several new stories you need to in a few minutes at 6:32, wbtv's security expert, karl de la guerra is going to be live on the phone with us this morning giving us more insight in the terror attacks in brussels. >>> a young girl with seven tumors in her brain is now cancer-free, at 6:44, we hear from her father about the breakthrough treatment used to help heal her. >> john: north carolina's environmental agency will host a meeting on the proposed risk classifications for the coal ash pond at duke energy's allen steam station in gaston county. the meeting is set for tonight at 6:00 at gaston college dallas campus. officials want to the hear what neighbors think of the proposal to list the two coal ash ponds as low risk sites. the final risk classifications will help determine a time line for closing duke's energy 33 coal ash ponds state-wide. low risk ponds wouldn't be closed until 2029. >>> last night protesters building for a die-in. they pretended to drink coal ash kool-aid and laid down on the streets. many upset they were told they could go back to drinking warmer water after bein

several terror attacks in belgium, at 6:30, we talk with our security analyst, karl de la guerra live. >> john: a live look at brookshire boulevard near i-485 where the northbound outbound ashton pellom will join us live with information on a deadly five minutes befor we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. because making something in america means so much, to so many. >>> wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now with breaking news. >> christine: several breaking news stories this morning. the first in northwest charlotte, one person killed in this wreck on brookshire boulevard near i-485. you're looking live at what has been a very active scene. the outbound lanes of brookshire boulevard remain closed. we're on your side with a live report and check of how this is affecting your morning commute right now >>>. brody o'connell with more breaking news. >> brody: 13 people are killed ne

security expert karl de la guerra says investigations are two-fold. side if you will, and interviews of the individuals that are involved. law enforcement and school systems if they are going to make an error, make it on the side of safety. >> reporter: even theparents should monitor their child's activity on social media and if there is a credible threat, they will be notified. reporting in charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. >> kristen: all new, parent in one south carolina school district are outraged after students went home with an assignment that was entitled "if i were a slave" richland district, two officials say a teacher at killian elementary passed out eight out the assignment. students were asked to fill in the blanks. after a complaint they took the assignment back. one board member is calling it a teachable moment. we have done a review district-wide of third grade and made sure that we don't have our other buildings in the district and in addition to that, we used this as a learning opportunity, as a growing opportunity for our

we also took this video to our security expert, karl de la guerra, who trains police officers. he says it all depends where officers are striking the suspect, listen. >> it's completely different if the officer is repeatedly striking the suspect's face. however, from my experience, if the officer is striking a major muscle part of the suspect, in 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 breaking a bone. cmpd says that is what the officer is doing. looking in the excessive force allegations. >> john: wild video police chase involving a motorcyclist who crashed and tried to get away. this is dash cam video from the chase in lenoir yesterday morning. look at the motorcyclist go down, crashes on a dirt road then takes off running. an officer runs as well, catching the man, officers say the man was originally pulled over for a license plate violation but also found drugs in his backpack. >> christine: we're working to get an update on the condition of an eight-year-old who wa