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In a local, national and international news cycle where the pace can be head-spinning and exhausting, David Crabtree possesses the rare gift of making you pause. For 40 years - David's been exercising this gift as a journalist. WRAL has been fortunate to have him for more than 25 of those years - and during some of the most complex and paradigm-shifting events of the modern era.  We're looking back at David's remarkable career -- as he's just a couple weeks away from leaving his role as a WRAL anchor for a new chapter. 

WITH US. >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. WE'RE HERE WITH DAVID DISCUSSING HIS EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AS A BROADCASTER. AND I SAY EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE, WOW, YOU'RE A LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR. YOU HAVE TOLD THE STORY OF NORTH CAROLINIANS. ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE ON THE GLOBE, MOST RECENTLY IN POLAND, BUT ALSO AT THE FUNERALS OF GLOBAL ICON. SNELSON MANDELA IN SOUTH AFRICA. >> AND MOTHER TERESA IN CALCUTTA. >> AND IN HAITI IN 2010 AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE KILLED HERE. DAVID TRAVELED THERE WITH PHOTOJOURNALIST KEITH BAKER WITH A MEDICAL MISSION FROM CLINTON. >> ONE WITHDRAWN OVER WHO WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE AND SHE GOT I MUST TELL YOU THE 2 THINGS THAT I SAW THAT I WAS YOU TRYING TO COMFORT HER TO GET HER THROUGH IT. IT WAS SECOND NATURE >> SHE HAD MALARIA AND WAS NEAR DEATH, BUT SHE COULDN'T LEAVE HER 2 LITTLE CHILDREN. AND SO THE WHOLE TIME SHE WAS PANICKED AND AND DON'T WANT US TO KEEP A VERY LONG. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. AND THE ONLY WAY TO COMB IS JUST TOO SOMETIMES ATTACHES. MOST COMBING. >> HOW IS YOUR TIME? WHEN YOU WORK WITH? ON THE SITE? >> I'VE LEARNED THAT. WE ARE GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES. AND IT'S IT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH HIM. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE CHOOSE TO GET UP AND GO ON. >> OR IF WE CHOOSE TO JUST ROLL OVER AND QUIT TRAFFIC IS AGAIN FLOWING IN DOWNTOWN PORT-AU-PRINCE BECAUSE THE MAJOR STREETS HAVE BEEN CLEARED. BUT IF YOU CAN SEE OVER MY SHOULDER, THERE IS RUBBLE. AS FAR, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T TELL YOU WE WERE DOING THIS. BUT PHOTO JOURNALIST KEITH BAKER IS HERE AND TO ALSO REFLECT. >> ON THIS TRIP IN HAITI, KEITH TOLD ME SPECIFICALLY WE'RE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE BEING ON CAMERA. SO I WOULD ONLY DO THIS FOR DAVID CRABTREE. >> IT WAS A REMARKABLE MOMENT WITH BONNIE THAT NIGHT WAS IT WAS KEITH, BY THE WAY, IT WAS KEACH CAMERA LIGHT. IT WAS ALL THE LIGHT WE HAD WITH THE DOCTORS TO WORK WITH HER THAT NIGHT. THAT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT VERY POWERFUL. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH DAVID? YOU KNOW, AS AS ON ASSIGNMENT, YOU KNOW, >> I LOVED WORKING WITH WE HAVE TRAVELED. COUNTLESS MILES AND COUNTLESS STORIES TOGETHER. AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD ANY WORD TOWARDS EACH OTHER. WE GOT ALONG FAMOUSLY ALWAYS A LOT OF WORK WITH A LOT OF WORK. WE HAVE A LOT OF VISIONS. ONE OF THE YOU'RE PLAYING THE STORY ABOUT JUDY, UNDER THE BRIDGE EARLIER ON. AND I IMMEDIATELY STARTED THINKING OF HAITI. THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TENT CITY. JUST HORRIBLE CONDITIONS. SHE WAS SITTING ON A BUCKET GRIMLY HERSELF. SHE HAD A BROKEN MIRROR IN HER HAND. WHEN WE PUT THAT IN THE DAVID DAVID WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE. I MEAN, WE INTERVIEWED PRESIDENTS. WE COVERED POPE'S. BUT SOME OF THOSE POWERFUL STORIES WE DID TOGETHER. WE'RE NOT RIGHT. WE'RE NOT THAT WE DID A STORY ABOUT A YOUNG CANCER PATIENT SHE WAS A YOUNG TEENAGER AND SHE BEFRIENDED A VERY YOUNG NURSE. THEY WERE VERY UNLIKELY PAIR, BUT THEY BECAME FAST FRIENDS. UNFORTUNATELY ON THEM. HAS PASSED ON THAT AUTUMN, AN AMBER AUTUMN >> YEAH, I CAN SEE NIGHT. YEAH. ANYWAY, THAT STORY TOUCHED. BOTH OF US. I BELIEVE WE'VE BUT STILL WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SINCE MANY TIMES IN THE STORY OF HUMANITY, WHICH EVERY STORY SHOULD BE, WE TEND TO LOSE THAT SOMETIMES. BUT THOSE ARE THE STORIES YOU REMEMBER AND STAY WITH US AND >> BY THE WAY, WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD. WE'VE NEVER MISS LOT, WHICH MEANS WE'RE ALWAYS ON TIME. YES, WE NEVER CALLED IN AND SAID WE CAN'T DO WE JUST DID IT. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE KNEW TO DO IT. AND AND IT TAKES A GREAT PARTNER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE HEART. THERE'S A YOU HONOR ME BY BEING HERE. THANK, YOU KNOW, WEARING SHORTS HAVE ALSO COVERED BEAUTIFUL, CELEBRATORY MOMENTS AS WELL. YOU WENT TO ROME TOGETHER WHERE POPE FRANCIS WAS BEING INSTALLED. WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THAT AS WELL. >> WHERE IT WAS A CELEBRATION AND JOY AND HISTORY HAPPENING AND YOU GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT TOGETHER. YEAH. WE ALSO GOT LOST FROM EACH AND WE'RE ON DEADLINE DAY WITH SOME HARROWING MOMENTS THAT IT MAKES A LOT. BUT WE MADE IT. IT IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE FRANCE'S. >> PRAYING TO THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME STANDING IN THAT SEA OF 2 OR 300,000 PEOPLE. IT WAS IT WAS A REMARKABLE MOMENT. I MEAN, THIS IS LOCAL NEWS, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO AND TO SEE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE AMAZING WITH YOU AND I WERE TALKING AGAIN THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THAT MOMENT IN SAINT PETER'S SQUARE. >> THE THE NEW POPE ASKED FOR PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR HIM AND THOSE 200,000 PEOPLE, YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP SHOT, TOTAL SILENCE. IT WAS THAT IT WAS HEAVINESS OF SPIRIT. THERE YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T DENY THAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPEL, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. HOW ON EARTH WERE YOU ABLE TO GET INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPEL? >> BEFORE HOURS AFTER HOURS WITH NO ONE THERE HAD TO DO THAT. IT WAS AFTER HOURS AND I HAD A GOOD FRIEND WHO HAS PASSED ON NOW. MONSIGNOR TOM GREAT UNCLE WAS THE HEAD CAN UNDER THE VATICAN. WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SHOWCASE HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION. AND I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA. HOW ABOUT THE SISTINE CHAPEL AT HD? SURE. IF YOU CAN DO IT, GO FOR WELL, WE DID IT AND WE WERE IN THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER HOURS OR 5 OF US IN THERE, THEY JUST RESTORED THE CHAPEL. AND I KEPT THINKING. CAN WE FREEZE TIME? CAN WE JUST BE FREEZE TIME? I DON'T WANT THIS MOMENT. THE PAST THAT DAY HAD BEGUN WITH THE PRIVATE COMMUNION WITH POPE JOHN PAUL BARAJAS PRIVATE CHAPEL OUT AS HE'S JUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE HE YES, AS HE SQUARED MY SHOULDERS THAT DAY AND SAID AMERICAN JOURNALIST. BE GENTLE. BE GENTLE. HAD A ME BUT A ROSARY. IN MY HAND. AND WALKED AWAY. AND I THOUGHT. OH, MY. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THESE MOMENTS REFLECT ON THESE MOMENTS. IT'S JUST A DREAM FOR YOU IS BEYOND YOUR DREAMS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BE. IF YOU IF YOU CAN IMAGINE AN ARC, KEITH AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. >> THE ARK IS NEVER IN THE YOU NEVER GET TO THE END. THERE'S NEVER A CROSS AND SAY, >> OK, I'VE GOT IT. NOW I DID THE STORY I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER STORY. AND SO AS I LEAVE THIS WORLD OF ACTIVE STORYTELLING AND MOVE INTO A ROLE OF WORKING WITH STORY IT'S IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. MEAN, LOOK, I'M SITTING THERE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THE MAP ROOM WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. KEITH SHOT THIS. THAT'S WHERE ROOSEVELT. THEY ARE. AND EISENHOWER PLAN THE DAY AND I THOUGHT, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? HERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE? >> I HAVE CHILLS. HAVE SO MUCH MORE BECAUSE DAVID ALSO LIKE TO FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. SO, DAVID, WE HAVE ONE FINAL SURPRISE FOR YOU. I KNOW HOW GREATLY YOU ADMIRED FORMER UNC. >> SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, DEAN, SUSAN KING. SHE ADMIRES YOU JUST AS GREATLY. AND SHE JOINS US NOW VIA ZOOM DAY BECAME MORE. SO, YOU KNOW, A GREAT JOURNALIST BETTER THAN ALMOST ANYONE. WHAT HAS SAID, DAVID, APART, THANKS FOR JOINING US TO WELL, I'M SO HONORED TO BE PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF AN OF COURSE. >> YOU KNOW, DAVID IS NOT JUST A GENERAL SEES OF BROADCASTERS BROADCASTER AND HE HAS SAID ESSENTIAL THING, CURIOSITY AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE SHOW TODAY. YES, ABOUT EVENTS AND PLACES, BUT THAT PEOPLE LIKE JUDY, WHAT'S INSIDE YOUR BIKE BAG? THAT'S CURIOUS CITY. HE ALSO HAS AN ABILITY THAT MANY BROADCASTERS DON'T. AND THAT'S THAT ABILITY TO BRING US THEIR MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE'RE PART OF THAT. YOU'RE SO CONSCIOUS OF THE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FEEL AND TASTE AND ALMOST SMELL HAITI. YOU CAN FEEL THE VATICAN. THE SISTINE CHAPEL MADE IT ALL HAPPEN AND YOU'VE INTERVIEWED ME ONCE OR TWICE AND I'M JUST YOUR THOUGHTFUL. YOU HAVE TO SAY AND MOST OF ALL IN THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD, WHICH THAT SO MANY THUMBS UP FROM PEOPLE. I KNOW YOU MADE ME THINK WHAT IS BETTER THAN TO SAY? A JOURNALIST MAY JUST THINK, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING, HOW EXCITING? YES, A FANTASTIC CAREER. BUT NOW WE BRING ALL THAT CURIOSITY THAT LOVE OF BROADCASTING TO PBS, NORTH CAROLINA, THAT VIOLENCE ORGANIZATION AND A NEW AND EXCITING CHALLENGE FOR YOU. SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND YOU HAVE MADE A SUSAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND BY THE WAY, HAS HAVE YOU AS A PERSON WHO LED ONE OF THE BEST JOURNALISM SCHOOLS ON THE PLANET BAR GOD. >> WE DIDN'T GO TO TO INSPIRE THE STUDENTS THAT YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL ONE DAY SIT IN THE SEATS, THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE A NEWSPAPER OFFICES ONLINE OFFICERS, DIGITAL OFFICES, WHEREVER IT MAY BE, YOU'VE INSPIRED THEM AND WE OWE YOU AN INCREDIBLE DEBT OF GRATITUDE. AND SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEAR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS AND LET'S KEEP IT UP. >> THANK YOU TO YOUR TIME. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF PINCH ME MOMENTS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. ONE OF THEM IS INTERVIEWING ONE OF THE GREATEST OPERA SINGERS OF ALL TIME LUCIANO PAVAROTTI. >> ALSO CLIMBING THE WRAL TOWER FOR THE TOWER LIGHTING. AND SO THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT I WANT TO SHOW BECAUSE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE. YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO >> WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS TO TELL THE IN ALL FAIRNESS, I ONLY CLIMB TO ABOUT 40 FEET THAT DAY. OKAY. THAT TOWERS 300 FEET TALL. >> WITH A PRETTY GOOD VIEW RIGHT THERE. YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T CHANGE YOUR LITTLE NERVOUS. I DID CHANGE THE COVER OF ONE BALL. SO I HAD TO LEGITIMIZE THE ASSIGNMENT AND I DID IT. >> WITH PALMER IT. HOW DID THAT COME TO BE? HE ON HIS WAY HERE FOR A CONCERT AT PS. ONE IS NOW PNC ARENA. >> AND SO WE ASKED, IS THERE ANY CHANCE TO TALK WITH THEM BEFORE IT GETS HERE? SO YES, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SIR, RICHARD, AND THAT RICHARD ADKINS, AN EYE TOOK OFF FOR PHOENIX. >> I INTERVIEWED THE MASTER OF THE HIGH SEAS AS HE WAS LOVED AT THAT TIME AND HE WAS INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS THAT DAY. AND IT WAS WONDERFUL YOU'VE ALSO GOTTEN TO INTERVIEW COUNTLESS PERFORMERS ON THE THEATER ON BROADWAY. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? WELL, ONE WAS IT CHECK PERLMAN THE GREAT VIOLINIST WHO SUFFERED POLIO AS A CHILD. AND IT'S AMAZING, TOO, TO WATCH WHAT HE HAS OVERCOME. HE WAS REHEARSING WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY AND GIVE US 5 MINUTES. HE WANTED TO TALK BASEBALL AND WE THOUGHT BASED I DID TELL HIM, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT TO A MIDLIFE CRISIS HEADED BY A RED CONVERTIBLE, I BOUGHT A VIOLIN AND TOOK LESSONS AND I SAID I WAS NOT VERY GOOD. AND WHEN I WOULD PULL OUT MY VIOLIN CASE, MY BULLDOGS, SAMPSON WOULD GO TO THE OTHER ROOM AND HE SAID AS HE HAHAHA, FAVORITE. >> YOU HAVE SO MANY INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES AS A JOURNALIST. >> I CAN ONLY >> HOPE TO HAVE HALF THE EXPERIENCES THEY WILL HAVE. YOU WILL FAR EXCEED WHAT YOU KNOW FOR THE FORT FOR OTHER YOUNG JOURNALISTS OUT THERE FOR STORY TELLERS FOR PEOPLE WHO >> CARE ABOUT TELLING STORIES OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AS WELL. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE TO THEM? JUST DO IT. IT'S NOT A MICHAEL JORDAN MOMENT TO WITH NIKE AND JUST BUT LITERALLY IT WHEN YOU WANT TO DO. >> SOMEONE HAS TO CONVINCE YOU YOU CAN'T DO IT IF YOU WANT TO TELL THE STORY. THERE ARE SO MANY OUTLETS, DOW, WHICH STORIES CAN BE TOLD. DO THE STORY. TAKE YOUR PHONE. RIGHT. TELL THE STORIES SOMEONE WILL LISTEN. PLANT THAT SEED. IT HAS THE CHANCE TO TAKE ROOT ONLY IF YOU PLANTED. IF YOU SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO USE ONE OF THE THINGS RIGHT HOME, IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, GOING TO DO, IF YOU WANT TO SING SAYING IF YOU WANT TO WRITE RIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LIFE LIVE LIKE DON'T WAIT FOR IT TO COME TO YOU. GO FOR IT. WILL IT BE HARD? YES, IT WILL GET HARD. IT WILL BE SO HARD AT TIMES YOU'LL THINK I CAN'T DO THIS. YOUR HEART WILL BREAK INTO 1000 PIECES. YOU'LL CRY MILLION TEARS. YOU'LL BE SO FRUSTRATED. YOU COULD. BITE NAILS AND MY DAD USED TO SAY. AND YOU WILL BE MORE REWARDED IN ANYTHING YOU HAVE EVER DONE IT IN YOUR HEART TO DO IT. YOU'VE HAD TIME SEE, WANTED TO QUIT. NO, I HAVE NEVER HAD A TIME. I WANTED TO WALK AWAY FROM THE BUSINESS I'VE HAD THE TIME. I WANT TO WALK AWAY FROM A GIVEN JOB THAT WAS JUST NOT THE RIGHT FIT. AND THEN WALKED AWAY FROM ME. BY THE WAY, I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE THAT NOT HAVE A CONTRACT RENEWED BUT NO, THIS IS THE GREATEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED WITH ALL OF ITS WARTS AND ALL OF ITS PROBLEMS. I COULD NEVER SEEN THE WORLD THE WAY OF SEEING IT WITHOUT HER MISSING. AND WITH THAT BEING A BROADCASTER IS SUSAN KING SAID I'M A BROADCASTER FIRST. AND A JOURNALIST. SECOND AND YOU BROUGHT THE WORLD TO NORTH CAROLINIANS TO THIS MARKET. >> AND TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NEVER GET TO EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED. AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL AND I COULD TO SIT HERE WITH YOU. YEAH, YOU KNOW, IN ALL HONESTY, THIS TEAM LOOK AT THIS FOR CREW. WE HAVE OUR ROBINSON, TIM KING, WHO'S OVER THERE IN SUN BRENTON WE WORK WITH SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENE YET AND ALL THE PRODUCERS AND EDITORS AND WRITERS AND IT'S IT'S JUST AN AMAZING PLACE. AND I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO BE WHATEVER PART. I MEAN, BIN. WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN A MENTOR TO ME. I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU TO ALSO BE A FRIEND TO ME. YOU HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL FRIEND AND LISTEN DURING SOME OF THE DARKEST TIMES OF MY LIFE AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR IT. WE WERE DESK MATES FOR PART OF THE PANDEMIC. SO SO WE GET PRETTY CLOSE AND SHE TEACHES ME THINGS ALL THE TIME. YOU CAN IMAGINE. ALL THE TIME PEOPLE MAY BE WONDERING WHAT'S NEXT. TELL I AM THE CEO NOW OF. PBS, NORTH CAROLINA USED TO BE UNC TV. IT'S ON AN INTERIM BASIS. DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG I'LL BE THERE. BUT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE PROGRAMMING AND WRITERS AND THE VISION TO SERVE EVERY RESIDENT OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH A GREAT EDUCATION. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. WE'RE GOING TO AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DOOR IS ALWAYS A WIDE OPEN FOR DAVID CRABTREE, WRAL. >> TO WATCH MORE OF DAVID'S INCREDIBLE STORIES. YOU CAN

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Hi, everyone. Happy Thursday, meteorologist, Anthony Bag Leone here in the WRL SE Weather center, we are on track to see a really nice day if you like temperatures close to normal sunshine. No rainfall expected for us today. Although we could use a little bit more. It is a little bit dry. Our latest drought monitor is showing that across most of the viewing area. We go to 74 though this afternoon, it'll come with a lot of sunshine, maybe some clouds floating on by. But other than that really no big problems for you today. A pretty normal stretch for this the next couple of days or normal 75 below that tomorrow. But close enough, we get to 81 on Sunday, 86 on Monday and then that continues into next week. That will be our weather story next week is definitely some warmer weather and pretty calm with minimal rain chances. Tuesday is really the only chance I have at this point. We of course, have the Durham Bulls though playing at home Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Even into Sunday, we have Dollar dog night bark at the park tonight. I think it's gonna be probably pretty packed temperatures at 71 upper sixties tomorrow. 72 on Saturday, zero rain chances for any of those games. So it's gonna be a really, I think probably busy time at the DB A here into the weekend. 68 for Brugal. Also happening tomorrow as you're headed out there 67 at seven o'clock, sixties for the majority of that forecast looks like, probably partly to mostly cloudy skies. Saturday. Very similar. Just a couple degrees warmer at 74 at four o'clock and then still 78 at eight o'clock in the evening, we head over the next seven. You see temperatures really not moving too much. The next couple of days we get to Monday. That's when we start to climb 8688 on Tuesday and Tuesday during the afternoon into Tuesday evening. That's when we could see a few areas of rain. It doesn't look like a big system right now. But when we have no other chances in the forecast, that's at least the only one that we are watching right now and still warm there into Wednesday at 87.

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Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Good evening. I'm Gayle Hurd. Welcome to tonight's drawings for Wednesday, April 24th, 2024. Well, let's get started tonight with our Carolina pick three. Our first winning number is a seven. Our second number is six and the third number tonight is a nine and our pick three. Fireball number is six. Joining me for tonight's show is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. Good luck. Everyone who's that first winning pick four number, it's zero. Our second number is a nine. Third number tonight is three and our fourth number is one in our pick for fireball number. There it is. It's three. Again, we're turning now to the Carolina cash five and no one was the top prize tonight. Tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $620,000. Good luck. Everyone here's their first win in cash five number. It's a 29. Our second number, it's 37 3rd number tonight. It's 34. Our fourth number is lucky 13 and the final number in our cash five this evening is 12. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Get your winning numbers right here every night on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing. Have a great night.

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Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday Powerball drawings, as shown live on WRAL.

Ball. Good evening, Ruan, I Randy trainer. Tonight. We have another life changing jackpot. It's worth an estimated $130.2 million. So, get your tickets ready here. Come, tonight's winning numbers. Let's start things off this evening with the number 26. Right after that America. We have the number two and congratulations to Gina Magnum from North Carolina. She won $50,000 playing powerball. All right, the rest of your winning numbers tonight 20 47. And let's round it out tonight with the number 22 and tonight 20 powerball number, that's gonna be 21 and your power play multiplayer is four. Let's take another look at tonight's winning numbers. We'll see you back here on Saturday night. It's time to play America's favorite.

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Good afternoon. I'm Luis Fernandez. Welcome to this afternoon's drawings for Wednesday, April 24th, 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is two, second is eight and the third is eight and our pick three fireball number is five. Join me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor for mcconnell LP. Now let's move to Carolina pick four. The first pick four, number is five. The second is one, the third is three and the fourth is zero and our pick four. Fireball number is five. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education and thanks for your support.

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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).


Sky 5 flies over plane crash at RDU

RDU Airport Authority gives an update on a plane crash that sent a physician and pilot to the hospital. The crash occurred Wednesday morning on a flight that took off from Wilmington.

<p>Landguth first, I want to extend my thoughts to those affected by this morning's aircraft accident and thank our first responders for their quick action to respond. The airport authority and its mutual aid partners responded to an aircraft accident at RDU involving a general aviation aircraft. The accident occurred at approximately 10:10 a.m. in the grass next to runway five, right 23 left. The flight was arriving from Wilmington, North Carolina. The A the aircraft is owned by medical Air Inc and operated by UN C air operations. The aircraft had two people on board, one pilot and one passenger. Both were transported to area hospitals. The federal A Bush administration issued a ground stop that was lifted at approximately 1130 this morning. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have both been notified. The National Transportation Safety Board is en route and expected to arrive within the next hour at which time we will conduct an accident investigation. Rdu's runway five left 23 right reopened to departing and arriving aircraft around 11:30 a.m. this morning. Are you experiencing approximately 70 delays and several arriving flights were diverted to other airports? Until ground stock was lifted, travelers should contact their airline for the latest updates regarding the flight status. And of course questions about the identity and condition of the pilot and passenger should be directed to UN C health. And at this time I'll try to answer any questions. You may have, uh, the one, any other accidents in, in the past. I'm not familiar with any other accidents have occurred with that operation. I don't know, uh, that's the role of the National Transportation Safety Board. They'll actually come in and do the investigation. Uh, and at some point in the future, they write up a report and determine what the cause of the accident was. You know, that there was no notification to the airport authority or to the FAA uh about any type of emergency on board. Do we have a guy? We don't, all we know that we've got them out of the airplane and we've got them transported to local hospitals. We know situations like this and delays have a ripple effect on, you know, flights. Do you have any idea what type of impact we'll see here in our view and for not sure, but what we're going to encourage everybody to do is reach out to your airlines. We'll be able to give you real time information about the impact of your particular flight. Ok. I believe some of them went to Greensboro and I think a couple went to Charlotte as well. What, what to be impacted due to the NTSD. Say that one more time at this point in time, what we call the west side of our airport is now open the investigation they'll conduct will all be on the east side. So at this point, we are anticipating normal operations returning to normal operations from this point forward. I don't think that anything that they're doing regarding the investigation or where they would have to investigate would have any impact to the west side of the airport. No, the aircraft is still on the airfield itself. It's on the east side of the field. So terminal one that runways the east side of the field, that's where the debris field actually sits, the west side of the field is open and operational and safe to operate. Not that I'm aware of in operations for you throughout this event today. What was your main concern concerning the passengers that were in the internals? Right. I think our primary focus when, when that accident occurred were the two people sitting in that aircraft? Our primary mission is to make sure we can get to them and try to rescue them and try to make sure that we can get them in a safe condition as fast as we possibly can. Uh secondarily is trying to figure out then how we recover and get our operations back up and running. Mhm. How does that affect? What goes on term? Yeah, so great. Question. So the team has figured out a way to get all the aircraft they're gonna operate at terminal one. Your Southwest develops. Uh We've got a crossover taxi way that we can actually get them through our general aviation aircraft. We've got a crossover taxiway, we can get them to. But the rest of the uh accident scene is actually kind of isolated and closed and locked off. Yeah, you're terminal one at this point in time. Once they can get back on their schedule, it's going to be a normal operations. All right. Thank you guys. All right. Thank you. Grab your phone, right.</p>

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