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 they were riding jumped the tracks. figure out why the train derailed west of witch ka, kansas. folks were crying for help and looking for family members. you you can only imagine a scene like that. >> in the dark, too. everything seems more chaotic

map system, most of us running in the green but there you see the slow downs building, 485, up to tyvola road. providenceprovidence, 77 southbound out of davidson, cornelius, slowing down up to huntersville, slow to gilead road, back in the green as you work toward 485. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: kristen miranda has been getting us all the test breaking details hitting the wires on social media as well. and she is live in the alert center with more pictures of a polling place, where is this? >> kristen: this is in burlington, vermont. the camera is moving around because you can see these are photographers and media here in burlington, vermont. this is where senator bernie sanders is expected to cast his vote today on this super tuesday. we have not seen him come in the poll place workers and you can see people waiting for senator sanders to arrive. so i want to bring thank you livebring you that livepicture, if we see anything i'll get that back to you so you can see the senator casting his vote. polls have alrea

so the slow downs are starting at 485 and all the wait up toward tyvola road. still looking at inbound delays on 77 coming across 85 and then the inner loop of 485 a slow go norman. >> al: thanks, chris, out there this morning, we have a gorgeous start to the day, very very comfortable, temperatures area wide are in the 50s, we're going to remain warm for several days to come. nights will be in the 50s, highs will be in the 70s the next several days, not total sunshine, there will be cloud cover as the breeze comes out of the southwest courtesy of high pressure, that will pull up moisture from the gulf of mexico but clearly the heavier rain will be out here across the southern plains and midwest, you will hear about flooding in the mississippi river valley and severe weather over the next several days, will be a huge news event for those folks here, very quiet. we have a little bit of clouds difficultness but sunshine, blue sky and very pleasant conditions. already approaching 60 in charlotte and gastonia, 57 rock hill, 55 in wadesboro and albermarle, 53 in hic

we have this accident 77 northbound tyvola road has moved to the shoulder. it was in the left lane and it was closed earlier. as you can imagine it's created slow-moving traffic. and we have problems northbound and park road is a great alternate route and another accident at colony road and fern cliff park road is a great alternate route back to you. >> thank you. the accused piper glen skauter is -- squatter is filing a pile of charges against her. she decided to represent herself as trial. we have followed this case sincele bay was ordered to leave a home in november. she claims the court has no jurisdiction because she is a member of the moorish nation. sharon smith is stepping out of court with all the details. how is el bay doing at her attorney? >> you can tell she is smart and she has certainly studied this. but she is also definitely not an attorney. she has stumbled some and seems to know what she wants to present and can quote all the state statutes but it seems like she misses when the prosecutor or the judge counters with something. we will show y

there is congestion on 485 as we now look at i-77 and tyvola road. and speaking of 485, notice the volume starting to build early beyond rea road. back towards south boulevard. johnston road has congestion as well. back to you. >> thank you. appreciate it. hopefully the weather cooperates. >> yes, because the sun is back out today. loving all of the sunshine. >> and lots of yard work to get to. can't wait. >> that is part of the honey-do list for jamie. >> maybe you can work on your tan. we have our conditions over uptown the hd towercam it was nice to have the sun today and we got backup into the 50s. while yesterday we held into the 40s it was chilly we are backup to 53 right now in charlotte. still got that breeze out of the north at 6-miles-per-hour. but yesterday's system that came through remember we had showers and snow showers for some of you yesterday evening. this is what is left of that. so that is continuing to pull more away from the region. leftover cloud cover left in its wake. but if we turn our attention upstream we have one more dist

road. lanes blocked in this area as well. back towards trade street is where the problem is. the stop-and-go traffic and on the dot camera it's between tyvola and nations ford road and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you guys. >> going to take time to recover. in that area. when we have an accident. made the mistake of going outside at lunch-hour and it was hard to come back into the building. >> funny story. angela wallace in our graphics department she is like if you do not see graphics during the 4:00 it's because i'm not coming back inside. it was so nice out. >> it took willpower today. here is leigh brock in the first alert weather center. >> the good news if you did not get to get outside you have more time you have the rest of the evening now. and also a couple more days. currently 74 in charlotte. let's pull it out more. 74 in belmont. and 77 arboretum. 73 in harrisburg and everyone is temperatures. 73 in shelby and statesville. 76 in wadesboro and 73 in lancaster. if you've had to be inside if you have been working, it's been so nice out there. heath springs elementary school camera. you notice peop

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 tonight. so the freeze warning in effect for the foothills and also the pied

camera and all the volume on i-77 this is tyvola road northbound and southbound. and we have a road closure this is by park road actually at princeton avenue construction in this area. park road is the better alternate route. a heads up with all the activity moment. back to you guys. >> all right thank you. >> today chillier than it has been and sunshine was nice and the weekend... >> you mean this past weekend? saturday was great it was yesterday. yesterday is totally clouding saturday. >> it's true. >> it was 70 on saturday. >> i don't know. [laughter] >> but the good news is we are going to warm-up. >> yes. we are heading the right way temperatures it is spring since early sunday morning we welcomed in springtime it has not seemed like it yet but it will. right now here is your hd towercam a gorgeous afternoon almost no clouds in the sky anywhere around the region. mild temperatures are not back yet. we are running 10 below average. most of us right now only in the mid-50s. you have 40s. 41 is your temperature in boone. so you have been struggling on the number

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. from having the first 80 day of chances in the forecast for the 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 pl

channel 9 was there as they took tours of the clinic along tyvola road. veterans say they are glad they won't have to drive to salisbury anymore. >> 40 minutes in the morning with the traffic, and you get this is going to be great. >> there was also a town hall meeting with lawmakers so veterans could ask questions about the president and care they will receive there. the original plan did not include a bus stop but for the last few years, veterans have been fighting to get one. the closest one was a block away. but we learned that they agreed to put a stop at the front door at the facility. >>> new tonight, a man accused of smuggling guns into ghana is appealing the ruling keeping him in jail. he was ordered to remain behind bars while federal charges are pending. according to the court records, he is appealing his detention. prosecutors say that he lied on federal applications and came back from a trip to ghana with 30 there are,000 -- $30,000 hitten in a shoe. north carolina holding a big rally in fayetteville at 7:00 tonight. people started lining up

i-77 southbound at the john belk freeway and i-77 northbound and southbound a lot of volume by tyvola road but no accidents on i-77 to report. back to you. >> thank you. first at 4:00, luke kuechly is expected to take a step towards his recovery. he is expected to get his left arm out of that sling. the linebacker had shoulder surgery last month to repair a torn labrum. an injury that he dealt with throughout the playoffs. >> there are degrees of tough innocence this world. >> and he is up there. >> and playing football with a torn labrum. i cannot imagine the pain that might bring. >> you have heard the advice to keep your passwords away from >> how to make your >> we are warned you before to come up with a creative password and not to use the same one for every account. >> now a cyber expert wants you it's important to have passwords that cop tan upper and lower case letters and numbers. you need to mix it up to throw off hackers and names and cities. not a good idea, either. >> typically computer trying to guess it they will use dictionaries of pet names and human names and city names a

as we monitor i-77 and see how traffic is moving, volume northbound and southbound as we look at tyvola road. no accidents. we did have a stranded motorist earlier and that cleared out. safe travels back to you. >> thank you. and we have enjoyed the temperatures over the past couple of days but i understand they will start dropping >> reminder it is march today was perfect. >> i love to do. >> here is eric thomas in the first alert weather center. >> i tell you what they have dropped. now i suppose when you are 3 shy of 80 it does not feel that way. 86 a 10 drop today. the high temperature 77 . you will see evidence of cool air trickling in. this is the overnight here as we take you through day break. there's plenty of cool air piling up to the northwest. and a fantastic sunset. metro school in uptown charlotte. 75 . the number there. 76 officially at the airport. mid-70s common in the piedmont. and do you not see much change until you hit 3500 feet boone and blowing rock. charlotte your hour-by-hour forecast we will drop you still going to be comfortable 9:00 p.m. 65 . and 60 through 11:00

southbound woodlawn road all lanes are open an earlier accident i-77 south between nations ford and tyvola road. the traffic now is moving slowly. it will take sometime for the traffic to recover. and the backup back towards well beyond trade street. a lot of stop-and-go traffic. and brookshire, i-77 southbound. more than six miles of slow-moving traffic. traffic will take sometime to recover. and in center city two accidents on trade street one at poplar and the other at trait and caldwell. tryon is a great alternate route. back to you. >> not a good day for the traffic. thank you. the remake of the hit 1987 movie dirty dancing will film in north carolina this spring. right now the film looking for extras, dancers and cars from between 1950 and 1975. the production company will employ 900 extras from the state and it will film in asheville, hendersonville, cashiers. and >> and the original was shot partly in north carolina as well. that will be exciting. big going on this spring. >> a parent catches her child's school bus rolling through a stop sign. >> the next time it went through out the ce

carolina this morning, you've got the green light, 77 up to westinghouse boulevard and on toward tyvola road. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: would you like to work out with others without joining a gym? we'll introduce you to the new technology that allows users to take classes at multiple gyms and fitness studios for one fee. hour. >> christine: kristen miranda live in the alert center following a breaking story right now, an explosion in a czech in withcheck in with 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, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. >>> thank you for starting your day with wbtv news this morning. >> christine: welcome back to wbtv news this morning. >> john: ten before 6:00. go over to kristen mira

southbound starting from at least morehead down towards tyvola road. it's early for that. that is southbound. northbound it's about one mile of stop-and-go traffic in this area. volume here heading towards i-85 moving really slowly and then on 277 that is being affected as well. here is the d.o.t. camera. northbound at lasalle and that is a lot of volume on the roadways. back to you. >> wow. that is a parking lot. crazy. >> biding your time sitting sitting in that. >> and the clouds moved in today and someplaces seeing snow. >> we have had it from across the viewing area, newton, bessemer city, davidson, gaston county. >> let's find out what is going on. lyndsay tapases keeping busy in the first alert weatherenter. >> the temperatures in the mid-40s and unusual to see the snow at a temperature this warm. this is what the radar looks like right now. so it started over parts of gaston county and extended northeast of there for where we it started gaston county area, gastonia, bessemer city, iron station and then moved just north of charlotte north along 77 we had places like

this is i-77 at tyvola road. perhaps you are heading to time warner cable arena for the hornets tonight. maybe adam o'daniel from the "charlotte business journal" national time if you are headed for that game. >> and the hornets are playing well. this system that you see here, dumping a lot of rain across the south. it's been there for days you can see the damage in louisiana. rivers and streams covering the roads now. at least five people have died since it started raining. wbtv anchor maureen o'boyle has more new at 5:00. >> the deadly storm system punishing the south unleashed another round of torrential rain overnight. thousands have been forced from their homes in northern louisiana where more than 20 inches of rain fell just this week. guard staff sergeant in this parish. they delivered sandbags and rescued 100 people. last night the evacuations were voluntary. the national guard helped get angela and her daughters to safety but her 22-year-old son decided to stay behind but fears grew that the levees would

earlier this week veterans had the chance to see a new va health care facility in the clinic on tyvola road has been years in the making. veterans will still have to go to salisbury if they need er or urgent care. >>> we've got good news. we could see a plentiful peach crop in south carolina. growers and agricultural officials say during the winter there is just enough cool weather to insure a good crop. no late season cold snaps means that the fragile peach blossoms are still intact. last year south carolina produced about 70,000 tons of peaches. second only to california. great weather makes you want to sit outside and enjoy a nice peach. i love how this is shaping up. >> it feels like summer than it does spring. we skipped that season. but we do have changes on the way as we head through the rest of the weekend. a little bit of hazy sunshine. if you have stepped outside already, you will feel that warmth. we will see more clouds as we go throughout the afternoon. it's quiet right now on live early warning doper 9 but i'm here's a view from our boone camera. you can see low visibility. we

downs beginning to increase, 77 southbound through center city and northbound from 485 up toward tyvola road. that is a check of traffic, christine. with three big stories we need to watch. >> kristen: following the developments out of brussels, we just learned heightened security in brussels postponed hearing for the paris attack suspect, salah abdeslam. that is on hold. >> jeb bush endorsing ted cruz in the race for the republican presidential nomination. >> christine: a dog in new york is getting ability of a bit of a reputation reputation. >> john: a three-year-old black lab paints by following his human's command uses as brush made out of duct tape he holds in his mouth. >> kristen: takinggall money goes to animal charities. >> christine: "cbs this morning" we're switching captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> the heart of the european union today is rocked to its core. right now a manhunt is under way for the bombmaker suspected in the brussels and paris terror attacks. >> yesterday's bombing killed more than 30

had a chance to see a new va health care facility in southwest charlotte pep that clinic is on tyvola road and it has been years in the making. veterans will still have to go to salisbury if they need er or emergency care. >>> charlotte city leaders will take a second look at a proposal to take away trash from some is homes in the city. at 6:45 the steps the city is taking to get a better understanding of the publics point of view. >> rowan family says their dog was shot and killed and dumped along the road eight miles away. the reason police say they cannot investigate the case. >> but first you can expect gas next several factors that will (phone ringing)you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) >>> good saturday morning. check out this view from our lake norman tower cam. we are starring off pretty warm. expecting to get up to nearly 80 today but we are tracking some rain

northbound delays start at 485 take you up toward tyvola road this morning. that is traffic christine, over to you. >> christine: kristen miranda to watch. >> kristen: breaking news from seattle, apparent gas explosion leveled a two story building, nine firefighters injured. waiting for an update. we'll watch the weather in texas and southern illinois, heavy rainfall, more flooding expected. nancy reagan lying in repose in california. >> christine: a news crew in texas got the surprise while surveying storm damage. >> john: look at your tv. a dog sitting uprighted on a lawnmower, he has perfect riding form. what do you think? i wonder if he hires out to other people. >> kristen: like whether dogs sit in the driver's seat. >> christine: are they sitting upright. paws on the wheel and everything. >> john: we have a lot coming up on bounce tv, we'll be there channels right now.real-time closed captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is wednesday, march 9th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." bernie sanders pulls off a huge upset over hillary clinton in m

. >>> breaking news, major delays on i-77 northbound at tyvola road that just cleared in the last five minutes, but there are backups for miles. let's go to traffic team 9's mark taylor, horrible time for this. >>> yeah. 77 northbound at tyvola, and still delays, onlooker delays and delays from the state line down into fort mill. the earlier wreck, 77 at clanton caused these delays from the travel lane all the way down and northbound backed up from 160 to the accident scene. 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 b

once you make your way toward tyvola road exit you're back in the green. overall commute looking good, 485 looks good, we see slow downs out of lake norman this morning and one other accident, independence boulevard at sardis road. that's a check of traffic, guys, back to you. >> christine: kristen miranda with three big stories we need to watch. >> kristen: early voting starts today in north carolina. polls open at 8:00. a story we will cover at wbtv. >>> another gop debate tonight in michigan. trump, ben carson expected to announce his future by the end >> nfl lawyers asking to reinstate the suspension of tom prayed dee becausebrady because of deflategate. >> christine: a dog is living the dream at an airport under michigan. >> john: piper spends his day chase birds and animals off the runways at cherry airport. he became an internet sensation after video of him working went viral. >> kristen: you can spot him in goggles, ear muffs and safety vest doing his job. i like when dogs have jobs. >> christine: you pay them in treats? >> john: do they have polar

use 115 but not a big issue now. 77 near tyvola road. shoulder. heavy traffic flow but no big issues out of the state line. today. mild, lots of sunshine, all of that will change for the weekends. the clouds, rain, cooler temperatures roll in. low 70s today. above average. by sunday, we'll be 10 degrees . most of the rain chance tomorrow evening but it may not be a wash out of a saturday but it will be a great day for tomorrow, s changes for this weekend. >> your local news continues with eyewitness news this morning on tv 664. >> look at this. this -- tv 64. >> look at this. this is a live look from the >>> good morning, america. spring on hold. a snowstorm and freezing temperatures targeting millions in the northeast after record-breaking heat as more violent storms slam the south. two reported tornadoes touching down and blinding hail putting drivers in danger. >>> donald trump under attack. hackers reveal his personal information in an attempt to take down the gop front-runner. >> we are serious about stopping any proposed forthright fascist d

them on the inner loop of 485 between matthews and providence road, 77 heavy coming up to 485 and tyvola road. accidents to report this morning, gibbon road at gibbon drive at statesville and old statesville road. accident at 29/49 in the university city area. here is meteorologist al conklin with a check of first alert forecast. >> al: 42 degrees in gastonia, some of the areas running cooler, 33 in morganton, 38 in wadesboro, 35 in albermarle and 35 in salisbury. starting off cool, but a lot of sunshine, see a gradual increase in clouds through the day, really very low rain chances, i think our better opportunity for rain come tonight, 69 in charlotte is our expected high today. as we look at it going forward, have probably four straight days the average now is 59, rain tonight, even thunderstorms, they clear out quickly tomorrow, breezy, cooler, mostly sunny, another round of rain thursday night into early friday morning, still in the 50s friday and saturday, getting back in the 60s for sunday and monday. steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just w

there beginning to ease up a bit but we still have delays on 77, northbound from 485 up to about tyvola road and 77 southbound from 85 up in the center city area. also seeing an accident here on carmel road, that is carmel road at mullins ford road. expect back up and delays. lake norman commute thinning out but still stop and go from cornelius down to huntersville and up to hambright road. up to 485 back in the green. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: blue skies, sunshine, a few high clouds. show you that in a moment. high pressure governing the weather, the rain across the middle part of the country for early stages is going to go northward, we will remain on the warm side. this is our camera at university city area, a few high clouds, otherwise good deal of sunshine and we're starting to rebound after being down in the low and middle 30s in charlotte, now in the lower 40s. 45 in salisbury, 40 statesville, gastonia, 42 in monroe. low 40s now to the mid and upper 60s this afternoon with sunshine, a couple clouds around, milder finish and you like that you'll love the next several day

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

inbound delays and there you can see it is slow from westinghouse all the way back toward tyvola road. the overall commute southbound 77 delays through center city and a new injury accident at west trade at north graham, keep that in mind if that is part of your morning commute. up near loop of 485 also. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks, chris, out there this morning, still have a little bit of fog but that is starting to lift and burn. we're seeing sunshine breaking through the clouds here in charlotte. that is from our hd tower cam, but they are definitely starting to lift. 62 in charlotte and albermarle, 63 wadesboro and monroe, down to lancaster, still in the cooler 50s from morganton to shelby up toward hickory, newton, conover, in the 40s around boone p. across the foothills, the fog is thicker may take longer for that to burn off but will, charlotte will get up to 80, cooler north and west but still in the 70s at 4:00 across the foothills, keep in mind we will get showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. not much happening right now other than the fog once that

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 democratic debate, so i actually lost three hours of my life. >> joo they did a study. they found there's an increase in fatal heart attacks in the clocks. probably lo

a couple accidents close to i-77 one at clanton road and archer drive and another on tryon by i-77. west tyvola is a great alternate route. and the slow-moving traffic again i-77 north. really impacted as we wrap up and check in on the dot camera. back towards westinghouse. slow-moving traffic and that is exit 1. about five to six miles for slow-moving traffic. back to you. >> thank you. a south carolina teacher says she wants her dignity back after a student spread nude photos of her on-line. >> and new, the action she is taking against the school district. >> i'm meteorologist eric thomas. a delightful friday evening on tap and take advantage of it because that is rain heading our coming up in uh, hello geico?... yeah, i was just talking about your emergency roadside service and how it's available 24/7 and then our car overheated... what are the chances? can you send a tow truck please? uh, the location? you're not going to believe this but it's um... it's in a tree. i wish i was joking, mate, but it's literally stuck in a tree. (car horn honking) a chainsaw? no, no, all we really need is a t

. >> the time is 4:33 check in with tonya rivens the roads have been keeping you busy this afternoon. >> and i-77 northbound at tyvola this is a bad accident now we before it was two lanes and that is exit 5 backed up towards westinghouse. and from exit 5 to 1 stop-and-go traffic. if you know anyone in the traffic the alternate routes are better than sitting. 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

this time of day but more starting to happen from rea road back towards south boulevard as we look at i-77 not much better as far as congestion at tyvola. back to you. >> thank you. the job york county deputies bidding farewell to one of their own. >> and coming up new at 6:00... >> university of north carolina's new president in town today and she is greeted with leaky roofs why she wants a bond referendum to pass and greeted with critics who claim she is not the right fit for the university. her reaction is coming up. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> new tonight, the york county sheriff's office is bidding farewell to canine deputy justice is retiring. >> justice spent his career sniffing out drugs and working to stop drug trafficking sales in the state. career highlights include a drug bust on i-85 in spartanburg county in 2007 where he found get this... 35 kilos of cocaine. justice sent a person to prison for 25 years after sniffing out is spending eight years in prison after justice found cocaine on i-77. >> we have put a lot of bad guys in jail. come on let's go get it. and when he heard that he knew it was time to go into work

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 after the fire was put out. carter lost most of his toys in the fire but saved a few of his favorite thi

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

here is the live look i-77, tyvola, heavy traffic but running along smoothly, that is the case out of lake norman backed up and bumper-to-bumper from davidson to gilead road. providence road heavy, especially past fairview road and dup on the inner loop of 485 up to providence road heavy traffic there. we have an accident providence road at rea road. >> al: clouds breaking in the metro area, fairly sunny the last half hour, 45 minutes. up across the foothills that dry air is coming in the charlotte area, you can see how the clouds are just giving way here at the metro school camera, seeing blue sky and that is what is heading in our direction deeper through the day. we will have a lot of sunshine, with that, temperatures respond. still chilly, 38 in charlotte, 39 down around monroe, lancaster and rock hill, 41 in wadesboro. you might get close to 60, the rest of us generally in the 50s, the one exception is in the mountains still overcast, a few flurries around boone, only get back to 38, 39 degrees this afternoon. you'll do better tomorrow as sunshine will kickback in the picture. afternoon, mostly sunny skies, seasonal day, afternoon temperature of 57 d

. >>> breaking news, major delays on i-77 northbound at tyvola road that just cleared in the