storms that are to the last color currently 86 hopkins in your 90 akron canton , 85 booster. lower dew points remain across easter counties to the last it is slightly humid. you can see the high clouds otherwise the rainfall is staying put it cannot actually stay intact because it s r stable air. there could be a spot shower overnightht , tomorrow, but they found scattered showers/storms about that perso coverage in tomorrow the front will be out of here allowing fo some cool ai to move in tomorrow night. hard to say the amount of rainfall, around one mid- 60s, fairly quiet tonight. better chances tomorrow afternoon high above 80 degrees this will open the door to some coolest air we have felt in a long time. thsr browns player jim brown, is never shied away from taking th stand on social issues and now he s taking sidesue on one of the most controversi ourrent player says he supports a player wh refuses to stand up for the national anthem as dave nethers joins ushe from
all new tonight, a frightening attack in charlotte s dilworth neighborhood. police say someone attacked a worker with a knife outside his business and then tried to rob him. this happened in the middle of east boulevard in a busy shopping center. today shoppers and store owners were stunned when ken lemon told them what happened. that man worked at zen massage center. right here on a busy east boulevard. you can take a look here. we ve been watching cars go back and forth all day. that guy stepped outside to his car. you can take a peek right here. you see where the parking lot is. we re on the backside of the building. it s completely hidden by people passing by up front. he never saw the man walking up from behind. didn t realize he was about to become a victim of an attempted robbery until he felt the knife at his throat. the victim got away with a couple cuts. it may take longer to heal from fantastic neighborhood, great people, great service. she owns the buildin
video from the 485 back up. people started telling me they thought it was an eight- car pile up ahead. chris waited patiently. a spokesperson told us heavy freezing rain kept the 40 contracted crews out treating roads busy. they were putting down salt to help break up the icy patches. the difficulty in that was when we had heavy rain move through, it could wash the salt off the roads. jenkins admits it wasn t fun waiting in traffic but understands why highway patrol needed to make the call. i could have easily been one of those people. once you hit ice, it doesn t are. troopers told me they feared if they didn t shut down portions of these highways that someone would have been critically injured or even killed. including some first responders. thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. reporting live eyewitness news. and we brought you live updates on the delays on eyewitness news daybreak. traffic team 9 has the latest traffic alerts and alternate starting at 4:30.
tomorrow cooler, low 70s here in charlotte, in the 60s up around the i-40 corridor. there are cnges on the way. i ll talk about those in detail and what to expect because i think sunday isz the wetter day of the weekend. all the details with the seven day pnner. right now check in with chris, first alert traffic. chris: first alert traffic charlotte. taking a live look i-77 west boulevard, again, running smoothly here through the center of charlotte thisorning. coming in from lake[: norman, 16 minutes, 65-miles-per-hour. that s the average commute time this time of the morning. davidson down to huntersville and all the way up to 485, you re running in the green. most of our majors in the charlotte area, 77, 85 looking okay. providence road, albermarle, wt harris, no snificant delays. coming northbound out of the rock hill area, current drive 64-miles-per-hour. minutes away from weather and morning. john: 5:31, we re getting a look at t results from a student assignment s
campaign 2016 today. polls will open in the primary election in half an hour at 6:30. the big races include president, u.s. senate, governor and so many more. wbtv s mark davenport is joining us live outside a local polling place so mark, what do voters need to know before heading to the polls today? reporter: john, first things first, when polls open and when they close. like you mentioned 6:30 this morning, in a half hour they will open for you early birds. if you want to get there before you go to work, that is no. 1 on the list. get there early this morning. also polls close at 7:30 tonight, so you have more than 12 hours to vote today when you re getting off work you have extra time in the afternoon to vote. 7:30 is when polls close. next thing, bring the voter i.d., we have been talking about this the past few week, if you don t have a driver s license, there is other options. you need to have one of these. passport, military i.d., out of state driver s license as lon