alex giles, wbtv on your attacks there. we want to get over to kristen miranda, live in the alert center, following the very latest on the manhunt underwade for the bombers. >> kristen: couple big, bigs developments to tell you about as you're waking up this morning. first the brussels airport is still closed. the sit at this time returning city returning to normal. this picture, the three suspected attackers, the two men on the left here have now been identified this morning. they are being identified by belgian state broadcasters as khalid and brahim bakraoui. you can look at video we have for you this morning. this report this morning indicates these brothers were terrorism. reporters in brussels say khalid bakraoui rented an apartment in the operation that led authorities to the top paris attack suspect, salah abdeslam. this is the development, that third man in the photo, if you want to come back here, he has not been caught yet and i'm seeing some reports he has been identified, part of the story i'll be following thr

alex giles is in the alert center interest this video on the national wires. this is a flight from brussels took off before the explosions happened jet air flight 217 landed safely in orlando and the heavy police presence those on the flight were escorted to a bus and they had the plane land away from the terminal and they took them to the terminal and that plane will stop in miami, florida before heading back to another airport in brussels. good to see the folks are safe. back to you. >> safety precautions taken everywhere. >>> a crash took down a power pole. a woman was driving inbound on beatties ford road when she crashed. no word what caused her to slam into that pole. >>> let's update the afternoon commute. looking like we are seeing the first alert traffic center. >> thank you. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. as you mentioned that backup is at the john belk freeway, i-77. typically at wilkinson boulevard and west boulevard. and again there was a problem at 77 south at remount. i believe that cleared out. and third street and davi

alex giles is live with that. >> got this video in. scary situation. we have this video from our chopper and crews on the ground. this is the 3200 block of wilkinson boulevard where medic says a pedestrian was struck. and there is a bike lying in the roadway.

alex giles is in the alert center. >> an interesting story. officials in union county, we can is show you the suspect taken into custody for the reported assault that happened this month. dale rust turned himself in. a 14-year-old student was assaulted by a staff member at monroe middle school and it happened in early march. union county schools worked with police on this investigation. rust is facing an assault charge and is expected to be in court in early april. we will follow that case and bring you the latest. >> thank you. the average college student graduates with $35,000 in student loan debt. >> and some companies are offering a perk to help we are on your side we have those important details next. >> and a lawmaker wants to physically punish pedophiles. >> they have marked this child for life. and i feel like the punishment a >> why some are calling things like health insurance, paid time off and a 401k are standard when it comes to workplace benefits. >> wait until you hear the next work perks to help pay student loan debt. students

live to alex giles he is in our alert center. >> campaign trail heating up. we should be able to look at that rally. you can see it here in durham at a high school. this is hillside high school. and it doesn't appear that hillary clinton is at the podium right now. our affiliate is reporting that supporters began lining up hours before this event started and former president clinton was campaigning in raleigh and in our neck of the woods. hillary's competition bernie sanders will be holding a ralery in raleigh. and the primary is set for tuesday march 15th. >> thank you. camera punching a protester at donald trump's fayetteville rally has been charged. this video tweeted by writer shawn king shows a trump supporters punching a protester man. the man, john mcgraw is charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct. >> more drama within the charlotte fire department. according to a letter obtained by wbtv marty pucket a charlotte firefighter was warned in december about his role as an intern with the city councilwoman claire fallon. we are hearing heated

right now, alex giles is working on another developing story. >> out of union county, a crash? >> sky3 is on the scene to the serious looking crash. this is appears to be a bad accident on lancaster avenue in monroe. we are told it is 1900 block you can see a car smashed up and crews flipped the car over flipped on it side and you see the fire trucks and cars off to the side of the road. and up the road we see what appears to be a yellow school bus off to the side of the road we are not sure if that is involved in the accident and you see the firefighters working on loading that car up and managing the scene here. guys we will follow this closely and be sure to bring you details we get here in the first alert forecast center. >> we have an important update to a story out of york county. police say there will be no criminal charges filed in a case where a woman says a man chased her with a knife. the police found no evidence of a crime and no word on the identity of the man in their footage that police released yesterday. >> the front runners in campaign 2016 score major victori

breaking news in uptown new information into the alert center. >> alex giles is following this. alex? >> we can tell you they have cleared the scene in uptown that shooting was at the intersection of north tryon and east 8th street and one person was transported to the hospital. and their gunshot wound was a nonlife-threatening injury they were hit in the leg. and we are working to get more information and that is video from sky3 that we shot we are told by cmpd that the victim is not being cooperative with the officers. officers working the investigation but it might be difficult because that victim is not cooperating. nonlife-threatening injuries and they have cleared the scene. east 8th street north tryon in uptown charlotte. back to you. >> all right thank you. bookstores could be making a comeback. barns and noble says the website are not doing as well but business is booming at the physical bookstores. they will launch stores in the next fiscal year. >> i am excited to hear that. >> coming around again. >> my fondest memories with my dad and my brother and sister is going t

alex giles with more on an accident in rock hill. >> this appears to be a serious accident sky3 chopper live over the scene. let's look down there. it's in front of a shopping center in rock hill and it is one of the three-wheeled motorcycles involved in an accident with a pickup truck. there is heavy traffic backup in the area near the bellview square shopping center. traffic is diverted at east main street and pinewood. and you see the wreckage in the middle of the road. police officers on scene as well. officers are investigating. we've reached out to the police and the fire department in rock hill to get more information about how this accident happened as soon as we get details about to you in the alert center. >> alex, thank you. >>> first at 4:00 charlotte-mecklenburg police still looking for suspects in four separate shooting in the city yesterday. six people were hurt and officers do not believe the shootings are related. we have a map that shows where this happened. as you expect people who live in those neighborhoods are worried. wbtv's brody o'connell spoke with some who liv

alex giles thank you. witnesses are recalling the moment a man fell from a balcony overlooking myrtle beach on south ocean boulevard. people heard a thump and saw the man laying facedown. >> i was laying on the beach and i heard a noise and one of the lifeguards said call 9-1-1. >> tried to lift his head up and layed down and that is all i seen. >> police are investigating what there was foul play. >> campaign 2016 now. does donald trump have another side? that is what dr. ben carson claimed as he made his endorsement. carson says he was able to get over trump's attacks against him because he is gotten to know the other donald trump. >> there are two different donald trumps. there's the one that you see on the stage. and there's the one who is very cerebral. >> it is an honor to have ben as a friend and i appreciate the endorsement ben, thank you. >> well, it may have been the more cerebral trump. there were fewer personal attacks in last night's debate. north carolina weighs in on tuesday. >> and watching

alex giles is working to get more information. we know at least one person is dead as a result of a shooting on lincoln street. as soon as we learn details we'll bring it to you. >>> a teen accused of trying to join isis indicted in the murder of his neighbor a few doors down. it will speak the death pen ful ty against jonathan sullivan. he killed john clark. he was found buried in his yard. his father turned him in on the terrorism charges. he said the charges were a surprise and that it was tough a judge, he is our son. how he was and what could have been, he will remain behind bars without bond. there is no trial date. he will go on trial for the terrorism in october. >>> new at 11. animal control is investigating a complaint of animal cruelty after a dog tide at a home in gaston tnt. it sparked a huge response on social media. the animal care went out to pepper tree drive. officers looking at these two dogs say that they were obviously thin. the video later posted shows that the dog having a hard time standing. and that is not

we want to go to alex giles in the alert center and he has information on patrick cannon. >> he is going to be back in mecklenberg county to be arraigned on a voter fraud change charge we got that information from the district attorney's office. cannon voted when he was in trouble on those federal charges. this he will be in court in mecklenberg county wednesday at noon right now, he is serving a 44-month prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to accepting mecklenberg county for that voter fraud charge. >> thank you. right now one person recovering from a gunshot wound that happened on north tryon street. charlotte-mecklenburg police tell us the man was shot in the leg at the tryon shopping center. there were seven shell casings in the parking lot and the shooting may be tied to the s and g social club. >> the state of north carolina will seek the death penalty against this teen justin sullivan was arraigned on a murder charge accused in a bizarre shooting death of a man who lived close to him. sullivan is accused in federal court on terrorism charges involving isis. wbtv's steve ohneso

alex giles is on the scene he is live and can tell us the latest. what do you have, alex. >> reporter: we don't know much about the situation right now. ky tell you they have a large this is the 45 luns hun block of west bridge drive, it is two minutes from freedom drive. we know that he responded to a call a man had been shot. he had wounds he is dead starts right now we don't know who the suspects or the victim is. and we're going to stay out here and get more information and bring it to you as soon as we get na -- that information. >> thank you, alex. >>> new at 11 a big day in raleigh the general assembly goes into special session to take on the non-discrimination ordinance. we have obtained a draft of the bill. it is beyond the controversy bathroom issue. and the ordinance would allow transgender pooh emto use the bathroom of the defender in which they identify. and bathroom use will be your birth certificate. it defines which groups are protected when it comes to employment, age, sex, race, color, national origin. handicaps are included. sexua

alex giles has that in our alert center. >> you might remember the do i dogs this -- two dogs. but the dogs were in poor condition in gaston county. animal control was called to check on the animals and the gray one ended up dying after officers warned the homeowner to they charged the man for animal cruelty. you are looking at derrick scott weatherly facing animal cruelty charges and a drug possession charge and he was arrested today after one of the dogs died while in his care. >> back to you. >> thank you. 59,000 kids end up in the emergency room each year because of accidentally taking medicine that is not prescribed to them. mark albert has more. >> christa was prescribed pain medications after she and her son were hit by a car two years ago. >> it aoccurred what if he got ahold of this medicine. >> a report shows how dangerous it is. safe kids worldwide says 59,000 kids go to emergency rooms each year because a child accidentally took medicine. >> the danger is, if it is within reach and within their access, and it's in something that they can open and trust me >> kate sa

. >> time to check in in our alert center with alex giles live working on a developing story. alex? >> yes, we have sky3 over what operation in the last-minute. we've gotten word that the fire department is helping the police in a search. this is what we have been watching this is mallwood circle in east charlotte it is alake. we see the boat on the water a couple of times and medic and fire on scene. we learned like i said from the charlotte fire department they are assisting the police in a search. officials will not tell us what they are looking for but we have seen them on his body of water in east charlotte looking for something in the water. we will monitor the situation and let you know what we find out. back to you. >> thank you. >> first at 4:00 could a knife bring new revelations to the o.j. simpson murder case? los angeles police are investigating a knife found sometime ago at simpson's former home. the knife was found by a construction worker during demolition of the home and given to a police officer who kept it. simpson was acquitted of murder of nicole brown simpson a

alex giles is live in the alert center and has more on that. alex? >> yes, maureen, absolutely amazing. we can show you one of the friends and video of that ridiculous explosion. tanner was the one man you see there. he and his friend ana from huntersville safe. they had been on a european vacation and getting ready to head back to our area when that explosion went off and they were getting ready to board a plane for the beginning of the trip to charlotte when that happened. tanner and his friend not hurt. tanner's mother says they were taken to a secure building uninjured and that explosion is incredible and we are happy they are safe tonight. >> thank you. >> the university of south carolina says four students studying in belgium during this morning's attacks are safe. these are more photos of the aftermath of the attacks that claimed 36 lives. the study abroad program says the students are accounted for and the university is continuing to monitor the situation there. >>> presidential candidates ted cruz, hillary clinton and donald trump are condem

alex giles is live with the latest. what do you have? >> this is reportedly near uptown video from the crews in the field. take a look here. on north church street and you can see down there a number of ambulances and fire trucks called out to the scene. we are told there is a fire in the furnace of a building in that block. that coming from the charlotte fire department. evacuated by medic. luckily no one had to be taken to the hospital. they had a big response there and we are asking questions what damages are to the building and how that fire might have started. as soon as we get new information we will let you know. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in york county, a papa john's pizza delivery driver was robbed while delivering an order. the victim was cornered by three people wearing hoodies. he told officers one pointed at him what appeared to be a sawed off shotgun and ordered them to give them pizza and money. and the suspects ran off. >> a house fire in iredell county is under investigation. firefighters were called to i astructure

one of the biggest names in alex giles with more. this is from tennis star maria share pof va she failed at drug test at the australian open. she tass taken -- has taken she got a list of banned substances but did not look it. it's been banned since the beginning of the year and it was all a mistake. cnn reporting she has been the highest paid female athlete for 11 straight years. guys it will be interesting to see if this impacts her game. >> we have to wait-and-see. thank you. >> run any nose itchy eyes. are getting expert advice to >> first at 4:00 not something that you expect to see while driving. a woman undressed climbed on top of an 18 18-wheeler and started dancing. happened after a crash at the houston area. unclear if she was involved in the crash and why she climbed up there and took off her clothes. fire crews pulled the woman down safely. she is now in police custody. apparently she has a message she was trying to get out. >> whatever happened for your monday, no, she is the winner. whatever caused that. so you just go

alex giles is live with the details. >> yes, a little bit of a political alert she said it is her prayer that ted cruz finishes ahead of donald trump for that republican nomination. she announced this today. originally she endorsed marco rubio and he dropped out yesterday and she will support whoever the nominee is from the republican side. but she is praying it is cruz and governor pat mccrory said through his campaign manager he will endorse whoever the republican nominee is in this back to you. >> thank you. >> and we have tracking a problem on i-77 northbound. tonya rivens has the latest. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. as we check in again i-77 cornelius, the road is now open again. the two-car injury accident had the road closed but traffic is moving slowly. statesville road is starting to get backed up. old statesville is a better alternate route. the backup is back to mile marker 19 towards 485. and one additional accident close at highway 73 and beatties ford road that is in north mecklenburg as well. two lanes an accident here. highway 16 is an altern

alex giles has new information on an accident? >> sky3 live over the scene checking out that reported fatal accident in chester county. this is catawba river road and augusta river road. this is a number of emergency personnel tending to the accident. have not seen the vehicle involved. but it looks like a hectic scene. this is reported fatal by the south carolina department of public safety. we are told the highway patrol is investigating this wreck. it looks like a couple people walking alongside the fire truck. as soon as we get new information from the highway patrol who passed away we will bring it to you. >> active scene thank you. >>> first at 4:00 a south carolina native returned to his home state for a special performance with ballerina misty copeland. brooklyn mack is a principle dancer with the washington ballet company and convinced his he started training with the classical ballet and the rest is history. >> i remember when we walked in, she came up and he said may i help you. and my mom said yes, i would like you to

back to you. >> alex giles live in the alert center. thank you. >> first at 4:00, an investigation underway after a cats jaw was broken while at the rowan county animal shelter. the photos can be tough to look at. this is cooper. he was hurt. today he received another surgery on his jaw. wbtv's dedrick russell joins us live from where cooper is getting treated. how is cooper doing right now? >> well, the doctors here at the carolinas 'mall hospital tell me cooper is hanging in there. he arrived at the hospital around 7:00 a.m. for treatment. now, look at the pictures again. tough to watch. the personalledly responsible for this has boston police placed on administrative leave with pay. despite the fact that the surgery is going well we are told his recovery will be long. the injuries happened at the rowan county animal shelter. told us that he was fine before the procedure was done to get a microchip and this happened tuesday. we went by the shelter today to get answers but the director was not there. we then headed over to talk to the

. >> back to the alert center with alex giles. you are working on the story in lake norman? >> that is correct. not something that you hear about everyday. look at this image that we got from a viewer on lake norman near governor's island on the lincoln county side of the lake. tow boat u.s. is the company working to get the yacht unstuck. this is a 50-foot, 52000 pound yacht that ran aground. that is a shallow area of the lake. and they have been trying to get this boat free since saturday but it could take several days because of how big the boat is and how this is a difficult process. sky3 is headed to the scene. as soon as we get new images we will bring them to you. >> thank you. >> the time is 4:33 check in with tonya rivens the roads have been keeping you busy this afternoon. >> and i-77 northbound at tyvola this is a bad accident now we before it was two lanes and that is exit 5 backed up towards westinghouse. and from exit 5 to 1 stop-and-go traffic. if you know anyone in the traffic the alternate routes are better than sitting. south tryon looks better. and south t

right now breaking news in our alert center. >> alex giles is live with more. >> we got sky3 live over an accident that looks to be involving a school bus. we are told this is dar brook drive and a school bus there and a vehicle right now stopped in the road. police are on scene. about this reported accident and medic is telling us no reported injuries and a couple of cruisers. no reported injuries that is the good news. we have reached out to cms schools to see if they can give us information about who was on the bus. and see if there were children or the driver needed medical treatment where that bus was going. we will check back in and follow this breaking situation. toss it back to you for now. >> thank you. >> weather now, live look in banner elk. the mountains are where we are expecting the most snow tonight. neighbors would see an inch perhaps more. >> what about the other areas now seeing light snow? meteorologist lyndsay tapases is in the first alert weather center with more. >> yeah, we had places from gastonia all the way up to the lake that saw a brief burst of

>> nope. >> that was alex giles reporting. >>> officials at unc charlotte are investigating two new cases of the mumps on campus. mecklenburg county health department alerting the university on friday of that brings the total of number of cases involving the school to letter to students, faculty and staff warning them about the symptoms and telling them to stay home if they think they are sick. >>> a ten year old has died from injuries sustained in a wreck in union county. happened monday morning on old pageland mon reroad. the engine of the truck crushed all the way up to the cab. troopers say the driver of the truck never hit his brakes and died on impact. he hit a family in a van on the way to school. a teen waiting for a school bus nearby heard the crash and ran to help. we talked to him by phone. >> trying to get out of the car, while she was yelling for help and the rest was trapped. >> two other girls in the car have broken bones but will be all right. the driver of the van was the mom's boyfriend, he also survived the crash. >>> a school until in clover may put they are accused of

let's get over to alex giles live in the alert center in the newsroom with more. >> we got this video in. it's powerful. from across the country in howard county, indiana. officers lining the streets of that hometown howard county, indiana for one of their own officer shot and killed in the line of duty this past weekend serving an arrest warrant was deputy carl koontz. and one other officer was involved. and the procession as his body was brought back. the suspect in that shooting in indianapolis shot and killed himself. there again the procession for an officer killed in the line of duty. >> thank you. >>> one goal for cms' new student assignment plan is to make schools more diverse. it wants to use the successful magnet schools but that is becoming a challenge. dedrick russell takes us to tuckaseegee elementary school and talk about the struggle to achieve diversity new at 5:00. >> welcome to you can tuck elementary -- tuckaseegee elementary on the west side of town. it is a partial magnet school that won a national award of distinction for its learning talent development program k

. >> get you over to alex giles. >> live in the alert center following breaking news. >> we have been tracking the fire in charlotte and new video from the crews at the scene and updates from the fire this is 1801 north tryon and charlotte fire said they are removing the smoke from the building it is a large warehouse and no injuries reported at that scenement and they called out a second alarm for the fire but good news no injuries reported. you see the personnel on the scene and there are different businesses in that warehouse. we know this is a commercial structure building. but fire seems to be good right now. they are working on getting the smoke out of it. and no reported injuries. back to you. >> thank you. concorde police need your help finding a man who is a person of interest in two crimes. the first happened in july of last year. someone broke into several cars and college circle and candle stick court tires were slashed. a man was reported to be going through vehicles on candle stick court. and this is a picture. if you have information call... person who left an s.u.v. si

we're following breaking news coming into the alert center. >> alex giles is live with more. >> sky3 has been busy. let's look. a serious accident right now, officials are telling us a pedestrian was struck near peach tree and sunset. they were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. that is the latest. you can see that the road is shutdown there. that car is smashed up and officers are on scene there. we are told caps hill mine road is shutdown as police investigate this incident. a pedestrian struck and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. we'll keep watching the situation. >> back to the story. no doubt takes a special person to run into flames to save a stranger. >> and that is the emotion that brian has. did exactly that sunday. he whats going in hopes of saving the couple. the emotion is raw and real. tears streaming down his face when we sat down with him last night. >> when he said there was people in there, i did not want anybody to burn alive. i leaned her head back and i went to give her the second breath and she came to. i want the family to

. >> back to the alert center where our alex giles is live with some surveillance video. >> yes, we got images from police they posted on facebook. this is from gastonia. they are looking for the two suspects wanted for stealing $200 worth of items from a wal-mart this past weekend. they left in a white bmw. if you recognize these people alert the gastonia police. back to you. >> thank you. >> first at 4:00 an 18-year-old driver has been indicted in a car crash that killed a 13-year-old boy. was going 61 in a 3 too 5-miles-per-hour zone when he wrecked in brunswick county. kaleb smith was killed. harris is charged with involuntary manslaughter. >>> the heart of a teenage shooting victim in durham has been donated. 15-year-old david pounce was killed last week it was a drive-by shooting his family says despite the horrible circumstances he is able to give someone a second chance at life. the shooting is under investigation. no arrests have been made. >> turning now to the weather. i've moved to the first alert weather center with leigh brock. a record-breaking temperatures today. >> is t

wbtv's alex giles has more on the shooting and what we're victims. >> reporter: we know one person is dead, shots were fired before 8:00 p.m. monday night in a large crowd of people took off running. all happened on lincoln street. several people were hit by bullets according to officers. the man who died identified as columbus simmons. police say two other people were wounded. they were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. those victims have not been identified. at this time there are no suspects in custody. officers are asking anyone with information about the crime to cabarrus county crimestoppers. reporting in concord, alex giles, wbtv on your side. >> christine: thanks, alex. >>> we are working to learn the names of the two people whose bodies were found in a home in catawba county. happened last night on rest home road. the bodies of a man and woman found by a relative. we spoke with a cousin of one of the victims. >> these two lives had a daughter, a ten year old daughter who now has both parents gone. and pit is sad, really sad that things like this have t

alex giles is live with that. >> got this video in. scary situation. we have this video from our chopper and crews on the ground. this is the 3200 block of wilkinson boulevard where medic says a pedestrian was struck. and there is a bike lying in the roadway. life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital. scene. police officers inspecting that accident. we will be looking for an update on the condition of the pedestrian yap. we will bring you new center. back to you. >> all right thank you. >> all right. i have moved over to the first alert weather center with our meteorologist leigh brock. we had a great couple of days, leigh, but real changes are moving in. >> big changes the cold front is on the way and it will be here before you know it tomorrow. not the 70s anymore. >> and rain as well? >> mainly tonight. but, yeah, rain is coming this way. right now the clouds can taken over. let's look where the rain is. it's making good progress moving across the eastern part of tennessee. the heavy rain and the lightning strikes in there. a couple of

wbtv's alex giles talked with the little boy who is a real hero. >> reporter: this family credits the smallest member of the household with saving everyone's lives. if he hadn't been alert this could have ended much worse. carter englert has a few of his favorite things after the fire ripped his home apart. >> toys, my ipad. >> most of them gone, the family also lost two of their cats. but thanks to cart the people who were inside are safe. >> i was in the bathtub, my mom asleep and he came and told us there was a fire and he got us to get up and get out. >> while the family relaxing, carter was the only one that >> a crashing window. >> reporter: he grabbed family members and led them outside, a narrow escape. >> 30 seconds the roof started collapsing, i'm glad we got out when we did. >> i was scared because i never seen a fire before. >> firefighters say the six-year-old handled the situation well. >> he's my hero, my baby. >> the red cross is now assisting those who lost their home. at the will be temporary staying in a hotel until they find permanent living arrangements. alex gile

all new at 11, alex giles is live where they are about to execute that search warrant. alex. >> yes, paul and molly, this is the home where police say one of the suspects and what the victim lived in the house is why they are waiting to execute that warrant. they say they need to go through the house to see if there is evidence that a crime was committed in there. remember, that suspect told us on camera that he killed his uncle in self-defense. now they need to figure out where that happened. this is one of the first places they are checking. i spoke to the next door neighbors they say the victim, robert hearne was friendly. happening. >> i was shocked. i was shocked. i didn't believe it. i came home and seen what happened. it shocked me. >>> he was a good person when i came home he would be outside dancing. he was no trouble. >> now, they tell me that they didn't know the suspect tony hearne. he is in jail in alexander county with the other suspect. lyndsay lentz. the deputies are waiting to go through the home and execute that warrant see if there is any evidence that

. >> back to the alert center where alex giles has new information about the kidnapping of a delivery driver. >> just learned a second suspect has been arrested. that suspect is shannon scott charged with first degree kidnapping and robbery with a dangerous weapon that is the other suspect arrested. police have both suspects behind bars now. good news for the officers there. back to you. >> all right thank you. >> for the first time the nfl is acknowledging a link between injuries like cte. a senior league official made the admission during a congressional discussion on concussions. cte, a degenerative brain disease affects some athletes usually in contact sports. >> get ready to taste the best peaches you have had in years. farmers believe this season will be great. workers say they plan to pick the peaches at the end of may. and there has not been damage to the trees which helps the crop and they are hoping for more sunshine and warm weather to help them continue to grow. something to look forward to. and temperatures today warm close to 80 but will the weather come to an end soon.

alex giles talk to one victim who said even though it happened in a populated area, she doesn't think cameras caught the incident on tape. >> reporter: it was nearing 7:00 saturday night when angel townsend and her boyfriend were leaving macy's, in their car ready to leave, another vehicle pulled up behind them, a man got out of the car started talking to them. >> okay, all right, all right, well, i'm going to get your wallets phones and cash, he put the gun in the window. >> they were being robbed in a mall parking lot before dinnertime. >> very surprising. i was like are you serious, this is happening? it happened so fast. suspect took more than $50 and drove off with another person. she was left spooked. >> i was in tears as we were leaving the mall, i was so shaken up. >> northlake mall was in the news with a fatal shooting christmas eve. another man shot outside target. a shopper says the latest robbery is surprising. >> you don't think it would happen at a busy town and it could happen to you. kind of frightening. >> you never think of it happening to you, you don't wish on it a

let's get to alex giles. >> live in the alert center. wilkinson boulevard? >> heavy police activity. we have sky3 over the scene and they have been on the move today. what we have seen is officers detain one suspect this is by a quick trip on wilkinson boulevard. it's right up the road from our studios in west charlotte. we've seen one person detained and police searching around the railroad tracks. we will keep watching the scene and see what is going on with this investigation. we'll let you know if we get new information back to you. >> thank you. next, imagine losing your rent money down a storm drain. >> happened to a charlotte woman, the people who jumped in >> and then coming up new at 6:00... >> crime is up within charlotte-mecklenburg schools and the district tells us the on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> a charlotte dot crew was in the right place at the right time and made an expensive rescue. >> hundreds of dollars in cash blew into a storm drain. kristen hampton has tonight's good news. >> we was driving down and see the young lady standing on

alex giles is live at the police department where the suspect is being taken. alex. molly the police say this started as some sort of domestic argument at the mcdonald's parking lot. that erupted in gunfire. this was after 6 p.m. this was not a random act of violence they say all three people involved knew each other nissan and may have switched vehicles before he was caught in cauldwell county. that mcdonald off 321 is shut continuing. >> we're gathering information at this time we have one confirmed person who is deceased. >> police have not released the condition of the victim or given us the names of those involved. we plan on working the story through the night and bringing updates we get. live in hickory, alex giles. >> wbtv on your side. >> thank you. >>> town council members named the chesterfield sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer. this is after every officer walked off the job today, protesting the reinstatement of the chief who was under a state investigation. >> reporter: the decision is a two parter. as you mentioned the chesterfield sheriff ha

she talked with our alex giles about how she and the baby are doing and the mixed emotions she feels after the attack. >> this is where he was kicking me in the face. >> reporter: olivia oning could did you has the wounds from saturday night's battle. waiting for the bus, she was surprised to see a strange man inching toward mur. >> came up and said i'm waiting on the bus just like you, but smacked me on the butt to grab my purse. >> she wouldn't give it up. head. >> a tussle while nine months pregnant. >> he kicked me in the face telling me to shut up. >> she kept yelling. the man took off, she went to a neighbor's house, got them to call 911. her thoughts on her unborn child. >> was like don't worry about me, i'm still up and living, worry about the baby. >> the baby is fine and her wounds are healing. the suspect, though, still on the loose. >> i don't think he knew that i was going to defend myself. i think he thought he was going to get away. >> she issues a stern warning for woulden be mugger >> women are powerful and will defend themselves. >> that was alex giles reporting. sh

alex giles tells us how the neighborhood is helping the family. >> reporter: neighbors in the glen law rule community were afraid his family would not only be overcome with grief but be hit with medical bills and funeral expenses at the same time. that is why they wanted to step in and help out. >> myself as a mother driving down the road every day i could have either been easily the one that was driving the car, or i could have easily been the mother whose kid was hit. >> dozens in the community came together for a special meeting this week, deciding they needed to do something for mcsweeney's family. they raised thousands of dollars active less than a day, neighbors have planned to bring the family meals for weeks to come. community members say the experience has been rough on the whole neighborhood. neighbors recognize this could have happened to any of them. they wanted to give back to those feeling the most pain right now. >> a wonderful community, a caring community. i've never seen such outpouring of people in all my life. >> neighbors say they are not just helping out bryson mc

. >> our alex giles has live video here for one of the latest campaign events going on today. >> that is correct. show you that video right now. ted cruz rally scheduled to begin in kannapolis at 5:00 p.m. that is at the central baptist church. if you are watching wbtv yesterday you know donald trump were in our area yesterday. we were told seating would be limited for the rally and it looks like it's packed. so if you know somebody headed out hopefully they are there or close to that rally. david whisenant tweeted out pictures looks like ted cruz is there. and early voting has started in north carolina and runs until saturday. >> when he speaks we will dip in for a few moments. >> we have top consumer headlines. starbucks recalling one of the breakfast sandwiches overlies tear yeah fears with sausage eg and cheddar cheese. listeria can sometimes be fatal. >> the oranges have had folks outraged. have you seen these? this photos shows packages of prepeeled oranges sitting in foods stores. after thousands of rants whole foods tweeted it was a mistake and pulled the product and the store

. >> alex giles following a developing story in the alert center next. >> and also, we are tracking a and when it will get here in t she says their names. trayvon martin shot to death. dontre hamilton unarmed. sandra bland... did nothing wrong. and makes their mothers' fight for justice her own. she speaks for a city poisoned by indifference. we need action now. and stands with the president against those who would undo his achievements. just like she's always...stood with us. hillary clinton. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. >> alex giles is live in the alert center. >> new video on the wires of a suspect accused of trying to join isis. he pled guilty to the federal charges that is video of him he pleaded guilty in federal court to the charges. documents show that he admitted to conspiring to provide resources to the terrorists with isis. no word yet when he will be sentenced for the crimes. troubling story there. back to you. >> thank you. >> right now get you updated on the commute with tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center. >> things are starting to pick up

. >> now to the wbtv alert center and alex giles is following another accident involving a school bus. school bus. this one not as serious. sky3 over the accident in south charlotte on providence drive. and the school bus several police cars were there as well. medic says no injuries in this accident. though. we have reached out to cms if they can tell us about whether or not students were on the bus and how the accident happened. we will let you know. back to you. >> keep us updated thank you. >>> few will argue that south carolina need a fix but the debate is how to pay for t there is there's talk of raising the gas tax. michael clark is on your side with the hold-up on the bill and what it could mean for your wallet. >> ask south carolinians how to describe the conditions of the roads and be prepared for negative responses. >> bumpy. rough. potholes. >> i think there is a need for talking about it for a longtime. >> it keeps getting longer. instead of voting on a bill senators are listening to a filibuster. lawmakers are arguing where the money is going to come from. >> i believe t

. >> we want to check into the alert center with alex giles. he joins us live with an accident that shutdown part of freedom drive? >> yes, the accident happened earlier but the aftermath is affecting this area. this is freedom drive near wesley village road in can see the crews and power lines are down. and there is an accident earlier where two cars collided and one hit a utility pole. freedom drive between morehead and berry hill will be closed for several hours while they work to make those repairs on the road. we will update you and follow the situation as we get the latest information about that repair work going on. back to you. >> that is going to spell trouble for the commute. thank you. >>> a judge ruled three children who went missing for 20 hours last week will stay in protective custody. the children found locked in a closet in an abandoned trailer. detectives need to further investigate the circumstances surrounding their disappearance. they will have supervised visits with family members. >> a south carolina police officer has be

. >> right now let's get over to alex giles live in the alert center with an alert from the f.b.i. about a bank robber wanted. >> an interesting case. look at the images we have gotten of the man police are sending out asking us to watch out for him. he robbed banks in raleigh, greensboro and knoxville and traveled throughout the carolinas. he is 6'2" or 6'3" and has a mole on a cheek. he has used vehicles some of one of them a black chevy trail blazer. keep an eye out if you see him let officers know. he robbed banks in north carolina and tennessee. the police want to talk to him. back to you. >> thank you. right now the former mayor of charlotte is preparing to be taken back to mecklenberg county in court. patrick cannon will be transported to face voter fraud charges. that stems from an illegal vote he cast in 2014. according to the mowrk district attorney's office, cannon will be moved from federal prison tomorrow morning. he is serving a 44-month prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to accepting more than $50,000 from undercover agents while mayor. he is set to be released

brigida and jamie continues with the news first at 4:00. >> back to the alert center with alex giles. >> we are seeing more and more. gastonia and now i have a report where mooresville look at this video from kent green. this is mooresville stepped outside to shoot video for us. you see it coming down flurries in the area and the cars and all the stuff snow coming down looking for tweets on twitter. cool images and pictures share it with the hashtag i will find it and we'll bring it in the alert center. >> all right thank you. we are on your side right now with the top consumer headlines. the country's biggest tech companies throwing their support behind apple in the battle with the f.b.i. "the new york times" reporting facebook, google, microsoft, snapchat and yahoo! are expected to back apple. the company fighting the order to break into the iphone of one of the san bernadino shooters. to pay for items with your smartphone without taking it out of your pocket. there is a hand's free mobile payment system. the app sends the payment info to the cashier who uses a photo to confirm it's

. >> we want to go back to the newsroom are alex giles breaking news at the alert center. another a third reported shooting in charlotte in the past hour. what have you learned? >> the medic tweeted out they are responding to a third reported shooting a gunshot charlotte we told you about two reported shootings in north charlotte one on mcginn grove drive and the other on brookshire boulevard not sure if they are related. keep you posted as we learn more about the shooting incidents. the third reported one we are hearing about in east charlotte along the plaza and we have sky3 headed to the scene. as he soon as we get more information we will bring it to you. back to you. >> thank you. >> more live pictures now. ted cruz finally at the podium addressing a group that central baptist church in kannapolis. he just started speaking. and let's listen in. >> turnouts for republicans. and dismal turnouts for democrats. now that suggests winds of change may be acoming. and then on super tuesday, a on super tuesday once again turning on the tv. every pundit said donald trump is goi

let's get to alex giles live in the alert center. >> serious information here we in the accident has life-threatening injuries and taken to the hospital. the accident on north graham and power lines were draped across the road the 4300 block and the car had a smashed up front end and crews worked to get the line off of the street. and medic and police are on scene as well and quite the scene that had the road shutdown hopefully getting that open soon and one person was transported to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. >> right now, two people are in jail after police say they tried to sell marijuana on the campus of unc charlotte. police caught mark christopher and chase brown with more than 232 grams of marijuana. that has a street value of $1500. christopher and brown were booked into the jail. >> and wednesday let's check with tonya rivens how things are >> things have been fairly quiet. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. and we spoke of the incident on graham by i-85 that road closure. this is close to that u.p.s. headquarters in that ar

let's go ahead and start with alex giles in the alert center. right now, alex has information on shootings in charlotte one on the brookshire boulevard and the other and those are not far apart. what do you know? >> they are less than a mile apart and both in north charlotte and active scenes. a live picture of that scene on brookshire boulevard. this is a gas station where something happened involving a gunshot fired. several squad cars on scene from the cmpd and you see the crime tape. and we know one person was shot taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuriesment another person detained in connection to the shooting. we are not sure what happened there. and we can show you pictures we have from the other crew on mcginn drive and the other street where another shooting happened and squad cars there as well. another person was shot taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. again we don't know if they are a mile apart. as soon as we get new information we will bring them to you. >> thank you. >>> new at 5:00 deputies are loo

. >> over to alex giles live in the alert center with a bad crash on central avenue and what is going on? >> we have been watching the situation. and right now, they are loading somebody into an ambulance after this bad accident. this video taken on central avenue and we know the road has been shutdown. fire crews and police officers we are not sure how many vehicles have been involved but at least one. we have seen the officers trying to get someone out of the vehicle. and you see them around the fire truck and we saw them loaded into the ambulance not sure about the extent of injuries. this is the 2100 block of central avenue. as soon as we get more information we will bring it to you. back to you. >> thank you. new now, a statesville man is accused of sexually abusing a five-year-old girl. deputies say charles frank lynn is in jail he is charged with first degree sex offense of a child. it happened over a 10 month period. he was given a $100,000 bond. >> south carolina senate gave a second thumb's up to a controversial bill. the biggest hurdle was passed when every republican lawma

tonight she talked with alex giles he is live with more on how alex is doing and how she fought off the attacker. >> it was off ashley road. the soon to be mother was a mix of emotions after the attack she never saw coming. >> this is where he was kicking me. >> reporter: olivia onukogu has the wounds from the battle, waiting for the bus, she was surprised to see a man inching towards her. >> he said i'm waiting on the bus like you. then he smacked me on the butt >> reporter: she would not give it up, i jumped on him and started punching him. >> a tussle, all this while she was nine months pregnant. >> i started yelling he was kicking me in the face telling me to shut up. >> he took off. she went to a neighbor's house and got them to call 911. her thoughts turned to her child. >> that's the first thing i was worried about, i don't worry about me. worry about the baby, the baby is fine and the wounds are healing, i think he thought he would get away, she issue as stern warning for the mugger. >> next time you know women are powerful awed they will defend themselves. >> reporter: she said

alex giles. you were at the scene on the plaza when they raced away nearby. >> reporter: that's right, molly. that's where i am now on the plaza. none of the shootings we had are related even though got we had in east charlotte were less than a mile apart hours difference in time. the violence kept the officers here busy. it covered a strip mall, i i looked out my window. i noticed a string of cops. >> two people were shot at the location one taken with injuries the other transported in critical condition. >> we can pray for them, their families. think of the lives that are hurt. just offer prayer, more prayers would be needed minutes away. responding to another off milton road near a complex. people nearby heard several shots. >> what did do you when you heard them. >> i ducked. >> i kept walking, cars were moving, it's not already. >> the cameras were the only ones present as he was loaded on to the ambulance. he said a car drove by and fired >> he has no problems here at all. i would not expec

alex giles is near the apartments at park land circle. you just got information from the officers? >> yes, molly. the officers have been here investigating even though the sun had set. we spotted them trying to piece together what happened here at this complex off park land circle, taking pictures of vehicles. where the shooting happened and look around for evidence. they say that michael jeffreys is the person killed in the shooting. we found his picture in the mecklenburg sheriff's office archives. remember, two others were shot in the incident but the police have not update dated us on how they are doing. the shooting has them concerned and things are normally peaceful around here. >> it is scary. it could happen next to your home. and the fact i was home and you don't know that happened outside of the door you come out and the whole unit. >> the crime scene unit was busy. as far as we know no suspects had been named. we're asking police for a description of the visiteds. when we get the information, we'll update you. alex giles, wbtv on your side. >>> breaking news in campaign