>> i'm great kristen, you? >> kristen: i'm great. sometimes heart healthy doesn't mean flavorful, you have options for us this morning that change that idea. >> first of all february is heart health month and i think we do need to be aware of it disease is the no. 1 killer of americans. >> people think it could be cancer or -- >> exactly. then the good thing is 80% is preventible by losing 5 to 10% of your body weight. we can establish a healthier lifestyle, that what is watch watchers incorporates. today, little changes that you can do, basically eating right, being active and repeating on a constant basis. >> kristen: when you think about losing 5 to 10 maries of% of your body weight that is norman that is more manageable. >> it could be 6-10 pounds, i think people get overwhelmed, let's break it down and focus on the basic simple steps and that is what weight watchers has done. the 2015 guidelines have come out and they are difficult to read. nutritional facts it does become overwhelming. weight watchers has our smart points plan

kristen? >> kristen: lyndsay, thank you. work out, right? ciaa in town and nettie and eric are here we'll work out basketball style, coming up. stay with us. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) >> hi, i watch you every saturday morning. i can't get enough of your program, wish you came on all through the week but it's inspirational to get me moving. i'm over 65 years old and it's a fantastic workout for seniors. thank you! >> tell me what you're able to do now. >> i used to couldn't touch my toes, no problem. >> thanks! >> that is so cool, i love it. where did you found her? >> at sam's, you're nettie >> feels good to help people. >> all the time that is my reward. >> let's help people today your basketball is much smaller than ever rick's. >> eric than eric's. >> nontraditional stuff. central intercolleg

kristen? >> kristen: lyndsay, thank you. coming up next on wbtv news saturday morning, a new app release to help charlotte public transportation riders report anything suspicious. we put it to the test. how fast we were able to get cmpd to the scene of a real life situation. we're always on your side, this is wbtv news saturday morning. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already. steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousand dollars a day, introducing longhorn's b

kristen? >> kristen: lyns, thank you. next, dozens of people sign up to speak at next week's city council meeting in charlotte. why it is causing quite a stir as leaders prepare for a controversial vote. >>> ciaa tournament days away thisclosed captioning on wbtvnews is sponsored by subarusouth boulevard and subaruconcord. >> kristen: looking ahead to monday, the city of charlotte is expecting a massive turnout at the city council meeting. nearly 150 people have signed up to speak about the controversial so-called bathroom ordinance. that ordinance would give protection shuns to people in the lgbt community an allow someone transgender to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify. council members voted down the changes after protests last year. we will be there and let you know the outcome of monday's vote. >>> the owner of a ride that malfunctioned at north carolina state fair hurting five people has been sentenced to time in jail. guilty plea yesterday. in 2013 investigators say a safety mechanism on his r

kristen, back over to you. >> kristen: let's take a live look inside fort mill town hall where voting is underway in the south carolina primary. we were going to show you the live picture but our camera just froze, we'll get back to it, as soon as we can and show you what it look like as people turn out. more than half a million voters are expected to cast ballots for their choice. 38,000 people in south carolina voted early in this primary, polls open until 7:00 tonight. on the democratic side, hillary clinton picked up endorsement from jim clyburn. he is the third ranking democrat in the u.s. house. clinton leads bernie sanders in south carolina, the democratic primary a week from today. we will send an alert as soon as the winners are declared today, make sure you download the wbtv news app if you don't have it already, get election results, make sure you get the mobile alerts so you always stay in the know. >>> next on wbtv news saturday morning, so excited about talking about this fabulous event coming up. we'll celebrate the traditions of new orleans coming up and do a little wo

what works ( kristen ( newschannel three is taking action for your health. a pregnant womans high blood pressure could have major impacts on her babys health. women who have high blood pressure late in pregnancy are more likely to give birth to underweight or stillborn babies. the study is in the american heart associations journal, )hypertension. researchers say women who their blood pressure were more than twice as likely to deliver a small baby. and a new study finds radiation after surgery improves survival for women with an non-invasive form of breast cancer. researchers looked at thousands of women who had dcis. they found women who had a higher chance of recurrence, based on their age and tumor size, lowered their risk of dying by nearly 70 percent if they had radiation in addition to surgery. but women with a low chance of recurrence did not see a benefit to radiation. coming up on newschannel three at noon. this symbol of freedom in the united states has a new job in the netherlands. how dutch police are using eagles the iowa caucuses are finished b

>> kristen: we can do that. fun. >> lyndsay: behind the scenes >> kristen: how crazy it gets. >> lyndsay: might square some people. >> kristen: yeah, we try to control ourselves,. >> lyndsay: but at this hour you have to stay goofy to keep yourself awake. >> kristen: yep. >> lyndsay: any hoo, temperatures right now are around 30 in the charlotte area, so a little bit of a chilly start, 31 cornelius. 26 arboretum and weddington and 27 in ballantyne. north of the city 28 in statesville, 28 in morganton, also hickory, 30 and 28 in boone as of the 5:00 hour. so, as far as sky cover is concerned, we're keeping things clear at least outside of the mountains. we have cloud cover in the mountains and foothills, but even for you that should clear out through the afternoon. rest of us as soon as that sun does come up, a couple minutes before 7:00 a.m., sunrise today, all across the southeast really quiet, you don't see anything barely showing up on radar. we have an area of high pressure from the west, that is going to ke

kristen: we have saoirse ronan heating it up. roshumba: -- yu tsai: she's showing us she has beautiful skin. her pale skin radiates from in dress. roshumba: she is getting her fashion groove on. look her character who was discovering america, i felt she was discovering her fashion. she found her wray. yu tsai: the earrings are a little distracting for me. it's bothering me. yu tsai: meanwhile the red carpet continues. you guys are so cute. >> it's the biggest night in hollywood. fashion hits and misses. there's still more to come. george: we can't say goodbye to oscar winner j.k. simmons and his beautiful wife. j.k., you've had the best year in show business. what is it like now strolling this red carpet once again? >> more relaxed. better weather. we're here having fun. been there, done there -- that george: i don't know if you're a show biz life or not because you valley. what is it like for you? >> it's fun. everyone is here for good reasons and everyone is here enjoying themselves. this year it's especially relaxed because we

miranda's favorite right now. >> kristen: yes. >> john: peeps are my favorite treat. together, you can't -- you can't do any more. this is it. heaven. >> al: half awesome. >> kristen: the hamilton half is awesome. >> al: not thity the styrofoam snack. you're going crazy on peeps. >> christine: there is confirmed tornado in our area, chesterfield county? >> al: came in after 6:00 last night, the information, i thought i would show you. this is a picture we have for you. this is the tornado that was out there, an ef-30, f-0, that is ominous looking, plenty of warning, no injuries, no fatalities but there was damage. about 50 to 75 miles wide. again, let's take you down there and show you sort of on the edge of the viewing area, on the miles between patrick and just to the south of cheraw. almost parallelling u.s. 1. at one point it crossed u.s. 1, just to the west of society hill. that is 65 to 85 mile per hour winds with ef-0. that is enough to do damage and there was damage. clearly the worst was up in virginia where unfortunately we had so many fatalities, we were ju

kristen: not yet. but wow, what an incredible place to be at the oscars, overlooking the red carpet. balcony. we have a hand held camera that can peer over the ledge and check out the stars below and if you look down there now, there they are, our otrc fashion crew. that's supermodel roshumba williams and celebrity photographer yu tsai. roshumba williams made her mark as a muse for fashion designer yves saint laurent and she was the first african-american woman to be featured in the "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition. yu tsai is one of the most sought-aftercelebrity photographers in the world. current to past oscar winners. i have a feeling we are going to have major fun today. we will be talking everything fashion, including some of the trends they expect to see and also getting their candid critique who is totally working the red carpet and who may have missed the mark. george, throwing it back to you. george: thank you so much, kristen. we want to show you something else we have for you. it's an

kristen: are you rocking that. of course the fashion continues here at the oscars. >> can you feel the excitement? hollywood's biggest night has begun. the stars are arriving and we're on the red carpet waiting to chat with them. miss something. >> live from the heart of hollywood at the dolby theater, this is "on the red carpet at the oscars." orge: we are live on this red carpet and the stars are starting to come out of the security tent and pose for the print press and take pictures that go all around the world. we're going all around the world too and right now we're talking the year, 9-year-old jacob tremblay from "room." you're at the oscars, can you believe it? >> no, no. george: you're also going to take the stage and present. >> i'm presenting best live action short. george: you also are a big "star wars" fan and you're wearing "star wars"-related clothing. >> this? uh, falcon cuff links and darth vader socks. george: you're a darth vader fan over the other one? >> i just like darth vader because he's pret

christine, over to you. >> christine: kristen miranda with three stories we need to watch. >> kristen: this is from the prairieville, louisiana area. this is a view from inside of a gold's gym torn apart by a storm. look at that. i saw pictures from the outside, an entire wall you can see the wall is missing. >> we have shown you pictures from an rv park in convent, louisiana, that is where two people were killed, in all, three people killed by the storms. >> damage in pensacola, florida, homes were ripped apart. today of course in those areas, it will be clean-up for us a much different story hoping we don't have anything near severe. >> holt of assessment probably going on as the sun comes up in those states. >>> we are switching to bounce tv right now for continuing team coverage on your forecast. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is wednesday, february 24th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> deadly tornadoes tear through the south. powerful winds toss rvs through the air. tens of millions could still be in danger. >>> donald trump wins the nevada caucuses in a l

wmur' s kristen carosa joins us now more. kristen: a.m.r. says 12 of the 42 overdoses were fatal, a month on record. and the numbers just continue to climb. emergency crews in nashua say they saw something saturday morning they haven' t seen in years. >> we actually had a person walk into the station this morning asking for help, and they had overdosed. kristen: american medical response regional director, chris stawasz, has been watching the number of drug overdoses continue to rise. >> we are continuing to see what i believe will be a record month, particularly in manchester, with the number of overdoses, more so on the number of fatal overdoses which is already in double digits for the month. kristen: there have been 42 drug overdoses since the beginning of in manchester alone. february 10 since wednesday. 12 of them were fatal. >> since we have been recording the statistics over a year ago, that is the highest it' s ever been at this point in a month. kristen: emergency crews say the main culprit of the overdoses is still fentanyl, follo

kristen miranda says no. >> christine: i say yes. that sounds yummy. >> john: the candy is available at wal-mart which is where i >> kristen: i love carrot cake but i don't want carrot cake traditionalist. >> john: imagine taking a >> christine: nasa commissioned tourism posters, imagining what ads for interplanetary vacation cost look like. the posters imagined trips to mars, jupiter venus and other planets. they want to get people excited what could happen one day. >>> two men have taken the quest for the perfect selfie to the extreme. >> john: on the roofs climbed a huge sky scrape near china. spires near 1300 feet above the ground, yep, that is a little high. making the moment more intense, the ladders which reached the top of the spires did not have if youchanges. >> al: sincecages. >> al: since we're showing it they must have made it. temperatures close to freezing. seeing at the bottom of the scroll that we have a lot of schools that are either closed or delayed because while it is warmed appreciably in the charlotte area and

reporting live in hudson, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. adam: thank you, kristen. the overnight power outages are nothing compared to what we were dealing with six years ago tonight. that is when a windstorm left nearly 380,000 people without in manchester into a debris field. there is no skiing today at waterville valley because of the overnight storms. officials there say trails are in rough shape. today, they will be working hard to get the mountain back open for tomorrow. and right now, loon also has a lift on wind hold. there could be more ski areas that may need to close due to new this noon, walker events is now challenging the safety violations issued after last year' s tent collapse in lancaster. two people died and dozens were hurt when a microburst knocked down the circus tent in august. osha has cited the company, saying it failed to build and secure the tent properly and it ignored severe weather warnings. the fines total more than $33,000. osha says walker now plans to contest its citations before a judge. and police in portsmouth have just announced

our kristen miranda live in the alert center with new details >> kristen: john, i wanted to get this man's picture out to you right away. this is the man that witnesses have said is the gunman, 38-year-old cedric ford, he's dead, shot by law enforcement. not before he killed three people and wounded 14 others in the shooting which actually took place at four locations in south central kansas. as you said north of wichita. those who died worked at excel industries where ford worked. overnight we heard from a co-worker. >> i hopped out and started talking to him, he was telling me about the truck he just bought and i helped him get and he was telling me about it and we clocked in and went to work like a normal day. i witnessed him shoot the shots. i saw the shell casings come out of the assault rifle, that vivid, i can see it. >> kristen: for all reports we heard all overnight, this guy sounds like everyone describes him as a nice, normal guy. we will follow the story. we can tell you that overnight there was concern because authorities were surrounding a mobile home not far from the s

what have you got, kristen? >> kristen: we don't often talk about celebrities. we want to you look at who is getting out of the car. andclooneyand his wife. they met with the german chancellor. they are talking about syria. yesterday at the berlin film festival sometimes it takes hollywood a minute to react to what is happening in the news but stories need to be told in movies. clooney anticipated he would ask the chancellor what messages his industry could send and how they could help with this crisis. george clooney meeting minutes ago with the german chancellor about the crisis in syria. back to you. >> christine: police in columbus, owe, shot and killed a man they say attacked and killed several people at a restaurant with a machete. several people attacked, haven't given details how badly they were hurt. the attacker shot and killed after being confronted by officers. >> john: a man in greenville, north carolina, is caught on home surveillance camera his conscience gets the better of him. he returns to the house, apologized, gave the package back. by the ti

kristen: you're shaking your head. do you agree? yu tsai: i love rooney mara. around the shredded dress from mcqueen but she's beautiful and plansed. she doesn't need anything else. you. george: the movies this year have covered every corner of the imagination and bringing all to life on the big screen from extraordinary effort from the stars. as a solitaire spaceman marooned on mars, matt damon redefined the role. >> ridley and i sat down and really combed through the script moment to moment and really kind of planned a design of attack. >> he redefined real life screenwriter dalton triumph boston >> he was a beautiful man to study and learn about. >> last time we met she -- me. >> red ed -- eddie redmayne stepped into the heels of a transgender pioneer, a journey which redefined the limits of love. >> it's about the fact that love is not defined by gender or bodies but it's -- it galvanizing you to work hard and do as much work as you can. >> same-sex romance is redefined by mara rooney and cate blanchett. >> the world lesbian is

back to you. >> christine: thank you, kristen. a quick look at top story is a cross the nation and around the world. >> john: as voters prepare to democratic presidential primary. campaign 2016 was heating up in texas for the republican presidential candidates. donald trump was the target of a lot of attacks during the debate in houston. many coming from marco rubio. this fiery exchange was one of the most tweeted moments of the night. >> the biggest thing we've got and the reason we have no lines around the state. >> that is the only part of the plan, the lines? >> you have many different plans. competition so many different plans. >> now he's repeating himself. >> the attacks between trump and ted cruz got personal with trump calling cruz a basket case. ben carson and john kasich took part but they struggled to gain the spotlight. close to 600 delegates up for grabs in next week's super tuesday contest. >> christine: all new in this half hour a family from arizona is back home after they say they were kicked off their aregent th

kristen miranda is following the aftermath in the alert center. >> kristen: new pictures from louisiana, from florida, from georgia and will bring you all from the alert center. >> john: good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning you have made it to the mid-week, wednesday, february 24th, 6:00 a.m., good morning, i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. you can see the big picture behind us here, what we're tracking for you. go to meteorologist al conklin who is in the first alert weather center right now with a very latest details you should know. >> al: no warnings right now, we had rain overnight, thunder and lightning, nothing that is im that is imminent. there is a little heavier cell through concord and kannapolis, that is heading up i-85 toward salisbury, over rockwell right now. little intense, higher level intensity here between great falls and lancaster, put a tracker on that one. van wyck at 6:13, waxhaw, 6:19, weddington, 6:27, matthews at 6:35. this is going to hold together and these are moving very quickly toward the north at now we're getting robbed on t

. >> john: kristen miranda is live in the alert center. >> kristen: john and christine, take a close look at this woman does she look familiar to you? why she is back in the news, we're finding new information from the alert center and have it for you coming up. >> john: before we go to the break, a live look at power doppler network, you can see rain in the area and a live look at i-77 at arrowood, the roads are wet out there, be careful. >>> on your side right now, you're watching wbtv news this morning. >> christine: welcome back we have several stories to bring new this hour as news is developing. coming up at 6:00 6:34, the naacp is calling on judges to take action on the re-drawn congressional maps. we'll tell you what the organization wants to see happen. >>> plus, as people prepare to protest at apple stores across the country today, at 6:43, what americans think of the f.b.i. order for the company to unlock a terrorist's phone. >>> we want to check back in with kristen miranda. >> john: live with new details coming in on an ebola patient back in the hospital. >> kristen: do

what are you seeing now, kristen? >> kristen: this is the best picture i could find for you to get an image of the train collision or derailment, rather, in egypt that is happening now. take a closer look at that, egyptian health ministry official says 69 people have this train derailed, two of the cars overturned, traveling toward cairo, happened this morning. a security official is quoted as saying the train slit hit a cement wall trying to avoid a second train. reportedly the train conductor has been arrested this morning. but just a pretty devastating looking picture you can see how easy it was for the 70 people to be injured, a story that continues to develop. if i get updates on more injuries or why the conductor was arrested, i'll let you know. >> john: a couple in idaho is thankful to be alive this morning after being stranded in the woods for three days. they got stuck in the snow over the weekend. they survived on handful granola bars and a coffee cup they filled with snow. >> i thought we might not make kid

kristen: he is one of them. he received a scholarship seven years ago. >> chris always wanted to help train firefighters. he is still able to do that through his scholarship fund. it is very touching to be part of that. kristen: those who knew him say he believed in family, the fire service, and the community. they say he had an impact on everyone. >> in the middle of training sessions, he would break out dancing. he was so full of life. kristen: it is the reason the group works so hard to make sure he is never forgotten. >> i miss the humor, the intensity, and passion he had for the fire service. i want to pass that on to somebody else. family and group of people that support this scholarship fund. head to wmur.com for ways to help support it. live in studio, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. stephanie: a nice tribute. a valentine' s day surprise at the movie theater. these dogs are giving out lots of love this valentine' s day. adam: the cold temperatures turning hot water to snow almost instantly. hayley: we will

now here )s kristen crowley to we have more school delays this morning. middlesex county school has just been added---accomac k county and gloucester county are all on a two hour delay this morning due to the weather. hotel technology is getting an upgrade from robots to wireless room keys. outcue:".." duration:1:36 nats... youre my favorite tech reporter robots... room keys... self check in! just a few of the ways hotels are trying to up the tech ante! more nats... ben 16:47:49;12 everybody stops... they want to know what it is ... they want to take pictures with it ... ben... is a virtual concierge... brand new at the linq hotel in las vegas. 16:47:19;01 its filled with artificial intelligence... it can access menus, it can give you directions to any restaurant in the hotel right now bens functionality is limited ... but with future software updates... he could walk you to the restroom or even deliver room service. 17:17:00;20 i thought ben was great... its extremely helpful and it was fun to walk in and see a robot talking to me... nats... you might th

. >> john: kristen miranda live in the alert center. >> kristen: i was watching live pictures out of taiwan. we turned around video, they are still trying to rescue people from the rubble of that earthquake, i'll show you some rescue coming up from the alert center. >> john: live in the patterson studio credit counseling experts standing by to take calls free all morning long, 866-625-0143. >>> now a quick check of the first alert weather, it is cold out there, bitter cold in some areas. just to let you know below 32 degrees in charlotte by a long shot, 23 up in the mountain, colder. here is a live look at i-77 at clanton, things are moving very smoothly. remember, you're never more than and tr >>> on your side right now, you're watching wbtv news this morning. >> john: we have several all-new stories to bring you in the 6:30 half hour. at 6:32 as the presidential to south carolina, one candidate will do soul-searching. >>> the zika virus getting closer to home at 6:42, where health officials say they found a confirmed case. >>> right now, get over to kristen miranda. >> christine: l

kristen miranda first in the alert center with the details. >> kristen: we're getting a clearer picture the numbers from cbs, that are being updated regularly. you can see the last update at 5:09 a.m., here are the numbers. donald trump's 46% win there, in the nevada caucus. marco rubio at 24% to ted cruz's 21%. a couple thousand votes are separating them at this point. so it looks at this point like marco rubio is taking that second place position in the nevada caucuses, we'll watch the numbers see if they change this was too close to call truly too close to call all night long seems to be operating quite a bit. back to you. >> john: south carolina will hold the primary for democrats saturday and at a town hall last night in columbia, both candidates discussed the issue of race relations. >> we have serious challenges and i think it's important for people and particularly for white people to be honest about those. >> what i have believed in my whole life, i believed it when i was a 22 kid getting arrest in chicago fighting segregation, i believed it my whole life we are in it together.

. >> john: kristen miranda is live in the alert center. >> kristen: i wanted to show you a live picture i've been watching from new jersey. a fire started yesterday, it is still burning this morning. i'll get you caught up from the minutes. >> john: a quick check of first alert weather, 31 degrees in charlotte, a live look at i-77 at woodlawn road, traffic moving smoothly but thick. day with wbtv news this morning. >> john: we have several stories you don't want to miss in the 6:30 half hour. at 6:33, our on your side investigation in the toll roads run by the same company set to control the i-77 toll lanes continues with part iii, we head to indiana to hear from state leaders about their experience. >>> plus with valentine's day a few days away, find out why many are going green and local when it comes to buying flowers. that is coming up at 6:46. right now get over to kristen miranda. >> christine: live in the alert center watching live pictures of a humongous fire in new jersey, still burning? >> kristen: 12 plus hours later, still burning. these are live images out of hillsboro, new

also ahead -- kristen: i am kristen carosa chris christie is wrapping up his campaign. denver broncos bringing home another trophy. super bowl highlight later in sports. hayley: coming off of a storm on writing. the snow will be not as wet. the afternoon as t there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. a nation that defends our people and our values, but no longer carries so much of that burden alone. i know we can create that america if we listen to our conscience and our hearts and not to the pundits i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message, and i ask for your vote. jen: governor chris chr

. >>> kristen miranda live in the alert center. >> kristen: john, a busy morning in the alert center, we have a satellite launch, apple battle and what looks liking a season-ending decision for area high school basketball players. i'll follow it all. >> john: a quick check of weather, 38 in charlotte, 32 boone, al was telling us in some of the low lying areas we could that could make some issues out on the roads, be careful out there. 34 hickory, 36 shelby. a live look at i-77 at nations ford, traffic is thick but moving smoothly. we'll keep you posted on that and especially the situation in iredell county with the overturned tanker or logging truck. seven minutes away f >>> you're planning your day with wbtv news this morning. >> john: 11 after 6:00. several all-mu stories in all-new stories at 6:30. >>> people talk student assignment in charlotte-mecklenburg schools. we look ahead what is next. morning routine. fighting with the kids to get them out the door. coming up at 6:43, the hold, rness family has a new video and poking fun. you have to see this. now to kristen miranda. >> ch

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our kristen miranda in the alert center live getting you headlines as news is happening. >> kristen: we have been looking at a big fire in the charleston area. getting information right now i'll he bring it to you from the alert center. >> john: on your side with several school delays this morning. this is a complete list not just select few, alleghany, ashe, avery and watauga county schools are all on a two-hour delay. there are no school closings. it is cold out there this morning, let's get things started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. >> al: bouncing around with the temperature in charlotte, last hour down at 29, now at freezing mark. clear skies, take you to it, metro school camera showing clear conditions all across the charlotte metro area, we do have the school delays in the snow falling, the back roads still have snow and ice on them. current temperature, 32 in charlotte, outlying areas running colder, 27 right now around mountain island lake, 29 arboretum, 30 harrisburg. north of town, 29 hickory, 28 wilkesboro, 25 morganton, 29

so kristen, any word weather played a role in the wreck? >> reporter: john, it doesn't look like it. it wasn't raining too hard at the time the wreck happened. you can see behind me 85 about 15 minutes ago just opened back up, all lanes are free and clear, northbound and southbound northbound this area on sam wilson just off sam wilson, actually. i talked to state troopers a what they believe caused the accident this morning. they say a passenger car pulled off on the right shoulder of the interstate, they say the driver was a little tired, wanted to take a quick rest on the side of the interstate, that ises when a tractor-trailerthat is when atractor-trailer came along, looking at his gps while driving, swerved in the right lane, he hit the passenger car and knocked it off further in the side of the road. that also caused the tractor-trailer to jack knife on the bank there. took crews several hours to get that cleared out of here and get it loaded on a wrecker. troopers tell me the driver of the passenger car was taken to the hospital with

kristen carosa has more on what happened. kristen: this morning' s emergency lasted for 45 minutes, and only one customer was affected thanks to new safety procedures. a similar incident happened back in december. and since then, the utility company made some changes. a problem at this liberty utilities production plant caused an emergency response sunday morning. >> we believe there was a brief power outage at our production plant in keene and that caused one of our air blowers to shut kristen: the company says it affected the mix of propane and air flowing into the distribution system. on december 19, the same thing happened. more than 120 customers were affected. it took more than 17 hours to fix the problem. this time, it took just seven minutes. >> this time, the difference was we have processes in place that prevented this from becoming a dangerous situation. kristen: now, liberty utilities staffs the production plant 24 hours a day in case of a problem. this morning, the company rectified the issue immediately. >> as a

kristen welker has more on that. kristen: secretata clinton, storming through the south after her resounding victory in south carolina, flexing her muscles in nashville today. >> i will stand up, and work, and fight for you, through those campaigns and into the white house. kristen: her win, smashing expectations. she toppled sanders by nearly 50 points, and netted close to 90% of the african american vote, even more than barack obama won over in 2008. all that, signaling a potential strong showing come super tuesday. on "meet the press" today, sanders acknowledged the magnitude of the defeat. >> well, we got decimated. that's what happened. among older african-americans, it was pathetic. kristen: but he also vowed to fight on. >> we are looking to the future, not looking back. kristen: that persistence, on display at a rally in oklahoma. >> there would be nothing that to defeat donald trump. kristen: sanders faces a steep climb. our three new nbc news-marist polls show clinton topping sanders by a nearly 2-1 margin

i'm kristen remington. for landon miller, garrett dearborn, >> pelley: a key endorsement for clinton and a warning about nominating trump. in the general election. >> pelley: also tonight, will u.s. olympic athletes be endangered by the zika virus? a rare one-on-one interview with the head of the c.i.a. isis has access to chemical artillery shells? a college president's scheme to rid his school of struggling students. and a story brings sheer joy to a child. not the words, it's the voice. t >> then elsa accidentally hurt anna and both girls rushed... captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. a new national poll shows how critical tonight's democratic debate is. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are neck and neck, and both are looking to african americans to break the tie.

. >> john: kristen miranda live in the alert center with new details coming in. >> kristen: things are looking a little better if we can look at the duke energy outage map, we were talking about this an hour ago and we had significant a closer look i can show you that some of the spots, especially the area in saw mills was at 1400 customers without power, now sits at 103, that is great news. all the rest of the power outages in the hundreds and really the low 100s and 200s, this one in newton, 400 people, still seeing problems as well. just taking a quick look at blue ridge electric, outage map, seeing the same situation as we did an hour ago, just small handfuls, small pockets of anywhere from two or three to 150 outages in some spots in the foothills and in the mountains. remember, if your power ever goes out you can always stream us live right on here or your ipad or tablet and you can make sure you get caught up on all the news on wbtv. don't forget that. wbtv.com/live or use the app. back to you. >> john: download the wbtv whenever you want, the app is free for apple and android d

are you cold, kristen? >> kristen: a little. >> al: put a suit and tie on. >> kristen: oh, the emails we'd get. >> al: first off, we have cold high pressure that is dominating now, a lot of sunshine today, and as this high builds right across virginia and offshore tonight, it will change character somewhat, we'll talk about that in a moment. first off a look at it, the chance of precipitation, mostly sunny skies, stays cold, the high temperature, 43 degrees today, that is still well below average this time of the year but improvement over yesterday we couldn't get out of the 30s. today's winds much less aggressive than yesterday. maybe 5-10-miles-per-hour. tomorrow what is this about, 20% chance of flurries, 42 degrees, that's right. here's the situation the high will build offshore, increasing cloud cover tonight and tomorrow morning this is 8:00, a few little flurries across the mountain and notice as they come eastward, we may get one or two north toward i-40, a few more in the afternoon. i don't think t

kristen and landon, now back to you. and mike alger will have a look at your forecast, coming up next. but first... tech giant apple is taking on the federal government... why it's resisting an f-b-i order to unlock a suspect's phone, after the break. one of the areas that i've been particularly interested in is the area of children. we intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. no matter where they're born, no matter to whom they are born. i want to make sure that every child his or her god-given potential. i've spent my life fighting for children, and i'm not stopping now. i'm hillary clinton, looking around the nation... a federal judge has mandated apple help investigators unlock a cell phone belonging to one of the san bernardino attackers but apple is fighting the judge's order. federal investigators beleive syed farook's phone may have the auto-erase feature enabled which would wipe the data after too many failed password attempts. a federal judge ruled apple must find

kristen and landon thank mike. the wolf pack softball team has a conference player of the week, "now, here's sports director garrett dearborn, with channel 2 the wolf apck softball team went a perfect 5-0 at the demarini desert classic over the weekend and megan sweet was a big reason for....the senior's been named the mountain west conference player of the week for her efforts. the 2-time all-conference pick was on fire at the plate last week hitting 500 with 3-homers and 9- rbi....she also posted 9assists and more importantly no errors at shortstop....she's the first pack player to get the honor since 2014. and that 5-0 weekend put the wolf pack softball teams win streak at 6-straight games....meaning they sit at 8-2 in the early season. the pack was out at practice for media day today and talked to us about how exciting it is to be off to such a great start. yeah its amazing but you cant just sit there...and look back you gotta look forward to the next day, we have oregon that we can go out and attack, you cant

kristen is going a ehhh like really. >> kristen: it's sweet, it's nice, whatever. >> al: show off! ha ha ha. >> christine: stop drinking the hate-o-rade. >> al: carter, i don't know if you're going up to the mountains to ski. >> john: it would be perfect. >> al: snow falling tonight and a fresh batch here that is good news for the ski folks up there, a long weekend, head up that sugar and beech of more than six inches of snow just this week alone, they will get more today you can see the disturbance, a lot of this is spotty, light, coming down in the mountains. rest of us getting anything at all a sprinkle or flurry and that is it. again, it could be a sprinkle because we're right around freezing. lots of clouds out there, the air is very dry, the dew point at 5, a lot of that is not reaching the ground, falling from the cloud base but evaporating before it hits the ground. you will get snow showers in the mountains today and tonight. 2-4 inches of snow on top of what you received this week, temperatures to hold pretty much around freezing today. you get in the foothills, there wil

>> kristen: the investigation has been stalled, they haven't been able to get in the iphones for the shooters. the encryption is so good sometimes even apple can't get in. so a judge yesterday ruled that apple has to supply the f.b.i. with some specialized software that will help them hack in the encrypted iphone that belong to syed farook, along with his wife killed 14 people in december. short time ago, that apple says it will fight that judge's order to help the f.b.i. access the information that is stored in that iphone. so they are saying they do not want the f.b.i. to be given that software that will allow them to get in that iphone and access any information that might help in the investigation. apple is standing by the fact it wants the phones to remain encrypted. so this is a battle that will continue and we will keep an eye on it from the alert center. >> john: in campaign 2016, as the presidential candidates gear up for the south carolina primary saturday, cnn is hosting two town halls for republicans. >> christine: dr. ben carson and senators ted cruz and marco rubio will

. >> christine: kristen miranda is live in the alert center. >> kristen: i'm checking the interesting statistics who voted for whom, coming up from the alert center. >> john: a quick check of the first alert weather temperatures, 23 degrees right now in charlotte, 14 up in boone, windchill factor is bitter cold, 23 in shelby, 21 gastonia, 25 lancaster, 19 in albermarle. here is a live look at i-77 near the rest area, and you can see traffic is very light. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day -- and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for $4. the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our ne

back to you. >> christine: i got to follow that, thank you, kristen. >> kristen: yours is better, trust me. >> christine: the big one you watched here live, duke-unc proving why this is the best rivalry in college. college basketball. the blue devils taking on the heels, unc led by brice johnson, jam in the first half. comes down to the wire, duke down by two under three minutes ingram finds luke can be kennard. duke gets the block and win by one point. 74-73 was the final. both teams have tough tests on saturday. duke at louisville, unc hosts no. 11, miami. >> john: the field for the daytona 500 will be set tonight. driver pass tart will take part in the trials. first one is at 7:00, the following is 9:00. today is a somber anniversary, 15 years today since the death of dale earnhardt in 2001 daytona 500. >> al: doesn't seem that long ago. time flies. good weather for the race, it is florida. everything is relative. let's get you out the door, let's look back, we had an inch of rain here in charlotte and obviously some of that was very heavy on tuesday. even had the overnight thunder a

back to you. >> kristen: wow, yeah, thanks kristen. >>> the new york times reports apple is working on new features that will keep anyone, including them, from hacking into a device. this comes as federal investigators are battling to force apple to provide access to a cell phone of one of the shooters in last year's attack in san bernardino, california. apple has until tomorrow to file its opposition to the f.b.i.'s court order. >> john: a new survey from research firm finds young adults aren't starting the day with cereal because guess what? they say it is too much work. >> christine: yeah, 40% of milennials surveyed said having cereal for breakfast was in convenient. and put away the bowl. instead younger adults are choosing items that can be eaten on the go. cereal sales dropped 5% from 2009 to 2014. >> al: where are they going, where are they in such a hurry to go? >> christine: easiest breakfast ever. >> al: what are you going in the basement, play video games? >> christine: too much work, al, they want to eat and work. >> al: let's not get the peanut butter out, that is real wor

. >> john: kristen miranda is live in the alert center. >> kristen: i wanted to show you a live picture i've been watching from new jersey. a fire started yesterday, it is still burning this morning. i'll get you caught up from the minutes. >> john: a quick check of first alert weather, 31 degrees in charlotte, a live look at i-77 at woodlawn road, traffic moving smoothly but thick.

kristen. its a good thing its a sunday and not a monday morning because these roads are slick.... and can be dangerous if you dont slow down. if you are driving this morning, watch out for standing water and reduce your speed to keep from hydroplaning... giving the cars around you more space, and turn on your headlights...something that wasn't a concern at all for the people i'm about to show you. take a look at those who took advantage of yesterdays warm weather. heading out in short sleeves. this is smale riverfront park just a few hours ago.... but as we just showed you this is just a fond memory for now. and its likely to stay that way for a few more hours. because while the rain should stop later this morning.... there's been some flooding. that rain expected to move out course those roads are still worth keeping an eye on. reporting live...kristen swilley...9 on your side. donald trump took home a big win in south carolina last night.winning by more than 10 point over marco rubio. the sc

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here' s kristen carosa. kristen: a light snow continues to fall. you will be greeted by slick roads. dot officials asking you to slow down and leave room between other cars. the concern is ice. erin: a somersworth man, accused of breaking into a home in hudson and pulling a gun on the homeowners, is due in court today. police say 36-year-old matthew felton was arrested by a swat team is now charged with burglary and criminal threatening. sean: a danville man is behind bars after police say they found some potentially dangerous responding to a report that he was allegedly making meth. authorities say they found two devices in mathew stable' s home as well as chemicals that, if mixed, had the potential to explode. erin: the driver involved in a deadly crash in weare last summer is now charged with negligent homicide. according to an indictment 18-year-old benjamin cook led police on a high speed chase, before crashing on route 114, killing a passenger. kevin: rainfall for southern and southeastern areas of the state as the day wears on. light snow in