Fighting back for chief john hannon means adding security improvements at local firehouses. We had to reevaluate the security of the faces. And we are looking at putting cameras up. According to the chief, many eyes will have access to the fire stations. Its not that expensive to get cameras up and get a recorder hooked up and link it into cmpds big system. Because we want them to be able to see the cameras for anything they might need, too. Now, while bing faces new charges in these cases. It is unclear when he will be making Court Appearances in greensboro, kannapolis and york county, South Carolina. Live at the fire headquarters, Steve Crump Wbtv on your side. Thank you. State lawmakers could head back to raleigh to take action on charlottes nondiscrimination ordinance. The House Speaker says he is exploring the idea of a special he says part of the ordinance which allows transgender people to use a bathroom of their choice poses a threat to public safety. The General Assembly will convene. A charlotte man accused of killing his mother will remain behind bars for now. A judge ordered Irwin Feldman held without bond in his First Court Appearance today. He is accused of killing his 82yearold mother ina in 2014. Investigators have not said if he will be charged with first or Second Degree murder. Today a judge appointed a capital defender with a public defender. And a capital defender could represent feldman if he does become a Death Penalty case. Right now lets take you live to burke county there is a packed house for the hildebrand town council meeting. Neighbors will express their concerns about the fire in the high school building. The school has been the center of a controversy. People fought her leaders who the building is too unstable right now to determine how the fire started. We will monitor the meeting and bring you coverage on wbtv news at 11 00. Duke energy is now reporting just under 200 Power Outages in charlotte. Many people have been without power since wednesdays storms and winds took downpour lines wednesday night. There were 13,000 people without power in mecklenberg county at one point. The weather is settling down tonight but it is cool as we kickoff our weekend. Here is chief meterologist, eric thomas. He is in the first alert weather center. Eric . All right, maureen. What is the headline this evening . Its friday night that is what the headline is. Are you heading out . Temperatures are going to be cool, the hd towercam 46. Skies are clear and when the skies are clear that usually means we will fall off here. You will see again mid40s in 40 corridor and 20s in the high country where the snow is on the ground. We will take you to 38 at 9 00 p. M. And 36 at 11 00 p. M. Coming up, the rest of that weekend forecast and a front may be thunderstorms next week. Your first alert forecast. We have new information about a story we have been investigating for you in union county. Superintendent dr. Mary ellis and two other employees will not face charges after a state investigation. The sbi investigated questions about a possible conflict of interest. Ellis with assistant superintendent and director of technology formed two companies with the Sales Executive for lenovo. They held contracts to supply the district with computers. The investigation cleared them of wrongdoing. The ciaa tournament is in full gear tonight with tens of thousands of people heading to games and events. City leaders say the event pumps millions into the charlottes what is the scene like there now . Well, i can tell you lots of excitement here at uptown. Many events happening tonight from greek shows to the fan fest all happening at the Convention Center and of course, good basketball games. Now, earlier today, we caught up with the ciaa school band as they went to a high school trying to empower students. Lets take a listen. [ ] yeah, that is the Virginia StateUniversity Pep Band and they talked to students at Harding University high school. College students told the High School Students to study and keep their grades up and scholarship money would be stribl them. This has been a busy week for fans and many are getting into town today to take in all the festivities. We have seen police present on every corner in uptown as this has been declared an extraordinary event. Police have more liberties this weekend to help keep people safe. So far so good. Morning concerning that band and he told me it made a difference. They can relate to us because they are older than us. I believe we really look up to them. In a way because we hear adults say it all the time you got to do this but when our peers say it that is different. So the ciaa is not all about athletics but about academics as well. Vendors are here trying to make a living. They have been doing it for the past 11 years since the ciaa has been here in charlotte. We talk to city leaders and the crowd is good and the crowd is good at the basketball games and they notice one thing that people are staying in charlotte a little while longer after their team loses the basketball game they do not go home but they stay here and explore charlotte a little bit more. And in fact, the basketball game tips off in about an hour. Live in uptown, Dedrick Russell wbtv on your side. And the weather is proposed cuts to trash collection in charlotte getting a rough reception. The city is considering whether to drop trash pick up for multifamily homes. Any complex would have to use a private service that did not sit well with Property Owners today. They want to try to move money around and give certain People Services and take it away from other people. Nothing makes sense and charge people provide them the service. Simple as that. The city estimates the move could save 3. 8 million. And the manager says officials are listening to concerns. And as we had this open forum today with homeowners, and associations, leaders, they raised valid points that we as staff need to consider. And the city could vote on changes to trash collection this spring. We are getting a big response to an on your side investigation some veterans at local v. A. Medical centers. On your side investigator nick ochsner told you about the delays last night including the story of one veteran who died waiting on an appoint many for the v. A. To diagnose his terminal cancer. Nick, what response have you gotten . Paul, ive heard from dozens of local veterans and their families who say they have experienced similar troubles at the v. A. And now they are asking for help. We told you about charles who died of liver cancer that spread to his brain. He had gone to the v. A. To find out what was wrong. But the diagnosis went unconfirmed by the v. A. Because they scheduled a followup mri more than a month after it was ordered. Other veterans waited months or years to receive treatment through the Choice Program designed to speed up access to care. Weve heard from nearly 50 veterans and family members who say they have experienced similar problems. Take to the v. A. And lawmakers to get those veterans help and hold the v. A. Accountable. And you mentioned the 50 i have had people and on social media is it too late for families and veterans to share the stories . We want to hear from and help everyone that we can. Go on to wbtv. Com and fill out a survey and click on that article with the story on it. And take a survey and tell us about your problem and we want to help everyone we can. If you have not seen the story check it out online. Wbtv. Com. Thank you. Good work, thank you. And next, a woman says she was chased by a man with a knife while on her morning jog. How she got away and the Evidence Police are using in their investigation. And the program bringing High School Students together with classmates with special needs. Here is eric thomas. Thank you. Well, the storm system it is lifting away the clouds the snow heading to the north along with it. But i like the looks of this weekend and then the thunderstorms are back next week. All coming up in the sevenday firstalert forecast. And new at 7 00 on primetime, this guy was among 30 other dogs rescued from an animal cruelty case in North Carolina. Seven months ago. Today he reunited with the deputy who saved them all. The surprising twist to their reunion that you do not want to miss at 7 00 p. M. On wbtv news is sponsored by. First tuesday new scratchoff tickets from the North Carolina education lottery s crazy out here. Monday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. Its tuesday tuesday very first tuesday, tuesday ttttuesday, tuesday first tuesday thats me and yousday usday its big news tuesday its scratchoff you tuesday tuesday im molly grantham. Happening for you new at 11 00 a race to the finish for the democrats in South Carolina. The primary about 13 hours away. And Hillary Clinton is pulling out all the stops to secure a win how she is using her family and what Bernie Sanders is doing to fight back. See you then. A 20yearold womans jog turned into a run for her life when chased by a man with a knife. Police say this started outside off Campus Housing for Winthrop University students. The woman ran and hid inside the restroom of a bank when she she was aware of her surroundings. And even though she was jogging she knew somebody was behind her. And she knew enough there was a safe place to run to where people were working. And Police Say Surveillance footage from the bank shows a man matching the suspects description following the woman into the bank. There is damage to the Uptown Convenience store in charlotte. Flames tearing through the circle k on graham street. The intersection was closed while crews balancinged the fire and investigators are trying to figure out how it started. A group of students at West Mecklenburg High School is working to make sure their classmates with autism are not left out of the high school experience. Its called project unify. The Program Works to educate other students about autism and other special needs. Kristen hampton has the story new at 6 00. Some high school kiddings are media these students are focused on something more selfless. Involved in the school and try to not treat them differently. Cameron is a senior here at west meck and a part of project unify. Students with autism and other disorders take part in a daily class where they are no different. They are celebrated in front of other students. I see it. Keyshawn loves to sing and both together bring him in happiness. And it brings cameron to tears. Just seeing him happy makes me happy. I do not care about people think we are changing their lives but they are changing my life more. I do not mean to tear up. When a selfie is not for yourself. When making other lives better is what makes your own better. It hurts because it is offensive under rocker to. About the r word asking students to take a pledge not to say it. Not about making the kids feel special but making them feel just like everybody else. They are not the people that you see walking down the hallway. They have a story and a life they are not anyone different. Project unify is changing lives at west meck. [ ] and doing just what it is its name implies n charlotte Kristen Hampton wbtv on your side. They deserve a round of applause. They do and i love what cameron said. She is sharp. Articulate and good for you. Beautiful day sunshine and more this weekend. Chilly, though. I think this weekend will be good. It is chilly but we are going to turn that around as well. But you nailed it it will be a pretty weekend. And the thunderstorms next week right now the uptown area buzzing the ciaa tournament underway and it will be hot and heavy this evening. Much more about this in sports and temperatures are falling into the 30s. No question whether you are heading to the arena take your jacket with you. Beyond that a couple of clouds wrapping around that storm system. Back into the carolina high country during the overnight but that is it. Partly cloudy skies up there and the snow on the ground it will continue to taper off. 27 and a big ski weekend is getting underway. And it will be cold all across the viewing area. Its saturday. You might want to sleep in. We are around freezing by 8 00 a. M. Well pull this map back have a look. Wow. This is a vast area of sometimes what we call severe clear out there so it looks like a great saturday. 49 at noon and up to 54 at 4 00 p. M. And that is exactly where you year close to that average high temperature. Into the points you will start making your way above freezing as well. 40s in the blue ridge. 35 up there around the ski slopes. And we take you into the foothills and temperatures are in the low 50s and perhaps mid50s by the end of the afternoon. Mid50s a good bet as we were telling you in the piedmont through the Pee Dee River valley and upstate of South Carolina mid50s and you have been noticing this, plenty of sunshine dialed up for you. So the rest of it, your first alert forecast over the next seven days how about that . Wall to wall sunshine saturday. Sunday is looking fantastic as well. We will tack on 10 there. Outside of that monday and tuesday are in good shape as well. And then wednesday, and that is the frontal system that is barreling our way. Looks like thunderstorms a good bet again but this time we are but again, anytime you are talking about thunderstorms you cannot rule damming weather out. Keep it here. And then you will notice behind that front we were in the 60s and then we are heading into the 50s on the backside of it. Here is a nice way to look at it. I would call that a warming trend late into the weekend and level off and here comes the front and well head back down. That is the way it is right now. The weather quiet and hopefully i can say the same about the roads. Tonya rivens . Around center city with the tournament the ciaa in town a lot of people heading towards Time Warner Cable arena. Notice on i77 by john belk that exit is backed up. I want to focus on south tryon we have accidents. This accident close to center city at clanton road and i77 in that area. Not a bad commute. And farther down an accident on south tryon near west tyvola an accident at south boulevard traffic signal failure by archdale drive and check back in on what is happening around the area again traffic started to improve quite a bit. But around the arena it will be crowded in center city. Safe travels back to you. The lows of fun happening uptown. Show us hoops in the ciaa. Semi time friday at at ciaa tournament. Eliminated. And the livingstone picked up the torch. Not much anita howard could do because her team ran into a buzz saw. They could not match Virginia Unions offensive output. The panthers were raining 3s. They had 13 as the team finished with 15 points. Johnson was on fire. She torched livingstone with 41 points. And had seven assists. Virginia union won 9363. And they will take on shaw tomorrow in the title game at 4 00 p. M. And the livingstone men take the spotlight tonight in the late game against Virginia Union and that time about 9 30 p. M. Tournament go to wbtv. Com sports or the speedway Harley Davidson sports app under local sports. In the nba lebron james and cleveland beat the hornets this week. Tonight walker and charlotte have a big showdown at indiana. In a game with a lot of post season implications. The hornets are in the 8th playoff spot at 2927 a gameandahalf behind the pacers in fifth. A lot can happen in the last 25 games. But its time for the hornets to get on a hot streak. Highlights on wbtv news at 11 00. A lot of nfl stats and future pro players might be at that hornets game tonight. The nfl combines are taking place in indianapolis, too. On the field workouts today. The panthers are there looking over talent for the drafts coming up. A report out by the Charlotte Observer that the cats reached out to head coach ron rivera and you have more time if you want to go to Berry Academy tonight in charlotte. Josh norman having this celebrity basketball tournament to help children in povertystricken areas. 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