Cheraw. Starting off with fog, otherwise mostly cloudy skies, spotty rain to the north of us, 57 degrees this afternoon coming home our rain chances rise, and by then were at 59 degrees. Expect midday high of 62 at lunch time. Seven day forecast around the corner, chris with first alert traffic right now. Sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte as we head back in the work week, a live look i77 West Boulevard, volume of traffic heading in toward the city, no problems, southbound a little lighter. Still a whole lot of green out there early on, 77, 85, both looking okay around the 485 perimeter, no problems there. Do want to give you a heads up, lynx blue Line Construction on south tryon or north tryon at ken hoffman drive before you make your way up to wt harris boulevard. Man, not going anywhere this morning. Concord to center city, 18 minutes, lake norman to center city 16 minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Christine loo
Little bit cool, it will be below average for us but will feel nice since well have full sun and wont be windy. Nice afternoon ahead and gets better for tomorrow. Got a great weekend to look forward to, more on the details coming up in a few minutes. Kristen in campaign 2016, South Carolina democrats will have a chance to make their pick for the partys president ial nominee in an hour. Polls open at 7 00 Bernie Sanders campaigned across the state but says quoting here there are some states we are going to lose. For her part, Hillary Clinton focused her message friday on the republicans rather than sanders. Arguing that the gop candidates are are offering failed economic policies. For the polls will be open through 7 00 tonight were going to have continuing coverage of the South Carolina primary throughout the day right here on wbtv, you can also get up to the minute Election Results on wbtv. Com. On the republican side, unexpected support from a former rival. Chris christie endorsed th
Wbtv news starts right now. Kristen now at 7 00 the polls are open in South Carolina for the democratic primary, the latest in campaign 2016 as the race for president heats up heading in super tuesday. The ciaa full swing uptown, tens of thousands taking part in the tournament and party, a look how security is working to keep you safe make sure everything runs smoothly. A live look outside, pretty shot from the hd tower cam, the sun is pretty much up now. And sounds like warmer temperatures headed toward the queen city. So lyndsay will tell us about that. Good morning, im Kristen Miranda. Lyndsay im lyndsay tapases. Kristen a good morning so far. Lyndsay pretty sunrise as you were saying, we do have warmer temperatures in the forecast. Kristen we need them. Did a birthie tell lyndsay it is chilly right now, in the upper 20s, we have fallen down to 27 in charlotte as of the 7 00 hour, mid 20s salisbury statesville, 28 in boone. 26 rock hill, 30 in chester. Cold start, this afternoon in
56 in rock hill, 55 in gastonia. Does get cooler north, 52 salisbury, statesville, 52 morganton, hickory. Lots of clouds, wont be as warm as yesterday, low 60s, above average. Deeper through the day the rain chances pick up and we have a wet start to the work week here you can see the rain loitering to the south of us, that is heading in our direction. Talk about it in the seven day forecast in a few minutes. Back to you. John Charlotte City Council Members are expected to vote on an ordinance designed to protect people from discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Governor pat mccrory is vowing to intervene if it passes. He emailed two City Council Members saying it could create major Public Safety issues. The ordinance failed to pass council last year over concerns about a clause changing accommodations for public rest rooms and locker rooms. Michael clark brings us both sides of the story. Proposed changes that would protect people are long overdue. Nobody sho
With some oxy codeine. That investigation going on right now. Meanwhile, gunfire in uptown overnight. Right now, three people are under arrest. Jail records show they all live out of town. Police confirm the trio was here visiting charlotte to enjoy the ciaa basketball tournament. Christian is in uptown. What more can you tell us . Reporter well sharon, fortunately nobody was hurt last night and as you mentioned, the suspects were in town for the ciaa tournament according to the cmpd. The shooting happened just before 5 00 this morning on south caldwell street near the sky condominiums and hyatt hotel. About 40 or 50 shots were fired into two cars and the lobby door. Security guards heard the shots and saw a man driving from the scene. Officers stopped the car and a back seat passenger jumped out and ran to a nearby parking deck with what police say was an ak47. Howard wright, Kevin Thompson weapons charges. At this point, detectives dont have a motive for the shooting but say it was n