A handle on it, but smoke got intense. I could see flames racing across a second floor ceiling. Then fire broke through the roof. As day came, it was clear the Old High School could not be saved. Now now, just trying to contain it because of the building it is in, protect exposure. As parts of the roof started falling, firefighters pulled back for safety. It took hours to put most of the flames out. For generations who went to school, it was tough to watch. It breaks my heart. Because of the controversy, they told me. There needs to be an investigation. The mayor says some residents threatened her this morning blaming city hall for the fire. She says she is stunned by it all and wants to know the cause too. The f. B. I. Has been called in to look at this. If theres good news, despite a was injured. Anchor thank you. Stay with us for continuing coverage of the story on air and online at wbtv. Com. We will have another update coming up tonight first at 4 00. Fire investigators are working to determine what sparked flames at a home early this morning, this was the scene when we lived 2 30 this morning. We are told if no one was home at the time of the fire. One person in the n firefighters say the home was being renovated. The Flint Hill Fire Department is the latest on the list of Fire Department vehicle breakins. Deputies with the York County Sheriffs Office say multiple vehicles belonging to firefighter were broken into overnight. This latest after several other local agencies were targeted cornelius, charlotte, and china grove. Officials say they have started to park their vehicles inside to prevent theft. If you have any information, you are asked to call police. A crime alert, Charlotte Police are looking for a man they say attempted to kidnap an East Mecklenburg High School student. They say a 16yearold male student was walking to School Thursday morning on conference drive near independence boulevard when a man forced the teen inside with a gun. Police say the man drove him to a nearby location and attempted to assault him am the teen was able to get away. The suspect is a black male, his 30s, 59, 200 pounds with shoulder length dregs, driving a white four door service van, possibly impala or malibu. Two people charged in the murders of a lake wiley couple are appearing before a judge today. Prosecutors say members of the gang killed the couple in october 2014 to keep them from testifying against gang members who robbed their mattress store. The two are in court today. Prosecutors have said they are waiting on word from the u. S. Department of justice on whether they should pursue the death penalty. Well keep you posted. The Charlotte City council is set to consider the controversial nondiscrimination ordinance, dozens of people have already signed up to speak about the proposal although tonights meeting. It would give more protection to people in the lgbtq community. The governor has weighed in on the matter as well. We have more on the governor, who says he wont support it. Not a fan of this. He said he would support Immediate Intervention if it passes tonight. We got ahold of emails outlining his stance. I want to show you that now. He talks about how he says it could create a major Public Safety issue if it passes, that email was sent to two Charlotte City council members, he is talking about the clause where people can use whatever bathroom or locker room think identify with. He also said, quote, this action puts unneeded strain on the relationship between the city of charlotte and state of north carolina. In fact, the city of charlotte is causing more problems by trying to solve a problem that does not exist, end quote. North carolina called the response disappointing but built surprising. They say he has shown himself to be adversary of the qth qth community. There will be a lot of people well keep you posted. Anchor we will have a crew at the city council meeting. You can watch our live report tonight at 6 00. Another item we are watching this week, charlottemecklenburg School Board Members planning to vote tomorrow on goals for the new student assessment plan. The board hopes to break up clusters of above if you and poverty and improve performance district wide. Some parent are worried about busing. They have been voicing concerns around the city. We talked to parents who say making schools more diverse will enhance the education experience. Some say they hope the plan doesnt stigmatize their children. I dont want my baby to think or any brown baby to think they have to be bused to another neighborhood with people that dont look like them, to be your kids were assigned on this side of town, they are not being sent to some hole where no one cares. One board member said she doesnt believe forced busing was discussed as an option. The board will vote on new goals tomorrow. Members have until november 15 to finallyize the plan. Today is the deadline to fill out the survey about assignments they will hold two more sessions tonight, district 5 at 6 00 p. M. At mires park baptist church. District three, that is 6 30 p. M. At mayfield memorial baptist church. The highly anticipated ciaa tournament begins tomorrow. An Ncaa Division conference of historically black institutions. The mens competition, 6 40 tomorrow at Time Warner Cable arena. We have a scheduled game posting on our website, wbtv. Com. Expect more traffic in uptown through the weekend. Coming up next, the race for president presses on after victories for donald trump and Hillary Clinton just days ago. We will tell you where candidates are now focusing their attention coming up. Plus, we are continuing to monitor our live power doppler the full forecast is ahead. Anchor apple c. E. O. Tim cook has jumped back entry the fray over the iphone, said to have been shooters by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack. Cook says the government should withdraw its demand. The emerging legal fight has sparked debate on government Public Safety and security. Although the gas prices are low at the pump, they appear to be going up. Triple a says the average National Price for gas rose four days in a row last week as the price of crude oil rises. Still drivers are paying 60 cents less per gallon than last year. Today is national marring ritaday, it can be traditional or frozen. Charlotte area restaurants are celebrating with 2 all day am there are two locations in charlotte. Taking a live look outside here on our hd tower cam, you see lots of cloud cover this afternoon. We are expecting some rain to fall in the area as we move into the evening. The forecast is next. Spring with an annual home and guardian show. We have a special guest live in the studio to talk about the your home. The suspect in the kalamazoo, michigan, shooting that left six people dead is expected to be arraigned today. Report a suspect, uber driver, picked up at least one fare tweeting shooting. He is ppd to be arraigned on murder charges. Authorities say he shot eight people, six fatally at apartment complex, car dealershipship, and strawber. The race for the nomination moves from South Carolina to nevada. Democrats made the reverse trip, from vegas where Hillary Clinton won the jackpot to South Carolina, where she is hoping for another victory. More in campaign trail. Reporter fresh off the primary, the race for the republican president ial nomination heads to nevada, donald trump is hoping to keep his streak going. I love to win, dont we love to win . This past weekend, results in South Carolina make it virtually a three man race between donald trump, marco rubio, and ted cruz. The only candidate who can challenge donald trump. It is becoming clearer we are the one campaign that can beat him, we are the only one that has. Some like cruzs conservative message. I think he speaks to people like myself who are prolife, are not afraid another cod in the system, and want to return to constitutional values. Marco rubio is trying to appeal to all republicans. Of the people left, no one can unite this movement or party faster than i can. New kid on the block, donnie wahlberg, said he is voting republican for the first time. I would much rather have a republican tell me something i dont want to hear than have another democrat tell me everything i want to hear just to get my vote. Campaigning in virginia, tomorrow. North Carolina Chapter of naacp will hold a News Conference in response to the new map, 2 00 this afternoon at the Organization Headquarters in durham. Friday the General Assembly passed the map after federal panel of justices ruled two of the districts were unconstitutional. Bahamas had hoped to delay the use of the new map until the next election. The u. S. Supreme court refused to delay the order. As a result, the primaries have been delayed from march to now june 7. Check it out, video showing giant poods excitement over waking up to snow. So excited, emerged out of the cage, and tumbled down the hill. He liked it so much, he climbed again. Looks like a lot of fun. It does. We are seeing more rain than anything. No snow. It will be rain. Increasing rain chances tomorrow. That will linger to the middle of the week wednesday, so we have several rounds of wet weather ahead of us. Start with a live look from our hd tower cam provided by scott clark, we have gray skies in charlotte. To the north, we have seen light rain showers, that is up into lincoln the county, iredell county. Lets move in closer, from newton toward lincolnton, cornelius, mooresville, huntersville, this little batch of rain to the north of the area more rain is on the way. Look to our south, where we have seen a april of thunderstorms to the south of columbia, so again, this batch is going to work in for this afternoon. Then we have another developing area of low pressure down over that will feed moisture into the charlotte area coming up tomorrow night, and overnight to wednesday, wednesday afternoon, and the potential is there for Severe Weather across the area. It is quiet in charlotte. Rain showers just up it our north. The rain will blossom and increase across the area for this afternoon and evening. 65, mild currently with east southeast wind. 11 miles per hour. Charlotte area neighborhoods generally in the mid 60s, 65, 66 in ballantine, 67 at the arboretum. Mostly cloudy, light rain showers, gastonia to lincolnton, 59 hickory, 52 in boone. From 12 00 p. M. This afternoon, we have rain developing charlotte to the west tonight and Tuesday Morning. This is 6 00 a. M. Tuesday morning. It could be a wet one for our Tuesday Morning commute. A break tuesday afternoon. Then overnight into wednesday morning, another round of showers, and then the real story with this area of low pressure, and that cold front driving up into the carolinas, this is where we have the chance for Severe Weather. So this is out of the storm prediction center, in norman, observe observing, areas west of charlotte, that stretch for some thunderstorms, and then a slight chance for more Severe Weather east. This is Late Wednesday morning evening. We are talking about torrential downpours, strong gusty winds, and even a small threat for tornadoes. The next 7 days, 62, cooler tomorrow, 49. Another round of wicked weather wednesday, and high of 66. Behind that, we are drying out. More sunshine, cooling off as well. Friday, 51, the weekend, mostly sunny. Anchor here is your chance and decorating with expert all under one roof. I know many of you tell us you are ready for spring. Heres the opportunity. And garden show. Morning. I love all the bright colors. The show is friday. Even though these are mums, we wanted to tease you, and get everybody to smile, we have tulips, daffodils, blooming in the gardens this year. The theme for the showcase is world of spring. This pillow kind of makes you think of that hawaiian look, tropical, so one of the gardens will be inspired by hawaii. Very nice. If you are into ireland, plannery in bloom, and maybe deck race for welcoming guests. Anchor sure. Beautiful. You have other things at the right. We have lots of gamay sprinkled through the show. Local herb honey, sdpa may dlilts to bring home. If you are interested in a fabulous spannage salad, how oil. You had me at bacon. I would be sold. I love that. What else . This is one of my favorites. I love this. This is a watering can, and it is collapseable, so if you have, you know, limited space for gardening, you just want to take a quick trip, back down, this is from a Company Called compost, they actually have bison tea bags you can put in the watering can, let it set 24 hours, very they can be compartments at the bottom, whatever you need. I love it. Really quickly, Tickets Available for this, they can buy it at the door, ahead of time . At the door, or Neighborhood Store for discount, the show opens this friday through sunday if your schedule doesnt permit for you to make it there, we open next weekend. How convenient. Spring soon. Be prepared for that. Take advantage with the great vendors, thank you very much. Well be right back. Periods of rain the next three days. This afternoon and evening, a lull tuesday afternoon. Again, overnight into wednesday morning, and wednesday morning late into the afternoon, potential is there for Severe Weather. Beyond that, we are drying out thursday and friday. Anchor a nice weekend to check out the spring home and garden show. We will see you first at 4 00. Adam you sacrificed your own you can be. Congratulations. Victor do i need to remind you that that luca santori guy was able to blackmail you more than once in fact, twice by threatening you to expose noahs bad behavior . Well, i eliminated that, all right . And that peacock and his family will follow. Adam well, i wouldnt get too cocky if i were you. Is still alive. Victor not for long, okay . Adam okay. Whats the plan . Victor i want you to step back. Adam you want me to step back, whether i want to or not. Victor i dont want you involved in what is about to come down. Adam mm. That way you dont break a sweat. Ii am dying to know what you have in store for luca. [ door opens ] nikki oh, victor. The most terrible thing has happened. Noah has been arrested, and hes in the hospital. Adam no, he knows. Um, victors the one that put him there. Nikki what . adam yeah. Victoria i think its time for you to own up to what you did to billy. Sharon he just got out of surgery. Noah its okay, mom. Vickis right. I hit billy. It was an accident. He he was behind the wheel of