March mayhem. Millions of brackets busted after a night of stunning upsets in the ncaa tournament. Yale just one of the stunners in a day of surprises. We do say, good morning, america. I dont know about yall. I was up late. Oh, some great games last night. Great night of upsets, the big dance went wild. Only are you ready for this 0. 1 of those 13 million brackets are still unbroken. You got it. No, im one of the im not one of the 0. 13. I think some of the coaches can breathe some relief, as well. Hopefully sean miller brought a backup shirt. A little tense out there and virginia coach tony bennett, he sidelines but he did make it back to the court and even better, his team won the game. A scare there. The pressure is mounting. It is. Well have all the highlights coming up. We begin with extreme weather. Violent storms in the south and spring snow about to pound the northeast, say it aint so, ginger. Oh, im so sorry. It is so. On a beautiful morning, almost 50 degrees and by the time
Unfairly associated with other groups. I asked trumps media reps for a one on one or media availability. But was told that wouldnt be possible. The primary there is tomorrow. Blake hanson, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Former president bill clinton spoke about what makes his wife the best president ial candidate this time around. Alexa ashwell is in west charlotte with more. Alexa . Well, here at jcsu bill clinton labeled his wife hillary as the change maker, the only person who can reach across parties and get things done. The former president spoke before a large crowd of supporters for about 30 minutes here. Key things he touched on, voter rights, gun laws, mentioning the shooting at the charleston church, college tuition, making it free for some, more affordable for others. The refinancing of college loans. He touched on prison reform, specifically for nonviolent offenders, immigration reform. And the need for more women in the work force. As you may know, Johnson C Smith university i
Miles away, this time on north tryon and east way at gun outlet and pawn. The owners there told us that someone tried to ram the back door. They did not get in, but police were towing away a jeep cherokee. Now, hyatt told us that he knows that gun stores are a real target right now and thats why they go through such Great Lengths to secure their stores. Police did tell us that they are looking for a Chrysler Sebring in connection to the attempted breakins at this Shopping Center. And were working to find out if all three of these attempted breakins are connected. Live in west charlotte, Brittany Johnson, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Brittany, thank you. This morning lawmakers will hold a special session about charlottes controversial lbgt nondiscrimination ordinance. New at daybreak, we obtained a draft of the bill that would overturn part of the ordinance, including the part allowing transgender people to use rest rooms for the gender they identify with. The draft also requires schools,
Also to kristin with an update on traffic. Good morning, everyone. Lets start things off with a live look outside with what you can expect. This is creed more road and glenwood avenue. You can see things are moving smoothly right there. So no major issue in that area. Weve got relatively quiet conditions on most of the roads around the area as well. Lets look at our traffic map right now. One traffic update we just got. This has the eastbound lanes near the 95 interchange shut down right now. Elses where, we have clear now. Midnight to 5 00 a. M. , the lake wheeler road ramp to i40 westbound will be close forward paving but is expected to for the morning rush. Well have more weather and traffic updates coming up in a few minutes. For now, back to you. Breaking news first in fayetteville. Firefighters are battling a fire at joes crab has been at north mcpherson first road. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found flames and smoke coming from the building. No one was hurt. Inve
Cameron indoor stadium. Were noticing some new security measures, julia. Reporter thats right, ken, these metal detectors were put in place last month, and because of the big crowd today they opened Cameron Indoor stadium 30 minutes early to get those crowds through the metal detectors and into the stadium. Tipoff is 30 minutes away. Boy, these folks have been ready for weeks. Reporter its the games they wait for, for months. I love game day on saturday. To get to come to duke and get to be a part of this experience, its unbelievable. Lets go duke reporter welcome to krzyzewskiville. It started in 1986. Back then students camped out for just two to three nights. It now its more like six to seven weeks. Reporter the game faces are put on early. The evening wear is decidedly a darker shade of blue. Duke walked out of chapel hill last month with a win. Dyehard blue devil fans are hoping for a repeat. Im nervous. Im excited, im 30 against unc. I would love to finish out a full four years.