>> al: the same area of low pressure some of our nemesis the last several days, lifting northward, still getting snow showers in the mountains. the wind is still howling, 40 miles per hour and with temperatures in the 20s, that is a perfect recipe for schools to be delayed. winter weather advisory in effect, ashe county, watauga, avery, mitchell, yancey until 7:00. that is a chance it could be extended the snow will likely keep on for a while this morning and of course the winds will be very slow to abate as well. that is king street in boone from resortcams.com, i have been watching the snow fall. 27 in boone, 37 hickory, salisbury, 36 charlotte, 35 rock hill, 32 lancaster and 36 around wadesboro. for today, outside of the mountains, a pretty day but chilly day, 36 at 8:00, 47 lunch time, getting back to 51 this afternoon, despite almost total sunshine. the problem is we don't warm up very much. we'll do that by the weekend and then some. so stick around if you like warmer conditions. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. start up in the huntersville area, i'm sorry, on the independence expressway, with an accident in the outbound lanes up toward briar creek. again, not seeing any significant delays here. looking at the rest of the charlotte morning commute, 485 running in the green, 77, 85 looks good. now up to huntersville, this is right off highway 21 on sam furr road, earlier accident in the clearing stages now, no significant delays. let's take a live look outside and here we go on to i-85, this is over near statesville avenue, no problems here, quick check of the morning driving times, getting ready to start the commute coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute. lake norman in center city, 16 minutes, 63-miles-per-hour. morning traffic. john and christine, over to you. >> christine: two days after severe storms moved across our area right now duke energy crews are still working to fix power outages of thousands of customers. governor pat mccrory declared a state of emergency as parts of north carolina work to recover from the storms. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte with more on the progress for today, any word when the outages, mark, will be fixed? >> reporter: christine, all variable this morning. i was looking on the duke outage map, i was clicking on outages in mecklenburg county, what i came up with was a bunch of different things. 6:00 at night for some areas north of the city. 11:00 tonight for some areas south of the city. that is where i am right now between sharonview and carmel road. i'm in a neighborhood called mountain brook, has 300 outages still in the neighborhood. i was driving around, couldn't find any crews out here, this early in the morning but i did that were out of power on each pretty much each road in the neighborhood. so this neighborhood has a lot of the outages we're seeing in mecklenburg county as a whole. 300 of them here, mecklenburg county as a whole right now, 847 customers without power. i want to tell thank you is down drastically from yesterday, yesterday at this time, 24 hours ago, 9,000 people without power in mecklenburg county. the so power crews have been putting in a lot of time making sure the people get power back but for these folks in south charlotte, it will be tough to get the power back, hopefully won't take until 11:00 tonight, that is what i saw on the map but we'll follow it for you here on wbtv. reporting live, mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> john: 5:04, four people including the gunman, are dead more than a dozen injured after a man went on a shooting spree in south central kansas, just north of wichita. this morning, we're hearing from some of the victims of the shooting. our kristen miranda live in the alert center with new details >> kristen: john, i wanted to get this man's picture out to you right away. this is the man that witnesses have said is the gunman, 38-year-old cedric ford, he's dead, shot by law enforcement. not before he killed three people and wounded 14 others in the shooting which actually took place at four locations in south central kansas. as you said north of wichita. those who died worked at excel industries where ford worked. overnight we heard from a co-worker. >> i hopped out and started talking to him, he was telling me about the truck he just bought and i helped him get and he was telling me about it and we clocked in and went to work like a normal day. i witnessed him shoot the shots. i saw the shell casings come out of the assault rifle, that vivid, i can see it. >> kristen: for all reports we heard all overnight, this guy sounds like everyone describes him as a nice, normal guy. we will follow the story. we can tell you that overnight there was concern because authorities were surrounding a mobile home not far from the scene where music had been turned up very, very loudly, was the home believed to be this man's home and that music suddenly shut off, they thought someone was in the mobile homer reporting back now that they did not have to arrest anyone at the home but they are not saying what they found inside. that is a piece of the story i'll keep an eye on from the alert center. back to you. >> christine: one of the big stories of the day, keep us posted, kristen. a man charged in the death of his 82-year-old mother is due in court today. 5-year-old irwin feldman is charged with murder in the death of 82-year-old ina feldman. charlotte-mecklenburg police say irwin feld man voluntarily came in for an interview yesterday. we were there as he was being taken away by police as you saw there. in 2014, irwin feldman told body, investigators said she was beaten and strangled. police have not released a motive. >> john: in campaign 2016, voters in south carolina will head to the polls tomorrow to choose between hillary clinton and bernie sanders in the palmetto state's primary for democrats. turnout for the republican primary last saturday broke a record with more than 735,000 people casting ballots. wbtv's ashton pellom is live this morning in south carolina with the preview, and ashton, i think the latest polls show clinton has a substantial lead over sanders, right? >> reporter: that's exactly right, john. in fact in the latest polls by real clear politics, hillary has 57% to sanders 33%. that is a large margin. tomorrow's vote is very critical for both hopefuls as this is the first primary in the south for democrats, now both will make stops in columbia at historically black colleges in a lot in our area but bill clinton campaign forward his wife yesterday in rock hill. south carolina has a large population of african american voters and both candidates received key endorsements from prominent black figures includes jim claiborne for backing clinton and spike lee endorsing sanders. presidential primaries in south carolina are open you don't have to have register by party to vote but if you voted in last week's republican primary, you cannot vote in tomorrow's democratic primary. we'll keep you updated. reporting for wbtv, i'm ashton pellom. >> john: wbtv on your side with complete coverage of the south carolina primary. be sure to download the wbtv news app for alerts sent straight to your phone. >> kristen: we're >> christine: we're working to learn if charges will be filed after a pedestrian was hit by a cats bus. happened at 8:00 at 7th at mcdowell street last night. the man walked out in front of the bus trying to cross the street. taken to the hospital but police we're just getting started for you this morning at 5:00 a.m., the final republican presidential debate before super tuesday turns heated. the attacks the candidates made against each other, coming up. >> john: right now a quick check of first alert weather before we head to the break. 36 degrees in charlotte, but look up in boone, 27 degrees, they still have powerful winds up there, we have school delays in the mountains. a live look at i-77 at trade street, no significant issues along the interstates right now. but we're keeping a check on things because you're never more than seven minutes away from this morning. >> christine: we're following breaking news involving the shooting of a deputy in south carolina, we told you about >> john: go over to kristen miranda right now with more details that are just now coming in the alert center, kristen? >> kristen: we have new information, john and christine, i'll tell you first where the investigation started and then where it is now. look at some of the pictures first. this is, these are photos coming to our sister station in the charleston area. this is in goose creek in berkeley county, we're told that a female sheriff's deputy was shot overnight while she was getting out of her vehicle. this is the scene here in the photo that you see. currently, law enforcement is on the scene there investigating what happened and that female sheriff's deputy is in the hospital, expected to make a condition. developments. i want to show you this picture we got in via twitter. on here there is a significant police presence in this charleston. police have confirmed that this is connected to the shooting of that sheriff's deputy and they have not technically found their suspect yet, they have not arrested anyone or taken anyone in custody, so it is believed maybe they think their suspect in the shooting, they narrowed the person down in this neighborhood in north charleston. i'm keeping an eye on it as soon as i learn anything else i'll bring it to you right away. >> christine: in campaign 2016, a dozen states will hold presidential primaries and cause caucuses tuesday. >> in 2013 when i was leading the fight against the gang of donald? he was firing dennis rodman on >> aren't the only person on the stage fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. >> i'm the only one that hired people, you haven't hired anybody. >> one at a time, gentlemen. governor kasich you have the floor. you will have a response but i promised governor kasich he could respond. >> con someone attack me, please? >> whoa, whoa. >> john: donald trump still holds a large lead in national polls with ted cruz and marco rubio fighting for second. >> christine: can someone attack me please? you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. he's just the messenger don't attack him, here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: i watched a little bit of that, as informative as it was, it was hilarious, it was out of control. high pressure is building in, trough of low pressure in the eastern part of the country that is still dominating. a set back in temperatures. average. today, 50, which is a good bit below average. we have partly cloudy conditions, a little bit of disturbance swung through overnight helping to promote more snow showers for the mountains. rest of us were dry, the clouds will give way, mostly clear skies as we go from sunrise on. 36, partly cloudy right now charlotte, outside the mountains you're at 27, everybody else in the middle 30s. 37 salisbury, low 30s, above freezing monroe and rock hill. likely drop another degree before the sun comes up. 36 charlotte, by lunch time, 47, only up to 51 degrees, so a little on the cool side. heading to the ciaa tournament tonight, tip-off temperature around 40, winds not as gusty but not quite done having an effect on the weather. i do see much milder conditions coming down the road, i'll talk about that plus the next opportunity for rain in the seven day forecast. chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we do have an accident being reported on outbound independence expressway, this is before briar creek, and right over near the chantilly neighborhood. i-77 at trade street, volume is light flowing along smoothly hee. check the drive times, coming in on 74 from matthews, 13 minutes. providence road, 16 minute commute and concord to center city, 18 minutes, 67-miles-per-hour. also seeing a road block age, a west tyvola and yorkmont heading toward billy graham parkway. the overall commute most of the major highways are continuing to run in the green this morning. this is about an hour-and-a-half old now but we had an overturned vehicle on sam furr at statesville, that scene is now in the clearing stages. that is a check of the morning commute, guys back over to you. >> john: next at 5:00, putting teens in charlotte to work. >> christine: what the obama bringing you the latest updates live from the alert center, thanks for choosing wbtv news this morning. >> john: now 5:21 in consumer headlines before he was running the white house, president obama was working at baskin robbins. now pushing for teens to have a similar experience. the president posting about his first summer job yesterday on linked in. announced a new program to bring together leaders, non-profits and private businesses to increase summer programs. receiving money for the program. jennifer roberts will meet with business leaders to encourage them to hire teenagers. >> christine: right before he went to the white house he was working at baskin robbins? >> john: i think he had a couple other jobs before that. >> christine: just clarifying. >> al: i'll take a mint chocolate chip. probably not going for the ice cream early, on pretty cold, temperatures in the 20s and 30s, no rain out there. a little bit of snow in the mountains. the rain situation looked like earlier this week, a good soaking of rain, we still had power outages yesterday, i was fearful of that because of the wind and saturated ground, we're done with the rain. i updated numbers, surplus of more than an inch, almost an inch-and-a-half now for the month and we will close out the month probably dry here i don't see much more rain until next week, which beyond the first, which comes probably tuesday into wednesday. year of a third of an inch. we're fine on rain. in fact i'm happy to report we don't have rain to deal with this weekend, looking at a decent amount of sunshine, we have to get rid of the upper level low, surface high pressure is building in now, the flow will turn westerly and that is a warming breeze. won't notice to it day. a breeze and still a cold breeze blowing, we have snow showers that are coming in the mountains, not anywhere near as robust or as concentrated as yesterday, still be flurries around for the morning hours but i would say by lunch time they knock off and you wind up seeing sunshine up there yet again today. winter weather advisory in effect until 7:00 this morning. that might get extended for, if no other reason for the poor driving conditions, it is windy, really cold in the mountains with temperatures down in the 20s. rest of us in the 30s. we have a little bit of cloud cover out there this morning. our camera at university city area, and that will give way, wind up seeing a lot of mountains, as i say even in the high country, some sun later today, partly cloudy, 36, good visibility, fog not an issue, westerly breeze light and dew point at 25. the air is very very dry. 36 in charlotte, widen it out, 32 tega cay, close to that at mountain island lake, 34 belmont, 35 harrisburg, 36 arboretum, 33 weddington. mountains in the 20s. 36 wilkesboro, statesville, 35 rock hill, freezing around lancaster and le raw, 36 now around wadesboro. and cheraw. by late this afternoon low 30s with partly cloudy skies, a flurry or two around, by then percentage chance is 20. the foothills, mostly in the upper 40s and good deal of sunshine and your chance for today. here across the piedmont, i expect plenty of sunshine, 51 shelby, lincolnton, 52 gastonia, concord, monroe, then south, rock hill, cheraw, chester looking good. our temperatures are going to be cool at first, in the 50s. we get a little closer to average tomorrow and jump up above average. three straight days up in the 60s. close to 70. but before that happens or short think thereafter, we see our rain chances go up. focusing on wednesday as the day that is going to be the wet one. that changed from yesterday, the models have sped up by 12 to 18 hours. here you go for today, sunshine, 51. 27 tonight, clear, cold, 55 tomorrow, 65 sunday. more cloud cover but very pleasant temperatures monday and tuesday, there is our wet day on wednesday. that's the forecast, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here's chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. let's go ahead and take a live look i-85 at 485 up to the north, that's heading toward concord and kannapolis this morning. volume of traffic here area running in the green on 77, 85, 485 looks good. providence road, independence, no problems. we have a break down or something blocking the road here on yorkmont at west tyvola, off billy graham parkway, that has been in there ten minutes now, so again if that is part of your morning commute you may find a few delays. we'll keep an eye on area interstates and look for anything that might slow down your friday morning commute. that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. >> john: honoring a group that played a major role in the civil rights movement in south carolina. >> christine: how officials are we'll be back in three minutes. 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(elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. outbreak of the norovirus, how the schools affected are responding. >> john: state lawmakers are vowing to fight charlotte's new non-discrimination ordinance, what north carolina has house speaker wants to do. good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning it is 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. school delays one added to the list, listen closely, avery, and mitchell county schools on three-hour delay this morning. alleghany, ashe, who just called in to say they are on a two-hour delay as well as watauga county schools on a two-hour delay. we're continuously updating the list at wbtv.com/closings. we'll let you know of new ones on the air first. go to wbtv meteorologist al conklin for more details on the forecast. >> al: getting a little bit of snow in the mountains and wind gusts 40-miles-per-hour, that coupled with temperatures below freezing perfect recipe for slick conditions and poor outside conditions, not going to

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