up here this morning. that's where the temperatures are the coldest. in the low to mid 20s. we may hover near freezing for a while this afternoon. but i'll show you on the data how things eventually warm tonight hopefully in time before the deeper moisture gets here and changes everything over to rain. and as keith said, that ice is just enough to be dangerous. we have seen multiple crashes reported in hickory all ready today. eyewitness news reporter dave faherty continues our team coverage there. and dave, you even slid out this morning? >> reporter: yes, stephanie, i did near my home on a secondary road. the live truck i was driving started sliding sideways, fortunately, i was only going about 20 miles per hour. i did get a chance to talk with hickory police earlier. they responded to close to three dozen wrecks. many of them involving black ice. look at this video we shot along highway 321 south of the hickory area. not only are the main roads

roads are treacherous right now. some drivers losing control of their cars while going just 15 to 20 miles per hour. the d.o.t. here at catawba county is putting sand and salt down along with some brine on some of the over passes and some of the problem areas where they've had accidents. we talked with one driver who wrecked this morning about these conditions. >> this guy -- we saw a bunch of guys fish tailing. it's ridiculous. people need to slow down. take it slow. if you don't have to go out today, don't go out. it's not worth it. >> reporter: i think the hardest thing is for folks, when they step outside, they look and they see grass, they see wet roads, the roads have a lot of black ice. the key into the afternoon is the temperature. right now we're holding in the mid 20s. hopefully it'll rise later this evening and get above the freezing mark. reporting live from hickory, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. all right dave. thank you. we're keeping a close eye on the roads across the area. meteorologist christine rapp is

crash blocking i-77 just >> reporter: yeah, we actually just passed that crash there, stephanie. and these conditions up here, we've been driving through areas of mecklenburg and iredell counties. really bad when you head up north. let's look at what they look like up here. roads are very slick. they're wet in some areas. especially up here near mooresville. we had a chance to check up on a couple accidents. including this one. this is up near the troutman area. a single vehicle was actually on its side, lost control trying to turn, and actually struck a power pole. we talked to the state trooper who was on the scene who said they're so swamped with accidents in this area, they're about two hours behind on checking in on some of those reports. if you live in areas of iredell county to the north, if you can stay indoors, that's probably your best option today. this is what it looks like northbound on 77 near mooresville. again, this ice is accumulating very quickly on some of these roads. really just in a matter of minutes.

monitor the conditions out here and give you a live look at what it's looking like on the roadways throughout the show. christine rapp, channel 9 eyewitness news. traffic team 9's mark taylor has been monitoring roads for us. where else are you seeing issues ? >> it seems to be north of the charlotte area. we've been talking about catawba county, lincoln county, and iredell counties seem to be hardest hit. these accidents we've been monitoring have been fairly minor. not causing huge delays. it's the slick conditions. one of those was 77 northbound south of raleigh school road. which cleared in the last half no delay. good news there. statesville. you're seeing slick conditions. nothing for the interstates. several issues on 321. but it sounds like they're heeding the warning when i spoke to police minutes ago. no big issues other than a small slow down on 321.

and i-40. slick conditions here. green conditions. no big slow downs. good news they're offering the advice to stay home if you can. this winter weather is also creating problems in greensboro. you can see the snowy roads there late last night. police responded to more than 30 wrecks in the first hour of snow falling. and more than 90 wrecks in a two-hour span. you can see the latest conditions in your neighborhood and track the storm as it moves through. it's all on the wsoc-tv weather app. free for android and apple devices. breaking news in hickory now, police are on the scene of a shooting where a woman was shot in the stomach. it happened just in the past hour on 11th street northwest. police say a man shot a woman behind a home. right now they are questioning a possible suspect in the case in hopes of learning a motive. the woman is expected to recover. this midday, flags are at half staff in the nation's capitol to mourn the longest

justice skalia died this weekend and his body was brought back to washington over all ready there's a battle in replace him. eyewitness news reporter jacqueline fell explains the ready brewing. >> reporter: they will reject president obama's pick for a supreme court justice replacing skalia drawing the battle lines between republicans and democratics. >> there is no way the senate should confirm anyone that barack obama tries to appoint in his last year in office to a lifetime appointment. >> when you say i don't care who he nominates, i'm going to oppose him, that's not going to fly. >> president obama says he has every intention of choosing a nominee. the white house will announce his selection when the senate returns later this month. we took a look back at previous court vacancies and found out the average wait time for a presidential nominee is just over two months. according to the congressional research service, the longest

that was back in 1916. president obama has 341 days left in office. so if republicans are able to delay this process until obama leaves office, this would be a record. in washington, jacqueline fell, channel 9 eyewitness news. two north carolina cases could make it to the supreme court. one deals with prayer and county commission meetings. the other is about redrawing congressional district lines. lawmakers are holding public hearings now. including one in charlotte on the issue. last week a federal panel said district 12 is unconstitutional. it also said the march 15th primaries shouldn't go forward until the case could be appealed. >> reporter: more than 100 flights in and out of charlotte are canceled due to a northeast winter storm. i'm live at the airport with what airlines are doing to try to get passengers back in the sky. presidential candidates are in south carolina today ahead of this week's primary.

state is not a must-win. and the campaign first for jeb bush today. while temperatures are below freezing for just about everybody, i'm looking over data to see when we could thaw

the stock market is closed today for president's day holiday. today nearly all republican presidential candidates are in south carolina drumming up support ahead of this weekend's primary. marco rubio was in rock hill this morning. hundreds of people braved freezing temperatures to hear him speak at york tech. he talked about keeping the nation safe and increasing opportunities for americans.

in a one on one interview, he told channel 9 south carolina is critical but won't make or break his campaign. >> we're not at that stage in the campaign yet where any state is a must-win. i think we have to do well here. we're going to do well here. we're going to leave here with delegates. and that's important. >> rubio says he's the best to reach out to minorities. george w. bush will campaign for his brother for the first time. they'll host a joint rally tonight. president bush has become more popular since he left office in 2009. and jeb hopes that can boost his campaign. >> donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. and i'm proud of what he did. >> ben carson is in lancaster right now campaigning. donald trump will rally in greenville later tonight. ted cruz is at an event in aiken right now. john kasich is campaigning in michigan today.

live pictures from our storm cam technology. on i-77 southbound in mooresville. and we're seeing a lot of slick spot because of that freezing rain that's come down. we'll get the full forecast from meteorologist keith monday in just a few minutes. a massive winter storm across the east coast creating major back-ups at charlotte douglas. the steps airlines are taking to get passengers safely on their way. plus new information about the zika virus in south carolina.

and the other state that's our storm cam right now is on i-77 southbound right near lake norman. lots of reports this afternoon of wrecks because of black ice. it looks shiny on the roads. they just look wet. but it's black ice. especially in our northern counties. we'll have more on the areas having issues right now from meteorologist keith monday in minutes. now this same storm system is causing serious crashes along the east coast with record breaking cold and windchills as intense as -36. and it's also causing big problems at charlotte douglas. we learned on daybreak, airlines canceled more than 100 departures this morning. eyewitness news reporter angela hong is live at the airport and right now charlotte is third in the nation for total cancellations, angela. >> reporter: we're holding steady at 57 flights that have been canceled. they were set to go out of

you can see the departures board and the arrivals board. it's a sea of red. we spoke to passengers who have been stranded at the airport since last night. american airlines says about 20 airports are effected by this winter storm. including charlotte douglas. according to flight aware, a flight tracking service, more than about 700 flights in the u.s. have been canceled. it looks like we lost angela there trying to give us airport. we can tell you also that the storm impacting some other now. on daybreak, we told you about slick conditions in raleigh. that's forced the d.o.t. to close parts of several major interstates. and you can see why. after all of these crashes this morning from cars sliding off roads and into each other. and some of those cars flipped there. channel 9 meteorologists are tweeting out live updates on

see the latest models and what's heading to your neighborhood follow@wsocweather on twitter. the mosquito born zika virus is suspected of causing severe birth defects. the u.s. new developments this midday, a south charlotte bank is offering a 5,000-dollar reward to catch the armed man who robbed it. officers say this man here walked into pnc bank on arboretum drive and slipped the teller a note demanding money. detectives believe the same man robbed this bank on pineville matthews road last month. if you know who this is, you're asked to call police. today the charlotte zoning board will consider two new developments that neighbors worry will increase traffic on an all ready busy road. they want approval to build up

place. in less than half a mile away, the zoning board will vote on another 265 apartments. a developer also recently submitted a petition to build 74 town homes at mocking bird and park. meteorologist keith monday is tracking where there is just enough ice on the roads to cause some major problems for center 9. we've been mentioning this in hundredth of an inch. in ice, usually 1/4-inch or more leads to problems. the salt on the roads is not doing much with the temperatures being so low. the cloud deck is coming down because the atmosphere is moistening up. this. if you look at all the relative humidity numbers around the map here, charlotte is the driest by far. i mean everywhere around us has a lot more moisture coming back in.

of dry air sitting here in town. that's been precluding a lot of this moisture from coming back in. but it will continue to moisten up as we head through the day today. we're seeing that on live early warning doppler 9. the pockets of pink are getting closer into town now. pockets of light freezing rain. a little sleet coming in. rolling out of mint hill. albemarle road at 485. heading up to the flow store community in cabarrus county. southward, lake wiley out of tega cay, right around carowinds boulevard and 77 northbound near the steele creek community, 77, 485 toward the out let mall, you'll find sleet and freezing rain working in. that batch is moving northeast at 40 miles per hour. belmont, you'll see it in about five minutes. huntersville at a quarter till 1:00. there's more activity south. a nice pocket here. freezing rain, sleet mix. that's going to head its way toward indian land working

and up into the mountains and foothills. we've seen the steady freezing rain mist all morning long keeping numerous road problems up here to the north. that's going to be on the future cast through the afternoon. the line of pink from charlotte northbound. but notice south the green is starting to spread in toward the afternoon commute. eventually things warm up enough. but through 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00, it may still be just at or below freezing like we are now. but this is where we've had the bigger issue up north where it's much colder. that's where we've seen the low to mid 20s holding back on. surely we're going to see the issues remaining up north. in charlotte, we're going to ride the line, areas south will warm up quickly into the evening. no issues down south through monroe, lancaster, and charlotte. but that may take well into the evening hours. thankfully, this isn't adding up to a whole lot. we're only talking about a few hundredths of an inch but that's all it's been taking to get the slick travel to show up here to the north. we may see more of this adding up as we wind our way through the afternoon. but then again, tonight, the

the warm air gets here. it's all rain over night tonight. and there could be some heavy rain coming through just before the morning drive on tuesday. but that will be all liquid as our numbers do warm as we head through the night. we're back in the upper 30s as a matter of fact. so we'll get there. but i'd say through the afternoon, you have to watch for slick pockets out there around charlotte. and more widespread issues up north where it's been much colder. tomorrow we're back in the 50s. close to 60 all the way to the end of the week. and all the way into the weekend. we're in the mid 60s. for the next several hours, icy spots will be out there. >> by the weekend, we'll forget we had ice. >> i know. new details about an accused serial jewelry thief. the training investigators say she got that enabled her to steal $4 million in jewelry.

continuing to give you live pictures this afternoon. this is i-77 south in cornelius where we're seeing the majority of problems in the northern counties. we're not out of the woods yet. slick spots in several areas. we'll have a final check of the forecast from meteorologist keith monday in a few minutes. newly released documents reveal a woman accused of stealing more than 4 million-dollars in jewels may have been trained for a crime team. abigail kemp is charged in six store robberies across five states including the carolinas. the fbi says brothers larry and michael gilmore taught her how to handle a gun and how to secure employees with zip ties. >> they were tied up. i went to them and started removing the ties from them. >> investigators say the

the stores. the fbi used cell phone pings to track down the suspects. police arrested a fourth suspect, jones iii. he and kemp pleaded not guilty to the charges. all four suspects face 20 years in jail. tonight charlotte city leaders will decide if a south park development we've been telling you about for years will move forward. leaders will vote on a rezoning request for sharon united methodist church. church members want a developer to build restaurants, offices, and apartments. they hope it will help bring more people through their doors. count on channel 9 to break down any decisions made during tonight's meeting at 10:00 and 11:00 on eyewitness news. and you can also follow us on twitter and facebook for major developments when we're not on the air. new at noon, accidents involving airplanes dropped dramatically last year making it the safest year to fly in the past five years the international air transport

from four accidental crashes last year. that's a big drop from 641 deaths in 2014. the report says all of last year's crashes involved small planes, not jets. it did not include deliberate crashes, including the german wings crash in the alps, and the metro jet crash in egypt. today north carolina's supreme court will hear arguments over a state law critics say tries to take away teacher tenure. the court will determine whether or not the 2013 law that phased out tenure violated the constitutional rights of teachers. not over yet, we're still seeing this system impacting several neighborhoods. >> yeah, it's been deceptive. it hasn't been that heavy. we've seen problems showing up. especially up north. and more is coming in from the south. so the moisture will be around for the afternoon. slick travel especially in northern counties. late tonight, it'll change over to rain. but it's going to be a while

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