Cast across the state. Lets get to the results. The big races everyone was watching the president ial primaries on the republican side, donald trump got the win with more than 40 of the vote. Senator ted cruz was 40,000 votes behind at 37 followed by Ohio Governor john kasich and senator marco rubio. In the democratic race, Hillary Clinton wins with 55 of the vote compared to Bernie Sanders and his 41 . Christine five states held primary elections. Hillary clinton taking the wins in florida, ohio, and illinois. Trump won the state of florida as well and the state of illinois. Governor john kasich took the other big prize for republicans, all 66 delegates in his home state of ohio. Now this morning, marco rubio has decided to drop out of the race after losing his home state of florida. John the results in missouri greasy get overlets get over to Kristen Miranda watching the results. Kristen we have to talk about missouri and what is next for the candidates. On apple tv, been watching the results come in overnight in missouri. This is the secretary of state website, looking at both sides, the democrat and republican side they are too close to call when it comes to the president ial primary and what i want to you look at here the bottom numbers, 100 of the votes are in, 1. 5 million votes cast yesterday and all of the candidates the two top candidates in the democratic and republican side are within half of one percentage point of one another. The losing candidate the second place finisher can ask for a recount if they want it. They may get it in this case if they ask for it. New york times has listed the delegate count and what is next for the primaries, i wanted to give you an idea according to march 22nd, arizona, idaho is the Democratic Caucus and utah the next prizes the candidates are vying for. Well see who stays in and who stays out, where things sit in missouri, the big story will be missouri today and what happens and who decides that they might want a recount. John in North Carolina another major race in campaign 2016, voters deciding who will run for governor in november. Christine for republicans it will be incumbent governor pat mccrory, he brought in nearly 82 of the vote. State representative Robert Brawley from mooresville got 11 of the vote. John North Carolina attorney general roy cooper won the democratic primary for governor with 69 of the vote. Ken spaulding was well behind with 31 . For reaction to that race, wbtvs Mark Davenport is on your side here in charlotte. What mccrory and cooper had to say about their wins. Reporter yeah, no big surprise at all, this sets up a big time battle for governor here in North Carolina come november. Last night the numbers spoke for themselves, mccrory reeled in more than 80 of the vote. Cooper won by raking in nearly 70 of the vote. Polls pitting the two against each other are split. Last month, one poll had mccrory up by three points, the other cooper up by two points. Experts say this will be the hardest fought Gubernatorial Race in the nation. The candidates wasted little time before they started attack each other. We need a governor who will lead and do what is right to prepare our state for the the future. We need a governor that will continue to focus on jobs and the economy and will focus on improving education and raising teacher pay. Not someone who wont show up for work when it matters or hide and simply do or say what is poe like italy expedient. Politically expedient. North carolina needs a new set of priorities. Helping everyone in this improving economy. Making affordable quality education, better than ever. Reporter an issue expected to be front and center i77 toll lane project. Mccrory lost votes in north Mecklenburg County over his support for the project overnight. Cooper said he would have never signed the deal. Also, on the ballot for governor in november, libertarian lon cecil. Mark davenport, wbtv on your side. Christine some other results include the democratic primary for lieutenant governor. Linda coleman will run against incumbent dan forest in november. Coleman earned 51 of the vote compared to holly jones 29 . Voters approved the connect nc bond which will Fund Projects in our next half hour, stay with us, much more are on what that means and what governor mccrory is saying about the bond passing. For completely Election Results from our area, and continuing coverage of the primaries, you can go to our website, wbtv. Com. John looking ahead, charlotte this morning and will be in a Mecklenburg County courtroom today. Hes charged with voter fraud forecasting a ballot following his guilty plea on federal bribery charges. Ashton pellom joins us live from outside the courthouse this morning so ashton, tell us what we can expect out of the appearance. Reporter hey, good morning, john. We do know if convicted of the charge, patrick cannon could be sentenced up to 15 months in jail. Now, our News Partners at the Charlotte Observer they talked to legal experts and tell them cannon will more than likely only receive probation, if convicted. Cannon voted back in 2014 after more than 350,000 from 50,000 from agents. A judge in a previous case called cannon a sophisticated voter who should have known better. Currently serving sentence at a federal prison in West Virginia and is set to be released in january. Well be here in the courtroom as he makes an appearance today. Well keep you updated on air and online at wbtv. Com. Reporting live in uptown charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. Christine still plenty ahead here live on wbtv news this morning. John we have more Election Results after the break including the race for North Carolinas u. S. Senate seat. First, a quick check of the first alert weather. We have 63 degrees in charlotte right now, 20 degrees cooler in boone. A live look at i77 and nations ford, thing moving smoothly, a little thick. Minutes away from weather and 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. Dunkins new grandde burrito a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. Go grande with veggie or sausage today. America runs on dunkin. Giving you first alert weather and traffic every seven minutes, welcome back to wbtv news this morning. John 12 after 6 00, we have several stories you want to be around for coming up in the 6 30 half hour. At 6 34, cbs has new estimates in the delegate count. How close the front runners are to clinching the nominations. The Federal Reserve will finish up two days of meetings, at 6 42, on your side with a look ahead what is expected to be said about the economy. Christine more results from campaign 2016 in North Carolina, the general election is now set for the states u. S. Senate seat. Richard burr beat out rivals by a wide margin. The senate. Also the chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence. He will face off against debra ross. She grabbed more than 60 of the vote in the democratic primary. John in Mecklenburg County, voters decided the commissioners primaries. Pat cotham, trevor fuller and Ella Scarborough will face jeremy brask in november for three atlarge seats. In Mecklenburg County district 2, vilma leake takes the race over lula d ualeh, daughter of so mallian immigrants and angela edwards, a minister. In district 6, bill james and hissed by for 11th term gets the win over joel levy with no november opposition, the district winners basically were elected and will serve two year terms. Christine a close call at Charlotte International airport when a drone comes close to two means, ccording to the Police Report the drone almost they made their approach to the airport saturday evening. Police tell us this is an active investigation, they have not made any arrests. According to faa rules drones are are not supposed to fly within five miles of airports or above 400 feet. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. He has his eyes on the skies for us, here is meteorologist al conklin. Al were looking at a cold front back to the west of us christine in advance, one more unseasonably warm day, we hit 80 today. This front wont come through, wont be much in terms of clouds or rain. Small chance of shower in the mountains this morning. Turning our attention what is happening across the middle part of the country getting colder there. In the 40s, chilly up across boone, king street in boone, no rain but you have a little bit of cloud cover, no fog this morning. Futurecast, this morning were dry but stop this at 8 00, a few clouds coming through, then frontal system may trigger a shower or two. Otherwise a little bit of cloud cover then mostly sunny, even in the mountains for the rest of afternoon, nice and warm, highs in the low 80s east of the mountains. In the high country get in the 60s. Breezy afternoonbreast seebreezy this afternoon. Heading to the hornets game tonight, tipoff temperature, 73, orlando in town at 7 00 to take on the hornets. Talk about the seven day planner in a couple minutes. Right now here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris first alert traffic charlotte. Taking a live look here this morning, i77 nations ford road, volume northbound really pick up at this hour, but not any significant volume delays on the major interstates. Were, however, seeing slow downs along wt harris boulevard over toward albermarle and up in the north tryon area. Bowl, 77 running smoothly, no volume delays northbound on 77. Out to the east, outer and inner loop of 485 between matthews and providence road, running smoothly, a few delays up toward highway 51. That is a check of traffic, christine, over to you. Christine cdc releasing guidelines to counter act prescription overdose. John on cbs this morning how it will affect consumers and pharmacies. Christine Harrison Ford will when the fifth installment john 19 after 6 00. A live look at charlotte skyline tower cam, we have 63 degrees in charlotte right now, and looks pretty good out there. Right now get over to Kristen Miranda who is live in the alert center with new details just coming in on a vehicle that fell in a river in ohio, the ohio river . Kristen in the ohio river, technically in kentucky, john, look at video, this is what happened yesterday, this is the scene yesterday but today, the news is that water rescue teams are still trying to assess how many people were in that car that plunged in the ohio river after a massive pileup on a bridge that leads from kentucky to cincinnatti. Kentucky. The accident caused a chain reaction, other cars tried to slow down, navigate around them, it took hours for teams to find that submerged cars, still they are trying to figure out how many people are inside, how to get the car out of the river, it has been a mess and tragic situation, well keep an eye on the story as it develops. The first four round of the ncaa tournament continues tonight in dayton, tipped off with Florida Gulf Coast and fairleigh dickinson. This was never close, a blow out, florida cruise to victory. Fgcu will play the tarheels tomorrow night. Wichita state defeated vanderbilt easily, final 7050. Wichita state will play six seed arizona thursday. Two more games tonight before the real action starts tomorrow, 16 seeds holy crows and Southern University play at 6 40, then 11 seeds michigan and tulsa play after that at 9 10 tonight. If you plan to fill out a bracket, today is the deadline. Listen up, Harrison Ford fans is gappinggrabbing his hat and whip. It is the the fifth adventure, set to hit theaters in 2019 when he will be 77 years old. Christine 77 . Al how about that. You mentioned basketball, we have march madness in the weather center. Record tying 80s today and by saturday, in the 50s here. Like this. I hope this isnt like your 401 k, it is all downhill, folks. Get you out there, show you what is going on, first off sort of flute lined of late. Mostly in the upper 70s to 80 or low 80s, we hit 82 saturday, 80 yesterday, above 80 today, this is the last of the truly unseasonably warm weather in advance of this cool front that will cross the area during the day today but the full effect wont come in until tonight and slowly we start to the next couple days. Scott clarks in stallings, dry conditions, excellent visibility as we have here in charlotte. Traffic starting to pick up a little bit. 63 degrees in charlotte, good visibility, south breeze at 6 miles per hour, that is going to continue taboos our temperatures, 64 concord, ten degrees cooler lincolnton, 59 shelby, 50 morganton, 56 hickory and 60 in salisbury, low 60s to the south of us. You will be in the 60s, clouds may be a brief shower this morning, but mostly sunny this afternoon and look at this, lower 80s, lenoir, morganton, mostly sunny skies your way. Plenty of sunshine in the piedmont, 83 concord, mooresville, 84 gastonia, 87 wadesboro. 84 albermarle, south, well in the 80s from rock hill to chester, plenty of sunshine. There is the frontal system moving through, nothing more than a couple clouds. Tonight, in the 40s, tomorrow plenty of sunshine, cooler, in with a gusty breeze on friday as the low works north and eastward, increasing cloud cover saturday, chances of rain go up and our temperatures go down. So 80s, 70s, 60s, five tease,50sand four straight nights with lows in the 30s. Rain chances go up saturday night into sunday. Afternoon hours on sunday may be dry but a lot of cloud cover around. Not a heavy rain but rain and much cooler weather, 83, 75 sunny tomorrow, 69 on friday. Here comes the increase in clouds followed by rain saturday afternoon, into sunday. That is the the forecast, check in with chris, youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Chris traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. Rolling in our wednesday morning commute, volume picking up here across the area, this is a live look i77 northbound, southbound road, no problems there, up town from rock hill, 20 minutes, 68 miles an hour. Concord to center city, 17 minute commute and coming southbound on lake norman area on 77, average time, 16 minutes, 62 miles an hour. Still quite a bit of green out here this morning. 485, 77, 85 looking okay. We do have slow downs though, wt harris boulevard, between north tryon and down toward albermarle and also a few delays along north tryon heading out in the University City area, but we will keep an eye on things as we head closer to the rush hour. That is a check of traffic, christine over to you. Christine continuing coverage of campaign 2016. John i77 toll lane project may have had an impact on one state house race, the results from state House District 92. Christine the vetting process is done, and president obama is expected to announce his nomination for the Supreme Court soon. Tell you who made that short list. John youre watching wbtv well be right back. I just picked us up 2 breakfast croissants for 4, when this bear attacked. With one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. Then jack showed up, and took care of the beast, so i could escape. And thats what happened to your breakfast croissant. And yours . It survived. Enjoy freshly cracked egg with ham and bacon. Or sausage. Two tasty croissants at an eventastier 4 price. Christine next at 6 30, millions turn out across North Carolina to cast their votes in campaign 2016. This morning, governor pat mccrory is expected in our area to discuss the passing of that bond that will Fund Projects across the state. John with another big day of primaries in the books, on your side taking a closer look at delegate counts for the president ial nominations. Christine Kristen Miranda looking at the latest numbers and other news that is developing right now in the alert center. Well get a check of news in a minute. John good morning, thanks for watching wbtv news this morning, good to have you with us, 6 30, im john carter. Christine im christine sperow. First alert weather here, meteorologist al conklin has the most accurate look at what to expect today. Al clear skies this morning, temperatures in the 50s and 60s, christine. Look at it going back about the last weekandahalf or so, temperatures well above average in the 70s and 80s. Officially spring doesnt arrive for another four days, not until the 20th. Midnight. Well have one more springlike day, almost borderline early summer. 63 in charlotte, 62 monroe, 60 salisbury, rock hill, 63 gastonia, 56 hickory, cooler around boone at 43. At the bus stop, sunshine to start, 64 degrees, no issues with fog. Roads are dry, this afternoon, close to a record here, recordtying 83 degrees, might get degree or so above that. We will cool in the 50s this weekend and chris, more importantly the average last frost is the first week of april, we have four straight nights coming up over the be in the 30s very chilly. Hopefully you havent planted. Chris they are still skiing in the mountains, maybe they will make snow. Lets look, we have an accident this morning out on 485, first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. This is the inner loop of 485 on the ramp to wilkinson boulevard, i485 inner loop coming up to wilkinson, accident there. Being reported as a possibly overturned vehicle. Well keep an eye on that. Youre in the green as you work toward 485 and 85. 485 traffic along the main travel lanes is running along smoothly. Well keep an eye on that with that accident just in. But our major interstates continuing to run in the green. Seeing slow downs around the morning. Certainly over on wt harris and north tryon street. But again, this is 485 out aga