>> this is the feldman murder case we are told by our coleen harry that sources are saying the suspect in the case of the murder of that 82-year-old woman is her son. police are expected to release new information about the case in a news conference this afternoon. you will remember in 2014 feldman was found dead in her home on torrey pines court. and she was beaten and strangled and she was 82. that news conference is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at cmpd headquarters we will be watching it and bring you the latest details. >> a lot of people involved. anticipating something. right now snow in the north carolina mountains. our neighbors here in the charlotte area are cleaning up the mess yesterday's storms left behind people in the mountains are dealing with a blast of winter weather. >> let's get you straight over to chief meterologist, eric thomas in the first alert weather center. >> yeah, and that big storm continues to drift off to the north and the wind field winds into the viewing area especially the mountains. and it's not just the winds but the snowfall it's piling up. reports of 3-4 inches. some of the bands have shifted into the central mountains but affecting avery county. the winter weather advisory in effect through friday 7:00 a.m. and additional 1-2 inches. and then the wind advisory for gusts above 50-miles-per-hour. allegheny, ash, and watauga counties. you will see the snow and that continues to roll in. closer to charlotte down to 42 at 9:00 p.m. and 40 through 11:00 p.m. with the stiff breezes in the air. we will get into the accumulations and the wind gusts part of your seven-day first-alert forecast. >> eric, the winter weather has returned to the north carolina mountains with cold temperatures and snow. this is a live look at banner elk. on the ground. steve ohnesorge has more now from avery county. >> in avery county when a winter day gets like this, you got to keep the feet moving. those outside who had to be like winter might bring. >> not so fast. this weather is ok, he thinks. >> it's not bad. >> it's bringing tourists up and they can get around. main highways are good. side roads depends. >> there are places that are slicker than others. >> trucks are spreading a lot of salt they know the drill. highway crews will have to keep working through the night because there's so much wind when they get a section cleared the snow blows right back over it. and with the temperatures below freezing, they are concerned that things will ice up to tonight. take it slow. and should get where you are meanwhile, folks are out clearing parking lots and other areas and sunshine is expected this weekend. >> it can be either way. >> the weather can change quickly up here. >> price of the mountain, yep. >> the real weather wildcard, march, just a few days away. in avery county, steve ohnesorge wbtv on your side. >> well, right now people in the high country are dealing with the snow our neighbors are having to pick up the pieces after the severe weather. the national weather service confirms one tornado touching down in grandville county and checking reports of tornadoes in cumberland, more, sampson and vance counties. >> winds and trees left thousands of people without power. thousands of people remain in the dark in mecklenberg county. duke energy reports 4100 outages across the county. >> the downed trees hitting and neighbors are dealing with limbs and debris from the trees. and steve crump live in charlotte with more on this and steve, the song of hugo, the chainsaw about to happen? >> yeah, paul, we know that chorus for sure especially having gone through that 20 years ago. we are seeing the after effects of the high winds in charlotte. and while folks may have their lights on it has been a day of clean up. and the most noticeable damage from uprooted trees. folks were moving debris from the yards and setting things up for curbside pick up. charlotte sherwood forest felt the pain. folks were without power and they spent time cleaning up their yards. >> it wasn't too bad just limbs from the trees down. >> now if you live in the impacted areas there is a chance on your door from contractors that are out providing services but coming your way at 6:00 p.m. we have advice from the head of the better business bureau who says make sure you have the folks vetted and do not become a victim interesting tips we will pass along. now live in west charlotte, steve crump wbtv on your side. >> thank you. the storms that struck left charlotte-mecklenburg schools closed because they were without power. breyer wood was closed because they had no way to heat the school or prepare meals for kids. at nearby kip charter school classes started late. and we will havav continuing coverage of the storm clean up. coming up at 5:00 you will hear from a mother who sacrificed her body tok protect her kids during a tornado. >> right now we are days away from the south carolina democratic primary and candidates are out right now trying to score last-minute hillary clinton's husband president bill clinton was in rock hill helping gain support for his wife. michael clark was at today's event. so what did president clinton have to say? >> president clinton talked about everything from job creation and especially race issues and that is important because african-americans will makeup more than half of the voters casting a ballot in the primary on saturday. another stop on the campaign trail for former president clinton. while hillary clinton makes her pitch to voters in the palmetto state bill clinton spoke to a packed house in rock hill. >> how do we make america whole again? we should not build a wall. >> clinton is expected to win the primary but not everyone knows who they are voting for that is why she came thursday. >> i'm listening for black lives matter and women's healthcare. >> the former president spent a lot of time talking about in the workforce. >> we do not have equal pay and affordable childcare. hillary has that in her platform because we want everybody to woke without having to give up being good parents. >> and believes it's time for a change when it comes to gun laws. >> if you do not want more shooting instances like what happened in charleston we got to talk to our fellow americans and have universal background checks and cover on-line gun sales. >> voters want to see lower tuition and some like sanders plan. >> he said children should be able to go to college for free. >> sanders is campaigning the senator continues to go after african-american voters and young voters. there are only a few days left for folks to decide. >> my thoughts on bernie sanders is they waiver. and today like i said, i want to hear more specifics about >> interestingly enough clinton spent a lot of time talking about health concerns from the lead in the water where bernie sanders spent time talking to reporters there. reporting live in rock hill, michael clark wbtv on your side. >> thank you. the narrowed republican presidential field gather tonight for the final time before super tuesday. after three straight wins donald trump walks into the debate as the g.o.p.'s presidential frontrunner and this is the final debate before voters in 12 states head to the polls on super tuesday. >> right now we check on the roads and windy but the sun is shining. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. let's check in again on the expressway of john belk by independence boulevard we had problems. mentioned windy and we had power lines down. and that has cleared which is great news for commuters. and also the accident right on and now we have an additional accident. another on independence at the john belk freeway. queens road and morehead are great alternate routes and we have an accident close to providence road in the area and then another accident at east boulevard and kennelworth avenue. so we continue to see problems around independence boulevard and center city. back to you guys. >> all right thank you. police have made an arrest after more than three dozen vehicles were broken into at fire stations across several cities including charlotte. >> we have how police were able to track down the suspect. here is eric thomas. >> paul, the winds continue to howell and the wind-whipped snow continues to roll into the high country we will talk about that snow accumulation and the wind gusts as we go forward and then the weekend. first-alert forecast. >> police say a man broke into the personal vehicle of 40 firefighter cars at fire stations across six cities. today police arrested 26-year-old johnny bing in charlotte he is behind break-ins in more than a dozen fire departments in charlotte, cornelius, huntersville, kannapolis, greensboro and fort mill. police released information including how they were able to track him down. brigida mack joins us with more. >> paul, police believe this man has a long history of stealing from cars. but he acted alone. although the investigation continues. and a lot of folks were wondering how did the thief know when firefighters were gone from the station house and was he listening to scanners? >> we do not believe this is an elaborate scheme. i think i don't know why he picked where he did other than so it wasn't an elaborate jumping fences and busting out windows or unlocked doors. >> police believe johnny bing hit 14 fire stations stealing property from cars including eight weapons. when the cases started happening in charlotte police had officers do surveillance and detectives cracked the case in york county where a fire station was hit. >> the key piece of evidence i cannot tell you what the evidence was but it was found in york county during the investigations which led us to give the ability to look at a retail store that has surveillance and we were able to pinpoint this individual. >> an analyst was able to identify and evidence let them to a car that bing uses they cated that car in the north lake mall. they found one of the stolen weapons. police and firefighters glad to get him off the streets tonight. >> thank you. traffic could be a problem heading uptown for any of the ciaa events tonight. let's check in with tonya rivens. >> thank you. and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. yes, we have a lot of volume back to the dot camera on i-77 by clanton road and the tournament is in town and a lot of traffic is starting to build around uptown today and the secondary roads are the better options to use. and we have a problem on providence road starting to clear out but congestion near pineville matthews road and rea road right now is the better alternate route to avoid this. providence near sardis road we have an obstruction on the roadway. use caution if you know someone using that as your evening commute. >> thank you. >> right now, police are on the scene of the apartment complex where a woman was killed in south charlotte. >> we told you about this arrest in the case. center. >> sky3 got on scene and you can cecum of squad cars there at the home where feldman was found dead in 2014. and it looks like one of the larger vans and police vehicles. but that is the neighborhood where she was found dead in 2014. you remember what the crime scene looked like. we can show you that video much more active scene there. police believe that she was beaten and strangled. 82 years old that is torrey pines court in south charlotte. same location we were showing you. again we are expecting more information about this case. our coleen harry telling us that sources are saying that her son has been arrested for this murder. we will be watching this closely. >> all right we will get back to you. the winds are fierce this afternoon. sun has come out but the sky was moving. >> it was very brisk when it >> absolutely they had gusts in excess of 60-miles-per-hour up in the mountains and we are seeing gusts in charlotte around 30-miles-per-hour. and right now, part of that wind field and wind is hard to see unless it's blowing something and it's blowing snow in the high country. you see it around tennessee and up in virginia. here you go, again some of the snow bands working still across avery county but more shifted more into the central mountains. but that starts to work backup into ash and watauga counties. and be on the lookout for one-two inches as the snow continues tonight. and the advisory could still see maybe 3-4 in the highest elevations up on the western slopes of the ski mountains. these are the current gusts this is actual live data. you will see we have that gust of 30-miles-per-hour in going forward the gusts will be significant. especially up here in the mountains. 42-miles-per-hour there abouts at 11:00 p.m. and 20-30 across the piedmont. through the overnight, will you see where most of the action will be here as we start to see the winds begin to let up outside of the mountains. the hd towercam, you can see the wobbling going on. the camera is 300 feet off the ground. and 50-miles-per-hour. the stiff wind 22 but again gusting to 30. over the next couple of hours we will drop off. you can thank the wind for that. mixing things up a little bit. the snow also will be tapering off through the overnight hours. out the door forecast in the morning again snow tapering and look how cold it will be up there 23 and down here into the piedmont and we will be below freezing for the next three days but by 8:00 a.m. 35 . forecast then beyond tomorrow things get calm and pretty and look at the temperatures. they are working backup into the 60s. next chance of rain another stout front coming in packing thunderstorms. but that is not until next wednesday. lyndsay tapases and another update at 5:30. >> next, this little guy shot 18 times with a bb gun and now he has a place to call home. and a little girl who would not trade him for the world. we are there when brody meets his new best friend. >> and next 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the streets. that is 416 pounds, equates to a jaw dropping amount of money on the streets. it equates to $7.5 million. more on that in a moment. first breaking news right now. let's talk to you -- take you to a news conference at cmpd headquarters where an arrest has been made in a cold case murder. >> so with that understood, let me introduce major shelby. >> good afternoon and thank you for coming down i'm here to talk about a development in the homicide of ionia feldman that