So they are delaying the schools, good move up there. You can see we do have a Winter Weather advisory through 7 00, another hourandahalf, that might get extended, wind, cold, snow showers in the high country. No snow here, we have cloud cover but thats it. Our camera from central piedmont, good looking shot. 36 charlotte, 33 from monroe, rock hill, 34 gastonia, 37 in hickory, 36 salisbury and in 27 up around boone area. For today, a lot of sunshine outside the mountains and i think the high country gets sun later this afternoon. 47 in hickory, 51 monroe and 49 kannapolis. Good looking day today but on the chilly side. When warmer weather is coming our way, talk about that in the seven day forecast. Chris larson. Chris first alert traffic charlotte. Friday morning commute we do have a road blockage, west right below billy graham parkway, if that is part of your morning travel plan, expect youll find a few delays there. Looking live at independence expressway, this is inbound from briar
Youre coming off i85. Looking at independence expressway, volume of traffic here in center city beginning to heat up just a bit. Lets look at the drive times, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. Concord to center city, 17 minute commute, speeds there in the upper 60s and lake norman southbound at 15 minutes and 65 miles an hour. Looking at the overall charlotte commute, most of our major interstates continuing to run in the green and including 485, 77 and 85. Were seeing slow downs now outbound providence road over toward wt harris, albermarle and heavier now around the arboretum area. That is a check of traffic, john, back to you. John this morning a state of emergency declared in North Carolina as areas recover from this weeks severe weather. Governor pat mccrory says the primary problem right now is the number of Power Outages across the state. Now at the peak of the storm, more than 122,000 customers lost power. Mainly in mecklenburg, gaston and forsyth counties
More about what happened moments after a South Carolina deputy was shot. 911 calls show how a Good Samaritan kept her cool and called police. After finding Deputy Kimber gist injured in berklee county. I have an officer here and she was shot officer 144. Harbor lake drive. The officer behind me in an s. U. V. He has her laid on the ground. Gist was shot while trying to detain a man. The suspect travis smith was found dead later that morning after taking his own life. Gist is recovering from injuries in the hospital. He was hit by a car at a bus stop while pushing a classmate out of harms way and that teen is home from the hospital. Junior gonzales injuries are improving. A driver hit him and never stopped. No arrests have been made in the case. Now to the wbtv alert center and alex giles is following another accident involving a school bus. School bus. This one not as serious. Sky3 over the accident in south charlotte on providence drive. And the school bus several police cars were the
Im yellin timber hey, good morning, everybody. We are believe it or not heading into 24hour period where parts of america will see wind chills near 60 below. Weve got a live shot of green bays Lambeau Field where cheese heads will be armed with hand warmers, and cocoa and varieties of antifreeze. Ron claiborne will fill us in later. This is a fountain in atlanta, georgia, frozen solid. Our extreme team is out in force covering this for you. The forecast coming up for you this morning. One person not out in full force, Ron Claiborne, lot of people were worried about him yesterday. Youre okay. I survived. America can relax. Welcome back. We missed you. Also ahead on the show what promises to be one of the more bizarre birthdays ever, how north koreas young dictator kim jongun plans to spend this week with his friend, former nba star Dennis Rodman. The special gift that rodman has put together for his pal and what implications it could have on our relationship with the rogue nation. Well
Looking for this man. In an investigation that began right here in russian hill in the small apartment down in an alleyway behind this green door. Reporter yellow crime tape covering a green door. That is all that is left after a 15 hour search by the fbi where they say they found dangerous explosives. Reporter her apartment shares a wall. She heard a lot of noise coming from that room over the past week but the neighbor she knows does not seem dangerous at all. I would talk to him when he was we ran into each other. Frequent. He was always pleasant, polite. Reporter the fbi paints a different picture of the 42 yearold ryan chamberlin. They say behind the tall man with the warm smile say dangerous suspect on the move who should not be approached, even though he has not made any specific threats. We dont know the intent or motive yet. With that said. It is an ongoing investigation. So, again, i want to harp on the fact that there is no threat to public safety. A man, armed and dangerous