for training costs. $11.000 will go toward employees at an asheville-based brewery. >>> the charlotte hornets are trying to win a playoff series for the first time since 2002. but if they don't, the hornets have already made history this year. stephanie ready is the first full-time female analyst in nba organization has been supportive in her groundbreaking role, but it's a slightly different story on social media. as for the nasty comments, she ignores most of them, but will comment sometimes. >> i'll always say be nice, you know, and that's kind of my common response, and i find that it works. you know, people who were really negative a year or two ago, now they're all bubbly and fun and sunshine. >> ready says she wants people to think of her as someone who went after what they wanted and worked extremely hard to get it. >>> traffic team 9 is monitoring the roads for you right now this morning. so far good news here. no issues. there is a crash, though, west of rock hill, but no injuries have been reported. it doesn't look like it's slowing traffic down at all. highway patrol responded aro

> in the middle of a playoff chase, it's hard to stomach losses to nonplayoff teams, for the charlotte hornets, they will be reaching for the pepto. the hornets back at the hive in an important game to keep pace in the hunt to host in the playoff series. walker puts charlotte out front early. three of his 15 points. later in the first, walker with the dish to jeremy lin. lin going around the defense. charlotte cuts that cuts their deficit to 2. thanks to d.j. drive in, lin whistled for the foul. 24 points as charlotte falls at home by 8. 101-93. charlotte will play san antonio on monday. for the first time in a month, the winner of nascar's exfenty he was leading and he blows his left front tire. busch's push to lin dashed, but his teammate took the lead for a brief moment. he would run out of gas. how about that? pulling off to the apron trying to shake all of the fuel he has left in the tank. busch would retake the lead with a busted tire. who is going to catch him? he's on three tires. how about the two-car of austin dillon. busch tries to hold him off, but narrowly squeaks by. he led one l

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brian: logan is going to play charlotte hornet trivia. think about all of the trivia in your head, working things out, thinking about the past. i'm going to do a little weather hit. when i'm done, we'll see if we can win you some stuff. we have a whole bunch of charlotte hornet stuff we're going to see if you can win. take a look the your weather first and talk about the headlines as you think about what's going on over the next couple of days. that great weather, it's going to continue at least through friday. we're going to stay relatively dry. friday a slight chance of rain, but the weekend, that's when you bust out the umbrella. strong chances of rain from saturday in through monday, and look at satellite and radar, we today. not having a whole lot going on right now. as we look out towards the west, look out towards texas and to the west of us, big frontal boundary pushing towards our direction, look at your future cast, good news. shouldn't be a major player for us by the time it gets here. as we get into thursday, a little bit of c

right now the charlotte hornets are trying to win a playoff series for the first time since 2002. >> if they don't, though, the hornets have already made history this year. stephanie ready is the first full-time female analyst in nba history. the entire hornets organization has been supportive in her groundbreaking role. but it's slightly different on social media. as for the nasty comments, she ignores most of them, but will comment sometimes. >> i'll always say be nice, you know, and that's kind of my common response, and i find that it works. you know, people who were really negative a year or two ago, now they're all bubbly and fun and sunshine. >> ready says she wants people went after what they wanted and worked extremely hard to get it. >>> new this morning, a measure to sharply increase state income tax exemptions for military retirees is now headed to the south carolina senate. the house approved that measure tuesday. it increases the current tax exemption on retirement income for veterans from $3,000 to $15,000 every year. it also doubles tax exemptions for veterans over 65

. >>> the charlotte hornets are giving 90s kids something to cheer about. the hornets are having 90s nickelodeon night at the time warner cable arena. it comes with games and give aways based on nickelodeon dare," "legends of the hidden temple" and" rug rats." remember those? >>> coming up, kylah davenport's mom speaks out after she suffered horrifying abuse. and a toddler falls from a van. we have details on what caused this to happen and how the child is doing tonight. and political announcement causes a shake up in nascar. some are against it and others are for it and some are just in between. we are breaking down the lines in the world of nascar. we are your only live, local news at 7:00. don't go away. steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday

. >>> starting today, you can buy single game tickets to possible charlotte hornets playoff games. the team is currently tied for the fifth spot in the playoffs. playoff schedule won't be determined until the end of the regular season next month. tickets are for the first three potential home games in the first series, going on sale at 10:00. >>> we have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. christine rapp with a look at how cold we're getting this morning. >> yeah, we are continuing to see the temperatures drop and the main reason, because the skies so clear. and check this out, a beautiful shot from the speedway cam of the moon, almost a fool moon, that arrives here in two days. so a beautiful shot there this morning. you may notice that and you may notice the chill. you will need thick coats as we head out the door. 36 degrees now in the charlotte area here this morning. also 36 in hickory and lincolnton. in the mountains, 28 in boone and jefferson. chester at 36 here this morning. we have a few lingering clouds across the carolinas this morning, but we will see the sunshine ton

my strong suit and my stronghold which i hang my hat o. >>> after a marathon road trip, the charlotte hornets return home for a key date. the hornets's strong push on the road has moved them into 6th place in the east, 2.5 games back of the 4th seed, tip- off at 7:00 p.m. and highlights at 11:00. >> we'll be there. thank you. >>> gorgeous day. >> but rain rolls in and will be gone by tomorrow morning. it should not impact the surprised to hear the pitter- patter of raindrops. move pitter-patter? >> pitter patter. >> a spring shower thing. >>> thank you for making us your choice for news at 6:00. world news is up next. 11:00. steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt alittle forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for atuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, >>> breaking news ton

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hornets drop back-to-back games. the latest coming last night versus denver, 13 games below 500. charlotte looked flat at times. it's something that should be a cause for concern as the hornets are deep into the race to host the playoff series. they're currently tied for the fifth spot in the playoffs with boston. >> played tired. it was our third game in four nights, and we put ourselves in the big hole. in the second half we played better. the four spot, which means they would host the playoff series. just have to, you know sweep . >>> it's spring but you may want to get your winter coat for tomorrow morning. >> we're down to 33 tomorrow morning, but the rain will be gone. we can say good-bye to the allergies for a day or two. sunshine tomorrow afternoon, highs in the mid 50s. warmer after that. >> thanks for making channel 9

now to the nba, charlotte hornets simply on fire. they won the 7th game and defeating the houston rockets. kemba walker led the team with the points. and walker tied glenn rice for most in franchise history. the hornets are only nba team undefeated in the month of march. they will host the dallas may have ricks and now to the nascar sprint cub series. and 86 laps to go. blowing a tire. and they got him out. and ka sey ka ne and damage to the right front tire and on the final lap it is down to kevun harvest. that is it right there. so close. and second time you see that this season. and now to the results. denny hammil in third and dale earn hart junior rounds out the top five. and pga tour in for the needing a birdie put to win. he's not happy about that. and he's going to tap in the parput to win it. and now let's call this one the birthday edition. his wife will be 27 on the 23rd of the month. and invited everyone to have birthday party to raise funds. you are raising money, right? >> what do you say? >> dinner and a movie. he enjo

(elephant noise) (donkey noise) answer the >>> the charlotte hornets put a hurting on the phoenix suns last night dominating from the opening tip in a decisive beat down. they have the worst team in the nba on deck. hard to imagine slipping up against the 76ers on the road sneak up on them. the second game of a back to back on the road but after last night's win, al jefferson said that the win against phoenix went mine anything if they lay an egg against the 76ers. >> we can't get too comfortable. we have to go out and win the game. every game is important especially this stretch of the season. >>> the 49ers wrap up a two- game road trip this week. the coach is angling to end the conference tournament with momentum. the road was not so good to them. charlotte finished the season with a conference mark of 6-3 at home. on the road? they're 2-5. >> another growing part of a young team but hopefully, we can remedy that this weekend. >>> how many times did you panthers's historic offensive seasoning, yeah, but, what if benjamin were healthy? we don't have to wait to find out. after a season

. >>> the charlotte hornets saw their 7-game winning streak come to an end monday night against the mavericks. the playoff chase is eaten up as the hornests find themselves a game and a half back of the magic. >> we had a good workout yesterday. i'm confident we will come out and play well. >> go out and play, and that's 1 thing. they are young and talented with great pieces. >> we'll have the highlights tonight. >> all right. thank you. >> it's warm out there. >> a temperature rollercoaster, heading back down thursdays the >> thank you for making us your choice vo: know you have a dedicatedadvisor and team who understand where you come from. we didn't really have anything, you know. but, we made do. vo: know you can craft an investment plan as strong as your values. al, how you doing. hey, mr. hamilton. vo: know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. with the guidance and support of your dedicated c wealth management team. >>> tonight, the supreme court showdown. the president names his pick. a judge who took on timothy mcveigh after oklahoma city. who took on the unibomber. bu

for the charlotte hornets. tonight is a good one. versus the san antonio spurs. the hornets look to end a two game losing streak at home. both teams entered the game red- hot. charlotte 8-2. and the san antonio spurs 9-1. right now, charlotte has a game -- and 13 games to play. the guard says tonight's game will be a great way to gauge were the team is. >> they are off to a great start right now. the record is second best in the league. i think it will be a good measure -- to get out there and compete against those guys. and see where we are offense of lee and defensively. >> i don't know about you but i'm definitely going to the ncaa tournament -- going through withdrawals. the ncaa will not fire up until thursday. talk about a dominant performance by the acc. carolina and duke just two of the six teams advancing the most in terms of -- tournament history. duke will play in oregon thursday. the tar heels battle indiana on friday night. south carolina men's basketball around two of the nit -- hosting georgia tech. south carolina is 16-2 at home this season. the g

's >>> the charlotte hornets home stand continues tonight. the hornets red hot and rolling. winners of 11 of their last 14 games. they welcome the minnesota timberwolves to the hive tonight. charlotte is coming over a win over indiana. kemba walker has been a big reason why charlotte finds themselves three games out of first place in the southeast conference. walker has scored at least 20 points in 11 of the last 12 games. >> playing at a high level. i'm extremely confident. i'm just working on my game. we have a really good team that plays very well together. >> the acc tournament fires up in washington dc tomorrow as nc state battles wake forest in the tournament opener. the winner will play duke on wednesday. nc state head coach mark says tournament play means it's a few season with a chance to to the big dance. >> it starts with the tournament. and it's up to us. and so, it's been a tough year. we get it. but we can rewrite the story. >>> wolf pack guard averaged 33 points per game. topping 30 points eight times this season. it's been a month since super bowl 50. cam newt

kilpatrick scored 25 points in 27 minutes on the court in the nets loss to the charlotte hornets. kilpatrick has come off the bench and scored double figured in six straight games. little by little, the nfl has done away with the chop block and now it is completely gone. you can't hit an opponent low if he's engaged high with another player. the chop block was already limited in how it could be used....now all forms of it have been banned. but the nfl liked what happened with point after kicks in the 2015 season...they weren't automatic any longer. it used to be that the ball was snapped at the 15, making it a 33 yard kick. thos extra points were missed six percent of the time...and the nfl says the extra point is now a meaningful play. nine on your side returns updating you on the situation in brusses before we leave. 34 people are dead after today's terror attacks. police believe two of the bombers at the airport were killed.. but a third is on the loose. another bomb went off in a subway station. nine on your side will watch this for you overnight and will have new information

the charlotte hornets are giving 90s kids something to cheer about. the hornet also host nickelodeon night at time warner cable arena games and giveaways based on hit nickelodeon shows such as all that, double dare, legends of the hidle temple and rugrats. other teams have hosted nickelodeon nights. the hornets host the suns. i saw it on twitter and they had their outfit laid out it is real. >> rugrats i remember that show my kids watched it not me. i avoided it. >> you saw it, right. >> there were adult jokes in there. >> as there often are when cartoons are involved. >> let's update you on traffic here is tonya rivens in the >> your first alert traffic is let's check in here. a lot of problems on 485 and another accident at steele creek and shopton road west. south tryon is a great alternate route and as we look around this area notice the slow-moving traffic here on our mapping system. we see from wilkinson boulevard back towards south tryon the drive time leaving center city to highway 160 about 50 minutes which is not, too, too bad. and on the d.

it's a bug one as they will host the charlotte hornets. >>> taking on montreal last night. panthers get a much-needed win on the road. 4-1 the final. >>> i'm will manso and that's your local 10 >>ill, thank you very much. >>> don't forget to enter the local 10 brackett challenge, 65 inch tv from brandsmart usa up for grabs. you'll be able to compare yours to members of theocal 10 news team. did you do your yet nnchts yeah, i did it last night. very scientific. >> mascots for shopping locations? >> usually mascots. i pick my favorite animal. >> wow. they have puppies? >> some of them do. just kidding. >>> turning back this morning to our top story, florida a big win for donald trump. >> that win triggering marco rubio to pull the plug on his entire campaign. what hee had to tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're e couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you sw

. >> john: charlotte hornets fans, get tickets to see the teams in the playoff. single game tickets for the first round go on sale this morning at 10:00. the first three potential home games will be available at hornets.com or ticketmaster.com. playoff opponents, dates and times not determined. that won't be until the end of the regular season, next month. >>> a young basketball fan learns the hard way not to the talk their back on the players. one kid saw a camera, champ camera, the video kevin serafin sent him flying. boom. >> christine: lesson learned. he's okay. >>> a live look at the commute, 5:36 and this is the nation's ford road exit at i-77, traffic again moving great this morning, the roads continue to dry out from the rain we got overnight. meteorologist al conklin standing in the first alert weather center with moore more details. >> al: it will be colder in the metro area than this morning. we have a freeze watch in effect from all the counties from from mecklenburg, cabarrus and york, north and west, frost advisory south and east for tonight. averag

the charlotte hornets at home tonight. anyone heading towards uptown street. and as we look at traffic around i-77 and remount road, a check of i-77 looks like northbound moving nicely southbound starting to build with volume. and speaking of remount road, notice i-77 south they are picking up with congestion. there is an accident close to west boulevard and wilkinson boulevard. at kimberly road you can use clanton to get around that and volume on wilkinson boulevard. back to you guys. >> all right thank you. locked up for 24 years. the entire time one man maintaining his innocence. now, a team of attorneys gets him out of prison. we'll tell you how he spent his first afternoon as a free man. >> and free legal information you can call the number on your screen to speak to an attorney. at 4:00. we are on your side partnering with the north carolina bar association to bring you free legal information. i have moved over to our patterson studio with the attorneys all standing by answering your calls today as part of the for all state-wide service day. i'm here wit

. >> 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. >> thanks for makin hi, guys! spring is almost here and you know what that means! easter is hopping along. so, if you're looking to stretch your dollar this easter holiday, just look at these savings at your local walmart. charlotte, in head-to-head shopping, the total amount saved at walmart vs. bi-lo was $15.47... that's 11% on this week's easter basket. why shop anywhere else? fill your basket with walmart's every day low prices and get big savings. start shoppi

not ford or any other brand. , every >>> the charlotte hornets beat the brooklyn nets tonight 105- 100 to move into a tie. >> their ultimate goal is to win a playoff series for the first time since 2002. and they certainly put together the right team to do it. as phil explains, the season the hornets have already made history. >> could have shown you about his improvement. >> the voice you hear dissecting belongs to stephanie ready. the first full-time analyst for the broadcast in nba history. >> i'm thrilled to be the first. i am a little disappointed it has taken until 2015 until we've had a first. >> breaking barriers is she was an assistant. the analyst role was the next logical step after serving 11 years as the hornets court side reporter. >> this has been a job i've been waiting for my entire professional career. i thrive in the fact that people are watching that know me, have new aspirations and new professional goals for themselves. >> the entire hornets organization from the players to the front office have been supportive of ready and her ground breaking role. social media i

over to the brookshire, looking good this morning and heading in center city to tonight, the charlotte hornets taking on the birds of prey, the pelicans at time warner cable arena at 7:00 p.m. that is a check of the morning commute, guys, back to you. >> christine: anthony davis didn't hear you say that. >>> still ahead on wbtv news at 6:00 a.m., what lawmakers in south carolina are now doing to remove the confederate flag from the chapels of public colleges and universities. >> john: a string of shootings in charlotte over the last 24 hours, we're asking the questions you want answered, five minutes before with a variety of fresh-made seafood meals starting at just $4.99, no one does seafood like d's! try our new home-style flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. or our grilled menu, featuring new tuscan tilapia. each with two sides and hush puppies. for full meals starting at $4.99, lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month >>> this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard. wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> christine: four shootings, six people injured in a span of seven h

this time the heat are coming off a tough loss to the charlotte hornet. and missing a game-tying shot at the buzzer. tomorrow's matchup will challenge thh heat. >> there is not much margin for error for either team. you know, it's competition at its finest. and you not only have to compete at a hi level you also have to play well. and make plays under duress. >> all right, the m)ami dolphins continue to make off season acquisitions, this time signing griff waylon, the guy who botched the play there. we're confused, toooo what is not confusing is the colts honoring peyton manning, the future hall of famer spent 18 years of his career with the team announced they would retire the sheriff's number and plans to b bild a statue of manning outside lucas oil stadium. >>> not sure these guys had a tee time, and the play continued here as you can see behind the champ there adam scott. putt. so rude. to re the sand traps whenpresident and the firsr lady today. this is live. but we're not talking about the obamas, in this case, mr. president and the first lady are b

. >>> charlotte hornets. shart picked up the last 9. the victory keeps the hornets in 6th spot in the eastern conference standings. >>> nick patoon. both scored over 30 points. first time there's been two or more players scoring 30 or more. walker continues to shine. dished out 10 assists. steve clifford says his point guard is playing an an extremely high level. >> we'll have more later tonight. then we'll be back in action monday. >> before we get another check of the forecast, we have breaking news for you. a tow truck driver has been arrested for assault with deadly weapon, inflicting serious injury. police say jarvis sympton shot a truck owner. we'll bring you more details as it develops. >> thanks for joining us. have a steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt alittle forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for atuesday, but t

charlotte. it's not exactly chilly in the high country. hornets take on the pistons uptown tonight. if you're uptown for the game, or maybe just for dinner, you can leave the coat at home. no rain and mild temperatures slowly falling back through the 60s. here's a look at the future cast over night tonight, temperature wise, find your neighborhood on the map. same in charlotte and hickory. and not a lot cooler in the high country. this is something we'll have to keep an eye on. more moisture means more clouds and the risk of fog. when these visibilities dip below about half a mile as you can see on many neighborhoods, especially between charlotte and i-40, we'll be looking at tomorrow morning and late tonight. same story across the high country. the weekend forecast hasn't changed. the greatest chance of rain will be on sunday. neither day will be a wash out. low 70s tomorrow. low lower 70s again on sunday. lots of 5ks this weekend. we chose the weddington run that honors anyone that's survived cancer. watch out for fog first thing in the morning. mid 60s at 10:00 a.m. the low cloud

(clicks) >>> not many teams hotter than the charlotte hornets. not many playing better than kemba walker. kemba doing his thing. the pull up three-pointer, good. he's just own a whole different level right now. doing a little of everything. comes up with the steal, leading the break. a no-look bounce to nick. seven hornets in double-digits tonight. it was a barrage of three- pointers. marvin williams gets in on the action. kemba was kemba into the lane, splits the defenders and lays it in. he had 35. that's 4 straight three-point games. five straight wins for the hornets. >>> college basketball coaches say it's hard to beat a team for the third time. them twice already, you're the better team. charlotte, 2-0 against rice this season, but winning in the conference tournament is what counts. the niners in white. a great effort to get the offensive rebound. then, they'll give it back to him. he lays it in. he had 12 points, and 18 rebounds. still in the 1st, obiose in the paint gets the floater to go, plus the foul. the niners up 15 at the half. a t

they're just one game up on the team that i play tonight that's currently the six seed, the charlotte hornets. >> they're right there with us. we understand just like they understand how important this game is, you know, for us we what the to win the series three-one. for them they want to tie the series 3-two and try to catch us in the standings, so this is an important game and i'm glad it's here at our home. >> will: meanwhile, miami hurricanes fans are waiting and waiting, counting the minutes when miami plays against buffalo this point first round of t t ncaa tournament. at practice yesterday the canes will doing alley-oops. they had some fun. scheduled just around 7:00 p.m. stow a little over half hour away. >>> bad news for a the miami dolphins. kristi krueger johnson will not be their running back next season. thty were hoping the potential was there for the free agent to come to miami. corp. to espn 's staying put in arizona signing a one-year deal. >>> and on the ice, the panthers hit the ice tonight in toronto against the maple leafs. cast picked up a big road game against the cana

now the hornets arguably the best team. 18,000 filed in for this one against james harden. nick driving, and a nice look charlotte cruising to a big lead early. james harden swarmed by the hornets d. cody forcing the turnover into the hands of kendall walker. back to walker, kemba with 25 points tonight. liter in the first, hornets running off another turnover. courtney leading to spot up for the three. he knocks it down. lee with 12 points. second quarter we go. jeremy lin with the pass to the rookie. check out the back door pass who hammers it home. their win streak hit seven straight games. he is sitting on the poll for race day in phoenix on sunday. today, kyle bush continues his domination in exfinty series racing. 79 career win in the series. 175 of the 200 laps. now led 493 of a possible 563 laps in three races so far this season. that is domination.

it's playoff time in college basketball, the charlotte hornets are solidifying why they may make noise in this year's nba playoffs. kemba walker and al jefferson each had 21 points in a big win over miami last night. 109-106. charlotte a half game behind atlanta for first place in the southeast division. right now they're the sixth seat in the playoffs. how about that? sounds good. thanks. >>> well winter returns for the start of spring this weekend. highs to the mid to upper 50s. world news with david >>> breaking news this friday night. captured alive. the most wanted man after the paris terror attacks, trapped during a dramatic shootout. how they got him. we take you inside the tense raid. >>> also breaking -- a nor'easter set to hit. severe weather across the south at this hour. the system then moving right up the east coast. several major cities, up to eight inches or more. >>> the two air scares -- the lightning strike. the flight from raleigh to new york. passengers describing the jolt. >>> and breaking now -- the drone, the jet -- and the close call. >>> donald trump hacked, th

log >>> the charlotte hornets keep rolling right along. tonight, their latest victim, the minnesota timber wolves. charlotte improves to just the second time this season after notching their 12th win out of their last 15 games. the time warner cable arena we go. kendall walker coming into this one, scoring 20 or more points, picked this one up early. downtown walker is feeling it. six threes in this game. later in the first, off the rebound, hornets run and it's kendall with the pass to cody zellar. 49-47. third quarter, walker feeling it a little more from beyond the ark. he hit three straight in the third. 34 points, his third straight game with 30 or more. later in the third, the big fella out jefferson taking carl anthony towns to school. big al second in scoring with 20 points. charlotte wins their fourth straight game. >> he was playing, he did it in philadelphia. similar way into the third. he's playing really well. >> the acc tournament fires up in washington, d.c. tomorrow as 12 seed nc state battles 13 seed wake forest in the tour

. >>> the charlotte hornets beat philadelphia by 20 on the road last night. but it wasn't that easy. the worst team in the nba held the lead in the third quarter. the hornets responded with a 13-0 run. turning a three-point deficit into a double digit advantage. their focus remains the same. win and get better each night. >> i don't know what's going to happen with the other teams. but i know that we can control our own record and our own situation. and that's just what we have to focus on. one game at a time. >> former panthers defensive end mike rutger is hitting the dance floor for a good cause saturday. he's one of several celebrities competing to raise money for the charlotte ballet and other charitable organizations. harkins are raising money. >> i always call sara the head coach. >> ahead at 10:00 and 11:00. lawrence gilligan has more on how being part of this event changed him for the better and why he wishes he incorporated ballet into his work out routine during his playing days. >> i'm going to be the mc that night. i think i saw her do a dab. was

the hornets entered tonight's game against aaron gordon a game and a half behind miami. charlotte trailed orlando 30-26 after one until exploding with 35 points in the second quarter. after a magic miss, check out charlotte leads 40-37. put on a clinic. the spin, how about the fade away. if it ain't broke, don't fix it. why not another fade away. mj would be proud. 26 points tonight, 16 of them in the 2nd and then there's williams. he knocks down the three. he had 26 points as well. charlotte cruises to a 107-99 win. tieing a franchise record by going 6-1 during our seven-game home stand. >> a great start. they start the game, so we try to get in the game and put the game outside if we have to step up our game and show them we play that way. >> let the madness of march begin. the reigning national champs will begin their quest tomorrow versus unc wilmington. the blue devils enter the tournament with the best winning percentage of any team ranking third all-time in wins with 105 tournament victories. program history. duke will play wilmington, coach kay says they are the healthiest

the nba hall-of-famer and charlotte hornets owner ishere to encourage those kids. jordan is among a number of speakers taking part in the state student council convention. he spoke for 15 minutes before answering questions. you know they're about to jump out of their chairs right now. let's move on now to rapper 50 cent. he says he's quitting instagram. this comes after pictures he posted got the attention of the judge in his bankruptcy case. now the secret service. the judge called the rapper into court this week to explain the pictures that showed stacks of cash. 50 cent says the bills were just props. now he says the secret service is asking him if the fake money was counterfeited. and he says he doesn't know. anchor: taco bell has kicked off its new $1 breakfast menu. there will be 10 breakfast items there will be several new additions such as a mini skillet bowl with potatoes, eggs and a sausage flat bread casedya. they're trying to compete with mcdonald's as the fast food industry looks for ways to attract new customers. taco bell began serving breakfast in 2

(announcer vo) it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. a suba >>> the charlotte hornets welcome in the second best team in the nba. san antonio to the hive in a game they need to win before hitting the road for four games. former wake forest great, tim duncan. the bucket and the foul. he had 16 points. spurs led 28-7 over the hornets. nba team this season. redemption. they outscore the spurs in every frame the rest of the way. nick with the steal. courtney lee back for the lay in. hornets outscore the spurs in the third. a 23 point lead cut to just five. but it's lynn sanity, jeremy lin took over in the 4th. scored scored a team high. it's the second largest comeback in franchise history. >> it's the fifth game in a row now. we're playing from a double digit deficit. for two weeks were killing it in the first quarter. we have to make sure we are starting games correctly, but when we are right, we are a very good team. >> back in action in the second round of the n.i.t. tournament hosting georgia tech. gamecocks off to a slow start. thanks to the three by marcus second half, they continue to s

the charlotte hornets, detroit pistons, indiana pacers, los angeles clippers, miami heat, and oklahoma city thunder will also be back. solar bears getting ready for a grueling three games in new hampshire. monarchs riding meredith: do you think your family can get through dinner without anyone checking their cell phone? chick-fil-a is hoping to encourage some quality family bribing customers with food free food, as in free ice cream cones. jim: all you have to do is silence your phone, then put it in a box at your table for the entire meal. more than 150 locations are taking part. can' t believe it has come to this. meredith: that is so bad. can the mentally family do it? tony: i don' t know about mom and daughter. out the door tomorrow, i don' t think we are talking about rain. we dry out quickly. temperature around 79 degrees. in the extended seven-day forecast not that at all. -- bad at all. largely mid 80' s by thursday. jim: that' s our report for tonight. you can get wesh 2 news whenever you want at wesh.com or the wesh 2 mobile app. meredith: thanks for watching. we hope you' ll

. >> charlotte hornet securing a huge win last night against the miami heat. `the w snapping a 12 game losing streak in south beach, beat reporters calling this biggest win since nba's come back to the queen city in 2004. >> this is a game that hornets could not have come close to winning earlier in room come together, and set their sights on making serious noise in the post season. >> it's huge, we've been struggling a little bit the first 2 or 3 months, we find find something special in this team, we can show you right now it huge, we can do something special this year, we have to keep playing keep winning games. >> hornet on home turf tomorrow against nuggets, your brackets, just tear jenna: we're getting a behind the scenes look at foxty of's musical the passion. here are the stars filming this week, jen carlos canela as jesus christ, and chris daughtry at jude as, telling story of christ a last hours on earth with the contemporary cast. >> it is inspirational, heart is about love. faith, hope, love. i think no matter your religious back ground, i think yo

dallas mavericks against red shot charlotte second quarter. hornet took it over. parson_ at the otheren. save it behind the back to lee. dallas beat charlotte 107-96. snap the hornet game win streak. heat play at charlotte on thursday. this was a big collapse. the panthers in the islanders in brooklyn. panthers in white. scoreless first period. hubert to peter. center pass to bar. his 22 of the season. panthers lead 1 nothing. second period. panthers with the puck and islander zone. he gets the left panthers lead two nothing. third period just testify islanders one on two. he wins 2-1. minute 21 later. he makes the save but rebound to bailey. check him. tie the game 2-2. puck behind the net. turn over. he beats him that's it. 3 goal in 5 an haha minutes. panthers blow a two nothing lead. panthers lose 3-2. canes play souththakota state on saturday. in the ncaa tournament found it out tonight. now back to you. >> thanks steve. >> thanks a wrap for 7 news at 11:00. >> make it a great night everybody. real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company >>

th charlotte hornets owner is visiting a high school tonight. he is a number of speakers taking part in the state student council convention. he will answer some questions. other speakers include kj sc rivens, and the state school superintendent. cam newton is never scared to take a fashion risk. what the quarterback was wearing last night that has social media talking. barbara: and some faculty at duke university is talking about joining a union. the symbolics support they received. here's a live look at the raleigh skyline. don: good afternoon. a nice day shaping up. a lot of clouds, but it is mild. we get your complete seven-day forecast coming up next. checking your first (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. john: a live look at fayetteville street, outside the new center where it is 76 degre

. >> john: the charlotte hornets in the thick of the playoff battle hosting the spurs. seven points in the first quarter, down 30-7, 23 point deficit. jeremy lin, had 15 of 29 points in the final quarter, charlotte comes back and beats the spurs, 91-88. a major victory for them. next up, a trip to brooklyn, they play them tonight. >> christine: great win for the hornets. >> al: that is a big win over a team like the spurs, that is awesome. weather-wise, first off look back at temperatures, that cloud cover keeping us so cold on sunday, only 47 degrees, we rebounded by 10, 12 degrees yesterday, we'll do the same today, getting up in the 60s. this is our carowinds cam on choate circle on the meck-york line, you see traffic picking up there. chris will be along in a moment to give us an update what is happening on the roads. current conditions in charlotte right now, just above the freezing mark at 35, we've been lower this morning, down to 34 and likely to drop more under clear conditions and calm the sun doesn't come up for another hour or so. usuallile we're coldest just

dallas beat charlotte 107-96. snap the hornet 7 game win streak. heat play at charlotte on thursday. this was a big collapse. the panthers in the islanders in brooklyn. panthers in white. scoreless first period. hubert to peter. center pass to bar. his 22 of the season. panthers lead 1 nothing. second period. panthers with the pucknd islander zone. ha gets the left panthers lead two nothing. third period just testify minutes left. islanders one on two. he wins 2-1. minute 21 later. he makes the save but rebound to bailey. tie the game 2-2. puck behind the net. turn over. he beats him that's it. 3 goal in 5 an half minutes. panthers blow a awo nothing lead. panthers lose 3-2. canes play south dakota state on saturday. in the ncaa tournament found it out tonight. now back to you. >> thanks steve. >> thanks a wrap for 7 news at 11:00. >> makit a great night everybody. >> announcer: the following is a paid commercial program proudly brought to you be prosvent. do you make frequent trips to the bathroom... suffer fm urgency... hesitancy? do you get up mo

. >> christine: single game playoff tickets go on sale at 10:00 for the charlotte hornets. you can buy them at the website, ticketmaster or the time warner cable arena box office. the hornets are the sixth seed in the east. one-and-a-half games behind the atlanta hawks, for third. >>> we have seen boats named after former presidents, war heros and some have puns. united kingdom, to name thisle research vessel top vote getter is, boatie mcboat face. other suggestions r r ruin sane boat and ice ice baby. >> christine: that poor boat has no say. >> john: neither does the crew. >> al: i don't know, i like the ice ice one,. >> john: more appropriate. >> al: we have a gorgeous start to the day, lake norman cam from the vue.com, sun will be up in 40 minutes, getting brighter sky toward the east. a little bit of a ripple on the water, north breeze this morning and that will be with us all day long, it will be a chilly breeze, look at the seven day forecast and break it down for you, first off very low rain chances the next several days, again, not a fan of cool weather, the next co

hornets to bed late. final score this 1101-93. charlotte losing again. they're they are back in action monday against the spurs. to the ncaa tournament waco. hard to top the games from friday when 15 of 14 in the 13 seed won on the same day for the first time in the ncaa busting brackets left and right. yale coming off a big upset when over fifth-seeded baylor in the opening round. the blue devils came out hot in the first half. brandon and graham knox that one down and how about a little canard and grayson allen from the corner. grayson has some hops. check out the one hand transition and duke up to 23 at the break rate this game was over, right? other plants in the second half brandon sharad gets three points the hard way and gil meche cut the lead down to single digits but the freshman phenom reading graham puts the nail in the coffin 25 in the game and onto sweet 16 again for dude. they went 71-64. >> we had a heck of a team. game pressure and for our kids to respond we are very proud of being the sweet 16 team. it's a heck of a thing. >> the blue de

. >>> the charlotte hornets playing on the back half of a back-to-back, the team in philly to take on the 76ers, kemba walker 30 points charlotte put on an offensive show. final score hornets, 119-99. >> john: three federal judges will hear the appeal in the deflategate case. last year d dtrict court judge nullified the four game suspension of tom brady who nfl footballs in the 2015afc championship game. today, judges will hear from the league and the nfl players association. could take months to announce the decision. if the ruling is upheld the nfl could continue the appeal. brady could be forced to sit out the next four games of the season. >> christine: i can't believe this is still on-going. >> al: this never ends. four games is a big deal. >> john: that is a big deal for the patriots. >> al: grab the umbrella, you'll need it if you live or are heading west of i-77. east of there, probably dry until after the sun goes down this evening. get you out there now, first things first, wait a minute, look at doppler radar, we have snow falling, right? no, that is not reaching the ground

person hasn't objected to get results and mentors like retired athletes from the nfl from the charlotte hornets make sure% there are balsillie of a lot of people that want to be imported. l it sounds like a good idea. the letter c. with a purpose initiative is officially going the event will be held at the ortho barber and hairstyle and north graham street on april 16 starting at 10:00 in the morning. kayla: police tell us the driver accused of hitting and killing a woman after panthers playoff game is now facing second-degree murder charges. back in january 28-year-old kelly putnam was walking along south boulevard when she was getting killed by a car driven by 30-year-old gregory hui lin. putnam was pronounced dead on the scene. we link faces charges of driving while impaired and death by vehicle. another update to tell you about a missing teen from brevard has been found. authorities located 15-year-old dixie mae bailey near the asheville mall around 6:30. authorities say she's in good health and is being returned to her bard. an amber alert went out yesterday. doe big news out of chester co

today -- the charlotte hornets are helping pack thousands of care kits for our troops overseas. they're joinging with hundreds of volunteers from bank of america and for the third annual military care event at time warner cable arena. their goal is to send off 10- thousand packages this year. they will also make donations to operation gratitude and the uso of north carolina. coming up on our midday what officials are now saying about an overnight train crash in california. and keep it here for charlotte today at eleven... have a great day. >>> wear back on the tuesday. kathy lee is off. jenna bush hager is filling in. >> we have our married dads, scott dixon and chuck nice and the single jared freed and the engaged bob ginny. a question. >> hi, i'm from north carolina. and my question is, how long do you give a guy to propose? >> good question. >> whatever you think times >> you can take this rout if you want. it may be a little dicey but nine months can be a very good time to make sure that he asks the question. >> i got it. scott, really what's the real answer? >> whatever mak

the charlotte hornets have unfinished business as they get readied for another match-up. where it stands in the east in sports. is wbtv news saturday morning. your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. he couldn't. and that one time yeah, it wasn't. so when ron said you'd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. now ron does too. the e series. legendary john deere quality. unexpected low price. now you can own a 3e series tractor for as low as 135 dollars per month. >> kristen: 5:43, a live look at the roads this morning. of alot of people up and out. i-77 southbound at clanton road, 5:43, a little busy for saturday we'll keep an eye on the roads if anything pops up that will slow you down if you have to head out, we will let you know right away. for more traffic go to wbtv.com, click under the traffic tab and follow the traffic team on twitter, find the link on our wbtv traffic page. >>> talking sports, the hornets shining bright, they host the nuggets later tonight at the arena. game time an hour earlier at 6:00, boston lost last night so the

charlotte. double figures and the hornets win again 118 out of 103. big-time game. we want to protect our home court and we did it tonight. >> marvin said the hornets back in action to run against the houston rockets. to college with the north carolina looking get to get back to the acc title game for the third time in the last six years. they have to get through a notre dame team that not only beat them in the conference championship game last year but the last three meetings. the tar heels would not -- in the nation's capital first half of this one marcus page gets room and knocks down three. moments later added again. when you are high at your high. you just keep on shooting page is a game-high 16 points. tar heels closing the half on an 18-2 run and never looking back winning 78 hattan 47 to advance to the seed c. championship game. >> we are getting better grade that's a safe answer but we didn't play great offensively. we shot 43% but our defense is picking. we turned the corner defensively these past several weeks. doing a better job on the back boards and no

charlotte hornets beat the brooklyn nets 105-111 games over 500 in their quest for playoff spots.his second career finish in 14-point, it can in the first quarter. lauren: coming up from a desperate manhunt across belgium for the third isis bomber. we will have the latest. plus presidential candidates react to the terror in brussels. >> you better get rid of isis quick as it's going to get worse. a lot worse. nicole: leadership isn't about any of those fears and anger. leadership is saying we can do this together. lauren: a big night of politics. donald trump and hillary clinton sleeping the winner take all state of arizona. bernie sanders pulled up victories in utah and idaho. the latest results and checking your stock index futures done across the board. s&p futures barely lower. nasdaq futures given back to you. you are watching "fbn:am," if your first look at morning market and breaking news. the ♪ ? ? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wi