or nonviolence, burglary, for instance is a very serious property crime and so is arson ian and graham larson those folks need to be locked up so if were going to engage in reform that make the system much less punitive for people who really deserve the punishment, i think that would be an error and i think weakening the criminal justice system in that way could be a problem. there is a theory about violent crime cycles. it was developed by someone named eric who is no longer with us. his theory was this he said that when you have a relaxation of social control and he didn't define what this meant exactly, but i take this to include the criminal justice systems potency, at least part of that equation, when you have a relaxation of social control, after a leg. of years you will get an increase in crime, especially violent crime then of course there will be a lot of pressure to reactivate social control, to control this violence once these controls are put in place, again, this would include a toughening and hardening of the criminal justice system, then you will get a reduction in violent crim

larson. >> chris: first alert traffic charlotte. friday morning commute we do have a road blockage, west right below billy graham parkway, if that is part of your morning travel plan, expect you'll find a few delays there. looking live at independence expressway, this is inbound from briar creek, we had an earlier outbound delay but that has cleared and moved off the mapping system. ciaa tournament continues in uptown this afternoon and evening, with the basketball games expect traffic around time warner cable arena during the afternoon and tonight, 45 looks good, 77, 85 no significant problems. let's check the drive times, coming in from matthews, 13 minutes, 49 miles an hour. providence road from the arboretum area, 16 minute commute and concord to center city, 21 minutes, 67 miles an hour. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: now 5:32, a school in charlotte is canceling classes today after dozens of students became sick. students at metro school are being test to see if they have dozens at wingate are showing symptoms of the virus. ashton pellom joins us now live

larson. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. billy graham parkway an accident at morris field drive, heading south on billy graham you'll going to incur delays. in concord and kannapolis, accident at exit 58, that is creating stop and go traffic up through 58. that is highway 29. one lane blocked there on the left hand side. look at i-77, southbound look okay, northbound very heavy coming up the interstate from 485 to arrowood. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> chris: out there this morning a lot of cloud cover, a few spritzes and sprinkles, but any rain is very spotty and light. seems to be concentrated in southern foothills i took an studio, had a little sprinkle early on, within the last half hour. clover leaf elementary school overcast, drizzle, little bit of fog. 59 in charlotte, an early high of 62 at lunch time, temperature fall off. not much rain around. heavy thunderstorms wednesday, friday and the weekend. >>> good morning. it is monday, february 22nd, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is more real news ahead, incl

larson with first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we do have an injury accident, 5150 south tryon street. yorkmont road up to billy graham parkway. clanton road, volume heavy but we do have delays, #77 northbound, inner loop of 485 also an independence boulevard. that is a check of traffic, here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: dense fog in the foothill, looking live at lincolnton, you can see very poor visibility in and around the area, dense fog advisory for foothill, doesn't technically include lincoln county but in and around the foothill and i-40 corridor, 10:00 this morning, expecting fog to burn off. cautious because we have fog and we also have freezing temperature in around morganton, statesville, salisbury, use caution in this area, near freezing, well above freeze, no fog, plenty of sunshine, hd tower cam from scott clark nissan honda. sunshine today, start off 41 degrees at 8:00, 51 at lunch time, 55 late this afternoon. sunny skies. should hold in the mid 50s tomorrow, upper 50s on friday, lots of sunshine both days and then we warm nicely. here monday and tuesday. >>>ive wondering what it would look like