this is making progress in the eastern tennessee through the evening hours. cloudy skies. if you are getting out, your hd towercam we do not see disruptions for you and the mild air tonights to roll on. 76 right now. and through the evening hours still in the 70s. and 68 at 9:00 p.m. and 66 through 11:00 p.m. we will get back to the rainfall it. alert forecast. >> thank you. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. as we check in i-85 southbound between 485 and little rock road, an earlier accident. two lanes blocked a lot of time for this traffic to recover. this is freedom drive we have three to four miles of stop-and-go traffic. this is what is happened again i-85 south near 485 mile marker 31. wilkinson boulevard is a great alternate route. we see congestion building. tuckaseegee road is another alternate route. this traffic starting to recover. i-85, folks, delay and slow-moving traffic at the moment. >> thank you. we are on your side with an important programming note. wbtv has live coverage of the acc basketball tournament from 7-11:30 tonight so that

you can see through eastern tennessee, eastern kentucky, down into northwestern georgia, rain. the thunderstorms have been up kentucky. a lot of the precipitation has been diminishing a little bit. no thunderstorm activity there. temperatures warmed up. 71 degrees now in greenville. 70 in the raleigh area. 73 in georgia and atlanta 69 degrees. currently columbia our temperature is 75 degrees. we have winds out of the south, southwest at 15 miles per hour. gusting up to 25 miles per hour. tonight we are expecting to see an increase in clouds. we will see showers late tonight with a low of 52. when you wake up tomorrow, the sun will be out. we will warm up to 62. it will be cooler tomorrow and then tomorrow night mostly clear with a low temperature of 35. now let's take a look at the traffic around our area this afternoon. over view right now of what is going on around the city. most areas is in good shape. but we have one accident on highway 378, already we are seeing a slow down through the malfunction junction area and i- 20 between malfunction junction and 378. here on the so

and the action is often eastern tennessee this takes us up until 6:00 p.m. and the mountains and foothills are you starting to tap into the rain. charlotte area most of the wbtv viewing area is dry. heading through the evening hours up to 9:00 p.m. heavy rain closing in on the charlotte area. that continues to push off to the east through the night. and that goes to 4:00 a.m. most of the rain by then is completely out of here. we have a 10% chance of a shower early tomorrow morning. most of the rain will be gone. snow showers cannot be ruled out as the moisture is left around and the cool temperatures start to pull in. snow in someplaces. here is the forecast. tomorrow morning 43 the temperature. most of the rain is out of here. 50 in the middle of the day. 54 your high temperature. that is quite a difference. today low 70s and tomorrow mid 50s. and the forecast, next couple of days a low temperature of 42 . 54 that will be the afternoon high maybe a leftover shower tomorrow morning. on thursday, showers return for the evening hours your high temperature 55

and you can see that cluster that extended through eastern tennessee and kentucky. this is a big storm. we'll be watching this as it makes its way into the i-85 corridor and gets closer to the wbtv region. up to the north, you will see these big thunderstorms. no warnings for them. they are moving at 25-miles-per-hour and they are now surfing the north carolina state line. i would like to alert some of the folks this way around parker, creston, clifton, west mill creek a lot of lightning strikes. and that will be flirting right there at the north carolina-tennessee border as it works up through the roaring fork road area. stay inside lightning is a killer and we cannot emphasize and your hd towercam, the clouds are beginning to thicken. around the greater charlotte area. 77 . no imminent rain yet but we have to continue to watch this. brisk winds out of the southwest 14 gusting to 25. here again we will roll on this and stop it at 10:00 p.m. now, the thick i want to -- thing i want to point out is the main core of the dynamics is moving to the north. it surfed along

the combination allowing this is a low pressure across eastern tennessee. at the ground, we have cold north winds. those two combining, coming in from the east, allowing the system for this saturday morning. it will break down this afternoon. we have clouds around, but the moisture is moving out. today, tonight and tomorrow, a similar setup, a couple of showers possible. temperatures struggling today around 40 in the afternoon. tomorrow, mid 40s. so it will be a chilly weekend as we continue with those temperatures tomorrow comfortably below ang. verage. a close look at futurecast for tonight and tomorrow, quite a few clouds around. the better potential for thick clouds sunday is the eastern counties. passing showers will be a possibility in the afternoon. over the course of the entire weekend, a chance to get moisture is this morning where we'll get wet and see snowflakes for some of us. 48 degrees at midnight. afternoon temperatures, 40. tonight, we drop off to 30 for the low. tomorrow, some sunshine returning. still chilly at 44. a lot more sun monday at

thicker the eastern tennessee border, boone and blowing rock, high pressure will build, and temperatures climb the next several days. 57 is the forecast high for 63 in hickory this afternoon. 65 morganton, and upper 50's and low 60's in the high country. tomorrow, we are talking about the 70's, and they will hold us to the end of the week, and then we will be talking about rain chances ramping up the weekend saturday and sunday. a look at all of that coming up. >> thank you. campaign 2016, all eyes on the charlotte area as g.o.p. front runner donald trump rallies in concord. he is pushing for support after the latest round of presidential voting delivered a split verdict between trump and ted cruz. live at the cabarrus arena, where hundreds are already gathered. people started coming to the arena very early this morning to get a seat at donald trump's rally. we will be streaming the event on wbtv.com. so you can also check it out there. and as soon as he takes to the stage, we will cut back in live. trying to catchy early votes in the campaign. former president bill clinton is supporting

there's the snow pushing into eastern tennessee and north carolina mountains. this system treching from indianapolis all the way to georgia and alabama, so it comes closer as we head the next couple hours, that's why we have winter weather advisories starting tonight, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. for most of the north carolina mountains. that includes boone and blowing rock, west jefferson, and banner elk. we are talking about one to four inches of snow possible in the higher elevations. certainly accumulated snow this afternoon. you have showers and thunderstorms, now in the upstate of georgia. that snow is pushing into the see watauga, ashe, avery, already looking at light snow falling. it has been relatively cold the last 24 to 36 hours, so it will stick relatively quickly on area roads in the high country. 44 in charlotte. humidity, 35%, with a southeast wind at 7 miles an hour. 33 boone, 43 morganton, 42 hickory, 45 in monroe. and highs only climb into the upper 20's and low 30's today the high country. the foothills, warmer, 45 lenoir taylorsville. 51 wilkesboro. 51

a decent line of thunderstorms racing in eastern tennessee and moving to the carolinas at about 40 miles per hour. sundown at 6:20 and we'll see the rain chances ramp up as we head through the evening especially west of charlotte. temperatures slowly backing down to the 60s. the latest futurecast, 8:00 tonight. most of the action west of highway 321 into the mountains, southwest mountains and extreme northern foothills and moves into charlotte about 10:00. the leading edge may produce gusty winds and briefly heavy rain and you may hear the clap of thunder but nothing severe at this point is anticipated. 11:00, the lines are stretched out across charlotte. one and done, a quick hit by tomorrow morning and it's history. temperatures, they will be falling heading through the overnight hours. for the most part, 40 tomorrow morning and keeping us in the a big difference from what we dealt with yesterday and today temperature wise. wake up forecast, lower 40s early on and we will see e clouds break up quickly tomorrow. even in the mountains with a few snow showers tomorrow and we get the sunsh

and that means rain beginning to show up across eastern tennessee thursday. it's not here yet so it looks like thursday during the day should be in great shape partly cloudy skies and a nice day. that 30% that we have that will be during the evening hours toward midnight and i think it gets out of here quickly on friday. and how about the temperatures? comfortable and saturday ok. and then sunday, rain begins to approach. sunrise services are ok. and if you are outdoors sunday morning with that rain spilling into monday and things will get quiet. a couple of opportunities for we will keep you updated. right now it's about basketball. what do you get after pulling off the biggest common back? a trip to brooklyn to take on the nets. hornets need a short memory after coming back from the deficit to beat san antonio. exciting. after losing to denver before that, last night's win was like a double victory. bouncing back and taking out the had beaten the top team golden state. it had to pump up the hornets who know they can compete with the best and now they have t

you will see the showers gathering now and racing towards the carolinas and showing newspaper eastern tennessee by 5:00 p.m. on thursday. they will be pushing through thursday night. but it might workout well moving out quickly on good friday morning. but then after that we get a break saturday and easter sunday now, more rain pushing into the area. and it looks like the worst of that could be sunday night into monday and maybe we end up dodging the rain drops and the temperatures will be fine as we hover in the low 70s. another update at 5:30. >> next, a charlotte man browned for brussels learns his flight is canceled in the midst of the terror attacks there how he and >> and new at 6:00, failing our veterans we continue demanding answers for problems delaying treatment for those who served our country. an on your side investigation is next. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> we still have much more ahead here on wbtv news at 5:00. >> we are not going to roll out the red carpet for isis. >> some south carolina lawmakers say today's attacks in brussels are more reason to pass a refugee bill. >>

first encountered 38-year-old steven hugueley at the brushy mountain correctional complex in eastern tennesseewhen we met him, hugueley had already been in prison for more than 20 years and was scheduled to be executed the following month. >> i shot my mother and threw her off a bridge. we had had problems for years, and it just finally reached the end. a girl that i had a date with called there, and when i answered the phone, my mother, she come out of her bedroom and started coming down the hallway, and she said -- screamed, is that another one of them little whores calling here, and it was just like i snapped. i told the girl that i had a date with, i said i'll be out there to get you in a little bit. i said, i'm fixing to kill this bitch. i hung up the phone and i went and got a rifle and shot her. then i carried her, dumped her in the river and went on my day. i felt a great deal of contempt toward her, because of the way she belittled my father, and was constantly putting him down, and after a few years of that, it just made me to where i really didn't feel anything toward her. >> throug

area, the energy still back to the west, so showers and thunderstorms now blossoming across eastern tennessee as they push toward the north carolina mountains. so that threat for severe weather is with us here in the charlotte area, and really stretches from the mountains all the way across the piedmont for this afternoon. so hail a distinct possibility with some of these storms. winds, damaging straight line winds a possibility. the tornado threat is very low. really, from the mountains all the way to the sand hills, it is late afternoon and this evening where we see the severe thunderstorm threat. mountains today in the low 60's. afternoon showers and storms, a good possibility. looking at morganton, 73, 80 wilkesboro this afternoon. temperatures across the piedmont 80 statesville, 76 gastonia, 80 charlotte, 77 albemarle, upper 70's, low 80's wadesboro this afternoon. and here comes that system. this is 10:00 p.m. tonight. the mountains first get going, 5:00, 6:00, then 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 in the charlotte area, then quickly pushing to the east through the overnight, and we are quiet tuesday a

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showers in eastern tennessee, moving into areas along the georgia and south carolina state line. right now only a few scattered showers in the mountains stereo start but keep the rain chance around. through the morning hours, temperatures mid- to upper 50s to start and we are tracking rain throughout the day today. i'll help you plan out the weekend, coming up in about 10 minutes. >> and track current temperatures and find out when the rain will hit your area by using our wsoc tv weather app with current conditions and a >>> we have breaking news this morning. we learned four of 62 people killed in a plane crash in southern russia were children. we told you about the crash last night at 11:00. the dubai plane tried to make a second attempted landing in bad weather with gusts 30 to 50 miles an hour. when the plane landed, the wing touched the runway and began to break apart, then burst into flames. investigators are trying to figure out why the plane broke down, killing everyone on board. >>> this is north tryon street at 11th. two cars had damage and at least one person was injur

the gulf coast near tallahassee and then eastern tennessee. then you get lighter amounts, half an inch to 3/4s of an inch then up here at ohio. never us, maybe 1/10th of an occurring on friday. then, side we expect the bright weather and rain. let's check it out. frost advisory tonight. starting at 9:00 a.m. now, 34 the low. colder, rural areas, the sand hills could be 31, 32. laterin the afternoon, more of 65. a healthy warming. that going on tomorrow compared to today. 76 oned with. we kick it out on 80 on thursday. the front comes through. a chance for showers, 72. side, 68. easter sunday, 70. sunrise at 7:07. heading to easter sunrise services there is a small chance for rain. fine tuning the forecast as we go through the week. the european has no rain on sunday. domestic ones does. it is questionable about potential. >> okay. >> all right. >> thank you. through legos and robots. e. students will get national and international attention with their work with legos. >> you got it? 3, 2, 1legos! >> reporter: this may look like child's play. >

it's making good progress moving across the eastern part of tennessee. the heavy rain and the lightning strikes in there. a couple of showers have made it into the wbtv viewing area. and here is what we have through as timing. pushing to the east. quickly seems to be 40-miles-per-hour. not wasting anytime close to hickory around 8:00 p.m. and charlotte 9:30. plan accordingly. we have a high wind warning for avery watauga and ashe county. that is in effect from 7:00 p.m. to noon tomorrow and a wind advisory for avery county. also in effect from 7:00 p.m. to noon tomorrow. you can see gusts for the warning up to 60-miles-per-hour. and farther south for the advisory winds up to maybe 50-miles-per-hour. very warm temperatures for now. especially joy them while they last. they will last a couple more hours and the front will be moving through around midnight to 2:00 a.m. and temperatures are concerned, 70 at 5:00 p.m. 66 7:00 p.m. and 62 at 9:00 p.m. and the rain moves in and cools us down. talk about how cool and when it warms up again is coming up in a litt

coming out of arkansas towards memphis, tennessee, and look at the showers and storm in north eastern tennesseeat's the area of low pressure, cold enough from indianapolis to ohio and kentucky, and we are seeing the snow break out, even south of chicago that will bring clouds later today and then snow tonight. generally an inch or two and more south and east, and temperatures this morning, mostly in the 20s, and culpepper at 19, and we will be at 30 in dc with the winds at less than 10 miles an hour. there's the sunrise we were just talking about, temperatures climbing to the low tonight with steadier snow. the warmer forecast at 6:49. >> larry, what do you have for us? >> the good stuff. that's all i bring every day. 95 also seeing volume, slow on 66 as you get inside of the beltway, and things are, you know, if you're coming from fairfax, it's good. 50, also seeing volume, and you will see delays on 295, traveling southbound to the 11th street bridge. looking at the maps right now, you can see exactly what i'm talking about. traveling on the parkway, you're good to go. we will show you how th

spotty showers across eastern tennessee. some of that moisture will head our way today and the mountains will see the threat for rain earlier on so by 7 or 8 maybe a few isolated showers in the high country and towards lunch time still dry east of the mountains and foothills but cloudy. temperatures will be warming up quickly through the afternoon. by 3: 00 as the kids head home from school still dry but by 5:00 a few isolated showers along the 321 corridor. you'll notice very few so not many people seeing that rainfall today. as we head through the evening hours a few lingering showers but looking at a better chance for showers really on towards saturday and sunday. sunday is the day to watch closely and that's when we see the best chance for rain. showers will continue to linger on through monday. but taking a look at our threat tracker for the weekend really no problems here. but we are not expecting a wash out. sunday will be the better of the two days for rain but we are not concerned with flooding and the severe storm

what's working to allow the snow showers here in march, we have a low pressure in eastern tennessee wrapping in the moisture on the east side. we have surface cold winds out them combining from the east to bring us moisture this morning. in the afternoon, we'll break the cycle a little bit. we still have cloud cover, a few rain showers, but most of our moisture has pushed out. it's not moving out too quickly, because as we head into sunday, we still have quite a few clouds and maybe a lingering light shower and temperatures struggling. tomorrow, highs in the mid 40s as well. we're comfortably below average all weekend. a close look at futurecast for tonight and tomorrow. mostly cloudy skies, a few passing showers at times. i don't think we have much more in the way of measurable rainfall. most of that is this morning. 48 the high at midnight ovged. afternoon temperatures, around 40. tonight, 30 for the low. a stray shower tonight, a few more scattered showers tomorrow. they'll be light. i think we'll see sunshine mixed in sunday. 44, the first day of spring. we're still chilly monday, but lo

every county in eastern tennessee, trump. same for south carolina as well. every candidate boarders north carolina. if you figure some of that bleeds over, trump could have a good night in north carolina, we'll see. >> bill, great analysis. >> clear? >> yeah. thanks so much. you can catch bill. it all starts here on fox 6:00 p.m. eastern. cruz keeps saying he's the only candidate who can beat donald trump. could it be john kasich who has a chance to go toe to toe with the front runner? >> i will be, however, forced going forward, to talk about some of the deep concerns i have about the way this campaign has been run by some others, by one other in particular. diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® works differently than pills. and comes in a pen.

we h for rain as we get into this evening as this area of rain now in eastern kentucky and eastern tennessee starts to move in our direction. for now, though, we're still all dry, albeit under an increasingly cloudy sky and breezy and mild. temperatures have been pushed all the way into the mid and upper 60s. most neighborhoods will be in the low to mid-70s before today is done. we'll time out the rain chances coming up in a few. >> all right, thank you, chuck. >>> well, whether you have to get even close to the convention center or not, these closures will probably affect you over the next 48 hours. >> that's true. news4's megan mcgrath is live at the corner of new york avenue and 10th street. she's had to move over and over this morning. meg megan, where are you now exactly? >> i think we lost megan's picture. we'll try and get back to her shortly. these are the street closures that you're seeing right now on your screen. you're seeing everything from, like, new york avenue to mass affected over here on n street, "o," 6th. everything is a jumble right now. a number of high-security individ

i will point at showers and storms toward eastern portions of tennessee. they move across the mountains and into our area overnight tonight, close to the crucial thing with those storms will be timing. make sure you have a way to get weather alerts even if you are sleeping. search our wncn weather app. it's a great way to stay alert this afternoon. just a few isolated farms. 3 o'clock afternoon high, 78. storms crossing the area overnight. by daybreak on tuesday we 6:00 a.m. here is you are severe weather risk. we are all under a slight risk. large hail and damaging wind gusts this afternoon and overnight tonight. just a few isolated storms. it will be hard to predict who will see the scattered storms pick up this evening we see a line of showers coming through. moves across the area and quickly exits. drive for tuesday morning and afternoon. today, 78 raleigh. 77 in durham. 82 in fayetteville. tonight, storms mild with a low of 58. 78 which is normal for this time of year. wednesday is shaping up to be the warmest day. 68, 8 am. a high of 82. record high

the line of showers is moving across eastern portions of tennessee. as you can see, there's not a lot of moisture associated with that. let's talk about your temperatures. 59 in raleigh. 56 in durham.

the line of showers is moving across eastern portions of tennessee. as you can see, there's not a lot of moisture associated with that. let's talk about your temperatures. 59 in raleigh. 56 in durham. also in the low 50s along south hills and roanoke rapids. 60 in lillington, and 63 right now in pinehurst. keep in mind, the temperatures still dropping for the next few hours. 75 at lunchtime and then 84 our high. our record high for today, 86. so that could easily fall for some of you later today. we'll have a breakdown on when cooler air arrives coming up in your storm team forecast. right now, we'll send it over to kristin. >> good morning. things are looking okay across the area right now. we are seeing generally clear conditions across the road. let's take a look outside at barbie road where we don't have anything in the way of issue yous going on. traffic is moving smoothly. our current traffic map is not showing very much happening. again, we have some of the closures in project fortified. the shoulder is closed at exit 301 and the ramp closure a

and look at this the first line taking a run through eastern sections of tennessee. you may be thinking here we go. this is going to be barreling here by friday. not so fast. this is going to run out of gas here and i don't see much out of it. you will see the rain. showers working in here saturday. and then we start seeing more rain in here on sunday and monday with a low coming in behind it. keep an eye on this. this is not a washout but a quarter inch of rain on saturday. and sunday and then a few more even into the monday timeframe. recapping. warm and dry with high pollen. showers saturday. better chance of that rain getting in here sunday and monday. that trend let's look at it. look at that high not even close. that's the way it is. have a great night. molly and paul. >> thank you. >>> new at 11, lawmakers are pushing a bill banning abortions past 19 weeks. the state senate allows exceptions if the mother's life outside of the womb. supporters say the ban is needed they say a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks a vote will send the measure to the governor's desk.

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here's where the rain is now, it's back to our west across eastern portions of arkansas. moving into tennessee and northern portions of mississippi. that's a cold front, it's going to track into our area overnight tonight so the bulk of the rain will come through while we're sleeping. 7:00 a.m., clear skies, at lunchtime say partly cloudy, for the drive home, turning mostly cloudy. you can see back to our west they are expecting snow showers across the mountains with this system. i'm not expecting snow in central north carolina but i am expecting widespread rain at about midnight tonight. i do want to point out into the early morning hours of our friday, could be cold enough right along the virginia border wintry mix or snow mix in. they have winter storm watches in effect for the central portions of the state. the watches do not extends to our virginia border communities or into here into central north carolina. the good news is the rain is wrapping up fairly quickly. by friday morning, 8:30 a.m., rain around the 95 corridor. lunchtime we're dry but still looking at pretty cloudy skies. so ho

a little rain and snow, traversing across the tennessee valley and eastern lakes, but the big story, out of the pacific, huge waves, toup/ 24 feet, great for surfing, but thiss not a very likely or a very good situation, lotsf rain that will be spilling into the western half of the nation in the days ahead with severe weather while things stay pretty quiet around here. we expect a weak cold fro. almost unnoticed as it slips through during the overnight tonight, high pressure building in behininit, allowing for the steady breeze coming in off the ocean, no more fronts expected as we continue throughout the temperatures will slowly start to warm up. here's your boating forecast, not very good news here because if you plan on going to the beaches, r current risk, moderate, it may go to high during the start of this week, boaters in the keys dealing with a moderate chop, temperatues tonight, steady in the 60s. as skies start to thin out a bit and temperatures, as mentioned near thseasonal average of near 80 for the next few days, with that building breeze, peaking on tuesday, mostf the w

eastern characterize those races for you. alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma and tennessee is up next. i'm lester told and we'll see you later on. >> and welcome back, once again, to our coverage. tmcc political processor sauce based on what we've seen so far we have a fairly good idea of how people will be voting to day. nevada has picked their nominee but he say there is are things we should pay close attention to during voting to day. >> i think for the average american, it's what we'll be seeing by tuesday night, who literally looks like they're locking up the nomination on either side and what that starts to say about the fall campaign and that candidate's ability to heal wounds and bring the party together there. stay with us for the latest on superepa tuesday. here on news 4 through tout night. >> a spokesperson from governor bryan sandoval's office says he'll support whoever is the republican nominee for president. he caucused for florida senator marco rubio last week and told the las vegas sun he thought there were better qualified individuals than donald trump in the race (le

look how quiet it is across much of the eastern half except for the rain pushing across the tennessee valley and the great lakes allegiance. however on the west coast the big story is there could be flooding and snow in the higher elevations, stretching from california through the pacific northwest into the four corners we are seeing the greatest potential for severe weather will be across texas into oklahoma and even into portion of the northern plains due to a couple of storm systems there. freezing boston. 30s in dc, cincinnati, and atlanta. chicago and minneapolis 60s stretching from kansas city through texas. 50s through new orleans and on the west coast 40s up in the pacific northwest. here in south florida, plenty of sunshine, breezy, beautiful, 7, winds out of the east 15 to 20. i have to warn you, small craft advisory, hazardous marine conditions. choppy conditions on the bay. dangerous rip currents could be extended throughout the entire week. avoid swimming, not safe. low 60s inland, breezy, cool. a couple of showers could sneak in with the onshore breeze and we will contin

eastern, we'll be looking for results from oklahoma, minnesota, tennessee, and alabama and massachusetts. and a half hour later the polls close in arkansas. at 9:00 p.m. eastern the spotlight is on colorado and texas and at midnight eastern, the focus is on alaska. here's what we're watching for as the night plays out. in the republican race, how much will donald trump dominate? remember, this round of voting isn't winner take all. ted cruz and marco rubio can pick up a stash of delegates that could keep their campaigns going even if they don't win outright. and it's a similar dynamic for the democrats. hillary clinton is looking to build a fortress of delegates and bernie sanders, he clearly wants to chip away at all of that. while the early contests were all about momentum, this super tuesday is all about winning delegates and getting closer to the magic number needed to lock up the nomination. let's go to jake tapper. he's got more. jake? >> reporter: thanks, wolf. what an exciting night. just to give you an idea of the confidence that donald trump is feeling, there are 11 super tuesd

midwest all the way down to the gulf coast, the greatest risk area is places tennessee, alabama, mississippi, even extreme easternparts of arkansas where we could be seeing more tornadoes and large hail with damaging winds. the other concern is we are going to be picking up pretty significant rainfall. we could be looking 6-inches of rain. a number of watches have been issued. let's head over to you. lauren: >> maria, thank you. nicole: stay with us. right now u.s. stock market futures down 26, s&p down 4. you're watching fbn:am nicole: today is the last trading day of the month of the quarter so the quarter to date is also year to date and the dow in positive territory at 1.7%. s&p is 1% if this year, nasdaq composite down 2%. small caps, here is a look at dow jones futures this morning. looking to the downside 24, and s&p 23. it's looking down today. maria bartiromo is next right here with mornings with maria. maria: hey, there, thanks, nicole. welcome, it is thursday march 31, top stories, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. fire storm on the campaign trail, donald trump on the hot seat after these comments on aborti

alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma and tennessee all close at 8 p.m. easterninutes away. recent polling from all four states showed donald trump is leading the republican field. he is expected to win all four. results are already in. fox news projecting a trump victory in georgia, and he's already expressed his thanks to the folks in georgia, giving them the win. rubio and cruz are still battling for second place. still far too early to call the race in virginia where trump and rubio are battling for first place. and hillary clinton winning in georgia and virginia. bernie sanders winning vermont. joining me now, the chairman of the american conservative union, matt schlapp, and investigative reporter for the washington examiner, sarah westwood. sarah, you're -- i wish i could say we've got a bunch of states, but we're sort of stuck in virginia for the republicans. we're waiting to kind of work this through. your thoughts on what you've seen so far in both the clinton and trump victories. >> well, the clinton victory is not much of a surprise. her friend, gover

i do remember, though, one specific case which we had in eastern businessman of -- up in tennessee and he was used to tapping all the suppliers to his company, saying that if you want to do business with me, i want a piece of the business we do together. then he would turn around and give it to cash, whether local or national. i went to see him because he was a political, not just a giver, but in activist. he said, have this for you. i said, jack, i know what is in there and i cannot take it. he said, it is newspaper clippings. [laughter] i said, i do not think so. he said, trust me. i have these two guys with me and we had given about one mile. and i said, i need to open this. it was a huge stack of bills. not newspaper clippings. and i told one of them. i said, take it back. i am not going to jail. for whatever it was, $5,000, whatever. i said, i will not do it. he was heartbroken. he had been doing all of his life. all of a sudden, we began to see the change of rules. and it did not work before we got there, but it was a different world. we were reacting to this kind of thing. and t

polls in tennessee close 8:00 p.m. eastern, texas, 9:00 p.m. eastern. the latest information. this super tuesday, by the way, looks different, depending where you cast your vote. some of the contests today are caucuses which involve a lot more steps than a primary. tom foreman joining us now. walk us through the process, for example, in colorado, once all of the precincts there are counted. will we have a final delegate count? >> reporter: interestingly enough, no, we will not, wolf. i'll explain why in a moment. first of all, talk about how chaotic it has been in trying to anticipate how many people are going to show up. democratic officials at this school told officials here to be ready for 200 to 2,000 people coming here to express their preferences in the democratic caucus for either bernie sanders or for hillary clinton. and unlike other caucuses we've seen, where they count people by having them physically separate into groups where they say, for example, all of the clinton people here, all of the sanders people go here, in this case, they're goin

here in the eastern great lakes into the northeast as well and changes ovov to some rain across the tennessee valley and then the little bit of a break before you find another area of clouds and showers in the form of some rain and more significant stuff in the western states. here we are at home and kind of what we expepe the next couple of days. through tonight we find thth front slipping on through and behind it high pressure from the middle atlantic and winds out of the east turning very bree. into the new week just about every day. and as winds turn more out of the east and in the southeast, we're going to find temperatures and notching up in the upwards directioas we warm up. rip currents moderate risk if you're heading to the beach in the next 24 hours. and temperatures in the 60s and 80s tomorrow and winds and conditions in place at times and warm up at the end of the week. 7 sports after the break. >> reporter: we begin with a guy that led in palm beach. simon came in as a leader but hit 6 bunkers on the back 9 with par 14 and fairways bunker that's a great shot with one over on the

can look back to the west and see it back in indiana, portions of eastern illinois and then back into western kentucky, west tennessee and north into michigan. all the showers are associated with a cold front. weathermakinger. it arrives tomorrow, but the tonight. we may see a stray shower this afternoon. the chance for rain this afternoon is really small. spotty. most of the day we're a-okay. we have that increasing cloud cover and a little breezy and, of course, your big story is the here. 56 at 8:00 in the morning, 67 at noon, and then highs today around 72. that is your day planner for the cleveland area where the record is 73. we're going to get close. in akron our record high today forecast high. we'll see. i think it's certainly possible unless the clouds really thicken up and ruin my prediction, but that's what we go with for today. i could see it happening. breezy and 71 at akron/canton, although we start off in the 50s. such a nice day. it's not ovenl we get weather like this. yesterday was beautiful and today no major problems but scattered showers possible after 7:00. then a more widespread rain coming in

that meet pump of a high building all of that warmth tennessee valley across much of the eastern halfcan country. that four day at 4:00 forecast now don't scratch your eyes. this is correct. first 70's of the year tomorrow at 71 degrees. record shattering 78 on wednesday. 78 with another record here on thursday and not as warm but still well above average sun and clouds friday with a temperature of 66 degrees. and those 78's are more typical for june around here, not the beginning of march. we'll see in the next half hour what happens next week in the seven day. >> hopefully we've turned the corner. >> yeah, agreed. >>> thank you. >>> still ahead a fashion recall involving thousands of pounds of a popular food. >> and turns out apple computers may not be as safe as users think. the malware that's now targeting mac. >> and talk about a crazy commute. let's just say if there were kids in the car that parents would have a little explaining to do. we'll tell you what stopped traffic on this major highway besides the crash coming up in big talkers. >>> and remember, "action news" is about

tennessee. it will move across us the next couple days. first alert predictor forecast over the eastern half of the viewing area so partly sunny at lunch. in the afternoon mostly sunny and gorgeous day shaping up. that high pressure moving in from the south will help pump warm air in and that front gave us showers. tomorrow we see a weak front. it won't have a lot of moisture. could bring an isolated shower tomorrow. i think most of the area will remain rain free. all the cold air is bottled up will pour in the next several days and we will see temperatures changing as we go toward the weekend. for the rest of today in raleigh partly sunny and warm start. by lunchtime we are 70 degrees and as we go into the afternoon we will see the temperatures chiming through the 70's to manual skies and well -- mostly sunny skies. tonight back into the 50's. today 78 cary, 78 holly springs, 79 smithfield. 80 fayetteville and tkpwaoeldzboro. 78 sanford. and 77 rocky mount and 76 roanoke rapids. tonight temperatures across the area back into the 50's for overnight lows. 54 henderson, 58 raleigh and 60

eastern texas. notice the batch of moisture shifts farther east. we think much of mississippi into western tennesseee next round of heavy rains in the region. notice what is happening in the eastern seaboard. high pressure here. temperatures 15 to 30 degrees above what is considered normal. dulles, up into the 80s. boston at 77 degrees. the forecast keeps it mild for one more day before cooling comes back this weekend. >> thank you, pedram javaheri. >>> economists rate the economy a b plus. unemployment is low. gas prices down 25% from last year. americans are saving at the gas pump. vot voters say they feel lousy about the economy. here are the factors feeding into the economic populism. families are taking home the same amount since 1995. fewer opportunities for americans without college degrees. they are left behind. this demographic used to fill the manufacturing sector. fewer manufacturing jobs and jobs that remain require higher skills. white men's participation in the job market has declined for six decades. it is an interesting demographic to watch. finally, inequality is worsening. top ten

with torrential rain heading into eastern areas of texas and all the horrible flooding you just saw are the areas getting additional thunderstorms and tennessee, and flash flood warnings into southern illinois. historic flooding. everywhere in red is under flash flood warning and louisiana is under a flash flood emergency, literally telling people to stay 25 million people under the watch, 3.5 million under a warning. and heavy rain and storms continue on and off the next 48 hours. this is going to spread to the east. >> tense really couple of days for a lot of us. thanks very much. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off last night, their fourth one on one debate and first since sanders' upset victory in michigan. the debate centered on immigration and for the first time clinton broke with the obama administration, vowing to not deport immigrants who haven't committed crimes. >> i do not have the same policy as the current administration does. i will not deport children. idr do not want to deport family members either. but of the undocumented people in our country, i do not want to see them deported. >> i happen to agree with presid