way, very elevated for the next several days, if you're like chris such -- i almost said chris suchan. that is john carter rub off on me. chris larson has been going through the tissue. a lot of folks having trouble with the allergies, that spring warmth will continue and keep the pollens very very high. what we need is rain to soak those things out, i don't see that happening any time soon. tomorrow morning, low clouds early in the morning. that is probably going to be the case thursday morning as well. eventually a lot of this rain is going to continue to push northward but some of this will sneak in here, that will happen as we head toward saturday and into sunday. not great chances of rain but higher than what we have seen of late. let's look at seven day forecast, for today, mostly sunny skies, 75. 49 for tonight, a very mild night. again a little bit of cloud cover around, otherwise enough sunshine to get us in the mid 70s. rain chances pick up over the weekend, 60% chance on saturday and 50% chance on sunday. that is the forecast, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and tr

. >> john chris was arrested. detectives are still looking for 18-year-old william summer land who got away. a young girl it was on probation in a separate case. she was going to steal a car, drive to jacksonville and do a robbery. >> i just hope they find him. >> and remember, this is who authorities are looking for, 18-year-old william summer land of bartow. if you know where he is, call crimestoppers. >> thank you. we are getting a new video showing an orlando police officer driving a homeless man's head into the pavement. his body cam stopped recording during this arrest, but witnesses captured this arrest on their own cellphones. an internal affairs investigation cleared wilson of charges. he received only a verbal reprimand. >> and a person charged with imperson nating a doctor is now this is his brand-new mug shot, in palm beach. he defrauded her after visits to her home to treat her for stomach pain. >>> and a high school student facing felony charges for teacher. it started when a student refused to disse

. >> john: chris larson off today, we'll try to pick up a few things here traffic-wise. a live look at current conditions map, and you can see we have green throughout the area there if you're driving in from gaston county on i-85 or 74 from monroe in charlotte you'll look pretty good because things are clear and moving smoothly. here's a live look at i-77 at clanton road you can see traffic somewhat light this morning and it is moving smoothly, we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. >>> following breaking news involving an armed robbery this morning at a convenience store in south charlotte. >> christine: go to brody o'connell who first broke the story in the last half hour watch other new details arewhat other details are coming in? >> brody: this is at park and woodlawn, it looks like this might be video we got in. earlier we just had pictures. a man went in the kangaroo gas station over at park and woodlawn in charlotte, he had a knife or screwdriver, apparently not clear at this time, went in, demanded money, got away with undisclosed amount of cash. we have

. >> john: thanks, chris. next at 5:00, another major company can join mastercard by letting you use selfies to pay. the company that could let you it is 17 after 5:00. with wbtv news this morning. >> christine: it is 20 minutes after 5:00. >> john: get over to kristen miranda with details on russia's military movement in the middle east, she is live in the alert center with the latest. >> kristen: important international developments i'm getting details on, john and christine. wanted to show you images coming from russian television this morning. russia's defense ministry says the first group of war means has left the russian air base in syria. russia pulling out of syria, you can see the personnel loading equipment on some of the heavy lift transport aircraft. the departure follows vladimir putin's announcement that russia would be withdrawing most of the forces from syria including some of the aircraft, so this development, these images happening this morning that you're seeing here from syria as russia dec

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and let the madness begin.we check in with john popovich and chris riva who are live in st. louis-- covering the xavier musketeers ahead of their first round match-up. seven! we begin with breaking news.a grand jury is indicting rayshawn herald.he's accused into the great american tower in january 2015.herald is behind bars tonight.a news conference is planned for tomorrow morning - where we expect to learn how police connected herald to the shootings. it's been a week but cincinnati police still don't know who shot and killed a 23 year old in east price hill. tonight- his family is speaking out for the first time. nine on your side's ashley zilka is live in that neighborhood where came together for that young man. ashley?. jamar givens was found dead in a backyard here in this neighborhood. his father says the violence needs to stop before someone else loses a son. the pain of losing a child is unbearable for carl givens. carl givens: father 17:19:34 the only reactions i had are hurt and pain. what could have happened? who could have done it? 43 these community leaders say

nine on your side's john popovich and chris riva are in saint louis with the musketeers. precis: john popovich and chris riva are in saint louis to cover the xavier men's basketball team in the first round of the ncaa tournament. they arrived this evening, along with many fans. the musketeers are seeded second in the tournament, which has many fans hoping for a final four finish, if not the supreme battle. the president names his choice for the high court. why republicans say that choice won't fly right now. a new danger from hoverboards. why some of them are much more prone to catch fire. nine is on your side with the warning signs. opening night at home. the plan to give you perfect seats at home the same day movies debut in theaters. what's good for your heart may also be good for your brain. the seven things you can do to help you think faster. you're watching nine on your you're watching 9 on your side at 11 president obama's choice to be the next justice on the supreme court tonight may not make it past the front door on capitol hill. merrick garland is considered to be a modera

john: chris wallace, see you on sunday. catch this on foxnewssunday. heather: the white house ready for a showdown, senate republicans, the president on wednesday nominated federal appeals court, merrick garland hold a vacant seat, there will be no confirmation hearings for him but today garland is meeting senate democrats on capitol hill. the very latest from this front. >> reporter: good morning. today is the easy part, merrick garland will be among friends when he meets with harry reid and patrick leahy. the hard part going forward will be trying to find a way to convince republicans to give him a hearing, something they have adamantly vowed not to do until the next president is elected. last night josh earnest laid out the administration's plan to overcome that, pointing out how republicans previously praised garland. >> this is someone with a long track record, a track record that has been praised by republicans. not long ago orin hatch described him as a consensus nominee. not much has changed except republicans are in the majority in the senate

state that john kasich is we begin with chris flanagan at baldwin wall list university. >> it begins at 8:00 and john kasich hoping to get a win in ohio. voter turnout, high voter turnout in cleveland. we begin with john kosic, for the governor it has been a lot. >> reporter: two goals, last july, make it to new hampshire where he knew he could have an impact and when he did that five week ago the second goal make it home to ohio. should he make it out the path is a different pace. we had 1s1s vote and now it slows. enabling the candidates to reestablish themselves. john kasich is facing a challenge in pennsylvania and it will get bigger if he wins tonight and then on to utah for friday. hands of the voters that know him.

>> chris: al made it to friday on thursday. >> john: i would like to make it on friday on thursday. >> chris: nice treat you're clouds. relative humidity 39%. winds out of the north at 3-miles-per-r-ur. let's go ahead and look at other region this morning. it is 56 in statesville, 59 gastonia, 46 currently in boone and 49 in wadesboro as we flop over to power doppler network, the cloud cover ban stretching from charlotte and thickening out to the east. then up to the north and west we've got a little bit of clearing toward morganton and boone this morning, the storm track well down to our south, rain showers in charleston this morning, all of this begins to edge our way as we head in the weekend, we have a few rain showers in the forecast for saturday and sunday, we'll get to that in full weather. today, 66 degrees for lunch hour, 70 this afternoon. highs today across the piedmont in the upper 60s and low 70s. cooler than we were yesterday where we topped out at 78 degrees, we'll look at seven day forecast and talk about colder temperatures coming in for the weekend in a few minutes.

john chris was arrested and charged with armed robbery and grand theft auto. they found a 16 yeared reported as a run away. sandra stopped at a walgreen's and was carjacked bay suspect that pointed a gun at her. she was told to get on the ground and stay on the ground. she had to leave purse and phone inside the car. >>>super tuesday was a super day for donald trump and hirnlt. they solidify their front runner status. now the attention is on the rivals who campaigns may be running out of steam. fox is in washington with the latest break down. >>>reporter: a huge night for donald trump won more delegates than the next two combined and hillary clinton tripled her lead over bernie sanders. clin top and trump are working to lock in their party's nominations but turn their attention to the general election and each other. >> america never stopped being great. we have to make america whole. >> make america great again. it's going to be better than making america whole again. >> last night trump won seven state and ted cruz scored texas, oklahoma and alaska. marco ru

. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. a live look, 277 the john belk, traffic heading toward you going up toward bank of america stadium, no problems here. very light traffic early on your thursday morning commute. we are, however, seeing a few slow downs on highway 74, independence boulevard as you make your way up toward albermarle road. as we come in center city, again, the brookshire, the john belk, 277, 77 through center city all looking good this morning. if you're coming in from providence road from the arboretum area, 16 minutes, 40 miles an hour, concord to center city, 20 minutes at 66. that's the check of the morning traffic, john, over to you. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> next at 5:00, chick-fil-a wants families to spend more time together with no distractions. the challenge that could get you free ice cream coming up. >> christine: wbtv is always on your side, in your community >> christine: now 5:19. >> john: get over to kristen miranda, got new details on an in the alert center. >> kristen: want to show you this picture from turkish

first, turning 36 today. >> john: chris martin from cold play is 39, happy birthday, if it is your birthday today. let's check out what is hot in hollywood. >> amy: would celebrities getting ready for an epic show madonna and her ex-husband, guy richie will be appearing in court today. . locked in a bitter custody battle over their 15-year-old son, rocco. madonna posted sentimental photos of her son all over social media. tmz reports madonna is a strict parent but is changing her tune. in an effort to try to win back her son's affection, he has been living with his dad since december. >> jennifer lopez slamming her former fiance, ben afleck because of his new look, recently photographed sporting a giant colorful phoenix which covers most of his back, and in a tv interview she said, quote, it is awful. what are you doing! and also said she thinks his other tattoos have too many colors. the couple dated from 2002 to 2004. >> amy: kind over faep -- funny, and, jamie cornyn is back to his christian gray ways and he was spotted for the first time on gray suit with matching tie which was his char

. >> john: thanks, chris, next at 5:00, big changes could be coming to a popular social network. >> christine: the changes you will be seeing on instagram, >> christine: 20 minutes after 5:00. >> john: get over to kristen miranda with details on deadly blast in pakistan coming in the alert center. what have you got here? a violent night. nigerian officials say two female suicide bombers killed 22 worshipers at a mosque in nigeria. now this video, what is left of the bus after that blast in pakistan that you were talking about. at least seven people died, 27 others were injured when this bus exploded. the bus was carrying local government employees, this was in northwestern pakistan, it happened a short time ago. in a highly fortified army camp, quite the place for this to happen. explosive material they say planted in the bus, the prime minister is condemning the attack this morning in a statement publicly, but horrible image from there when you see what is left of the bus after that attack. back to you. >> christine: thanks, kristen. >>> 5:21, new this morning, for the first time the centers

i'm chris wragge. john's forecast in a moment. >>> but first, breaking news, five people overcome by carbon monoxide inside a queen's home. police were called to the house just after 5:00 a.m. one of the victims is said to be in serious condition. the others suffered minor injury. the cause appears to be accidental. >>> developing this morning, the search for a 10-year-old rockland county girl missing since yesterday morning. family members say she was last seen around 8:15 walking to her school bus stop in spring valley but police say people who were at the stop said they never saw her. last night, at least three law enforcement agencies were canvassing neighborhoods looking for her. investigators say she has no history of running away. she was wearing a black jacket, white shirt, a blue overall skirt and ugg boots. resume today between railroad unions and new jersey transit. trains could stop running when the clock strikes midnight saturday night. yesterday talks ended with no agreement. and new jersey tr

. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> in campaign 2016, in less than three hours, polls across mecklenburg county will open for early voting in north carolina. there are several races involved and a few changes to voting this year. our mark davenport is live in charlotte with much more on this. so mark, what do folks need to know if they are voting early? >> reporter: john, i can tell you it starts at 8:00. at one of these areas in mecklenburg county where i am, the earliest of the early voting locations on cpcc's campus, facility services building opens up at 8:00. at 10:00, 16 other locations here in mecklenburg county will open up for early voters. that is when things start rolling and get going this morning. not just today for early voting, the next ten days, then two days off before the election on march 15th. you have ten days for early voting and early voting has been something of a phenomenon in north carolina because so many in the last big election, 2012, 23% of all votes were actually cast during early voting. that is a big deal and they are expecting more this time around because they

chris. >> okay. john, thank. a lot on the line for the candidates that are left standing especially for the state of florida. let's look at the delegates up for grounds. for the republicans 99 delegates in florida followed by 72 in north carolina. 69 in illinois and 66 in ohio. and 52 in missouri. for the democrattings, there are 214 delegates up for grabs in florida. followed by 156 in illinois, 143 here in ohio. 107 in north carolina, 71 in and because of the energy surrounding the presidential primary, an uptick for ballots cast. megan hickey has more on voter turnout. where is voter turnout been the highest? >> as of the last update from the board of elections, suburban voters had the highest turnouts and that is including 100,000 absentee ballots, they have to be postmarked by today or dropped off by 7:30 and i talked to plenty of voters that said they switched parties for the primaries and mostly that requested democratic ballots. >> i like our governor a lot and i honestly don't want democratic for the nex

. >> john: thanks, chris. next at 5:00, microsoft is under fire over the entertainment hired at at company event. the performance that led to claims of sexism at the company. >>> first, wbtv always on your side, in your community. [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now makes your internet do more. [laughing] honey? our ultra-fast internet with home wifi keeps your devices connected, [laughing] anywhere in your home. [laughing] honey, have you seen this video? [laughing] discover how much more is included. get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month. call 1-855-want twc. with a variety of fresh-made seafood meals starting at just $4.99, no one does seafood like d's! try our new home-style flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. or our grilled menu, featuring new tuscan tilapia. each with two sides and hush puppies. for full meals starting at $4.99, >>> live from charlotte, this is wbtv news this morning. >> christine: new this morning, microsoft is apologizing over a video showing scantily clad

. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> we continue to follow breaking overnight news for you, charlotte-mecklenburg police investigating four shootings in which six people were injured. a woman shot in the leg around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. three hours earlier, a person suffered minor injury in a milton road. at 5:30, two people shot on the plaza, one seriously hurt, the other in critical condition. then around 4:30 a person shot, suffered injuries on brookshire boulevard. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte from police headquarters with more on that afternoon shooting and mark, it involved more than one scene, didn't it? >> reporter: it involved two different scenes, one at a busy gas station, the shell gas station off brookshire boulevard. the other one less than a mile away in a neighborhood. i'll get to both those in a minute. the video to show you that busy gas station where the first shooting took place. where police taped off the entire area, trying to figure out exactly what happened out there, you see evidence markers all over the ground out there. police found a gu

. >> john: thanks, chris. new details about man who escaped from a prison in rock hill and caught in georgia. >> christine: his confession to we'll be right back"u*@omw<%t,#m%_=^/@ >> christine: next at 5:30 the beautiful spring weather' we've seen well, won't last the weekend. we have the changes you can expect in the forecast. >> john: good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning. now 5:29 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. conklin, he has the latest models and tracking when the rain will hit. he has more details in the first alert weatherb- center. >> al: out therehis morning, dry conditions, fair amount of cloud cover around like the last couple$qb mornings, going back to the map you can see we have a frontal system that sort of extends from pennsylvania on down through in georgia and in alabama. that front is going to make progress today. as it does, we'll see changes. we'll still win up d the upper 70s near 80, one of the warmest days in a long time. but behwind that f

. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> get over to brody o'connell. >> christine: getting details first in the alert center of this breaking investigation

. >> john: thanks, chris. more history being made during president's trip to cuba. itinerary with a variety of fresh-made seafood meals starting at just $4.99, no one does seafood like d's! try our new home-style flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. or our grilled menu, featuring new tuscan tilapia. each with two sides and hush puppies. for full meals starting at $4.99, >> john: we continue to follow breaking news, a deadly wreck in northwest charlotte has shut down part of the brookshire boulevard, expected to be shut down for a couple more hours. >> christine: happened a couple hours ago around 3:00 a.m. near 485, we broke the story first to alert you on what is going on. this is going to impact your morning commute. let's go to chris larson with traffic. >> chris: christine, wbtv's ashton pellom giving us this live look this morning of the accident scene out on brookshire. traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. it is the lanes northbound away from the city which are blocked off this morning. if you're coming inbound on brookshire boulevard up to 485, yo

. >> john: thanks, chris. a scary find aboard a passenger plane. all new in the 6:30 half hour, how authorities found the laser guided missiles and tell you what american city they were bound for. >> christine: kristen miranda watching live feeds for us during the morning and she is watching the current race standings, can you guess which race? the iditarod race i think will be ending here during the morning hours, we'll check in this is wbtv news this (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) >>> live from charlotte this is wbtv news this morning. >> christine: right now we're following one of the biggest races in the world. >> john: not talking presidential race here, let's get over to kristen miranda with the latest on the iditarod, live in the alert center. >> kristen: the current standings, i want to show you so you can see all of the athletes you've been

. >> john: thanks, chris. nick tennyson is heading to texas to meet with d.o.t. officials there. it comes as he re-evaluates the i-77 toll lane project here at home. mark davenport is following the story and mark is joining us now live with much more so mark, do we know exactly why the transportation secretary is making this trip? >> reporter: john, we do, he's going out west because he was pat mccrory. contract. i want to show you video of the highway in question in texas. this is highway 130 out west, transportation secretary will be talking to department of transportation officials specifically about cintra's operating the now-bankrupt highway. 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

nine on your side sports director john popovich and chris riva join us live!hey guys! the xavier musketeers get on the court about two hours from now to begin their second season...the season that really defines a team....the run that can make a season so by most standards..this has been the most successfull season in xavier history....in terms of winning games and in terms of holding a place in the top ten for much of the season. that's why myles davis was asked if this team has anything left to prove. eight times in tournament history a 15 seed has beaten a numbere 2 seed.....we saw it happen this afternoon when middle tennessee state upset michigan state....xavier wants to avoid being the next one. many say the first two days of the ncaa tournament are the best two days in to dueling fans. xavier is just hoping tonight they will not be leaving the arena disappointed like michigan state fans were a little more than an hour ago. the spartans are the same seed as xavier.right now - xavier fans are here to enjoy the weekend and some are experiencing it for the first tim

. >> chris: john, first alert forecast, cooler temperatures, much cooler as we head in the weekend. really severe weather threat is minimal, we will see rain showers heading through the weekend, saturday and again coming up early on sunday morning. look from scott clark nissan honda camera, camera. charlotte area neighborhoods with the cloud cover, 50 mountain island lake, 58 in ballantyne, 53 arboretum, 58 in indian trail. mid-50s around hickory, 59 gastonia, 46 this morning in boone, 58 in monroe but we're talking about highs only in the 50s for saturday and sunday. so we have a line of cloud cover, it is thickest from charlotte and out to our east, thinning as you move back to the west and we will see more breaks of sunshine in the carolina mountains for this afternoon. the storm track for today well down to our south, we're going to see all this begin to roll our way, more moisture coming in the carolinas over the next 24-48 hours and a digging trough of low pressure aloft bringing in the cooler temperatures saturday and sunday. again, you can see the clouds turnersburg, statesv

chris: john townsend believes motor's are protesting what they see as an unfair moneymaker. >> it's saying we don't believe the ticketing process is valid. that this is all about the money come you crave money. chris: d.c. councilmember mary vcheh views it differently. she said most of the unpaid tickets are unpaid because they are being challenged. with the fine doubling after 30 days and with other penalties for not paying, she says tickets are not worth protesting. >> it is best to clear it up for stop people are being caught, which they don't like. they have to pay the money. residents have the most unpaid tickets, totaling $36 million. of d.c. and virginia leon: the world's most interesting man is retiring. dos equis missing in goodbye to the iconic campaign. has played the most interesting man in the world and commercial since 2007. turns out he was a garbage truck driver before he got his start in western movies. how they will go with the next partnership. they are talking about college football, so most likely not the old guys. alison: i never really got that whole thing. i guess i

start of march madness.and the tri-state has many teams to root for ...nine on your side's john popovich and chris riva are in saint louis with the musketeers are the higher seed but cincinnati is dancing too.the bearcats are in spokane where they'll take on saint joseph's tonight a 9:57. nine is on your side sport reporter keenan singleton is there and he'll be following the team all day as they perpare to take the court. don't forget about kentucky.. u-k is in des moines this morning.tonight...the wildcats play stony brook. that's a team that's never...as in ever...played in an ncaa tournament. so much for that 13th republican debate.fox news in salt lake city after frontrunner donald trump refused to participate.trump cited a prior speaking engagement.he's on the record as saying there are too many debates.and when asked if he would consider future debates he declined to comment.but he's not alone...ohio governor john kasich has pulled out too. jennifer will call for graphic fullcooler out the door this morning with dry conditions means a quiet start to thursday. skies stay mostly sunny today a

john kasich and chris christie are tied for third at 8%. nearly 40% of people said they don't know or didn't have an opinion. >> that's pretty interesting. okay. >>> 5:33 right now . are you going to caucus tonight? if so there are some things that you need to know about. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is here again. voters won't be allowed to caucus. >> reporter: no, they won't. a third of unaffiliated and you have to be registered with a political party in order to caucus tonight. let's take a look at the role colorado will play. democrats and republicans are caucusing in our state. colorado is one of 11 states holding democratic caucuses or primaries. other notable ones include texas, minnesota and virginia. now the republican map is similar with a couple of exceptions. look at those red stripes there. colorado's gop will hold caucuses tonight but will not declare a statewide winner. the same goes for wyoming, which has been holding caucuses for two weeks leading up to super tuesday. now, since there won't be a republican winner to decla

reporter: the associated press earlier today called that final is not enough john: a major -- chris christie was a major trend following the results. reporter: nobody expected him and donald to pair up so quickly after they exchanged harsh barbs on the campaign trail but there was chris christie standing beside donald trump almost looking look a campaign wife so the hash tag tree chris christie was very -- free chris hohmannchristie vice president. john: thank you very much. barbara: after the endorsement of donald trump a lot of people started talking about that. don: there were a lot fof means with him standing behind him. don: we have showers southeast. heavy rain in sampson county and toward clinton. a look at first alert doppler xp and you can see red on there heavier rain showers southern wafrpb county. not seeing any lightning but the rest of the reasonable is dry. rain not a factor in the triangle as we go through the morning. temperatures around the region in the 50's and 40's. down to 46 in roxboro, 51 chapel hill. 55 smithfield. 58 fayetteville. the first alert seven-day forecast

we found john kasich who talk about the governor and the race today. >> chris, governor john kasich wrapping up in broad view heights. shaking some hands here in the room here off of i-77. today is one of the biggest days in the race for the house. it was all about michigan. onto the next week it's all about ohio. the governor stopping here in broadview heights after talking off campaigning in michigan. the polls showed him closing the gap on donald trump on the strength of last thursday's debate. the governor will take results going to illinois. he says its is about how he >> whatever happens, i'm prepared to live with it. some people said well you know will win you will drop out. not go to ohio. come on, you got to play it through and play it where it lies like it lies, you know and just see what happens and i'm very optimistic. i think we will win ohio. i can't imagine losing it but the voters will have their save. >> and one to determine the future of the campaign, a campaign that kaisch still believes will end here in cuyahoga county at the convention in july. reporting live from broad

nine on your side sports director john popovich and anchor chris riva are live in saint louis tonight with a look at the big game tonight. this is a very good time to be a college basketall team...and a very dangerous time as well. we saw baylor go down in the first round thursday....we saw arizona get beat last it's something that xavier players don't spend a lot of time thinking about as they play the 15th seed weber state tonight...but it is something they have to consider because they know it can happen..and it can ruin a very good season up to this point. and if pulling off the upset is the best feeling ever....getting upset is among the worst...that's what the musketeers hope to avoid tonight. tonight. riva track: while basketball has brought the nations attention to st. louis a community here just 20 miles from downtown is still reeling ferguson. the images from those two weeks are still fresh in the minds of residents. when demonstrators clashed with police over the death of michael brown. track the local businesses here have been rebuilt. "you know people need to come togethe

i'm chris wragge. john elliott will have the forecast in a moment. >>> janelle burrell is live on the scene of a massive water main break in hoboken. >> reporter: chris, we are at the intersection of clinton street and newark street, and you can see i'm in 4-5 inches of water, and the good news, most of it has receded, but crews are right now are trying to determine the source of the water main break, and it to clinton and 1st street. we are speaking with residents, and some said they have no water at all, and others have low water pressure at this hour. we have hoboken police on the scene, and they have been directing traffic around the water main break, and there's a lot of water standing here at this hour, and it's starting to recede. we are waiting official word from the city of hoboken about why this started, but it has been plagued with recent water problems because of the aging infrastructure. >>> reporting live, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >>> now over to john elliott with the forecast today. >>> i

. >> john: thanks, chris. >> christine: 6:48 now, kristen miranda has been getting latest news coming just in the newsroom as the morning develops. she is in the alert center with brand new images from the iditarod race you first broke a few minutes ago just finished. >> kristen: we were looking at live pictures from lay as da, bring those up so everybody can see them, these are live images iditarod, announced a short tim ago maybe 15, 20 minutes ago that a winner has been crowned, dallas seevey his fourth victory in the sled dog race, record time for him by the way, eight days, 11 hours, 20 minutes, 16 seconds. a brand new truck and 75 grand. if you want to look at apple tv pictures being tweeted by the cbs affiliate in the area from the finish line, that is the winner there. we had said a few minutes ago that his dad was right behind him, six miles behind him so we haven't heard yet if his dad is coming in in that second place but i'll keep an eye on it for you. >> john: how one town is getting ready for st. patty's day. >> christine: when we switch over to bounce tv humane society

. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> get over to brody o'connell. >> christine: getting details first in the alert center of this breaking investigation >> brody: let's take you back to tryon square shopping center, the active investigation right now. we have a crew at the scene giving me 9th-by-minute updates. this is pieces of papers officers laid down, waiting to get crime scene markers. they think it is shell casings linked to the shooting they are investigating. getting word cmpd telling our crew at the scene there are multiple scenes they are investigating. cars could be involved in this, they could be looking into and searching at this hour. also at tryon square as you can see, they are gathering evidence and they will be looking into how many shots were fired. details we are trying to get confirmed right now. early on when this first came out we were told there was one person shot with non-life threatening injuries, this again on tryon, right across from the 7-eleven if you know where that is in the tryon square shopping center and we will keep you updated throughout the morning with

it's not easy to fill in the shoes of jackie chan and chris tucker, but john fu and justin hire showed us they are up to the challenge. >> i'm carter. >> carter? >> i grew up loving the rush hour franchise and chris is the reason i got into comedy. >> i do the majority of my own stunts. weightlifting to keep fit during the process. >> i don't look as good as john, cae mpits veecve a w ar. buwee ceed f me. anjdow rkeusigstinusmesasftir e irye..n ro awdsret erhi. twh ty meroyo cuoms,heme aotlyiohathfaesteetn e stwaedneorghno g serfa 1 ee ts stt pre isodon fs n.llheeronenr rsterwi dabits 809760 t/v >> jeff: previously on "survivor": this season-- medical! has been a test of wills. >> it's not easy. >> jeff: with perseverance, neal-- >> the idol. >> jeff: tai. >> whoa! >> jeff: and jaison, each found an idol. but scot who had ties with tai and jaison. >> it becomes super idol. >> jeff: che chan chan loh tribe, they were torn on which way to

so far trump, ted chris, john kasich and marco rubio sticking to the issues instead of attacking eachther like in previous debates. >> i will do everything within my power not to touch social security to leave it the way it is to make this country rich again. to bring back our jobs. to get rid of deficits. to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse. >> any politics that goes around saying we don't have anything to do, all we have to do is raise a few taxes or lever it the way it is they're not being honest with you. >> we need to see political courage to take this on and safe and strengthen social security. >> and we have a lot of seniors who are very nervous. i have a plan to fix it that doesn't even require raising the retirement age. >> trump leads the republican field in the delegate count. >>> the democrats also spent the day campaigning in florida front runner hillary clinton is under added pressure after her surprise loss to bernie sans in michigan. in addition to florida, ohio, illinois, north carolina and missouri will hold primary contests next tuesday. sandesanders is trailing cl

so far trump, ted chris, john kasich and marco rubio sticking to the issues instead of attacking each other like in previous debates. >> i will do everything within my power not to touch social security to leave it the way it is to make this country rich again. to bring back our jobs. to get rid of deficits. to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse. >> any politics that goes around saying we don't have anything to do, all we have to do is raise a few taxes or lever it the way it is they're not being honest with you. >> we need to see political courage to take this on and safe and strengthen social security. >> and we have a lot of seniors who are very nervous. i have a plan to fix it that doesn't even require raising the retirement age. >> trump leads the republican field in the delegate count. >>> the democrats also spent the day campaigning in florida front runner hillary clinton is under added pressure after her surprise loss to bernie sans in michigan. in addition to florida, ohio, illinois, north carolina and missouri will hold primary contests next tuesday. sandesanders is trailing

and let the madness begin.we check in with john popovich and chris riva who are live in st. louis-- covering the xavier musketeers ahead of their first round match-up. seven! we begin with breaking news.a grand jury is indicting rayshawn herald.he's accused

. >> john: thanks, chris. back to that breaking news out of gaston county. police investigating a triple homicide in alexis. this morning we know one person has been arrested and charged with first degree murder. wbtv's ashton pellom is joining us now live in gaston county this morning with the very latest. so ashton, tell us what are police telling you? >> reporter: police are telling me three people have died yesterday and they are saying that one of those people that died was the husband of the suspect, the wife currently in jail right now. let's take you to pictureses, this is the victim, police saying this is 40-year-old giovanni gambino right there. authorities tell me around 8:00 last night they got a call to the home on alexis-lucia road in alexis. police to do a welfare check. police found three adults who died of apparent gunshot wounds in the house. again, the one picture you saw, 40-year-old giovanni gambino identified as one of the victims, he lived in the home. police are trying to identify the other victims but they believe they were just visi

john kasich declared the winner. kasich is leading with 45% to trump's 37, cruz and rubio trailing. >> we have chris flanagan with more. >> reporter: what a night for governor john kasich. he said all along if he didn't win ohio in the primary, ballgame over. he hit one out of the park and argue bhi one of the biggest the governor took the stage around 9:15 tonight to a thunderous ovation. he thanked hundreds supporters at tonight's rally, while flanked by his wife and two young daughters. in his victory speech he spoke from his heart thanking the democrats who crossed over and voted republican in the primary, even thanking marco rubio for his service after he dropped out of the race tonight. he never mentioned donald trump. did mention hillary clinton, said bring her on. and then he thanked all the people who traveled so far to support him. >> you know what? look, this is all i got, okay? this is all i got. and all i can say is thank you for the bottom of my heart. i want you to know something. we are going to go all the way to cleveland and secure the republican nomination. [ cheering ]. that he hits the campaign tr

it's not easy to fill in the shoes of jackie chan and chris tucker, but john fu and justin hire showed i'm carter. >> carter? >> i grew up loving the rush hour franchise and chris is the reason i got into comedy. >> i do the majority of my own stunts. weightlifting to keep fit during the process. >> i don't look as good as john, but i try to hold my own. ♪ ♪ ♪ i want to be a doctor. stitches, nurse. we're losing him! a lot happens on your stainless surfaces. luckily, no one cleans and kills germs better than clorox disinfecting wipes. look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. mmmm, yoplait. >>> "the insider," counting down the biggest stories tracking today. >>> number one, the tale of two dancers. sweet versus salty. >> i think my confidence was knocked a little bit. >> you have been very open that you've had a pas i have grown in so many ways. >> as once personal demons of alcohol and drugs become public, is another cracking under the dancing pressure? >> it's been a really rough wee >> then,

it's not easy to fill in the shoes of jackie chan and chris tucker, but john fu and justin hire showedarter. >> carter? >> i grew up loving the rush hour franchise and chris is the reason i got into comedy. >> i do the majority of my own stunts. weightlifting to keep fit during the process. >> i don't look as good as john, but i try to hold my own. ♪ ♪ ♪ should. >> governor pat mccrory stands behind the law. >> no regrets about the backlash? >> using common sense, pragmatic it kilt to protect the expect tags of privacy that all of us want when we use the most private of facilities. that's the restroom, locker room and shower facilities. this its what most states are doing right now. >>> the state's attorney general, democrat, roy cooper called the law a national embarrassment and will refuse to defend it in court. but he is running for governor this november against mccrory. so, scott, politics clearly seem to factor in this controversy. >> as usual. mark strassmann in raleigh for us. mark, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

i think they could do well to try to get his endorsement if you were john kasich or ted cruz. >> chrisboynton beach. the good people of florida get their lives back now. no more phone calls. >> so too with all those states. for john kasich the problem is ohio only gets to vote once, right? they voted for him big-time on this super tuesday on the heels of this big victory, what does he do next? we will hear from him. later this morning, i should tell you i had a chance to interview ted cruz after his speech that he gave right there. he had some choice words actually for john kasich. i'm not really aloued to tell you what they were, but i will tell you they were quite pointed, and that interview will air at 5:30 this morning on "new day." a great deal on this passat. wow, it looks really good... volkswagen believes safety is very important... so all eleven models come standard with an intelligent crash response system... hmm. ...seven stability-enhancing systems... hmmm... ...and equipment for two child seats. hmmm... for those who take safety seriously. like we do. the volkswagen safety

. >> john speaks with ted cruz this sunday on "face the nation" on cbs. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is defending his endorsement of donald trump. he has come under fire from establishment republicans for supporting the gop front-runner. he was mocked on social media for appearing distant during a trump victory speech on tuesday night. well, christie answered his critics yesterday. >> no, i wasn't being held hostage. no, i wasn't sitting up there thinking, oh, my god, what have i done? i was sitting -- standing up i believe is the best person to beat hillary clinton of the remaining republican candidates and it's why i endorsed him. >> christie dropped out of the republican race last month after a poor showing in new hampshire. >>> apple and its fight with the fbi, google, amazon, microsoft among dozens of companies on thursday that filed friend of the court briefs. they argue the court order to help unlock the san bernardino gunman's iphone threatens product security and consumer privacy. relatives of six attack victims and law enforcement groups filed their own brief oppos

than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: thanks, chris. john: more than a dozen dead, dozens more hurt following explosions at two transportation >> christine: brody o'connell has been getting details, brody, what is the latest people should know at this hour? >> brody: coordinated attacks, first a bombing at an airport in brussels. we know that 13 people were killed at that airport and more than an hour later, a blast was heard at a subway station in brussels, ten people reported dead. this is the outside of the airport you're seeing right here, it was clear from the windows were blown out. believed this is a suicide bomb attack. these are pass passengers leaving the airport. france is reinforced security at all train stations and airports. also the president of france holding an emergency meeting right now. terror level at a maximum level right now in belgium, all flights shut down there in brussels right now. a couple things i want to pass along, delta airlines released a statement apparently there was a flight, dl-80 from atlanta to brussel

chris wragge. >>> let's get right to the forecast and turn it to john elliot. >>> good morning mary and chris, hi, everybody, @ going to be a slippery, sloppy, we may see a few school delays. over my shoulder that's light snow. temperature a key player here too, 31 degrees. wind out of the east, the dew points will be high. staten island over tobrooklyn and queens parts of the bronx in manhattan we see a little bit of a break to the north. that is the pattern to this

chris. >> okay john, thanks so much. i'm chris wragge. we'll be back with another local update in about 25 minutes. after this. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." we are continuing our coverage of a series of explosions today in the capital of belgium, the country's prime minister says that the country was hit by blind attacks. >> now the blast rocked the brussels airport and a busy subway station. at least one explosion was caused by a suicide attacker. in total at least 30 people are reported killed. but the total is expected to rise. and we are talking about dozens more who have been wounded. >> an image on twitter shows the devastation on a subway car that was hit by one of the explosions. it shows how the blast ripped people living in brussels have been told to stay where they are. charlie d'agata is at the city's airport. charlie, good morning. >> good morning. we have news just in. this is according to belgian media, that the royal palace of brussels, the official residence of the king and queen has been evacuated in response

. >> i was going to ask you about that, john. chrischristie was speaking essentially when "power lunch" was on, there is headlines that said he urged trump not to leave the party. that is related to that, correct? you heard the speech. >> yes. and i did hear, you know, both romney and chris christie, sure, he's going to say as a republican politician that he urged trump not to leave the party, but it is hard to imagine donald trump heeding that kind of advice if he concludes that the republican nomination as some of his advisers have put it is being stolen from him by the maneuvering of republican leaders, a fissure of that kind between the rank and file, which is voting for donald trump, and the republican elite, which is trying to stop him -- >> to that point, john, does romney -- >> -- is tough to overcome. >> does romney help trump in any way being the definition of the establishment that donald trump is fighting so hard against, that he's clearly tapped into a vein in the american public that has become so anti-establishment. romn