the rest of the charlotte commute, majors running free and clear, we do have an accident on south tryon above clanton. be aware of that. moving to the south if you're northbound out of rock hill you have the green light on i-77 northbound drive time of 21 minutes, average speed of 66-miles-per-hour. christine, over to you. >> christine: get right back to kristen miranda right now. >> john: she is following breaking news in the alert center. >> kristen: we have been talking about this a few minutes now, john and christine. take a look at apple tv to show you where we're talking about. if you know birkdale village, this is a jewelry store where this happened. that is the scene there, we're waiting to get pictures back from the scene but let me show you what huntersville fire is telling us through twitter this morning. apparently just a short time ago a vehicle was run right in the front of that jewelry store in birkdale village and by the time police and firefighters got there, that vehicle was gone. police are now investigating this as a case of someone running that vehicle in the jewelr

have to be careful on the afternoon drives. >> thank you. >> south tryon. a busy road this time of day let's update traffic with tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. and let's check in on that area that alex talked about. notice the red on the mapping system. a lot of congestion already in this area. in both directions as we look on the mapping system. westinghouse boulevard you think would be a great alternate route. arrowood road is better because we have two accidents close by to the area. one steele creek and brown grier road and the other steele creek and westinghouse boulevard. shopton road west is a better alternate route to get around that. and there is a lot of congestion in that area. if you know someone and that is be delayed. this is i-77 and 485, guys you will agree there is volume out there. >> no question about that. a lot of stuff going on the radar. donna had snowflakes up in newton. and gastonia as well. >> and david said it was snowing hard for 30 seconds. we will have

there is an incident reported disabled vehicle in the road at south tryon, and sandy porter road. that happened within the last ten minutes. disabled vehicle there. here is a live look at i-77 at tyvola, traffic there is moving very smoothly, no significant issues to let you know about if there are, we'll let you know. >> john: this morning, a six-year-old in gaston county is being credited with saving his family from a burning home. wbtv's sky 3 was the first on the scene in belmont yesterday evening as firefighters worked to put out this massive fire. you can see the house just mark davenport is live this morning with more details on this. so mark, tell us, how did the little boy help get everyone out? >> reporter: john, he told us yesterday at the scene of that fire that he was the only one in the house that heard the fire crackling, he immediately got everyone's attention in the home and got them out the back door before the flames took over the rest of the house. i want to show you the aftermath of the home this is on the ground when we were able to get there with the cameras

south tryon is a great alternate route and as we look around this area notice the slow-moving traffic here on our mapping system. we see from wilkinson boulevard back towards south tryon the drive time leaving center city to highway 160 about 50 minutes which is not, too, too bad. and on the d.o.t. camera which is not connecting. i do apologize for that. but back to the congestion on the road the red indicating slow-moving traffic in that area. >> all right. thank you. >> camera shaking a little bit. a breeze here in the charlotte area but, boy, another day of nice warm temperatures. >> beautiful today. hopefully you are getting out to enjoy it because changes are on the way. >> over to leigh brock in the first alert weather center. temperatures start to fall and that lasts for a couple of days. we have the camera shaking a little bit. here is your hd towercam, this is what it looks like in charlotte. highest elevations you have high wind warnings in effect. we'll talk about that. right now we have temperatures showing areas in the 70s. 72 in charlotte and albemarle and wadesboro. 70

i would recommend that over south tryon and more red over 485 on south tryon. and hebron and nations ford an accident. volume south of the city is starting to pick up. here is the dot camera and this is arrowood road. northbound a lot heavier because of the accident at nations ford on the ramp. >> thank you. >> we saw snow in gaston county and watching in our towercam do not see any here. no reason to run to the grocery store yet. >> it was something that we do not see often particularly given the temperatures outside. >> it is strange our friends in the mountains they are expecting snow and it will measure. over to lyndsay tapases in the first alert weather center. >> sure is a good example of how us the entire picture or the truth. we appreciate those of you who let us know because there is only green showing up on the radar right now. but since the air is so dry overhead, sometimes since evaporation is a cooling process, what happens is we get cooling and the very, very dry air and that is enough to support slight snow at 46 which is what we are seeing in th

an accident at nations ford and south tryon. a lost of congestion. i mentioned the volume on i-77 as we continue to look around 485 starting to get a beating as well as we wrap things up and go back to the d.o.t. a look at 485 and south tryon shows congestion in this area as well. back to you. >> all right thank you. we have a developing situation in west charlotte. let's get to alex giles. >> live in the alert center. wilkinson boulevard? >> heavy police activity. we have sky3 over the scene and they have been on the move today. what we have seen is officers detain one suspect this is by a quick trip on wilkinson boulevard. it's right up the road from our studios in west charlotte. we've seen one person detained and police searching around the railroad tracks. we will keep watching the scene and see what is going on with this investigation. we'll let you know if we get new information back to you. >> thank you. next, imagine losing your rent money down a storm drain. >> happened to a charlotte woman, the people who jumped in >> and then coming up ne

notice the red on the mapping system and a stranded motorist one at south tryon and another at south tryon and clanton. based on the mapping system, a lot of congestion on clanton road as well as behind northbound and southbound. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you. >> thank you. next, a facebook post by a north carolina police department is viral tonight. what was in the post that has so and we go inside a local school a national award winning school where staff say something is missing: diversity. working to fix >> new now, a post by a north carolina police department on social media is getting national attention tonight. we warn you the photo we are about to show you may be disturbing. after greenville police saw this picture posted on facebook, they share to do with a message of their own... the officers invited the man seen here making a vulgar hand signal to go on a ride along to see what it's like to serve and protect the community. 16,000 shares and the man in the picture has agreed to that ride along. and we don't know when that will happen. >>

. >> reporter: one of the trouble spots is south tryon. about the 3100 block, an accident between clanton and remount. 77 in the area looking good, in fact from the state line we are moving freely this morning. lots of room actually. 77 northbound heading from carowinds boulevard. northbound all the way to south charlotte, no issues there. as these issues start to come in we are always updating them in realtime. on twitter. >>> a jewelry store burglary at huntersville, we brought you the first live pictures from the scene in the last 30 minute of the since then eyewitness news reporter angela hong arrived on the scene. tell us what you have learned there. >> reporter: john i just learned from firefighters that this building is safe enough to go inside. you can see behind me police are collecting evidence the glass on the door completely broken through. this happened around 5:00 this morning. police told us a van actually backed into this tink jewelry store, broke the glass and got inside to steal some of the jewelry. again you can see poli

south tryon is a great alternate route. congestion all around the area as we peek in on i-77 we can see that congestion that is starting to affect the commuters for the evening commute. two accidents, i-77 north at try vow la road and -- tyvola road. and one accident at nations ford and arrowood. south tryon great alternate routes. back to you. >> thank you. sometimes you need that extra boost that coffee cannot why a north carolina researcher says we are closer to items like >> next, shipwreckag >> first at 4:00, shipwreckage discovered off north carolina's coast. >> investigators think it is of the civil war era. divers have been going under the sea and checking out ut wreckage. the vessel sank in december of 1864 while making its fifth attempt to run past the union blockade. both engines are missing. it was found 30 miles down the cape fear river. quite a discovery i'm sure they will learn stuff, too. >> want limitless brain power? >> yes, that could be a curse, too. we will hear from an expert at duke university next. f

south tryon looks better. and south tryon. south boulevard possibly an option but northbound we have a problem at try vow la road and otay vow la and south boulevard. and an accident creating a lot of congestion. back to you guys. >> thank you. first at 4:00 charlotte mayor roberts trying to fulfill one of her campaign promises she held a summit to see what can be done to provide more after school options for students. dedrick russell was there with the challenges the mayor faces in keeping the promises. time summit. 350 people assembled here to try to help young people stay out of trouble when classes dismissed. >> you can call it the meeting of the minds that people are on a special assignment. here is the problem... police say between the hours of 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. if students have nothing positive to do after school they can get into trouble that is why police, educators, community and organizations were present to put their resources together to help. mayor roberts says there are plenty of after school programs that hav

the brook hill village is at the corner of remount and south tryon and has untouched for a generation. ely portillo with the "charlotte observer" is looking into why. first of all those not familiar give us history of brook hill village. >> brook hill village is at remount and south tryon. at a prominent intersection and developed in 1950 with single storey bungalow apartments. all since 1950. that is quite a longtime. >> these are rentals which we have seen torn down in south end in particular why is that not happening here? >> it is a prime spot for redevelopment. it is a huge site and we have seen rentals torn down but there is no changes here. and part of that reason it is a complicated ownership structure there is one company that owns the ground. and another company that owns the buildings. so that makes it hard for anyone to come along and say i will redevelop this site because you have to negotiate with two owners. >> and the location is good. i'm thinking the view. you see uptown and lots of development close by. are folks eager to get in there? >> there are deals that have b

camera, this is 485 and south tryon quite a bit of volume here as well. >> thank you. mother theresa will become a saint later this year. pope francis made the announcement this morning. the canonization will happen in september. mother theresa known for her work with the poor in the slums of india. and received the noble peace prize in 1979. and passed away in 1997. >> and next at 5:00 voters report offensive messages on campaign signs near polling places. >> a south carolina couple does what some call the unthinkable floodwater a man is recovering after a shooting in northeast charlotte. the victim tells police two men pulled up to him in a car on bennett street and tried to rob him and shot him in the leg. no arrests have been made. >> voters in the wilmington area are reporting offensive grafitti on a campaign sign near polling places. our sister station tweeted out this picture as you can see that is a trump sign that someone vandalized by painting a >> next, a man stands trial accused of killing his own wife. >> now the couple's children testify in the case. plus

however, we have an incident a vehicle disabled in the roadway at south tryon and whitehaul commonswhitehallcommons center drive. a look at i-77 at tyvola, traffic is light if things change, we'll let you know throughout the morning. >> christine: north carolina's congressional boundaries may attorneys who sued over the state's maps say the new boundaries drawn by lawmakers last month do not address their concerns. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte with more on this, so mark, what is the issue with the new maps and how could it affect the primary? >> reporter: well, christine, the primary could get pushed back further if it has to be re-drawn again. the primaries were already pushed back to june 7th when this map was re-drawn in february. just this last month. but i want to get you to the new controversy with the voters and the attorneys who are suing. they say the replacement map just re-drawn in february is no better than the last one. they argue that the map that was drawn with intentional manipulation of district lines, a federal panel order had new map be drawn last february after ruling

south tryon is a great alternate route. and a stranded motorist close by at remount at auto i-77 southbound and lane closures here as well. and another accident dropping in here at east boulevard and a problem on wilkinson boulevard we have a lot of traffic to start out the afternoon commute back to you. >> not pretty. thank you. marine researchers think they found the wreckage of a civil war era steamer off the north carolina coast. archeologists say it is near the mouth of the cape fear river possibly the remains of one of three block aid runners used to divers will begin pulling the wreckagege >>> a high speed chase nearly causes several crashes. >> and that is not the interesting part. scooby do's mystery machine was the vehicle chased. yes, you heard that right. started nex with a variety of fresh-made seafood meals starting at just $4.99, no one does seafood like d's! try our new home-style flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. or our grilled menu, featuring new tuscan tilapia. each with two sides and hush puppies. fo

today's hearing is at the harvey gantt center on south tryon. speakers will be asked to sign in. >>> right now channel 9 is checking wall street futures for you. the dow dropping back quite a bit. 96 and a half the nasdaq down 36.25. >>> a pregnant woman attacked while waiting at the bus stop. >> i'm worried about my baby. i'm like oh my gosh i'm pregnant. >> on daybreak, the distraction the attacker used to grab her purse and the fight the soon to- be mother put up to protect herself and her valuables. >>> i would be frustrated. >> these parking tickets look official but they are actually fake. tricking dozens of people in one north carolina city. all new and ahead at 5:30, the running into trying to pay for these bogus tickets. >>> a cluster of rare eye cancer cases in huntersville. the next the new steps leaders are taking now to find a possible cause, and who will lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month >>> a clear picture from our hd charlotte cam. temperatures right now around the 40s and 50s for most of our area, and it is going to real

there is an incident reported disabled vehicle in the road at south tryon, and sandy porter road. that happened within the last ten minutes. disabled vehicle there. here is a live look at i-77 at tyvola, traffic there is moving very smoothly, no significant issues to let you know about if there are, we'll let you know. >> john: this morning, a six-year-old in gaston county is being credited with saving his family from a burning home. wbtv's sky 3 was the first on the scene in belmont yesterday evening as firefighters worked to put out this massive fire. you can see the house just

evident on here as well for morehead all the way down to nations ford still slow-moving traffic south tryon or south boulevard are great alternate routes. and 485 another major road congested from providence beyond south boulevard near i-77. and center city right at the independence boulevard inner right by independence boulevard that ramp right lane is blocked randolph road is a great alternate route and traffic in that area and i believe we have a picture from the scene as well where the right lane is blocked so a lot of cop jennings on the roads. safe travels back to you. >> we want to go back to the breaking news we have been following of several shootings four total across charlotte today. two in the brookshire boulevard area. and one on mcginn grove road. police and medic telling us that the victim here on mcginn grove road was injured by that were in was shot at a location on brookshire. so we do know there is a connection to the brookshire boulevard and the mcginn grove road locations. we will continue to follow this. back after there are two democratic visions for regulating wall s

problems on providence road and this is 485 and south tryon. the roads are packed at the moment. >> thank you. and eric was mentioning that we should enjoy the beautiful friday night because, well, the weekend is not going to be beautiful. >> that is right. not good for outdoor plans but maybe good for your lawn and garden. putting down the fertilizer and you need the rain to grow the flowers. >> i like that glass half full attitude. >> well, it's friday. in the southeast. the leading edge ready to crossover into georgia and you can see next up that will be the carolinas and they are marching our direction. your hd towercam 74 . it is mild and dry and the humidity is not even 20%. calm winds there's nothing to disrupt you heading out this evening. things change. here it is. future-cast, the showers are rolling across georgia and next up south carolina. and 11:00 if you are out you will be fine in the wbtv viewing area. hour-by-hour forecast. 62 at 9:00 p.m. and 59 at 11:00 p.m. and things change. here it comes. we'll stop it there at 7:00 a.m.

southbound congested an accident at i-77 and a medical emergency and an accident at tyvola and south tryon. notice the stop-and-go traffic at i-77 and tyvola road on the dot camera. safe travels back to you. >> right now to alex giles with an update on a bad accident in union county. what can you tell us. >> we knew that this was bad and somebody passed way and a 10-year-old child passed away in this accident. again this is union county old make land and monroe road near east village drive it happened this morning and we have gotten confirmation that a 10-year-old has died in this accident. we wanted to pass that along. not good news. back to you. >> all right certainly sad and our thoughts are with the >> no question about it. let's talk weather. sunshine today was nice. did not warm things up not what we have seen in the past week. >> strange to step outside and see the sunshine and go wait. >> over to chief meterologist, eric thomas tracking it all in the first alert weather center. >> and in case you tuned in late we want to alert everybody that we will be close to freezing overnight t

the rest of the charlotte commute, majors running free and clear, we do have an accident on south tryon above clanton. be aware of that. moving to the south if you're northbound out of rock hill you have the green light on i-77 northbound drive time of 21 minutes, average speed of 66-miles-per-hour. christine, over to you. >> christine: get right back to kristen miranda right now. >> john: she is following breaking news in the alert center.

certainly an alternate route would be south boulevard or south tryon to get around this. because we have a problem over on south boulevard as we look at this backup. it's at least three-four miles of stop-and-go traffic as a result of this accident. and then an accident at south boulevard and tyvola road as well. congestion in that area. park road is a great alternate route. and we'll check in on wilkinson boulevard in our next traffic back to you. >> thank you. this afternoon investigators are trying to figure out what caused an amtrak train to derail hurting passengers. >> next, what the scene looked jumped the tracks. she says their names. trayvon martin shot to death. dontre hamilton unarmed. sandra bland... did nothing wrong. and makes their mothers' fight for justice her own. she speaks for a city poisoned by indifference. we need action now. and stands with the president against those who would undo his achievements. just like she's always...stood with us. hillary clinton. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. 30 people hurt this afternoon after the train

the accident at south boulevard close to south tryon street. and also this accident here at caldwell by fifth street another at kings and 7th street. we have problems. construction on the roadway by central and another problem on central avenue. a lot of things happening in uptown and to a picture from the scene, that is our dot camera at tryon here is an indication of that accident a car hit a light light pole in the area. >> a rough day on the interstates and the surface streets no doubt. the weather has been a-ok. cooler than yesterday but not bad. >> we will take it but there are changes on the way. meteorologist leigh brock here with the forecast. >> we have had changes since yesterday in the temperatures. 70s to 50s how is that for a difference? just beautiful outside. not as windy as yesterday and not as warm as it was yesterday and we are done with the rain that moved through overnight did not make it to the morning hours. and your temperatures we have 53 in charlotte. 55 in wadesboro. salisbury 47 . 45 in morganton and 27 chilly day in

your first alert traffic is as we check in, the accident at sandy porter road and south tryon it's cleared but someone one person taken to the hospital. so things are starting to improve a bit. keep in mind close by on steele creek we have an accident at steele creek near brown grier road and another at steele creek and westinghouse boulevard. shopton is a better alternate route. and wet streets now on 485. a lot of volume here on the dot camera. and again, the streets are starting to get wet because of the rain. back to you. >> thank you. more startling information after a woman charged with killing her husband and a couple he met on-line. >> the dark details of crystal gambino's turbulent past next. >> and the band of rain arrived on schedule but what surprised us, a burst of snow with it. a nice conversation piece it will accumulate in the mountains. and how much? forecast. >> and next, a store clerk fights off an armed man. >> if you want to shoot me, shoot me. >> next, you will hear her many calling her a real hero. introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. the only way to make em' be

south tryon is a great alternate route and slow-moving traffic on i-77 northbound. notice the problems that we have caldwell or davidson street and third street that accident at kennelworth avenue by morehead. but this problem here in the center of the intersection at kings drive and elizabeth avenue. injuries involved. avoid this area altogether. randolph road is a great alternate route. >> thank you. next, a day after changes to the dangerous road were proposed we are learning more about what will happen to the road named dead man's curve. and five years after her sister was gunned down inside this home a woman talks to us as the man penalty. >> we are hearing more from a chester county leaders about a plan to help with the dangerous road we told you about yesterday on turn buckle road off highway 9. neighbors nicknamed it dead man's curve. council met to talk about the road after two were killed in the past two weeks. they decided to ask the south carolina highway patrol to investigate. >> we want the highway department to do a study of it and [inaudible] >> we f

another accident as we head to south tryon by whitehall park drive. sandy porter is a great alternate route to get around that. on 485 a look at the this is 485 slow-moving traffic out there as well. back to you. >> thank you. >> ready for spring. >> yes. >> it will feel like it this week. >> it was great today. if we are going to reflect today bring it on. >> even more higher temperatures to come. over to leigh brock in the first alert weather center tracking it for us. >> this is just the beginning. we are in the 60s and we will be in the 70s for the rest of the week. if you like the warm temperatures we will keep them coming. right now, here is your hd towercam. a little bit of thin cloud cover. in and out of that for much of the afternoon that is clearing out for the overnight period. and check out the numbers. hickory 64 . albemarle 64. rockingham 64. and monroe 65. and 66 in charlotte and gastonia. you have to soak it up and enjoy this. it's warmer than yesterday. yesterday we had 60 as the high temperature. that is average. that was nice yester

this is south tryon by carowinds boulevard. back to you. >> thank you. next at 5:00... >> these big macho men rescued these cute cuddley kit tens. >> did you cry a little bit? >> no. >> i'm kristen hampton. the good news is coming up. >> and coming up all new at 6:00 cmpd chief kerr putney opens up for the first time about a viral video which shows one of his officers striking a man under arrest next. on wbtv news is sponsored by... there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. it does not get cuter. the kittens are doing fine after rescued from a house fire. >> the firefighters who saved them are humble and well, maybe just a little bit embarrassed to be on tv for it but that did not stop kristen hampton from

and in addition to that we have an accident this one is at arrowood road near south tryon. and slow-moving traffic in this area. westinghouse boulevard is one alternate route. i-77 is stop-and-go traffic as well. picture on the mapping system slow down heading towards gaston county on i-85 south. otherwise things are flowing nicely. safe travels back to you. >> thank you. >> and 75 right now. my car said 82. i do not think we got that warm. big key is the storm that may be heading our way. >> it can packing a punch and it's been dangerous for some people. >> it's devastating. and it will come our way. but right now you will see that everything here is just stalled and they already have around 12-14 inches of rainfall. so that right now is the big concern. and in fact, let's take you back. we are on the wrong computer. weather one that would be wonderful there it is. and this is what i wanted to point out how the rainfalled over arkansas, and louisiana and a foot plus of rain in this area. they could end up with 20 inches of rain. this is again a major headline. and we are g

these teens are minors and charged with attacking him on south tryon outside of the courtyard marriott. and sarah blake-morgan is live right now with the interview. how did this happen? >> reporter: well the victim says he was just trying to do his job in the alley on friday night when a group of four teens got in the way. trouble and they were all talk, they were running their mouth. >> it detoured into his swift attack. >> as soon as he came around the corner he hit me in the eye and split my eye open. >> he feared for his safety tells wbtv that he was working on friday night when the police say these three teens and another jumped him, busting his lip and brow and pulling out a knife. >> eye' fighting two one is trying to stab me. that's a minor. >> the root is the victim believes his race. >> they didn't say anything to any african-american or black to walk through. as soon as a white person went through they had something to say. >> it did not take long to track them down. he said not much is keeping them behind bars. an 18-year-old bonded out hours later and jamar williams and an

traffic-wise, a live look at i-77, south tryon, things are moving smoothly. and traffic on wbtv news this morn this afternoon at dunkin', save when you sip. get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. closed captioning on wbtvnews is sponsored by subarusouth boulevard and subaruconcord. >> john: ten after 5:00 welcome back to wbtv news this morning. >> kristen: we have a school closing to tell you about today. watauga county schools we have just learned are closed today. >> john: let's get over to mark davenport, he has details on a seizure in europe involving isis. he's live in the alert center. >> mark: spain, authorities in spain seized 20,000 isis uniforms. i want to show you a picture in the alert center, taking it full on the screen. these are the uniforms laying down in front of the police vehicle there in spain. authorities seized those isis the

south tryon is the better alternate route as we look at i-77 by arrowood northbound and southbound delays. back to you. >> thank you. lots of interesting things moving in. look behind us on the hd towercam and you see the clouds u delightful day and the clouds started coming in. it was going to cloud up but the temperatures got warm. >> we got backup to 73 today. we thought it would keep us in the upper 60s because of the clouds but we managed to get into the low 70s. delightful. light showers on the radar right now. we'll go in tighter for you and show you what things are doing around the immediate viewing region. again this is what we are watching later on in the evening. we are thinking 9-11:00 p.m. the line will be coming through and we have lightning strikes as well. in terms of the showers county quick motion about 45-50-miles-per-hour off to the northeast. showers coming into the i-77 corridor around stanly, westport, huntersville and then mayorsville up in iredell county. when a main line gets here tonight the winds around this are going to kick up. the high wind warning for ash a

tryon. and will go south on tryon. then that starts at 11:00 in the morning. all day festival, from 10:00 in the morning until 6:00 at night. that goes -- people after the parade go to the festival, vendors, food, interesting with music all day, noon to 6:00, irish bands, dancers. the parade this year is big, and see so many unique things. >> anchor: it is for the family. you have a website. >> charlotte saint pats day.com. that is all the details, entertainment schedule, everything that is going on. the festival is free. we hope everyone comes out, has a great time. >> reporter: it is going to be wonderful. thank you very much. 20th anniversary in charlotte, all things green, irish. you will love it. the forecast is next. >> no two ways around it, beautiful weather the next few days. 75 this afternoon. mostly sunny, 77 wednesday, mid 70's thursday. even the weekend, small chance of showers popping up saturday evening, sunday. we will keep an eye on that. >> go golfing or skiing, maybe both. thanks for watching. >> summer: i can't believe that they want to vot

tryon. it will come from 9th street south towards third and turn left on to college street. that is the area that you want to avoid. you can use parts of gram or church street, any of the roads that parallel including caldwell and davidson street. keep that in mind. you can get updated on traffic concerns, including special events, construction projects head over to wsoctv.com and click on the traffic tab. >>> the cleveland county school district honored a bus driver for getting a student out of a very dangerous situation. in january, brandy donaldson drove up to a stop barrett road after the students parents were shot by their neighbor. the 12-year-old witnessed the crime. donaldson didn't know what happened but could tell something was wrong and hurried that boy onto the bus and drove off. the boy's mother, myla oaks died in the shooting. her husband is still recovering. their neighbor, robert bridges faces murder charges. >>> a million dollar yacht stuck in lake norman. the reason why this could have been avoided and the complicated process to remove it. >> hawks attackin

also looking at an accident on south tryon street at 485, slow downs there along south tryon, that is not on 485. 77 at lasalle, inbound delays continue this morning, backed up and bumper-to-bumper slow from slow once you make your way past center city from the john belk down to around west boulevard. we're still seeing delays inner loop of 485 as well as providence road and independence boulevard. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks, chris. tracking a system across the middle part of the country heading eastward, will bring increase of cloud cover during the day and rain. vast majority of us will be dry during the daylight hours, the rain much better opportunity coming in tonight. we have crystal clear skies here in charlotte, metro school camera in center city. dry conditions out there, they will stay that way most of the day. temperatures starting to response to the sunshine, 53 charlotte, 56 monroe, 52 in rock hill, 50 gastonia and chester, still in the 40s up across the foothills. today, we get back to 69 degrees, partly sunny skies, by tonight, we see showers and thu

use south tryon. keith? >>> 55 and clear skies and the sun just waiting to come up in the next 10 to 15 minutes. very mild to start out, 80 with tomorrow that would tie the record high. st.patrick's day, drier and 70s, but rain and 60s look to be likely for the weekend. >>> good morning, america continues on channel 9 and tv 64, today is the first time that voters very to show their id before casting their if you're doing everything rightbut find it harder and harderto get by, you're not alone. while our people worklonger hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economyand democracy that works for all >>> we welcome you back to "gma." looking live at the campaigns as you can imagine, hard at work in this crucial day of contests

we'll use south tryon to head into uptown. >>> charlotte city leaders will take a second look at a proposal to take away trash services from some residents. believe the proposal is is discriminatory. >> a family is trying to find the person that shot and killed their dog and dumped it alongside the road. >> another person has been diagnosed with the zika virus in north carolina. the steps health officials taking to make sure >>> over night we have learned a man will be in alexander county court after police say he opened fire on a patrolman's house. two of the officers neighbors got into a fight when one grabbed a rifle from the others hands. investigators say that neighbor ethan young retrieved a second rifle and fired shots hitting the patrolman's home. we talked to the patrolman's >> i was thankful that we were not here. overwhelmed it happened here to my house. just grateful no one was hurt. >> young is charmed with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and felony discharging a weapon. bond. >>> north carolina students are charged after they put a their courtyard. several stu

coming from south charlesots, use south boulevard or south tryon. >>> wall street futures this morning, the dow is up 28... ... . >>> troopers investigating after two cars hit and killed a shelby teen and hurt her boyfriend. the reason investigators think that pair stopped in the middle of the road. >>> and a sitting u.s. president is waking up in cuba year >>> 6:42 now. first full day in cuba today. >> he arrived yesterday and made his first stop to the american embassy. the building re-opened last year after being closed for more than 50 years. today, he will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony and attend a state dinner. arguably, the most important item on today's agenda is a meeting between president obama and raul castro. david muir is in cuba right now. in a few minutes on "good morning america" the question he's asking president obama after he touched down for the historic visit. >>> troopers are asking whether an argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend led to the girl's death in shelby. a car hit 16-year-old nycia copes and her boyfriend after getting out of their vehicle

moved to sycamore brewing in south end after plans to build an office complex in the old lot near south tryon in camden. organizer says moving to the inshrewding parking and bathroom issues. one compromise has been downsizing to fewer trucks. >> ultimately what we settled on is not what everybody wanted but a more intimate event. >> businesses are concerned about traffic, about people congregating and that kind of thing. today it's not been that big of a problem. >> it's really nice out here when you have a good spot. and eating a taco. [ laughter ] >> sounds good. one organizer says they have been building the schedule month by month and want to see what works and what needs to change before getting too far in the schedule. >>> another person has been diagnosed with the zika virus in north carolina. the steps national health officials are taking to try to prevent anyone else from getting the virus. >> breaking over night channel 9 has been following this chaos in chicago after donald trump canceled his rally. arrest police made, the officers injured, and how chicago's mayor is responding. >>

slow inbound from 485 up to about tyvola road and we have another accident, this is on south tryon at westinghouse boulevard. quick check of the overall commute, still seeing delays on matthews and providence road. now over to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks a lot, chris, we'll take you down to main street in belmont, gaston county, gorgeous start to the day. you see sunshine and folks out in short sleeves, why not, almost 60 degrees in the belmont area, 60 in charlotte which by the way, very close to the average high temperature for this time of the year, and here we are approaching the 9:00 hour, already there, 60 charlotte, rock hill, gastonia, 59 in hickory, 57 morganton, 62 in monroe and 61 wadesboro. very warm start to the day, tack on another 15 to 20 degrees from where we are right now making it afternoon. southwest breeze at 10 to 15-miles-per-hour. enjoy it. a little more cloud cover around the next couple days, even in the morning hours, especially, but in the afternoon partly friday. small chance of shower, thursday an friday over the mountains, rest of us may have

we have an injury accident on south tryon street at moss road before carowinds boulevard. delays there in and outbound, 77, inbound delays are numerous, coming across 485, stop and go traffic from westinghouse up to arrowood road, accident one at tyvola, one further up toward clanton road, southbound. all of that creating big back-ups. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: chris, after last evening's rain, we have a gorgeous sunrise, look at it here from the camera at lake norman area from thevue.com, real pretty, the sun coming up. clear conditions, sunshine in the forecast today. comfortable out there this morning. 55 charlotte, 54 monroe, 52 salisbury, 52 in boone, 53 shelby and 51 around gastonia. for this afternoon, not 51 but around, maybe a little patchy fog, will burn off if you have any. we'll be very warm tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, 82, a cool-down but pleasant, thursday, 68 friday, small chance of rain late saturday weekend. >>> this weekend was daylight savings time which is day in which we all lose an hour of our lives, plus this weekend i watched the dem

start withs an injury accident here woodlawn at billy graham.g parkway, also the intersection with south tryon street, you will find delays and they a beginning to build there, with thatccident scene. also seeing inbound delays 77 north comingmro 485 u to arrowood and tyvola roadhis morning. here is the live look at i-77 at arrowood, outbound going in all, but the inbound delays continue this morning. also stilleein s heavy morning commute delaysomin c out of the lake norman area, davidson to huntersville, back in the green as you work up to 485. hered is meteorologist al_q1 conkli >> al: we're looking at this morning is frontal syste back to the north and;2 west, that will make inroads on the weather over th next 24 hours or so. but not in a b way ft.o today. seeing sunshine out there right now, little bit of cloud cover but overall the trend will be for increasing cloud cover through the day and very small chance for shower later this afternoon and this evening. 61 right now hickory, statesville, 65 amarle, 66 wadesboro, 6 charlotte, gastonia, 60 aroundtw shelby and boiling springs. a very w

>>> delays on south tryon outbound. three cars involved in a crash 485 in charlotte, so if you are heading to the interchange, ellwood will get you around it. keith? >>> warming up in the low 50s with charlotte closer to the 50s. the warm up starts today and sunshine in place for now and clouds this afternoon and upper 60s. just a spotty rain shower chance for the afternoon drive and tomorrow, we dry out and back in the mid-50s for highs and lower 50s on thursday and another chance of rain late thursday evening. >>> thank you for making channel 9 your choice for news. midday at noon. midday at noon. lemme get a mcpick 2.check out the fresh new look onmcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! lemme get a mcpick 2 now, choose any 2 deliciousmcdonald's classics for just $5 bucks. mix n match share n savor 2 for $5name your flavor pick any 2 iconic tastes- a big mac made with 100% beef, flaky filet-o-fish, seared on the grill quarterpounder with cheese kelly ripa and michael strahan. [cheers and applause] kelly: hi. hi. hi. hello. hey. yep

south of it. north tryon is moving along nicely. and a problem i-85 north at university city boulevard but we do have a local volume on -- little volume on north tryonment and volume on university city boulevard. and the mapping system i must say it's been quite sometime where we have seen so much green. again, a nice start to the evening commute. >> let's hope it stays that way. >> no question about it. stick around. we have amazing images from last night's total solar eclipse. >> we could not see it in the united states this time but we able to see this with a variety of fresh-made seafood meals starting at just $4.99, no one does seafood like d's! try our new home-style flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. or our grilled menu, featuring new tuscan tilapia. each with two sides and hush puppies. for full meals starting at $4.99, it's gotta be d's. >> first at 4:00 amazing photos from a rare event. people in south each asia experienced a total solar eclipse. >> when the moon moved in front of the sun and casting a shadow in somepla

happening tomorrow and then we have the parade route which is on tryon heading south towards 3rd street from 9th street heading on to college street. any of the roads that parallel can be used including gram street. use church and caldwell and davidson street as alternates. special events, go to our website, wsoctv.com click on the traffic tab. >>> neighbors and charlotte leaders are calling for action after a 13 and 14-year-old shot at officers. >> they want to keep teens off the streets and away from violence. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is live to explain the challenges they face. joe? >> community leaders say the key is making sure kids have something productive to do after school. ironically cmpd officers tell us that the 13 and 14-year-olds charged for firing at police were running towards a boys and girls club. that is the flam they want to -- the program they want to guide potentially troubled students to. they provide funds to oorg observations that help at -- organizations that help at risk youths. there are 339 children on the waiting list. the vast majority, boys. may

interstates continue to run in the green, we're seeing a few slow downs down toward south boulevard, provence road and over on north tryon street up in the university city>- area, in center city, 277, thed= john belk and brookshire, no problems there. here is a quick livek look, i-77 west boulevard, still running you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and morning. >> john: the government is about to cash in on a billion dollars because of unfiled tax returns )_gfrom 2012. >> christine: at 6:30, we'll tell you what the deadline is to get that money.+kiwf' in the battle of burgers... ..flk'.jack made a declaration of delicious with the doublejack combo. he formed a perfect union between 100% beef, cheese, andmouth. hyzthe took a stand for hot and salty fries. bp and america ate it up. true story. get the new double jackcombo for just $4.99 'cause on march 30th,this deal is history. there are two mocratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take miions from bibankg and then teltheml hat to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share

looking pretty good up to our north but slow downs coming out of lake norman to the south i just showed you, north tryon seeing delays there, and as we bit, this is an accident on independence boulevard at sardis road north, most of the delays there are outbound along 74. that is a check of traffic, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >>> 6:48, kristen miranda been getting you headlines first as news has been developing this morning. in the alert center. we'll check in with her right now with more on this battle between donald trump and the gop. what is going on? >> kristen: you were talking about it a few moments ago. mitt romney and what he has been saying about the republican front runner, donald trump calling him a phony, who has to be defeated. i wanted to see if trump was up yet and he has been tweeting, i wanted to show you his reaction. failed candidate mitt romney who ran one of the worst races in presidential history is working with a establishment to bury a big r win. he followed that up i brought millions to the republican party while

commute if you're coming in 77, 85, no problems there, providence road, north tryon up in the university city area, down to the south also looking good this morning. check injuring drive times with a live look at i-77 at the rest area, volume pretty light here on 77. rock hill in uptown, 22 minutes, 63 miles an hour. concord to center city, sitting at 18 minute commute and southbound lake norman, 17 minutes, average speed, 60 miles an hour, that is a check of traffic, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> we continue to follow breaking overnight news for you, charlotte-mecklenburg police investigating four shootings in which six people were injured. a woman shot in the leg around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. three hours earlier, a person suffered minor injury in a milton road. at 5:30, two people shot on the plaza, one seriously hurt, the other in critical condition. then around 4:30 a person shot, suffered injuries on brookshire boulevard. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte from police headquarters with more on t

commute if you're coming in 77, 85, no problems there, providence road, north tryon up in the university city area, down to the south also looking good this morning. check injuring drive times with a live look at i-77 at the rest area, volume pretty light here on 77. rock hill in uptown, 22 minutes, 63 miles an hour. concord to center city, sitting at 18 minute commute and southbound lake norman, 17 minutes, average speed, 60 miles an hour, that is a check of traffic, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> we continue to follow breaking overnight news for you, charlotte-mecklenburg police investigating four shootings in which six people were injured. a woman shot in the leg around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. three hours earlier, a person suffered minor injury in a

tryon street him. two dozen members of congress are participating in a tour of south carolina. u.s. congressman lewis launched the tour at zion baptist church. it is meant to explore the role of faith in south carolina's james cliburg and tim scott >> sports is next. hoops and the hornets are shining priority and they host the nuggets tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. hornets tied for fourth place with miami and boston half a game behind atlanta in third place thanks to the win in good to be -- going to be a wild finish with 14 games to go. and hornets single game playoff tickets go on monday. ashley stroehlein will have coverage of the game tomorrow night. and plenty of college basketball. tomorrow on wbtv from noon to 10:00 p.m. we are hooping it up... biggest shockers, middle tennessee state beat the number two seed michigan state. michigan state known as jamie boll's bracket champion. ouch! may we live in interesting times. out of 13 million brackets and six are perfectment inside the prep zone... meet jessica mary. high school senior women's swim team captain led the huskies to the t

could you probably use tryon road as an alternate route around the south side of the city. but we know that that often gets backed up. so this is where that accident is here and again we can start to see the backups starting at jones sausage road at i-40 all in the westbound lanes. some people trying to avoid that by taking the beltline. you can see some slowdowns there but nothing major at this we do have one accident on capital boulevard at perry creek road. starting to see some of the typical delays as people are making their way south from wake forest at this point in the morning. as we take a look here, people are headed towards downtown durham, traffic flowing smoothly in both directions there. >> thank you. >>> we'll be expecting to get an update on how the flu is impacting our state. a better vaccine and lighter flu season has led to far fewer deaths this year than last year. as of last week's report, four people had died of flu-related illness in north carolina since the start of the flu season. more than 200 people died of the flu last year. the season typically l

south of freedom drive. live look in that area. we are still watching delays, though, on north tryon that old concord area. there's a disabled vehicle minor delays starting to clean up. be careful through that area. you can stay up to date on the drive times by using wsoctv.com, just click on traffic before you head out the door. >>> in the breaking news center right now, thieves targeted two charlotte gun shops overnight. it's a trend we told you about for months now, but this time they didn't get away with anything. eyewitness news reporter brittany johnson is live at hyatts guns in west charlotte to explain what we know at this point. so they weren't able to get inside? >>reporter: they were not, john. we spoke to the owner of hyatt gun shop just moments after he surveyed the damage caused when thieves tried but failed to get into his gun shop here on wilkinsburg road this morning. police say they used a car to smash into the back of the shopping center on wilkinson and they ended up breaking a gas line and causing thousands of dollars in damage, but they did not get inside. investigators believe the sa