. >> live to johnson c. smith university right now former president clinton at the podium for his campaign stop here in charlotte. let's listen in. >> thank you very much. let me first of all thank president carter for welcoming me here. thank you. i love you. and i want to thank you for that great speech. maybe i should just stand up and say amen and sit down. i want to thank your student government association president elaine for what she said and her support. i have been acquainted with this great school since before many of you were born. so i want to start by tipping my hat to the great university marching band. thank you very much. to the university choir and all the students here, i want to thank the elected officials thank you for being here. senator waddle, representative cunningham and commissioners. and i may have missed somebody else. but one thing i don't want to miss is this so i will make sure i pronounce it right... you can vote today. right near here. at the beatties ford road regional library. >

and bill clon ton is not the only prosecution to show up on the johnson c. smith university campus 1909, the president was william howard taft and the chair is on display in the library on this campus. from johnson c. smith university wbtv on your side. >> appreciate it. republican presidential candidate donald trump was also in our area today. and he took jabs at clinton. protestors took jabs back at trump during his stop in concorde. law enforcement and security removed more than half a dozen of groups of people who interrupted the rally. get him out of here. get out of here. go home to mommy. bye. go home to mommy. go home to mommy. >> trump spent much of his time on stage discussing trade and his ability to create jobs including here in north carolina. pamela escobar was at trump's rally and spoke with supporters and protestors alike. that is tonight at 5:00. >> first at 4:00 a frightening story. a pregnant woman police are looking for the man who she says tried to grab her purse. coleen harry joins us from west charlotte. walk us through what police say happe

live at johnson c. smith university, steve crump wbtv on your side. >> thank you. and on the other side of the aisle donald trump sounded confident while speaking to a packed arena. he kicked protestors out and kept to the theme of making america great and pointed out areas where he says the country is losing ground. >> we lose with isis, we lose with war, we lose with trade, we have lousy healthcare we are going up 35-50% this stupid obamacare. >> and pamela escobar was in the arena. i can only imagine what it was like, crazy at times? >> yeah, paul, donald trump supporters were thankful they were able to see their candidate. easy is a business leader now presidential nomination. now, donald trump spoke to thousands of people about issues he knows they wanted to hear. and when people protested he kicked them out. the biggest applause lines when he came about protecting the second amendment and guns and taking care of veterans and building the wall. free trade is not working for the united states and does not like seeing u.s. taking american jobs to mexico. he will

today, johnson c. smith university and the f.b.i. partnered to ensure all campus officers are prepared should an active shooter situation happen on campus. all johnson c. smith university officers participated in the training today. the f.b.i. says the goal is to ensure all responders are on one cord. >> all the officers on the same page when it comes that they know how to go in even though you are from a small department and somebody's responding from a large department that we know how to handle one problem together tactically. you may be trained differently, but when we come in for this we will handleth this way. active shooter training courses a year ago starting in union county. >> we have continuing coverage of the terror in brussels. later we are talking with a local man who was supposed to have a connecting flight in brussels and hear what he has to say as he and his father wait it out at charlotte douglas international airport. >> and we are talking with the french ambassador about the attacks months after his country was tar

spoke in front of students at johnson c. smith university. wbtv's steve crump shows us why it was a major stop for the clinton campaign. [ music ] >> reporter: eight days before voters have their say in north carolina, former president bike brought his wife's campaign to charlotte's johnson c. smith university. >> i ask you to vote for her. i asked you to vote in advanced voting and election day. >> it puts him in front of a prized group of voters and demonstrates the value of the demographic pursued by the party. >> very important for african americans to work as a block, as a coalition to put in place in power people who will support our initiatives whether at the city level, county level, state level, national level. >> reporter: attracting black voters in south carolina non-stop headlines between bernie sanders and the former first lady. at the end of the race, african americans there voted for hillary clinton by a whopping 86%. >> i really don't know what sanders has planned but seems to me he has a strategy of going for states where he

out of west charlotte, a live look a t roslyn avenue near johnson c. smith university, police just cleared the scene oftr a carjacking and shooting investigation. ashton pellom first bke tro ory,ste will have a live report in a moment. plus -- >> very few people who don't think this is a bad idea. >> john: renewed opposition to the i-77 toll lane project. widen i-77 details similar projects. >> welcomeo wbtv news this morning on friday, march 11th, it's 6:00, i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. kristen miranda is in the alert center. >> kristen: watching coverage out of memphis and parts of losiana they are still dealing with rain and flooding, i'll show you pictures coming up from the the alert center. >> john: let's get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteoroclogist, al conklin. not much in the way of rain. chances are you won't need the umbrella or rain gear today. you have rain up to the north of us over west virginia, rain back across alabama and eventually the frontal system will have an impact on our weather over the

mark davenport joins us now live from johnson c. smith university where the clinton event is being held. mark, what can we expect today? >> reporter: john, battle to earlybattle forearly voters. we will see bill clinton and donald trump, will be here in the charlotte area today, also across the state in the next couple days as well. get you the schedule to show you where they are going to be today. start off with former president bill clinton, campaigning on behalf of his wife, hillary clinton. raleigh then greensboro and stop right here in the queen city, that is at 4:15 this afternoon at johnson c. smith university. early voters as possible. donald trump will be making a stop in north carolina today as well, at lunch time, he will be over at the cabarrus arena and event center in concord. 23% of all north carolina votes in 2012 were early votes that is why it is so important for these candidates to be out here in charlotte, in north carolina area campaigning to make sure that these early voters hear their messages. that is why they are

the rally taking place at johnson c. smith university and historic black college. clinton says his wife is the best choice to help pay the america. >> hillary is running for president so that every single american can look at that picture and say there again, there's my family, there's my future. we are all going to be there. >> she will be our matriarch and she will be our president and we are going to have a woman in the white house. >> sander is showing off an autographed photo of hillary. sander like many here says it's time for women to be in charge. >> most men say a woman's place is in the house, yes it is the white house. >> certainly electing a woman president would be a change but some say there needs to be even more. >> he did a good job of talking about the inclusiveness that we are looking for in our nation that we don't have now and i believe that's what she stands for. >> we need to change maker and you can make it happen. >> some democrats at most importantly she's the candidate with the best chance of taking >> it's time for the republicans to get

the rally taking place at johnson c. smith university and historic black college. clinton says his wife is the best choice to help pay the >> hillary is running for president so that every single american can look at that picture and say there again, there's my family, there's my future. we are all going to be there. >> she will be our matriarch and she will be our president and we are going to have a woman in the white house. >> sander is showing off an autographed photo of hillary. sander like many here says it's time for women to be in charge. >> most men say a woman's place is in the house, yes it is the white house. >> certainly electing a woman president would be a change but some say there needs to be even more. >> he did a good job of talking about the inclusiveness that we are looking for in our nation that we don't have now and i believe that's what she stands for. >> we need to change maker and you can make it happen. >> some democrats at most importantly she's the candidate with the best chance of taking >> it's time for the republicans to get in gear b

the man was fou on rozzelles ferry road near johnson c. smith university with wounds to his arm and leg. you see medic working wit him here. he is expected to be okay. police are searching for a silver toyota corolla. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> john: more breakg news out of southwest charlotte, a live look at steel chase neighborhood off sandyorter road. water service is being repaired. was trying to lay down fiber cablr7les ahnd workersamaged a water pipe, water was shut off to 100 customers. these are live pictures, it will be a few more hours until repairs are complete because they found more damaged pipes. charlotte wat iser providing bottled water to affected residents there. than seven minutesway from weather and traffic on wbtv ne conklin. >> al: pretty sunrise this rning.this is from stallings, you can see as we look off toward the east, cloud cover out there but otheise, a very nice start and mild start to the day. we're now at8 5 the morning low here in charlotte as we approach the daybreak time frame, low 60s

agents will train departments on tactical scenario at johnson c. smith university. they sent notifications about the training so they wouldn't be alarmed. >> christine: big changes to southpark involves replaceing sharon united methodist church with apartments and hotel and office space. would include a church facility for sharon united methodist. >>> council members approved 335 new amounts apartments along the lynx blue line. the station is set to open next >>> a girl's team in morgan ton will be honored for winning the state championship. a parade for the parade will be held in downtown morganton t. they won the 3a state championship earlier this month in chapel hill. congratulations to them. >>> special olympics spring games are being held until rock hill today. 900 volunteer also are needed at cherry park. slow up and register to volunteer at 9:00 this morning. events start at 10:00. more than 1200 special olympic athletes from york, chester and lancaster counties are competing in track and field events. >> christine: cam newton is sharing a picture of his thre

as you may know, johnson c smith university is an historically black college. political experts stress hillary clinton is relying heavily on the african american vote to win the democratic nomination for president. bill clinton said his wife has a track record for helping all people succeed. >> what i want you to believe is that we can all rise together for the first type. >> i want somebody who knows how to navigate the political system. >> coming up on eyewitness news at 10:00, more reaction from people who attended today's rally. reporting live in west charlotte, alexa ashwell, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> and eyewitness news is your source for the north carolina primaries on air and online at wsoctv.com. follow us on twitter and like our facebook page for breaking developments as they happen. breaking news out of north charlotte since 5:00. we want to you show you live pictures of this warehouse fire along north trion street just outside of uptown charlotte. we can tell you that all lanes of north trion between dalton avenue and 30th street are now closed

urged the crowd at johnson c. smith university at 4:15 in the afternoon to vote early. saying that hillary clinton would make a great first female president. would also be immediately respected on the world stage. >> the real reason you ought to be for is she is a single best change maker i ever saw and anybody can talk about it, we need someone who can do it. >> reporter: all these politicians coming in our state here in charlotte as well, because early voting they want to wrangle the early votes here in our state since it makes up quite a lot of the voting period throughout our entire period here. if you need to vote early, you can it rolls on this week. you have up until march 15th when the primary takes place so if you can come out to early skip the long lines. reporting live, mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> john: looking ahead officials in the town of davidson will vote on a resolution to push charlotte-mecklenburg schools to support neighborhood schools. this comes after council members in huntersville pass ped a similar resolution last night. wbtv's ashton

his last stop of the day will be in the queen city at 4:15 at johnson c. smith university. republican front runner donald trump is going to be in concord at the cabarrus arena and events center. that event starts at noon. >>> latest poll numbers suggest donald trump and hillary clinton are poised for sweeping primary wins this week in michigan. 57% of those surveyed came out for clinton in the poll. trump picking up 41% of support in the primary compared to ted cruz, 22%. the poll was conducted between >>> marco rubio wins the puerto rico primary, a second win for the hopeful. the florida senator look in line to pick up 23 delegates from the u.s. territory. the victory could give him a boost in the republican presidential race. he trails donald trump and ted cruz, rubio also won minnesota last week. >>> hoping to win more states, rubio opened a campaign office in north carolina. thom tillis endorsed him in the past, has a strong support base. despite other calls for rubio to drop out of the race. >> if you had a competitor in the race would you want them to drop out too, ri

charlotte-mecklenburg police looking for whoever shot and carjacked a security guard near johnson c. smith university. the guard says the shooter flagged him down on roslyn avenue and stole his camry. we are hearing from a homeowner that the security guard banged on his door to get help. pamela escobar is live. how is this victim tonight the security guard? >> well, paul, police tell us the victim is still in the hospital and that he is a security guard. now, according to the police report, the shooter got away with his car and a gun inside of it. >> like he came up and maybe he was coming back down. >> germaine thompson says his strewn is covered with blood after someone came knocking on his door. that woke up she was getting ready for work. and she heard like knocking on the door. and i guess the guy who was shot was at the door. and she did not answer it. she cracked the door. >> thompson told her not to open the door to the stranger. >> she did crack the door and there was a guy that was hurt. and as you can see there's blood all over the steps. >> that man did find help and was taken

you may remember his appearance at johnson c. smith university last week. and recent polls have clinton leading bernie sanders here in north carolina by nearly 20 points but this campaign is certainly not taking those numbers for granted. they are trying to show up here. and you can see lots of people are showing up for her. sara-blake morgan wbtv on your side. >> thank you. and turning to the republican race, the polls out of north carolina give donald trump a commanding lead. >> he appeared in hickory today at an event with governor chris christie with interruptions from protestors in the crowd. christian flores was inside the event and joins us. christian how was the crowd today? >> maureen, the line for trump's night and went on for blocks but supporters were not the only ones in line. protestors snuck into the rally. during the rally three groups caused a disruption and were kicked out. police officers had written six citations for protestors. charges from disorderly conduct to obstruction. what started the protests was trump's stance on how he is goin

be in raleigh, then on to greensboro, then a stop in the queen city at 4:15 this afternoon at johnson c. smith university. that is where i am right now. the goal for them is to wrangle donald trump will make a stop in north carolina today as well at lunch time, he will be at the cabarrus arena and events center in concord. 23% of all north carolina votes in 2012 were early votes, that is why both these campaigns want to be out here and get those early voters. you can vote early all the way up until friday. two days over that weekend you don't vote in early voting but then you will be voting again on the 15th if you don't get out early. that is what the campaigns are doing today, get you some more looks later this afternoon when those campaigns do show up here in north carolina. reporting live, mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> john: the democrats running for president facing off in michigan. the debate comes two days before voters head to the polls for michigan's democratic primary. the candidates sparring over an issue important to people in michigan, the 2009 bail out of the auto industr

just in the last 20 minutes, former president bill clinton wrapped up an event at johnson c smith university supporting his wife hillary. hours ago, thousands came out to see republican candidate donald trump. eyewitness news reporter angela hong was there as supporters lined up for the chance to see him. people turned out in the thousands to be here at this rally today. some traveled from places hours away to be here as well. most of the people were in support of trump. some were curious. and others were here to protest. for a while, it felt like a party. donald trump supporters inside and outside the cabarrus county arena said this was a once in a pick for president. >> history's being made. we wanted to be here to support donald trump. >> supporters wanted front row seats. many holding signs, buying scarves, shirts, and buttons to show their support. musician craig moss has traveled to several trump rallies. >> he addresses issues very direct. and he doesn't candy coat anything. he speaks from the heart. >> the rally wasn't without challenge. >> we have a protester. >> there were several

charlotte-mecklenburg police tonight looking for who shot and carjacked a security guard near johnson c. smith university overnight. the guard is in the hospital right now. he told police the shooter flagged him down on roslyn avenue and stole his toyota camry. that is the 6th shooting in charlotte since tuesday leaving one person dead and nine hurt. charlotte city councilors considering a request from kerr putney for more police officers after the spike in crime. pamela escobar is live at cmpd headquarters tonight with the recent incidents this week. it may feel like crime is getting worse. >> well, paul, i received new numbers from cmpd today. now, while this week is a violent week compared to this time last year overall assaults with a deadly weapon decreased by 6.2% involving guns. homicides are down. chief kerr putney asked council to pay for 125 new officers and 80 staff to deal with the growth in crime. councilwoman leads the community safety committee and said the model has been successful but they need more officers to build relationships in neighborhoods so they can be aware of it an

that retreat is from 8:30 until 1:30 at johnson c. smith university. >>> check out this video, look at the people at westin for the uncf masquerade ball. hundreds came out to raise money for the united negro college fund. molly grantham was the emcee. they helped 65,000 students attend 900 colleges and university, raised more than $100,000 last night. >>> the st. patrick's day parade and charlotte goes green festival takes place today. offrom other years.the parade if you're going up for that starts at 11:00 at north tryon street. >>> everybody wearing the green still. >> lyndsay: i know. i forgot to wear green on st. patrick's day. >> kristen: i did forget. >> lyndsay: i roll you were wrote you were a rebel. you totally did it on the purpose. >> kristen: i didn't. i really didn't. >> lyndsay: i feel you did. >> kristen: i wore it the day before. >> lyndsay: i can't wear green because i have a green wall. anyway, we have green on our radar, you don't necessarily want to see but we have showers that have started to pop up in most of them are

runs from 8:upon to 1:30 at johnson c. smith university. >>> big crowd at westin for unc masquerade ball. molly grantham served as emcee. helped 65,000 students attained students attend 900olleges and universities. festival and st. patrick's day parade is today. a lot of people want to the know if they will stay dry if they turn out. >> lyndsay: mm, i can't guarantee it. it does look like a wave earlier, maybe mid-morning break before more in the afternoon. be prepared for it. but you may get lucky. it is a luck of the irish. do you see what i did there? that was a bad joke. >> kristen: that was great. >> lyndsay: 10:00 ises when everything kicks off. mid to upper 50s. shower chance, 40%, less than 50/50 odds, be prepared for it, it will be a possibility because it will be hard to rule out a time period pretty much all day long when we can guarantee that temperature-wise, 50s all across the board, 58 in charlotte, gastonia, 59 rock hill, lancaster, monroe, 57, 49 in albermarle, cooler there, down to 50 statesville, hickory and m

the fbi is hoping rapid response training on the campus of johnson c. smith university. officials are sending out the alert now so people will be alarmed -- will be alarmed and exercises begin. we'll focus on active shooter situations and also use a large portion of the campus to help officers get the experience needed in case the situation breaks out in our area. campus police officers from jcs view, unc charlotte davidson will all take part. the controversial charlotte restroom ordinance could have a legislature meeting earlier than expected rate house speaker tim moore said today he hopes to call special session for this week to discuss the ordeal. it orders transgendered people to use the restroom or locker that they identify with. moore bill psyche has -- but pat mccrory said he doesn't feel special session is needed. dozens are marching through charlotte tonight hoping to put a stop to the deportation of two undocumented students. hear from supporters at the rally, next. >> just thinking about the money that we are raising knowing that we are running for something.

in while he will appear at yvonne law school in greensboro, then onto the historically black johnson c smith university in charlotte. >> mikaya thurmond in our >>> republican presidential front runner donald trump will be in north carolina today as well. he'll make a stop in concord in the charlotte area. he plans to appear at crown coliseum in fayetteville wednesday. last december he spoke at dorton arena. >>> the weather is going to warm up nicely. i'm so excited about it. >> i know. still cold out there so if you make it outside make sure to grab a coat >> it's so weird. we're talking about a big warm- up this week the temperature started at or below freezing in most places this morning. that sunshine is warm things up pretty quickly, you can see sunshine looking west across wake county on our tall tower camera. in durham, 41, cary 32, 31 wake forest, 35 popcorn, 39 in holly springs. it's a little bit after 8:00 so these temperatures will just a little bit as we get through the next few minutes. degrees in rocky mount. having started at 3232 this morning you can see a big jump in temperat

yesterday channel 9 was there as former president bill clinton campaigned for his wife at johnson c. smith university in west charlotte. hundreds gathered for that event, where he touched on several topics, including voter rights, gun laws and college tuition and expressed why his wife would make the best president. >> yes it would be a good thing to have a president who would be immediately respected and trusted around the world, that's true. but the real reason you ought to be for her is she is the single best change maker i ever saw. >> political experts stress hillary clinton is relying heavily on the african-american vote to win the democratic nomination for president. bill clinton said his wife has a track record for helping all people succeed. >>> today presidential candidates are aiming to win in primaries and caucuses. that includes michigan and mississippi. just head over to our special election page at wsoc-tv.com. >>> a north carolina transportation secretary is back in the state this morning after a trip to meet with texas d.o.t. officials. in an almost 4-hour meeting yesterda

charlotte-mecklenburg police are looking for the person that ot and carjacked a security gardner johnson c. smith university a couple of nights ago. the guard remains in the hospital. he told police the shooter flagged him down yesterday morning on roslyn avenue and stole his toyota camry. >>> seven alleged members of the ms-13 gang are scheduled to go on trial. three of the people indicted are on the run. the rest have all entered guilty pleas. >>> another crime alert for you your car, that is the warning from deputies in york county. they are investigating nine car break ins that happened in fort mill on thursday night. all of them happened in the baxter and waterstone subdivisions. in most cases the doors were locked but thieves smashed windows anyway. >>> the effort to find a person who dragged a dog several feet, struggling to stay alive. found in columbia, witnesses report that after she was hurt, she pulled herself to a nearby business. her injuries are gruesome and she may not recover. >> came over and started to examine her leg and her injuries and just to see what we saw was completely

. >>> today, johnson c. smith university will have a training exercise for local college police departments. the advanced law enforcement alert, has trained more than 60,000 law enforcement and response protocol adopted by the fbi. students and neighbors have been notified about the training exercise. today, transportation leaders from north carolina and virginia will get an update on plans to build a high-speed rail that would run through charlotte. the route would go from atlanta to washington, d.c. north carolina and virginia are working together on a section that would run from raleigh to richmond. leaders say it will cut down on travel time from north carolina to virginia by 75 minutes. and they say you can get from charlotte to atlanta in two hours. it's not clear when construction would start. >>> starting today, you can buy single game tickets to possible charlotte hornets playoff games. the team is currently tied for the fifth spot in the playoffs. playoff schedule won't be determined until the end of the

he'll speak at an early voting rally at johnson c. smith university. doors open at 3:15. if you'd like to go-- you can sign up through hillary clinton's website. senator marco rubio now has a campaign office in cornelius... dozens of people gathered last night to celebrate the opening on west catawba avenue. senator thom tillis and congressman robert pittenger attended the event. candidates are showing north carolina plenty of love... hoping to win next week's primary. coming up on the "today" show. find out how to love your body with advice from fashion experts. then stay tuned for charlotte today at 11:00, and our next newscast at noon. spring is the season for (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. >>> it is a fun kayday monday. there isn't a woman out there who isn't self-conscious about some part of h

the fbi is hoping rapid response training on the campus of johnson c. smith university. officials are sending out the alert now so people will be alarmed -- will be alarmed and exercises begin. we'll focus on active shooter situations and also use a large portion of the campus to help officers get the experience needed in case the situation breaks out in our area. campus police officers from jcs view, unc charlotte davidson college in queens university will all take part. the controversial charlotte restroom ordinance could have a legislature meeting earlier than moore said today he hopes to call special session for this week to discuss the ordeal. it orders transgendered people to use the restroom or locker that they identify with. moore bill psyche has -- but pat mccrory said he doesn't feel special session is needed. dozens are marching through charlotte tonight hoping to put a stop to the deportation of two undocumented students. hear from supporters at the rally, next. >> just thinking about the money that we are raising knowing that we are running for something. je

a there is going to be more than just students a at johnson c. smith university tomorrow. the fbi will be holding rapid response training at the school monday and tuesday. they are sending out the alert ahead of training so the people out there won't be alarmed when they kickoff. the drills will focus on how to handle active shooter situations using a large portion of the campus to help out officers and a agents get the ex others they immediate. now campus police officers from unc char ho, davidson college and queens university charlotte will automobile talking part in the. >> president obama has become the first sitting president to travel to cuba in almost 90 years. the president and the family this afternoon. obama is expected to meet with cubanp president raul castro during the three-day trip and also going to be giving a very historic speech in that slan. >> this is an historic visit. it is an historic opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people and to have agreement and commercial deals to build new ties between the two people and for me, the layout in my vi

after being shot in having his car stolen to at it happened early this morning in the 1900 near johnson c. smith university. cmpd said the victim was shot once in the hours and again in the leg. police tell us he is expected to be okay. as it now no suspect names have been released but have said they are looking for a silver toyota related to the case. students are staying home from school but not for the usual reasons. cms teachers tell us several other undocumented students have stopped coming to class for fear of deportation. this after a fellow student was arrested by immigration officers near a school bus stop. caroline denton gets an inside look at what's happening. >> it was just a regular day at school when one of rebecca he had a problem. >> officer stopped to question him and some of the other students. >> he's not the only one. >> one has disappeared one has stopped coming and told us he can't come back to school and he asked to move again because he knows they are looking for him. >> she's talking about i.c.e. or immigration and customs enforcement. this is happening after late janua

a there is going to be more than just students a at johnson c. smith university tomorrow. the fbi will be holding rapid response training at the school monday and tuesday. they are sending out the alert ahead of training so the people out there won't be alarmed when they kickoff. the drills will focus on how to handle active shooter situations using a large portion of the campus to help out officers and a agents get the ex others they immediate. unc char ho, davidson college and queens university charlotte will automobile talking part in the. >> president obama has become the first sitting president to travel to cuba in almost 90 years. the president and the family arrived on the calm nist island this afternoon. obama is expected to meet with cubanp president raul castro during the three-day trip and also going to be giving a very historic speech in that slan. >> this is an historic visit. it is an historic opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people and to have agreement and commercial deals to build new ties between the two people and for me, the layout in my vi

the former president ends the day at johnson c smith university in charlotte people in virginia i can now legally manufacture industrial hemp for commercial purposes with a license to build redefines industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity and allows licensed growers to cultivate the plant. governor terry mcauliffe signed the bill after it passed the general assembly in the law will go into effect july first. nearly a hundred scientists and policy leaders are meeting in gloucester point this week to discuss litter season waterways. this is part of the second virginia marine debris summit the summit will address some of those strategies to reduce pollution in waterways acclaimed virginia waterways worker says marine debris is forms of pollution the form is open to the public and last until wednesday. dio words in the fight against watch a player right now on usa today dot com. britain's top counter terrorism chief says the united kingdom could face quo in enormous and spectacular attack from isis scotland yard assistant commissioner mark rallies as isis is broadening its efforts t

the active shooter training at johnson c. smith university in west charlotte was scheduled long before these attacks. counterterrorist expert walter kimball says the brussels attacks were unusual because the explosions were set off outside screening areas. we're going to continue to bring you the latest developments in the investigation on air as well as on wsoctv.com. we're posting updates on facebook an twitter as well. this morning we're asking police what led to a deadly if they are still looking for the killer. around 9:00 last night police say they found a man dead at a home off west ridge drive near freedom drive. they did tell us they don't believe the shooting was random. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. >>> a man arrested for robbing a bank in monroe on monday will be in court next month. dorian davis is charged with robbery with a dangerous weap. there's a surveillance picture of the robbery that happened at the first citizens bank on west roosevelt boulevard. there's that picture there. police say he

he is set to speak at johnson c. smith university at 4:15 this afternoon. >>> republican front runner donald trump making a stop in he will be at the cabarrus arena and events center in concord. now chris larson has the latest on traffic. >> chris: travel sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. let's take a live look, i-77 west boulevard, you can see north and southbound traffic a there. we have delays southbound 77 coming across 85, up to center city, northbound delays as well, also looking at delays on the inner loop of 485 coming out of lake norman, southbound delays starting davidson down to cornelius and huntersville and then back in the green as you work your way up toward 485. that is a check of the morning commute, al conklin? >> al: thanks, chris, out there this morning, looking at a decent start to the day, we have warm high pressure that will dominate this week, so we'll wind up in the 60s this afternoon and then in the 70s for the foreseeable future. the one exception is in the mountains where it is obviously a

the man was found on rozzelles ferry roa near johnson c. smith university with wounds to the arm and leg is expected to be okay.xt police are searching for silver toyota corolla. to call police. >>> first alert traffic brought you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: a live look here at d.o.t. camerae see things mu improvedere at the d9farrowood road exit on i-77, northbound traffic was really backed up here at one pnt but now traffic moving smoothly, things beginng to clear up there. as we loo live on the traffic map you can see there are still several accidents being worked by charlottel3 police= but as far ashe slow-downs are concerned thingsave improved around 485, along 85, as well. here is meterologist chris larson. >> chris: christine, thank you, first alert weaer, we have rain as we head in theeekend and that is a great thing because folks in the deep south ar just gettiqng hmered once n inaiew orleans, mississippi, through the state ther