around 31 to 30. upper 20s in morganton through lenoir. in the high country, no warnings in effect. instead, snowfall out there. the snow continues across the appalachians. as we watch it on the camera networks. this is king street, boone right now, you can see the flakes coming down. a very heavy rain. we've been watching that up by grandfather mountain as well. the northern foothills, i think the charlotte area will be dealing with this over time tonight. showers in taylorsville, down in through hickory, into cleveland county. we'll map this out over the next hour, salisbury will be in effect by 7:00. it looks like for the charlotte area, around 6:45, after that moves on, that's when the cold air really settles in. i'll be pinpointing when we can warm things up when i come back. you can use the wsoc-tv weather app to track the temperature in your

it's free for iphone and android devices. >> it's a history making presidential visit. less than two hours ago, air force one touched down in cuba for the first time ever. president obama's three day trip be break decades of tense relations with cuba. >> it's a trip likely to be remembered in both countries for years to come. marcy gonzales is in the cuban capitol tonight with more. >> reporter: history in havana, president obama ending decades of frigid relations between the u.s. and cuba. the first family touching down in the communist country. this is the first presidential visit in 90 years. >> president obama opened the window in america. >> the president will only be here for 48 hours meeting with cuban president raul castro but not his brother fidel.

opportunities for american companies. >> it'll take sometime to train the cuban employees to our standards but i'm pretty confident. >> the americans no so little about cuba. to hear experience. that's what we, i think, i hope our lasting legacy here is. >> reporter: this too is about a legacy for president obama. giving a nationally televised speech to cubans. >> and encourage them to continue to fight for the kinds of universal human rights we deeply cherish in this country. >> critics remain concerned about whether cubans will benefit from this visit. >> my view is no policy will work while the castros are alive. >> reporter: many are optimistic change could come sooner. president obama is starting a

and he'll take in the baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. if that's not enough, the rolling stones will play a free concert on friday. 1million cubans are expected to show up. charlotte may soon get a direct flight to cuba after american airlines applied to get a daily flight to havana. it's just one of 14 new flights the airline applied for. most of the others would go out of miami. channel 9 would be following the president's historic trip throughout the week. find details on wsoctv.com. troopers say a wrong-way driver is to blame for a deadly wreck on i-485 early this morning. the crash happened around 2:00 a.m on the outer loop near providence road. investigators say the wrong-way driver, louise was killed. the driver of the other car going the right way was also killed. the victim's name has not been released. north carolina has seen a rise

in a ride along in december, troopers told us they're up 34%. many cases involved alcohol. two gunmen are still on the run tonight after two separate homicides just this weekend. in west charlotte, police say jacory davis was found shot to death on donald ross road. investigators don't think it was random. the shooting scene was right next to a ymca where families were visiting all day long. yesterday morning in east charlotte, jeffrey johnson was found with multiple gunshot wounds off central avenue. the two cases bring the homicide count to eight now. the recent spike in violence has the police chief asking for chief kerr putney wants the city to approve funding for 125 additional police officers. request. a warning from cmpd tonight, a man arrested for attempted murder is still on

police say christopher cut off his ankle monitor yesterday. he was ordered to wear it in 2014 as a condition of his release ahead of his trial. he faces several charges, including attempted first- degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. officers say he was in the university city boulevard area when he cut the monitor off. tonight officials say an indiana sheriff's deputy is dead and another injured after a shoot out this morning. authorities say 27-year-old carl and 35-year-old jordan buckly went to a home to serve a warrant for drug paraphernalia. when no one answered the door, they walked in and officials say someone started shooting. both returned fire, but they had all ready been hit. he had been with the department for two years, he did not survive. >> deputy carl was one of our family. these people standing with me, they are his family. >> swat teams entered the house

sergeant buckly remains in the hospital tonight. state police are investigating. the greenville police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty this past friday will be laid to rest this week. police say 28-year-old officer allen jacobs was fatally shot by a self proclaimed gang member during questioning about a gun purchase at the time. police say the suspect later shot and killed himself. last night the greenville community held a vigil for officer jacobs. many turned his patrol car you see there into a shrine leaving behind flowers and other tributes. jacobs was a decorated war veteran, married with two children and with a third on the way. he will be laid to rest thursday. happening tomorrow, cornelius police will honor four officers who were involved in a shoot out with a suspect. police say last may a teenager shot an officer when crews

on coachman easters are, the officer shot will be honored along with the officers who responded and went above and beyond the call of duty. leaders of the state house hope to head back to raleigh to respond to charlotte's non- discrimination ordinance. that ordinance is set to take effect in less than two weeks preventing businesses in charlotte from discriminating against customers based on their sexual preference or identity. the controversy is over a part of the law that allows people who are trans gender to use public bathrooms based on the gender they identify with. after protesting in charlotte friday, the keep nc safe, coalition plans to head to raleigh tomorrow to push governor pat mccrory and lawmakers to hold a special session and take immediate action on the ordinance. on friday, house speaker tim moore told channel 9 republican legislators are all ready working on a bill to reverse charlotte's ordinance.

the costs would fall on taxpayers. it costs about $42,000 a day. we followed every development on this story that impacts everyone in charlotte. find past coverage at wsoctv.com. new at 6:00, a teenager picked up by customs officials on his way to school got a reprieve this morning when immigration officials agreed to delay his planned deportation from the u.s. customs picked up david acosta who's from honduras in late january in durham. he said he crossed the mexican border illegally two years ago to escape gang violence. the 19-year-old's family said they fear gangs would kill them if he returns to his home country. many say schools and churches should be a safe place. a spokesperson told eyewitness news they're following orders from judges and immigration

student: targetingstudents. new at 6:00. the union county board of education will hold a special meeting tomorrow to talk about the search process for a new superintendent at the u.s.p.s. professional development center in monroe. dr. marry reellis has been the union county superintendent for the last four years. dr. mike web, the deputy superintendent for instructional technology and operations also announced his retirement. their last day is june 1st. their retirements come after the sbi and district attorney were investigating a case involving a company and a school laptop contract. eyewitness news discoveved back in november that ellis, web, and another district administrator have a company called educatrix they employed an executive from lenovo and lenovo sold thousands of laptops to the district.

express concerns about a controversial retail developmentment the project would include a costco and six other businesses. some neighbors signed a petition against it worried their home values will suffer. it's 47 degrees in uptown charlotte. today's the first day of spring. it's the coolest it's been all month. i'll show you how much colder it's going to get. >> a local high school student hit by a car and killed. tonight troopers tell channel 9

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student was hit and killed. investigators say the 16- year-old and her boyfriend were standing in the middle of an intersection around 1:00 yesterday morning when a car hit them. today eyewitness news reporter alexa ashwell -- the orange paint marks where troopers say the couple stopped and got out of the car. they believe a driver driving in this direction didn't see them standing in the road. the couple was hit. and the teen killed. orange paint at this intersection shows a terrible chain of events. troopers believe it started with an argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend. >> it's tragic, 16 years old, in a relationship, died in the middle of the road. >> kenneth moore arrived to the scene early saturday morning. the couple's car was found stopped at the stop sign. both doors open, the car was running. lying in the road was a student at shelby high school. and her boyfriend.

oncoming car. >> apparently both subjects got out of the vehicle and were standing in the middle of the roadway. jimmy more son lives nearby and said he drove through the intersection minutes before the crash and didn't notice anything unusual. he like others in the community are saddened by a young life lost. >> they're only 16 years old. they're still just kids. >> they plan to interview parks once he's well enough to speak. right now he's at a hospital in charlotte. alexa ashwell, channel 9 eyewitness news. you can leave prayers and messages for the young girl's family on our wsoc-tv facebook page. just like our page and look for the top story. check out this view from our charlotte cam, temperatures in some spots are 30 degrees yesterday. meteorologist john ahrens says john.

the next two nights we have to watch carefully for the threat of freezing temperatures, close to and in charlotte. especially by tuesday morning for center city. these are the numbers right now. it's unbelievavae. day one of spring. we've never been in the 40s in the afternoon time. all march long and now we get there and stay there. it's 45 in albemarle. cloudy skies. light north winds over rock hill. 47. 48 in lincolnton. 45 in hickory. in the mountains we've been flirting with freezing all day. a cloudy and dreary look through most of the day with snowfall in the high country. it's unbelievable. boone, still heavy snow flakes, i just tweeted out that picture from downtown king street and up in through jefferson and ash county. still some snow showers as you go beyond the slopes and in the northern foothills, it turns to just rain. showers right now over in taylorsville and stoney point. lenoir and saw mills. hickory, star town, mountain

and now it's starting to get into vail. up into cherryville. and shelby, the showers are continuing. and this gets into gastonia between now and 6:40. it times out into charlotte at 6:45 or so. if you have plans tonight, account for wet weather as this line of showers moves through. that will be out of here at 10:00 or 11:00. and the showers will be clearing out. we'll be back to bright weather tomorrow. but the cold air will be coming in at that time. and even with sunshine tomorrow, it's going to be a tough night as far as the temperatures go. the clouds help us out at least initially by hanging around until 7:00 in the morning or so, we avoid the freezing mark for the first round. it'll be 33 tomorrow morning. other areas, not so much, bring in the plants for those who live in statesville and harmony, taylorsville as well. and up in through lenoir as the temperatures hit 32, maybe for

half, by the afternoon time, it gets much brighter. still need the jacket, 48 by lunch time, and a high of 56 tomorrow afternoon. then the bottom really falls out. tuesday morning, that's when in charlotte the temperatures will be below freezing. 29 in mountain island lake. we'll keep you up to date with the wsoc-tv weather app. tweet us your temperatures and give us a picture of frost forming around there. we'll see the threat from tomorrow morning to the north and then tuesday right in the city. no threat for thunderstorms. and the good news in all of this, the allergy count will stay down for a little bit. i woe won't warm up too much -- we won't warm up too much for the next couple days. here's the five-day forecast on wsoctv.com. not going to see a lot of weather makers the next couple days. what we'll focus on is the temperatures. close to freezing tomorrow morning. and at there tuesday morning. next rain chance will be coming in on your friday.

our system by easter weekend. we'll be looking for a small opportunity for easter sunday. but i think most of us will be able to have a dry day for services. the thing to focus on right now is the cold. >> i think all i heard was allergy countdown. >> that's true. that is the good news. the next couple days should be okay. north carolina and duke are moving on to the sweet 16. what tar heels head coach roy

poise of his the poise of it may have taken more than a half to pull away from providence in the second round. but they showed the poise and grit national championship teams show to solidify why

the tar heels responded with an 8-0 run. the senior bryce johnson too quick for the defense. johnson led the tar heels with 21 points, 10 rebounds. carolina shot 61% in the second half out scoring the fliers. carolina advances to the sweet 16 for a 27th time thanks to an 85-66 win over providence. >> in the second half, they scored the first six points of the half and then we were really good. i thought bryce scoring inside and rebounding, blocked some shots. i know he didn't have eight. he only had two today. but i thought he was effected. >> the team did a good job of rotating. and everything coach tells us and teaches us. today we forced him in the one shot and got out on transition

the hue sheers beat kentucky. bryant scored 16 of 19 points. the first time indiana will play in the sweet 16 since 2012. the duke blue devils will play the winner of top seed oregon and saint josephs on thursday. duke had five made three- pointers. brandon ingram had a 25 point effort. it's the 25th time in school history duke will play in the sweet 16. coach k says his amount of respect is through the roof for this young crew. >> i've coached more ncaa games than anybody. and i tell you what, i don't know if you -- you probably shouldn't watch me very much, but if you did, you'd see a very excited and emotional coach. >> the charlotte hornets may see their losing streak hit three straight games at home.

team in the west. and the san antonio spurs tomorrow night. the hornets dropped back-to- back games. the latest coming last night verses denver. a team that entered last night's game. 13 games below .500. it should be a cause for concern. the hornets are tied for the fifth spot in the playoffs with boston. >> i played tired. it was our third game in four nights. and we put ourselves in a big hole. in the second half we played better. >> we have 14 games left. >> very cold tomorrow morning and even colder by tuesday morning.

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d se tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight." making history in cuba. president obama just touching down here. the first time in nearly 90 years an american president has set foot in havana. but the visit not without controversy. will there be new opportunity for american business here?

be allowed in? the famous hotel chain announcing new plans tonight. as we take you into havana. the young families. the vintage american cars. as we get set for our exclusive interview with the president. also breaking this sunday night, the eruption of protests against donald trump from new york to arizona. a trump supporter arrested for assaulting a protester. trump's campaign manager caught on camera. and tonight, trump fires back. images coming in from the scene tonight. a police officer shot and killed. a young father, less than three years on the job. a second officer wounded under fire while serving a warrant. and as spring arrives, the winter storm warnings for millions as we come on the air tonight. up to eight inches of snow in some places. good evening tonight from