keeping you updated about the fire situation on albermarle road at a restaurant, overnight that is albermarle at central avenue, inbound lanes are all open, one outbound lane away from independence boulevard is closed down. fire crews still on the scene looking live at i-77 west boulevard, john belk and brookshire in the green, we do have an accident up at statesville avenue at atando, expect inbound delays along statesville, still most of our major highways, interstates running in the green, seeing slow downs there along providence road. that is a check of traffic, christine, over to you. >> christine: how safe is your tap water? >> john: on "cbs this morning," surprising results of u sa today network investigation of water systems. >> christine: next at 6:00, history will be made when seton hall takes the court at ncaa tournament. we'll explain how and look ahead to the game. featuring north carolina teams. wbtv is always on your side, in is 6:16, we'll be back. most weekends only last a couple of days. some last a lifetime. hampton. we go together. book at hampton.com (burke) at farmers, w

closed down this morning, albermarle road closed down in both directions at central because of the fire. we'll have more on that coming up. a look at i-85 toward concord mills, both directions running that is a check of traffic, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: 5:02, following breaking news involving a fire at a restaurant in east charlotte. >> christine: kristen miranda is getting details right now. >> kristen: chris mentioned a section of albermarle road becaused of the fire. if your morning commute takes you along albermarle road, you might find this restaurant familiar to you. fire shot through the roof of the restaurant when firefighters got there. let me show you pictures from the scene that charlotte fire tweeted overnight a short time ago, actually. took a crew of 50 firefighters to knock down the flame in 30 minutes. you can see the damage to the restaurant. if you drive that way in the next few minutes this morning, be aware crews are out there, could slow you getting through that scene, that area a little b

>> reporter: john, not all of albermarle road is reopened right now. going outbound you have one lane closed at this time, they have a fire truck in the lane. police closed that lane for the time being but five of six lanes are are open, all three inbound lanes are are open for drivers this morning. as for the fire i can tell you 50 to $60,000 of damage, that is us. they got here earlier, the fire coming through the roof. they put it out in 18 minutes. the guys were on the roof and the back patio. you see a couple firefighters pulling lines, pulling the hoses back in and out of the building right now, making sure the hot spots are put out. the building has been here 70 years, the el paisano restaurant, there has been four or five renovations, in those 70 years, a lot of things to work through, a lot of roofing to work through. firefighters believe this fire started in the back of the building, i put something out on twitter showing a couple fire investigators working through some of the debris in the back of the building out there and i want to you che

road in the 5800 block of albermarle road. i've been watching the charlotte fire department's twitter feed. good news sounds like the fire is under control. take a look, this is a two-alarm fire, heavy fire showing at a restaurant and the fire department, charlotte fire department came out pretty strong, 50 firefighters, took them 30 minutes to get it under control. i want to give you an idea maybe you're familiar, el paisano restaurant. we're trying to get pictures from the scene, as soon as we get them we'll bring them to you right away. >> christine: we are working to learn the names of the two charlotte-mecklenburg police they were on the way to a call on lanecrest drive. they heard the shooter near the intersection of milton and barrington drive. one person shot in the air, before crossing the street with a second person. the officers followed the pair and the first person fired more rounds before running in nearby woods. the officers chased down the pair and took them in custody. neighbors were concerned when they saw th

a few slow downs albermarle and wt harris boulevard. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: are you ready for extreme sports action? new this morning, new details about the pitch to bring the x games to the charlotte area. >> christine: kristen miranda live in the alert center. what are you seeing now? >> kristen: working on several presidentinclude latest onpresident obama and his. >>> giving you first alert weather and traffic every seven minutes, welcome back to wbtv news this morning. >> christine: president obama is on another international trip this morning. >> john: for more on that get over to kristen miranda with new details just coming in the alert center. >> kristen: while everyone was sleeping, president obama arrived in argentina, this is the arrival with his family. just after midnight. that is a cute dress michelle obama is wearing getting off the plane this morning. this is the first visit, state visit by u.s. president in argentina since 1997. the president

also an accident out on albermarle road at 485. that is a check of traffic, christine, back over to you. >> christine: brody o'connell back with three big stories to watch. >> brody: 20 people injured after a train derailed in kansas. this happened around 1:00 this morning our time. >> four people have died in weekend flooding in the south, specifically louisiana and texas seeing the brunt of the storm system. >> a big talker yesterday, ncaa bracket, always exciting when they are announced, it got fully announced. ncaa is investigating. >> christine: it is that time of year, time for high school prom. >> john: one student in north myrtle beach got creative. he made a sign and each is a will you go to the prom with me. >> brody: she said yes, they will go to prom later this month. >> christine: so creative with the prompossals. >> john: we'll go over to bounce, we have more news and so from 7:00 to 9:00.real-time closedcaptio if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people

metro area, 42 charlotte, most everybody else running cooler, 34 in rock hill, 32 for wadesboro, albermarle, shelby, below freezing at 29 in morganton, 30 in boone, 34 hickory and 37 from monroe and salisbury. starting off this morning, about 43 in charlotte, outlying areas cooler than that. coming home from work and school, really pleasant, a few mostly sunny skies, a much milder finish than over the weekend up to 67 degrees. seven day planner has warmer weather but also the mention of rain, have that in a couple minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic this morning is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start with a live look if you're heading out the door early after 5:00 a.m., this is 77, clanton road, volume light and again looking pretty good for the early morning commuters on a monday morning. rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. coming from concord, 19 minutes, 64 miles an hour. and lake norman, southbound at 15, with an average spee

independence boulevard, a few slow downs up toward albermarle road, wt harris, albermarle looking good. over in the university city area things are running smoothly this morning. the drive times coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17 minute commute and lake 67-miles-per-hour. that is a check of your morning traffic, john, over to you. >> john: right now, get over to brody o'connell. >> christine: in the alert center with more breaking news. >> brody: a homicide at park fairfax drive in the freedom division, this is an apartment complex. we have new pictures to show you from the scene. as you can see a very active scene, a lot of police there. here what is we learned, apparently a call came in before 3:00 a.m. from the apartment complex, police got to the scene and they didn't locate anybody who needed help. it was a medic call that came in, didn't find anybody, they cleared the scene. then a short time later they got a call from carolinas medical center and it was information letting them know a man was driven to the er with an apparent gunsh

poor visibility lancaster, albermarle, up to hickory and morganton, zero visibility, one mile shelby, boone, statesville. use caution this morning north and west of town. dense fog advisory until 10:00. does not include charlotte-mecklenburg nonetheless pockets of fog in charlotte and south and east. use caution early this morning. five mile visibility in center city. lots of low clouds after yesterday's rain, skies cleared and so we have that fog out there. once the fog burns off we will see temperature rise to near 80 but late this afternoon and this evening, showers and thunderstorms will move in, a couple are likely to be severe late today. you can see the next batch of rain across nashville heading in our direction. show you that on futurecast plus looking ahead to the weekends are the entire seven day forecast in a couple minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're going to start with a scene of that breaking news we told you about at the top of the show. t

usuallile we're coldest just before sun-up. 29 morgan-on-to,ton, 29 salisbury, albermarle. a cold start, better finish, less wind in the mountains today, 58 degrees around boone, 10 degrees milder than that. mid to upper 60s from lenoir, morgan-on-to, plenty of sunshine all day long, likewise charlotte, mooresville, gastonia, 68 in monroe and 67 in albermarle. we go south, mid to upper 60s to almost 70 from pageland and cheraw to lancaster. tonight, not as chilly, in the 40s. it will be cool, not cold, then tomorrow afternoon, look at this, rebounded nicely, even in the high country, well in the 60s, rest of of us well in the 70s. i don't have rain in the forecast but what else is new, we haven't had rain for quite some time of any consequence. going forward, our rain chances will go up a little bit and for both the month and year of 2.5 inch also. inches with high pressure over us with he won't have rain today or tomorrow. heading toward thursday, this frontal system moves in, late thursday in early friday our rain chances go up, and then another round of rain is likely to

independence boulevard, a few slow downs up toward albermarle road, wt harris, albermarle looking good. over in the university city area things are running smoothly this morning. the drive times coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17 minute commute and lake

>> no. >> tony ander r hearn lived in albermarle. investigators spent hours going through the home yesterday, we're told they found substantial evidence, but investigators would not give us further details.&< >>> charlotte-mecklenburg police are looking for two people who robbed a popular restaurant in plaza midwood. two robbers went in the smokehouse on central avenuexfat midnight yesterday, investigators say they pointed a gun at two employees and told them to open the safe. no one was hurt. officers s the robbers got away with cash. help police in the investigation, call crimestoppers at 704-334-1600. >>> good news for yourower bill. duke energy customers in north carolina could be paying less next year. if a new proposal is approved by the state,ou will savetwo'k about $3 on your monthly bills. duke says it could be lower because of lower projected coal and gas fuel prices. >>> still ahead on wbtv news this morning, republicans make their push to be voters ahead of the primaries in several states next week incdingluorth carolina.

roads have dried, 51 in albermarle, 54 charlotte, 55 wadesboro, lancaster, chester and monroe, 54 in shelby, 52 in boone. will rebound very quickly and nicely, 78 in hickory, 81 charlotte, gastonia, salisbury, enochville, 80. we do have a cool-down in the forecast going forward. i'll talk about that plus rain chances that come up in the weekend. seven day planner around the corner. chris has first alert traffic right now. >> chris: al, thank you. first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're looking live at i-77 out toward the rest area, south carolina state line, no problems here this morning, everything run along smoothly as is the case with most of our majors, 485, 85, 77, no problems. now, as we come in closer to center city, on providence road, this is providence at dartmouth, a new accident scene, not seeing significant delays on providence road as you make your way to 277 and beyond in center city looks good. that is a check of the morning

we were seeing slow downs inbound on 74 between wt harris and albermarle road, right now we're back in the green there, so let's check a few drive times just getting ready to start the commute this morning. here what is you can expect coming in from rock hill, 21 concord to center city, 18 minute commute and lake norman southbound at 16 minutes, 64 miles an hour. that is a check of traffic, guys, back over to you. >> john: controversycontroversy over a move >> why some this afternoon at dunkin', save when you sip. get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. america runs on dunkin'. >> reporter: early voting starts today across the state of north carolina i'm at one of the earliest polling centers to open in mecklenburg county. i'm mark davenport, coming up i'll tell you the details what you need to know to vote early in this election. >> christine: duke energy making major cuts,

few pockets of colder air, 34 around boone, 36 in morganton, 38 in albermarle. most everybody else is in the 40s to low 50s. lincolnton typically a cool spot at the airport on highway 73, 50 in charlotte. i think we'll hang around there at 8:00 this morning and approach 70 at lunch time and late this afternoon, 75 degrees. some cloud cover from time to time. the only real issue if you're an allergy sufferer this is not good for you. the pollens have taken off and will likely remain high. juniper, ash and elm, maple, that is problematic for those who suffer from these pollens and al herepollensand allergens. the big ridge of high pressure that keepsdominate -- will dominate. the major warm-up will stay. with more cloud cover in the forecast as we head in the weekend and potential for showers and storms, our temperatures will remain elevated. not as warm as the middle part of the week but low 70s saturday and sunday. they look to be the days best for opportunity force rain. we go up thursday into friday. again, not a total wash-out and i'll be honest i'm not 100%

mostly sunny charlotte, statesville, mooresville, salisbury, albermarle, lincolnton, gastonia, shelby, all about 66, 68 degrees, mid to upper 60s from rock hill, pageland, cheraw, mostly sunny skies, big ridge of high pressure is going to dominate this week. this is going to be like the rock of gibraltar. frontal systems are being case for some time to come. eventually the ridge will break down, the timing may be toward the weekend. after today, 67, 70s going forward. our rain chances if you're planning on being outdoors this weekend, we do have at least some rain mentioned both saturday and sunday. again, long way out, things could change. there isn't a set agreement here in the models, but we'll keep an eye on it. sun-up at 6:45, normal high, sunsets at 6:25. 37 degrees where we would normally be for a low. well in the 70s this week with

mooresville, 53 to charlotte, to concord, 51 albermarle, 55 wadesboro and go south of town, in the 50s as well. these numbers 20 degrees cooler than yesterday and that breeze will make it feel cooler. here is high pressure, that builds in today and tonight, cold tonight, stop this tomorrow morning, probably a little aggressive, likely start with sunshine tomorrow but increasing, thickening cloud cover, rain overspreads the area late in the day. snow for the mountains, doesn't look like a huge deal, rain will be possibly heavy at times tomorrow night but out of here quickly on friday and we set ourselves up for a dry end to the work week and in the weekend. our rain chances are at least 70% chance if not greater as we go in thursday, thursday night. and very dry conditions here going in the weekend but it will be cool at least at the start. back in the 70s next week. breezy and cooler, 53 for today, near 30 tonight, outlying areas in the 20s. late rain tomorrow in tomorrow saturday, seasonal, mild run

quite a bit of green out there, seeing just a few slow downs popping up around the arboretum and albermarle road. from wt harris up toward the independence expressway. that is a check of traffic, christine. >> christine: scott kelly has been back on earth a few days. >> john: after spending a year in space, he has ideas about future space travel, we'll have though details on "cbs this morning" at 7:00. >> christine: the acc tournament tips off today, the match ups today. wbtv is always on your side, in good morning it is 6:16. >> john: 19 after 6:00, a live look at gorgeous charlotte skyline as the sun is coming up, from our scott clark nissan honda hd tower cam, nice start to the day out there. we have 50 degrees in charlotte. right now get over to kristen miranda who is live in the alert center with details on two stories. what have you got here? >> kristen: first let's look at video, there has been a moment of silence in malaysia this morning, because today is the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of that flight 370. the search for any more missing parts we learned this morning w

right now morganton, at freezing in shelby, rock hill, lancaster, wadesboro, below freezing now albermarle and statesville and right at freezing in salisbury, likely to fall a couple more degrees before the sun comes up at 7:30. today, once the suns comes up, good shape, plenty of sunshine, 35 at 8:00, 62 at lunch time, 68 this afternoon. back up in the 70s, in the near term and also our chances for rain this holiday weekend. all the details in the seven day forecast. john, back to you. >> john: also following a major breaking story overseas, two deadly explosions at an airport in brussels. >> christine: brody o'connell is giving us details. how do we know, do we know, if this is terrorism-related. >> brody: i'm seeing reports in the last few minutes there's may be a suicide bomber responsible for the airport attacks. we'll work on getting that confirmed, but several wales agenciesagenciesoverseas reporting that. this is the outside of the airport in brussels. we have a live picture to show you also from our cbs affiliate. here is what we know so far, there is a lot to cover, get you caugh

may get to 80 in rock hill, albermarle, 78, lincolnton, 77, statesville, 77 as well. really nice temperatures if you like this kind of warm weather you'll love the next couple days here. the chances go up a little bit, but only incrementally, i have like a 10% chance thursday and friday. thursday we're looking at partly to mostly sunny skies, 77 degrees, as this frontal system gets closer to us we start with low clouds in the morning, partly sunny in the afternoon. small chance as we go in friday, also get a shower north of town, then this front will lift northward friday night into saturday and so as it does, a small chance for shower on saturday, but other than that, i think really the better opportunity for rain comes sunday into monday. speaking of saturday, of course we talked about this a couple times already this week, but got to remind you, daylight saving time is kicking in this weekend, so you have to turn that clock ahead one hour and check the battery in the smoke dedeck tore and co2 detector, stinks that you lose an hour of sleep the evenings pleasant. su

now over toward albermarle and wt harris, slow there on albermarle, disabled vehicle just belowhat, t wt harris boulevard there. area interstate, we'll keep an eye on things, nqoothing snarling the commute right now. minutes away from weather and morning. kristen miran getting all the latest news coming in the ale center as6 stories are developing this morning. let's cck back in with more severe weather in louisiana. >> kristen: i think this is going to continue to be a big/c story today. i've been peeking in the live stream of our sister station in the new orleans area, this is all that rain al was showing us a short time ago. the reason i looked at this page, school closures, look at the list of school closures in the new orleans area, it is a very long list. it just keepsdf ongoing and that what i they are dealing with to y. officials in northern louisiana are worried that some of the levees could overflow, that is what they are watching. the record-setting flooding has already prompted so man hyh water rescues, three deaths blamed on the rain and the flooding so far in thattate so

carolina temperatures right now, 52 in charlotte, 57 hickory, 46 in boone, 49 right now in albermarle, and looking at charlotte, 70 degrees, # morganton, 73, boone at 61. thinning clouds will allow temperatures to warm a bit in the foothills and mountains this afternoon. take a look at futurecast and talk about the weekend in a few minutes. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: a live look at traffic map it updates us as or slow downs. only one accident cmpd working at this hour at south tryon and sandy porter, it is a vehicle disabled in the roadway, but not causing back-ups on our map. let's look at interstates this morning, i-85 at statesville, traffic for the most part light, right now, if you're one of the early commuters, we're giving you the thumb's up for now and if something changes we'll let you know about it. >> john: on your side with news of a recall that may affect your lunch plans. why thousands of cans of tuna are being recalled. >> christine: this week our wbtv and me spotlight is on salisbury. we want to see all your pictu

. 32 in boone, 34 morganton, hickory, statesville, 38 gastonia and charlotte over to monroe and albermarle. 40 in wadesboro and 39 in rock hill. for today, get rid of the clouds, and eventually see sunshine, process will take a good chunk of the morning for that to happen we'll wind up at 57, close to average this time of the year and ten degrees above what we could manufacture yesterday when all the clouds rolled in. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. chris: al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. here we go, rolling in friday morning commute and right now most of the major highways are downs, independence, providence road, outbound other than that fairly quiet. coulwood, we have a car in the building off belhaven boulevard and mcclure. mark will have more on this in a second. looking live i-77 southbound at tryon street, volume light here this this morning. rock hill to uptown, 24 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. concord at 19 minutes and lake norman,

freezing right now albermarle, loggingham, salisbury, charlotte, hickory, 33 rock hill, 31 for shelby and gastonia. increasing thickening clouds and increasing chance for rain. dry for the morning and midday hours in charlotte. rain moves in later this afternoon in the west first and coming eastward toward the piedmont. 70% chance of rain late this afternoon. high temperature, 51 degrees, below average. when we'll warm up down the road, right now you can see where the rain is, to the west of us, we'll talk about that plus the weekend forecast christine in a couple minutes. >> christine: thank you, al. >>> we have breaking news, a man charged in a deadly shooting in hickory is due in court today. get over to kristen miranda with came in this person? >> kristen: let's show you this man's mug shot, i believe we have it. this is new in the alert center. this is eric you there,nt charged with first degree murder and attempted murder following what police are calling a domestic incident in the mcdonald's on hoy wy 321 in hickory. police got a call of domestic disturbance, they found rochell

pvard, albermarle, wt harris, the highways there running in the green also forour friday morning commute early on. that is traffic, john over to you. >> john: 5:02, continuing to follow thew breaking news, charloe-mettlenburg police are investigating a violent carjacking. the victim found ons: rozzelles ferry road but police investigate where the shoing happened. wbtv's ashton pellom was the first to break this story online. he joins us now live in westn+ charlotte with much more on this story. so ashton, have police made any arrests yet? >> reporter: hey, good morning, jo. so far police haven't made any arrests in the case yet. i'm currently athe t corner of roslyn and turner avenue. you can see ts is very mhuc so an active investigation. police out here picking up evidence markers within the past

a little bit of moisture in the air. 54 in concord right now, 38 degrees, close by as albermarle, 36 in boone, 37 in morganton, 44 in shelby, 37 in lincolnton, 49 down around rock hill, temperatures are all over the board but mostly in the 40s and above where they were yesterday. mostly sunny skies, milder start, than certainly the last couple days at 50 degrees at the bus stop, this afternoon, coming home from work and school, looks great, pleasantly warm. mostly sunny skies, high of 75 degrees. take a look at futurecast, step out so you can see this, the rain, so that is heavy rain from louisiana up in arkansas and as i mentioned, missouri. notice tomorrow morning at 8:00, a band of clouds, each and every morning going forward for the next couple days we're probably going to see low clouds, that will give way, then again you see it on thursday morning. but then we see sunshine for the afternoon hours, eventually this system is going to push eastward and southward and that will allow for rain chances to go up. as i mentioned at 4:30, not 100% sure when it will rain over the weekend.

currently, 45 boone, 55 shelby, 54 chester, 53 in albermarle. we have seen bands of thin, mid-level clouds sliding across the charlotte area, heavier out to the east right now but the storm track for today stays down to the south. moisture working in and colder air aloft, also coming in for saturday and sunday. afternoon. sunny skies, and a few clouds, the lower 60s up in the high country. it is early tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., could be looking at rain showers and heavier rain saturday night, early in sunday morning before we clear things out again and warm up early next week. we'll look at all that in a few minutes. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: right now a live look at current conditions map, you can see there on highway 16, providence road, slow downs already, couple other areas, too. for the most part everything is in green, traffic is flowing smoothly. east 11th street and north brevard, there is debris or something in the road causing blockage. here is a live look at i-77 at lasalle, tra

we have slow downs over on albermarle road, we have seen slow downs here along providence road. here is gastonia, along i-85 from 321, lowell, mcadenville, belmont running in the green. so gastonia commute time right now at 19 minutes with an average speed there of 65 miles an hour. guys back to you. >> john: you're never more than and traffic on wbtv news this >> kristen: 6:47 now, rk davenport is following all and the wires. he's in the alert center with details on the attack in yemen. >> mark: coming down on the wires from associated press. i have a map behind me here i'll show you on apple tv, of yemen of the coastal town where this gunman raided a retirement home, pretty sick, killed 16 people including four indian nuns, that happened a while ago coming down off the wires here. what we have known in the area is that islamic state claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in the south of yemen. so they have not said they are responsible for this but it is a very big possibility here and once again, 16 people are dead at this moment in time, they opened fire on elderly people

there are cool spots, 44 albermarle, 34 in boone, most everybody else is close to 50 if not in the low 50s. 53 right now in charlotte, should be close to that at 8:00, headed for 77 this afternoon. not as cold this morning, yesterday we had the freeze warning, today no freezing temperatures. bright sunshine, windy, warm. that gusty breeze will be with us through the day. let's look at it this morning, wind gusts 25 miles per hour, this is through 8:00, then this afternoon, they still stay above 20 miles per hour for most of us, that is a concern with the dry conditions, brush fires that could be a problem, we'll keep an eye on that later today. right now temperatures headed for 77 this afternoon. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. getting you out on the road for this wednesday morning commute, live look i-77 west boulevard, volume light, no problems here, checking your drive times, just getting ready to start out rock hill uptown, 21 minutes, concord to cent

and all the way up to 485, inbound to center city looks good as well, providence road, wt harris, albermarle, no problems. down to the south, coming out of rock hill, 77 on northbound this morning, look at the current drive time, sitting at 21 minutes with an average speed there of 65 miles an hour. here is the live look, this is i-85 at 485, no problems here, volume is light and running minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> in campaign 2016, in less than three hours, polls across mecklenburg county will open for early voting in north carolina. there are several races involved and a few changes to voting this year. our mark davenport is live in charlotte with much more on this. so mark, what do folks need to know if they are voting early? >> reporter: john, i can tell you it starts at 8:00. at one of these areas in mecklenburg county where i am, the earliest of the early voting locations on cpcc's campus, facility services building opens up at 8:00. at 10:00, 16 other locations here in mecklenburg county will open up for early voters. th

off at 50 in charlotte, gastonia. 48 rockingham, 49 monroe, salisbury, couple pockets of 30s. 38 albermarle, 36 in morganton, 34 in boone. for today, look for decent amount of sunshine but there will be times where there will be cloud cover, totally warm this afternoon, 75. frontal systems in the middle part of the country will move eastward, and that will bring us an opportunity for rain. i will let you know when i think that will be in our seven day minutes. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you have that early tuesday morning commute live look i-77, clanton road, no problems here, volume across the area fairly light. if you are heading out the next 5, 10 minutes rock hill, uptown, 20 minutes, concord to center city, 19 minutes, lake norman southbound at 15 minutes, with an average speed of 68-miles-per-hour. still, a whole lot of green out there, so any of our major interstates looking a-okay, pro

we'll keep an eye on the visibility. 60 charlotte, rock hill, 62 albermarle, 58 in hickory and 46 so, we're done with the rain for now, you see that next system back to the west of us that is heading in our direction, potential for strong thunderstorms late this afternoon and this evening, talk about that in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. look for high temperature close to 80. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris. >> chris: first traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. start monday morning, i-77 west boulevard, no problems here, volume of traffic running along smoothly. making your way in and out of center city on 77 and 85, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute, lake norman southbound, 16 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. mapping system yeah, you can see it, most of the major interstates still running in the green this morning, a few slow downs, over on providence road outbound toward fairview providence road, independence boulevard, wt harr

38 in monroe, 40 charlotte, salisbury, 32 statesville, 36 hickory, close to freezing shelby and albermarle, below that for boone and morganton. this afternoon, a real nice one. mostly sunny skies. wind up at 67. hit 60 both days of the weekend, tack on six to eight degrees to that today, should be a nice day coming up. let you know when we get in the 70s, also the next opportunity for rain, that part of the forecast in a couple minutes, back over to you. >> john: thanks, al. >>> following breaking news overnight in union county. troopers with the north carolina highway patrol say a driver was killed in a crash on north ridge road. happened before 11:30 last not. the driver lost control, hit a tree and overturned. the name of the victim will be released when family is notified. >>> we're learning more about a good samaritan hit and killed by another driver as he was trying to help someone stranded on the interstate in mecklenburg county. it happened early yesterday the highway patrol says 26-year-old alastair teguiin was the victim. christian flores has more. >> reporter: if you looked thro

autumn prieschl was arrested at albermarle and denberg drive. the ambulance was stolen from cmc main. police used the on board gps to track it down to albermarle road. >>> deputies have given us new photos of a robber who held up a local arby's restaurant. happened in indian trail. he hopped over-the-counter. investigators said he's wearing distinct motocross gloves. you don't have to give your name but call the sheriff's office if >>> an event encouraging you to take steps toward better health. walk with a doc begins at 8:00. walkers can ask questions about health with this month's featured physician, melody harrison, pediatrician at sutton road pediatrics. first time participants get a free tee shirt, pedometer, too. the walk will be held at piedmont medical center trail at river walk in rock hill. registration is not required. >>> really beautiful night last night for the return of food truck friday in south end. we stopped by the new spot at sycamore brewing behind the atherton mill. they will have five different food trucks every friday. li

plenty of sunshine in the piedmont, 83 concord, mooresville, 84 gastonia, 87 wadesboro. 84 albermarle, south, well in the 80s from rock hill to chester, plenty of sunshine. there is the frontal system moving through, nothing more than a couple clouds. tonight, in the 40s, tomorrow plenty of sunshine, cooler, in with a gusty breeze on friday as the low works north and eastward, increasing cloud cover saturday, chances of rain go up and our temperatures go down. so 80s, 70s, 60s, five tease,50sand four straight nights with lows in the 30s. rain chances go up saturday night into sunday. afternoon hours on sunday may be dry but a lot of cloud cover around. not a heavy rain but rain and much cooler weather, 83, 75 sunny tomorrow, 69 on friday. here comes the increase in clouds followed by rain saturday afternoon, into sunday. that is the the forecast, check in with chris, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. rolling in our wednesday morning commute, volume picking up here acro

of green, 485 looks good, 77, 85, some of the primary secondaries like providence, independence, albermarle, all running in the green early on this wednesday morning. that is a check of traffic, christine, back over to you. >> christine: watching breaking news an investigation underway after a shooting sent one woman to the hospital. >> john: the woman shot around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. she then drove herself to a home away. from there taken to the hospital. injuries. >> christine: one of four shootings that happened in the one person shot at 8:00 near barrington drive and milton road. that person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. around 5:30, two people were shot on the plaza an hour earlier than that, a person shot in a shooting on brookshire boulevard. >> john: mark davenport is live at charlotte-mecklenburg police headquarters with more on the shootings in east charlotte. mark, do police believe they are connected? >> reporter: john, i got off the phone with police, they told me they do not believe the shootings are connected. we asked the question beca

this was the scene on albermarle road at el paisano restaurant early this morning. firefighters forced to close lanes on albermarle road for several hours. they all reopened. the fire did extensive damage inside. no one was hurt, the cause is under investigation. >>> here is chris larson with traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. lake norman commute heavy, both directions north and southbound, slow going from davidson down to 485 and we do have an accident blocking at least one lane on i-70 southbound at gilead road, expect you will continue to see the delays there. delays on i-77 coming up to arrowood road, you see the traffic there trying to exit on arrowood, we do have an accident on that ramp so again, inbound from 485 up to arrowood is stop and go, now over to check of first alert forecast. >> al: plenty of sunshine this morning, this is our camera from up at university city area. good sunshine, blue skies, temperatures responding. down to 40s this morning, 47 here in charlotte, now starting to rebound getting up in at l

current temperature, 36 in charlotte, 38 in monroe, albermarle, rockingham, 39 from rock hill, northward toward gastonia, 36 chester and hickory, 38 morgan-on-to,ton, 28 in manyboone. lots of sunshine but cool, 58 is still well below average this time of the year, there will be a breeze as well, no the a fan of the chilly conditions, hold up, nice warm-up on the way toward the middle part of the week. talk about that and give you specifics coming up in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. 6:30, check in, first alert traffic. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: here's a live look at the current conditions map and you can see look at that, a lot of green out there this morning. we haven't had any significant issues whatsoever, in fact take a live look at i-85 near traffic is very thick but no significant problems on the interstates that are going to slow you down other than normal volume. we'll keep you posted in case any issues are out there. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morni

autumn prieschl was arrested at albermarle and denberg drive. we were as she was taken in custody. police used the on board gps to track it down. >>> deputies given us new photo of a robber who held up this local are a bee's arby's restaurant. he hops over-the-counter. he is wearing distinct black and red motocross gloves. if this is familiar to you, call the sheriff's office, you don't have to give your name. encouraging to you take steps toward better health. later this morning take part under walk with a doc. wakes have the chance to ask questions about their health with this month's featured physician, melody harrison, a pediatrician at sutton road pediatrics. first time participants get a free tee shirt and pedometer. will be held at piedmont medical center trail at river walk in rock hill. registration is not required. river walk is nice, that is a nice place. nice they are getting it in early. >> lyndsay: today it is hit or miss with the shower chance. i don't think one time period has a higher chance than others. overall you should be okay. al tinnyny shower chance. we spri

50s all across the board, 58 in charlotte, gastonia, 59 rock hill, lancaster, monroe, 57, 49 in albermarle, cooler there, down to 50 statesville, hickory and morganton, boone cooler at 39 as. 5:00 a.m. hour. hour-by-hour forecast, we'll be in the upper 50s in the city through the 8:00 hour, again, as far as the morning goes, it is a pretty mild start but the catch is that the temperatures don't come up quite as much this afternoon from there, because of the clouds and showers moving in. so we'll be held to the low 60s by the noon hour and 65 around 4:00 should be around our high of the day today. the first day in a week-and-a-half that we haven't made it in the 70s or 80s with the rain chance increasing each time period through the afternoon hours. so little bit of a wet start to cooler tomorrow. chris ten? >> kristen: next on wbtv news saturday morning, a boeing 737 passenger jet crashes in southern russia. details and what investigators believe is to blame. >>> crews will be working to make repairs at a school in charlotte, more on a fire that forced the facility to close early yesterday

we have seen slow downs wt harris and albermarle, also seeing back-ups building down around the arboretum area. north 77 out of rock hill running in the green, current drive time for rock hill in the center city, 21 minutes, average speed of 66-miles-per-hour. here is the live look, this is i-77 coming off the john belk on 77, no problems to speak of. that is a check of morning commute. christine, over to you. ful. >> christine: terror in brussels, isis claiming responsibility for the attacks in belgium. more than 30 people killed, 250 others hurt including americans. set off at brussels international airport a short time later, another explosion at a subbed wayway station. the manhunt has ended for the person connected to the attacks. >> john: kristen miranda has the details. >> kristen: this information, this photo and information, these two guy also on the left here, those are the two men that were identified overnight and we will get back to them in a second. but this is the person we want to talk about right now, the focus of the breaking news alert. brussels bomb suspect najim laach

expected to enter plea agreements in the deaths of two virginia college matthew is due in court in albermarle county this afternoon. and, 10 on your side plans to be there to watch it all unfold. rico bush joins us this morning with more from his sources on what's expected to happen this afternoon. rico. don, katie, prosecutors say matthew will plead guilty to the murders of 18-year-old hannah graham and 20-year- old morgan harrington to avoid the death penalty. authorities announced the plea agreements monday, but declined to go into details. matthew faced the possibility of the death penalty in the graham case, which was scheduled to go to trial in the summer. graham disappeared from the university of virginia in september 20-14. police found her remains the following month on abandoned property in albemarle county about 12 miles from u-v-a. virrginia tech student morgan harrington vanished after attending a metallica concert in charlottesville in 2- thousand-9. authorities found her remains on a farm months later. her case was scheduled to go to trial in the fall. harrington's mother says

charlotte is at 34 degrees, 32 albermarle, up toward wadesboro. morganton, 32 hickory, 30 statesville and 36 right now in monroe. we will shake off the chill quickly. i think we're in the low 40s in the charlotte area by 8:00 and in the mid and upper 60s late this afternoon. all the while mostly sunny skies, you like that, you'll love the next several days, low rain chances, not total sunshine, in the 70s, low rain chances toward the weekend. chance right now for showers and early sunda >>> that is deejay diplo and making history in cuba. the first major american artist to perform in the country since 1962. their free concert in havana >> wow, wow, wow. >> there is charlie rose! guess what he did this weekend? spent the weekend in cuba with diplo, including, i love this picture, the classic car ride through havana. we will show you what happened in their time together tomorrow on "cbs this morning." >> we don't normally ride that close together but it's for the camera. >> it looks like a bit after romance! people were wondering! that definitely fa

also heavy on albermarle road. accident wt harris and albermarle right there at lawyers, that big intersection, delays in both directions and a another accident on wt harris at grier road. i-77 at clanton, volume heavy but running along smoothly. now over to meteorologist al conklin with a check of the first alert forecast. >> al: chris, boone and mountains having a private snow storm, i hate to call eight storm,it astorm. most of the schools are delayed or closed. avery watauga county schools are closed. snow coming down in boone, right at freezing. this picture live from resortcams.com. that is king street in boone in front of the mass general store. we have a lot of cloud cover out here in charlotte but across the foothills, monitoring the web cam, they are seeing breaks of sunshine and that is what is heading in our direction, 33 boone, 34 in hickory, 38 charlotte and gastonia, 39 right now down around rock hill, for today, 57, mostly sunny skies for the afternoon hours, clear tonight, it will be cool tomorrow,

albermarle at central inbound delays up to the independence expressway. accident at wt harris at bearway, slow toward that intersection. live at i-77 inbound delays, 77 northbound coming across 485, really starts at westinghouse and stop and go from 485 up to arrowood. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: chris, the biggest issue is dense fog, look at the numbers we have, a mile visibility in charlotte, zero advice bit around boone, hickory, statesville, morganton, one mile lancaster, salisbury and shelby, we have the dense fog advisory which runs until 10:00, technically does not include mecklenburg county but trust me, around the charlotte area you'll run in fog, use caution. 62 what i'm forecasting for 8:00, dense fog in the area. mix of clouds and sunshine by mid-day, up to 74, watching this afternoon, they may not be in the charlotte yet at 4:00 you can see a line of showers and potentially these will get stronger as the day goes on as we warm up, watch that for late after nan and in the evening hours. mostly cloudy skies with the fog then mixed

also at albermarle and lake forest road, another accident there. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: on your side with consumer warning it seems just about every home has them modern day gadgets that entertain us and make life easier. the smart devices have hidden risks that could make you and your family easy targets for hackers. the story is all new in this half hour. >> reporter: seems like everything is now connected to the internet like this baby monitoring camera. cameras built right in the door. toys are also tied to the web. >> you're here, how are you? >> they all have processors that transmit and receive data. part of an exploding category of connected devices called the internet of things. >> we'll have something in the neighborhood of 20 billion of these devices online by 2020. >> reporter: todd beardley is a tech research with rapid 7. gadgets that sent out information on the internet can let hacker in your home. last april a new york city couple was horrified to h

another couple degrees here before sunrise. 30 degrees in statesville, salisbury, 31, wadesboro, albermarle, 29 in morgan-on-to, at freezing now for shelby and gastonia, down to rock hill, lancaster, 37 in charlotte. today, lots of sunshine and nice temperature turn-around an angle is getting high, as we approach the end of the month, we will warm up nicely. mostly in the mid to upper 60s. statesville 66, 69 rock hill, 68 in charlotte. talk about getting warmer tomorrow, but also have a couple opportunities for rain. that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. john, back to you. >> john: also following this major breaking story involving two deadly explosions at the airport in brussels. also at a metro center. get over to brody o'connell with the latest details, he has been following this throughout the morning in the alert center. >> brody: good morning to all of you joining us in this half hour. get you caught up to speed. brussels is under attack this morning. let's start with the blast at the airport. we have a live picture for you from the scene there. here is what we know so far, c

low temperatures tonight colder, 26 boone, 31 charlotte, to monroe, 30 hickory, 28 morganton, 28 albermarle. colder night coming up and stay in the 50s tomorrow, we don't budge, despite the fact we start the day with a lot of sunshine, wind up with more cloud cover. here is the reason, high pressure is building in behind the front that came through, then increasing clouds tomorrow, eventually another round of rain gets in tomorrow night, by friday morning early that is pushing away from us and drier conditions coming back in the picture. every time we get the reinforcing shots of cool air it keeps our temperatures a little below average and that will be the case for probably the next three to four days. as far as rain goes, done with the rain today, we shoot up late tomorrow in tomorrow night and come back down, there may be cloud cover over the weekend i milder conditions. especially by sunday, getting up above average. for the next couple days, we will be in the 50s, a little below average for this time of the year. here's the seven day forecast, gorgeous background picture there, pilot m

charlotte, like wise monroe, 53 statesville, 55 in gastonia, 38 morganton, 49 in shelby and 44 in albermarle. we have cooler air out there but today will be a nice day. no records. yesterday, 86, record high, this afternoon, sunshine, high clouds, get back to 77, still well above average this time of the year but ten degrees cooler than yesterday. much cooler weather is in the forecast, goodbye to the 80s, hello, 50s. when they will arrive and what it looks like in terms of rain this weekend. we have some some mentioned in the saturday and sunday forecast.