watauga is closed, everybody else pretty much on two-hour delay. clover leaf elementary school in statesville not closed but nobody is there yet but that parking lot will fill up soon. overcast right now. our current temperature in statatville, 34. 38 in charlotte, should be close to that this morning. mostly cloudy at 8:00 at the bus stop. late this afternoon, mostly sunny skies, fairly seasonable, maybe a little below average with a high of 57. look at extended forecast beyond the weekend in a couple minutes. check in with chris at 5:30, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. area interstates mainly running in the green this morning, free and clear across most of the charlotte region, so if you're traveling 485 looks good, 77, 85 looking okay this morning, and checking your drive times, 13 minutes, 49-miles-per-hour, providence road from the arboretum area inbound to center city, 16 minutes, 38 miles an hour, and concord to center city running at 18 minutes in the mid

avery and watauga county schools are closed. mitchell county schools on three-hour delay. ashe and alleghany are on two-hour delay. keep that in mind. >> john: welcome back to wbtv news this morning. go over to mark davenport with details on north korea's nuclear ambitions, new information >> mark: a big headline on cnn.com, nukes need to be ready for use coming from kim jong un, the warheads need to be ready at any time for use. he has been saying something like this the last couple days. they are flexing their muscles against the sanctions against north korea, that is the big headline on cnn.com, another day, another statement from kim jong un saying the nuclear warheads need to be ready for use at any time. >> john: new this morning, police in baltimore are investigating after two school officers were caught on camera hitting and kicking a young man. a video shows 44-year-old anthony spence and another officer slapping and kicking a 16-year-old. an attorney for spence said they thought the boy was trespassing, the officers ar

mitchell, avery and watauga county schools. the rain has cleared the area, so clearing skies across the region, outside of the mountains. where again you have mostly cloudy skies. in charlotte, a few lingering clouds, but the stars are out, dry for most neighborhoods as what little bit of rain we had last night is long gone. 32 boone, 44 morganton, 49 gastonia, 50 charlotte, rock hill, lancaster,55 in where where. wadesboro. plenty of sunshine to go around, breezy, cooler, 53 in charlotte, exactly 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. goodbye to the 70s for a while. let you know when they return, that will be in the first alert forecast coming up in the seven day planner, right now a look at first alert traffic. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: still just two accidents we're seeing at this hour, if you're commuting in and around the area, none of them we look at providence road near the arboretum at 51 you may get a slight slow down at that intersection but things should be moving s

avery, mitchell and watauga county schools. let's go to meteorologist al conklin in the first alert weather center, al, you hinted this might be the case this morning. >> al: from yesterday we saw there would be a little bit of snow. bigger issue is there is wind chill factors that are down in the teens. temperatures are near freezing in the mountains, wind gusts in the 45, 50 mile per hour range, morning so again, three operate on two-hour delay up there. mitchell, avery and watauga county schools. the rain has cleared the area, so clearing skies across the region, outside of the mountains. where again you have mostly cloudy skies. in charlotte, a few lingering clouds, but the stars are out, dry for most neighborhoods as what little bit of rain we had last night is long gone. 32 boone, 44 morganton, 49 gastonia, 50 charlotte, rock hill, lancaster,55 in where where. wadesboro. plenty of sunshine to go around, breezy, cooler, 53 in charlotte, exactly 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. goodbye to the 70s for a while. let you know

avery and watauga are closed today. we'll keep you posted on that situation, low pressure moving away, high pressure building in and that means changes. starting off damp, cool this morning, in the 30s. a lot of cloud cover but notice the streets are dry in center city. i think you will be in good shape as you head in town. 38 charlotte, monroe, 39 lancaster, 40 wadesboro. 31 morganton, 33 hickory, 34 shelby and statesville at freezing in boone. at the bus stop, mostly cloudy skies, chilly breeze, damp at 39 degrees, this afternoon coming home, in good shape, temperatures getting up in the 50s. seasonal this time of the year. if you like that you'll like tomorrow, looking at highs getting close to 60 and chris, that's just the beginning. the trend is like this. it really looks nice next week, all the specific details in the seven day planner. >> chris: happy superintendents in the mountains. >> al: maybe no delays next week. charlotte. it has been a relatively quiet friday morning commute. 6:30, we're still half an hour

one batch looks like it will move just to the north might clip parts of watauga and avery. and the bulk is over tennessee and that is what is heading this way. it should be out of here by morning tomorrow. most of that rain is not going to stick around long. 43 your morning temperature. 10% chance of a shower. and the reason why... we have had warm temperatures for the past few days. temperatures in the low 70s. yesterday and today we hit 73 this afternoon and that southerly flow that is pulling but here is the cold front going to put a stop to that. and pushes through quickly overnight brings the rain and comes in and moves out. and tomorrow morning that rain is out of here and the front is off to the east. we're clearing out. high pressure builds in and that makes for a cool day for tomorrow. starting out in the low 40s. 42, 54 your high temperature. maybe a leftover shower. and late on thursday another round of rain thursday night into friday morning. both days in the 50s. saturday 59 is the temperature. and 60s for sunday, monday and 70s by the middle of next week. and

ashe county and watauga. and look at the lightning. north and the east. there is a chance may be the northern tip of ashe county you might see the thunderstorms passing through and this batch may miss us. here is for now upper 70s. we have an 80 reading in albemarle, rockingham. 79 in charlotte and 73 in shelby. looks beautiful outside. we have had the gorgeous day from our hd towercam. and the several the next several hours 77 is 5:00 p.m. temperature. 74 at 7:00 p.m. and 68 at 9:00 p.m. and the rain chances increase. the forecast is coming up. >> thank you. presidential candidates making their case for your vote today in north carolina. 55,000 early voters have locked in their choices in mecklenberg county. the director of elections anticipating 140,000 people will vote on election day. escobar is on your side when you can expect to see the shortest lines at the polls. >> the director of elections told me if you vote at a school avoid doing it at pick up and drop off times and how quick it is to vote. >> it gives you two chances. >> election workers wil

al: john, avery, mitchell, watauga county schools operating on two-hour delay. this is king street in boone from resortcams.com i've been watching the tree branches blowing, 40 to 50 mile per hour winds on top of that, temperatures near or below freezing. 29 in west jefferson and fa fleetwood. deeper through the day you will see more and more sunshine but chilly breeze all day long, shouldn't be as gusty as this getting a brighter sky toward the east. clear skies in charlotte, 47 and you're near freezing in boone if not below, everybody else in the 40s to low 50s. 51 around monroe, 46 in salisbury, 48 in rock hill, 43 in hickory. the temperatures are actually a little milder than yesterday because of the breeze that is keeping up out there but that breeze is going to be with us all day long and will be a cooler breeze, we get back to 53 in charlotte this afternoon. we'll look for plenty of sunshine but 20 degrees cooler than the last two afternoons, well in the 70s. i'm tracking more rain that is right around the corner, show you that on futurecast and looking a

avery, ash, watauga and burke and caldwell you can see rain and this is moving closer to charlotte. and moving into 8:00 many of us could see the rain and heavy at times and anyone of the cells could become severe we are looking at the heavy rain and hail and winds. and it continues to push off to the east through the rest of the evening this is 10:00 p.m. a couple stray showers left the heaviest rain is off to the east and we are drying out to the west. should be out of here after midnight and moving on to a nice day tomorrow. 56 in the morning. and 81 that is your high temperature. a fantastic day coming up tomorrow and warm. and more warmth your high temperature 81, 82 on wednesday and 70s on thursday and 60s on friday and 60s with rain over the weekend. and tonya rivens has the traffic. >> and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. i-77 northbound and southbound getting hammered by arrowood road. we have had problems on i-77 an earlier incident caused problems southbound and now two accidents at pineville matthews. one near caramel executive park drive. johnston

that snow is pushing into the see watauga, ashe, avery, already looking at light snow falling. it has been relatively cold the last 24 to 36 hours, so it will stick relatively quickly on area roads in the high country. 44 in charlotte. humidity, 35%, with a southeast wind at 7 miles an hour. 33 boone, 43 morganton, 42 hickory, 45 in monroe. and highs only climb into the upper 20's and low 30's today the high country. the foothills, warmer, 45 lenoir taylorsville. 51 wilkesboro. 51 charlotte and monroe. and to the sand hills, low to mid 50's, 54 in pageland, 55 this afternoon in cheraw. our computer model brings the snow into the mountains, 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. can you see that snow is rather heavy for a few hours. then we get a round of rain showers across the area, with rain toward 2:00 a.m. friday morning with lingering snow showers the high country. look how quickly this clear skies out, friday afternoon, off the coast, and high pressure builds as we head into the weekend. more sunshine and warming temperatures friday, saturday, and sunday. our rain chances pretty much

and this is for watauga and ashe county. you could have gusts up to 60-miles-per-hour. and heading farther to the south avery county you have a wind advisory, gusts up to 50-miles-per-hour. certainly a major issue up there traveling and if you have trees that could come down that might be an issue tonight. we have one batch in the eastern part of tennessee and another batch farther to the west. both will be moving through overnight. we have not seen a lot of rain here in the wbtv viewing area just yet, but through the overnight period here is what we are looking at. some areas could see half an inch of rain. and farther to the east a little bit less. so substantial rain. and it will be overnight. from this evening all the way through the overnight period. tomorrow morning there is a chance it's out of here. temperatures will be cool. 43 to start your day. a 10% chance of a shower i think most of the rain is out. and drying out through the day tomorrow. and here is what it looks like. we have a steady stream of warm air and we have been in the 70s yesterday and today and

heavier bands they may well just barely brush the northern edges of ash and watauga. that is pushing to the north and the east that does not mean we will be in the clear for the rest of the night because there is more. and rain back to the south and west. the southern mountains they are seeing heavy rain and it looks like there is a line trying to form. and that could push across the area for the next several hours. from 7:00, 74 . and slight chance of a shower and that chance goes up by 9:00 p.m. 68. and 11:00 p.m., it may be out of here. 64 is your temperature and drying out and clearing out. not a bad morning tomorrow morning. mid-50s for the start of the they on tuesday. and another really warm, spring-like day. dry conditions tomorrow. lots of sunshine. 50s to start the day and 80s your high temperature in the afternoon a nice one coming up. next couple of days. we have a couple more days in the 80s. and then back to the 70s. and then the 60s. your tuesday high temperature 81 . wednesday 82 and thursday 75. and friday and the weekend we are talking 60s for highs

in watauga county, watch out for the icy roads up there. plenty of sunshine with us today, and we will not warm much above the 49 as the gusty north winds stay with us. the time line ahead for the little bit of warmth we will see and the next rain chance for tomorrow night. first, it's 6:00 a.m., over to mark taylor to see what is happening here in south charlotte. >> reporter: we have a couple of issues we are monitoring including construction we have been monitoring since january. and polk street lasting through november, and we are just checking in, making sure everything is on schedule. so far, so good, and you need the alternate route for folks headed up to pine that will be carolina street. polk street is where we were looking. dealing well with the interstates, 73 miles an hour. doing just fine headed to 77. i do have an accident in east charlotte, just came in we will liz? >> i'm in the breaking news center a family escaped their burning home in pineville. firefighters sent us these pictures, and you can see the charred ceiling and

for the mountains, ashe, watauga, avery county, you could have a shower as early as late afternoon or evening, that coverage, 30%, temperatures in the upper 40s this afternoon. a little bit above where you have been the past couple days. we have a major warm-up ahead for the better part of the next week, talk about that when we check on the complete forecast details, stay with us, we'll take another quick steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, >> kristen: 7:38 time for product testing this morning. and this one kind of makes me giggle. it is funny looking. >> lyndsay: no way around it. >> john: jet bonnet dryer attachment. tough to see but the lady on the box is wearing this thing. >> lyndsay: want to try on it? >> kr

we know the avery county schools and watauga county schools are on a 2-hour delay because of the black ice there. most of us are waking up to wet roads. just a little bit to find out when we will see the cooler temperatures before some what of a warmup. the cause of this huge apartment fire in rockhill is still under investigation. >> chopper 9 skies flying over the scene yesterday on evan port road, and you can see just how charred the building is there, and 6 families were displayed, because of the extensive damage, and several people jumped from windows to get to safety. we talked to a man who rushed to get people out. >> and then i heard someone beating on the corner window, and it was the hispanic lady, and i took my fire extinguisher and grabbed her and yanked her out. >> our partners at the rock hill harold said firefighters were able to save two cats. >>> new this morning, all nine lexington county magistrate judges have excused themselves from legal proceedings on a drunk driver charge against solicitor donny meyers. the state newspaper says the recent decision means a judge a

this is 4:00 on futurecast here and it does show again a little bit of wet weather moving in ashe, watauga counties. for the rest of us spills over later tonight, 11:00, you'll see how there is not much to these whatsoever. coverage is low, 20% outside the mountains. more of you than not won't even see anything out of this. just going to be a small outside possibility and any of you that do get a couple of rain drops later tonight it is gone by first thing tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m. sunday on futurecast the rest of the afternoon clear, that sky will take us in monday, too. we're not talking about a whole lot here, futurecast not able to print out a tenth of an inch, keeping it to the a couple hundredths, lucky to squeeze out a tenth or so for boone, but low rainfall amounts that we would be talking about. 48 in boone with the highest shower chance for our friends in avery counties, drops off to 20%, 55 in taylorsville, 57 lenoir with the winds turning back around out of the south today. that will also be important for starting the warming trend as we head in tomorrow. 58 here in the city,

the showers move into the mountains, the winds are going to get the wind warning in effect for ash, watauga gusts in excess of 60-miles-per-hour. tie it down and avery mitchell you have advisory for 50-60-mile-per-hour gusts. i mentioned the showers closer to charlotte and they are moving quickly. turnersburg and harmony you are in the path of these showers right now. do not be surprised if you hear the thunder tonight. 63 at 9:00 p.m. and 60 through 11:00 p.m. and the chances of rain go up and up. the cooler temperatures is part of your seven-day first-alert forecast. >> thank you. tonight police say a crash killed a west mecklenburg high school student. wendy grove road. the driver was speeding and lost control driving off the road and hitting a tree. the 15-year-old heaven see died and two others were hurt. the driver was taken to the hospital but it's not clear if police are investigating and have not said if anyone is going to face charges. >> a woman was chased by this man carrying a knife in rock hill and had to hide in a nearby bank. police released this photo of the man they are lo

here it is live and you can see across ash county and watauga and avery and mitchell. moving through the bristol johnson city area. not a lot in the immediate charlotte area just yet. you will see the front is extensive and as we put in into motion over the next 24 hours it will kick on during the overnight hours. then you can think of considerably cooler weather of the we are talking drops of 20 degrees over the next 24 hours. scott clark toyota weathernet, 65 and it is mild. blue skies earlier and then the clouds really build in, although they did clear out briefly for a nice sunset. more detail and we will stop it here at 11:00. you can see the axis about on top of us. a better chance the rain drops when the hornets are letting out. 65 at 9:00 and i can spict at 11:00. the rain comes and it goes. some measurable rain and we will talk about that, but the rain moving out for the mountains and the piedmont and charlotte. 43. here it is. that cold air is already showing up in the high country. wednesday clears out. how much rain are we expecting during the overnight hou

avery and ash and watauga. you can see the snow peck tour you have in the background it was definitely melting and this is what i mean at the highest elevations. you have no snow and even the highest elevations and even the ski slopes you are seeing that snow melt quickly. we'll take a look at this. your starting out temperature is close to the 32-degree mark. by 8:00 a.m. we start to rebound. we are adding in a little sunshine and that means 57 is is your midday temperature. plenty of sun from the beginning to the end. so looking nice. tomorrow it is actually feeling nice. today we had high pressure in place. we haven't picked up very much warm air yet. we are still ahead of the warm air. the same high-pressure system will be in control, but it moves far enough off to the east and it will bring up our temperatures. on sunday your high was 47 degrees. we have already added on more than 10 degrees. it will do the same thing tomorrow and by then we are talking mid70 ises for high temperatures. the wind is really

ashe, watauga, avery counties temperatures in the upper 40s for highs and the rest of us could see some of those get in here later tonight. we'll talk about that as well as warmer weather on the way for the rest of the weekend and through much of next week, too, all of those details part of your seven day first alert forecast. kristen. >> kristen: there is much more to come this morning. state officials in north carolina taking action to combat the zika virus, what they are doing to prevent the spread of the infection. we're always on your side, saturday morning. >> kristen: 6:14, talking during the break about this product that is hilarious looking to me. >> lyndsay: it is hilarious looking and the reason we came up with it was so i saw it on this isn't exactly the one, this i think ashley got from sally beauty, so you can get it other places. but it is so funny to look at if you can take the close-up view. >> kristen: a dryer attachment. >> lyndsay: alalien head. supposed to kind of mimic the dryer at the salon that goes over your head, which is not used for every day blow drying, use

. >>> a family is mourning a 16- year-old killed in this crash in watauga county. our partners at go blue ridge dot net sent us these pictures from the scene. brandon aldridge was killed embankment sunday afternoon. survived. immediately called 911. >> i'm guessing he just lost control of his car. >> reporter: the witness saw the teen swerve into oncoming traffic before the car flipped and hit a tree. troopers say the road was wet. >>> students at winthrop university may be paying more this fall semester. the reason the school is considering raising student fees, but not tuition. >>> a judge has thrown out a man's 30-year prison sentence. ahead at 4:45, the defense attorney's serious misstep that prompted the judge's decision. >> >>> 4:44. a live look from our speedway camera. 66 degrees. fog developing in places. vicki graf will show us where. she is also tracking storms that will be coming through later today. she is going to time that out for us in just a few minutes. >>> today charlotte city council is expected to vote on whether a school will be built where th

your forecast for ashe, watauga, avery counties, lots of sunshine sunshine, gusty breeze, getting back to 43, big clung of the day in the 30s. the hd tower cam looking great this morning, good deal of sunshine, cloud cover from yesterday gone, temperatures slowly going up, 38 this morning at 8:00, 52 at lunch time and 58 late this afternoon. we have freeze watches and warnings in effect for just about all communities in the wbtv viewing area for tonight, i'll break that down and let you know how cold it will get in your neighborhood in a couple minutes. right now, first alert traffic. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: early in the commute and so far, not a single hour so that is some good news for those of you who get on the roads early. slight slow down we're seeing on independence boulevard as you get to albermarle. but no major back-up. remember, the hornets takes on the spurs tonight at time warner cable arena, game is at 7:00, watch for traffic in the uptown area for that game. otherwise, as we look live here on the dot camera to i-

.-1 for watauga and ashe county. and more on the forecast coming up. >> developing, cmpd announcing that they are launching an investigation into an arrest that happened this afternoon. >> our alex giles is following the latest live in the alert center. >> this happened and we have the video and the information from police. look officers say this started as a hit-and-run investigation where the suspect fled. they chased him to this apartment complex and had to use force to detain him. we saw that maneuver where the officer was putting the arm into the back an effort to gain compliance and take the suspect into custody. require or need any medical treatment. he has been identified as malcolm glen elliott the second and the officer applying force to the suspect and the suspect has been charged with hit-and-run, resisting arrest and driving while his license was revoked and the cmpd are investigating this use of force. more on this story with pamela escobar tonight at 5:00. >> alex giles live in the newsroom. we'll stay

allegheny, ash, watauga, avery, mitchell and caldwell and also burke counties. that is what we are tracking. once we get through this skies will bright especially for the weekend. -- brighten for the weekend. >> north carolina lawmakers are calling for a special session to deal with the nondiscrimination bathroom ordinance. brigida mack is live in the newsroom with more on why they want to deal with this right away. >> paul, house speaker moore called the ordinance an imminent threat to public safety and lawmakers want immediate action against it. he has had requests from three fifths of house members wanting to deal with the bathroom cord nance. the city council says it was designed to give protections to people in the lgbt community from discrimination and that includes which bathroom they use. the governor and house speaker had said they did not want to call a special session because $42000 a day. but today the house speaker reversed his position saying lawmakers are unwilling to put a price tag on public safety. and we reached out to mayor roberts for commen

the national weather service posted these for ash, hua -- watauga, burke. we are thinking another inch or maybe more than that in the highest elevations. we have had some up there. so again it is really beginning to get rung out. around 40 in the piedmont and mid40s in the corridor and hour by hour forecast. a slow drop in temperatures. we will be around 40 even by 11:00 this evening, maureen. and then thereafter, we will talk about a warming trend. that's part of your seven-day first alert forecast. >> maureen: eric, thank you. snow in the mountains lead avery county schools to close early. school will open tomorrow, make sure to visit wbtv.com/closings. keep track of the weather hitting your neighborhood. download the free weather app. it has free forecasts and push alerts to warn you of any problems this your neighborhood. >> maureen: right now, the search for a pregnant north carolina woman and her 2-year-old daughter. sara kelly and her daughter raya horton left their apex home. police don't know if they walked or if they were picked up. kelly's brothe

you have seen cloudy skies most of the day especially in the higher elevations, avery, ash, watauga have not been able to make it out of the clouds. and the rest of us we have seen sunshine and a lot of it. could not warm us up because we have cool air in place. and back to the north and west, again, there is not a lot coming this way. we have high pressure in place so you cannot see too many weather makers back that. that will change. we know that has to happen. high pressure is in place and the cold front pushed through moving offshore now and the wind is still out of the north. a cool direction that is why the temperatures stayed as cool as they have been today and we have a change in the rain department. 24 hours and start the clock for the radar. because we have dry conditions for the rest of today and most of the day tomorrow. 4:00 p.m. tomorrow we will start to see precipitation and maybe wintery precipitation in the highest elevations we have a mix snow, sleet and freezing rain by 4:00 p.m. and this is in the evening. bit of a break in part of the highest elevations and the rest

to tell you there is at least a winter weather advisory from wilkes and ashe county back through watauga, avery, mitchell, yancey, above 3500 feet. by late this afternoon, 37 degrees in and around boone, blowing rock, mixture of rain snow most likely the predominant precipitation source again, mainly above 3500 feet. below there it will be a mixture of rain and snow. in charlotte, we're going to be dry until very late this afternoon 3, degrees 35 this morning, 51 this afternoon, ten degrees below average. when we will be ten degrees above average, in the seven day planner, in a few minutes. right now check in with chris at 5:14, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. a live look, 277 the john belk, traffic heading toward you going up toward bank of america stadium, no problems here. very light traffic early on your thursday morning commute. we are, however, seeing a few slow downs on highway 74, independence boulevard as you make your way up toward albermarle road. as we come in center city, again, the brookshire, the john belk, 277, 77

in the mid 40s up at boone there in watauga county. checking that forecast for the afternoon, lots of sunshine. check out these temperatures today. near 83 degrees. way above the average of 63. but around 10:00 -- 9:00, 10:00 tonight we'll be in the upper 60s. we'll check that possibility coming up in just a few minutes. ben? >>> larry thanks. time now 4:31. and we are following breaking news overnight in northwest

the high wind warning for ash and watauga county until noon on wednesday. and you could be seeing gusts in excess of 60-miles-per-hour. and avery, mitchell yancy this is the same idea perhaps the gusts are not as strong. the hd towercam camera is jiggling around. 71 . sustained winds out of the south, southwest at 18. and gusts 20-30-miles-per-hour this afternoon. and that is before that line of showers and storms comes into the area. 70s in piedmont and 60s in the i40 corridor and track it us here by the 11:00 p.m. hour. and 62 then at 9:00 p.m. and 60 through 11:00 p.m. look how quickly it moves out. tomorrow morning there it is the map clearing out and we should be in pretty good shape but a clipper comes back in here thursday evening, thursday night so a round of showers and late mountain snow out of that during the overnight. and after that, temperatures not bad. upper 50s working back into the 60s by late in the weekend and that 73 which we hit the last two days is on the way back for early next week as well. leigh brock has another update at 5:30. >>

jefferson and into zionville and watauga county. we're going to track it for you. about 6:21 or so, it will be in hickory's direction. statesville before 7 and possibly lake norman around 7:00. and what is happening here is we have a messy weather maker pushing through and as it moves on, it's drawing in colder air from the north and totally changing the ballgame to the point that we're talking about freezing threats in the charlotte area. a freeze watch will be in affect for monday. i'll be mapping out the neighborhoods and they're going to be a reward of bringing the plants inside. that is coming up. >> thank you, john. >>> and stay on top of the changing weather condition when download our wsoc weather app for free in the app store and on google play. >>> and right now, dozens of protestors are marching in charlotte against u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement or i.c.e. saying agents are targeting the students. many wore t-shirts supporting cms student jeffrey sordo. he's among dozens of students who came to the u.s. without documentation and he is now in l

could be a little slick, again, avery county schools operating on two-hour delay, we'll hear what watauga and perhaps alleghany and ashe have to say later on. 34 at morganton and hickory over to statesville. 38 in charlotte, 39 right in lancaster, rock hill, monroe, 40 in wadesboro. wind up seeing a decent amount of sunshine even in the for some sun. in charlotte and piedmont, mostly sunny, seasonal day, high of 57. what the weekend looks like and beyond, that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. back over to you. >> john: thanks a lot, al. >>> charlotte mayor jennifer roberts is criticizing lawmakers who want to overturn the city's non-discrimination ordinance. the mayor tweeted it would hurt job and tourism growth. the house speaker tim moore called it an imminent threat to public safety. he says he had requests from more than three-fifths of house members who want a special session to deal with the so-called bathroom ordinance. it objection spanneds protections for people in the lgbt community including allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they

up here into the northern end of the viewing area and it's heavy showers right now across watauga county and once you get up into ashe county it is a different story. in fact let's move up to the virginia border and we'll zoom in a little bit closer to get you street-level because we have a the of lightning and we are very, very concerned here at wbtv the first alert weather center about the danger of lightning. and a couple of lightning strikes leftover here in the highway 16 corridor and the movement is off to the northeast. you folks around corey bridge road as well you are coming into this. and that is the only came in town in terms of active thunderstorms and then we take you over tennessee and kentuckyment you see this rotation? that is the disturbance and it is flaring thunderstorms up as far south as greenville. and that is the core of the disturbance moving through the next 12 hours and you will see the worst of it does stay off to the north but dynamics with the unstable air enough that could flare-up. and a thunderstorm or two across the area before we calm down tonight. and t

ash, watauga, avery, mitchell, fair skies and a cool start. by their standards this is not a be pro. we bring you to the piedmont of north and south carolina and we'll tack on about 10 degrees. by our standards, that's still cool. but again a quiet start and looking at your skies. a few midlevel clouds drifting around. back and talk about where is the ago? when is it gonna get here. there is a lot of rain showing up and there it is across mississippi valley. take you through the day on tuesday and you'll see that the carolinas are well east of that. no threat from any disrupt high high -- disruptive weather. 69 through the noon hour. plenty of is up shine and this time unlike today a high of 68 and how about a high tomorrow of 73 degrees. we won't get anywhere near that low. let's get back and talk about the rain. is it going to break loose and come flying our way? let's start the clock on tuesday at 7:00. we'll roll it through the day on wednesday. well, no. it will keep rolling right up through the mississippi river. and so for us once again

. >>> a devastating story in was the comba ga county after a -- watauga county after a 16-year-old boy was killed in a car accident. our partners at goblueridge.net sent us these pictures. it went off mask gap road and down an embankment. the teen died. his 12-year-old brother survived. played a role in the crash. they're investigating tonight. >>> shots were fired in an east charlotte burger king parking lot during lunch time. cmpd responded to the restaurant on ablemarle road. the people involved had scattered by the time they got there. the incident is troubling. police don't believe anyone is injured. >>> tonight police in hickory are searching for a man they say shot a woman early this morning. officers are looking for madison marola. they have issued warrants for his arrest for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. they found helen baumer suffering from a gunshot wound. morola confronted baumer and another man and shot baumer. >> new at 6, 14 victims are dead and six attackers killed after on beach goers in ivory coast. the government says six armored men staged atta

it's been ash and watauga county where you have seen the thunderstorms they are starting to make their way over the north carolina and tennessee border and they have lightning associated with them. and look at that lightning. in ashe county and that rain is coming down. and the lightning on top of that. any one of the cells could have hail and winds. and this is moving to the north and east. let's track this. moving to the north, northeast on the cells. in sugar mountain, boone or piney creek this is moving your way. especially heavy rain. but anytime through the evening hours we could see more thunderstorms popping through for it any of us. temperatures are warm moving into an unstable atmosphere that is why we are going to be watching this. from our network of cameras and here is where we are going. rain chances go up. and the best chance between 7-9:00 p.m. more coming up in a little bit. >> thank you. breaking news we are following. quickly this. >> stay up-to-date on the forecast and track the storm using the wbtv weather app. >> alex giles is live in the alert center with video.

the national weather service posted these for ash, hua -- watauga, burke. we are thinking another inch or maybe more than that in the highest elevations. we have had some up there. so again it is really beginning to get rung out. around 40 in the piedmont and mid40s in the corridor and hour by hour forecast. a slow drop in temperatures. we will be around 40 even by 11:00 this evening, maureen. and then thereafter, we will talk about a warming trend. that's part of your seven-day first alert forecast. >> maureen: eric, thank you. snow in the mountains lead avery county schools to close early.

it's being held in the watauga county court in room one. that's on west king street. >>> a beautiful morning turning into a dreary afternoon out there. steve has the latest on rain and even snow. going to be an evening problem. nothing terribly heavy. but enough to slow things down. and excitement as snow flakes fell in the charlotte area. the vast majority of that changed over to chilly rain. from ansonville to new salem to monroe. southwest into lancaster county. where you see shades of yellow and orange from indian land south on 521 through lancaster toward heath springs. there maybe wet snow flakes or snow grains in this. it's sliding east along highway 9. tracking the back edge of this initial burst which is just about to clearlake norman almost to gastonia. it moves through huntersville? the next minute or two. at about the top of the hour. matthews and indian trail, a little before 7:00. but we've cooled off. 50s this afternoon. hanging on to 50 down east where the rain is just now going. but mid 40s from charlotte to chester. 38 in

let's check what's happening in ash and watauga counties. pretty good storm along the tennessee and ash county line. south of mountain city. on its way toward grayson. should arrive in five or ten minutes. you'll know when it's coming. you'll hear the thunder. there's a fair amount of lightning. winds at 40 miles per hour. it's not what we consider severe. severe winds are 60 miles per that's going to slide north into virginia. the other storm we're keeping an eye on down over the upstate of south carolina, north of clemson, it's northwest of greenville. that's going to slide on to the east. just north of greenville in the next hour or so. it too has a lot of lightning. and this is the sort of thing that we're forecasting to arrive in the charlotte area as we head through this evening. basically a line of showers and storms. some of which could produce heavy rain, gusty winds and also small hail. there's a look at temperatures helping set the stage. upper 70s in charlotte now. we fell shy of 80 this afternoon. and the warmth, that's just the

> tonight a family is mourning the death of a 16-year-old boy killed in this horrific accident in watauga county. earlier today, i spoke to a witness who saw the crash happened and called 911. >> i am guessing he just lost control of his car. >> our partners at go blueridge dot-net sent us these pictures from the scene. authorities say the car went off mass gap road and down an embankment this afternoon. that witness, jeff crow, saw the teen swerve into oncoming traffic before the car flipped and hit a tree. the teenager died. his 12-year-old brother who was in the car survived. crow told us he saw first responders pull the -- put the try to get the 16-year-old out of the car. >> we found out that he lost his life, and it was wow, you know. it was a matter of moments, basically, the way it seemed. >> troopers say the road was wet and may have played a role in the crash, but they are still investigating. >>> new developments tonight. just in the last three hours police in hickory say they arrest manned accused of shooting a woman early this morning. madison merola is charged with attempted

not as warm as yesterday, still well above average. 60s in ashe, watauga, avery counties. highest chance is across the high country for later this afternoon holding around 30% for us. everyone has a better opportunity to pick up wet weather tomorrow. talk about that and what the week ahead looks like in the seven day first alert forecast. >> kristen: next, nancy reagan fare laid to rest. another case of zika virus in north carolina. details where it has been confirmed and where officials think it came from. is wbtv news saturday morning. i just picked us up 2 breakfast croissants for $4, when this bear attacked. with one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. then jack showed up, and took care of the beast, so i could escape. and that's what happened to your breakfast croissant. and yours? it survived. enjoy freshly cracked egg with ham and bacon. or sausage. two tasty croissants at an eventastier $4 price. closed captioning on wbtvnews is sponsored by subarusouth boulevard and subaruconcord. >> kristen: another case of the this makes the fifth travel-related case in th

up in the mountains, a little bit of cloud cover moving through areas of ashe county and watauga county. as we keep the sun around today we are going to do wonders and warming up the temperatures. by lunch time mid-50s. we are going to add on about 8 to 10 degrees for most locations by the afternoon with highs in the mid-60s in the charlotte area. how about the rest of the neighborhoods, 65 upper 50s in the mountains. still a nice, springlike day ahead. 64 in statesville. near 70 to the south in chesterfield and rockingham this afternoon. lots going on today the winthrop baseball game against east tennessee state a beautiful day for it. temperatures in the upper 60s by 5:00. upper 50s by 9:00 or 10:00 this if you are not a fan of these cool temperatures, by tomorrow morning we are going to be warmer still expecting mid-30s in the mountains. if you covered up your plants, i think you are good to go. you can uncover them. we are not tracking those temperatures to get down near freezing at least for the next 5 to 7 days. for the next forecast we actually warm up. and return back into the m

showers possible in the mountains, ashe, watauga, avery counties, you hold in the mid 60s for highs. keeping things warm. tomorrow with the increased rain chances, cooler temperatures, more details what the rest of the weekend forecast looks like kristen? >> kristen: more to come on wbtv news saturday morning. so the warmer temperatures are here, time to take the workout. let's play with hula hoops and stuff, nettie and the crew have a work out with hull hoops. i want to see eric's hula we'll be back after this. >> kristen: 7:14, product testing with bacon. robert adler is here with ernie's smoke house, brought delicious food. get our work out done now so we don't feel as bad afterwards. >> sounds like you need it before and afterwards. >> whatever, felt nettie. we're working out with hulah hoops. >> i remember being a little girl, my favorite thing was hula hoops in the springtime, take your work out outside if you can. so we're going to start with really fun things to do with the hula hoop. jennifer will start with jump through. you use the hula hoop like a jump rope. doesn't that

. >> that is watauga county, right? >> it is. very close to caldwell county. >> look at the geographic banter here. i'm like, i know that we are in wake county. >> [ laughter ] >> that's really what matters. we do have some warming temperatures coming our way. a sure sign of spring. of course, as a spring rolls around, we also begin to think about severe weather. we have already had one round. three tornadoes about a week and half ago wednesday. fortunately we didn't have any injuries or deaths with that but we did have some damage. there is a different theme every day. the team -- the theme per day is tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. everyday we have an average of 26 tornadoes, three deaths and 39 injuries. severe thunderstorms, we have a lot of those. the difference between a regular thunderstorm and severe thunderstorm is the strength of the wind and size of the hail. the wind for a severe thunderstorm are at 58 miles per hour or higher and have large hail, the size of a quarter or larger. if you of course are looking to st

. >>> a 16-year-old boy died in a terrible crash in watauga county yesterday. we spoke to someone who saw the crash and called 911. >> i'm guessing he just lost control of his car. >> reporter: our partners at go blue ridge dot net sent us pictures from the scene in cove brandon aldridge went down an embankment. the car swerved into oncoming traffic before it flipped and hit two trees. someone living near the site said he ran to the scene and found the victim's 12-year-old brother, who was a passenger, standing up in the roofless car. the boy had nonlife-threatening injuries. crow told us he saw first responders put the 12-year-old in an ambulance and try to get aldridge out of the car. >> we found out he lost his life and it was wow, you know. it was a matter of moments, basically, the way it seems. >> reporter: troopers say the road was wet and may have played a role in the crash. one trooper told go blue ridge dot net several other crashes have happened in that location in the past. >>> a heads up for drivers heading out right now. we have fog in some areas.

avery watauga county schools are closed. snow coming down in boone, right at freezing. this picture live from resortcams.com. that is king street in boone in front of the mass general store. we have a lot of cloud cover out here in charlotte but across the foothills, monitoring the web cam, they are seeing breaks of sunshine and that is what is heading in our direction, 33 boone, 34 in hickory, 38 charlotte and gastonia, 39 right now down around rock hill, for today, 57, mostly sunny skies for the afternoon hours, clear tonight, it will be cool tomorrow, sunshine to start, more clouds in the afternoon, evening but sunday looks gre it is friday, march 4th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including new attacks against donald trump. plus, how the front-runner flip-flopped on key issues right in the middle of last night's debate. first, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> stakes are high. the nominates of the presidency and the future of the republican party. and from the beginning, the fight was on. >> hold on, senator! >> i'm

i began as a member of the school board in watauga county. i went to a school board meeting one night and the school board was being particularly incompetent and a friend of mine was there and said why don't you run for the school board. i said no, i'm not qualified. and imy masters degree was teaching at appalachian state university and i was an administrator. but many women feel that way that they are not qualified even though they have the qualifications because they truly have not focused on serving in that particular way. iran for the school board and i lost the first time. then i ran and i was elected three times. then i ran for the state senate and then for congress. women don't see the opportunity to serve in that way or they are serving in other ways. homemakers full-time and they are involved in lots of career activities. the schools are delighted to have mothers serving and working with children and doing volunteer work. they are serving in other ways. host: virginia foxx is our guest. we will start on the phone in north carolina a

i began as a member of the school board in watauga county.t to a school board meeting one night and the school board was being particularly incompetent and a friend of mine was there and said why don't you run for the school board. i said no, i'm not qualified. and imy masters degree was teaching at appalachian state university and i was an administrator. but many women feel that way that they are not qualified even though they have the qualifications because they truly have not focused on serving in that particular way. iran for the school board and i lost the first time. then i ran and i was elected three times. then i ran for the state senate and then for congress. women don't see the opportunity to serve in that way or they are serving in other ways. homemakers full-time and they are involved in lots of career activities. the schools are delighted to have mothers serving and working with children and doing volunteer work. they are serving in other ways. host: virginia foxx is our guest. we will start on the phone in north carolina and put