charlotte airport right now, as some of you, many of you are below freezing. 29 boone, 30 hickory, 29 salisbury, also at 39 in monroe and rock hill, 35 in gastonia right now, on the way for the upper 50s this afternoon, so it will be seasonable for time of year, some of us could maybe get in on a shower later tonight, we'll have more details and what the rest of the weekend will hold in a couple minutes. >> kristen: we'll put stacey's recipe up on the website too. >>> we continue to follow you. charlotte-mecklenburg police are looking right now for three people they say were involved in a home invasion and shooting in north charlotte. it happened at 12:30 this morning on potters glen near west sugar creek road. three people were in the home at the time, one woman was shot and taken to the hospital. we will continue to monitor the situation, bring you updates on the air and online at wbtv.com. >>> a crime alert to tell you about police in charlotte investigating a shooting outside uptown in elizabeth this. was the scene on charlottetown avenue near memorial stadium. the victim was shot somewhere

we're likely to fall another couple degrees here before sunrise. 30 degrees in statesville, salisbury, 31, wadesboro, albermarle, 29 in morgan-on-to, at freezing now for shelby and gastonia, down to rock hill, lancaster, 37 in charlotte. today, lots of sunshine and nice temperature turn-around an

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 far police have not released too many details about the other the only thing they are releasing the third victim like you said is the husband of crystal gambino. his name giovanni gambino, found in the house, all three found wi

in salisbury the captain says find a public place. with people walking around or in a restaurant there's people around and it's less likely something will happen. >> david whisenant wbtv on your side. >> new information in the case of a south carolina teacher which who he resigned after student spread nude photos of her. she wants her dignity back. arthur is suing the union county school district for breach of contract and slander. the lawsuit comes after arthur says she was forced to quit her job. arthur says a 16-year-old boy took her phone and used his phone to take pictures of nude images arthur had on her phone. she is seeking unspecified damages. >> it is 5:17. let's check in with tonya rivens and see if traffic has lightened up? >> it's not better we have a lot of problems, maureen. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. heavy traffic south of the street. as we continue to check around the area, johnston road an accident. rea road and pineville matthews. and take a look at 485 as well. a lot of traffic still th

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 out to the eas

a mile in lancaster, two in salisbury, maybe a little bit of fog early on. closer to home here in charlotte, this is south boulevard and scott clark nissan honda nissan, dry right now, a little patchy fog that is it but plenty of sunshine, 57 this morning at 8:00 at the bus stop, coming home from work and school, really nice. high temperature, 81, lots of sunshine, we stay unseasonably warm, should be a good one, i have big changes down the road involving much cooler weather, in fact 30s at night, i'll talk about that in the seven day planner as we come back at 6:00. check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. clanton road, volume picking up a bit in both directions but still running along smoothly, and the overall mapping system putting our major interstates in the green this morning so, if you're in or outbound on 77, 85, no problems early on. again, that is i-77 clanton road, we'll keep an eye on that as we roll through the morning commute. guys, back to you. >> christine: the polls will open across

34 hickory, rock hill, 37 monroe, salisbury, gastonia. 29 in boone. the forecast then for today, look for plenty of sunshine, little cloudiness from time to time, not bad at all. haven't had very much rain around here of late. that is going to have to change. i'll let you know what the best chances for rain over the next seven days are in the seven day planner, have that in a couple minutes. 5:31, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you. traffic sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. out the door here with live at i-85 near 485 coming in from concord and kannapolis, most of our major highways are running in the green this morning. drive times rock hill inbound, 21 minutes, 66 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17, 68, lake norman southbound at 14 minutes and average speed of 70-miles-per-hour. again, looking at our overall mapping system, 485, 77, 85, absolutely no problems. seeing slow downs to the south, providence road and in to matthews, so expect a little heavier traffic there. that isthat is a check of

salisbury and in the 30s to about 40 in the montins. tomorrow, again, plenty of sunshine. few afternoon clouds is all we will see pushing up from the south and west. a sign of the next weather system trying to give us rain as we head into the weekend. temperatures starting in the mid-50s at 9 a.m. and it will manage to warm into the upper 60s tomorrow afternoon again above average. average eye only 63. neighborhood forecast in concord grab the sunglasses one last day. temperatures around 70 or so is out towards lancaster afternoon high temperatures in the 70s and cooler than we have grown used to and the trend will continue. quickly let me take you through the start of the weekend. saturday lots of clouds. not much rain early but as the afternoon goes on and certainly into saturday evening rain will push on in and so with your weekend always in view, we will cool it down dramatically over the weekend. upper 50s saturday and the bulk early on sunday it's out of here. high temperatures in the mid- 50s. 30 degrees cooler than just yesterday. the five-day forecast one more mil

mostly sunny charlotte, statesville, mooresville, salisbury, albermarle, lincolnton, gastonia, shelby, all about 66, 68 degrees, mid to upper 60s from rock hill, pageland, cheraw, mostly sunny skies, big ridge of high pressure is going to dominate this week. this is going to be like the rock of gibraltar. frontal systems are being case for some time to come. eventually the ridge will break down, the timing may be toward the weekend. after today, 67, 70s going forward. our rain chances if you're planning on being outdoors this weekend, we do have at least some rain mentioned both saturday and sunday. again, long way out, things could change. there isn't a set agreement here in the models, but we'll keep an eye on it. sun-up at 6:45, normal high, sunsets at 6:25. 37 degrees where we would normally be for a low. well in the 70s this week with

charlotte, 36 right now, clear conditions, 29 boone, 34 in hickory, 36 gastonia, mid 30s around salisbury, monroe, low 30s in rock hill. today, start off at 8:00 at 43, 62 lunch time and mostly sunny skies right up to about 67 degrees here in charlotte. a fairly mild start to our day and our work week and a warm week ahead, what about weekend thunderstorms, they're possible. talk about it in the seven day planner. right now check in with chris at 6:14, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you. traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you're getting ready to hit look at i-85 at bruton bruton smith, thicker traffic at this hour and looking at your drive times, matthews, center city, 12 minutes, 52-miles-per-hour. inbound on providence road from the arboretum, running at 17 minutes, concord to center city, the same, 17 minutes, average speed is 70-miles-per-hour. looking at the mapping system most of the majors still running in the green this morning, a few slow downs, beginning to build around the arboretum, that is highway 16 and 51 and inbound on providence road, a couple of

hickory, statesville, salisbury. 62 now here. a little more cloud cover than the last couple days but still enough sunshine to get us to 78 in charlotte. we have big changes on the way that involve cooler weather, rain, and i will highlight that coming up. >> sounds good, al. a man and woman are under arrest after authority says they tried to bury a body. they found toni hearne and linsey lentz near the body of hearne's uncle. under leaves and sticks in albertsville. investigators executed a search warrant. >> the police say this is a home where one of the suspects, as well as the victim in this case live. that's why they're searching it. police say they will go into the home and look around to see if there is any evidence a crime was committed in this location. remember they're being assisted by the sbny this investigation. remember, the suspect told them on camera he killed his uncle in self-defense. i've spoken to the next door neighbors and they tell us the victim, robert hearne, was always friendly and they can't believe it

salisbury. across the carolinas, dealing with unseasonably warm temperatures and continuing with the futurecast, we will continue to climb, reaching the mid to upper 70s. from chester to lancaster, you will be closer to the 80-degree mark and as we head through the next several days, not quite record warmth but the warmest for this day since last november and we haven't seen 78 since last october. so a very warm trend but there are changes for the end of the week. we are dealing with patchy great afternoon, not just in charlotte but in the mountains. take a look at this view from grandfather mountain, just beautiful. if you can, get outside and enjoy the fresh air and maybe enjoy the lunch break outdoors and go for a walk or a run. this evening, clouds but staying mild and if you are heading uptown for the hornets game, are you good to go. and you may need a jacket. we'll deal with patchy fog, mainly before 9:00 tomorrow and that's when the advise visibility -- visibility will be limit inside sp

the charlotte area, 36 as of the 5:00 hour, lower than the freezing mark north of here, 29 from salisbury, statesville, 31 hickory and 30 in boone to start things off. yes, chilly but this afternoon, upper 50s, partly to mostly sunny sky, will feel nice. some of us could pick up a quick-hitting shower tonight. so more details on that and the rest of the weekend forecast in a few. >> kristen: thank you. we have a crime alert, police in charlotte investigating a shooting outside of uptown in elizabeth. this was the scene on charlottetown avenue near memorial stadium. victim shot somewhere else and drove to the spot. they saw a rear window in the person's car shot out. medic says the victim was seriously hurt. we're asking police for information on the shooter and when we get that, we will update you right away. >>> police identified a teen violent string of shootings. they started on thursday night, around 8:30 with gunfire on three streets. the most recent happened yesterday, on a fourth street in the middle of the day, ended with the teen dead. police have yet to make an arrest. our colee

anyone with any information is asked to call the salisbury police department. it's not the first time there has been violence at legion hall. 13-year-old girl was shot and killed in 2007 when she was gang shooting. on a tonight at 10 officials telling "fox 46 news" two people killed after shooting at a mcdonald's were employees of the fast food chain. they say mcdonald's manager trainee michelle lail and cody watts both worked at the highway 70 mcdonald's in hickory to the two died after shooting wednesday night. eric young is charged in the shooting. police believe the shooting was a result of domestic dispute read all of the mcdonald's restaurant in caldwell catawba and burke county will host a fund-raiser starting monday. 1 dollar from every one big mac extra value meal will be donated to the families. >> good evening. the event tracking showers moving across the area throughout the night. it's gone from light to moderate in a few spots. not a whole lot of folks are getting the rain with scattered showers across the area. you are still thinking about heading

two brothers were found shot behind the building in salisbury this morning. one brother died and the other is dylan critical condition fficers were called to jc price legion post, they were responding to a fight at a party when officers arrived, they found 29-year-old antoine and 24-year-old davon mcgee and they were behind the building both with wounds and were taken to the hospital with younger brother passed away. the command of jc price legion post says it has been nine years since they've seen something like this. >> when the police told me, i was really upset because we had not have any problems down herend like i said it has been nine years and we are very upset. he went back in 2070 teenage girl was shot and killed in that same locationhe was caught in the crossfire of a gain at a party. they house a school for high risk children and has many community parts. right now no arrests have been made in the case if you know anything that can help please, you are asked to call them. >>> another shooting to tell you about. this one in east charlotte, two vict

a very, very mild start to the day. 58 in charlotte, salisbury 50. 61 around hickory. out the door this morning, patchy low cloudiness and 62 degrees at the bus stop. a mild start to the day. this afternoon looks great. high temperature stays warm, 78 degrees. not much chance for rain today. chances of rain look greater they will hit pay dirt here on sunday, so the timing is not great if you've got weekend plans. not going to be a washout but we will be definitely dealing with increased chances for rain this weekend and cooler temperatures. the warm weather is not going to last forever. we will talk more about t. the seven-day forecast in a couple of minutes. here is chris with your first alert. >> thank you. sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. this is a look at i-77, across the state lines. no significant problems early this morning. in the center city, in the green, 77 through center city looking a-okay this morning. interstate highways running in the green, 45 looks good. 77, 85, providence road to wt harris in the university city area, no significant delays as

salisbury, sunshine and the intreez -- breeze is back. here's a look at charlotte, mid- 60s tomorrow as you work down towards rock hill and i'm forecasting the temperatures to reach the low to mid-50s. the wind blowing won't feel that warm. the temperature trend, stuck in the 50s. welcome to march. it goes like this up and down, temperatures will rise as we head towards the end of the weekend and one more shot of rain on thursday night. >> not too bad. thank you, steve. >>> a woman shot in the head and survives. putting families at risk. plus. >>> for years, neighbors along the busy highway have pushed for safety changes. >> if the flashing light would have been there, this wouldn't have happened. >> i am asking if the state d.o.t. will make any improvements after a crash led to a deadly explosion. why stude (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 i

and the patient would get frustrated with us. >> sandra is the practice manager at salisbury ordinary r orthopedic and is talking about dealing with health net the company contracted to administer the program. >> we check a week or two before the appointment and they would tell us it had not been authorized or faxed but we did not have it. had to cancel several appointments for the same patient. >> health net was losing paperwork that is required before they can treat any she blames it on a process that relies on human beings sending faxes. >> we would find we would get faxes for other doctors and authorization for doctors in militia began and doctors around the state would call us and we have your fax for a patient. and it went to them. >> it has been plagued by problems. >> bob the c.e.o. of the north carolina medical society. he and his staff are working to address problems with the va choice program after hearing from doctor's offices from across the state. >> we started checking around and we had at least 30 practices call in across the state. >> what is it going to take to fix t

. >> christine: this week our wbtv and me spotlight is on salisbury. we want to see all your pictures of your favorite hang-out spots, beautiful views in and around salisbury. follow us on instagram at wbtv news and use #wbtv and me when you post pictures. you might see your picture featured online or on the air, >>> live from charlotte, this is wbtv news this morning. >> christine: 5:18. >> john: kristen miranda has details on north korea's latest military move, live in the alert center. >> kristen: a quick update from north and south korea, south korea says that north korea fired a ballistic missile in the sea a short time ago. not known exactly what type of missile was fired but south korean military expert is saying this morning that north likely a test of a re-entry vehicle, re-entry vehicle would allow the return of nuclear war head in the atmosphere from space, so that it could hit the intended target. just an update to let you know the tensions continue the north and south battling over missile tests that north korea continually has happening h

we're 63 in concord, 62 lincolnton, 60 boone, 64 lancaster, to monroe, rock hill and 6 i3n salisbury, very mild conditions thi;+:-s morning with that jump start on the day, we get to near 80 this afternoon. mindful that we have a little bit of rain in the forecast at 4:00, no more than 20% chance. not a huge deal. if you'rej) heading to theo= hornets game tonight, tipoff temperatu close to 70. agn that 20%c3\ chance of a shower during the evening hours. low presse over texas, now high pressure to the north of us, watch how this pushes the front southward during the night time hours tonight. this is 6:00 this eveni, a couple showers here trying to develop and tomorrow ms^orning that front is south of us. we start the day tomorrow with a lot of clouds and rain.dt then this front gives way, and a that will be the better opportunity for showers and thunderstorms coming in on sunday, in advance of that next front and they will linger in monday, then we should dry out tuesday and wednesday. rain chances are not that great today, tonight or torrow. much better on sunday. you can see inhe sev

alleghany county schools on two-hour delay. 37 salisbury, concord, 36 in lincolnton, 39 in shelby, 39 rock hill and 39 lancaster and monroe. hopefully the heat is working well, by this afternoon we rebound to 58, keep in mind that is still a good five degrees or so below average. tonight will be the colder night, no advisories for the mountains, the wind up there will be an issue and cold tonight but you don't have the growing season yet, the rest of us have frost and freeze watches in effect here because we're expecting lows to get down in the lower 30s tonight, most areas i think will be at are on below freezing a couple hours tonight early tomorrow morning, then we rebound very nicely, tomorrow afternoon, pushing 70 if mid to upper 60s, better than that toward wednesday and thursday. high pressure with us right now, that will park itself over north and south carolina tomorrow morning. our temperatures will be in the 30s and leaves tomorrow afternoon, in the 60s, wednesday in advance of of this this could bring us a little bit of rain thursday night into early friday morning. doesn'

salisbury. here is where we are going. temperatures fall back out of the 80s. we will not stay there forever. your 5:00 p.m. temperature 84 . 76 at 7:00 p.m. and 69 your 9:00 p.m. temperature. and overnight you will see differences by tomorrow morning. but over the weekend that is the drastic change. talking about highs cooler than the lows have been. i have the forecast coming up. >> thank you. traffic nightmare for drivers in washington d.c. this morning. after the metro stopped all rail services for the day. crews are performing safety checks after a fire monday morning. all metro rail services were shutdown after midnight and tomorrow. crews will be using that time to cables. >> hopefully our commute is off over to first alert traffic rivens. >> i do not have an interstate that looks that bad but we have problems. sponsored by people's bank. on i-77 and 485, nice start to this area. 485, 277 and i-85 accident-free as well. but an injury accident at pineville matthews road and echo forest drive southbound in the center of the intersections. rea road or sardi

salisbury 64 . and boone is checking in at 58. we have a little bit of cloud cover earlier. those clouds moved out very thin clouds as we see the sun trying to set about an hour before the sunsets. looking good outside. here is through the evening, 60 at 7:00 p.m. and 55 your 9:00 p.m. temperature and 51 by 11:00 p.m. and heading into the overnight temperatures will be falling around 44 . that is going to be your start out tomonta simmons but it is a matter of time before we are in the 50s and 60s and 70s for the highs tomorrow. i have the forecast and how long that warm weather lasts in a little bit. >> thank you. a live look at buford south being remembered tonight. a live picture outside of the anderson funeral home where that visitation is going on. conroy will be laid to rest tomorrow best known for the books the prince of tide and beach music. his funeral will be open to the public and the burial will be private. >> congressman pittenger hosted a conference for 150 pastors to talk about religious persecution. the example of the persecution they talked about involving t

we're likely to fall another couple degrees here before sunrise. 30 degrees in statesville, salisbury, 31, wadesboro, albermarle, 29 in morgan-on-to, at freezing now for shelby and gastonia, down to rock hill, lancaster, 37 in charlotte. today, lots of sunshine and nice temperature turn-around an angle is getting high, as we approach the end of the month, we will warm up nicely. mostly in the mid to upper 60s. statesville 66, 69 rock hill, 68 in charlotte. talk about getting warmer tomorrow, but also have a couple opportunities for rain. that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. john, back to you. >> john: also following this major breaking story involving two deadly explosions at the airport in brussels. also at a metro center. get over to brody o'connell with the latest details, he has been following this throughout the morning in the alert center. >> brody: good morning to all of you joining us in this half hour. get you caught up to speed. brussels is under attack this morning. let's start with the blast at the airport. we have a live picture for you from the scene there. her

we have the sunshine out again and it makes the 50s feel more pleasant. 56 in charlotte. 53 in salisbury. 55 in rock hill. you are cooler in boone 40 for now. we have a freeze warning in effect for all of the counties you see in blue until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. what that means your temperature will be close to the freezing mark. you need to bring in the plants. if you have anything outside that you want to protect and cover up this is the night to do it. advisory until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. the same solution for anything else. if you have the cool temperatures tonight you need to bring everything in just to be on te safe side. clear skies and dry conditions are going to allow the temperatures to drop. and next several hours we will be falling through the 50s to the upper 40s by 9:00 and close to freezing by tomorrow morning. and i have your finally warm-up temperatures in a little bit. >> first at 4:00 a man killed after his vehicle apparently crossed the center line and hit a van head on in union county. three children were in the van. they were headed to school. one of those kids had to be

a temperature of 73 in gastonia. 72 in hickory. 74 in monroe and 72 in salisbury tomorrow. and we head into the next few days we have the humidity that is going down a little bit. that does not help our pollen situation we have that breeze and the low humidity and lots of things blooming. so we will stay high on the pollen index at least for a couple more days. good news and bad news, i will let you decide. 70s for thursday. 60s on friday. 50s over the weekend. and then we turn it back around in the low 70s again. we will have more coming up eric has your full forecast at 5:00 p.m. >> next, you probably use public wi-fi but is that putting your private information into the hands of hackers? >> and shout-out to bobby our facebook fan of the day. appreciate you. wbtv.com/facebook. hit the like button. on wbtv news is sponsored by... digital key only your device can but there are ways around encryptions. expert gary shows us how easily hackers can setup a fake log in page that looks like the real thing. >> they think they are connecting to a wireless kiosk when in reality they

51 rock hill, shelby, a couple of 40s boone and morganton, low to mid 50s, hickory, statesville, salisbury, a very mild start to the day, that will be a jump start, partly to mostly sunny skies, 78 degrees today, very little chance for any rain. frontal systems back to the west are showing movement in the models. that may bring rain chances over the weekend. i'll break it down and give you the best shot when we think the rain will arrive and end. the seven day planner in a few minutes. back to you. >> john: authorities in north carolina need your help finding amber alert issue yesterday for 15-year-old dixie bailey in transylvania county. police in brevard said she is 5'4", 114 pounds, brown hair with orange streaks. last seen wearing a peach pull over black tights and cowboy boots. authorities say she is possibly headed to atlanta, if you see bailey, call 911 or star hp. >>> back to the breaking news we told you about, we're working with police to learn what led to a shooting in west charlotte. a woman shot late last night on brooktree drive. then drove herself to a home on darby avenue l

good visibility for most of us, watching salisbury, a mile, wadesboro a mile, two miles gastonia, may be fog in a few neighborhoods. boone, you have excellent visibility, king street in boone, thick fog up there yesterday morning, that is all gone. right now, excellent visibility, 54 degrees, little moisture out there, 97% humidity is coming down through the day today. 54 in concord, over toward lincolnton, 60 morganton, very mild in hickory, 51 albermarle, 55 wadesboro and 55 in monroe. for today, start off in the 50s up across the mountains but wind up in the upper 60s near 70 under mostly sunny skies. heading toward the foothills, 80 degrees, 79 taylorville, plenty of sunshine, sunshine in charlotte, 79 hickory, 81 lincolnton, charlotte, 80 albermarle, 82 rockingham, hamlet, wadesboro and low 80s across rock hill, lancaster and pageland, sunny skies. high pressure commanding the weather, this is this afternoon, good deal of sunshine, turn our attention to the west. weak system moves in, will brings clouds to the mountains tomorrow morning at 8:00, maybe a shower, notice as the fron

that is near freezing. 49 in shelby, 51 wadesboro, 46 lancaster, 53 in salisbury. a live look at i-77 the west boulevard, things are moving very smoothly this morning. we'll keep you postedded on that because you're never more than seven minutes away from weather it is ten minutes after 5:00. >> john: 5:13, in campaign 2016, donald trump and hillary clinton are increasing their leads in the presidential race. >> christine: both won the primaries in arizona last night and results have been coming in this morning from contests in two other states. the very latest, kristen miranda in the alert center with more. >> kristen: some of those let me get you caught up on what happened on the western part of the country. let's look at video, bernie sanders won the democratic presidential caucuses in utah and idaho. the win does not give him enough delegates to make up for the loss earlier to hillary clinton as you said, john and christine, won the as az arizona democratic primary. has 1214 to sanders 925 delegates. ted cruz won the republican presidential caucuses in utah, bu

freezing right now albermarle, loggingham, salisbury, charlotte, hickory, 33 rock hill, 31 for shelby and gastonia. increasing thickening clouds and increasing chance for rain. dry for the morning and midday hours in charlotte. rain moves in later this afternoon in the west first and coming eastward toward the piedmont. 70% chance of rain late this afternoon. high temperature, 51 degrees, below average. when we'll warm up down the road, right now you can see where the rain is, to the west of us, we'll talk about that plus the weekend forecast christine in a couple minutes. >> christine: thank you, al. >>> we have breaking news, a man charged in a deadly shooting in hickory is due in court today. get over to kristen miranda with came in this person? >> kristen: let's show you this man's mug shot, i believe we have it. this is new in the alert center. this is eric you there,nt charged with first degree murder and attempted murder following what police are calling a domestic incident in the mcdonald's on hoy wy 321 in hickory. police got a call of domestic disturbance, they found rochell

reporting live on the campus in salisbury david whisenant wbtv on your side. >> big money thank you. there's another primary on the calendar. you will be able to vote on candidates for congress in june. lawmakers had to redraw lines for congressional districts after the old ones were ruled unconstitutional. district 12 includes most of mecklenberg county. and steve crump is live for us. filing opened today. do you know if anyone entered the race? >> well, late this afternoon we checked in with state election officials in raleigh and at this point no one has entered the as we get closer to the deadline. >> the next primary contest sending north carolina to the polls focuses on impressional races. -- congressional races. and some of those eyeing the house may be engaging in political double dipping. >> if you won last night, your state house or state senate you decide well, i may want to try that you would be able to file again. >> the newly drawn map takes up a good chunk of mecklenberg county. for nearly 20 years, mel watt represented the 12th and was replaced by alma adams who now p

current temperature, 54 charlotte, but outlying areas are running cooler. 44 in albermarle. 44 salisbury, 47 in morganton, 41 boone, 45 in rock hill, 48 for chester, monroe, lancaster. 50 hickory and gastonia. we'll start from the low 50s in charlotte, lots of sunshine, a few high clouds around, going as yesterday, we broke a record yesterday, 86, today, 77, well above average. get set, we have very cool weather coming our way, just in time for the weekend, overnight lows in the 30s. talk about it seven day planner in a couple minutes. a minute past 5:00, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic charlotte. taking a live look this is i-85 near bruton smith, travel along 85 running smoothly once again, was closed down for a time overnight. coming in from rock hill, 22 minutes, concord to center city, 19 minute commute, lake norman southbound, 16 minutes, 63-miles-per-hour. as we roll over to the mapping system here, most of the majors are in the green this morning, again that section of central avenue at albermarle closed down this morning, albermarle road cl

usuallile we're coldest just before sun-up. 29 morgan-on-to,ton, 29 salisbury, albermarle. a cold start, better finish, less wind in the mountains today, 58 degrees around boone, 10 degrees milder than that. mid to upper 60s from lenoir, morgan-on-to, plenty of sunshine all day long, likewise charlotte, mooresville, gastonia, 68 in monroe and 67 in albermarle. we go south, mid to upper 60s to almost 70 from pageland and cheraw to lancaster. tonight, not as chilly, in the 40s. it will be cool, not cold, then tomorrow afternoon, look at this, rebounded nicely, even in the high country, well in the 60s, rest of of us well in the 70s. i don't have rain in the forecast but what else is new, we haven't had rain for quite some time of any consequence. going forward, our rain chances will go up a little bit and for both the month and year of 2.5 inch also. inches with high pressure over us with he won't have rain today or tomorrow. heading toward thursday, this frontal system moves in, late thursday in early friday our rain chances go up, and then another round of rain is likely to

. >> police in salisbury searching for the person who shot two brothers killing one of them. officers were called in response to a fight at a party early now when officers arrived they found 29 year old and 24-year-old brothers both were flown to the hospital. that's where the younger brother passed away. the commander of the post says it's been nine years since they've seen anything like this. >> but of course of all the good things we do sometimes you can have 100 good people and one person can come in here and cause some kind of problem and then you know it's a bad apple for everybody. >> perhaps you remember in 2007 a teenage girl was shot and killed in the same locations -- high risk children and many community parties. if you know anything that can help police in this investigation give them a call. >> another shooting in east charlotte. hospital with serious injuries. they were found with gunshot wounds to the head. it happened in front of an apartment complex on carriage park circle. officers responded to a neighbor. one person in the community has a child and younger

temperatures not all that cold, 38 in monroe, 40 charlotte, salisbury, 32 statesville, 36 hickory, close to freezing shelby and albermarle, below that for boone and morganton. this afternoon, a real nice one. mostly sunny skies. wind up at 67. hit 60 both days of the weekend, tack on six to eight degrees to that today, should be a nice day coming up. let you know when we get in the 70s, also the next opportunity for rain, that part of the forecast in a couple minutes, back over to you. >> john: thanks, al. >>> following breaking news overnight in union county. troopers with the north carolina highway patrol say a driver was killed in a crash on north ridge road. happened before 11:30 last not. the driver lost control, hit a tree and overturned. the name of the victim will be released when family is notified. >>> we're learning more about a good samaritan hit and killed by another driver as he was trying to help someone stranded on the interstate in mecklenburg county. it happened early yesterday the highway patrol says 26-year-old alastair teguiin was the victim. christian flores has mor

starting off at 50 in charlotte, gastonia. 48 rockingham, 49 monroe, salisbury, couple pockets of 30s. 38 albermarle, 36 in morganton, 34 in boone. for today, look for decent amount of sunshine but there will be times where there will be cloud cover, totally warm this afternoon, 75. frontal systems in the middle part of the country will move eastward, and that will bring us an opportunity for rain. i will let you know when i think that will be in our seven day minutes. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you have that early tuesday morning commute live look i-77, clanton road, no problems here, volume across the area fairly light. if you are heading out the next 5, 10 minutes rock hill, uptown, 20 minutes, concord to center city, 19 minutes, lake norman southbound at 15 minutes, with an average speed of 68-miles-per-hour. still, a whole lot of green out there, so any of our major interstates look

. >> in salisbury david whisenant wbtv on your side. >> right now back to the alert center alex giles has breaking details about a shooting in uptown. >> we have sky3 live on the scene. we will jump there and show you the live pictures in uptown charlotte 8th from and north tryon. crews on the scene. we have been seeing medic in the area. and sty 3 has been there. and what we are hearing is that one person has a gunshot wound. you can see the crowds of people out there. this is uptown charlotte. north tryon. officers are out there. we are not sure if they have loaded the patient into the ambulance yet. we will keep watching the situation. you are looking at a live picture right now this is in uptown charlotte. a reported shooting. one person with a gunshot wound we are not sure how serious the injuries are but we are going to watch this and press police for information and bring you the latest details. >> all right thank you. >> you know, great day to be outside and we are going to see a warming trend. >> meteorologist lyndsay tapases is in the first alert weather center. >> today we

it is 36 in morganton, 53 at the airport in hickory, 55 in statesville, 44 salisbury, low 40s lincolnton, 49 right now in monroe. all these temperatures running from 5 to 20 degrees cooler than this time yesterday, so again, this is the beginning stages, not still very nice this afternoon. decent amount of sunshine in the mountains in the 60s, plenty of sunshine, mid 70s from morganton, lenoir, taylorsville, a couple high clouds. here in charlotte, high temperature of 77, like wise lincolnton, mooresville, statesville, 76 hickory, nearly 80 down around wadesboro and upper 70s to about 80 from pageland, chester and rock hill, plenty of sunshine. last night's front is just to the south of us, so sunshine for today, then a gradual increase in cloud cover coming tomorrow and then as you notice as we go from tomorrow morning in to saturday morning, the clouds really thicken up here, high pressure to the north will provide the chilly breeze out of the northeast, low pressure from the gulf will provide the moisture, the end result is a lot of cloud cover. the low itself will cut south of saturd

salisbury 37. thirty-nine statesville. forty hickory. thirty-five morgan tan. >> -- morganton. >> it doesn't look like we had showers over the city. maybe a couple sprinkles. most of the showers held just directly on either side of mecklenburg but either way those have pressed east. clouds moving out behind this shower. you can see a little cloud cover left in the mountains but that should be fading away before too we've got high pressure to our west. that's going to be our weather ahead. so not only will that high keep us clear and dry. it's also going to be responsible for the big time warm up. big time surge in temp commerce that we'll be seeing which starts with tomorrow. for today we're still -- lost audio. the 50s. again with a southerly component to that win. in charlotte the wind won't have turned quite from the south yet so we'll hold around average around 61 with that sun. south carolina in the lower 60s. so it's really tomorrow when the big surge in temperatures begins mid-60s which is above average. by the time we're talking

they don't value life anymore. >> reporting and salisbury sam smith fox 46 wjzy. anyone with any information is it's not the first time there has been violence at legion hall. 13-year-old girl was shot and killed in 2007 when she was caught in the crossfire of a gang shooting. on a tonight at 10 officials telling "fox 46 news" two people killed after shooting at a mcdonald's were employees of the fast food chain. they say mcdonald's manager trainee michelle lail and cody watts both worked at the highway 70 mcdonald's in hickory to the two died after shooting wednesday night. eric young is charged in the shooting. police believe the shooting was a result of domestic dispute read all of the mcdonald's restaurant in caldwell catawba and burke county will host a fund-raiser starting monday. 1 dollar from every one big mac extra value meal will be donated to the families. >> good evening. the event tracking showers moving across the area throughout the night. it's gone from light to moderate in a few spots. not a whole lot of folks are you are still thinking about head

the six mega watt solar facility will be in the town of woodlief northwest of salisbury. it will take up to 50-acres near the intersection of highway 801 and u.s. highway 70. solar farm project bill built this year. >>> rain and snow for some lucky or unlucky folks. >> this is the look on the radar. we detect a difference between a rain drop, a snow flake and sleet. we're focused in union and anson county along highway 74. where you see blue, monroe, through marshville, and wingot. this is where we'll see sleet if not wet snow flakes mixing in. that extends south toward page land. this is the way it looks on conventional radar. you see what appears to be heavy rain. some of it is. part of it is also snow. and also some sleet. it's all sliding on to the east. let's put a track on it as it works its way to the east at 25 to 30 miles per hour through indian trail matthews about 6:20. midland at 6:45. rain showers toward shinville and just north of mooresville. just detecting rain. chilly rain but rain. up across the high country, not much going on but there's precipitation a

metro school camera, dry conditions here, and very mild. 54 degrees right now in charlotte. 55 in salisbury and wadesboro. 51 gastonia, 50 in rock hill, 54 hickory, 53 shelby, low 40s lenoir, morganton to boone. very warm start to the day. 57 at 8:00, maybe a little bit of low clouds, 73 lunch time, up to 78 degrees this afternoon, mostly sunny skies, that frontal system across the west will bring us rain, i'll talk about the time on that coming up in a few minutes. right now, check in with chris, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> chris: good morning, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're going to start with a live look here this is i-77 here, across our system, most of our major highways looking good this morning. coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute right now and lake norman southbound on 77, sitting at 15 minutes, 66-miles-per-hour. mapping system a lot of green, 485 looks good, 77, 85, some of the primary secondaries like providence, ind

lincolnton down to 47. 49 in salisbury. cool temperatures, much, much cooler, more cooler weather on the way as we head through this weekend. lots of sunshine in statesville. your neighborhood around 70 degrees. same case in ablemarle. lots of sunshine, high clouds from time to time through the day today. tomorrow and while it is a high chance for rain, especially tomorrow evening it is not a high amount of rain fall as things really will dry out fast into midday sunday and next week will be dry but it will be much cooler, see the rain chances build up with the accumulation. about a 10th of an inch around midday it is no big rain for the morning parade tomorrow, there are light showers around. watch these numbers add up tomorrow night as this blue shade spreads in. closer to a half inch. of rain. a quarter to a half inch. numbers. it is not a lot. we need a lot more than this. it has been a dry march to out. the dry weekend is a dreary one to start out. rain clouds will dry out. the first full day of spring. not going to fe

out of salisbury southbound from jake alexander over to miles per hour. further south to 485 towards the university area, it's 73 miles an hour and just a 6- minute ride. >>> the officer seen in this video here punching a suspect will not face charges. >> the chief spoke publicly about the video. joe bruno is live to explain why he says the officer was not at fault. joe? >> reporter: the police chief says when he first saw the controversial video, he knew he was going to lose sleep, but after reviewing the body camera footage, he says he's able to clear the officer of any wrongdoing. the original video shows an officer repeatedly punching a hit-and-run suspect in the back several times. the chief says he won't be releasing the body camera footage because it's part of the internal investigation, but he did show us how hard it is to handle suspects who don't cooperate. police showed us how they strike suspects to loosen allowing officers to take control of the situation without hurting the suspect. putny says he has a long way to go to build trust with the

upper 50s, 36 in gastonia, 39 rock hill, chester 37, 34 lancaster, north of the city some spots in salisbury, 30 in boone. going to be cold start, much like yesterday morning, then this afternoon back in the upper 50s. nice day ahead, some of us could maybe get a shower in here later tonight, so we'll talk about best chances of that and even warmer tomorrow, so we have the details on the remainder of the weekend forecast and week ahead in a couple minutes. >> kristen: lyndsay, thank you. >>> breaking news this morning, charlotte-mecklenburg police are looking right now for three people they say were involved in a home invasion and shooting in north charlotte. it happened around 12:30 on potters glen near west sugar creek. three people were in the home at the time. one woman shot, she was taken to the hospital. she should be okay. we will continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates both on the air and online at wbtv.com. >>> 6:02, crime alert, police in charlotte investigating a shooting just outside uptown in elizabeth. this was the scene on charlottetown avenue. right near memor

upper 40s in jefferson. 54 in salisbury. the wake-up weather this morning, by 7:00, still areas of fog, especially on the backroads and side roads. by 9:00, it won't be a problem. we'll be in the low 60s by 9:00. and going through the afternoon, highs for today, getting into the upper 70s. some neighborhoods, close to 80 degrees. the warmth will eventually lead to the threat of rain. i will show you when it arrives coming up. first we have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. now to the morning drive with mark. >>> learning about a couple new accidents for 85 this morning southbound, looking out of concord near the construction, toward nc 73. that's reported in the last five minutes. you can see a moderate delay now heading through, then way the county line near battleground road, an accident, just a minor delay southbound heading into kings mountain. no alternate route needed yet, but something we'll watch. and an accident with a report of injuries. we're working to get more information here, this is happening on peach tre

salisbury high school senior is vote on may 15th or early voting. >> i am at a 25. like it is a huge topic for me and my family for my friends. it's just the hot topic. >> the legislature hopes that north carolina primary would be the hot topic. >> in every state. >> but with frontrunners seeming to pad their leads on super tuesday. >> we will never ever forget. >> the tar heel state may not be the battleground it might have been but it will be important. >> i think we are overshadowed by florida. florida in modern politics seems to be the big prize because it's one of those states that can swing that is huge. but i think north carolina has shown that it is a swing state, too. >> so can the frontrunners be upset? role? >> who is going to win? who ising -- is trump going to beat ted? is sanders going to come in and beat hillary clinton in north >> it looks like it's going to be clinton versus trump. >> an expert points out the importance of individual vote and how it still can change the course of history. >> even if you are on a side that you feel like inevitablely

for the start of the weekend. 58 in the charlotte area, 39 boone, hickory 50. 59 gastonia, 57 salisbury, monroe, 59 rock hill as of the 5:00 a.m. hour. the clouds moved in overnight, those are pretty much locked into place, however, we don't have much falling from them at least not this early on. dual pol power radar, one moving across georgia and south carolina, the second one across kentucky and tennessee, but there are signs this is going to fill until a little bit more kind of in the middle part here with the on and off showers that will eventually travel across the rest of the carolinas including our viewing area during the course of the day today. with that being said, we're not looking for a huge wall of rain to move in. it won't be pouring every hour there will still be some dry breaks in between, just going to be hard to rule out one time pearled pretty. from mid-morning on where we can guarantee that it will be dry. futurecast has those on and off showers, at 11:00 going forward through the afternoon, 4:00 p.m. with the kind of intermittent showers or light rain, 9:00 hour, sa

presidential candidate today eating with volunteers d supporters at the mca headquarters on south salisbury street. talking about commitment and talking about the importance of voting early. >> coming out and voting early because you never know what's going to happen on the weather. you never know what's going to happen on your schedule. or a child that gets sick that day so it really is, we have to encourage people to vote early>> the early voting period starting today running through saturday, starting today running through saturday, march 12. >>> charlottes new ordinance the subject of a special session. at a news conference today, phil berger said senators would be willing to hold a special session if the attorney general does not act before the rule takes effect april 1.>> 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 sense. it puts children and families at risk. is crazy. >> telling attorneys they still have the law and that lawmakers are overreacting. >> when i was growing up as a you

77 and belk freeway, however, a chilly start to the day, 37 degrees in charlotte, lancaster, 37 salisbury, 36 around hickory, 39 gastonia, mid to upper 50s this afternoon. big improvement over yesterday, lots of sunshine, will wind up being a nice day, a little on the cool side this time of the year year, we should be in the mid 60s. we do it tomorrow but after a low of 32 in charlotte. outlying areas colder than that. 75 wednesday, 74 thursday, late showers thursday, early friday. most of the weekend is dry. the pattern nice, if you're wanting warmer conditions. gorgeous sunrise from lake norman. now, first alert traffic. >> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: a closer look at an accident we told you about a few minutes ago on i-77 at john and emergency vehicles looks to be blocking at least one lane there on 77 as you get on the john belk. let's see how much of a residual delay this is causing. you can see that stretch there right as you get to charlotte, highlightedhighlighted in red. >> brody: here is three stories we're following an officer