Lyndsay good morning im Lyndsay Tapases. Kristen i missed you last weekend. Lyndsay it was valentines weekend we didnt get to share our love for each other. Kristen you and brody shared the quality time. I threw up a little bit in my mouth. Lyndsay it was precious. Sharing the love. Kristen youre very cute, actually. Lyndsay anyhoo it is not val envalentines anymore. But it was freezing last weekend. This weekend not so much. It will be a lot warmer. 48 in charlotte right now, we have most spots in the mid to upper 40s. 44 boone, 46 in hickory, 49 in gastonia, 48 in salisbury, 47 in monroe and rock hill. The past couple mornings have been around freezing, this is not too bad and this afternoon back in the 60s, it will feel great out there, tomorrow upper but it is going to be kind of crowd difficult andie and some of could you seecloudy, it will be warm but still kind of gray, ill have more details coming up. Kristen we look forward to them, lyndsay, thank you. The polls open in less than an hour in South Carolina. More than half a million voters are expected to cast their ballots in the states primary. Alex giles is on your side with more in campaign 2016. Reporter in a matter of hours voters will be coming to the fort milton hall to cast votes in the very important primary. The republican field is now down to six candidates, it is possible we could see the field narrow after this primary. The six remaining candidates all spent friday vying for final votes across the state. Dr. Ben carson was in rock hill visiting Senior Citizens and service veterans. Voters we talk to in South Carolina say they have concerns which are driving them to the polls. Care benefits, taxes, and those sort of things. Our freedoms are in jeopardy, so much decisions have to be made need to be made by levelheaded people. Reporter precinct sinks open atprecincts open at7 00 a. M. , they will close at 7 00 p. M. The South Carolina primary has accurately selected the nominee except once in 1980. We have continuing coverage on the air and wbtv. Com. At 7 00, we have live pictures on turnout as voters roll in the different precincts. The u. S. Supreme court will allow a lower court order tore stand demanding lawmakers draw a new congressional map. The decision came down late last night. The house primaries will not happen as scheduled next month. They are pushed back until june. As you know, new boundaries were federal court ruling that called two majority black districts racial gerrymanders. A driver of a pickup rushed to the hospital after this accident in south charlotte. It happened around 2 00 this morning on i485 until or near south tryon street. The driver was speeding down the interstate when he lost control, overturned and ended up on the opposite side of the freeway. Thrown from the vehicle and were told suffered serious life threatening injuries. This morning, on your side with information about the first confirmed case of the zika virus in North Carolina. We are now one of 22 states with confirmed cases of the disease. State Health Officials tell us the person who was infected recently traveled in one of the countries dealing with the zika outbreak. That is centered in central and south america and the caribbean. Mosquitoes carry the virus, believed to cause birth defect in unborn children. Health Officials Say an outbreak in the u. S. Is highly unlikely. Concentration of people and mosquitoes to sustain transmission. We did check and the person with the zika virus is not in mecklenburg county. We have been following new information on mumps cases in the area and we have learned two of the people infected work at the lowes Customer Support center in mooresville. The company is communicating with employees about preventing and treating mumps. The ntsb is taking over the investigation in what caused this plane to come crashing down in union county. Sky 3 got this clear shot yesterday. This is outside marshville a tarlton mill road. The faa was out there yesterday afternoon. Pit lot,the pilot died in the crash. We have new video to show you of a Traffic Safety check point early this morning in north charlotte. This is where Police Officers from cmpd set up on the plaza between 11 00 p. M. And 3 00 drivers and those violating traffic laws. A mobile breath testing bus was on site. We havent heard any ruts on the operation, as soon asruts anyresults, well pass them along. A fire broke out before 11 00 last night on sand ridge road in the madison park neighborhood. The house was under renovation and the fire started in the crawl space. No one was home and no one was hurt. Now, this morning students throwing punches and skip class when supposed to be learning. One school board in the charlottemecklenburg one member says something needs to happen to address the violence at west Mecklenburg High school. Wbtv education reporter Dedrick Russell is on your side with more. Reporter the video starts with two girls fighting and ends up with multiple girls joining in and swinging. It happened around lunch time. The fight gets so intense you can see a student grabbing we showed the video to parent nicholas. Disturbing and up unacceptable. His daughter said that wasnt the only incident. She said multiple fights going on here and it was very disturbing to her. I asked his daughter about fights. Very often. More security needs to be enforced. Nothing is happening. School board member they mall byersbailey tells me she receives calls about fights at west meck high almost every day. She now wonders if cms is doing all it can to address issues at the school and she questions if students are getting the social and emotional support needed to stop fighting. Parents are concerned interruptions can get in the way. I believe she is getting a quality education yet all the the school can cause a problem to someone that is trying to get a quality education. Reporter fights are not the only problem, Students Skipping School is another. Seven or eight guys, and girls, walking down the street by the house right there. They should be in school. The solution . They need help you cant do it, one person cant do it all. All agree this school needs some help. It needs to be changed or someone can get hurt. That was Dedrick Russell reporting. We have requested an interview with cms leadership about west meck high. The district will speak with us about it next week. The postseason ban for two local. Brody teamsbasketball teams will stand. They appealed the decision banning the teams from the postseason. On friday they got letter saying the appeal was denied. Both teams had great chances in the playoffs. The schools were also fined 1000. Coming to north lake mall. It is building a 200,000 square foot addition on a site next to the mall. That addition will be connected to the main entrance. The work is still in the planning stage, that should wrapup later this year and construction should start in early 2017. Kind of fun when a mall gets bigger. You wonder what will go in there. Lyndsay all the new stores. Ive never been to north lake. Kristen pretty mall. Lyndsay not a huge shopper, which is good. But weird. Kristen im a bargain shopper, i dont want to pay full price. Lyndsay tj maxx, marshalls, ross, good bargains. Kristen absolutely. Lyndsay today you probably want to do something outside. Kristen okay. Lyndsay it will be cloudy but warm, some breaks of sun, not completely overcast all day long, temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s right now. There is the time lapse over the Scott Clark Nissan honda weather net camera, were in the beginning of the loop, the sky was clear and then toward the end of the loop the clouds moved in, so that sun coming up in an hour or so, when it does come up we will have a mostly cloudy sky at least partly to mostly cloudy sky across most of the viewing area. 48 in charlotte right now, pull up the tower cam shot, a live look from Scott Clark Nissan honda hd tower cam. 45 statesville, hickory, 46, 43 morganton, boone at 42, not terrible for the time of year as of the 6 00 a. M. Hour. The hourly forecast for the charlotte area, mid to upper 40s keep us through the 8 00 hour, by 12 noon pushing 60 and by 4 00, be around 64 which will be around the high of the day today. Notice we never shake the cloud cover and our shower chance while low, still not zero, so that is also an outside possibility during the afternoon hours today. Well talk about that show you for the rest of the weekend looks even warmer tomorrow. Details in a few. Kristen still to come after a long battle to build toll lanes on i77 the state is asking for input about the project. The letter to local mayors from the d. O. T. And what this could mean for the contracts. Were always on your side, well be right back. scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam kristen 6 13, how is your foot . Kristen dont tell people now. Lyndsay oh, shoot, youre right. I almost gave it away. Just kidding. It is not totey. Kristen this is our product. Battery operated heated socks. First of all they are really cute. Lyndsay picture coming, by the way. Kristen and i both have these on. Kristen we have one on. Lyndsay one pair came in a kristen that is a good way to test it. A normal foot and heated sock foot. Lyndsay totally. Kristen they are supposed to last five hour heat. I put mine on 3 30. You put yours on at 4 00 . Lyndsay 4 00, it takes not one, not two, three double a batteries for these puppies. Kristen a factor i think in our discussion at 7 45 this morning when we talk about the heated socks. My feet get cold, like i have to stick my feet under a blanket or in lyndsay skiers, snow borders, someone tweeted she was waiting for the disney 10 k to start and she wished she had some on her feet. I wish i cass i was in disney world. Kristen then you would have to run a 10 k. Lyndsay true that. Kristen sit here with your one heated sock and tell us about the weather. Lyndsay i wont shut up. You wont be needing these, even if they do work, were not telling you, you wouldnt need them, it is going to be quite mild, sun up at 7 04, down at 6 09. Average low is 34, were starting well in the 40s and average day time high is 56. Above average both this morning and then again this afternoon. What is not going to be is super sunny, clouds rolled in, you see them showing up on the satellite all across the viewing area, although our dual pol Power Network is showing clean sweeps, nothing showing up on the radar, but once that sun does come up again we will have the clouds pretty locked well in place and this is a short loop of the satellite and radar, broader view, you can see the movement of the clouds, the motion in which they are moving which is generally from the west and if you look upstream where the weather is coming from, the clouds extend back in missouri and arkansas. That is why were not going to wont be moving out any time soon, they will stick with us through most of the day and actually most of the weekend for that matter. As far as rain chances today, yes, they are going to be a lot of clouds around and looks like we may have gotten a live update of futurecast, most of the showers will hold in the mountains, so west of the charlotte area is the best shower chance. Still is trying to bring a batch of showers kind of spilling over out of the mountains and in the piedmont and upstate later this afternoon. This is 1 00, not completely convince had i buy this happening, however, there is still an outside possibility even in the charlotte area we could pick up a brief shower during the middle part of the afternoon. Then as we head in the evening in tonight, we if that were to happen, no issues later tonight. It would be in the middle part of the afternoon, the shower chance could hold on a little longer for those of you in the mountains. That is the best bet today, at picking up wet weather, temperaturewise in the mid 50s in boone. In the low 60s. Taylorville, 61, 6262 lenoir. Hickory, 62, 64 monroe, investigator investigator,middle60s for the upstate of South Carolina with the shower chance a little lower as we do head in the piedmont and upstate. Now, tomorrow were at 68 for our sunday and just in case you forgot how cold it was a week ago, last weekend was very cold but last sunday in particular was brutal, got up to 30 for the high and this sunday were just shy of 70. Just to put it in perspective for you, how much warmer this weekend is than last. You see the rain chance is a little higher for tomorrow, so it looks like more of us a better shot of picking up wet weather later in the day tomorrow or tomorrow night and then beyond that, the week ahead is unsettled. We have several more monday night through wednesday night and by that time it is colder, highs return to the upper 40s and low 50s. Kristen lyndsay, thank you. Construction on the light rail will Impact Service this weekend. At cats says construction takes place today and tomorrow. Blue line will operate between archdale and 7th street. No service from 485, south boulevard and arrowood stayses for the next couple days. Plans for toll lanes on i77 survived two votes and court challenge. Construction is well underway. Just as the project seems like a done deal the state department of traps importantation is asking foreign put on for input, they are asking mayors and of concerns. David whisenant is on your side investigating a all this means. Reporter the contract has been a sore spot for lots of folks north of charlotte. I was pretty frustrated with decisions that were made toward allowing the toll to continue. Reporter local leaders like charlotte mayor pro tem v i lyles, who, as a representative of the charlotte regional transportation organization, voted to support the project, have some concerns over parts of the contract. I along with every our Council Member believe the contract has some issues. The 50 years needs to be explained. How do we manage tolls, how do we address the Customer Service that we need to address. Reporter local leaders can take the concerns to d. O. T. The letter is asking local mayors for a list of specific aspects of the contract that they object to. Troutman mayor doesnt like the contract or the project, but appreciates that the state is listening. All of us are not going to get what we want, regardless of what side you stand on and what you believe. But to me, they are making every effort possible to get as much inclusion and to handle any fears or concerns that may be answer to them. As a tax payer in the area, i would appreciate someone evaluating and listening to our opinion. Reporter the letter doesnt guarantee a fix for specific problems but says those listed items will be discuss and any changes to the contract will come in negotiations between dot and i77 mobility partners. That was David Whisenant reporting. To read the full letter from the n cdot, go to wbtv. Com. Coming up next in the 6 00 hour, help for students and family in filling out tricky Financial Aid forms. Free, coming kristen 6 22, families thinking about how they are going to afford a College Education for their kids. Tameka r uffin is here. A very big day. Talk Financial Aid, families dont apply because they dont know they are eligible or dont know how to apply. Do you find that . We do find that a lot. A lot of families think it is based on the Family Income but there are other factors that go into it. They look at Family Income but also look to see how many people are in the house, people in college, a lot of factors make who is eligible for Financial Aid different. Its worth investigating even if you think youre not eligible . Absolutely. I tell everyone to do it. Youre telling them i dont want to you offer me money, we tell families to do it because you want to get offered something from college if or university to assist to pay for college. One thing to look into it and try to figure it out, another thing to figure out all the forms and get all the information together which is why a day like to dapples important. Some important. We have families that sometimes it is first time doing this, never been to college before or a long time since they had a a day, the families can come to a certain location and there will be Financial Aid professionals there to help them do the form for free. That is huge. Youve been doing this a long time. You get a lot of people. We do, we try to get people to walk in, we do have them they can sign up, they can just show up and people will help them for sure. They are seeing this this morning and thinking gosh i should do it what do they need to know about . They can just come, we have two locations, we have a location every county but if there is not one in their county, there is one close. In mecklenburg county, in particular, we have two, one at unc charlotte and itt tech, south campus. Come and we ask to bring their Tax Information, most of the time right now they are reporting their 2015 Tax Information so we like for them to bring that and also any other kind of Financial Information they feel they may get asked on does it take a long time . The average time to fill out the form is 20 to 25 minutes. If you have 30 minutes you can do this. Piece of cake. After that, there is a resource where people can go to get information if they cant go today but have questions . Absolutely. A couple places they can go to the department of education website or to the fafsa. Gov, they have a hotline and ask questions. Call cfnc. Org, they we have the number there. An opportunity you have to look at it, an opportunity to take advantage of the free assistance today and an opportunity like you said to get a college to at least try to offer you something. Just something. [laughing] honey, you gotta see this Time Warner Cable now makes your internet do more. Honey [laughing] honey . Our ultrafast internet with home wifi keeps your devices connected, [laughing] anywhere in your home. [laughing] honey, have you seen this video . [laughing] discover how much more is included. Get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc. Kristen coming up on 6 30 glad youre hanging out with us bright and early. Lyndsay it is not bright and early. Daylight saving time is in a couple weeks. Kristen where are we going with this one, honey . Couple weeks. Okay. Lyndsay then it will be later. Kristen spring forward. Less sleep. Lyndsay we lose an hour but not for a couple weeks, sorry, im not trying to mess anyone up here. But no, not bright right now, it is only 6 30, sun will be up a couple minutes after 7 00. Were getting closer. A pretty shot, temperature in the notre dametemperatures inthe mid to upper 40s. It is not feeling too bad. As we head through the afternoon in the 60s, will be a lot warmer, but it is going to come for a couple of you, where the best chance of that is coming up and look at the rest of the weekend forecast as well. Kristen you know what is coming up in a couple months . Lyndsay what . Kristen pet palooza. Lyndsay a couple months . Kristen april. Lyndsay a couple weeks. Kristen february, march and april. Brody and i usually do this every year. He cant go this year. Lyndsay why . Kristen he will be out of town. Lyndsay who will do it for you . I brought my dog last year. Kristen you should do it. Lyndsay yeah, if i can bring my dog. Kristen it is super fun. Lyndsay it was fun. She was scared of the band, but my dog is scared of everything. Kristen a fundraiser for the Humane Society, well tell you can do and need to know. You know who comes out there are the riveras, coach rivera and stephanie. Lyndsay they are very involved. Kristen they are generous with their time and autographs and hang out. Pet costume contests, best trick contest with pets. Lyndsay still the same place . Kristen yes, one of the parks, is it independence . I cant remember. Lyndsay by hawthorne. Kristen thats the one. Super fun. Also are you hungry . Lyndsay yes, always hungry. Kristen this restaurant i cant say the name because i dont speak french and i would butcher it, but it looks so pretty to say it. Exxon provence. They are lyndsay you dont have much of an accent. Dish i also cant pronounce. Has seafood in it. Puff pastry, scallops, they are in myers park, they are coming here this morning. Lyndsay exciting. Cool. Kristen stick with us for the next hourandahalf. Plus product test. Lyndsay umhmm. Already ongoing. So well have results of our product test. Kristen thanks, lyns. A crime alert, investigators are trying to find thieves who are are targeting local firefighters while they respond to emergencies. Listen to this, the most recent incident happened yesterday morning as firefighters worked this crash on tuckaseegee road, police say a drunk man was driving an suv when he ran in a power pole and knocked it in the street, firefighters while there making sure everyone was safe, the thieves were breaking in rock road. Got away with a couple guns. Here what is makes it worse, the same crime happened at seven other Fire Departments in the charlotte area over the last couple weeks. Christian flores has more. Nothing of this magnitude in my recollection has occurred. Reporter never before have charlotte firefighters seen a rash of car breaks like this week. We feel safe, this is our home for 24 hours i believe those firefighters feel that they can feel free and be able to leave their vehicles. Charlotte ft. Captain says the thieves are listening to scanners and striking when a station is out responding. Station 21 was responding to an accident involving a drunk driver when they returned to the fire house, they discovered their personal cars were broken into while they were gone. These firefighters are out trying to protect lives and property, and just wrong that this is what they are coming back to. Reporter in addition to the kannapolis, day in grove and mount mourne have fallen victims. Members are he answering calls for service and sad that they have to worry bought about their property. They ask the public to remain on alert. We will do the best we can to keep an eye out on suspicious vehicles or people we dont know. Im not standing for it. People we want you to be vigilant keep your ice and ears open, if you see something call 911 because this has to stop. Kristen that was Christian Flores reporting. Captain gist says all the stations have security, fences or cameras and footage is not being released to the public. Fewer people are in jail and that means a few changes in mecklenburg county. Mecklenburg county sheriff says he plans to relocate majority of inmates at the jail north facility on specter drive. Inmate population continues to drop. This year so far is 1400 inmates, it was 2600 in 2008. The inmates will be moved to the central jail location by april 1st. Now this morning, a possible name for name change that is stirring controversy at fayetteville state university. There is a proposal to change the name to unc fayetteville since the school is part of the university of North Carolina system. Some students and alumni are upset, they believe it would take away from the schools historically black university roots. The university of North Carolina at greensboro trustees voted to change the name of a building on campus. The historic aycock auditorium will be renamed. Charles ai dont care was aycock was the 50th governor of North Carolina. Whenever a student, staff or faculty member at this university to feel that we but it is more about the culture of the university. It isnt the First University to take on the issue. East Carolina University and duke have removed his name from campus buildings. It has been more than four months since octobers floods in South Carolina and this morning were hearing from a woman who survived after she was trapped in raging floodwater in columbia. Incredible story. Erica wright was driving home when her car got caught look, there, in the floodwaters tossed up a tree. She was able to climb through her sunroof at the top of the car and yelled nonstop for nearly four hours until she spotted three men being rescued from that white truck. Was there ever a time you thought im not going to make it out of here . Yeah. How did you will yourself the guys on the truck and then just i wantedded on to see my family. I dont i dont want to die in my car. I dont want my mom to find me in my car. Erica credits survive as aal to the men on the truck and firefighter who rescued her from the tree. She suffered partially torn rotator cuff. Doctors say she had nearly drowned and muscle are were deteriorating but her physical recovery has been easier than recovering mentally and spiritually. Can you imagine . Scary. Lyndsay hard to imagine. I was just in columbia avenue years several months after the floods and Still Standing water. That was trying for them. Kristen you cant discount what a difficult time that was. Want to talk about the weather . Lyndsay big story is the warmth, but we may not make it through completely dry with more clouds and maybe a few showers both today and in tomorrow but at least were all going to be that it will be milder, not only in the morning but this afternoon, too. Compared to yesterday at this time, our 24 hour temperature change about 15 degrees on average. 15 degrees warmer at this hour right now compared to yesterday at this time so, pretty much the past couple morningsing we have woken up temperatures closer to the freezing mark. This morning you will notice it is not as cold. 48 in charlotte right now, lancaster, 45, monroe, rock hill, 47, 45 statesville, 46 in hickory, morganton, 42 and 41 in boone right now. Our hourbyhour forecast shows us well in the 50s through midmorning. 60 by 2 00 and 64 at 4 00, which will be around our high of the day in the charlotte area and mountain you will hold in the mid 50s for highs. So most of us are going to have the cloud cover again pretty much everywhere all day long, shower chance while it will be highest for those of you in the mountains across ashe, watauga, avery counties could still we do the charlotte area. Talk about that coming up and what to expect for the rest of the weekend and the week ahead, all the details in the complete first alert in a few. Kristen . Kristen lyndsay, thank you. Coming up next on wbtv news saturday morning, a new app release to help charlotte Public Transportation riders report anything suspicious. We put it to the test. How fast we were able to get cmpd to the scene of a real life situation. Were always on your side, this is wbtv news saturday morning. phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. Seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, answer the call already. Steve today is your lucky day. Woman surprised oh, my goodness mark youve just won a thousand dollars woman thatamazing that amazing shrieks maria, that delivery felt a little forced. And steve, steve yeah . Woman i am still missing that raw emotion. 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Hoverboard makers may get hit with recalls if they dont get their acts together. That is the warning from Consumer ProductSafety Commission issued to manufacturers, importers and retailers. Selfbalancing scooters are prone to catching fire and exploding. You heard the stories. Several airlines banned them, they are not permitted on public streets and sidewalks in london and new york city has banned them altogether. We are on your side with a move to ramp up security on charlottes primary Public Transportation. Cats just released a new app, designed to let riders easily report anything suspicious. Our coleen harry put the app to the test in a real life situation to see how it works. Reporter the cats app is in the app store. If you use Public Transportation, you can use this app to report strange odors, suspicious packages, suspicious people, Disorderly Conduct and you can do so discreetly. The question is, will you use it . Commute on Public Transportation. The train is about to move. You never know who will be there or what will happen. There was one day when it was a guy on there he was like uncomfortable. Platforms. In the past Police Responded to reports of violence. Now cats wants more eyes and ears on the lookout to alert Transit Police to any safety or security issues. Im scared at times, you know, for certain characters. Sometimes, you know, i carry mace. Riders can use the app to report problems. Every blue moon you might see something youre leery of. As we arrive at archdale, what and to be a couple got in a loud domestic argument and the woman got physical. So we used the app and step by step we followed the directions and reported what was happening. Three minutes later a charlottemecklenburg Police Cruise are was outside the station. Since no officers got out, we dont know if they were can say it and to be effective way to report a problem. Would you use this see something, Say Something app . I definitely will. The seesay app has an advantage to publicly calling police. That is why they are willing to give it a it a try. Cats transit can send a message to users to be on the lookout for someone. In charlotte, coleen harry, wbtv on your side. 6 46 now, meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases is back to talk about the weekend forecast. Lyndsay umhmm. Kristen the full forecast. Ill settle in. Lyndsay you have more of a break. Kristen im going to watch. Lyndsay you can say it is bright and early and be accurate. Getting brighter. There is a live look overuptown from Scott Clark Nissan honda hd tower cam, we have the duke human rights gala tonight, follow wellsfar golights on wellsfargo lights on twitter. Wind coming out of the south and southwest, 9milesperhour right now, actually a touch on the breezy side, and it will stay that way for most of the day today. Heres what the weather setup looks like, High Pressure is anchored off the southeast coast with the clock wise flow around that, keeping our wind out of the west and southwest, which is going to keep things above average, well in the 60s for both today and in tomorrow. So a little bit of a spring preview temperaturewise. But, also going to be that same setup which will be the reason why we wont be able to shake the cloud cover today because if you look upstream from the direction our wind is coming from, which is the west and all the way back to southern missouri and back toward arkansas. So since that also is what is headed our way, you will see how it is going to keep the clouds pretty persistent across the carolinas for most of the day today, weve got them right now, thick in spots especially over the charlotte area, for the time being, our radar is not picking up on anything, indicating despite the cloudy start it is dry. At least for the time being. That may change Going Forward through the afternoon. Futurecast trying to bring some showers here in the mountains, and it is consistently hinting at some spillover outside of the mountains later this afternoon, so not completely sure that i buy this totally, at least kind of backed off from the earlier runs, so kind of trending in the right direction, but either way, there will be the outside possibility of a shower outside of the mountains later this afternoon. Better chances will hold west as far as chances are concerned today. Above average temperaturewise. 55 in boone, feeling good for saturday afternoon. Foothills in the lower 60s, about 61 in taylorsville, piedmont, 64 and the charlotte area, same in concord, mooresville, hickory, 62. 63 gastonia, 65 wadesboro, mid 60s from cheraw, pageland and lancaster for highs. Lows in the mid to upper 40s. Keep things mild during the overnight. Sunday, were in the upper 60s, so compared to last sunday when we only hit a high of 30 degrees, almost a full 40 degrees warmer for this sunday. Now the shower chance is higher for tomorrow, and that is mainly for the second half of the day tomorrow, sunday night and into monday morning, we could have more widespread showers push back in and that is going to set us up for a pretty unsettled week ahead. We have several more opportunity to pick up rain for the early to middle part of next week and with that, it will be colder, so not be lasting beyond early next week. Okay. You werent paying attention. You said you would settle in and watch the forecast. I watch the whole thing. Rain drops. Green blotches on the radar. What is the high in boone going to be . 48. Nice try. 52. Better luck next time. We have puppies. No one cares about the weather. We dont care about our jobs, puppies. Wow, wow. How old are they . Five weeks. See ya. They are sleepy puppies. Lyndsay go grab a couple. A big lego event. This weekend the lego Kids Fest National Tour at the Charlotte Convention center, they have kids will love this. Runs all weekend, it is sold out. Organizers expect to host 28,000 people through tomorrow. The ciaa tournament starts tuesday. First game tips off at 10 00 that morning. Every year the ciaa brings thousands to the uptown. Parking can be difficult, the final game will be on saturday, around 7 00. 5 51, you found a puppy. You should take it home. Nittany would love a friend. Shepherd and rottweiler. It is a great dog friendly event. Oh my goodness. [ whispering ] kristen 6 53, i feel like we shouldnt talk for the next three minutes and let people look at these two. Donna is here from the Humane Society of charlotte. Who are these babies . These babies are my foster babies. Oh my gosh. A litter of four and we split them up two and two and two staff people are fostering. So they are not available just yet. They are just here as ambassadors for pet palooza. They will eventually be available if you dont decide to need to keep them forever. If i dont keep both of them forever, in three weeks. What kind are they . Rottweilershepherd mixes. This is frankie and that is hild hildy. So sweet. They are going to be their cute puppy now but they will be big. Big dogs, rambunctious. They are ambassadors for pet palooza, totally excited on the 9th. So excited i will be able to be there. Our favorite event of the year. It is a pet festival fundraiser. But kicks off with the walk for the animals. Looking for folks to join us, whether you have a dog or not you dont need to have a dog. Hildy agrees. You want everybody to come to pet palooza. Do you want to eat my necklace . Oh my gosh. Pet palooza is so much fun. Lets talk what the day is like. It starts off early, about 10 00 in the morning, and starts with the walk for the animals. And we get several thousand people come out and walk with their dogs, without dogs, doesnt matter. And they do about a 2 k walk around independence park. [ dog crying ] they enjoy a festival, so we vendors. Entertainment. People hang out, enjoy food trucks. A lot of fun goes until 3 00. Brody and i have been there fun. You go places sometimes for people watching, this place you yes. Dogs. Yeah, you do. Look at sweet little hildy. Why is it important to raise the money for pet palooza. If we didnt have money they couldnt have made it they were too small to be adopted out. Funds raise support the foster program, supports adoption program, support all the things we do in the community for folks that have pets but are having trouble keeping them. We have a pet food bank, low cost vaccine clinic. [ dog wimpering ] hi, baby, its okay. She is agreeing or she wants to you take her home. Totally fine. Also licking off my mascara, hilarious. People want to bring pets and Something Else what would be a good thing to bring . Donate to the pet food bank . Well for pet palooza, register and fundraise is awesome. You can have fundraising teams, we have corporate teams, family teams, they come up with the greatest names. Oh my gosh. Bank of america is bankers d epawdepawsit. Were we are open 11 00 to 5 00, if you want to bring pet food or supplies, check out our wish list. Thanks for bringing the sweethearts. If youre interested in them they are not available today but they will be eventually, keep checking the website. Look at him. Mom, take me home. Hes my meatball. Blanc boone this broadcast is sponsored by subaru south boulevard and