it happened just before 6:00 last night at the mcdonald's on highway 321. 22-year-old yonge is charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. police say he shot 22-year-old and 28-year-old after domestic dispute. layle died at the scene. watts is in the hospital in critical condition. you may have run into issues in northwest charlotte this morning driving. a tractor-trailer took out the powerlines on bradford drive. lights started malfunction later on brook shire. police say the driver ran from the scene. no injuries were reported. crews are still working to clear the scene. 800 people are still without power at this hour. governor mccrory has ordered the north carolina department of transportation to get out of the contract for the i-77 toll lane the move after a company building a similar road in texas declared bankruptcy. we have more on this change of course. >> reporter: wbtv investigation brought us out last month, we wanted to drive the highway, see for ourselves what was going on in texas on highway 130. it was an eye opening experience. not many drivers were on the highway. i want to show you video, what we brought back from texas, highway 130. now it is bankrupt as of yesterday. the company that operates that road declared bankruptcy just last night. we broke that news on wbtv. it is owned by cintra, contracted to build the i-77 toll lane. north carolina transportation secretary is looking for ways to break the contract. that is welcome news to the >> at the end of the day, you have used texas as the poster child of why this is great financially, and from program perspective, so now it really blows up in their face. >> we reached out to cintra. they told us the bankruptcy will have no effect on the i-77 toll lane project. officials say they have no time table moving forward but will be sending our the secretary of transportation to have a face to texas monday. we will continue to follow the story on wbtv. >> this is making political fodder ways after news of cintra filing bankruptcy, attorney general, a democrat running for governor, released a statement in response, and said in part, even the governor has to dited now he cut a bad deal for north carolina. he should stop stalling and should have been signed. >> four member robbed a southeast charlotte convenience store at gunpoint, four suspects have been arrested. we brought you this this morning. police say two men went inside the store, pulled out a gun, stole cash, from behind the register. they ran across the street to a car waiting on they happen. canine units were able to track down the suspects. no one was injured in the robbery. the names of the suspects have not been released. live outside now, the charlotte skyline from our h hd tower cam, it is not a bad looking day. what about the situation in regard to rain perhaps, snow in the mountains? in the first alert severe weather. >> john, seeing it already with high clouds beginning to filter in across the area. take a look at our camera from unc charlotte. we are covered with that thin high overcast. the afternoon. power doppler, partly to mostly cloudy in charlotte. just starting to see some of that precipitation slide in, so really from lexington, kentucky, to bristol, virginia, and atlanta, this system pushing into the mountains, boone and blowing rock, avery county, seeing light snow showers. that will pick up in the afternoon and evening. for the mountains, banner elk, boone, west jefferson, a winter weather advisory in effect this evening until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the highest elevations, especially the crest and toward tennessee, will be looking at the possibility of one to four inches of new snow by friday morning. then we are clearing out and warming up in the weekend. 44 in charlotte. humidity, 35% with southeast wind, 7 miles an hour. it is 42 high river, 33 in boone and 44 in charlotte. we have the rain in the charlotte area this evening. tomorrow morning and clear out as we head into the weekend, saturday and sunday. next week, temperatures in the 70's. a look at the extended forecast coming up. >> anchor: early voting for is underway. you can vote early at 17 sites in mecklenburg county. photo identification required will be enforced for earlyvorts and voters that go to the polls march 15. we have a link on our website where you can find everything you need to know. early voting is march 12 being the primary is march 15. charlotte chapter of naacp protesting voter id right arm and shorter period for early voting today. the group will hold a march to the polls tonight at finite, little rock church on north mcdowell. the panthers have released long time defensive end charles johnson. string injury. he entered from university of 2007 draft. he has been a great player. head coach says he has had a very good career as a panther, and i have enjoyed coaching him the past five years. charlotte-mecklenburg school board members are continuing their search to find a new superintendent. last week's meeting the board failed to come up with a timeline to find someone to succeed clark, members are holding another meeting today, starting a few minutes ago at the government center. next, north carolina taking steps to combat the zika virus. before it has a chance to become a bigger issue here. plus, the battle between apple and the f.b.i. continues today. we will tell you what big fellow tech giant. >> north carolina taking steps to protect you from the zika virus. according to the raleigh news, state department of health and human services is hiring two medicalentmologists, to track two types capable of the virus live in the state. they eliminated a public health test management program several years ago. the company's -- country's biggest tech companies are throwing support behind apple. facebook, google, microsoft, snap chat, and yahoo expected to file briefs that would back apple. the top u.s. airlines won a piece of the cuban travel market submitting applications to the flights to cuba, looking to fly between havana and miami. some of the flights, boston, new york, l.a., and denver, and american has filed to fly direct from charlotte to cuba. no longer allowed to use ecigarettes on airplanes. yesterday, a ruling banned the use. it is designed to protect passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes. they can carry them on planes but are not allowed to charge batteries during flight. paying with your smart phone, that is nothing new, put how about without taking it out of your pocket? a hands-free mobile payment system, to download an app. when they approach the checkout counter, it sends the payment to the cashier, who uses photos, to confirm you are who you are supposed to be who you are. technology. live outside again, the charlotte skyline, we have we are looking at rain today. hope you have the umbrellas with you at work right now. the seven-day forecast, we are looking into the weekend. first, wbtv always on your side and in your community. by building mattresses and box springs in our own local factories, >> anchor: mitt romney hoping to have i a -- a say in the next he says in donald trump wins, hillary clinton will become president. more on romney's speech and trbl 's response. >> mitt romney is delivering a speech in utah today with one goal in mind, stopping donald trump from winning the republican presidential nomination. in prepared remarks, romney calls him a phony and fraud saying his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. he is playing the american public for suckers, he gets a free ride to the white house. all we get is a lousy hat. trump responded saying why did mitt romney have endorsement four years ago? >> he is tough, smart, sharp. >> reporter: he says he regrets his endorsement. >> that was an election that should have been won by the catastrophe. >> reporter: it reflects growing the remaining candidates have strategies on how to stop him. senator marco rubio appears to be trying to split votes and spread out the delegates. >> people are saying, please, everyone get together so we can keep this front runner from winning and destroying the party. >> reporter: he wants cruz out so he can take on trump head to head. >> if we are going to beat trump the field can't remain fractured. >> reporter: they will take their shots at trump in tonight's g.o.p. debate. >> anchor: trump will be facing fox host kelly the first time since a daytona august when trump took exception to some of the questions. the claim senator cruz is ineligible to be president goes before a new york judge today. he was born in canada, his mother is american. most scholars agree that makes him a citizen under the constitution. the matter has never been his opponent and individual cases questioning eligibility. a panel of three federal judges will hear the appeal in the deflate gate case. last year, they nullified the suspension of brady. today judges will hear from the league and nfl players association. could take months, though, to announce a decision. if the ruling is upheld, the nfl could continue appeal. if it is overturned, he could be forced to sit out the first four games of the next season. new information, officials in turkey say police in istanbul shot and killed two women who earlier attacked a riot police station. they opened fire and pulled a hand grenade. they ran from the scene hiding in a building not far from the police station. police surrounded the building, there was no immediate claiming of responsibility for the attack. japan and the united states reaffirmed importance of bilateral ties in a ceremony, to remember the fifth anniversary of earthquake and tsunami in northeast japan, and u.s. military efforts to respond. 20,000 u.s. soldiers and 20 vessels including nuclear powered carrier took part in the largest u.s. military relief operation. >> all right. we are going to talk weather here because as we said earlier in the show, watauga county, avery county schools letting out early today because of anticipation of what could be snowy stuff up there. >> anchor: already snowing on the eastern side of the mountains, western side, i should say, moving into the north carolina high country. we are looking at rain in the charlotte area. several inches of snow possible we are seeing the high clouds move in across the area. they will thicken up and here as we head into the afternoon and evening. that's why you want to keep the umbrella handy not so much the next couple hours, after 5:00, certainly rain showers possible. and more cloud cover across the area. there's the snow pushing into eastern tennessee and north carolina mountains. this system treching from indianapolis all the way to georgia and alabama, so it comes closer as we head the next couple hours, that's why we have winter weather advisories starting tonight, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. for most of the north carolina mountains. that includes boone and blowing rock, west jefferson, and banner elk. we are talking about one to four inches of snow possible in the higher elevations. certainly accumulated snow this afternoon. you have showers and thunderstorms, now in the upstate of georgia. that snow is pushing into the see watauga, ashe, avery, already looking at light snow falling. it has been relatively cold the last 24 to 36 hours, so it will stick relatively quickly on area roads in the high country. 44 in charlotte. humidity, 35%, with a southeast wind at 7 miles an hour. 33 boone, 43 morganton, 42 hickory, 45 in monroe. and highs only climb into the upper 20's and low 30's today the high country. the foothills, warmer, 45 lenoir taylorsville. 51 wilkesboro. 51 charlotte and monroe. and to the sand hills, low to mid 50's, 54 in pageland, 55 this afternoon in cheraw. our computer model brings the snow into the mountains, 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. can you see that snow is rather heavy for a few hours. then we get a round of rain showers across the area, with rain toward 2:00 a.m. friday morning with lingering snow showers the high country. look how quickly this clear skies out, friday afternoon, off the coast, and high pressure builds as we head into the weekend. more sunshine and warming temperatures friday, saturday, and sunday. our rain chances pretty much nil as we head into the weekend, pretty much through the middle of the next week. overnight lows upper 20's, snow showers for the mountains, upper 30's in the charlotte area. friday afternoon, sunny skies, chilly 41, boone, 56 morganton and 57 tomorrow afternoon in the seven-day forecast, i think you will like the weekend. we are featuring sunshine and warming trend, 59 saturday to 63 sunday. and then look at the temperatures next week, right now, partly cloudy and 71 tuesday, mid 70's looking down wednesday. that's the forecast. over to you. >> thanks. i tell you what, we have a great shopping event coming up here, spectacular. you are going to want to take part am you maybe able to find something, the price will astound you. the tar heels kids consignment, spring 2016 sale. tell us, this is big, isn't it. >> it is huge. >> how big is it? >> oh, we fill the arena with all of our goodies. we have something for everyone. we have the infants to juniors. clothing, strollers, games, books, you name it, we have it. >> anchor: make sure everybody knows, this starts when. >> this evening. >> how about that, so you better get ready. what is the time. >> 6:00 to 9:00. >> anchor: through. >> it runs through saturday. >> anchor: special tips, when i need to be there, how the prices are going to be. >> you want to get there early this evening, everything is regular price, 6:00 to 9. is and tomorrow, we reopen, and we are open from 9:00 to 4:00, and then tomorrow evening, i'm sorry, saturday, we have so many different times. saturday, 9:00 to 4:00, 50% off. most items. items are marked 50% off. then we open for a special saturday night fever, 6:00 to 9:00, special select items are 65% off. >> oh, my gosh. can't do better. thoos are these are some of the items. >> easter outfits, diaper bags, in time for sports season, shoes books. >> anchor: everything you can imagine. there will be thousands of items there. you don't want to miss it. thanks for joining us. of course, we will have the you have to be there. >> you don't want to miss it. >> it is a great thing. the forecast is next. >> snow in the mountains, we have a winter weather advisory, one to four inches higher elevations, you could find slick roads this afternoon and evening. weekend, mostly sunny, 69 saturday, 63 sunday. on wednesday. >> anchor: don't let that fool you. ski season is still underway. sugar, appalachian, beach weekend.tt0w!tx#hi!!%4@-*! tt0w!tx#hi!!el@- &l tt0w!tx#hi!!ed@-&$( tt0w!tx#hi%!)8h-fzt tt0w!tx#hi%!kzh-[5( tt0w!tx#hi%!n-h-.\$ tt0w!tx#hi%!0ph-0;< tt0w!tx#hi%!s"h- i\ tt0w!tx#hi%!ueh-#+, tt0w!tx#hi%!7hh-?)x >> abby: how could we not know? how could we all be fooled into thinking that marco was uncle jack? >> victoria: what about kelly? how is ben handling that part? >> abby: he doesn't know yet. or at least he hasn't heard from me. he's been at the hospital all night, and kelly's role in this hasn't hit the news yet. >> victoria: it's gonna kill him. >> abby: or it'll make him kill someone else. um... hey, i have to go. ben's here. >> victoria: tell him, uh... i don't know. tell him we're all so sorry. >> abby: thank you. hey. >> stitch: hi, baby. how you doing? >> abby: hi. >> stitch: [ sighs ] made it home in time to take max to school. now i'm all yours. how you holding up with all the press? >> abby: uh, i'm not worried about them at the moment. >> phyllis: okay, leave me alone. i do not have a comment. >> mrs. abbott, care to explain

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