i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham. steve udelson is in severe weather center 9 tracking all of it. >> there's a lot going on. as the small vibrant storm really lit up our facebook and twitter feeds this afternoon. about 4:00, we started to receive reports in northern gaston county of snow and is that spread northeast through the charlotte area over the last hour or so. the area of concern, the oranges and reds on the radar. typically, this time of year especially, you see radar look like that, and you'd say heavy rain, that's not the case. that's actually falling as sleet and snow across lake norman thorough juan county, it's history. the same thing developed near lake wiley. it's sliding quickly to the northeast into portions of rowan county. the shades of yellow mixing albemarle. then into northern stanley county. locust at about 5:40. and albemarle at 6:05. other than that, it's primarily rain east of the mountains and primarily light snow in the and it's spotty. this is not going to be one of those huge winter stor

allison latos has more on the major change that incumbent alma adams is trying to make. allison? >> reporter: today, alma adams announce that does she would run against former senator malcolm graham. this comes after the congressional district was redrawn to include only mecklenburg count yes she she said she plans to make the move here. she told supporters she is committed to local voters even though she lives more than 100 miles away. she told channel 9, she is out of touch with the people of mecklenburg. >> you would have to get to know new people. >> alma adams does not live in charlotte. how can you represent a constituent of people with no relationship to them? >> reporter: in the democratic primary, the last time that adams and graham faced off, graham won by a 3-1 margin but the big support from greensboro got her the victory, and those voters will not be in play now that the map has been redrawn. stay with channel mine for any the latest developments. >>> two international companies are bringing new jobs to together, they are investing $5.5 billion. cs m-casings is expan

allison latos spoke to one that helps children and families deal with this. >> the five-year-old are energetic twins. but their mom heidi had a tough pregnancy and had to deliver them early at 37 weeks. >> he was 3 pounds and she was 7 pounds and something was wrong. >> the difference wasn't only in their weight. developing as quickly as his sister. >> she was way ahead and crawling and grabbing things to climb up and walk and he was still on the floor. >> several tests said the one- year-old diagnosed him with microsefly, a birth defects. >> his head didn't grow as big as it should and it is still small and that will delay him in a lot of stuff. >> it is not good. >> jennifer and lisa with hand prints and footsteps pediatric therapy are helping him catch up. with physical, occupational and speech therapy. >> he is able to express himself verbally. he is coloring and he will sit for short periods of time to do different activities. he looks like a different child today than he did almost four years ago. >> doctors can't tell heidi what challenges he will face in the future. is like i

i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham. ken lemon spoke to the officer and found out why the woman didn't get out sooner. >> reporter: sandra branham lived by herself but she loved her cats and that love for her cats left her in need of help from police. >> i had never been in an active fire situation. >> reporter: police officer john keizer pulled sandra out of a burning home on monday. >> you have the responsibility. once you're there, you are the police. you have to do something. >> reporter: the 70-year-old woman at one point could have gotten out of her own. she called 911 from needs the burning home but couldn't leave her cats. >> why don't you -- you need to get out and get into a safe place. >> reporter: but she doesn't when she decided to leave, she couldn't find her cane and the smoke was so thick, she couldn't see. >> it's engulfed. >> it's engulfed? ma'am? >> reporter: she fell down on the floor and the flames began to spread. >> please help me. >> help is on the way. help is on the way. okay? >> reporter: keize

allison latos has been following up and you have been in touch with the victim. alexa. >> reporter: yes. this victim is a 31-year-old man and this morning he told me he came here to park south station to visit a friend and he parked his truck in a visitor's parking spot but that a tow truck company booted his truck. we showed this video that showed the moments after this shooting as you can see it appears the tow-truck driver still pointing the gun at the victim and the victim running away. this morning, the victim told me the tow company booted his truck last night and the driver now charged with shooting him identified by police as jarvis simpson came to remove it from his truck. that is when this confrontation happened. the bullet exited his body. right now he is resting. he didn't want to talk on camera. we have been calling the number for the tow company but no one has answered. we of course will follow nis investigation as it develops. >>> thank you. >>> this morning, we're asking police what led up to a double shooting in east charlotte. two men have life-

i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham. we will take you through the process with liz foster. liz? >> reporter: polling places like this one have exactly two hours left for people to come in and fill out their ballots. and the results could predict quite an election. >> we need a change. >> reporter: even though jim votes in every election, he said this one may have more weight. >> i'm just tired of people going to represent us that don't represent us. >> reporter: he is one of thousands of people heading to the polls today, and if the early voting numbers are an indication, the number of people casting ballots may surpass the expectation. there is a couple of reasons for that. >> we have two competitor races on both sides of the party you have the two candidates that seem to be bringing people into the political system who were not voting and not participating. >> reporter: merely 70,000 people voted early across the state, 10.5% of registered voters, significantly more than in 2012. >> it's important to make your that our

allison latos breaks down her message. >> reporter: scott and erica, she is expected to speak in about 20 minutes. we have live pictures of the event where you can see there is a crowd filling this auditorium, and they have sign that is read fighting for us. supporters started lining up outside as early as 11:00. her appearances on the heels of her husband and former president bill clinton's events on tuesday. some people heading into the event said her backgrounds is why they're standing behind her. >> the most experienced candidate we've had at least in my lifetime. >> reporter: republican front runner donald trump's rallies are getting the attention of law enforcement. cell phone video yesterday supporters sucker punched a protester being escorted out by deputies. the 78-year-old trump supporter has been charged in the case. north carolina's primary is also on tuesday and a new poll shows who residents will likely vote for next week. out of 500 likely democratic voters, 57% said they would vote for clinton while 28% went with sanders. on the republican side, 32% were in favor of don

. >> 9 investigates, now eyewitness news anchors scott wickersham and allison latos. >> good evening. >> every day here at channel 9 we investigate stories you tell us you care about. >> in this hour we'll bring you some of our biggest investigations. and we begin with a serious warning about a drug you've probably never heard of. it's so powerful, heroin addicts use this to get through withdrawals. a mother and father say parents need to know how dangerous it is. joe bruno has this investigation. >> he sleeps with me every night now. >> reporter: this is more than

. >> and i'm allison latos. channel 9 talked with investigators about what changed in the case. tell me they do not have a confession from brown. they know there was a relationship between him and gabbidon and new information helped them to fill in the blanks. in a place symbolic of childhood, hawa gabbidon lost her life, and no one knew who took that away. >> he is gone -- she is gone. >> she not coming back. >> reporter: darne brown was on the police radar from the start but communication from a community member took it to the next level. >> proving that they had not just a relationship and knew each other but that the criminal act took place. returned to their daughter's grave, happy about the arrest but still want to know so much more. >> i would ask him why he would do it. why he did it. >> reporter: the family in a place of closure but never back to the world they knew before their child's life was taken. >> she was very beautiful girl. >> reporter: and brown's friends that police say ultimately found the body, i asked police if there would be anyone else possibly charge i

i'm allison latos. >> i'm erica bryant. police say they're patrolling around sheffield neighborhood park. eyewitness news reporter mark becker is here to break down what's being done to find this man. >> erica, those incidents happened over the course of several months here at sheffield neighborhood park. but police believe they are related. and i did speak with one of those victims today. she spoke to us in spanish and she ask that we not show her face. she said she was walking in the park with her 2 small children when the man grabbed her and she told police he sexually assaulted her. grabbing her backside with both hands. >> i was very afraid she told me because i didn't know what he would do to me or my children. police believe it was at least the second incident in this park involving that same suspect described as a short latino man in his 20s or early 30s. in one other the victim told police he'd exposed himself to her. >> we, you know, of course take this all very, very seriously. >> lieutenant christian wagner told

i will allison latos. >> new tonight reporter greg suskin spoke exclusively to the girlfriend of the man who was killed and she told him she was afraid for her life. greg. >> reporter: that's right linda jones says she and her boyfriend dennis penny had been camping out since saturday and he choked her and punched her kill her and she heard gunfire when deputies shot him. >> i was just trying to be a good girlfriend and do everything he asked me to do. >> reporter: when we found linda jones she was shaken and says she and dennis penny with camping here at this spot on drew it's falls lake and fasting and he got angry when she had a sewed after a -- soda after three days breaking the fast and he hit and choked her and she wanted to leave. >> i am scared. so i was planning on leaving and should have left earlier but, i can't swim and it was dark. >> reporter: when anson county deputies arrived one stayed with her at the tent site and two others kyle beam and josh confronted him and penny exchanged gunfire and both deputies shot him. jones says she warned deputies he had a gun and heard

and i'm allison latos. for the first time we're learning that a special session in raleigh to try to stop it could happen as soon as next week. eyewitness news reporter jim bradley spent the day talking to leaders about that possibility. jim? >>> that's right, alison, the house speaker told me today he'd prefer to have a special session happen next week if he could. the governor is avoiding when we tried to ask him, he wouldn't answer our questions. all that as protesters came out here to make clear they're calling on the governor and the legislature to make a special session happen. there's over 12,000 -- >> protesters stood outside the government center. making it clear they want the city's decision to be struck down, and they want it done before the city policy takes effect april 1st. >> today i call on governor pat mccrory to make good on his promise to protect the safety, privacy, and common sense of the people of north carolina. >> republican legislators are all ready working on a bill to reverse the

>>> thanks allison latos. in concord hours ago, thousands packed into the cabarrus county event center to see republican candidate donald trump. and eyewitness news reporter blake hanson was there for that event. which didn't sound or feel anything like the usual campaign stop. >> when i arrived this morning, there were so many people lined up outside the building, it was tough to see the front doors. and that was at 8:00 this morning. four hours before the event began. the crowd was primed even before his arrival. >> this is amazing. >> the arena erupted. >> i have a lot of property here. i love north carolina. his supporters flared up every time he went back to his viewpoints. >> we're going to build a wall, it's going to be a real wall. we're going to build a wall, on our border. >> trump emphasized gun rights. his intention to wipe out isis and took a strong stance on water boarding. >> i think we absolutely need it. we should have it. and if we can, we should have worse. >> the polarizing figure rarely go

. >> i'm allison latos. eyewitness news reporter jim bradley is live along i-77 tonight with more on what he learned from secretary nick tennison. >> reporter: it was just yesterday we were telling you that opponents of toll lanes of that bankruptcy filing by centra down in a project in texas might force north carolina's governor to cancel the project. but today his transportation secretary gave little indication he expects that to happen. north carolina transportation secretary nick tennison spent half of his morning speaking at a transportation forum in ballantyne and the other half answering questions about his trip to texas on monday ordered by governor pat mccrory. >> what i'm expecting to do is have a candid d.o.t. to d.o.t. conversation about texas experience. >> the texas experience is the bankruptcy of a toll road project built by a subsidiary of centra. the same parent company that's clearing land for controversial toll lanes on i-77. tennison insists one has nothing to do with the other but admits

i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham, much of the area is under a freeze warning. keith monday is going to tell us how cold it will be when you walk out the door. >> we hit the mid 30s, so that's why most of us are under the freeze warning tonight with temperatures expected to fall at least near or below 32 degrees by tomorrow morning. so over in concord, charlotte, rock hill, and all points north and west as you head into the foothills. even in the i-40 corridor, could be in the upper 20s by tomorrow morning. currently at 46. the winds are high enough, it's keeping the temperature up. already up to 38 in the mid to upper 30s are working their way into the mountains. out the door tomorrow morning, very close to that freezing point. right around 30 degrees by 7:00. i'll show you the time in the future cast how quickly we warm a quick rebound as we head through this week. >> all right, keith, thank you. we'll be checking those falling temperatures overnight. watch eyewitness news daybreak starting at 4:30. we have traffic and weather updates every ten minutes. >> now

. >> and i'm allison latos. our team of meteorologist les tracking the major changes headed our way. vicki graf is pinpointing how cold it will be in your >> and the cold is going to arrive slowly as we head through the weekend. first, it's going to be the rain and that unsettled weather will stick around through the entire weekend, but you will really notice a difference between the temperatures tomorrow. about 10 degrees cooler than where we were today and as we head towards sunday, even colder. we are also tracking the threat for some showers. that's all ahead of this system that is starting to push into the carolinas. already throwing clouds our way and waking up tomorrow morning we'll be in the upper 40s, upper 30s to low 40s in the mountains, but we're not going to warm up a whole lot as we go throughout the day tomorrow. overnight, the clouds will stick around, waking up to some showers early tomorrow morning and keep the threat for rain in and out throughout the day tomorrow. but then even colder air arr

eyewitness news anchor, allison latos has been monitoring those results. >> voters in florida, ohio, missouri, and illinois also took to the polls for their state primaries today. donald trump took some big wins here in north carolina. and in illinois, and perhaps the big prize of the night, florida, after trump's commanding victory, florida senator, marco rubio officially dropped out of the race. governor john kasich won his home state of ohio tonight. as of right now, republican candidate, ted cruz, has not won any states tonight, but cruz and trump are in a virtual tie right now in missouri. we are still waiting for official results from that primary. on the democratic side, hillary clinton has won three states so far tonight here in north carolina, in florida, and in ohio. bernie sanders has not won any states tonight, but we are still waiting for a democratic winner in the illinois and the missouri primaries. >> thank you, allison. and we're also following the primary results in the race for north carolina governor. on the democratic side, attorney general, roy cooper won with 7

good evening, i'm allison latos. >> i have been been monitoring the fallout. donald trump canceled the event the chaos started to unfold in the last 3 1/2 hours. the presidential candidate just talked about his choice to cancel that event and call the whole thing off. >> we made a decision, even though our freedom of speech is violated totally. we made a decision not to go forward. i don't want to see anybody get hurt. >> in the last hour, president obama and ted cruz spoke out about what happened there. the president said he's not shocked by that. and cruz said that trump bears responsibility for the culture being set. after the announcement that tonight's announcement was canceled protesters erupted into cheers, but supporters shouted we want trump. many groups clashed and some threw punches. trump has come under fire the past few days for a violent incident. video from wednesday night in fayetteville. as he was leaving, deputies did with assault the next day. trump says the protests are not directed at him, but more than likely anger in the country that has

. >> and i'm allison latos. the incident happened today . elsa found out how the gun was found and what steps the school is taking. >> reporter: one parent told me tonight she learned the gun had been on the fourth grader all day. and that has parents outraged. the school confirmed to channel 9 that students told their teacher this afternoon one of their classmates had a gun. they say the teacher followed safety protocall, contacted the school resource officer and administration. students were removed from the classroom and parents got a message from the principal after dismissal. they could not tell us where the student got the weapon. the type, or whether or not it was loaded. one parent told me she wants answers and is scared for her child's safety. >> what if the child got ahold of this gun and it went off? i'm frightened for my child's safety. child on the bus monday morning and i don't know if this child will be at school, what's going to happen again. >> reporter: the school district released a statement to channel 9 saying safety is

allison latos learned neighbors are shocked it happened at such a popular spot. >> heather smith lives in plaza midwood, feet from where police say an armed man robbed the smoke house. >> i go there every other weekend. >> right after midnight, the restaurant's owner says a dishwasher was taking the trash out. when the thief followed him back in and went straight to a manager sitting in the office. >> put a gun to their head and asked about money from the safe. >> the manager hit a silent panic button beforehanding over the cash. >> ran out in 15 or 20 seconds. >> it's a terrifying crime. people like smith were surprised to hear about at this popular spot. >> it's so alarming. we're like 30 feet away from it. >> oh my god, that's insane. and my husband eat around here all the time. we have children. >> in his 25 years with this business, nothing like this has ever happened here. >> hopefully they get the guy. >> the owner is proud of his team for their actions and of the police for arriving at the restaurant in a matter of minutes. >>> so far, police have not released any description o

i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham. these storms are packing heavy rain, wind, and possibly hail. chief meteorologist steve udelson is tracking the threat for your neighborhood tonight. >>> i'm tracking this line, and moving into the mountains now. we'll take you to two different stops. one of the northern mountains in ash county. pretty good storm in progress now. that's going to continue to slide north and east toward lansing in the next few minutes. through. and before it does. hot spot. just west of highway 88 in ash county. that's where the lightning will be in the next hour or so. then there's a storm to the southwest. a severe thunderstorm warning in the upstate of south carolina. we're taking a very close look at this. i want to take a look at that on the 3d radar in a little bit. it may try to become tornadic as it moves north and east. it's not going to be one solid line. but there will be a line of showers and storms or batches of them moving through the foothills by 7:00. charlotte by 9:00 or 10:00. this is

allison latos spoke to one local organization right here in charlotte that helps children and families deal with this health issue. >> reporter: five-year-old jar ray and alice rodriguez are energetic twins. but their mom heidi had a tough pregnancy and had to deliver them early at 37 weeks. >> he was 3 pounds and she was 7 pounds so something was wrong. >> reporter: the difference wasn't only in their weight. lie di says she noticed jerry wasn't developing as quick as his sister. >> she was way ahead and crawling and grabbing things to climb up to walk and he was still on the floor. >> reporter: after several tests, the one-year-old doctors said he had microcephaly, a birth defects. >> his head didn't grow as big small and will delay him in a lot of stuff. >> not being able to push themselves up. >> reporter: jennifer and lisa o'connor with hand prints and footsteps pediatric therapy are helping him catch up with physical, occupational and speech therapy. >> he is able to express himself verbally. he is coloring and he will sit for short periods of time to do different activities. he

. >> and i'm allison latos. our team of meteorologist les tracking the major changes headed our way. vicki graf is pinpointing how cold it will be in your

good evening, i'm allison latos. >> i have been been monitoring the fallout. donald trump canceled the event

i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham. these storms are packing heavy rain, wind, and possibly hail. chief meteorologist steve udelson is tracking the threat for your neighborhood tonight. >>> i'm tracking this line, and moving into the mountains now. we'll take you to two different stops. one of the northern mountains

allison latos has more on the developments. >> this is big news for homeowners who have spent a year using bottled water to cook and to drink. the north carolina department of health and human services announced it's rescinding the do not drink recommendations for hex chromium and vinadium. they said it's welcome news but unfortunate the state took a year to give homeowners certainty the water is safe to drink. the company has been saying contaminants found in the water occur naturally and are not coming from coal ash. the state health department says letters will go out to homeowners this week saying the well water is safe to drink. there will also be a phone number on the letter for homeowners to call if they have any questions. >>> we're pushing for answers in these developments and asking why the health safe now. we'll have the latest at 10:00 and 11:00. >>> cmpd's chief spoke about cell phone video that captured an officer punching a suspect in custody. why the chief believes the officer didn't break the law. >> reporter: chiefthe chief anyone by the video. colleen ferreira the

we want to head to anchor allison latos in the breaking news center with the details. >> the brevard police department says they're looking for 15-year-old dixie may bailey. here's a description of her. she's a white female, 5-4, weighing 114-pounds. she has brown hair with orange streaks and blue eyes. she was last seen wearing a peach colored pull over, black tights and cowboy boots. police haven't said who abducted dixie may bailey. but they did say she may be on the way to atlanta georgia. if you have any information on her whereabouts, call 911. scott and erica. >>> alison, thank you, tonight police are still looking r the thieves who drove a car through the front door of a >>> we followed this crime since this morning. eyewitness news reporter angela hong talked to residents there who were shocked that a crime like this could happen in such a high-end shopping destination. crews spent all morning replacing the glass doors here at this jewelry store that sits below several parts per millions here at birk dale village but residents told us they didn't see anything suspicious. >>