That he was a nice guest. And then the nice guest got into his car and drove to westminster bridge. John sweeney reporting there. Well, as you heard, Khalid Masood spent time in three different prisons in his earlier. There has been a well documented problem of islamist radicalisation within the prison system. Last year, ian acheson wrote a report for the government on the issue and joins us now. Thank you forjoining me this evening. There is a lot we dont know about Khalid Masood. Yes. But it is very clear but we do know that he spent time in lewes prison, where you spent a short time as a governor there. And a couple of other prisons, weiland and ford, which you visited. Can you give me an idea that when you visited them, how aware you would have been of the problem of radicalisation there . Firstly, its important to emphasise that we have no idea at this point in time whether his periods of time in custody were relevant at all to what he became, which was a murderous terrorist. Or,
Day will be spent in the chilly 30s. Well talk about when we might break out a little bit from the deep freeze and what is down the road. There may be an ice or snow across the piedmont, well talk about it. Seven day forecast around the corner, john. John charlottemecklenburg leaders voted to extend ann clarks contract and search immediately for a new superintendent. They voted 63 to extend the contract through june, 2017. Supposed to expire in july of this year. It was clear during the discussion between Board Members they were divided on the decision. Turn the page and boldly step in the future with new leadership. That new leadership needs to be ready to embark on this trip with us leading the way. I almost feel guilty asking ann clark to stay another year with us because she has put her sacrifices for the sake of cms. John clark spoke once, she has been consistent in saying she would not be a candidate for the position in the long term. Parents packed the Board Meeting to voice opi
Phonepotential for Severe Weather exists. Ill let you know what is going to happen and weekend and snow in the mountains tonight, the ahead. John back to that breaking news, weve been following for you, one lane closed on i85 north closed for some time after a semi truck jack knifed. Happened before 1 00 a. M. Near exit 29, sam wilson road. Wbtvs Kristen Hampton has been there at the scene, she joins us now live with more details. So kristen, any word weather played a role in the wreck . Reporter john, it doesnt look like it. It wasnt raining too hard at the time the wreck happened. You can see behind me 85 about 15 minutes ago just opened back up, all lanes are free and clear, northbound and southbound northbound this area on sam wilson just off sam wilson, actually. I talked to state troopers a what they believe caused the accident this morning. They say a Passenger Car pulled off on the right shoulder of the interstate, they say the driver was a little tired, wanted to take a quick
In the alert center. Kristen World Health Organization making an announcement about efforts to fight the zika virus. Christine thanks, kristen. John lets start with charlottes most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. Al a cold start but not as frigid as yesterday when we dipped to 17 degrees. This morning closer to freezing because of the canopy of cloud cover and bit of a breeze. That cloud cover producing light snow for the mountains, debatable how much is reaching the ground but again, power Doppler Radar is picking up a little bit of snow and flurries across the area especially north of town. A Winter Weather advisory runs through tomorrow morning for mountain counties. Keep in mind a lot of the heavier snow will come later this afternoon and on in to tonight. Dry here in charlotte right now, mostly cloudy, that is the metro School Camera in the queen city, no snow falling at the moment. 32 charlotte, 29 monroe, but colder north of town, 28 wadesboro up to alberm
9 in blowing rock and fleet wood. Everyone else is still in the low teens right now. It just gets colder overnight. Many of you are heading for the Single Digits if youre not already there. Plus we have the wind on top of that. Occasionally you could have wind gusts up to about 40 Miles Per Hour making it feel like negative 10 at times. Thats why that windchill advisory gos from now until 10 00 a. M. Sunday. Its not exactly going to get warm after that but still, you will get love the freezing mark or close to it. Heres your overnight low temperature. 6 is an overnight low for ban kimoon. 15 in charlotte. 16 in waynesboro. 15 in chester and 15 also for an overnight low in the shelby area. Heres what we are looking at for the end of your day tomorrow. Most of the day for your sunday, for valentines day, it will be dry. Its going to be clear. But then a winter storm watch kicks into effect from sunday evening until monday evening. Yes, we have another winter storm coming this way. Its go