Even as we enter this 9 00 hour. For me on the lower east shore, it was a headache. It has now been one week since the president ial election. The market has been fairly good since president elect donald trump has made his way for the win there. A lot of green on the board though. Today, you saw the dow jones is down. The nasdaq though is up. Retail sales pretty good so far on this tuesday. Some of the new numbers coming in. Welcome to the 9 with Gasia Mikaelian and sal castaneda. Im mike mibach. Hope youre having a wonderful morning. Good to see you. If youve never seen an interview with a astronaut, mike put his space twice, fixed his hubble. I cant wait to talk to him. And tweeted from space. The first person to tweet from space. We begin with politics. We are expecting to find out who will be appointed to Donald Trumps cabinet. So far the only named confirmed is Republican Party head Reince Priebus who will be the chief of staff. The longest serving chairman of the Republican Party
First at 4 00 police in dobson North Carolina are looking for a driver who hit two children at a School Bus Stop and drove away. A 15yearold in Critical Condition after he pushed another student out of harms way. And the other victim, a girl, she has injuries to a leg. School leaders are upset about what happened. Everybody is somebodys child and we treat all of them like our own. So this is just my heartbreaks for those families. That right now are at the hospital. Officers say other drivers were in the area at the time of the crash so they are relying on tips to solve this crime. Get you to the alert center and alex giles is live following news coming in involving Salisbury High School. Just learned the principal and assistant principal at Salisbury High School have been suspended. We learned this information. This is the result of a basketball game disciplinary between north rowan and Salisbury High School. The district says the principal and the assistant principal were both suspen
Staying at this quality inn off wood lawn. Police searched his room but the warrant shows they recovered two ipods. But in all, nine guns were stolen from firefighters cars in charlotte, kannapolis, and greensboro, we asked cmpd if theyve recovered the guns or if they could have been sold, a spokesperson didnt comment saying the case is still under investigation but this doesnt sit well with many people. You never know whos got the guns. It can be very dangerous. Police were able to recover one of the guns. They found a gun stolen out of greensboro in bings car. Reporting in north charlotte, Eyewitness News. Tonight were still waiting for police to confirm the other breakin cases that bing is now charged with. A Mecklenburg County state representative is arguing that Charlotte City Council Leaders this weeks lgbt non Discrimination Ordinance. A key part of the non Discrimination Ordinance allows people to choose which bathroom to lose. Meanwhile North Carolinas largest lgbt Rights Orga
Photos of exploding power lines and a small fire that broke out mack wood road. Crews worked through the Early Morning hours to reopen wilkerson boulevard. Yesterday, the Severe Weather caused a power line to fall and the poles to lean towards the road. Most of the damage we saw yesterday is with fallen trees. Several homes will need to be repaired including this home, the Charlotte Fire Department deemed unsafe to enter. They will need to find a new way to work after trees fell on their cars. He sent me a picture of the car and i was shocked. 45 to 60 seconds before the tree fell. And a local home owner tells me the city was supposed to come out here and remove this tree yesterday. They never made it out. Theyre supposed to come this morning but it will take awhile for them to clear the scene for alternate routes on how to avoid this part of queens road. Here is mark taylor. So right now, the part of queens road that is closed is from moorhead to the hinley place. You can actually tak
Started leaking and the truck caught fire and there was a small explosion and other people came to try to help. Then there was a huge explosion that happened and at that point authorities believe that is what caused the situation that killed the elderly couple. People did try to save them but it wasnt to be. This devastation here an entire community is feeling this and feel the pain of this. Investigators are still working on this case and it will take them time to get everything done. Is the driver facing charges here . Well, the investigation is continuing. And troopers tell me they will put everything together they were doing measurements and talking to more people. They are going to put all of that together and give it to the District Attorneys Office and let the folks there decide if theres going to be charges and that could come in the next day or two. Just incredible pictures. In cleveland county, thank you. A 14yearold student accused of opening fire in an ohio School Cafeteria