To discovery place. And Traffic Control equipment. This money would replace an upgrade parts of the old system. John in campaign 2016 as donald trump prepares to hold a rally in hickory, he and democrat Bernie Sanders are blaming each other at trump events over the weekend on friday several people arrest in missouri and a rally in chicago was cancelled as things got heated between Trump Supporters and protesters. Saturday a protesters stormed the stage in cleveland, Police Pepper sprayed crowds in kansas city. More protests interrupted trump yesterday in illinois. On twitter yesterday, trump blames sanders supporters for the protest, saying sanders condemned the protests voters took it a step further, tweeting back send them, they deser to have see what an honest politician sounds like. Christine watching live pictures, Brody Oconnell in the alert center talking more on this flooding in the south. What are you seeing . Brody a tough go this weekend for states like louisiana and mississippi, some of the numbers, it is just absolute devastation there. Some 5,000 homes, churches are reporting they are assisting with, that were severely damaged in the flooding. The video youre seeing came from a couple of our raycom fail yachts there in the louisiana area, not too far north of louisiana, new orleans. This is flooding that reached all the way over in mississippi and texas, arkansas, the death toll from the Weekend Storms stands at four right now. They are still going through trying to make sure some of the homes that were flooded that nobody is in there, so they dont have to be rescued. Also there is a chance the death anybody that was trapped in these homes. John and christine, back to you. John new this morning, a survey says if youre looking for a job, charlotte is one of the best places to do it. In the employ employment survey, charlotte and omaha, nebraska are the best cities to find a job. 11,000 employerers were surveyed. Christine companies are helping middle School Students decide on future careers. This is students at work week, today officials from duke energy will visit mc mcclinton middle school in charlotte. Legal services of southern piedmont is holding military mondays, legal clinics in mecklenburg, union and cabarrus counties. Todays clinic at the starbucks at Carolinas Medical Center south on pinevillematthews road. It runs from 1 00 until 3 00 this afternoon. Curry. Turning 28 years old, his wife turns 27 later this month. They announced they will hold a joint Birthday Party to raise money for two charities they support, nothing but nets and no kid hungry. Happy birthday. Christine quite the cake there. Give you a live look at the commute this morning were watching a dozen cameras t each morning. This is i77 at trade street, a good bit of cars at 5 00 a. M. On the roads but no major back ups we will tell you about them first on wbtv, because youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is meteorologist al conklin conklin. Al we have concerns, christine, that is dense fog. We have a dense fog advisory until 10 00 this morning for lincoln and up to iredell county, Catawba County and Cleveland County and all counties north an west of there all the way up in the mountains. This does not include charlottemecklenburg but again around here this morning as well. Dense fog a bit of an issue, numale fishing forecast, mix of clouds and sunshine midday before showers and storms approach late this afternoon, they will continue off and on through the evening. Big catch today is well, you know this guy. What the who is that . Christine that is you. Al for the first time in 23 years i decided to make myself the big catch. Was out with my friends mike verdi and steve wilson about giving away our secret spot. I caught that fish, thank you. Goodbye. John in the water. Al there you go. Christine is that fair you pick yourself . John did you bring to it fry it up in the pan here . Al catch and release only. Late harvest in the trout. Thunderstorm outlook, potentially for a couple of for hail and winds, let you know more about this in the seven day forecast in a couple minutes. Christine, over to you. Christine big celebrations john how some some there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. And provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play by the rules if im president . You Better Believe it. Im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Christine new this morning, College Basketball players celebrating after making the ncaa tournament. John the acc champion tarheels claiming the no. 1 seed in the east. We definitely see it as an opportunity to just prove people what were worth. We had a target on our backs because of who we are. Blood blood will be theblue devils will be no. 4 seed in the west. Great i always dreamed of playing in the big dance, finally here. How about this, unc wilmington making the tournament, tweeted this photo of cj bryce celebrating. North carolina central, wofford and Coastal Carolina are also in the dance. Christine a couple schools made the National Invitation tournament or nit, the South Carolina gamecocks are no. 1 seed this year, and davidson wildcats will play for the seventh time in school history. They will play at Florida State tomorrow night at 7 00 on espn2. You can catch that action and support the wildcats. Al getting down to the crazies now. Get the brackets going and good luck. Christine and rip them up. Al you have six or seven brackets. Christine no, i dont, one is enough al hope you had a great weekend, we had a rain around both days, wasnt perfect but was warm with temperatures that rebounded to near 80 degrees. Again, little bit of rain yesterday,. 12 in charlotte, some spots less, some spots more. Rain is gone now for the moment, were running a deficit for the year and month, about 1. 6 to 1. 7 respectively. A little bit of rain wouldnt hurt the situation. But again, the rain will be holding off until later in the day. The issue this morning is fog. You can see dense fog, zero visibility around hickory, back to morganton, shelby, a mile boone, rock hill, albermarle and down toward lancaster. 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. Well 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 nights rain moving out, next batch of rain, approaching. It will take most of the day to get here, well show you futurecast as we go through time. Starting off with fog this morning as were in the 5 00 hour, 8 00, still have fog. Lifts to the midday and that may try to pop off a couple showers before 4 00, i dont 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 Weather this afternoon, from boone all the way to hamlet and greensboro back to gaffney, that includes the entire charlotte area, hail would be the main issue that i would be forecasting, wind slightly below that, tornado threat looks to be minimal. Well have to watch that situation. Hail could be pretty strong here. Some of these storms this afternoon again as that front moves through, then High Pressure builds in tomorrow, another weak front comes in here on wednesday, doesnt amount to very much, small chance of shower up in the mountain counties. Rain chances, 50 50, mainly late this afternoon, low rain chance tomorrow and wednesday, small chance wednesday night in early thursday, wouldnt you know it, timing of the next system looks to be over the weekend. Still mixed model messages, well try to fine tune that, but potential for rain this weekend. 62 the normal high, near 80 today, with the time change, 7 35 the sun comes up now. Will be much later. Watch it this morning, before the sun comes up, a lot of fog, 80 this afternoon, couple strong no rain tomorrow, no rain expected wednesday. Small chance wednesday night into thursday, better chance over the weekend. That is the forecast, check with with chris, first alert traffic. Chris thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte. North tryon street with Police Presence at craighead, not seeing serious backups or delays on north tryon. I77 on woodlawn road, volume picking up but running along smoothly. Most of the majors looking aokay. 485, 77, 85 no problems. Swinging in center city john belk and brookshire running free and clear this morning. Heading in center city tonight it is the hornets taking on the dallas mavericks. 7 00 p. M. At Time Warner Cable arena. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. John a growing number of products claim to help women get pregnant. All new in the 6 30 half hour, work and if they are safe. Christine Brody Oconnell live in the alert center working on headlines just in. Brody we have breaking news in charlotte, word of a shooting investigation, very active scene, were getting new details after the break. American workers brought us back from the crash. Now, lets move forward. We need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. New penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. For businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. And lets invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of her first term. Weve gotta create new jobs and industries of the future. Thank you for starting your day with wbtv news this morning. Christine we have breaking news were watching right now. Charlottemecklenburg police are on the scene of a shooting investigation on north tryon street. John Brody Oconnell has first details. Brody we have the only crew out there live at the scene of the shooting. Take you to a live picture from the scene our crews are out there, apparently this is tyron square shopping center, a very the police cars tamed off a large section of the shopping center. Only information we have from cmpd, one person shot with nonlife threatening injuries. Our crews arrived to the scene a few minutes ago, they got set up, still no word from officials on scene, they have been slow to relay information because this just happened in the last 15, 20 minutes or so, or that is when the calls came in. Were expecting more developments in the 6 00 hour, again, wbtv live there on scene here, im watching updates from our crews on my computer, also youre seeing it firsthand for yourself, tryon square, well keep you updated, john and christine, back to you. John thanks, brody. Authorities in suburban dallas say an off duty police offer was involved in a shooting left one person dead and another injured. Police in addison say an officer crime in progress an intervened. One person killed, the other taken to a hospital. The officer was not injured. No identities released. Police in maryland say an officer who was shot has died at a hospital. Authorities say 28yearold officer jacai colson died in an unprovoked attack. He was a four year veteran. The shooting occurred yesterday afternoon at a Community Center next to Police Station in Prince Georges County which is a suburb of washington d. C. Christine one of two teenage girls accused of trying to kill a classmate in wisconsin to apiece the fictional character slenderman is being treated at a state mental hospital. A judge committed the 13yearold to the hospital in january. The girl has been diagnosed with early onset schizophrenia. The two girls charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide in the may, 2014 attack. Luredgirlslured her to a park where they stabbed her 19 times. An 18yearold model with Downs Syndrome breaking barriers. Madeline stewart from australia selected for bridal shoot in virginia. The idea to show realities of love for people with disabilities and to encourage women not the typically thin, tall models in bridal magazines. Christine looks beautiful. A man in southeast china is sweeping an elderly woman off her feet. He reached out to ask if the woman is okay, as she crosses the street. He scoops her up and carries her across to the opposite sidewalk. He sets her down safely, waits with her until she regains her balance. The video has more than 300,000 views. John wow. Sir Walter Raleigh of china. There you go. Christine youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news conklin. Al all right, thanks a lot, christine. Ok at the numbers over the last week, seriously warm weather for the beginning of march. With temperatures in the 70s and getting up in the low 80s friday and early on saturday afternoon. Yesterday, 79 degrees, we had more cloud cover and showers around, now the showers have cleared out and with that, we have pockets of dense fog, zero visibility hickory, lenoir, morganton south toward boiling springs, shelby and kings mountain, three miles in charlotte, zero in albermarle, one mile lancaster, rock hill, watch the fog situation at the moment, the dense fog advisory until 10 00 is only for counties north and west of mecklenburg, but trust me if youre from charlotte and southeast youll run in pockets of dense fog. Use caution. In gaston county, belmont, down toward the Railroad Tracks your visibility is pretty good. 62 degrees at 8 00 at the bus stop, not looking at rain, could be a sprinkle or two but not rain. Afternoon as storms will be approaching from the west, they may not be in charlotte at 4 00 but knocking on the door back to the west of us and if you have plans this evening, plan on wet weather, potentially some of these will be strong, there is at least a slight risk for entire wbtv viewing area for damaging wind and large hail. Those are the two things im watching the most. That is the forecast, take a look at seven day planner coming up at the top of the hour. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte. Well step outside and take a woodlawn road. Travel there in both directions beginning to increase but still morning. Taking a look at our charlotte area commute, majors like 77, 85 running in the green, no delays as of yet, 485 looks good. Over on north tryon street, near east sugar creek, you will find Police Presence there, well have the very latest on that coming up from Brody Oconnell in the University City area for tonight, this starts at 10 00 p. M. , University City boulevard closing down at north tryon for lynx blue mine construction. Alternate is University Point to ikea boulevard that would work around the scene. That is tonight from 6 00 p. M. Until 6 00 a. M. On tuesday morning. That is a check of the morning calves,travels. Christine three candidates will be visiting the area. Were on your side with a preview. John many are concerned about one of those events featuring donald trump, a look back at some of the safety it is five minutes before wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now with breaking news. Christine that breaking news in North Charlotte youre looking live where police are investigating a shooting. This is a live look at the active scene where they descended in the last 20 minutes at north tryon and craighead road. A story Brody Oconnell is following first in the alert center. Brody following minutebyminute updates. There is this scene there could be multiple other scenes, police are investigating, full details coming up in the alert center. John president ial candidate making the final push to voters in north carolina. Three more candidates will visit the front runners, visiting the charlotte area for campaign events. Good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning on this monday, march 14th, good to have you with us at 6 00 a. M. Im john carter. Christine im christine sperow. John get started with charlottes most experienced morning meteorologist, al al visibility fluctuating, ten miles an hour ago, then down to three miles, now at five miles. Outlying area visibility much, much lower. Poor visibility lancaster, albermarle, up to hickory and morganton, zero visibility, one mile shelby, boone, statesville. Use caution this morning north and west of town. Dense fog advisory until 10 00. Does not include charlottemecklenburg nonetheless pockets of fog in charlotte and south and east. Use caution early this morning. Five mile visibility in center city. Lots of low clouds after yesterdays rain, skies cleared and so we have that fog out there. Once the fog burns off we will see temperature rise to near 80 but late this afternoon and this evening, showers and thunderstorms will move in, a couple are likely to be severe late today. You can see the next batch of rain across nashville heading in our direction. Show you that on futurecast plus looking ahead to the weekends are the entire seven day forecast in a couple minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris traffic sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte. Were going to start with a scene of that breaking news we told you about at the top of the show. Traveling north tryon, this is at east craighead, youre going to find a heavy Police Presence. Well have more coming up. Not seeing any major slowdowns around the area. As we look live i77 woodlawn road, northbound traffic is light, southbound traffic certainly picking up a bit this morning but most of the major highways are continuing to run in the green so 85, 77, 485 looking okay this morning. As we head up in the University City area, a heads up that tonight starting at 10 00 p. M. , University City boulevard at north tryon will be closed down overnight for lynx blue line construction, University Point over to ikea is the alternate around that scene. That is a check of traffic, john, over to you. John thanks, chris. Get over to Brody Oconnell. Christine getting details first in the alert center of this breaking investigation