K. Jured. President obama called the president of turkey and asked to 1 36antle the organization of hate. They have blamed isis for the attack. The clean up this morning and tightened security after three decide bombings at one of the worlds busiest transport hubs. Nbc news has not independently confirmed the vehicle. That explosion destroyed a glass wall opening another way for a bomber to get in the area. People were shooting on one side and we ran the other way. And people were running the other way. Police reacted swiftly and bravely. They saw a policeman tackle one militant. An officer shoots another attacker that drops his gun. The policeman backs away seconds before he detonates the bomb. A u. S. Intelligence officer says is it consistent with isis. Nbc news reported rllier this month that they had moved into turkey. This area and the airport are recoving quickly. Construction work is under way and the airport has reopened. All his morning, a terminal at jfk was briefly evacuate
State trying to pass the same type of nonDiscrimination Ordinance and lawmakers are working to reverse it in charlotte and stop it from happening any where else. All those in favor raise your hand. With that vote, Charlotte City leaders made it against the law for businesses and taxis to discriminate against members of the Lgbt Community and use the bathrooms of their choice. They also went against the governor. What are you going to do now. As i warned and as i expected, we all ready have state legislators working on legislation for april to reverse what the city council did. In a one on one interview, governor pat mccrory said he believes allowing trans gender people to use the bathroom of their choice is a violation of privacy and over reach so hes stepping in. I think they cross the common sense threshold of sense of privacy and security. That we all expect. We learned the state could take four routes. Strike the entire ordinance, strike part of it. Pass a conflicting law or put it
Giving false information to a pawnbroker. Live in east charlotte, blake news. We are following breaking major news, late this afternoon, local Health Officials confirmed they are now monitoring 8 potential cases of the mumps virus in our area. In the last hour we told you about the spike and reported symptoms and how International Travel is contributing to more people getting the contagious virus. Eyewitness News Reporter jenna deery is live with the concerns from local people flying from charlotte airport. Jenna. Reporter Mecklenburg County Health Officials told me they believe this all started at an airport where one of the patients was exposed to the rare virus but they tell me tonight it did not have to do with their case confirmed here in the county. Tonight, Public Health nurses are investigating 8 cases of the mumps between cabarrus, 2 cases have been confirmed in mecklenburg, iredell too, 6 are tested. They believe they are coworkers or acquaintances. Someone contracted the mum
Live along il 5 and district 12 i85 and district 12. Interstate. North carolina lawmakers made new lines yesterday. District 12 is split up and most people across the state find district. The General Assembly is under pressure to get this map approved by tomorrows deadline. Without new lines, the congressional primary cant happen next month. Voters we spoke with say they are very conc. Why werent we given more notice about the changes . I like the changes it is more clear and not questionable, but it is very close to the. It is still unclear how Congressional Election will be impacted even with the new lines including here in district 12 which would be left without an incumbent. The special session begins at 10 a. M. Joe bruno, channel 9, Eyewitness News. State republicans hope the u. S. Supreme court will grant their request to delay fridays however, channel 9 has learned the Supreme Court is altering the schedule following the death of justice antonin scalia. Justices wont hold the s
Its a busy weekend for fire multiple people are homeless this morning after their homes are destroyed by three separate fires. The last fire happened around 7 p m last night. Fire fighters responded to a house fire at kyle canyon. The house collpased from the flames. Fortunately everyone inside was able to make it out safely. No word yet on what caused this fire. Earlier in the day. A fire broke out at a downtown business. It started at a Furniture Store yesterday afternoon near maryland parkway and charleston. The two people inside didnt even know the building was on fire . They have a passersby to thank for saving their lives this morning. Fire fighers estimate the damage at 75thousand dollars. Fire crews say it was an electrical box in the attic where the fire started. Just a little earlier. A trailer fire broke out leavning two people homeless this morning. This was near lake mead and coming up at 5 30 youll hear from the family. And why this fire ended with one Family Member behin