we have an earlier accident, statesville at atando, expect you may find a few inbound delays along statesville. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: people applying for county jobs in mecklenburg unty no longer have to indicate if they are a convicted criminals. commissioners unanimously approving the removal of the question from county job applications. areas on job applications that require to you check off if you are are a convict. >> we've been talking about access to economic opportunity. you can't have access to economic opportunity if you don't have a job. >> that's right. >> to support your family. >> that's right. >> so we need to be in the business of removing barriers. >> this would not do away with background checks. >> john: all new, south carolina governor nikki haley and the state's department of social services are launching a new program to help recruit foster parents. the initiative is called champions for children. according to the governor, 54% of foster children are not placed within their own county be

visibility right now in morganton, a mile in boone, shelby, gastonia and statesville, good visibility in charlotte but again, back to the north and west we have a little bit of fog, we'll watch this, no advisories but that is a situation i'm monitoring. that comes after last night's rain, that moved out. now we're dry, relatively speaking, very damp but we cleared at least partially, that allowed the fog to develop. the next storms approaching nashville and birmingham is the weather make they are afternoon. pushing off toward the east, northeast, the time on this may be right around the late afternoon and early evening hours. so most of the day should be rain-free. but there is potential couple of these storms could be on the heavy side late today. this is 8:00 this morning, still dealing with fog and low clouds, but then that gives way to partly sunny skies for the mid-day, as that system approaches from the west, that allows for showers and storms to fuel. by 4:00, not too much happening, there may be adjustments on this the afternoon, late afternoon in the evening hours, showers an

take 77 brookshire or statesville. stephanie? >>> you know the weather this morning, very cold across the area. here's a look at those temperatures if you are just now getting ready to head out the door. 20s and 30s, lots of sunshine, expect highs to region average in the mid-60s. >>> your breaking news coverage continues with eyewitness news this morning on tv 64. this one here on >>> good morning, america. at least three explosions rocked the capital of brussels this morning. a suicide bomber reportedly targets the crowded airport. >> there were explosions in the main building. >> ceilings collapsing. running for their lives. another blast rocks a metro station. just days after a major suspect americans in europe told to shelter in place. nypd set to ramp up security here in new york. the hunt is on right now for who's behind these blasts. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> good morning, we are live all across the country and all time zones for the latest on those terror attacks unfolded in b

statesville, you can see fog trying to develop, what happened was we had the rain yesterday afternoon, skies cleared overnight, ground is damp, fog 31 or 61 rather, in charlotte, what we're reporting is fog with clear skies, south breeze at 3. notice the dew point, humidity level 100%. with the clear conditions and light winds, we have fog developed. a little warmer south and east, 65 around wadesboro, cooler north, 57 right now around statesville, 54 lincolnton, 46 around boone. as we go through the day, what we will see is fog give way, likely see partly sunny skies for the morning and midday hours after the fog burns off. then turn our attention to the next disturbance coming in to tennessee and north alabama, that will bee weather maker for us later today, go through futurecast, stop this at 8:00, the fog around the area. heading toward lunch time and beyond, skies try to start to clear a little bit, that allows for temperatures to warm to near 80. we get a few scattered showers but heavier thunderstorms are back to the west, come across the area during the evening the severe stor

old statesville road is a better alternate route. i got a report of an accident around mile marker 31 i-77 southbound between davidson and the exit. i do not have that confirmed but we see volume in this area. one to two miles of stop-and-go traffic. and the drive time not so bad. 150 to 277 about 65 minutes. a little over an hour which is typical for this time of day. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you guys. >> all right, thank you. >> live picture from our hd towercam a spectacular day and temperatures going up a little bit more. mid-70s today close to 80. take it for the first of march. when usually anything goes here meteorologist lyndsay tapases with a check of your forecast. >> the first part of march can be shakey but we are just basking in all of the sunshine and the mid-70s. and we've got high pressure to thank for that. while we have been hearing a lot as far as national weather concerned about flooding rainstorms in texas and parts of lucille miller punch this -- louisiana this high is keep

we're likely to fall another couple degrees here before sunrise. 30 degrees in statesville, salisbury, 31, wadesboro, albermarle, 29 in morgan-on-to, at freezing now for shelby and gastonia, down to rock hill, lancaster, 37 in charlotte. today, lots of sunshine and nice temperature turn-around an

foothills. 64 in statesville. middle to upper 60s expect. we finished off yesterday in the upper 50s so we'll be about 10 degrees warmer. this is march weather finally. we'll have highs to the south in the middle to upper 60s expected. 69 wadesboro and rockingham. 68 lancaster and chester this similar to yesterday, no much to show on futurecast. clear skies throughout your evening. a fantastic night to get out an enjoy. even overnight tonight we'll keep clear skies around. although we will be cool tomorrow, the other thing we have to start talking about is rain chances. a threat for rain thursday night into friday morning. it won't be an all day rain showers get out of here by say 8:00 to 10:00 in the morning and we are not going to see a lot of rain from this. we have a little over a week left of march and we are number one driest on record for the month here. we have had under a half inch of rain, just about two and a half inches behind where we usually are for rain at the end of the month. we definitely need moisture around here. again la

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 a live look, independence expressway at briar creek, volume building toward center city this morning. if you're come outbound from rock hill, 22 minutes, 63-miles-per-hour. concord to center city, 17 minute commute and lake norman southbound on 77, 15 minutes, 63 miles an hour. most of our major interstates are running in the green, but we have

harris around i-77 and old statesville road 21. and in addition to that volume on i-77 northbound another accident close by in the area as we see an accident i-77 north close to sunset road that is exit 16 two lanes blocked and congestion old statesville road are great alternate routes. back to you. >> thank you. we are still following breaking news for you. we have several calls in on a crash in chester county, south carolina. sky3 was over the scene. this is on augusta road near catawba river road. troopers are trying to figure out what happened. we have calls into investigators. >> right now north carolina state troopers telling us one person dead after a motorcycle crash. highway patrol says the crash oakboro in stanly county. not a lot more information. troopers have not released names. we will post updates on wbtv.com. >> new information on breaking news we brought you yesterday. about a shooting behind birkdale village. cornelius police told us they were on scene of a shooting where someone was hurt. the department posted an

mostly sunny charlotte, statesville, mooresville, salisbury, albermarle, lincolnton, gastonia, shelby, all about 66, 68 degrees, mid to upper 60s from rock hill, pageland, cheraw, mostly sunny skies, big ridge of high pressure is going to dominate this week. this is going to be like the rock of gibraltar. frontal systems are being case for some time to come. eventually the ridge will break down, the timing may be toward the weekend. after today, 67, 70s going forward. our rain chances if you're planning on being outdoors this weekend, we do have at least some rain mentioned both saturday and sunday. again, long way out, things could change. there isn't a set agreement here in the models, but we'll keep an eye on it. sun-up at 6:45, normal high, sunsets at 6:25. 37 degrees where we would normally be for a low. well in the 70s this week with

statesville 66, 69 rock hill, 68 in charlotte. talk about getting warmer tomorrow, but also have a couple opportunities for rain. that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. john, back to you. >> john: also following this major breaking story involving two deadly explosions at the airport in brussels. also at a metro center. get over to brody o'connell with the latest details, he has been following this throughout the morning in the alert center. >> brody: good morning to all of you joining us in this half hour. get you caught up to speed. brussels is under attack this morning. let's start with the blast at the airport. we have a live picture for you from the scene there. here is what we know so far, cbs reporting two blasts occurred here at the airport inside, 13 people have been reported dead there. dozens others injured. we know there is also a third explosion that took place at a this was a train station near eu offices. those eu offices have been closed down completely with the train station. terror level goes to the maxim

use caution here, this is statesville cloverleaf elementary school you can see what i'm talk about the staff coming in the parking lot within the next half hour, students thereafter, please be mindful as you head out the door for work and school to use caution. that is our hd tower cam, we can see a thing, we're in the fog, humidity level sky high, 97% as we speak this morning. low clouds, 46 in boone, everybody else much milder, 50s and 60s. 54 lincolnton, 61 concord, 62 rock hill, 55 statesville, 59 salisbury. out the door this morning, dense fog at the bus stop but not rain, 62 degrees. heading home from work and school, warm up, getting up to 80, but by late this afternoon and this evening, storms approach from the west, may not be in charlotte yet at 4:00, this is the batch we're watching but again, these are the -- that is the next weather maker, get rid of the fog, partly sunny and showers and storm late this afternoon. here is futurecast this morning, stop this at 8:00, we have the fog, fog lifts mid-day, partly sunny skies, might be a stray shower at 4:00, better opportunity i

along statesville. that is the morning commute, christine, over to you. >> christine: busy morning for breaking news. >> john: we're live at the scene of a fire at a restaurant in east charlotte along albermarle road where they are live. at the top of the hour we're on with more details. >> christine: also live at an active scene in anson county right now, state investigators say they are on the scene of a criminal investigation, ashton pellom will be live with you're watching wbtv n >>> wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now with breaking news. >> christine: we're following several breaking news stories this morning. this is a live look at albermarle road where firefighters have been on the scene of a restaurant fire. we're on your side with how this is going to impact your commute. >> john: a live look from anson county, state investigators on the scene investigating a deputy-involved shooting there. ashton pellom is talking with investigators, asking the he'll join us with a live report. >>> g

many of you in the upper 20s northwest of the city, up toward statesville, hickory, morganton, mid to upper 20s. boone 30 in boone at 7:00. futurecast temps heading through the afternoon, 50 by 11:00 a.m., rise to the middle 50s by later this afternoon, 55 at 2:00 for the charlotte area with the highs reaching the mid to upper 50s in most spots, mid to upper 40s in the mountains for today's high. overall should be fairly similar, yesterday, to where the above yesterday's high, which ended up being 57 in the charlotte area. you can see some of the cloud cover on satellite and radar, the back edge of it, if you're in the mountains or foothills you've got a clearer start to your saturday from charlotte south, still dealing with the low-level cloudiness to start things off this morning but it is drifting steadily off to the east. there will be times of clouds in and out pretty much all day today. never going to clear out completely and in fact once we head toward tonight, we cloud over, we have a weak front upstream. bringing showers in western and central parts of kentucky. this will qui

we were seeing minor delays but for now, stick with statesville. and the interstates are rolling right along. 58 southbound at 64 miles per hour from the university area to uptown. and 11 minutes. some damp roadways but no accidents. >>> i'm in the breaking news center this morning. in the last 10 minute, we got new information about an overnight burglary in northwest charlotte. we want to give you a live look at the scene. this is bell haven boulevard and valley dale road. we told you about 30 minutes ago someone broke into this rite-aid pharmacy. police are on the scene and they are telling us that the front glass doors get into the building. there are car parts scatter add cross the ground but the car is no longer there. police say the burglar stole some things before leaving but they have not said what yet. you can see glass also on the ground from the angle we just showed you. they say a burglar alarm tipped them off to the crime. officers told us they are looking at what they call good surveillance video right now. we are asking them for the

right now, some light rain fall all over statesville. down in the east to the southwestern parts as you get into ford, and near lake norman state park. down to the south and west, still some rain fall. just past conover, right now over the maiden area pushing into denver. and lincoln county. put a tracker on this one with live early doppler 9. these will be the communities get involved in the next hour or so. and they include china grove, landis, mount pleasant, between now and let's say 12:30. still some showers along the carolina border and boiling springs, getting ready to move into the hickory grove area of york county. that will push east into rock hill. so we're looking at places like lesli later on and possibly south charlotte, lake wiley, maybe pineville and chestily chapel by 1:00 in the morning. we'll see more downpours possible between now and 4:00 in the morning. after that, we're finished. even in the high country, not a lot happening. meteorologist, vicki graf is over. the skies will be clearing out

it is 56 in statesville, 59 gastonia, 46 currently in boone and 49 in wadesboro as we flop over to power doppler network, the cloud cover ban stretching from charlotte and thickening out to the east. then up to the north and west we've got a little bit of clearing toward morganton and boone this morning, the storm track well down to our south, rain showers in charleston this morning, all of this begins to edge our way as we head in the weekend, we have a few rain showers in the forecast for saturday and sunday, we'll get to that in full weather. today, 66 degrees for lunch hour, 70 this afternoon. highs today across the piedmont in the upper 60s and low 70s. cooler than we were yesterday where we topped out at 78 degrees, we'll look at seven day forecast and talk about colder temperatures coming in for the weekend in a few minutes. john. >> john: this morning, a with saving his family from a burning home. wbtv's sky 3 was the first on the scene in belmont yesterday evening as firefighters worked to put out the massive fire. you can see the house gutted by the flames. wbtv's alex giles ta

early this morning, fog is a problem and that is keeping visibility limited from boone, statesville, lincolnton and shelby. turn on your low beams and take it slow on the roads. and as we head toward midday, we will see more breaks in the clouds with partly cloudy skies today. another warm and muggy day. by 5:00, for your evening drive, some spotty showers but they will be few and far between. we are looking at 8:00 or 9:00, when we start to see this heavier line of downpours pushing through and some could contain storms that are strong to possibly even severe. i just showed you the storm prediction center has placed us under a slight risk for severe storms as we go throughout the day. our main threat will be heavy rain in some of the isolated storms, and you can't rule out hail and damaging winds as well. so keep an eye to the skies, be prepared for quickly changing weather conditions and make sure you have your wsoc-tv weather app handy. >>> it is a warm start to the day. upper 50s to low 60s and we have been dealing with summer- we'll see that again today. by 9:00, 63 degrees, sti

mid-40sto hickory and statesville, and watch for icy travel as you head up in elevation. the 20s already, and you may have slick roads out there the winds are still strong in the mountains, gusting strong this morning, and the winds will subside into this evening. much more calm into the night tonight, and a high wind warning for arabland. the wind speeds were strong last night, and they are starting to subside occupy there -- subside up there. midday hours, 51, and the last 2 days in a row, we were mid- to upper 60s by lunchtime, noticeable change, and more of a jacket and sunglasses ready to go today. plenty of sun at 53, and well of the year. the next weather maker taking shape tomorrow afternoon out to the west. the similar time line, less intense, and we will not see the severe weather to west like we saw before the storm came through last night. decent showers rolling in, the light rain will pick up, and a steadier rain tomorrow night, and there will be snow in the mountains. i don't believe it will stretch that far into the foothills, and you may see a few flakes,

sunset road at statesville. not seeing any terrible delays here on the mapping system but you are seeing back-upsing sunset road on i-77. road volume relatively heavy. starting to see volume delays 77 northbound interest 45 up to arrowwood and archdale this morning. delays on the inner loop of 45. we do have an accident there at providence road at 45 on the ramp. also a new accident into the system. scott avenue at east boulevard in towards the dillworth area. that's a check of your morning commute. >> thank you. kristen miranda is back with several breaking stories. >> five people killed in pennsylvania, shot ambush style in pittsburgh. three deaths blamed on severe flooding. al told us a foot and a half of rain fell in some spots. and three missing children, 4, 3 and 2 years old. a guardian telling a reporter on the scene he thinks they were taken. >> before we go, two stars of the harlem globetrotters took to the roof to make incredible shots. >> come over to the tv and take a look at this. >> they're promoti

charlotte area, 36 as of the 5:00 hour, lower than the freezing mark north of here, 29 from salisbury, statesville, 31 hickory and 30 in boone to start things off. yes, chilly but this afternoon, upper 50s, partly to mostly sunny sky, will feel nice. some of us could pick up a quick-hitting shower tonight. so more details on that and the rest of the weekend forecast in a few. >> kristen: thank you. we have a crime alert, police in charlotte investigating a shooting outside of uptown in elizabeth. this was the scene on charlottetown avenue near memorial stadium. victim shot somewhere else and drove to the spot. they saw a rear window in the person's car shot out. medic says the victim was seriously hurt. we're asking police for information on the shooter and when we get that, we will update you right away. >>> police identified a teen violent string of shootings. they started on thursday night, around 8:30 with gunfire on three streets. the most recent happened yesterday, on a fourth street in the middle of the day, ended with the teen dead. police have yet to make an arrest. our coleen harry went

. >>> the group fighting the quarry annexation in statesville toured the neighborhood that would be most impacted and borders the area. the supporters say opening the quarry would bring jobs and development to the highway 70 corridor, but neighbors are concerned. >> it would put farmers out of work and drawing up all the water. there is no winning situation here especially for the older folks. >> there will be a public hearing on the request at the city council's meeting later this month, march 21 in the council chambers at city hall on center street. >>> in catawba county, from a car after a crash that shut down a portion of 2nd avenue southwest this morning. firefighter his to cut a door off to reach the woman. a police officer who saw the whole thing said one of the drivers pulled into the path of the other car and firefighters say that the injuries were not serious. >>> a stolen credit card can lead to a lot of headaches and phone calls. consumer advisor clark howard breaks down how you can avoid it with the touch of a button. >>> as you heard at the top of the newscast, pollen count

of 2011 in the block of statesville avenue. and now police are working trying to identify this woman in the past 15 minutes we got the new images of possible clothes she was wearing and that drawing of what that woman might have looked like trying to identify her. she is possibly white or hispanic between 20-30 years old. trying to identify her. if you know anything, please contact police. we'll keep watching in the alert center. back to you. >> thank you. >> a memorial grows at the scene of a deadly crash that killed a west mecklenburg high school student yesterday morning on wendy drove road. the driver was speeding and lost control driving off the road hitting a tree. 15 folder heaven see died and two students were seriously hurt. dedrick russell went to the are coping with the loss. dedrick jumps on the telephone with us. dedrick, certainly a tough day there? >> certainly jamie, a cuff day for students and staff here at west meck high. six counselors were at the school to help with the loss. students are expressing their gr

use old statesville and volume on i-77 around this accident as well. back to you guys. >> thank you. >> leigh had to remind us what we are seeing is not normal. not even close. >> the average she said was 62? >> beautiful. >> yes. here she is. >> yeah. i keep forgetting myself this is not normal. i will have to pull out the because this is not what we should be seeing. we should enjoy what we are seeing right now. the hd towercam beautiful outside. extra warm temperatures and extra amount of sunshine. 79 your current temperature in charlotte many 78 in salisbury. 81 your temperature in wadesboro. same in lancaster. 78 in shelby and morganton you're checking in at 81 . the areas seeing nice weather! all of the reds are above average temperatures. a little bit of cloud cover up to the north. we do not have any clouds to talk about. that is how nice it has been. and overnight, temperatures are going to be close to where your average high should be. through much of the overnight period we are going to stay in the 60s and heading into the morning hours tomo

and mid-70s for statesville and 66 in boone. and 60s through midnight. mild all the way through the night as well. more on the complete first alert forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. another update in first alert traffic center with tonya rivens. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. we have a lot of congestion on heeun this is morehead. stop-and-go traffic on the northbound side. and several accidents near center city. bryant street and another at remount road and west boulevard and another at trade and wesley heights way creating congestion. and i-77 northbound and southbound socked in with traffic. slow-moving traffic as we go back to the dot camera and look at i-77 tyvola, again, a lot of congestion. >> , a catch of a lifetime for a fisherman off the south carolina coast. >> we see -- see it a few times. it came twice out of the water. and we are both worn out. it's enormous. it looked like a bus being dropped in. off a cliff when it came out of the water. >> what he had on the line was this... a 2500 pound great whi

police charged tyree in the statesville cases. atf are looking for leads in pineville and they haven't arrested anyone in that case. >>> a warning for drivers in east charlotte. in a few hours, crews will shut down part of independence boulevard to make repairs. they plan to fix a leaky water main on the inbound lanes of independence near sunnyside and 277. this is the spot where crews closed it down because of water seeping out. it will be shut down until noon for prep work then crews close it down tomorrow night through the weekend. it will reopen monday in time for rush hour traffic. the construction of new homes. the commerce department released a report showing a spike in new construction nationwide. it found construction jumped 5.2% in february. that is the highest level in five months. construction on new homes fell in december and january. experts say the winter weather is partly to blame for the drop. >>> meanwhile, the construction industry boosted the number of jobs in 29 states including north carolina. from december 2

statesville road is starting to get backed up. old statesville is a better alternate route. the backup is back to mile marker 19 towards 485. and one additional accident close at highway 73 and beatties ford road that is in north mecklenburg as well. two lanes an accident here. highway 16 is an alternate. >> developing story, a mistrial declared in the case of a local father accused of beating his six-month-old baby to death. >> what a potential juror blurted out in the courtroom that brought the trial to a halt. >> an american student sentenced he did while visiting north a man charged with beating his six-month-old baby girl to death will get a new trial after a potential juror blurted out 8 statement in court. todd broderick is representing himself. police say his daughter had broken bones, swollen brain tissue and repeated signs of abuse and allegedly all at the hands of her dad. pamela escobar was in that courtroom as the jury selection was underway. what did the juror say that caused the mistrial. >> maureen, the woman told the prosecutor she was looking at the newspap

cloudy skies to start things out but maybe a shower around statesville or love valley. later on in the morning, a couple more showers to the west near lake laurel, west of shelby and moves into boone by 10 or 11. table rock by 1 o'clock. we'll watch this storm over in shelby gain steam into 4 or 5:00. that could be coming in through the lake normal area. by 5:00 in the afternoon, scatters showers and yes there, will be a chance of rain in uptown charlotte. but i have to tell you, as i look at a lot of the data, the best rain opportunities look to be west of i-77 so we'll map out areas detailed neighborhood by neighborhood. the threats for those that do rain and lightning, no severe weather, but we'll give you updates on facebook and twitter and facebook live should those developments occur. if you live up in elizabeth, you'll get a little wet, but highs in the mid-70's. nowhere near compared to areas west of charlotte. hickory and lenore it is a wash out for you. boone into jefferson, yes, sir, that rain is coming your way. showers and thunderstorms for shelby, no doubt

new now, a statesville man is accused of sexually abusing a five-year-old girl. deputies say charles frank lynn is in jail he is charged with first degree sex offense of a child. it happened over a 10 month period. he was given a $100,000 bond. >> south carolina senate gave a second thumb's up to a controversial bill. the biggest hurdle was passed when every republican lawmaker united to reject an amendment by it would have set aside $200 million to use and the state would have borrowed another $2 billion. instead republicans united behind a different bill that would take money from the general tund fund and not raise gas taxes. the bill has to pass a third reading. and we have been told when the third reading will happen. >>> and these are the high temperatures and closer look and that is rain in the middle part of the country heavy rainfall in fact. lots to watch. meteorologist lyndsay tapases in the first alert weather center. looks like we've ditched old man winter and the temperatures did bump up today. >> early 70s we average in may. 77 we hit in charlotte.

not necessarily clear but excellent visibility, no fog, not much of a problem. 32 charlotte, 30 in statesville, 29 now salisbury, hickory, down to 25 in boone, 28 in morganton. 30 in shelby. all these temperatures are from 15, 25 degrees colder this morning and yesterday we got back in the mid and upper 50s, today, low 50s at best. starting off 35 this morning. again all the while increase in clouds. upper 40s at lunch time, low 50s this afternoon. a much colder start out there this morning. clouds on the increase today, tracking more rain, i'll let you holds promise, so don't cancel outdoor plans yet based on the rain we're getting in the forecast here the next 24 hours, i will give you the details coming up starting at 6:00. check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. looking live here this is i-85 at 485 coming in from concord and kannapolis, volume still light. no problems there. let's look at the drive times, rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. coming in from the concord, kannapolis area, an 18 minute commu

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 drive times, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute, lake norman southbound at 16 minutes, 64 miles an hour. most of the major highways are running in the green, that includes 77, 85, providence road, independence all looking pretty good early on. that is a check of travels, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and

below freezing in morganton, 32 shelby, lancaster and wadesboro, 31 albermarle, 34 gastonia, 33 statesville, a cold start, this morning, dry, good visibility in charlotte, may have to have scrape frost but other than that, we have a nice day on the way because this day will be very nice temperature turn around. we'll go from 35 at 8:00 to 68 this afternoon. talk about warmer weather down the road but also a couple of rain opportunities, i'll talk about whether when those arrive with the seven day forecast. >> christine: we are following more breaking news involving explosions at a major airport in europe. let's go to brody o'connell in the alert center getting details of cbs' early morning news. a big deal. >> brody: another tragedy being carried out. it appears at the hands of attackers targeting innocent people at an airport in brussels, belgium. here is an image, this is being widely circulated for multiple agencies, this one from the daily uk mail. here is what's we know so far, what we can responsibly report at this hour. the associated press and cnn both reporting that one person has

statesville is a great alternate route. and the slow-moving traffic out in huntersville that is exit 23 on gilliard road. here is the scene of that school of course, the traffic on i-77 and 485 is slow-moving traffic at the moment. back to you. >> thank you. next all new at 5:00 weeks after his escape from a local prison, and a theft at a school this inmate is back in custody. details where he was found. plus... >> we are going to get you a bottle of wine [laughter] a table and italian food. to the newest >> new, an escaped rock hill inmate is back in police custody zachary reefs walked away from the center in late january. not long after he escaped he was caught on video at a local school where he is now accused of taking money and a gun. before his escape he was serving eight years for burglary. he will be extradited back to south carolina to face more charges. >> the chesterfield sheriff will serve as the chief law enforcement officer in pageland after an emergency town council meeting after almost every police officer w

a freeze warning for you up in statesville and hickory as well. but my biggest concern is north of statesville, here's your future cast for tomorrow and we'll clear out the sky pretty quickly. we're looking at a nice day, a bright afternoon just more so in the wintertime to roam, not so much spring. the temperatures are going to stay in the 50s with mosley sunny skies. but it will be brighter. very nice day compared to the clouds that we saw today, right? your neighborhood forecast, no snow to worry about. mostly sunny skies. highs will be in the lower 40s. up across chester we're going to stay down in the mid 50s. those kind of numbers make it susceptible for the threat of freezing temperatures again overnight into tuesday. this is where freeze warning will be in effect for york tuesday morning. that's where you want to bring in those plants for sure if you live in charlotte. so that freeze will be late into early tuesday. we're going to keep the pollen it will start to become more of a problem later on. you can track the current conditions right

we've got showers kind of right over the statesville area parts of iron dale county. if we zoom in perhaps we can bring you a closer look at some of those spots picking up on the showers again not a whole lot as far as what's on the radar for the time being but you're tack they're we are with statesville. we'll pan out statesville -- and turn nurse berg for this small stretch along 77, 40 and highway 21 corridor with pockets of light rain. there may be a little drizzle in a couple spots that the radar is not picking up on but for the most part we don't have wet weather to start things off. that is to come though. here we are upstream with rain. it's heavy in a few pockets moving through tennessee georgia and western south carolina all moving in from the northwest or southwest rather to northeasterly direction and this is a three hour loop of that radar. so future cast shows as we go and early part of the afternoon this is 12 noon. we start to see radar fill in. there may be a few brief pockets of heavy downpours and rumbles of thunder too. don't think there's going to

and statesville, get ready for this one. light rain if you plan to barbecue or have folks out on the deck, you're going to need to bring that inside and the activity and this is going to change to snow. as we make a major weather transition. and this is the future cast. and we're not talking about anything terribly heavy tonight but there will be showers around and at five:00 in the morning, you're get -- 5:00 in the morning, there is going to be rain around. seven:00 in the morning, the drizzily and into albemarle and concord and mount pleasant. three:00 in the afternoon, there is not a lot of rain but there is a lot of clouds and that i go nowhere. i don't think we're going to see a lot of sun at all tomorrow and that is going to make a major difference on the big story, what is happening to the temperatures. you see 55 in charlotte and focus on the blue, though, that covers that and digs into charlotte and that is cold air trying to get itself formally in control of charlotte and watch what happens with the temperatures.

outside the mountains, also mostly above the freezing mark. 34 statesville, westward, hickory, morganton at freezing in the mountains, 39 rock hill, monroe, 37 here in charlotte. for today, start out at 39 degrees, mostly cloudy skies, increasing amounts of sunshine. should be mostly sunny this afternoon. high of 57, fairly close to average this time of year. going forward, 60 tomorrow, 63 sunday, in the 70s next week, a nice turn around on the way here if you like the warmer weather. high pressure build in today and tonight. tomorrow we will start with a little bit of cloud cover, by afternoon there might be a couple spritzes and sprinkles, especially farther north you are as the weak system goes through, high pressure will build in behind it. sunday is probably the prettier day of the weekend and warmer day of the weekend but rain chances remaining very low on saturday and really throughout most of the next seven days. i don't see more than 20% chance of rain coming our way. for today, clouds give way to sunshine, 57 this afternoon, clear to partly cloudy tonight, colder, low of 34. su

temperature tomorrow, hickory, morganton, lenoir, statesville likely to b inehe 60s tomorrow, i'll explain why and rain gear tomorrow in the seven you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte.

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 60s. that is a check of the morning commute. christine -- you're never more than seven minutes away

in places like mooresville, davidson, statesville in through hickory. with e have showers, maybe a few here or there. we'll clear out after that. cold air really starts to settle and by monday morning in through tuesday morning, it will be very cold. springtime, 12:30, we'll see the temperatures drop down into more winter-like territory instead. we'll finally warm it up later this week. >> all right, thanks, john. the north carolina tarheels are in action as we speak. the new blue devils find what coach kay has to say about oach kay has to >>> the north carolina tar heels had their chance to make their 30 second sweet 16 birth over providence. talk about a tight win. carolina took a lead into the locker room at the half. all five starters have scored for carolina as they are starting to pull away mid johnson and joel berry leading the charge. over 40% from the field so far. if the tar heels hold on to win. they will battle indiana. knocked off kentucky 73-67. one win away from making the sweet 16. they were well on their way. allen goes right around the

in statesville, your neighborhood forecast will clear the sky up. lots of sunshine, warm back up to the 70s. should be picture perfect all day long for today and relatively mild. al martial. you're looking at a -- ablemarle, you're looking at high temperatures around 70 to 73 for most of the metro. other than high clouds, we stay completely dry and quiet. it is the last mild day we'll see for awhile. the rain chance starts to build through the day on saturday. especially saturday afternoon and evening. it starts to wraup early sunday and dry again as we go back to work and school for next week. it is not going to be a continue to of rain fall. through midday tomorrow, a 10th of an inch will add up. parade tomorrow in uptown there, is a threat for light rain. take the rain gear with you. we'll show you how the rain chances slowly build here. we'll talk about that in the next half hour. watch how the numbers add up much more tomorrow night. we're talking about at most a half inch to 3/4 of an inch of rain fall. estimating on the amount of rain. i say

northward, statesville 53, shelby, 51 as is gastonia, 52 lancaster, 48 in cheraw. starting off in the mountains, upper 60s near 70. mostly sunny skies, a pleasant day, forget about snow and ice, we're talking 70s across morganton, lenoir, taylorsville, mostly sunny skies for you folks, no chance of rain. 78 in salisbury over to charlotte, 77 gastonia, 78 monroe, 79 for rockingham and wadesboro, close to 80 and should be close to 80 pageland, lancaster toward chester. heading to the hornets game tonight, playing the old hornet, the pelicans from new orleans are in town, 68 degrees the tip-off temperature as you wait online to get in the arena. as far as what to expect overnight, lows back in the 50s. followed by warm, high pressure still with us tomorrow. eventually this frontal system will have an opportunity to move in as the high moves away. tomorrow morning, lots of low clouds, we may start with a lot of low clouds but no rain tomorrow morning. going in the afternoon hours, partly sunny skies, this front sort of back door in friday, there is a chance for couple

statesville, hickory, mid 40s up across the mountains. the bus stop forecast calls for a quick warmup. as the kids get back into school, temperatures to 60 or so. the one thing we'll keep an eye on, tracking the morning drive, up across the high country, there's showers way to our west. you see a line trying to form. a few showers may approach the north carolina border as we head toward 8:00, 9:00 tomorrow morning. you see them very scattered about here. none of that action will survive the trek to the charlotte area. in fact, see just some passing clouds as we head through early to mid part of the afternoon. it's not going to slow the warmup at all. here's a look at our hourly temperatures. our average high this time of year, 62. i'm forecasting will be there by 9:00 a.m. again tomorrow afternoon. way above average and closing in on a record. tomorrow's all-time record, 83, set back in 1945. we'll come close, i think we'll see just enough clouds tomorrow afternoon that we'll probably fall a degree shy. as far as the threat tracker tomorr

what we know it's been reported to 77 northbound up in statesville. if you're headed through the area, use 21 back up towards 77 as the alternate. when we flip to tv 64, we will have more information. in sharrie williams let, traffic is picking up. >>> checking wall street futures. the dow is up 2025 points and the nasdaq composite is up 11 points. -- is up 25 points and the nasdaq composite is up 11 points. >>> a family asks why dss did not step in before a man attacks a boy and his mother. lower your risk for lowe steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt alittle forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, every day, for life. >>> this morning, taking aspirin could reduce your risk of developing cancer. >> that's according to researchers. they found aspiri

i've got readings back in the 40s as you head toward statesville and hickory. in the 30s over the mountains. it's plenty cool. heading outside tonight. maybe uptown for the hornets they take on the pacers. a bit of winter chill as temperatures fall to the low 40s this evening. light coach should do you just fine. don't need any rain gear. by morning, the cooler spots, i- 40 and highway 52 east of charlotte. 44 uptown. 33 for lancaster. mid 20s for the high country. lots of 5ks. this benefits the y and good health in general. a 5k and a half marathon. i recommend layers. especially if you're watching folks in the race. you're not going to move and get the benefit of the exercise and warming up. it'll be plenty chilly early on. by 9:00, mid 40s. tomorrow's future cast starts us out with a few clouds. then the clouds become more numerous. filtering the sun during the afternoon. by late afternoon, early evening, about this time, the first rain drops will arrive in the mountains. in the highest elevations. you may see a few wet snow flakes out of that. we stop aroun

statesville police have been in touch with law enforcement in both cities. police haven't released further information. >>> some of the dozens of cats rescued from a home last week are going up for adoption. channel 9 was there last thursday when animal services rescued 88 cats from a house in mooresville. the cats put the shelter over capacity. doctors have screened the cats for health issues, including cancer and respiratory problems. >>> weather and traffic every 10 minutes. here's meteorologist keith monday in severe weather center 9. >> we are about to have a time change and it seems like a season change too. >> spring is right around the corner. more haze out there from our lake norman camera. than that the next couple of days. a hint of the mugginess, not going to feel humid, but the moisture is going to return throughout the week. 50 in charlotte, 54 in concord. a couple of 30s here and there. those will be out of here as we head off through today. most of us will be starting off in the 50s for the rest of the week as much warmer weather is working i

your neighborhood forecast for statesville, we will see fog early on. it lifts by 9:00 or 10:00, and through the afternoon, warmer. in the upper 70s. and then the threat for showers and storms as we head through the evening hours. as much of a rain chance. we stay dry tuesday through thursday and looking at a slight chance for showers later in the week. but with any changes to the forecast, you can track them with our weather app and get your hour by hour forecast as we have some inclement weather on the way for us today. so going through your 5-day forecast, warm and muggy today, that will lead to storms later tonight. clearing overnight, looking at sunshine, low 80s for tuesday and wednesday. a slight chance for showers there for st. patrick's day. and you'll notice looking ahead to next weekend, not quite as warm. this is where we should be this time of year. our average high is 62 degrees and we have been spoiled with 80s lately though. it will feel more seasonable later this week and a little bit of a change. we'll take it though. >>> weather and t

statesville police have been in touch with police in both of those places. they haven't released anymore information about his disappearance. >> enjoy today's warmth, i'll ow >> beautiful stretch coming up. you didn't miss anything. it gets better tomorrow. mid 70s. mid to upper 70s wednesday, thursday, finally we'll see a few showers over the weekend and if you forget nothing else, remember this. i've already forgotten. saturday night, set your clocks ahead one hour. >> thanks for making us your choice for news at 11:00. >> get >> announcer: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight - naomi watts john legend and music from eliot sumner with cleto and the cletones. here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very nice. welcome at a time show, i'm jimmy. i'm host. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. welcome to hollywood. and wig news around here, it rained today. there was rain and even hail this morning. either that or justin bieber was pelting our houses with tiny little eggs. but something was happening and i'm glad you made it ins

police charged the statesville cases. i reached out to the atf. they are looking for leads in the case and they haven't made any more arrests. >>> new tonight, north korea claims it is getting nuclear an order from kim junk kim -- military leaders say it is unlikely that north korea can actually follow through with its threats. >>> the white house says president obama will decide who he will meet with when he goes to cuba. the president is making the historic trip this month. the president has a meeting set with prodemocracy activists and he and the cuban president decided to restore formal diplomatic relations between their countries that happened last year. on wednesday, we told you that american airlines applied for 14 daily flights to havana, cuba. one of those would fly in and out of charlotte and most of the others would fly out of miami. >> we have new developments. a man has just been arrested for an armor truck robbery involving $5 million worth in gold. we told you when this happened a year ago, while two security guards were traveling f

you guys are doing well heading south of iredell from statesville southbound. closer toward huntersville 67 miles per hour. 85, south of the university area with the split, 6 miles per hour and 77, heading toward the brookshire freeway at 72 miles per hour. stephanie? >>> drivers stranded for hours along this busy section of i- 40. ahead at 6:30, the combination of problems troopers say caused nearly 100 vehicles to crash along this section of the highway. >>> a virginia man's 30-year prison sentence overturned. next this morning, the actions his lawyer took in court that similar issues that attorneys have been accused of here. >>> and our first pictures of breaking news this morning. craig head in north charlotte. >>> following a shooting in north charlotte at 5:45 we told you one person was taken to the hospital with potentially life- threatening injuries. eyewitness news reporter britney johnson is on scene for us live. what are investigators telling you now? >> reporter: i just spoke with investigators within the last 30 seconds. they are telling me this sc