The strength of an update as soon as we have information. Wrals laura leslie showing what she knows about the job cuts over a cisco. Reporter multiple Media Outlets are reporting the tech giant is expected to cut the 40,000 jobs over the next couple of months. They employ 71,000 people around the world amounting to 20 . The Industry Analysts say the reduction is response for the changing demand for networking as more and more businesses turn to Cloud Computing and other webbased servic servers is falling. That isnt expected to change anytime soon. A Company Insider say they are transferring to a less hardware heavy business model. Cisco has not yet confirmed the reported cuts and it is unclear how many will be cut at the rtp site. It is not just cisco. Other giants has also announced cuts. Iker soft is laying off about this summer we learned a should be would be cutting 3000 jobs. The production at cisco is by far the largest. Laura leslie reporting. Jack robbins took over as ceo last
Want to take it easy. Especially along the i95 corridor for this afternoon. We are still expecting a gradual backing off of the heat over the next several days. Are chance of precipitation should go up as well. We will cover all of that coming up. Things, elizabeth. They were accused of milking the Wake County School system out of money. The last of the cases is being tried this week. Rodney smith started the scheme. Wrals amanda lamb has been in the courtroom following this story and he joins us Wayne County Justice Center to explain what is going on. Reporter bill, it is a little complicated, but i am going to break it down for you. Smith is accused of paying a Wake County Court here are the wake county Justice Center to falsify information in the computer. That information that allowed him to get out of paying tens of thousands of dollars that was owed to the court system. By law, this money goes to the so the prosecutor in this case says they are the real victims. In an old on orth
What the proposal means if it is approved. Reporter john, i can tell you the biggest change right off the bat is a charlotte area district without an incumbent. I want you get you back to the map get you closer view of what were talking about. The map used to look different. Especially in our area. The 12th district no longer snakes through our state from 85 from charlotte to greensboro. Now the district much more charlottecentric, compact in the area. Alma adams no longer represents any part of charlotte under this map. She falls in the 13th district. Overnight she sent a statement saying for now im focused o on doing my job and continuing to represent the people of North Carolinas 12th congressional district. She will continue to look over the map and weigh her options moving forward. The deadline for lawmakers to approve the new map is on friday. That is why they are getting together in special session to make the final decisions, well reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your si
For the morning drive. Rain later monday. At least for tomorrow morning the showers kept across the mountains. I want to draw your attention to what will be going on across greensboro and triad. Northeast winds taking over, clouds thickening. Thats the carolina wedge, cooler air moving through that gets stuck over charlotte. When you have the cooler air masses battling each other with warmer air to the south, thats the recipe for strong thunderstorms. Thanks, john. Well be monitoring conditions overnight and whether it will impact your morning drive tomorrow. You can get traffic and weather every 10 minutes starting at 4 30 on Eyewitness News daybreak. Developing tonight, channel 9 was the only news outlet to get a copy of an email of the governor to a Charlotte Council we reported this as breaking news at 6 00. Since then weve been digging into both sides ahead of that crucial vote tomorrow. Here and speak for or against that ordinance even more are expected to rally outside of the go
All parents are getting the opportunity, the same opportunity to voice their opinions, another Education Group called one charlotte said some parents cant get to meetings in places like matthews and job schedules make it hard for them to attend. Are we asking the questions to people that always get their opinions heard or arewe reach out to the marginalized communities . Reporter now, once charlotte is planning on holding list campaigns in different areas so parents wont be left out. Theyll have another opportunity to voice their opinions on this topic. The meeting starts at 9 00 this morning. Reporting live in south charlotte. Angela hong, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Thank you. We have posted a link on our website for parents to take the cms survey on reassignment. We have information about Mondays Forum on wsoctv. Com. Look for the story on our home page. Happening today, a judge convicted in a murder for hire plot against her exhusband. A jury found fasha davis guilty last summer. S