Joins us live. And i heard the coach say they are looking at super bowl 51 which is sam mills old number. Maybe something good there . Paul, this is a team that will not settlement sam mills told the team to keep pounding and after the super bowl loss the panthers will keep pounding. Cant you tell im over it already. Im thinking about 2016. Coach ron rivera says he has been proud to be the head coach of this 20152016 panthers team. This is a group of men that have come together as a Football Team and they care about each other. And that locker room will never be the same. They cheered on cam newton as he spoke to reporters tuesday. It is a group that has a record of 17 wins and two losses. The future is bright here. Theres no reason we have our whole crew coming back no reason to think that we cannot be better next year. Football teams rarely stay exactly the same year to year. You cannot sign everybody you cannot physically do it. I mean structurally do it. You cant. But we are going to do everything we can to keep our core together. The general manager says they have been working on the ripoffer and will not rest because the team got to the super bowl. He will evaluate and coach ron rivera will be working on this off season as well. You love to be in the position that denver is now celebrating but we are not. So Going Forward theres 30 teams behind of us and one in front of us. You want to be the champions beat the champs. Way want to win the super bowl. I know who i am and im not going to bend for anybodys expectations because your expectations will never exceed mine. Coach ron rivera says he wants his players to get that rest after this extended season. He says he is going to take a few days before he starts sitting down and talking to reporting live at bank of America Stadium Pamela Escobar wbtv on your side. Well, you heard cam newton not offering any apologies for walking out of the News Conference after losing the super bowl. You can watch the raw video of the comments on wbtv. Com. The charlottemecklenburg school board is meeting right now. It may decide whether to keep ann clark as superintendent. Her contract is supposed to end this summer. Important decisions about your childs education are at stake. Dedrick russell is live outside the meeting. Any idea which way the school board is leaning . Still unsure but inside the Meeting Chamber it is packed with people who are concerned about what is on tonights agenda. One School Board Member tells me when it comes to the superintendent that this could be a debacle in her words and it could be divisive. Now, i am also told that one maybe offering superintendent ann clark a threemonth extension while the board conducts a superintendent search. Not sure if there will be enough support for that idea. While we wait to see what the board will honor clarks contract or offer an extension, some people i have noticed wearing red tonight in support of ann clark and told that principals were told to wear red to show that they support ann clark. I did talk to one person who had on red and told me the reason she had on red because of what was on tonights agenda. Talking about Student Assignment and the superintendent ann clark. This will be a long meeting tonight. Why . Because about 50 people signed up to address the school board about half of them will talk about the Student Assignment and the other half will talk about superintendent ann clark. And each 50member person will have three minutes to address the school board. Live outside the Meeting Chamber. Side. Lots of comments tonight. Thank you. And of course we will let you know what the board decides. Watch wbtv news at 11 00. Duke energy says its reviewing a 6. 6 million fine related to the coal ash spill. State regulators issued the fine yesterday for the 2014 spill on the dan river. Regulators want duke energy and others to understand there are law. Chemicals. Here is video of crews excavating a coal ash basin near mount holly. Duke energy says its continuing to work to clean up and close ash basins across the state. A contractor responsible for widening independence boulevard off the job tonight and the project now on hold. The company had a contract dispute with the state. Work to widen independence between uptown and 485 is supposed to be completed by this fall. It looks like the timetable changed. Steve . That is does, paul and the word we got from the state department of transportation through an email today is that they hope to have workers back by the end of the week and the next phase of it said they want to have this project rolling sometime by the end of march. Without question u. S. 74 known as independence boulevard is one of charlottes most traveled thoroughfares. But the ongoing widening project that has been underway for years now has a number of long time businesses whitherring on the vine. We are just making it by the skin of our teeth. Survival is now a daytoday ritual for workers at the liberty restaurant. Meals have been served here going back to the early 1970s. However more than 40 years after opening, the highway expansion project in East Charlotte has come to a halt. And the word up and down the boulevard is that local workers connected to the roadwork here have been let go. We are we are caught in the middle. The squeeze at the businesses brought on by this agreement between the North Carolina department of transportation and the michiganbased construction company. While work has stopped here the state told that they are in violation of breach of contract and the company had until february 8th to cure the default. It means businesses will again have to wait it out. I think the way it is now that some people even being leary about coming in and they might not want to be on this road until its done. Waiting does bring its share of pain. Ask the workers at liberty east. They used to operate 24 7. Our hours are less we close at 4 00 p. M. Now. Now,he North Carolina told us earlier today that same email that they hope to have this project finished by the end of the year. Meanwhile we reached out to the de beer Construction Office and called them and nobody answered. Live in East Charlotte, Steve Crump Wbtv on your side. Thank you. Right now we want to go to alex giles in the alert center with information on a student found with a weapon at Myers Park High School. What have you learned . We got this confirmed. We got this information from cms schools a student was found with a gun on campus at Myers Park High School afterhours. The School District says they dont know if the student who had the weapon was a student at myers park. So very alarming situation there. Just getting the details in. But cms confirms student found with a gun at Myers Park High School afterhours today. Thank you. Next, a milestone for the smallest baby surviving baby born at cmc. To take her home. And fake 100 bills are showing newspaper local stores. Where police are looking for women using counterfeit cash. Areas heading below freezing across the piedmont of north and South Carolina. We will talk about the accumulating snow in the mountains and snow and ice for charlotte is in the forecast and part of wbtv news at 6 00. All right. And new at 7 00 p. M. On primetime school buses hit by a driveby shooting as authorities search for the shooter they are possible motive at 7 00 p. M. For you tonight at 11 00 a mailman rescues a girl caught in the jaws of a dog. He is honored as a hero on television. The interview and you will hear what made him jump in to save her. 18 felons and suspected gang members off the streets in mecklenberg county. Local and federal agents are announcing the results of operation big game. Suspects arrested last week. They are facing charges ranging from possession of stolen firearms, drug possession and violating parole. And police want your help to find two women accused of passing fake 100 bills. These are pictures and the women shopped at the wall greenbacks and the Family Dollar with that fake cash. If you recognize them call gastonia police. After spending 20 weeks in the hospital, carolina Healthcare Systems smallest surviving baby is home tonight with her family. The baby was born on september 23, 14 weeks before her due date. Today her parents meagan and eric welcomed their baby girl home and our cameras were there to catch the precious moment. Brigida mack has their story. Im nervous i have anxiety but this moment is here and im excited. It is a special day for any eric do not take for granted. They are finally taking their baby girl home. The baby was born september 23 after an emergency c section. She was 14 weeks early and weighed 10 ounces. That is lighter than a can of soda. We visited the family in the hospital in november after her original that due date. She faced blood transfusions and parents and doctors constantly by her side. I lived here everyday if not every other day. Our equipment and the diapers that we have for the smallest babies were too big so we had to be creative in taking care of her. The team of doctors call her tater tot and weighs 5 pounds and seven ounces, five times her birth weight. She has progress to make but doctors say they are amazed. She has grown. Her own. And she looks around she pays attention to her surroundings and knows her moms and dads voice. And i am amazed she has come this far and she is able to go home. The last few weeks have been a waiting game. Doctors said she could have gone home last month then complications. They dealt with my frustration very well. But now the wait is over. And mom and dad are very excited about what the future holds for their miracle baby girl. I want to know who she is because she is fiesty. Store. Brigida mack wbtv on your side. So glad she is making it home. Carolinas Healthcare System posted a blog. You will find a link on wbtv. Com web extras. If you are looking for Financial Advice wbtv is on your side we are partnering with clear Point Counseling Solutions professionals will be taking your calls tomorrow morning 59 and tomorrow evening 46 30. The number is on the screen. Please join us tomorrow for that. I bet you had a shock being out at the super bowl coverage. 70 versus 35. It was chilly. I understand we better get used to t eric thomas is tracking our chances of snow here in the queen city . Yes, maureen it is an interesting so often we are telling you how we are tracking changes and this time there are not many changes and that is the headline. Because it is so cold and the snow will continue to be relentless up in the mountains. One of the forecasts that you are ithing yes, please, lets change this up. Look at the size of the system continue into the mountains for a day, dayandahalf two days and for everybody else it will theres been a report of a flurry outside of the mountains but the story is the snow in the mountains and the winds, gusts up to 50milesperhour. The windchill advisory for 5 to 15. And reissued in wednesday night and thursday morning. If you do not have to head out dont amendment it gets dangerous and the weather advisory for ashe, watauga and avery, avery expires tomorrow morning and that is for lighter accumulations and talking about additional accumulations. Ive seen reports up to 35. And they will welcome that. And outside lets take you back down to charlotte. Very close to freezing already. Clouds are in and out of the picture today and that the is it. Not much to report. In the piedmont and the 40 numbers. Everybody below freezing. 17 in boone and blowing rock. We will drop through the evening hours. 11 00 p. M. And we are down below freezing. And the rest of the wbtv viewing area again as we move you through the overnight hours we see the snow happening around the mountains. Beginning to taper off a little bit through time in the charlotte area and upstate of South Carolina we are getting colder as well. Out the door 26 at 8 00 a. M. That is not the official low. And yes, the snow rolls on in the carolina high country that temperature at 8 00 a. M. , 14. That is impressive. All right there it is. What i was talking about the snow tapering off during the day on wednesday. Your hourbyhour forecast 37 at noon take you to 39 at 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Having trouble again getting out of the 30s. Ridge into the foothills near freezing that is Late Afternoon numbers and upper 30s in the piedmont of North Carolina and similar areas squeaking into the 40s in the upstate of South Carolina. Beyond that its about the cold air through the rest of the week. A wave of mountain snow friday night and this is it. What we are watching and this is a change in the forecast as we could see snow and ice getting in charlotte as we take you into the monday timeframe. Were tracking it. Tonya what is going on with the roads . We have the biggest problem in Gaston County. I85 southbound exit 22, wilkinson boulevard is a great alternate route. Congestion still. Heads up anyone using i85 south to crew cross into Gaston County from mecklenberg county wilkinson boulevard is open but at least four miles of slowmoving traffic on i85 southbound. Again wilkinson boulevard a great alternate route. To mcadenville 23 minutes. Safe travels its move to the future of the carolina panthers. Despite the super bowl loss they have a lot to look forward to. As the jackson 5 said one bad apple do not spoil the whole it maybe a different looking roster. Some of your favorites might be gone but a song from the spinners nothing remains the same life is a constant change. You cant, as ive said this to you before roster building is a 12month process and you cant sit here and rest on your laurels you went to the super bowl so you will go back again. Weve been working the whole time. We are a little behind, yeah, of course we are. But we have hit the ground running and the next two days will be House Cleaning things. And then thursday, draft meetings. And gettleman said no rest for the wicked despite the outcome of the game we hope you enjoyed the super bowl on wbtv it was a rating success. If you had extra food and drink save it for wbtvs coverage of duke at North Carolina a week from tomorrow at 9 00 p. M. Duke righted their ship with a something that North Carolina could not do last week and now sporting a twogame losing streak they will try to heal their wounds at bfs college. The tar heels should have few problems against one of the worst teams in the league but that look ahead, duke let down factorment highlights of the game on wbtv news at 11 00. More a preview go to the sports app. If you have not downloaded it, to your iphone, shame on you. Its free and easy to do. phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise a whole lot more cold air is roll in and maureen and paul maybe snow and ice monday. Its cold enough. 14. Goodness. Were back live at 7 00 p. M. See pelley high hopes in new hampshire. Its very exciting. We feel great. I am so happy to be here. I think were going to do very well. I feel good. Im feeling great. Pelley also tonight, cbs news investigates can a blood test detect cancer before there are symptoms . The eightminute mortgage is it the wave of the future or a throwback to an ugly past . And look out, major. Here come the minors. Why should young voters vote for you, trump . Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the voting continues at this hour in the first president ial primary of 2016. This is a live picture from nashua, new hampshire. Looking for their first win,
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