the results of the presidential election in November. He added that he hopes America's policy with Ukraine will not change if Donald Trump wins. - Former President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail less than a week before the start of the Republican National Convention. Trump greeted thousands of supporters at his golf course outside Miami last night. He took the opportunity to revel in the calls from Democrats for President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. - Despite all the Democrat panic this week, the truth is it doesn't matter who they nominate because we are going to beat any one of them in thundering landslides, and this November is gonna be amazing. - Trump also challenged Biden to another debate this time without moderators and to an 18-hole golf match. He did not address any rumors about who he will pick as his running mate. - Opening statements in Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial will begin today. A jury for the trial was seated yesterday. Baldwin is charged in the death of a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust. A gun he was holding went off killing Helena Hutchins. Baldwin has pleaded not guilty. He says he did not know there was a live round in the gun and that it discharged accidentally. Baldwin could face up to 18 months in prison if the jury finds him guilty. - Well, this morning dreams of winning Olympic gold will be one step closer for the team USA Swimmers. Today, they're leaving the triangle and heading to Paris. Over the last two weeks, the swimmers have been training at the Triangle Aquatic Center. WRL will be there for the team, send off that's at 10 o'clock. Over the weekend, we heard from some of the coaches and the athletes. - In 2016, I was just totally wide eyed at the whole experience. I made the team and I feel like I could kind of road an emotional high all the way through the games. Where we're now like, I don't think I can do that. Like I came off of trials and my goal was to try to bring myself down, relax as quickly as possible, get back into a training routine. - And WRL is your home for the Summer Olympics. Liz McLaughlin will be in Paris, bringing you live reports. We'll also have live coverage all day from July 26th to August 11th on WRL. Today in entertainment news, two very different sneak peeks and the latest film for an Oscar-winning actress. Here's David Daniel with The Hollywood Minute. - You have something in you. I knew it from the start of the July. Rage. And rage is your gift. - Whose head could I give you that would satisfy this? - Fury. - The entire Roman armies. - Too much. - The general will do. The first trailer is out for Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington. The long-awaited sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 original arrives in theaters November 22nd. - 123. - This isn't like an auction, right? - Yes. - You guys are gonna take it away. - Jennifer Lawrence may not smile much in her next movie. The Oscar winner is set to produce and star in, Why Don't You Love Me for A24? It's being adapted from a graphic novel described as a pitch-black comedy about marriage, alcoholism, depression, and mourning-lost opportunities. - Good morning, Bikini Bottom! Good morning, Sandy. - It's not a good morning for long in saving Bikini Bottom the Sandy Cheeks movie. When their home is scooped out of the ocean, Sandy and SpongeBob head to the surface to save the town. Netflix just floated the first trailer for the animated adventure, which debuts on the streaming service August 2nd. Believing in myself in Hollywood, I'm David Daniel. - Goodness, SpongeBob's still going. Love it. A new place to grab a drink with a view is coming to Raleigh. High rail will sit atop the Hyatt House Hotel in the Seaboard Station neighborhood. The venue will feature an outdoor bar with fire pits, a lounge, and full pit service. I think this is the summer I turn pretty. There we go. That was a Amazon Prime video you saw there. This, this is the photo we're looking for this morning. You can see this is a concept design once it's all finished and open for customers. Looks pretty good. All right, before we go to break, just in case you may have missed it, we do have your winning lottery numbers. That is again for Tuesday, July 9th. We'll come back with an update on weather and traffic. That's next. (upbeat music) An official message from Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. You may be able to save too. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero, and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? 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