One of the important things her endorsement did is throw cold water on jeb bushs attempt to regain the establishment lane. John kasich will campaign outside charlotte tonight land. He is expected to have more support in other states. Kasich wants to hang in through South Carolina. Ted cruz was in the greenville area and is behind donald trump. Thursday trump defended his faith it was of after it was questioned by pope francis. For a religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. Im proud to be a christian. Ben carson is campaigning in the state today he will make one last stop in rock hill tomorrow the last publicly announced stop of any g. O. P. Candidates in our area. We will have live coverage of jeb bushs and kasichs events tonight at 11 00 p. M. Thank you. Again South Carolinas republican primary this saturday. The democratic primary will be held next saturday february 27th. The president ial primaries in South Carolina are open you do not have to register by party to vote but you can only vote in one or the other. Right now we are hearing from neighbors after a pickup truck hit the side of this home today killing one person. Sky3 was over the scene in gaston county. Wbtv anchor brigida mack is in the studio with more. It was a bad scene. Investigators say the driver of the pick pickup truck may have had a medical problem before the crash. He was driving 65milesperhour when he veered off the yard and crashed into the house. No one was home at the time. The driver died at the scene. We spoke with a neighbor who is saddened by the drivers death. Well, i feel bad about it. Because you know, whatever happened that is somebodys parent or kid or something. I dont know who it was yet. But i do feel for him and pray for him and his people. Multiple vehicles and the house all damaged. Investigators trying to determine exactly what caused the crash. Right now, a 6yearold not picked up from school led deputies to a gruesome discovery. Deputies in South Carolina went looking for the child and discovered the childs parents were dead from a murder suicide. The corner says Keith Wallace shot his exstranged wife Stephanie Wallace in the head before shooting himself. The sheriff says it was a domestic dispute turned deadly. Right now a person suspected of having mums in mumps in Lincoln County turned out not to have the virus. There are two confirmed cases of and another in iredell county. There are at least six more suspected cases in the tri county area including cabarrus county. Wbtvs Steve Ohnesorge is on your side with what you need to know to protect your family against the mumps virus. April is taking no chances with her son interest we know what to look for and we saw the doctor. Ashton has been vaccinated and should be ok. Most every who takes precautions should be, too. People should not panic. This morning Lincoln CountyHealth Officials thought it was a case of mumps but test results said no. Officials in Lincoln County were not waiting for the test results to take action that patient had been isolated and those around that person had been contacted. It is good that the tests came back negative. But this is the type of protocol they will follow whenever there they have alerted doctors that nearby counties have had cases and urge folks with a fever and swollen glands to seek out. Do not go to schools, stores anywhere there is a crowd. And Community Health manager says there is other things you can do. Wash your hands. Cover your cough. Stay in, if you are sick. The best is vaccination and not Everyone Needs to face the needle not if you are 57 or older. You have immunity to the disease. Just by the fact that you had it. Yes. Theres vaccine around if you need it. And mumps can be serious for most people it will be a bad week. They will feel sick. Try to prevent it. In Lincoln County, Steve Ohnesorge wbtv on your side. And we want to put things into perspective for you. There were three confirmed cases of mumps in mecklenberg county last year. And there were an average of two keep in mind, today mecklenberg county has one Million People living here. New information in the case of a man who police say robbed a bank while dressed like a cowboy. A grand jury indicted troy allen hooks for the robbery on oakdale road. He was wearing a cowboy hat and bandana over his face. Hooks is charged with robbery and kidnapping. After a busy day of debating the North Carolina senate has approved new district maps for the 13 congressional districts. The vote came down 45 minutes house. Lawmakers were called in to special session by governor mccrory to take up the issue of those districts and decide on a redrawn map. Wbtvs David Whisenant is in raleigh and has the latest. After several sessions involving the senate, the house committees, the state house is convening right now to go over the newly proposed map. The Senate Approved the map with one small amendment but not before heated discussion brought about who claim the new map went too far in the opposite direction. The chair of the committee answered several challenges when asked about who drew the new map and what criteria was used. Ther issue is what to do about the primary election set for march 15th. And the house is discussing pushing that date possibly to may. There is not a lot of time to talk to the people and for people to know what candidates stand for. You got to give people time to ask the questions and get out and talk to the candidates. At 6 00 p. M. More what is taking place today during the special session in raleigh and what one democrat likes about the new proposed districts. Another gorgeous day in our area. You can see through the hd towercam the view of the city is beautiful. Our chief meterologist, eric thomas is in the First Alert Weather Center and we would like to keep it for a while. We were a few degrees cooler than yesterday. Today was 54. I think we will get back on the warming trend. Disruptive weather up around the great lakes sending high clouds toward the carolinas but a generous supply of sunshine. Your hd towercam we are close to the daytime high. 53 right now and dry air. Humidity is not a problem. That nice wind breeze out of the northeast at 10milesperhour. Low to mid50s in the patriot and we chop it into the low 40s in the high country. The next few hours not bad. 44 through 9 00 p. M. Down to 40 at 11 00 p. M. Coming up we will get into the weekend. And coming out a different story. Stay tuned part of your right now we want to go into our newsroom to alex giles we have gotten video of a Helicopter Crashing into the ocean. Alex is in the alert center. This happened near hawaii . We are going to jump to that video. Show you full screen this is video posted on youtube confirmed as that Helicopter Crash and you can see the helicopter is hovering above the water and plummets into the water. Wow. A scary sight there. I will play it for you again. Reports say it is a tourist helicopter with five people onboard and wow. Went down in the water in hawaii near the arizona memorial in pearl harbor. Play it back one more time for you. We are hearing from cbs news that one person was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition and others treated. We will bring you the latest details. Its hard to believe that anybody would survive that. The impact looks so hard. And near shore where folks to get to them. Lets update the traffic with tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. As we check in on i77 northbound a little bit of a delay. We have an issue close to graham street. Graham street is a great alternate route by i85 just an update on the situation bruton smith boulevard the vehicle fire cleared out. And that is i85 northbound. And we still have i85 southbound by 29 and 601 and that accident is with us and a lot of congestion and one alternate route is highway 29. Back to you. Thank you. All new and next here at 5 00 defeating a digital kidnaper. I cried. I was very upset. The dangerous trend targeting your children online. Check right away coming up. Imagine discovering your childs picture used on someone elses social media page . Or meems shared around the world. Molly grantham has the trend of digital kidnapping and what you can do to stop it. Search instagram for baby role playing and aa Digital World comes to life. Pretend games played with other peoples children a trend so alarming some are blacking out the beautiful stole help faces with the word stop and posting that is all i could do. I was very upset about it i could not believe what i was seeing. Pictures of her daughter were kidnapped from facebook and turned into online peoples. Her 16monthold made out to have cancer and mental challenges. This is the future and it seems like its not going to change. The Attorney Says what is happening is absolutely illegal, citing copyright and r and identity theft. But prosecuting is like a black hole. The people posted anonymously and finding them to get the right person, that is the problem. Even if they are committing a true crime you are stuck. Stuck even if the situation is not extreme or anonymous. I did not give permission for her to use any of them and i asked her to take them down. Pictures of her son showed up created to remember the boys father but they were personal pictures from katies page and did not want them on the other page. I feel like im left stranded holding my hands like i mean, what is my next step . How can i get this taken down because who is to say it will not go further . Anytime you take someone elses photo and repost without permission even if you are in the picture you are breaking the law. They are using the image when they do not have the permission to do so. That is copyright infringement. When her friend learned she was breaking down the law she took down the pictures. Parents can avoid these situations by limiting what they share. You need to go in and be updating who you allow to see photos of your kids online. That involves is a proactive click on your privacy settings from public to friends or family consider it digital selfdefense. Molly grantham wbtv on your side. Good information there and there is a form you can fill out if you would like facebook to remove a photo of your child that was shared without your permission. Find that form in the help center under image privacy rights. Important stuff. Looks like we have trouble on the roads. Over to tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center. We do. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. As we check in stranded motorists on providence road up with at weapon dover and the other sardis lane. Volume and congestion between sardis and wendover on providence road. Heads up for that. And then we head farther down and right by providence and audrey kell a traffic light problem. And volume is starting to build on 485. The typical suspects from rea road back towards i77. So that volume is starting to build. Camera and boy, do we have slowmoving traffic i77 northbound and southbound by arrowood. Thank you. And we have been asking eric what have you been doing . Its quiet in the weather department. It is anticlimatic because we have had a number of storms. Monday we were trying to pull our hair out. I am enjoying the downtime. Look at this, the how can you not enjoy that . Great sunset shaping up. The official high 54 today. And around the corner here is another shot. The number is 48 at 7 00 p. M. And 44 at 9 00 p. M. And call it 40 through 11 00 p. M. And continue over the next eight hours. Out later . Temperatures will drop just about down to 40 here it is if i punch that button we can bring up the overnight lows around freezing in the piedmont, upper 20s in the foothills. And call it 27 in boone. We started off cool this morning we were 26. That will get your attention. Out the door in the morning 8 00 a. M. We will be closer to freezing. 35 in the charlotte area. Up into the high country. Call it cold and crunchy. Walking around with the old snow and ice. 28 there. And meanwhile a weak front moving across the middle of the country and that is all its going to be. Friday, late, you see your clock up there, a few high clouds working into our skies. 49 at noon and 54 through the 4 00 p. M. Hour. And lets track this and see if anything builds up. There is a little bit many you see this moisture beginning to show up this grayish stuff, that is the midlevel cloud cover through the day on saturday but but it will slowly continue to build into the southeast and the carolinas. Now we will allow for a 30 chance of showers sunday, becoming more likely monday, but really the big storm gets in here tuesday and wednesday and that storm makes it way up to the eastern seaboard it should be rain. Maybe a little snow for the mountains. But by wednesday morning. Overall, we get you into the weekend no problem. But coming out, a little bit cooler and wetter. Back to the studio. All right thank you. Next at 5 00. Weve got a great faith in god. A local man talks about being the tar guest his exwifes murder for hire plot why he prays for her every night next at 5 00. And all new at 6 00 p. M. , the carolina women defied the odds to become c. E. O. S of major companies. Tonight they tell wbtv anchor Christine Spiro how they were ceiling at 6 00 p. M. On wbtv news is sponsored by. An arrest in the deadly hitandrun of a woman in salisbury. Live to alex giles in the alert center. Is this stevie brie land, the suspected driver in the hitandrun accused of rear ending a Ford Explorer on the interstate. A 49yearold was killed in the crash. The suspect is facing charges he is held in the Chester County jail. He was previously held in the Charleston County jail but he has Boston Police booked into he had been in the other jail on unrelated charges and is in custody for the hitandrun. Thank you. A fan of Dale Earnhardt goes out of his way to pay respects to a man he calls a hero. What he did may surprise you. And coming up. Getting more black men to become teachers can be a challenge but we found a group that is trying to make that happen that vo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. But, we made do. Vo know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. Al, how you doing. Hey, mr. Hamilton. Vo know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. With the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc Wealth Management team. Here in the city, parking is hard to find. Seems like everyone drives. And those who do should switch to geico because you could save hundreds on car insurance. Ah, perfect. Valet parking. Hello heres the keys. And, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. Hm, wouldnt mind some of that beef wellington. To see how much you could save on car insurance, ah car alarm sounds scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam im Molly Grantham thank you for joining us. A former School Nurse Supervisor will spend the next decade in jail. Her exhusband spoke about the plot to have him killed affects his life. Despite the plans he prays every night for his ex with his daughter. Pamela escobar talked with him and pam this has been tough on him and his nineyearold . Yeah, he said jody davis said its been tough on them and beyond them. He believes its led to another divorce and losing custody of another child but he said he thinks the steps is right. He the sentence is right and allows his daughter to move on. In court davis asked the judge for leniency. Her lawyer asked her for to receive time served and or 10 years. I do not feel like she is a threat to her exhusband and not a threat to society. So many of us were hoping and believing that she was going to be able to walkout with time served. He knew her through church and offered to help sex trafficking victims. It shows you what her heart was like she is a giving caring person. And that is who she was. And this is so out of context for her. The judge told the court he had a difficult time understanding the woman friends described as having a good heart with the woman who negotiated the killing of her exhusband for 4,000 u they are saying what she portrayed to be to them. I do not think they are bad people. Jody davis was the target in the murderforhire plot. The last thing i do is go into my childs bedroom and pray for her mother. With her. That is what she wants and that