>> kristen: do you want me to come off the box? >> lyndsay: i like that better. i'm used to being a tinny bit taller than you. we have the weekend upon us, kind of humid, felt like spring all week, we haven't had humidity, started to come up a little more so today you'll notice it more. muggy with the higher humidity and temperatures in the 70s. cloudy, does that mean a lot of rain? not necessarily, shower chance holding 20%, it is not overly wet tomorrow different story. we're seeing things turn more unsettled for the second half of the weekend. talk about the weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> kristen: a looming deadline for voters in north carolina who want to cast their ballots early. you have until 1:00 today to if you don't participate in early voting you have to wait until election day, this coming tuesday, the primary day. donald trump and hillary clinton continue to lead the two major parties in the presidential election. donald trump is responding to a controversy. he didn't want people to get hurt and that is why he called off a rally in chicago last many of you watched it unfold. removed people. alex giles has more. >> reporter: protesters clashed with officers and with each other outside the university of illinois after donald trump postponed his rally because of safety concerns. >> thank you very much for your attendance and please go in peace. >> the crowd of thousands erupted after the announcement. >> we want trump. we want trump. confronted each other. some got violent. >> we want truup. the crowd spilled in the streets of chicago. >> kind of a once in lifetime experience to see a presidential candidate, yeah, walk outside an people are yelling at you. >> power to the people. >> silencing the speech of so many americans, he is making people scared to wake up in the morning. >> some say postponing the rally was a mistake. >> i think a bad precedent it will encourage more bad behavior. >> donald trump called in msnbc to defend the move. >> chicago is the home of very bad rallies, i didn't want that to happen. we were confident to provide the proper amount of security for mr. trump to get in the event and leave the event. >> get him out of here. >> earlier friday, 32 people were arrested at his rally in st. louis. folks. >> he dismissed claims he's dividing the country and using hateful speech. police arrested five people at the event. trump has three rallies planned for today. we're hearing more reaction from donald trump saying the violence in chicago was not his fault. >> i don't take responsibility, nobody has been hurt at our rallies. i hope my tone is not that of causing violent. my basic tone is that of securing our borders, of having a country and a great country. >> there were several people hurt including a chicago police officer who was hit in the head with a bottle. we have put together more video and photos from the cancelled rally, put them on wbtv.com, you can share that link with people on facebook and twitter as well. as many of you head to the polls as the early voting wraps up, we're looking ahead to tuesday. bernie sanders addressed a huge crowd yesterday in raleigh. thousands came out, many trailing hillary clinton. she will be campaigning in charlotte monday before the primary, she will be holding a get out the vote event at grady cole center in uptown. starts at 7:30, open to the public and we will be there to bring youcomplete coverage. republican candidate ted cruz is set to appear at a rally monday at charlotte motor speedway on the property there. event at zmax. carly fiorina will be there and glenn beck. there are free tickets online, we have put a link on wbtv.com. now this morning a local mother killed in a terrible crash driving her child to school will be laid to rest today. kandace helms died after a truck crashed into her on tuesday. two young boys were taken to the hospital but survived. friends put together a gofundme gofundme account for the family, so far has raised close to $4,000. up that will be used to help pay for the childrens college fund. people gathered in hickory to remember two people shot and killed outside a mcdonald's, cody watts and richelle lail. >> the kindest human being on the planet. would give his shirt to anybody or anything. richelle, a fun, kind hearted person. would tell you like it is. >> deputies charger rick yount withcharged eric yountwith the murder. an accident at wilkinson boulevard and west morehead street, a cats bus in an accident. the three people were taken to the hospital all expected to be okay. after he crashed in a car. a man. this is a moore's chapel near kendall drive. the man is seriously hurt. investigators had part of the road blocked off several hours. police have not said if anyone will face charges. we're learning more about the woman accused of stealing an ambulance in charlotte. autumn prieschl was arrested at albermarle and denberg drive. we were as she was taken in custody. police used the on board gps to track it down. deputies given us new photo of a robber who held up this local are a bee's arby's restaurant. he hops over-the-counter. he is wearing distinct black and red motocross gloves. if this is familiar to you, call the sheriff's office, you don't have to give your name. encouraging to you take steps toward better health. later this morning take part under walk with a doc. wakes have the chance to ask questions about their health with this month's featured physician, melody harrison, a pediatrician at sutton road pediatrics. first time participants get a free tee shirt and pedometer. will be held at piedmont medical center trail at river walk in rock hill. registration is not required. river walk is nice, that is a nice place. nice they are getting it in early. >> lyndsay: today it is hit or miss with the shower chance. i don't think one time period has a higher chance than others. overall you should be okay. al tinnyny shower chance. we spring forward tonight, for we all get excited when we have the longer day, more daylight later in the evening. that means that sunset tomorrow is at 7:30 p.m. that will be nice. average high temperature for the day is around of 62. yesterday we hit 81, 20 degrees above average, we're at 62 now in charlotte as of the 5:00 a.m. hour, we're already at the temperature that we typically average for highs for the time of year right now. 60 monroe, albermarle, 59 statesville, morganton 59, 56 in boone. hour-by-hour forecast shows low 70s by noon. 78 by 4:00. this forecast has changed since yesterday, yesterday at this time it was looking like the cold front would make it through we would get up in the low 70s today but that has changed, looking like it will take longer to come through. that is why highs will be in the upper 70s for today. not as warm as yesterday, still well above average. 60s in ashe, watauga, avery counties. highest chance is across the high country for later this afternoon holding around 30% for us. everyone has a better opportunity to pick up wet weather tomorrow. talk about that and what the week ahead looks like in the seven day first alert forecast. >> kristen: next, nancy reagan fare laid to rest. another case of zika virus in north carolina. details where it has been confirmed and where officials think it came from. is wbtv news saturday morning. i just picked us up 2 breakfast croissants for $4, when this bear attacked. with one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. then jack showed up, and took care of the beast, so i could escape. and that's what happened to your breakfast croissant. and yours? it survived. enjoy freshly cracked egg with ham and bacon. or sausage. two tasty croissants at an eventastier $4 price. closed captioning on wbtvnews is sponsored by subarusouth boulevard and subaruconcord. >> kristen: another case of the this makes the fifth travel-related case in the state. the most recent involves a person in for forsite county. a vaccine could be ready this fall. the virus is hitting puerto rico hard, where there is concern thousands of pregnant women could be infected this year. it has been linked to birth defect that leaves newborns with abnormally small heads and developmental delays. we are getting a look at the view from one of charlotte's newest towers, the mint museum apartment tower celebrated the topping out ceremony. it won't get higher than that, look at the view someone will get of bank of america stadium. that is sweet. the 394 unit, 43-story tower will be open to renters this fall. beautiful night for the return of food truck friday in charlotte south end. sycamore brewing behind the atherton mill. five food trucks there every friday along with live music and beer, also dog-friendly, the old spot is being developed, turned into office space. looking ahead some of the best beer souths in south end are coming together for the craft crawl. kick-off to charlotte craft beer week. features six stops, one every two hours. it runs from noon until 10:00 tonight and you pay for beverages of course. all day lots of free south end swag like bottle openers and shot glasses. find more information on historicsouthend.com. they look like they are having fun. >> if that is your idea of fun. >> that will not happen to you if you go to the craft crawl. >> it won't happen on the show either. your brownies are good. i think they were better than average. >> yeah. kristen warned me she made brownies but they were average, i think they were better than average. >> that is nice of you, thanks. i feel better now. >> only a couple left, better hurry. >> lyndsay: a lot going on, it will be kind of sticky, the higher humidity but sun is not going to be shining too bright lee all day today, we have a lot of cloud cover that will be out there, can't see it right now, once the sun comes up a mostly cloudy sky, pretty much for the majority of the day time. hornets colors on the duke energy building. 62 in charlotte right now, the dew points in the upper 50s, any time you get closer to the 60 degree mark for the dew point it starts to feel more humid. getting closer to that and looks like the dew point temperatures will be in the upper 50s all day long today. borderline on the humid side. clean sweeps, so nothing actively falling on the radar. cloud cover and again that is not totally going to change going forward today, will stay partly to mostly cloudy all day long. talking about rain to the west all week and aerial coverage has just about shrunk. we have a back door cool front coming in later, will drop south across the carolinas throughout the course of the day, that is kind of a trigger combined with the higher humidity we've got in place could be enough to touch off a shower in a couple spots by later today. but you will see on futurecast, not talking about a whole lot. through the morning hours, here is what the coverage looks like 5:00 a.m. going forward in time through the early morning, 8:00 a.m. and through early on this afternoon, 4:00 and we're starting to see the clouds break-up a little bit by later bottom line not that wet of a day. maybe there could be a couple sprinkles, rain drops on you for a few of us for later this morning and this afternoon, if you have any outdoor plans, not enough you would need an umbrella whatsoever. talking light for anything that does fall out there today. temperature-wise, hold in the mid 60s in the mountains for the foothills you will be in the low 70s, taylorsville 75, 72, rather, 75 lenoir and same in morganton, charlotte area upper 70s not as warm as yesterday when we hit 81, but still above average with the 78. wind out of the south at 5-10-miles-per-hour. upper 70s near 80 across the upstate of south carolina and like yesterday, where there wasn't a lot of sun, still more clouds but that is not going to stop the temperatures from coming up to well above average levels. 60% shower coverage tomorrow, low 70s, looks a little cooler and wetter for the second half of the weekend. outside and as we head in the early part of next week, few showers and storms linger in monday, beyond that looks warm, tuesday, wednesday, still close to 80 and by the way, spring starts one week from tomorrow, march 20th. a week from tomorrow. next sunday. >> kristen: we lose sleep this weekend. >> lyndsay: correct, spring forward. lose an hour of sleep. >> kristen: we are getting hangses after a local woman found her dog wearing a shock collar coming home from doggie daycare. you're watching wbtv news saturday morning. "speak out" is an expression of opinion from the editorial board of wbtv, and is presented by general manager, scott dempsey. >> unless you've been away months, you probably know that next tuesday is the north carolina primary election. so this is usually the week that civic organizations and media outlets encourage you to "exercise your right to vote." we call it a "privilege," an "opportunity".even a "responsibility." and it is all of those things. but this year, north carolinians really do have a chance to make a difference. our primary has been moved up from may to march for the first time. now there are still a number of viable candidates from which to choose. in the past, the nominees had pretty much been decided by other states by the time we got to vote. and, oh, don't we have a colorful assortment of "wannabes"? republican or democrat, you really do have a candidate for whichever way you want our nation to proceed. by contrast, if you don't vote for your favorite, we may head in a direction that you just can't tolerate. we're talking presidential candidates here, but the same holds true for local and state elections, as no one can make you vote, of course. but wouldn't you rather have a say in how our nation, state, and city are run? or do you want to leave that up to the guy up the street, with whom you totally disagree? go to the polls on tuesday. make a difference. speakout@wbtv.com. your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. he couldn't. and that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. yeah, it wasn't. so when ron said you'd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. now ron does too. the e series. legendary john deere quality. unexpected low price. now you can own a 3e series tractor for as low as 135 dollars per month. >> kristen: many of you drop your pets off at daycare trusting they will be taken care of but a family turned to wbtv after find what and to be a shock collar around their beloved sophie's neck. the owner of lake norman puppy planet said it was an awful mistake. >> reporter: obvious the second you walk in the door, eight-year-old sophie is the apple of danielle and jason's eyes. >> least aggressive dog. started taking the dog to lake norman puppy planet. >> everything looked great. i was happy until the last time. >> this changed it all. danielle picked up sophie from daycare when she got home, she found what and to be a shock collar around her neck. >> it's like going to pick your child up at daycare and she has a shock collar on. >> i don't know if someone new started working. >> her second day and she innocently, you know, made a mistake. >> melissa owns the daycare, she says this is all a terrible mix-up made bay new employee. >> i'm shocked as the owner it happened because i mean, she is a sweetheart, there is no reason for it, none at all. >> the collars are used on dogs they are training and only with their owner's permission. >> we have different training collars here but once again, >> the certified trainer insists this isn't a shock collar, instead a static electricity collar with less kick to it. but danielle and jason say it shocked them. >> it don't take much, it has a good little bite to it. >> the family is looking for a new home away from home for sophie, while the owner is owning up to their accident. >> it was truly an honest mistake we're very sorry. >> in denver, blake blake, sarah blake morgan, wbtv on your side. >> they have put a new protocol in place to make sure it does not happen again. president obama helped kicked off the south by southwest festival how he used a q and a session to talk privacy and security. tower cam, steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! 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the upper 70s and will be more humid. little stickier because of the higher humidity, shower chance is pretty low despite the higher humidity and clouds we'll have with us. i'll show you that on futurecast and second half of the weekend which looks wetter for tomorrow, coming up in a few minutes. >> kristen: lyndsay, thank you. a celebration for the life and legacy of former first lady nancy reagan. hundreds of dignitaries and celebrities honored her at a private service yesterday. she planned much of the ceremony herself. she was remembered for her fierce devotion to her husband and country. ben tracy has more. >> likely wouldn't have been a president ronald reagan without a nancy reagan. >> she knew how to love and she loved one man more than the world. mother with love and honesty. >> it's no secret that my mother and i had a challenging and often contentious relationship. i tried her patience, and she intimidated me. there were moments in our history when all that was going on between us was love. i choose to remember those moments. >> watching from the front row were a former president and four women who know what it is like to make the white house home. while president reagan passed away more than a decade ago, his love for his wife was still very much present. >> for there could be no life for me without you. >> a love letter he wrote to his first lady in 1981 was read by former canadian prime minister brian mull rooney. >> how do i love thee? let me count the ways. for me, there is no way to count. mommy, first lady, the sentimental you you, the pee wee power house you. >> reporter: now nancy reagan husband's side. the very same place she spent so much of her life. >> they will look across the valley my father will tell her the lights below are her jewels. the moon and stars will endlessly turn overhead and here they will stay as they always wished it to be. resting in each other's arms, only each other's arms. until the end of time. >> it was president reagan's request the burial site face west toward the pacific ocean on a clear day you can see the blue water from the hilltop. ben tracy cbs news. >> kristen: there is new information on the death of keith emerson, co-founder of the group emerson, lake and palmer. 71-year-old killed himself. his long time girlfriend found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot at their condo in california yesterday morning. he was a talented keyboardist, composer who teamed up with greg lake and karl palmer to produce platinum selling albums. crews working in west virginia may have discovered human remains linked to a decades old case. it suggests they belong to 25-year-old robert co kocack. his abandoned vehicle found in 1988. >> if we had not stumbled across it, it would have been 100 years from now, it would have never, never have solved it. >> he was believed to be on his way to a football game when he disappeared near the bridge. police are investigating. a propane tank exploding in the middle of a shopping center. take a look. >> oh my god. >> wow, investigators in west lake, ohio said a leak and smaller fire you saw the smaller fire there at this construction site when the tank exploded. as many as ten fire departments responded to the scene. the area was evacuated. unbelievable. incredibly, no one was hurt. new this morning, former los angeles clippers owner donald and his wife have decided to remain in their marriage. they are opting out of the divorce donald filed for in august. the move is the latest twist in the long saga for the couple. they ended up selling the clippers in the aftermath of the racist comments donald sterling made that saw him banned from the nba. president obama tackled privacy versus security during the south by southwest festival. the federal government and apple, saying he anguishes over national security decisions that may affect americans privacy. >> i suspect that the answer will come down to how do we create a system where the encryption is as strong as possible, the key is as secure as possible, it is accessible by the smallest number of people possible for a sub-set of issues that we agree are important. >> mr. obama also stress the importance of using technology to improve civic engagement. the first lady will make an appearance during the festival, the opening keynote speaker on wednesday. the wounded warrier project is searching for new leadership after firing the two top executives. this comes after a cbs news investigation found the charity spends significant amount of donations on lavish parties and chip reed has the story. >> with the gift of $19 you can joined wounded warrior project. >> reporter: by appeal to the generosity of the people, they raised more than $300 million in 2014 alone. but, while the money was pouring in, former employees say much was flowing back out in the form of lavish spending. >> catered, have a big old party. >> eric mill ette was one of the first to blow the whistle in january. >> i'll be dammed. if you take hard-working americans money and drink it and waste it. >> millette one of former 40 employees that told cbs news that spending was out of control. many pointed to the annual employee meeting at a luxury resort in colorado springs as typical of the style. >> he repelled down the side of you mean to make a grand entrance? >> yeah, came until on a segue, he's come until on a horse. >>nardizzi has addressed it. >> if you're only focused on spending, that is feeling good but not doing good. >> fred and diane kane raised $325,000 for the charity with golf tournaments and were outaged by estimates estimates that only 50% went for services. >> are you done with wounded warrior project? >> except for my munition of trying to see change there. my new mission. >> we spoke with them last night. >> they need to change the culture which in my opinion will require significant changes to the executive team. i think they can right the ship, but it is going to take a lot of >> a u.s. marine veteran who started the wounded warrior project is open to returning and restore the group's reputation. he has asked for a meeting with the non-profit board of directors to offer help. more snow expected in california sierra nevada mountains, by tomorrow, four feet of snow could fall in high elevation areas as huge relieve to the drought-stricken state. gets a third of the water supply from the sierra know snow pack, also means for fun for skiers. some people la menting overmenting of the short ski season. >> lyndsay: i only made it up once. a little too late now. the winter was very mild. >> kristen: we were lucky that way. if you're not a skier. >> lyndsay: or working at a resort. in the mountains. >> kristen: tons. >> lyndsay: but this past week, man, felt like late may. >> kristen: i don't want to it >> lyndsay: right? i keep for getting it is only early march. we seriously like kind of skipped a few months, but another mild day today, and see things turn cooler tomorrow but out the door forecast, 64 through the morning hours, patch patchy clouds, 30% coverage for the day today, that is pretty low, all things considered. 70% of you stay dry. more of you than not will get to the day dry but outside possibility a couple of you could pick up a light shower during the day today. other than that, temperatures the big story, by noon, back in the low 70s, mid 70s by 2:00. 78 by 4:00, which will be around the high of the day, pollen is quite high, especially for today wet weather, a little bit on the way for the second half of the weekend, not great to have rain around on a sunday since it is a weekend day, but if you're an allergy sufferer, you'll get temporary relief from the rain we have on the way for tomorrow. nothing falling out there right now, dual pol power network picking up on clean sweeps. we have cloud cover so that will be with us for most of the day and showers off to the west and actually off to the north, too, we'll be tracking to impact us not only possibly today but more so tomorrow, too. the timing on that, have a look at futurecast coming up as part of the seven day first alert forecast in a few minutes. >> kristen: still to come on wbtv news this morning, the hornet takes on the pistons after five-game winning streaks. highlights. >> cam newton enjoying his off season, where he was spotted in los angeles coming up next. we're always on your side morning. my school reunion's coming fast. could be bad. could be a blast. can't find a single thing to wear. will they be looking at my hair? won't be the same without you bro. when it's go, go to choicehotels.com. the site with the right room, rewards and savings up to 20% when you book direct. american workers brought us back from the crash. now, let's move forward. we need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. new penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. for businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. and let's invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of her first term. we've gotta create new jobs and industries of the future. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. >> chris: i'm chris larson hope you're having a great saturday morning. first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you're heading in center city saturday night, we've got the hornets in town, playing at 7:00 p.m., time warner cable arena, taking on the houston rockets. heavier traffic in and around the arena toward 6:00 p.m. also about through the weekend, south college street between east stonewall an east hill drive, that is closed down until monday morning at 6:00 a.m. >> kristen: all right chris, thank you. for more traffic go to wbtv.com, click under the traffic tab and follow our traffic team on twitter. you can find the link to their account on the wbtv traffic page. talk sports this morning, big game for the hornets hosting detroit with playoff implications, kemba walker entered play four straight games 30 plus points. the team didn't need him to do that, he scored 16. batum, 17, 11 rebound, williams lead with 22, lee 15, big al jefferson 12, hornet in control, winning 118-103. team's sixth win in a row, they own the tie breaker against detroit, hornets host houston tonight at 7:00. you can be part of the big dance by playing hoops 3. registration starts tomorrow on deadline is thursday at noon. contest centers on who is the best at choosing the teams in a bracket for the mens ncaa tournament. grand prize winner four tickets to the wbtv suite at the knights game. hough high school junior caleb crider. meck a 4th a wrestler of the year. 120 pounds undefeated, 50-0 record before losing the state title match. still the best season in the conference. he did have to sacrifice time with friends but says it was necessary for his success. -few showers and storms linger-monday for us and then as we-head in the middle part of next-week, back in the upper 70-near 80 once again, even though-we don't have any more 80s on-the seven day we're in the 70-for the better part of the next-week ahead.-all right kristen, back over t-youp>> kristen: lyndsay, thank you.-next at 5:30 -p>> reporter: two communitie-racing to become town in one of-charlotte's fastest growin-areas for two different reasons,-i'll explain.p>> kristen: more or that stor-coming up-you'r geico motorcycle, >> kristen: if you're looking for a job this spring, charlotte ranks high on the list for employers looking for help. according to the survey, 31% of employers are looking to hire more employees between april and national average of 22%. charlotte's growth is spilling over in sure vonning communities. lancaster county is booming and that is leading to change. people until two areas of the county indian land and van wyck pushing for those communities to become incorporated towns. our michael clark is looking into the push for incorporation and potential impact. >> reporter: busy and growing indian land. >> the county does not have the capacity to manage the growth. >> reporter: quiet, secluded van wyck. >> nice and quiet. our intention to keep it that way. >> not quite the tale of two cities. >> a petition gathering phase. >> richard dole is leading forest denial to turn indian land in the own town. many feel the county can't handle the explosion of growth. the area outnumbered on the county council like allowing new neighborhoods. planning and zoning. the right to dictate their future. >> jack lives farther south in van wyck. >> don't need uppedian lan telling us what to do. >> a lot of neighbors don't want to be include for indian land. it is not about controlling growth but preserving what is here. >> incorporate ourselves because it is the only way under south carolina law we could protect ourselves from being sucked up by them >> leaders >> leadsers recognize it is a hot issue. >> it makes sense indian land could be incorporated. in my opinion it is premature. >> van wyck is ready to sub smith signatures in hopes of defending itself. advocates for indian land are halfway done collecting the petitions they need. wonder if there could be two new town in lancaster county. >> the ability to locally govern >> that is michael clark reporting this morning. the county council is trying to arrange a meeting in the beginning of april between the groups from indian land and van wyck. we'll keep you updated on the time and location. two minutes before 6:00. coming up, leading a sedentary life style can put you at risk for heart disease, details on a push to educate you on importance of good health. back in under three minutes. 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