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While nearly every candidate in the race picked up a win, super tuesday was not good news for everyone not named, clinton or trump. John they so far ahead they may not be able to be caught. Kristen miranda is live breaking down the very latest delegate count. Kristen you said it, marco rubio got his first win, john kasich and ben carson havent won any of these primaries or caucuses but cnn put together a handy dandy cheat sheet of the current delegate count. You can see Hillary Clinton has 1055 total delegates at this point to Donald Trumps 315 delegates. Cruz and rub yo split the rest of the republican delegates. Sanders at 418. Hillary clinton pretty far ahead there, donald trump not as far ahead of his rivals as clinton is of sanders, but again they are splitting the vote, we will see what happens now that super tuesday has passed and all of are moving on to the next round. Back to you. John new this morning, the voters who first challenged North Carolinas congressional districts are now challenging the states new maps. They are asking a three judge federal panel to reject the new maps, claiming it does. Fix the issues that led to the original maps being struck down. Mark davenport joins us now live in charlotte with much more on this story, so mark, tell us about the latest challenge. Reporter well john, the latest challenge could hamper the congressional primary here in North Carolina. Been pushed back from march to june 7th. When they had to redraw the map in february. It could get pushed back further if this map has to be redrawn again. Here is the issue at hand. Attorneys of two voters say the replacement map drawn in february wasnt better than the last one. They argue the lines were drawn with an intentional manipulation of district lines. Now a federal panel ordered a new map be drawn in february, this is how it all started after black voters in the 1st and 12th districts. The new map was supposed to be used in the congressional primary in june but now this new lawsuit is calling for judges to reject the new map and redraw the boundaries. State attorneys have until next monday to respond to those objections. Well follow this for you right here on wbtv. Reporting live im Mark Davenport, wbtv on your side. John breaking overnight news, a family forced out of their home by Early Morning fire near pineville. This was the scene on dell court lane before 2 00 this morning. Firefighters say when they arrived they saw heavy flames ripping through the home. The family was able to get out safely. No injuries reported. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Christine now this morning, a man who rush in a home after a propane explosion in Cleveland County is speaking out for the first time. Brian crotts who served four years in the marines, was driving on east stage coach when he saw flames and heard the explosion from the home. He rush in and found jb and naomi newton. This morning he is talking only to wbtv northbound about what happened. Ashton pellom is live with the story and as you can see from the video, ashton, a tearful interview. Reporter yeah, a very traumatic experience for that retired marine. He tells us he cannot sleep at night after what he saw sunday night trying to help that elderly couple get out of that burning home. Brian crotts tells us that flames were shooting up as he rushed toward the house on stage coach trail. A driver ran off the road sunday hitting a propane tank and that house. Crotts tells us that jb newton was sitting against debris, fire raging beside him and two neighbors helped crotts lift mr. Newton over the fence. He wept back in the home and found naomi unconscious. Carried her to the fence as well. Crotts was a marine for four instinct to run and help if there is trouble. When he said there was people in there, i didnt want nobody to burn alive, nobody die, if they was in there i want to get them out and get help to them. I want the family to know that that lady asked about her husband, when she come to. And that man the only thing he was thinking about was his wife. Reporter as you can see, very emotional interview with brian crotts. You can tell this is a tightlyknit community. Dozens showed up last night to pray for the couple and the First Responders on the scene. Reporting live near uptown charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. John 6 06, amber alert cancelled after four children were abducted in North Carolina. Police say they arrested 29yearold dominique lecco, they found the four children with her at a house in high point. Police have not said what charges lecco will face. Police identified the other two victims of a triple homicide in gaston county. Crystal gambino shot and killed her husband giovanni, along with Geoffrey Gilliland and Stephanie Sanchez in this home on alexislucia road. We brought this try to to you story to you with breaking news. Gambino is charged with her husbands death, investigators say more charges are coming. Still plenty ahead live in the 6 00 a. M. Hour of wbtv news. John charlottemecklenburg police take a man in custody, all caught on camera, as some claim Excessive Force was used, we talk with our security expert to see what he thinks. Before we go to our break, lets take a quick check of first alert weather temperature, 47 in charlotte, we have 31 in boone. We have windchill factors in the teens up there, keep that in mind. 44 in shelby, 54 rockingham, 50 lancaster, a live look at i77 at arrowood, traffic there is moving smoothly. As the morning goes on and more people get out on the roads but no significant issues slowing you down. Remember, youre never more than seven minutes away from weather it is eight minut bringing you the latest updates live from the alert center, thanks for choosing wbtv news this morning. John 11 after 6 00. Several all new stories in the 6 30 half hour. Today at 6 35, the man accused of killing two College Student in virginia expected to take a plea deal today. Well hear from one of the victims mothers about that deal. Everything from your fridge to your Baby Monitors and kids toys are now tied to the internet. At 6 46, on your side telling family from cyber threats. Christine a video shows several charlottemecklenburg Police Officers taking a man in custody, at first glance this looks violent. That one officer is repeatedly hitting the person being arrest in connection to a hit and run. The video taken at the sardis place apartments, now the Police Department is investigating. We also took this video to our security expert, karl de la guerra, who trains Police Officers. He says it all depends where officers are striking the suspect, listen. Its completely different if the officer is repeatedly striking the suspects face. However, from my experience, if the officer is striking a major muscle part of the suspect, in my opinion, Excessive Force was not used. He says officers used the technique to get a suspect to release their arms instead of pulling it out and breaking a bone. Cmpd says that is what the officer is doing. Looking in the Excessive Force allegations. John wild video police chase involving a motorcyclist who crashed and tried to get away. This is dash cam video from the chase in lenoir yesterday morning. Look at the motorcyclist go down, crashes on a dirt road then takes off running. An officer runs as well, catching the man, officers say the man was originally pulled over for a license plate violation but also found drugs in his backpack. Christine were working to get an update on the condition of an eightyearold who was hit by a car in south carolina. Sky 3 the only news helicopter out in indian land as this was happening last night. Troopers say the little boy ran a stop sign on his bike and hit a moving car, they say he wasnt wearing a helmet at the time. He suffered a bad head injuries, neighbors say. A temporary memorial growing at the scene at a scene that left a west the driver was speeding, lost control and hit a tree. Police say 15yearold heaven seay died. Twtw other passengers who are also west meck students were seriously hurt. Thehurt. It was not clear if the driver was a west meck student. Police have not said if anyone will face charges. John 14 minutes after 6 00. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is meteorologist al conklin. Al john, avery, mitchell, Watauga County schools operating on twohour delay. This is king street in boone from resortcams. Com ive been watching the tree branches blowing, 40 to 50 mile per hour winds on top of that, temperatures near or below freezing. 29 in West Jefferson and fa fleetwood. Deeper through the day you will see more and more sunshine but chilly breeze all day long, shouldnt be as gusty as this getting a brighter sky toward the east. Clear skies in charlotte, 47 and youre near freezing in boone if not below, everybody else in the 40s to low 50s. 51 around monroe, 46 in salisbury, 48 in rock hill, 43 in hickory. The temperatures are actually a little milder than yesterday because of the breeze that is keeping up out there but that breeze is going to be with us all day long and will be a cooler breeze, we get back to 53 in charlotte this afternoon. Well look for plenty of sunshine but 20 degrees cooler than the last two afternoons, well in the 70s. Im tracking more rain that is right around the corner, show you that on futurecast and looking at detail in the weekend, all those details and specifics coming up in the seven day planner. Right now 6 14, first alert traffic. First alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. Christine we have a few more accidents now popping up this morning and as we look at providence road some of you take providence road to get in town, there is an accident right at sharon amity road and providence that as youre commuting. None of the accidents were seeing causing any slow downs at this hour. So you should be good to go there. You travel on 85, a live look at i85 here at sugar creek road exit, you can see volume has picked up in this hour, so watch that as you are commuting and watch for the damp roads, drive carefully. A sportscaster fighting for her right for privacy. John more from erin andrews emotional testimony against a stalker who secretly videotaped her in a National Hotel room, that is later on cbs this morning at 7 00. Christine next at 6 00 on wbtv, the Carolina Panthers put the franchise tag on corner back josh norman. Well tell you what it means for the two sides moving forward. Wbtv is always on your side, 6 16. This afternoon at dunkin, save when you sip. Get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2 00 and 6 00 p. M. burke at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a stag pool party. party music splashing destruction splashing destruction burke and we covered it, october twentyseventh, 2014. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. The bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. Dunkins new grandde burrito a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. Go grande with veggie or sausage today. John 20 after 6 00, avery, mitchell and Watauga County schools are operating on twohour delay this morning. Lets get over to Kristen Miranda who is live in the alert center with new video of a deadly crash in massachusetts. What this is about . Kristen i want to show you this crash, the video pretty severe. Look at it while i tell you what happened. Two people died, at least seven others were injured after this suv crashed through the front window of a busy, busy pizza place in massachusetts. It happened during the dinner rush. So it was pack in there. This is sweet tomatos pizza in newton, if youre in the massachusetts area, outside boston. The two People Killed were patrons in the restaurant. The suv according to witnesses came flying down a hill. The driver failed to stop at an intersection and plowed in the restaurant. Very very busy restaurant. A tough morning there as they they have to figure out exactly what caused that driver to not be paying at tension or have some sort of issue that caused them to go in the restaurant. Back to you. Christine the Charlotte Hornets returning to Time Warner Cable arena to take on the phoenix suns. Nickelodeon night at the game last night and the 90s kids were loving it. Big al jefferson 19 point, 7 rebounds over the bench. Kemba walker led with 26 points. Hornets cruised to victory, 12692, next up a trip to philadelphia tonight. In college, it was no. 17 duke hosting wake forest. Grayson allen powered the blue devils with 30 points as they win 7971. Duke wraps up the regular season saturday against anybody know, anybody know . John the big one. Christine unc. Carolina panthers put the a long term deal, norman will make nearly 14 million this coming season. Other teams can try to sign norman but the panthers can match the offer. If they dont the other team would lose two first round draft picks. Al that is the nonexclusive part. John how about that. Al that is a big price tag. John hes so good and such character. I like that about him. Hes a good fella. Al a good player. Christine you be you. Al hope youre having a great morning, little cooler after last nights rain and we have a much cooler day on the way. Last couple days we enjoyed well up in the 70s, 74 monday, 73 yesterday, those temperatures are gone. At least for a while but if youre a fan of the warm weather there is hope. This is often times how it goes, youll have swings where it gets warm a few days and cool again for a few days. Now heading down for a while. The rain left over from last night pushing away. The rest of us nice clearing trend a lot of sunshine. Very little rain last night. In fact,. 04 is all we could manage, obviously, very early in the month of march but running a quick deficit here now of quarter inch include today where there will be no rain and yearly deficit is. 17. There is another round of rain knocking on the door, well make all that up in short time. This is our camera from lake norman where again clear skies out there this morning and as we looked off toward the east, i can see brighter sky, sun up shortly. You can see it very very pretty sky from hd tower cam from scott clarks nissan honda, Clear Conditions in charlotte, our current temperature right now is at 47 degrees. 46 in concord, 48 in wrong hill, 45 in lincolnton, 43 around hickory, colder in the mountains in the 30s. You will stay in the 30s in the mountains, but mostly sunny by later this afternoon. You have a few flurries, this morning. Issue most of the day. 50 around lenoir, morganton, tons of sunshine, no chance for any rain, 53 salisbury, concord, charlotte, 52 gastonia, 55 wadesboro, albermarle at 51 and to the south, pageland, patrick, lancaster and rock hill, 53. Our temperatures, again, next four days in the 50s, which is close if not a little below average but look how we rebound. Going in the weekend, a nice warmup. High pressure is with us for today, clear, cold tonight, we start off with a little bit of sunshine tomorrow look at the clouds on the increase. Here comes our next weather maker, that brings rain, even mountain snow tomorrow night. Dont think it will be a huge deal, rain could be heavier tomorrow night and early friday morning before this pushes away. We dry out nicely for friday and the weekend. At least 70 chance of rain from late tomorrow in tomorrow night, no rain expected if youre making your weekend plans. Seven day forecast looking great. Breezy, cooler today, 53, rain then we dry out and we start to rebound. 58, close to average for friday and saturday, some clouds on saturday but i think for the most part in good shape. A milder day sunday and look at those numbers, warm, going in monday and tuesday, no rain expected then. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Right now, first alert traffic. First alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. Christine and like i told you in the last hit, we do have a couple more accidents that were watching for you. There is one at i485 and wilkinson boulevard, if youre headed toward the airport, youll run in to that. There may be some delays from that. Not seeing significant ones on the map. Just be on the look out for that. This stretch of independence boulevard moving great this morning, no stopped traffic at this hour so just keep that in mind if independence is part of your commute. Charlottes nondiscrimination ordinance is becoming a hot topic of campaign 2016. Cooper responds to governor mccrorys push for lawmakers to intervene. The naacp speaks out about a deadly officerinvolved shooting in raleigh. Find out what they are asking the community to do. Youre watching wbtv news right back. Christine early voting for North Carolinas march primary begins tomorrow. This morning were on your side with what you need to know about the states new voter i. D. Requirement. John Kristen Miranda hard at work in the alert center, will join us with another check of news that just comes in. Christine this man accused of killing two College Student in virginia is expected back in court today. All new the mother of one of the the plea deal he is expected to take. John good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning, it is now 6 30 im john carter. Christine im christine sperow. Avery, mitchell and Watauga County schools operating on twohour delay this wednesday morning. Anything changes well let you know first here on wbtv. Meteorologist al conklin is in the First Alert Weather Center now with the most accurate look at the forecast. Al outside of the mountains where we have a few flurries and cloud cover, clear and dry out there. The five sweeps of power Doppler Radar are showing no rain, the rain we had last night is now moved down to

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