Those Traffic Cameras here across the region. Watching f anything that might morning commute. If youre coming in from lake 65milesperhour. 77 looking good right now, catawba avenue, down to gilead running in the green. Develop. Here across the charlotte area, most of our highways and roads are continuing to run in the green. Northbound 77 coming out of rock hill this morning, curb drive ti for you is 21 minutes with an average speed of milesperhour. And that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. John get back to breaking news in west charlotte that wbtv first broke, police are investigating a shooting that happened in connection to a carjacking. The victim was found on rozzelles ferry near johnson c. Smith university. Ashton pellom was theirst to report this story on socl media, and he joins us now live from the scene. Ashton, what can you tell us . What i can tell you right now the victim is recbdovering in the hospital. He was shot twice, once in the arm, once in the leg earlier this morning. That is what police tellw me. Currently on the corner of roslyn and turner where police cleared the scene, they believe the shooting happened in this area and that victimmu ended uptw walking toozzelles ferrytw road. Take you to video i shot eaier. Around 3 00 this morning the victim thankt you can see right there in the video, was flagged down by the shooter in the case. They sayf d when the victim stopped to help or do whatever to help the shooter, that i zs when he was shot twice. Once in the arm, once in the leg. At that time the shooter then rjaccad the vicm and took off. That victim was taken to the hospital again withf nonlife threatening injuries and the search for the car and shooter has been oner since. Since on ever since. The shooter got away with the trying to get the story straight with the victim. Is at the hospital right now, trying to see exactly what happened this morning. As soon as they get iormanfon from him well relay that information to you on air and online at wbtv. Com. One interesting nugget, the victim may have told police he was a security guard, i asked police if this is t case, police have not confirmedhat. T an hing else coming out of the case well update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. Reporting live in west charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. John it has been a busy week for charlottemecklenburg police. Christine they investigated at least seven shootings since monday morning. Police have identified a man shot and killed in East Charlotte yesterday. That happene at parkland near wt harris boulevard. Police say three men total were shot including 24yearold michaelg jeffries, jr. , the one who died at the sne. Ce stirring up fears for them. It is kind of scary to know it can help next door to your ho and the fact i was home with my grandfather the other day, you dont know that i happening right outside your door and you c outside and a crime scene unit. No one charged in connection with the shooting, anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers at 7043341600. John police have arrested a person they say stole a medic ambulance in north charlotte. Happened at mid need on albermarle and denburg grief. Thief. The ambulance was not damaged. Police invesgating after a car overturned north of uptown charlotte. Lton avenue. When pice got tre, there was no one in the vehicle. On christi thne fight to stop the controversial i77 toll lane project continues. Deil the reseah it did on similar toll lane projects\w ross the country. Wbtvs Mark Davenport has the results in his hand right now. So what did they have to say, mark, at this3 meeting . Reporter christine, the research was a deep dive in the failure of the toll lane project in texas, the same project that North Carolina transportation secretary went out to check on earlier on this week on mony. Want to get you to video showing you what this town hall w3m yas like in cornelius yesterday. Widen i77 a group against the toll laneac packed out the town hall meeting. When tyhe presented the findings of the texas size collapse of the toll lanes, people wer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ glued to the research h. After the road opened in 2012, it was declared technically bankrupt in 2014. Twoears later, last wee bankruptcy was filed on that highway. They also highlighted flures of other private and public partnersp tohi lanes across widen i77 Research Suggests daily round trip tolls could be upwards of 15 here in charlotte if it continues to gohrou t. That is a price taghis group is not willing to pay. A different boat going down the same river or the same water feel. Failure. Weve seen that in tex. This one is. F also setp to be afz failure. Reporter now, we talk to ncot,dhey told us they are standing by the project during the reevaluation and what happened in texas will not happen here in North Carolina, howeveriden w i77 a0bre not buying that. Reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your side. Lz john 6 06, early voting for next weeks North Carolina primary election continues 1 00. So far more than 38,000 votes coty. The congressional races wont count in tuesdays primary even though they will be on the ballot. State lawmakers decided to delay they were ordered to redraw the congressiona districts earlier this year. Filing for those races actually begins next week and the 12th district encompassing Mecklenburg County will be a hotly contested race. Congresswoman alma adams is moving to charlotte as she fights to keep her 12th district seat. Adam is from Guilford County whicc h used to be in the 12th district until the changes. Other candidate,zk Malcolm Graham and c09arla cunningham, rodney moore and Tricia Cotham are considering the seat. When North Carolinas 12th district was created thentent was to deliver minority representiontaut many think that may be in jeopardy. Gen. Y what the General Assembly has done, strong possibility tt seat might be lost. Reverend woods of first baptis west tells wbtv hes concerned too many candidates of and provide a path of victory for nonminority candidate. Christine campaign 2016 took a violent turn during a donald trump rally in faye eville. You will see what happens, police eortisc people out up the stairs and you saw that one man thr a punch right to the person who was being escorted out. There it is in slow motion. The man is 78yearold john mcgraw, now facing assault charges. Mcgraw told inside edition the man deer deserved it. Still plenty ahead on wb news this morx ning. John a man reels in the o< catch of a lifetime off the coast of South Carolina. How long it tkoo him to reeln christi wow. John before we go to break, a quick check of first alert in charlotte, 60 degrees now, and 59, 60 degrees, that is the temperatures around the area. A live look at current traffic conditns, things are moving smoothly, well have more seven minulht]xzter < [ female announcer ] most of the time its easy to know which option is better. Other times, not so much. W so its good to know that Mazola Corn Oil has 4 times more cholesterol blocking plant sterols s than olive oil. And a recent study found that it can help lower ch esterol 2 timemore. Take care of those you love and cook delicusly. . Fssr. Live from charlotte, this is wbtv news\h this morning. John 6 12, we have several stories you want to be around for in the 6 30 half hour. At 6 33, South Carolina governor nikki haley set to vis Lancaster County today. We have a look ahead to the opening avenue facility that is creating hundreds of jobs. Plus, didab you file your 2012 tax return . At 6 4 why the irs may make4 the carolinas. Get over to Kristen Miranda. Christine live in the alert ceer wnth live ptures she has been monitoring out of louisiana. Getting hit hard with rain. Kristen ive been watching this poor report near louisiana getting soaked this morning. Hes getting ready to do a live report in the new orleans area. You can see behind him all the rain that is falling, really easy to see, just the way the wind is blowing that rain and the water were seeing, take us full and we can see if he starts to do that live report. I want to tell you louisiana governor, the governor of louisiana is planning the trip to the northern part of the state. He will visithe t areas that have been slammed by rain. If the weather permits he wil tour shreveport and shelter in nroe. Some of the levies in the areas this isnt moving. Al thi may be a busy governor, going up where they were hardhit yesterday he may wind upcing in this area over the next 24 hours. Ive seen reports upwards of off the scale here. Up to 24 inches of rain. This i almost like a hurricane situation. E fthoding is intention down acro the gulf coastv rbegion. Really bad. Kristen they need to get it out of there, al thanks so much. Back to you guys. Christine this morning a catch of a lifetime for fisherman off the South Carolina coast. You have to watch this. Weant c stop this thing. We have seen it a few timr5jes. Came twice out of the wer. And we are going for it now. Enormous. Zb i enormous. Hris cne that is the moment before he pulled this out of the]r water a 2500 pound great white the group caught the shark off took four hours to reel it in. When the group gott closeo enough, they tagged it and let it loose. Wo john i would have cut the fishing line before i did that. I dont think i wld have wanted him that close to the boat. Golly. I wonder what test poundine they were using. Christine i dont know. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv ne thiws morning. How about that for a big catch, al. Al scary thing that is still out there somewhere. I didnt want to see that thing. That is amazing. Out thegcre this morning we have a lot of gray but you notice where the green is,ts up across virginia and in the western part back across the alabama area, that frontal system is going to be on the move and so while were up close toqy 80, wont last much longer very very warm weather. Our short term futurecast suggests cloud cover this morning but not much gray. I40 northward, you get in owersh very very spotty showers south of the charlotte area, but again, by 8 00 this evening, an 80 chance it is still dry in your nghborhood. Rain chances will be very low during the daylight hours. King street in boone, resortcams. Com, dry there, 60. You will wind up in the upper 60s this afternoon, 30 chance of raiforou y folks. In charlotte a gorgeous sunrise, afternoon temperature getting near 80. We do that, the First Time Since late october. Seven day planner around the corner, chris with first alert traffic right now. Chris traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. Keeping an eye on your friday morning commute, as we roll toward the rush hour, he is a live look, 77 out at the rest area comin off the South Carolina state line. T9 looks good there. Seeing delays building, arboretum area, highway 51, providence road, slow downs al john belk,77 t 2 the brookshire, no problems. Heading in center city tonight, rnetho taking on the Detroit Pistons at 7 00 p. M. , heavier traffic in and around Time Warner Cable arena. At is a check of the morning commute christine, over to you. Christine has ahz 12yearold solvedpx defoods lateate, g that is on cbs thist[ morning. Christine unc and duke in action at the acc tournament. If you missed the game, we have tonight kb2uu yfj5hw\o ig1o; w zfee w; john 20 after 6 00. Look at this, a gorgeous sunrise, charlotte skyline scene from Scott Clark Nissan hda hd tower cam, looks so nice, that orange and all with the sun and clouds. Let get over to Kristen Miranda, she is live in the alert center with details on deadly Apartment Fire ino kentucky. Kristen every been keeping an eye on this fire. Devastation on the scene. Isthire started overnight, a short time ago, and the building just destroyed. Look at what is left, not much at all. Fine official does confirm two people died at the scene, third died at a nearby hospital. Several others are critically jurein we will watch their conditions and look for a cause on what started this fire. Back to you. Christine thank you, kristen. J the acc mens basketball tournament enters the semifalsin in washington d. C. Of business gets the pittsburgh panthers. Brice johnson put in 19 points and grabbed0 1 boards they won 8871. Set to take on the winneqhsr of\s duke versus notre dame, Grayson Allen 27sz the half. Fighting irish emphasis fighting force night overtime, that is where notre dame would tak control as they win 8479. Here is a look at the schedule. This notre dame and unc tipoffo t at 7 00. They played each other last year. That is a huge one. Followed by the second semifinal between miami and virginia, that ps off at 9 00. U can watch all the action live right here on wbtv so keep it tune in here. We dont want you to miss your normal programming, some of you watch somew of our cbs evening programs look for. Amazing race will air sunday morning now at 12 05 a. M. Hawaii five0 follows 1 05. Blue bloods will air sunday morning at 3 05. So set your dvrs so you can catch those programs and if you missed what we Just Announced here, it is posted on the home page on our website at wbtv. Com. L big games. I know the focus on the acc and sec and College Tournaments the hoets are in town. Five straight wins now, in fifth place, first 7500 in the door get one of thoseight r there. Bofobble head from jemyer lin. Hes looking at Kristen Miranda. Show you what is going on weatherwise. Temperatures that have been in the 60s and 70s all week long, today we do something different. Weay m get close to 80, if it does happen and i thinkt will, First Time Since october 23rd. That isow h warm we getting we have a frontal system up to the north of us and to the west of us. There is cloud cover out there, but even with the clouds yesterday weot to7 78. I think we can do this again today, notice again a little bit of rain trying to break out here and there, this is very spotty and light if you forgetcj the rain gear youre probably fine. 4 from i40 northward a beer chance, 30 chance of a shower. Rest of us are dry until this evening. Even then only a 20 chance if youre out and about. Overnight the rain chances go up a little bit and then they are gone after midday tomorrow. Boy, what a gorgeous sunrise from lake norman from our camera at thevue. Com, very pretty in charlotte as we look offoward the east. You have to have cloud cover to get the pretty sunrise, mostly cloudy skies,0outh breeze at 5. There is humidity at 86 . For today, starting off in the upper 50s to low 60s, 61 concord, monroe, lancaster, 58 lincolnton and rock hill, highs near 80, very small chance for shower. If youre heading to the horne ts game, should be close to 70, that rain chance no more than 20 . So again,ont cancel any plans. High pressure to the north of us will push the front through. So overnight, this is 60 this evening, couple light showers around, thenhe front goes south of us. Much cooler day tomorrow, you wille in the 60s, north ofr] i40 and a few spotty showers in the morning, then this front basically run out of gas, by sunday we turn our attentiono t the cold front back to the west. That will bring us a better opportunity for showers and even thunderstorms so i sti thill as i have all along, sunday will be the weteray of the weekend, there will be a lot of clouds tomorrow and again at least a small chance for rain, inly early in the day. Ven day forecast, late shower ssible this afternoon, in the evening, otherwise, near 80, 61c tonight,arly rain showers around tomorrow, clouds break for sun, cooler, 72, better sunday into monday, we warm back up, upper 70s next week. Sunshine in the forecast. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffion wc v news this morning. Heres chris. Chris al, thank you, traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. I77 out at the South Carolina state line, volume of traffic just beginning to pick up a bit. Still running smoothly as you work your way up to 485. If youre coming in from gastonia from 321 on to 77, or 85 in center city, 18 minutes, 68 miles an hour. Still running in the green up to lowell, mcanville, belmont, 485 this morning. Across the charlotte area, most of the majors looking good. Were seeing slow downs here north tryon up toward University City area, old concord road up to roc river, expect a slow down there in both directions. Down to the south, northbound 77 coming out of rock hill this morn g, current drive time for rock hill, take a check here, were rning at 21 minutes, 66milesperhour. That is a check of t morheng games coming to the North Carolina eduyucation lottery. John well tell you aboutd the new games being considered by lottery officials. You dont want to miss this. Youre watching wbtv news this morning its 6 26, well be right back. D this afternoon at nkindu save when you sip. Get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2 00 and 6 00 p. M. This is a letter from someone whos here. She has qa\0to take a brand name drug. Been taking it since the early 1980s. 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