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We'll be right back with you. Thank you for joining us today. And we'll see you next week. Sell your home in a snap. Sold it in a snap by the Jim Allen group simplifies the home selling process. You're guaranteed a cash offer with the number one real estate team in the triangle. Just submit your info and schedule an in-home walkthrough. Learn more at sold it in a snap.com. Now breaking news from WRAL. Coverage you can count on. Now at eight o'clock on Fox 50, we're going to get you a look at the fire fighter response to this in Wake County. And our flash flood warning just expanded to 945. We continue to have some rain falling in our southern counties. I'll show you how much has fallen so far and how long we may be dealing with this. You're supposed to be killing a Garner family in a crash who's doing court today. Coming up on updates on the investigation. A woman was seriously injured in a shooting near Wendell. This happened on Hodro just before 11 o'clock last night. W.A.S. Nick Pearlland was there and the W.A.S. breaking news tracker for that. But we first are going to start with Elizabeth Garner because she is checking the radar that we've got for us here. It's a little calmer than it was hours ago. Everything is starting to very slowly weaken and so that's great news. Early this morning we had a lot of lighting and a lot of heavy rain and this was really the pocket where we saw the heaviest rain. We still have a flash flood warning and in fact until 945 that rain still continues between Clinton and Fayetteville just north of Roseborough right around Salemburg as a matter of fact. Notice the radar estimate is at nine and a half inches. That doesn't mean that we really saw nine and a half inches. It's a radar estimate. We'll be looking for some of the ground truth in that area. But easily six to eight inches for sure. And then some heavy rain stretching northward all the way up to Andrew where we saw anywhere from four to six inches there through done and on up towards southern Wake County. Right now we're watching for some of that heavier rain here in Edgcomb County and the northern part of Wilson County. That is starting to slide eastward and it is weakening somewhat. Again a lot of lightning has started to fade so that's great news. Here's a look we have of course the rain moving on out of here. A big change coming right after lunchtime. We're going to see a drier, cooler, less humid air mass working its way in. Much more comfortable. It'll be noticeable especially tonight and tomorrow. Live look at Wilson. A breezy some of that rain beginning to taper off right here in downtown Wilson. 71 is our temperature and the due point continues to drop. It is 10 degrees lower than it was at 4 a.m. That's great news. Highs will be in the mid eighties for this afternoon. Feeling comfortable for a couple of days. Hurricane Beryl is a category just we just got the eight o'clock update back up to category four now with 130 mile per hour winds. I'll show you the next system that could develop out in the Atlantic coming up. Thanks Elizabeth. Let's take a look at traffic. It is 802 on your Monday morning. I'm Brett Neeson for Ken Smith this morning. We do have a couple of crashes that are out there. Slow down your I-40 westbound near the Johnson County line. Has started to improve here the eight o'clock hour. All new here at 802 is a disabled vehicle at Durley Road in Glenwood Avenue US-70. Not seeing any delays on the sensors on that one at this point but I'll keep an eye on it. Down in the Holly Springs area. NC-55 at Main Street. That's an earlier crash that has reports of an overturned vehicle. We have WRL's Laura Levine on the way to that scene and we'll get an update from her shortly. Let's take a look over at the south side of Raleigh. I-40 westbound as you approach US-1, a five minute delay at this point. We usually see traffic volume start to pick up especially as you approach Avon Ferry Road. That's our live look right here. Not seeing any big backups that are caused for alarm at this point but give yourself about five extra minutes if you're headed out to work this morning. Our wider look, that's where we take our road condition map and we see a lot of greens and ponding over on the eastern part of Wilson County and Nash County so we're keeping an eye on that as that rain system starts to move out, Chris. Alright, thank you, Brad. A woman was seriously injured after a shooting near Wendell. This happened on Hodge Road just before 11 o'clock last night. Nick Prolin was there on the WRL breaking news tracker. Wake County deputies spent last night and early this morning investigating a shooting that happened at this home here on Hodge Road. The shooting happened at around 1040 last night. I do want to get you to some video from the WRL breaking news tracker to show you what this crime scene looked like at around 11 last night. You can see crime scene tape blocking off this stretch of Hodge Road as well as dogs helping deputies gather more evidence as they try to figure out what happened last night. We know one woman was shot and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. We're still trying to learn from deputies if they know who fired that gun and we're also trying to get an update on that one woman's condition. We're going to keep working to gather more information and we'll be sure to update you in Wake County. Nick Pearl in WRL News. Firefighters in Wake County say a lightning strike caused a fire that burned a barn overnight. That fire happened on NC 42 in Willow Spring. That was around 1130 last night. You're looking at video from the WRL breaking news tracker after firefighters were able to put the flames out. Crews say that they saw smoke from nearly a mile away as they were headed to the scene. But thankfully, no injuries were reported. The man facing charges in a crash that killed a family of three on Memorial Day is expected in court for the first time today. As WRL's Kelsey Coffey explains, Jordan Porter was just released from the hospital on Friday and he's facing murder charges. We're expecting to see Jordan Porter in court for the first time later this morning. This just about a month after that crash happened and now three crosses have been placed at this intersection on US 70 in Garner to honor that family who was killed. We first gave you a look at Porter's mugshot Friday when he was released from the hospital and put in custody. He's facing multiple charges including second-degree murder and driving while impaired. Warren showed he was drinking in smoking marijuana before the crash. Porter ran a red light on US 70 hitting the Campbell family's car. Parents Tyler and Susan Campbell died at the scene. Their son Miles died later in the hospital. Porter's bond was set at $3 million. We'll be sure to keep you updated on what happens in court later this morning. Kelsey Coffey, WRL news in Garner. Today the Supreme Court is expected to release its ruling on weather. President Donald Trump should get absolute immunity. This is about the charges related to the January 6 Capitol riots. Trump claims he should have absolute immunity as president. It's arguably the most anticipated and consequential case the High Court has had this term. There are also as many as four opinions that the court has. It's set to hand them down, including the Trump immunity case. Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit the Caribbean today as a record-breaking Category 4 storm. You're looking at video from Trinidad and Tobago. That is where people enjoyed one more day at the beach yesterday before the storm arrived. Beryl is expected to be the strongest storm the area has seen since Hurricane Ivan back in 2004. It is the earliest Category 4 Hurricane on record in the Atlantic Ocean. Several of them have been raising their fees this summer. The DMV is required to change fees and rates every four years. According to the DMV, about 90 license and registration-related fees are expected to go up. We're talking about 19 percent folks. You can find a list of the price changes on WRAL.com. And today you'll have to start paying again to ride a go triangle bus. The bus service has been free for four years. Passengers can expect to pay a dollar and twenty-five cents per trip. They have a lot of money to pay. The bus service has been free for four years. Passengers can expect to pay a dollar and twenty-five cents per trip. The discounted fare is 60 cents for people with disabilities or people who have Medicare. Children 12 and under and adults 65 and up can ride for free. And teenagers can ride for free, but they have to have a youth pass. President Joe Biden's family is encouraging him to stay in the race against former President Donald Trump. This comes as Biden's shaky performance in Thursday's debate. It has some Democrats calling from the step aside. Biden's advisors tell CNN his family is giving him a chance to stay in the race against President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden's family is encouraging him to stay in the race against former President Donald Trump. This comes as Biden's shaky performance in Thursday's debate. President Joe Biden is giving him the unequivocal support during a get together. That happened at Camp David. A source says that the Bidens have discussed whether to fire top advisors who prepared the president for that debate. More lane closures are in place near Holly Spring as work is going to be finished on NC 540. The northbound lanes of the NC 55 bypass would be closed between Old Smithfield Road and East William Street. Mind you, that's between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Happening overnight. More lane closures are in place near Holly Spring as work is going to be finished on NC 540. The northbound lanes of the NC 55 bypass would be closed between Old Smithfield Road and East William Street. Mind you, that's between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Happening overnight. The Rams on and off NC 540 will also be closed. And once this work is finished, the southbound lanes will have overnight closures. That is expected to start tomorrow night. Firefighters in California worked through the night to try and contain the so-called Sierra Fire. We have more video like this from the sky of this brush fire that has burned hundreds of acres. And we are expecting a record- setting week as people travel for Independence Day. How many people are expected to start tomorrow night? Firefighters in California work through the night to try and contain the so-called Sierra Fire. We have more video like this from the sky of this brush fire that is expected to hit the roads and hit the sky during the holiday Elizabeth. And we have a flash flood warning for another hour and a half in some of our southern counties. I'll show you how much rain has fallen there and in other parts of the viewing area. And we will see a nice little break from the heat and humidity. Breaking news, the Designary can give you the kitchen of your dreams. I'm Dana Merrill, the owner of the Designary in North Raleigh. And I am true Merrill. I am the project manager. The Designary is a lovely kitchen bath and closet remodel. I am the project manager. The Designary can give you the kitchen of your dreams. I'm Dana Merrill, the owner of the Designary in North Raleigh. I am true Merrill. The Designary is a lovely kitchen bath and closet remodeling company. 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This is Salemboro is the closest town there. But near Roseboro, Clinton, Fayetteville, all the way up through the river. We're seeing anywhere from four to six inches of rainfall. So very heavy there. It's just a pocket where we've seen that heavy rain from the triangle area north and west. It's been very little. But we definitely had some steady heavy rain here up and down the I-95 quarter. A little bit of rain falling around Windale, Raleigh and Garner right now. But we'll head back over to the east. Elm City to Pine Tops to Rocky Mount to Tarboro is where we're having some of that heavier rainfall right now. And as we clear, we're going to see our wind shifting to north-east early. Already we've seen a 10 degree drop in our dew point at R-D-U. And that is huge so that drier air is already starting to work its way in. Even before we've seen skies clearing. Check out the wind with this front though. In Wilson, the Whirligigs are really spinning. The rain has started to taper off a little bit. It was pouring there earlier. But we have winds northeast at 14. We're gusting to around 25. It is 71 degrees in the triangle right now. But we're gusting to around 25 in Rocky Mountain Wilson just a little while ago. Over the weekend, it's going to get really hot again. So for the holiday weekend, hopefully you can find a cool spot like White Lake. Hubert Hester sent us this beautiful photo. We'd love to see your photos too. Go to WRL.com search weather watchers and send us what you're up to. Temperatures in the mid-80s this afternoon. So we're going to get a little bit of a break from the intense heat. Our dew point right now is down at Steamy. And it will stay fairly comfortable through Wednesday. And then we get back to Tropical Thursday Friday and into the weekend. 90s are normal high, so we're just below that the next couple of days. But then we jump right back up to 97 for the 4th of July holiday and 100 on Friday. Thursday Friday maybe even into the weekend. We have a good chance of heat advisories again. And above normal temperatures continue through the holiday weekend into early next week. We'll also get into a better chance of storms again Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But after this moves out this morning, we have some lovely, comfortable weather at least through Wednesday. Brett? Let's take a look at traffic right now. I'm in for Ken Smith here on a Monday morning. It's 8.15. And we do have a couple of things out on the roads. We have a crash over off of our disabled vehicle rather, over off of Dearly Road near Glenwood Avenue. Not seeing any delays in the sensors there. But we are keeping an eye on that. We are seeing some big traffic volume at this point here in the morning commute. Did have a crash over on NC55 at Main Street. It looks like it's cleared at this point. We were sending a crew over there. We'll make sure they confirm that and we'll keep you updated. On the southern side of Raleigh, about a no delay now. Actually, it was a five minute delay at one point. I-40 westbound as you approached Avon Ferry Road and the U.S. 1 interchange. It's something we sometimes see, especially early in the week. Here is our live look at I-40 at Avon Ferry Road. We're looking pretty good right now, which is good news here on the Monday morning. Taking a wider look, do have some green on the sensor or on the map itself showing current road conditions anywhere you see green. That is where the roads are still wet. So if you see that on your normal commute this morning, just take us low right now and stay safe. Right now in the WRA live center, we are following some breaking news out of Holly Springs where South Main Street is shut down between NC55 bypass and village walk drive because of this overturned commercial cement mixer truck. This happened just after seven this morning you're looking at some pictures from viewers who sent this into WRAL.com. We've got some information from police. They say the cement mixer was trying to make a turn onto South Main Street when it overturned. There were no vehicles that crashed into this, but then they did say a vehicle crashed into another vehicle as they were trying to avoid this mess. The driver of the truck has minor injuries, was taken to a local hospital. And right now heavy duty wreckers are there on seeing trying to get this cement mixer truck upright. So the road will be closed South Main Street until the truck can be removed and any of that debris charges are pending against the driver of the overturned cement mixer. Wow, couldn't have seen all that happen out there. Thank you Renee. Alright, look at this right here. This massive brush fire in Fontana, California. It's being called the Sierra Fire. At last check, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said the fire covered 400 acres and it's mostly contained. It says the firefighters worked overnight to try and put out these flames, but no buildings were damaged and no one was hurt. The cause of the fire has not been said just yet from investigators, but there have not also been any evacuation orders. The Justice Department plans to seek a guilty plea from Boeing over a charge related to two fatal plane crashes. The DOJ plans to formally offer a plea arrangement. This would include a financial penalty and a corporate monitor to audit the company's safety and compliance practices. This would be for a total of three years. The department says it will give Boeing until the end of the week to respond to its offer. The Justice Department found Boeing violated a 2021 agreement shielding it from prosecution over the fatal crashes involving 737 MAX jets. Boeing has declined to comment on this story. The 4th of July holiday is expected to be one of the most busy ones that we're seeing, not just in terms of people traveling, but it's supposed to be hot as well. And this is going to be a story that we're reporting here from CB Cotton. Burgers and hot dogs may not be the only things cooking over the 4th of July weekend. Much of the country will see historically hot weather. If you are going to be outside, make sure to pack sunscreen and plenty of water. Parts of the south and west could top 100 degrees. Prompting officials to consider fireworks in camp fire bands due to the added wildfire risk. What do you do? Hydrate, right? It's a lot. It stinks. Records also expected to be set on the roads and in the skies. AAA projects nearly 71 million travelers will go 50 miles or more from home. And TSA expects to screen more than 32 million during the holiday weekend. If you're going to be flying, get to the airport early. You know, book early flights just in case. There's delays in cancellations. You'll have the best chance of getting out. And if you're driving, try to drive it off peak times because, you know, nobody likes having a traffic. Now do they? The busiest days to travel are expected to be this Wednesday and the following Sunday with the most traffic in the afternoon hours between 2 and 7 p.m. Thunderstorms are also a possibility from Ohio through Virginia and the Northeast. So watch out for flight delays as a result. Adding to the fray is Hurricane Barrel, currently churning in the Caribbean, which has the potential to cause disruptions in the Southeast. That was CB Cotton reporting. People in upstate New York want answers after police shot and killed a 13 year old boy. Hundreds of people in Utica came out Sunday for a meeting hosted by the city's mayor. They say they want police accountability because of the death Friday night. Police say that they stopped Nia Moi and another boy because they fit the descriptions of armed robbery suspects. Police say that Moi ran away before turning and pointing a weapon at officers. Now one officer tackled him and another shot him, but the weapon the boy was holding was actually just a BB gun. All right, once you look at this damage left behind after someone attacked two synagogues in Ontario, Toronto Police say that someone on a motorcycle threw stones at the building's Sunday morning. Investigators believe one person was responsible for both of these cases. You can see the smashed window and glass left behind, but no one was injured. Police are investigating the attacks as hate crimes, and they say there will be an increased police presence at both locations. France's far right party is celebrating its lead after the first round of the country's elections. Supporters of the National Rally Party cheered last night as the results were announced. The win puts France on course for its first far right government since World War II. Many French voters are frustrated about inflation and economic concerns. A runoff vote will happen July 7th. Today is the first day on the job for NC Central's new Chancellor, Dr. Carrie Dixon. Dixon is a first-generation college graduate of multiple UNC institutions. The outgoing, rather Chancellor, Johnson and Kinley had been in that role for eight years. After a wave of shooting, the Goldsboro community activist is sharing solutions on how to improve safety in the city. At a recent meeting, Goldsboro's police chief said there are four areas in the city that are having challenges with violent crime. The mayor has called for a task force to address this violence. Others are pushing for more patrols. Activist Richard Taylor believes addressing those hotspots for violence will take more than just police intervention. Going to be up to the community, the members of the community to start engaging police in ourselves and, you know, interacting with those youth out here. The police chief says despite the recent shootings, violent crime is actually down in the city overall. A warning for people in More County, the sheriff's office says people in the Pine Bluff area should keep an eye out for foxes. They say a fox recently bit someone near East Philadelphia Avenue and it has not been caught. They're asking everyone to be cautious while outdoors and not to attempt to capture that fox. A truck stolen while under the care of a valet service in Raleigh. That is what happened to a man who says that he was celebrating his mother's birthday at a restaurant in North Hills. You know, next thing you know, a guy comes back. Yeah, I can't find your car. How are you? It's six o'clock. Five of your sites, Keeley Arthur, is going to investigate royal parking ink. You'll hear about its F rating with the Better Business Bureau and complaints filed with the state attorney general's office. She'll share who is at fault when a car is stolen under the custody of a valet. Last night's lighting sparked trouble for owners of a barn in Wake County. The response to a fire that caused the storm rather than caused by the storm and the smoke that could be seen for more than a mile away. Plus, Simone Biles is officially going back to the Olympics. What she said about how the team will prove itself this year. ♪ Here's Brandon with Parkway Sleep Centers. Tired of waiting for a sleep treatment? At other sleep centers, it can take six to eight months just to get an appointment and cost you thousands more. Not Parkway Sleep Health Centers. We schedule you within weeks and will save you money too. We have over 20 years of experience serving the triangle. Let our expert team help you sleep better sooner. End your sleep problems. Live your best life. Experience the Parkway Sleep difference. Visit ParkwaySleep.com and start your journey to better sleep today. Parkway Sleep Health Centers, Sound Sleep, Sound Health. Breaking news. The designer can give you the kitchen of your dreams. I'm Dana Merrill, the owner of the designer in North Raleigh. I am true Merrill. I am the project manager. The designer is a lovely kitchen bath and closet remodeling company. We do pretty much any of the utility spaces in your house. If you want to store things in your cabinets, if you want to work on things on your countertops, if you want to have a floor that can get wet or muddy, we're the place to help you fix your home up. We are the designer in North Raleigh, located at 3030 Wake Forest Road in the Holly Park Plaza. We would love to see you. Or visit our website at thedesignery.com. As you get into your cartoon to WRL news plus on your radio in Raleigh on 99.3 FM. Indurum 96.5 FM at everywhere on 101.5 HD 3. Good Monday morning. Your time is 826. I'm Chris Lovinggood. We'll get you started with your other forecast with meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. We had rain overnight last night in some places. Some scattered storms, lots of lightning and pockets of heavy rain. That is starting to slip out of the viewing area. The heaviest rain that we've seen is down here radar estimates of anywhere from 8 to 10 inches of rain just north of the west of Clinton east of Fayetteville. Flash flood warning there until 945. It's been breezy too. Wind's gusting right now to 32 in Goldsboro. 25 in Durham and Raleigh in 16 in Roxborough. That's the cold front coming through. It's going to sweep the rain out. Right now it's dry in Sanford. Still some cloud cover, but those clouds will move on out. We'll have a comfortable afternoon with a high of 84 and a big drop in humidity, Brett. Elizabeth, we're following some breaking news out on I-87 where multiple lanes are closed in both directions, all because of this brand new crash that happened. Near Smithfield Road looks like a truck is involved and along with a semi involved right there in the median. You can see both directions. The cars coming this way are on their way to Raleigh and the cars going that way are heading away towards the eastern side of Wake County. So some big delays and big backups on our centers all because of that crash. You can see a lot of that red right now working to learn exactly what caused that crash and will keep you updated over on Fox 50. Why do you look? There are a couple of other crashes, including one over on my springs that will have another update over on Fox 50. Chris. Brett, thank you. Firefighters in Wake County say a lightning strike caused a fire that burned a barn overnight. That happened on NC 42 around 11 30 last night. Investigators say smoke was seen from nearly a mile away as firefighters were headed to the scene. At last check, no one was injured. 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You can definitely feel it outside a little bit overnight in some places. And so lots of moisture in the atmosphere, but a cold front is going to sweep all that moisture out and we're going to have a very pleasant feeling afternoon. Take a look at this right here. Just west of Clinton East of Fayetteville. We've had radar estimates of up to almost 10 inches of rain here in this orange shaded area. That spreads all the way up through Dunbinson and Andrew, where the reds and yellows are going to be anywhere from around four to six inches. So pockets of the viewing area south of the triangle really saw some heavy rain overnight. It is beginning to fizzle now. And that last little bit is trying to push east of I-95. We're not looking at adding up a whole lot more rain, but just east of Rocky Mount there across parts of Edgecombe County. We still have some steady rain falling. Again, that slides on out. We're going to see clearing skies. We'll see a drier air mass that works through. That means a nice drop in humidity and we'll see plenty of sunshine feeling much cooler and drier for tomorrow morning and for Wednesday morning. Right now it's a little breezy as that front is moving through. You could see cloudy skies here in Wilson. 71, the dew point is at 65. So it is dropping nicely. It was in the mid-70s in the triangle area this morning. But we still have a ways to go to push the rest of that moisture out. Temperatures in the mid-80s for this afternoon. And of course we have a hurricane barrel. It just jumped back to a category four storm with the eight o'clock update. So it has winds at 130 miles per hour. About to move across the leeward island. As it gets farther into the Caribbean, it's back to a category two. There's another system behind it. We'll take a look at that one coming out. Brett? Thanks, Elizabeth. We're following some breaking news out on I-87 at Smith Field Road. Lanes in both directions right now close. I'll do this crash that's right there in the median involving a semi and maybe one or two other cars. Just one lane is passing as you're heading towards Raleigh. And they did just clear that fire truck. Actually, you can see it's clearing right now. So all the lanes heading away from Raleigh are back open. It should help some of the congestion a little bit. But as you're coming into Raleigh from the eastern part of Wake County, some pretty big backups. Lots of red on our sensors. Take a wider look. We do have a couple of other crashes that are out there, including a disabled vehicle off of Glenwood Avenue. Let's go down to Holly Springs area where an earlier crash involving that cement truck overturned at 55 in Main Street in Holly Springs and has that road closed. We're working to get it updated on exactly how much longer that road could be closed. And there's also one more serious crash to tell you about that's off of Walnut Street near Dillard Drive. Not seeing any delays on the sensors there, but we are keeping an eye on that one. And a little bit of a slowdown on I-40 Westbound as you approach US-1. Chris? Brett, thank you. A woman was seriously injured during a shooting in Wake County you're looking at video from the WREO breaking news tracker. This is on Hodge Road near Wendell. Wake County deputies responded just before 11 o'clock last night and they found a woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and investigators are working to learn what led up to this shooting. But last check, no arrests have been made. Firefighters in Wake County say that a lightning strike caused a fire that burned a barn overnight. The fire started on NC-42 in Willow Spring around 11-30 last night this is video from the WREO breaking news tracker after firefighters were able to put the flames out. Investigators say they saw smoke from nearly a mile away as firefighters were headed to the scene. And no one was injured in this case either. The manifestation charges in a crash that killed a family of three on Memorial Day is expected in court for the first time today. As WREO's Kelsey Coffey tells us, Jordan Porter was released from the hospital just this past Friday and he's facing murder charges. We're expecting to see Jordan Porter in court for the first time later this morning. This just about a month after that crash happened and now three crosses have been placed at this intersection on U.S. 70 in Garner to honor that family who was killed. We first gave you a look at Porter's mugshot Friday when he was released from the hospital and put in custody. He's facing multiple charges including second-degree murder and driving while impaired. Warren showed he was drinking and smoking marijuana before the crash, Porter ran a red light on U.S. 70 hitting the Campbell family's car. Parents Tyler and Susan Campbell died at the scene. Their son Miles died later in the hospital. Porter's bond was set at $3 million. We'll be sure to keep you updated on what happens in court later this morning. Kelsey Coffey, WREO News, and Garner. The Cumberland County Sheriff is removing school resource officers and crossing guards. These are specifically in communities that have their own police departments. The contract between the sheriff's office and Cumberland County Schools ends today. The sheriff didn't outline the reason for the change in the service though. However, insiders say this decision was based on employee shortages. The sheriff says that he will continue to provide SROs and crossing guards in unincorporated parts of the county. Starting today, you'll once again have to pay to ride go triangle buses. The bus service has been free for four years. Passengers can expect to pay $1.25 for one trip. The discounted fare is $0.60 for people with disabilities or people who have Medicare. Children, 12 and under, and adults, 65 and up can ride for free. Teenagers can also ride free, but they need a youth pass. Several DMV offices across the state are raising their fees this summer. The DMV is requiring to change fees and rates every four years. Now, according to the DMV, about 90 license and registration related fees are expected to go up by about 19%. You can find a list of the price changes on WRAL.com. New this morning, Boeing has announced that it will buy back its fuselage maker, Spirit Aerosystems, for more than $4 billion in stock. The company says the deal will improve safety and quality control. In March, Boeing said that it was in talks to acquire the company weeks after a fuselage panel blew out midair from an Alaska Airlines flight. Spirit makes the fuselage for the 737 and other parts, including sections of Boeing's 787 Dreamliners. Today, the first non-stop flight to Mexico City will leave from RDU where you're looking live this morning. The first Aeromexico flight between the airports happens this afternoon. This service will operate daily out of Terminal 2. The route is operated under an agreement between Aeromexico and Delta Airlines. Today is a groundbreaking that's happening for new rail projects, linking Raleigh and Richmond. The new S-line project would create a direct route between the cities. That would cut about an hour off of the travel time. Now, passenger service is expected to start by 2030. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be in Raleigh for today's groundbreaking. He and Governor Roy Cooper announced a billion dollar investment in this project. That was back in December, you may remember. The groundbreaking is happening at one o'clock this afternoon on Durant Road. Simone Biles is on her way to the Olympics. Again, get it, girl. The reigning world champion secured her spot on Team USA last night and she had a dominating win in the all-around competition at the Olympic Trials. She will become only the fourth American woman to compete in three Olympic games. After qualifying, Biles shared that she considers Paris the redemption tour for U.S. Gymnastics. Well, I think everybody probably looks at the team. It's okay. They went to Tokyo and this happened. And what are they going to do here in Paris? But for us, I know we're stronger than what we showed in Tokyo. So I think it has to be for us because it can't be for anybody else because that's not why we do it. We do it for ourselves and the love for the sport and the love for representing the U.S. So, Nili, Jordan Childs, Jade Carey, and Hesley Rivera will join her on the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team. That'll happen, of course, in Paris later this month. Today, the State Health Department is launching a new program to help people with complex health needs. This is also meant to help people who need long-term rehabilitation and care, too. More than 210,000 people will be eligible. This plan will help people with serious mental illness, severe substance use disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. They'll be offered through the state's medical health care plan. A Medicaid plan, that is. Flash flooding is forcing people from their homes in New Mexico and the same areas have been dealing with wildfires, too. We'll explain why that's making things a whole lot messier. Plus, Will Smith is back making music. We have a look at his debut of "You Can Make It" at last night's BET Awards. Let's get you a live look right now at Wilmington this morning. Well, the storms are gone for now, but meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner will tell us when the heat returns this week. We take care of the things in our life. Knowing proper maintenance and upkeep will extend the life of what we love. Do you give the same attention care to your own body? Staying fit and eating right are key. 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Go to Shopify.com/try now to grow your business. No matter what stage you're in, Shopify.com/try. I pinky promise this is a live look at Rocky Mountain Mills this morning. It's just a little difficult to see there. See that rain on the lens there? Yeah, that's because of what we've been seeing this morning. But thankfully things are calming down just a bit. I give you a better picture Elizabeth has right behind you to show you what's going on. Yeah, that definitely tells a good story there. You see all that water on the camera lens. It's been really interesting this morning. We've had a flash flood warning in effect for the last several hours. It expires at 9.45. This is a radar estimate. So it's not ground truth. But you know something close to this is probably what has actually fallen. Probably maybe six to eight inches. It's reporting almost 10 inches there. That's going to be closest to the town of Stedman, but in between Fayetteville and Clinton right there across parts of Samson and Cumberland County. That heavy rain band stretches all the way up toward Wake County. Way done, Lillington all seeing as much as four to six inches of rain there. But it was just a small pocket. We didn't see as much rain across other parts of the viewing area, especially from the triangle area northward and westward. We continue to see some steady to heavy rain there across parts of the eastern part of the viewing area. And a couple of isolated showers showing up here around Wake County this morning. East of Rocky bound to here around Tarboro. East of Pine tops. Some showers still continue, but very slowly that is pushing out of our viewing area and will make way for some sunshine. People get around to the cameras. I don't see a lot of sun just yet, but by lunchtime we should see some nice sunshine breaking out. A dry air mass starts to work its way in from the north and you're going to notice the humidity change. We've already started to see it drop pretty significantly at Rdu. Mid eighties for highs this afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms just this morning. We won't see any more of those later this afternoon. I just dropped this to steamy and look at that. It dropped one more. I have to move that manually. So pushing it down to tolerable. Very excited about that. We may drop into comfy zone later on today and tomorrow, but we're right back to tropical Thursday and Friday. Friday is a decent chance that we would see another heat advisory with 100 degrees for the high and a heat index. Most likely feeling like 105 and Thursday is going to be pretty hot too at 97. Our normal high is 90. So we're below that today and tomorrow and the overnight lows are going to feel great too. That 97 for 4th of July definitely on the list of hottest ever 4th of July. 101 in 2012, 99. We saw four times and 97 is going to come right there at about fourth place. So that's something that we really want to see. We continue with above normal temperatures past 4th of July and into early next week. Let's talk about some nicer things. How about that 62 tomorrow morning, 65 Wednesday morning. That will feel nice and refreshing. We are back to some scattered thunderstorms. Friday, Saturday and Sunday after the 4th of July, Brett. Thanks a little bit. Let's take a look at traffic right now. We are following a couple of big crashes out there. Breaking news on NC55 at Main Street. It's a serious crash involving an overturned cement truck. WRAO's Laura Levine is out there right now. And Laura, what are we seeing right there? We know the road was closed. Hey, Brett. Yes, we are seeing some huge traffic impacts. I can tell you we were sitting in traffic for quite a while before arriving here to the scene. Behind me though, you can see to be frank, it is a mess with this truck overturned. You can even see some of the material coming from the cement truck spilling onto the highway here. This is at the intersection of South Main Street in Highway 55. Several officers here on the scene blocking the road. We have a tow truck that just arrived within the past 10 minutes. But as you can see, crews working to figure out how to safely navigate this situation at this time. We are seeing traffic moving, but it's at a slow and steady pace within this area. Drivers are advised to avoid this area as crews are continuing to work to clean up this mess. It appears that this is a single vehicle crash, not seeing any other vehicles involved in this. So right now we are working to learn from law enforcement at this time on what exactly happened here, Brett. I know you'll stay on top of that. Thank you, Laura. Let's take a look at another serious crash that's out on I-87 at Smithfield Road. It's shut down multiple lanes on I-87. You can see all the cars there in the median, a couple of ambulances there, including state troopers and fire trucks. At least a couple of lanes are blocked on I-87 southbound as you head into Raleigh. We're going to keep an eye on that one and let you know when that starts to clear up. But you can see plenty of red, lots of backups there over in the night-dale area. A wider look at the rest of the triangle, the Beltline looking good, and south of Raleigh on I-40 westbound looking good. And then over in Durham, the Durham freeway northbound, a little bit of a slowdown right now, but nothing too bad right now, Chris. Brett, thank you. President Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon is expected to report to a prison in Connecticut today. He is slated to turn himself in at a low-security federal prison. He asked the Supreme Court to pause his sentencing while he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress. The High Court rejected that case Friday, and he'll serve four months in prison. People in New Mexico are being forced to evacuate their homes because of this flash flooding. See this video right here? This is from the village of Ruidoso. Flood waters are rushing past homes and turning roads into rivers. Emergency crews have rescued dozens of people from the rushing waters, and this is the same area where crews have been battling wildfires too. They say while this is helping stop the wildfires, it's causing a lot of erosion in some of the areas that fire damaged. Protests are underway in the streets of Jerusalem. This is because of a decision ordering the government to draft ultra-orthodox Jews into the military. Now, that religious group has held strong political advantage, and that's led to draft exemptions for their followers, allowing them to study in religious seminaries instead. Israeli police say that at least five people have been arrested, and they are accused of attacking police officers and throwing stones. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled last week that ultra-orthodox Jews must be drafted. Two people were killed, and one person was injured in a shooting in Tarboro. That happened on Branchwood Lane. The Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office says they received a call after about three o'clock yesterday morning. Deputies say two people were dead when they arrived, and that third person was taken to the hospital, but it's unclear how they're doing this morning. Storms caused a power line to fall down on a street in Goldsboro. You see that right here? It also caught part of it on fire. This video was taken on Buck Swamp Road yesterday. Michael Babb, who took this video, says that it was raining and windy before all this happened, and he came across the down power line. WREO will interview the new superintendent of Durham Public Schools this morning. The school board voted unanimously to offer Anthony Lewis the job. He spent the last six years as superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools in Kansas. He joins DPS after a turbulent school year for the district. This includes months of classes between the district and classified staff over promised pay increases. The turmoil led to the former district chief financial officer to abruptly resign, and that was followed by the previous permanent superintendent Pascal Mabenga resigning. However, Lewis says that he was impressed by both the school system and its search for a new leader. I certainly appreciate the board's commitment and focus on children in excellence throughout this process. The involvement of the building level staff, district staff, parents, and most importantly students involved in this process has made me even more sold on Durham Public Schools. Also happening today, the school board will swear in two new members, Joy Harrow and Wendell Tab. They'll each serve a four-year term. Durham police are working to identify a man who was found underneath the Eno River. We first reported this as breaking news Saturday night. Officers received a call around 830 about a person in the water near the West Point off North Roxbury Street, but no word on how the man died. A plane mechanic strike forced Canada's second-largest airline WestJet to cancel hundreds of flights today as Canada Day, and people who lived there had a long weekend. Since Thursday, WestJet has canceled more than 800 flights scheduled to fly through today. After yesterday's delays, the airline has demanded action from the federal government there. Both parties and federal mediators are set to continue talks this morning. With intense heat, we're seeing the summer drinking enough water that is so critical. Doctors suggest you remember the 8x8 rule. This means 8-8 ounce glasses of water or 64 ounces each day. But caution though, you can drink too much water. Yes, that's a thing. The CDC says that a person shouldn't drink more than 48 ounces of water or other fluids in one hour. That is because the liquid can dilute the concentration of salt in our blood. U.S. businesses are looking to hire more part-time workers than full-time workers. That's according to a recent analysis from the job site Indeed. It revealed demand for full-time workers was flat from January 2022 to May of this year. And while advertisements for part-time gigs on its site were up about 10% over the same period, the industry is most likely to advertise for part-time work or beauty and bonus. Personal care and home health as well as retail and food service. He's got one of the most recognizable voices in Hollywood and he wants to make sure that you are not full by imitation. David Daniel has that and more in today's Hollywood Minute. He's in a different world, a different life than he was in before. Morgan Freeman is raising his famous voice against imitations of that voice. He's posted on social media thanking his fans for alerting him to alleged unauthorized use of AI-generated narration that sounds like him. Freeman follows Scarlett Johansson, who has blasted OpenAI for allegedly mimicking her voice for its AI assistant. There's so much good stuff. You can have whatever you want. Really? Really. Isabel DeRoy Olson and Lily Gladstone play a niece and auntie on the run in Fancy Dance, the teenager and the Oscar nominee bonded filming the often intense drama. She's just so genuine and like we just clicked immediately and it's been two years of our lives. You know I'm 19 now and nothing has changed. We're still just as close as we were. She was one of my guests at Cannes when Colors of the Flower Moon premiered. Isabel was there. I was there. Fancy Dance is now streaming on Apple TV Plus in Hollywood. I'm David Daniel. Will Smith is back with a brand new single. He debuted You Can Make It Live at the BET Awards last night. Listen for yourself. Out of the band is out of the phase. Out of the set is into the range. The darkest of nights will turn in the days. And every storm runs out of rain. Hold on. You're from the wheel. If I could just remember. Wow. Looks pretty good. Awesome production too. The Gospel infused song features Friday and the Sunday service choir. Paul Maurice had a couple of special shout outs during the Stanley Cup parade speech. He showed off his pet cats, Poppy and Penny, and his daughter photoshopped them onto the Florida Panthers logo for his t-shirt. I don't know. It's kind of an improvement, right? He said he made a promise to wear it if the Panthers won the Stanley Cup and it looks like he did in fact keep that promise. Good on you, Dad. Before we go to break, here's a look at joining lottery numbers. Good posture is essential to good health. 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