Hotels like caesars couldnt run without them. Eight years ago, they endorsed president obama before the caucuses. But this time around, they are staying neutral. Another sign of just how tight the race is here. We are following breaking news in the fight against isis. American war planes targeted a highvalued target in a major strike this morning in libya. A local leader says the air strike killed 40 people. Johnathan vigliotti is tracking this unfolding story from london. Reporter good morning. According to u. S. Officials, the air strikes targeted a senior tunisian operative linked to isis attacks in tunisia last year. This man is wanted in connection with a march attack at a museum where 22 people were killed and another attack in june when gunmen tornado a tunisian beach popular with western tourists killing 38 people. House and the west struggle to contain isis. This week president obama said they would go affair isis wherever they appear. The terrorist group carrying out several
Little bit cool, it will be below average for us but will feel nice since well have full sun and wont be windy. Nice afternoon ahead and gets better for tomorrow. Got a great weekend to look forward to, more on the details coming up in a few minutes. Kristen in campaign 2016, South Carolina democrats will have a chance to make their pick for the partys president ial nominee in an hour. Polls open at 7 00 Bernie Sanders campaigned across the state but says quoting here there are some states we are going to lose. For her part, Hillary Clinton focused her message friday on the republicans rather than sanders. Arguing that the gop candidates are are offering failed economic policies. For the polls will be open through 7 00 tonight were going to have continuing coverage of the South Carolina primary throughout the day right here on wbtv, you can also get up to the minute Election Results on wbtv. Com. On the republican side, unexpected support from a former rival. Chris christie endorsed th
When with ecigarettes exploded inside a mans pocket in kentucky. All that. Adele adele has stolen the show at this years brit awards. You love me christopher was discovered. Mostly cue in science magazine. That happens every year . It does. You dont follow it . Here i am worried about the oscars all that matters. Do you plan to campaign for quite frankly. He might need me, but she doesnt. On cbs this morning. A third consecutive win in the nevada caucuses keeps donald trump wellpositioned to steam roll his way to victory a super tuesday. Like many other las vegas visitors, the gop woke up this morning with a raging hangover wondering what the hell happened last night . Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. We begin with a dramatic rescue going on right now to get the crew of a stranded fishing boat to safety in new york. A coast guard helicopter is trying to pull crew members off the boat and an early attempt to rescue the sailors
Lane closed, as you make your way to 277. That will cause delays. Looking at briar creek, independence inbound toward the city, no problems so far this morning and were looking good across the area, most of the major interstates running in the green. An accident here on providence road at south wendover, be aware of that, right now providence not showing any significant delays either. Youre never more than seven traffic on wbtv news this morning. Kristen miranda with the headlines as they hit the wires. What is happening now in the alert center . Kristen keeping an eye on the markets. We have been talking about this, asian markets already operating this morning and i wanted you to look at the numbers, japans main stock index dived nearly 5 leading the other markets lower. I know investor are keeping an eye on that. The beginning of the year when chinas market was that was propped up by government buying plunged dramatically. We have been watching it. Two economic reports due out today,
School districts in the area are closed or delayed today. Officials with charlottemecklenburg schools tell us they are on a normal schedule and are expected to decide on any changes to the schedule any minute now so if we hear of anything well let you know first. The latest closing and deb lays on the bottom of the screen and wbtv. Com closings. John to make it clear, charlottemecklenburg on normal schedule, lets find out what we can expect in the area, charlottes mothers most experienced meteorologist, al conklin. Al temperatures areawide are below freezing. Snowing in the mountains, shortly have a report from Ashton Pellom up there, you can see snow is coming down across the high country. Gets spottier toward i40, some of this may not be reaching the ground but again the potential there with temperatures that are well down in the 20s. South of there, very very spotty around the metro area, that is the good news. Really be uneventful in terms of precipitation. The bad news is anything