north and west of charlotte. albermarle over toward rock hill, parts of lancaster county you're deal with the fog, just use caution. no rain, rain for last night pushed away, skies cleared, that allowed the fog to develop, now tracking wet weather showers and thunderstorms moving through huntsville, nashville, this will be moving east as we go through time. our chances for rain going up but will be late in the day for most of us. i'll show you that on futurecast. you can see it here this morning we have the low clouds and fog, that is 8:00, midday we break it out, sunshine, that warms us to near 80, couple showers trying to pop off at 4:00, much better chance through the afternoon and in the evening hours of showers and potentially strong watches or a warning or two. seven day forecast, we're very warm for the next several days, as far as today goes, 80 degrees, 50% chance of a shower is back end-loaded. by 4:00 the rain may not be here just yet but by the evening potentially could be looking at severe weather. i

. >> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: here is a look at your commute this morning, we have all the major interstates highlighted in green right now, 85 coming in or out of gastonia looks great. 77 looking great and 485 all around the loop, highlighted in green, so traffic moving smoothly, there are no major back-ups to tell you about and as we look live at one of the d.o.t. cameras, 77 at remount, traffic moving smoothly here. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. john? >> john: charlotte-mecklenburg schools not the only district in the area looking for a new superintendent. officials in union county schools will meet to discuss their search to replace outgoing superintendent dr. mary ellis. mark davenport looking into this, he joins us live with more difference in the way union county is searching for their superintendent than they are in charlotte-mecklenburg schools? >> reporter: yeah, john, there is a big difference, actually. the board decided to skip a search firm, that is the d

first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. looking live i-77, clanton road, 6:00 volume beginning to pick up across the charlotte area just a bit. coming in from gastonia, this is from highway 321 on to 77 or 85, excuse me, 19 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. you see from 321 on to 85, you have that green light. coming southbound out of lake norman, 77 looking good this morning, 85 concord or kannapolis, no problems. here in the charlotte area, around the 485 perimeter, no problem there. we have an early morning accident on providence road in toward center city. we have not seen any serious delays with that one. looking at 77 down to our south coming northbound out of rock hill this morning, current drive time, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. >> john: voter in north carolina campaign 2016 today. polls will open in the primary election in half an hour at 6:30. the big races include president, u.s. senate, governor and so many more. wbtv's mark davenport is joining us live outside a local

chris: al, thank you, traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start with a live look here i-77 at woodlawn road, and you can see from the live picture, volume of traffic picking up on that section of 77 just a little bit, still running along smoothly. drive times, 21 minutes from rock hill, concord to center city, 18 minute commute, 67 miles an hour, lake norman southbound at 15 minutes there in the upper 60s. travel time. 77, 85, still running in the green, most of the major commute routes still very light volumes this morning but up to our north, off of beaties ford road we have a section of caps hill mine road, cut off, this is pretty major cut, al was telling me about from peachtree and sunset over to beaties ford. for two crime scene investigations. one at firestone drive, the other one near the ymca, so again, if that is part of your morning commute you might want to avoid the area. that is a check of the morning travels, john and christine, we'll be right back. lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month >> john: continuing to follow

we have the dense fog advisory, north and west of charlotte, that runs until 10:00, from charlotte on south and east ward, no advisory, be mindful, early this morning, use caution from time to time this morning. 46 in boone, everybody else is milder in the 50s and 60s this morning, 63 gastonia, charlotte, monroe, lancaster, 61 right now in salisbury. we'll go from patchy fog, dense in spots, 62 at 8:00. times of clouds and sunshine at noon, late this afternoon storms approach the area from the west, not before we get to 80 degrees. last night's rain moving out, next batch of rain, approaching. it will take most of the day to get here, we'll show you futurecast as we go through time. starting off with fog this morning as we're in the 5:00 hour, 8:00, still have fog. lifts to the mid-day and that may try to pop off a couple showers before 4:00, i don't think that will happen, few and far between but notice as we go from 4:00 to 8:00, we get the showers and potentially some of the thunderstorms could be on the heavy side. keep in mind again, we have at least a slight risk for severe weat

. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: let's give you a live look at current conditions map, traffic is flowing smoothly. there is an incident reported disabled vehicle in the road at south tryon, and sandy porter road. that happened within the last ten minutes. disabled vehicle there. here is a live look at i-77 at tyvola, traffic there is moving very smoothly, no significant issues to let you know about if there are, we'll let you know. >> john: this morning, a six-year-old in gaston county is being credited with saving his family from a burning home. wbtv's sky 3 was the first on the scene in belmont yesterday evening as firefighters worked to put out this massive fire. you can see the house just mark davenport is live this morning with more details on this. so mark, tell us, how did the little boy help get everyone out? >> reporter: john, he told us yesterday at the scene of that fire that he was the only one in the house that heard the fire crackling, he immediately got everyone's attention in the home and got them out the back door before

first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. that is where we're going to start where mark is standing along caps hill mine road this morning. so again, that is between peachtree road and beaties ford road, that section there is closed down this morning. let's come in a little bit closer, that is grier grove road down to the south, where the lady was found. right here at firestone drive where mark was standing and caps hill mine is blocked off that is heading up toward beaties ford road and another crime scene investigation a little bit closer to beaties ford, sort of a major or cut-through there. peachtree to sunset would give get you to 77 or back down to beaties ford around the crime scene, we'll let you know when they clear that up. i-77 at woodlawn, travel smoothly here. at a check of drives times. matthews on 74, 13 minutes. providence road, 16 minute commute, 18 minutes from concord to center city and quick look at overall commute, 485, 77, 85 still running in the green. now get a check on the day's weather with meteorolo

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 scene behind us at tryon square is one of multiple scenes that may be connected to a shooting here. we have learned there is a club here, a social club they tell us is open late into the evening and people are saying this parking lot was packed with people who were at a party in this area when that shooting happened. officers tell us this started with a call for an armed robbery, but then they learned there was a shooting victim who away from here. he asked people to call 911 for him, he had been shot in the legs. that is the person who has gone to the loss. hospital. and then police are focusing a lot of attention here in the centers. there are markings for shell casings, also shattered glass glass. someone else s

traffic. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. let's take a look at drive times if you're getting ready to start your friday morning commute. coming out of rockd hill, 21 minutes, 65-miles-per-hour. concord to center city, 18j minutes, 67 miles an hour and lake norman, southbound running at 18 minut in the mid 50s there. here is a look at i-85 near 485 coming out of concord and kannapolis, no problems running along smoothly. we're starting to see, however, volume delays from catawba avenue up to about gilead road, sam furr this morning. overall charlotte commute, most the green. christine. >> christine: kristen miranda >> kristen: flooding in louisiana, we'll talk about to it day. the areas today officials warning levees are threatened. more on "cbs this morning" as well. >>> the fifth anniversary since the earthquake in japan triggered the tsunami that kill 18,000 people. >> the funeral forq nancy reagan, ladies be there there. >> a day of golf in ireland takes a strange turn. >> john:cameras rolling as a fox approached one of th

. >> 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 a few slow downs here on 74 going outbound toward matthews this morning. maybe a few slow downs up on north tryon. we do have road construction to tell you about. this lasts for 30 more minutes boulevard at north tryon, closed through 6:00 a.m., it will reopen at 6:00, but closed again tonight and overnight in thursday morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: governor pat mccrory will be in charlotte today anking voters for passing the $2 billion connect nc bond. the referendum passed by 2-1 margin last night. money will go toward

the night before north charlotte and western north carolina are ready for their close ups. >> oh yeah, i was so excited when i found out he was coming. >> democratic bernie sanders drew a big crowd in north charlotte. >> i really mean that. >> donald trump did the same in hickory and hillary clinton is making her own appearance at the grady cole center tonight. it's a three-for for north carolina voters and a sign that tomorrow's primary that once lang wished obscurity in may, now matters in march. >> whatever they can do to energy their bases and get people pumped to cast a ballot tomorrow, they'll be here in the state. north carolina's profile as a destination for campaigns is likely to keep growing rather than fade. >> north carolina is pretty much a battle ground state. we're evenly divided. a few thousand votes could tip things one way or the other. the same day. political blitz north carolina voters may have to get used to. >> states like ohio and florida have been used to this. this is routine for them. north carolina is experiencing a new ball game. >> and as for today, michae

first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're looking live at i-77 out toward the rest area, south carolina state line, no problems here this morning, everything run along smoothly as is the case with most of our majors, 485, 85, 77, no problems. now, as we come in closer to center city, on providence road, this is providence at dartmouth, a new accident scene, not seeing significant delays on providence road as you make your way to 277 and beyond in center city looks good. that is a check of the morning

. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. a live look i-77 up in rnelius, running smoothly right now, volume of traffic still pretty light so if you're making that lake norman commute, 15 minutes, average speed, 67 miles an hour, this is based on davidson in center city, that 15 minute drive time for you there. you see you have the green shot all the way down to gilead road, hambright and up to 485. the rest of the charlotte commute, majors running free and clear, we do have an accident on south tryon above clanton. be aware of that. moving to the south if you're northbound out of rock hill you have the green light on i-77 northbound drive time of 21 minutes, average speed of 66-miles-per-hour. christine, over to you. >> christine: get right back to kristen miranda right now. >> john: she is following breaking news in the alert center. >> kristen: we have been talking about this a few minutes now, john and christine. take a look at apple tv to show you where we're talking about. if you know birkdale village, this is a jewelry

. >> chris: traffic this morning sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll get you out the door wit a live look here i-77, tyvola ru ing al;+ong smoothly. first drive times, rock hill hour. concord, 18 minutes, lake norman, 15 minutes ats 66 miles an hour.:c looking at our mapping system, our major highways, volume light, travel is green on 485, 77, 85, some of our secondary roads like providence, independence boulex!pvard, albermarle, wt harris, the highways there running in the green also forour friday morning commute early on. that is traffic, john over to you. >> john: 5:02, continuing to follow thew breaking news, charloe-mettlenburg police are investigating a violent carjacking. the victim found ons: rozzelles ferry road but police investigate where the shoing happened. wbtv's ashton pellom was the first to break this story online. he joins us now live in westn+ charlotte with much more on this story. so ashton, have police made any arrests yet? >> reporter: hey, good morning, jo. so far police haven't made any arrests in the case yet. i'm curren

first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're looking live at i-77 out toward the rest area, south carolina state line, no problems here this morning, everything run along smoothly as is the case with most of our majors, 485, 85, 77, no problems. now, as we come in closer to center city, on providence road, this is providence at dartmouth, a new accident scene, not seeing significant delays on providence road as you make your way to 277 and beyond in center city looks good. that is a check of the morning and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: thank you, chris. >>> in less than an hour the polls will open for voters here in north carolina to cast their ballots in the state's primaries. wbtv's mark davenport covering one of the polling places that will open in 60 minutes, at covenant presbyterian church in charlotte. mark, there are are two races in particular people will be watching out for today. >> reporter: yeah, christine, the two big races are for president. the presidential preference and north carolina g

traffic sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. out the door here with live at i-85 near 485 coming in from concord and kannapolis, most of our major highways are running in the green this morning. drive times rock hill inbound, 21 minutes, 66 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17, 68, lake norman southbound at 14 minutes and average speed of 70-miles-per-hour. again, looking at our overall mapping system, 485, 77, 85, absolutely no problems. seeing slow downs to the south,

. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you have that early tuesday morning commute live look i-77, clanton road, no problems here, volume across the area fairly light. if you are heading out the next 5, 10 minutes rock hill, uptown, 20 minutes, concord to center city, 19 minutes, lake norman southbound at 15 minutes, with an average speed of 68-miles-per-hour. still, a whole lot of green out there, so any of our major interstates looking a-okay, providence road, wt harris, over in north tryon, university city, no problems there. that is a first check of your tuesday morning commute. christine, back over to you. >> christine: voters in north carolina heading to the polls one week from today to vote in the presidential primary. and one candidate will be in the area today. hold a rally tonight in kannapolis, starts at 5:00 at central baptist church, event is free but you have to register online. cruz isn't the only candidate making a push in north carolina. mark davenport live in charlotte with more on this, so mark, two o

. >> chris: first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're going to start with a live look i-85, this is out at bruton smith boulevard, see all that inbound traffic coming out of concord, kannapolis beginning to heat up as you make your way toward center city charlotte. rock hill, uptown, 20 minutes, 67 miles an hour, concord commute, lake norman southbound, 56 miles an hour. 15 minutes. 85 looks good, 77 coming out of the lake and south carolina no significant problems yet. in toward center city we do have a few slow downs on the outer loop of the john belk, now caps hill road, we'll have a live report coming up, but there is a between peachtree and beaties ford which is closed down this morning. you may want to think about sunset road as an alternate to get around that and back over to beaties ford. that is a check of your morning traffic, guys, back to you. >> john: thanks, chris. back to that breaking news out of gaston county. police investigating a triple homicide in alexis. this morning we know one person has been arrested and ch

. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: chris larson off today, we'll try to pick up a few things here traffic-wise. a live look at current conditions map, and you can see we have green throughout the area there if you're driving in from gaston county on i-85 or 74 from monroe in charlotte you'll look pretty good because things are clear and moving smoothly. here's a live look at i-77 at clanton road you can see traffic somewhat light this morning and it is moving smoothly, we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. >>> following breaking news involving an armed robbery this morning at a convenience store in south charlotte. >> christine: go to brody o'connell who first broke the story in the last half hour watch other new details arewhat other details are coming in? >> brody: this is at park and woodlawn, it looks like this might be video we got in. earlier we just had pictures. a man went in the kangaroo gas station over at park and woodlawn in charlotte, he had a knife or screwdriver, apparently not clear at this time, went in, demanded mon

. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: right now give you a live look at current conditions map and you can see right now all the interstates are basically in green which means you shouldn't have any trouble driving in this morning. however, we have an incident a vehicle disabled in the roadway at south tryon and whitehaul commonswhitehallcommons center drive. a look at i-77 at tyvola, traffic is light if things change, we'll let you know throughout the morning. >> christine: north carolina's congressional boundaries may attorneys who sued over the state's maps say the new boundaries drawn by lawmakers last month do not address their concerns. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte with more on this, so mark, what is the issue with the new maps and how could it affect the primary? >> reporter: well, christine, the primary could get pushed back further if it has to be re-drawn again. the primaries were already pushed back to june 7th when this map was re-drawn in february. just this last month. but i want to get you to the new controversy with

. >> christine: a pedestrian seriously hurt when hit by a car in north charlotte. sky 3 live over the scene, breaking last evening. you can see the windshield shattered and the roof crushed in on the close up, police have not said if anyone will face charges. >> john: tough day ahead at harrisburg elementary school in indian land. they are mourning the loss of an eight-year-old boy killed until a bike accident. bryson mcsweeney rode through a stop sign and hit a car. he was not wearing a helmet. harrisburg elementary. neighbors and school officials say it is hard to cope with his death. district personnel will be available for any students needing special attention or support. >> christine: new info, investigators say the driver who hit a home in cleveland county causing a deadly propane explosion has submitted a blood sample. it happened on east stage coach trail in falseston fallston sunday night. jb and naomi newton died from the injuries. no charges have been filed in the case. >> john: questions surround the pageland police department. nearly every officer wal

. 50, partly cloudy in charlotte, 50 rock hill, 52 monroe, cooler north and west. below freezing in boone. 45 in hickory, 49 gastonia and out toward salisbury at 47. for today, lots of sunshine across the area, even in the mountains you become sunny this afternoon. 49 this morning. near 50 at lunch time, 53 late this afternoon here in the charlotte area. 20 degrees cooler versus the last couple days. i'm tracking our next round of rain, also look at weekend forecast all starting in a few minutes at 6:00. right now, first alert traffic. >>> first alert traffic broroht to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: all right and we continue to watch the commute for you which during the 5:00 hour has been moving great this morning. followno major slow downs, 77, 85 coming from gastonia moving smoothly. all of 485, highlighted in the let's look at live look at i-77 at nations ford, traffic picking up slightly as we move to the 6:00 a.m. hour, keep watching wbtv news we will let you know about problems first as they arise. >>> super tuesday is now in the books, we'r

. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you're leaving the house coming in from the lake norman area on 77, 15 minutes average speed there, 63-miles-per-hour. we're in the green davidson, cornelius, down to huntersville and all the way up to 485, inbound to center city looks good as well, providence road, wt harris, albermarle, no problems. down to the south, coming out of rock hill, 77 on northbound this morning, look at the current drive time, sitting at 21 minutes with an average speed there of 65 miles an hour. here is the live look, this is i-85 at 485, no problems here, volume is light and running minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> in campaign 2016, in less than three hours, polls across mecklenburg county will open for early voting in north carolina. there are several races involved and a few changes to voting this year. our mark davenport is live in charlotte with much more on this. so mark, what do folks need to know if they are voting early? >> reporter:

chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. looking live i-77 here west boulevard, volume of traffic early on our friday morning commute running fairly lightly, most of the major highways are this morning. so a bit of good news for your friday morning commute. coming in from matthews on 74, 13 minutes, 49 miles an hour, providence road running 16 minutes from the arboretum and concord to center city, 18 minutes, at 66 miles an hour. that is a check of the morning travels, john, over to you. sign of how the economy is doing right now, a preview of the federal jobs report set to be released today. >> kristen: first, wbtv is community. >>> you're planning your day with wbtv news this morning. >> kristen: 5:18, we were talking watauga county schools are closed this morning. >> john: we'll go over to center with the look at the roads up there. what have you got, mark? >> mark: a few pictures from some of the officials in watauga i'll show you those in a few closed. we told you that a while ago ght off the top of the show. this is fr

. >> chris: first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're going to start with a live look i-77 here west boulevard, no problems, traffic running along smoothly this morning, so we'll begin with drive times, if you're coming up from rock hill, 63-miles-per-hour. concord to center city, 18 minutes, lake norman southbound, 15 minutes, 69-miles-per-hour. overall mapping system looking if you are coming in on 485 or 85, no problems. concord kannapolis commute looks good as well. that is traffic guys, back to you. >> christine: thank you, chris. news breaking right now, a man now charged in that deadly shooting in hickory is due in court today. kristen miranda live in the alert center with this latest information on the investigation in the shooting. >> kristen: we find new information through the morning about the incident in hickory. this is eric yount, 22 years old from granite falls. we got ahold of his mug shot a short time ago. charged with first degree murder attempted murder and will be in catawba county court today. following what p

traffic sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. out the door here with live at i-85 near 485 coming in from concord and kannapolis, most of our major highways are running in the green this morning. drive times rock hill inbound, 21 minutes, 66 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17, 68, lake norman southbound at 14 minutes and average speed of 70-miles-per-hour. again, looking at our overall mapping system, 485, 77, 85, absolutely no problems. seeing slow downs to the south, providence road and in to matthews, so expect a little heavier traffic there. that isthat is a check of the morning commute. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: thanks, chris. nick tennyson is heading to texas to meet with d.o.t. officials there. it comes as he re-evaluates the i-77 toll lane project here at home. mark davenport is following the story and mark is joining us now live with much more so mark, do we know exactly why the transportation secretary is making this trip? >> reporter: j

. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: here is a live look at the current conditions map and good news for your friday morning commute. there are no significant issues on any of the interstates, even i-485, there may be your typical slow downs in those areas where traffic gets congested but no wrecks. a live look at i-77 at the state line, a lot of traffic but again, no issues on the interstates that will slow you down except for the usual volume issues. >> christine: a family in gaston county is calling their six year to safety when a fire broke out in their home in belmont. sky 3 was the first on the scene on clay street when it happened yesterday evening. wbtv's mark davenport is live with the story this morning. so mark, tell us how the young man helped get everyone out. >> reporter: christine, he was the only person inside the house that heard the fire crackling, he immediately got everyone's attention in the home and got them out the back door before the flames took over the rest of the place. i want to show you video of what that house lo

. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: right now give you a live look at current conditions map and for the most part things are looking green right now, which means conditions are good, no significant issues. as we look at this live picture of i-77 at arrowood road, there has been an accident at north sharon amity and indlewood, an accident there, that may cause issues as you head out. >> christine: the biggest day yet in campaign 2016, voters went to the polls in a dozen states to decide their party's presidential nominee. hillary clinton and donald trump earning wins in seven of those states. republican ted cruz nabbed the biggest prize in texas, marco rubio got his first win of the campaign, in the state of minnesota. clinton's competitor, bernie sanders celebrated victories in the home state of while nearly every candidate in the race picked up a win, super tuesday was not good news for everyone not named, clinton or trump. >> john: they so far ahead they may not be able to be caught. kristen miranda is live breaking down the very latest

traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you're getting ready to hit look at i-85 at bruton bruton smith, thicker traffic at this hour and looking at your drive times, matthews, center city, 12 minutes, 52-miles-per-hour. inbound on providence road from the arboretum, running at 17 minutes, concord to center city, the same, 17 minutes, average speed is 70-miles-per-hour. looking at the mapping system most of the majors still running in the green this morning, a few slow downs, beginning to build around the arboretum, that is highway 16 and 51 and inbound on providence road, a couple of slow downs there. we'll keep an eye on things for you as we head between 6:15 and 7:00 as we roll in the rush hour. that is a check of the morning commute, christine, over to you. >> christine: the gop presidential race narrowed down to two candidates? >> john: donald trump and ted cruz evenly split the contests, more on that later on "cbs this morning" at 7:00. >> christine: peyton manning set in the alert center getting reaction ahead of

. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: checking with cmpd here and right now, no major accidents being worked to start the 6:00 a.m. hour, the commute has been fantastic so far, you can see 485, 77, 85 all highlighted in green. if you have to get on the roads, this is the time to do it. traffic is moving smoothly. looking live at the state line where it does get backed up a good bit during the morning hours, but again at this hour, north and southbound traffic moving well, volume picking up only slightly. le we'll let you know of problems first on wbtv. >> john: we want to get over to brody o'connell. >> christine: continuing to watch breaking news happening now out of mooresville. >> brody: this is mcneeley avenue, we have a crew there live on the scene. we're told apparently when firefighters got on scene they saw smoke coming from this house but from this live look you can tell no sign of flames, they are extremely close to the home indicating that there might not be any severe threat at the moment from any flames. looks like they got it

. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. getting you out on the road for this wednesday morning commute, live look i-77 west boulevard, volume light, no problems here, checking your drive times, just getting ready to start out rock hill uptown, 21 minutes, concord to center city 19 minutes. a whole lot of green, a few slow-downs here south boulevard over on providence road. other than that, things looking a-okay for wednesday morning commute. that is a check of traffic, guys, back to you. >> christine: this morning we're hearing from isis about the deadly terrorist attacks in brussels. at least 30 people have died following the attacks at the airport and a metro station in belgium's capital city. >> john: kristen miranda is live in the alert center getting the latest developments from overnight. >> kristen: big developmentses this morning in the attacks that killed 34 people. let's start with the investigation, two of the suspected suicide bombers, the been identified this morning. khalid and brahim bakraoui, wrote, twobroth

. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: all right, we're continuing to watch all the traffic patterns this morning, on the outer loop of 485 just beyond us74, you may face a slow down there, but for the most part, 485, 77 and 85 looking great this morning. let's look live at i-77 and west boulevard, you can see it, traffic is light, but as soon as the problem arises, we'll tell you first on wbtv because you're never more than seven minutes wbtv news this morning. >>> people living near west asking charlotte-mecklenburg about students who they say are are causing trouble while they should be in class. wbtv's mark davenport is live in charlotte with more on this so mark, what are some of the issues neighbors are are complaining about? >> reporter: there is a laundry list, christine. more than 30 neighbors who live around west mecklenburg high school showed up for a meeting overnight. some of the problems, cars being broken into, stuff stolen from homes. they all agreed at the meeting there is a problem at west mecklenburg high school that nee

currently at 50 in charlotte, 49 cooler north of town, upper 40s, upper 30s over toward morganton, 44 in shelby. today, look for partly to mostly sunny skies, charlotte area, start at 50, already eclipsing our high of yesterday by lunch time and 75 late this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. now we do need rain, we have been on the dry side here of late. haven't had much measurable rain in the last two weeks. i'll let you know what the rain chances look like, the seven day planner is coming up at 6:00. check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: traffic this morning sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're looking live at i-77, this is from woodlawn road, volume of traffic still pretty light but beginning to pick up across the charlotte area this morning. our major highways are are still running in the green. that includes roads like providence, independence boulevard, albermarle, north tryon, all running smoothly. coming in from the lake norman area, davidson to huntersville, no problems, you have a straight shot. all the way up to 485 in center we told you about this

, the the other at a gun outlet and pawn shop north of uptown charlotte. mark davenport has been at both of those scenes this morning, live apartment the scene at north tryon street. mark, what are police telling you? >> reporter: christine, i was told this shop, a gun outlet, attempted burglary here this morning. and i was talking to the owner of the shop here a while ago, t he said they tried to break in the back door of the shop. i went around back a bit ago before police left the scene, show you some of the pictures i took on twitter. i sent out three pictureses this morning, my twitter handle, that first picture the front bumper of a jeep cherokee, that was the car they were ramming in the back door of the gun outlet this morning trying to get in the it was still here on scene when cmpd showed up. nothing was stolen inside but you see on the other picture we were showing you a second ago all the rust in the grass, they tried so many times, there is a decent hill, to slam in the back door. this isn't the only incident overnight at a place that sells gu

. >> chris: good morning, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're going to start with a live look here this is i-77 here, across our system, most of our major highways looking good this morning. coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute right now and lake norman southbound on 77, sitting at 15 minutes, 66-miles-per-hour. mapping system a lot of green, 485 looks good, 77, 85, some of the primary secondaries like providence, independence, albermarle, all running in the green early on this wednesday morning. that is a check of traffic, christine, back over to you. >> christine: watching breaking news an investigation underway after a shooting sent one woman to the hospital. >> john: the woman shot around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. she then drove herself to a home away. from there taken to the hospital. injuries. >> christine: one of four shootings that happened in the one person shot at 8:00 near barrington drive and milton road. that person was taken to the hospital with mi

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traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. it is the lanes northbound away from the city which are blocked off this morning. if you're coming inbound on brookshire boulevard up to 485, you are going to be able to make it through that scene, but terrible crash overnight with this passenger vehicle in the back of some sort of a dump truck. thatatas blocked the northbound lanes. so again, if you are trying to go north and then get on the outer loop of 485, that is where you will find the problems or just heading north on brookshire boulevard. those lanes are closed down, it may be 7:30, 8:00 before this accident investigation is complete and they can get the lanes reopened. the so if brookshire away from the city of charlotte is part of your morning commute, be aware those lanes are closed down and as we head through the rush hour and the volume increases, heading southbound in toward the the residual slow downs, everybody slowing down because there is such a large police presence there. here is a live look, i-77 northbound at na

. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. looking live this morning, this is i-77 west boulevard, volume light, travel running smoothly through center city right now and most of our major highways are continuing to run in the green this morning. of course we've been telling you about a fire at a mexican restaurant overnight on albermarle road at central. we believe lanes are reopened on albermarle road, you will find a heavy fire department presence as they mop up the scene. we'll keep an eye on things there and on highways here across the charlotte area. that is a check of the morning commute, john, over to you. >> john: next at 5:00, another safety feature could soon be standard in all cars. the deal reached between the federal government and automakers to protect you on the roads. >> christine: an important live coverage of the ncaa basketball tournament from noon until 5:00 p.m. today. that will be followed by wbtv news at 5:00. the regularly scheduled programs resume monday. for complete look at the >>> thank you for sta

charlotte commute if you're coming in 77, 85, no problems there, providence road, north tryon up in the university city area, down to the south also looking good this morning. check injuring drive times with a live look at i-77 at the rest area, volume pretty light here on 77. rock hill in uptown, 22 minutes, 63 miles an hour. concord to center city, sitting at 18 minute commute and southbound lake norman, 17 minutes, average speed, 60 miles an hour, that is a check of traffic, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> we continue to follow breaking overnight news for you, charlotte-mecklenburg police investigating four shootings in which six people were injured. a woman shot in the leg around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. three hours earlier, a person suffered minor injury in a milton road. at 5:30, two people shot on the plaza, one seriously hurt, the other in critical condition. then around 4:30 a person shot, suffered injuries on brookshire boulevard. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte

. >> chris: first traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. start monday morning, i-77 west boulevard, no problems here, volume of traffic running along smoothly. making your way in and out of center city on 77 and 85, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute, lake norman southbound, 16 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. mapping system yeah, you can see it, most of the major interstates still running in the green this morning, a few slow downs, over on providence road outbound toward fairview providence road, independence boulevard, wt harris, albermarle all looking just fine this morning. traffic, guys, back to you. >> john: campaign 2016, voter in north carolina will select their choices for the presidential nominees in tomorrow's primaries. three candidates will be in the charlotte area today in hopes of courting voters. wbtv's mark davenport is live in charlotte with more on this story and mark, those candidates include the republican and democratic front runners. >> reporter: today is very

sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. this is a look at i-77, across the state lines. no significant problems early this morning. in the center city, in the green, 77 through center city looking a-okay this morning. interstate highways running in the green, 45 looks good. 77, 85, providence road to wt harris in the university city area, no significant delays as of yet. we do have one early morning accident with injuries at hobis road, right buffer make your way you're negative you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. it is 5 did 5:33 this morning. >> town officials reinstated police chief larry brown in spite of an investigation into his department, and nearly all the officers quit. what changes have they made in pageland. >> the sheriff is seeing things he needs to fix immediately. he said the police department is stuck in a time warp and getting it up to date is a top priority for him. sheriff breaks said he is shutting down the local jail instinct. that officers didn't have department-issued cell phones. >> we're going to have the whole de

neighborhoods mostly in the 30s north of charlotte. we had a cold front come through yesterday and barely even noticed it. still in the 40s in charlotte and a variety in the mountains so the day will warm things back up but a 5-degree cooler start in charlotte and 10 degrees or more cooler in the northern tier counties. so a light jacket out the door back into the 50s by 9:00 and close to 70 today even though the clouds will be rolling back in. we'll show you in the future cast timeline when the rain starts to roll in and how many more rain chances are coming in this week. let's get you over to mark taylor in the traffic center where we still have issues from overnight. >> that's right we are watching north charlotte very closely this morning. we do have a road closure that will effect a few folks. joe bruno will have an update in a few minutes. griers grove road is closed so use access of baities ford as an alternate. other than that very quiet. an 8 minute ride from north lake. down al arrowood road the traffic is light and clear fro

breaking news out of north charlotte since 5:00. we want to you show you live pictures of this warehouse fire along north trion street just outside of uptown charlotte. we can tell you that all lanes of north trion between dalton avenue and 30th street are now closed as crews are still trying to get this under control. in just the past 20 minutes we spoke to a woman who was inside when the fire broke out. >> people were running. knocking on doors trying to get everybody out. when we heard the fire truck, we were told to come outside immediately. >>> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. no one was hurt. >>> breaking in the last hour, this school psychologist at monroe middle school has been charged with assaulting a student dale rust faces assault charges in the next 30 minutes, channel 9 plans to speak directly to his accuser. the 14-year-old monroe middle assaulted by rust last thursday. our coverage continues tonight on eyewitness news at 10:00 and 11:00. a man accused of punching a woman in the face is locked up. h

north and southbound traffic volume just beginning to increase here across the charlotte area somewhaha john belk over to the brookshire hornets taking on the indiana pacers, that is 7:00 at time warner cable arena. looking at the mapping system most of the majors running in the green, 485, 85 out of gastonia look good. concord, kannapolis commute running smoothly. out of lake norman still in the green, southbound on 77. check of drive times, leaving matthews, for uptown, 13 minutes, 47-miles-per-hour. providence road from the arboretum area at 16 minute, concord to center city, 17 minutes at 71-miles-per-hour. john, over to you. >> john: breaking news now out of northwest charlotte, right now police are investigating a smash and grab burglary at a rite aid on belhaven boulevard. this happened just within the last couple hours. wbtv's ashton pellom is joining us now live at the scene, so ashton, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, good morning, john, what i can tell you whoever committed this crime left the mess. police tell me this happened around 3:30 this morning. zoom in so you

. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start with a live look i-77, clanton road, you see center city, volume of traffic on the interstates picking up, southbound traffic going in south carolina, beginning to thicken up and also that northbound traffic in toward center city beginning to thicken up as well. looking at drive times, coming in from lake norman area, southbound on 77, average speed is 67 miles an hour, running at 15 minute commute. lake norman commute still running in the green from davidson to cornelius, huntersville all the way up to 485. overall here in the charlotte area, most of our major highways are continuing to run in the green. northbound out of rock hill this morning, let's launch the drive time for rock hill, this is inbound at 21 minutes with of a acknowledge speed of 65-miles-per-hour an hour. that is a check of the first alert traffic, christine, crime alert, six people total are hurt in four separate shootings across charlotte. you can see where they happened on this map, we pin pointed th

first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we do have a new accident, this is north tryon at dalton, seeing delays there both in and out bound at that intersection, expect that you will find emergency crews on the scene there. a live look i-77 at arrowood, inbound backing up from 485 up so heading in the rush hour, starting to see a few of those delays, 77 southbound through center city as well. coming inbound on brookshire, we have a new accident, brookshire boulevard right there at i-85, right now, not seeing any significant delays, we'll keep our eye on that one. the alternate would be rozzelles ferry road. that is a check of traffic, christine. >> christine: kristen miranda back with three big stories we need to watch. >> kristen: the governor of michigan will testify before a house hearing on the flint water crisis. >> president obama's supreme court nominee merrick garland will meet with democrats on capitol hill. >> the big breaking story you will talk about, seaworld no longer participating in captive breeding of orca

chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're still looking at problems up on brookshire boulevard, outbound away from center city charlotte. after a fatal accident, right near 485, if you're coming northbound on brookshire, you can make your way on to the inner loop of 485 but not going the outer loop and we've seen fairly significant delays heading northbound. little easier going south toward the city, coming north on 16, pleasant grove road over to belhaven and up to rozzelles ferry or mount holly-huntersville road, those are the best alternates around the fatal accident scene. 485 running in the green right now. seeing a few slow downs here on down to our south, south of 85 coming in toward berry hill and then looking in p to north of charlotte, an accident at beaties ford at tate, power lines are down on beaties ford at tate street, you will find delays along there. that is a check of traffic. >> christine: today, president obama continuing his historic trip to cuba. >> john: we have a look ahead to the schedule that i

. >>> police are still looking for a suspect in a stabbing in north suspect charlotte. chopper 9 was over the scene during eyewitness news at 5:00, since then, police told us that suspect and the victim know each other, that they they argued, and one stabbed the other. >>> we spoke with city leaders tonight, and they're telling us, there are no plans for any disciplinary action in an investigation into a city council woman's choice to use a charlotte fire leader as her intern. she warned claire fallon the against policy about council employee interaction. he called it unlawful and a conflict of interest. claire fallons says puckett is working with her in his off time, and that this should not be an issue. >> tried to bully me and tell me i can't have this, and i can't do this. oh, yes, i can, people elected me. >> city officials said attorneys are looking into whether any action will be taken, if it's believed that fallon or puckett may be violating city policy. puckett says he has not been paid by fallon and for the time being, he is not working as her intern. >>> gett

that is the forecast, quarter of 6:00, check in with chris, get brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. north tryon at old concord, this is creating a partial lane blockage. slow downs there along north tryon. a live look, i-77 northbound at the rest area, no problems, volume light, picking up heading inbound. major interstates like 77, 85, 485 in the green. a few slow downs albermarle and wt harris boulevard. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: are you ready for extreme sports action? new this morning, new details about the pitch to bring the x games to the charlotte area. >> christine: kristen miranda live in the alert center. what are you seeing now? >> kristen: working on several presidentinclude latest onpresident obama and his. >>> giving you first alert weather and traffic every seven minutes, welcome back to wbtv news this morning. >> christine: president obama is on another international trip this morning. >> john: for more on that get over to kristen miranda with new details just coming in the alert center. >>

. >>> following breaking news out of north charlotte where chopper 9 sky zoom just flew over a serious crash involving a pedestrian along peachtree road near sunset. in some of the video, you can see officers out on the scene, a dark-colored vehicle with the police are closing down capps hill mine road to sunset. we life-threatening injuries and we'll bring you any new information as soon as we learn more. >>> now we turn to a heart- breaking story out of indian land where an entire community is reeling after an 8-year-old boy dies last night after bike in the neighborhood on glen laurel drive. blake hanson talked to his family and his school all trying to understand how this happened. blake? >> reporter: erica, i talked to the boy's mother and she asked that we not use his name or picture. she is having an incredibly difficult time, and harrisburg elementary is having a difficult time, too where the boy was a beloved second grader beloved by all. as neighbors looked out to see the commotion last night, their hearts changed. >> it's a sick feeling. is it your child? or what's going to?