Name: 'This is the way out of this pandemic:' Governor Cooper gets COVID-19 vaccine
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Description: Governor Cooper spoke after getting his COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday, saying he felt great and hopeful.

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Governor Cooper spoke after getting his COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday, saying he felt great and hopeful. 

mhm. We got to get your okay, Pop. Yeah. Come on. This point. You got your dose mhm the way we were. Sure. Work, I guess. Where you felt? Uh, I want to be sitting down or No, I don't. Okay, Door. Okay. And ignore it. Okay. How do you want us to do this? Yeah, I'm thinking you would come here in front of this, unless that's going to be too bright. You think it's fine? And then who I'm gonna get right there in our corner. I'm just gonna make people are. So if you want to come up here appearances, Yeah, don't care. Okay of his ability. Mhm. Yeah, I don't need Are we? Yeah. Oh, get help. Mhm. Mhm, Mhm. Mhm. I thought you were a polo. I'll be easy to. Well, I did this. This is a short sleeve, so I'm, well, rather on the okay. Yes. Criminal. Yes, sir. And your time Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Can Mhm. Exactly. Yeah. Parasite. All right, I'm Donald Gin. Stick with Wake Med Health and hospitals. And I want to, on behalf of Wake Med, our team, our community welcome our governor and thank him for all he has done in leading North Carolina, Peru very challenging times. We're honored that you have to have supported us. We we know the vaccine is one of the key aspects of us addressing the pandemic. But it's been a year since the first case in North Carolina was identified right here in Wake County, and it's incredibly fitting, Yeah, this day we honor all that we've done. But we also look forward with the vaccine and what we're able to do across North Carolina. North Carolina leads the nation in the number of folks over 65 which for us as a hospital are the majority of patients were cared for, and the majority that have been severely impacted by that and we have seen are over 65 patients. Census with covid dropped dramatically since the vaccine is rolled out and I credit the governor. The team are clinicians for really helping drive, which is saving lives and addressing concerns across this state. What I also tell you is now that we've opened it, two more workers we know the vaccine is having an impact, and so if we move to more essential workers in that there's a great optimism going forward with our teachers and our front line staff in our communities. And so we have Dr David Kirk, who leads our intensive ist team and has been on the front lines, on the back lines and the sidelines deep involved in this since it first started. We abducted Christie Reines, our chief medical officer, chief quality officer who is coordinated wide efforts across the line. And we have miss Amanda Edwards, who is a critical care physician's assistant who is stepped up and worn multiple hats as we in partnership with our community and providers have helped to address this pandemic. And so thank the governor. And I appreciate you coming, getting vaccinated. Well, thanks, Donald. And I'm grateful to the people that wait Ned, and particularly the healthcare providers who have been out there on the front line battling this pandemic day in and day out. And it was quite an honor for me to be here amongst them as we took a moment of silence at noon to honor all of the people who have been fighting this pandemic, people who have lost their lives and remembering the one year mark of this pandemic as North Carolina is working to emerge from this pandemic stronger than before. This is also the first day our Group three, the Essential Workers and I wanted to come and get my shot today to show essential workers how much I appreciate them and to encourage them to get a spot for their shot as well. They've been out on the front lines, working every day as well, and we look forward to more and more people getting vaccinated. We know this is the way out of this pandemic is to get more people vaccinated. I'm proud of the providers who are working out there day and night and day out with our team and now with the federal government. We're excited about the FEMA site that set up in Greensboro that's gonna start in a number of days for eight weeks, seven days a week, 12 hours a day, 3000 shots a day. That's going to make a real difference as we continue vaccination. Our healthcare workers, people 65 over and now are essential workers are educators and others were really grateful for that and look forward to even more people being vaccinated. We have asked Washington for more vaccine, and they have responded by sending us significantly more of the first two vaccines. And now, towards the end of the week, Johnson and Johnson will be in North Carolina. We're grateful for that as well, so I'll open it up for questions for any of us. But first things first. How do you feel? I feel great. You know, this is this is a shot of hope for everybody that gets a vaccine. It is a sign of hope that we are going to turned the corner. So no problems. Was there any nervousness showing up? Not at all. I mean, I have real confidence in our health care providers, and, you know, they've been given a lot of these, so they're pretty experienced, but what they do, uh, the good thing about it is for anybody who's hesitant about all you have to do is just look at what the FDA has done. The research that's happened, this independent committee that has no interest in anything that has approved all three of these vaccines. Instead, they are safe, that they are extremely effective, particularly in present, preventing serious illness and death. And that's the key here. We're just talking earlier about the number of people dropping that are going into our hospitals with kind of that are going into our emergency rooms. But let me say, even though we're getting more people vaccinated, it is not time to relax our mask mandate. It is not time to relax, of being responsible about trying to prevent the spread of Kobe if you and here's an example, if you look at the fact that there's hardly any flu cases, people aren't getting cold, and it's because in general people are being more careful. But we're still getting thousands of covid case that shows you how contagious this virus is that we aren't. We aren't getting flu and colds because we're wearing mask and washing our hands and being careful. But people are still contracting Tobin. So we've still got to be careful, and this is why we're going to continue to push people to get vaccinated, but also to continue wearing masks. Continue to work at social distancing. In Washington yesterday we heard the president said, correct. Seems like the first half of this year where is not paralyzed now where does it need to be How are you going to get there? We have significantly more capacity. My what I want is for us to do this in a way that's fast and fair. My charge to the vaccine teams into the providers. Let's get it off the shelf and into people's arms before the next shipment comes and make Those aren't sure that those arms look like our population. We want to achieve equity here, but we also want to do it fast, and our providers are working very hard. I'm very proud of the fact that we have set up our own database. Uh, we've been cited by the Kaiser Family Foundation is having the best quality data in the country. Almost 100%. We know the race, ethnicity, the peoples of the people to whom we are giving this vaccine. And you can't tackle a problem unless you can see it. And this data shows us where we need to go. Early on. In the process, we were not just like everybody in the country, not vaccinating enough people of color. But for the last four weeks, more than 20% of the vaccination is given had gone to black North Carolina, and I know our providers, and they can probably tell you how they're doing it. I know Kimberly over here. They did some great work in our communities, working with churches and others. It's so important for us to tackle this vaccine hesitancy and make sure we get these shots and arms in a fast and fair way. Governor, think about that last answer. Will you give us a sense of why you're here, not in the most affluent part of the city? And there's certainly that's something. There's been a little bit more reluctant to. As you can imagine, my schedule is pretty busy, so but I wanted to come out on the first day that we've opened two essential workers to send a signal to them how much I appreciate them, but also to encourage them the type of shot. This is relatively close to where I'm working. I trust the people that white men, and so we just worked it out to come over the general preference for which vaccine I didn't even know which one they had here, and my understanding was they only had fighter here, so that's what about. We're obviously at the one year mark. When was the last year? New York that all about what resilience it looks like. And what will the government budget? Well, I think it has put a spotlight on challenges we already face when you look at our challenges and behavioral health, substance use disorder, many of our Children facing problems of nutrition abuse. Uh huh. Education issues, the fact that we need to get North Carolina connected for remote learning for telemedicine, for small businesses. It has just shown us that we have to tackle all of these issues in a significant way because this pandemic has set us back in these areas, and they already were challenges. So I'm pleased that our budget numbers look good. I'm pleased that our tax revenues coming in strong, but when you look at the magnitude of the needs that are out there, we need additional help from Washington. We want to help our small businesses recover, particularly in the hospitality, three restaurants and bars and others. Uh, we we want to bolster our tourism economy, and we want to continue with the successes we've already had. When you look at medicine research, North Carolina is leading the way you look at remdesivir. You look at the vaccine trials and already the coronavirus vaccine research that has been going on here in North Carolina for years before any of us have been heard of covid 19. I'm excited for our future. I'm optimistic. But I also know we've got significant challenges, and I look forward to working with the General Assembly to try to make sure we invest in the things that we need. Governor. Speaking of the General Assembly Mhm yesterday issue of Central 37 your veto and over initially has failed. Might coming back up for vote, I guess, duration on the most weather. What has your mhm Senate Democrats and I've talked with both legislative Democrats and Republicans today. The thing about this issue is that we're pretty much in agreement. There are some issues of degree that we disagree on, but we should be able to come to an agreement. I believe that our Children need to be back in the classroom. We just need to make sure that it is done safely, and we need to make sure that officials have emergency power to deal with things like a variant that could go tearing through our population in schools, and we need to be able to have that available. So I'm going to continue the conversations. Uh, we should be able to agree on something. I've continued to offer the ability to try to come to some kind of agreement on this issue. We got a lot, a lot of other issues and a big budget to tackle. So you've not heard criticism of the Republican leadership in the General Assembly from me because I do want to work with them for a better North Carolina in the middle of a pandemic. We all need to pull together and make sure that we're headed in the right direction. And we can take anything after receiving your first dose today. Perspective on how you look at our state's handling the virus with people who have vaccine hesitant. You know, I've been to a number of vaccine sites. I've gone around the state and looked at them and encouraged people, and this one is working well, too. But I've been so proud of the way that we have. You know, it takes a lot of work to coordinate these, to get the volunteers to have the providers to get the appointments to make sure you have people's health history. Uh, it was very easy because people are working hard to make it that way. And when I talk to other people who who received their vaccine, most people say, Wow, that was very easy. I think people expect a lot more problems than they actually run into. Now, we know a lot of people still haven't received their vaccine. Ah, I'm going to work every single day to get more vaccine into this day and to encourage our providers get it out as quickly and as fairly as possible. And I'm gonna keep doing that. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Thank you all. Thank you. Really impressed with the work that you're doing. Thanks. Thanks very much. I got an amazing team and 10,000 others that are out there doing it as well. Thank you. Well, we we, uh we're gonna get there at the end of the day. And, you know, I will also just encourage you guys to do everything you can. Let's try to get more people covered with health care, particularly the feds are gonna open this door for us on 95% coverage on adding 5 to 600,000 people getting medical insurance in our state, you need to take advantage of. We should find ways to do it. So we need very strong voices. Home and issues will be there. I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I don't know any radio. Thank you. Now. Yeah. Mhm.

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Gov. Roy Cooper, museum leaders and museum paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno on Thursday preview Dueling Dinosaurs, a brand new exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The exhibit opens to the public Saturday.

In that institution's history. But all of you can and I have seen that enthusiasm and that understanding that you are part of something special over the past few years as you have prepared for this day. So to the staff of the museum, thank you. And it's not just staff, a project like this wouldn't have been possible without a lot of important partners on behalf of everyone involved in this immensely successful public private partnership. And in addition to the General Assembly's extraordinary investment, I would like to take a moment to thank some of the very generous supporters of the Dueling Dinosaurs capital campaign, the SECU Foundation, the Bank of America Duke Energy, the North Carolina Glaxo Smith Kline Foundation, Wake County, friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences who really not only helped us in, in raising the funds but also in making this day happen and this opportunity happen. And so many others who are recognized on the campaign do donor wall just to the right of the exhibit entrance. So I encourage you as you go through there today to make sure you take a look at that wall. Now, along with the state's investment. This village of support has enabled the museum to open this new globally unique visitor experience. And on that note, I would like to invite Secu Foundation board chair, Chris Ayers to speak to the foundation's leadership gift, Chris. Thank you. Well, good morning fellow paleontologists. Um I'm excited to be here today representing the SECU Foundation and the over 2.7 million members of state employees credit union who fund that foundation. So this is a great day of celebration for the State of North Carolina, the Department of Cultural and Natural Resources and the many museum supporters and friends who have joined together to make this day a reality. I can tell you the foundation, the State Employees Credit Union has been looking forward to this day for a long time, going all the way back to when we got a sneak peek when they first rolled these fossils into the museum uh a number of years ago. So today's ribbon cutting ceremony shines a brilliant light on the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences as a research institution and the largest museum in the southeast of its kind. The work of the museum professionals and the world class facility benefits more than 1 million visitors each year. And we're delighted to help fund the Secu Dino Lab, which will be enjoyed by students, teachers and families from across the state and beyond. In addition to the SECU Diner lab, the foundation support of the museum also includes the large icon globe that we're in right now that you see outside the building, uh The SECU Daily Planet. As longtime supporters of the museum SECU is pleased that our collaborative efforts help bring the museum and our state to the forefront of natural sciences, education and research, innovative initiatives like this can only be achieved through incredible teamwork and support from the community if it isn't obvious. Let me say that we are so happy to be part of this team and we feel really lucky to have our SECU headquarters and our Sal Salisbury Street branch right next door where we get to see the daily droves of visitors year round. SECU is built on the principle of people helping people and our members live that philosophy through our support of nonprofits that uplift people and communities throughout our great state. For those of you who may not know the SECU foundation is funded through a unique concept known as the power of a dollar where SECU members contribute through the reallocation of their $1 monthly checking account fee. Collectively a dollar truly can make a profound difference. As you see here today, this summer marks the foundation's 20th anniversary. And over the past 20 years, our foundation's commitment to North Carolina nonprofits has surpassed a quarter of a billion dollars for scholarships, grants, financing for education, housing, health care, human services, all benefits to our great state. And we're going to celebrate that 20th anniversary. This fall dueling Dinosaurs is history in the making right here in downtown Raleigh. And we're so lucky to have a front row seat to marvel at the Scientific Discovery and the World of Paleontology. We at the SECU Foundation are honored to be part of this and I want to thank everyone for the great work and contributions that so many of you have made to make this day in this exhibit a reality. Thank you, Chris. Now I mentioned earlier about our staff and they really are all superstars, but there is one particular staff member who has as this project has developed over the recent years, kind of reached celebrity status. If you read Walter magazine, you probably read a profile of her and her work and how that has contributed to uh this particular exhibit. I'm pleased to introduce that person to you this morning. None other than uh the individual who had the vision to make this happen. Doctor Lindsay Zano, head of Paleontology here at the museum, Doctor Doctor Zano. Good morning. It's wonderful to be hosting you all this morning. You know, every week I get an email from a parent who wants their child to meet and talk to a scientist every single week. They want to fuel that child's love for science, encourage them to pursue their dreams. But more than anything they want that science to be real, they want it to be accessible, meeting those Children is wonderful. It's also not enough because not every parent has the resources of the opportunities to reach out to a scientist and arrange a one on one meeting for their child. Most of the Children who are interested in science will fall through the cracks and every public event I attend, I have a conversation with someone in our community who doesn't see the relevance of science to their daily lives who's never been invited to peek behind the proverbial curtain to see who scientists are and what we do and how we go about solving problems that are relevant to our communities. Today, we mark the next step in the evolution of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. We celebrate the opening of the dueling dinosaurs experience. This is one of the most daring public science projects ever imagined at its heart is a world class specimen and the barrier breaking sccu Dino lab that houses it. The specimen represents a single moment in time 67 million years ago when behemoths like tyrannosaurs and triceratops battled for life. The lab is a place where there are no walls between the scientists and the communities that we serve. One where the term behind the scenes loses all of its meaning. A place where every kid regardless of their socioeconomical status can talk to a scientist every day, any day, a place where they can look in the face of a scientist and see themselves staring back at them a place where science is done for the public with the public and transparently in front of the public and for those that cannot make it to us on site, we're broadcasting this project all over the world. Now, the dueling dinosaurs experience is fueled by an amazing team of scientists who I'm so proud of. And in the past two years, we've grown from 6 to 14,000. And that's because a year and a half ago, we launched our public science project Cretaceous Creatures. And already over 14,000 middle school students from around the state have made once in a lifetime scientific discoveries as real members of our scientific team. And we are just getting started. I want to close this morning by thanking the state all of our incredible donors, my amazing museum colleagues, and especially my team for believing in this project, for believing in my vision. I want to thank them for tirelessly working for eight years to bring this project to the people of North Carolina and beyond. You are all dreamers and I could not be more honored to be on this journey with you. One thing we can all agree on is the world loves dinosaurs. So today we're going to bring the next generation of leaders in science and technology and engineering and innovation and have them born right here in North Carolina. Let's show the world how it's done. Thank you. Make sure I didn't mess up the screen and dropping that. Um Thank you, Doctor Zano and I don't know what the acoustics are back there. But standing up here as you were talking about Children in that next generation from up here, you could hear all the Children up there in nature Research Center visiting the labs and it just kind of brought to life. What you're talking about this experience will mean it's now my pleasure to introduce to you, my boss, uh Secretary Reed Wilson. Now I can tell you, Secretary Wilson, this is a special project. He does a lot of openings, ribbon cuttings for our sites all across the state, state parks aquariums and not to play favorites. But I know this one ha holds a special place in his heart. He was telling someone this morning that he's been working on this project for seven years and so Secretary Wilson, I'm pleased to introduce you and we finally got here. Thank you, Jeff. Good morning, everybody. Uh Thank you all for being here this morning and to all involved. Uh Congratulations. This is an amazing huge day for North Carolina and for this museum, you know, making doing dinosaurs a reality has been a collective effort. And I want to thank some people that have already been thanked, but you can never thank these people enough. First, our sponsors, we would not be here today without your generous support. No doubt about that. I also want to thank the board and the staff of the friends of the Museum of Natural Sciences and three of the four board presidents who have been presidents during this period are here with us today. Um, but the whole board has been invested in this and not only did you all raise significant sums of money, but you tiptoed way out on that branch of risk. I remember the conversations. Well, we really sure we wanna do this. Uh But you were, you made the decision to, to just dive in um because you kept your eyes on the prize and, and understood what the risk was, but all that risk went away. Uh I wanna thank the museum staff. Um Thank you so much. I know that every section of this museum has been involved with this. And I, I dare say that there isn't anyone on the staff of this museum who wasn't involved in this project at some point. Um And obviously to Doctor Zano and your paleontology team. Um Y'all are just amazing. You're brilliant. All of you. Um Javin Sutton and your ex exhibition team, Christy Flint and your education team. I mean, I could mention everybody in this museum, everyone's been involved. It's been a long process and you've done a phenomenal job because here we are today and of course, we wouldn't be here without substantial public support. Thank you to members of the General Assembly um who prioritized the investment in this state of the art lab in particular. I do want to thank the leadership of the legislature speaker Moore, Senator Pro TEM Berger, minority leader, blue and minority leader Reeves. Uh, they're unable to join us today, but I think we should give a round of applause to the entire general assembly who supported this project. So it's taken us a while for us to get here today. And as Jeff mentioned, I've been involved with this one probably since the first week I was in this department in early February 2017. Um So it's not been quite 67 million years, but sometimes it felt like it. Um Is that my wife laughing? I remember, I do remember vividly the early Sunday morning in April 2017, almost exactly seven years ago to this day when these specimens arrived. I watched as the movers painstakingly removed them from the tractor trailer truck and carefully moved them into their hidden storage places. It was definitely a goose bumps moment for hours and then we had the groundbreaking in the midst of COVID, uh which complicated everything. And as I said, then at the groundbreaking, when this lab opens, our state will become a must see destination for dinosaur lovers everywhere, from young kids to academics to anybody. Um And so here we are and it's even better than I think any of us dreamed it could be. You will see when you go in there. What a special exhibit this is. We have the best dinosaur specimens in the world and the best setting for people to see them and learn from them. Hundreds of moments and of awe and wonder will unfold in there every single day. And I can't wait to just wander over here sometimes to watch the kids' eyes pop open. Now, at the heart of this project is the science. Our paleontologists will make discoveries as they carefully uncover these and analyze them. Science will be happening in front of the public's eyes. Um And so do doing dinosaurs is an excellent way for the state to engage students in scientist scientific discovery and to develop greater science literacy. So why is that important? Um It's important because the only way we're going to solve our big problems is to rely on the science and the experts who know what they're talking about. And the key to getting to that point is to expand science education to make sure that every child understands the value of science and how scientific discovery works. The Dueling Dinosaurs exhibit is going to pull people into this amazing world of science that's so important to our future. So I am now pleased to introduce a leader who uses science and facts and data to make his decisions as governor of the state of North Carolina and he has supported this project throughout its duration. Everyone please give a warm welcome to our Governor Roy Cooper. Thank you, Secretary Wilson. I'll tell you when we have cabinet meetings every Monday. His is always the coolest report, particularly when we get the updates on the dueling dinosaurs. Uh I am so grateful to everyone who helped to make this happen. The partners. Thank you so much for the work you've done all of the contributors. Uh My family, Chris is proud that our state employees credit union accounts that $1 a month is going to things like this. That is so exciting. And when I think about this week, I spent Monday Earth Day on the Blue Ridge Parkway looking at our amazing vistas uh in Western North Carolina on Tuesday and Wednesday, I got to spend time with North Carolina's own astronaut Christina Cook who set records for time that a woman astronaut spent in space and space walking. And she actually presented us with a lob Lily pine that had been germinated on the moon. Native plant, Karen, first lady made sure it was a native plant, uh excited about planting that in our pine forest at the executive mansion. And she presented us with the North Carolina flag that flew with her on her mission in the International Space Station for 11 months, presenting it to the people of North Carolina. Then I got to come over here with Doctor Zano, doctor Doctor Young and to go through this exhibit and to talk to these scientists and see see these dinosaurs and think about how amazing it was that this was happening right here in North Carolina. You know, North Carolina is the first and best in so many things. Now, we're the best in dinosaurs. I love it. You know, it is amazing and extraordinary that we have the best preserved and most complete tyrannosaur and triceratops in the world. Right here at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Scientists. This exhibit will add to an already excellent rep reputation that North Carolina has as a world class research university community College state. And I'm excited about that. I have been through this exhibit and, and to see the faces of the paleontologist, how excited energetic that they are. And they're also excited and maybe even a little bit nervous about sharing their work as they do it with the world, with the cameras on top of them, with their brushes and their equipment as they make discovery after discovery. And I said, you know, you're gonna get comments and praise and maybe some criticism from science, all scientists all over the world. They said, we know we know and we're ready for that and that's what makes this so special. Uh Doctor Young Doctor Zano, thank you for leading me through. Thank, thank you for the work. I asked Doctor Zano what she was gonna do this summer? She said, Utah, Montana and Mongolia. Wow, that's cool. Bring some stuff back with us uh to, to us but to compete, compete in today's world stem and steam classes. Are more important than ever. And our next generation of leaders will be walking through this museum every day that it's open and this exhibit will stimulate interest in a lot of them. I have declared 2024 as the year of public schools in North Carolina. And I am deeply grateful that the legislature stepped up and invested in this exhibit. Uh It, it took a lot of work to pull everything together and their work was instrumental and I am encouraging them now also to invest more in our public schools in our early childhood education. Our state has a history of investing in public education in order to fuel our innovation and our discovery. And when these young students learn in their school classes and they get to come here and meet face to face with these sci scientists. It's going to develop interest and it's going to create our scientists of the future this state of the art secu diner lab and the dueling dinosaurs belong to the people of North Carolina. It's open to everyone free of charge. That is amazing. Thanks to everybody who made this happen. This is a proud day for the state of North Carolina. Thank you so much. Thank you, Governor Cooper. Uh It truly is an exciting day for all of us and thank you for being here. Now, at this time, I would like to invite everyone to join us just outside the auditorium here. A little bit to the right at the at the entrance for doing dinosaurs for the official ribbon cutting. And I want to invite all of you up there on the 2nd, 3rd floor. Presents. Come on down and join us. So let's go celebrate. Thank you. Yeah, we're at the back line up a little bit. It's gonna be quite a few people here. They are going to be coupled. OK? Don't cut it. Yeah, check, check, get out. OK. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Right. The the face. Thanks this chair, right. You all right. So fantastic. Hey guys for media. We questions afterwards over step on. This is the best to the future. This very good virtually. Yes. Is young. Was it? How about that? This is Yeah, you and then I now make the tea for. Can you be away if you're gonna be here? J JJ? Yeah, I was gonna have how many we have to get here in the morning right here. I didn't see anyone. All right, I need to tell everyone you should never put your hands inside the mouth of a tyrannosaurus. It's very sharp, well done on the end. Just a little bit here. Thank you. All right, just in the position. All right forward. Creep forward. Look for the fray. There we go. 321. Hold on. Is there we go. No cool, cool. The skin is tough. It's a meat eater. Not a ribbon eater. So OK. Sorry. OK. Barry can we do one more second? Let me fill in real quickly with one more. Yeah, they have thank you. Who gets to keep this to bring here? Let's get next to a do what you want us here. That be perfect. And can I get you on? So right here, you know what the secret with you and, but yeah, one photo, 12 and three. All right, thanks everybody. Right. If we have five, hello, if you guys want to come over here, I'll stand where the governor is gonna be. I.

Preview of Dueling Dinos, opening Saturday in Raleigh

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Brian Shrader flies over the site of a plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport approximately three hours after the accident.

Seen some activity just in the past 10 minutes or so. I want to take you outside Sky five right now for a live look at the scene. We saw a van being escorted to the runway there and someone got out and now there appears to be a really careful inspection of the debris going on. So we're working to confirm if that may be the NTSB investigation team arriving at the scene. Let's zoom out and give you some about where this is. There are two main runways at RDU International and this is in the grassy field next to the runway that mostly serves terminal one on the east side of the airport, that runway remains closed while this investigation continues at the top of your screen. That is the other main runway that serves terminal two, mostly that runway is open. So we have two things going on here that could affect your flights for the rest of the day and maybe even into tomorrow, the airport takeoff and landing capacity is roughly reduced by half because they are only working with one runway. And if you have a flight coming out of terminal one, maybe Southwest, you're going to have to take that crossover all the way out to that other runway. It's going to add a lot of extra time.

Sky 5 flies over RDU plane crash 3 hours later 

A UNC Health physician and pilot were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a small plane crashed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).


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