shutout not given an opportunity to speak to the council. and the ordinance they say will force business owners to go against their religious objections and citing public safety saying transgender residents could expose women and children to predators but supporters held a news conference they delivered boxes of petitionses to councilmembers saying everyone deserves legal protection and urged councilmembers to pass the ordinance who prohibit any passenger from hire vehicle for discriminating against gays and lesbians and ban bars, hotels and restaurants from refusing to serve if gays and lez yaps. a pastor in favor of the ordinance, he says this law will not benefit predators. the law will not help them in anyway. if they are going to do wrong they will do it without a law. this protects people who are want to be able to fully express who they are and fully be able to participate in society on equal footing. now, i checked with city council officials and they tell me if t
rain uprooted trees. this tree fell on queen s road in charlotte. there are similar scenes across the charlotte area and pamela escobar joins us live from willmore neighborhood centuries down today and the next sound you hear could be chainsaws? that is right. you will need chainsaws for this tree on top of this car. the trunk did see chainsaws because it fell at 8:00 a.m. and neighbors tell me that they are not blaming the winds but saying all the rain that we ve had has affected the ground. as you saw this massive tree in edgehill park fell at lunchtime on to queen s road. neighbors say no one was hurt and it did not hit a house burt it will take sometime to clear the debris. strong winds and weak roots caused other trees to fall and property was not spared. this house on west boulevard was the tree came out of the ground as the treetopled over. people love living in these areas but when the storms come through this can be the result. relived here 25 years ago that hugo
this afternoon is moving out and a front is moving in. another beautiful day. hope you were able to get out and enjoy it. our first-alert weather team tracking rain and the possibility of storms. meteorologist leigh brock is joining us in the first alert weather center and temperatures are going to drop? it s 72 and gorgeous. and clouds are trying to move in on us. most of the rain showers are back to the west but a couple are creeping into the area. the clouds can takeover. and you can see peeks of the sun but we have more clouds than sun from here on out. here is the rain. this is the progress it s making. you see in the eastern part of tennessee is where the heaviest rain is and showers are moving in. we will look at the showers in burke county and alexander county we have the heaviest rain on 64. from lenoir through millersville and heading up into the mountains there s more rain. buffalo cove and boone getting wet. temperatures are mild. but we have the wind picking
30s to low 40s is where we re at at the 5:00 a.m. hour. a lot of spots are at 40s or above. we have 30s north of the city. so today actually will have a little bit more sun than yesterday but it should feel warmer. we hit 60 yesterday. today we ll hit 61. nice day ahead and then a big warm up to talk about this week. so we ll have details coming up in a few. right now let s look at your top headlines. let s start with a robbery. we brought it to you as breaking news. there was a foot chase possibly drugs involved here. still very few details. we re going to stay on top of the story for you. police in salisbury searching for the person who shot two brothers killing one of them. officers were called in response to a fight at a party early now when officers arrived they found 29 year old and 24-year-old brothers both were flown to the hospital. that s where the younger brother passed away. the commander of the post says it s been nine years since they ve seen anything like t
to 40 shelby, gastonia, charlotte, cloud cover thicker, winds up more, not quite so cold, again the sun doesn t come up now until 7:30, we have a lot of time where we can fall off. temperatures tonight or today getting back up to 58 degrees this afternoon, below average but improvement over yesterday. we should see a lot of sunshine today. keep in mind, much colder tonight in the charlotte area, we have freeze watches and frost advisories in effect. i ll break that down in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. back over to you. john: thanks, al. we re working to learn more about two driverses who were killed in a head-on crash on i-485 in south charlotte. troopers say the crash happened at 2:00 yesterday morning. one of the drivers going the wrong way on the highway. wbtv s christian flores spoke to neighbors who say they are surprised crashes like this don t happen more often in the area. happens a lot. reporter: the family is used to hearing about accidents. da