as the mall was packed with holiday shoppers. police say an argument broke out between two groups, and two people opened fire. officers shot and killed the 18-year-old when they say he pointed a gun at the officers. police have not released results of the investigation, although he has returned to active duty. the north carolina legislature has convened for a rare special session to vote on proposed map of redrawn districts in north carolina. the map unveiled yesterday after a federal panel of judges ruled two of the districts are unconstitutional. we are at the legislative building in raleigh today with the latest tonight. looking ahead, tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in the march 15 north carolina primary. if you plan to register, you need to make sure your application is received or post a new poll shows marco rubio needs all the help he can get, after south carolina governor haley endorsed him. polls of south carolina voters, he is in third place behind donald trump and ted cruz, with jeb bush and john kasich not far behind. all of the candidates will be back on the trail across the palmetto expressway states, including stops in our area. we have more about the plans today gejeb bush and john kasich will make stops in york county. bush, the former governor of florida, will hold a town hall event in rock hill 5:30 this evening at this building behind me. and ohio governor john kasich will hold a town hall event in fort mill, 6:00 tonight at the pavilion. both are free. the upstate. donald trump in gaffney, ted cruz in easily. been carson, closer this columbia in organizebering. >> anchor: candidate marco rubio and governor haley will be in anderson talking about why she chose to endorse him at the hilton garden inn at 12:30. south carolina primary is this saturday. it will be followed by the democratic primary a week from saturday. voters can vote in either, but not both. retired supreme court justice aconner is disarring with -- disagreeing with republicans, saying president obama should get the vote quickly. to replace justice scalia found dead saturday. appoint the new justice. here's a live look at the charlotte skyline from our hd tower cam, a gorgeous looking day out there today. and it is fairly comfortable, although cool. >> anchor: beautiful day out there today. temperatures are going to be going up as we head into the weekend, probably not as much sunshine saturday and sunday, but very warm temperatures, looking alive from the metro school camera in charlotte, beautiful afternoon, temperatures have made their way to the low 50's at this hour. winds are calm, humidity, 38%. visibility, no problem. out to 10 miles. 45 statesville, 46 in hickory, still upper 30 boone, 49 rock hill, and 47 in monroe. power doppler quiet, high pressure to our north keeps us cool today. shifts off the carolina coast as we head into the weekend, and those temperatures rise to the upper 60's by sunday. hickory, sunshine, and 50. 51 morganton, upper 40's, excuse me, lower 40's weekend, blowing rock. the weekend warming trend coming up in just a few minutes. >> anchor: two men arrested and facing drug charges in york county. 24-year-old and 23-year-old were arrested yesterday after a short chase in rock hill, among charges they are facing, possession of heroin and methamphetamine. a former school nurse and mother in charlotte has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in court this morning. davis was convicted last june of trying to hire hit to kill her exhusband. davis claims he was protesting their daughter. we will have the latest tonight. next, one school says its students can begin carrying guns on campus, and that is sparking and are those who fight for you a new study says no. >> anchor: two female c.e.o.s from the carolinas talking about their road to success, we sat down with both of them, and she is sitting down with me right now as a matter of fact to tell us more. this looks like a terrific case. >> yeah, a really good story. it is not often women are holding that top job as c.e.o. for major companies. i interviewed the c.e.o., and self-made billionaire, and c.e.o., and what i saw in both women, they are obviously very passionate about the work they do. staff of thousands of employees, add family life, there's a lot to juggle. i want to invite you to watch this story tonight during our 4:00 p.m. newscast, we are going to be discussing that balancing act, and we want to hear your perspective at home, whether you work in an office, maybe you are a stay at home mom. we want your perspective on that jug act on social media. 6:00 p.m., you will get to see my full report, and hear how these two women make it all work. first at 4:00, and 6:00. >> really good. i can tell, interesting topic. thanks a lot. good to see you. >> anchor: good to see you. students can pack healthy on the university of texas campus by strong opposition by students and faculty, it prevents typing some say they think it will help save lives. >> if there's a mass shooting, that can be stopped. >> now, the school did ban concealed carrying in dorms, student family member is allowed to carry a handgun while visiting. the military is struggling to provide care for the thousands of troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. the study grand40,000 casey's cases. many were not getting the minimum number of therapy. officials blame it on the lack of personnel. one of the top boxers in the world is losing support after he called people in day relationships worse than animals during a televised interview. he lost his contract with nike, who said it was severing ties with the boxer over comments. people in the community,, he has apologized on social media. today marks 50 years since the death of one of nascar's best, february 18, 2001, when he crashed on the last lap. only 49, he won 7 titles, one 500, and many other accolades. this year's deltona 500 is this sunday. back live, outside again, just a really nice looking day out there. these temperatures, wait until you hear more about what we will have this weekend. a look at the seven-day forecast when we come back. and in your community. >> anchor: the white house expected to announce historic plans for president obama to visit cuba, the first president to visit the island nation in nearly 90 years, when calvin coolidge visited in 1928. some of the republican cuban american presidential candidates quickly offered criticism. >> is that something you would do? with the cuban government, it is not just communist dictatorship, but anti-american. >> anchor: the trip has been expected since he normalized relations in 2014. hollywood could be joining in the fight against isis, john kerry showing his meeting in los angeles with a dozen studio executives and hollywood insiders. he says his idea is to fight back against isis propaganda videos with videos of our own. >> hollywood is one of the greatest competitive advantages we have as a country, it is reeverybodied around the planet, our second largest export. >> anchor: it is not the first time hollywood has teamed up with uncle sam. top gun became effective creating tool. apple is getting support from google in its encryption battle with the f.b.i.. the c.e.o. says apple is right unlock the iphone used by one of the san bernardino killers. they intend to fate all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >> the f.b.i. is lomd out of the iphone 5, apple is betting its customer base is not a company that hands over customer private information. the suste judge ordered apple to disable the auto erase feature, which wipes out its data if the wrong pass code is entered 10 times. apple c.e.o. says the tech giant doesn't have the technology and developing it would create a back door to not only that iphone but millions of devices. the white house defended the department of justice request. >> they are simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one device. >> as the war on terror and right to privacy collide, cnn says apple and the f.b.i. both have compelling yet competing >> apple is saying, even if you promise you are only going to use it once, it is going to get used again and again. >> google c.e.o. posted tweet wednesday siding with apple saying, we give law enforcement access to data based on valid legal orders but that is different than requiring companies to enable hacking of devices and data. publicly apple says it doesn't have the technology to do what the f.b.i. wants, but a top industry official says apple could theoretically write the software to comply with the ruling. >> anchor: in the two months since farcmp and his wife killed 14 people in the attack, the f.b.i. has been pouring over electronic and internet history, and discovered evidence he sympathized with radical groups. live to the mountains of north carolina, avery county look from sugar mountain. you can see looks like a glorious day. we have scares and snowboarders out. i think they may have had snow reasonable. last couple days. temperatures, though, warming up here, and i know they always tell me whether it is sugar, when it is 70 in charlotte, a lot of people don't think about skiing, but the conditions there are terrific. >> beach, mountain, sugar, all four or five inches of snow, and temperatures are cool enough to keep the snow in great condition. you might want to think about heading to the mountains. they are going to warm. then unfortunately, rain in the forecast once, but a gorgeous weekend with temperatures upper 60's. barely a cloud in the sky today. 50, at this hour. humidity, 38%, the dew point 25. the wind, dead calm in the charlotte area. 50 now, center city. 47 belmont, 49 arboretum. cool as we head into the afternoon. still holding into the upper 30 boone and blowing rock, 49 gastonia, wadesboro, and 48 cheraw. from our hd tower cam, power doppler radar, barely a cloud in the sky from the mountains all the way to the carolina coast. now, here's the voinl pattern. we have a big ridge of high pressure to the north, so it is that flow around the high keeping us cool, 39 cincinnati, 50 in charlotte. this ridge of high pressure is going to shift, it is going to southerly flow. that will allow us to warm into the mid 60's saturday, upper 60's sunday. unlike today, though, we will see more clouds in the forecast as we head into the weekend, saturday and sunday. 42 sunshine boone this afternoon. in the foothills, mainly sunny taylorsville and 5 foux wilkesboro. generally mid 50's across the piedmont, 54 concord, mooresville and monroe. in the sand hills, low to mid 50's, 52 in pageland, thursday afternoon. future cast for this evening, clear skies in charlotte, clear mountains tonight. as we head overnight we still have a lot of ice ahead of us for friday afternoon -- a lot of sunshine friday afternoon. partly cloudy skies for sat afternoon. mild temperatures and scattered rain shower possible up in the high country. we have more rain, though, in the forecast, early next week. 31 gastonia tomorrow morning, hickory. 27 in boone. again, lots of sunshine to end the week friday. 57 charlotte, 56 gastonia, and the upper 40's in boone and blowing rock. seven-day forecast, beautiful looking weekend, 57 friday afternoon, as we head overnight, skies, with an afternoon high of 65. temperatures on the southerly wind upper 60's sunday, but increasing cloud cover, probably mostly cloudy by sunday a chance of showers in the forecast, it ramps up monday it may linger. we will see a developing model which may bring our chances for rain up a little wednesday. we will keep an eye on that. certainly rain in the forecast monday and tuesday, much cooler 49 tuesday afternoon. >> anchor: thanks a lot. i tell you what, we got a terrific show coming up. i can't believe this is the 33rd annual showcase of wood carving, wonderful show filled with so much talent and ability. you have to see this, and look how you can do this, incredible i guess you can call hobby, for from the charlotte wood carvers, we really appreciate you being with us today. >> great to be here. >> this show is when. >> this weekend. >> saturday and sunday. >> anchor: right outside, real easy to get to. plenty of parking, great place to hold an event. how would you characterize this show? >> this is a great show for the east coast, we have people from all over the east coast, carvers new york, even some from oklahoma coming out for this show, so you will see some of the best in the country at this event. it is free. open to the public. it is a competition. people bring in the best carvings they have done the past two years to compete against other world class, we have novice and intermediateet competing as well, so it is for all levels, it is great to see. planned, so people interested or think they might be interested can come in and see some of the seminars, everything is free. we have vendors selling knives and books. >> wow. >> this is the largest wood carving show in the southeast. i want to get involved with the charlotte wood carvers, do i have to know how, or can i come in as a beginner? >> you can come in as a beginner. at the show, we have a table where people can get to know us. we have eight weeks of classes in our club that are completely free. we set you up with a kit that kind of gives you the gloves and knives, what you need to protect your hands. you start off with a block of wood, we create wonderful things. >> you can see. we are running out of time. i wish we did. that is a beginner. >> yes. how about that. we appreciate it. thanks for joining us. the showcase is this weekend, it is free. the forecast is next. >> anchor: sunny is and mild friday. >> the showcase of wood carving, >> 10:00 to 4. it is free. you will be able to buy carvings too. >> absolutely. other times, not so much. so it's good to know that mazola corn oil has 4 times more cholesterol blocking plant sterols than olive oil. and a 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