i'm ben thompson. other times, not so much. so it's good to know that mazola corn oil has 4 times more cholesterol blocking plant sterols than olive oil. and a recent study found that it can help lower cholesterol 2 times more. take care of those you love and cook deliciously. mazola makes it better. music: "thunder clatter" by wild cub most weekends only last a couple of days. some last a lifetime. hampton. we go together. always get the lowest price, >>> 7:30 now on this wednesday morning. march 2nd, 2016. nice crowd on our corner of rockefeller plaza. good morning to them. little rainy this morning. >> a lot of people talking about politics. it is the big story. the presidential race and all the super tuesday results. donald trump dominated the republican side, winning seven states. marco rubio picked up his first victory, taking the minnesota caucus. but bolstered by three victories of his own, ted cruz is calling on his rivals to drop out and let him go one on one against trump. divided, donald tr

i'm ben thompson along side larry sprinkle.

i'm ben thompson. its nice and clear outside right now.. but that could change this afternoon. larry has a check of the first warn forecast. today...mostly sunny this morning...then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers this rtly nnyhhin e lower 5.saturday...mostlsunny. his in e mid 50s.nday..ostly n. highs in the lower 60s. monday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 60s. ash otryon university city vdavy tfc on77 out of sc andke norman.ve look at i-77 charlotte. cmpd say a woman was shot in the head... and found on griers grove road in the northcross townhomes parking lot around 3 this morning. she was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. police believe the shooting may have happened on nearby capps hill mine road where investigators found shell casings. coming up... an update on a triple murder in gaston county. and another check on weather and traffic, in half an hour. the time is 7:56. i'm ben thompson. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noi

and thanks for waking up with us on this friday morning, you've made it, i'm ben thompson alongside larry sprinkle, thanks for joining us now at 4:30, first a look at the friday forecast, looks like we might

i'm ben thompson along side larry sprinkle. first a quick check of your forecast now that we are into spring. >> didn't feel like it yesterday did it? >> no it did not. >> 47 the high in charlotte. a little light rain move through overnight as you can see the streets not too bad. light traffic around here this morning. we'll keep an eye on that. nothing showing up now. a band of light showers. no issues out there. very light snow in the great smoky mountains. 38 hickory and 38 in salisbury.

how the winning candidates you for joining us, i'm ben thompson alongside larry sprinkle, but first larry has a check of your wednesday forecast. >> pretty nice out there this morning. >> it is. >> i mean 67 degrees i can't complain about that. streets are pretty calm. not a lot going on at the moment. you can see right there interstate 77 northbound at woodlawn. really not too far from the station. 67 once again is our temperature in the queen city. winds they're out of the southwest about 9 miles per hour. reasons are good. -- breezes are good. 67 gastonia and concord at 63 over there cabarrus county. 54 cheraw. south carolina and rock hill 64. in the mid 40s up at boone there in watauga county. checking that forecast for the afternoon, lots of sunshine. check out these temperatures today. near 83 degrees. way above the average of 63. but around 10:00 -- 9:00, 10:00 tonight we'll be in the upper 60s. we'll check that possibility coming up in just a few minutes. ben? >>> larry thanks. time now 4:31. and we are following breaking news overnight in northwest

she understood, again, this is >> shei'm ben thompson. we've got new video of an emergency landing involving hendrick motorsports. this is video of that plane shortly after it made an emergency landing in memphis this morning. we're told smoke was seen in the cabin during a flight back to charlotte from las vegas.. a hendrick motorsports representative said the plane landed safely and everyone was put on another flight to charlotte. we're trying to find out exactly who was on board. larry's got some really good news in the forecast... today...mostly sunny. highs in the upper 60s. tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. wednesday...most ly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. thursday...partly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. friday...mostly cloudy. highs in the mid 70s. saturday...mostl y cloudy with a chance of showers. highs in the lower 70s. chance of rain 40 percent.nday...mostly cloudy with chance of owers anuerstorms. ghs in ewer 7.ance of rain 50 percenash on little ckd at i-85 ah on i-85 sb e billy aham pkwy avy trfic on77 at lalle.ming

i'm ben thompson. right now, investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at an east charlotte restaurant. it took around 50 firefighters to control the two-alarm fire at "el paisano" off albemarle road. the flames started around 3:30 this morning, and the fire was out in about thirty minutes. part of albemarle road near central crews were on scene. no one was hurt. .today...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. .friday...partly sunny. highs in the upper 60s to around 70. .saturday...mostl y cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. highs in the upper 50s. .sunday...mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. highs in the lower 50s. .monday...sunny. highs in the upper 50s. .tuesday...sunny. highs in the lower 60s. .wednesday...sun ny. highs around 70. accident 77sb at clanton road live look at 77 coming up next on the today a delicious irish meal that will wow any crowd on st. patrick's day. have a great day. in 1934, steak 'n shake decided the world didn't need another hamburger. it nee

it's oscar mayer natural turkey breast, i'm ben thompson. today former charlotte mayor patrick cannon will be back in the queen city today, to face a mecklenburg county judge. he's been in prison since november 20-14. nbc charlotte richard devayne joins us live -- richard, what time is cannon expected to appear? tune in for charlotte today coming up at 11, then nbc chalrotte is then nbc chalrotte is back at noon. >> >>> it's winesday wednesday, otherwise known as st. patrick's day eve. we want to have a game of "who knew." hoda is with the crowd. ready to hand out 100 bucks to those who get it right and those who do not, that person gets a signed copy of her book, which is awesome. here with me is collin hammel, the irish artistic director of an irish theater in boston. >> pints for breakfast. >> we're going to go right over to hoda. >> what's your name? where are you from? >> linda from oakridge, tennessee. which city has been dyeing its river green for st. patrick's day for more than 50 years? a, chicago, b, milwaukee or c, cincinnati? >>

i'm ben thompson. today-- charlotte city council could approve the sale of a portion of the old eastland mall site to charlotte mecklenburg schools. the council expects to sell 11 and a half acres for 650 thousand dollars. part of the plan calls for a kindergarten through 8th grade language school. eastland mall was demolished in 2013... after he city tried for years to figure out what to do with the empty space. the sun is out now but that could change later on... lets get a check of the forecast with larry. today... patchy fog this morning. mostly sunny this morning... then partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. highs in the upper 70s. chance of rain 50 percent. .tuesday...sunny. highs in the lower 80s.. .wednesday...sunny. highs in the lower 80s. .thursday...partly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. .friday...partly sunny. highs in the upper 60s.. .saturday...mostly wer 60s.nday...partly sunny.chance of shors.ghs aroun60.ance of rain 50 rcent.ming up... man accused o killing

it has been ben thompson and sunset boulevard. >>> a new center for disease control report should help pediatricians deal with the zika virus. it outlines ways to prevent and diagnose and treat children with mosquito borne virus. zika virus should be suspected if a child a travel to an affected area and has two symptoms including fever, rash, joint pain. >>> a four-hour standoff ended late tuesday in chino hills, california after a deadly shooting. dramatic end to that standoff. you see a man walking slowly backwards before the swat team arrest him. a firefighter was nearby before officers arrived. he heard gunshots and ran over to try to help. >> i thought of her calls for help that i had headphones on. i grabbed a medical bag and down the patient down. worked on him and gave him cpr. there wasn't much we could do. >> one person was killed and the possible suspect had police are still investigating that homeowners say it may have been an argument between neighbors. >>> scary moments on a kansas farm. a man rescued from a grain silo after being stuck the seven hours. firefighters and h

i'm ben thompson. new information in the race for the white house this morning. "chuck norris" will not attend a rally for ted cruz this weekend in north carolina. norris was scheduled to appear at the concord event on sunday-- but in a statement, the actor says he's backing out because his appearance was being associated with an endorsement. the rally will go on as scheduled, at noon. on the democratic side of the presidential race, senator bernie sanders will be in north carolina today. he'll be at the duke energy center for performing arts in raleigh. that event is at noon. all of the candidates are making last- minute efforts to gain support ahead of tuesday's north carolina primary. we'll have full coverage of the primary on air and online at wcnc dot com. governor nikki haley will be in indian land, to help open a new headquarters for "movement mortgage". there's a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11:00 it's at the facility on calvin hall road. this expansion is for more than six hundred jobs. is next. then charlotte newscast at noon. have a great day. at 11 on t

i'm ben thompson. cmpd is looking >>> 8:30 now on a tuesday morning. it's the 8th day of march 2016. you know what? new york city, beautiful temperatures, nice people in the crowd. she's catching babies. >> this baby is adorable. this little baby is a cutie-pie. >> really cute. >> we'll talk to padma lakshmi about her memoir. look at her. >> there are laws. >> i know. her parents are like, don't take her. i don't know how to hand her back. i know receiving is easy. >> you can take the baby. >> i'll help you out, tamron. >>> also coming up, we have acting royalty in the house. helen mirren is here. her latest role is a military thriller. we'll get to her in a minute. >>> also completing our trifecta of big stars -- and babies today -- will arnett. he's no baby. that's a man, telling us about his netflix show. >>> first, al, you've done it all this morning. check of the weather. >> like a "seinfeld," now know how to take the reservation, you right now for today, we've got an enhanced risk of strong storm

i'm ben thompson. today former charlotte mayor patrick cannon will be back in the queen city today, to face a mecklenburg county judge. nbc charlotte richard devayne joins us live -- richard, tell us appearance. ben toss to weather coming up next on the today show -- how to diffuse your kid's temper tantrums back here in 30 minutes. the time is 9:56. >>> taking a look at the headlines, doctors in the u.s. are asked to cut back on prescribing painkillers. new federal guidelines are aimed at stemming the tide of drug abuse and suggest doctors first recommend over-the-counter medications for chronic back pain. only then should they proceed to lower doses of painkillers if needed. more than 40 people die each day from overdoses of opopioids. >>> the federal reserve is meeting to discuss hiking interest rates. the fed raised rates in december for the first time in nearly a decade. experts are not expecting an increase today. >>> officials in cuba say they have confirmed the first case of zika transmitted in

i'm ben thompson. its primary day and polling places are busy with voters. this is video of people casting their vote this morning. turnout is expected to be strong as people are voting for the gop and democratic nominee for president. there are also some big state races like the race for governor and u-s senate. remember you have to show a photo i-d if you want to vote. the polls close at 7:30 tonight. matthews commissioners voted last night may seperate it from cms. that's because questions remain about the future of cms student reassignment. town leaders say the resolution guarantees students go to schools close to home, but also suggests that the town will explore options to potentially start its own school district. concord police investigating a triple shooting that killed one person. that shooting broke out on griffin circle just before 8 o'clock last night. police say "columbus simmons" was shot and later died at the hospital two other people were shot as well but they are expected to survive. police have not made any arrests. coming up on our midday

i'm ben thompson. i'm carolyn bruck. we're following breaking news in monroe -- where police are on the scene of a deadly two-vehicle crash on old pageland monroe road at east village drive, near highway 74. these photos from the scene show one vehicle rolled over on its side... and debris scattered all we've learned this crash involves a "ford pick-up truck" and a "mercury mountaineer suv." highway patrol says the truck driver crossed the center line and hit the "suv" head-on. the "suv" driver was taken to the hospital. we've learned three children were passengers in the "suv." at this point, we're told neither of the kids were seriously hurt. the today show is next ... then keep it here for charlotte today at eleven. have a great day. tomorrow morning at 11 on charlotte >>> it is funday, monday and every year more than 3 million people visit israel. >> for many a trip that happens once in a lifetime but not for my kathy pleep going to the holy land since she was 17 years old. >> 17 years old. >> wow. >> first time i ma

>>>i'm ben thompson. right now, the "c-p-c-c" career fair is about to kick off in uptown charlotte. the event, starting at 10:30, is not just for "c-p-c-c" graduates: it's open to everyone in the community. 54 local companies will be at the "grady cole" center on kings drive until 3:00. organizers expect at least 15-hundred people to attend. professional dress is required. and be sure to bring plenty of copies of your resume. some major job cuts are coming to one of charlotte's biggest employers. the charlotte observer reports duke energy will get rid of about 900 employees. most of those jobs are in the carolinas. spokesman "tom williams" says most of the laid off workers will be gone by the end of the year. this is all part of a cost- cutting effort. today at noon -- the charlotte will be talking about the search for a new superintendent. ann clark is the current superintendent, and her contract was recently extended until july of 2017. the c-m-s board plans to pick up their search for a replacement soon. the today show is next. then stay tuned for charlotte today at 11:00, and ou

revitalift volume filler myi'm ben thompson. right now, north carolina governor pat mccrory is about to make an announcement about the economy in cleveland county. that event gets underway at 10:30. we'll update you in our newscast at noon. in just thirty minutes, we're expecting a big announcement from north carolina congresswoman "alma adams". she serves the 12th congressional district, but since the state approved new redistrciting lines, her district now covers almost all of mecklenburg county...but adams lives in greensboro. we'll be there for her announcement, which could be campaign- related, at first ward park in charlotte at 11:00. and democratic frontrunner "hillary clinton" will be in the tarheel state today. the former secretary of state will campaign in durham and in raleigh. her visit comes just a few days after her husband, president clinton, visited charlotte. next on the today show, an easy one pot recipe for paella! then stay tuned for charlotte and our next newscast at noon. have a great pet moments are beauti

i'm ben thompson. >>> it's 8:30 now on a monday. the sky has cleared, brilliant blue. temperatures coming up. we have a huge spring break crowd out on our plaza. by the way, we're down one here on the plaza. savannah is missing. that's because she is already upstairs with our big fat today wedding couple. the big day is thursday. this morning, they need your help to pick their dream honeymoon destination. >> what happened to the bachelor party. did we pick that? >> not yet. >> good. i have some ideas. >> coming up, must-make brunch recipe. a sausage and cheese, hashbrown, waffle stack that will feed an army. >> with bacon. >> god bless you. >> it's on the way. >> my stomach is rumbling from the sound of it, in anticipation. not in fear. happiness. >>> meanwhile, the "voice" winner jordan smith is here to perform a new song. he's tearing up itunes and we hear him this morning. weather? >> let's find out what's going on as far as your weather is concerned for the week ahead. we have precipitation in the west coast. sunny skies in the east. windy in the midsection of the

i'm ben thompson. some union county students can't go to school today because of a chicken pox outbreak, eventhough they're not sick. five students came down with the chicken pox at poplin elementary' and hemby-bridge elementary'. but 12 other students are being forced to stay home because they don't have the vaccination. the county has enforced a 21 day quarantine period for anyone that's not vaccianted. you might be tempted to break out the shorts today... larry has a check of the forecast. today...patchy fog this morning...otherw highs in the upper 70s. .thursday...patch morning. partly the .friday...mostly cloudy. highs in .saturday...mostl 30 percent chance of showers. highs in the lower 70s. .sunday...mostly cloudy with a aefowers. aancefunderstorms in the aernoon. highs in thewer 70s. sunny. a chance of showers.highs in twer 70s.ance of rain 30 perctuesday...mostly n. highs in the mid 70s. avtraffic on independencevd at briar creek rdash i-85 s near n73 eoncord wy as anternate.ash oneastway dr a

i'm ben thompson. a local town is moving forward with plans to break away from cms and start its own school district. the matthews board of commissioners voted unanimously approve a resolution that from cms. comes as about the student realignment. matthews mayor jim taylor says the resolution students go to schools close to home, but also suggests will explore potentially school district. its going to be warm outside today... lets get a check of the weather with larry. today...sunny. patchy fog this morning. highs around 80. .wednesday...sun ny. highs in the lower 80s. .thursday...mostl y sunny. highs in the mid 70s. .friday...mostly sunny. highs in the upper 60s. .saturday...partl y sunny. a chance of rain in the morning...then a chance of showers in the afternoonhighs the low s. ae rain 40percentunday...mostly crash oi-485 il ar brookshirblvd. ash onarlotte highway at heritage dr. coming up... we'll check in on how primary day is going so far... as people head to the polls this morning. the time is 8

i'm ben thompson. breaking news right now from northwest charlotte, where the area of hovis road and bradford drive is blocked. we just learned this accident was a hit and run involving a tractor trailer. it hit a utility pole and took down some power lines. you're looking at a live picture from the scene. we're told the intersection will be closed through the morning rush hour. brooke, how can people get use cantwell as an alternate. wesdtinghouse at wilmar blvd crash on i-85 at brookshire blvd. .today...mostly cloudy. rain likely this afternoon. highs around 53. chance of rain 60 percent. .friday...partly sunny in the morning...then clearing. highs in the mid 50s. .saturday...mostl y sunny. highs in the upper 50s. around 5 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon. .sunday...sunny. highs around 60. .monday...mostly sunny. highs in the lower 60s. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs around 70. .wednesday...par tly sunny. highs in the lower 70s. ming up "today"... hollywood hunk "john stamos" stops by to tal

i'm ben thompson. north carolina congressman robert pittenger is in raleigh today, filing for re- election. the district nine congressman says he is running again because he wants to help keep our pittenger's re- campaign comes he's still under investigation. n-b-c charlotte was the first to break the story, back in august, of an f-b-i whether profits real estate investment company fueled his congressional campaign fund. former north carolina state senator "malcolm graham" is also in raleigh today, filing for north carolina's 12th district office. he'll run against incumbent congresswoman "alma adams" in the june 7-th special election. the re-drawn district 12 boundaries only cover mecklenburg county. .today...clouds increase. highs in the lower 70s. north winds around 5 mph. .saturday...show ers likely. highs in the upper 50s. chance of rain 70 percent. .sunday...mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. highs in the lower 50s. .monday...sunny. highs in thms.uesday...sun. ghs in ewer 60s..wed

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i'm ben thompson. new video just into the newsroom from one of two charlotte gun stores, burglarized overnight. c-m-p-d says the "gun outlet and targeted last night, on north tryon street near lambeth drive in east charlotte. police believe those suspects then moved to the "hyatt coin and gun" in west charlotte around two this morning. that's on wilkinson boulevard near westerly hills drive. investigators say the thieves tried to ram a car through the back door, but nothing was taken. right now, officers are looking for a chrysler sebring that left the scene. today...sunny. highs in the upper 70s. thursday...partly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. friday...partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning... then sunny in the afternoon. highs in the lower 70s. chance of rain 40 percent. saturday...sunny. highs in the upper 60s..sunday...part ly sunny. highs in the upper 60s. monday...mostly cloudy. showers kely in the rning...then aae of owers and understorms the afrnoo highs around. chance of in percen

i'm ben thompson. >>> 7:30 now on this friday morning. it's the 4th of march, 2016. by the way, ten days from now, a huge concert in rockefeller plaza with one of the biggest bands in the world. coldplay is set to hit the stage monday, march 14th. start making your plans to be on the plaza right now. public service announcement to call us. we'll call you. >> that's right. the phone starts ringing right >> exactly. >> inside studio 1a, here's a look at the stories making headlines. >>> millions of people are waking up to what could be the last winter storm of the season. rain and light snow from north going to get al's forecast just ahead. >>> it was a fiery debate in detroit last night for the republican presidential candidates. cruz and rubio stepped up their efforts to take down the front runner trump. the big news, trump defending the size of his hands. he kept talking about them to nbc news in the post-debate room. >> the hands and -- >> see how beautiful my hands are? those are powerful hands. hit a golf club 285 yards. i was proud to hold my hands up. these are

ben and juliet, good morning everyone. expecting big protest outside ken thompson office by supports of akai gurley's family people be serving some prison time per the crime that he committed. it was thompson who secured that conviction against former police officer peter liang but also thompson who wrote to a judge asking him to spare liang from prison. thompson is recommending five years probation, 500 hours community service. and since months of house arrest for the former officer. his reasons he says is very simple in this letter he said, quote, has no prier criminal history and poses no future threat to public safety. liang immediately fired from the nypd after a jury ruled that he accidentally killed akai gurley inside a poorly lit stairwell in brooklyn pink houses back in november 2014. fully also believe he failed duties as a police officer when he didn't administer cpr to a dying akai gurley. his family is outraged and said take a listen. >> this is outrage. this is a slap in the face and this is a slap in the face to chi gurley. his life does not mean anything to thompson. >> this recommendation is nonbingedding so

ben mckenzie confirmed the news. she has a 2-year-old son from her recently -- i'm kristin. >> and i'm tanner thompson. that's the hd daily wrap. >>> jerry seinfeld is passing >> take a look at this. here's jeremy wall. >> comedian and well known portiaholic is putting up porsche up for sell. one the cars alone, a rare 550 spider is expected to nab more than $5 million. not that there's anything wrong with that. the internet fallen in love with this video of a mamma dog being reunited with her puppies. the dog was surrendered by a california shelter and the puppies were left behind, but the shelter convinced the owner to give up the pups. back to this heart warming reunion. remember the biggest boat scene from jaws, if you have not, i'm judging you. seen jaw. they had to make room snagged. sharks are a protected struggle to bring it in, it had to be released. it could have ended worse for them right. how have you seen seen jaws. take a look at this. i'm jeremy roth. >> wow! we did check ing and find out that jerry seinfeld's car -- >> the auction is taking place today. when a child finds a gun not prop

ben affleck shows us how his a victim was shot multiple times in the leg. protests erupt in brooklyn after the district attorney seeks no prison time for nypd information pedro liang. thompson is recommending that he receive home confinement and he was convicted of manslaughter last month in 2014. >> a black man that we put in a high position, how dare you get a conviction of manslaughter and then say he shouldn't spend a day in jail. you are out of your mind. >> i commend the d.a. for making the decision, a professional decision. >> lie an met with gurley's fiancee and apologized. >>> thousands of catholics are expected to take part in good friday processions across the city today. one at 10:00 this morning goes ac considers the brooklyn bridge and ends at st. peter's church. the other begins in a couple of moments at 47th between first and second. the pilgrimage recalls the now john elliott has the forecast. >> thank you, chris, good morning. gray skies in the city. variety in the area. 53 with calm winds. dominant wind out of the south has us 10 degrees warmer down to middlesex, ocean county and hanging on to the 40s through madison to walden. a lot of variety. the city

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i'm ben thompson. [ cheers and applause ]. >>> 8:30 on monday morning. the 14th of march, 2016. it is the very definition of singing in the rain. coldplay is here. the weather has something else

i'm ben thompson. some union county students can't go to school today because of a chicken pox

i'm ben thompson. its primary day in north carolina... and people are already out voting. the polls opened

i'm ben thompson. a local town is moving forward with plans to break away from cms and start its own school district. the matthews board of commissioners voted unanimously approve a resolution that from cms. comes as about the student realignment. matthews mayor jim taylor says the resolution students go to schools close to home, but also suggests

i'm ben thompson. today-- charlotte city council could approve the sale of a portion of the old eastland mall site to charlotte mecklenburg schools. the council expects to sell 11 and a half acres for 650 thousand dollars. part of the plan calls for a kindergarten through 8th grade language school. eastland mall was demolished in 2013... after he city tried for years to figure out what to do with the empty space. the sun is out now but that