Next round of wet weather, looking ahead to the weekend. Christine, back to you. Christine we have been following breaking news for you this morning, charlottemecklenburg police have spent the morning on the scene of a swat situation in northwest charlotte. This is happening at catawba plantation subdivision on Pointer Ridge drive. We have brand new information just in. In the last few minutes. That swat situation has just ended. And our Ashton Pellom is getting images from the scene that youre looking at here, is being told by cmpd the man has been arrested in this swat situation and that he was wanted for murder in halifax county. The man surrendered without incident. Well continue to ask questions at the swat scene but again, the swat situation ending minutes ago, a man wanted for murder has since surrender to police. Well update you throughout the morning. City Council Members approved an expansion of the toed a pro ten shuns for Lgbt Community. Seven Council Members vote in favor of expanding the ordinance. Four gave it the thumbs down. 250 people packed the chamber to speak in favor and against the proposal. Starting april 1st, members of the Lgbt Community will receive new protections including being able to use the bathroom of the gender which they identify. Some members who voted against the ordinance say they did not see the need for this. To give you a break down how Council Members voted, austin, mitchell, autry, eiselt, mayfield, kinsey and vi lyles were all in favor. Driggs. Fallon, phipps and smith opposed it. 140 people were on the list to speak at the Council Meeting and took hours to hear everyones opinion. Those who spoke either for or against the ordinance were split almost evenly, which is different from the last time the debate was before the council. People opposed to it. The ordinance deals with a lot more than bathrooms but that consumed most of the comments. Many worried about the safety of their children. One transgender woman told council she is not a predator, she wants equal rights. They are afraid i want to victimize children. Many Business Owners were worried about how this will affect them. Businesses have been targeted for their beliefs, why do we think it will be any different in charlotte . There was one man who was asked to leave last night, you see him here dressed in a kings costume, he spoke out against the ordinance. We have the most complete coverage of the story on the website right now, wbtv. Com, a lot of you interested in knowing more details, you can easily share the story and leave the mayor of hildebran says she received threats after this Historic School caught fire. That is because she and other town leaders fought to tear down the hildebran school. Fire investigators from sbi and atf are trying to figure out what started the blaze yesterday morning. Investigators say it appears the fire started in the basement. They tell us there was power to part of the building but that is all they know at this point. Hundreds of parents packed a Charlotte Church concerned about where their kids will go to school. Our cameras were in myers park baptist, yesterday was the last day to submit the Student Assignment survey, designed to let cms know how parents value diversity in the classroom. That input will help charlottemecklenburg schools decide now to how to reassign students in the future. Alex giles talked to parents. Reporter in a room packed Kimberly Truitt has students, she spoke to the crowd, her message. Do not be fearful of the unknown. This is a great school district, we have Great Teachers here. Reporter her words alone couldnt change opinions. Some parents dont like the idea of their child having to switch schools. Im afraid of my children going to a school that is far from my home. Im concerned of them going to a school that doesnt have the same academic expectations. Even if it is one school over that is not my school. The School Board Member in attendance, eric davis, agrees shifting kids around isnt a good idea. I think that is a mistake, im not asking any parent just as i wouldnt expect myself to sacrifice their own childs education for another child. They want to improve education for everyone. Lets allocate resources to the schools, that need it the things around so that we end up with a net result of mediorrity. Kimberly true it challenges parents to try something new. Dont be afraid, visit us. Not a place to be scared of. That might depend on who you ask. That was alex giles reporting. The school board will vote on the goals later today. Board member will begin working with consultant on a new policy that could be in place by the 20172018 school year. A man has died after this log truck crash in gaston county. Troopers say 43yearold robert jones was driving a pickup truck that crashed in the log truck yesterday afternoon on Ferguson Ridge drive near highway 321. You can see all the logs spilled out in the road. Some of them crashed in the pickup. The road was closed for a time but has since reopened. Jury selection could begin in a case involving a man from cornelius accused of shooting at assaulting his wife. Charles sane is a successful businessman and former army officers. His attorneys says he doesnt remember shooting at police whether they responded to his home for a Domestic Violence call. He was unconscious after taking sleeping pills, it has been called the ambien defense in other cases. We learned sane, one of his doctors and his wife, could testify for the defense. Attorneys believe the trial will last around a week. Looking ahead, the ciaa tournament starts today here in charlotte, the 11th year in a row the tournament has been held uptown, expected to bring 150,000 fans this year w that many people in town, cmpd is asking the city to label this an extraordinary event. That would give officers more search powers to protect fans. Last year the ciaa pumped nearly a veteran steps up to help guard a charlotte fire station as thieves target First Responders out on emergency calls. Protect those who protect us. Christine 4 41, wbtv always on your side bringing you the latest information as soon as it happens. For us in the alert center right now, searching for the stories you need to know before you head out the door well check in with her in a few minutes. Firefighters across the area have something other than usual duties to worry over now. For the tenth time in a couple weeks, thieves have broken into their personal cars while the firefighters were responding to a call. Since we first told you about this on friday, vehicles hat two more fire stations were hit. One in huntersville and the most recent in fort mill. There is a positive story coming out of this negativity as Molly Grantham reports, a veteran reached out to firefighters to volunteer to stand guard next to the vehicles. Ive been retired for years but this is sort of my watering hole. Asked woody wilson how old he is, he will say old enough you have to cut off my leg to count the rings. A proud army veteran who lives that is the worst enemy they have is a witness. Reporter woody heard about burglars breaking in firefighters cars when they were responding to people in need. As exmilitary it hit him hard. A as low as you can go, those guys will fight and die for the burglars, they are victim eyeing the guys that would save their lives, that is nasty right there if you ask me. Woody came up to charlotte fire station 7 in noda. A picture snapped of him volunteering to stand guard went viral over the weekend. If he see as robber in joking fun he called his Old Fashioned cane his Walking Stick a 12 gauge weapon. Ill do my darndest to stop him, it is mot my job to arrest him. But ill get a big clung of his [ bleep ], you can bleep that if you want to. Coming to robbed good ones but open eyed and ready wouldnt want to be spending his time anywhere else. If you got something, duty calls, and these guys are brothers in need. That was our Molly Grantham reporting there. How does Woodie Woodie know whether to head up to the station . The trucks are loud he hears them and walks to his post. We have more of the interview if you like to see more at our website, wbtv. Com. Still ahead for you on wbtv news this morning, a sad update to tell you about in a Helicopter Crash in hawaii, what we learned about a teen who has now died as a result of this i hope we have a buyer for the house. Me too what are the neighbors doing here . Bill hey i didnt know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. Dad, its time warner cable. 300 megs. Crazyfast. Dad you can get wifi all over this place. Cool make your home as connected as possible. Get 50 meg internet with unlimited data for 39. 99 per month. And ask about free installation. Christine we continue to watch this breaking news for you here out of northwest charlotte, where charlottemecklenburg police have just made an arrest after a swat situation that lasted a couple hours this morning. It happened at the catawba plantation subdivision on Pointer Ridge drive. A man has since surrender to swat officers there at the scene. Our Ashton Pellom bringing us these images from the scene, a man surrendered, was wanted for murder in halifax county, east and the man surrendered without incident in the last 30 minutes or so. Our Ashton Pellom bringing that breaking news information to us. He heard negotiators over the loud speakers throughout the Morning Hours trying to get the man out but he has since surrender to police. A man wanted for murder out of halifax county. More details throughout the Morning Hours, well check in with Ashton Pellom this morning who is still there at the scene. A 16yearold who was seriously hurt after a Helicopter Crash in pearl harbor, hawaii, died. The Helicopter Crashed in the water last week and then started to sink. People who saw this happen jumped in immediately. The ntsb is investigating but not said what caused the crash. In campaign 2016, democrats are getting ready for a show down in south carolina. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton will face off at a town hall event tonight in columbia. South carolinas democratic primary is saturday. Trying to cut in clintons lead in the polls. Meanwhile republicans are in nevada working to win over voters ahead of the caucus today. According to polls, trump leads the pack with 39 of the vote. Ted cruz sits at 23 . We have continuing election coverage for you at wbtv. Com, that is where can get the latest results from the president ial contests around the country. Taking a live look now from the Scott Clark Nissan honda hd tower cam, several rain drops on our lens this morning, going to be the same way for your windshield as youre driving this morning. Meteorologist al conklin talking about a good bit of rain we got overnight. Al several million came down last night and i heard aut 100,000 of them. Over two inches of rain with the storm system between last evening and during the overnight hours, so pretty heavy stuff out there. We will be looking at additional rain, at least for the Morning Hours. We will get improvement as we go take time. There you can see the five sweeps of power doppler radar, widen this out, you can see there is a back edge coming up through north georgia now. Were going to see rain through the Morning Hours, the morning commute is going to be a wet one. You may want to plan on allowing extra time to get the kids ready for school but once we get past 10 00, 11 00, i expect a lot of the rain will taper down and show you that in the forecast in a moment. Continues to rain moderately so in charlotte. We have rain and temperatures that are chilly, in the 40s right now. 48 degrees at the airport, northeast breeze at 10milesperhour. Problem is we will only go up a couple degrees from here later this afternoon get in the low 50s. 38 jefferson, boone, 44 popular number morganton, hickory, salisbury, 46 albermarle, concord, 45 in lincolnton, 49 in rock hill. Today, lots of cloud cover, deal with the rain for the Morning Hours and this afternoon becomes high temperature, getting back to 53, 90 chance of rain 8 00, 50 50 chance at noon, 30 chance late this afternoon. Our temperature, heres what they are looking like tomorrow, from the 40s and low 50s to the 60s to near 70 tomorrow. While were on the chill liey side of the things now, here comes the next round of rain, just now starting to come in texas, this area of low pressure, that is going to cut up toward tennessee and end result well see a changing character of the rain. We had heavy rain last night, little rumble of thunder here or there. Tomorrow potential for Severe Weather and heavy flooding downpours, so we have a Flash Flood Watch in effect for most of the viewing area tomorrow and also again im concernd anywhere particularly eastern twothirds of the viewing area we could have strong thunderstorms especially tomorrow afternoon and evening on top of that the concern with the rain is additionally we may across the area by the time this winds down, wednesday night. And again, there is concern there for additional flooding. We have to keep an eye on that situation. Once we get rid of the rain wednesday night, it is smooth sailing for the rest of the week and weekend but will turn cooler beyond that 70 tomorrow. Temperatures are up, down, all over the place, but wind up back in the 50s. Seven day forecast through today, heaviest, steadiest rain this morning. Less so this afternoon. Rain picks up tomorrow, showers, thunderstorms, some of which could be on the strong side. Well get partly sunny skies in charlotte, windy on thursday and there will be snow in the mountains. Probably will be accumulating snow, so well have to factor that in the forecast and friday, saturday, sunday, lots of sunshine, temperatures starting off in the 50s, but winding up in the 60s going in sunday and monday. That is the forecast christine, see you at the top of the hour. Christine download the mobile weather app to stay on top of the rain. That is one of the first things i looked at this morning hearing this app is free for apple and android devices. Coming up, making sure the person who is using your credit card is really you. The new protections one company is rolling out. Wbtv is always on your side, in chris in consumer christine mastercard wants to use selfies to prevent fraud. Reporter forget a password mastercard is launching technology to use selfies to prove online purchases. The company says selfies and fingerprint scans are safer than typed passwords since many of the passwords are easy for scammer to guess. If you want to use your pic to pay download the app has you take a selfie each time you buy something online. The face or fingerprint will be scanned to prove it is you spending the money, not a scammer. You wont be able to use the same picture over and over. Mastercard makes you blink to show youre taking the pic as you shop. The scan is easier, if you have a new iphone with the Technology Already built in. For new ways to prevent fraud. Hsbc fingerprint and voice will access money. They are researching ways to use your heart beat and scans of your eyes to authenticate purchases. This could be the future of protecting Online Shoppers shoppers from fraud. For consumer watch im mary maloney. Were following breaking news involving a swat situation in northwest charlotte. Well tell you what led up to the situation in a live report. Al . Al rain is going to pull away today, however, your morning commute is likely to be wet. There is rain on the map this morning, ill let you know where it goes and when it will return, as well as tomorrows forecast. Chris keeping an eye on the Tuesday Morning commute. Wet roads as you hit the door this morning, Kristen Miranda . Kristen a passenger train slammed in a crane, i found pictures more from the alert wbtv news t this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. Wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. John now at 5 00, breaking news, a neighborhood in northwest charlotte blocked off overnight due to a swat situation, what were learning now about the investigation in a live report. Christine Charlotte City Council Passes that controversial proposal giving people in the Lgbt Community certain protections including which bathroom they use. Were on your side with a look at whats next now that the vote has passed. John welcome to wbtv news this morning on this wet tuesday, it is february 23rd, 6 00 a. M. Im john carter. Christine you can see the rain on the radar. Kristen miranda getting headlines in the alert center. Kristen a train crash in a crane on the tracks, deadly collision, i got some of the pictures together you wont believe how this looks, ill center coming up. John from power doppler radar, our top story, one of them, grab the umbrellas, youre waking up to a wet morning and 5 00 a. M. , not 6 00 as i said. Lets check in with meteorologist al conklin. Al so out the door this morning at 5 00 a. M. , we have rain for most of us, you can see on the five sweeps of power doppler radar, rain is pretty steady anywhere in our viewing area. A couple breaks south of charlotte and in union county, lancaster gets choppier in york county, foothills, mountains, parts of the piedmont, north of i85 it is pretty much solid rain and been that way all night long. Still rain falling moderately so in charlotte. That is our metro School Camera in center city you see the wet streets, they will be with us through at least the Morning Hours. But gradually i believe the rain will pull away later this morning. Ill show you that on futurecast in a few minutes. 38 in boone right now, 43 morganton, hickory, over toward salisbury, 44 statesville, a
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