one of the victims identified as giovanni gambino. the two other victims have yet to be identified just yet. they have charged 92-year-old 42-year-old crystal gambino, they charged her with first degree murder of her husband. neighbors at the scene, asking them to describe giovanni for me. they said a talkative guy, friendly guy. done research online on giovanni's linked in page, he has success in politics, was political consultant, campaign director, and also with political advisor. take a listen one neighbor described what that means this happened so close to him. >> sounded like a sledge hammer to me like a loud racquet, tear ting down a building or something, it was loud. >> reporter: that was the neighbor describing the gunshot, he said very scary this happened so close to home because he was very close to crystal and giovanni gambino, he said it is shocking for him to have this so close to home. currently, crystal gambino is in the gaston county jail facing that first degree murder charge and is expected to face more charges as

again, that one victim has been identified, his name is giovanni gambino. police are trying to identify the other victims but believe they were visiting the home. let's take a look at the is in jail charged with killing her husband, 42-year-old crystal gambino. she was arrested a short time later in stanley last night and charged with first degree murder. i have been speaking with neighbors asking to describe the couple, describe the man that was gunned down. they say that gambino, giovanni a talkative person, the couple had their fair share of arguments outside the home like any other couple, but said that both of them were very friendly. listen as he described looking across the street and seeing the scene how that is to him. >> hard to believe. known them a long time, you know, you just can't, i guess, hard to believe it is that close to your house and somebody you know. >> reporter: now again, crystal gambino is currently in the gaston county jail on that first degree murder charge and we're expecting more charges to be later identified, the other two vi

one of those victims have been identified, his name is giovanni gambino, he lived in the home and police are trying to identify the other victims in this case but they believe they

one of those victims have been identified, his name is giovanni gambino, he lived in the home and police are trying to identify the other victims in this case but they believe they gambino's wife, 42-year-old crystal gambino, was arrest in stanley, charged with first degree murder in the death of her husband. a neighbor heard the gunshots. take a listen as he described them. >> it sounded like a sledge hammer, loud racquet, it was loud, real loud. >> reporter: crystal gambino is being held in the gaston county jail, expecting to face more charges after those -- after the identities of the other victims haveveeen released. in the next half hour, we'll dig more deeper in who exactly is giovanni gambino, i spoke with neighbors, you will see what type of person he was, we'll do background digging to tell you about him. reporting live, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. >> john: 5:02, a little bit yesterday morning, check in with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: we have dry conditions, not showing any rain whatsoever, we've gone the other eyed of the mount

. >> reporter: that is the most crystal gambino said about the murder of her husband, giovanni. we learned that crystal and three victims were in the house together yesterday. the other 3 were shot and killed inside, all naked. crystal gambino reportedly dragged the female victim outside. family members asked police to check the home in stanly. they found crystal gambino at a friend's house and the gun believed to be used in the murder in her car and they got a confession. the news is stunning for people in the small rural community. >> it's kind of devastating to time in the area. >> reporter: giovanni gambino served on the juvenile crime prevention council. >> he was very concerned about making our county a better place. >> that was ken lemon reporting. police say once they identify the other bodies, crystal gambino will then be charged for those murders. the case involving her husband is headed straight to the grand jury. >>> apple testified in front of a house judiciary committee today. for months, the pbi has been trying unsuccessfully to break into one of the san bernardino

one of them was giovanni gambino. many people are shocked because they said that the couple seemed to be nice people. >>i couldn't believe it at first, you know. i had people out here and i was look down the road and i seen all the lights and i said, wow. you know, you hear all kind of rumors, but just wait and see what happened. >> reporter: crystal gambino will be in court in about an hour and channel 9 will be there to bring you an update on eyewitness news at 5:00. angela hong, channel 9, news. >> he was first and foremost a human being. >>> frustration in raleigh after witnesses say that a suspect in the back and killed him. in about 90 minutes, the naacp called for a thorough investigation into yesterday's shooting. we are live in raleigh for us right now and, mark, the shooting has become a tipping point for many in the community. >> reporter: i think frustration is a good word, john. it's calm out here right now and we are actually about a block from the shooting. there are a few people who gathered here. ther

police believe that crystal gambino killed her home, giovanni gambino and two other people. police believe that they met online and were involved in bedroom activities. all three victims were found naked. neighbors say they were shocked by the crime. >> it's devastating to have in the area. >> police say gambino confessed to the murders. she's due back in court again march 21. >>> 40 students on their way to school are okay after a pickup truck driver rear ended a school bus on central near long fellow. the students were on their way to mary oaks elementary. nobody was seriously hurt but the pickup truck was seriously damaged. raising eyebrows. the kabuto sign says take your hoodie down. pull up your pants. finish your phone conversation. allowed. the sign has been up for a few years but the owner made it ignoring it. >> it looks like it's trying to say something about some kind but i don't think it makes sense. >> eyewitness news reporter angela hong did speak with the owner saying that the feedback from the sign has been nothing but positive. there are four kabuto's in the

forty-year-old crystal gambino is charged with killing her husband, giovanni gambino. more charges are expected no you that the victims have been identified. this april happened in alex nuisance rain, just north of stanley. the family had asked officers to do a welfare check at the house. when they arrived, they dead. neighbors say they were obviously shaken up after finding out what had happen. >> they're customers of mine, they had been for around eight years, and i was just really surprised to hear it, it was just shocking when i heard about it. >> authorities believe they've probable cause that gambino, pictured right here; responsible fromfor that triple homicide. grand jury and gambino is held at the gaston county jail without bond and her next court date is set for march 21st. the district attorney's office says she could be dieted indicted before that date. >> purchasing a handgun in mecklenburg county could take four months. they changed the law to require mental health checks for people trying to buy guns, that means that the applications must be sent off to

. >> reporter: i spoke to one man who said giovanni gambino called him and said he was afraid that his wife would kill him. police say hours later, they found gambino and two other people dead. with the murder of her husband, giovanni, and this morning, she faced the court for the murders of geoffry gilliland and stephanie sanchez. all were found naked and shot. sanchez was found outside of the home. >> it's not common at all. >> reporter: crystal went to tell a relative calmly what happened after the shooting. one of them called 911. the caller said that crystal took sanchez's body outside and put it on a burn pile. >> reporter: gambino was a campaign director. >> this was not not the man that i knew. >> reporter: the da is not waste anything time and wants to take the case to the grand jury on monday morning. i'm ken lemon, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> and you can listen to the entire 911 call at wsoctv.com. we have posted it with ken's story on the home page. >>> city leaders are considering tackling health issues more and might consider expanding smoking bans to all workplaces an

forty-year-old crystal gambino is charged with killing her husband, giovanni gambino. more charges are expected no you that the victims have been identified. this april happened in alex nuisance rain, just north of stanley. the family had asked officers to do a welfare check at the house. when they arrived, they discovered all three people dead. neighbors say they were obviously shaken up after finding out what had happen. >> they're customers of mine, they had been for around eight years, and i was just really surprised to hear it, it was just shocking when i heard about it. >> authorities believe they've probable cause that gambino, pictured right here; responsible this case is being sent to a grand jury and gambino is held at the gaston county jail without bond and her next court date is set for march 21st. the district attorney's office says she could be dieted indicted before that date. >> purchasing a handgun in mecklenburg county could take four months. they changed the law to require mental health checks for people trying to buy guns, that means that the applic

morning, they began a triple homicide investigation after officers found the dead bodies of giovanni gambino and two others in just one homicide gaston county police used all seven detectives to investigate. >> it takes all the resources with crime analysts depending on how big the case can get and how detailed with a lot of records and things of that nature. >> with two homicides to solve resources are thin. detectives are taken off one case to work on the area. and the gaston county police department has 12 openings for officers. but it's not just the homicide cases that suffer. >> it causes us to delay other investigations because our efforts are to try and solve the homicide as quickly as possible. >> the mount holly suspect is still on the run. officers arrested crystal gambino tuesday morning for the triple homicide. >> there is a lot of work that goes into preparing a case and get to go prepared for the >> the department is shorthanded at the moment, the chief is not reached out to agencies to ask for detectives and resources. it is something that he will consider if the investigation

investigators found the bodies sanchez and jia van javan giovanni gambino. >>> a fire broke out in pineville, heavy flames ripping through the home when they arrived, no one injured, the cause is under investigation. >>> wbtv is digging in a video of what appears to show several charlotte-mecklenburg police custody. shows an officer repeatedly hitting a person being arrested in connection to a hit and run. this happened at the sardis place apartments in matthews. security expert carl della dela guerra is where they are hitting him is key. >> from my experience if the officer is striking a major my opinion excessive force was not used. >> he says officers used the technique to get a suspect to release their arms instead of pulling it out and break a bone. cmpd's internal affairs unit is looking in the allegations of excessive force. >>> we're learning more about a former marine that ran in a burning home to save an elderly couple. the stranger pulled jb and naomi newton out of a home that exploded sunday. initially, he was driving a dark pick up truck is all we knew. we tracked down brian cro

investigators found the bodyies of geoffrey gilliland, stephanie sanchez and giovanni gambino. gambino's wife, crystal, shot and killed all three, investigators say. she is facing first defree murder charge in her husband's death. police have not released a about retired marine who ran in a burning home in cleveland county to try to save an elderly couple. brian cloths crotts pulled the couple out of the home. he sat down with us for an interview you will see only on wbtv. our ashton pellom was on the scene of the explosion monday, he joins us now live with much more on the story. ashton, what is crotts saying about that night? >> reporter: good morning, john. as you can make a traumatic experience and crotts is telling us after that, he can't sleep at night from what he saw there at that scene. now brian crotts tells us that flames were shooting up as he rushed toward the house on stage coach trail. a driver ran off the road sunday hitting a propane tank and the house. jb newston sitting against debris, fire raging beside him, two neighbors helped crotts lift mr. newton over t

the gaston county da arrived after they found giovanni gambino and two others dead. gambino's wife was arrested and charged with his murder. we are waiting for investigators to release the other two victims' names. >>> officers say that a woman was shot in the head around 3:00 this morning on capps hill mine road. they found the victim in a parking lot on grier grove road. >>> police are investigating a shooting at this 7-eleven on beatties ford near 85. you can see there is a bullet hole there in the front door. no one was hurt. been involved an angry customer. and traffic team 9's mark taylor is monitoring the traffic. mark? >>> delays on south tryon outbound. three cars involved in a crash 485 in charlotte, so if you are heading to the interchange, ellwood will get you around it. keith? >>> warming up in the low 50s with charlotte closer to the 50s. the warm up starts today and sunshine in place for now and clouds this afternoon and upper 60s. just a spotty rain shower chance for the afternoon drive and tomorrow, we dry out and back in the mid-50s for highs and lo

gambino was in court for the first time after confessing to the murders. her husband was a well-known political consultant, recently working for albert gillroy. the allegations are shocking to those who knew giovanni. >> he was a personal friend of mine. i don't know what to think about that. it certainly does not change my opinion or my high regard for gio. >> reporter: we have been told the gambinos had a history of domestic problems. crystal is due back in court on the 21st. results from last night. donald trump and hillary clinton are one step closer to becoming the party's nomination. each got big wins here in the south and in new england. >> thank you all so much! what a super tuesday! >> the super tuesday results look increasingly likely that the november election will be a matchup of hillary clinton and donald trump. >> i'm going to go after one person, and that's hillary clinton. >> clinton marching forward on a clear path to her party's nomination, keeping one eye on her democratic competitor, bernie sanders after he won minnesota. with a commanding lead in the delegate count, clinton is taking on trump. >> america never stopped being great. >> reporter: on the republican side, ted cruz

inside they found glenn gilliland and giovanni gambino dead outside, and then the -- inside and then they found stephanie sanchez dead outside. people in this small community are shocked by the scandalous details of the horrific crime. >> kind of devastating, you killed at one time, right in this area. >> now it's also been reported that gambino will likely be charged for the two additional murders, and she has already been charged in her husband's murder, and she is due back in court on the 21st. angela hong. >> thank you for that, angela. >>> tonight is your first chance to give cms feedback for the budget priorities for the next year. they are hosting six community engagements from now to april. cms expects $27 million in new costs next year for salary increases and more students and other things, and tonight's meeting is at south mec high school at 6:00. >>> i'm back in the breaking news center. we got the final super tuesday results in the last 2 hours. front runners, hillary clinton and donald trump extended their leads, but marco rubio got his bernie sanders each won states as

one of the victims is 40-year- old giovanni gambino who lived at the home. his wife, 42-year-old crystal, she is charged with three counts of murder. efforts identify the other three victims are pending. they are believed to be visitors at the home. >>> it is finally here, super tuesday. a dozen states, hundreds of delegates, and seven candidates all hoping to stay alive in the race. as tracie potts reports it is a critical day for the lagging presidential hopefuls who are trying to overtake two tough front runners. >> reporter: donald trump hoping to build on his front runner status today with his closest challengers aiming to collect enough delegates to remain competitive. >> a vote for donald trump tomorrow is literally a vote for hillary clinton in november. >> reporter: for ted cruz, that means winning texas. >> what we will see, i believe, is donald trump and me coming out both with a significant chunk of delegates and everyone else far behind. trouble for trump this super tuesday. buzz feed reports there is a secret "new york times" tape where trump r

crystal gambino, who is 42, charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of 40-year-old giovanni gambino. gaston county police found him and two other adults dead on alexis-lucia road in alexis. police are trying to identify the two other victims. >>> check in with chris larson, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. accident on providence road at right above 485, seeing big time slow downs leading up to that accident. also inner loop of 485. live look bumper-to-bumper stop and go traffic, 77 southbound at lasalle street, s@ heavy inbound traffic from 85 to 77, past center city and down to west boulevard this morning. also seeing delays on 77 northbound as you make your way up to the north. look here at i-77 up toward the lake norman area, heavy traffic davidson to huntersville and once you make your way to hambright, back in the green but still delays northbound as well. with a check of the forecast here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks, chris, out there this morning take you up to statesville in iredell county, clover leaf e

police charged crystal gambino husband giovanni and she's accused of killing geoffry gilliland and stephanie sanchez. one client of giovanni cannot believe what happened. >> i don't know what he did in his private time. i don't know what he was doing on the evening of his death, but he's my friend. >> police are sorting out the relationships with everyone involved here, but the gambinos have had a history of domestic abuse. >>> while you were sleeping, the results from all 12 states came in on the democratic side, hillary clinton declare victory in 7 states and received 544 delegates and bernie sanders won 4 states including his home state of vermont. on the republican side, trump was declared the winner in 7 states, receiving 274 delegates. ted cruz won in three states rubio won minnesota, and voting happened yesterday after both republicans and democrats spent the last few days attacking donald trump. >> there will never come a time in this race are our supporters are asking us to get out and rally around donald trump. people are saying fight as hard as you can to save the party. >> instea

crystal gambino is now charged with shooting her husband, giovanni, along with a husband and wife that they met online. police are still trying to sort out the details. gambino is being held on a first-degree murder charge. joel: a charlotte woman accused of squatting in a million-dollar home will avoid prison time. a judge found her guilty on six charges. she was arrested several times last year for breaking and entering. police say she squatted in a home off of kelley woods lane. records show it is a foreclosure, owned by j.p. morgan chase. the judge sentenced her to 12 months of supervised probation, all around town, springtime and flowers are getting in bloom. it is no surprise, with the warm weather lately. anna: now things are cooling down. the question is, will be lower temperatures be a threat to your brand-new bloom? liz has the answer. liz: the short answer is no. your blooms should be just fine. of course, no wonder they have started to pop out, with temperatures in the 60's and 70's the past few days. but most of the blooms you see now will be bulbs. crocuses and daffodils

gambino's home. according to police, giovanni, jeffrey gill land and stephanie sanchez were all naked and shot to death. >> we believe all three were shot inside the house in a bedroom and one of the victims the female was moved outside. >> they are now trying to figure out how the victims knew each other. right now they believe giovanni met the two on-line. >> this is something we will take our time with. i say weeks, computers can be tricky to get into and figure out what is going on. >> one thing police did make clear they are confident they crystal gambino made her first appearance in court on tuesday. and while appears there is no threat to the community, details about the triple homicide are hard to take for the community. >> just you know, you hear all kinds of rumors figure out [inaudible] and bad situation. >> i talked to several neighbors today and most told me they avoided hanging out with crystal gambino because she was hard to get along with and had strange tendencies including making a claim that she was a witch. that according to a neighbor i spoke to this afternoon. brody o'connell wbtv

swawrntss were returned in the arrest of crystle gambino, accused of killing her husband, giovanni and two other people at their home, all naked. she said she caught her husband >>> a man who spend nearly two decades in prison for a murder suicide. she was set free in 2004 after dna evidence cleared him and another man confessed. on sunday, police found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot tbhiewnd a car near wake forest university. >>> a man who escaped from a jail in rock hill faces new charges after he is facing charges of the shoeing a man in florida. - - shooting a man in florida. deputies arrested him last week northeast of atlanta, and he admitted to shooting a homeless man. that person survived but has a bullets lodge inside -- lodged in his neck. >>> and a clear shot of a in the middle of the day in york county. today, eyewitness news reporter greg suskin has more. >> reporter: surveillance video shows this guy pulling up in his truck and forces open the gate, cuts the chain, drives through and did all of that in front of this security camera and at least half a dozen others

. >> crystal gambino is charged with the murders of her husband, giovanni, geoffry gilliland, and stephanie sanchez. have upcovered how the suspect tried to cover up the crime. >>> the republic presidential field could get smaller after dr. ben carson said, quote, he doesn't see a clear path forward. but he is not suspending his campaign just yet while hillary clinton and donald trump are one step closer to securing the nomination. ted cruz took three states. marco rubio, one state and on the democrat side, bernie sanders won in four states on super tuesday. with that behind them him, trump is starting to focus in north carolina and will make a stop in fayetteville on wednesday at the crown center theater. the event starts at 11:00. >>> the leader of nascar has tossed his support behind trump we have continuing coverage at wsoctv.com and on our twitter and facebook pages. we'll send the latest updates throughout the day. >>> new information on how police discovered a suspected meth lab at a home in northwest charlotte. a crime stopper's complaint jumpstarted the investigation at the home on

crystal gambino was originally charged with killing her husband giovanni. now you a accused of geoffrey a caller says crystal admitted killing her husband after she caught him cheating with another woman. ism appears the victims met online. >>> we now know the name of a pedestrian killed in a hit and run in east charlotte. police say 51-year-old jose gutierrez was hit and killed monday morning. the driver is charged with driving while impaired and felony hit and run. >>> the number of mumps cases in north carolina is growing. there are six confirmed cases in the state. nine probable cases in mecklenburg and iredell counties. health officials say some of the people have recovered and are not infectious. the health department says the most recent cases do not appear to be connected to the previous ones we have been telling you about. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, governor pat mccrory talks to wbtv about the company operating the toll lanes being built on i-77. his reaction to news that the company filed for bankruptcy. >> al: john, right now the last

crystal gambino shot and killed her husband giovanni, along with geoffrey gilliland and stephanie sanchez in this home on alexis-lucia road. we brought this try to to you story to you with breaking news. gambino is charged with her husband's death, investigators say more charges are coming. >>> still plenty ahead live in the 6:00 a.m. hour of wbtv news. >> john: charlotte-mecklenburg police take a man in custody, all caught on camera, as some claim excessive force was used, we talk with our security expert to see what he thinks. >>> before we go to our break, let's take a quick check of first alert weather temperature, 47 in charlotte, we have 31 in boone. we have windchill factors in the teens up there, keep that in mind. 44 in shelby, 54 rockingham, 50 lancaster, a live look at i-77 at arrowood, traffic there is moving smoothly. as the morning goes on and more people get out on the roads but no significant issues slowing you down. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather it is eight minut >>> bringing you the latest updates live from the alert center, thanks for

crystal gambino tried to burn the body. giovanni was a prominent member of the republican party and was kimball. barbara: to a developing and disturbing story out of baltimore, maryland, where a slapping and kicking a student. [beep] the acting school police chief explained the boy hit by an officer was an intruder on says that is not true. no charges were filed. the police investigation will determine any should be filed against the police officers but the school police chief and other officers seen in the video leave. john: a new mexico sheriff deputy -- after a suspect fled away with a deputy inside his vehicle. the incident was reported on dash cam. see if he could get the suspect out of the car, that is when the man put the car in here and began driving away with a deputy still inside. the deputy struck the man on the head with his flashlight, getting him to stop a short barbara:they were not hurt. $6,000 in damage to the car, which had just been purchased. barbara: a teenager is posing as a -- was posing as a doctor. third tim

crystal gambino shot and killed her husband, giovanni along with jeffrey sanchez last month. she caught her husband with another woman. >>> today crews will shut down a road for hazmat clean up after a deadly crash. chopper 9 sky zoom flew over the scene, where a van caught both drivers, mike davis and jackie black lock jr., died. the area is called dead man's -- blaylock jr., died. the area is called dead man's curve. >>> channel 9 asked the d.o.t. for crash statistics in that area but we have not heard back yet. highway safety association. more than 2300 pedestrians were killed in the first six months of 2015. that is up from around 2200 during the same time in 2014. many factors are con ticketing to this spike, including an increase in travel and a growing use of cell -- contributing to this spike, including an increase in travel and a gross use of cell phones on and off the roads. in south carolina, 42 first six months of 2014, 55 were killed during the same time last year. >>> the supreme court has ordered alabama to recognize the adoption one same sex couple was granted

giovanni and two other victims dead. police are working to positively identify them right now. crystal gambino was arrested in stanley and charged had we are husband's murder being held without bond in gaston county jail and due in court later today. neighbors heard a lot of noises coming from the house yesterday but they didn't think much of it. >> my husband started to walk over there to see if everything was okay and i'm just glad now that he didn't and it's scary to know that something like >> and we also learned that the couple had a nine-year-old daughter who police say was not involved in the crime. we also learned that crystal gambino has a daughter at app state. in the next 15 minutes i'll tell you what prompted police to come to the house. channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> some fraternities and sororities are taking extra precautions after a confirmed case of the mumps on campus. some have canceled meetings as a precautionary measure. students received a letter from the school yesterday. the student stayed off campus for seven days but students we spoke with say they are still worried i

petitioned the court for a legal separation and claimed giovanni was a physical threat to her and her children. both were dismissed the same year. gambino is scheduled to be in court march 23 but the district attorney expects gambino will be indicted by a grand jury by that time. kristen hampton wbtv on your side. >> you may have seen this video of a store clerk fighting off this armed robber. tonight she is describing the her a hero. she was working the georgia store alone when a hooded man came in for a soda. and she could tell something was not right and when he pulled out a pistol she fought back. poked him in the eye. >> i shoot you. and i said go ahead. if you want to shoot me, shoot me. >> he never got the chance to shoot she slapped the gun away and grabbed the hammer and the attempted robber is now in custody. >> i would not want her coming after me with a hammer. >> every time i see that i know the outcome but still... >> if it's smart to fight back. >> i do not think police would recommend that. but she probably worked for that. >> time for a check on the roads here is tonya rivens. >> maureen we have wet streets headed to a

gambino will eventually face three murder charges. right now, she is indicted on the death of her husband, giovanni. >>> pretty quickly, scott, things will change, and we are set up for a beautiful sunset, dry outside and all the showers are focused west of up to, i- fowfort and highway 64 between hickory and claremont and stoney point and taylorsville, rain right now, and this is what we'll see as the evening goes on. 68 in charlotte and albemarle and heading uptown, the suns are in town playing the hornets. you may want to grab the rain gear. at 9:00, that's when the leading edge of showers will approach especially west of up to as i showed you on futurecast a few minutes ago. the morning drive will not be an issue. skies will be cleared out and lower 40s and 20s in the mountains. the big story for tomorrow, a cool start but unlike the last couple days, don't look for a warm up. this is much colder air and a taste of reality. we will see plenty of sunshine as we head through the day tomorrow. after early morning clouds in the mountains, there won't be here is the lack of warmth. lunchtime, the timeline, 40s in the charlotte area and at

crystal gambino was back before police say she killed her husband, giovanni along with lice were called to the home monday night on alexis-lucia ad in alexis where they found naked. police say it appears the victims met online. >>> seven minutes after 6:00, plenty ahead. >> john: an update on the spread of mumps in north carolina. plus -- do you hate using airplane bathrooms because of the germs? >> kristen: yep. >> john: what boeing is doing to make things cleaner. a quick check of first alert weather temperatures, 38 in charlotte, freezing in boone. 39 in rock hill, 34 shelby, 40 wadesboro and here is a live look at i-77 at the rest area, and you can see things there are remember, you're never more than and traffic on >>> live from charlotte this is wbtv news this morning. >> john: 11 minutes after 6:00. several all-new stories you want to stick around for in the 6:30 half hour, at 6:33, parents outraged when students are sent home with an assignment title, "if i were a slave" how the school district is responding. how would you feel about that? >>> an innocent man released from a pri