Is anybodys guess. We are now waiting to see whether or not the Supreme Court will issue a stay of the ruling that the state asked for to get them through the primary. It seems either way, the committee will meet again tomorrow afternoon. Reporting at the legislature in raleigh, Nick Ochsner Wbtv on your side. Today the plaintiffs in the case submitted documents to the Supreme Court arguing why justices should not grant a stay for North Carolina. We will let you know as soon as we hear of any decision. Right now, buford, South Carolina a rally for donald trump is about to start. Trump and other republican candidates for president are crisscrossing the state before the republican primary that happens on saturday. A new poll from Public Policy polling gives donald trump a commanding lead. He received 35 of support from likely primary voters in South Carolina. Ted cruz and marco rubio both received 18 . And 7 for jeb bush and ben carson. The poll shows plenty of people are willing to change their minds. 29 of voters said they could switch to another candidate before saturday. Hard to believe this was just 24 hours ago. Icy roads causing wrecks last night. Medic responding to 64 accidents in mecklenberg county. And look outside tonight. Beautiful. Roads are dry afterhours of sunshine and much warmer weather. We are looking at the temperatures on the screen and hard to believe we are in the 50s. Chief meterologist, eric thomas is in the First Alert Weather Center and tracking more rain . We almost hit 60. Talking about being in the 50s and we are tracking more rain and its flying into the wbtv viewing area. And its impressive impulse especially when you consider its coming in the wake of the storm we had. And leading edge of the rainfall is working through burke county and talking about morganton and this area, i have confirmed anything east of Cleveland County and shelby this is aloft, so, no, are you not about to get rain around lake norman but you get the idea this darker green this is the area that is reaching the ground and moving off to the east at 35milesperhour. Everybody shelby, newton, gastonia, are in the path of this. And its not just about the rain. Look at this, snow is now covering avery county. Heard from phillip english snow reaching the ground in linville. And more of that to come as we put this into futurecast, the snow is hanging around the mountains. And the showers becoming a better bet as the rain starts reaching the ground closer to charlotte. We will increase the chances of rain, up to 70 through 11 00 p. M. With the temperatures falling about 43 by then. And that is the way it shapes up right now. Well talk about warmer weather coming our way and winter is not over, either. The charlottemecklenburg School District is struggling to figure out how to create more diverse classrooms without forced busing. Hair holding a public forum on the topic and Dedrick Russell spoke with one mother who is helping cms with that assignment. He is live at oak hurst Steam Academy and she chose oak hurst over her Neighborhood School. Explain . Well, maureen, that parent has two kids who go here to oak hurst their home school is Providence Spring elementary. And that is a well to do school when it talked about academic achievement and resources. But the mom claims that School Lacks Diversity and claims it did not help prepare her kids for the real world. Arlene drives 3045 minutes to get her first and fifth grader to oak hurst Steam Academy it is a Magnet School her Neighborhood School is a 10minute ride but the mother if you want a good education you will go wherever you need to go. Look at this classroom. It is diverse. It wasnt like this at the Neighborhood School at Providence Spring elementary that was a problem. He wasnt in a classroom that was very diverse. We dont live in a bubble. We live in a society that has every race, creed and color. This parent believes in what cms wants to do when it comes to creating more diverse schools and thinks since academic achievement is the goal all should do their part no matter the sacrifice. Schools not performing as well as other schools should be helped in whatever way we can help them. Dall yeah decided to kip her Neighborhood School. He wants to be an engineer. There are so many opportunities to have your child grow. This mother. You are meeting people not from your neighborhood. This mother wants other parents to join her journey to skip their Neighborhood School. I really tried to encourage my neighbors and my Close Friends to look at this as a viable option for their families. This academy focuses on science, technology, engineering the arts and math. And her kids love it here at oak hurst. Cms hopes to find more parents like that as it tries to accomplish its goals in trying to create more diverse schools. Live at oak hurst Steam Academy, Dedrick Russell wbtv on your side. Interesting, thank you. School board member paul bailey is hosting the forum on student assignment. It starts in 30 minutes and it will be held at caramel baptist road in matthews. One person hurt after a crash involving a Charlotte Fire Department ladder truck. This was w. T. Harris at 85. The ladder truck and two vehicles were involved. Medic says the person hurt only had minor injuries. Here is welcome news. Mecklenberg county property taxes will not increase in 2017 according to trevor fuller. Republican leaders want to take things a step further they are call for a tax cut next year. Brody oconnell talked with Board Members. How much of a cut are they calling for . It would be a small cut talking just 1 cent but leaders tell me that could add up to 12 million in spending. But tax is not the only hot topic this morning in the address they discussed everything from unemployment to education. Chairman trevor fuller received implementation of up verse tall prek for families here in mecklenberg county. Currently in mecklenberg county only 40 , 40 of our third graders are reading proficiently at grade level. He admitted at accomplishing this would require help from raleigh up to washington. And he said it could take five years to put in place. One of fullers proudest moments today, announcing that there are no more Homeless Veterans on record in the county. He said this was a accomplished through the housing initiative. We started it on veterans day in 2014. As an effort to ensure that all who served this great nation in our armed forces putting their lives on the line for each of us, that those persons would never go without a place to call home in mecklenberg county. After fullers address republican Board Members offered a response. Commissioner jim puckett explained why now is the time now that the county stabilized the balance and has a aaa bond rating now is the time we believe that the county commission should consider a modest and reasoned tax cut. The republican response wrapped up with the stern message to cms Board Members. We feel it is not the responsibility of this board to decide what programs should or should not be implemented based on a budget process. Nor should this bordicktate the compensation of cms staff or teacher pay. Cms budget increase of 7. 6 this year and talking percentages good news for mecklenberg county. The Unemployment Rate down to 4. 8 in the county. Less than half of what it was just five years ago. Live in uptown charlotte, Brody Oconnell wbtv on your side. Thank you. Neighbors say they have questions about test results we go to the utility that did the testing to find out if the water is safe and what the neighbors should do tonight. We are still tracking a batch of rainfall and snow up in the mountains moving through. How long that lasts and good news we think we will be warmer Going Forward part of your sevenday firstalert forecast. And new tonight at 7 00 p. M. On primetime before you get rid of your boarding pass after your flight, think again. We are on your side showing you who may be after it, and how they could use it to steal from you at 7 00. On wbtv news is sponsored by. For you all new at 11 00 we are on your side investigating several Gaston County communities short on police officers. And tonight we are looking into what is causing the shortage and the steps they are taking to fill in the gaps. And we will have all your breaking news at 11 00 p. M. Three communities have been told samples tested positive for elevated levels of lead in their water. This affects fox wood and river hills neighborhoods and one neighborhood outside of columbia. Cause health problems. Sharon smith investigates what the Water Utility is doing now to protect the customers and how homeowners are reacting. What did you learn . Well, paul, some of the neighbors are just finding out. And understandably they are upset. And they have a lot of questions especially after watching the crisis in flint, michigan unfold. I can tell you here its different. We know that one sample tested here in foxwoods showed that one out of five houses had an elevated lead level and the river hills neighborhood it was 5 out of 20. And their water provider, carolina Water Service, will be hearing from a lot of customers in the coming days. Well im concerned now. Because we have been tested before and we were always told our water was fine. George is buying bottled water now after one house out of five tested in his neighborhood came back with an elevated lead level. The nationwide utilityless inc. Says when they restefted results came back below the epa level for his neighborhood and two others. Theres no issue with Water Quality or the water source most likely the lead comes from household plumbing. Now, the utility is telling customers to run the water 1530 seconds before each use. It is not enough to satisfy rice or some of his neighbors. Shouldnt there be something as soon as they had seen something drink bottled water because we have seen elevated testing until further notice. That would give us a heads up. And notices are going out now to the neighborhood that is weeks before the state deadline. The homeowners affected directly with the elevated lead levels they were called immediately and weeks ago. The retest happened within days. It was completed within days and we know now that the utility will have to undergo more sample testing in the future to make sure there are no more problems. Live in fort mill, Sharon Smith Wbtv on your side. Thank you. Carolina Water Service says 49 Water Systems did not have elevated lead levels. And just into the newsroom, we got word of a wastewater spill on norman shore road. That spill into lake norman. According to the city of charlotte 1,000 gallons of untreated wastewater discharged into lake norman. As we get more information we will pass it on to you. Tonya rivens is looking at what commuters are dealing with tonight. Well, maureen things improved a little bit. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. As we check in around 485, spend around this area there is an accident on providence road. And congestion on rea road as we look in that intersection more red around this area indicating quite a bit of stopandgo traffic. I mentioned rea road there was an earlier accident at rea road with injuries impacting the commute and the congestion remains between ray and johnston road and 485 heading back towards i77, still quite a bit of volume and i77 as we head to look around the area a lot of stopandgo traffic northbound, the traffic never recovered from the earlier incident and tyvola a lot of congestion on i77 northbound and southbound. Safe travels. There were a lot of people that had yesterday off or avoided the roads because of the freezing rain. And after a day like this its hard to believe that snow is not far away from Downtown Charlotte up in the mountains. Here is eric thomas in the First Alert Weather Center. 24 hours here. And many people have experienced firsthand. Here is pauls first point. Look at this warmup. We are 23, 25 warmer right now than we were at this time yesterday. What a turnaround that was. And the only place that has not warmed up is the mountains and that means snow moving back into the North Carolina high country and the rest of us we have shower activity associated with the slug here. A disturbance rotating back into the wbtv viewing area. Lets talk about the rain first. Now, you will see on radar, the leading edge is on top of charlotte but the atmosphere is dry. And we call that vergara before it reaches the ground. And and you see this cleveland, and burke county where is where i have seen the reports of rain reaching the ground. If we track that the motion east at 35milesperhour. Shelby, hickory, gastonia, cornelius and charlotte in the chances of rain will be going up and light for the most part but want to alert you do not be caught off guard by that and the folks in avery to be caught off guard this is the snow rolling over the area. Ash, watauga, avery, mitchell for snowfall amounts one to three inches. Or if we exceed that a little bit. Here is your scale from 06 and notice the purple area at three inches and that is where we are seeing the snowfall and keep in mind this is just over the next 12 hours. You will see the temperatures are at freezing or barely above freezing. The snow has plenty of opportunity to fall and accumulate that way again. 40s and low 50s now across the piedmont. And that rain approaching charlotte. We went from a nice sunset to overcast. 54. That snow for the next eight hours in the mountains and the showers becoming more likely through time here in the queen city as the temperatures fall but nothing startling into the low 40s. Futurecast through the overnight its in and it is out by 7 00 a. M. I really do not think you will have much in the way of disruptions but it will be cool. 39 if you are here close to charlotte and high country that snow should be ending that temperature about 29. Outside of that now, i can show you a quiet weather map through wednesday. With that more sunshine coming back at us. And that means temperatures will be fine. Mid50s. That is where you expect to be this time of the year and no rain or snow for that matter heading into the weekend and look at these temperatures near 70 coming out of the weekend a system bringing rain back cooler air and might see snow outside of the mountains again by wednesday. More news and sports the hornets traded pj hairston and the deal is sending tar heels players hairston averaging 6 points per game to the grislys in exchange for kourtney leigh. They get anderson from miami and the heat will get Brian Roberts from the hornets and the deal scorer like leigh averaging 10 points per game and can play perimeter defense after losing Michael Gilchrist to injury. Hornets announced he will have surgery on his right labrum and will miss the rest of the season. Charlotte is on the road friday. The college hardwood, a lot of shuffling going on for conference tournament seedings. The wildcats are in the top half of the atlantic 10. Richmond has the same problem. They are at john belk arena with bad intentions both interplay. Advantage davidson because they have only one loss this season at home. Highlights tonight on wbtv news at 11 00. And do not forget about tomorrow night here on wbtv the showdown in the acc. We are back with more news pelley an election prediction from president obama. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. Pelley also tonight, violent weather in the south, interstate. It was, basically, like the twister movie. Pelley extreme weather is being fueled by el nino, and tonight well look at the effects from the u. S. To africa, where millions are threatened with famine. People havent been able to plant the crops they need to survive. Pelley and its show time for americas top dogs. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley late today, the president weighed in on the political phenomenon that is donald trump. President obama was answering a question at a News Conference today, and he did not mince words. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american people, and i think they recognize that being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Its not promotion. Its not marketing. Its hard. Pelley well, republicans were also hard on trump today. Nicki haley, the governor of South Carolina, said she will not endorse trump before the primary there on saturday. In fact, haley said trump is