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
106yearold woman celebrating black History Month at the white house and starting a dance party with the first family. Good monday morning to you. We begin with the battle for the next round of votes just one day until the gop caucuses in nevada of course we have District Of Columbia donald trump and Hillary Clinton the ones to beat. Their rivals fight to step up their games. Its your voice, your vote. Kenneth moten tells us whats next on the campaign trail. Reporter good morning, guys. One day away from the nevada caucuses tomorrow one week away from super tuesday. Dc donald trump and Hillary Clinton are leading. This week its the early president ial contest switch. Its the democrats turns in the deep south. While the republicans are out west in nevada for tomorrows caucus. Reporter were going to keep winning. Were going to make America Great again. This morning, donald trump is still riding high. He scored all 50 of the states delegates winning evangelical voters. We won by a lot. It
There were additional officers on campus yesterday as well. Classes were not canceled because authorities couldnt verify the threats. A school in southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. Hargrave military academy in chatham got the message on tuesday. Hargrave touts itself as americas premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. The schools president says they immediately got in touch with local Law Enforcement after receiving the message. Now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. Yesterday, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. They also sent a message to parents. Other Law Enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. There was an open house planned for this weekend but its been cancelled. All 247 cadets will be allowed to go home through the weekend if theyd like. The president says theyve never faced a situtation like this before. Interstate 81 is back county this morning
Trees and powers lines are still an issue issue thats right. And counties to our north along the tennessee border could even see some snow later today and into tomorrow tomorrow we want to get right over to chief meteorologist kendra kents for a first check of the weather. 3 winds will be strong through this afternoon, but should weaken into this evening and tonight. Overnight lows will drop to 31 across the upstate and 25 in the mountains. Snow will continue near the tn border during the overnight, then gradually dissipate friday morning. Friday will bring plenty of sunshine, lighter winds and cool conditions. Highs will warm to 53 in the upstate and 43 in the mountains. 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching watching 3 3 just in to our newsrooma 48yearold man from starr is dead following a singlecar crash in abbeville county. The crash happened on sc71 just before 11 this morning. Troopers say the driver ran off the road, down an embankment, and hit a
Very heavy rain. A couple minutes ago we werent able to see that far ahead of us because of the rain. Were just to the north of the strongest part of the storm. I mentioned just north of high sholes, very heavy rain and strong winds. Its moving very fast. The storm is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12 45, its moving at 60 to 70 Miles Per Hour. So it will be here and gone but we had to really slow down our speed, both hands on the wheel because of the winds that were so strong. Weve been hearing reports of downed power lines and trees. Were likely going to see some of those throughout areas of lincoln and Gaston County with these strong thunderstorms. Were getting near the lincolnton area, light rain still continuing here in storm cam. Still some very dark ominous clouds ahead of us. Theyre moving very fast here this afternoon. We dealt with the heavy rain. And weve seen some lightning. So these storms are very strong and powerful. Theyll be moving very fast. Up to 60 to 70 M