robin kanady, fox 46, wjzy. >> all right. thank you. >> now, we did reach out to nascar today for an interview with brian france but your request was declined. >> on topic of nascar there is a new on posal by epa that has north carolina lawmakers up in arms, a antipollution regulatory effort could block racers from getting in a car because of environmental reasons. to regulate competitive race cars, 4 north carolina lawmakers are including thom tillis are trying to block it from taking effect, modified vehicles are hurting the environment more than normal stock cars do. they believe fewer drivers the want to race. kayla: coming up a deal has many frequent flyers of mull i year agreement will have charlotte douglas international looking better than before. >> as a teacher there are good days and harder days, it is so nice to feel someone is recognizing the work we're doing. kayla: millions of dollars funnels into classrooms across america as part of a flash funding initiative, we visit a local school that will receive part of

robin kanady is joining us live. reporter: cruz just arrived, to the rally, he is speaking right now to supporters, he told them, he is really gaining momentum here. i had a chance to speak with in line. they told me they really like cruz's christian principles that is what appeals to them, that is what he is going for that evangelicals base. but cruz does not have to necessarily win north carolina to make an impact where it matters. >> thank you so much. reporter: donald trump is expected to win north carolina, but that does not mean he has the republican nomination locked up. >> it seems the race to win, which is trump, there is the race to peel off delegates in hopes of creating a fight at the republican national convention. reporter: uncpolitical vience professor said that don't count on seeing much any of if any of florida senator marco rubio or ohio governor john kasich in north carolina, primaries in their home states are on the same day at north carolina, for them in their states. >> if they don't win in thei

in charlotte robin kanady fox 46 wjzy. it's an awesome world and just dance. braylon gets his treatments at the children's hospital in charlotte. it's a st. jude's affiliate clinic. he has a half dozen rounds of chemo left. we will continue to keep you updated on how braylon is doing with the latest information. head over to our web site fox46charlotte.com. bill: would any kid. i really like braylon. we had an outstanding day across the piedmont payday want to you know 58 degrees. we hit 73 and another three degrees warmer we would have hit 76. pretty nice outside. as a matter of fact average temperature is 58. 59 degrees degrees. we are seeing warm temperatures across the area. 40 degrees really like this whether but we do have some changes starting tomorrow as we look at our severe weather outlook across the country. you can see the eastern half is where we will see issues here. again the worst looks like it will be to the east. we are looking at charlotte and the piedmont. you should see no severe weather. it's not out of the question across the western edg

robin kanady has been looking into this issue and is joining us live. robin is there anything in the works to make the area safer? >> k. law it doesn't take long to see just how busy the area on central avenue is. there's an apartment complex being built across the street, lots of traffic especially this time of day. there is also a city bus stop working in this area tell me they just don't till they can get around safely and easily on foot or in the car. avenue near clement avenue he way round to get to a traffic light. >> it's a football field and a half so 150 yards or so. >> or you have to take your chances like quite a few folks i saw guarding across traffic. >> it's dangerous because of the simple fact that there are so many cars coming and going. >> it's bad for the public. >> in 30 minutes i saw more than half a dozen people crossing there is no traffic light in no crosswalk. >> the general public safety is important to have a crosswalk. i have heard several times pedestrians are hit on central avenue. tonight we found out the city of charlotte p

robin kanady will give us the latest on the controversy. hi, robin. >> reporter: it doesn't take long to see why this stretch of interstate desperately needs more traffic lanes. let me show you all of this mess here. people living and working around here say this bottleneck does not just happen during rush hour, but the problem remains how to fix if there's any stretch of interstate that will be a hot-button issue in the governor's race, it will be this one. 26 miles from uptown charlotte to mooresville. the governor's route for solving the traffic hassles hit a roadblock. a subsidiary of cintra, the private company building the i-77 toll lane has just filed for bankruptcy. on this road project in texas. and that prompted governor pat mccrory to send north carolina's dot secretary to the lone star state. his mission, find out what >> these are separate corporate entities, some should have been successful, others have not. i have to make sure our taxpayers are protected with regard to this action. in texas, i'm going to make sure we do a thor

in charlotte robin kanady fox 46 wjzy. it's an awesome world and just dance. braylon gets his treatments at the children's hospital in charlotte. it's a st. jude's affiliate clinic. he has a half dozen rounds of chemo left. we will continue to keep you updated on how braylon is doing with the latest information. head over to our web site fox46charlotte.com. bill: would any kid. i really like braylon. we had an outstanding day across the piedmont payday want to mention we don't talk about the you know 58 degrees. we hit 73 and another three degrees warmer we would have hit 76. it is beautiful and it really is pretty nice outside. as a matter of fact average temperature is 58. charlotte right now is 59 degrees degrees. we are seeing warm temperatures across the area. 40 degrees really like this whether but we do have some changes starting tomorrow as we look at our severe weather outlook across the country. you can see the eastern half is where we will see issues here. again the worst looks like it will be to the east. we are looking at charlotte and the piedmon

robin kanady is joining us look at the cmc music pavilion. what's going on there? >> bill that rally just wrapped up. we are talking 15 minutes ago is when bernie sanders finished pouring out of here of pnc music rebellion. according to the latest poll sanders is doing well in the midwest and not as well here in the south so he really had to make this visit to charlotte count. check out this video that we have of the crowd here today. sanders has been campaigning in north carolina. he came to rally on friday but he has spent time in ohio and missouri. those other states as well as illinois and florida also have their primaries tomorrow so these candidates really have to split their time between states. sanders has hit hillary clinton hard on free trade agreements. he says american trade policy is hurt the country and sent millions of u.s. jobs overseas. it's an issue deal to play well and help -- he also said we are living in a rigid economy and democracy is not about >> in the midst of that we have republican governors figuring out all kinds of ways to make it har

robin kanady was outside addressing what his lawyers on his defense side in what the prosecution had to say that she standing by live on the other side of the courthouse. hey robin. >> hey jenna. canon's attorney said this was a quick visit to charlotte for his clients. cannon was brought in through a tunnel that connects the jail across the street with the courtroom. now a jail spokesperson would not tell us if cannon's family has been to visit him or if he is in a holding cell by himself. that spokesperson did say there was not a separate holding cell for federal prisoners. >> what is your name sir? office by now former charlotte mayor patrick cannon returns as a federal prisoner pleading guilty to another crime, voter fraud rate. >> absolutely i didn't -- he didn't get this offer because to be was. see that that's assistant district attorney reed hundt's talking about cannon's plea deal deal. one day in prison for guilty plea to a misdemeanor voter fraud charge but cannon won't have to serve extra time behind bars because as of voter fraud sentence will run at the same time as his

live in charlotte robin kanady fox 46 wjzy. emily makers what's happening to the state department of agriculture is looking into what happened to find out if there are violations of state law that could result in several penalties for the individual officer or the shelter as a whole if they suspect there are any criminal violations they would work with local law enforcement on the case. anytime you can get out in the boat is early in march it's a good day. check out this scenic video from lake norman through the press go after it looks like a mix of sun and clouds on the lake today but it might not stay that way refer first check of your forecasters meteorologist amanda cox. >> we are seeing some extra clouds rolling into the region. as you see at unc charlotte the clouds will continue to thicken across the areas all too to a frontal boundary near the region that's going to continue to affect their area throughout the overnight hours and into the this front is what's going to be affecting us from this point forward however wher

robin kanady is live at the catawba county jail to fill us in. reporter: this is where the main sheriff's office is, it is not closed it takes about 20 minutes to get from here to where it went were able to get there in minutes. >> i heard him kept trying reporter:m mchang of terrify. >> i said is no real. reporter: a stranger came out of nowhere, armed and ordering them around. >> he got to the driveway, he started to run and point the gun at aus, and yell -- at us, and yell get out of the car. reporter: chang said it was not motorly instinct that kicked in, she was frozen with fear, her daughter urged her to hit the gas, she did. >> he is right there, what am i going to do, drive or what, my daughter said, mommy just drive, just drive, so i drove down to the neighbor. reporter: they saw the most welcoming site, a school bus, tiffany's school bus with 15 kids onboard, chang >> i thought going in the bus would be safer, the bus driver is there. maybe they you know she might know what to do. reporter: chang said that the bus driver called 911, she

there is robin kanady. the 19th annual edition of the parade had ireland's ambassador to the state the grand marshal. for some the tradition is more than just a day for the irish. >> it's a fabulous parade rate it's as good as it hits. i appreciate all the people in the city that turn out and do their best to be irish for a day. jenna: neck i gave you a shout-out a second ago. you appeared for second and i'm watching the video to see where you are. >> you have something around your hat and -- neck and i didn't know if it was a necklace or a lady. >> it was a locket and it has a picture of you in it. you represented st. patrick's day very nicely. we also have green here on the radar so that's not so much having to do with st. patrick's day as it is a little bit of rain out there and it's moving into mecklenburg county. this is not heavy at all. there may be pockets of moderate rain showers but it's slowly creeping north anise. belmont could topple a pineville and matthew into uptown charlotte some of that st

there is robin kanady. parade had ireland's ambassador to the state the grand marshal. for some the tradition is more than just a day for the irish. >> it's a fabulous parade rate it's as good as it hits. i appreciate all the people in the city that turn out and do their best to be irish for a day. jenna: neck i gave you a shout-out a second ago. you appeared for second and i'm watching the video to see where you are. >> was i wearing my jester hat? >> you have something around your hat and -- neck and i or a lady. >> it was a locket and it has a picture of you in it. you represented st. patrick's day very nicely. we also have green here on the radar so that's not so much having to do with st. patrick's day as it is a little bit of rain out there and it's moving into mecklenburg county. this is not heavy at all. there may be pockets of moderate rain showers but it's slowly creeping north anise. belmont could topple a pineville and matthew into uptown charlotte some of that starting to move in. further out of the metro area westport gastonia lincolnton cherryville clover

robin kanady found out a plan is in the works to help reach young kids to try and curb violence. hi, robin. reporter: hi, kayla. you might remember that program it was a series of community meetings between police and community members, particularly the african-american community. well, the group that started that program is back, and now we have a new mission. you'll see it in this exclusive story. jake jacobs isn't just a barber. >> tools. you can go up to the barber and talk about anything. reporter: that's what people do with jake, including kids. >> takes a village, this is what we're pushing in the barber shop. a community village relations center. reporter: the sheriff's office has grown tired of seen violence, like tuesday night, five people shot, four separate cases, the kind of crime people say happens often. >> a whole lot more gunshots. people i know last several years, three people killed on our side of town, and hearing gunshots and things through the nothing strange. reporter: they're trying to reach younger kids, ages 4-10. jake and a team of barbers is about to st

live at cmpd headquarters, robin kanady, fox 46 wjzy. bill: thank you, we want to point out we asked the elliott family for an interview but referred us to their attorney who never responded to the phone call. kayla: cmpd tells fox 46 in the 3000 block of south boulevard shots were fired. no one was hurt but two suspects are in custody. we'll update with you more information as it comes into our newsroom. >>> a 7-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a car riding his bike. officials tell fox 46 bryson mcsweeney was not wearing a car. bryson was airlifted to cmc where he died. the driver of the car was not injured and no charges filed. bryson was a second grader at harrisburg elementary school. bill: a somber morning at west mecklenburg high school. the students and staff mourned the death of a classmate. 15-year-old heaven c. was killed monday at 9:00. outside the school students spray painted a rock with the words left in peace heaven, the accident happened near a local elementary school. the driver of a mitsubishi eclipse drove off

answers about how to keep what happened in texas from happening here on the i-77 tollway project to robin kanady the question today and she joins us live in the studio to tell us what she learned. >> in dto tease secretary saying it has an impact on the i-77 people. >> top transportation official said the toll road operator is not canceling the contract on the i-77 tollway. center the company building the i-77 toll lane in the charlotte area is also tied to the texas project. >> that particular event is contemplated by the way these are all set up. there's no financial question between the projects and events. >> when ncdot secretary heads to the lone star state next week he will be asking his counterparts to protect the d.o.t. so that something similar doesn't happen here. i asked him what he will be looking for as a red flag. >> it wouldn't be a decision that was lightly taken because it would clearly be something that would be disputed so it would have to relate to a loss of confidence about ultimately being able to operate the project to the tolling opposition on my 77 says the governor's mo

of march 15 primary, he was greet by supporters and protesters, we begin with robin rob -- robin kenrobin kanady. where trump wrapped up his speech in afternoon. reporter: people were streaming in there were about a thousand dollars people, but before noon as trump spoke the crowd got bigger, estimated about 4 thousand dollars people, trump -- 4,000 people, trump playing to the nascar fans here. but was he honest with them? him, saying he got an endorsement from nascar, nascar chairman and ceo brian france has endorsed trump but a nascar official made is clear to fox sports that france's decision was a personal decision here is more on that. when in nascar country appeal to the race fans. >> nascar endorsed trump, can you believe that? reporter: donald trump got support of nascar driver mart in inconcord. >> thank you i want to thank you very much, an honor, i want to thank nascar and brian france was with us last week. in a venue, he got up on behalf of nascar, brian is an amazing guy he has done some job for them to endorse me was a great honor thank you very much. reporter: nascar chairman an