ron allen is on white house duty this morning. good morning to you. reporter: the white house is expected to announce the president s trip to cuba sometime later today. it has been just over a year since mr. obama said he would begin normalizing relations. many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. a senior administration official telling nbc news that president obama will visit cuba in march marking the first time in 88 years a sitting president will visit cuba. these 50 years have shown isolation has not worked. it is time for a new approach. reporter: warming relations began after face-to-face meetings. the pair announcing in late 2014 that they would begin normalizing ties. over time it is possible for a new relationship between our countries. reporter: last august the american embassy was open. since then secretary of state john kerry travelled to the island and this week signed a deal to resume air traffic. still there are hurdles
on when that arrives coming up. today nc d.o.t. crews will be deciding how to treat the roads for monday s winter weather. they say treating roads for freezing rain is different than for snow. trucks will start tackling highways and interstates. more crews are on call if we get more than we anticipate. we have dozens of pieces of equipment just within mecklenburg county alone. we also have potential for 90 contractors that can we can bring on site. nc d.o.t. crews say crews have already used $24 million worth of materials on storm preps this year. that is already more than half the state s budget for the entire year. and you can always stay informed on the weather in your neighborhood by using the wsoc tv weather app. you can use the interactive radar and get severe weather alerts. learned ash county schools will not have a half day today. it was supposed to make up for days missed during the recent winter weather. several school districts including cms are going to use
today nc d.o.t. crews will be deciding how to treat the roads for monday s winter weather. they say treating roads for freezing rain is different than treating for snow. after they make a decision today they will be tackling highways. more crews are on call if we get more than we expect. we have dozens of pieces of equipment just within mecklenburg county alone. we also have potential for 90 contractors that we can bring on site. nc d.o.t. says that crews have already used $24 million worth of materials for storm preps. that is more than half of the state s budget for the entire year. you can always stay informed on the weather in your neighborhood by using the wsoc tv weather app. you can use the interactive radar, get severe weather alerts and hourly forecast. just download the app. it s free on your android or apple devices. over night channel 9 not have a half a day today. students were supposed to make up for days missed during the last round of winter weather. sev
tisha: it will be called when we wake up tomorrow morning. chris is keeping an eye on the temperature. chris: the actual air temperatures will not be that bad, but you combine the wind give and it will be bitterly cold tomorrow morning with the windchill taken into account. a dusting in some areas, up to a half inch in a few small spots. if you cause overhead, a few clouds overhead, but we will see mostly clear skies by tomorrow morning. actual air temperatures not bad, and the low to mid 20 s. a fresh batch of arctic air with the jet stream here, especially northeast of the mid-atlantic taking the brunt of this cold air mass. you factor in the wind, tomorrow morning because he windchill factors in the low teens around the triangle, and perhaps sunshine tomorrow, temperatures in the low 30 s, and a gusty wind keep the temperatures in the teens and low 20 s all day. it will be event of a shock to the system. do not forget to take care of yourself, and your pets. tomorrow nig
they can expect a slower and tighter commute. right now you can see that traffic is down to one lane. crews have been out here all night preparing for this late shift. right now they are laying down the striping, so it could be several more hours. once that happens, you will basically drive down the middle of the freeway, coming up on the left, you can see the barriers on both sides which will make for a much narrower commute. it only lasts between miles 10 and a, but come monday drivers worry that this new traffic pattern could be a real headache. a major shift in your commute from downtown toronto. the southbound lanes of the durham freeway between ellis road and breaks avenue will soon be rerouted to the median. there will be some confusion. there are a lot of people who are not used to this type of errors on both sides means that drivers want to slow down and expect delays. when you have a 15,000 pound piece of equipment on the document, you do not want to get hit