As we had southward we still have 76 in fayetteville and 74 in clinton. Those cooler temperatures are working south throughout the day. 72degrees at 8 00 a. M. 82 at lunch time. A high of 86. Dewpoint temperatures are in the 50s today making it very comfortable to spend any time outside. I will let you know how long these comfortable conditions last coming up in y complete storm team forecast. Right now though heres ali. Happy monday to you youre headed out bright and early through the raleigh area no problems to report to you there. All the green means youre able to go the speed limit. Same thing through durham a nice ride. Through fayetteville, for the most part things are moving well but starting at 8 00 a. M. Gill less be street will be closed from then until friday for Railroad Track work so your detour right here southern avenue whitfield, mlk freeway eastern boulevard to get around this. Eastbound drive times at if youre taking 540 from glenwood to u. S. 64, 17 minutes and just
The Campaign Presence is so strong that some predict a loss to clinton could be devastating to the sanders camp. She will beat him by lots of touchdowns. In South Carolina and it will be because of her longstanding and tight connections with africanamerican voters and its going to show the weakness that a lot of people said was bernies weakness. The gap is large in South Carolina but sanders and clinton are neckandneck in other primaries. The most recent polls out of massachusetts have the two tied and polls in michigan give Hillary Clinton the lead. We are less than a month until North Carolina will hold its president ial primary and a new poll shows donald trump with 28 of the vote and Hillary Clinton 47 ahead of bernie an Elementary School music teacher in Davidson County has been charged with Sexual Exploitation of a child. Clifton hick dpins was committing the crimes on the internet. He has been suspended with pay and held under a 300,000 bond. A georgia father accused of leaving
Thank you. And you can track Severe Weather right on your smartphone or your tablet. Download the free wbtv weather app it has the forecast and live radar and alerts to warn you of any problems or lightning in your area. Right now, what some are calling a victory for charlottes lgbt others are calling a threat to public safety. The city Council Passed an ordinance that would allow transgender people to choose bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Wbtvs Pamela Escobar is on your side with how the ordinance could be enforced and what it means for you. What can you tell us . Well, i wanted to speak to the City Attorney about this updated ordinance that goes into effect in april but he did not want to sit down. I was able to review memos that he wrote to city councilmembers answering their questions and sat down with two lawyers asking to me if there is a lesson from the Civil Rights Era the statutes need to have teeth and if they dont have teeth you are not going to have bro
Reporter this is one of many areas across town where heavy winds knocked down massive trees. Check out the root of that tree. Road. This is edge hill drive. We watched as crews wrapped up trying to clear this tree. Minutes. But they had been here for about four hours. We talked to homeowners and neighbors across charlotte. A tree fell on a condo in the will more area. It caused so much damage inside, that structure has been deemed unsafe. We saw crews working to clear a tree that fell on a vintage seen Power Outages, two gas leeks, and trees down within a three block radius. A nearby homeowner told us the impact knocked down one of the trees in her yard and damaged her fence and she described the moment it happened. He started barking. We heard a loud rustling. It wasnt even a boom. It was a big rustling. This. Reporter you can see that area right there where that tape is still blocked off. Damage occurred. She told us that a woman was driving and got right in front of that area before
Weather advisories for several mountain counties right now. You can get Severe Weather alerts for your neighborhood sent straight to your phone. Sign up under the weather tab on wsoctv. Com. Well, this midday the panthers are sticking up for their quarterback cam newton and theyre also cleaning out their lockers after a devastating super bowl loss. In the past half hour, panthers head coach ron rivera spoke to the media for the last time this season. Eyewitness news anchor Brittney Johnson was there as the coach thanked fans and says hes all ready looking forward to next year. Reporter certainly looking forward to just wrapped up the press conference here. Entire team. Including cam newton. And the players told me its bittersweet for them as they clean out their lockers after loss. And we were inside of the locker room a little earlier as they signed one anothers season. They told us its tough to wrap up the season with this loss but they showed a lot of pride for season theyve had. An