Wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. Kristen condition7 01 the polls have just opened. Were live at the fort milton hall rightmill townhall. As voters get ready to cast their votes in the president ial primary. 7 01, good morning, happy to have you with us on this saturday morning im christine nelson. Lyndsay im Lyndsay Tapases. A pretty start to the day, the slightest hint of pink in the sky, not the brightest sunrise but pretty. You notice the clouds in place over uptown right now, those are not going to be clearing out today, we want to take that tower cam shot full and look at what were waking up to over uptown, temperatures are in the 40s right now. As we head through the while yes, warm, that overall picture not going to change too much, because we are not going to shake the clouds completely today and yes, there is at least a small shower chance for some of you today so well talk about the areas that have the greatest shot at seeing that and what the rest of the weeken
Monroe, charlotte, gastonia, 49 in rock hill and 50 in lancaster. Wind up at 53, a lot cooler than yesterday, heaviest, steadiest of the rain comes this morning. Tapers off this afternoon to more showerytype rain. We should rebound in the lower 50s. Having said that, there is more rain back to the west of us, you can see that here. That is the next round coming our way, ill give you the timing with futurecast in a couple minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Heres chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. Well start with a live look here at i77, nations ford, as al mentioned give yourself extra time the roads are wet out there this morning. Charlotte commute mainly running in the green, no problems, 77 or 85, but we do have an injury accident being listed, mcdowell at 4th street, that is right outside center city inside 277, so be aware of that. North, driv
As wbtvs alex giles is on your side showing us how crews continue to work to get the tree out of the way. Reporter one by one the cars are taking a detour tonight. I have to figure how to get home. Reporter the path home is blocked by an ageold tree, uprooted this afternoon. I was in awe. I couldnt think of what happened. Reporter what happened was wild, windy weather. The kids normally catch the school bus here in the mornings, tomorrow they will be waiting somewhere else. The wind was strong but didnt realize it was going to be blowing down huge old trees. Reporter this wasnt the only one. The red cross called until to help out a family after heavy winds took down a tree on stone haven drive. Neighbors saw the aftermath. Been here 14 years, nothing like this ever happened to us. Really strong winds. Still blowing tonight. Christine that was alex giles reporting there. Charlottemecklenburg police told us the road could be shut down through the morning commute. We will remain at the sc
As the mall was packed with holiday shoppers. Police say an argument broke out between two groups, and two people opened fire. Officers shot and killed the 18yearold when they say he pointed a gun at the officers. Police have not released results of the investigation, although he has returned to active duty. The North Carolina legislature has convened for a rare special session to vote on proposed map of redrawn districts in North Carolina. The map unveiled yesterday after a federal panel of judges ruled two of the districts are unconstitutional. We are at the legislative building in raleigh today with the latest tonight. Looking ahead, tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in the march 15 North Carolina primary. If you plan to register, you need to make sure your application is received or post a new poll shows marco rubio needs all the help he can get, after South Carolina Governor Haley endorsed him. Polls of South Carolina voters, he is in third place behind donald trump and
Take him to safe. A pig at a polling location. Bernie sanders took a break from the campaign trail to shoot some hoops. Is this somewhat of a joke . How is he making every single one . And all that matters. I got a raise. We got one too how sweet it is. The lombardi trophy is back in the mile high city. Let the whole team know they have bronco fans in the white house. On cbs this morning. A yuge voter we won. Bernie talked so long, i thought he was going to hit hit 77th birdthday before he got off the stage announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places welcome to cbs this morning. Donald trump and bernie the New Hampshire primary. But the results are shaking up the president ial race, especially for republicans. Trump finished far ahead of the gop field with 35 . A big surprise was john kasich finishing second with 16 ahead of ted cruz, jeb bush and marco rubio. Bernie sanders swamped Hillary Clinton in the democratic primary. Sanders got 60 of the vote