[laughter] >> that is a mean trick. >> and that is kristen hampton. that is what kristen hampton is like she has been on twitter with puns about bathroomness toilets and potties. >> and stereos? they were nice porta-potties. >> never at any event. not classy enough. next, men with guns break into a house while a teenage girl is home alone. >> we talked with her mother about the moments and the latest from police on their investigation. wbtv news at 6:00 is next. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. now at 6:00 a young woman held at gun point and robbed in a charlotte home. >> she called and they said they broke thoo grandma's house. >> raising questions about safety. we ask a city leader who it will take to ge

kristen hampton. >> she is from that area. >> she goes to it all the time. kristen is always looking for good news send ideas to... >> coming up all new at 6:00... >> transportation secretary is in texas meeting about sentra and i-77 and we are back in the >> details are coming up. >> we are in texas with north carolina's transportation secretary and why a toll road there is going bankrupt. what it could mean for the tolls on i-77. >> and the spotlight in campaign 2016 shines on north carolina. >> i swear i'm going to vote for donald trump next week. i swear. >> donald trump and president clinton spend time in charlotte and we are bringing you team coverage as you head to the polls. wbtv news starts right now. >> tonight wbtv news is there as north carolina's transportation secretary travels to texas to get information on a bankrupt toll road. >> the possible implications for the i-77 toll lane contract. nice to have you here at 6:00 p.m. i'm maureen o'boyle. >> i'm paul cameron. nick tennison was meeting with the dot about the business dealings with sen trar

. >> i'm kristen hampton. the good news is coming up. >> and all new at 6:00... >> changes in north carolina's voting boundaries raising new questions over minority representation and the u.s. congress. on wbtv news is sponsored by... if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. >> huge news for hundreds of charlotte-mecklenburg classrooms. red ventures c.e.o. announced he is funding every single on-line fundraising effort. >> that is amazing. that is 280 projects from books to pencils to laptops hundreds of thousands of supplies that might have come from teachers

i'm kristen hampton. the good news is coming up. >> and all new at 6:00... >> one day after north carolina's primary folks in the state are getting ready for yet another primary and it may involve what could be seen as political double dipping. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> if you like owls this next story is sure to make you smile. if you like baby owls you might squeal. the carolina raptor center has taken in a baby owl but the bird of prey is not without a mother. kristen hampton explains in tonight's good news. >> i was warned before opening mother might try to attack. but she didn't. make she somehow knew we were here to do a story on her and her newest foster owl. >> she is a great mom. she was protecting that baby that is the sound she was making. they try to make noise and puff up and i am surprised she did not step in front of the baby. normally she will try and get in front and can be aggressive and try to attack but she was good. >> bet has been a surrogate mom for 19 years. the latest und

. >> i'm kristen hampton the good news is coming up. >> and all new at 6:00 a man tells us he killed his uncle he and another woman were caught burying the body. we have new information on the charges at 6:00. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> some parents might get frustrated with a child that cries or talks too much but one woman could pray her son would make any noise. >> aj has autism and the first half of his life he did not communicate at all. his mother said that changed now and wait until you hear what she says changed it. kristen hampton has tonight's good news. >> to see this video is to know how autism affected a little boy for more than half of his life. aj did not speak or make sounds. >> i so desperately wanted to just hear what he sounded like. >> she tried everything for her son. then one day during a therapy >> he was having a bad day. wasn't getting much out of it. and so the therapist said let's take a break and we let him play basketball. >> the therapist watched aj and decided to continue while he was playing basketball. >> he loved basketball before he was born

. >> i'm kristen hampton. the good news is coming up. >> and coming up all new at 6:00 cmpd chief kerr putney opens up for the first time about a viral video which shows one of his officers striking a man under arrest next. on wbtv news is sponsored by... there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. it does not get cuter. the kittens are doing fine after rescued from a house fire. >> the firefighters who saved them are humble and well, maybe just a little bit embarrassed to be on tv for it but that did not stop kristen hampton from >> these tiny felines have those piercing cries to thank for their lives. and these firefighters who heard them. >> they heard a noise

in monroe with the good news, kristen hampton, wbtv on your side. >> maureen: beautiful. kristen is always looking for good news to share. send your ideas to good news at wbtv.com. >> maureen: coming up later on "bounce." the soundoff to to be pick is is about two southern beach towns to crackdown on violence. they are banning alcohol consumption. consumption on beaches. they can no longer be left out on the beach overnight. what do you think about the crackdown? is it necessary? we are reading your comments from the wbtv facebook and we are back after this. >> tomorrow we will be up early tracking early news and bringing it to you in the alert center. >> and the fbi is providing special training on local college campuses. >> and how you can be a part of the special olympic games tomorrow on wbtv news this morning. news is sponsored by subaru >> your forecast, chilly by sijt in the afternoon and -- 60 in the afternoon and 75 on wednesday. close to that on thursday. chance of rain thursday night to friday morning. upper 60s and a chance of showers late in the day on sun da

kristen hampton got it all on camera. she has tonight's good news. >> reporter: georgia sanderson bringing her to the airport to meet a friend of her son-in-law. she had no idea this was coming. >> he is gonna take you up and teach you how to fly a plane. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the 70-year-old woman lives in a long-term care facility in monroe. they set up something she always wished for. >> a little nervous and excited at the same time. >> reporter: ever since she was a little girl georgia dreamed of this, being thousands of feet in the air, but not just flying in the airplane. today her wish of being a pilot came true. >> and every year we do one big project. this year they joined with what is called second wind dreams. it is like make a wesh foundation, but -- make a wish foundations. >> they heard about the sky high wish and made it a reality. her family watched from the ground and georgia was hands on the controls making turns and lit r58ly living -- literally living a dream. >> hello, monroe. i am having

kristen hampton wbtv on your side. >> kristen is looking for good news to share. send your ideas to... >> your taxes could go up if the bond referendum is passed how that could affect you next here at 6:00. and protestors take their duke energy's d >> new at 6:00 coal ash concerns. protestors take their frustration to duke energy's headquarters. >> we have our own situation going on right here in north carolina. >> and bundle up. temperatures are dropping to near freezing and more changes are on the way. >> plus looking for a leak. a confidential memo ends up in the hands of wbtv. now a city councilmember wants to know how. now. >> announcer: wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> charlotte city council is asking how much you have the right to know when it comes to certain documents. welcome to wbtv news at 6:00 i'm maureen o'boyle. >> i'm jamie boll in for paul. this comes while they are searching for a leak tonight. as we first reported, the memo was about marty pucket, the vice-president of the charlotte firefighters association. city manager ron car

and kristen hampton tweeted the video. that will change-over to rain quickly here and the radar is just still picking up on green. band there with the brighter colors, sometimes the radar has trouble differentiating where there is rain and wet snow. and that would be in this area here. we have the snow showers in the mountains where you would expect to have the snow at this time. again in the boone area and linville we did get a report from our fred english up in linville and the snow just started. the system has a lot of dry arrow overcome. it looks like there is a lot on the radar where the returns are lighter it may not be reaching the ground yet because the dry air has to be overcome. we will zoom in on the area here, over gastonia where we have had reports of the wet snowflakes where you see the brighter colors showing up. this is bright banding where the radar thinks it's seeing heavy rain but it's wet snowflakes. this is gastonia and north of 85 in parts of gaston county. again that should change-over for those of y

in charlotte with the good news, kristen hampton... >> all in a day's work. >> wbtv on your side. >> how about that? some days are different than others, right? they stepped up and made it possible for her to pay her rent. next at 6:00 how school district leaders are explaining a rise in crime at charlotte-mecklenburg schools. >> and north carolina's chief of lane contract. wbtv news starts right now. >> tonight north carolina's transportation leaders are defending their contract with the spanish company to build the heeun toll lanes. i'm maureen o'boyle. >> i'm paul cameron. this comes after governor mccrory order a review of the project after a project in texas went bankrupt. ncdot secretary and chairman were in charlotte for a conference and nick ochsner pressed them for answers. nick, tell us what they had to say. >> both men were in town attending a conference sponsored by sentra, the company building the i-77 toll lanes under fire after a subsidiary in texas declared bankruptcy wednesday. >> what does it say to the public as you have reassessed this contract you have spent all

it did happen for a monroe woman and kristen hampton got it on camera. she has tonight's good news. >> georgia sander son thought her family was bringing her to the airport to meet a friend. she had no idea this was coming. >> we will take you up and teach you how to fly a plane. >> the 70-year-old woman lives in a long-term care facility in monroe. they were part of setting up >> nervous. and excited at the same time. >> ever since she was a little girl georgia dreamed of this being thousands of feet in the air but not just flying in the airplane, today her wish of being a pilot came true. >> every year we do one big project and this year they joined with second wing dreams like make a wish foundation but for the elderly. >> she heard about the wish and made it a reality as her family watched, georgia was hands on the controls making turns and literally, living a dream. >> i am having a good time. >> after 45 minutes in the air, georgia landed safely back on the ground. with a story she will not soon forget. >> the flying, being able to fly it, and list

with the good news, kristen hampton, wbtv on your side. >> maureen: i want to reach in and grab one of those kitties. now here is the trending topic. these are the three most popular stories on wbtv social media sites. the remake of the 1987 movie "dirty dancing" will film in right now the film is looking for extras, dancers and cars from between 1950 and 1975. they will employ about 900 extras from the state and they will film in asheville, hendersonville, cashier, salinda and many other places and they have several people who will star in the tv movie. >> tonight the search for a missing mississippi man getting a bunch of attention. no one has reported seeing bj brown in two days. now dozens of family, friends and members of the community and even some co-workers have come to this campground where he was last seen to try to find him. his wife says they were at a concert at muddy joes when brown says he was going to the restroom. only he never came back. >> maureen: parents, listen up. go go squeeze apple sauce is product residue was found in two pumps during an inspection. no illness

his classics have been entertaining children and own adult kristen hampton sat down with some kids to hear about read across america day. she has the story in tonight's good news. >> i do not like green eggs and ham. i do not like them sam i am. >> reporter: chances are if you can hear the sound of little amani's voice you know which book she is reading. >> i will not eat them here or there. >> reporter: more than 600 million copies of dr. suess books have landed in the hands of children all over the world. the books have instilled a passion for reading. >> when i learn to read and i know how to lead and project my voice. >> why is that important? >> when you project your voice people can hear you very loudly. >> you're a really good reader and a really good voice projector. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: today is a day to celebrate reading, to celebrate the man who made celebrate the kids who forgot. their parents might watch the news. >> last night when my mommy told me to go to bed i snuck books in my bed. >> you snuck books in your bed? >> yeah. >> tell me what happened after that. >>

kristen hampton wbtv on your side. >> you may have seen this video of a store clerk fighting off this armed robber. tonight she is describing the her a hero. she was working the georgia store alone when a hooded man came in for a soda. and she could tell something was not right and when he pulled out a pistol she fought back. poked him in the eye. >> i shoot you. and i said go ahead. if you want to shoot me, shoot me. >> he never got the chance to shoot she slapped the gun away and grabbed the hammer and the attempted robber is now in custody. >> i would not want her coming after me with a hammer. >> every time i see that i know the outcome but still... >> if it's smart to fight back. >> i do not think police would recommend that. but she probably worked for that. >> time for a check on the roads here is tonya rivens. >> maureen we have wet streets headed to a school bus accident. between raymond church road and gilliard road and the alternate route is statesville highway 21 which is congested and heeun is congested, slow-moving traffic on the roads in huntersville. on the dot camera,

hundreds in cash blew into a storm drain and now one woman kristen hampton with tonight's good news. >> we were driving down hodge -- hodgkis. >> she was flagging down anyone she thought could help her. $200 she planned to pay toward her rent blew out of her car and straight into the worst possible place. the very best possible people stopped to help. john jones is the crew chief for the three-man team from charlotte d.o.t. >> we assessed the situation and carefully removed it and retrieved the money and handed it to her. >> reporter: easier said than done. it took all three men to removed the 80-pound grate. nothing in their job description said they had to help her. >> not only as a community, but as a city. >> reporter: their efforts were rewarded with a great big hug for all three. in charlotte with the good news, kristen hampton. >> all in a day's work. >> reporter: wbtv on your we are back after this. >> closed captioning on wbtv news is sponsored by subaru concord. >> maureen: we thank you for watching "primetime" and we hope you have a wonderful weekend. good night.tt0w!tx#hi

>> that was wbtv's kristen hampton reporting. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning halls and dozens open around the country. the late show host stephen colbert joins us in the studio. ank mallicoat >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, it's march 10th, this is a look at the bay bridge from the proof top of the kpix 5 studios. love that shot. [ simultaneous speakers it's dark, but the bay bridge is lit up. >> looks good. >> i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. happy thursday. the weekend is approaching at, what, 4:30 a.m. let's get you outdoors with a little traffic and weather. and good morning. >> good morning, now what else is all lit up? our hi-def doppler radar. in fact, right now, we have a lot of green and yellows and oranges. all that wants to hang out in the north bay for the morning commute before it slides across the central bay by the lunch hour. we are looking at the bay bridge where we have mostly cloudy skies. temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. later today, with the impending rain showers into the 60s, approaching 70 degree

>> that was wbtv's kristen hampton reporting. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the rise in food halls and dozens open around the country. >>> five people are dead, two gunmen on the loose in pennsylvania after what investigators are calling an ambush style shooting. >> a group is calling for transparency after a deadly officer-involved shooting in raleigh. >> democratic presidential hopeful hillary clinton is visiting the triangle today. where she's headed and the stop she cancelled. >> we're also following breaking news in raleigh. police found two men dead early this morning. good morning and thank you for joining us, i'm russ bowen. >> i'm stefan chase. traffic first. let's go to storm team meteorologist alyssa corfont with more on the forecast. >> good morning. we're dealing with plenty of sunshine for, what, a third, fourth day in a row now? plenty of clear skies as we look at our satellite and radar composite. there's clouds back to the west though so it's not going to be as brilliant and sunny as what we saw yesterday. the rain showers inching closer as

>> that was wbtv's kristen hampton reporting. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the rise in food halls and dozens open around the country. the late show host stephen >>> good morning, it's 4:30, 65 degrees on this thursday, march 10th. another potential record breaker here in the tristate. i'm chris wragge. >> and it was a day i haven't felt in some so much -- so long. >> first, the clock is ticking toward a possible new jersey transit strike on sunday. contract negotiations are set to resume this morning. >> and meanwhile, commuters and businesses are drawing up contingency plans. janelle burrell has more from newark this morning with an update. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris and mary. the strike deadline is less than three days away, actually. the talks set to begin later this morning. inside of the hilton hotel in

>> that was wbtv's kristen hampton reporting. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the rise in food halls and dozens open around the country. the late show host stephen candidates make a stop in tampa after a headed debate on wednesday night. on the republican side-- the candidates will be stumping for votes in north carolina, illinois and south florida. state officials have identified the first case of zika virus in florida. good morning and welcome to "10 news early morning." i'm allison kropff. lets get a look at meteorologist bobby deskins. the democratic

>> that was wbtv's kristen hampton reporting. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the rise in food halls and dozens open around the country. the late show host stephen if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all >> next on wbtv news this morning, a couple is charged in the death of a man whose body was found partially buries in alexander county. and, what the city manager did that ron carlee called unacceptable. >> wbtv news starts right now. >> good morning, and welcome to wbtv news this morning. i'm christine sperow. >> and i'm meteorologist chris lason. we're likely to have a bit more cloud cover this morning we will start

>> that was wbtv's kristen hampton reporting. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning halls and dozens open around the country. the late show host stephen colbert joins us in the studio. we are following breaking news, right the now two undercover philadelphia a police officer hurt when a speeding car slams into their cruiser and then takes off. we are looking live at the scene in juniata, our jan carabao is with the police getting an update on the officer's condition. >>> also the walls come down overnight when a home comes down and collapses. wait until you hear what people inside had to do to get out. >>> developing overnight a rampage near pittsburgh leaves five people dead, what happened in the moments just before the gunfire opened up. >>> and all right. good morning it is thursday march 10th i'm erika ron tiehl. we are in for another record setting weather day, love this one, we will check with lauren and meisha, good morning. >> yes, good morning. it the is gate what the to the weekend.

i'm kristen hampton >> kristen: 6:44, new this morning scott kelly is retiring in april. he got back from the one year international space station, he holds the record for the longest american stay in space. in all he spent 520 days in orbit. post retirement he will participate in research tied to his one year mission. he joined nasa in 1996, took four separate flights to space. >>> unique trade show will continue today right here in charlotte and we bet that you may have not have marked it on your calendar. the portable sanitation association is in town showing off the latest and greatest port a potties. most reporters would turn up their noses at an event like this but of course not our kristen hampton. it is this morning's good news. >> i'm a portable toilet salesman. people don't realize not as dirt >> if if open it, elbow in. >> you're the new guy? >> my first show, check out this cool toilet. okay. >> whoa! whoa! tell me what went through your mind as that was happening. >> oh, crap. >> whoa! >> ridiculous. >> ha ha ha. >> that didn't scare you? >> no. >> why should

our kristen hampton has the good news. >> reporter: getting up and going to work for veronica is the same as any other school traffic controller, once the vest is on. >> step right up. >> so is the show. >> this is where she sets herself apart. >> what do i love about it? i love people! i see them smiling as they go by, they wave, give me good compliments. >> parents, students and bus drivers in and out of the fort mill middle and elementary schools dubbed her the dancing lady. >> i have two little boys i drive to school or to daycare, the 2 and 4-year-old notice, they ask where is the dancing lady, it makes their day and mine. >> thank you! >> the compliments are just as heavy as the traffic that she gets in and out of the schools. >> makes me feel wonderful. >> the paycheck takes the back seat to the very best part of the job. >> i had people tell me how they had bad days, and i make them >> dancing lady should be better known as the dancing queen. >> see you tomorrow! >> in fort mill with the good news, kristen hampton, wbtv on your side. >> kristen: such a fan way to start a day

kristen hampton has the good news. >> we was driving down hoskins, this young lady on the corner waving her hands. >> reporter: woman flagging down her. $200 she planned to pay toward her rent blew out of her car and straight in the worst possible place. the very best possible people stopped to help. john jones is the crew chief for the three-man team from charlotte dot. >> we assessed the situation and carefully removed the grate, i carefully climbed in there, retrieved her money, handed it to her. >> reporter: it took all three men to remove the 80 pound grate, nothing in their job description said they had to help her. >> yes, we do. >> why? >> we look out for each other, >> their efforts rewarded with a great big hug for all three. in charlotte with the good news, kristen hampton. >> all in a day's work. >> wbtv on your side. >>> coming up a 5:30, president obama responding to reports of slow job growth, why he says those claims are wrong and what he plans to do about it. a live look from the hd tower cam this morning, it is nice and clear out there, 41 degrees, 5:26, we'll be this

in huntersville with the good news, kristen hampton, wbtv on your side. >> maureen: that face is so adorable. i am so glad she did that story. the carolina raptor center gets 175 orphaned birds a year. their care you can find the information on our website at wbtv.com/good news and you can also share that story on your facebook page. it is just adorable. i have worked with the raptor center. they are awesome people and they take such good care of the animals they are brought. that animal was so cute. >> eric: he looked alt -- a little intimidated when kristen is trying to get to that baby. >> maureen: she is trying to be the mommy. >> eric: that's one new bird every two days. they have a lot of work to do. it is great weather. i tell you what, things are changing. we have the warm weather today and we told you we hit 86 for the high and 83 in 1945. notice what is coming in now. we have a frontal boundary the viewing area. the cold air is not quite here yet. there was a front moving across the viewing area. let's do comparisons. how about lancaster. south carolina 77. you are cooler than morg

kristen hampton. >> whoever gets the most votes, they will be president. >> so you ran for class president? >> yes. but i didn't get it. somebody else. >> why do you think you didn't get it? >> maybe because somebody else wrote more things and funner things like that excites people. the person that was chose was mackenzie hampton. >> mackenzie hampton, class president. >> well, mayor of the whole first grade. so i can get rich and so i can get more money. then i will start spending some of it. >> you know what i like to do? i just like to spend it all day long. >> you 2340e what happens? you know what happens? >> what happens? >> you have this much money. nothing. you got nothing. when i play, i can't even get alone time because everybody comes running. >> really? vow a well known politician? all the time stumping? >> yeah. i try to hide in the bushes, but they are very itchy. >> what is the president's job? >> to make the country better. >> to take care of people. >> so everybody can follow their dreams. >> he waked up in the morning and then he eats breakfast. >> i don't like dealing wit

kristen hampton has taxpayer's good news. -- tonight's good news. >> getting up and going to work traffic controller but once the vest is on... so is the show. [ ] >> this is where veronica sets herself apart. >> what do i love about it? i love people. i see them smiling. they wave to me. they give me good compliments. >> parents students and bus drivers in and out of the schools dubbed her the dancing lady. >> i have two boys that i drive to daycare and they notice her and they love. as they approach they say where is the dancing lady it makes their day as much as it makes mine. >> thank you! [cheering] >> the compliments are just as heavy as the traffic that veronica gets. >> it makes me feel wonderful. >> where the paycheck takes a backseat to the best part of >> blessing people. because i have had people tell me how they have had bad days. and i make them smile. >> the dancing lady should be better known as the dancing queen. >> see you tomorrow! yeah! >> she is getting us laughing here. >> what a workout, too. >> i know. >> dancing queen, we appreciate you, thank you. >> we should al

. >> kristen hampton sat down with kindergarteners to find out what compliments are all about. >> a compliment is something to say something nice to somebody. >> a compliment means you be nice to people. >> a compliment is a home where animals sleep. >> you are telling somebody else who you like about them. >> you are saying something nice to somebody. you make them happy. you can make a person's day go great. >> i told my friend that i like her hair. >> one time we shared cupcakes with the older grades in art. >> i think she shared my toy >> what i would do is give 10 hundred dollars to another person. >> makes people feel good? >> so happy inside. >> yeah? >> because it's nice. i like your hair. >> thank you. >> i look to be your friend. >> well, i have a compliment for you. >> ok. >> you are very nice. >> ok. >> what kind of compliment would you give me? >> um, i love you. people. heart. >> you are very nice. >> well, you are very nice, too. thank you. >> adorable. >> kids say the best. especially kristen is so good with the kids. and today at irwin academic center i read to kindergarteners

kristen hampton reports. >> reporter: to see this video is to know how autism affected a little boy for more than half of his life.eak. he didn't even make sounds. >> i so desperately wanted to just hear what he sounded like!her tried everything for her son. one day, during a therapy >> he was having a bad day. wasn't really getting much out of it. andtherapist said, let's just take a break and we let him play basketball. >> reporter: the therapist watched a.j. for a few minutes and then decided to continue while he was playing basketball. >> he loved basketball before he was born. >> what color is this? >> red! >> red! yea. >> you just startrsonality start to wake up as he is playing. >> reporter: his mother says the game of basketball has helped her find her son. >> there's so many different emotions going on insideaying basketball kind of made it all come to center. >> reporter: today his vocabulary has exploded. for his therapist, it's huge. world. >> most parents are always like, hey, be quiet, be quiet.lk, you can ask my family, never once have i ever said, a.j., be quiet. i'll ne

kristen hampton shot this video in gastonia. you can see big flakes there. i'm here in the first alert weather center with chief meterologist, eric thomas. get snow today but a little bit of a surprise for the other areas. >> no, i do not typically forecast snow and 4 6 . >> who would? >> in extreme cases that can happen. we had snow in the mid-40s but you know it cannot last long. and no we are not anticipating going below freezing. and the snow that rolled through, it is a different story in the high country we are expecting more snow and for us that burst will change to rain. and you will see the heaviest is off to the east of the charlotte area. but more redevelopment here in the southern foothills. we will keep the rain around for a while. a heavy patch moving through lancaster and highway 601 and pageland toward jefferson and chesterfield. then the high country. it's ragged up here right now for one-three inches of snow. allegheny, ash, watauga, avery, mitchell and caldwell and also burke counties. that is what we are tracking. once we get through this

. >> our moderators for this wise group of first graders, our own kristen hampton. even though things got off topic she has tonight's incredibly cute good news. >> votes. then they will be the new president. president? >> but i didn't get it. somebody else. >> why do you think you didn't get it? >> maybe because like somebody else said funner things like that excites people and the person that got chose was mckenzie hampton. >> mckenzie hampton. class president. >> well, mayor of the entire first grade. i will save my money so if i can get rich and get more money, and then i will start spending some of it. >> you know what i like to do? i just like to spend it all day long. >> and you know what happens? you have this much money. nothing. you got nothing. when i play, i cannot get alone time because everybody comes running. >> really. so you are a well-known politician? >> yeah. >> i try to hide in the bushes but they aricy. >> what is the president's job? >> to make the country better. >> take care of people. and let everybody follow their dream. >> he wakes up in t

kristen hampton with the good news. >> i saw art wall, junior have a hole in one down year that year on the par 3 course. i thought the par 3 cor was just just -- course was fabulous. >> doug ford took home the green jacket and charles hardin set foot on the most hallowed grounds in golf. >> i graduated high school in 57 and the first thing i did was order tickets through the mail. >> merchants were particularly greatest players in the game, arnold palmer and jack nicklaus. charles enjoyed it so much he went back the next year and every year after that. >> nothing is like the masters. most of the golfers. >> augusta is such a special place it ended up a beautiful coincidence that charles has a beautiful granddaughter named augusta. a few years ago at the tournament he loved so much he walked in the front gate and suffered a mild stroke. after two days in an augusta hospital he should have gone home, but he didn't. >> what is so special about that tournament you went back? >> i just love golf and i love the tournament. i love everything about it. >> charles is pushing 80 years old. he

our kristen hampton one of many our newsroom was flooded with calls and videos. other neighborhoods saw flakes as well. snow in cornelius along lake norman. very light, didn't stick, but not a bad side to see. i was looking at resortcams.com, up in boone it is snowing now. how about a live look from scott clark hd tower cam. no snow in charlotte. could i be a meteorologist? >> al: another couple years of training in college, sure, john. try it. 47 degrees, there is no way anything was going to stick in charlotte. but again a couple flakes around yesterday, then rain overnight. that system is now pushing away from us and high pressure is building in, that will be the dominant source of weather for probably the next 24-36 hours. let's get you out there and show you what is going on, there is a little bit of snow in the north and still coming in our mountain counties. other than that, things will be settling down as we go through the morning. bit of snow in the mountains, by 8:00, a lot of clouds giving way. that may be aggressive i certainly think by mid-day, a lot

. >> in fort mill with the good news kristen hampton wb ct v on your side. >> -- charity night at the tables. we'll have the cochair in the studio to talk about who benefits from the event. >> and some terrifying video has been released. we're going to show you the video of the car plummeting into the ohio river from the bridge could a passenger plain from dubai attempted a landing in russia and crashed. >> bridge crash investigation. the new information we're learning about the vehicle that plunged into the ohio river. and march madness continues. allie cohn and brad steinke have reports on how our local teams did last night -- thanks for waking up early with us here on cincinnati saturday. first a quick check of some good basketball watching weather today. here's meteorologist brandon orr with no wait weather. >> hey, liz. we have rain falling in a couple areas. at least over downtown we have rain. not too much in northern kentucky yet. most of it is in the 275 loop and pushing north. where we do have rain that's where temperatures have been falling faster. you can see brookville an

. >> reporter: in east hampton kristen thorn channel 7 eyewitness news. >> gorgeous. >> >>> doctors will now have to send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically or pay up. >>> crews swoop to the rescue of a this price can't be right... that's the right price! it's that low. what other things on this list can't be right?" looks like a list of can't be right's." seriously? at stop&shop, prices are down. savings are up. everything nature's promise is so wholesome... and it doesn't take the whole paycheck. stop & shop's exclusive nature's promise. >>> a horse fell in a ravine because of steep terrain. rescuers had to swoop in with a helicopter. the horse was pulled from the ravine, and gently lowered to safety. >> not hard. >>> the scribbled prescription note will soon be a thing of the past in new york. in one week doctors must send prescriptions electronically or face hefty fines. here's eyewitness news reporter lauren glass berg. >> reporter: the way new yorkers get prescriptions filled is changing. by the end of the month all prescriptions written in the empire state have to be sent

highs will cool back into the here )s kristen crowley with a weekend of gun violence across hampton roads left several people shot and one person dead. newschannel threes stefania okolie joins us live in norfolk this morning with the details. we know a eight people total were taken to the hospital some still fighting for their lives --nearly every city in hampton roads responding to a shooting between friday and sunday-- most of the cases in which the curtis rodarmel/neighb or i walked up and it was the guy leaning over in the seat, just really blood. it scared the crap out of me. curtis rodarmel describes the terrifying moments when he found a 38 year old man shot inside of a car. i was trying to get his attention and see if he was alive. ) 517080 police say that n was robert knight the third. was sitting in e drivers seat of a mini-van on kingston avenue in oceanview - and according to police- was shot several times. he was taken to the hospital where he died. this deadly shooting -- all a part of a string of gun violence across hampton roads this weekend. in newport news-- two teens we

kristen crowley. and i m blaine stewart. we )re expecting a big mess moving into hampton roads. let s get right to meteorologist myles henderson in the first big changes in downtown norfolk today. the old norfolk circuit court demolition is officially underway-- news channel threes makenzie walter is live at the construction site. around 8 o clock this morning - construction crews started to tear down this old courthouse behind me. they say this demolition period will take 6 to 8 weeks - but when its all over - downtown norfolk will be a much more functional and not to mention - better looking - place. brick by brick - nats -- the old norfolk circuit court begins its transition to a new and improved downtown civic plaza. lori crouch norfolk providing the public with up to date technology, welcoming courthouse environment, comfortable for the judges comfortable for the people who have to come in and do business not only will there be new buildings - but theyll also be extending main street and creating a public drop off area to make getting around downtown - a little bit more con

kristen crowley. now for a quick check of our top stories: a violent weekend in hampton roads sent several people -- including three teens -- to the hospital and left one man dead. police have made an arrest in one incident -- but they still need your help. if you know anything about any of this weekends shootings -- take action and call the crime line. and you re getting a look at nasa )s launch pad on wallop s island from earlier this morning. they launched just after seven. the rocket will carry three new technologies into suborbital space. coming up on wgnt 27 - cox >>> look at him! he is going at it! i'm going to lick this in the center. >> breathe, breathe! >> long time chicago blackhawks announcer eddie olczyk, looking at this young boy who focuses on the ice cream and the way a young man is eating this ice cream cone. >> has his total attention. >> he does seem to have a system there. >> sheer joy. >> looks good. >> i was going to say it looks good to me. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." the next half hour, the next big thing for your home. we will take you to a giant house ware show to a blende