>> did you say anything before you fired? >> no. he fired three shots and hit the intruder twice and the man limped outside and took off. he turned up at this club down the road asking for help. tony's friends applaud his actions. the man who was shot is hospitalized no charges yet but if he recovers there could be. authorities are still looking into everything. >> police tell me the results of their investigation will be turned over to the district attorney's office. officials there will decide whether the homeowner is in trouble. tony says he has been broken into before and says he used his gun this time because he was afraid. >> if i had not had one he would probably kill me. >> if there is another break-in he will do the same thing hoping crooks get the message. in hickory, steve ohnesorge wbtv on your side. >> police say they are expected to turn their findings over to the district attorney in the next few days. scientists believe they have found a breakthrough in the fight to find a cure for cancer. scientists found a way of harnessing the killing capacity of a cell called the t-cell h scientists engineer the cells to find the cancer. the results are promising here. more than 80% of patients who had non-hodgkin's lymphoma responded and half have been in complete remission for 18 months. cannot get excited yet we have a ways to go before the testing gets approved and it can be deadly but specialists say the early results are unprecedented. >> you can now legally carry a concealed gun in more places in shelby. the city council voted to remove an ordinance that prohibited guns on city property. the councilmembers say they believe the move better protects those who live in shelby and it passed unanimously. >> a hickory man may face murder charges in the shooting death at james thaker shot tammy cloninger last night. police do expect to upgrade the charges but have not said when that would happen. >> a local woman is accused of severely hurting a man by cutting him with a broken beer bottle. deputies arrested this woman on valentine's day in statesville. investigators say the man hurt had a severed artery on his face. she is in jail without bond. >> over to dpil gile. >> live in the alert center with a missing teen who ran away from dss custody. >> that is the case. this is 16-year-old david weddington who escaped from dss custody. he left monday without shoes he is 5'10", 130 pounds and wears glasses. if you know anything about where he might be in mcdowell county friends in that area. you are asked to contact the dss in mcdowell county. back to you. >> thank you. right now, the search is on for a north carolina man wanted for 66 counts of sex crimes against a child. investigators want you to keep an eye out for this man. he is wanted out of chatham county but could be anywhere near winston-salem. he is 5'4", if you see him call police. >> updated on traffic tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center how is it looking. >> things are not so bad someone heading to charlotte douglas international airport, by way of billy graham parkway this is i-85 and a nice flow on i-85. and gaston county i-85 southbound exit 22, an accident creating congestion. wilkinson boulevard is an alternate route. however there is stop-and-go traffic in this area as well on i-85 southbound right at the county line gaston mecklenburg three miles of slow-moving one mile of slow-moving traffic. overall the biggest problem continues to be 485 and 18-wheeler an accident with injuries and the backup beyond south boulevard. back to you. >> thank you. new at 5:00 a significant step foferred for an indoor climbing facility in lake norman. cliffhangers held out a top out ceremony on oats road. the steel beam was set into place. when it's finish to do will have 20,000 square feet of climbing terrain. the owners believe it will be a hit in the community. >> there is a gyms throughout the country and it is a different way to get good exercise and at the same time just be together with a community. >> 25 million people in the world have taken up the sport of indoor rock climbing. cliffhangers will open sometime in august. >> a sickening act is how a tennessee teenager is accused of doing to his two-year-old sister. what happened next here at 5:00. >> and will you be able to fly from charlotte to cuba? >> and just ahead... >> a local mother is outraged after she says her son came home did not know about and he geico for your boat. an upsetting picture going viral. you may have seen it. it is disturbing. investigators say a 16-year-old in west tennessee could face charges for duct taping his two-year-old sister. the boy posted the picture on-line. as of right now, the teen is not charged but the sheriff hopes to change that. >> people seem to stoop to new levels. and it angers me as a sheriff and a dad but it does not surprise me. >> the girl is ok. decide if the teen will be charged. >> new, you may be able to fly to cuba soup out of charlotte douglas international airport. the united states and cuba signed a deal for commercial flights as many as 100 flights a day. airlines have 15 days to submit proposals. we reached out to american airlines and it said we applaud the administration for making commercial air service a priority american looks forward to submitting a proposal. we put more information on wbtv.com. >> a local mom is upset after she says her son came home from school with dental work she did not know about it and he did not need it. >> and next at 5:00... >> what is the capital of georgia? >> atlanta. >> introducing what might be the smartest four-year-old you'll ever meet. i'm kristen hampton and the good >> how cute is he? we have warm temperatures in the 15 above average for a local mom is demanding answers after her son came home from school with three fillings in his mouth that she did not authorize. she called on nick ochsner for hem. >> brenda miller did not think of the call from the school saying she needed to come pick him up. >> his mouth was hurting could i pick him up from school. >> and with the staff at pageland elementary school left fillings in three teeth. >> i did not no, i had no idea i didn't know the dental group was going to be there. >> no one called you? >> no one called me. >> no one sent you a letter. >> no. >> you had no clue this was going to happen? >> no clue. >> the dentist was at the school between a partnership between the school district and a nonprofit healthcare organization. as part of the agreement the group is supposed to provide dental care to students who are not covered by insurance or medicaid but brenda's family does have insurance her son had been to the dentist the day before and did not need fill ition because they were in baby tooth that were loose. >> i have not got an explanation but it was the wrong child. >> the c.e.o. said what happened to miller's son was the result of a mix-up. the student who was supposed to be seen had a similar name. we have not only implemented our management, but we have engaged the joint commission in a self reporting process to improve our operations and prevent occurrences of this nature. >> it's like we left in the dark. >> miller has yet to get an explanation or apology from administrators. the superintendent declined our request for an interview but said in an e-mail quote the situation we dealt with was very unfortunate and should have been avoided. there is a breakdown in fog some of the regulations in this case and as soon as the district was aware we contacted the matter. >> i was upset. i was really upset. and i cried on the way to school and like what is going on. >> that is little comfort for brenda who says the entire situation could have been avoided. >> i feel the school failed us side. >> wow. wbtv is on your side if you have a problem or know of something that you think we should investigate call our tip line that number is... >> a health alert we are following in mecklenberg county. alex giles has the details live in the alert center. >> we talked about this earlier, confirmed case of mumps in mecklenberg county but i wanted to talk about it more because we did not include the symptoms, fever, headache, loss of appetite, muscle ache, pain or discomfort with this case officials are saying be sure if you experience those symptoms to contact your physician they have said this case is related to a case of mumps confirmed in iredell county. back to you. >> thank you. >> we keep talking about the weather because compared to yesterday it was great outside. leigh brock is in the first alert weather center. but better by the weekend. not only do we have a weekend coming up but we have much warmer temperatures. think about that when you have rain coming back in. because we have some. not too far away from us. already clouds are trying to increase. here is the hd towercam not a bad looking day. and feels so nice out there. certainly compared to yesterday. 56 your temperature in charlotte. 54 in shelby. 57 in lancaster and 54 in albemarle and 50 in statesville. and we have the clouds trying to push into our area. rain moved in to part of the area. cleveland county and burke county, then we have snow showers falling in parts of avery and watauga county. first of all, we have a winter weather advisory just for one county for avery county overnight into 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. right now, you have the advisory but we can see snow for avery, ash and watauga. falling through the valley area. look at this batch of precipitation this is a fast-moving batch. and it's pushed into western north carolina and the rest will move through tennessee and in our area tomorrow morning it's out of here. but in the meantime the highest elevations you could see one to two inches of snow from this evening through the overnight period it will be moving out for you tomorrow. and for the rest of us as well. here is the system. it is a low pressure system over western tennessee. here is the old low pressure system that moved through yesterday. we had freezing rain and now a distant memory. here comes the next low notice how quickly that moves in and out of here. high pressure builds in and bringing the sunshine back. also bringing the wind out of so we will see the temperatures maybe a degree or two cooler tomorrow than today. check this out. here is the light... high pressure is in place for thursday. sunshine stays in place for thursday. but by then we will be on the backside of the high pressure system and that means especially to the west across parts of tennessee you will start to see the wind out of the south and it will pull the temperatures up and then we see that pulling across our area, too. friday, close to the 60 mark and saturday and sunday not too far from 70 . though it is february we have a couple nice days coming up. tomorrow 39 in the morning and maybe a stray shower left. and 50 by the middle of the day and 56 your high temperature. and overnight pick up our wbtv weather app to make sure you know when the rain is moving in and out. and the numbers heading into tomorrow morning 36, 56 is your after a morning shower possibility we are done with that. on thursday 55 is the temperature. 59 on friday. and saturday and sunday, mid-to upper 60s for high temperatures more rain into monday and tuesday. 62 on monday. 48 on tuesday. not quite done with winter yet but a break in the meantime. there is the forecast and here is tonya rivens me has traffic. >> thank you. and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. we have taken a lot of heavy traffic on i-77, i-77 by arrowood road on the northbound side slow-moving traffic. slow-moving traffic on the south side as well. and check in on 485 outer and rea road an injury accident created congestion. johnston road is a great alternate route but the congestion continues to impact traffic an 18-wheeler involved and the backup from rea road up to i-77 quite a bit of congestion. and around 485, slow-moving creek and south tryon as well. the drive time 77 north from westinghouse to center city 19 minutes and a look at i-77 again and arrowood road. back to you. >> thank you. can you recognize a name all the u.s. presidents? >> probably not as well as this four-year-old in matthews. he is ready to drop knowledge next in today's good news here at 5:00 p.m. >> and all new at 6:00 p.m.... >> a parent takes her children out of their neighborhood school and travels 30 minutes away to this school. why? all because of diversity. her story is coming up. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> do you know this guy? >> that is millionered fill more and franklin pierce. it helps that the answer is right there for us. >> u.s. presidents. take a look at this fella. he is four years old and knows everyone of the former presidents by heart. and kristen hampton has tonight's good news. >> so like this president. >> washington. everybody knows the first president and maybe the last dozen. look what i'm doing. mixing them up. but there are 30 guys there in the middle that do not have the most recognizable faces. >> i'm good if you do it in order or not. >> ok. unless you are four-year-old tommy johnston. this president? >> fill more. >> if you are rusty with your presidential recall no fear. a four-year-old is here to take you to school. >> thomas jefferson. james madison. garfield. arthur. >> roosevelt. harry truman. >> tommy has been sponging up knowledge since before he was old enough to talk about it. >> whatever he can learn he wants to learn and we have to double-check him sometimes because we do not think he is right. i am 0 for 10 on that. >> i am -- >> are you getting bored? >> tired of schooling you on presidents. >> saturn, use rain news neptune but pluto is not a planet. >> why? >> he used to be. he was a neptune. >> educational milestones for a four-year-old suggests they should be able to name colors and shapes. what is the capital of georgia? >> atlanta. >> knows all the states: >> california. sacramento. >> and all the capitals. >> mont peelier. >> if you are wondering how he got to be so smart the answer is as simple as he is cute. >> i want to know new things. >> in matthews with the good news, kristen hampton wbtv on your side. >> that is unbelievable. >> stay curious. >> gosh what a great story. i have a four-and-a-half-year-old and i'm feeling like a terrible parent right now. poor parker does not know one >> and dad is saying 0 for 10 correcting him. >> awesome. >> coming up at 6:00... >> republican democratic lawmakers in north carolina congressional time is running out to draw new congressional districts. north carolina's primary weeks away. >> an on your side investigation lead discovered in drinking water. what neighbors are being told to make sure their water is safe. >> and more rain in the forecast tonight. >> announcer: wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> right now, lawmakers are racing against the clock to draw in north carolina. the lines for two districts were ruled unconstitutional including one that reaches into charlotte. good evening nice to have you with us i'm maureen o'boyle. >> i'm paul cameron. lawmakers are hoping the supreme court will give them more time. changing the maps means changing who many of you can vote for so we sent nick ochsner to raleigh he is following the process tonight. >> one committee room was lined with five versions of approved congressional districts and all of them stretched from charlotte all the way up to greensboro but that district is the one ruled unconstitution alibi a panel of judges weeks ago and that prompted the new debate over districts. >> after four hours of voting and debating... >> i'm making clear that our intent is to use the political data we have to our partisan advantage. >> a panel of three dozen state lawmakers sent out a list of >> it is a short time-frame it takes months to draw maps. >> the task will be compressed into a few days to meet the friday deadline. one rare point of agreement between republicans and democrats tuesday is that time is short. >> it's obviously a fast-moving process that is not in the control of the legislature something we were told that we have to do. >> representative, the democrat from mecklenberg county is on the committee drawing the new tentative mapsism we are going to fight hard to make sure that every vote counts and we want voters to stay engaged. >> bob russo a republican from matthews said the court's ruling came too late after absentee ballots for the march primary had been sent. >> the uncertainty came from the court. >> a map that left to republican lawmakers to clean up. >> they put a level of confusion and it's not only that it's going to be costly.

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