needs to get it fixed. >> the cold snap will be the longer it will run. it's hard when people don't have preventive maintenance performed. >> reporter: we checked with several companies about who told us they have gotten a steady stream of calls with broken heating so it's been broken thermostats, igniters or frozen drains. weather and traffic every ten minutes on "eyewitness news" daybreak at 5:00 a.m. mark taylor is monitoring dozens of d.o.t. cameras for us. right now, any issues so far? >> so far so good. we'll keep a close eye from gaston county, which was slammed yesterday. we're off to a good start from gastonia. there are new problems. you under for a cold ride this morning. looking down in south charlotte now, 77 in nation's fort. the traffic volume is light i just checked in with highway patrol, there are no issues, but as soon as that changes, we'll let you know. superintendent ann clark will keep her position for another year. last night, leaders voted to extend her contract while they continued to search for a replacement. gee bruno is -- joe bruno is live outside. joe clark's contract would have expired in just a few months. >> the fist thing clark will do since receiving that extension is come here to shamrock gardens elementary and greet school bus drivers in honor of bus safety week. it was a late night for clark and the entire school board. a packed meeting chamber says the school board vote 6-3 to extend clark's contract to june 2017. some school board members said they needed for replacement. clark has been in the role since 2014 when she officially took over for dr. heath morrison who suddenly resigned. the vote gives the board more superintendent and time to focus on student reassignment and budget priorities, something parents were asking for. >> i think we may have difficulty agreeing whether we think she's done a good or bad job, but i hope we can agree on the process to follow moving forward. >> reporter: the board's national search for a replacement will continue and a time line will be established in two weeks. coming up, a passionate plea from parents whose children are facing potentially reassignment due to this survey. joe bruno, channel 9 "eyewitness news." right now, channel 9 is following every development in the race for president. several hopefuls will be vying for votes in south carolina. donald trump, kasich, cruz are all holding conferences in the palmetto state. bernie sanders claimed victory hillary clinton by more than 20 points. >> we won because we harness the energy and the excitement that the democratic party will need to succeed in november. >> i actually think they like me a lot, and then all of a sudden we started getting numbers in. everyone said how come they like trump so much? i have so many friends up here. >> franklin graham held a prayer rally at south carolina's statehouse yesterday. as the political spotlight starts to shift to south carolina, graham is visiting all 50 states ahead of the november election. he's urging voters to pick a candidate to uphold bubblal prince -- biblical principles. >> walls are meant for protection. it's to keep bad people out. >> tomorrow, channel 9 will be republican president until forum. ben carson and ted cruz right now have confirmed to attend but that could be changing. the republican primary is the 20th. the democratic primary is february 27th. we've got a section dedicated to the election on our web site, wsoctv.com. you can find that under the news tab. right now, we have new developments in the trial of a man accused of killing a lenoir couple 25 years ago. the jury will begin deliberating today to decide the fate of william murphy. deputies is he he shot and killed these two inside of their home in 1990. during closing arguments, the defense argued there was no physical evidence linking murphy to the murder scene, only his brother and sister who implicated him. murphy could face the death penalty if convicted. this morning, rock hill police need your help finding a man wanted for attempted murder. boozer stabbed him monday night then threatened to shoot him at a home. the victim is expected to survive. police plan to charge boozer with attempted murder once he is arrested. experts say lower gas prices could be contributing to the spike. last year, south carolina roads had 942 fatal crashes, 120 more than 2014. there were 880 deadly crashes in north carolina last year, up from 840 the year before. it's part of a regional increase in traffic deaths. experts say it is partly because of an increase in the number of drivers because of the lower gas prices. >> one of the downsides to a good economy is traffic deaths tend to go up. we've seen that historically. unfortunately, we're seeing it again. >> experts say the steep jump was also because there was an unusually low number in 2014. continue falling this year. >> the year long nationwide average could drop below $2 for the fist time since 20 -- first time since 2004. part of the department of energy experts the national average for 2016 ton $1.98 and expects crude crude oil prices to be $11 low their year than last year. analysts with gas buddy tell usa today they expect isolated areas to have $.99 gas. wow. charlotte gas prices are averaging $1.72, a penny less of the state-wide average. south carolina's average is $1.74. you can find more by going to our web site, wsoctv.com. scroll over the traffic tab and click on gas prices. weather and traffic every ten minutes. we need to make sure we're >> hopefully you have a small tank and it doesn't take you long to fill up. we're looking athe a clear picture from our charlotte camera. our air is bone dry so not a lot of frost to deal with. yesterday morning, i mentioned the 20s across the ohio valley. those are here. now there are teens moving into the ohio valley. those will be here tonight. so it will keep spilling in. look at the windchills well below zero in the higher elevations of avery county. there's still a bit of snowfall out there. we'll tell you how much more snow could add up through the day today. the time is 5:09. how are we looking on 85, mark? >> southbound coming great south through concord. the traffic volume is light and you have plenty of room to move southbound checking some of the drive times. if you are heading out of salisbury this morning heading the drive time technology is showing here at 68 miles per hour coming south towards china grove in five minutes. if you are heading from china grove, 64 miles per hour closer to uptown charlotte around the 277 loop, 66 miles per hour. no accidents for the secondary roads at this time. wall street futures are rebounding this morning. take a look. it was after the market closed down yesterday, but the dow is up 138 points right now in the future trading. nasdaq is up 55. the stock market has been fluctuating in the first six weeks of the year with experts using terms like bull and bear markets. simbly put, bull market means it is trending up. down. we've had mostly a bull market for the past five years, but it's switching over to a bear market with a 20% dip from the highest point last year. doesn't cause a recession, but it can predict a recession. i think that's what everyone is grappling with. everybody likes to see the energy sector stocks. they have been suffering because of the falling price of oil. panthers quarterback cam newton is make nothing apologies for being a sore loser. >> i'm human. i never once that i was perfect. >> ahead at 5:45, the support he's getting from his teammates and the change rob rivera believes could have helped him after the super bowl. >> at 5:30, the previous arrests that could help prosecutors build their case. a story you won't want to miss this morning. the smallest surviving baby ever born in the carolinas is home with her family after weeks of intensive care. s morning, the jury selection will resume in a trial for a man charged with killing a convenience store owner salisbury more than three years ago. investigators say the trio robbed the store in december 2012. watson admitted to pulling the trigger killing the store owner. counselors will be at a elementary school after a teacher was hit and killed in the school's parking lot. brandon kinkade, who was wheelchair bound was a second grade teacher in goldsboro. a day care bus hit kinkade. he later died. he was also a youth pastor at his father's church, and he and his wife were expecting their first child. wayne county school superintendents say kinkade left a tremendous impact on students and teachers alike. >> i think this was his life's passion, and it just is breaking my heart. the impact he's had on these children, it just shouldn't >> school officials say students may have witnessed police are still investigating. struggling retail giant sears is moving quickly to close many of its stores accelerating the closing of at least 50 of what they are calling the most unprofitable stores. the retailer originally planned to shut the stores down over the next few months but poor holiday sales has them speeding upp time line. this morning, toyota is recalling 28,000 of its scion brand vehicles because of a key ignition problem. they were from 2013 through 2015 model years. toyota says in some cases the mechanism that holds the key into ignition may not have been connected for delivery. the company says dealers will check the key/location mechanism. if it doesn't work, they'll activate it. this morning, one of the smallest surviving babies born her parents in charlotte. doctors delivered elea mcgee back in september by emergency c-section. she was only 10 ounces. that is the weight of two baseballs. over the past two months, though, doctors and nurses in the neonatal intensive care yoon have it had to help her breathe, control body temperature, and monitor her nutrition. >> had she been born 10 or 15 years ago, it's very unlikely she would have survived. she is a miracle. >> this is my prize. i'm pretty excited. i'm nervous. i've got anxiety, but this is my winner here. i'm excited. >> doctors say she will still have to be fed through a tube for now, but with her parents' love and dedication there's no reason she should not grow to be a healthy girl. she is a beautiful baby. >> it looks like they used a dress from a doll. >> yeah. >> that's smaller than a can of coke. >> that's like a kitten. >> thankful that she is doing well. welcome home. i wish we had a warmer day for her to go home. >> yeah. >> it is cold out there. they have to find a really thick doll sized coat, i good's. layers, layers, layers. we have the cold but in the mountains from resortcams.com is showing a lot of snow on the ground. midwest of avery county had between 4 to 8 inches of snow. it's not really snowing heavily anymore, but you will still see blowing snow and at times a burst of light snow. additional accumulations look small in the mountains today. the lighter blue shading is definitely less than an inch. banner up through beach mountain, you may see another inch, but it won't add more insult to injury. up more and the windchill values will tank into tonight. 23 in charlotte, clear skies. jefferson is in the middle teens. the windchill will still hover below zero. the bitter cold is here. plenty of sun and plenty of blue skies so you need the sunglasses still, but you need a lot to go on top of as well with the hat, the scarves and gloves. it takes until lunchtime to get above freezing. likely staying below 40 for the highs today and will feel like 20s with the windchill. the wind will be gusting well over 30 miles per hour for the mountains. see the colors filling in, in charlotte today? it will be suggestion stained 15 to 20 with gusts 25 or higher. that will keep that biting chill in place. tonight when the winds die down, we're forecasting 16. the record low tomorrow is 12. it won't be that far away from it. that's an old one, too, set it's going to be cold all the way through the weekend. here's your five-day forecast. temperatures struggle to get into the 40s for the next several days. as the next wave of cold air starts to roll in this weekend it's 13 sunday morning. believe it or not, the worst of it is not even here. the valentine's day plans saturday into sunday will stay cold. stay on top of the weather, especially with the temperatures this week with our latest edition of wsoc-tv app. let's head out on the roads on this wednesday morning. mark? >> yeah, live uptown charlotte, the right lane is blocked between brevard and college with the blue line construction scheduled to start. the right lane is closed. this will be that way until february 19th. something to keep in mind obviously right now not having a huge impact but could later you can use 277 or 9th street as alternate routes. if you are heading out towards the uptown area using the major thoroughfare, 77 to uptown, 8- minute ride. 85 from the university area to uptown 65 miles per hour. that's going to take about 11 minutes. thinking about quitting your job? you are not alone. at 5:30, the reason more americans are voluntarily quitting their job and the pressure that's putting on employers. >> the man accused of a string of robberies has been charged with similar crimes before. ahead at 5:30, the reason the charges were dropped and the way prosecutors hope to use that old evidence to their advantage. charter school and steps charter school and s 5:24 now. administrators say if your child has any flu-like symptoms, don't send them to school today. the health department was notified after several students got sick but won't say how many. they've now started cleaning desks, doorknobs, and other items twice a day. >> he had a fever of 101. >> i kept her home giving her medicine, sleep, rest, chicken soup, and all of that. i will keep her home tomorrow, too, just as a precaution. >> the health department is giving the school guidance from the cdc and the state to contain the illness. it says, however, outbreaks like this are common during the flu season. new this morning, south carolina once again sued the federal government over an unfinished project to convert nuclear weapons components into reactor fuel. the lawsuit accuses the federal government of acting unconstitutionally and also looks for daily fines of $1 million and plutonium removal. the project is years behind schedule, billions overbudget. the federal government was supposed to remove 1 metric ton of plutonium or pay fines. the governor said "the contractual penalty owed to south carolina is $1 million per day until they support we've made it clear that a deal is a deal. we will not be a dumping ground and not allow this agreement to be broken." a man rushed to the hospital with severe burns after a bizarre attack. >> the next thing i know, the man put a gun to my cheek, didn't say a word and pulled the trigger. >> the interaction he had with the suspect before the attack. >> the cold is here this morning. no doubt about it. clear and cold. i'll show how the wind will make it dramatically worse this afternoon. >> reassignment survey is still the nation gnat pl anxious parents packed a cms meeting to express their concerns about plans to shuffle thousands of students to different schools. >> i do not want the board to continue making decisions that cost us in more ways than just >> the way the plan influences the decision to keep superintendent ann clark on for another year and the next steps in the process. >> it's about to get a lot colder than freezing. the time line to when the temperatures will drop into the teens in our area. yikesp. good wednesday morning to you. i'm stephmy maxwell. >> i'm john paul. let's get a check on the forecast with keith monday in severe weather center 9. we can't say you didn't warn us. >> it's been coming in and will continue to spill in through the next couple of days. the numbers will keep coming down not just this morning but definitely by tonight. we're already at 20 at mountain island lake. most of the city is still in the low to mid-20s but it is going to probably get even colder before the morning wraps up as more of the chill spills back in. the winds will kick up during the day today. as we go through the afternoon, even though we get close to 40 with all of the sunshine it will be beautiful today and the make it feel like 20s. the windchill is much more severe in the mountains. how the weekend plans, valentine's day, it's going to likely be even colder than what we were seeing out there for right now. stephanie? we want to give you a live look as you can see the snow covering the streets. crews have a lot of work there. look how thick that snow is packed on those roads. ash, avery county schools are closed because of the snow and the dangerous windchillsp this. is the third day in a row the districts have called off classes. taking a look at the live pictures here, you can see why. channel 9 was in avery county where so far this year students have missed seven days because of the snow, but the superintendent told us parents should not be worried. the district will make it up by day earlier in the year. avery county normally averages close to 18 snow days a year. >> didn't go a single a in january, so compared to that, missing seven's not too bad. for the first time in a long, long time, we didn't miss any days before christmas. >> walled well county superintendent announced days to make up after last month's snow and ice storm. they make up the days on february 19th and march 24th. march 24th will only be a half day for the students. the snow can create a mess, especially on the roads. some businesses rely on it to bring in business. skiers and snowboarders are flooding the resorts across our area providing much-needed revenue after the warm december. meanwhile, other businesses like oil companies are working late to catch up on orders for home heating oil. let's check in now with traffic team 9's mark taylor to >> no big problems as you are heading out and getting to your destination on time. green conditions after the secondary roads. i wanted to check the construction zone southbound on 85 from china grove to nc73. 68 miles per hour even through the construction zone. inbound 29 as well heading through the blue line through the lower connector. 33 miles per hour, but no issues there. for folks heading towards uptown, we will have lane closures on 12th street. you've got that right lane blocked. john? channel 9 was there as dozens of parents filled this cms board meeting about the plan to shift thousands of students to different schoolsp. >> joe prune know is live in east charlotte. as you told us 30 minutes ago, the student reassignment plan played a key part in keeping >> reporter: yeah, it is a very controversial plan that impacts all students in the district and many parents wanted clark to see it through. right now, the dozens of parents who attended last night's school board meeting are in the process of taking a survey so board members can gauge how parents feel about the schools. the results could dramatically change how they go to school. parents packed the meeting to voice their support and concerns. >> taking this opportunity to bring greater equity across charlotte by reducing the concentration of high poverty schools. >> dismantling successful schools within communities carefully chosen by parents will not fix the fundamental problems of failing schools. >> reporter: here's what's coming next for the controversial plan. the survey comes to an end february 22nd. there will be a vote on student assignment goals at the school board meeting the next day and a consultant will be hired by this spring, the board will vote on whether to put the plan into action for the 2017 to 2018 school year. coming up in 30 minutes, the reason why some school board members said it was critical to extend ann clark's contract to oversee this plan. joe bruno, "eyewitness news." previous charges from years ago could come back into play for this charlotte man here who is accused in a string of violent robberies. police say orr assaulted a woman and took her car at a motel in north charlotte then robbed two convenience stores at gunpoint. last year he was found not guilty in similar robberies. witnesses could not say for sure orr was the man who robbed him. prosecutors could use the cases against him if they can show there is a pattern. >> was he using a mask this time? i don't know. that would be one of the things that would say this is the common scheme or plan. one of the latest robberies who said he did not have a mask but was wearing a bandanna covering his face. experts say that could be enough. stopping an order to redraw congressional districts by next week. lawmakers were ordered to redraw district boundaries ahead of next week's primary. judges ruled the lines were unfairly drawn based on race. the district includes parts of charlotte and greensboro. the state says line s cannot be redrawn because primary voting is already under way in some areas. count on channel 9 to let you know if the supreme court takes up this case. vice president joe biden will be in north carolina talking about the new national initiative to eliminate cancer. the vice president will speak at duke university. during his state of the union obama called on the vice president to lead his moon shot initiative. earlier this month the white house announced $1 billion to jump start the program. the fbi is now investigating the shooting death of the oakboro police chief's niece. >> amy boger was found dead inside of her stanly county home on friday. stanly county sheriff burris won't see if he thinks someone killed her or if he thinks it could have been a suicide. the family says there's no way she would have killed herself. >> amy was the most kindhearted, loving individual. everybody's just in shock. it hasn't set in yet. >> no one has been charged in the investigation right now. boger's estranged husband is the town's former chief of police. there will be a visitation for her tomorrow and a funeral from you in oakboro. a doctor accused of sexually assaulting three female patients surrendered his the accusers say they happened at his office during medical checkups. since his arrest, several other accusers stepped forward with similar claims. a charlotte man who shot at police officers will now spend the next five years in prison. on tuesday, a jury found owe more cook guilty of two counts of shooting at the officers who were searching his home two years ago. prosecutors wanted the jury to murder. we have new information this morning about how many people have taken drug tests in carolina. raleigh lawmakers heard yesterday less than 90 tests happen in social services. drugs. the governor vetoed the interest saying they could be intrusive but lawmakers it is ash wednesday. an uptown charlotte church is making it'sy for people. this is video have last year. worshipers can get the ashes on their forehead even if they don't have time to stop inside of the church itself. pastors will be outside. we have weather and traffic every ten minutes. here's meteorologist keith monday, and he is following these cold, cold temperatures. >> it will get more windy as the day go as long. see how the clouds don't make it farther into the high country? in the mountains, additional snow showers are falling. dusting out there, but it keeps it blustery and cold. we may not hit 40 for this afternoon. i'm looking ahead to your weekend plans for valentine's day and saturday night and how cold it will be by then. 20 minutes until 6:00. how are we looking out there at 277? >> reporter: great. near 277, great shot out of the skyline. it is clear this morning and quiet. if you are heading out, it's plenty of room to move inbound and outbound. if you are traveling towards monroe, union county commuters are not facing big issues there. looking towards sharon avenue, you can see through the lane shift that the traffic volume is light to moderate with no big issues at 5:40. we do have construction starting in the blue line in the next ten minutes. the families of three muslim students murdered allegedly over a parking dispute are still waiting for justice. head at 6:15, the way friends year anniversary of their death today. quarterback cam newton is promising fans another trip to the super bowl as he defends his actions on and off the field. >> i think emotions take over. >> next this morning, the special tribute from his teammates as they cleaned out their lockers for the season. >> identity thieves don't just target adults, they target children. >> kids have nice, pristine numbers. >> the new way to protect your children. >> i don't want him to have to go through what i went through. >> an action ugh. now at havertys furniture, it's our annual presidents day sale. which means it's the perfect time to create the perfect home. now through february 15th, everything in our store is on sale. no interest financing. come in today for our best prices of the year. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. sfx: knocking. we're early! the presidents day sale. from classic to contemporary, havertys. 5:44 now. panthers quarterback cam newton faced harsh criticism for walking out of the post game press conference. >> his teammates are sticking by him. >> we love you, cam. s about. >> the players chanted we love cam as they keened out their lockers yesterday. -- cleaned out their lockers yesterday. he pointed out he could be a sore loser but his coach and teammates jumped to his defense. >> at the enterof the day when you invest so much time and don't go as planned, i think emotions take over. >> we love you, cam. >> if you took the time to know that cam newton is and saw all of the things he did, there would be much more appreciation for him as a person. >> he says the players should be given more time to collect their thoughts before speaking to the media. emotions running through you after a game like that. >> it's hard. >> i can't blame him. >> i will say in the news conference it was good to see him smile again and his teammates to make him smile. that smile -- >> he's got a great smile. many of you have been following the adventures of our two photographers making their way back from santa clara. looks like they stopped for the night. paul and shawn traveled 750 miles yesterday. they are documenting their journey back to the queen city showing us what they are eating on the way. >> they're having fun. >> they are going to really great places. you can follow the hashtag #wsocback to clt. >> i hope they are bringing the warm weather. >> that would be nice. we have weather and traffic every ten minutes. here's meteorologist keith monday in severe weather center 9. not on the east coast. >> those guys are in for a rude awakening when they get back here. it will be dramatically colder from where they are traveling this week. we have winter weather advisories through tomorrow morning, slick travel and light snow continues. also into avery county, a windchill advisory taking shape now through this afternoon. that will develop into the mountain counties through tonight as severe wind starts we're at 23 in charlotte. that number will go down. it takes until 11:30 to noon before we get to the freezing point. keep in mind it's going to feel colder with the windchill. in the mountains, we'll get to the 20s. more light snow but it won't add up to much more insult to injury. heading into tonight, the windchill values are just going to collapse dramatically. looking at the windchills already below zero for the day today. it will feel like 20s in charlotte, even though we do warm into the 30s, it won't feel like it. tonight, we'll get back to 10 to 15 below zero in the mountains with that windchill. frostbite can set in quickly with those kinds of temperatures. just the air temperature alone will drop to us 16 tonight through tomorrow morning. values for the mountains. this weekend, it's going to be even colder. by sunday, we're at 35 with the temperatures feeling even colder for valentine's plans saturday night. dropping into the teens around midnight. so we're looking at very cold weather for your plans heading into yourville's activities this weekend. the five-day forecast sets the stage for more cold air in the next week. we're watching the next storm system coming through monday afternoon. >> ugh. >> it leaves you speechless. >> yeah, it does, when you see temperatures like that. >> yeah it will take the wind out of your sails. weather and traffic every mark taylor is keeping an eye on the roads for us. >> reporter: looking fine over in gastonia. we're off to a quiet start watching things closely over towards 321 heading towards the construction zone and not seeing any big delays so far. watch your speed, but you are at the posted speed limit this morning. no big issues on the secondary roads as well. green conditions as well. we're checking the drive times northbound from 321 at that 19- minute mark. right on schedule through uptown charlotte. we're on the outer loop moving at 64 miles per hour. a smooth ride southbound from the i-77 interchange over towards the billy graham interchange. if you are thinking of quitting your job, you are not alone. the number of americans who voluntarily quit their jobs was at a high. the number of voluntary $3.1 million. that is the highest level since december 2006. americans are more likely to voluntarily leave one job if they think they can do better and pushing employers to pay more to hold onto existing employees. more than a dozen criminals are in jail after a spike in charlotte. the dangerous items police took off the street during operation big game. a north carolina man says duke's coal ash problems could have a silver lining for the state's economy. at 6:00, the creative uses for the ash he believes that will create jobs. students in some communities could have trouble getting financial aid because of other students who default on their loans. "eyewitness news" is investigating the changes put why some are opting out of so new this morning, a bizarre encounter led to a terrifying attack in a panera officials say a homeless man attacked kenneth bartlet with a flare gun of all things. police say the suspect knew the victim. he described seeing smoke and flames from the flare as it burned through his face. he says there was never any argument between him and the suspect. >> there was no argument inside of the bathroom? >> we didn't say a word to each other. i didn't even know who he was. >> he just put the gun to your face? >> and pulled the trigger. >> he says he offered help to the man in the past, but he doesn't know why he attacked. so far, there hasn't been any arrests. we're seeing some of the coldest temperatures of the season. >> we're still in the beginning stages of this money more waves of cold air will keep spilling in. i have all kinds of great things this morning. more snow on the mountains. fairly light snow today. it's not going to add up to much more at 6:00 a.m. the cold air flow will keep working into the carolinas. will make for very cold valentine's plans out there, especially saturday night. 5:55. let's get you back out there on the cold roads. mark? >> reporter: getting you to trade street and more head on the northbound commute. southbound no big issues this morning. we'll talk about blue line construction uptown. nearly 100 families left without heat for hours after workers ruptured a natural gas line. at 6:30, one homeowner's message for workers. >> the temperatures are dropping, and that means furnaces are working harder. i'm live in charlotte with the damages report companies are and what you can do to i think we should've taken a left at the river.tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're a couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save on car insurance, you switch to geico. oh ohhhhh r it's what you do. o that right in m (phone ringing)you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential 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) answer the call al captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e- mail: comments@captioncolorado.com right now, look at this. we're in the 20s, someplaces in the teens throughout the area. about ten degrees colder than this time yesterday, and it's only going to get worse. team coverage making it colder tomorrow and showing the efforts to keep the heat running in homes across our area as furnaces have to work harder. thanks for joining us. i'm john paul. >> i'm stephanie maxwell. we're tracking the falling temperatures, keith. >> yes. this is why we have schools out it wasn't a lot, maybe another couple of inches. that is the snow-packed road that is a pain street. be very cautious out there this morning. watching the temperatures tumbling in the last hour. rock hill, you have fallen to 19. we're still 23 in charlotte but close to the teens before the morning is done. the windchill is hovering near zero or below zero. that is going to get worse as we head through the day today as more of the wind starts to kick up. for the morning drive in the metro, no travel issues here other than trying to get the car started. ahead, i'll show you the time line and get back to the freezing point today for your midday plans and how this weekend could have another big blast of cold air coming in. let's get you out on the roads at 6:00. mark taylor, what do we have going on here in brevard?