do have water main break, north trooper road at clark hill drive. make note of that for those every in you and around that area, and we've got debris in the roadway. now al gahm inning owe roadblocked at front street. >> busy night for philadelphia firefighters, battling these huge flames, right here, at local restaurant. "eyewitness news" was thereto capture that intense situation for you. we want to check in with justin finch at the scene for just germantown with more of that destruction. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, the cause of this fire is still under investigation this morning. as you can see hine me here, hours later crews are still here stamping out hot spots here at the house of jin. now those lad remembers lands every so crews could use host toss soak the widespread fire at ground high. grounds level, scorched. grounds level scorched, glassen cased dining area, the fire was called in at about 1:00 this morning, some two hours after closing time. when crews arrived, they found the house of jin taking heavy fire. h

lower providence township, a water main break at trooper road and clark hill drive. balligomingo road blocked at 320. airport road is blocked at macarthur drive. stick to commons bull very -- boulevard. he will myra avenue is shut down at front street, atco avenue will get you around that. >>> a gunman killed three people in a shooting in kansas. the shooter was killed in a shootout with police, they have an idea on a motive they insist is not connected to terrorism. police remained with a standoff with the gunman's roommate after the gunman was killed. >>> spca think they have uncovered a dog fighting operation in germantown. officials found the raiments remains of ten pitbulls yesterday evening. they found seven dead pitbulls at a vacant home across the street earlier this week. authorities have yet to identify any suspects. >>> and now we're tracking politics, going on to a heated and contentious gop presidential debate. the action was right here, donald trump and marco rubio. rubio took a couple of swings at trump. >>> you're the only person on the stage that are

we're getting reports of a water main break lower providence, trooper road at clark hill road. and crews coming to the scene of circle drive. we have an overturned vehicle with injuries on the scene, route 9 is blocked at masses town road. stick to the garden state parkway. we have a downed tree, in some cases they have not cleared them all, a downed tree he will -- he will -- el myra avenue. >> we continue to follow breaking news in the city's germantown neighborhood firefighters spent hours battling a raging restaurant fire. annie mccormick is live at the house of jin restaurant with more on the fire fight. >> reporter: matt, fire crews are out here behind me using the laureled trucks they are dousing the hot spots in the building of the restaurant. take a look at the video. this is how intense the flames were. the popular chinese and japanese restaurant at cheltenham and pulaski was consumed in the flames and the flames spread to the roof. it broke out at 1:00 a.m. and took an hour to get the blaze under control. it appears other businesses near the restaurant are not heavil

lower providence, watch out for a water main break, the road is blocked on north trooper road and clark hillve. be prepared to be diverted around that scene. 422, still doing okay. eastbound drive time from 29 to the schuylkill, hasn't budged yet, an eight-minute trip, speeds typically into the 60s. more updates when i come back in the next ten. >>> 5:10. a local police department is now outfitting dozens of its officers with body cameras. we'll tell you where it's happening and what the department hopes to accomplish. >>> plus, a deadly drive-by shooting caught on camera. we'll give you another look at this video as police tray to track down the western who reached out of a van and fired multiple shots. >>> happening this weekend, hollywood will celebrate its biggest night. >> they'll award the oscars sunday night. they say the academy lacks diversity. also, reverend al sharpton says he'll stage a rally sunday before the big event. the rally will push for a tuneout of the oscars. others plan similar rally around the country. >>> here in philadelphia, a committee called monitoring hollywood

we move over to lower providence where there's a water main break on north trooper road and clark hillive. causing delays, just follow those local detours, heading over into new jersey and ocean county. be prepared to watch out for that and see some delays. you can see the major surrounding areas as well, we are still seeing everything in the greene. not a lot of volume heading out the door there. >>> a screening hall, that's what could happen soon unless a deal is struck between the unions and nj transit. we'll tell you about the issues that are holding up the agreement and when a strike could happen. >>> plus, busted, despite his good grades, this pennsylvania high school student is in trouble with the law. find out why. >>> 5:33. this morning we're meeting a gloucester county teenager who's getting a helping hand from her classmate. christina is a student at clearview high school in mullica hill. she had multiple brain surgeries and her medical bills are piping up. her fellow classmates raised money with hoagies for hope. super bowl sunday was the day the students sold those hoagies

john clark here in cherry hill new jersey. >> join us at 11:00. >>> breaking news. tonight the voting begins in iowa as the nation takes its first step towards electing a new president. after months of campaigning, tens of millions spent, the final polls show just how close it is on both sides. can trump close the deal, or will cruz take down the front-runner? and can marco rubio surpris with a strong showing? and for hillary clinton, can she fight off a surging bernie sanders, or will 2008 repeat itself in another devastating loss? it's all about turnout, a ground game and a wild sprint to the dramatic finish tonight. "nightly news" from iowa begins right now. >> announce >> announcer: decision 2016, the iowa ca

hill. and michael clark joins us live. police say it happened near a local college. >> yes, that is right. this is an area of rock hill that is being developed inbetween winthrop university's campus and downtown rock hill is behind me and the bank this woman ran into for help is one of the only businesses in this area. could turn for help. the 20-year-old victim told police she is shaken up and it happened in broad daylight. she started her walk near stewart avenue and continued towards laurel wood cemetery when she noticed the person and started hearing footsteps and saw the man running towards her and the victim told police that he had a knife and was chasing after her talking to himself during this ordeal. she was able to run-in side a bank and hide in a restroom to get away from the man who did not stick around long. police did review video from the bank and saw a man following the woman and will release the video to us. police will tell us what the woman did right and more at 5:00. live in rock hill, michael clark wbtv

now reporting live here in rock hill, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. and hillary clinton pick up an endorsement today in south carolina from congressman jim clyburn. polls show hillary clinton leading bernie sanders. the democratic primary is a week from tomorrow. we will send an alert as soon as winners are declared. election results. >> the stage is set for a heated showdown at the city council meeting in charlotte. about the nondiscrimination ordinance. if approved it would give protections to people in the lgbt community. part of the proposal would allow someone transgendered to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify. councilmembers voted down the changes after protests last year. we will be there to let you know the outcome of the vote. >> next, after a long battle to build toll lanes on i-77 the state is asking for input about the project. the letter to local mayors from the dot and what it could mean for the contract. >> a new way to keep you safe on light-rail 0 or a bus. how police hope to fight crime with a new app. >> we hav

reporting live in rock hill, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. the narrowed republican presidential field gather tonight for the final time before super tuesday. after three straight wins donald trump walks into the debate as the g.o.p.'s presidential frontrunner and this is the final debate before voters in 12 states head to the polls on super tuesday. >> right now we check on the roads and windy but the sun is shining. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. let's check in again on the expressway of john belk by independence boulevard we had problems. mentioned windy and we had power lines down. and that has cleared which is great news for commuters. and also the accident right on and now we have an additional accident. another on independence at the john belk freeway. queens road and morehead are great alternate routes and we have an accident close to providence road in the area and then another accident at east boulevard and kennelworth avenue. so we continue to see problems around independence boulevard and center city. ba

hill. michael clark, wbtv on your side. >> john: it was a heated debate in wisconsin between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. this is the first debate since sanders commanding win in new hampshire tuesday. the two clashed over health care. sanders wants to create a single payer system but clinton says obama's health care law. sanders argues his proposal would save money for middle and lower income families. >>> the future toll lanes planned along i-77 will be reality. construct moving forward despite and ongoing battle to try to kill the project altogether. that battle is one that has played out in other states where cintra the company that is building the lanes here, has built and owned other roads. we wanted to know how other cintra roads have fared, we sent nick ochsner across the country to find out. >> reporter: before it started building the i-77 managed lanes. cintra operated three toll roads in texas, chicago and indiana. two of those roads have since been sold after the company hit financial difficulties. elected representatives of state of indiana say what happened in their sta

hill. michael clark is live. nine days from the republican primary. a lot of candidates are scrambling to shore-up their positions and get the last votes. >> that is right. ted cruz and ben carson are here to speak at a family values summit but candidates are spread all over the state with nine days before the g.o.p. primary. this is a time when we will see endorsement and guest speakers that is tonight here as well with rick santorum speaking for marco rubio campaigning in myrtle beach and jeb bush and john kasich are in the palmetto state to build on the momentum from the new hampshire primary. every candidate is chasing donald trump in the polls who spoke at clemson and ben carson has devoted a lot to south carolina and ted cruz polls well and looks to speak to evangelical voters. but protestors disagree with some of the candidates' >> too often they address it in a evangelical content and anti-lgbt anti-women's rights and they fail to address what falls under the umbrella of family values which is racism, poverty. >> now, ahead of this event we ha

in rock hill, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> south carolina's democratic primary is this coming saturday. >> right now thousands of people in our area are without power as the strong winds continue to roll through our area. let's get right to alex giles live in the alert center with updated numbers. >> we have been watching the maps all day. look at this latest map. in the charlotte area. the latest totals show 17,000 customers without power in mecklenberg county and we saw that number drop down to 11,000 an hour ago but it jumped backup. 5,000 people without power in gaston county. we will keep watching the numbers as the crews work to try and restore power. we will update you as soon as we get new numbers. >> thank you. winds and hail and tornadoes continues from florida up the mid-atlantic. next, on your side with a look at the latest round of severe weather that claimed five lives. >> paul as that line of thunderstorms moves out high winds are going nowhere and we are concerned about it. and perhaps look at that, way back to the northwest, snow on the horizon, that, too, com

michael clark is live in rock hill where republican candidate dr. ben carson will host a event this evening this is a key primary in the presidential race first in the south? >> absolutely and candidates like carson who may not be atop of every poll they are spending every last-minute with voters ahead of the primary where the results could force candidates to think about dropping out of the race. york county pretint voters admitted primaries are not usually a priority. >> normally i do not vote but this time there's so many contenders i would like to narrow the field. >> the field six candidates. campaigning in multiple cities in south carolina on the final day before the primary. all trying to sway voters still on the fence. william made his selection on the drive to the precinct. >> i was between two candidates. and so i stuck with my original i had thought about changing on the way up here. >> more than 2000 absentee ballots have been cast. turnout is expected to be high in the palmetto state like in iowa and new hampshire. >> and in particular,

michael clark joining us live from rock hill. michael? >> yes, jeb bush will make a time push for conservative voters here in rock hill. the event starts at 5:30 but event. and bush is not the only one in the charlotte area. ohio governor john kasich will be speaking to voters in indian land trying to campaign for voters in york county and lancaster counties. that begins at 6:00 p.m. every republican presidential candidate is in the palmetto state ahead of saturday's primary. donald trump kicks off an event in gaston. he is the frontrunner in the newest poll and ted cruz was in greenville and so was marco rubio with nikki haley who endorsed rubio yesterday. ted cruz will be in the rock hill tomorrow speaking to senior citizens and war veterans in rock hill. donald trump had to defend his faith today from comments. we will have information about why he did that coming up tonight on the news at 5:00 p.m. michael clark wbtv on your side. >> all right, michael see you at 5:00 p.m. >> new evidence suggests a virus and birth defects. they were

clark schmidt looking good on the hill for opening day. early strikeout there. and then the gamecock defense helping schmidt out behind him. u.s.c. struggled a little bit in hopkins helping schmidt out here in the third. one of two assists in the game for hopkins. that's a double play. hopkins one of five new position players in the starting line-up. the u.s.c. catcher john jones smacking this one to right center field. the transfer clears the bases. it's a three-run double and the gamecocks go on to get seven runs combined in the third and fourth innings. schmidt dealing on the mound. at last check, u.s.c. up 9-1 in the bottom of sixth inning. we'll have more tonight at 11:00. former assistant coach monty lee making his debut for the arch rival. lee is the third clemson baseball coach since 1958. game number one today against maine, ironically, lee's predecessor jack leggett's alma mater. third tiger batter of the season. rolling down the right field line. clemson takes a 2-0 lead. but not going anywhere. after bouncing back from a slow start, they come back to

hill. morgan was emotional and at times -- inaudible [. michael clark is on your side with more on morgan's plea. >> i love my brother. i still do to this very day. >> this day last year joshua hill was 13 months old and in march he died in a fire that his brother is accused of setting. >> he was my best friend. to kill him is killing a piece of myself. >> prosecutors told a judge the fire the two points of origin. one in a bedroom where hill was asleep and the other in the living room. according to investigators he admitted to lighting tea candles before the trailer >> whether he intended to kill his brother or not may be up for debate, but he obviously set the fire that ultimately killed his brother. >> morgan had a sel phone, but never use -- had a cell phone, but never used it to call for help. loved ones continue to stand behind him even after the death of the toddler. >> i will never get over losing my little boy. i will never get over my son my little boy. >> he is accused of unlawful conduct toward a child as part of the negotiated plea. he main

clark is at dr. ben carson's event in rock hill and will join us live at 5:00. >> i've moved over to the first alert weather center as we get ready for the spring like temperatures this weekend. i'm here with meteorologist lyndsay tapases. it is going to be in the 60s but there is a bit of a not picture perfect. >> yeah we think fully sunny. it will not be the case but it i do not think we will mind cloud cover. we have the sun for sure. and that allowed us to soar into the upper 50s out there right now. north of the city, we are in the mid-50s. fuf 5 from salisbury to statesville. 45 in boone and charlotte we are at 58. we'll bring up the towercam shot and it is a picture perfect friday afternoon. you are 57 in lancaster and monroe. satellite-radar confirming the clear sky with the exception of the mountains where you have cloud cover hanging on for you. if we zoom out and look upstream we have cloud cover off to the west it will be edging our way as we head into the weekend which is why it will not be sunny for saturday or sunday. but that will not stop the temperatures from soaring well into the

hills. mike dyer of wcpo dot com says the clark montessori boys are back in the tournament. they were disqualified earlier in the week, but dyer says the school proved it wasn't aware of a player who violated the state's residency rule. clark will play roger bacon on saturday. the boys at jac cen del high school in osgood indiana won the state title in 2009......now the girls will try to match it.-the lady eagles will play for the one-a championship saturday morning in indianapolis.-it's not a fluke....the lady eagles have been close before..and this this isn't a big school...only about 50 to 80 in a graduating glass-but every youngster from every age marched this afternoon into the gym...-and they danced and they shouter and they cheered on the eagles...-it's funny.....little schools can sometimes have the biggest of pep rallies. it seems like we say this every game...it's another important game for the uc bearcats to win this weekend. a lot of experts have them on the bubble for the upcoming tournament..they won't want to stumble. stumble.saturday, the bearcats are at east

remembered being honored by the sportswriters association and comcast sportsnet john clark is there live in cherry hill. >> such a big night for carli. >> it really s. it's just another award for carli lloyd. i can't think of anybody else who had a better year. you go back to the moment when you won the world cup gold medal and score three goals in the first 16 minutes, how has your life changed from that moment on? >> well, that happened on july 5 and i honestly haven't stopped since then. it's been great. i can't complain. i haven't had a lot of sleep but so many appearances, so many opportunities to meet athletes, actors, actresses, it's honestly been incredible. life has changed tremendously for me. >> you have president obama tweeting at you, you have athletes and also entertainers tweeting at you. you say you've gone nonstop since then, have you had a chance to take a breath and understand how special all of this is what you've done? >> yes and no. shortly after, you know, you want to reflect on it a little bit. but at the same time, so many great threatathletes don't rest their laurels. for me i

clark montessori. tough one tonight with north college hill. trojans are ballin' this season. a win tonight and they win a piece of the m-v-c. kameron thompson. wins a piece of the final quarter. n-c-h made a big run at clark to start the second half... but... mosi daniel. mo buckets. mosi did work on the offensive glass tonight. get on twitter. vote now for blessed. the fq top three. message from his head coach that says yes. true story. nch shares the mvc championship with butler is xavier's biggest conference rival. butler needs it for xavier needs to win the big east conference championship. sound big? so big it's on national t-v. see it here on fox19 now at 2:30. live post game post game press conferences - live... and a surprise live guest - only if the slipper still fits. hint much? throw all that in historic hinkle fieldhouse and we can't wait. trevon bluiett: "i like it. i love it. my first time going there last year was a great atmosphere, you know, the fans didn't really like me, but those are the type of environments that i live for. just hopefully this different."

clark. barbara: i'm barbara gibbs. thank you for joining us. we are in first alert mode with crews from the triangle to the sand hills and roxboro. john: some schools closed or late because of this weather. wake county, durham public, chapel hill carrboro closeded barbara: also orange chatham. edgecombe. franklin, tkwrapb develop. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren. john: two lower delay for clinton city, halifax, harnett, hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson county schools the we have a complete list on abc11.com on the home page. now weather and traffic together starting with meteorologist don schwenneker.

clark. barbara: i'm barbara gibbs. thank you for joining us. we are in first alert mode with live team coverage. we have live crews spread out triangle to the sand hills and roxboro where a good amount of snow is on the ground. john: some schools are closed or opening late. wake county, durham public schools and chapel hill carrboro schools closed. barbara: also orange, edgecombe. franklin, granville. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren schools closed. chatham. clinton. harnett. hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson county schools. you can find a list on abc11.com. it is on the link on the home page. now weather and traffic together. here is meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center with the latest. don: good morning to you. we will talk advisories and warnings. we have a winter storm warning for orange, person and alamance counties through 9:00 tonight. we have a went weather advisories extended to can 7:00 tonight for most of the middle we have the winter weather advisory down south for the southern part of the viewing area until 1:00 because of the anticipating change to more rain earlier in the day down to th

hills hospital e-r at the lakes. this is near desert inn and fort apache. executives from the hospital and clark county commissioner susan brager were on hand for today's event. the new e-r will also have 12 patient rooms and it is expected to open later this year. a huge mess this morning on the 15 near downtown.. a semi truck hit some debris on the interstate which caused a large fuel leak. troopers shut down several lanes of the southbound 15 near the world market center for hours as they cleaned up the mess. next at six -- another step in the opening of the new t-mobile arena. how you can try to get one of a couple hundred new jobs just posted. keep watching for an all new more here's a look at some of the 'all new' stories we are working for fox5 news at ten. it is republican caucus day in nevada.... we have crews at all of the candidates' camps.... we will have the latest results.... and reaction from voters. finally tonight ... if you're looking for work .. the new t-mobile arena is hiring more than 200 workers. these will be part-time and on- call positions. and it includes service repre

a 30-year-old price hill man being held on a $2 million bond accused of forcing a woman into his home at gunpoint. christian clark locked up charged with felony assault and kidnapping. once inside his home he beat the woman with two different guns causing serious injuries. no injuries after this nasty wreck this morning on interstate 75. semi before the franklin springboro exit. state troopers say the only injuries sustained were minor cut' s from the broken glass. we have new details on a late-night crash in avondale run 11:00 last night right near the district for police station. a 39-year-old man was driving south, crossed the centerline getting a tow truck. the driver of the tow truck was not hurt. ' s beat impairment appear to be factors in this crash. dallas police expected to wrap up their domestic violence investigation of johnny manziel. his ex-girlfriend told police he hit her and dragged her into a car during an incident last month. police have yet to speak with several witnesses. the cleveland browns have indicated they will release the one star player next month. a close game for the university of ke

clark under city of and russian hill the local plan is ill conceived speaking that more are rewards forrofit developers particularly the low dense rh3 and rh1s basically given the fact only having to build two affordable units not determined in size to get a 6 story building which is given that the cost of construction is basically the same for a very desirable residential neighborhood as it is for say mixed or are commercial or other use this is a fantastic give away to developers with the smaller units it is reels profits them gridlock and results in two unions with tremendous neighborhood impact amongst the other units and we video no idea how many actual rh3 unions are eligible give the fact they've taken rent control which means older units off the table this needs to be reworked particularly for low developed neighborhoods thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you commissioners i'm adele a thirty year renters in district 5 we all love san francisco and calvin welch said people think of putting nor housing on the soft site, however, the affordable housing bonus pr

clark' s trading post. a better breakfast at polly' s pancake parlor. skiing up hill at cannon mountain. the main streets and back roads of new hampshire' s franconia notch, tomorrow at 7:30 on chronicle. your time is 8:50 here on a sunday morning. new for you, bill cosby' s life makes another attempt to postpone her deposition. sera: the motion that was just filed in the case. and breaking overnight, a terrifying night in michigan. six people are dead and several doug: police put an end to a deadly and random killing spree. the suspect, a 45-year-old, jove round the city and randomly opened fire, killing seven people and injuring three others. he is now in costs the. not known. sera: s wife filed a note -- emotion in deposition and -- in a case against her husband. the federal judge on friday a deposition. camille cosby must answer questions under oath about the alleged sexual assault of seven women decades ago. doug: it is game over for jeb bush after disappointing results. bush came with and forth with just over 7%, well behind the first lace finishers, donald trump, marco rubio, and

hill are exploring forming their own school district. only channel 9 brought some of your concerns to superintendent ann clark. she says a plan is not set in stone for student assignment. >> i really hope our families will stay connected to our process and not assume discussions that haven't been made yet. >> superintendent clark says there may be a more clear picture of what student assignment will look like after the next meeting. that is on march 10th when school board members are expected to discuss guiding principles. >>> york county leaders will unveil their plan to give neighbors one last chance to it will refine the vision, goals and recommendations to maintain and enhance the county's life style. today's open house will be at the middle school in fort mill. you can drop by at any time between 5 and 7:30 tonight. >>> channel 9 told you thieves broke into firefighters cars over the next two weeks. new this morning, we're learning it is happening in greensboro. three fire stations reported similar thefts there during the middle of the night. thieves broke the glass in 11 vehicles and stole personal items

. >> i'm penn that he clark a rodent of the noah valley russian hill area from that blue map which i realized is sort of a floating target much of the northeast quadrant is a main target for this program and i think it includes a lot of sites where the developers are really given wah-wah-wah too much incentive for way, way too this product the larger sites where you can get real amounts of affordable housing should be the rents that are the priority not in upsetting a very dense settled neighborhoods where you have a little mind field of volunteering minds none knows where suddenly a historic building will pop up in a block that be intercepted by narrow alleys the character of the neighborhood it is important the idea of promoting affordable housing in real quantities with will help to meet the need it should be prioritized thank you very much. >> good evening commissioner president fong and members i'm steve and he come to you today having retire a month ago as commission director the council governments inch done those and transportation and air quality and analysis and you'll side

clark's trading post. a better breakfast at polly's pancake parlor. skiing up hill at cannon mountain. the main streets and back roads of new hampshire's franconia notch, tomorrow at 7:30 on sera: looks like she had fun. sera: disneyland is celebrating its diamond anniversary. and tonight abc is joining the party honoring walt disney for his big, bold creation with a glamorous, star-studded event. the special will also showcase two dazzling displays of technology. the "paint the night" parade and "world of color" celebrate the wonderful world of disney. catch it all starting at 8:00 p.m. right here on channel 5. doug: 8:50 on this sunday morning. breaking overnight. a terrifying night in one city in michigan. sera: six people dead, several others seriously hurt, after an hours-long random killing spree. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like stop & shop's nature's promise brand. great prices

hill apartment complex. the tributes on two triangle university campuses. john: good morning, carolina, welcome on wednesday february 10. 25 degrees at 5:00. i'm john clark. barbara: i'm barbara gibbs. we will have more but first meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center. explain yourself, young man. don: i have nothing to do with it. i just talk about it. we are talking about colder temperatures. it is colder this morning and we stay cold erer throughout the day. the next 12 hours, we don't climb as high as the last couple of days. currently 25 roxboro and chapel hill. 22 sanford. 28 goldsboro. 27 fayetteville. 18 is the wind-chill in wake county. 19 louisburg and roxboro. 17 southern pines. looking at the day ahead. 25 now and mainly clear. by lunchtime partly sunny and 39 degrees. only in the 40's. we are at least 10 or more degrees below normal for this time of year. we will talk more about there cold day an catch and we have colder -- on tap and we have a chance of snowflakes. barbara: authorities arrest a second person in the murder of a raleigh cab driver. 27-year-old conrad patterson of zebulon was booked in the wake county jai

clark's trading post. a better breakfast at polly's pancake parlor. skiing up hill at cannon mountain. the main streets and back roads of new hampshire's franconia "chronicle." just ahead for you, celebrating the life of a boy from brockton. sera: ahead this morning the outpouring of support from his friends and neighbors now that he's been laid to rest. doug: this morning we're continuing to follow that breaking news out of michigan. several people shot and killed overnight. police now trying to figure out why the suspect went on this random shooting spree. and another beautiful shot from swampscut this morning. how gorgeous is that? yes, i think you could head down to the beach on this february morning. we will be right back with a (vo) shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood... all with worry-free ownership. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking about buying your next one. i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastes

clark. phillies pitchers and catchers report in 16 days. they have a lot of new faces including the general manager. he was in cherry hill tonight. he is excited to get to clearwater and finally see the club's prospects. >> i need to learn a lot. i haven't seen most of the guys play in person very much at all. so for me, on a personal level, i'm excited to get down there. >> warming up. phillies sports writers honored carly lloyd tonight. she is the face of women's soccer. her hat trick helped the u.s. capture the world cup last july and training for the summer olympics in rio now. she tells us being a role model is very important to her. >> myself and my teammates were an inspiration to all and that's a priceless stuff that people are wanting to be me and people said they were on the verge of quitting and kept with it because of me. that stuff is -- goes a long way. if i help inspire them, that's what i'm trying to do. >> we have a champion in the delaware valley. >>> finally, a great scene today. >> here you go. that's for you. >> thank you. >> that is new eagles head coach doug pederson with dion. he's going to super bowl 50.

clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. and maybe you can help investigators if you saw anything that might be related to this case call rock hill police. >> and flames going right through the roof of this convenience store a circle k near uptown charlotte. investigators are trying to figure out what cause to do to smoke could be seen for miles. you can see the flames and the smoke and the flames this picture is from the charlotte fire department. good news nobody was hurt but the cause is under investigation. >>> and a man accused of killing his mother is in jail. erwin feldman appeared in court and pamela escobar is live from the mecklenberg county courthouse. pam, he looked stunned when police walked him into jail. what about today in court? >> well, paul, he came in to the courtroom today wearing his orange jumpsuit issued by the jail and he looked confused. after the judge ran through when his appearances will be, she asked him if he had questions and he did. irwin is accused of killing his mother 82-year-old ida feldman in 2014. investigators worked on the case and arrested feldman yesterday. he was taken to the mecklenber

hill bank after she was chased by a man with a knife. and this all started right outside off campus housing for winthrop university students. michael clark is live with the latest. a frightening ordeal so close to campus? >> yes, people who live here are worried and police say despite everything that this 2-year-old was going through she did of the she could to protect herself and the suspect because of the surveillance video outside of the bank where she ran to hide. >> on a peaceful jog in the middle of broad daylight. >> she sped up and he sped up. and she said she could see a knife then. >> police say the 20-year-old was running inbetween winthrop's campus and downtown where i found wilson walking friday. >> for a woman to be chased by a guy in this quiet neighborhood is terrifying. >> there are big development plans for this area but right now not much is here besides the bank. >> she was aware of her surroundings and though she was jogging she knew there was somebody behind her and knew enough there was a safe place to run to where people were working. >> police are looking at video and did see the victim run-in side followed by a

. >> clark has more advice to help you put money in your pocket, or keep it there. find it all on clarkhoward.com. >>> there is renewed effort on capitol hill for online shoppers to pay sales tax, the senate is expected to take up a bill that would require online retailers to collect the tax in states that already have a sales tax. brick and mortar stores say they are at a disadvantage for having to charge sales tax while online stores don't. critics argue it would be difficult to keep track of all 50 states tax rules. a sales tax rate for amazon in south carolina expired, shoppers have to pay taxes on purchases now, the extra revenue could add >>> the world's largest package delivery company is expanding its pass port services allowing customers to schedule pass port pictures at all 4500 stores nationwide. last year it began offering it at 1,000 stores, the response to surge in demand because nearly 50 million american passports will be expiring over the next 3 years. >>> habitat for humanity is about to get a big boost from a charlotte foundation, today the leon lavine foundation is matching contribution up to $150,000, it applies to any

hills. >>> we move now to an alarming situation in queens where police say a 45-year-old man pulled out you could see here reginald clark approaching the officers and pulling out the replica gun from his waistband at the jamaica station air train. police arrested him without incident. chloric clark says he is bipolar and off of his medication. >>> tonight the fairfield university community is going to talk about race. a forum has been scheduled following reports of what was described as an off campus ghetto party. fairfield officials say the culturally insensitive party happened saturday night. the university says it's working with students and diversity officers to investigate. and they're working to determine if any students should face discipline. >>> a new jersey lawmaker is giving teens a reason to raise a glass. he wants to lower the drinking age. >> still ahead, why that could spell trouble for the state's budget. >>> and the driver who hit and how much time he'll spend behind bars. >>> also, lester holt has a look at what he's working on for 6:30. >> still more worries over exploding air bags after a senate comm

clark has the floor. >> my cousin and i import good english tea in a legal manner, unlike the smuggler of beacon hill, who brings his dutch tea under the cover of darkness like a thief in the night! >> order! order! gentlemen, please, let us maintain civility. the chair recognizes mr. john copley. >> i am an artist, not a politician, but like so many others in this town, i have been pulled into this matter. just a month ago, my father in law and others were wanting to see peace in boston. it was out of their power to send the tea back to england, but they offered to have it stored while they awaited further orders, and they would allow the tea to be inspected to ensure said committees that no tea would be sneaked off and be sold. but this body refused those concessions. and so with the consensus of the kings taxes. just last week, he proposed out right an invitation for myself and other sons of liberty to discuss these matters in a civil fashion. the consignees show themselves to be as guilty as parliament themselves! [pandemonium] >> order! >> mr. molineaux, you speak as though you and your compatriots a

clark. we will check with first alert meteorologist don schwenneker for the latest but first we have up-to-the-minute with closings and delays. wake county, durham, chapel hill carrboro closed. barbara: orange, i think comb. anyone, granville. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren county schools all close want. john: two-hour chat lamp, clinton. halifax, harnett, hoke, johnstoners lee, moore, ropbtsz and wilson county. we have a complete list of closings and tkhraeuls as abc11.com. there is a link on the home page. barbara: time for weather and traffic. we begin with meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center. don: good morning to you. we will talk first about the warnings that we have going on. we have winter storm warning

clark. we will check with first alert meteorologist don schwenneker for the latest but first we have up-to-the-minute with closings and delays. wake county, durham, chapel hill carrboro closed. barbara: orange, i think comb. anyone, granville. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren county schools all close want. john: two-hour chat lamp, clinton. halifax, harnett, hoke, johnstoners lee, moore, ropbtsz and wilson county. we have a complete list of closings and tkhraeuls as abc11.com. there is a link on the home page. barbara: time for weather and traffic. we begin with meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center. don: good morning to you. we will talk first about the warnings that we have going on. we have winter storm warning p.m. tonight for orange county, alamance and person county. they could get one to three inches of snow. we have winter weather advisory the rest of the area in purple. that runs until 1:00 this afternoon where you will see a wintry mix, could see snow, sleet or freezing rain then all rain into the afternoon. radar? live look at first first and on the most powerful radar in the carolinas we've got some snow working throu

also new, a 30-year-old east price hill man being held on a $2 million bond accused of forcing a woman into his home at gunpoint. christian clark is charged with felony assault and kidnapping. once inside his home he beat the woman with two different guns causing serious injuries. a coroner has a dignified the body of a man found dead in westchester. he was last seen alive february 5 on the police department' s missing person list. thursday night teenagers walking s body in the wooded area. >> last night we saw a bunch of cops parked up and down the street. they were taking atvs and stuff down to the park. this morning i saw a police officer go downtown as well. >> the trail leads up to the susan springs cul-de-sac. i have not said how he died or if our play is suspected. anyone with information on his death is asked to call westchester police. we have new details on a late-night crash in avondale around 11:00 last night near the district for police station. police telling us a 39-year-old man was driving south and crossed the centerline getting a tow truck. he' s at uc medical center in critical condition. the driver of the to

clark benton says: "the charges involve sexual activity." on several occasions investigators say stacy hooks had sex with a student from hill gustat middle school. benton says: "the student was in this teacher's class at one point in time." hooks is a math teacher, according to administrators, but is listed as a science teacher as well on the school's website. superintendent dr. rodney hollinger said at one point over the last month, hooks was reprimanded after being observed eating lunch with students and sharing a drink with the victim. the sheriff says the ongoing relationship became even more inappropriate. benton says: "when you're a young person in middle school and you're involved with a teacher at that level, not only is it very inappropriate, but it's against the law." the highland county sheriff's report show hooks was charged thursday with five counts of lewd battery, one count of traveling to meet a minor for sex and three counts of sending a minor. investigators say the student's mom was looking through her child's phone when she recognized the teacher's name and messages coming from her. benton says: "the mother finally found some

returning, we have the jonathan: a 30-year-old east bryce hill man is being held on bond, accused of forcing a woman into his home at gunpoint. christian clark is locked up this morning charged with felony assault and kidnapping. once inside his home he beat the woman with two different guns, causing serious injury. after the alleged rape of a columbus bank employee, billy anderson was released from prison on wednesday after serving four years for of duction and attempted robbery. they say that he went to a chase bank branch friday to ask about a safety deposit box. when a female employee took him to look at the boxes, that' s when the assault occurred. he ran but was caught by officers just a few blocks away. the mayor of cincinnati and the new chief of police will come together one last time this week talk about reducing violent crime with the public. tomorrow is the fifth and final community forum at the community it is an opportunity for leaders to talk about the increase in violence and get input from you on how to deal with the issue. some ideas from past sessions include developing more opportunities for young people to get jobs. the

clark nissan honda at south boulevard, looking good. clear skies and temperatures how about this, 51 right now, very little variation between the mountains and all the way down to the sand hills. within a degree or so from 50 to rock hill, monroe, kannapolis, gastonia, mount holly, boone, blowing rock, everybody around 50. charlotte, 70, like wise concord, mooresville, sunny skies, mostly sunny up around boone, 57. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. start with a live look here this is 277, the john belk, that is coming toward us going up toward bank of america stadium, no travel here on the southbound lanes as you make your way over toward the independence expressway. looking at our mapping system, 485 looks good. slow downs on providence road inbound, 74, wt harris, a few slow downs over there. it is a different story on central avenue where a section at 4913 is closed down because of an overnight fatal accident involving a hit and run and we also have a new accident at central avenue and north sharon amity. so again, that s

clark county in july, 2014. he was serving four- to-ten years for burglary. the carson city sheriff's office coroner is expected to perform an autopsy to determine how he died. ### some lawmakers on capitol hill are upset the obama administration changed the "visa waiver program" which was passed into law in our washington bureau's peter zampa spoke with a texas congressman unhappy about changes that could benefit people who have traveled to iran. congressman will hurd says he thinks the obama administration is making changes to the visa waiver program to please the iranian government. program had strict protocol for anyone having traveled to iran, iraq, sudan, or syria or if they held citizenship in one of those countries. they were not eligible for the visa waiver program. however the department of homeland security and state department made exceptions when they implemented the law on january 21, saying that anyone traveling to those countries for humanitarian reasons, journalism, part of a ngo, or for legitimate business purposes, could be part of the visa waiver program. hurd says these changes are a result of the iranian nuclear agreement, and that the lifting of sanctions against iran l

clark. barbara: i'm barbara gibbs. thank you for joining us. we are in first alert mode with crews from the triangle to the sand hills and roxboro. john: some schools closed or late because of this weather. wake county, durham public, chapel hill carrboro closeded barbara: also orange chatham. edgecombe. franklin, tkwrapb develop. mecklinburg, person, vance and warren. john: two lower delay for clinton city, halifax, harnett, hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson county schools the we have a complete list on abc11.com on the home page. now weather and traffic together starting with meteorologist don schwenneker. extended. live look at them and that winter storm warning and pink areas to the north goes until 9:00 tomorrow. went weather advisory with wake county running into 7:00 tonight and there's a second winter weather advisory for the southern counties. this is until 1:00 this afternoon when should see enough rain to change over. live look at radar and we are on the developing edge of this. back to the saoufrptd west not -- south and west not much going on. looking into clinton and sampson county, spivey's cor

hills mom. a live report from the courthouse. i am john clark. they tuned life for kelly and michael.

clark is just 11 years old. (nat pop) asking someone a question..(gfx in--4 box?) she's among the 20 on assignment for scholastic news, providing a process. (pull to hill sot)14 year old gabe ferris has learned...sometimes you score the interview. (nat/pop ) (gabe ferris - 23:52:40 and 5:52) why should young voters vote for you, trump? trump answers--n-nd to check audio and like the rest of us... sometimes you don't.sot: 4:25 governor kasich why should young voters vote for u? (kasich walks away) to cam: 4:50 it's just the nature of the beast. you're not going g get every interview so onto the next candidate(gfx in-- pic and blog/http://kpc notebook.scholastic.com/pos t/kasich-meets-new-hampshire- voters)and anyway, gabe's colleague, maxwell surprenant, had already spoken with john kasich a filed a blog post. (gfx out)(sot maxwell) 10:06:40 there's lots of issues that affect kiki: the environment, education, the economy, safety, health. **// that's one of the reasons i really like my job, is i get to tell other kids about that. **(vo of maxwell writing with pen and pad) scholastic has had a volunteer kids press corps since 2000. since then, the job has