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It is gigantic. It is out here laying across two lanes heading away the city of charlotte. Crews cut down the right hand part of the tree heading queens road northbound lanes. Cars could head in the city but the rest of it, obviously still here this morning. Well have to look at alternate routes because you obviously cant get through if youre leaving the city i want to send it over to chris larson in the traffic center. How do you get around the big tree . Chris traffic is sponsored by toyota of...

24 hours has died in virginia. Prince William County Police Department reported that she died as a result of her injuries at the start of her 1st shift this weekend. The suspect is in custody right now. A 14yearold was shot in west charlotte tonight. Heres a video of the scene at the intersection of collegeville road. The victim is expected to be selfinflicted gunshot wound to the leg. We will bring you the latest as we get more information. The results are in and its an early win for hillary th...

And ashe will be on a delay. Well have it under closings. A cruise ship caught up in a storm off the coast is back in the us we learned a local family was on board. We talked with them over the phone. A story that you will only hear here on wbtv. The hutchins family were on the boat. They were thinking a have vacation was a life or death situation. Reporter it was 12 hours of wondering if you would survive. A terrifying experience nobody expected. Crystal hutchins caught if in the storm in the m...

Charge he looked stunned staring down and shaking his head. He was devastated. The attorney told me why a few minutes later, thacker had just learned the victim died. He just found out literally minutes before he walked into the courtroom. We wondered how that could be if he had been served with a murder warrant he should have known tammy was dead. Nobody told him before . No. Authorities told us he had been charged with murder since he was behind bars paperwork would have been served there but ...

Wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. Kristen condition7 01 the polls have just opened. Were live at the fort milton hall rightmill townhall. As voters get ready to cast their votes in the president ial primary. 7 01, good morning, happy to have you with us on this saturday morning im christine nelson. Lyndsay im Lyndsay Tapases. A pretty start to the day, the slightest hint of pink in the sky, not the brightest sunrise but pretty. You notice the clouds in place over uptown right now, t...

Monroe, charlotte, gastonia, 49 in rock hill and 50 in lancaster. Wind up at 53, a lot cooler than yesterday, heaviest, steadiest of the rain comes this morning. Tapers off this afternoon to more showerytype rain. We should rebound in the lower 50s. Having said that, there is more rain back to the west of us, you can see that here. That is the next round coming our way, ill give you the timing with futurecast in a couple minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic ...

As wbtvs alex giles is on your side showing us how crews continue to work to get the tree out of the way. Reporter one by one the cars are taking a detour tonight. I have to figure how to get home. Reporter the path home is blocked by an ageold tree, uprooted this afternoon. I was in awe. I couldnt think of what happened. Reporter what happened was wild, windy weather. The kids normally catch the school bus here in the mornings, tomorrow they will be waiting somewhere else. The wind was strong b...

We have one advisory until avery county. We have another low pressure system and this is a fast mover and it will mean a couple of showers. Higher elevations you could see more snow showers. Temperatures falling not as quickly. Temperatures in the mid70s for 4 00 p. M. And mid40s by 10 00 p. M. And when we can expect a warmup that is coming up in a little bit. Thank you. Make sure you have the wbtv weather app so you can keep up with the changes temperatures. It is free in your App Store Search ...

As the mall was packed with holiday shoppers. Police say an argument broke out between two groups, and two people opened fire. Officers shot and killed the 18yearold when they say he pointed a gun at the officers. Police have not released results of the investigation, although he has returned to active duty. The North Carolina legislature has convened for a rare special session to vote on proposed map of redrawn districts in North Carolina. The map unveiled yesterday after a federal panel of jud...

Take him to safe. A pig at a polling location. Bernie sanders took a break from the campaign trail to shoot some hoops. Is this somewhat of a joke . How is he making every single one . And all that matters. I got a raise. We got one too how sweet it is. The lombardi trophy is back in the mile high city. Let the whole team know they have bronco fans in the white house. On cbs this morning. A yuge voter we won. Bernie talked so long, i thought he was going to hit hit 77th birdthday before he got o...