Transcripts For WSOC Eyewitness News Daybreak 600A 20160322

WSOC Eyewitness News Daybreak 600A March 22, 2016

This could cause problems north of the brookshire. Gam mark. We are tracking a freeze warning that continues across the carolinas this morning and includes us here in charlotte, as well as counties off to the south and east under a frost advisory. The top of the 6 00 hour we have dropped a handful of degrees. We are down to 35 right now in the charlotte area. In britneys shot she had her gloves on and thick coat. That is what is needed for the kiddos. 32 in rock hill. 32 in lancaster. 33 in rockingham. 31 in statesville. Make sure you have extra layers this morning. The afternoon not looking bad. Well talk about the rest of the week coming up in less than 10 minutes. A major story in brussels. Video of debris scattered across the Brussels Airport. Two explosions that killed 13 people. Authorities deshared these explosions and another one at a subway station as terror attacks. A witness described the terrifying scene at the airport. Windows were blown out of the main building. I saw half a dozen where i was on the access to the train lifts and the stairs that building in the airport. And you can see the smoke here pouring out of the airport. Here are the shattered windows he was just talking about. Authorities have shut down the airport and all subway stations in belgium. All americans are told to shelter in place. There are no direct flights between charlotte and brussels. This comes four days after belgian authorities captured the top suspect in novembers they found a lot of weapons with Salah Abdeslam in brussels and believe he was planning another attack. Authorities are searching for another top suspect connected to the paris attacks. Im going to update you with new information as soon as i get it. 6 03 right now. North carolina lawmakers are getting ready to go back to raleigh tomorrow for a special session about charlottes controversial nondiscrimination ordinance. They want to overturn a law that arouse transgendered people who Public Restrooms they want to use based on the john f. Kennedyter they identify with. The ordinance is scheduled to go in effect april 1. Critics are concerned criminals might take advantage of it. The issue is this is going to have people throughout the we should have uniformity on privacy luis. This special session will be costing taxpayers 42,000 every day. The governor is urging them to wait until the regular session next month. New this morning, a proposed nondiscrimination proposal in president obamas healthcare law, Big Companies are pushing back concerned it would require their medical plans to cover gender transition proceed does. It could end up in court because the law does not spell out if that nondiscrimination section would apply to major private employers. Cms parents have a chance to weigh in on expectations for the next superintendent. Ann clark will serve until june 2017 to give the school board time to find her replacement. Meanwhile the town of matthews formed a task force to evaluate possibly leaving cms. Stay in neighborhood schools as the district considers changing its Student Assignment plan. Cms has not decided whether it will send students to different schools, but some worry that will happen as Board Members say a top priority is bringing more diversity to all schools. Leaders in huntersville, cornelius and davidson passed resolutions saying they support neighborhood schools. Today we could get a better idea of how Mecklenburg County plans to expand prek programs. Last month we told you the board wants to make sure every 4yearold has access to a pre k program. They didnt say exactly where the money would come from, just that they would need support from state and federal governments and nonprofits and businesses. A mother will be back on yesterday shay malzahnen testified against the childs father, todd broderick. 6monthold keen that was found dead. They waited a day to call police when the child stopped breathing so they could come up with a story. He told me to tell them leah was holder had and she dropped her. Reporter broderick is representing himself without an attorney, so he crossexamined her yesterday. He says he didnt make her say anything. We have a sad update today. A 10yearold boy involved in a deadly crash in union county has died. The boys two sisters and father were also taken to the hospital. The family was in the suv on the way to school yesterday morning when troopers say a pickup truck crossed the center line on old pageland monroe road and hit them head on. The driver of the pickup, richard moss, was killed instantly. Justin william was waiting for his bus nearby and saw a little the window was cracked and i pulled back and pulled her out. A witness told channel 9 she had seen the pickup Truck Driving erratically moments before the collision. Police are asking for your help to find a bank robber with a unique tattoo. They say the man here handed a note to the teller at the bank on roosevelt boulevard. Police say he did not she a gun but indicated in the note he had one. Tonight people in harrisburg can share their thoughts about building an Industrial Site of an abandoned quarry. Neighbors near mulberry road fought lines to mine there. Tribune report rezoning is at 6 00 at town hall. The congregation pushed for the changes say they want to help the area thrive and become more pedestrian friendly. A developer asked city council to delay a public hearing to tear down a popular hangout in elizabeth to make way for apartments along seventh street and caswell. That means restaurants like jackalope jacks would be demolished. Customers told us they are afraid it will take away from the neighborhood charm. Condos and highrises it will be more corporate and maybe not quite as fun. The city council may hold a the panthers general manager was named nfl executive of the year. Dick edelman was honored during the annual meetings yesterday. He earned the honor after a remarkable year, he signed Key Players Like michael orr and kurt coleman. Weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Heres meteorologist Christine Rapp with why you might see people putting blankets on their flowers this morning. Hopefully you took care of plants last night. Temperatures just at freezing around the metro area. 32 in matthews. 34 in mint hill. The airport coming in at 35. 34 in belmont. A wider view shows freezing conditions continue all the way to the south. 32 in rock hill and lancaster. This morning feels more wintry. Afternoon, we are looking at seasonal temperatures. Right around our average for this time of year, you will need to hold on to sunglasses today. I am tracking a few chance of rain in the 5day forecast and that is coming up in the next 5 to 10 minutes. An update on your morning drive mark what is the latest . We arrived on the scene at beatties heres the utility pole. Here is the. I can tell you Beatties Ford is not passible north of the brookshire freeway. You can use statesville, brookshire. A local Police Officer shot in the line of duty is speaking out about that their identifying experience. Every person we talked to ahead at 6 30. The way town leaders honored him and how he says the incident made him a better officer. A 3yearold walked out of his mothers home in the middle of the night. Ahead on daybreak the special steps officers took after they found his mother to keep him from wandering off again. Leaders in Chester County want the state to make changes honey, would some captain ds make you feel better . Yeeeaah woo when you love seafood this much. Back again . I hope its just a clumsy phase. Its gotta be ds. Anythings worth it for our new homestyle flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. Also, try our grilled menu featuring new tuscan tilapia. For full meals starting at just 4. 99, a very busy morning. I am following several stories. Two major problems first for your morning drive. We want to give you a live look at northbound lanes at the brookshire boulevard. They are shut down near i485 in northwest charlotte because of a deadly wreck. You see a lot of Police Officers on your screen right now. This is an area youll want to avoid. Well have alternate routes from traffic team 9s mark taylor in just a moment. Beatties ford road shut down in both directions, Near Northwest school of the arts. Again traffic team 9s mark taylor will have alternate routes. You can see right now there is that is a power pole. You can see the car that went also we want to give you a live look. This is a News Conference happening near the Brussels Airport where at least 13 people died in terrorist attacks this morning. We are learning what countries are doing at this point to keep people safe while on high alert. Well let you know what is said out that have News Conference as soon as we can. Chester county leaders want the state to make changes to improve safety on a major highway. People in the area call this dead mans curve. This is highway 9 at turn buckle road. Clover Police Officer tanner crash. If my dad could think this tragedy led to someone else being helped or saved that that easier. Engineers tell us theyll the layout and the geometry to determine if any safety improvements can be made there. This morning water is back on in a north Mecklenburg County neighborhood after crews repaired a break overnight. Heres video we received from a viewer when the water line broke around 8 00 last night. We are asking authorities what may have caused the water main to break. A ride operator accused of camper with the ride at the North Carolina state fair that later injured five people will have to wait to learn his face. Timothy at this timers sentencing on Assault Charges was postponed. He told a judge his boss told him to tamper with the vortex ride back in 2013. The ride suddenly restarted and threw people off. The ride owner, Josh Mar Coney pleaded guilty will serve 30 days in jail, starting on friday. North carolinas attorney general wants the federal government to do more to predatory loans. Roy cooper says the process is students to get help. He and 18 other attorneys general called for changes, including eliminating time limits for fraud victims to apply for relief and faster case reviews no pharmacy students on the unc asheville campus are celebrating a major pharmacy. U. S. News just ranked the unc school of pharmacy as the number one Pharmacy School in the nation. The asheville satellite campus opened in 2011. Heres meteorologist Christine Rapp. Reporter a big issue as you head out your door to start off your tuesday morning. We have completely clear skies. You want to make sure you have thick layers with you. Low 30s to the south in monroe, Lancaster Chesterfield 32, 33 degrees as you head out the doors. The mountains some of the warmest spots. 37 in jefferson. 35 in boone. As you head out the door to start your day. By this afternoon, off to a cool start but springlike conditions will continue as we head into the afternoon hours. Middle 50s for the mountains. Low 60s for morganton and lenoir. Jackets definitely needed this morning. But the sunglasses you will need to keep on hand throughout the day today. Mid60s expected in the foothills. 64 for statesville and area. Upper 60s. 66 in charlotte, 67 in monroe. 64 in shelby 67 in rock schill. Upper 60s expected near 70 wadesboro, rockingham. We are a handful of degrees warmer than yesterday we are keeping quiet, Clear Conditions around for your tuesday night. Hold onto the jacket just in case. Cool temperatures throughout this morning really the only concern we have today. Pollen counts starting to climb back up and they will the next couple of days as temperatures warm back 10 degrees above average. We hold off on our next chance of rain thursday night into friday. That is when we see the chance of rain move back in. Definitely we need the rain, we are 2. 5 inches behind where we should be and we will continue to see dry conditions, today and tomorrow. Temperatures warming back into thursday. If you have been waiting for return. More cloud cover to deal with and another chance for rain throughout the day on sunday. Heres traffic team 9s mark taylor with an up date. New information we are following over North Charlotte on Beatties Ford which is completely shut down in both corrections. This car hit a utility pole in the area. I just checked in with duke. There are no outages reported. An update one person was treated on the scene with very minor injuries. No serious injuries but it is going to cause problems this morning. This is happening between dunn and tate street. Use 77, 16 or statesville. Outbound brookshire still closed at 485. Bell haven to roswells ferry back to 16. Protesters gathered outside duke energy. The steps people who live near the allen steam station are expected to take tonight to that their water is safe. Channel 9 investigated after several crashes in construction zones along i77. Ahead at 6 30, the factors professional drivers say make this area especially dangerous and the changes d. O. T. Is now making. A 3yearold boy walked right out of his mothers home in the middle of the night and she had no idea he left. Next this morning, the way police were able to find out helping his mother keep better lping his a 3yearold natureville boy was found wandering on the streets at 2 00 in the morning. The little boy unlocked the back door of his apartment and made it 100 yards down the street when a Newspaper Delivery driver spotted him and called 911. Police searched the complex and door was open. The officers installed two chain locks just out of reach of the little boys hands. I think it is expected of our officers. We want them to do the right thing and i think it has become, they are not thinking about it now they are just doing it. Mcclain thanks the officers for the locks and plans to thank the Delivery Driver for keeping her son warm until police could get there. Dukes Health System is restricting visitors to keep the flu virus from spreading. Duke will only allow visitors who are immediate family of patients. A cornelius Police Officer shot while on duty is speaking about for the First Time Since the attack. Every call is dangerous. Every situation we go to. Next at 6 30 the way town officials honored his service and the two things the officer says saved his life is that a out the door this morning. Freeze watches in effect for the next couple of hours. Well talk more about your hire head, coming up. Your hour ahead, coming up. A deadly car crash shut down parts we are following two major breaking stories this morning. More than a dozen dead many others injured after three explosions at the Brussels Airport and subway system there. Witnesses reports are pouring in right now as authorities investigate ties to terrorism. The advice the embassy is giving americans in belgium and what u. S. Officials are saying about the security here. But first here in charlotte, two major problems for your morning drive. First a live look at Beatties Ford road. It is closed Near Northwest school of the arts because of that car you are seeing crashed into a power pole. You can see the lines and the pole hanging sideways right there. Also part of the brookshire is blocked because of a deadly crash involving a dump truck. We have been bringing live updates since about 4 30 this morning. Eyewitness News Reporter Britney Johnson is live at the scene. Just got new information about the efforts to save the victim in this case. Britney . Reporter 15 minutes ago i got new information from the owner of the dump truck you see there. He told me his driver had just gone through the light when a person driving a black car hit him. That started a fire and he said his driver used an extinguisher to put out the flames. Crews are clearing out the debris from that wreck. The black vehicle involved in this crash. We are going to show you video from the scene from a little bit earlier where you can see the damage done during this crash. The black vehicle the front end has significant damage. The wind on are also smashed in and we know from the owner there was a fire that caused a lot of damage here as well. Cmpd has been on the scene and a half hours. I just checked in and they told us they expect to be out here for quite some time as they continue their investigation. So that means the road here is going to remain blocked off for quite some time as well. Traffic has caused confusion for drivers trying to get down brookshire boulevard. We are going to send it over to traffic team 9s mark taylor. Also looking from our scene. Roadway. We are making progress with outbound lanes of brookshire still closed at 4856789 starting to see this minor delay on 16 as well. Bait tis ford is closed between dunn and tate street north of the brookshire. And from uptown. You can take 16, inbound is open. Take i77 no delay there or statesville avenue as alternate routes. Cool conditions as you head out the door and start your tuesday morning. Clear skies overnight tonight with the past couple of hours noticing a few clouds starting to fill in north of i 406789 warmer in the mountains this morning. 35 in boone. 33 in monroe. 32 in rock hill. 29 in lincolnton. We have a freeze warning that continues the next couple of hours but the sun officially coming up at 7 24 this morning temperatures. We are still at number one for the driest march on record. We are going to see a couple of changes in the 5day forecast, ill let you know when you need to break out umbrellas. A terror attack in brussels bell judge. We have brand new cell phone you can see it right here, this is rising from the subway station. This is the first video we h

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