on north tryon. and we have obstructions by mathison and the plaza. as we look around the area and see that volume on north tryon. graham street is a great alternate route. and we have a couple accidents headed towards 485 by w.t. harris and another on north tryon near mallard creek church be careful. back to you. >> thank you. theft is alarming detectives. the video is coming up in crimestoppers. >> and more good news for a dog shot 18 times with a bb gun in rock hill. >> and areas are under a high wind warning. look at the damage it's causing this is from salisbury when the coming up for you in >> new information tonight on a puppy many of you have fallen in love with. this is brody. he was shot 18 times with a bb gun. we are keeping in contact with ebenezer animal hospital to see how he is doing. today he has been adopted by a they want to remain anonymous but tell us they are excited to take care of brody. >> and a confirmed case of rabies in caldwell county. a dog killed a racoon and the dog was

clear at this time. >>> charlotte business leaders are considering moving the men's shelter on north tryon to boost development in the city's north end. >> channel 9 was the only station there yesterday as business men and advocates for the homeless met for the first time to discuss the issue. joe bruno is outside the shelter to break down their discussion. >> for more than 20 years, charlotte's homeless had been coming to the two shelters on north tryon street. now there is pressure from local business owners to move them. channel 9 was at a meeting yesterday with police, city staffers, local businesses and representatives from the men's shelter. local business owners want to see north tryon street develop like south end but that can't happen without moving the men's shelter. mark middles worth owns a business on north tryon and he move to the wooden lot. it is right next to the county service's building and could house a campus for the homeless. board members with the men's shelter say that won't happen. >> in and of itself, by it self it won't move out and leave the rest of the communit

north tryon around harris. minimal impacts here and starting to see the slow downs including one on 85 southbound ramp. there are no reports of any accidents on either interstate. >>> checking wall street futures, the dow is up 83. the nasdaq up 25. >>> a charlotte mom says american airlines lost track of next this morning, the steps this morning, the ste . >>> five minutes until 7:00. president obama's visit to cuba next month. >> late last night, the white house announced this trip which comes one day after the u.s. signed a major agreement reestablishing flights between the countries. republican candidate marco rubio says if he were president he would not visit the island nation unless it was a free cuba. ted cruz says he believes it is a mistake and that the president should push for a free cuba good morning america is closely following this story including the remarks from other presidential candidates. it is all next following eyewitness news daybreak. >> a local mother says american airlines lied to her

. >>> business owners along north tryon are concerned the men's shelter is hindering future growth. >> it is a burden on us, a burden on the businesses. a burden on the community the alternate location businesses say would offer the homeless better access to social services. >>> scammers creating websites your money when you book a hotel money when you bo (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. . >>> it is 6:24. congress wapts to give law enforcement more tools to protect people from booking vacations through fake hotel reservation sites. >> scammers create sites that appear to be affiliated with major hotel chains but instead of booking you a room, the thieves pocket your money. one proposed bill would allow commission to find the operators and shut the sites down. >> people work very hard they phoney we

do want to give you a head's up, lynx blue line construction on south tryon or north tryon at ken hoffman drive before you make your way up to wt harris boulevard. man, not going anywhere this morning. concord to center city, 18 minutes, lake norman to center city 16 minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: looking ahead, thank you, chris, as we ntioned earlier, charlotte city council members will once again take up the issue of an ordinance designed to protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. and the battle has gone beyond charlotte with governor pat mccrory now weighing in on the issue. wbtv's mark davenport is live now at the mecklenburg county government center, so mark, what is the governor saying about the upcoming vote? >> reporter: christine, the governor says he is ready to support immediate state intervention in the ordinance does pass tonight. wbtv we got our hands on the email he sent over to city council members outlining the way that he sees things and his s

disabled vehicle up there on north tryon street. another disabled vehicle down to our south on providence road but again we'll keep an eye on things here as we roll toward matthews to center city, 12 minutes, providence road from the arboretum area, right now running at 16 minute commute and concord to center city, 20 minutes, 65 miles an hour. that is a check of the morning traffic, john, over to you. >> john: the battle continues over north carolina's congressional maps. >> christine: a time line a case. >> kristen: one tree takes out two cars, where this happened, this is related to the storms heading our way coming up from the alert center. >> reporter: kicking the can further down the street that is how someone scribed the school board meeting last night as it relates to the superintendent search. board members decided. >> john: good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning, now 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. here to help you get prepared for the morning and best look at the forecast

we do have disabled vehicle, this is up on north tryon street right there by carolinas medical center, if you're coming across wt harris boulevard you may find a few slow downs there. looking live i-77 clanton road, you can see the volume of traffic here increasing across the charlotte area, seeing a few slow downs outbound providence heavier around 74 in the matthews area and beginning to see the delays building southbound i-77 coming from davidson down to huntersville, then back in the green as you work your way toward center city. so rock hill, inbound, 21 minute, 65-miles-per-hour, concord to center city, 18 minute commute and lake norman, northbound at 19 minutes and 53 miles an hour. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: should you let your pets share your blankets and your bed? a recent mayo clinic study challenges the convention wisdom that animals in the bedroom can mess up your sleep. the story all new this this half hour. >> reporter: patricia sullivan had k 9 company in bed as soon as she brought home he

harris boulevard to north tryon. either way we will take some time to get through the construction zone. you can get caught up on this construction and a couple special events going on this weekend. i have a weekend traffic update at wsoctv.com. >>> the charlotte zoning board will discuss hundreds of new apartments and town homes. the concern some residents have about the area. but first thieves targeted local firefighters. >>> this morning we have new details on a ohio machete attack that injuried four people. mohammed barry went to a restaurant and attacked people with a machete. information on the suspects car alert the local terrorism traffic force and they contacted the fbi. as barry lunged at police, an officer shot him multiple times killing him. police still do not have a motive yet but abc sources says the man was known to the fbi. >>> stocks ended in the red this week which adds to the recent downs we've been seeing lately. since the first of the year the dow has been down more than 8% and that is having a

harris and north tryon. and another problem at w.t. harris before 485 that left and we continue to check in the area here is a picture from that area on cmpd try and avoid this area. and i-77 northbound by 485 safe travels and have a lot of college basketball this weekend. special group of i guys. ranked high and will host lincoln memorial tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. and the coach has run the program and two times and this week surpassed the winningest coach in royals history. and like a great coach he gives credit to others. >> there is a lot more than me that went into it. grateful for queens not only did they hire me once but they hired me twice. there is a lot of people that probably deserve this more than i do. but it is a great honor. we have great seniors they have focused and worked and this group started out 1-5 and we watched them grow and they are a special group of guys and they play for each other. for them i'm happy. >> inside the prep zone. kelly shot 46% from there were land. he takes 300 shots a day. was on his way to breaki

it is located on north tryon coming through, the worry is the shelter could hinder development. shelter board members and advocates disagree and don't have any plans to move. >> i don't consider it to be a hindrance to growth. any major city growing and developing it is a challenge they face. >> both sides promise to continue their discussions. >>> this morning, a man accused in this deadly hit-and-run on i-77 in chester county is behind bars in charleston on unrelated charges. stevy breland is accused of hitting and killing a woman on monday. they have a warrant for his arrest in that crash. tips poured in after this image was released showing pieces of the purple tractor trailer after the crash. her daughter is relieved a suspect was identified and grateful for tips. >>> the cabarrus county finding a man accused of rape and indecencies with a child. police issued arrest warrants for gregory parker junior. he is driving a white shefbly. with a north carolina license plate. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office. >>> tonight the four most conservative repu

obvious option is north tryon. there is a strand the motorist but slow-moving traffic i-85 northbound at the moment. back to you. >> we are hours away from green flag racing in the 2016 nascar season. the can am duels are tonight. the races will set the field for the daytona 500. joe is in florida to show you what to expect tonight. >> there is about to be a very busy weekend here at the world center of racing that starts tonight and ends with the 58th running of the daytona 500 on sunday. qualifying happened last week and the top two spots are spoken for. chase elliott watt 20 years and three months old is the youngest driver ever to win the p pl for the race. and mack will start in the second spot and the rest of the field is up for grabs. logano, and dale earnhardt junior, winner two years ago but has three wins in the last eight races. so a bit of a hot streak. and of course, kyle bush starts the sprint cup championship defense and he won last year, of course, without running a full season. we say it's busy bec

north tryon is a great alternate route and slow-moving traffic approaching 485 on university and check in around albemarle road and 485, things are traveling nicely but another accident 485 this is outer loop at idlewild lawyers road is a great alternate route. congestion on pineville matthews as well as highway 74ment and the dot camera independence and albemarle eastbound is congested at the moment. >> a local man is in jail for threatening a judge. james robinnette was in court when the judge denied a motion. the robinnette said quote i will go get my gun. >> a school district in south carolina is paying out thousands of dollars to hackers. how much next at 5:00. >> this man is rescued by a team of people in the aisle of a grocery store. he had a heart attack and how the group kept him alive. >> and later at 5:00 p.m.... >> a family from indiana on to pay tribute to this man. say south carolina school district is paying hackers to release data held ransom. they were attacked with ransom wear. the virus uses a key to lock the data and the user has to pay to get the data back. scienti

more congestion on i-85 as we continue to look around 485 and a couple of incidents by 277, north tryon at park wood avenue, a problem at hawthorne by safe travels steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, every day, for life. >> ciaa tournament tips off play tomorrow morning at time warner cable arena. and joyner and his bulls they do not play until thursday at 7:00. the conference announced that forward out of georgia is the ciaa player of the year, number 23 there. average 21.5 points per contest. congratulations to him. latest on the ciaa tournament go to wbtv.com/sports or the wbtv speedway harley davidson sports app. inside the prep zone we go, meet 6'7" concorde point guard rejean black. he is still a sophomore one of the mos

north tryon is a great alternate route to get around this situation. we have traffic on i-77 northbound approaching that area. and now an accident in the center city at trade street and the tournament is in town and a up next we have sports. >> all about the basketball and the ciaa could not have asked for a better quarter final matchup tonight with the clash of the locals. livingstone will take on the gold especially bulls of jc smith. player of the year, lemon will need a great game to advance. livingstone is coming off a win late last night. so a quick turn around playing in the first game of the night at 7:00 p.m. highlights on wbtv news at 11:00. for the latest on the tournament go to wbtv.com/sports or the wbtv speedway harley davidson sports app and look under local sports and press releases and get all of the results on the games all week long. and we have other college basketball previews as well. like the conference u.s.a. matchup. charlotte 49ers host hosting san antonio. we will have highlights on web news at 11:00 and the hornets had the f

harris right around i-85 and north tryon as well as volume on university city 49. as we look on the mapping system, a nice look with only 6 or seven incidents and green. >> thank you. back to michael clark, he is in york county talking about this temporary freeze on new housing developments around fort mill, tega cay and lake wylie. >> problems like traffic plague drivers here in york county but one leader wants to eliminate future congestion, water or sewer problems or overcrowded schools by pausing new houses in areas the fort mill and bethel towneships. if it passes the county we have the time to study the impacts on future roads and the land around the roads. the proposal may be ready by the first of april but unclear how long a housing freeze would last. you see a lot of development and it will not stop the development. only new housing permits. there are no restrictions to new commercial developments. one representative tells me he thinks a temporary pause may hurt the county's progress in the long-run. people say that they are sick and tired of traffic probl

we have one by old concorde road at orr road and north tryon street. caution needed in this area and secondary at neil and olwin boulevard. >> thank you. students in charlotte-mecklenburg schools are struggling with math. >> a local nonprofit is working to change that but they need your help. children in our if you're going to say "better ingredients. better pizza." you better deliver. which is why i'm introducing our new papa's quality guarantee: love your pizza, or get another one, absolutely free. get any large pizza up to 5-toppings for just $9.99. online only. at papajohns.com >> welcome back to first at 4:00. >> time for our monthly segment with share charlotte i'm joined by emily elliott and kelly brooks. welcome today. >> thank you. >> let's jump right in and introduce the nonprofit we are highlighting for today. kelly, why did share charlotte choose to introduce us to heart math tutoring? >> it's almost valentine's day. but there's so many gaps in the community that need to be filled and our local non-profits are out there fill to go for us he

and one accident and it may be clearing out at north tryon. the plaza is a great alternate route. back to you. >> we are just getting started here. a crash caught on camera that appears to destroy a car involved. >> but amazingly the people inside survive. these a terrifying collision caught on camera and the amazing part... no one was seriously hurt. >> watch the silver car. a red dump truck push it is through the intersection and forcing it to collide with another car and plow through a cop crete barrier. and check out the aftermath. all four people are expected to be ok. the truck driver saying he does not know how he lost control but when you think about how quickly that could have gone a different different story today. >> kept pushing and pushing. was he braking? strange stuff. you've seen young kids act as ball boys but these ball dogs were on hand for a game of fetch. shelter dogs helped out at the brazil open tournament. the problem they were not great at returning the tennis balls. please, please. a shelter hopes the dogs would get people interested in adopting rescued d

as we continue to look around the area heads up around north tryon close to w.t. harris a lane is partially blocked due to and volume building on university city boulevard near 485 as well. >> thank you. misty out right now. and the temperature was cooler than i thought it was going to be. >> one of the days where the windshield wipers are a nuisance. >> but you have to keep them running. >> saturated and the overcast 500 feet cutting off the skyscrapers. and we have spotty mist and drizzle and it's ahead of this intense storm system that is exploding out of dixie. you've heard about the tornado watches already damage that way. and this is working towards the carolinas and a patch or two of rain ahead of it. but where things stand on the radar, you will see that we have a few more spotty light showers working up i-85 and, yes, we take you up into caldwell county and the mountains, watauga and ashe county, light rain this way and that is scooting off to the we take to to the future-cast and how things will continue to evolve through the evening. once we get you int

the breakfast conversation business networking event starts at 8:30 at extravaganza depot on north tryon street. >> christine: scary moments for passengers on a plane after they had to be evacuated. kristen miranda getting details in the alert center about what happened. >> kristen: evacuated from the plane, christine. the official alert on the japan airlines website, i found it a couple seconds ago. this is a situation that is developing right now we're getting preliminary details about the japan airlines jet evacuated a short time ago, 737 smoke from the right engine they had to get the 159 passengers and six crew members on the ground, so the pilot aborted the takeoff and landed again. reports indicate four people hurt trying to get off the plane, sounds like minor injuries at this point. all in all, a good situation, but there is no indication as to why that smoke started to creep in the plane. they are saying there was no fire on board the plane, emergency crews didn't put out flames, so they will continue that investigation today, if i hear anything i'll let you know from the alert

and two additional problems we have an accident here at north tryon street. over by 16th street. volume here and then another accident at independence boulevard exit 243. congestion as well. and i-77 south starting to build. here is the dot camera on from >> thank you. >> not the prettiest picture from our hd towercam. and cooler today and thinking about severe weather tomorrow does not feel like it would be like that. >> a lot of changes are on the way. keeping our first-alert weather team busy. let's get you over to meteorologist leigh brock. >> i agree 100%. we have a warm front that will make all the difference. it will feel completely different tomorrow. right now we have a low pressure system over texas and we have the thunderstorms the severe weather and the tornado watch across parts of mississippi and into alabama. that is going to be pushing off to the north and east and is going to bring us changes tomorrow. let's talk about the warm front. we have cooler temperatures in north carolina. meanwhile southern part of georgia and southern part of south carolina look how war

a couple accidents around the area one on the mapping system at north tryon leaving center city. and other areas around davidson street and right by 277, we've got situations that is creating partial lane closures. slow-moving traffic but most importantly be careful as you are out and about. as they work to repair these problems. >> thank you. we are getting more damage reports from the storm that moved through the area. >> let's check out the video captured from our hd towercam. impressive. check back with the first-alert weather team coming up and have forced into clean up mode. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) >> one person is in the hospital this afternoon after a tractor-trailer crash on i-85 in charlotte. >> this is the scene near sam wilson road. the tractor-trailer hit a car pulled of on the side of the road at 12:30. the driver of

we've got a close sure on north tryon street at w. the harris starting at night until 10:00 p.m. through monday morning -- guys back to you. >> chris thank you for that. and for more traffic go to wbtv and click under the traffic tab. you can follow-ups on twitter and our traffic page. >> let's talk sports on this sunday morning. college basketball north carolina took on miami last night and showed why it's a top five team of the country. north carolina fans pumped. the tarheels didn't let that frustrating home loss to duke linger. u.n.c. blew out miami running into an exhibition. rice johnson 16 points great game 15 boards. justice -- justin jackson, isaiah hicks scored in double numbers and they put their best performance of the season out on display. >> now duke and louisville. lee had 21 points. cardinals trailed by 13 and with 17 minutes before a 27 to 11 run would take place how about that? that put them ahead 58 to 55. they went onto take that one. your final score 7164. >> it's officially daytona 500 dread. daytona international speedway -- 500. >> joe gets us ready for t

if you are heading east through the construction zone harris boulevard to north tryon, university city back to harris. either way it will take some time to get through the construction zone. we have a weekend traffic update at wsoctv.com. it's underneath the traffic tab. they learn more about the zika virus. at 6:45 what a scientist is saying about north carolina's ability to track mosquitoes. >> the charlotte zoning board will discuss hundreds of new apartments and town homes in south charlotte. at 6:30 the concerns some residents have about the area. >> thieves targeted local firefighters stealing from them as they responded to emergencies. the similathat feeling. you know the one. that "grand-slam, aced-the-presentation" feeling. multiply that feeling. it's the deal of all deals. a moment worthy of celebration. now multiply that. you're everyone's hero in the championship of all championships introducing the new multiplier scratch-offs. a chance to win. and a chanceto multiply your winnings. yea, that feeling >>> good saturday morning. take a look at this. you can see the sun starti

traffic here still light and most of the major green this morning but we're seeing slow downs along north tryon street, providence road, over toward independence expressway, and then as you come in to highway 74, expressway on to 277, they are making some emergency repairs in the right lane head on to 277, that is because of water seeping on the roadway there. those repairs expected to take all day, maybe up until 4:00 this afternoon. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: get over to kristen miranda now. >> christine: she has new details on that officer who was shot in north dakota, are you seeing new info? >> kristen: new image of that officer, this is the first image, first photo of the officer that was involved in the shooting that we have been talking about this morning. i can show you some video from the scene as well. authorities say this police officer, 33-year-old officer jason mosier responded to a domestic violence call in fargo, that is when he was shot. authorities are now saying he is near death, his condition very gr

the harris up to north tryon street -- this will close every night from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and then that will re-open. that's for construction. that's a check of your first alert traffic. guys back to you. >> all right thanks chris. for more traffic go wbtv.com and click under the traffic tab and we could follow you on twitter and find a link on the wbtv traffic page. all right. talk sports sunday morning. duke takes on the university of virginia. grace and allen banked in the shot. duke beat virginia. ingram scored 25 points. allen finished with 15 for the blue devils. and kept the cavaliers win less. n.b.a. all-star weekend full swing in toronto, canada. minnesota zach la vine the best dunk consider in the n.b.a. -- defending his title in the slam dunk competition golden state clay thompson won the long distance shoot out and minnesota rookie karl-anthony towns won the skills competition. all-star action game by the way you can catch that tomorrow night. well in golf the final round of the pebble beach pro am bill murray had a great time yesterday -- he ought graphed peop

you can see davidson and forest street effected as well as sections of north tryon and mlk. i would avoid the area if you are heading to the event use the light rail. if you are going to get more specific on those restrictions, go to our website wsoctv.com and click on that traffic tab and there is an update. >>> let's take a live look outside on our speedway cam. we got pretty clear conditions. vicki graf has an update. we are starting the day off with mostly clear skies. it is little cooler as you head out the door. most neighborhoods below the freezing mark. mountains upper 20s. 20s in statesville and 27 in rockingham. grab the jacket before we head out. as we go through the afternoon, lots of sunshine. still a little bit cooler so you might need a light layer. by 9:00 tonight cooling to the low 40s. tomorrow will be even warmer. we'll see highs in the mid 60s. i will pinpoint when we will trade that warmth for rain coming up. >>> a south carolina senator has been blocking a bill to fund roads and bridges for two weeks. at 6:45 the changes lawmakers may make to prevent fu

we've got a closure on north tryon street at wt harris, starting at night at 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. through monday morning. that's a check of first alert traffic, guys, back to you. >> kristen: all right chris, thank you. for more traffic go to wbtv.com and click under the traffic tab and you can follow us on twitter account on our wbtv traffic page. >>> state leaders in north carolina say a new proposed license plate design is getting a lot of interest. this is it here the design features north carolina's new blue and green pine tree logo with the tag line nothing compares, nc. 500 people signed up top request it but the legislature has to approve it. >>> in consumer news, non-stop flights from charlotte to nashville will begin this summer. southwest airlines says flights will begin august 7th. will add one flight to denver, fort lauderdale and los angeles. you can purchase tickets. >>> never lose your car key again, wouldn't that be nice? volvo is creating an app that replaces a physical key with a digital one. car owners can send to it friends or family who are bo

this is happening at orr road and north tryon street. parts of the intersection will close at 9:00. it will remain closed until february 29th at 4:00 p.m.. northbound drivers will be able to make a u turn at arrow head drive. if you're coming from the south. you can make a u turn at old concord road. >>> new this morning, we're getting our first look at logo for the nba all star weekend in charlotte. you can see it incorporates the hornets blue and teal coverage. the league unveiled the t the logo during the all star game in toronto. arena on february 19th. the league will announce more schedule and ticket information later. >>> charlotte leaders say the weekend will bring more $100 million to the city. local police, transit and other officials will return from toronto today after getting a first hand look at what it takes to host the event. in addition to top nba players it is known to bring other celebrities and thousands of fans. can't believe one year away from that. >>> we have weather and traffic every ten minutes. we did just learn lancaster county schools are closed today. >

again talking about the lynx blue line and that will shut down the intersection at wt harris up to north tryon street. this will close each and every night through monday morning from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. and then at 6:00 a.m. monday morning that intersection reopening. that is for lynx blue line construction. that is a check of the first alert traffic, guys, back to you. >> brodydythank you, chris. for more traffic of course, go to wbtv.com and click under the traffic tab. if you're not following us on twitter yet, you can find the link to our account on our wbtv traffic page. >>> let's talk sport here on saturday morning the nfl has fined aquibtalib for grabbing and pulling the face mask of philly brown and taunting the panthers. grabbed the face mask in the first half sunday then pulled it harder to keep him from scoring and there is a closer look at that one. everybody was yelling from home watching that live. a lot of people thought he should have been ejected from the game immediately after. in post-game interviews he admitted to pulling the face mask but the league ruled he will n

we have a closure on north tryon street at wt harris, starting at night at 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. through monday morning. that is a check of your first alert traffic. guys, back to you. >> kristen: chris, thank you. for more traffic go to wbtv.com and click under the traffic tap and you can follow us on twitter. find the link on the traffic page. >>> hoverboard makers may get hit with recalls if they don't get their acts together. that is the warning from consumer product safety commission issued to manufacturers, importers and retailers. self-balancing scooters are prone to catching fire and exploding. you heard the stories. several airlines banned them, they are not permitted on public streets and sidewalks in london and new york city has banned them altogether. >>> we are on your side with a move to ramp up security on charlotte's primary public transportation. cats just released a new app, designed to let riders easily report anything suspicious. our coleen harry put the app to the test in a real life situation to see how it works. >> reporter: the cats app is

new smyrna, north tryon went light and variable across the interior. baldwin park tonight, temperatures in the low 50s which is average for this time in february. we turn the corner of the coldest time in the year which is first and third week in january. we are climbing back up. away but we will enjoy this. 49 celebration, poinciana, st. cloud 50. oaks subdivision and downtown kissimmee, 50. tonight, back to the 40s low 50s and had a lot of fog in the area western zones especially early this morning. patchy fog early tomorrow but the atmosphere is dryer so it will be patchy. like wind out of the north. we will not get it another cold front but a big ridge of high pressure with a dry air center over the southeast and that will keep us nice to the next several days including the weekend. this ridge of high pressure slides toward the east and start to put winds around the east. low clouds heading toward friday the weekend. fairly light winds out of the north. the ridge moving to the east. calling it a ridge of high pressure. either way we have a cloud mo

you can see davidson, fourth street, and college all effected as well as sections of north tryon and mlk. so i would avoid the area. if you are heading to the event, use the light rail. if you are going to get more specifics, go to our website wsoctv.com and click on that traffic tab and there is an update. >>> take a look at this live view from our speedway cam. i'm telling you, you are getting ready for a beautiful view. starting off a little chilly. vicki graf is trafficking what will be a warmup. >> if you can turn your eyes to your tv screen for a second here and take in this beautiful cooler start to the day. temperatures in the upper 20s and 30 in chester. 29 in boone and jefferson. going through the afternoon keep the sunshine around. it will be a little cooler though. if you are heading to the ciaa tournament in uptown, highs will be in the mid 50s. you'll want that later this evening. we cool off into the low 40s by 9:00. tomorrow will be warmer. we'll be in the mid 60s. i will show you how long the warmth will stick around. >>> a south carolina senator has been blocking a

this is a live look at the area etween north graham and north tryon. c-m-p-d is directing traffic because stoplights are out. atando remains blocked at the intersection. all lanes of north graham are now open. today... patchy fog this morning. showers with a chance of this showers and early thunderstorms highs in the upper 60s. cool lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, >>> this morning on "today's take," donald trump scores his third straight win. is there any stopping the republican front runner? >>> then from the hit show "how to get away with murder," viola davis. >>> you'll be loving life with a performance from country duo locash. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's ees"today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning, february 24th, 2016

talking about the lynx blue line, and that will shut down the intersection at wt harris up to north try tryon street each and every night from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m., at 6:00 a.m. construction. guy, back to you. >> brody: for more traffic go to wbtv.com and click under the traffic tab and of course follow us on twitter and we have a link to our twitter account on our wbtv traffic page. >>> let's look at entertainment news, barry manilow forced to postpone two concerts following a rough week of oral surgery. [ music ] >> i can't laugh and i can't sing, i'm finding it hard to do anything >> brody: that song is pretty appropriate. he had surgery twice earlier this week and still managed to make a concert in memphis, tennessee on wednesday but after that he was brought back to los angeles for surgery yesterday when complications developed. his doctors say they expect no further complications. but he has been instructed not [ music ] remember that song? i bet you do. disney announce had denver will be the place where it tests the "frozen" musical. they will mount the show in august of 2017. ex

tryon as well. the drive time 77 north from westinghouse to center city 19 minutes and a look at i-77 again and arrowood road. back to you. >> thank you. can you recognize a name all the u.s. presidents? >> probably not as well as this four-year-old in matthews. he is ready to drop knowledge next in today's good news here at 5:00 p.m. >> and all new at 6:00 p.m.... >> a parent takes her children out of their neighborhood school and travels 30 minutes away to this school. why? all because of diversity. her story is coming up. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> do you know this guy? >> that is millionered fill more and franklin pierce. it helps that the answer is right there for us. >> u.s. presidents. take a look at this fella. he is four years old and knows everyone of the former presidents by heart. and kristen hampton has tonight's good news. >> so like this president. >> washington. everybody knows the first president and maybe the last dozen. look what i'm doing. mixing them up. but there are 30 guys there in the middle that do not have the most recognizable faces. >> i'm good if you do it in order

north charlotte. start with an accident on south tryon at billy graham parkway, we're seeing delays heading up to billy graham parkway at south tryon, keep that in mind, you will find emergency crews on the scene there. looking live at the john belk, this is heading toward 277 and independence boulevard, again, volume of traffic pretty light center city looking a-okay and most of our major highways are continuing to run in the green. accidents. one of the major ones is up in northern iredell county, this is north of exit 65, overturned logging truck there. right now the lanes are open, ashton pellom live on the scene there, saying they are now in the investigation process of this accident. the truck is overturned, and in the center lane of the median. that. that is a check of the morning commute, christine, over to you. >> christine: thank you, chris. can driver-less cars make moral decisions? >> john: a look behind the wheel to see for ourselves, later on "cbs this morning" at 7:00. >> christine: next at 6:00 here on wbtv news, the charlotte hornets pick up a veteran guard in a three-team trade. we ha

south boulevard is a great alternate route and i-77 north between remount and west boulevard and accident creating problems northbound south tryon is a great alternate route and there is the d.o.t. camera from that area. sponsored by people's bank. back to you. >> thank you. everyone is anxious for a nice weekend. >> sounds like it will be good especially after what we saw this past week. and eric thomas the wind has died down. >> yes. you will like this especially if you are a fan of milder weather because we are moving in that direction. and we have the severe weather out of the way and so now we have the sunshine bursting back. what a nice friday today. if you did not mind the cool temperatures. high today 51. upper 40s to 50 right now. cooler 40 corridor in the low 40s. snow has been flying. beech mountain said 5 inches on the ground. 47 all right your weather net and there it is a gorgeous sky we have for you. but the clear skies will give way to efficient cooling. 38 at 9:00 p.m. and 36 at 11:00 p.m. all right in terms of cloud cover disruptive weather you see this rolling into the picture saturday. it's high thin clouds s

tryon. there is a lot of slow-moving traffic headed town by nations i-77 north congested at the moment. back to you. >> all right thank you. unc coach roy williams is doing fine after a vertigo spell during last night's game. he collapsed. williams has been dealing with vertigo for 20 years and jerked his head too hard. he is proud how his team responded they beats about college 68-65. >> always scary. >>> managing your finances can be tricky and confusing. that why we are on your side offering free advice. >> keep your calls coming into our credit counseling hotline the number is on your screen. free help. kristen miranda next. wbtv is on your side with experts to answer your questions when it comes to handling your finances. >> let's check in with kristen miranda live in the call center. what questions can the experts answer for us? >> all kinds of questions, jamie and they have been busy. the reason we wanted to partner out to charge you for this advice they are a nonprofit and have been in business for a longtime and answering your questions for free. they have been taking calls on

277 we have this volume starting to build approaching i-77 north and another incident right by 277 and i-77 is on morehead clarkson street and tryon or alternatealternate routes. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. >> thank you. >> beautiful day outside. you can roll down the car windows and open the windows in the house and let the fresh breeze come in. >> it was nice for sure. you have to wonder if going to stick around? and we want to get you over to meteorologist leigh brock with the forecast. >> maybe not the whole week but it will stick around until march. let's talk about what is going on now. beautiful evening. your hd towercam showing just gorgeous clear skies. we have a bird i saw him behind brigida he is sailing around. why not? it's in the 70s and february. he is enjoying it just as much as we are. statesville 70 . 73 in charlotte. 71 in rock hill and 72 in lancaster. here is what it looks like, there are no clouds. there is no rain. there is nothing to talk about. we have the wind out of the south, southwest. and that pulls in more warmth. why we are warmer today than yesterday. it was 67 yesterday

. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north we do have a new accident with injuries, being caused by a hit and run on south tryon, south tryon at nevada boulevard, just down to the south of westinghouse. this came in about five minutes ago. expect emergency crews will be responding to the scene so make way for medic as they work their way over on south tryon. you're looking live at i-77 here or excuse me, independence expressway from near briar creek, traffic running smoothly there. a check of drive times, from rock hill, 21 minutes, concord, 18 minutes, 67 miles an hour. lake norman southbound at 15 minutes. most of the major highways are continuing to run in the green this morning so no significant delays on area interstates. that is a check of the morning traffic, christine, over to you. >> christine: living with an artificial heart. >> john: on "cbs this morning" at 7:00, how technology keeps people alive amid a shortage of >> christine: next at 6:00 on wbtv. [ music ] the country music world loses another legend, right after the legacy of sonny james. >> john: 20 minutes after 6:00, a live look at the charl

north charlotte. we do have an injury accident, 5150 south tryon street. yorkmont road up to billy graham parkway. clanton road, volume heavy but we do have delays, #77 northbound, inner loop of 485 also an independence boulevard. that is a check of traffic, here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: dense fog in the foothill, looking live at lincolnton, you can see very poor visibility in and around the area, dense fog advisory for foothill, doesn't technically include lincoln county but in and around the foothill and i-40 corridor, 10:00 this morning, expecting fog to burn off. cautious because we have fog and we also have freezing temperature in around morganton, statesville, salisbury, use caution in this area, near freezing, well above freeze, no fog, plenty of sunshine, hd tower cam from scott clark nissan honda. sunshine today, start off 41 degrees at 8:00, 51 at lunch time, 55 late this afternoon. sunny skies. should hold in the mid 50s tomorrow, upper 50s on friday, lots of sunshine both days and then we warm nicely. here monday and tuesday. >>>ive wondering what it would look like if we gr

tryon springs road. >>> ahead on fox 50, here why a fayetteville school today. >>> monday morning and the traffic s building. the north carolina naacp holds a news conference to respond to new congressional maps drawn up by the general assembly friday. >> www.wral.com tara lynn is live in raleigh, lawmakers hope the maps will satisfy the court order to redraw districts. but we understand they uld fail -- face challenges. may not satisfy other people. lawmakers approve the new voting maps late friday as they rushed to meet a federal deadline. this issue started because a lawmakers rely too heavily on the first and 12th congressional district's. this new map will pack fewer african-american voters into those o districts, which were the focus of the court ruling. the new map is also more competitive than the old ones drawn between 2011, however it still gives republicans an advantage in 10 of the districts. today, the naacp will hold a maps. they said in a press release they are concerned and plan to action? that's what we'll have to find out at the press conference. afternoon. >> all right, tara lynn live at outside. th

north carolina, died in the crash. >>> breaking overnight the driver of a pick-up rushed to the hospital after an accident in south charlotte. it happened around 2:00 this morning on i-485 near south tryon. the driver was speeding down the interstate when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned and ended up on the opposite side of the freeway. he was thrown from the vehicle. he suffered pretty serious life threatening injuries. >>> new video of a traffic safety check point early this anyone who was violating traffic laws. there was also a mobile breath testing bus on site. we're waiting on results. >>> fire investigators trying to figure out what started this fire at a home in south charlotte, breaking out before 11:00 last night on sand ridge road. that is in the madison park neighborhood. the house was under renovation and the fire started in the crawl space. no one was home and no one was hurt. >>> six people now facing charges after a big fight in a local high school caught on camera. we should warn you the video is violent but this is in west mecklenburg high school. the video starts with the two girls fighting and then ends up with multiple girls joining in and swinging. happen

tryon. the you niece and nina sa moan on a related note, high point honors former resident john coal train ( ) on the corner of commerce and hamilton state, i didn't know he lived in north carolina. that's pretty cool. and then of course the international civil rights center and museum in greensboro. we just talked about this earlier in the show. this is where the counter where the sit-in happened that changed the course of civil rights is here. >>jay: i would like2 to go to greensboro and see that. weather outside will be nice in terms of temperature. a lot more cloud cover than we but, the weekend was just spectacular. >>evan: cover, already a little bit of rain falling out there especially to the north of the great smoky mountains national park. over in swain county, and rain moving into oconee county and the upstate. most of that is not hitting the ground just yet. but later on today, off and on showers will prevail. many of us could pick up less than a tenth of an inch of rain. so, by no means a washout. >>> on your day planner, 10 a.m., 50 trees. 1 p.m. pretty good chancnc of rain especially here in the asheville area. by lunchtime.2 60 degrees. 4 p.m., a lot of c