we are told a family friend found shannon clement asleep at her home. her daughter was unconscious. she was limp and had purple lips. david has been following this story and is on your side with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: shannon clemment's next door neighbor said it was a terrifying scene when they showed up on wednesday. >> they walked out the front door, one of the men and he had the little girl in his hand like this and her the arm was dangling. >> reporter: little cc, as the girl is known, over dosed on drugs the mother had in the bed, according to police. the girl was described as unconscious and limp with purple lips and, quote, white stuff all over her face, shannon clement was charged and booked to the jail and today her friends who did not want to be identified say shannon clement is no criminal, but a loving mother who made a mistake.

shannon clement was booked into jail and today her friends who did not want to be identified says shannon is no criminal. a mistake. >> she is a good person. and it's just this happened. you know. and just not fair because she is not a bad mom. she is a really good one. >> and people are making her out to be like she did this on purpose. every parent makes some kind of mistake with their children in their life. >> clement has two prior charges one for misdemeanor larceny and one for failing to appear in court and is now charged with child abuse and drug charges for what happened in the home she shares with her two children and other friends. >> just grieve my heart to know what those children were living in. >> we checked and according to police and family, the little girl cc is in the hospital and improving. they believe she will make a full recovery her mother is held on $90,000 bond and the youngest child is with another family member now. david whisenant wbtv on your side. >> thank you. we have posted more about the child's condition and what we are told could be hurt on the -- heard

>> it breaks my heart. >> police say they found an assortment of drugs and drug partner. >> shannon clement's best friend says she believes the infant found pills that were left here a long time ago. she also believes clement is in prison in a deep depression. >> she would never want this to happen. >> she said clement had harsh words for herself as police came to her home. and how could she let this happen? >> she said clement loves her three children. only zito and a younger son live with the mother. zito is expected to make a full recovery. social workers were called to make sure the children are in a safe environment. i'm ken lemon, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> we're covering the carolinas, county by county. stanly county, they were in walgreens stores. these three suspects faced organized retail theft and other charges. albemarle police found six trash bags, full of stolen items, including boxes of stolen medicine inside their alleged getaway car. >>> and in rowan county, catawba county has been named one of the best small colleges. they ranked it 27th on the list. highlights tatawba's

about a landis woman who has been charged after police say her toddler overdosed. 26 year old shannon clement faces several charges including felony child abuse by neglect. they say the child had purple lips and a white substance on her face. police found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the house. the toddler has been treated for an overdose but is expected to make a full recovery. >>> delta airlines says the plan would risk your safety. legislation would make air non-profit group outside of >>> we were just talking about how cold it is. >> we'll take the edge off the chill in the next couple of days. back into a deep freeze by the end of the weekend and we'll >> thanks for watching >>> and now abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, sacha baron cohen, zendaya, and music from mana. with cleto and the cletones, and now, stay focused, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. it's wonderful to have you here.

that child was rushed to the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery. 26-year-old shannon clement charged with felony child abuse by neglect and drug abuse charges. the pills were found in the bed they sleep in. and she called 911 after realize the child was unconscience. denzel boozer is charged with the attack saturday. a 51-year-old man was stabbed by boozer. the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> and developing story live in the alert center over to alex giles. >> we got new video into the newsroom. this is from sky3 over independence boulevard this afternoon. this is westbound independence near the 277 ramp. they have been doing repair work watermain issue. dot says it is an issue caused by a water pipe that belongs to the city so the dot ended up closing the lane. and since it is a charlotte water pipe they have turned overrode control to the charlotte water department and they say this will impact the evening commute and there is no timetable as to when this repair work is going to be complete. they tell me they should have an update on the repairs l

it's suspect shannon clement. she was facing the child abuse charges accused of letting her daughter get her hands object prescription drugs. the child was found unconscious and we know clement was charged with obstruction of justice that was her outside of the courtroom. and investigators say she tried to convince a friend to lie to police officers about that case. not a good situation there. but we'll continue following this in the court system. >> alex giles thank you. >> we are on your side with the top consumer headlines. flying is the safest it has been in the past five years. airline accidents dropped in 2015. a report shows there were four in 2014, 641 people died. this does not include crashes that were caused deliberately. >> nordstrom will accept returns from nordstrom rack that paves the way for shoppers to return items brought back. despite the change store officials are encouraging shoppers to make their returns througug norddrome.com or the retailer. >> they have not been doing that? >> the could be

shannon clement is charged with felony child abuse by neglect and other drug charges. landis police say a family friend found pills in the bed clement and the child were sleeping in. she called 911 after realizing the child was unconscious. >> christine: in less than two hours, carolinas health care systems board of commissioners could choose a new ceo. our news partners at the charlotte observer report members will consider the recommendation of eugene woods, a hospital executive from texas. they are holding a special a source tells the observer woods was introduced at a reception in charlotte yesterday. if selected, he would replace retiring ceo michael tarwater. >> john: a woman investigators say was driving drunk when she ran in the back of the gaston county sheriff's car is expected in court today. 53-year-old kuzundra manns hit mance hit them. >> christine: we're just getting started. a rare moment of republicans and democrats working together. we'll tell you about the bill senators passed by a vote of 96-0. >> john: kristen miranda live in the alert center. >> k

landis police charged shannon clement with two counts of obstruction of justice. they say she tried to hide evidence and convinced a witness to lie to police. clement was first arrested last week after a friend found her 20-month-old daughter unresponsive. the toddler is expected to recover. >>> well, once we get this rain ut of here, we're going to see some much -- out of here, we're going to see some much warmer temperatures for the week. meteorologist keith monday has your forecast in severe weather center 9. keith. >> we're going to see a dramatic turn around as we head through the week things are going to improve greatly. we just have to wait another couple of hours here this morning. still wet here in charlotte, although the dryer air is moving in from the west, dryer air, you should say. some little showers still holding on. we've seen some pockets where we've seen steadier rain. 45 section, highland creek still seeing steadier rainfall. moving northbound 85 through the mallard creek area, you're still seeing some pretty decent showers, along t.w. harris, l

police just charged shannon clement with two counts of obstruction of justice. she tried to hide evidence and tried to convince a witness to lie to police. a friend found her 21-month-old daughter unresponsive. her toddler is expected to recover. >>> no one will be charged trail girl was shot over the weekend it happened yesterday while the little girl was visiting her grandmother in wake county, and deputies not saying much right now about the circumstances that led up to the shooting, only that the girl is now in stable but critical condition. >>> dimler's truck manufacturing will be playing off workers a the two plants. 500 worker at the plant in roane county will be laid off. they are laying off workers at the mount holly plant as well. >>> a south charlotte congregation weighed in on the plans to demolish south sharon methodist church and turn it into a mixed use development. they had a unique message for city leaders. >> reporter: scott, they actually came out unified in support for the project, for a encouraging the city council to vote yes to tear down t

shannon clement was arrested yesterday at her home on south beaver street. police found the child unconscious, having difficulty breathing with pure pull lips. the child taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. clement is facing a list of charges including felony child abuse. >> christine: we have our hands on incredible video as local firefighters rescued a construction worker after he fell 12 feet in a hole. let's roll on the video, you can see it for yourself, the gastonia fire department gave us this video, you can see the man strapped to the stokes basket as they pull him out. this is on west main avenue. rescuers used a ladder truck and harness to lower themselves in the hole and pull him out of danger. the man was taken to the hospital with injuries to his arms and legs but should be okay. >> john: you need to see this, north carolina governor pat mccrory tweeting out a photo from his car crash after the super bowl, just take a look. the back of his vehicle really smashed up. wearing his seat belt, he's fine. everyone ought to wear their seat

investigators say the friend found shannon clement asleep tuesday morning and her 20-month old asleep next to her struggling to breathe. the child ate pills left around the house. we spoke with her best friend who said the mother is in a deep depression and had harsh words >> she was a horrible parent how did she let this happen. >> clement is charged with felony child abuse and drug charges. the baby is expected to make a full recovery. >>> officials say scammers are pretending to be fbi agents from several field offices including charlotte. they demand money to repay school loans. a woman in the greensboro area got a call from her cell phone that appeared to be from the fbi field office but it was a scam. the caller sometimes threatens the victim with arrest or not not sent. the better business bureau says it it is a normal tactic in scams. >> the technology exists to where they can, you can call from any number and they reprogram what actually is displayed as the outbound number or the inbound number. >> this scam has been reported in eight states. the fbi says if you get one of th

landis police charged shannon clement with two counts of obstruction of justice. they say she tried to hide evidence and to convince a witness to lie to police. clement was first arrested last week after a friend found her 20-month-old daughter unresponsive. the toddler is expected to recover. >>> no one will be charged after an 11-year-old indian trail girl was shot in wake county. deputies are not releasing many details about what led to the shooting, but they do say it happened sunday while the girl was visiting her grandmother. right now she's in critical condition. >>> pnc bank hopes to boost reward money and will help catch a suspect connected to two robberies in south charlotte. it is now offering a $5,000 reward for information that leez to an arrest. investigators say this man at fifth third bank on pineville matthews road in january, then took money from a pnc bank near thear bore eat um on saturday. >>> new for "daybreak," investigators found potentially dangerous levels of lead in drinking water in two york county communities. our news partners the her

right now, a rowan county mother is behind bars. 26-year-old "shannon clement" of landis is charged with child abuse by neglect along with drug charges. was asleep in her bed with a 20-month-old child, who was unconcious, limp and had purple lips. there were also allegedly pills in the bed. the baby was treated for an overdose and is expected to make a full recovery. .today...sunny. highs in the lower 40s. west winds 5 to 10 mph. cloudy. lows in the mid 20s.. .friday...mostly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. northeast winds around 5 mph. .saturday...sunny . highs in the upper 30s. northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. .sunday...partly sunny. highs in the lower 30s. .monday...cloudy with a chance of snow...mainly in the afternoon. moderate snow accumulation possible. highs in the mid s.esday...mostly oudy. a cn rain and sno the morning. ghitper 40s. dnday...most ly sunny. highs in e mid 50s. coming up on eday show . tor malcolm-mal warner stops by to talk about his role in the hit new mini series: "the people vs. o.j. simpson". then we're back with another if you have a speech challenge that impact

month-old child overdosed on pills. 26-year-old shannon complement isclement ischarged with child abuse by neglect. a friend found pills in the bed that clement and the child were both sleeping in. she called 911 after realizing the child was unconscious. >>> time to get a check of first alert traffic now with chris larson, hey, chris. >> chris: kristen, good morning. first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. crews are making emergency road repairs on inbound independence expressway, leading up to 277, that is slowing down traffic also an outbound accident on 74 at hawthorne lane, but the inbound delays which started eastway and carry you all the way up to 277 this morning. seeing heavy traffic 77 northbound from fort mill up toward the city. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks a lot, chris, take new center city, courtesy of our cameras at metro school, bright early sunshine, but it is cold out there early this morning. take a look the numbers, 21 in charlotte. most of the outlying areas in the teens. 17 wadesboro, 18 statesville, shelby, 13 for boone, 19 in hickory, and to the south, 19 in rock hill, and very ch