Car to break into the back of the store, but instead they hit a gas line. That meant that fire crews were on the scene. They were working to cut off the gas here. They say that the thieves were not able to get inside of both, but they also tried to get into the front of both of these stores. Now, as you just mentioned, police are investigating whether the breakins here are connected to another breakin on tryon street about 12 miles away. This is at north tryon and east way. This one happened around 2 00 a. M. At a store called gun outlet and pawn. And police tell us thieves were able to get inside of that store and they were able to get away with about 20 assault weapons. Now, police, again, they say they didnt make it into the stores here, but we just spoke with the owner about 15 minutes ago and he told us that they were able to cause a lot of damage in the back, thousands of dollars of damage when they tried slamming that car into the back of this Shopping Center. Right now police are looking for a suspect vehicle, a chrysler sebring. So were working to learn if they have developed any more suspect information. Well bring you those details live in west charlotte, Brittany Johnson, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Were also following more breaking news here from the breaking news center, three different fires this morning. Lets start things off in Lincoln County. Fire destroyed a house there very early this morning. This is the 2100 block of bill lynch drive in lincolnton. We know right now know one was no one was injured but four departments responding to this. Right now Village Drive is closed. Investigators are investigating this right now. Also a fire in huntersville. Medics treated two people after a fire at this home here overnight. Investigators say it started in the bedroom of the home. This is grapper hall drive. It started around 1 00 this morning. Cant really see any damage on the outside of the house, but medics tell us they did evaluate two people for smoke inhalation. No word what caused that fire. And in North Charlotte a fire also forced a family out of their home overnight. Crews say it took less than 15 minus to put this one out. This is on king george drive. It started around midnight. Done to the outside, just a little bit there by the chimney. Fire Officials Say it started in the attic. No injuries here. Red cross is helping the family out. Well bring you updates as soon as fire officials determine a cause in these fires. A major story well be following for your day ahead, in just a few hours North Carolina lawmakers plan to take on charlottes nondiscrimination ordinance. Overnight we learned new information about whats expected during todays special session. Leaders are expected to take up new legislation to undo parts of the ordinance. Officials say the current draft would prevent local governments from passing similar legislation and require schools to make sure people use bathrooms based on their biological sex. The bathroom provision of the ordinance allows transgender men and women to use the bathroom of their choice. Supporters say it gives the community equal rights. But opponents say it could allow criminals to prey on women and girls. The ordinance is scheduled to take effect on april 1st. Bradley will be in raleigh for the special session. Follow jim on twitter for updates and watch Eyewitness News at 5 00 p. M. For complete coverage while you were sleep ising channel 9 learned several new details about the deadly terrorist attacks in brussels. Its been 24 hours now since we first brought you the live pictures right here on daybreak of the aftermath that left 30 people dead. Now, police say they have identified two of the attackers seen right here. Theyre brothers khalid and brahim el bakraoui. They believe that the pair blew themselves up during the attacks. Meanwhile, there is a massive manhunt right now for the third suspect you see on your screen. We also know the European Union has called an emergency meeting to assess all the fallout from yesterdays attacks. The metro station from yesterdays attack is a short distance from where police captured one of the suspected ringleaders in the paris attacks. Salah abdeslam is set to face a judge today in brussels. After a fourmonth long manhunt. Channel 9 spoke with several americans in brussels who say after two coordinated attacks in europe, they fear more may be coming. Eyewitness News Reporter greg suskins future brotherinlaw works just 10 minutes away from the Brussels Airport where at least 10 people were killed yesterday. Mike ven spoke with us via facetime and described the chaos in the area. He said people had been on edge ever since Police Arrested the paris suspect and many worry that terrorists are still loose in the city. There are arrests and people start realizing its very close, of course the fear kicks in. Ven plans to leave belgium for the u. S. In less than three weeks. Hes concerned for the safety of his family staying behind. President obama is in argentina this morning. Its the first time a u. S. President has visited since 1997. This is video of the president and his family getting off air force one in buenos aires just after midnight this morning. Hes expected to meet with the morning. Just last night president obama wrapped up his historic trip to cuba. At the start of his final speech, he took a brief moment to offer condolences regarding the attacks in brussels. The president vowed to stand with belgium and bring down the terrorists responsible. We will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible. Channel 9 has complete coverage of the brussels attack on our website, wsoctv. Com. You can also share your thoughts and prayers for the families impacted by the violence on our facebook page. Just search wsoc and look for pray for brussels. Happening today, a man arrested for murder in concord will be in court for a first appearance. Brian ward faces seconddegree murder charges in the death of columbus c. J. Simmons. Police arrested ward on monday night. Investigators say a large crowd gathered right around griffin circle last monday and shots were fire. Led to the shooting. 5 07 right now. Deputies need your help identifying the suspects who tied up and robbed a couple in their lancaster home. These new pictures are grainy but deputies say the suv here left a Bowling Alley parking lot in matthews minutes after the couples stolen truck was ditched there. In february the thieves targeted Margaret Cureton and her husband. Now, she told channel 9 the thieves stole a pistol. After spending 30 minutes rummageling through their home. A man who made a citizens arrest ended up behind bars in the Gaston County jail. Monday night leo rose heard a wreck near his home just outside besimer city. He said the four men inside smelled of alcohol. Rose called 911 and said one of the men attacked him when he tried taking a picture of the license plate. Police say he hit one man with a stick, chased two and cuffed them with his own personal handcuffs. And i thought i was, you citizen, and helping someone. Police released the men from the car and charged rose with false imprisonment. Officers say they could not prove either of the men violated the law. Happening tonight, Training Program to teach Church Leaders how to keep their congregation safe. Our partners at the record and lanmark reports this Program Comes after nine people were killed inside Emanuel Ame Church in charleston last summer. Tonights training starts at memorial Troutman Branch library. New this morning, Charlotte City council denied permission for the van lankingham estate to build town houses on the property there. Monday council vote down that request to allow the owner to submit new plans. The city requires a twoyear waiting period before another request can be made. We told you in september the developer wants to transform one of charlottes oldest neighbors by putting a private pool club in townhomes. Neighbors believe that proposal would add more Traffic Congestion and unwanted noise to the neighborhood. 10 minutes. Heres meteorologist vicki graf in Severe Weather center 9. Weve got some great weather today. It is a nice and mild start to the day. As you can see here from our hd charlotte tower camera, clear skies to start the day off. And its also a warmer start. Were in the mid50s right now, temperatures just updated within the past couple of minutes. Its 53 in charlotte, 49 in shelby, 52 in statesville and 43 degrees in jefferson. So not quite as cold as it was this time yesterday. And well stay with that warming trend as we go throughout the afternoon. Now, temperatures still could cool off a little bit before the sunrise gets under way a little before 7 30 this morning. By 9 00 back to the low 50s and highs for today about 10 degrees warmer than average. Its also going to be windy, but i am tracking some rain on the way. Ill have the timeline of when it will arrive in your neighborhood coming up. First we have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Lets get a look at the morning drive with stephanie. This morning traffic team 9 monitoring the roads including i77 this. Is a live look at the highway near griffith road. And so far very quiet out change in the next few hours. Right now traffic is moving at 63 Miles Per Hour southbound. Northbound drivers are going about 68 Miles Per Hour. Again, no issues right now. We are keeping an eye on the area. And we want to give you a look at drive times in west charlotte this morning. Gaston county to uptown 19 minutes. The airport to uptown is 13 minutes and Mountain Island lake to uptown about 14 minutes. Channel 9 was the first to tell you the x games could be coming to charlotte. Ahead at 5 if 45, the local venues that could host the games and the million that is could pump into the economy. The number of unemployed veterans is at its lowest level in nearly a decade. All new at 5 30, the factors helping former military members find jobs and the group still struggling to find work. A man accused in a triple murder could avoid the death penalty. Your heart loves omega3s. But the omega3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Megared. 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One Family Member says she wants hewitt to take the deal i wish we would take the plea deal so we dont have to relive this nightmare. The judge will give his attorneys more leeway while cross examining some investigators who either did not take notes during an interview or accidentally lost a map of the crime scene. He also said the defense can make the final closing arguments because of those missteps. Police arrested a charlotte man they say kidnapped a rock hill teen at gunpoint, forced her to withdraw money and then robbed her. Anthony lewis is facing charges robbery. Police say this all started when a 16yearold girl responded to a Facebook Post about a quick way to make money. They say when she met lewis he pulled a gun, forced her to go to banks to deposit fake checks, and then made her withdraw 5,200. Was scared to tell police because she was worried lewis would retaliate and she also has two children. New this morning, a bill requiring authorities in South Carolina to release dash cam video during Police Shootings is now headed to the senate floor. It says if Law Enforcement wants to keep video from the public, they would have to convince a judge that releasing the footage would damage the case. If the video was kept secret, the judge has to give a reason and timeline for when it will be released. New developments now, this morning the Senate Judiciary committee unanimously approved a South Carolina bill requiring sled to investigate all Police Shootings. Nearly all Police Agencies currently turn over officer involved shootings to s. L. E. D. But there are a few that dont, including richland county. The bill now heads to the senate floor. A new book says former cia director David Petraeus confided in emails that he committed something terrible affair with his married biography. The revelations in a self accomplished book by jill kelly who complained to the fbi in 2012 when an unknown person sent her harassing emails. Her complaint then triggered a criminal investigation that led agents to expose the affair between petraeus and his biography Paula Broadwell who lives in charlotte. We told you last week petraeus appeared before a House Committee on benghazi. Capitol hill. He first testified before the group in january. Petraeus led the cia when a terror attack killed four americans in benghazi back in 2012. Sources say he agreed to come back because his prior testimony was cut short. Weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Heres meteorologist vicki graf in Severe Weather center 9. And it feels a lot better out there this morning. It sure does, john. And thats going to be the trend as we go throughout the day today. So as youre stepping outside this morning, were in the mid to low 50s right now. You dont need the heavy winter coats like we did yesterday, and temperatures are actually about 20 degrees warmer than well continue with that warming trend going through the afternoon. By midday 66 degrees and highs for today will be in the mid 70s, about 10 degrees warmer than average. Lots of sunshine today, a little bit of a breeze as well. Its going to be nice. Your neighborhood forecast for wadesboro, sunny and a little bit of windy, highs getting into the mid70s. And we are going to see wind gusts up to about 20 Miles Per Hour today. So with wind speeds up to about 15 Miles Per Hour from time to time, also the dry air in place and warmer temperatures, thats going to create an enhanced fire danger threat as we go plan accordingly. This evening we will keep mostly clear skies. Its going to be nice and mild. By 9 00 midseablghts, so if youre heading out for a walk or a jog later tonight, looking good. Way, though. Were dry right now on Early Warning doppler 9, but i am tracking a storm system out to the west, and this is going to bring us some rain tomorrow. However, this isnt going to roll through until tomorrow in fact, this will be in the overnight hours, so you might be waking up and the rain will have already cleared out by friday. In the next half hour ill break down the timing of that. And then by sunday for easter, again, were going to keep the threat for some showers, however, it doesnt look like that will arrive until later in the day. So with any changes to the forecast, you can keep track of it with our wsoctv weather app. We are going to see the threat for some showers tomorrow night into early friday. However, this will be clearing out quickly and temperatures will cool into the mid to upper 60s once that rain clears out. By sunday again for easter, i think the kids will be fine for the day. Its later in the evening, sunday night into monday that we will keep the potential for some showers. With any changes to the forecast, you can keep track of it with our wsoctv weather app. Download that at the app store and google play. Every 10 minutes. Lets get a look at the morning drive with scwroun. Good news so far, no major still monitoring a crash, Highway Patrol has been on the scene now for about an hour at mcconnells highway and herndon farm road. Right now. You can see its just all green moving through there. Just use some caution. Hill. Traffic is moving fine in that area as well this morning. Any drivers headed towards charlotte traveling at about 69 Miles Per Hour there. Lets get a live look at your drive times in east charlotte, mid hill to uptown 14 minutes. Matthews uptown to 14. Everybody is 14. Arbor eat up um to uptown as well. Charlotte could be in line to host the x games as early as next year after organizers made the decision to leave austin a year early. Ahead at 5 45, the other cities the competition for the event and the key talks under way right now. Officials are stepping up security here in the u. S. After tuesdays terror attacks in brussels. Ahead at 5 30, what makes the threat here at home harder to predict and the security measures youll likely not notice. Are getting creative when it comes to paying for much needed classroom supplies. Next and new this morning, the unique way they are connecting with parents in the community. Checking wall street fallin good morning. Time now almost 5 24. Giving you a live picture from our lake norman cam. You can see on your screen temperatures much better this morning compared to our past two mornings when we were in the 30s. And we had to cover those plants. Not a problem this morning. But we are also tracking the chance for rain thats coming back in the forecast for this week. More on that from meteorologist vicki graf in Severe Weather center 9. New this morning, a new website can help your childs teacher get some much needed classroom supplies without teachers paying for them. The website donorschoose. Org allows anyone to help ease the burden on teachers by donating money to help fund teacher projects. These projects can range from providing books for the classroom or other necessary supplies. One teacher in Forsyth County says the website has helped her tremendously. I spent over 2,700 on my classroom. Funded for novels and one for technology. Teachers say besides easing the financial low, the financial website allows teachers to offer students more variety and expose them to a diverse range of books. You can donate to a project by searching for a teacher, school or zip code if you would like more information about donorschoose. Org. We put a link on our website, wsoctv. Com. You will find it under latest links. Today state and local education leaders will kick off this years Summer Reading program for students. The goal of the give 5 read 5 campaign is to reduce Summer Learning loss. Since the Campaign Began back in 2013, almost 1 million new and gently used books have been sent home with students to have quality reading material over the summer. More veterans are making the transition from the military to the job market. Next and new this morning, the factors keeping some younger vets out of the work force longer. Pollen counts will be very high today. Provide some relief from allergies coming up. Reporter and people around the world are on alert after isis threatened more attacker bombs after exploding in belgium. Im Brittany Johnson live in charlotte. Experts point to between the experts point tolifes morning multitaskingfor a growing family, and drawers with many layers,to show exactly what you need. Lifes sharing a meal. And a kitchen with room for everyone. Spend 4000 or more on a new kitchen the ikea kitch as police in brussels search for a suspected terrorist, channel 9 is asking officials what can be done to keep people safe here. What one expert told us makes stopping attacks here even more challenging. Channel 9 just arrived at the scene of breaking news in Lincoln County where firefighters are monitoring hot spots at an overnight house fire. The massive response to get it under control and the questions we are now asking. Good wednesday morning to you, im stephanie maxwell. Im john paul. Lets get a quick check of that first forecast. Meteorologist vicki graf in Severe Weather center 9 for us. Vicki. Good wednesday morning. Its a mild start to the day. Youll notice as soon as you step outside it is warmer than this time yesterday. In fact, temperatures just updated. Its 53 in charlotte, 43 in albemarle, 49 in shelby and 44 so you might need a light layer in some spots. But as we go throughout the day today, lots of sunshine. Thats going to warm us up quickly. Still could cool off a little bit before the sunrise gets under way by 7 23. And then as we head towards 9 00 low 50s. Going through the afternoon, lots of sunshine. It will be warmer, highs for today getting to around 76 degrees here in charlotte. Its also going to be a little bit windy as well. But i am tracking the threat for some rain as we head towards thursday. Ill have the time lin of when showers will arrive in your neighborhood. First we have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Lets get a look at the morning drive with stephanie. Traffic team 9 still not seeing any major issues this morning, that includes 85 setting south from concord. You can see the traffic flows all green. Drivers are going about 67 Miles Per Hour right now. So its an easy drive. Down south in rock hill Highway Patrol on the scene of a crash there. This is happening at mcconnells highway and herndon farm road. Theyve been on the scene for more than an hour now, but no injuries have been reported. So just use caution as you head through that area. And we want to give you a live look now this. Sinned pence at westover road near uptown charlotte. Drivers moving through that area just fine as well this morning. Its safe to say travelers are on edge across the country this morning after the attacks in brussels yesterday. In the last 30 minutes we told you overnight Police Identified two of those suspected suicide bombers as brothers. Eyewitness News ReporterBrittany Johnson is live, and, brittee, National Security experts say we could take steps here in the u. S. To prevent these types of attacks. Reporter stephanie, experts say while we dont see an immediate threat here locally, we can all expect to see increased security at our transit and other highprofile places across the country. Here in cities like charlotte and other cities across the country, people are showing support for belgium by showing the nations colors illuminating parks and buildings. Security officials and everyday people are all questioning how and if Something Like this could happen here. Assistant director of the fbi, chris swecker. He says america differs from many european nations in how they deal with loose borders and their muslim communities are often segregated. I think the lesson we learn from this as we try to control our borders and we have to concentrate on making sure that our immigrant communities are assimilating into the community. Reporter experts also told us that here in the u. S. Were more likely to see attacks from americans inspired by isis rather than americans directly directed by isis to commit an act of terror. They also told us to expect security. Live in west charlotte, Eyewitness News. Members of congress from our area condemned the attacks and talked about u. S. Efforts to stop terrorism. North carolina u. S. Senator richard burr was in europe during yesterdays explosions. He posted on social media that the u. S. Government has been offering support to belgium and this investigation. We were able to talk with others in washington yesterday, including congressman richard hotsen of concord. Its a reminder to us that while some in this country think were not at war with the terrorists, the terrorists think theyre at war with us and weve got to remain vigilant u. S. Senator thom tillis called these attacks cowardly. Congressman Robert Pittinger says the u. S. Needs to build stronger Intelligence Networks in other currents. The attacks came hours before fbi trained local Police Officers on how to deal with dangerous situations. The active Shooter Training at johnson c. Smith university in west charlotte was scheduled long before these attacks. Counterterrorist expert Walter Kimball says the brussels attacks were unusual because the explosions were set off outside screening areas. Were going to continue to bring you the latest developments in the investigation on air as well as on wsoctv. Com. Were posting updates on facebook an twitter as well. This morning were asking police what led to a deadly if they are still looking for the killer. Around 9 00 last night police say they found a man dead at a home off west ridge drive near freedom drive. They did tell us they dont believe the shooting was random. Well bring you any updates as soon as we get them. A man arrested for robbing a bank in monroe on monday will be in court next month. Dorian davis is charged with robbery with a dangerous weap. Theres a surveillance picture of the robbery that happened at the First Citizens bank on west roosevelt boulevard. Theres that picture there. Police say he handed a note tot teller demanding money. 4 35. Overnight we learned new developments in the race for the white house. We received all the results from the three primary elections yesterday in the western part of the states. Lets take a look. Frontrunners donald trump and hillary clinton, they claimed victories in arizona. But that state would be the only win of the night for both of them. Republican ted cruz and democrat Bernie Sanders came sanders seemed surprised by the win. Last poll that i saw we were five points behind and were gaining sanders got six more delegates than clinton yesterday which still puts him behind her by hundreds of delegates. For the republicans, trump leads cruz by about 280 delegates. A new poll out this morning shows donald trump could make it harder for North Carolina senator richard burr to get re elected. The liberalleaning Public Policy polling report that is burr has a narrow lead over democrat deborah ross. Burr says hell support whoever becomes the republican nominee for president , but a poll found a large drop in support for him if he supports trump. We have complete 2016 coverage for you on air and online, wsoctv. Com. Just scroll over news at the top of the page and then click on elections. The Unemployment Rate for American Veterans fell to the lowest level in seven years. According to the wall street journal, the Unemployment Rate for all veterans was 4. 6 last it got as high as 12. 1 in 2011. Experts say this is because of an improved jobs market as well as programs to put servicemen and women to work. But the Unemployment Rate is higher for younger veterans because they are more likely to have just left one job in the armed forces and started looking for another. Arlington National Cemetery may soon reopen to a group of world war ii women pilots known as wasps. House lawmakers passed a bill yesterday to allow the women to be buried there. The military does not allow certain nonactive duty vets to be buried in arlington because the cemetery is running out of room. The bill now heads to the senate. More permanent changes are coming for pagelands police department. Chief larry brown announced he will retire now. Brown has been on leave for four months because of a s. L. E. D. Investigation thats still open. Despite our questions, officials still have not said what that investigation is all about. Earlier this month the city the interim police chief. Chief brown has been working under sheriff brooks. Taxes in Lancaster County are going up after voters approved a 200 million bond for local schools. The polls closed at 7 00 and the money will go toward updates to security, new science labs, athletic fields and to build two new schools in indianland. Now, to pay for all this, taxes will be going up about 120 a year for people who own a 200,000 home. The u. S. Food and Drug Administration will require new warning labels for opennoid prescription medications. It will be a black box warning, the most severe warning label there is. It will warn consumers about the serious risk of misuse, death. According to the cdc, more than 40 americans die each day from prescription opioid overdoses. Unccharlotte now has three confirmed cases of mumps which is why Health Officials share drinks, utensils or cigarettes to avoid spreading the virus. The university sent a second batch of letters reminding students of how to protect themselves and also what symptoms to watch out for. Only one of the three infected students lives on campus. The Health Department says there are now seven confirmed and nine probable cases in our area. The outbreak started when two employees at lowes Corporate Headquarters in mooresville contracted it. Well, we have a dog food to recall to tell you about this morning. Family pet foods recalled three types of canned dog food thats been sold in several charlotte stores. Now, this food may contain elevated levels of vitamin d. All are 12 ounces, they include the gold chicken pate dog can, the gold chicken and dog duck can case and the gold salmon and chicken pate. Now, the company says they have no reports of any illness. For more information, to see the specific upc codes for these cans, we got it posted for you at wsoctv. Com. Scroll to recalls. An activist in Catawba County is trying to prevent dogs from being chained up all day long. Cynthia smith started this petition to pressure county commissioners to end tethering and chaining. Right now the petition has more than 6,600 signatures. Smith says tethering can lead to aggressive animals or hurt a dog if the chain gets tangled up. Weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Heres meteorologist vicki graf. Shes got some pleasant temperatures to tell us about. Well, it is a nice start to the day on this wednesday. Temperatures on the mild side. In fact, about 20 degrees warmer than where we were this time yesterday. Its 53 in charlotte, 53 in belmont, 54 in gastonia and 54 in mint hill. So you dont have to worry about the heavy winter coats this morning. And going through the day today, well warm up quickly. In fact, highs close to around 76 degrees, so about 10 degrees warmer than average. It is going to stay dry today, a little bit windy as well. And with the sunshine and warmer temperatures as well as winds, that will create the fire danger threat for today. However, i am tracking the threat for rain on the way. This will arrive thursday night into friday. Ill show you if rain chances could return as we head into the weekend. First we have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Lets get a look at the morning drive with john. Reporter no major issues still out there on the roads this morning. There are a few disabled cars, though we want to tell you about, including this one here on north tryon street at old concord road. There are some delays in that area. Nothing significant, though. So you wont need an alternate route just yet. Lets take a look at i45 north just fine. Not a lot going on out there this morning, but this will be starting to pick up over the next hour. You can check your drive times at wsoctv. Com. Its pretty handy to have. Just click on the traffic tab. Right now were in the breaking news center staying on top of some breaking news in Lincoln County. We just got some new video of the damage that was left behind after a fire broke out at a in lincolnton. We first told you this about 30 its on bill lynch drive. The building is destroyed, kind of hard to see in these pictures. But no one was injured. It took fire departments, four of them to put this out. We are asking officials if theyve determined a cause just yet. Well bring you any new developments as soon as we get them. The Charlotte Hornets are making nba history, but its not for their action on the court. Ahead at 6 30, the familiar face taking over as the teams fulltime analyst and how the decision is breaking barriers. A charlotte teen faces serious charges after police gunpoint. Ahead at 6 20, the actions police say the victim took during this robbery that helped Police Arrest the suspect. Charlotte is one of a handful of cities in the running to host the x games as early as next year. Next this morning the venue that would host the event and local economy. Your heart loves omega3s. But theres a differencebetween the omega3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed. Which makes your heart, well, megahappy. Happier still, megared is proven to increase omega3 levels in 30 days. Megared. Ce is back now 5 44, live look here from our charlotte cam. Beautiful shot of uptown. Were sitting at 53 degrees. Yesterday out there this morning. Were talking with vicki in just a few minutes about a gorgeous day that well be seeing today. But theres also the threat of a fire danger. Well be talking with her in a few minutes. Channel 9 learned the x games are leaving austin after this year which could mean charlotte has a good shot at getting them. The Austin American statesman owned by channel 9s Parent Company is reporting the queen city has a chance to be the next host. Charlotte motor speedway spearhead the bidding process back in 2013 and tells us the games would have been helled at the dragway and the speedway. They could not confirm the games are coming to our area, but say theyre in talks with espn right now. Weve had some very preliminary discussions with them about what the future could look like moving ahead. According to the newspaper, the x games pumped as much as 172 million into the austin area. Chicago is and detroit were named finalists the last time around, along with charlotte. Begin in june. So he did this story yesterday. Yeah. And what did you do while you were doing this story yesterday . We went to the dragway because thats where they were going to hold the x games and so they said, hey, if you need to get some video of us at the dragway, why dont you jump in, and i said, okay, lets give this thing a shot. And soy not really realizing so not really realizing exactly what i was in for, and they took me down the dragway and we hit 144 Miles Per Hour. That is exactly what we did right there. Oh, my gosh yeah. I mean, it was a lot of fun, but theres a point where youre asking yourself what am i doing right now and how did i get myself into this situation. And your wife is asking you why. She was asking the exact same thing. Because i know her. I had been up in a thunderbird before. Similar situation. Im not going to lie. That acceleration yeah. John paul is in for speed it was all for the story, though. Right. We have some new the Cabarrus County government issued nearly 70 in bond for school construction. That money would fund the construction at royal oaks elementary, Mount Pleasant middle and kannapolis middle schools, set to start april 1st with all the three schools being open on or before october 2017. Weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Heres meteorologist vicki graf in ottawa in Severe Weather center 9 with a look at what we can expect here for today as youre stepping outside this morning, its a nice and mild start to the day. In fact, were about 20 degrees warmer than where we were this time yesterday. 53 in charlotte, 54 in concor, 52 in statesville and 44 degrees in jefferson. Chilly 33 degrees in boone, so that jacket. However, going through the day today, lots of sunshine, warming up quickly. By lunchtime 66 degrees. Might be a good day to get outside and enjoy your lunch break outdoors. And by 5 00 well be around 75 degrees. So thats about 10 degrees warmer than average. Keep in mind its also going to be fairly windy today, so hold onto those hats. Warmer temperatures and some gusty winds, thats going to create an enhanced fire danger threat throughout the day. Your neighborhood forecast for kings mountain, nice and sunny and temperatures in the mid70s today, lots of sunshine today. But changes are on the way starting tomorrow. Were dry right now on live Early Warning doppler 9, but im track town hall meeting storm system. Its still starting to gather out to the west and this is going to make a run towards our area as we head towards tomorrow. So what that means is well start the day off with some clouds, but then as we head towards midday Still Holding off on the rain. The rain that we are tracking, its not going to get here until later in the evening. So by 8 00 thats when well see a band of some steady rain pushing through the mountains, and this will make a run towards charlotte by around 10 00 tomorrow night. So, again, not arriving until later in the day, and this will push through as we head through the overnight hours. Still could see some lingering showers east of charlotte from into chesterfield by friday around 5 00 in the morning. But that clears out for the morning drive. And then as we head into the weekend, looking good for saturday, upper 60s, mostly sunny skies. Sunday we told you yesterday about a system heading this way thats going to bring the threat for some showers, but as of right now, i just got some new model data in, and this pushes it back later. Good news there. So that might not get here until late sunday night which is good news for any easter plans you might have. In the next half hour ill break down the timing of that on futurecast. Thats all coming up for you in the next half hour. So your fiveday forecast shows its going to be nice and sunny today, tracking the threat for some rain thursday night into early friday. As that rain approaches, you can track it too with our wsoc tv weather app. You can use the interactive radar. Might see some spotty showers for the morning drive on friday, but it clears by friday afternoon. Looking good for the first part of the weekend, but were watching sunday very closely. I know a lot of people have easter plans. Sunday, so well easter sunday, so well be watching that. Into the 60s and 70s all week not too bad, cant complain. Vicki, thanks. This morning traffic team 9 still not seeing any major issues, that includes i77 heading to and from charlotte. Traffic moving toward the queen city moving at 67 Miles Per Hour. We want to give you a live look now 77 south at the john belk. Traffic is starting to pick up just a little bit as we approach that 6 00 hour. But, again, no issues so far. There is, though, a disabled vehicle on north tryon street at old concord road in northeast charlotte. There are some delays there. You can sake orr road or eastway drive to the plaza around that stretch there. And, of course, stay up to date with traffic in your area by using wsoctv. Com. Just click on the traffic tab. The post office has refused to deliver mail to one Charlotte Neighborhood for more than a month now. At 6 30, the dangerous situation that prompted a decision and what the post office says needs to change before service resumes. Police are investigating fellow student with a gun. At 6 15, the growing tre that concerned and what new video this morning shows just how dangerous it really is when people throw rocks at moving vehicles, especially school buses. Take a look at this video here. This is winstonsalem bus driver right now. A few seconds later a rock and a brick comes smashing through the windshield. You can see it shatter right there, almost hit the driver. You see that brick go by. The rock caused glass to about everywhere, but amazingly no one was hurt. New this morning North CarolinaLaw Enforcement says it will crack down on speeding. Starting tomorrow deputies will target and ticket anyone driving above the posted speed limit. Its part of the obey the sign or pay the fine program. The d. O. T. Is reminding drivers that so called buffer zone of one to nine Miles Per Hour over the speed limit does not exist. That is good to know. Right. Its also good to know were going to have some decent weather today much better compared to this time yesterday. You dont need the heavy winter coats. Warmer start to the day. Well be in the upper 40s by 7 00. And then as we head through the afternoon lots of sunshine, and its going to be warmer, mid 70s, a little bit windy as well, but we are tracking rain on the way as we head towards thursday night into friday. And you got a look at traffic. Yeah. Lets take a live look at i77, 45 here. Traffic is starting to pick up as we get close to the 6 00 hour. No major issues at this point across the city. A disabled vehicle, though, on north tryon street, old concord. Might cause a little bit of a slowdown in northeast charlotte. Just a few minutes ago, you can see some minor delays. Starting to clear up, though, as we look here at that area. So not a big issue with that. People who live near the allen kings station took their concerns about coal ash contamination directly to state leaders. The new concerns they share. Reporter an overnight crime spree left a trail of damage across charlotte as thieves targeted gun stores. Im Brittany Johnson live in the drastic measures thieves with a variety of freshmade seafood meals starting at just 4. 99, no one does seafood like ds try our new homestyle flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. Or our grilled menu, featuring new tuscan tilapia. Each with two sides and hush puppies. For full meals starting at 4. 99, breaking news overnight, attempted breakins at two charlotte gun shops. We are asking whether theyre connected and what stopped the thieves from getting away with weapons. Plus two brussels terror suspects identified as people return to work amid heightened security and heartbreak this morning. New this hour, the emotional sight for a North Carolina man who was just feet away from those explosions. Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Im john paul im stephanie maxwell. Its almost 6 00 with first weather meteorologist vicki graf in Severe Weather center 9. It feels so nice out there this morning. It sure does, stephanie. It is a nice and mild start on this wednesday morning. Temperatures are running about 20 degrees warmer than they were this time yesterday. They just updated into our weather center. Its 52 in charlotte, 51 in lincolnton and 44 degrees in jefferson. You dont need the heavy winter coats this morning. Maybe a light layer in some of the cooler spots, but we are going to see a big warming trend going through the afternoon. So for your morning drive, well be in the mid to upper 40s by 7 00, warming to around 51 degrees by 9 00. Lots of sunshine expected today. And its going to be even warmer than it was yesterday, close to around 76 degrees here in the charlotte area. But that warmth will eventually lead to the threat for rain. Ill pinpoint when it arrives coming up. First we have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Lets get a look at the morning drive with john. Reporter some traffic is starting to pick up in the area. No major issues at this point. That includes 85 south of freedom drive. Live look in that area. We are still watching delays, though, on north tryon that old concord area. Theres a disabled vehicle minor delays starting to clean up. Be careful through that area. You can stay up to date on the drive times by using wsoctv. Com, just click on traffic before you head out the door. In the breaking news center right now, thieves targeted two charlotte gun shops overnight. Its a trend we told you about for months now, but this time they didnt get away with anything. Eyewitness News ReporterBrittany Johnson is live at hyatts guns in west charlotte to explain what we know at this point. So they werent able to get inside . Reporter they were not, john. We spoke to the owner of hyatt gun shop just moments after he surveyed the damage caused when thieves tried but failed to get into his gun shop here on wilkinsburg road this morning. Police say they used a car to smash into the back of the Shopping Center on wilkinson and they ended up breaking a gas line and causing thousands of dollars in damage, but they did not get inside. Investigators believe the same people tried to break into the Family Dollar store which is just right next door, but, again, they also did not steal anything. An hour earlier police were on