elementary school i have a 6-year-old i love monroe a lot of parents love monroe but i'm standing here tonight representing myself and oath parents we don't love the violence this kid has had over 10 suspensions he probably had 12 suspensions we feel as parents in the dictate there is been last week the first meeting we feel the dictate we don't know when this process about conclude or when this kid gets the help he needs will it be cases or weeks or years we feel it is not fair to the other students in the classroom to see all that attention going to one student the principal is putting more time than is right towards within student not fair to him or the other students that seize all the attention to one student not fair to the staff how can you teach when you turn our back knowing that one student will be squires and stabbed staff with scissors how can the teachers be confident to turn her back it is happening in the classroom it's not fair to the administration our principal in his fifth floor and it is not fair to the kid i needs resources that all of us we love this kid we want h

elementary school i have a 6-year-old i love monroe a lot of parents love monroe but i'm standing here tonight representing myself and oath parents we don't love the violence this kid has had over 10 suspensions he probably had 12 suspensions we feel as parents in the dictate there is been last week the first meeting we feel the dictate we don't know when this process about conclude or when this kid gets the help he needs will it be cases or weeks or years we feel it is not fair to the other students in the classroom to see all that attention going to one student the principal is putting more time than is right towards within student not fair to him or the other students that seize all the attention to one student not fair to the staff how can you teach when you turn our back knowing that one student will be squires and stabbed staff with scissors how can the teachers be confident to turn her back it is happening in the classroom it's not fair to the administration our principal in his fifth floor and it is not fair to the kid i needs resources that all of us we love this kid we want h

road two accidents one at monroe road close to wendover. and the other is monroe at north sharon amity and an accident on independence at north sharon amity creating problems. and there is the volume on independence as a result of that accident. back to you. >> all right thank you. two childrens mouths and hands were duct taped and now police are wanting answers. >> the photo and why the children's family says their mother did it. >> and next, a woman's quest for directions ends with her being robbed and a man chased by deputies. we have the details in this strange case next. eric? >> all right. we have the freeze warning and the frost advisories in effect for the entire wbtv viewing area. outside of the mountains so again, protect those plants if you care about them and your pets, too. all coming up in the seven-day first-alert forecast. complete after this cat named cooper suffered a broken jaw while microchipped in rowan found coming up. >> right now, catawba county investigators trying to sort out what happened when a woman says she was

it is 61 in boone. 64 high river, charlotte, 70 monroe, 73 in wadesboro. so another pretty beautiful day here. afternoon by three. 7 warmer in boone. the same for charlotte. 3 warmer already in monroe than we were yesterday. you see very little cloud cover across the area. the clouds are thickening up. to the west, on the border with virginia and tennessee, but those rain showers are holding to the west. there comes our storm system for tonight. that front will push into the mountains this evening, 4:00 or 5:00, in the north carolina high country. 6:00 p.m., boone boone, ashe and avery county, thunderstorms rolling through north carolina. now, this is charlotte at 10:00 p.m. tonight. don't be surprised to hear a few rumbles of thunder, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight. we clear out quickly, and we are left with snow showers in the north carolina high country tomorrow morning with all of the cold air. that chilly northwest wind. we have another system coming our way thursday afternoon and evening. i don't think it arrives in the thursday unite. then we are going

this is something that the folks here at monroe school district are passionate about. that's why they are doing their part to prevent another school shooting from happening here they put together this video to promote this special campaign. students who organized all of this spent days making fliers and posters to get the word out that they are standing behind madison..and encouraging their peers to stop the violence before it begins. it nearly three weeks ago that police say 14 yo james hancock opened fire inside the cafeteria at students and injuring two others. students here at monroe say what happened at madison can happen anywhere today they'll be holding a special program to launch this anti violence campaignit will start w a rally later on here at the high school. breaking overnight... one person is recovering after being shot inside a clifton area restaurant.police say the man was shot in the leg just before 1 a-m inside the "elephant walk" at the corner of clifton and mcmillan.he was taken to u-c medical center with non-life threatening injuries.there is no su

current temperature is at 65 degrees. 64 around wadesboro, monroe, of 5 gastonia, 62 rock hill, cooler 50s to the north and in the 40s around boone. for today, nothing cool, we'll start off comfortable, 64 closing in on 80 late this afternoon and record-tying 83 as we head toward 4:00. 80s, 70s, 60s and then 50s, that is not a countdown, that is the forecast. i'll have the the details going in the weekend in a couple minutes. remember, you're never more than and traffic on wbtv news this here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, traffic charlotte. getting out the door here on wednesday morning, traffic map looks pretty good this morning, a lot of green out there if you're coming inbound from south carolina, 77, no problems, providence road, independence boulevard, 77 to the north, lake this is i-77 at west boulevard, light traffic through center city and looking at drive times, rock hill in uptown, 21 minutes, 67 miles an hour, that is as good as it gets out of rock hill, concord to center city, 18 and 67, lake norman southbound, 15 minutes, 65-miles-per-hour. christ

that moved out. 30 in boone, 38 morganton, hickory, statesville and charlotte. 40 gastonia, 39 in monroe, 37 in chester. chilly start to the day, will be below average, improvement over yesterday, more sunshine, high temperature getting back to 58. keep in mind, tonight the colder charlotte drops down to the freezing mark. i'll talk about that plus when we might expect a warm-up in the forecast in the seven day planner. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> 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

brody o'connell on your side investigating from monroe. let's start with the school district what are they saying about this? >> good afternoon. the school keeping tight-lipped on this one. they did talk to me but referred all questions to the monroe police department. the agency i'm told that is handling this investigation. but here is what we know. we know that russ has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of this investigation. what are parents saying? >> well, as you can imagine, you are a parent it's one of the situations where you do not want to hear this is happening in your school. and i talked to parents here in monroe, and they are upset about this happening. but what really seemed to bother them the fact this is a school psychologist somebody that may have been dealing with vulnerable students. so i spoke to parents and you can hear what they had to say on primetime on wbtv at 7:00 p.m. live in monroe, brody o'connell wbtv on your side. >> more details that will come out. thank you. >> south carolina has run oft of the dr

elementary school i have a 6-year-old i love monroe a lot of parents love monroe but i'm standing here tonight representing myself and oath parents we don't love the violence this kid has had over 10 suspensions he probably had 12 suspensions we feel as parents in the dictate there is been last week the first meeting we feel the dictate we don't know when this process about conclude or when this kid gets the help he needs will it be cases or weeks or years we feel it is not fair to the other students in the classroom to see all that attention going to one student the principal is putting more time than is right towards within student not fair to him or the other students that seize all the attention to one student not fair to the staff how can you teach when you turn our back knowing that one student will be squires and stabbed staff with scissors how can the teachers be confident to turn her back it is happening in the classroom it's not fair to the administration our principal in his fifth floor and it is not fair to the kid i needs resources that all of us we love this kid we want h

from ansonville to new salem to monroe. southwest into lancaster county. where you see shades of yellow and orange from indian land south on 521 through lancaster toward heath springs. there maybe wet snow flakes or snow grains in this. it's sliding east along highway 9. tracking the back edge of this initial burst which is just about to clearlake norman almost to gastonia. it moves through huntersville? the next minute or two. at about the top of the hour. matthews and indian trail, a little before 7:00. but we've cooled off. 50s this afternoon. hanging on to 50 down east where the rain is just now going. but mid 40s from charlotte to chester. 38 in shelby and lincolnton. it's 36 in lenoir. it's colder up in elevation, 21 banner elk. and upper 20s in the high country. that's the only place i'm worried about road issues later tonight with accumulating snow. temperatures in the charlotte area, now that they've cooled, we'll sit tight. upper 30s. low 40s through 11:00. bus stop forecast tomorrow morning, mid 30s. nothing falling from the sky. there will be l

but low 40s. 42 hickory and rock hill, 43 gastonia, 47 in monroe. starting off in the 30s and 40s, wind up in the 60s, a gradual increase in cloud cover, gastonia, 69, partly sunny. becoming mostly cloudy by 4:00. hickory, 67, mostly sunny approaching 70 from monroe and salisbury, a nice day. now we have rain in the forecast for tonight, i'll show you that on futurecast, plus looking ahead to the weekend all the details in a few minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: another breaking news story we're watching out of gaston county, where authorities are investigating a triple homicide. if you're just joining us, last night police found the bodies of three people at a home in alexis. >> john: crystal gambino is charged with first degree murder in the death of one of the victims, her husband, 40-year-old giovanni gambino. ashton pellom has the latest details on the investigation, ashton, do we know anything about the other victims yet? >> reporter: hey, good morning, john. so

we are at 35 in charlotte, 33 in monroe. 30 in lancaster and 32 in chester. up in the mountains, a little bit of cloud cover moving through areas of ashe county and watauga county. as we keep the sun around today we are going to do wonders and warming up the temperatures. by lunch time mid-50s. we are going to add on about 8 to 10 degrees for most locations by the afternoon with highs in the mid-60s in the charlotte area. how about the rest of the neighborhoods, 65 upper 50s in the mountains. still a nice, springlike day ahead. 64 in statesville. near 70 to the south in chesterfield and rockingham this afternoon. lots going on today the winthrop baseball game against east tennessee state a beautiful day for it. temperatures in the upper 60s by 5:00. upper 50s by 9:00 or 10:00 this if you are not a fan of these cool temperatures, by tomorrow morning we are going to be warmer still expecting mid-30s in the mountains. if you covered up your plants, i think you are good to go. you can uncover them. we are not tracking those temperatures to get down near freezing

shepherd mallery, frank aker, and enslaved african-americans protection at fort monroe.ore than 500,000 enslaved people followed in the footsteps of mallery and baker, leading to one of our nation's most extraordinary, and until now, overlooked story of self emancipation and determination. fast-forward to the 20th century , the rowhouses and tree-lined streets of the pauline community in chicago harbor a multitude of stories. here, a well intended socialist experiment became the catalyst for the first african-american union in the unites states. the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. the founding president would use his victory to help and segregation in the military, defense contracting, and education. these places matter. we believe these national treasures represent an important chapter in the story of civil rights. rights.tory of labor we are proud to have played a role in building the fort monroe monument.n national at the celebration, president obama said, you stand on the soldiers -- on the shoulders of giants, on the site of great historic moment. that means th

this is something that the folks here at monroe school district are passionate about. that's why they are doing their part to prevent another school shooting from happening here they put together this video to promote this special campaign. students who organized all of this spent days making fliers and posters to get the word out that they are standing behind madison..and encouraging their peers to stop the violence before it begins. it nearly three weeks ago that police say 14 yo james hancock opened madison high..shooting two students and injuring two others. students here at monroe say what happened at madison can happen anywhere today they'll be holding a special program to launch this anti violence campaignit will start w a rally later on here at the high school. we're getting a look a new video of otto warmbier ...the wyoming high school grraduate who's being held captive by north korea. korea.the north korean government says this video shows 21-year-old otto warmbier stealing a political banner from his hotel.no word if this video is authentic. warmbier was sen

richard lewis moss went across the center line and hit a van near rock rest elementary school in monroe. an adult and three children were inside the van. a young boy flown to the hospital. the highway patrol says he is in critical condition. authorities have not released the names of those involved. >> the clover school board will add cameras after parents contacted wbtv. last month, we told you about allegations of abuse against a child with autism at larn elementary. the school held a meeting for ayou lowed inside now there will be a public discussion and we will be at the meeting and let you know what happened tonight at 11:00 p.m. >> new at 6:00 p.m., two more mecklenberg county lawmakers are jumping into the race are not 12th district. tricia kauffman and rodney moore filed the paperwork. they will both look to takeover for representative alma adams. they filed while the state awaits word on whether the panel of federal judges will uphold or throw out districts drawn last month. >> a protest against duke energy today. a die-in was held in front of duke's headquarters in uptown. the

@jasmine monroe is at the akron @canton airport looking at @safety. @we have more on what they're @doing to keep you safe @>> reporter: as chris @mentioned, it wasn't on the @other side of security. @it was near this side, a @ticketing that anyone can @really get to. g concern @in airports around the world a whether -- @spokesman was asked whether @hopkins would be making any @changes. @his answer in a word, no. @hours later, the @interim director stepped up to @tell travelers not to worry, @that there were measures in @place. @>> this is a secure and @it always has been. @travelers weighed in on whether @to be worried. @>> it does concern us, go and have a @good time. @we're not going to worry about @it. @>> it's really tough to predict @those kinds of things. @>> and the news could be felt trains too. @these k9 officers were seen @near the rta platforms at tower as officials told channel 3, @they're protocol is in place @since 911. @people were warned to be ey era @monitoring the situation and in @contact with overseas @travelers are being encourage

to 60, charlotte, monroe, wadesboro. 73 charlotte, monroe. 73 lancaster. and then, this afternoon, well into the 70s yet been with partly cloudy skies expected. now, these temperatures, yes, they are elevated but not quite records. today 78. the record is going to hold. we get to at least 80 degrees tomorrow, the record of 83 also going to hold. into the weekend, i'll talk for rain. the timing is not great. now let's check this with chris for first alert traffic. >> thank you. let's get you out the door with a check of drive times. coming inbound from rock hill, 61 miles per hour. concord to center city, a 17-men commute and lake norman southbound, 14 minutes now. severe live look. 77 and clanton road. volume starting to pick up across the charlotte area. in the center city, no problems there. and i mentioned before, most of the major highways are running in the green. interstates looking okay. a few slow downs out of bounds on providence road. earlier injury accident on hovis road. crews are will making repairs. we have a crew on the way to the scene. we

and the marilyn monroe, $6,000.ome of the gold nuggets, what's the whole collection worth? what kind of numbers are we talking about? give me a ballpark. >> i would say for insurance purposes, this is a million-dollar collection, easily, because of the condition. >> in tim's opinion, it might have been worth even more. >> there's a lot of variables that go into this. let's take a look at the elvis photograph, for example. you see it says "to jack"? >> yes. >> well, because it says "to jack," that's limiting the market because is jamie going to be interested in something that says "to jack"? i'd rather just have a regular signature. so, with the "to jack" on it, you're looking at the $800 to $1,200 price range. >> i contacted several of the largest auction houses that deal in autographs. one suggested they will put together a book to honor jack kuster and market the product as the jack kuster collection. juan carlos asked me, does this mean that people would be able to buy particular items out of the collection from

everybody a problem in orange county as we head to the maps on 17 eastbound to exit 130 getting into monroe. it is an accident please take it slowly, if you are heading to 35 south, all lanes closed with a downel pole, state closed at wayne street, fire department activity continuing. speeds reduced on the garden state park way and new turnpike. goethals bridge and the outer bridge crossing speeds reduce, subway on time. alternate side parking rules snow metered parking rules are in effect. >>> it is 6:03. to long island where the snow has been falling for hours. >>> our reporter darla miles is with more for us, darla. >> reporter: it may technically be spring in other places across the tri-state. but it is clearly still winter 2 inches accumlating. i want to show commuter what the roads look like here in amityville, i want you to see this is route 110 near sun rise highway, you do see people out on the roads some taking it slow some of them not taking it quite so slow, but what you see are slick roadways they are slushy, but no accumulation on the roads so far. caused problems in seaford,

it doesn't always happen, but it did today for a monroe woman. 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

monroe road an accident here at wendover and another accident on monroe road by mcalpine station drive there is an accident at providence by wendover and then another right by albemarle road and we are starting to see a lot of congestionth this area. on the mapping system, not terribly busy. but quite a bit of problems in some of the key areas and the main arteries for commuters. back to you. >> all right thank you. we have been following the breaking news out of charlotte a shooting that injured one person. >> cmpd holding a news conference and we want to drop in and see what the latest developments are. >> happened in the parking lot where there was known acquaintances were together and altercation started and ended in violence and gunshots fired. and the victim was struck and he has been transported to the hospital. we are considering him to be in life-threatening situation but he is in good hands where he is. with the quick response we were able to get a person that we are questioning and recovered a weapon as well. we feel like we have a headstart >> [inaudible] right now we have

the aftermath here on monroe road, the enjoin of the struck crushed up to the cab. trappers -- troopers say he never hit the brakes. a teen nearby ran to help. we talked to him by telephone. >> he was trying to get out of the. >>> two others have broken bones and are going to be all right, the driver of the van was the mom's boy friend. he survived. >> a school considering putting cameras in classes after reports of abuse ininvolving students. things like forcing a child to eat in the dark. we're on your side with details with the documents and what happened at tonight's meeting. >> they are something that the superintendent said he is considering but he was not ready tonight. this is after controversy surrounding the 2014 report where someone alleged a culture of abuse involving students. some of the allegations involved children being forced to eat in a closet and a child on a toilet for 90 minutes. the board investigated and found the allegations to be untrue and that started the discussion of cameras in the classes that continued tonight. i spoke to one parent w

just above freezing hickory, mid salisbury, monroe to rock hill. end with sunshine, start with clouds. 57 late this afternoon. so clouds on the decrease today, weekend forecast holds promise, talk about that plus a major warm-up seven day planner in a couple minutes, 6:14, here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. friday morning commute looking pretty good. taking a check of drive times if you're inbound from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. kannapolis, 17 minutes, lake norman southbound 15 minutes at 66 miles per hour. live look i-77 toward the rest area coming off the south carolina state line, volume increasing a bit but still, everything running in the green this morning except for providence road where we see slow-downs inbound and down around the arboretum area on highway 51. as we come in center city john belk, brookshire, both of those highways running in the clear this morning and the hornets you cable arena tonight taking on the indiana pacers at 7:00 p.m. that is a c

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

boone, 46, 57 hickory, 49 in wadesboro, 58 monroe this morning, power doppler is quiet. you can see heavier cloud cover charlotte south and east of us this morning. so we do have the storm track heading our way and we have showers in the forecast as we head in the weekend on saturday and sunday. we'll take a broader look at that coming up but for today, skies, mid-60s for the lunch hour, 70 upper 60s to low 70s this afternoon. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: let's give you a live look at current conditions map, traffic is flowing smoothly. there is an incident reported disabled vehicle in the road at south tryon, and sandy porter road. that happened within the last ten minutes. disabled vehicle there. here is a live look at i-77 at tyvola, traffic there is moving very smoothly, no significant issues to let you know about if there are, we'll let you know. >> john: this morning, a six-year-old in gaston county is being credited with sa

monroe road or randolph road are better alternate routes. >> thank you. first at 4:00 nearly 700 animals rescued from a north carolina animal shelter will be put up for adoption. they have been nursing the dogs, cats, horses, pigs and birds they were removed from the haven animal shelter in hope county in january. the owners have been charged with animal cruelty. all adoption fees will be waived and the animals will be vaccinated and then microchipped. >> and myrtle beach there away your trash. the council decided litter bugs will not be given warnings when caught tossing trash. a ticket will be written. littering in south carolina carries a minimum fine of $200 and 30 days in jail. put the trash where it belongs or you will be cranky. lunches get a bad reputation. >> and a cafeteria in south what a student claims she found a student claims these worms you see it there in were crawling in her lunch. >> the facebook post has thousands of comments. the student says she found the worms in sweet potatoes and reported the find to the leaders. the school distri

monroe police say dayle rust turned himself in, investigators say he assaulted a student at monroe middle school. he will be back in court in a month. the union county school district says rust is suspended with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. >> john: now to a crime alert a pregnant woman attacked while waiting for a bus in west charlotte. this morning police are searching for the attacker. it happened saturday night on ashley road. the victim says the man came up to her at a bus stop, hit her and tried to steal her purse. she wouldn't give up without a fight. >> ran after him and jumped on top of him and punched him in the head. out, olivia is nine months pregnant. she ran to a friend's house where she called 911. the baby is doing fine and her wounds from the fight are healing. if you know anything about the attacker, contact police. >> christine: new information troopers have identified the victim of a deadly crash in union county, 22-year-old jasmine sturdevant died. >> john: demichael adams shot and killed 18-year-old dallas stough. that shooting happened around 2:45 y

hickory, 34, gastonia 38 as is monroe, 39 rock hill and 35 around salisbury. today, look for partly to at times mostly sunny skies, going from 39 this morning, where it is cloudy to 52 at lunch time, 57 late this afternoon with improving conditions. our weather headlines on this friday morning, clouds on the decrease, unlike yesterday when they were increasing, weekend forecast holds promise, we do have a front that will bisect the weekend. i see a major warm-up in the forecast all this cover in our seven day planner and have that starting at 6:00. right now, it is 5:53, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. check your drive times this mrning, if you're coming up center city, 17 minute commute and lake norman southbound at 15 minutes, 67-miles-per-hour. here's a live peek at i-77 west boulevard, volume of traffic heading up, picking up as you make your way toward center city this morning. looking at wider regional view, 321 from lincolnton to york, no problems. 601 between

also monroe at wendover a fender bender there. and 77 as we look near the john belk freeway, starting to see merging delays now but right on schedule, no accidents for the interstates. >>> checking wall street futures for your monday the dow is down 10 the nasdaq is down 3. >>> tsa is making changes to get travelers through security lines faster. >>> next they are screening passengers before teleeven get to the front of the -- they >>> line. there are two democratic visionsfor regulating wall street.one says it's okay to take rmillions 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 like me? no. will they begin to playby the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. prov >>> an alexander man will be in court after police say he shot at a north carolina trooper's house. >> two of the officer's week when one grabbed a rifle from the other's hands.

everybody else is in the 40s or 50s. 43 morganton, 49 in lincolnton, 50 concord, 52 in monroe. even in the 30s now you'll wind up close to 70 this afternoon in the mountains, incredible stuff considering we were talk about school delays a week or so ago. 76 taylorsville, upper 70s, lenoir, morganton, mostly sunny skies, like wise in charlotte and vicinity, 78 mooresville, lincolnton, charlotte, monroe, 79 wadesboro, rockingham, upper 70s, rock hill to lancaster, close to 80 in pageland. the old hornets are in town to take on the new hornets. the pelicans tone, 68 pelicans tonight. very mild conditions. there is the high today, moves offshore tomorrow, this frontal system comes in, so we'll start to see marine influence, get low clouds tomorrow morning, that will mix out to partly to mostly sunny skies tomorrow afternoon. then the front flops in from the shower north of town. then that front goes northward as we go in saturday. small chance for shower or thunderstorm then. now the models are converging, sunday into monday, better chance for showers and thunderstorms. back end of

at morganton and hickory over to statesville. 38 in charlotte, 39 right in lancaster, rock hill, monroe, 40 in wadesboro. wind up seeing a decent amount of sunshine even in the for some sun. in charlotte and piedmont, mostly sunny, seasonal day, high of 57. what the weekend looks like and beyond, that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. back over to you. >> john: thanks a lot, al. >>> charlotte mayor jennifer roberts is criticizing lawmakers who want to overturn the city's non-discrimination ordinance. the mayor tweeted it would hurt job and tourism growth. the house speaker tim moore called it an imminent threat to public safety. he says he had requests from more than three-fifths of house members who want a special session to deal with the so-called bathroom ordinance. it objection spanneds protections for people in the lgbt community including allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify. >> the idea that grown men and young girls should use the same bathroom and middle school boys and girls should share locker facilities defies common

happened on monroe road near sharon amity road. k9 units tracked down the men, we're working to learn the charges they will face. >> john: 6:54, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: as we approach 7:00, a little bit of cloud cover makes for the prettyiest sunrises. this is off toward the east, the clouds will lower and thicken through the day. no rain for the morning and midday hours, 12 noon, a little bit of rain coming in the mountains. then it comes in late this afternoon. anywhere west of i-77 we're in the rain by 4:00, all of us tonight so plan on a wet night tonight. not heavy rain, nothing severe but rain will be with us deeper through the day and in the night. early sunshine giving way to 51, this afternoon 40% chance of rain in charlotte by 4:00, that sunday, up to 63 and in the 70s next week, very pretty conditions expected very warm as well. that is the forecast, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank

wadesboro, albermarle, shelby, below freezing at 29 in morganton, 30 in boone, 34 hickory and 37 from monroe and salisbury. starting off this morning, about 43 in charlotte, outlying areas cooler than that. coming home from work and school, really pleasant, a few mostly sunny skies, a much milder finish than over the weekend up to 67 degrees. seven day planner has warmer weather but also the mention of rain, have that in a couple minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic this morning is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start with a live look if you're heading out the door early after 5:00 a.m., this is 77, clanton road, volume light and again looking pretty good for the early morning commuters on a monday morning. rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. coming from concord, 19 minutes, 64 miles an hour. and lake norman, southbound at 15, with an average speed, 67-miles-per-hour there. looking at the overall map, 485 looks good to the west and

like wise here in 77 albermarle over to charlotte, 78 gastonia, so close to 80, wadesboro, 77 in monroe this afternoon and upper 70s near 80 at upstate of south carolina, chester, rock hill, lancaster, plenty of sunshine. all this courtesy of high pressure. that is with us today, that will give way. this afternoon, we have lots of sunshine, a few high clouds. those high clouds are drifting off as the front has stalled to the south of us, low pressure is trying to develop here, and a lot of this is going to head our way. tomorrow morning we have a mix of clouds and sunshine in our friday forecast. but then notice how some of the green starts to move northward are and as high pressure build in from the north, that is a combination that will keep us much chiliier. 50s for both saturday and sunday. now saturday we start dry but will probably wind up with rain as we go deeper in the day, so it is the dash, the 321 dash for down's syndrome, 8:30 in the morning you're dry. clouds on the increase, chilly chances for rain go up. notice no more than 50% from late saturday through midday sunday an

investigators say he assaulted a student at monroe middle school. police wouldn't elaborate but rust is said to be back in court next month. the union county school districted says he is suspended with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. >>> north carolina's presidential primary is one week from today. former president bill clinton and donald trump were both in support. trump was at the cabarrus arena talking to supporters about jobs. deals, we're going to bring our jobs great to the country, weir going to bring our jobs back to been stripped. >> protesters interrupted several times. listen what he had to say to one of them. >> go home to mommy. tell her to tuck you in bed. he's such a nice guy. nasty little -- nasty people. man! are you sure we're in north carolina? he's a nasty guy! >> according to the most recent elon poll, donald trump leads the gop field in north carolina. >>> ted cruz came in second in that elon poll. will hold a rally at central baptist church at 5:00, doors open at 4:00. event is free for the public but you have to

low 60 in boone, 74 charlotte, monroe, 75 lancaster, 74 in rock hill. friday afternoon, mountain forecast, mid 60's, so cloudy skies and a few showers, and a few sprinkles tonight overnight across the foothills, morganton, 76 this afternoon. 75 tailersville. 80 in wilkesboro. winds are light out of the southwest 5 to 10. piedmont, 80 statesville, mooresville, charlotte. 80 concord, 77 albemarle. 80 monroe. and there's the rain, louisiana into mississippi. it does move through alabama and georgia saturday. then a few scattered showers. this is 8:00 p.m. saturday night. saturday landmark plans, not a washout, but a sprinkle or two. we will see the chance of heavier rain with showers and afternoon. this is 1:00 p.m. holding into the foothills and mountains. then into the piedmont. late in the day and early monday morning. so rain chances ramp up for sunday. 80%. 40% monday. drying tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. tomorrow afternoon, for saturday mostly cloudy, 72 charlotte, 68 blowing rock. the seven-day forecast, smaller rain chances saturday. ramping up

union county public schools is staying as quiet as it is tonight at monroe middle school. psychologist, dale rust, accused of losing his temper and assaulting tyson's 14-year- old son. >> if your child come home and tell you that she or he had been hit with an apple, look into it, research it, because they might be telling you the truth. >> tyson got a call tuesday morning from the school resource officer telling him to come to the school about his 7th grader. >> i'm thinking that my son misbehaving, i need to talk to him or something. she said he's not in trouble, she said, but i need you. >> he says the officer told him she saw rust put his hands on tyson's son coming out of a classroom before the school called the police on russ. >> she said she doesn't know what came over him. he just snapped. >> the boy's parents asked details of the assault be kept private for now. rust is charged with simple assault. the boy's father says it's hard happened to his son at school. >> maybe it's nothing personal with your child, but they get so stressed out, sometimes they lose it. and

cloud cover left over into monroe and wadesboro and rockingham. you're still in the mid to upper 50s and running 10 degrees warmer this morning compared to early yesterday. charlotte, we're technically a few degrees cooler. we're in the warmer spot by far yesterday. hence why we're looking at that low minus two here in the city. it feels warmer compared to yesterday. high clouds still left over to start out. we're back in the mid-60's by noon. so the warm up today is a little we'll still reach the low 70s. it will be a beautiful day. just not as warm as yesterday and then the bottom starts to drop out as we head into this weekend. we need rain fall though and we won't get some this weekend. look at zeros on this calendar. for the month of march, we're on order for the second driest start to the month. the rain we've had, we've had spots here, we've had a little bit. most in the order of a few hundredths of an inch. we may only get a quarter inch or less into the weekend. tomorrow morning there, will be light showers that try to sneak in by late mo

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in monroe julie o'neill nine on your side. we have dramatic video of a twister hitting the small village of phillsburg in montgomery county. that is about 15 miles northwest of downtown dayton, ohio. at least one home is damaged and polling problems from november are hanging over the heads of workers today...as they set up for tomorrow's big primary.the big question -- have those problems been fixed? fixed? nine on your side's tom mckee is live with the answer. the big problem was the new e-poll books. they didn't work right and some poll workers didn't know how to use them. in fact, the polls stayed open an extra 90 minutes because of the mess. elections leaders say that's not an issue this time around. tyrone hill checked and double checked equipment monday that will be used if there's a problem at any hamilton county polling place. hill is one of 116 troubleshooters for tuesday's primary election. election. "on election day, we're out in the field making sure everything is up and running and if it's not, we're out there to

across the area, 65 hickory, shelby, morganton. 66 albemarle. 67 monroe. nearly 70, wadesboro and rockingham. cooler in the mountains, 20's and 30's this morning, it is 61 boone. the south to southwest wind 15 25 miles per hour this afternoon. what i don't have in the there. we are down two and a half inches for the month. we have two opportunity the next several days. i will let you know about the timing of this rain coming up in the seven-day forecast in a couple minutes. >> sounds good. the special legislative session has begun in raleigh to over turn charlotte's nondiscrimination ordinance. house bill two went to the committee. among the sponsors, representative bishop of mecklenburg county. the last few minutes, public comments just ended where people had the opportunity to speak for or against the bill. the controversial element of the ordinance, it allows transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. happening now, so stay with us. start later this evening at 5:00. police are investigating two possible burglaries at gun st

a lot of folks at 60, from morganton. 60 in monroe. we will start off near 60, getting up to 62 at 8:00. clouds thinning out. partly sunny late this afternoon. 78 degrees. records? not quite, but not too far away. tomorrow, the record 83 and i think both of those are going to be preserved. high-pressure is starting to give away a little bit. notice the frontal system. this is tonight so we're still dry. notice as the front comes a little bit closer the next couple days and is right on top of us going into saturday. that promotes a lot of cloud cover and much cooler temperatures saturday into sunday. talking highs in the upper 60s. our rain chances go up, especially on sunday. so saturday may not bring a lot of rain. most of it may be front-end loaded friday night and into saturday. but sunday and monday we get showers and thunderstorm and you will see that here reflected in the seven-day forecast. for today, partly cloudy skies, mostly cloudy tonight, 60. tomorrow near 80. a lot of cloud cover around, though. any chance for rain is mai

, many areas, 10 to 20, even more below where we were yesterday. 17 colder in charlotte, gastonia monroe, wadesboro. 22 colder in morganton, 33 colder in boone. we had a front move through, you can certainly tell that by the temperature. also the rain is out of here. a brief period of rain last night has moved on. sill cloud cover in the mountains. we stay in the 50's much of the afternoon. the 5:00 temperature, 51. 40's at 7:00, and 42 at 9:00. the next several days, we have more cold air, plus more rain, maybe snow showers the highest elevations. >> anchor: two people have died i-77. this morning, i-77 the at wt harris boulevard causing serious backups in the area. paramedics pronounced the person dead on scene. and just over an hour and a half later a medic was called to the bridge at 485 and north tryon where another person jumped. 40 elementary school students are safe after their bus was involved in an accident central avenue, 7:15 this morning. a bus crashed shutting down the left lanes in both directions. a truck driver involved and one student were early morning fire forcing a f

. >> christine: police in monroe arrest a man wanted for robbing a bank. investigators say this man caught on camera is 21-year-old dorian davis. being held in union county jail on $25,000 bond. >> john: a big celebration for these 30 families live in home built by habitat for humanity. all 30 of them recently paid off the mortgages to those homes. they celebrated yesterday with the mortgage burning ceremony at the offices in south charlotte. >> christine: carolina panthers linebacker luke kuechly is going back to college, will visit unc charlotte for the 49er forum series. comes on the heels of about his month. his sling is about to come off. >>> charlotte-mecklenburg school leaders are making sure kids don't use reading skills during summer vacation. they will visit winding springs elementary to launch the 2016 give five, read five campaign. books will be donated to students to practice their reading all summer long. >>> want to show you what the commute is looking like, more for you live each morning. i-77 at the state line, this area gets backed up in

afternoon temperatures for the most part were in the 50s. 59, university city. 55 matthews. 53 in monroe and gastonia, and moving north, it cools down and skies will clear, and we have clouds in the mountains, and more minuterly, the storm is gathering west of the mississippi river and will cover a lot of real estate in a short period of time. this evening, we're fine. you will need a coat, however. sundown, about an hour away, by 9. and essentially, you need clouds around in the morning. temperatures, upper 20s to 30 tomorrow, lower 20s as you hit the high country. tomorrow, a day of increasing clouds especially in the afternoon. in the morning, fine. through lunchtime, filtered sun. and notice the cloudsic thisser over the mountain as we head through late tomorrow afternoon and this time tomorrow evening, rain across the charlotte area, and we have the winter radar saying it will be cold enough for a wet snow across the high country. how much coming up at 5:30. tomorrow's forecast, east of the mountains. only at 50 in lunchtime and clouds thickening up, won't warm that much more. tomor

a single letter from thomas jefferson to president monroe? 13k.rs togeer -- just under 70 grand. 9 booklets from 19th-century india fetch 11k. a cherry tea table? $9,000. this windsor high chair goes for $11,500. the sales just keep ringing up. the final tally at auction's end -- $700,000. so were you pleased or disappointed? >> oh, very pleased. the things in that auction needed to go to people who cared for them so library buys a bundle of letters written by green himself for only 500 bucks, a bargain for the guy who helped create the library in the first place. >> if it wasn't for him, who knows what central park would be? he brought the five boroughs of new york together to make one city. this is a lot of history. >> we told you how john kept those dueling pistols. john's sister lisa keeps something, too -- that dusty old journal that reconnected her to the green family legacy. >> i learned a lot while we were going through this process. it's pretty astounding, and there's no way to deny where i came from anymore, the more i learned. >> in 201

a university of louisiana add monroe college student shot this video of fish swimming in the streets. >> it won't stop. >> meanwhile a marina owner is trying to rescue her boat in shreveport. strong winds knocked out power to thousands of homes. most schools closed friday as a precaution. in harris county texas livestock and horses were stranded as the waters continue to rise. volunteers led horses to trailers as their be stables were swamped. the heaviest rain over the next few days is expected to fall from new orleans ojackson, mississippi where six inches of rain is possible. jonathan martin, al jazeera new orleans. >>> one of the world's biggest tech and entertainment venues had a special guest, president obama. >>> and why this chair could be fetch thousands of dollars when it goes up for auction. >> president obama spoke at the annual south by southwest festival in austin, texas. the ten day festival combines music and technology. message to tech pioneers. >> thousands of tech pioneers gathered in austin for the south by southwest expo. this year there was a special guest. presi

. >> check out this video from monroe, louisiana. so much water accumulated, fish have found a new habitat. >> monroe has seen over 20 inches of rainfall in less than two days. soon you can go fishing out on your street. >> thank you for joining us this evening. "world news tonight" is next. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm kristen sze. for all of us here, our next news cast is at 6:00 p.m. see you then. >>> tonight, the assault at a trump event. new images of a trump supporter going after a protester. the punch caught on video. and what that trump supporter said right afterward about what he'll do next. as ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich prepare to take on trump tonight. >>> breaking news. the deadly storms hitting right now. the flooding now historic. neighborhoods under water, thousands evacuated across ten states, from the gulf, north. the northeast gets hit next. >>> the escaped murder suspect, armed and dangerous, taking a family hostage. what the brave family does to take the suspect down. >>> the dinner recall breaking tonight

the foothills, warmer, 45 lenoir taylorsville. 51 wilkesboro. 51 charlotte and monroe. and to the sand hills, low to mid 50's, 54 in pageland, 55 this afternoon in cheraw. our computer model brings the snow into the mountains, 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. can you see that snow is rather heavy for a few hours. then we get a round of rain showers across the area, with rain toward 2:00 a.m. friday morning with lingering snow showers the high country. look how quickly this clear skies out, friday afternoon, off the coast, and high pressure builds as we head into the weekend. more sunshine and warming temperatures friday, saturday, and sunday. our rain chances pretty much nil as we head into the weekend, pretty much through the middle of the next week. overnight lows upper 20's, snow showers for the mountains, upper 30's in the charlotte area. friday afternoon, sunny skies, chilly 41, boone, 56 morganton and 57 tomorrow afternoon in the seven-day forecast, i think you will like the weekend. we are featuring sunshine and warming trend, 59 saturday to 63 sunday. and then look at