: i'm christine sperow. first alert weather here, meteorologist al conklin has the most accurate look at what to expect today. >> al: clear skies this morning, temperatures in the 50s and 60s, christine. look at it going back about the last week-and-a-half or so, temperatures well above average in the 70s and 80s. officially spring doesn't arrive for another four days, not until the 20th. midnight. we'll have one more spring-like day, almost borderline early summer. 63 in charlotte, 62 monroe, 60 salisbury, rock hill, 63 gastonia, 56 hickory, cooler around boone at 43. at the bus stop, sunshine to start, 64 degrees, no issues with fog. roads are dry, this afternoon, close to a record here, record-tying 83 degrees, might get degree or so above that. we will cool in the 50s this weekend and chris, more importantly the average last frost is the first week of april, we have four straight nights coming up over the be in the 30s very chilly. hopefully you haven't planted. >> chris: they are still skiing in the mou

that is a check of traffic, christine, over to you. >> christine: after being expelled, yale's former captain is fighting back. >> john: on "cbs this morning" why he said he's being used as a whipping boy. >> christine: the women's ncaa field is set, stick around to find out where south carolina was seeded and who the lady gamecocks will play first. wbtv is always on your side, in good morning, it is 6:16. >> john: 19 minutes after 6:00. a live look at charlotte skyline from scott clark nissan honda hd tower cam, looks nice this morning, doesn't it? we have 54 degrees in charlotte. want to get over to kristen miranda right now, live in the alert center with the latest on an accident involving a son of sarah palin. >> kristen: this is todd palin, sarah's husband. we told you he was in a snowmobile accident and had some serious injuries. sarah palin posted on facebook overnight this picture and this update on todd palin's condition, in intensive care at a hospital in alaska with injuries including multiple broken and fractured ribs, broken shoulder blade and collapsed lung, he is presen

that is traffic, christine. >> christine: we watch breaking news happening right now. >> john: police investigating a shooting in north charlotte, this is a live look at the scene on north tryon at craighead, mark davenport was the first reporter on the scene, he will join us live after the break. this morning, it is 6:26. >> christine: breaking news in north charlotte, if you're just joining us, you're looking live at an active police investigation in charlotte where one person was shot and injured. this is north tryon street here, the tryon square shopping center if you're familiar with that area. north tryon and craighead road. we have a live report in minutes. >> john: charlotte city council set to vote on several big topics, on your side with a look ahead to tonight's meeting. >> christine: brody o'connell hard at work in the alert center getting you details first as news is breaking. people gathering in hickory for donald trump rally later this morning. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. glad you're watching this morning. start with a look at first alert weather, so you're prep

: i'm christine sperow. get you started with first alert weather, a beautiful sunrise here behind us on our mega monitor, meteorologist al conklin tracking that for you and tracking rain moving in. wig sunrise 15 min is a way but withminutes away.off toward the west i'm seeing rain, 300 miles away right now but this is steadily marching eastward, overtime the clouds will lower and thicken and get in the rain by later today. at allen elementary school in concord, you can see a milky high overcast, the clouds thickening up overnight. 34 in charlotte, harrisburg is at 32, 34 cornelius, 30 belmont and freezing in wedding ton. shelby, kings mountain at 31, monroe, out toward wadesboro, 33 right now. for today, our rain chances are pretty low except for the mountains and northern foothills, it may be something other than plain rain in boone, maybe a mixture of rain and snow with all snow in the higher elevations starting late this afternoon chris, in to tonight. a wet day but overall the forecast looks good. weeke

christine sperow. good morning, get you caught up on first alert weather, another a-coming. >> al: a very warm day, getting up in the 80s for most of us outside the mountains. we'll take you in lincolnton, currently clear and 64 degrees, not much of a breeze. you're dry this morning, should stay that way all day long. 56 in hickory, 58 statesville, 52 morganton, cooler there, you get from i-85 southward, in the 60s for the most part, 64 wadesboro, monroe, 65 charlotte, 62 rock hill. at the bus stop, lots of sunshine, 64, a very mild start to the day, come home we tack on 20. and we may get above the record chance of rain, westerly breeze at 10-15 miles per hour. orlando magic or when i lived in florida the orlando tragic in town to take on the hornets, 73, tipoff forecast. mostly sunny skies expected. that is your forecast, take a look at weekend details in a couple minutes,5:31, check in with chris. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. starting your wednesday morning commute with

: i'm christine sperow. one delay. alleghany schools operating on two-hour delay right now. let's get to meteorologist al conklin in the first alert weather center. the first day of spring started off pretty cold. >> al: got back to 47 in charlotte yesterday. that with the cloud cover, now the clouds have cleared out last night's rain is long gone, dry streets will greet you. you can see it it on the metro school camera. full moon, full moon on the 23rd. as it goes down the sun will be up in an hour, 36 in charlotte, pretty chilly, 34 around mountain island lake, 37 arboretum, weddington, 38 around ballantyne. boone, below freezing, 29 up there, 36 statesville, hickory, wilkesboro, concord, 38 in monroe and 37 for cheraw and lancaster. today, plenty of sunshine, wind up at 58, big improvement over yesterday, still almost ten degrees below average this time the colder night. freeze watch in effect for much of the viewing area, i'll talk how cold for your neighborhood in a few minutes. you're never more than s

back to you. >> christine: bizarre and bold. >> kristen: very bold. >> christine: lawmaker in virginia will consider a bill would require schools to notify parents if their children will sexually explicit content. the measure being pushed by a mom who tried unsuccessfully to remove tony morrison's beloved" from the school. if the bill passes, the school would have to provide an alternate. >> john: 40 scientists around the country headed out to study what makes tornadoes in the south unique. the study called vortex southeast is the first to study dixie alley, includes parts of north and south carolina. research runs through march and april, congress granted $5 million for the study inspired by violent tornado outbreak in april of 2011 that left hundreds dead. we often talk about areas here in the carolinas where the tornadoes seem to be prolific, tornado alley in lincoln county. >> al: we have our own little local tornado alley, cleveland and lincoln county, bigger picture, i put a map together, tornadoes, kansas, oklahoma, texas, sure, those are expected. but the deadliest over the las

: i'm christine sperow. great sunrise on the mega monitor this morning. meteorologist al conklin watching a nice forecast for us but things will change. >> al: 6:30 on monday morning you can see it on the map over eastern north carolina, eventually that is going to throw a lot of warm weather in our direction as we go deeper through the week. even today, not bad, starting off with sunshine as we mentioned from our hd tower cam from scott clark nissan honda nissan honda, currently at 36 in charlotte, 32 wadesboro, albermarle over to shelby, 32 rock hill, 34 hickory, colder 28 in morganton. out the door, 43 in charlotte cooler outlying area the at bus home from work and school, partly to mostly sunny, milder finish than the last couple days, 67 degrees. if you like that you'll love the next several days. much milder weather on the way. talking 70s, chris, the enjoying the weather this morning. traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're looking live i-77 here at west boulevard, rolling through center

christine, over to you. >> christine: big celebrations >> john: how some some 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. 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. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >> christine: new this morning, college basketball players celebrating after making the ncaa tournament. >> john: the acc champion tarheels claiming the no. 1 seed in the east. >> we definitely see it as an opportunity to just prove people what we're worth. we had a target on our backs because of who we are. blood blood will be theblue devils will be no. 4 seed in the west. >> great i always dreamed of playing in the big dance, finally here. >> how about this, unc wilmington making the tournament, tweeted this photo of cj bryce celebrating. north carolina central, wofford and coastal carol

: i'm christine sperow. get you caught up with the weather, meteorologist al conklin has the most accurate look as some of you are heading out the door. >> al: sun will be up in 17 minutes. getting a nice bright sky looking toward the east. this is in stallings, western clark's toyota, a breeze, but pleasant. a couple pockets in the 30s. boone is one of those, everybody else is generally speaking in the 40s, low 50s. five tee50 gastonia, 43 hickory, 46 in rock hill. out the door, milder start, 50 degrees in charlotte, light breeze out of the southwest. coming home from work and school looks great. 75 degrees, pleasantly warm, mostly sunny conditions. don't forget this weekend, check that clock and batteries and turn the clock ahead. john carter's favorite time of the year when his neighbors start the lawn mower at 8:00 when he's trying to sleep. >> chris: late evening mowing. first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. heading out the door this morning, we'll take a live look at the independe

christine. >> christine: we have a lot more to tell you in a brand new hour. you'll want to hear this. the story of this american teen hon survived the brussels attack after also surviving the boston bombing. >> john: breaking news, two gun stores in charlotte tar getted by criminals overnight. we're in contact with police as the search is underwear to find out who is doing this. you're watching wbtv news this 6:00. >>> wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now with >> john: we begin with breaking news, police investigating possible burglaries at two gun stores in charlotte. we're on your side with the latest information from police. >> christine: a manhunt now comes to an end in brussels as officials are looking for that third suspect who was at large, we just got brand new details in the alert center moments ago from kristen miranda. >> kristen: breaking out of brussels this morning, that third suspect, that third man that police in brussels were looking for has been arrested, i'll have the latest details coming up from the alert center. >> john: learnin

: i'm christine sperow. get right to first alert weather, before we get in the news of the day, here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks a lot, christine. we're looking at a brighter sky looking off toward the east. one of the camera in stallings at scott clark's toyota, you can see a pretty start to the day with temperatures mostly in the 50s. right now 53 in charlotte, 52 in monroe, upper 40s around rock hill, wadesboro, mid 40s albermarle and morganton, 51 shelby and 51 in statesville. the day, 57 degrees, light breeze out of the south, so with that mild start, won't take much to get us in the 70s. be there before lunch time and wind up at 78 degrees this afternoon with southwest breezes at 10 to 15 miles per hour. rain chances now sort of consolidating sunday into monday, chris, i have more confidence from where i was 24 hours ago that i think the better day of the weekend looks to be saturday and talk about that coming up in the seven day planner, a lot of folks want to get out this weekend. we c

seven day planner around the corner, christine, back to you. >> christine: back to breaking news if you're a commuter listen up, a crash in northwest charlotte leaves one person dead on brookshire boulevard and i-485 at 3:00 this morning. wbtv was first to report the crash on twitter, the outbound lanes of brookshire boulevard remain closed at this time. ashton pellom has been live at that scene bringing us updates throughout the morning. so ashton, have you been given a time frame on when the road will reopen? >> reporter: hey, good morning, christine. investigators out here tell me this portion of brookshire boulevard will be closed for the better half of the morning commute, probably around 7:30 until 8:00 as they investigate this fatal wreck that happened earlier this morning. i'm quickly going to step out of still very much so an active scene out here. i'll zoom in now that we have a little bit more light out here we can get a better look at the damage that was really done out here this morning. you can see right there that is the car involved in this wreck. investigators out here on

: i'm christine sperow. good morning, get you caught up on the forecast before we get in the news of the day. of meteorologist al conklin letting us know if this cold snap has come to an end. >> al: i think it has. this is main street in belmont, there is a gaggle of joggers, everybody in shorts, not bad at all, considering we were down 55 rock hill, 53 in charlotte, there are colder pockets, 43 in albermarle, 50 on morganton, 49 in shelby. out the door, in the low 50s, not as cold, lots of sunshine, little bit on the breezy side this morning that wind will be with us much of the day. our charlotte metro cast, high temperature of 77 degrees. what we haven't had very much lately is rain. pollens through the roof. we need rain to clear the pollens and dampen the garden and lawn. couple opportunities coming up, i'll let you know the timing with the seven day balancer. hereplanner. >> chris: highway 321, 19 minutes, average speed, 64 miles an hour. green light from the 321 to lowell can mcadenville, 485, kannapo

: i'm christine sperow. get right to first alert weather, because meteorologist al conklin is talking 70s and wig not at all, the fahrenheit. the courthouse on the square in lincolnton. good visibility, partly to mostly cloudy, 50 in gastonia, upper 40s, 46 in hickory, little chiliier, 34 this morning in boone. let's start off at 8:00, 47 in statesville, 48 in gastonia, 49 rock hill, by lunch time, above our high from yesterday, which was 68 degrees, we don't stop there, mid 70s this afternoon, should be a very nice afternoon under partly to mostly sunny skies. no rain in our forecast today, eventually rain is going to make an appearance in the seven day planner, talk about that, looking ahead to the weekend, we'll have that in a few minutes. 5:30 check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. taking a look at tuesday morning commute. this is live i-77, northbound going away out of the rest area, no problems here. volume picking up a bit. let's check your

: i'm christine sperow. our kristen miranda following breaking news in the alert center. >> kristen: christine, a big mess in birkdale village and an someone ran a vehicle in a jewelry store. i'll have the latest from the the alert center. >> john: get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. >> al: much milder conditions this morning after hitting 68 yesterday, we were headed in the 70s today. look at high pressure still in command of the weather, little bit of cloud cover this morning that will give way to mostly sunny skies as the day wears on, excellent visibility you can see from the camera at metro school in center city charlotte. 50 right now in the queen city, that is well above average. close to 50 from indian trail up to harrisburg and cornelius, 51 arboretum, 49 ballantyne, 47 in belmont. for today, mostly sunny skies, and a high temperature up to 75 degrees, should be very very nice as we head out the door for work and coming home this afternoon. eventu

: i'm christine sperow. al school delay to tell you about, alleghany county schools operating on two-hour delay, if on air and at wbtv.com. get right to first alert weather. >> al: windy and cold, temperatures below freezing up there, may be a few slick spots and few roads. they had snow, a skiff, a dusting. temperatures have fallen off. this is center city charlotte from our camera at central piedmont community college looking toward the west, excellent visibility, chilly, 38 right now in charlotte. 36 belmont, 37 weddington, harrisburg. 34 coulwood, oak dale, 39 in indian trail. going to the mountains, 29 in boone. 38 hickory, charlotte, 39 lancaster, cheraw, rockingham and monroe,a chilly start, going to be a cool day today but sunny, unlike yesterday, clouds are gone, rain is gone, sunshine back, only in the mid to upper 50s from charlotte to concord to mooresville, kannapolis, lenoir, and boone 43. tonight, the colder night, with temperatures area-wide going i'll break it down for you in a couple minute

i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. start with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. >> al: thanks, christine, big story how cold it is this morning. temperatures area-wide are at or bow low freezing for most of us. we have the freeze warning in effect until 9:00 this morning for much of the piedmont and foothills. east of charlotte, a frost advisory, chester, lancaster, stanley, cabarrus and union. as far as charlotte goes, as low as 34, now at 35 in the queen city. freezing mountain island lake, below freezing tega cay, arboretum and harrisburg. a very cold start. out there this morning it is dry, full moon is now setting, hour-and-a-half, once the sun comes up, we go up quickly, in the upper 60s, don't judge the day by what you see right now. 62 lunch time, 68 this afternoon. seven day planner around the corner, christine, back to you. >> christine: back to breaking news if you're a commuter listen up, a crash in northwest charlotte leaves one person dead on brookshire boulevard and

christine? >>> a student at davidson college gets the attention of a "star wars" actress with his invite to school dance. >> john: her response is just 5:38, 22 minutes before 6:00. >> christine: 5:41, look at what's trending. >> john: a group of dogs is fetching dead phones and proving to be festival goers best friend friends. the st. bernard's were helped to save people at south by southwest from dead batteries. they rode motorcycle side cars to deliver charges to attendees. all of them are available for adoption so the people who are a woman from new york is getting attention online for greeting her new baby with a glamorous look. >> john: she spent time in labor doing her make up. she looked very glamorous when the baby was born. her photos have gone viral on instagram. >> christine: yeah, the make up -- >> john: were you thinking of putting on make up? >> christine: no, i was not. i could see how some women might want to spruce up. but that was a lot. >> john: maybe a little. >> christine:

: i'm christine sperow. hope you had a great weekend. there is one school delay today, allegheny county schools operating on a two-hour delay. let's get to meteorologist al conklin who has the most accurate look at what to expect today. going to need a jacket. >> al: you need a jacket this morning and sun glasses for later today as we will get the sun to come back. yesterday, overcast, rain last night cleared out, now we have clear skies, sun up in less than east, hd tower cam, dry conditions and traffic is picking up. current temperature, 36 in charlotte, 38 in monroe, albermarle, rockingham, 39 from rock hill, northward toward gastonia, 36 chester and hickory, 38 morgan-on-to,ton, 28 in manyboone. lots of sunshine but cool, 58 is still well below average this time of the year, there will be a breeze as well, no the a fan of the chilly conditions, hold up, nice warm-up on the way toward the middle part of the week. talk about that and give you specifics coming up in the seven day planner in a couple minutes

: i'm christine sperow. some of you are heading out the door here is meterologist chris larson to help you get prepared. >> chris: broke a record on wednesday, mid 80s, cooler temperatures around the corner heading in the weekend. today, partly cloudy, 66, for the lunch hour, highs in the upper 60s and low 70s this afternoon. currently, 45 boone, 55 shelby, 54 chester, 53 in albermarle. we have seen bands of thin, mid-level clouds sliding across the charlotte area, heavier out to the east right now but the storm track for today stays down to the south. moisture working in and colder air aloft, also coming in for saturday and sunday. afternoon. sunny skies, and a few clouds, the lower 60s up in the high country. it is early tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., could be looking at rain showers and heavier rain saturday night, early in sunday morning before we clear things out again and warm up early next week. we'll look at all that in a few minutes. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlot

: i'm christine sperow. good morning. start this half hour with a look at first alert weather, we told you changes would be coming, temperature-wise and meteorologist al conklin has more details on that. you're the one who said it, al. >> al: i share. i share this anchor desk with you. yesterday record, 86, today in the 70s, still above normal. toward the weekend a major chill down. train just came by, clear skies, sun will be up in an hour. 42 in boone, 53 hickory, 40s gastonia, salisbury, monroe and rock hill. it is st. patrick's day, hope you have a great one, thursday, lots of sunshine, start off this morning at 53 degrees here and by the lunch time, temperatures in the low 70s, late afternoon 77 and heading out this weekend, temperatures in the mid 60s, under partly cloudy skies, a bit of a chill down, goodbye 80s, hello 50s. we have a parade saturday morning i'll cover that under a couple minutes. rain chances are going up this weekend. >> chris: the cool-down doesn't last long. >> al: seven day planne

: i'm christine sperow. we have live reports on both those breaking stories and our kristen miranda in the alert center getting headlines first. >> kristen: some of the polls are opening up for super tuesday. >> john: we'll get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: we're dry in charlotte, dry in your neighborhood, that is our metro school camera in center city. not all that breezy, it is pretty pleasant considering it could be cooler. 46 degrees right now charlotte, 41 arboretum, piper glen, harrisburg. 44 indian trail, stallings, weddington, marvin, 38 degrees western union county, 46 ballantyne, 42 belmont, 36 in coulwood. just a gradual increase in cloud cover, breezy, warm, not as nice not bad, 69 degrees, overall, just a small increase in cloud cover. that rain across the middle part of the country will arrive tonight, talk about when it gets out of here and what it looks like for the weekend, that part of the forecast minutes away. you're never more than se

christine, over to you. ful. >> christine: terror in brussels, isis claiming responsibility for the attacks in belgium. more than 30 people killed, 250 others hurt including americans. set off at brussels international airport a short time later, another explosion at a subbed wayway station. the manhunt has ended for the person connected to the attacks. >> john: kristen miranda has the details. >> kristen: this information, this photo and information, these two guy also on the left here, those are the two men that were identified overnight and we will get back to them in a second. but this is the person we want to talk about right now, the focus of the breaking news alert. brussels bomb suspect najim laachraoui was arrested in brussels a short time ago. we are waiting to get more details about that arrest, if was taken in culls told dee custody alive. during the terror attack on the brussels airport. 30 people killed yesterday in brussels. if several reporters in the brussels areas say the two bombers on the

: i'm christine sperow. glad you're watching. kristen miranda live in the alert center following breaking news happening in our backyard. >> kristen: this is a live picture from a 7-eleven in east charlotte where an armed robbery just took place a short time ago, police say they have caught the four guys involved and wait until you hear how they tracked them down, i will tell you in a couple seconds. >> john: we have near-freezing temperatures in most of the area this morning. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: john, right now we're looking at dry conditions here in charlotte but you're right, it is cold this morning. good visibility but we do have a bit of cloud cover coming in and that will likely keep a lid on how warm it will get this afternoon. dry conditions there in center city. 34 degrees right now in charlotte, 30 belmont, 33 tega freezing weddington, below freezing harrisburg and oakdale, 25 in boone, 28 wilkesboro, 30 for statesville, 31 shelby and 31 in wadesboro. going to be a cold day, on

: i'm christine sperow. kristen miranda getting you headlines first as news is happening, what is going on, kristen? >> kristen: just starting to get new video in of what severe weather is doing in louisiana and texas. al told us to watch out for this, he will come over in the alert center and we'll talk about what they are showing us. started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: a mild start to the day, that high pressure dominating now for the last several days continuing to do so this morning. warm conditions, east of that front that continues to bring heavy rain across the lower mississippi valley and mid-south. no rain here, no foggy they are, clear skies, metro school camera in center city, currently at 53 degrees in the queen city, 51 in belmont, ballantyne, 52, coulwood, oakdale, 56 cornelius, 55 harrisburg, 49 the cool spot, arboretum, tega cay at 51. 44 morganton, 53 statesville, 52 concord, monroe, lancaster and wadesboro. today, decent amount of sunshine, ba

: i'm christine sperow. avery, mitchell and watauga county schools operating on two-hour delay this wednesday morning. anything changes we'll let you know first here on wbtv. meteorologist al conklin is in the first alert weather center now with the most accurate look at the forecast. >> al: outside of the mountains where we have a few flurries and cloud cover, clear and dry out there. the five sweeps of power doppler radar are showing no rain, the rain we had last night is now moved down to the coast and it is out of here. we're seeing already a brighter sky. sun will be up in a few minutes, 20 minutes, that is scott clark's toyota in stallings, da camera points to the east, a brighter sky. no chance of rain, coming home from work and school, good deal of sunshine, on the cool side, low to perhaps middle 50s but will feel cooler than that because of the breeze out of the i'll let you know when we go from the 50s to the 70s. they are around the corner, i'll have it in the seven day forecast in a couple minut

: i'm christine sperow glad you're up with us this morning. on your side with school delays if you're just waking up and joining us, the three districts delayed by two hours. 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. wades

: i'm christine sperow. let's start this half hour with a look at first alert weather coming off another gorgeous day on tuesday. how will wednesday shape up for us? here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: if you liked yesterday, you'll like today. starting off with temperatures in the mid 50s in charlotte. clear skies out there and that is our hd tower cam looking great. boone right now at 39, everybody else is pretty much between 50 and 55. 50 rock hill, 53 monroe, 55 morning hickory, newton, conover, 54 degrees. temperatures in the 50s this morning, then may be a little bit of cloud cover around early on, by the afternoon, another gorgeous one. mostly sunny skies, we stay warm, southerly breezes, 10 to 15-miles-per-hour, high of 78. one thing i wish we could get rid of would be the pollen. that is starting to add up, not much we can do until we get rain. that is what will cleanse the air. this isn't the yellow mustard pollen, this is the stuff you can't see and gives you a lot of problems with allergies,

: 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 chris larson. >> chris: 52 in charlotte, winds out of the are no at 3 miles an hour. highs the next couple days in the 50s here in the charlotte area. so what a change from the 80s and record-breaking temperatures earlier this week, rain showers and cooler temperatures in the weekend. 52 charlotte, 57 in hickory, 46 boone, 57 in rockingham. and you can see heavier cloud cover from charlotte and areas out to the east, it thins in the foothills and mountains this morning and the storm track for today will stay well down to the south. rain showers this morning to start the day, in charleston, south carolina, they extend down to jacksonville and back along the florida panhandle in coming out of the gulf. that moisture does work our way in the carolinas for this weekend but here is the hour-by-hour forecast today, 8:00 a.m., we have partly cloudy skies, tempera

: i'm christine sperow. get right to first alert weather before we get in the big news of the day today. meteorologist al conklin helping you get out the door, he has the most accurate look at the forecast. >> al: a pleasant one, look at hd tower cam from scott clark nissan honda, clear skies, gorgeous shot as we see the sun coming up over the queen city. current temperature is at 46 in charlotte, 43 around monroe, 39 lancaster, colder in the mountains, 29 boone, 33 at the bus stop dry and cool, 47 degrees, not bad. no rain, not much of a breeze. breeze will pick up but will be out of the southwest, that will warm us up getting near 70. clouds thicken but rain chances are pretty low even at 4:00. chris, best opportunity for rain, timing works out well should be tonight when most of us are indoors or sleeping, and then we have another round coming later this week i'll show you that on futurecast. >> chris: that 73 was nice. >> al: today, 69 but more cloud cover, not bad. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsore

: i'm christine sperow. get you caught up on weather there are changes in store for us, meteorologist al conklin has more. >> al: incredible sunrise from lakemc norman from the vue.com, gorgeous pink-orange sky, cloud cover out there, really pretty and very light winds out of the south, not much water stirring around there just yet. 60 in charlotte, 63 at lake norman, 62 harrisburg, 57 tega cay. in boone, 61 monroe, lancaster and chester, 61 concord, a very mild start to the day, warm finish upper 70s near 80, rain chancesre very sl, 80%, 20% means an 80% chance it doesn'tut do anything. good news for you! chris, allergy situation should improve over the weekend because we get r8ain we get rid of the pollens. you have been sneezg all week. out of the air. gorgeous sunrise at the lake. >> al: really nice. >> chris: traffic, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. t'sleo up in the cornelius lake norman area, this is i-77 inbound mile marker 22. volume rather3 heavy, northbound as well begin

: i'm christine sperow. right now, there could be changings coming for the weekend weekend. meterologist chris larson in the first alert weather center with the most accurate details on what you can expect today. >> chris: changes to the forecast, really, with cooler temperatures coming our way. record-breaking temperatures in the 80s on wednesday, this weekend in the 50s. take a live look from metro school camera here in charlotte, mid and high level clouds right now. sort of acting as a blanket, mid 50s, 55 degrees currently, between 52 and 55 the last couple hours. in the mountains, 45 boone, 57 gastonia, 48 in wadesboro, 50 in albermarle, temperatures vary with the cloud cover, there you see it mostly cloudy now chester chesterfield, pinehurst, clear out to the west in the foothills and mountains. storm track stays to the south but rain showers work in to the weather picture for saturday 8:00 a.m., mid 50s, of 6 66 for lunch, high of 70 this afternoon. 9:00, 10:00 tomorrow morning, a band of showers, may

: i'm christine sperow. we start this half hour with a look at your weather, meteorologist al conklin has the most accurate look. >> al: we have dry conditions, clear skies, cool this morning, temperatures mostly in the 30s. with the big area of high pressure over eastern sections of the carolinas, that is governing the weather, we will have a very very nice stretch of weather going forward. we will wind up getting quite warm over the next several days starting this afternoon getting in the 60s, an improvement over the last several days. clear skies out there, excellent visibility, our metro school camera in center city, if that is your destination, wind up in the 60s. starting off at 42 in charlotte. be mindful, 42 in charlotte is the warmest anywhere on the map. 34 hickory, rock hill, 37 monroe, salisbury, gastonia. 29 in boone. the forecast then for today, look for plenty of sunshine, little cloudiness from time to time, not bad at all. haven't had very much rain around here of late. that is going to have

: i'm christine sperow. our kristen miranda live in the alert center seeing headlines just in. new information in about this woman, mother teresa and when she is going to become a saint in the catholic church, that date for you coming up from the alert center. >> john: get things started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: a nice clearing trend and should have a decent amount of sunshine today but i'm watching for a little bit of fog that may develop, two mile visibility salisbury, mile in lancaster, three miles wadesboro, four miles gastonia. everybody else is in good shape, if it will happen it will be in the next hour or so, if it doesn't happen by then it won't. no fog issues, no wet streets in charlotte. good shape, metro school camera in center city, 54 in charlotte, 55 in mountain island lake, 56 harrisburg, indian trail, 51 weddington. starting in the 50s, wind up in the low 80s, lots of sunshine, nice and warm, let you know about a cool-d

. >> christine: the teams from the carolinas who will be competing championship. >> christine: charlotte city council members put off a decision on what should happen to the former eastland mall site, why a vote won't happen for at least another month now. >> john: good morning, thanks for watching wbtv news this morning, now 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow, hope you're having a great tuesday morning. get you caught up on the forecast, active night of weather, depending where you live. meteorologist al conklin has more details on that right now. >> al: things are quieting down the storms last evening have moved away and now we're looking at drier conditions, a nice day, lots of sunshine, we managed to be the upper 70s, near 80, last week or so, well above the average in the low 60s, back in the same neighborhood today. clear skies out there right now, may be a little bit of fog in a few neighborhoods, mostly just in good shape this morning. roads have dried, 51 in albermarle, 54 charlotte, 55 wadesboro, lancaster, chester and monroe, 54 in shelby, 52 in boone. wi

: i'm christine sperow. there are school delays to report this morning. there is the list. avery, mitchell and watauga county schools on a two-hour delay for wednesday morning. experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: snow is falling in a couple neighborhoods but more the wind and cold weather. a flurry or two in the mountains with cloud cover up there, but the bigger issues that we had 40 to 50 mile per hour winds around boone this morning. that has our windchill factors down in the teens with temperatures near or below freezing. different story in the mountains. rest of us clearing out nicely after last night's rain. we have dry conditions here in charlotte, little bit of rain we had is gone and so again the road conditions are improving. 47 in charlotte, 46 mountain island lake, 43 tega cay, 47 belmont, weddington, 49 for ballantyne and indian trail. starting in the 40s, only getting back to 53. mostly sunny skies but again, much cooler, that is 20 degrees cooler than yesterday and looks like

christine? >> christine: for the first time we're hearing from an officer shot in cornelius and the fellow officers who saved him. coming up. >> christine: a cornelius encounter with a teen armed with a gun and wearing a bulletproof vest. james quattlebaum and fellow officers were honored by the community they serve. for the first time we hear from him and the officers who jumped in to save him. >> reporter: james quattlebaum was back on the job a month after he was shot in the line of duty last may. the town of cornelius said they never forgot what happened. >> lieutenant james quattlebaum awarded the purple heart for sustaining life threatening injuries in the time of duty. >> a town grateful and proud. >> kind of surreal, brings back memories. >> whether the job is to protect and serve. >> every call is dangerous, every person we talk to could be a dangerous situation. >> officers like james quattlebaum know there is an inherent risk. >> i was lucky i had the vest on >> police responded to co

>> christine: i'll take it, al, thank you. a teen charged in a shooting that sent one man to the hospital is due in court today. our cameras were there as

: i'm christine sperow. get you started with a look at first alert weather as you're waking up, make sure you're prepared, here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: we have two concerns, one much later this afternoon in the form of showers and thunderstorms. the one is more immediate, that is dense fog, zero visibility around morganton and statesville, a mile boone, shelby, rock hill, three miles in charlotte. dense fog advisory runs until 10:00 this morning, we'll keep an eye on that. gaston or any counties to the east but back to the west where we have the thick fog it does. watch morganton t the courthouse we sortf have decent visibility and then gone, zero visibility now. fog burns off partly sunny midday, late day showers and thunderstorms but not before we get to 80 in charlotte. again, tracking that next round of wet weather approaching the nashville area as we speak, arrives late this afternoon and this evening. seven day forecast, with the weekend details around the corner, check in with chris, first

back to you, christine. >> christine: kristen, thank you. to learn the condition of a woman and child reportedly stabbed in caldwell county. this happened late last night at a home on fairway acres in changes mountain. the two-year-old child was airlifted to the hospital and woman taken to the hospital as well. a second child is also being checked out by doctors. deputies do have a man in custody, as soon as we learn more detail we'll update you here on the air, and online at wbtv.com. >>> governor pat mccrory ordered the north carolina department of transportation to re-evaluate ways to break the i-77 toll lane contract. this developing situation comes after another road cintra operates in texas, declared bankruptcy. that road was the subject of a wbtv on your side investigation just weeks ago. nick ochsner traveled to that highway in texas, to ask questions our legislative leaders should have asked from >> reporter: the company that operates state highway 130 in texas declared bankruptcy wednesday after years of operating on lower than exp

john and christine. >> thank you. a lot of republicans have been hoping for a convention hero to swoop in and take the nomination from donald trump. the house speaker was a featured guest yesterday in palm beach, florida. he insists he is not among the combatants. >> this is likely an open convention than we thought before. we are getting our minds around this reality. those involved in the convention need to respect that. it is not going to be me. people are campaigning and canvassing and caucuses and primaries. that is whom we should select. >> the guy who used to have his job, he wants him to do that job. ryan spotted last night having dinner at a french restaurant in palm beach along with the republican party's biggest donors. >> put president down on the list of jobs that ryan is not interested in as well as speaker of the house. he did say that. >>> bernie sanders returns to the campaign trail after conceding to hillary clinton in missouri. officially giving the former secretary of state a sweep on super tuesday

christine sperow. good morning, get you caught up on first alert weather, another a-coming. >> al: a very warm day, getting up in the 80s for most of us outside the mountains. we'll take you in lincolnton, currently clear and 64 degrees, not much of a breeze. you're dry this morning, should stay that way all day long. 56 in hickory, 58 statesville, 52 morganton, cooler there, you get from i-85 southward, in the 60s for the most part, 64 wadesboro, monroe, 65 charlotte, 62 rock hill. at the bus stop, lots of sunshine, 64, a very mild start to the day, come home we tack on 20. and we may get above the record

: i'm christine sperow. get you caught up on the forecast some of you heading out the door, people take an umbrella? >> al: probably should, especially living or working or going to be west of i-77 at any point, no issues, other than the fact it is cold, totally dry, you won't have any issues driving on roads or anything like that. this afternoon, different story, talk about it, the real rain and snow is out to the west of us, it will take much of the day for this to arrive here, camera from central piedmont community college good-looking shot, crystal clear skies, great visibility early this morning. again, we're going to see clouds very quickly thicken up. in fact by 8:00, we're mostly cloudy, 35 degrees, light breeze out of the east, no chance for any precipitation. that changes by late this afternoon, rain on the way, maybe 40% chance by 4:00, but the rest of us will be seeing rain to the west and again there is a lot more coming our way. morning, and it will be very chilly day today but look at temperat

: i'm christine sperow. those stories plus kristen miranda getting new headlines in the alert center. >> kristen: new numbers overnight, big train derailment in california. 14 people injured, now an update and i have new images from the scene in the alert center. >> christine: thank you. >> john: get started now with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: john, we have warm conditions as compared to yesterday morning when we had widespread 30s. this morning, a lot of us are in the 40s to low 50s. high pressure is in command of the weather right now, partly cloudy skies, not totally clear, little bit of a breeze but we have a little patchy clouds but a nice day. starting off at 50 in charlotte, gastonia. 48 rockingham, 49 monroe, salisbury, couple pockets of 30s. 38 albermarle, 36 in morganton, 34 in boone. for today, look for decent amount of sunshine but there will be times where there will be cloud cover, totally warm this afternoon, 75. frontal systems in the middle part of

. >> al: thanks, christine. out there this morning we have dry conditions and skies have cleared after last night's showers. and for a few of you gusty thunderstorms. what is left of those moving through virginia offshore of the carolinas, we'll dry out nicely. plenty of sunshine, may have to start with fog like yesterday, noticing zero visibility investigatorwadesboro investigator,, a mile in rockingham. i'll watch the situation. metro school camera excellent visibility in center city, dry current temperatures in the 50s. 54 charlotte and gastonia, 52 albermarle. 60 around hickory, 61 morganton, 60 hickory, 55 in monroe and wadesboro. for today, any fog this morning high of 81, a very warm day. we'll talk about changes down the road that involve temperatures getting in the 30s? we'll talk about that, seven day forecast in a couple minutes. christine. >> christine: breaking overnight we know the name of a man killed last night in concord. 21 columbus simmons died after a shoot on griffin circle. wbtv's alex gile

: i'm christine sperow. kristen miranda is in the alert center. >> kristen: watching coverage out of memphis and parts of losiana they are still dealing with rain and flooding, i'll show you pictures coming up from the the alert center. >> john: let's get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteoroclogist, al conklin. not much in the way of rain. chances are you won't need the umbrella or rain gear today. you have rain up to the north of us over west virginia, rain back across alabama and eventually the frontal system will have an impact on our weather over the next 24 hours, but not so much this morning. heading out the door for work and school, metro school camera, a lot of clouds, dry conditions and very mild out there. our current temperature in charlotte is at 60. we'r at 64 at 8:00, 76t lunch time t, very, very small chance at 4:00, 20%. 80% it does nothing. temperature tomorrow, hickory, morganton, lenoir, statesville likely to b inehe 60s tomorrow, i'll explain why and rain gear tomorro

. >> christine: brody o'connell is giving us details. how do we know, do we know, if this is terrorism-related. >> brody: i'm seeing reports in the last few minutes there's may be a suicide bomber responsible for the airport attacks. we'll work on getting that confirmed, but several wales agenciesagenciesoverseas reporting that. this is the outside of the airport in brussels. we have a live picture to show you also from our cbs affiliate. here is what we know so far, there is a lot to cover, get you caught up to speed on the situation. two blasts reported at brussels airport after 8:00 a.m. their cnn is reporting ten people dead, dozens have been injured. now, also, we also learned in the last 25 minutes or so there was a third explosion reported at a brussels train station, we're looking into this to see how many injuries may be a associatedded with this. a couple other updates, we've been watching closely terror level goes to the maximum level in the wake of the airport explosion. also know that all flights cancelled, and all flights a

now 5:29 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. conklin, he has the latest models and tracking when the rain will hit. he has more details in the first alert weatherb- center. >> al: out therehis morning, dry conditions, fair amount of cloud cover around like the last couple$qb mornings, going back to the map you can see we have a frontal system that sort of extends from pennsylvania on down through in georgia and in alabama. that front is going to make progress today. as it does, we'll see changes. we'll still win up d the upper 70s near 80, one of the warmest days in a long time. but behwind that front you will see changes that will take place over the weekend. will bring rain and cooler temperatures. no rain in stallings, dry here is the forecast starting off at 64 this morning. mostly cloudy skies mid-day. 76, very very small chance for shower this aernoft but high temperature, 80. muggy, mild, temperatures in the mid 60s. coming home from work and school a lot of cloud cover, watching

>> reporter: hey, good morning, christine. they have identified one of those three victims, they say one is her husband, giovanni, 40 years old. right now behind me you can see the investigators are still out here at the scene, they have been out here since before 8:00, i'll try to zoom in, it is a very dark neighborhood but you can see off there in the distance, if you can see, that is a gaston county pd truck up there. i haven't seen police going in and out kind of a shed area in the backside of the home, alexis-lucia road bringing out evidence from the scene. i did mention one victim has been identified, the other two found in the house has not been identified. around 8:00 gaston county police alexis-lucia road, for a welfare check. three adults were dead from apparent gunshot wound. police believe the other two were visiting. crystal gambino was arrested later in stanley, was charged with first degree murder in the death without bond. more charges are expected to come after the other two victims have been identified. i'll