Name: NC Chamber exec says businesses have safety protocols in place to open
Uploaded: 2020-05-05T11:21:00-0400
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Description: On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to explain how phase one of the state's plan to reopen North Carolina will work.

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On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to explain how phase one of the state's plan to reopen North Carolina will work.

MORE AS WE GET CLOSER AS WE DID WITH PHASE I TODAY.>> THAT IS THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN AND THE NORTH CAROLINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS PROPOSED THEIR OWN IDEA ONE THAT OPENS MORE BUSINESSES SOONER, SPECIFICALLY THEY WANT TO SEE RESTAURANTS OPEN THEIR DINING ROOMS PHASE 1 AND THEY BELIEVE THAT GYMNASIUMS COULD REOPEN INSTEAD OF WAITING AND THEY WANT TO SEE SALONS, BARBER SHOPS, SPAS AND PET GRAMMARS BEGAN TAKING APPOINTMENTS DURING PHASE 1 AND THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN KEEPS ALL OF THEM CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST PHASE 2. RESTAURANTS OF COURSE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER TAKEOUT. JOINING US NOW LIVE THROUGH THEM TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US GARY. YOUR PLAN REOPENS THE VERY BUSINESSES THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN SAYS WILL INCREASE OUR RISK OF BECOMING INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS AND WHY IS YOUR IDEA A GOOD IDEA.>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE GOVERNOR AND HIS TEAM ALL THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO WORKED SO HARD TO GET US TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE READY TO SAFELY REOPEN BUSINESSES. WE BELIEVE WE ARE READY TO SAFELY OPEN BUSINESSES NOW THAT BUSINESSES HAVE THE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THAT OSHA AND THE CDC AND DHHS GUIDELINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WOULD ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN SAFELY. THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE THERE PRIORITY AND THE SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THEIR SUPPLIERS IN PEOPLE THEY SERVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THAT IS THEIR TOP PRIORITY AND WE BELIEVE OPENING CAREFULLY AND SAFELY NOW WOULD HELP REBUILD THOSE COMMUNITIES.>> UNDER THE PLAN WOULD RESTAURANTS OPEN TO DINING ROOMS UNDER FULL CAPACITY?>> UNDER OUR PLAN WE BELIEVE RESTAURANTS KNOW HOW TO SAFELY DO THAT AND THEY WOULD OPEN AS THEY SEE FIT AND KEEPING SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES IN PLACE, JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS, THAT IS THEIR OPTION, WE BELIEVE THEY CAN OPEN UP SAFELY NOW UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND OTHER GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY AND WITH APPROPRIATE PPE. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I KNOW THAT IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE BUT THE GOVERNOR SAYS THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND IS GOVERNOR COOPER WRONG? >> GOVERNOR COOPER AND US HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE IN COMMON THAN WE DO NOT ON THIS AND WE ARE IN COLLABORATION AND TALKING SO WE ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AND BUSINESSES CAN OPEN SAFELY. GOVERNOR COOPER AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING GOOD WORK AND WE BELIEVE THE GOOD WORK THEY HAVE DONE ENABLES US TO OPEN SAFELY NOW IN A THOUGHTFUL AND CAREFUL MANNER.>> WHEN THE GOVERNOR FINISHED I DESCRIBED IT AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL LIFT MORE THAN A MAJOR CHANGE AND DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE?>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE READY TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND READY TO GET BACK TO WORK AND REBUILD THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH WHICH IS A PRIORITY, THEIR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH WHICH IS A PRIORITY AND THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND SO WE BELIEVE IN NORTH CAROLINIANS AND WE BELIEVE IN THE INNOVATIVE SPIRIT OF THE BUSINESSES IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT EMPLOY FOLKS AND BUILD THE COMMUNITIES. WE BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR BUSINESSES TO REOPEN SAFELY

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A meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner, I'm tracking a front that is going to bring us some scattered light rain today. This is not going to be a big beefy line of thunderstorms by any means, no thunder and the rain will be pretty light as it moves on through. Starting to see some of that in our northern counties this morning, we'll follow futurecast and push it ahead to lunchtime and you can see it's a slow mover, but there's not going to be a whole lot of rain with it from Roanoke Rapids down through Durham at around lunchtime as we head into say, two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Rocky Mount May a little bit in Raleigh and down towards Southern Pines and then closer to the evening commute, Fayetteville, Clinton, Goldsboro, parts of Harnett and Johnston counties. But it looks like for the most part, um, our most heavily traveled roads in, uh, in the triangle should be dry by the evening commute. That front continues to move on through and it clears this out with sunshine for the rest of the work week. Lake Gaston looking cloudy right now with the clouds there and, uh, the rain starting to push in. Temperatures have been in the mid fifties this morning, we'll climb on up into the upper six is closer to lunchtime and then, uh, we'll continue to see those nice mild temperatures this afternoon. 74 in Raleigh and Durham, 81 potentially for the high in Fayetteville. Later today, the Durham Bulls continue their home stand. It looks like the rains out of there. Well, before their 630 start time, 71 degrees at six o'clock, 630 Thursday and Friday. Lots of sunshine and pleasant temperatures continue near 70. I mean, it just doesn't really get much better than that. And weekend events look great, especially Saturday. This is bral, a big event in downtown Raleigh. Temperatures will be in the mid seventies during the afternoon, under mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. So looking good. Definitely a mild week up until Saturday. Our normal high is 75 and we're close to that, but 81 on Sunday, that's going to be the beginning of a different weather pattern. 81 on Sunday does not get us to a record. The record is 90. But by Tuesday when we hit 89 we'll only be a degree from the record. So we are aiming toward record highs by the end of the seven day forecast, which is right now on Tuesday and it looks dry too today, really our best chance of rain and it will be light less than 1/10 of an inch.

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