drugs, but nothing more. >> i was in my car and with my friend smoking. one of them was 18 and her sister was 17. i took that charge so i didn't have to have her go to jail for it. i'm guilty of that. that is not my car in the video. >> maureen: townsend is apparently couldn't afford bond so he will stay in jail. his family stands behind him saying police have the wrong man. >> maureen: and now a shooting that left one person seriously hurt. it happened across the street from the transit center. around 3:30 a person we know has been arrested. we do not have an update on the victim's condition. former charlotte mayor patrick cannon is already serving time in federal prison for taking a bribe. sentenced to one day behind bars for taking a plea deal for attempting voter fraud. the charge is a misdemeanor.

a felony and his sentence is much less than the 120-day max he faced. on social media mixed reaction to today's news. jan says, good, still praying for you patrick cannon, praying for your wife and children. stay encouraged. there are brighter days ahead. michelle says may god bless him. we all make mistakes. i respect those that own up to them. praying for mr. cannon and his family. we are getting his reaction to the verdict and to ask him why >> everything went as called by the d.a. and the defense daughters. >> what was the purpose of having this after the federal stuff? why do we have to have this? >> the district attorney had it on record that he had done something wrong 6789. even though he may have had

should have known he didn't have the right to vote. >> maureen: now a candlelight vigil for mark wilson and his girlfriend of south side park in newton. the two were shot in this clairemont home. we don't have a picture there. there you can see it. their 10-year-old daughter was inside the home at the time. >> maureen: new on "primetime" the death of a clemson university student bringing statewide changes. fraternities and sororities will now have to post violations by members before students are rushing the greek organization joined. the bill approved by lawmakers is named the tucker hips transparency act. the name sake, tucker hipps, was found dead before an early morning run with members of the fraternity he was

>> this is about keeping the students safe. and clemson -- they have done a marvelous job of doing this. >> maureen: they would not name individuals involved, but would list the overall organization, club or greek group the student was involved in. >> maureen: we now know a man convicted of killing a woman in her 80s -- back in her 80s died. darrell hunt shot himself. you may recall he served 19 years for the murder of deborah skykes. it was later found hunt was innocent. close friend told the cbs affiliate that hunt had stage four cancer. >> maureen: looking uh -- ahead, closing arguments will take place tomorrow in the lancaster county trial of a husband accused of stabbing

they shared. today we heard from the man accused about what he says happened. wbtv's michael clark has that story now on "primetime." >> with tears in his eyes the accused killer tells a jury he didn't mean to stab his wife, elaine, to death. >> reporter: his plan was to talk to his wife of 35 years, but prosecutors say he had a knife in his hand the entire time. one he claims was meant for himself. >> [inaudible] >> reporter: the emotional testimony came after two officers testified they listened to him confess. once to a deputy and another to a sister as they were in

>> there was a confrontation and she begged him to stop. >> reporter: her husband taped a sign to the door so his grandchild wouldn't come in the room. she lives in the same house and typically sleeps with them. he says he called family members to apologize and tried to kill himself. investigators say he never claimed it was accidental. >> he cut his own wrist and got on the bed next to his wife's and told her he would die with her. >> reporter: his dna was on the knife and prosecutors say he never called anyone for help. tensions will be left to the jury. >> did you intentionally stab your wife? >> no, sir. >> reporter: michael clark, wbtv on your side. >> maureen: he faces 30 years to life if convicted. 5 live look now through our

it is interesting to see how light it is, eric and not only how light it is how warm it still is. >> eric: another record high temperature smashed. that was the record high for today. have a look at the numbers here. how about a high temperature that is short of 90 degrees. the dew point was low and you may not be thinking in terms of the fact that we were close to 90 today. already evidence of cool air working its way back into the carol line gnaws. -- caroline -- carolinas. there is much cooler air on tap for us, maureen, and we are also talking about showers heading our way for the weekend. much more on your first alert forecast. >> maureen: thanks. up next, why troopers in south carolina are telling you to think again for brake checking someone especially after this video went viral.

to keep her pet alligator. hear from her as to why. and incredible video of a super cell in illinois. we are your only live, local

seconds. >> maureen: now on "primetime" the most notable video in the big three, this is video of a super cell in illinois. he caught it on camera yesterday, absolutely

and it was powerful. it produced several small tornadoes. a florida woman is fighting for her pet alligator. in a recent interview she explains her fight to keep him. >> since they want to put him outside he is sun sensitive and he can't go outside. they have a two and a half acre rule. >> my land does not meet that. but he does president meet it because he can't go outside. he is special needs. >> maureen: rambo is 125 pounds and mary thorn says she has had him since he was about four years old. she decided to take him home from a wildlife facility when they didn't know what to do with him because he was so sensitive to sunlight. >> maureen: look at these massive flames coming from a luxury yacht in the virgin islands.

thankfully no one was hurt. >> maureen: still to come, the highway patrol has a word for you, drivers, after this video of an suv flipping after a brake check goes viral. plus the cast of the off broadway smash hit vanities in our studio live.

see on cbs tonight.

south carolina highway patrol is warning drivers after a video of a brake check suv flipping went viral. it happened in wisconsin and caused the tailgater to lose control and skid into the median there. in south carolina you could get a reckless driving ticket for doing this. that means six points on your driver's license plus a fine. a second conviction results in a suspended license. >> maureen: booze it and lose it is underway. people died because of unrelated crashes. law enforcement are outlooking for those who are drinking and driving. it will be -- there will be sobriety checks set up all across the state. >> it is very convenient and very cost effective i think. it is all of the costs involved.

the legal processes and insurances. >> maureen: if you were to get a dwi in north carolina it will cost you, as you heard, several thousand dollars. >> maureen: a charlotte attorney accused of sleeping during a trial has changed according to the state bar association's website. he is no longer listed as active according to the state website. his status has changed because, quote, the lawyer is end quote. he is the attorney who had a racketeering case tossed out because he kept nodding op -- nodding off during the trial. sentence. we are told the status change happened because mackey didn't fulfill his continuing education requirement. he has 30 days to wrap up the

accept new ones. >> maureen: if you like owls this next story is sure to make you smile. the raptor center has taken in a gray horned owl, but this tiny bird of prey is not without a mother. >> reporter: i was warned before opening this door that the adult foster mother might very well try to attack. but she didn't. maybe that's why she knew we were here to do a story on her and the foster owl. >> that was the clacking sound she was making with her beak. they puff up to make themselves look big. i am surprised she didn't step in front of the baby. normally she tries to get in front. sometimes she can be very, very aggressive, but she was being good today. >> she has been a surrogate

years. the latest under her wing came in with a broken shin bone. he did a surgery to fix his leg and now he is healing and learning the owl ropes from his fill in owl mom. >> he will heal just fine and that is our hope and that's our goal. this will work out pretty well though. his leg is doing well. >> he doesn't have a name. he goes by 19424. the staff here try not to bond with the rescues because one day they won't be rescueses anymore. they will be another successful release back into the wild leaving room under his wing for 19425. in huntersville with the good news, kristen hampton, wbtv on your side. >> maureen: that face is so adorable. i am so glad she did that story. the carolina raptor center gets 175 orphaned birds a year.

their care you can find the information on our website at wbtv.com/good news and you can also share that story on your facebook page. it is just adorable. i have worked with the raptor center. they are awesome people and they take such good care of the animals they are brought. that animal was so cute. >> eric: he looked alt -- a little intimidated when kristen is trying to get to that baby. >> maureen: she is trying to be the mommy. >> eric: that's one new bird every two days. they have a lot of work to do. it is great weather. i tell you what, things are changing. we have the warm weather today and we told you we hit 86 for the high and 83 in 1945. notice what is coming in now. we have a frontal boundary

the viewing area. the cold air is not quite here yet. there was a front moving across the viewing area. let's do comparisons. how about lancaster. south carolina 77. you are cooler than morganton. how could there be a cool front moving across the area. sometime the chilly air takes awhile to get here. you can see this sharp boundary and the dew point has shown up and there is moist air ahead of it. the dew points in the low 20s in the catawba valley and still around 50 around monroe. there is a measure of the moisture in the atmosphere. that will continue to proceed and then eventually the cooler air will show up. it won't be quick to get here. we will be around 60 and it will be pleasant and mild in the morning. you shouldn't have disruptions

to the east. you have all of these fair skies showing up by first thing in the morning. 43 in the mountains and fair skies and mild conditions. mild and very nice and 50 degrees. but tomorrow things begin to change as you will see. we are pretty quiet and we'll track this rain. this is coming up the east coast over the weekend. until then it is about the cooler air making its way into the picture. 69 at noon and 74 at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. it is not 80 sick. that's already -- it is not 86. that's a big difference. everybody will see plenty of foothills. bringing you to the peaked moppet and the temperatures in -- piedmont and midto upper 70s. another delightful day on tap, well. the seven-day first alert forecast and a couple dry days on thursday and friday and then the area of rainfall works its way up the eastern seaboard on saturday.

these temperatures falling? 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s and hard to get out of the 40s here on sunday with that rain around and the low temperatures are getting down close to freezing as we take you into the monday morning time dpraim and that will -- time frame and that will set us up for a little snow. here it is again, maureen o'boyle. >> maureen: now on "primetime" we are talking about the smash off broadway hit" vanities." i am joined by the five-time emmy award winner, heather tom. you may recognize her as katie logan spencer on "the bold and the beautiful" and also here is nicole tom who played maggie sheffield. am i saying that right? >> she was once lucy cooper spalding and they recognize all of you.

tell us about vanities. it has been a hit for a longtime. >> have i been doing this off and on for almost 20 years. it can withstand the test of time. they go through high school and then college and then they grow up. >> maureen: looking at the video and you see these stages and it really is a transformation to see you in character and in costumes. describe those three stages for you. what was it like to transform? >> i have a specific vision and i stick to it. i don't change.

is it about being vein 1234. >> we are reflections of each other. >> and a reflection of the world and how you want to put yourself forward and how you want the world to see you and kind of how your expectations of your life is going to go and how that changeses over time. >> and it is a reflection of how friends can reflect yourself. you learn a lot about yourself through your friendships. >> you have gotten close as you got together. >> maureen: we are not going to give away too much, but we want people to know where they can find it. we are proud to be a sponsor by the way. tickets are in the city of morganton municipal auditorium at 7:30 p.m. you can call the number you can see on your screen or go on-line to the website you can see there to purchase tickets. ladies, great to have you here. >> thank you so much.

>> maureen: have a great show. >> thank you. >> super fun. >> maureen: so funny. we will be back after this. >> closed captioning on wbtv news is sponsored by subaru

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>> maureen: we'll take ooh! an awkward landing. but a sunset kiss. i'm billy bush. taylor and calvin share their world. kerry washington explains why she remains fiercely private.

sharing some of it? and ben and jen share just enough about their breakup. >> i think so many people just adore you, jennifer. >> i know it's been kind of a challenging year, obviously. >> they have been on the brink before, tori and dean. stronger than ever. and are more kids in their future? officially no more kids? >> yeah. >> oh, tori? >> you said officially. >> you didn't see her face. lights, camera, access. ben and jen krr doing their best to dance around those awkward divorce questions. welcome to "access hollywood." tell us about taylor and calvin. >> do you feel it, bill? love is in the air as this sexy couple take us on their romantic vacation. >> are you watching? >> yeah. >> it hurt a lot.