Well add up how much ice potential we have in a few minutes. Well check back with you in a few minutes. Avery county schools will be closed tomorrow, anson county, union county and Stanly County schools will be on a twohour delay. Cms has not announced any changes to its schedule. Cms students are supposed to be in class tomorrow as a make up day from last months snow. Well monitor any updates from School Districts across our area. Find the updates on wsoctv. Com. North carolina d. O. T. Crews are preparing the interstates working to make sure your morning drive is a safe one. Eyewitness News Reporter Alexa Ashwell learned they will work overnight to get the roads ready for the morning. Alexa . Reporter this cold air is setting the stage for tomorrows wintery weather. That is why local and state crews have pretreated main roads and interstates. This is a look at interstate 77 to come. Channel 9 was there this morning as ncdot crews fired up a fleet of more than 2dozen trucks hauling brine which help prevent the road from freezing. They use this to pretreat roads in Mecklenburg County so people like dan weis can get to work safely tomorrow. Ill be trafg up to winston driving up to winston salem. Hopefully it wont hinder that. Residents are keeping a close eye on the radar, an overnight dusting of snow expected to turn into light, freezing rain could wreak havoc during the Early Morning commute and want to be prepared. Make sure gas is in the suv. Put the car in the garage. We wont take it out. D. O. T. Is reminding drivers to watch out for the trucks on the road. Not only has the state called in back up to pretreat roads but charlottes department of transportation will have 32 trucks out on 12hour shifts treating at 16 routes starting tonight. Today they appreciate. It effects different businesses. It will be good and bad. Another live look at interstate 77, 1 of the many interstates ncdot pretreated today. Crews have gone home. Im told they will be back out 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow for any snow or ice removal that is necessary. Reporting live in north charlotte, Alexa Ashwell, channel 9, eyewitness news. Thanks a lexa. People are dealing with a bitter told valentines day rounding out the coldest week we have seen all season. Eyewitness News Reporter elsa gillis spoke with workers who will be stuck outside in the below freezing temperatures to. Love is in the air tonight and so is a major chill but that has not stopped people from going through with the valentines day plans. It is, of course, a big night for people to go out to dinner, the movies and be out enjoying the city. Some people tell me theyre planning on staying warm inside few extra layers before enjoying the dinner reservations. One group of people braving the cold, valet attendants. I went to dresslers restaurant that is completely booked so that means the valets have bibusy night ahead. I know ill be running around. It will get really cold. Got hand warmer s. Youll get good tips. Maybe people will try to show off for the girlfr. Most restaurants i spoke with told me the cold weather hasnt impacted reservations but i did speak with one hostess who had cancellations from people coming from the mountains as theyve already seen snow there. Reporting live in plaza midwood. Elsa gillis, channel 9, eyewitness news. People across the country are feeling the freezing temperatures and the effects from the winter storm. The National Weather service says portions of tennessee could get six inches of snow, much of the northeast woke up to record it was minus one in new york city and minus 19 in boston. Parts of vermont felt m 19degree temperatures. In the last 20 minutes, American Airlines said theyre expecting a major impact at Charlotte Douglas tomorrow morning. Airline officials have dozens of deicing trucks ready to go but they do expect delays and cancellations. We just checked. The majority of flights seeing delays or cancellations right now are out of new york and chicago. Our team of meteorologists will be monitoring this winter storm all night and into the Early Morning. We will have an update on the snow and ice moving into the area tonight at 11. You can also find all of our coverage on wsoctv. Com. The body of Justice Antonin Scalia was moved to a texas funeral home this morning. He died from a heart attack yesterday. On the heels of his death, politicians in washington are already fighting over whether or not president obama should nominate his replacement. Democrats say yes and the republicans, including North Carolina senator thom tillis say the next president should make that decision. In the meantime, cases will still be heard with just eight justices on the court. A year, 18 months, of 4 to 4 decisions by a divided court is completely unprecedented. Scalia served for three decades. He was 79 years old. Flags across the country are flying at half staff tonight to honor scalia. This is the flag outside the u. S. Supreme court. The flag on top of the white house was also lowered. North Carolina Governor Pat Mccrory ordered all u. S. And state flags to fly at half staff. Scalias passing could directly impact two North Carolina cases working their way up top the Supreme Court. One on prayer and county Commission Meetings and another on redrawing Congressional District lines. Tomorrow, lawmakers will hold multiple public hearings including one in charlotte regarding that redistricting case. That district 12 is drawn based on the race of voters and is unconstitutional. Earlier this week, that same panel said the march 15th primaries should not go forward until the case could be appealed. Developing tonight in lincoln county, North Carolina Highway Patrol says one person was killed after a threecar crash just five miles east of lincolnton. It happened around 8 00 last night on highway 150. Troopers say lisa gurdy was driving left of the center line when she side swiped another car and hit another head on. She died on scene. One person, 1 other person, had had nonlife threatening injuries. Tomorrow, a former lincolnton assistant fire chief accused of embezzling money from a fund of burned children is due in court. Investigators say bill fortenberry had been stealing money for five years before he was caught last year. The burned Childrens Fund tipped off police after it found account. Fortenberry resigned in september. Republican president ial candidate ben carson spent part of the day campaigning in fort mill. He had a speaking engagement at morning star ministries. They were in greenville last night for the final debate before next weeks South Carolina primary. Marco rubio will be in rock hill tomorrow morning for a town hall. That will start at 8 00 a. M. At the baxter hood center. Those who want to attend must rsvp. He is third in the polls in South Carolina, behind donald trump and ted cruz. A suspect connected to two Charlotte Bank robberies including one during broad daylight in ballantyne this week is due in court today. Cmpd charged lewis fight in the robbery at First Citizens bank along Jon Jay Delaney drive. They also linked him to this robbery at bb t bank on Mallard Creek road last month. Police arrested fight during a an overnight fire in East Charlotte caused 15,000 worth of damage on parsons street around 12 30. Charlotte firefighters say it was an electrical fire that started in the basement and moved to a back bedroom. A couple and their dog got out safely but theyre not able to stay in the home. Tonight. Im very shaken up and im very nervous but i know that god is by my side. I never had this happen to me and i hope it never happens to anybody else. Crews had the fire out in about 25 minutes. New data obtained by the state newspaper shows last year, South Carolina had the highest number of officer involved shootings since officials there first started tracking them in 1999. There were 448 cases in 2015 48 cases in 2015. In 26 of those, suspects pulled guns on officers. 45 from 2014 when only 18 officer involved shootings were reported. New at six, president obama and russian president putin spoke over the phone today about topics including syria and terrorism. Reports show both leaders expressed support for the cease fire in syria. Putin talked about the need to build a solid relationship with defense ministries to fight terrorism. The phone call was initiated by the united states. Some drivers in the central part of york county will have to find another way around for the next several months as South Carolina d. O. T. Crews replace a bridge over allison creekek starting tomorrow through early september, lincoln road will be closed. Drivers will be directed to use boyd and jim mccarter roads. Tonight, were hearing from a man who contracted zika virus for the first. I thought to myself it is new at six, the overwhelmings hard on your nose. From first sniffles to endless runny noses. Puffs plus lotion is soft. They help soothe irritationby locking in moisture better so you can face winter happily. A nose in need deserves puffs indeed. Try puffs softpack today. Out of nowhere i felt really, really, really strong headache. New at six, were hearing for the first time from someone infected with the quickly spreading zika virus. Doctors reported 20 cases in eight counties in florida creating a state health emergency. He was a medical student infected with the zika virus. He had a bad headache, rash, fever and pain behind his eyes. Zika virus. I had no idea what it was. I just knew i was sick so i thought it might be some other kind of disease. But back then i had never heard of it. After four days and a visit to the doctor, he had a clean bill of health. Charged for beating and killing a man are due in court tomorrow. Investigators say these men right here killed phillip burges last july in wadz bro. They tried to rob the in badz bro. They tried to rob wadesboro. They tried to rob the strict but he fought back. All but teal and demitri and teal are expected in court. Search and rescue crews in taiwan say they have stopped looking for survivors one week after a deadly earthquake. 116 people were killed in the 6. 4 magnitude quake which made a high rise apartment complex collapse. Three former executives of the company that built the apartments were arrested tuesday and face charges of profesesonal negligence resulting in death. Right now were tracking a mix of snow and freezing rain moving into charlotte in just a few hours. Meteorologist john ahrens is morning. John . In the more computer model were looking at it is more indicative that this will be a freezing rain event and will be coming down heavily. Most of this precipitation will be falling in a light manner. It will be enough to add for a big time problem on the roads. There will be a glazing of ice on the roads in the morning time and through the afternoon as well. Out ahead of the system, a few snow showers have broken through. It has been mainly flurries app Cross Cornelius and in huntersville. It is starting to stick a little bit in statesville direction. Actually more down 64 into taylorsville and stoney point through bethlehem and lenore is where we see the light snow. It starts to pick up through the high country. It is these areas specifically north of charlotte in the next few hours. Im concerned about and duel data showing it is more snow here from the precipitation. With the temperatures the way they are, way below freezing. 27 in salisbury. Anything will freeze on the roads. So youre taking your loved one out for dinner tonight. Take it easy. Consider cooking indoors because, you know, the roads will be tricky out this way before the storm really gets going. 28 right now in charlotte. That storm gets going after midnight tonight and this is what has been interesting, ive noticed the past couple of computer model runs. It doesnt bring snow here at august well look for the trend. It is certainly going to be a freezing rain deal. Have. It will be coming at us in waves through the morning time into lunch time and will be enough to provide that coating of ice. Take it easy out here. With the rate that this precipitation is falling, i Power Outages go. Just a huge danger on the roads. All the way in the mrng time into the early afternoon orning time into the early afternoon. By 5 or 6 00 it changes to all rain and washes the problems away. Threat tracker is ice. Stay on top of this. The weather app on facebook and twitter as well. I want to break down neighborhood by neighborhood ice accumulation. Well start to the north. Snow fall will add up here towards the high country but even here, the snow totals are a lot less. Ice, a 10th of an inch. That is huge. Travel up north over charlotte. Statesville, troutville. Over across lincolnton. Youre talking about an inch of snow but here, even a 10th of an inch of ice. Down across the charlotte area 44 100ths of an inch is significant. Wont see much snow at all a cruise charlotte and south of the border in lancaster, no snow period. A freezing rain advisory in effect for lancaster and chesterfield with at least a 10th of an inch of ice. The highest travel danger well see is in the morning time. The roads will be icy through lunch, theyll slowly change to rain after that. Here is your fiveday forecast. Dont want to forget. That there will be heavy rains early tuesday for the morning drive by that point. In the meantime it will be very icy tomorrow morning. Take it easy on the roads, give yourself time to get to work. A lot of people want to see the snow fall. It wont be a big snow lovers paradise. It is a lot of ice. Historic run in qualifying byhey, guys, its annie. Now, if youre anything like me, youre always looking for ways your weekly grocery trip. Well, with walmart every day lowprices, saving money while keeping thepantry full. Thats easier than you think. In headtohead shopping, the total at walmart beat thatof bilo. Charlotte, the total amountsaved at walmart vs. Bilo was 24. 37 on this weeks groceries thats 20 . So head to walmart and seewhat you every. He may not be old enough to get into a bar but is old enough to drive and drive really, really fast. Chase elliott made history as the youngest driver to win the last year it was jeff gordon taking the pole. This time it was Ricky Elliott be making it backtoback years on the pole for the motor car. Elliott had the top speed 196. 314 miles an hour to be exact. Chase and his father, bill, are the fourth father son combo to win the daytona 500 pole. Im so thankful for this opportunity. Opportunities dont come twice and i want to make the most of this one. It is a special, cool way to start the 2016 season. This entire team did a great job on the car. We would love to have it to race on sunday. It is fast. How did the rest of the feel look . Penske who had the fastest time in practice will start in 12th speed with speeds over 194 miles an hour. Two stewart drivers will have to they were disqualified after failing post daytona inspections. The track bars were off by a quarter of an inch. Truax failed to attempt issue. They finished second to elliott. It is kenseths first career front row start in daytona. This is the first time. You want to be in the front row. Just a big thanks to everybody at jjr. Theyre a huge part of this. Everybody at toyota and drt making these so fast. It has been a turbulent couple of weeks away from chapel hill. The tar heels 3 game road trip began with backtoback losses in louisville and notre dame follow will williams collapsing in a huddle thanks to vertigo. All things appear to be back to student section as feisty as ever. Im sure the team fed off the crowd. Tar heels lead by six with under nine to play. Kennedy meeks with the block. The heads up play to Justin Jackson who hits jackson. Heels led by 13 at the break. Second half it is a 130 run by carolina sealing the win. It is page dialing it up from long distance, carolina in cruise control. 8564. That is a nice tune up before battling duke on wednesday night. Thanks wintery mix. It is starting to add up on highway 321. Overnight tonight is when the greatest danger will occur. Thanks for making thanks for donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. S knows winter. Is hard on your nosetheres the endless runny noses. The sneezes that just wont quit and of course, the biting cold of snow day play. Thats why puffs is soft. Puffs plus lotion tissues. Are gentle on skin. They help soothe irritation bylocking in moisture better. So you can get out and enjoy winter a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. For softness that fitsanywhere, try puffs softpack. Welcome to world news tonight. Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia. And now, the battle to replace him. The conservative titan of americas highest court. Brilliant, sharp, provocative. His sudden death in an election year. Obama vowing to appoint his successor. The new justice could shape the Supreme Court for a generation. Southern brawl. The fiery Republican Debate in South Carolina, the next primary state. The rowdiest, loudest, and angriest yet. The World Trade Center came down during your brothers reign. Remember that. Arctic express. The bitter blast of subfreezing cold. Bonechilling and dangerous. The whiteouts. The accidents. And the new winter storm on the move. 100 Million People in the way. And, deadly stunt . The zooming car. Then the fiery accident, killing three young women. Did a new social media trend, an app that clocks your speed, encourage the young driver to go too fast . Good evening. Sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the developing news after the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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