. >> new information on a proposal that would bring big noticeable changes to southpark. proposal that would replace sharon united methodist church with 490 apartments and a hotel and office space. and last night city council approved the measure. the developer will be in charge of redeveloping nine acres in southpark. >> a special session called by north carolina republicans about a controversial ordinance passed here in charlotte. lawmakers announced yesterday they would call a session to address the rule that would allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. the session was called after three fifths of lawmakers agreed to come in a month before the general assembly is scheduled to start. it's estimated the special session will cost taxpayers $42000. wbtv's steve crump is on your side tonight and a lot of people are upset that lawmakers in raleigh are stepping into the local issue. >> absolutely. and as you talk about the cost of it all being $42000 a day, we know at this point but it is unclear how long the session will go and some of the lawmakers we

next changes could be coming to a popular area in southpark that would replace part of this church. >> and your taxes could be going up if a $199 million bond referendum is passed. we are on your side investigating where the money is going. first here is eric. >> thank you. we want to alert everyone that if you have sensitive plants outside this is your chance to bring them in. we have a freeze warning for the immediate charlotte area and frost advisories to the east. with that your seven-day first-alert forecast coming up. temperatures will be rebounding. >> and new on primetime... >> sweet jesus. >> we are hearing from the north carolina surgeon who happened upon this crash involving a school bus with indiana basketball players at 7:00 p.m. on wbtv news is sponsored by... i'm molly grantham. a cornelius officer survives being shot in the line of duty. tonight he is set to receive an honor with three officers who and what made them jump into action coming up for you on wbtv news at 11:00. >> see you then. new information on a shooting that left one person dead. police tell us they kn

we have a problem here down in the southpark area along fairview road. zoom in here, this is over by southpark mall and barclay downs, partial road blockage at 6035 fairview in front of the wells-fargo, you will find delays over toward 77. quick live look i-77 northbound at the rest area, volume picking up as well as inbound and outbound traffic heading in south carolina. that is a check of the morning commute, christine, over to you. >> christine: chris, thank you. several more state also have cast ballots in campaign 2016. >> john: we have the results of primaries, you're watching wbtv it is 6:25, we'll be right back. >> christine: next at 6:30 new details emerging in the terror attacks in brussels. kristen miranda in the alert center getting details first as things continue to develop at this hour, including the arrest of a third suspect. >> john: all new in this half hour, learning more about the victims, this wasn't the first terror attack for one american injured. >> christine: looking ahead to the special session in the north carolina legislature,

. >>> still ahead here on wbtv news this morning, big changes coming to the southpark area of charlotte. more new development in the yotzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzsr` ?aenga?t 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, it's gotta be d's. >> christine: the zoning committee would approve a plan to bring big changes to southpark replacing sharon united methodist church with up top 490 apartments, 175 room hotel and office space. united meth dis. methodist. >>> a big parade to honor jm robinson high school, we flew over the celebration in sky 3 to see it all. cheerleaders and marching band participated. the mayor declared it bulldog day in concord. >>> a live look from scott clark nissan honda hd tower cam, a cold start this morning. we have been telling you about the freeze warning in the viewing area. meteorologist al conklin tracking all that for you and has the

. >> christine: big changes to southpark involves replaceing sharon united methodist church with apartments and hotel and office space. would include a church facility for sharon united methodist. >>> council members approved 335 new amounts apartments along the lynx blue line. the station is set to open next >>> a girl's team in morgan ton will be honored for winning the state championship. a parade for the parade will be held in downtown morganton t. they won the 3a state championship earlier this month in chapel hill. congratulations to them. >>> special olympics spring games are being held until rock hill today. 900 volunteer also are needed at cherry park. slow up and register to volunteer at 9:00 this morning. events start at 10:00. more than 1200 special olympic athletes from york, chester and lancaster counties are competing in track and field events. >> christine: cam newton is sharing a picture of his three month old son chosen. he postedded this picture of his feet, sticking out of a stroller. his caption included phrases you give me so much purpose, daddy miss you and he wanted

a special pet adoption, look at that little face, will tall place from 10:00 until 4:00 at southpark mall on sharon road. >>> check this out, several food truck events kicked off. this one we stopped by the friday night festival at unknown brewing, seven food trucks, live music as well. official food truck friday that has been wildly popular will start back in april in plaza midwood, also in south end at sycamore brewing. good time of year. i love food trucks. >> lyndsay: the food is always so good, too. i think that is why people love >> kristen: i'm getting hungry,. >> lyndsay: you have food guests coming up. >> kristen: gypsy soup. we have great guests, we'll talk about them in a few minutes. >> lyndsay: i got ahead of myself. >> kristen: that's okay. >> lyndsay: a preview. >> kristen: that's cool. cool like the weather? >> lyndsay: kind of cold, actually, orange duke energy building that is for the kidney carolinas fund raising event tonight. thanks to wells-fargo for that tidbit. scott clark nissan honda hd tower cam over uptown for you and yeah, kind of cold out, 36 right now,

. >> it was a two-hour special for cbs called "the return to southpark" and i co-produced that and weirst time in 20 years. on television. so, yeah. >> so when you first -- like when you were all assembled in one room, did you look at each other and say, wow, it's been a lot of years or did you say, oh, we all look great? >> well, it just -- we're so close that it really just was like we, you know, never left. we pick up right where we left off and we just -- it's great. we all love each other. we really genuinely do and it shows. i think that was part of the reason of the success of dallas, is our chemistry. >> oh, absolutely. and you all really do look great. thank you so much for being with me this morning. i appreciate it. charlene tilton. i'll be right back. these are the hands, the hands that drive commerce, that build business across borders. these are the hands of pitney bowes, the craftsmen of commerce. these are the hands that sew the seeds of business growth, that weave the data, and find the perfect spot to thrive. these are the hands of pitney bowes, the craftsmen of comm