the north carolina department of transportation to assess ways to break the contract with cintra, the company building the new lanes. the move is after another road that the temperature operates here in texas declared bankruptcy there. the road was the subject of an on your side investigation weeks ago. our reporter drove that road and is live with more on the story. nick? >> paul, experts we talked with last month warned north carolina leaders to think twice before moving forward on the contract. that's why we travel to the now bank result highway in texas to ask questions the leaders should have been asking from the start. the company that operates 130 in texas declared bankruptcy after years of operating on lower than` expected revenue from ridership that nearly materialized. an investigation visited the road just last month. >> what very been driving on the highway 130 for several miles and so far we have passed one >> the road is owned by a subsidiary of the company cintra, the company contracted by ncdot to build the i-77 toll lanes. and knick's transportation secretary is now l

and in texas, cintra currently owns a highway that parallels a free state-run interstate. when our reporter drove that toll road, it was virtually empty. so here's an obvious question: who dropped that ball when it came to investigating cintra's track hired them for the job? you wouldn't hire a contractor for your home without checking out their references. so why didn't the state do the proper research beforesigning a multi-billion llar contract? r state legislators are e only ones who can stop e i-77 toll lane project w. t your voice be heard fore it's too late. eakout@wbtv.com. >> john: 4:55. this is just in the newsroom, want to let you know about a school delay. avery county schools telling operating on a two-hour delay today. avery county schools, two-hour delay. could be black ice, could be winter weather kind of conditions up this causing that. >>> more than five years have passed since the body of zahra baker was found in the foothills of north carolina. a manhunt went on for months for baker, now we're getting new insight in that investigation. steve crump talked

>> cintra has a track record of success on a global basis. >> in the united states it has not. would you say the dot misspoke when they defended that? >> no, i think cintra has a track record of success for delivering major infrastructure projects. >> asked why he was going to texas monday, he said essentially because the governor asked him to. >> that is a good reason to go, to, that is sufficient right there. >> why didn't you ask these questions years ago? >> which questions are you saying i didn't ask? >> you said you're going to texas for the first times are starting to explore this i'm wondering why you didn't take this hard look at cintra's business model you and dot, hard look at the model years ago? >> i think it has been looked at and it is been reviewed and approved by the folks that are placed the debt on the project. >> that is nick ochsner reporting this morning. he will travel to austin along with cory smith to cover the transportation secretary's trip to meet with officials in texas. you can look for their coverage monday. >>> a showdown brewing in south carolin

a subsidiary of cintra, the company building the i-77 toll highway in texas. yesterday, mccrory expressed doubt about the financial stability of cintra. >> what we're doing is a thorough review of what the action in texas entails and how it may or may not impact the north carolina project. >> highway in texas was at the center of on your side investigation two weeks ago. we uncovered cintra's track record of failed roads across the united states. of the four roads the company operates, three have gone bankrupt, or sold amid financial troubles. mccrory's transportation secretary will head to texas monday to meet with cintra executives. >>> inmate who walked away from a pre-release center in rock hill is back in custody this morning. zachary reeves was caught in georgia. he was caught at a school where he is accused of taking money and a gun. before his escape serving eight years for second degree burglary. will now be extradited back to >>> two teens face charges after police in salisbury say they attacked an elderly woman. happened on faith road. the two teens

the transportation secretary will meet with cintra monday. to talk to a lawyer but are worried how much it will cost? we are oh providing free legal information today. we will have a team of licensed attorney in our studio all day to take calls. our 4 all free legal information hotlines starts in less than two hours, from 7:00 until 7:00 tonight. that was the number you can call, we will remind that throughout the morning. >>> if you missed the republican presidential debate, we have you covered. when the democrats will have their next debate. >> john: about to go to commercial break, before we do, check first alert weather temperatures, 38 in charlotte, freezing in boone where it has been snowing. looked like it slacked off. 39 in rock hill, 40 in wadesboro. traffic-wise, a live look at i-77, south tryon, things are moving smoothly. and traffic on wbtv news this morn this afternoon at dunkin', save when you sip. get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dun

that company was a subsidiary of cintra, which is building the i-77 toll lanes. wbtv's mark davenport is live in charlotte this morning with much more on this story. and mark, we've investigated this particular highway before, tell us what is going on. >> reporter: john, yeah, the problems that our wbtv investigation uncovered really here, wbtv we traveled out to texas to get on the highway, really understand it firsthand experience for ourselves, what we saw was eye-opening. when we were out there we saw the highway was barely traveled. i want to show you video of the highway, state highway 130 in texas. the company that operates the road declared bankruptcy on wednesday, that road is owned by subsidiary of the spanish company cintra, like you talked about. the same contracted by nc-dot to build i-77 toll lanes. the secretary is looking for ways to break the contract. that is welcome news to mecklenburg county commissioner jim puckett who was against it from the start. >> at the end of the day, what you have is this, n c-dot used texas as the poster child why th

they reviewed the cintra contract and didn't have a problem with it. bill: 90 cats found inside of a house in mooresville. workers are testing and treating the cats to find them homes. out of 90 cats, 2 were dead when animal control went inside the house. this started when an officer noticed a strong smell coming from inside the home. charges could be filed as soon as tomorrow. kayla: the primary for north carolina isn't for another two weeks but starting today you can make your vote count. more than 360 early voting sites opened up across the state today. if you want to cast a ballot, you can stop at any early voting location in the county you live in until next saturday. if you miss the regular voter registration deadline, you can register at one of the early voting sites, you will be asked to show a photo i.d., exceptions are available if you don't have one. south carolina house of representatives could change the age requirements for passengers in the front seat. while some lawmakers say the potential changes will strengthen safety in the state, dr

ask nc-dot to explore ways to break its contract with cintra. we started asking questions months ago because our leaders in raleigh wouldn't. so here's an obvious question: what took so long? you wouldn't hire a contractor for your home without checking out their references. so why didn't the state do the proper research before signing a multi-billion dollar contract? call the governor's office to encourage him to kill >> kristen: a charlotte dot was in the right place at the right time and made an expensive rescue. hundreds in cash blew in a storm drain, one woman is grateful to have it back. kristen hampton has the good news. >> we was driving down hoskins, this young lady on the corner waving her hands. >> reporter: woman flagging down her. $200 she planned to pay toward her rent blew out of her car and straight in the worst possible place. the very best possible people stopped to help. john jones is the crew chief for the three-man team from charlotte dot. >> we assessed the situation and carefully removed the grate, i carefully climbed in t

they reviewed the cintra contract and didn't have a problem with it. bill: 90 cats found inside of a house in mooresville. workers are testing and treating the cats to find them homes. out of 90 cats, 2 were dead when animal control went inside the house. this started when an officer noticed a strong smell coming from inside the home. charges could be filed as soon as tomorrow. kayla: the primary for north carolina isn't for another two weeks but starting today you can make your vote count. more than 360 early voting sites opened up across the state today. if you want to cast a ballot, you can stop at any early voting location in the county you live in until next saturday. if you miss the regular voter registration deadline, you can register at one of the early voting sites, you will be asked to show a photo i.d., exceptions are available if >>> a bill introduced to the south carolina house of representatives could change the age requirements for passengers in the front seat. while some lawmakers say the potential changes will strengthen safety in the

it is owned by cintra, contracted to build the i-77 toll lane. north carolina transportation secretary is looking for ways to break the contract. that is welcome news to the >> at the end of the day, you have used texas as the poster child of why this is great financially, and from program perspective, so now it really blows up in their face. >> we reached out to cintra. they told us the bankruptcy will have no effect on the i-77 toll lane project. officials say they have no time table moving forward but will be sending our the secretary of transportation to have a face to texas monday. we will continue to follow the story on wbtv. >> this is making political fodder ways after news of cintra filing bankruptcy, attorney general, a democrat running for governor, released a statement in response, and said in part, even the governor has to dited now he cut a bad deal for north carolina. he should stop stalling and should have been signed. >> four member robbed a southeast charlotte convenience store at gunpoint, four suspects have been arrested. we b

the i-77 express lane project being built by the i-77 mobility partners a subsidy of cintra. another project being build in austin, texas declared bankruptcy yesterday. now the head of the ncdot is flying to texas to meet to transportation leaders to talk about the future of the i-77 project. this comes after my 9 investigates tuesday when i uncovered the amount of money cintra expects to make from tolls. for the partial year, $5.1 million is expected to be made. in 2019, $24.6 million. toll protestors and some politicians are hoping that the >> if this project is filing for bankruptcy, it's kind of a house of cards. >> cintra's projects in the united states have failed before like in september of 2014 which the spanish company's project in indiana had to declare bankruptcy. reporting live in cornelius, joe bruno, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> thanks, joe. >>> today the cms board of education will discuss the search project for a new superintendent. it will meet at noon. we told you last month the board voted to extend ann clark's contract through june 30th of next year. this

nc-dot says the secretary of transportation will head to texas on monday to meet with cintra. couldn't provide any other details on a time line or possible options moving forward. we have extensive coverage of the i-77 toll lane project from multiple investigations we've done. go to wbtv.com, that is where you can see all our investigative reports including the road in texas that went bankrupt. >>> the chesterfield county sheriff named the temporary chief law enforcement officer in pageland after an emergency town council session. this comes after nearly every police officer walked off the reinstatement of the police chief who is under a state investigation. chief larry brown will work under the direction of the sheriff and work with town officials to get the police staffing addressed. right now off duty chesterfield county deputies are helping to police pageland streets while the town figures out the police staffing controversy. >> some of the officers told us they left because they don't want to work, they have a vote off in confidence, what is going on? >> i will work with

road declared bankruptcy on wednesday, that road is owned by a subsidiary of the spanish company, cintra, the same company contracted by nc-dot to build the i-77 toll lanes. north carolina's transportation secretary is now looking for a way to break the state's contract and that is welcome news to mecklenburg county commissioner jim puckett who was against this from the beginning. >> the end of the day what you have is this is an embarrassment, nc-dot used texas as the poster child why this is great financially and from a really blows up in their face. >> reporter: now we also reached out to cintra, they told us that the texas bankruptcy will have no impact on i-77's project. nc-dot officials don't have a time line what they will do next but they do know they are sending the secretary of transportation out to texas on monday to meet with cintra face-to-face meeting, we'll get more information when that happens, we'll bring it to you first here on wbtv. reporting live, mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> christine: right now, let's get back to kristen miranda. >> john: live in the alert

several leader haves been tracking cintra's movements. even if the state cuts ties, toll lanes could likely still come to our area. the charlotte regional transportation planning organization believes that toll lanes are still the best way to manage traffic in the future. >>> new at 11:00, police arrested a man who they say shot a woman in the head in northwest charlotte. facing charges tonight for the three different crime scenes. police believe the shooting actual happened on caps hill mine road. they found the victim, cecil thomas a mile and a half away in a car. >>> all new at 11:00, police made an arrest in a west charlotte arson case. brown broke into a home in december on bradford drive and set it on fire while people were inside. that fire caused $20,000 in damage. the police report does not say if anyone was hurt in that fire. >>> new information tonight, police say that tyreke oliver are facing charges after shots were fired in a busy south end neighborhood. we brought this to you as breaking news yesterday at 5:00. at least two

a subsidiary of cintra, the private company building the i-77 toll lane has just filed for bankruptcy. on this road project in texas. and that prompted governor pat mccrory to send north carolina's dot secretary to the lone star state. his mission, find out what >> these are separate corporate entities, some should have been successful, others have not. i have to make sure our taxpayers are protected with regard to this action. in texas, i'm going to make sure we do a thorough review of that. >> reporter: the group opposing known as widen i-77 wonders if mccrory's move is just for show. struck us as a bolt out of the blue. we're wondering whether he's sending the secretary to actually figure out a way to cancel this contract or whether this is all for form. >> reporter: the ncdot tells us north carolina's current contract with cintra protects taxpayers from financial losses. at's a quote. widen i-77 says it's just not true. the group claims if the project defaults on its loans, of dollars. >> we'd like clarification from the governor and the dot how the taxpayer would not be at fault

part of the big scheme with cintra. >> reporter: although the ncdot says cintra's contract does protect taxpayers from any financial losses, widen i-77 leader are not so sure and claim the local economy will lose money over the lifetime of the contract. >> this contract is so bad for the citizens of lake norman. citizens say we need to cancel the project. >> reporter: they think the state should get out before it's too late. >> thevate almost 200% over capacity, and it's dangerous. >> the one advantage is we live here and we're not going away, we have to win the last one. >> reporter: ncdot officials say at the request of the governor, the agency is reviewing every available option, both legal and financial to reassess the i-77 mobility partners business live in cornelius, ashlee mcgeehan, fox 46 wjzy. kayla: thank you, ashlee. ncdot secretary met with texas dot officials to discuss toll road projects, the conversation was productive and more information on the meeting will be released soon. >>> new at 10:00, a union county jury convicts a man on multiple sex offenses with a teenaged bo

. >> at the end of the day, right, it is pretty clear this is a method and a methodology of cintra and how they do business and canceled many projects in the past and fully expect this one to default as well. >> it's a misuse of money, and we need to learn more about that and pay attention to what our government's doing, no matter if you are a democrat or republican, it doesn't matter. everybody needs to pay is spent. >> reporter: widen i-77 supporters weren't surprised to see that cintra filed for bankruptcy on its texas toll project. >> we should learn and we should be grateful to states of texas and indiana and others who have taken the hit so we don't have to. seems like we're going down the same primrose path. >> this is nothing new, all part of the big scheme with cintra. >> reporter: although the ncdot says cintra's contract does protect taxpayers from any financial losses, widen i-77 leader are not so sure and claim the local economy will lose money over the lifetime of the contract. >> this contract is so bad for the citizens of lake norman. citizens say we need to cancel the

we learned a subsidiary of cintra,s company building the toll lanes declared bankruptcy in texas. and there was expressed doubt. >> there is a review of what the action in texas entails and how it may or may not impact the project. >> the troubled highway in texas was at the center of an on your we uncovered cintra's record of failed roads. the four the company operates, three have gone bankrupt or sold amid final troubles. the transportation secretary will head to texas to meet with the executives t is unclear if the administration will take action or change or canceling the contract. >>> new at 11, an elderly woman attacked while she was walking out of a lowe's store in salisbury. two teens knocked her to the ground trying to grab her purse a bystander jumped in to help, tackling a teen to the ground holding him there until the police arrived. the teen attackers were caught. the woman is okay. she has a bump on her head. there is a thought when someone is put in jail they stay there because they commit a crime, that's not always the case a follow up to a repeat offender we highl

last week tennyson attended a conference son sr.ed by cintra everybody the company building the i-77 toll lanes right here in charlotte. pre-35pre-planned, they mingled with executives. today the secretary will get the real deal on this company's work in texas. wbtv sent a team out west, we'll have updates on the meeting both on air and online for you at wbtv.com. reporting live i'm mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> christine: thank you, mark. it is 5:33, let's check back in with brody o'connell in the alert center. >> brody: a violent crime spree happened in new york city. this is disturbing what we're reading off cnn. apparently this is the suspect right here, 23-year-old patrick dylan went on a spree slashing a man, setting a homeless man on fire. it appears according to police what i'm reading the attacks were at random. late last night police caught up with him, he sprayed some sort of accelerant on new york city police officers and they were burned during this attempt to arrest him, finally the suspect was shot twice in the legs and they brought him in custody. but really a

officials in texas about cintra's performance in building and operating that now-bankrupt highway. last week it was tennyson who attended a conference sponsored by cintra, the company building the i-77 toll lanes right here in charlotte. a pre-planned for rumplanned forum. they were mingling with cintra executives and today the secretary will be getting the real deal about the company's workings in texas to figure out exactly what went on out there. wbtv investigates is sending a team out west, we'll have coverage on this this afternoon on air and online. you can find us there, wbtv.com. reporting live, i'm mark davenport, wbtv on your side. early voting numbers from mecklenburg county for next week's primary elections. more than 13,500 votes been cast since voting began last thursday. more than 600 absentee ballots have been sent in for a total of 14,000 votes so far. early voting is underway right now, continues through saturday and of course the primary is march 15th. >>> campaign 2016 taking center stage in michigan as democratic candidates took to the stage. hillary clinton an

tonight's meeting was in response to a recent bankruptcy announcement by a texas company created by cintra. currently building the local toll lane along i-77. we talked with one resident who is against the project. >> very much believe this is a misguided project. it's not going to help. it's not intended to really help congestion at all. it's intended to make money for the investors. >> the north carolina dot says it will have a report to the governor in the coming weeks. about what the transportation meeting with the texas dot on monday. >>> it is likely that tolls will be built along charlotte interstates, even if cintra is not involved. local transportation leaders told channel 9 that toll lanes are still the best way to manage traffic. they say years of research back up their plans for paid lanes across the charlotte metro. >> still no arrest after five shootings in charlotte this week. the latest violence was earlier today with deadly shots fired on parkland circle. >> new at 11:00, eyewitness news reporter learned the name of that victim. >> yes, cmpd identified the victim as michae

but when we tried to ask secretary tennyson any details about the visitor any questions about cintra in general, we got shot down. >> statement that i've got is total statement i've got -- >> you won't answer any more questionses? >> that's right, thank you. >> it will take weeks before visit. i went to cintra's headquarters nick ochsner, wbtv on your side. >> christine: stay with wbtv we'll have continuing coverage of the story, nick has spent months investigating the i-77 toll lanes and the company behind them. you can see all of his reports right now at wbtv.com. charlotte-mecklenburg school board is scheduled to meet today to discuss several topics. the biggest of which is to talk about future of construction and renovations in the school district. wbtv's ashton pellom live in charlotte with a look ahead to today's work session, so ashton, tell us what is expected to happen today. >> reporter: good morning, john. you mentioned construction and renovation project, that is to the tune of $2 billion and superintendent ann clark wants those projects to be voted on on this november's

cintra, the spanish company who has the contract for the work filed for bankruptcy on a project in texas today. as a result, mccrory ordered ncdot to order every option to completely reassess the entire i-77 business model and the current contract. ncdot officials will be flying to austin on monday to meet to talk about the situation. the controversial project is under construction and is set to cost $650 million. it would stretch for more than 20 miles north of charlotte and met fierce resistance from local municipalities and groups who say the toll lanes aren't necessary and there are cintra. just earlier this year, charlotte city council voted in support of the project and the charlotte regional transportation organization voted to reaffirm its support of the project as well. kayla: i spoke with the leader of a group opposed to the toll lane project, curt noss of widen i-77 says quote -- i-77 mobility partners also sent us a statement, reinforcing that today's filing has no financial impact express lanes and that this has not affected the construction schedule here. bill: also new at

cintra, the spanish company who has the contract for the work filed for bankruptcy on a project in texas today. as a result, mccrory ordered ncdot to order every option to completely reassess the entire i-77 business model and the current contract. ncdot officials will be flying with texas dot representatives to talk about the situation. the controversial project is under construction and is set to cost $650 million. it would stretch for more than 20 miles north of charlotte and met fierce resistance from local municipalities and groups who say the toll lanes aren't necessary and there are too many questions about cintra. just earlier this year, charlotte city council voted in support of the project and the charlotte regional transportation organization voted to reaffirm its support of the project as well. kayla: i spoke with the leader of a group opposed to the toll lane project, curt noss of widen i-77 says quote -- i-77 mobility partners also sent us a statement, reinforcing that today's on the operation of the i-77 express lanes and that this has not affected the construction schedul

. >> it is a terrible situation, and cintra should not have the contract. tshted be taken away immediately. >> i am delighted you have done your speak out on the toll lanes and are basically telling people to call governor mccrory and tell him to cancel the contract. >> thanks to all of you who took the time to call or write. >> gorgeous afternoon. 83, that would tie a record for today's date in charlotte. we may break it. 75, cooler tomorrow. 69 friday. small chance of showers saturday overnight lows are chilly early next week. 32 monday morning, 6 for the high. beyond that, more sunshine, temperatures warming rapidly middle of next week. >> anchor: few more days of colder weather. thanks for watching. lucy up for adoption at the check it out. now at havertys furniture, it's our spring home event, where you can create the perfect home. from now until march twenty-first... you'll find huge savings on stylish pieces, plus you'll save an extra one hundred dollars, and, we're offering twenty-four month, no interest financing. come in today for storewide saving

. >> i'm wondering why you did not take this like at the cintra model why not take it years ago. >> i thick it has been looked at and it is reviewed and approved by the folks that placed a debt on the project. >> and that failed stretch and in an investigation weeks ago. nick will go back to texas monday with every development. >> popular chapel chapel hill bar linked to a crash that killed two women is back open tonight. he's not here is one cited after a former unc student and friends were allowed in despite being under age. after leaving, he drove drunk and caused that crash, a girl was killed in the accident. >>> all new at 11. trackers and pepper spray that's what the f.b.i. said they used to steal nearly $5 million in gold bars in a hollywood like heist. that was this time last year on i-95. the ring leader spent a year planning it out. the truck was making a shipment of gold to a jewelry processing plant in massachusetts. agents say perez used a device to track the truck's location and the right moment he remotely set off a pepper spray device to subdue the drivers. up cones an

has had several problems in the >> james johnson of charlotte: >> it is a terrible situation and cintra should not have that contract. them immediately. >> and william rakatansky of huntersville: >> i am delighted that you have done your speakout tonight on the toll lanes, and are basically telling people to call governor mccrory and tell him to cancel the contract. >> thanks to all of you who took the time to call or >> tell us what you think. >> john: 4:55, a drone comes close to two planes at charlotte douglas international airport. the drone almost interfered with the planes as they made the approach to the airport saturday evening. this is an active investigation, police have not made any arrests. affording to faa rules, they are not supposed to fly within five miles of airports. >>> work to widen independence will resume. the previous contractor defaulted on the project. officials will not pay more than the originalled by for the project of $51.7 million. the final completion date is april of next year. the dot says it will meet with the contractor and discuss the date for crews t

. >> reporter: after a toll project spear-headed by cintra, the same company building i-77's lanes went bankrupt.&'`4:! >> 2016 was0/ the filing on march 3rd, 2016. they were surprised. >> we are in a different boat over the same river or the >> reporter: nk tennyson flew to texas to meet with officials. wbtv was there, too. the state of north carolina project. >> he went to texas, he went ere to look for reasons to cover up the problem or reasons to cancel the problem. >> reporter: many clearly angry. >> why is there any penalty to breaking a fraudulent contract to begin with? >> reporter: the research suggests toll cost cost upwards of $15 a day. a price tag this group is not willing to pay. >> my hope is to be ablez to travel freely, go to target when i want to go to target. >> reporter: despite the controversy, n c-dot says it has noeffect on north carolina. reporting in cornelius, sarah blake morgan, wbtv on your side. the project for years. see all the reporti ng at wbtv.com. >>> police have not sai if charges have been filed in a deadlyhooting in etnk charlotte. officers spent ho

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we pressed cintra for answers in response to our investigation of the i-77 toll project. today in austin we came to their headquarters to get answers at last but when we went to the lobby we were told no one would speak with us. >> we're wondering if anyone is willing to talk with us. >> they're at lunch, i'll assist you. >> silence comes as leaders are pushing back toll roads held up by north carolina leaders. >> intense movement in the state to get rid of the toll roads. >> a reporter at at the texas tribune. some are exploring all options to get rid of tolls. transportation committee said he thinks we have too many toll roads he wants to get rid of them he ordered tex-dot to look into pay off every toll road in the state. >> reporting in austin, texas, nick ochsner, wbtv on your side. >> nick spent months investigating toll lanes and the company behind them, you can see all his reports right now on our website, wbtv.com. >>> still ahead on wbtv news this morning, sports reporter erin andrews winning a lawsuit against a man who stalked her and secretly recorded her whil

on monday, he questioned them about the cintra toll road that went bankrupt outside of austin. >>> the breaking news center right now. police near pittsburgh are overnight shooting that left five people dead and three injured. the victims were in a backyard party last night when police say two people started shooting and it happened in a nearby alley. police have not released a motive or said if they have any suspects at this point. channel # is following the story in burg -- story in pittsburgh and wpxi will be updating you as new information comes in. >>> overnight police and state investigators went adds the albemarle home looking for clues after a man and woman tried to bury a body 85 miles away. channel 9 was in alexander county when the suspects admitted to the crime. >> we was just -- we brought him up here. i just trying to hide him. i didn't know what to do. >> police say the suspect tony hearne lived with the victim who's his uncle in albemarle. channel 9 went to their homes where neighbors told us they loved tiko and called him the dance machine. >> i a lot of times in the r

. >> reporter: after the project in texas spearheaded by cintra went bankrupt. >> awed there what a bankruptcy filing and dot said they were surprised. >> we're in a different boat same water fall. >> and officials flew to texas to meet with officials. and wbtv was there, too. but the state is continuing to stand by the project. >> he went to texas he went there to look for reasons to cover up the problem or reasons to cancel the problem. >> reporter: many here are angry. >> why is there a penalty to breaking a fraudulent contract. >> the research suggests that the tolls could cost $15 a day, a price tag the group is not willing to pay, my hope is to travel freely, to go to target when i want to go. >> despite the controversy nc dot is standing behind the project saying whatever happened in texas has no effect on north carolina and the governor receiving a lot of heat inside the building tonight. reporting in cornelius, sarah blake-morgan, wbtv on your side. >> and wbtv has been investigating the i-77 project you can see all the reporting and the facts right now at wbtv.com. >>> and take a loo

. >> james johnson of charlotte: >> it is a terrible situation and cintra should not have that contract. it should be taken away from them immediately. >> and william rakatansky of huntersville: >> i am delighted that you have done your speakout tonight on the toll lanes, and are basically telling people to call governor mccrory and tell him to cancel the contract. >> thanks to all of you who took the time to call or speakout@wbtv.com. >> kristen: money spent on march madness bracket is adding up to big bucks. american gaming association $9.2 billion on the brackets this year. more than double the amount spent on sports gambling last year in nevada. the association says 40 million americans filled out 70 million brake kepts for the tournament this year. brackets. >>> looking for a great way to spend the weekend visit the acc hall of champions in greensboro. our southern weekend travel series takes a step to see what it is about. rachel lee has more. >> reporter: i'm with mark with the acc hall of champion also. when i think of acc i think of basketball. >> you better believe it. all abo

a subsidiary of cintra, the cio building thecompany building the toll lanes declared bankruptcy. what the action in texas entails and how it may or may not impact the north carolina projectct >> the troubled highway in texas was at the center of an on your side investigation weeks ago. in our digging, we uncovered the track record of failed roads across the united states. of the four roads the company operates, three have now gone bankrupt or sold amid financial troubles. mccrory's transportation secretary will head to texas monday to meet with cintraexecutives. >> kristen: the arlotte-mecklenburg school ard is taking steps to find e district's next perintendent. ard members turned to former mber trent merchant who told e school board to re-think how hears from the community. s background is in cruitment. says the old way of hosting rge community forums can get stracting and be a waste of time. some board members agree. >> we are more than happy to hear from anybody that wants to share but i don't think we need to spend the taxpayer dollars or time to reengage and ask the >> this

critics have also been outspoken about the company says cintra doesn't have a good last week they declared bankruptcy on a similar project in austin, texas, but the head of the ncdot does not think that will mean the i-77 contract will be canceled. he will be flying back this afternoon and issue a report in the coming weeks. >>> back in the breaking news center about information on a deadly crash last night in union county. we made map to show you where it happened. rich road near indian trail fairview road. a 22-year-old charlotte woman died in a single car crash around 11:15 last night, and they said she lost control of her car, overcorrected, and then the car hit a tree, and they said speed is a factor. her name has not been released pending notification of her family. >>> there were heating exchanging last night between hillary clinton and bernie sanders last night, and tangled over flint's water crisis, wall street, and their voting records in the senate. each other and accused one another of misrepresenting their records. each said they had the momentum to beat donald trump in the ge

comes after a company that operated it failed highway in texas declared bankruptcy, a subsidiary of cintra, building the i-77 toll lanes. >>> let's get a check of traffic here is chris larson. >> chris: christine, thank you, first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. accident has taken down power lines at the intersection of bradford and hovis road. expect you'll find delays there. police blocking that intersection. that did take down traffic signals up on brookshire boulevard, those have been repaired but the in and outbound delays between with heavy traffic in and around the intersection. also seeing heavy traffic i-77 through center city both north here is meteorologist al conklin conklin. >> al: next round of wet weather coming from the west. snow across the ohio valley, not coming to the charlotte area, there will be snow in the mountains. rest of us rain but will take most of the day for this to arrive. out there this morning, dry, no rain being picked up on any part of our area. this is our lake norman cam, you can see the clouds are are thickening up, as we look

sn't mada blicesention in ar a year, but members say 's needed...now that the builder involved, "cintra", filed for bankruptcy on a texas project. if the i-77 project goes under, "widen i- 77" says taxpayers will have to fork dollars. tonight's meeting at 7:00 at cornelius town hall. baseball season is just about here - and now's your chance to get a job at the ballpark. the charlotte knights will hold a food service job fair tonight at 4 oclock. they're looking for seasonal employees for concessions, suite serving and bartending. the job fair will be in the budweiser home plate club at b- b-and-t ballpark. coming up on n- b-c charlotte, why north carolina governor pat mccrory is in cleveland county this morning. but first, tori spelling swings which is what you should not be. because at least in new york, it's springtime. it's the '70s, we can feel it. it's like knocking on the door. >> and it's thursday. >> and it's thursday. and friday eve. friday eve. one more wake-up. a great show today. tory spelling is here. she had her hands full, juggling four kids, a couple tv specials and she

earlier this week -- governor mccrory says the state is "reassesing" its contract with cintra. this - after a branch of the company involved in a toll lane project from austin to san antonio -- went bankrupt. secretary tennyson says the issues in texas will not impact the project in our area. york county could put a stop to new construction in some rapidly growing cities. the county is debating a proposal that would ban housing development in fort mill and bethel townships. this would only be in effect until york county officials can figure out new criteria for construction. the proposal comes after complaints from locals about traffic and over-crowding. now lets get a check of the larry today...mostly sunny. highs in the upper 60s. tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. wednesday...most ly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. thursday...partly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. friday...mostly cloudy. highs in the mid 70s. saturday...mostl y cloudy with a chancef owshhs thewer sance of rain 4rcent.nday...most oudy with ae ofowers and understorms. highs in thewer 7.chance of rn 50 rce

right now, north carolina transportation officials are in austin, going over plans with "cintra" -- the builder. "widen i-77" says it feels compelled to publicize its research and protect taxpayers. we might be able to break out the short leaves today... larry has a check of the forecast. today...mostly sunny. highs in the lower 70s. .wednesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. .thursday...partly sunny. highs in the mid .friday...mostly cloudy. highs in the mid 70s. .saturday...cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. highs in the lower 70s. .sunday...partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers. highs in the lower 70s. .monday...mostly sunny th a 30 perce chance of sws.ghs inthe wer 70s. coming up... burglars try a smash and grab robbery in huntersville... and larry has another check of the forecast... we're back with the morning's >>> taking a look at the headlines. today marks two years since malaysia airlines flight mh-370 vanished while flying from malaysia to china. an international team investigating the disappearance today said it's still reviewing key information. th