and we are starting off pretty chilly this morning. we are 36 degrees but heading north ward. we'll see a lot of sunshine through the day and clouds building in later on. highs today are in the upper 50s. i'm tracking a weak disturbance threatening to bring a few sprinkles across the area. more on that coming up in the next half hour. we are following breaking

after midnight investigators kept us from the scene on potters mill road. we are continuing to ask how many people were involved and if they are looking for suspects. parents upset after a gun was found inside medical treatment pleasant elementary school. one parent told us the student had the gun all day. >> reporter: one parent told me she learned the gun had been on the fourth grader all day long and that has parents outraged. the school confirmed parents told their teacher one of classmates had a gun. then the teacher followed safety protocol. students were removed from the

message after the dismissal. one parent told me she wants answers and is scared for her child's safety. >> what if a child got this and it went off? planning on putting my child on the bus and i don't know if it's going to happen again. >> reporter: the school released this statement: they will be providing counselors today. >> and the sheriff's department

social services would get involved. authorities say one person was shot. we learned the incident started on copper creek? east charlotte. authorities say the victim drove from this scene. investigators say the person had nonlife-threatening injuries. we are asking what led up to the shooting. police arrested three men for soliciting children for sex online during a sting operation. one is a truck driver and one is in charlotte on business,

from charlotte. new details about a union county high school student arrested, accused of posting nude pictures of his teacher online. his teacher claims he got the images off her cell phone. she's since quit her job. he's charged with computer crime and voyeurism. he could face up to four years in jail and $10,000 bond. one woman told us she was walking in the park with her two children when the man pushed her to the ground and fondled her. police believe he exposed himself to another woman in the

>> they are aware that's an area they need to stay and patrolling. >> the suspect is described as a short latino man in his 20s or 30s. dive teams were here yesterday searching the pond near mallwood circle in connection with a murder that happened this past weekend. dr. ben carson has suspended his campaign for president. he says he talked to all other candidates this week. it is still a fiery campaign trail. black lives matter protestors interrupted a donald trump

the protestors were removed despite their attempts to resist. he'll have a rally in concord monday before heading to mississippi. north korea claims it is getting nuclear weapons ready following and order and north korea's announcement follows new sanctions from the united nations this week. military leaders say it is unlikely north korea can actually follow through with its threats.

american airlines applied for 14 daily flights to havana. one of those would go out of charlotte. the rest would go out of miami. there was a vigil held for kevin shay on windy grove road. tuesday morning the car she was in crashed. police say the driver was speeding. the vigil will start at 6:00 this evening. a farmers market preparing to open in april and devastated when a massive fire took down their warehouse. the owner says he was just a few minutes away when he got a

>> i could see it. i knew i was in trouble. >> firefighters say someone was burning trash and they believe strong winds caused it to spread, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage. were cool this morning but how much will we warm up? >> temperatures this morning a little cooler, 36 in shelby this morning. if you're heading out early, you'll need the jacket. a lot of sunshine early on, more high clouds building in later today. temperatures will be a little cool for this time of year but

when you could see 70s returning, coming up. road crews will shut down west 3rd street this morning. you can use stonewall to get around the closure. the mayor of hickory wants a permanent fix to a decades old sinkhole that sits feet from highway 70. and the 7th annual get your rear in gear registration begins this morning for $35. a south carolina school

asking third grade students to pretend to be slaves. >> i think the whole curriculum for north carolina needs to be reviewed and changed. >> where the assignment came from that has parents

welcome back. we are starting off in the 30s but we are going to get up to the 50s. the state's transportation secretary talked about the new twist of the i-77 project. they were hoping the governor may be forced to cancel the contract. >> i'm expecting to have a chance to have a candid dot to dot conversation about texas' experience.

a toll road project there built by the same company clearing land for i-77. he admits the bankruptcy doesn't look good. and 77's toll lanes have been toxic for his boss who want the state contract canceled. >> i still need reassurance that this company can fulfill its responsibility. >> reporter: and the state transportation board is also waiting for texas. >> it's a good reason to check everything out. >> reporter: he says there's no reason to cancel the deal. >> we need to say, we understand this is a sensitive question, and we're going to go resolve it.

texas and says it may be weeks before he sends a report to the governor but his findings will be made public. we have more on this at wsoctv.com. the governor reiterated his opposition to charlotte's controversial lgbt provision to allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with is not appropriate. >> there's an expectation of privacy when someone uses a public facility. >> some lawmakers want to reverse the ordinance.

thieves got off with almost $5 million in gold bars in an armored truck robbery. two security guards were traveling when the driver pulled over because he smelled gas inside the truck. one of charlotte's most high profile missing persons cases is being thrust back into the spotlight. surveillance videos show 24- year-old kyle fleischmann

in 2007 and he's not been seen since. >> if he just wandered off, that doesn't jive well with me. i feel like kyle, if he was walking somewhere, it was to try and find a cab. >> police never made an arrest in the case. monday night crime watch will dedicate an entire hour long episode to this case, featuring interviews with investigators and his parents, 8:00 monday on tv 64. we are starting off right around freezing. >> it will be another nice start to the weekend. we'll have more clouds building in later today but not a bad start to the day. it's 26 in taylorsville and you'll need that jacket.

and rockingham. throughout the day, we have some clouds hanging around and that will be the trend through the afternoon. we have a weak disturbance on the way. enjoy the dry weather through the first part of the day. if you're heading to the race uptown this morning, that's looking like great running weather. later today we'll make it into the upper 50s. we'll make it to the mid- to upper 50s, increasing clouds as we go through the day. in the next half hour, i'll tell you where we could be slightly warmer. this system is going to push through tonight and kick off a

you have if you have plans outdoors, you're good to go. by 8:00, some of those showers will close in on the charlotte area. this won't last long, sunday looking good to go. if you have plans tonight, heading out to the charlotte checkers game, keep the rain gear handy. for tomorrow, more sunshine and low 60s for a nice end to the weekend. and the pollen count is going up, especially for maple trees. not a lot of relief on the way, rain chances low through the

by tuesday we are looking at 7 customer. we'll have a nice weekend ahead. get the latest with our weather app. >> the countdown to spring is on. >> it is. and next weekend we set the clocks forward. every couple of months, most of us change our passwords at work. why that change could be putting you at risk. and drastic changes made to one store to keep guns out of the

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good saturday morning. looks like quite a few people are out on the road this saturday morning. we are starting off close to the 30s in the area but we'll warm up. how much, coming up in a bit. this morning police are searching for a suspect who

charlotte rite-aid and stole 20 packs of cigarettes and caused $30,000 in damages. customers say this is a quiet area. >> surprises me a little here. i've not heard of any crime in this area. >> police are reviewing video and don't have any suspects at this time. witnesses are describing the moment they helped stop a teenager from robbing an elderly woman in public. a 15-year-old tried to snatch a 73-year-old woman's purse in the lowe's parking lot thursday evening.

>> it's not going to be a bad start to the weekend: we'll have clouds building in later today, a little cooler this morning. it is 36 in charlotte, low 30s in the mountains. more clouds in the afternoon, still mid- to upper 50s, and a few showers possible tonight. waking up tomorrow morning, they will already be gone. >> if you blink, you could miss it? >> that's right. parents outraged after children were asked to imagine their life as a slave. why parents are still upset even though the assignment was dropped and the response from the school.

left a shooting in rock hill left a teenager dead. in 24 hours the community has been left on edge. and one gun owner in charlotte is making big changes. and taking a live look from the charlotte cam, it is shaping up to be a beautiful day. time now 6:28. we'll get into the 50s across the area. temperatures are still in the 30s?

temperatures just updated here, 28 in loin lincolnton and 36 in charlotte. grab that jacket this morning. by 9:00, lots of sunshine and we'll make it into the upper 50s today. as we head through the evening, more clouds will start to build in. that's the forecast for today. if you have plans this evening,

few showers. 18-year-old darius harding marks the first homicide of the year. thursday night three homes were punctured by bullets. the violence continued friday afternoon and ended with an 18- year-old dead. >> heard bang, bang, bang, like six or seven. i hate the floor. >> reporter: it happened near keys and black street. witnesses say a man standing outside shot at the car with harding and two others inside. >> he was just a baby. he didn't deserve this. we just want justice to be served. >> living in rock hill just got

a lot of people have guns that shouldn't have guns. >> we checked with police and they still don't know if the shootings all connected. a charlotte gun store is protecting itself after a smash and grab outside houston. up to ten thieves rammed a pickup through the window and used chairs to rip down the bars, stealing up to 50 guns. the owner here in charlotte called that video frightening and beefed up the security of their doors and windows, adding high end security cameras. >> mental health checks, background checks, it's

they're all on the street. a couple dozen protestors gathered last night after one officer was captured on camera punching a suspect repeatedly. they started in the park and marched to police headquarters. the group says cmpd has a history of using excessive force. >> criminals won't be seen as criminals but also as like human beings. i believe that would help them be more effective.

that rally. investigators say officers caught up with this suspect after a hit-and-run. a neighbor then recorded this video of seven officers, and one officer punching him several times. police say he resisted arrest and remains under investigation. yesterday hundreds of people came to akeel denton's funeral. he was shot and killed monday by police. the two struggled before he was shot. >> he was shot from the back or he was shot from the front? the report doesn't specify.

in and deal with that issue. >> the fbi will continue to investigate. the arrest is on leave pending the result of that investigation. a new study says some agencies are using body cameras before the state is instructing them how to use them. that could present problems if someone doesn't want to be recorded. the group says that takes away from the accountability of the cameras. >> that transparency is important when you consider the relationship law enforcement have with communities. >> in north carolina there are several body camera bills in the house.

officers. the l.a. police department is testing a knife found on o.j. simpson's old property, investigating claims an off duty officer working in the area says a construction worker gave him the knife and said it was found on o.j.'s old estate. the house was demolished in 1998. >> no matter what this knife turns out to be, it won't lead to o.j. simpson getting prosecuted begun. >> simpson was charged and acquitted in the murders. the unemployment rate is down. next, the bad news that comes with this.

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grab that jacket this morning, 36 in charlotte. as we go throughout the day, we'll see more clouds building in, still making it to the upper 50s, which is a little cool for this time of year. in the past half hour we mentioned a few showers tonight. that won't get here till after 7:00, 8:00 this evening. it will be a dry afternoon. but we're tracking a major warmup next week, coming up. americans are getting back to work in the labor force today. february's job report released by the government shows the

its lowest level since february 2008 as the labor market maintains growth. economists say the report should ease fears of another recession. worker pay slipped, though. some suggest the jobs report paved the way for the federal reserve to raise interest rates again. stocks held steady after yesterday's jobs report. at the final bell, the dow was up 63 points. coming up, considering whether to pull out of cms. the clear message some want to send to the district. and first, slavery being taught

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good saturday morning. we have a couple clouds out there but not many of them stick around for too long.

up from the 30s where we are now. a 17-year-old is facing felony charges after police say he threatened porter ridge high school. justin cassidy is out of jail after posting bond. he admitted to posting a threat on instagram this week but said it was a hoax. community leaders are working on a resolution against cms assignment. the cornelius mayor wants tiddlier resolution to the school board on tuesday. after backlash from parents, a south carolina school dropped an assignment that asked third grade students to imagine their life as a slave. they were told to write about being kidnapped in west africa, being sold at auction and their life with slave owners.

for children as young as third grade, to teach a subject like slavery. >> the district since deemed the lesson insensitive and says it will not be used again. yesterday critics stood silently at a board of governors meeting and margaret spellings took over as president tuesday. some students held up signs in protest. >> i think it was the perfect way to voice their concerns. >> protestors say the hiring process was not transparent and they wonder what direction

doctors are prescribing opioids at twice the rate from ten years ago. >> the tendency to regulate sometimes means you overregulate . unc says a team of medical experts is working to identify the early symptoms of zika virus. there are five confirmed cases in north carolina right now. yesterday experts talked about testing and complications from the virus. >> the first effort has to be in diagnostickics and we are very involved in that. just got a view of the

we need that to warm us up a little this morning. >> we'll have plenty of sunshine today but also more of these clouds. really not a bad start to the weekend w. heading out early this morning, grab that jacket. there are several races around town. we are in the mid-30s here, so you need the layers. and north of charlotte we're below freezing. as we go through the day today, you can see we are dry but we have some clouds in place and that will be the trend. still enough of that sunshine so if you're out and about, grab the sunscreen and sunglasses. this is about 380 miles north

run for us later today r. still dry, upper 50s and a little cool this time of year. the neighborhood forecast, low 60s by 5:00, cooling to the upper 50s. if you have plans this evening, just a slight chance for a few isolated showers, and the best chance for that is around 8:00, 10:00 tonight. to time it out for you, if you have plans early, you're fine. by 3:00 we could see a few isolated showers in the mountains then this system approaches the charlotte area. by 9:00 just a few light sprinkles. by 7:00 tomorrow morning, already seeing the clouds clearing out, nice and dry sunday. that's a look at the future cast for rain today.

the hour by hour forecast for today. if you're heading to the unc game today and tomorrow, looking good. that's going to be the beginning of what will be a warming trend for next week. we have 70s by tuesday and wednesday. if you notice your allergies are starting to act up, we won't see relief till the end of next week. overnight tonight just a few sprinkles then a nice spring next week with temperatures in the mid-70s for tuesday and wednesday.

we'll set the clocks forward. >> thank you. we have all done it, changed our computer passwords. now we are learning that could make it easier for hackers to get your information. >> reporter: in most offices, it's part of routine, every couple months change your computer password.

know your old password, it's pretty easy for them to guess your next password. >> she suggests companies let you keep one good password. come up with a sentence but not a fame one, then grab the first letter or two from each word, at least 12 characters. >> i use numbers and symbols and capitals and lower case. a controversial plan to bring 300 town homes to davidson will be discussed by town leaders next week. it is for a 170-acre subdivision off davidson concord road. several neighbors say the rural site should stay that way.

its decision at the end of the month. coming up, we are asking how bankruptcy could impact the i-77 toll lane project. plus a gun found inside a local school and how much (donkey sound) (elephant sound)

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we have great weather if you want to get out there. >> upper 50s and more clouds building in throughout the afternoon. there is potential for showers tonight. i'll take you through and show you how brief it is, past 7:00 this evening, and a brief window, not going to last long or add up to much. waking up tomorrow morning, it

>> keep the umbrella handy. thank you.

your choice for news. your choic not a bad start to the day. it is a little cooler in spots, 36 still in charlotte but 32 in concord. you'll need the layers early on this morning. if you're heading out, we have several races around town, including the get your rear in gear starting at 8:00. still fairly sunny early on, warming to the upper 40s by 10:00. going throughout the day, we'll make it into the upper 50s. new data indicates we could have a few light showers tonight. when the rain will move in and how long it will last, coming up. we are following breaking