Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative told me they had a handful of calls for dead batteries but are anticipating more as people wake up and try to head to work. Joe bruno, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Just about 5 03. The frimg yid weather the frigid weather can cause damage to your car. They drain the life out of your battery, if yours is five years or older it runs a higher risk of dying. That can cost you it 200 depending on what kind of car you have, the type you need. The cold can affect your tire pressure which can affect your mileage. Warming up your car for five download our app. You can use the live interactive radar. Get Severe Weather alerts, hourly forecasts, download the weather app for android phones, iphones and ipads. Breaking news overnight, a fire forced a clips family out of their home and out into these cold temperatures. This started at 2 00 this parkway. It happened started in the chimney spreading smoke throughout the home and raising Carbon Monoxide levels. Crews had to rescue a fourmonth old but the child is expected to be okay. They were able to vent the house, turned on the heating system so the family was able to go back home. A major story well be following for your day ahead. Several candidates will be in rock hill. Theyre hosting a debate at 6 00 tonight but not everyone will be there. And senator ted cruz confirmed their performance. Rick santorum will stand in for marco rubio and donald trump hasnt said whether he is going. Winthrop University Political sciences Scott Hoffman says he expects candidates to start stepping up attacks against each other from here on out. South carolina is a win or take allstate and defeat can spell the end for a campaign. We have Political Consultants who are used to knives in the back and weve seen dirty politics here. Trump is leading in all polls and expected to win next weekends primary but cruz could make a strong case with christian voters and pull an upset. Hillary clinton, who holds a huge lead over Bernie Sanders is expected to win their primary in two weeks. Clinton and sanders will faceoff in a debate tonight in wisconsin. Sanders claimed victory in New Hampshire while clinton won in iowa. Count on channel 9 to be at find out what they have to say tonight on Eyewitness News at 10 and 11. Were following a developing story out of caldwell county. Both sides involved in a 25yearold double murder case will meet again this afternoon to make further motions in this case. Yesterday we told you the judge declared a mistrial in william murphys case after a jury could not reach a verdict. He is accused of killing mark and jenny sea crest in 1990. The defense might offer a plea in this case. More people are expected to testify today in the trial of a gastonia man accused of killing his girlfriends baby. Channel 9 was inside the courtroom as the childs mother broke down in tears on the stand. Jessica waller said her 3yearold daughter did not have bruises the morning before. She received a fatal blow to the head in 2013. Police charged jason moore with the murder of the girl. Her daughter at the. Laugh and play, you know, all the time. She would cry. The little girl died from a fractured skull and had burns and bruises on her body. The attorney said he did not hurt the child. Channel 9 is staying on top of breaking news in oregon. Weve learned several new developments. The four remaining armed protesters at a National Wildlife refuge are expected to surrender. Franklin graham is expected to meet with the group once they turn themselves in to the fbi check point at 11. We learn the father of ammon bundy, the leader of the group is now behind bars. The fbi arrested cliven bundy on the way to the refuge. They will formally announce his charges later today. New this morning, the u. S. Army plans to deploy hundreds of soldiers to southern 500 will help forces push back the taliban. They will not have active combat roles. Staying on top of other news stories this morning, u. S. Officials say russia has proposed a march 1st cease fire in syria one official says the u. S. Believes the russians are giving themselves and the Syrian Military three weeks to launch harsher attacks on opposition forces. The u. S. Is worried the opposition could suffer irreversible losses. A representative is fighting to raise the minimum wage to 10. 10 dollars. Gilda comp hunter brough proposal. It wont raise costs for businesses and she wants to see taxpayer money used for higher wages. Be hiring for this years season. Theyre looking for cooks, cashiers and servers. It is scheduled for the Home Plate Club in uptown. The home opener is april 14th. Right now we want to give you live pictures from blowing rock. Look at that wind. That is making it feel worse in the mountains and of course, the snow on the ground, a reminder, avery and Watauga County schools are closed again today. Ashe county schools are on a threehour delay. We have weather and traffic every ten minutes. Here is meteorologist keith monday in Severe Weather center 9. It is absolutely brutal in the counties. It is cold in charlotte but dramatically worse when wl is the wind is. Where is wind is. There are clouds banked up against the mountains once more and a few flurries are up there. I dont expect accumulations but tomorrow, the snow machine will pick up more in the mountains. Ill show you in the futurecast they will fly east of the mountains. It will be a very cold weekend and well talk about this the next several days. Looking at more winter weatatr potential starting to work its way back into the carolinas. Our time is 5 10. Lets get you on the roads on this early thursday. Were checking boulevard in the area of briar creek. Traffic volume is light and not seeing big issues. No slow downs. No lane closures as they make their way up towards the bend. We have reports of utility work closer towards 277. Were heading in the area to check it out. I can tell you there, are no slow downs if youre communication in from union countyty drive Time Technology showing green conditions coming out of monroe inbound. Drive time, 50 miles an hour from 601 to 485. That is 11 minutes. If youre headed towards 485 from east john street towards providence road. 72 miles an hour. That will take five minutes. Taking a unique approach to reduce crime. Ahead at 5 45, the specific changes the department made that is helping them identify problem areas. Frightening moments for workers at this gastonia demolition fight after a man fell into a 12foot hole. He was in shock for a second. At 5 30, the feature that made it easier for them to get ignition interlock devices ignition interlock. A suspect in a 15yearold drunk driving case is back in North Carolina after he was captured in california. Miguel garcia was drunk and hit and killed tony setliff the second. He faces charges of Involuntary Manslaughter among other charges. He is due in court tomorrow. New this morning. M. A. D. D. Says ignition locking systems have kept more than 1. 77 million drunk drivers off of the road since 1999. The device is wired into a blow into it to start the car. Currently 25 states require the device including the carolinas who install them when someone is convicted of driving with a bloodalcohol level of. 15 or more. It could save lives if every offender was required to use them following the first arrest. The new developments of a man who shot two deputies was found in florida. He was inside this panera in hartford county. Shooter, david evans likely shot the deputies because of the uniforms. He just took out his gun and shot him in the head after the officer asked him how was your day. The suspect took that action because he is wearing a police uniform. Evans was also killed in the shoot out. The Sheriffs Office said the deputies had dealings with him in the past and had a warrant virginia could start lec cuting death row inmates if it runs out of drugs for lethal injection. They approved it yesterday and it will head to the senate. They dont have enough because some companies dont want their drugs used in executions. South carolina offers death row inmates the choice of electrocution or lethal injection. A charlotte super kitchen will serve breakfast in the new upgraded headquarters in charlotte. It currently provides more than 800 breakfast and lunches per week. Now the staff can add a dinner service. Ive never seen anything like this where different agencies are working together dynamically to bring about change in the the centers move that matters provided funding while the piedmont Natural Foundation donated 50,000 for an expanded commercial grade kitchen. We have weather and traffic every ten minutes. Here is meteorologist keith monday in Severe Weather center 9. As promised, temperatures this morning, colder than yesterday morning. These are not the promises we like to keep. It keeps getting worse as the week goes on. Well bottom out today, climb a little bit and toward the weekend it will just drop again unfortunately. 20 charlotte. 19 statesville. 16 salisbury. 15 albemarle. Stay with us through 5 30 and 6 00. Youll notice more teens will show up. Wind is light. The sky is clear. The numbers will keep going down. Thankfully the 20 degrees feels like 20 degrees. Little wind at all. No windchill but in the mountains were seven degrees below zero at boone. Well be 10 to 15 below zero. Big time chill will last all morning. Yesterday to get back to the freezing point. Well have plenty of sunshine out there today. 36 at noon. Very slowly warming up. Only may go up a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. Hit 38 on wednesday. Today, 41, it is a small bump up but overall. It feels about the same. Other than a few flurries in the mountains. Today is when well see more snow as we begin to move in here and flakes will fall across the i40 corridor into our friday. Here are the accumulation numbers. An inch at mountain tops but definitely under an inch east of the mountains. You may see snow falling around hickory and statesville. Well see more clouds than snow for sure. I wont expect any travel issues outside of the mountains. Well keep a low shot but that is the next wave of cold air. As the next storm system rolls in through monday. That is where things become interesting. Well have the cold air left moisture comes in with the system, the wintery mix is looking likely. Well show you on the futurecast data where the system is and how quickly we expect that to roll in. It does not affect valentines day plans. It is just cold. Temperatures will fall quickly below freezing by about 6 and 7 00 when youre out late saturday into sunday morning. Were looking at the numbers there falling quickly into the 20s. Turning into teens as we head into sunday morning. Our fiveday forecast, the weekend always in view, we have plenty of sunshine for the next few days. More clouds come in first half of tomorrow. A few flakes arrive. That is the next blast of cold air. It will drop us into the 30s. We have not seen the coldest of the stretch yet. That comes for saturday and sunday. All eyes will be on monday as some Winter Weather will work eventually a storm system would come in. Lets get you on the roads for this morning. Still pretty quiet . Were monitoring the wreck in burke county. It is westbound towards cosby road, exit 98. Were not seeing big delays in the area. Green conditions actually in both directions if youre headed towards morganton. Back in charlotte. Closer to town. 85 to the west side. Northbound commute checked in with Highway Patrol earlier from Gaston County northbound out of cleveland and back into charlotte. Not seeing problems southbound as well for folks heading over into gastonia this morning so were keeping you updated here on channel 9 and on twitter as things come in, ill update you. Follow me trafficteam9. Crime in huntersville is down 10 despite rapid growth. Ahead at 5 45. How adding one employee made a big difference on where they neighbors are expected to attend mooresville town hall to speak out against a retail development. Why it is a poor choice for their part of town. International drug traffickers aree tricking seniors into bringing drugs into the united states. 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They will take an all expense paid trip and are given what they think is candy or a suitcase with hidden compartments to be given as gifts but they say theyre the idea that my dad is now a convicted drug smuggler sentenced to six years in prison. He had no prior criminal history of any kind. Not even a speeding ticket. A federal Committee Plans to expand efforts to protect seniors by educating them on how the scam works and building on existing awareness programs at Nursing Homes and community centers. Good news this morning, while air travel demand is growing, airlines are starting to offer lower fares. The u. S. Department of transportation says the average domestic ticket is 372, down 6 from a year earlier. Executives say fares are based on supply and demand. The companies are keeping most of the savings from cheaper jet fuel. Joe biden was in North Carolina to push for change in Cancer Research april head at daybreak, the key recommendations researchers say can help develop cures more quickly. The futurecast data through severe windchill values will continue in the mountains. Major retailers are trying to bring in new stars brin now at havertys furniture, its our annual president s day sale. Which means its the perfect time to create the perfect home. Everything in our store is on sale. Plus, were offering thirtysix month, no interest financing. Come in today for our best prices of the year. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. Sfx knocking. Were early the president s day sale. From classic to contemporary, havertys. Home owners in mooresville are concerned about plans to rezone the neighborhood to make room for huge box stores. The reason they say it is the wrong part of town for such a big development. Cold weather is dominating the carolinas this morning get these things warmed up so kids can get on a nice warm bus. That is a good thing. Theyll be waiting out in the cold temperatures. County schools will be closed once again today. They havent gone to school all week. Ashe county is open but on a threehour delay. Lets check the first forecast. Meteorologist keith monday in Severe Weather center 9 and he is tracking just how cold well get today. Unfortunately, well still get colder as the morning goes on. One city in particular, it is albemarle. Youre down to 13. Ive seen that go down two degrees every hour here for the last two hours. It is dropping fast. 17, statesville youre going down. 20 in charlotte. Well see teens before the morning is done. Already have the teens in the mountains. That is not the issue. They may take a good chunk of the day to get the numbers on the Positive Side of the windchill scale. Little wind in charlotte compared to yesterday. Once the wind picked up it felt a lot worse. It will feel like 20. Plenty of sunshine. Dry weather headed into the weekend it is really going to be the story of the next week, another bigger weather maker will be here and could make for travel issues as we head back to work and school by next monday. Lets get you on the roads for this morning with mark. Traffic picking up. Quiet on the south side of town. Were looking 77 to the 485 fly over getting on to the ramp way. Not much happening here northbound checking clear. Checked in with Highway Patrol out of york county so you folks are doing fine. Rock hill heading northbound into charlotte this morning. Checking the drive times, green conditions north coming in from rock hill. Northbound towards fort hill. 61 miles an hour. So far so good. Johnson road out of ballantyne to i77, 70 miles an hour. On independence boulevard where there is a utility project. Channel 9 is following a developing story. Mooresville town leaders will decide whether a controversial project should move forward. Angela hong is live at Raleigh School. This project calls for several new stores to be built right where youre sta. Thats right. Specifically theyre talking about bringing in a costco and Academy Sports but there could be several more and right now at this sint intersection there isnt much more than these traffic lights. You can see where crews started marking off this plotted land for development. It calls for a adding a costco, Academy Sports and. They have started a petition against the project and it has more than 100 signatures. Town officials will look at the zoning for the development and neighbors are especially concerned about the traffic it would bring to the intersection of Raleigh School and talbert roads. It cant be expanded because we have town homes and apartment complex built so close to the road that is makes a fourlane road not an option. Neighbors also told us they are concerned about their home values going down as well as neighborhood safety. They have a chance to weigh in on this project at a public meeting. A public hearing on march 21st. Reporting live in mooresville. Angela hong, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Thank you. Count on channel 9 to bring you all of the developments out of tonights meeting. Watch Eyewitness News at 10 and 11. 5 33. We just checked with cmpd. They have not arrested this man who robbed a bank in ballantyne and are asking for your help to identify them. Officers swarmed this 1st Citizens Bank near the harris chopper 9 skyzoom we could see investigators gathering evidence and talking with witnesses for hours. The Bank Surveillance cameras captured clear images the suspect. The robbery caught a lot of people off guard. Very safe here and not have any trouble. I see people walking here early in the morning when i start work and it is a very safe place. Cmpd and the fbi are investigating the case saying they need your help to track down the suspect. Police in pineville need your help finding the man who robbed someone at an atm near carolina place mall. Look at these surveillance pictures we got yesterd pinevillematthews road. You can see the robber dressed in a sweatshirt with a hood over his head. The victim told officers the man had a gun during the incident last monday. Police say there was a second person in this car that youre about to see nearby and helped the robber get away. Take a look at this video from chopper 9 skyzoom as crews work to rescue a man who broke both of his legs and an arm after falling 12 feet into a hole. We told you on Eyewitness News at five yesterday that crews were working to remove concrete in front of an old building. The Fire Department snapped these photos right here. You can see theyre using a stretcher to lift the man out. Workers standing nearby told us he was in shock after it hap. We were just asking questions. He was loopy but he is good. Firefighters also had to go through a basement and old building to route man. He is expected to make a full recovery. New this morning, customs agents seized 2,400 counterfeit hover boards at the port of charleston. The boards were seized at the docks last month. Schoolers were made in china. The batteries are what violated the federal trade laws. They would be worth 1. 6 million if authentic. Germanys volkswagen is recalling cars because of faulty air bags. It involves models made between 2006 and 2014. The vehicles may hold defective takata air bags that can rupture and send metal fragments flying. 5 36. The families of three muslim unc College Students killed are using the student legacies to push for a World Without hate. Last february the 3rd were gunned down inside the newlyweds condo. Authorities say their neighbor, craig hicks killed them. They have not called this a hate crime which is one of several speak publicly about their. We have seen many times when people look at muslims, they look at them with hate and disgust but many times we work to win them over and we do. Especially someone who is our neighbor. Were taught to care for our neighbor. They told the crowd of people to create a more loving world in honor of the three students. Head of the cdc told congress the agency needs emergency money to fight zika virus. It is suspected of causing severe birth defects that causes babies to be born with under developed heads and brains. They asked for a billion dollars but they said the agency should use it to fight other diseases like ebola. Local Blood Centers are taking precautions as it continues to spread. There are 66 cases inside the united states. Travelled to south america, central america, or the caribbean to wait a month before donating. This is just a precaution necessary because as this is spreading, we want to make sure there arent any instants of a transfusion transmitted disease. They want to know so they can destroy that donation if there are symptoms after giving blood. This could affect the olympics in rio. Half of the athletes competing are women. Theyre advising the athletes. Hope solo says if she had to decide today, she would skip the olympics. South carolina farmers could see much needed money after octobers historic flooding. Counties to apply for grants. There is a total of 40 million in state aid available. Time now is 5 39. We have weather and traffic every ten minutes. Here is meteorologist keith monday. Another wave of cold air. Weve been saying this all week. That is the theme from last week how we would se temperatures go down in stages and were getting to another stage down. Almost in the teens in charlotte but there are teens in Single Digits way up north. Double digits below zero with the air temperature in the midwest. It keeps piling all of the cold air into the carolinas. The mountains are getting the worst of it. Youre out the door at banner elk. Beach mountains at eight and windchills five to 10 below zero. Dangerous stuff. In morganton were at 11 right now. Very cold stuff is taking shape as we work through the day today. That is the biggest threat. It is the cold. The mountains, youre seeing a few flurries. Well show you the futurecast and we may see a few flakes coming into town as well. Our time is 20 minutes until 6 00. Lets head over to mark in the traffic center. No big slow downs but were getting information on the utility project on independence. Just spoke with ncdot. Theyre investigating what is reported as a water main break on the inbound ride of independence boulevard between the Charlotte Town avenue ramp and i277. They have the right lane blocked. Our crew arriving on the scene. Were gathering more information. Not a huge issue with traffic. Drive Time Technology showing 56 miles an hour but i this bieg an issue tomorrow morning for those heading there, theyre expected to be there until 4 00 this afternoon. The Traffic Volume is light enough where at this particular time were not seeing delays but expect taking to cause a big problem during the rush hour. Although cms is collecting taking any chances that their students would be shifted to other schools. Ahead, the actions theyre taking to convince the board not to move forward. Despite a Huge Population surge, serious crimes in huntersville are at the lowest level since 2002. Next this morning, the technology helping officers better focus the Crime Fighting reso. Employees of charlottes Water Department can work long hours during emergencies, but i discovered some are making huge amounts of overtime year after phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates 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. Mornings. Theyre bad breath, bad hair and a bad case of the mondays. And organized wardrobes thathelp you pull it together. Theyre showering, shaving,and shuffling. And bathrooms that getbig families out the door. Theyre number ones, number twos, and a number of ideas for three. Lifes morning madness. And comfortable, organized bed and bathrooms at make them a. Huntersville population has more than doubled but crime is going down. The Police Department says it is partly thanks to an extra focus on crime data. Serious crimes like robberies, larcenies, rapes and homicide down 10 overall since 2014. Huntersville police hired a contracted employee who is using crime analyzing software to form patterns by pinpointing the they then schedule officer changes to match the times that suspects are hitting the area. We change possible schedules, put some of our units out there. Surveillance and thijz like that to things like that to catch the folks. The efforts to reach out to the community have also helped. A charlotte businessman is facing four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to an investment fraud scheme. It scammed nearly twodozen people out of 3 million. In december, we reported that frank larris lured doctors in the Dominican Republic to invest in bogus ventures in charlotte. He is a cofounder of optimum property investments. He is facing more than 5 million in fines. Youre going to want to take a look at this. A rare weather event led to spontaneous snow balls in idaho. This is something ive never seen before. You can see the snow balls, some fields at the silver creek preserve in late january. The National Weather service says the snow rollers are caused by an unusual combination of a couple of inches of snow with the right water density. Temperatures near freezing appeared wind to move nem around. A kids dream. College students are trying to get there right now to have the biggest fight ever. You can have a huge snow ball war. And hit somebody that you want to hit in the face. And your snow man is half built. Just pick up the rest. I didnt think of that. This is awesome. We have weather and traffic every ten minutes. Here is meteorologist keith monday in Severe Weather center 9. You can see, were kids at heart over here. It is cool stuff. Usually you see that in spots way up north where you have the plains where it is flat to get these things started. Were cold this morning. The ice box locally in albemarle. 20 charlotte. 16 in statesville and the top of the hour update at 6 00 a. M. Low teens for the mountains and windchill has been pretty consistent between 5 and 7 degrees below zero for boone and jefferson. Thankfully our wind died out last night no windchill to worry about today. The wendz in the mountains the winds in the mountains, this afternoon, a little improvement up there. It will still feel like, at times. Mid to upper 30s in charlotte but im forecasting a high of 41 today so it isnt that much of a windchill. The mountains continuing with this plunge of cold air. You have six more days to go before the numbers will get to the freezing point. That would be on tuesday of next week and that is probably going to come, especially for the mountains, after a lot more snow as we head through the end of this weekend. Todays snow in the mountains, light activity. Just flurries here this morning. Highs up around boone and jefferson into the mid20s today. Around the charlotte metro. Youre out the lunch at noon. It is above freezing which is cracking close to 40 degrees until later this afternoon. Tomorrow, as the next wave of energy and cold air works in, clouds will over spread the region for friday morning. That will keep us warmer tomorrow we may see a few flurries pass by in charlotte but the sunshine will be back out tomorrow afternoon, the mountains will get more snow continuing into the weekend saturday looks good. Nice, clear picture. Plenty of sunshine. As we head into sunday. This weather maker up here, coming out of the northern plains, that is our system for monday of next week. It is still a long way off. It has all of this distance to travel, there are still continue tos things to nail down on exactly what to expect from the system. Either way. It does look like a wintery mix could be headed in our direction as we head into early next week. The fiveday forecast. Weekend always in view. Temperatures dont go up a lot maybe a degree or two and by saturday and sunday. They fall right back down again. Sunday, only 34 degrees and then monday, of course, well be looking at the storm system rolling back in. Well talk about valentines day plans. If you had date Night Saturday night it is going to be cold bundle up. Get close to your loved one. That is what is going to happen. Weather and traffic every ten minutes on Eyewitness News daybreak. Here is traffic team 9s mark taylor. Monitoring independence boulevard. Getting updates on what is going on. Theyre investigating a water main break. It is just after the ramp at Charlotte Town approaching 277. They have the right lane blocked. Expected to be there until at least 00 this afternoon. Something well continue to watch throughout the morning rush hour as traffic builds. Drive Time Technology showing 61 miles an hour heading up 277. Not a big deal now but something we expect to have an impact. Conditions, the volume is light and lots of troom move around. 485 on room to move around. 485 on 77. 77 out of york county free of any accidents. A group of parents is suing a charlotte mega church claiming they were expelled unfairly. The pattern lawyers show Calvary Church is ridding people due to physical and mental disabilities. Treating an associated illness could be key to chief putney is working to chief. Vice President Joe Biden spoke at Duke University about the White House Initiative to fight cancer. It aims to change the direction of Cancer Research. They want to see a decades five years in hopes ending cancer. Yesterday biden praised dukes efforts. There is enormous progress in science, i think right here at duke. You have an incredible operation. Youre on the cusp of great advances. A panel of 10 cancer experts showed their thoughts on where Research Needs to go. That includes information sharing, early detection, and better access to clinical trials. Were 20 degrees now. Will it keep going down this morning . It probably will. Well easily be in the teens in charlotte and some of the neighborhoods here, im watching the numbers tumbling down. We went up a degree. Hold on. We went up a degree in charlotte. And i felt it. It is warm out there. It is still very cold for everybody. Were looking at temperatures in teens and low 20s. Well talk more at 6 00 a. M. How this will be worse still heading into the up coming weekend. Lets get you back out there checking out conditions right now. Independence boulevard where were following whats being reported as a possible water main break at the right lane blocks before 277. It is out of view of the camera more information as were asking exactly what is going on and well look at alternate routes for later on this morning. Right now our crew is arriving to independence boulevard to the water main break that mark mentioned is expected to cause big delays. Stay with channel 9 for constant updates. Hats, gloves and blankets. People did whatever they could to stay warm in the frigid this is way t. We have breaking news right now. This mornings freezing temperatures causing major problems on independence boulevard. These are live pictures right now. This is near the Charlotte Town exit where water is now seeping through the pavement and then just freezing over. 1 inbound lane, you can see, barrels are upright now. It is shut down and you can see crews are on the scene assessing the situation and trying to figure out how to fix it. Channel 9 has Team Coverage bringing you alternate routes around the mess and showing you how low temperatures will get and precautions cms is taking to keep students warm out. There thanks for joining us, im john paul. Im stephanie maxwell. Ashe county is a threehour delay. Lets start things off with keith monday in Severe Weather center 9. Those temperatures are hovering at 20 degrees. No. I mentioned at 5 30. We see more teens on the map. Weather is a funny thing. Everyone around us is dropping but charlotte went up a degree. Maybe we have colder air that pushed the warmth back into the city. 13 in albemarle. Widespread mid to upper teens. Of course, the mountains in the lower teens and the windchill still severe. Seven below at boone. Thankfully the wind in charlotte, gusty yesterday, has relaxed dramatically and should stay relatively calm throughout the day but if you have to be out there this morning, you need the layers and layers and layers, expecting mid to upper teens. It will take several h hurs to get back to the freezing point. Ill show you that timeline coming up and how another round of cold air for this weekend will likely be colder than what were dealing with this morning. Our time at the moment is 6 01. Lets go over to mark with traffic issues showing up early. Independence boulevard where