safe and warm. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno continues our team coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. it is 20 degrees over there. heating up we re seeing drivers coming in. you can see lots of the buses are heating up. many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. they re preparing to pick up children right now. the cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they don t have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i-77 toll lane project. on the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. from the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. we re not used to this cold. this is the coldest we ve ever had. cold for us is 82. and we spoke with aaa a
closer look at the struggles to get the lanes open. reporter: scott, likely until about 4:00 tomorrow afternoon is what we were cold, just before 5:00 newscast. ncot had hoped to have this area cleared about two hours ago. but its patchwork on this slick spot behind me didn t work. so now cones are blocking it off. and it s going to be up to charlotte water to fix it, which has been busy, fixing leaks all over the county today. reporter: it started with a series of wrecks over the weekend. and then there was this accordion of cars, smashed together like a sandwich this morning. that put antoine bonds behind. i mean, literally not moving inches for 30 and 40 minutes, caused me to be late for work. reporter: before ncdot took action on the slick spots, some drivers couldn t avade. avoid. just inconvenient. reporter: crews found a water line had burst and was seeping onto the road. but that was only a temporary fix. the water is continuing to seep in. so the wo
today, we may find slick travel into the mountains. we ll talk about that coming up. the morning drive, we ll see a few flakes flying. temperatures near freezing as we work our way through this morning. i ll have the futurecast timeline for what very little will add up. weather and traffic every ten minutes. 5:01. over to mark taylor. see what is happening on the roads this morning. we re monitoring independence boulevard heading inbound. we have the right lane blocked with the busted water pipe that is closing the right lane later this morning, we re expecting that to have a bitter effect right now. it is not having a huge impact but you ll still use central street from monroe. right now we re at 55 miles an hour. we have an accident in south charlotte, minor delays expected here but stick with it. it is providence road over by wendover road. right now we re following breaking news in catawba county. maiden police shot and killed a man after they say he lunged at them wi
air. and a new spin on a board game to help young south africans deal with abuse. russian president vladimir putin has denied they killed civilians during airstrikes for the second day. russia s airstrikes mark the biggest middle east offense in decades. in the past 24 hours it s hit 12 isil targets, destroying a command center and weapons depots, but opposition groups say they re the ones being targeted. saudi arabia has criticized them, demanding that moscow end them. here s more. russian jets attacked a town that s not an isil stronghold, mainly in eastern syria. instead this area is dominated by rebel groups that oppose president bashir assad, a russian ally. it s the second day of russian airstrikes, and there s concern who they re targeting. civilian casualties as russian bombs were dropped in homes and provinces. say the opposition, the raids focused on command and control posts not held by isil. translator: we urge before that the russians are interfering in sy
after time in paris. i m shihab rattanzi. now fear that lobsters could be next. u.s. president barack obama is urging the american public to help stop gun violence in the country. his plea for common sense on gun safety follows another mass shooting. a candle lit vigil is being held for the victims after a gunman opened fire in a community college in roseburg, oregon. tom ackerman reports. reporter: police responded to shots fired by the gunman at a classroom on the campus of umpqua community college in roseburg. there was an exchange of gun fire. the shooter threat was neutralized. reporter: a witness told a local newspaper that after firing his first shot at a teacher gunman told students to lie down and asked them to state their religion, then he resumed fire indiscriminately. we have confirmation that the shooter is deceased. he is a 20-year-old male. reporter: after being searched, students were put on buses and evacuated while police searched for possible