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 the first alert forecast weather team is watching all of that. >> a family heartbroken after a tow truck driver was hit and killed on the side of the road. their grief into a fight to get introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. the only way to make em' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, s

let you know that in the steele creek division at east westinghouse boulevard and south boulevard, a vehicle disabled in the road there, that might cause a few issues, otherwise things are looking good. >>> we're on your side helping you keep your kids safe during your commute. >> christine: where you can get your child's car seat checked for free, good information all at wbtv. >> reporter: cars broken into, stuff stolen from homes, list goes on and on for community members around west mecklenburg high school, i'm mark davenport, coming up, what is going on out there and what the community wants to do to solve the problem. >> christine: several states including north and south carolina are suing over president obama's executive actions on immigration. how congress is getting involved. >> john: good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv this morning, glad to have you with us at 5:30, i'm john carter. >> christine: happy friday, i'm christine sperow. start this half hour with first alert weather, changes we're feeling them, will they here is meteorologist al conklin meterologist chri

and that traffic is backed up all the way back towards westinghouse boulevard. back to you guys. >> all right. we saw that sunshine out there. but it will not last forever. let's check in with chief meterologist, eric thomas. a delightful day. 64 . official high 66. and it looks like we are setting up a nice sunset. if you are heading out this evening, you picked a winner! not bad, a light jacket perhaps that should cover you just fine. we are in the mid-60s through morganton and 57 around boone and blowing rock. here is a look at the temperatures as they trail off a little bit. still mid-50s through 11:00 p.m. we'll pull out on the map. take you through the overnight hours. and you will start to see moisture and cloud cover showing up to the west. overall it's not here by day break and clear and cold. 37 in the high country. and down to charlotte and it should be fine. 47 , cool conditions and a quiet start to your wednesday. and back and talk about the systems that are brewing out to the west. yeah, that is a stripe of snow that system will push this cold fron

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' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our

as we check westinghouse boulevard an accident by downs road. nations ford road is a great alternate route and we are seeing the volume build on 485 as we look from rea road back towards south boulevard starting with the congestion and dropping in looks like an accident over here at providence road and 485. not a good look for this time of day for commuters. talking about this time of volume, look at the volume on the northbound side by arrowood road. back to you. >> all right thaup. >> and no fun stuck in traffic but a beautiful day once you get home. not a cloud in the sky. >> even if you are stuck in traffic you can roll down the windows. >> put music on. >> and it will get warmer. here is meteorologist with a check of your forecast. if you are not stuck in traffic open the sunroof and enjoy the day. here is what it looks like we will beautiful blue skies from the-d towercam. overall you cannot complain it is warmer than it has been. 66 . your average high 65 . we are right there in the sweet spot. low dew point 25 dew point that makes 21% on

westinghouse boulevard to i-77 277, 30 minutes. and you see that volume northbound and southbound on i-77 back to you. >> thank you. gas prices are going up. >> but there is a silver lining. next... >> that downward spiral in gasoline prices may be over for now. look for the prices to jump up in the next few weeks. >> and still ahead at 5:00... >> a south carolina mom's worst nightmare hear her describe the moment she fought off a man baby. if you have a speech challenge that impacts your ability to be understood on the phone, speech-to-speech relay provides a specially trained operator to re-voice your conversation. i want to order f-flow-flowers, f-f-for my niece, alison rose. i want to order flowers for my niece, alison rose. great! we'll send her the "bundle of joy" basket and sign the card, "love, uncle tim." speech-to-speech relay, the wave of dropping gas prices may be coming to an end. prices at the pump are start too long creep up. experts say it's seasonal but there is debate whether they will come back down again. wbtv's

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 going to deal with it but not tonight. 73 . and have a look. low 70s across the piedmont of north and south carolina. if yo

coming out of south 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 6:0

still the slow downs from westinghouse boulevard up to 485 and arrowood, slow all the way in center city. there is the live look at i-77 northbound at the rest area, coming up to the 485 flyover still backed up and continuing on the outer loop of 485 out to our west between mount holly and berryhill, inner loop of 485 between matthews and providence road. now over to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks, chris. our temperatures are starting to respond to that sunshine, high pressure is building in, that providing a gorgeous back drop here. mostly in the 50s this morning but with the clear skies out there right now, we're rebounding up to 60 in charlotte, headed up another 20 degrees from there this afternoon. almost 60 in statesville, 62 hickory, morganton, in the 50s gastonia, westward toward shelby, 59 in monroe and 56 toward wadesboro. a lot of sunshine, a nice one, 81 degrees, still in the 80s tomorrow, that is the last of the real warm weather. we'll start to incrementally drop off thereafter heading in the end of the work week and weekend. mostly sunny tomorrow, the rest of us a

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 a small chance of show

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.-6:00 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 have a waiting list

boulevard is a great alternate route and we have a picture from that scene. one other problem we were following was i-77 north at tyvola. it's cleared up but the backup is to westinghouse and it will take time to recover. >> thank you. discovery place asking the city for a couple million dollars what it wants to change. >> and a pregnant woman kicked in the stomach in charlotte. connected to another assault. 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 like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. our new 10 ounce filet. our 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. only at longhorn steakhouse. 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