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
before leaving to pick up kids for school. cms leaders say that is one of the ways that is one way they re trying to make sure the temperatures don t impact students. if they remain too early, they will wait in the bus. some had to be out in the cold like the construction crews working overnight on the i-77 toll lane project. channel 9 cameras were rolling as people were leaving the bars and restaurants at the epicentre. some sprinting to get home and out of the cold. make sure you bundle up and stay warm. the hot hands going in the pockets. we have gloves. i have, like, four layers going on in this shirt. a shirt under a shirt under a shirt. we reached out to aaa as well. they had several calls for dead batteries and are anticipating more as people try to leave for work. reporting live in west charlotte. joe bruno, channel 9, eyewitness news. you need to take care of your the cost of the cold weather damage can add up. it drains the life of your battery. if you
sanders restated his call for a political revolution. as clinton aligned herself with president obama. i do have a disagreement here. reporter: the differences were substantive but subtle. we agree that wall street should never be allowed to wreck main street again. but here s the point i want to make tonight. i am not a single issue candidate. i do not believe we live in a single issue country. reporter: hillary clinton trying to reset after being walloped in new hampshire. the demographics now changing, voters more than 90% white in iowa and new hampshire. was in south carolina, more than half of democratic voters could be african-americans. when we have more people in jail disproe prorgs natalie african-american and latino and that china does, he s my promise. at the end of my first term as president, we will not have more country. reporter: the fire works really coming at the end, with this con tententious moment. the kind of criticism that we heard from s
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
has been monitoring issues. we ll have an update with angela on independence boulevard. we re dealing with an accident in south charlotte in westinghouse boulevard. minor delays expected here if you re headed out, use caution. the interstates, we re at 62 miles an hour coming in from carowinds boulevard. 13-minute ride so the traffic flow is still light for the most part. on 77, approaching the brookshire freeway from la salle. smooth sailing. lots of room to move around, also, northbound, folks heading up towards iredell county. breaking news out of catawba county, officers shot and killed a man who they say lunged at them with a knife. in the past 30 minutes, channel 9 spoke to the maiden police chief about the incident. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is live at home on old park road where this all unfolded overnight? reporter: it is kind of too dark to see right now, difficult to see, but police say 35-year-old elijah jackson was down this driveway on old park r