in the alert center. >> kristen: world health organization making an announcement about efforts to fight the zika virus. >> christine: thanks, kristen. >> john: let's start with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. >> al: a cold start but not as frigid as yesterday when we dipped to 17 degrees. this morning closer to freezing because of the canopy of cloud cover and bit of a breeze. that cloud cover producing light snow for the mountains, debatable how much is reaching the ground but again, power doppler radar is picking up a little bit of snow and flurries across the area especially north of town. a winter weather advisory runs through tomorrow morning for mountain counties. keep in mind a lot of the heavier snow will come later this afternoon and on in to tonight. dry here in charlotte right now, mostly cloudy, that is the metro school camera in the queen city, no snow falling at the moment. 32 charlotte, 29 monroe, but colder north of town, 28 wadesboro up to albermarle and salisbury, 29 for statesville and hickory, 25 with snow flurries in the boone area. few flurries around for the morning and midday, we probably see sun this afternoon. won't be as nice as yesterday afternoon when we almost hit 50 degrees. today, 42. much more important storm system down the road, cover that in the seven day planner. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: cold and quiet on the roads. first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. a live look i-77 west boulevard through center city, volume still very light. let's take a check of drive times, coming up from rock hill, 22 and 63, 18 minutes from concord, lake norman southbound, 16 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. you can see there are a majority of the interstates are continuing to run in the green this morning but we are listing an accident on providence at south wendover, not seeing at around 4:35. that is a check of the morning commute christine, over to you. >> christine: we are following breaking news we first broke out of catawba county. an officer-involved shooting in maiden. communications confirming to wbtv that overnight maiden police responded to the scene. our ashton pellom was first on the scene to tweet out the latest information, he's live at the maiden police department now so, ashton, what have you since been able to learn? >> reporter: hey, good morning, christine. within the past 20 minutes or so maiden pd sent out a press release detailing everything that happened late last night at the home on old park road. let's take to you a picture i have right now that is what i shot when i very first arrived on scene on old park road, that is the house in the background. two patrol cars were out in front. shortly after i tweet had picture out, patrol cars left and maiden pd sent out the press release. about an individual in the home, on old park road, cutting cutting himself. they found 35-year-old elijah jackson barricade in a small bathroom. the officers got him to come out and when jackson came out, they ordered him to put down the knife. they say jackson ignored those orders and then made a lunging motion at them, slashing and cutting motions at them, stabbing motions and the officers fired shots at jackson, who then fell to the floor. catawba county ems responded and determined jackson was deceased upon the scene. this officer-involved shooting here in maiden, maiden pd also put the statement out saying this is a tragic event our condolences go on it to all of those involved in the officer-involved shooting and the family. as a common practice, the sbi will be investigating in the officer-involvement shooting and we'll keep you updated throughout the morning on the officer-involved shooting in maiden, keep updated with us on twitter, online at wbtv.com and we'll keep you live here on air. reporting live in maiden, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. >> christine: ashton, thank you. crews plan to put in place a massive girder for the lynx blue line light rail extension. the work could be done tonight or this weekend. this is a truck delivering the piece to the job site last night. construction crews will install it over the bridge. it spans 550 feet, a crucial step in the extension plan. >> john: 5:05, to continuing coverage of campaign 2016, today, several republican presidentialpresidential candidates will be campaigning in greenville, south carolina. jeb bush, ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio will participate in the faith and family cruz and carson were at winthrop university last night. >> on the first day in office i will struck the u.s. department of justice to open an investigation in planned parenthood and to prosecute any and all criminal violations. >> what i do intend to do is to create ladders of opportunity to allow people to climb out of dependency and become part of the fabric of america. >> the republican primary is february 20th, eight days away. on the democrat side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off in the debate stage in wisconsin. for the first time since new hampshire voters handed sanders a blow-out victory. clinton challenged sanders calling some of the policies unrealistic like health care. >> you need to level with people. the numbers don't add up. >> i thought it was absolutely inaccurate. here is the reality, folks. there is one major country on earth that does not guarantee >> both are focusing campaigns on nevada and south carolina, the sites of the next caucus and primary. >> christine: looking ahead, three people charged in connection to a shooting at northlake mall are expected in court today. mcthey are scheduled for the bond hearing. someone fired shots across from the mall last month, cmpd says the suspects left the scene but were pulled over later on mallard creek road. they found ryan simpson in the car with a gunshot wound to the stomach. he is out of the hospital and also facing a drug charge. a total of six people are facing charges in the case. we are just getting started for you this morning. coming up, a rookie new york police officer convicted of manslaughter. his response to that verdict just ahead. >> john: kristen miranda live in the alert center. >> kristen: the world health organization saying this morning a possible zika vaccine is on when it is estimated it will be done, coming up from the alert center. >> john: a quick check of first alert weather temperatures, freezing in charlotte at 32, 25 up in boone. 28 wadesboro, 29 monroe, 30 lancaster, 31 shelby, 29 statesville. a live look at i-77 at west boulevard, things are flowing smoothly. keeping a close eye on things because you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news t dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day -- and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and 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normally small heads in children is are no an more probable, they hope to have a link identified for sure within the next few weeks on that. the virus spreading rapidly across latin america, continues to be a problem. the headline this morning it could be another 18 months, scale trials of a vaccine. >> christine: a rookie new york police officer could face 15 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. officer peter liang broke down in tears here as the verdict was delivered. he was charged in the deadly shooting of an unarmed man in a darkened stairwell of a housing project. prosecutorring argued he handled the weapon reckless ly and recklessly. >> al: we have a winter weather advisory in effect this is king street in boone from resortcams.com, at the moment they have dry conditions, it is cloudy, there have been flurries around the area, not getting any snow falling right now. however, avery, mitchell and watauga county schools are all operating on two-hour delay. you can see this batch of snow back to the west of us this is what we call a clipper, moving but may see a few flurries across the piedmont and foothills today, better chance for accumulating snow will come later today in tonight for the mountains. you can see at least the sensitivity of the radar picking up some snow, whether or not it is reaching the ground is debatable. until tomorrow morning the winter weather advisory for the mountain counties for snow that will be coming in. how much? i think about 2-4 inches in the highest elevations but around boone, jefferson, an inch or two within the realm of possibility as we go through the day today and in the night tonight. 22 in jefferson, 25 in boone, 30 in morganton, 31 shelby, lincolnton, close to freezing concord, rock hill, 29 in monroe. here in charlotte, we bottomed out with the temperatures, we'll be near freeze, getting back 10 degrees, 42 this afternoon. few flurries around for the morning and midday, might see sun slight late today. probably not monday into tuesday, still have a storm coming our way, wintery mix likely, i'll give you the details in the seven day right now check mr. with in with chris. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. an accident on providence at south wendover, this came in 25 minutes ago, not seeing any significant delays but there may still be slow downs through the intersection. looking live at independence expressway, coming off briar creek, in toward the city, volume is light this morning and most of the major interstates are continuing to run in the green. as we come in center city, looking at the john belk, the brookshire, 277, no problems there, if you're leaving matthews for center city, 13 minutes, 47 miles an hour, coming in on providence road, 16 minute commute and concord to center city, 21 minutes, 67 miles an hour. that is a check of traffic, john, back over to you. >> john: cam. >> christine: why she chooses to steak obstacles head-on, later on "cbs this morning." wbtv, a man attacked several people at this restaurant in ohio, coming up, we're learning more about the weapon investigators say he used. >> john: school delays to let you know about this morning. avery, mitchell and watauga county schools all operating on 16 minutes after 5:00.yotzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzsr` ?aenga?t you're planning your day with wbtv news this morning. >> christine: 19 minutes after 5:00. >> john: kristen miranda has new details coming in the alert center. what have you got, kristen? >> kristen: we don't often talk about celebrities. we want to you look at who is getting out of the car. andclooneyand his wife. they met with the german chancellor. they are talking about syria. yesterday at the berlin film festival sometimes it takes hollywood a minute to react to what is happening in the news but stories need to be told in movies. clooney anticipated he would ask the chancellor what messages his industry could send and how they could help with this crisis. george clooney meeting minutes ago with the german chancellor about the crisis in syria. back to you. >> christine: police in columbus, owe, shot and killed a man they say attacked and killed several people at a restaurant with a machete. several people attacked, haven't given details how badly they were hurt. the attacker shot and killed after being confronted by officers. >> john: a man in greenville, north carolina, is caught on home surveillance camera his conscience gets the better of him. he returns to the house, apologized, gave the package back. by the time police arrived, the man had left. even though he returned what he stole they are still hoping to identify him. a crook with a conscience, that is kind of refreshing to season in do something like that. >> christine: should that be breaking news? >> al: maybe in greenville, not here. we talked about this yesterday, we may have a few flurries, a surprise for everybody because we talked about this yesterday. keep in mind, one thing for sure, it is not nearly as cold this morning. yesterday down to 17, but a totally different atmospheric make-up, clear skies, calm conditions yesterday, allowed temperatures to drop. today, different story, canopy of cloud cover coming in, a breeze, when you do that you upset everything which is again you have to get down to 17 you have to have almost a perfect this is cloudiness, breeze blowing, precipitation falling, this is the disturbance we're tracking, some of you may be picking up snow, give me a tweet, send me an email let us know what is going on in your neighborhood. a lot of this looks impressive on radar, a lot from the mid-layers from the clouds, not reaching the ground in most let us know. suggests. sometimes the model is heavy handed but the pattern i'm trying to show you. this is noon, batch of precipitation, anything falling would likely be on the snow side but then notice we get the clouds to break out and some sunshine before the day is over with. however, that is not the case in the mountains, the snow showers will continue right through the day to t day and in tonight. so let's look at that, a winter weather advisory until daybreak tomorrow morning for the very reason. once the disturbance goes by, the winds pick up big time and that is a wind pushing moisture up against the mountains and as it does it creates a snow effect. we're looking at probably 2-4 the mountains. got reports beech mountains 14 inches of snow out of the last event. sugar 8, there may be tough sledding to get there but should be great skiing in the mountains, but will be cold. in belmont, close to freezing, dry conditions here, no snow falling. we have overcast condition in charlotte, hd tower cam from scott clark nissan honda, right at 32 degrees, there is the east breeze at 7, those things helping to keep temperatures up, not as cold. 20s in the mountains. everybody else within 2-3 degrees of freezing. freezing concord. 30 morganton, shelby, 29 in monroe. out the door this morning, few flurries around, lots of clouds, 20% chance, 32 degrees, coming home from work and school, i think we will see a few breaks of sunshine and 42, that is still cold, about 15 degrees below average this time of the year and much cooler than yesterday. so our precipitation chances are up, monday into tuesday, especially monday night but things have changed, the low now doesn't look like it will cut so far to the south and as a result i think monday now we start to see a sloppy mixture across the area. this is monday morning, snow, sleet, freezing rain, the snow gets pushed toward the mountain as warmer air comes in aloft and what that does is creates a mess here with sleet, freezing rain and even plain rain. could get thunderstorms tuesday, south of charlotte. as that system pulls out. here is what the seven day forecast says, few flurries to day, 42, cold winds tomorrow, 37, brutal tomorrow night, 15. valentine's day dry, increasing clouds, sloppy weather monday, ending tuesday and we warm up near 60 by the middle part of next week. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris. >> chris: first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. you may remember yesterday morning we were telling you about a lane closure on inbound still working this morning to repair whatever is leaking in terms of water on to independence inbound so one lane closed there on the right hand side. it is early, no problems now but you might want to think about central avenue, monroe road, randolph road as alternates to make your way in center city as we head in the heart of the rush hour. this is a live look from briar creek, no problems there with travel heading inbound and taking a look here across the charlotte area, most of us running in the green this morning. that is a check of your morning commute. john, back over to you. >> john: on your side investigating a project that a lot of you continue to talk about. >> christine: you have told us to ask more questions about the planned i-77 toll lanes so our investigative reporter traveled all the way to chicago where one expert says drivers there have learned the hard way what happens when private companies get to set the price you pay for tolls. wbtv, is next. >> john: next at 5:30, more bitter cold temperatures this morning. they will hit you the moment you walk out the door. coming up, also tracking another potential winter storm, it could get sloppy. >> christine: if you're just waking up and joining us, school delays, avery, mitchell and watauga county schools on two-hour delay. if we get any other districtths reporting we'll bring it to you first here on wbtv. >> john: thanks for waking up with wbtv this morning i'm john carter. >> christine: happy friday, i'm christine sperow. some of you have a three day weekend with presidents day monday off, so here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: out there this morning. starting off with the big picture showing that we have a basically moisture-starstar moisture-starved. a few flurries are within the realm of possibility including the charlotte metro area. you go wow it is snowing, a lot of that is not reaching the ground as the air is very, very dry. we have a winter weather advisory for the mountains through tomorrow morning. 2-4 inches of snow there most of it coming tonight. overcast. cloud cover keeping our temperatures up. not as cold, 32 charlotte, 24 boone, 29 hickory, 29 in monroe and close to freezing rock hill, 28 in salisbury. today, mostly cloudy skies, look for late sunshine and a few flurries possible, nothing that would accumulate with the high temperature of 42. much more important storm looming on the horizon next week. cover that in the seven day forecast. 5:30, let's talk traffic with chris. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. once again this morning, crews making repairs inbound