we have the dense fog advisory, north and west of charlotte, that runs until 10:00, from charlotte on south and east ward, no advisory, be mindful, early this morning, use caution from time to time this morning. 46 in boone, everybody else is milder in the 50s and 60s this morning, 63 gastonia, charlotte, monroe, lancaster, 61 right now in salisbury. we'll go from patchy fog, dense in spots, 62 at 8:00. times of clouds and sunshine at noon, late this afternoon storms approach the area from the west, not before we get to 80 degrees. last night's rain moving out, next batch of rain, approaching. it will take most of the day to get here, we'll show you futurecast as we go through time. starting off with fog this morning as we're in the 5:00 hour, 8:00, still have fog. lifts to the mid-day and that may try to pop off a couple showers before 4:00, i don't think that will happen, few and far between but notice as we go from 4:00 to 8:00, we get the showers and potentially some of the thunderstorms could be on the heavy side. keep in mind again, we have at least a slight risk for severe weat

according to the charlotte chamber, more than 10,000 people are employed pie the airline in charlotte alone, and the airline has 150 non-stop flights from charlotte to destinations around the world. many of charlotte's biggest corporations say that america's connectivity from the airport is the reason they are here. the new lease will need to be approved by charlotte's city council. it's on the agenda for monday night's meeting. the contract is set to begin july 1. >>> the race for the newly drawn congressional district 12 is clearer tonight. 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 pe

charlotte will play san antonio on monday. for the first time in a month, the winner of nascar's exfenty he was leading and he blows his left front tire. busch's push to lin dashed, but his teammate took the lead for a brief moment. he would run out of gas. how about that? pulling off to the apron trying to shake all of the fuel he has left in the tank. busch would retake the lead with a busted tire. who is going to catch him? he's on three tires. how about the two-car of austin dillon. busch tries to hold him off, but narrowly squeaks by. he led one lap in this race, obviously the lap that counted. >> i just stayed focus. they said he had a flat. i was worried about our fuel. stay focused and they trieded to screw me at the end. proud of these guys. man, that was fun. >> joe gibbs racing, matt topped the final practice at fontana with a speed of 184 miles per hour. the opening practice and have he was 24th in his backup car. now the winner of the exfinty series race, austin dillon is the man on the pole. it's the first time d

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

is in south charlotte. no major traffic issues there either, so use caution, though, when you're driving through that area. >>> people who live near duke energy's allen steam station in belmont are worried about how the company plans to close its coal ash pond. >> it's a complete cleanup of this toxic, cancer-causing will be a disgrace. >> at 6:30, the changes they want state officials to make to the plan to keep them safe. >>> cities across the u.s. are showing their support for brussels in the wake of yesterday's terror attacks. ahead at 6:30, the steps taking to keep a similar attack from happening here at home. >>> the charlotte hornets have made history by naming the nba's first female analyst. next this morning the way that she says she'd rather have people recognize her accomplishment. >>> and checking wall street the dow is down nine points, w is dow >>> 6:25. right now the charlotte hornets are trying to win a playoff series for the first time since 2002. >> if they don't, though, the hornets have

charlotte just this week. yesterday someone shot and killed michael jefferies junior in east charlotte. two other people went to the hospital. he was stepping in to help his mother while she was arguing with her boyfriend. will be charged. >>> six people were hurt in four shootings across charlotte tuesday. police have not arrested anyone for those shootings. >>> duke energy is dropping prices for everyone north carolina. by next year bills drop on average $3.11 a month or around 3% because the company is saving money on natural gas at their power plants. we asked about regrouping the cost after last month's wind storm. they have not ruled out asking for a rate increase down the line. >>> parents have a lot of questions after cms board members laid out the results of the student assignment survey. >> dozens of parents packed into the board meeting. tina terry is live outside the government center in uptown to break down those results. tina? >> yes good morning. this is a copy of that 250 page report that schoo

. >> chris: first alert traffic charlotte. taking a live look this is i-85 near bruton smith, travel along 85 running smoothly once again, was closed down for a time overnight. coming in from rock hill, 22 minutes, concord to center city, 19 minute commute, lake norman southbound, 16 minutes, 63-miles-per-hour. as we roll over to the mapping system here, most of the majors are in the green this morning, again that section of central avenue at albermarle 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 y

traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you're getting ready to hit look at i-85 at bruton bruton smith, thicker traffic at this hour and looking at your drive times, matthews, center city, 12 minutes, 52-miles-per-hour. inbound on providence road from the arboretum, running at 17 minutes, concord to center city, the same, 17 minutes, average speed is 70-miles-per-hour. looking at the mapping system most of the majors still running in the green this morning, a few slow downs, beginning to build around the arboretum, that is highway 16 and 51 and inbound on providence road, a couple of slow downs there. we'll keep an eye on things for you as we head between 6:15 and 7:00 as we roll in the rush hour. that is a check of the morning commute, christine, over to you. >> christine: the gop presidential race narrowed down to two candidates? >> john: donald trump and ted cruz evenly split the contests, more on that later on "cbs this morning" at 7:00. >> christine: peyton manning set in the alert center getting reaction ahead of

clear skies in charlotte. the cloud cover and there was a bit of a breeze helping to keep the temperatures up a little bit. now with clearing conditions, we're in the 30s, northwest feels-like temperature is 34, going to be chilly at the bus stop this morning and this afternoon, mostly in the low 40s up across the mountains, gusty breeze and sunshine all day long. you come down here in the foothills, 57 morganton over to lenoir, taylorsville, 58 in wilkesboro, good deal of sunshine, wall-to-wall sunshine for charlotte area. we'll improve getting up ten degrees above where we were yesterday, because of the sunshine but there will be a bit of a breeze most of the day, factor that are in, will feel on the chilly side. 57 hickory, 58 charlotte, gastonia, concord and in monroe. late this afternoon, i expect you'll get in the upper 50s, maybe 60 from chester to lancaster, pageland the numbers below average this time of year. christine mentioned the spurs are taking on the hornet, tip-off temperature, 52. keep in min

charlotte-mecklenb charlotte-mecklenb urg police chief kerr putney says there was nothing criminal during an arrest caught on camera. this video sparked protests and launched an internal investigation. experts say the officer is using a technique striking the person being arrested in certain areas to force that person to release their arm. officers showed us how it is done and in this demonstration. >> we know it is not criminal. we look for potential policy violations. >> the chief saw several other angles of the confrontation caught by officers body cameras. he says that evidence supports his conclusion there was nothing criminal about the officer's actions. >>> still plenty ahead live on wbtv news this morning. >> john: a close call for a reporter at the scene of a train derailment in california, we'll show you what happened and hear what he had to say afterwards. before we go to break, a quick check of first alert weather temperatures, 53 in charlotte, 40 up in boone. 54 salisbury, 52 lancaster, 50 a live look at i-77 and clanton road, traffic picking up this morning but right now, no

we're watching at this hour here in charlotte, involves a fire at a restaurant in east charlotte. kristen miranda getting details first in the alert center right now. >> kristen: christine, on albermarle 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 fi

so charlotte fire crews were also here to turn off that gas. they say the same thieves also tried to get into the family dollar store, but they were unable to get into both of these stores. now, the owner of hyatt gun shop is here. we also just talked to police on the scene. they told us that they're looking for a chrysler sebring break-ins here. but this has also been a very busy morning for cmpd. right now officers are on the scene about 12 miles away on north tryon at another gun shop where we do know that thieves we have live pictures on that scene there where you can see this is the store on north tryon where police say thieves were able to get away with about 20 assault rifles. so a lot of concern from the gun shop owner here about whether or not those two crimes are connected. we are still working to learn whether or not there is a connection with these crimes. people tried to break in here around 3:00 a.m. they were able to get into that other gun store on north tryon around 2:00 a.m. and, again, cmpd actively investigating all three of

highs the next couple days in the 50s here in the charlotte area. so what a change from the 80s and record-breaking temperatures earlier this week, rain showers and cooler temperatures in the weekend. 52 charlotte, 57 in hickory, 46 boone, 57 in rockingham. and you can see heavier cloud cover from charlotte and areas out to the east, it thins in the foothills and mountains this morning and the storm track for today will stay well down to the south. rain showers this morning to start the day, in charleston, south carolina, they extend down to jacksonville and back along the florida panhandle in coming out of the gulf. that moisture does work our way in the carolinas for this weekend but here is the hour-by-hour forecast today, 8:00 a.m., we have partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the mid 50s. 66 degrees for the lunch hour and optimistic, upper 60s and peeks of sunshine late on your friday but the clouds will roll in again tonight, and overnight in saturday morning. so if you have saturday morning plans, it may be some rain showers around 10:00 a.m.

no word how many of those jobs are in charlotte, though. >>> good news for people here in charlotte who work for costco, they are raising wages for entry level employees to at least $13 an hour. the highest paid employees make $22.50 per hour. >> john: a grateful family is making a donation. they donated more than $300,000 for a new pediatric ambulance. came from michael and kelly hughes whose son was treated at after falling out of an ambulance but suffer nod permanent damage. >>> a toddler called 911 for a different kind of emergency. the sheriff's office posted this on facebook. a two-year-old girl told the operator she needed help getting dressed. so a deputy responded and help her put her pants on. a family member was home but didn't realize the toddler made the call. >> kristen: night owls rule in charlotte. groupon ranks the queen city as one of the top cities for people who stay up late. the company used sales data to see who was searching searching for late night deals on beer and wine. charlotte was no. 3, behind hartford, connecticut and san diego, california. you think sales

i'm brittany johnson live in charlotte. experts point to between the experts point tolife's morning multitaskingfor a growing family, and drawers with many layers,to show exactly what you need. life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen the ikea kitch >>> as police in brussels search for a suspected terrorist, channel 9 is asking officials what can be done to keep people safe here. what one expert told us makes stopping attacks here even more challenging. >> channel 9 just arrived at the scene of breaking news in lincoln county where firefighters are monitoring hot spots at an overnight house fire. the massive response to get it under control and the questions we are now asking. >>> good wednesday morning to you, i'm stephanie maxwell. >> i'm john paul. let's get a quick check of that first forecast. meteorologist vicki graf in severe weather center 9 for us. vicki. >> good wednesday morning. it's a mild start to the day. you'll notice as soon as you step outside it is

, 52 degrees in charlotte. right now get over to kristen miranda who is live in the alert center with new details on another big endorsement in campaign 2016. >> kristen: this coming in a short time ago, ted cruz just tweeted four minutes ago honor oned to earn support of governor jeb bush, that is the news this morning from the cruz campaign. former republican presidential candidate jeb bush will endorse he calls cruz a consistent, principled conservative. cruz is in new york city won the presidential caucuses in utah yesterday. bush dropped out a month ago. politico got ahold of the announcement, i haven't haded a chance to look at this on the website yet, but according to them the party and country must must overcomedyovercome the divisiveness donald trump has brought. >> christine: the hornets looking to continue their success. jeremy lin scored 21 points, batum led the hornets with 23 points. friday night. >> john: the x games hosted by espn, charlotte was in the running for the event a few years ago lost

starting off with temperatures in the mid 50s in charlotte. clear skies out there and that is our hd tower cam looking great. boone right now at 39, everybody else is pretty much between 50 and 55. 50 rock hill, 53 monroe, 55 morning hickory, newton, conover, 54 degrees. temperatures in the 50s this morning, then may be a little bit of cloud cover around early on, by the afternoon, another gorgeous one. mostly sunny skies, we stay warm, southerly breezes, 10 to 15-miles-per-hour, high of 78. one thing i wish we could get rid of would be the pollen. that is starting to add up, not much we can do until we get rain. that is what will cleanse the air. this isn't the yellow mustard pollen, this is the stuff you can't see and gives you a lot of problems with allergies, with irritation of the throat and nose. if you're sneezing it is because of the high pollen. when the rain chances pick up in the seven day forecast in a couple minutes. chris is sneezing in the first alert traffic center. >> chris: sneezing my way through the morning commute. davidso

our charlotte metro cast, high temperature of 77 degrees. what we haven't had very much lately is rain. pollens through the roof. we need rain to clear the pollens and dampen the garden and lawn. couple opportunities coming up, i'll let you know the timing with the seven day balancer. hereplanner. >> chris: highway 321, 19 minutes, average speed, 64 miles an hour. green light from the 321 to lowell can mcadenville, 485, kannapolis looks good. southbound 77, mooresville, huntsersville in the green this morning. in the charlotte area, most of our majors continuing to in the green. northbound out of rock hill this morning, checking your drive time, 21 minutes, average speed is 64-miles-per-hour. here is a live look i-77 toward the rest area, volume still very light. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: state lawmakers will head to raleigh for a special session about a controversial ordinance in charlotte. it is estimated special session will cost taxpayers $42,000. wbtv's obtaine

and excitement as snow flakes fell in the charlotte area. the vast majority of that changed over to chilly rain. from ansonville to new salem to monroe. southwest into lancaster county. where you see shades of yellow and orange from indian land south on 521 through lancaster toward heath springs. there maybe wet snow flakes or snow grains in this. it's sliding east along highway 9. tracking the back edge of this initial burst which is just about to clearlake norman almost to gastonia. it moves through huntersville? the next minute or two. at about the top of the hour. matthews and indian trail, a little before 7:00. but we've cooled off. 50s this afternoon. hanging on to 50 down east where the rain is just now going. but mid 40s from charlotte to chester. 38 in shelby and lincolnton. it's 36 in lenoir. it's colder up in elevation, 21 banner elk. and upper 20s in the high country. that's the only place i'm worried about road issues later tonight with accumulating snow. temperatures in the charlotte area, now that they've cooled, we'll sit tig

our current temperature in charlotte is at 60. we'r at 64 at 8:00, 76t lunch time t, very, very small chance at 4:00, 20%. 80% it does nothing. temperature tomorrow, hickory, morganton, lenoir, statesville likely to b inehe 60s tomorrow, i'll explain why and rain gear tomorrow in the seven you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. those traffic cameras here across the region. watching f anything that might morning commute. if you're coming in from lake 65-miles-per-hour. 77 looking good right now, catawba avenue, down to gilead running in the green. develop. here across the charlotte area, most of our highways and roads are continuing to run in the green. northbound 77 coming out of rock hill this morning, curb drive ti for you is 21 minutes with an average speed of -miles-per-hour. and that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. >> john: get back to breaking news in west charlotte that wbtv first

down to 45 in charlotte. we're in the 30s now. lincolnton, hickory, shelby, in the 20 thes up across the high country, the bulk of this is going to fall in the form of rain in the charlotte area. here's a track of the leading edge through lancaster and monroe in the next few minutes, marshville and albemarle a little before 6:00. here's the future cast. primarily rain. this initial batch out of here by 8:00. the mountains will see snow. and accumulating snow. when i come back, i'll show you how much. >>> you can download our free wsoc-tv weather app to track not near your tv, you can get severe weather alerts and use our interactive radar. >> now to our other top story tonight, more controversy for the i-77 toll lanes after a bankruptcy filing in texas. we're breaking down how in development could impact the project, your tax dollars, and north carolina's election. work is under way on the i-77 tolls that thousands of drivers will use everyday. eyewitness news reporter jenna deery went straight to centra to find out how this bankr

one is a truck driver, one is on business in charlotte and one is a restaurant manager from charlotte. sting operation by police. almost 20 child sex predators were arrested during that operation. >>> new details this morning about a union county high school student arrested, accused of posting nude pictures of his teacher online. he's being held in juvenile detention. his teacher says he got the images off her cell phone. she's since quit her job. he's charged with voyeurism and computer crimes and could face four years in prison. >>> a man exposed himself and sexually assaulted women in a park over the last search months. one woman was walking with two children when the man pushed her to the ground and fondled her. police believe he's the same man that exposed himself to >> officers are aware that's an area they need to be patrolling and staying in. >> victims describe the man as a short latino man in his 20s or 30s. >>> a dive team could be back out today after searching for hours yesterday near mallwood circle. authorities say they were not looking for a weapon. >>> dr. ben carson

charlotte and raleigh. today governor pat mccrory reiterated to channel 9 that his opposition to it has not changed. we caught up with the governor as he made a stop in hickory to address a sink hole issue there. pat mccrory called the ordinance that restricts discrimination against the lgbt he says this provision that allows people to use the restroom of the gender they identify with is invasive. >> a locker room and a restroom are areas that you have expectation of privacy which even impact your feeling of security and it stretches the bounds of common sense and government over reach. >> some lawmakers still want to hold a special session to try to reverse charlotte's decision. but pat mccrory maintains that would be too costly. last night mayor jennifer roberts defended the ordinance charlotte's economy. the ordinance is set to take effect april 1st. >>> one of charlotte's most high profile missing persons the spotlight. next week the show crime watch daily will feature the disappearance of kyle fleischm

, work going on in northwest charlotte. it blocked freedom drive inbound early this morning. all travel lanes are now open heading inbound. you can take the normal route. south, we had a disabled vehicle near 77. not seeing a big delay here as traffic volume is light. lots of room to move around. this is what it looks like on 77 heading in south charlotte. no accidents or stalled vehicles coming out of york county. stephanie? >>> right now in the breaking news center as cmpd investigates the fourth shootping in less than 24 hours. overnight police say someone shot a woman in this northwest charlotte neighborhood. joe bruno is live outside headquarters. joe, she's the fifth victim in a series of shootings. >> reporter: 24 hours in charlotte have been filled with violence. police are trying to figure out what led to all of the shootings now. >> we made this map to show you where they were. the first shooting injured two people. police found one person shot at a gas station off brookshire boulevard and another victim at his ho

traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. it is the lanes northbound away from the city which are blocked off this morning. if you're coming inbound on brookshire boulevard up to 485, you are going to be able to make it through that scene, but terrible crash overnight with this passenger vehicle in the back of some sort of a dump truck. thatatas blocked the northbound lanes. so again, if you are trying to go north and then get on the outer loop of 485, that is where you will find the problems or just heading north on brookshire boulevard. those lanes are closed down, it may be 7:30, 8:00 before this accident investigation is complete and they can get the lanes reopened. the so if brookshire away from the city of charlotte is part of your morning commute, be aware those lanes are closed down and as we head through the rush hour and the volume increases, heading southbound in toward the the residual slow downs, everybody slowing down because there is such a large police presence there. here is a live look, i-77 northbound at na

leading up to today's rallies in charlotte. bernie sanders is up first, he is inviting voters to pnc music pavilion for his rally, called a future to believe in. doors open at 1:30 and he will discuss his plans on immigration restorm, college affordability and the economy. later this evening hillary clinton will speak at a get out the vote event at the grady cole center just outside of charlotte and doors open there at 7:15 tonight. we learned that it is up to each campaign, there are no we followed up with supporters who told us they have been making 10,000 calls a day, drumming up last minute support. >> she is not a perfect candidate for everyone, for me she is. >> once people understand what bernie is about, then they'll most definitely vote for him. >> reporter: sanders's campaign urged attendees to only bring items like cell phones and keys, and to leave things at home like bags, signs, sharp objects, and weapons. we have reached out to cmpd to learn about any additional security plans but we have not heard back. britney

in share, but right charlotte. kristen miranda was promising new video that has gotten in, here right now, right, kristen? >> kristen: we were able to turn it around, i want you to look. this is a situation in spain that was uncovered this morning, literally uncovered. i want you to watch what happens under here. there are two people in the trunk of this vehicle, they are alive. but they were found by police, they were intercepted hiding in the double bottom of a rear trunk of a car while they were trying to get into spain. it doesn't detail exactly how investigators and police knew they were there but look, they put a false bottom in the trunk of this vehicle in order to get these migrants in spain and get them to a better life and better situation. so just incredible video that got us all talking, i wanted to show it to all of you at home. >> john: charlotte hornets looking to climb the eastern during a trip to miami. they trailed by 15 in this one, but this is a good team and the hornets come back, big al jeffer

a tremendous performance down the stretch saves charlotte. charlotte wins 79-69. they'll play middle tennessee state tomorrow. >>> can win at the buzzer, but that is not what they should have drown up. avery holmes though. we head to extra time. georgia tech has its way inside. james white, a follow tip. the jackets rally for a win in overtime. >>> goodyear took over charlotte motor speedway today, as they determine how to finish the racing package. they hit the track in the second of eight scheduled tire tests as part of the unified testing plan. it's all about improving the product on the track. >> hopefully we can keep making tires softer. before you know it memorial day is going to be here. >> i may or may not have bought tickets. >> looking forward to it. >>> a florida doctor traveled that she thought was th >>> a florida doctor is back miles to charlotte to save a friend she thought he was being held hostage, this turned out to just be a scam. this week, the man contacted her, claiming to be held hostage in a charlotte hotel with a $50,000 ransom. >> i was w

it reaches the peek in the charlotte area by 9:00. that's where we stand the greatest threat of heavy winds and hail. by 11:00 tonight, the stuff is history, you can track the storms as they roll into the neighborhood with our wsoc-tv weather app for apple and android devices. the free app gives you access to radar and gets your hourly forecast down there and weather alerts at your fingertips. >> three presidential candidates making a last ditch push in the charlotte area for your vote. pushing their policies. >> we are going to invest in jobs and education. >> on the eve of the north carolina primary. >> now thousands packed events today for donald trump and bernie sanders and people are all ready lining up for hillary clinton's campaign stop in >>> the political spotlight is certainly on our region. and we have a team of reporters covering everything. eyewitness news reporter dave faherty begins our team coverage tonight in hickory where donald trump visited not long ago. >> we learned this afternoon that a total of six people were

we are looking at rain in the charlotte area. several inches of snow possible we are seeing the high clouds move in across the area. they will thicken up and here as we head into the afternoon and evening. that's why you want to keep the umbrella handy not so much the next couple hours, after 5:00, certainly rain showers possible. and more cloud cover across the area. there's the snow pushing into eastern tennessee and north carolina mountains. this system treching from indianapolis all the way to georgia and alabama, so it comes closer as we head the next couple hours, that's why we have winter weather advisories starting tonight, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. for most of the north carolina mountains. that includes boone and blowing rock, west jefferson, and banner elk. we are talking about one to four inches of snow possible in the higher elevations. certainly accumulated snow this afternoon. you have showers and thunderstorms, now in the upstate of georgia. that snow is pushing into the see watauga, ashe, avery, already looking at light s

south of charlotte you're in the 50s. a wide range of temperatures but guess what, on the northwesterly breezes, here is where the cool air is coming from, high country partly to mostly sunny in the 30s. looks like upper 40s to 50, lenoir, morganton, taylorville, good deallf sunshine that way. 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,

our current temperature in charlotte is at 60. we'r at 64 at 8:00, 76t lunch time t, very, very small chance at 4:00, 20%. 80% it does nothing. temperature tomorrow, hickory, morganton, lenoir, statesville likely to b inehe 60s tomorrow, i'll explain why and rain gear tomorrow in the seven you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte.

live in west charlotte, steve crump wbtv on your side. go to wbtv.com for more of our coverage on the nondiscrimination ordinance. >> nice night here in the queen city right now. you are looking live through the hd towercam. but don't get used to the weather. changes are on the way. our chief meterologist, eric thomas is tracking it all from the first alert weather center. >> maureen, a delightful happy hour getting underway. i hope you had a good week. however, yeah, there is disruptive weather heading our way. right here to the radar. look at the rainfall. marching across the gulf coast states and for now, you will see charlotte in the clear. i mean not any cloud cover in the atmosphere. room temperature 72 in the piedmont. closer to 6o that is mild. and up around boone and blowing rock. through the evening you know what? you will be fine. the rain coming across georgia but through 11:00 p.m. still no 62 at 9:00 p.m. and 59 through 11:00 p.m. the rain it will not be denied it's coming for the weekend we will track it part of the seven-d

think warmer than the charlotte region this afternoon. rain showers to start the day in charleston but just the cloud cover here in charlotte but we will see moisture and colder fair the north working in the charlotte area for the weekend, saturday and sunday. so again, a little bit of a hours. we will see peeks of sunshine this afternoon, 62 boone, 55 on the top of beech mountain. in the foothills, low 70s, 73 lenoir, 72 taylorsville. 70 in concord, 74 wadesboro and 73 in rockingham, 74 pageland, partly cloudy, 73 in cheraw or for this afternoon in cheraw. futurecast through the day today, fairly quiet, no rain showers, partly cloudy skies, afternoon. the moisture and colder air working in as we head overnight in saturday morning, this is 10:00 a.m., keep in mind parade is tomorrow morning at 10:00 to 11:00, rain showers, 11:00 a.m. for the parade start, back in we will see more rounds of rain coming overnight in sunday morning and with the colder air, snow showers up in the mountains, first thing on sunday morning. so about a 50% chance

stretching from charlotte to mooresville. lake norman residents have spoken out against the spanish company to the leaders for years. the company's failure comes as no surprise. widen i-77. hold a meeting thursday at the town hall to talk about the lane project here. in, cdot plans to talk about the trip today. they'll release more information as soon as that process is done. we have been following every development for years. you can under the news tab. >> the director of the cdc traveled to puerto rico with over 100 cases of the zika virus was reported there. >> thousands could be infected in puerto rico. >> emphasize the need for preparedness and reduce the reducing the zika virus to pregnant women. >> we reported the fifth case of zika confirmed in north carolina. a woman traveled out of the country and got it. researchers say the risk for locally transmitted cases is minimal. north carolina's second in command wants to tackle charlotte's nondediscrimination ordinance right now. >> the republicans in the general asemipli

at ten park lanes in charlotte. april 2nd, a day before what would have been her seventh birthday. >>> congresswoman alma adams spent the day in charlotte at a women's day event at first united presbyterian church. she announced she will move to charlotte as part of herred by to run for the redrawn 12th district. the new map split her current district which now includes charlotte and greensboro where adams is from. she is headed back to washington today but says she is excited to learn more about the queen city. >> i'm looking forward to getting to know people that i don't know. of the sites, there is a lot going on here, a lot of activity, i hope to have time to do that. >> the congressional primaries in north carolina will take place in june. >>> first responders in mecklenburg county compete against each other on the ice in the charlotte checkers annual salute to heros game. police and sheriff's team facing off against fire and medic team. the event honors public safety workers who serve, have served or injured i

checking the drive times from east charlotte, 14 minutes into uptown charlotte. from 485 to uptown, 14 minutes here, 47 miles per hour. south charlotte and providence between the arboretum and uptown, also 14 minutes. after two cars hit and killed a shelby teenager and injured her boyfriend. >> it's tragic. 16 years old in a relationship, die in the middle of a roadway. >> ahead at 5:45, the reason investigators believe the couple stopped the car in the middle of the road. >>> an explosion in downtown greensboro damaged cars and a historic motel. coming up, the problem investigators say likely led to the blast. >>> a north carolina surgeance training kicked in and he was one of the first to come across this crash involving a school bus. >> it's hard to imagine that anyone could have gotten out of that bus okay. in the right place at >>> good morning to you. getting close to 5:15. we're giving a live picture from our speedway cam. make sure you bundle up this morning. we're feeling temperatures we haven't felt in a while in the 30s. and we're going to see even coo

we have 54 degrees in charlotte. want to get over to kristen miranda right now, live in the alert center with the latest on an accident involving a son of sarah palin. >> kristen: this is todd palin, sarah's husband. we told you he was in a snowmobile accident and had some serious injuries. sarah palin posted on facebook overnight this picture and this update on todd palin's condition, in intensive care at a hospital in alaska with injuries including multiple broken and fractured ribs, broken shoulder blade and collapsed lung, he is presently back in surgery to repair she thanked everyone for their prayers. the last line was funny, knowing todd once he is cognizant he will ask docs to duct tape him and call it good because he's tough. he has like eight fractured ribs and it was -- sounds like a messy accident, but sounds like todd palin is on the road to recovery. back to you. >> christine: might be a long road, too. thanks, kristen. >>> charlotte hornets one of the hottest teams in the league of late hosting the dal

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, cbs reporting two blasts occurred here at the airport inside, 13 people have been reported dead there. dozens others injured. we know there is also a third explosion that took place at a this was a train station near eu offices. those eu offices have been closed down completely with the train station. terror level goes to the maxim

police in charlotte also busy with another incident, north charlotte. they say someoeo fired shots overnight at a 7 life 11 near ais eight. no one was injured. police in rock hill have released a picture of a man they say followed a female jogger with a knife. this is the man police are looking for. police say the jogger was in rock hill last week when she the woman ran to the family trust credit union in rock hill. she hid in a rest room to get away from the man. if you recognize the man in the picture, meteorologist call police. and now, here's a live look at the charlotte skyline from our hd tower cam, and as you can see it is a very nice looking day out there today. we got up to the 70's yesterday. are we going to do that today, and what about as we head into the mid week? >> beautiful afternoon. temperatures will climb into the upper 60's and a few low 70's here across the carolinas. but by late tonight, 10:00, 11:00, we are talking about showers and thunderstorms, and perhaps a cooldown on our way here the next 24 hours. 68 in charlotte. humidity,

to the charlotte area. you can see that moving east right now. the timeline for when the rain will hit and when we'll see even colder temperatures across the area. >>> a major company is opening in charlotte, bringing several hundred jobs. the reason the company chose the queen city. finally getting light enough out there. out. >>> good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm britney johnson. we have some showers this morning? >> we could feel some light drizzle in and around the charlotte area. temperatures out there right now, starting out in the 50s in the foothills and 40s in the mountains, but we won't see much of a warmup for your saturday. more on the afternoon forecast and the rain details coming up in a few minutes. >> and you can track the current temperatures and find out when the rain is hitting your neighborhood by using our it has hour by hour forecasts and current conditions as well as radar. >>> if you're heading to the blue ridge parkway this weekend, you'll run into road closures. crews

from our charlotte cam. we have a look at the conditions that are changing out there. >> it's kind of a muggy start to the day. we have some showers tracking on the doppler here, kind of have two systems to our north and south. showers in eastern tennessee, moving into areas along the georgia and south carolina state line. right now only a few scattered showers in the mountains stereo start but keep the rain chance around. through the morning hours, temperatures mid- to upper 50s to start and we are tracking rain throughout the day today. i'll help you plan out the weekend, coming up in about 10 minutes. >> and track current temperatures and find out when the rain will hit your area by using our wsoc tv weather app with current conditions and a >>> we have breaking news this morning. we learned four of 62 people killed in a plane crash in southern russia were children. we told you about the crash last night at 11:00. the dubai plane tried to make a second attempted landing in bad weather with gusts 30 to 50

and i did just check with charlotte fire and cmpd now. no new information on more charges or what ignited in the bathroom. live in north charlotte, greg suskin, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> we sent out a breaking news alert as soon as we learned about those by going to wsoctv.com. scroll over news, and click on alert sign up. >>> while we hope that you have been enjoying the beautiful weather this week, but our channel 9 meteorologists say all of his is about to come to an abrupt end. >> bad timing too, meteorologist vicki graf is tracking the major changes for your weekend. >> wellspring officially starts on sunday. to let go of winter yet. how about today? absolutely gorgeous. 74 in charlotte. 72 in lincolnton. and 60 degrees in boone. mostly clear skies this evening. get outside and enjoy it if you can. if you're heading out to food truck friday in plaza mid wood, looking good. low 70s by 6:00. a few clouds build in by 8:00. we keep it in the mid 60s. i'm tracking this storm system to the west. and this is going to arrive in time for

no fog issues, no wet streets in charlotte. good shape, metro school camera in center city, 54 in charlotte, 55 in mountain island lake, 56 harrisburg, indian trail, 51 weddington. starting in the 50s, wind up in the low 80s, lots of sunshine, nice and warm, let you know about a cool-down coming in time for the weekend. 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. looking live i-77, clanton road, 6:00 volume beginning to pick up across the charlotte area just a bit. coming in from gastonia, this is from highway 321 on to 77 or 85, excuse me, 19 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. you see from 321 on to 85, you have that green light. coming southbound out of lake norman, 77 looking good this morning, 85 concord or kannapolis, no problems. here in the charlotte area, around the 485 perimeter, no problem there. we have an early morning accident on providence road in toward center city. we have

mark harris, pastor of first baptist church in charlotte. he told the crowd he is the only candidate that can take on donald trump. >> it is becoming abundantly clear if you want to beat donald trump our campaign is the only one that can do it. there are a lot of people who like marco rubio, who like john kasich, they are good, honorable men i respect, neither has any plausible path to the nomination. neither one of them can get to 1237 delegates. >> he criticized trump's loyalty in concord calling him a man who thinks he is an emporer. >>> go to wbtv.com and that is where you can see ted cruz's reaction after a reporter interrupted him at yesterday's event. >>> still ahead on wbtv news this morning, after nearly four years, charlotte-mecklenburg police think they have solved the murder of a pregnant teenager. how the teen's parents reacted to news of an arrest. [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now makes your internet do more. honey! [laughing] honey? our ultra-fast internet with home wifi keeps your devices connected,

we do it tomorrow but after a low of 32 in charlotte. outlying areas colder than that. 75 wednesday, 74 thursday, late showers thursday, early friday. most of the weekend is dry. the pattern nice, if you're wanting warmer conditions. gorgeous sunrise from lake norman. now, first alert traffic. >> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: a closer look at an accident we told you about a few minutes ago on i-77 at john and emergency vehicles looks to be blocking at least one lane there on 77 as you get on the john belk. let's see how much of a residual delay this is causing. you can see that stretch there right as you get to charlotte, highlightedhighlighted in red. >> brody: here is three stories we're following an officer shot in the durham area, fortunately he is expected to survive. the >> president obama making the first visit to cuba in more than 85 years. >>> 730 pounds of plutonium on the way to south carolina being picked up japan, safely stored here in the united states. >> christine: we have

upper 70s in charlotte now. we fell shy of 80 this afternoon. and the warmth, that's just the beginning. all the conditions are coming together for powerful storms for mid march. for more on that, let's head to the roof, the channel 9 roof. we go to john ahrens. >> reporter: we're looking and paying attention closely to the clouds and cloud development. we're seeing cumulus clouds. and these clouds are building up from top to bottom. you can see the smaller ones. in the background, the clouds are starting to grow in height. the taller that they get, the mar dangerous they get. and the heat is what's leading that on. pretty soon you get to the point where they're growing up so high that they start to get into some colder air and that will lead to big hailstones that could be dropping down. that's why hail is a significant threat. to take us through the storm time line, here's steve. >>> west of charlotte through the mountains and foothills at 7:00 or 8:00 tonight. for the charlotte area the time line is 9:00 to 10:00. then it's out of here very q

. >>> a second case of mumps charlotte. when the student contracted the virus and what the university is saying about the threat to other students. >>> local businesses are now waiting to the find out how the bankruptcy of a texas company will affect i-77 toll lanes. >> we feel like it does leave us on the hook. >> the steps they are now taking to renew the fight against the project. >>> good friday morning to you. >> thank you for joining us. we're going to have those stories for you in a moment. but first, we have a look at today's conditions. it felt a little cooler outside this morning. but the rain is gone. the rain from last night has moved out. it's just going the take a while to get things to dry out this morning. the rain is off to the east but still gray and a little mist and cloud cover here in charlotte. and light snow up into the mountains and we expect some slick travel up there. but all the road cam, roads just look wet with temperatures close to freezing still. obviously some slick patches will be found. mid

in the charlotte area, 65. there will be a wild range until temperatures today from the charlottement row south and east, those numbers in the 60s, maybe even close to 70 for some of those south carolina upstate counties later this afternoon. tomorrow is the first day of spring, also palm sunday, it will be drier but there is as 30% shower chance which will come tomorrow night. also cool things off more to 58 for our sunday high. stay in the 50s through monday and then by the mid to later part of the week we come back up in the 60s and 70s with dry weather also back in the forecast. >> kristen: warmer weather soundth good. i like the mid 70s, that makes me happy. >> lyndsay: just been so nice the past two weeks. cooler but closer to average. 70s will be coming back bull that is above average. >> forces uses to stay inside and get stuff done we have been neglecting because we wanted to play outside. >> lyndsay: like watching basketball. >> kristen: coming up next, spot lighting the role of healthy neating during

carver road in charlotte. if you see her, call 911. >> christine: we are working to learn what caused a fire in this building on north tryon street, more than 60 firefighters had to be called to the large brick warehouse last night. the road was blocked for hours as crews extended hose is a cross the street. firefighters used giant fans to blow out some of the smoke. no one was hurt. >>> we're just getting started here at 5:00 a.m. a first of its kind attack on accused of doing and how apple is responding. >> john: kristen miranda live in the alert center. >> kristen: hearing from people involved in the train derailment in california last night into this morning. people in the train cars that derailed, one of them in the water, i'll have the latest from the alert center. >> john: about to go to commercial break, a quick check of the first alert weather temperatures, 50 degrees here in charlotte. but how about this, 33 in boone. 48 shelby, 46 lancaster, 50 wadesboro. here is a live look at i-77 at clanton road.