What the proposal means if it is approved. Reporter john, i can tell you the biggest change right off the bat is a charlotte area district without an incumbent. I want you get you back to the map get you closer view of what were talking about. The map used to look different. Especially in our area. The 12th district no longer snakes through our state from 85 from charlotte to greensboro. Now the district much more charlottecentric, compact in the area. Alma adams no longer represents any part of charlotte under this map. She falls in the 13th district. Overnight she sent a statement saying for now im focused o on doing my job and continuing to represent the people of North Carolinas 12th congressional district. She will continue to look over the map and weigh her options moving forward. The deadline for lawmakers to approve the new map is on friday. That is why they are getting together in special session to make the final decisions, well reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your si
Major interstates are running in the green. Up to the north a different story where the colder temperatures created icy conditions and we still have delays on i77 coming southbound. Wbtvs Mark Davenport joins us live along i77 where there was serious trouble spots overnight, mark . Reporter yeah, chris, there was serious trouble spots out here overnight. I saw a lot of them this morning as i was driving up i77 north, saw a lot of cars on the side of the road in guardrails, in ditches. I saw a car on the top flipped over. Those are from last night. A lot of the ice that was accumulating on the roads had drivers in bad situations overnight. I didnt see anything fresh this morning. I called Highway Patrol because we were on our way up here and they actually just opened up lanes, were at 421 and 77, last night there were two tractortrailers or excuse me a tractortrailer that jack knifed up here, caused big delays, big backups. Also two tractortrailers that got in an accident further back i
That is what you need to look out forest specially for, especially when this is happening in the area. Reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your side. Christine good information, thank you, mark. 5 32, go over to Kristen Miranda with details just in on the death of a reality tv star, she is in the alert center. Al if youre a kristen big ang from mob wifes she passed away this morning, about 3 00 this morning an announcement came from her family. They posted it less than an hour ago, with sad regret we inform you that at 3 01, Angela Raiola was called home, surrounded by her family and was so grateful for her fans. And they are going to keep all her social media pages open so people can share thoughts and respect but people have been knew she was diagnosed with throat cancer and had been reports last evening she passed away and family members said wait, she is fighting, fighting, but at 3 00 this morning she did die. Back to you. John investors hoping for good news at charlotte based
Morning and moving up to the north so huntersville, concord youre driving in on the wet roads. But overnight it has been a mess, wbtvs Ashton Pellom is live this morning joining us with a what would what folks are seeing. Reporter good morning, chris. It is sloppy out here this morning. Very damp around the city, metro area. Ive been driving around there are branches and some things strewn in the street just from the storms we had overnight so if you have to be out here, drive carefully and take your time out here because stopping distance will have to increase because of the wet roads, very wet and sloppy like i said earlier around the streets of charlotte. Right now currently on hawthorne, this lane is still blocked off right here near Central Avenue due to flooding. A lot of heavy rain around the area overnight. Out here on the streets. Christine ashton, thank you for the live report. Now 33 minutes after 5 00. Get to Kristen Miranda, she is following more Severe Weather and how it
Economy are responsible for the tight race. Another factor race itself . As the nominating contests shift from states like iowa and new hampshire. To states with more diverse electorates. Bernie sanders is getting support from the daughter of eric garner, who was killed in a confrontation with new york police in 2014. I think we need to believe in a leader like bernie sanders. The African American Community Knows that on any given day some innocent person like sandra bland can get into a car and then three days later she can end up dead and in jail. While sanders invoked sandra bland. Clinton got the backing of blands own mother i have been blessed to be able to introduce this fantastic lady right here to my right. Im reid binion, reporting 3 3 an Advocacy Group wants anyone who shoots elk to be prosecuted. Under current North Carolina law, it is legal to kill an elk that damages private land. But members of the Rocky Mountain hay or grass being damaged is not enough reason to kill the