Gives people in the Lgbtq Community new protection. Members voted 74 last night. It will take effect april 1. Businesses are prohibited from discriminating based on characteristics such as gender identity or sexual orientation. One of the more controversial areas allows transgendered people to use the bathroom with which they identify. House speaker says lawmakers will take steps to, quote, correct this radical course. He goes on to say, quote, the Charlotte City council has gone against all common sense and has created a major Public Safety issue by opening all bathrooms and changing rooms to the general public. He warns the change could be impossible to regulate. The governor has called it a threat to Public Safety and vowed to have the General Assembly take action if it passed. The charlotte mayor stands behind the council decision. Reporter this ordinance goes in effect april 1 in the city of charlotte. A month later, legislatures in North Carolina will be meeting for eye new session and discussing whether or not to turnover over turn this ordinance passed last night. Night. It hit capacity. It took three hours to hear from the 140 plus people who signed up to speak. After the 74 vote, a majority clapped and cheered. Long. The governor promised to take action against this ordinance. Regardless of how things shake out on the state level in may, charlotte mayor roberts says it was important to pass this overnight. I am pleased with the council and i am pleased with charlotte has joined 250 cities and of respect for lgbtq nondiscrimination. Reporter this expanded ordinance is the first of its kind in North Carolina. In South Carolina there are a couple cities that have something similar, columbia, charleston, and myrtle beach. Anchor we are looking at what is next following the approval of the ordinance. Legislatures can nullify the ordinance, they could strike down provision allowing transgendered people to use mens or womens bathroom or hand the issue to voter in charlotte am we know many of you have a lot of questions about what is passing, what it means to you and your family. We have reporter Digging Deeper into how it will translate around the city. The charlottemecklenburg school board set to vote tonight on new goals for Student Assignment the board sent out a survey and in. One of the goals is to decrease the number of schools with a huge concentration of poverty and kids with high needs. Also on the agenda tonight, members are expected to give a timeline for the superintendent search, and staff will present a priority list for School Construction and renovation, a possible first step toward a 2016 bond referendum. The republican president ial candidates are focused on nevada and caucus today. Voter in nevada will get to pick president ial candidates during the caucus tonight. Reporter donald trump has a message for nevada voters. You got to vote, vote, vote. Reporter he is hoping to win. The billionaire businessman has rivals entering the caucus. Senators marco rubio and ted cruz are expected to battle for second. It is important to be able to say i am the alternative to donald trump. It has to be a close second. What an incredible pleasure to be with you. Reporter cruz under pressure after disappointing loss in South Carolina, one day after he fired his Communications Director for sharing misleading information on social media about marco rubio. Every day, something comes out of the campaign that is untrue. This guy is sick. Theres something wrong with this guy. Reporter cruz says he is conducting his campaign with the highest standards of integrity. None of you have heard me throw the insults at marco rubio he throws at me every day. Reporter both have invested significant time and money in nevada. It will be up to voters to decide if anybody can slow donald trump. Anchor police have during a swat situation in northwest charlotte. They say powell was wanted for murder in what was county. He barricaded himself in a house earlier this morning, swat team members were able to take him into custody without incident, 3 45. Ciaa basketball tournament is underway at Time Warner Cable arena in uptown charlotte. It has been declared extraordinary event. Todays second game in the womens competition about to tip off. The first game 10 00. Lincoln, takes on st. John, then johnson smith, Virginia State university and winstonsalem, 4 30. The mens tournament tips off at 6 40 p. M. With lincoln against winstonsalem, elizabeth city, tonight. Exciting action requesting on. If you are headed to any of the games, fans can get discounted sales are better this year compared to last year by increase of 6 . The championship games will be saturday. Prior to that, you can take part in the free fan fest, that will be this thursday, at the Charlotte Convention center. Expect to see a lot of people there. Next, president obamas long awaited plan to close Guantanamo Bay. We are tracking when the next rebound of showers is going to the forecast is next. Anchor we have new video of firefighters pouring water on the smoldering remains of the old school in burke county. Investigators still trying to figure out what sparked yesterday mornings blaze. Hotspots continue to pop up, firefighters are outside of the building. Consumer news, sales of the number one u. S. Improvement chain on the rise thanks to recovery in the housing market. Home depot better than expected revenue, solid job gains and low mortgage fueled a rebound in home sales. People are spending more on improving homes. A temporary ban has been approved on cargo ships with rechargeable lithium batteries on passenger planes. They can catch fire. They are used in cell phones and laptops, most transported on cargo ships, 30 are shipped by air. It is going to cost amazon customers more to get free shipping. If it is free, you now have to spend 49 up from 35 on your purchase to get the free shipping. Royalty Program Still get free two day shipping on all orders no matter the cost. Live outside again, the charlotte skyline. What little you can see of it from the tower cam. We have low clouds. And we are going to get heavy rain tomorrow. What about as we head into the weekend . Not too early to start thinking about that. And theres the f word potential. Plus, enjoy jazz, the queen city a world famous musician is minutes. Anchor president obama says Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay undermines National Security and needs to be closed. The white house released the plan, facing stiff opposition from congress. Reporter president obama announced his latest proposal to fulfill a Campaign Promise and close the facility at Guantanamo Bay, cuba. It is counter productive to our fight, because they use it as propaganda in efforts to recruit. 91 prisoners still being held the plan is to transfer 35 to other countries. Master mind would be moved to a facility in the u. S. Administration is looking at 13 locations, including this new prison in South Carolina, kansas and colorado. I dont want to pass this problem on to the next president whoever it is. Reporter the white house says it would save 8 fine million per year, but it would take a one time cost up to 475 million to i meanment the plan, which means getting approval of congress, and that appears unlikely. It would be illegal under current law to transfer a foreign terrorist at guantanamo into the united states. Congressman, chairman of the House Armed Services committee, called it more of a pr move. He said it is not impossible to shut down gitmo, he is willing to hold a hearing on the details of the proposal. Congress to act quickly. Anchor police in phoenix, arizona, say five people are dead chug a gunman after a house fire and shooting. Four of the victims are adults, a fifth is said to be a young girl. A spokesperson says they set the house on fire, they believe that person may have beenrelated to the victims. No word on a money. Americans seem to agree on one thing when it comes to what they want the next president to tackle, no matter their party. When asked what Economic Issues will be important, they offered high prior of protecting Social Security and reducing unemployment. That is according to a poll conducted by the associated press, center for research. Nasa giving us a look at a history making cyclone before and after it made landfall. Tropical storm on the day it hit fiji, as a category 5 hurricane. Because of the massive storm, the government declared a state of Natural Disaster the next 30 days. The Meteorological Service estimate gusty winds over 200 miles per hour. Incredible. Wow. So incredible. Something else. Record rain yesterday. And raining this morning, overnight, and now we are talking more rain. Are we looking at records . Anchor i dont know if we break records again, we have stronger storms in the forecast assist a possibility with the system moving our way. Severe weather today across the deep south and carolinas tomorrow. From our hd tower cam, you can see we are socked in here. That wedge, you saw the rain yesterday, from yesterday afternoon through this morning, more than two inches, so as john mentioned, we set a record that was for six hours where we picked up nearly two inches. Mostly cloudy again, a light mist and drizzle across the area light rain showers boone, blowing rock, and then the heavier batch is to the east between raleigh and the carolina coast. So we will keep an eye on that. Our attention had really turn to this area of low pressure, and that is spinning over texas. On the back side of that, we have very cold air wrapping in. This system will bring average from Severe Weather to snow for the North Carolina high country tomorrow night as it rolls into the carolinas the next 24 hours. In charlotte, 46, humidity, 89 with east northeast win at 8 miles an hour. Boone, 39, 46 charlotte and monroe. I think we stay in the upper 40 and low 50s this afternoon. That want we have the threat for Severe Weather, really from new orleans to pensacola, columbus, georgia, where we have the biggest threat, moderate threat for tornadoes, as we head into the afternoon. Then as that cold front from the system comes our way, charlotte with a slight chance for Severe Weather from late tomorrow morning into the afternoon and evening. You see toward raleigh where that threat is enhanced for tomorrow afternoon. Our rapid refresh model, here comes the area of low pressure. This is 1 00 a. M. Wednesday morning. More rain showers, charlotte and the mountains. Here comes that line, this is 9 30 tomorrow morning, toward lunch hour, that first waive coming through. The question is, do we destabilize enough in the afternoon we see more thunderstorms firing once again. Thursday, we have snow wrapping around the low, into the North Carolina high country. Sevenday forecast, for today, rain chances increase tonight into wednesday. Early afternoon. Then cooler. 53 on friday, drying out with sunny skies, mid 50s to the low 60s, a warmup for the end of the weekend. Thanks a lot. We are delighted to have one of the premiere musicians in the nation joining us this afternoon. One of the most celebrated jazz artists of his generation, i think we can say that without any qualms. And the best part, he is appearing at this years united jam, brings together the best performers, obviously, so greatest entertainment. So much more. It is great to see you. Thank you, good to be here. Anchor on the heels of this wonderful cd. Tell us about this, and exactly this project is called a name that i got from fans, friends, it is a variety of styles of jazz on this album. Soul, we have some funk. Anchor wow. It is doing really well. It was released last year, august 1. And we are 37 on the independent charts. We climbed up a lot. Anchor when people hear this what do you want them to go away with . I want them to come away with therapeutic music. I want to take their minds off their day, struggles, hustle and bustle. Relax, let it take them away. Anchor because it is jazz, it is just amazing. , it really is. Series march 4, right . That is the date i will be there, friday, march 4. Of course, the cohost of the program, this is such a wonderful event. You can get dinner and a concert great food. The concert itself, what are you doing . We are going to do traditional jazz, a few of my hits from this album. Anchor wow. We have one released when the panthers were pounding. It took off. In one day, we got 30,000 tips on youtube. So queen city, actually made in charlotte, dedication. Well. Anchor it is so uniquely american, a wonderful form. This is the man to bring it to you. You felt you had really gotten to the point where i can really play . I started at the age of 5. I was playing the drums, piano, and my uncle played trom dollar bone. I started mimicking the human voice. Anchor march 4, concert well be right back. Rain showers this afternoon. We are watching this system wind up over texas, comes our way overnight, possibility for some Severe Weather tomorrow afternoon. So rain back in the forecast, 70 though, ahead of the front. We will actually warm up overnight, then cool down and dry out. 55 saturday. Low 60 by sunday. 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