The person, contact authorities. We are staying on top of breaking news after local Health Officials told channel 9 they are now investigating as many as 8 possible cases of the mums. Earlier at 5 00 we told you the cases stretched mecklenburg into iredell and cabarrus counties. All new tonight, Eyewitness News reporter Alexa Ashwell talked abc news dr. Beser about the patients most at rifshg here. Reporter risk here. Reporter big question, how did this happen . I talked with abcs chief health and medical editor dr. Richard beser, a 13year veteran of the cdc, he explained we are still seeing mumps in the u. S. Because there are many parts of the world where mums is common and people travel. Of the cases in our area, it is believed one person contracted the virus at an airport. Surprise him and mumps is most areas. How is it spread . Saliva, we talked coughing, sharing drinks and talking. Another alarming fact, dr. Beser told me even if you have been vaccinated, it can wear off. The pro
Funnel cloud as it developed this afternoon. Meteorologist john ahrens is in Severe Weather center 9 where things are a lot calmer now, but the threat of strong wind is still out there. Thats right. And some showers as well, scott as we look at the one thats coming through now in southwest charlotte into belmont and up through gastonia, live Early Warning doppler 9 showing you a big pocket of rain and gusty winds out of this. I dont want you to get scared. But this is packing strong winds and very good rain right now. Just south of the airport as you travel passed through the white hall communities of steal creek as well. Lets peel this back. And look at the winds coming out of this. This is not a severe storm and not showing any kind of rotation. But menacing as the wind speeds are going up to 50 Miles Per Hour in southwest charlotte. Tracking it for you now on live Early Warning doppler 9. Cornelius will be involved with this between now and 6 30 this afternoon and evening. Denver, a
North and wes of charlotte the last couple hours, didnt amount to much. The bigger batch is over central tennessee, northern alabama racing towards the carolinas, 250 miles off to our west. Temperatures as cold as they have been all day. Upper 20s to near 30 charlotte south, low 20s from i40 into the mountains where it is in the teens. The air is absolutely bone dry and will be a real battle going on between this dry air and the moisture coming in. A lot of it, now according to latest futurecast will be gobbled up before it reaches the ground. There is the risk of freezing rain for sure around the charlotte area through the morning drive but not necessarily a lot. The mountains, a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain first thing tomorrow morning. For the charlotte area it is more about the freezing rain and for more on what to expect on the roads, lets head to john ahrens outside. Reporter the dry air is automatically the first thing and when the wind comes it zips against your faces
Economy were strong issues. While speaking to a huge crowd at pnc pavilion. We have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of almost any major country on earth. It is worse today than at any time since 1928. And in elizabeth, crowds are building to see sanders rival, Hillary Clinton at the Grady Cole Center. Now shes not expected to begin speaking until after 9 00 tonight. But the supporters are all ready there. They say they wanted to make sure they got a good spot. Im here to support hillary. She has been such a fighter for womens rights and also criminal justice in all minority communities. So im here to support her. To cheer her on, go hillary. And on the republican side, supporters and opponents of donald trump clashed outside of his rally today in hickory. Police ended up citing six people after a small fight even on the inside. Trumps interview with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie was put on hold while a small group of people were there chanting and boos. But he s
People thought going into today. Some polls had trump with a double digit percentage lead. It shook out to be much closer. Trump took 40 so far. Cruz 36 in those votes still coming in. Well wait to see how many of the states 72 delegates go to trump and cruz. Trump talking to supporters in the last hour, gave few specifics saying we need to bring the party together, saying hell fire quote, bad people, and focus on making america safe. We need protection in our country and thats going to happen and all of a sudden the poll numbers shot up. A change of tone tonight from trump. He congratulates marco rubio on his campaign, rubio dropped out tonight. He previously in this campaign called marco little marco, cruz just spoke reiterating him being the solid conservative choice and questioning trump who saying he opposed conservative ideals. Newsroom, blake hanson, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Thank you. And now we turn to Eyewitness News reporter, elsa who is with the Democratic Party tonight,