vicki graf will join me to show you what to expect on that morning drive. toasty. the threat of the winter weather has put the north carolina d.o.t. on alert. crews in the foothills will start putting brine on the roads tomorrow morning. in the mean time the ncdot division in anson, mecklenburg, stanley, and union counties will continue to monitor the forecast and the decision to brine roads in those counties will be made tomorrow. you can count on channel 9 to keep you updated on the changing system that s threatening to bring more snow. we ll send out alerts to your phone and also online if there are any major updates or school closures as well. another big story tonight, stocks made huge gains on wall street. it s good news after five straight days of losses. the dow skyrocketed by about 300 today. the nasdaq gained 70. experts say a jump in oil prices helped to rally stocks today. oil prices have become a big part of how investors react on wall street. you re enjoying
not near your tv, you can get severe weather alerts and use our interactive radar. now to our other top story tonight, more controversy for the i-77 toll lanes after a bankruptcy filing in texas. we re breaking down how in development could impact the project, your tax dollars, and north carolina s election. work is under way on the i-77 tolls that thousands of drivers will use everyday. eyewitness news reporter jenna deery went straight to centra to find out how this bankruptcy will impact our local project. i found out why that texas project is bankrupt. according to these court records leading to more hesitation about the state partnering with them to deal with traffic here. today construction went on as usual to build toll lanes on i- 77. despite the chapter 11 project on state highway 130 in texas. it has no impact on us whatsoever. for us, it s business as usual. both projects are linked to centra. centra is a spanish company that runs toll roads in ten countrie
we want to zoom in to show you which apartment investigators are in going through evidence right now, and we also know they are at the apartment complex looking for additional witnesses and talking to people right now, and that s the apartment they are inside right now that you are seeing on your screen. detectives have not released any information about the victim at this point. as soon as we get those details, we will bring them to you on air and online on wsoctv.com. crews spent hours removing a car from a train that it hit in west mecklenburg county. its after the the crossing of old dove road and marshall acres drive. no one was in the car when the train hit it. the driver says he reported it stolen. crews had to bring in heavy equipment to remove the car from the track, and amtrak said the train was going from new orleans to new york. following for your day ahead. tonight town leaders in huntersville and cornelius will be talking about the controversial student assign
the nation was focused on the u-s capitol, as president barack obama gave his 7-th and final state of the union address last night. night.but instead of focusing on a long list of things to do in his final year the president told the country he s looking beyond that. that. i don t want to talk just about the next year. i want to focus on the next five years, ten years, and beyond. but it also involved looking back at his last seven.the president said the u-s is in the longest streak of private sector job creation in history and he championed the iran nuclear deal and climate change agreement made in paris last month.he also laid out a few bi-partisan agreements he thinks should get done like criminal justice reform and preventing prescription drug abuse.the president said he strained relations between the two parties. it s one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. better. tomorro