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<p>RECORD WITH WRAL NEWS. IT'S TIME TO GO ON THE RECORD WITH WRAL NEWS. &gt;&gt; GOOD EVENING. NORTH CAROLINA'S ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION WRAPPED UP A WEEK AGO WITH LAWMAKERS PASSING A NEW STATE BUDGET BELIEVE IN A NUMBER OF OTHER MAJOR ISSUES UNRESOLVED, INCLUDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S NEWFOUND SUPPORT FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION IN NORTH CAROLINA. TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR FROM ARGUABLY THE STATE'S TOP LAWMAKER AND REPUBLICAN LEADER SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM PHIL BERGER. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SESSION THAT WAS WHAT VOTERS MIGHT EXPECT NEXT YEAR, PARTICULARLY IF THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS GIVE REPUBLICANS WHO ALREADY HOLD MAJORITIES IN BOTH LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS, SUPERMAJORITIES THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO PASS NEW LAWS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ROY COOPER'S VETO POWER. WE'LL ALSO HEAR TONIGHT FROM SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER DAN BLUE WILL PROVIDE SOME RESPONSE, BUT WE BEGIN WITH SENATOR BERGER FROM AN INTERVIEW TAPED THURSDAY. WE START BY DISCUSSING THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S RECENT ABORTION RULING AND HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THE LAW HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. POLICY WISE. RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A 20 WEEK BAN IN THE LAW. IT'S IT'S BEEN BLOCKED BY FEDERAL QUARTER, BUT WE EXPECT THAT TO BE LIFTED. WE EXPECT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BANNED AFTER 20 WEEKS EXCEPT FOR IN CASES OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. IF VOTERS GIVE REPUBLICANS THE SUPER-MAJORITY, THOUGH, IN NOVEMBER, WHAT SORT OF POLICIES WOULD YOU PURSUE ON ABORTION? WOULD YOU SEEK TO PUSH PAST THE 20 WEEK BAN? WOULD YOU WOULD YOU ENACT MORE RESTRICTIONS? YES, SO I HAVE TALKED TO MY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE SUPREME COURT DID WHAT THEY ULTIMATELY DID, WHICH IS BASICALLY HUNT &gt;&gt; THE THE ISSUE TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S ABOUT THEY NORTH CAROLINA LAW SHOULD BE A BIRD'S THEM TO TALK TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN. BUT I DO KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE THINKING ABOUT. I THINK VOTERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BEFORE NOVEMBER. &gt;&gt; WHERE REPUBLICAN GENERALLY STAND ON THIS ISSUE SPECIFIC TO NORTH CAROLINA'S LOSS. RIGHT. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ASK THE THAT ARE IN THEIR DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERY MEMBER. &gt;&gt; REPUBLICAN NUMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY PERSONAL VIEWS ON ON THE ISSUE ARE THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION FOR RAPE OR THEY SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION FOR INCEST. I BELIEVE THAT LIKE MANY OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES LIKELY SHOULD BE A PERIOD OF THE POST CONCEPTION THE THE MOTHER SHOULD HAVE SOME AUTONOMY IN TERMS OF OF WHAT TAKES PLACE. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT AT SOME SOCIETY AND THE LAW HAVE A ROLE IN PROTECTING THE LIFE OF OF OF THE FETUS. NOW WHERE THAT POINT IS, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT. IF YOU HAD TO HANDICAP. BUT HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT WE EXPAND MEDICAID? DURING HER BY THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION? I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY 75% OR GREATER WE WILL EXPAND MEDICAID IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT SESSION BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT SESSION. VERY UNLIKELY FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. I TAKE IT. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT BEFORE THE END OF THE I BELIEVE THAT THE THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO TAKE I SEE THE PATHWAY OF THEM ACTUALLY OCCURRING. I SEE WHAT NEEDS TO OCCUR, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IN THIS LAST BUDGET THAT PASSED THAT WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF THE GOVERNOR WILL SIGN IT OR NOT. &gt;&gt; THE PLAN WAS TO SHIFT A BIT OF SALES TAX REVENUE BOARD, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, 2%, THE FIRST YEAR THAN 4% AND 6%. ONCE IT HITS THAT 6%. I BELIEVE IT'S 628 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. SO REAL MONEY. DOES THAT FIX FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD? OUR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING ISSUES GOING FORWARD IN NORTH CAROLINA. DO YOU SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LAYERED ONTO. DO YOU SEE GOING ABOVE 6%? WHAT'S THE LONGER TERM PLAN? THERE? WE FOR A LONG TIME OF HAD NEED TO THE THE LONG-TERM NEEDS THAT THE STATE HAS FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING. &gt;&gt; I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND 22 YEARS AGO, TRAVIS FOLKS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING LONG TERM ABOUT THE SHORTFALL THAT WE HAVE IN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING UNTIL THIS PROVISION IN THIS BUDGET. WE REALLY HAVE NOT TAKEN A SUBSTANTIAL STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. DOESN'T CURE OR OR SOLVE THE PROBLEM. NO. DOES IT MAKE A PRETTY SIZABLE DENT IN THE PROBLEM? I THINK SO. AND IT IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY SORT OF SURPRISE THAT NOT MORE PEOPLE HAVE OF RECOGNIZE IT AS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT IN WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON GUNS. &gt;&gt; ARE THERE ANY POLICIES HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGE? WE KEEP HAVING THESE MASS SHOOTINGS SEEMS LIKE THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE SAME WEAPON OVER AND OVER AGAIN OR ANY POLICIES THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE. &gt;&gt; I DON'T KNOW AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE ARE POLICIES IN NORTH CAROLINA THE CHANGES BEING PROPOSED WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT. TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS ILLINOIS HAS SOME OF THE MORE RESTRICTIVE GUN POSSESSION AND GUN ACQUISITION LAWS IN THE NATION THIS BOUGHT THE WEAPON THAT HE USED LEGALLY IN ILLINOIS THERE WAS NOTHING BELIEVE THEY GOT RED FLAG LAWS. I THINK THEY'VE GOT OTHER RESTRICTIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A NORTH CAROLINA. SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN BE DONE THAT EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THAT THE THE PROBLEM SOMEBODY THAT. HAS SOME SORT OF ANIMOSITY OR SOME SORT OF MENTAL PROBLEM. I'M HAVING A ACT ACCESS TO UP TO A WEAPON LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT MOST EFFECTIVE THING WE CAN DO IS TRY TO BEEF UP SOME MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TRYING MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING, THEY SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMON THAT IT APPEARS TO ME FROM READING THE REPORTS ABOUT THESE INCIDENTS IS INVARIABLY THE PERSON THE THAT THAT IS THE PERPETRATOR HAS SHOWN SOME SIGNALS OF SOME MENTAL IMBALANCE OR SOME A THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. &gt;&gt; WOULD YOU AGREE OR THAT IT IS TOO EASY IN OUR SOCIETY FOR A DERANGED PERSON, SOMEONE WITH THE CAPACITY, THE DESIRE TO 2. AND ARE GOOD TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH THESE MURDERS TO GET A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE WITH A HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINE. &gt;&gt; I I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU ALREADY HAVE OF THE FEDERAL BACKGROUND THERE ALL SORTS METHODS ACTUALLY ARE OUT THERE IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY 2 TO 2 IM PEI THE ABILITY OF FOLKS LIKE THAT TO TO GET WEAPONS. &gt;&gt; THERE'S MUCH MORE TO COME FROM THIS. WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU'LL HEAR BURGER SPOTS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT. ROBINSON AND HEAR HIM SAY WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON THE JANUARY 6 UNITED STATES CAPITOL ATTACK. &gt;&gt; I HEARD IT. I HEARD &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY SENATOR DAN BLUE BURGERS, OPPOSITE NUMBER IN THE SENATE. SENATOR BLUE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I HAVE QUESTIONS. BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR YOU HEARD THERE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO? &gt;&gt; YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. A CALL IN WITH YOU. TODAY, THAT WAS SEVERAL ITEMS THAT THAT THINK THE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AS ON MANY OF THESE FIRST ON THE ABORTION ISSUE. I THINK I POSITION IS RELATIVELY CLEAR. WE WOULD RATIFY ROE VERSUS WADE AND KIND OF FIND IT IS EXISTED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT REVERSED IT. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE ISSUE. PRIMARILY THE COURT OPINION SAID IT'S A STAGE AROUND HIM. &gt;&gt; THE LEGISLATION THAT AREA AND THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA, A SUPPORTIVE OF THE ROE OPINION IS MODIFIED IN THE EARLY 90'S. SECOND THING. I THINK ON ON THE GUN ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST SAYING THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH WHEN HAVE ACTIVITIES. WE DO A VERY MUCH SO AND WE'LL START BY PUTTING MORE COUNSELORS AND AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO THE TROUBLE I HAVE SOMEWHERE THEY CAN GO TO AT LEAST SOMEBODY WHO CAN LET THEIR PARENTS SO MUCH MORE QUICKLY AND WE SHOULD BAN MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS. I'M AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT BUT TO THOSE WEAPONS AR FIFTEEN'S AK 40 SEVENS DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DESIGNED TO DO. THEY KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY. AND IN A VERY UGLY WAY. AND I DON'T SEE FROM FROM MY VANTAGE POINT THE THE THE REASON THAT WE OUGHT TO LET PEOPLE ON THEMSELVES WITH INDISCRIMINATELY THE BUT OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. WE'RE GOING TO A VERY FORCEFULLY BUT I'M CONVINCED AND I THINK THE COURT SAID IN ITS OPINION THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT DOES NOT ENTITLE ONE OF THE MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS. SO HOW WOULD THAT MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THAT SUGGESTION FROM THE 6 PERSON MAJORITY ON THE REPUBLICAN SUPREME COURT AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS I COULD AND I DON'T THINK THE EVENT, THE JUNIOR 6 HEARINGS AS AN EFFORT TO PAINT A PICTURE OF THAT EXAGGERATED. THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY REPUBLICAN WITNESSES FOR THE MOST PART, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED LEADING UP TO JANUARY 6, 2021. WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6 AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE JANUARY 6 IS THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT SYSTEM OF DEMOCRACY. AND THE WORLD HAS LOOKED TO THE UNITED STATES AS A BEACON LIGHT AND SHOW THEM HOW THEY DEVELOP A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S VERY SERIOUS. AND I'VE WATCHED EVERY EVERY VERSION OF EVERY THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BECAUSE I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THESE THREATS TO THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE. &gt;&gt; TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT JUST COMPLETED HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU THIS YEAR TO FIND SENATE REPUBLICANS ON BOARD WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION, SOMETHING DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR YEARS AND HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK WE ARE TO AN ACTUAL DEAL? YOU HEARD THE SENATOR SAY 75% OR GREATER THAT WE EXPAND MEDICAID IN THE NEXT YEAR. SO &gt;&gt; I'M ENCOURAGED. I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE AN EFFORT TO SENATE REPUBLICANS ON MEDICAID EXPANSION AND THE VOTE FOR THIS? YEAH, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO QUITE GET THERE IS IT. IT HAD A LOT OF BANDAGES ON IT OTHER THAN MEDICAID EXPANSION. AND SO THAT GOING IN A GOOD NUMBER OF INTEREST CONCERNED GROUPS DID NOT WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE IMPENDING URGES BECOME THE LAW. I'M TROUBLED BY A SENATE VOTE IS THE THE FEAR THAT WE WANT MIGHT NOT GET DONE THIS YEAR. BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY INCENTIVES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR US TO ENACT MEDICAID EXPANSION AS 38. 39 OF THE STATES HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO PAY A SIGNIFICANT THAT MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT. BASICALLY PAY MORE ON WHAT THEY'RE PAYING US ON MEDICAID NOW. AND WE FIGURED OUT A WAY WITH THE HOSPITALS IN THE STATE. SO THERE'S NOT ONE ADDITIONAL PENNEY. KOHL'S TO THE TAXPAYERS AND CITIZENS OF THE STATE. YET YOU PROVIDE HEALTH CARE TO 6 OR 700,000 ADDITIONAL NORTH CAROLINIANS. AND I MIGHT NORTH CAROLINIANS WHO DISPROPORTIONATELY LIVE IN RULE HAS A GREATER PERCENTAGE LIVE IN RURAL AREAS. WE'RE HEALTH SYSTEM TO FAILING IT IS PROJECTED THAT THEY'LL BE 6 MORE FAILING OVER THE NEXT SHORT PERIOD. IF WE DON'T EXPAND MEDICAID, IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS YEAR, WE WILL LOSE THOSE INCENTIVES. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL HAVE MANY PEOPLE DYING UNNECESSARILY CAN GET THE HEALTH CARE OF THE MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY NEED AND I THINK THAT NOT ONLY LOSING THE SUN IS AND HAVING MORE PEOPLE THAT WE FAILED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REVENUE THAT WE CAN GENERATE TO THE STATE TO INVEST AND US GOING FORWARD. WHETHER TRANSPORTATION BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS, WE COULD FULLY FUND THE DECISION AND WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE COULD START MAKING STRATEGIC HARD PLANS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO RECRUIT TEACHERS INTO AS WE START EXPERIENCE AND THE GREAT RESIGNATION WE ALREADY KNOW THAT OUT OF A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS WOULD NOT BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS IN SEPTEMBER MORE THAN WE PROBABLY PROJECTED WILL NOT SHOW UP. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THE PROFESSION MORE ATTRACTIVE. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP THEM FROM INCURRING GREAT DEBT COULD BECOME AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE US AS CITIZENS TO RESPECT TEACHERS FOR THE PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE. AND I THINK THAT THE MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT MEDICAID EXPANSION WOULD HAVE GIVEN US THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. I'M REALLY AFRAID THAT IF WE SKIP THIS OPPORTUNITY AND MISS IT THAT IS BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 31ST. NORTH CAROLINA, AGAIN WILL BE ONE OF THE VERY FEW STATES THAT HE'S CHOSEN TO LEAD THE DOLLARS AND IT'S PAYING INTO TAX BE SPREAD OUT IN STATES OTHER THAN NORTH CAROLINA AND WILL NOT EXPAND MEDICAID. MEDICAID TO FOR WORKING PEOPLE IN THE STATE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING MOVING SOME OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE. &gt;&gt; TO TRANSPORTATION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU FAVOR? IS THAT AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME? &gt;&gt; HAVING BEEN AROUND, WE DID HAVE WE TRUST FUND AND WE PULL MANY OF THE REVENUE GENERATING THINGS THAT WERE IN THE GENERAL FUND INTO HOW WE PLAYED ONE OUNCE SALES STATES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. ONE POINT IN DOING THAT, NOT ONLY GASOLINE, BUT CALL AN INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS. &gt;&gt; WE OUGHT TO HAVE AUTOMOTIVE RELATED THINGS INTO THAT WE FUND BECAUSE THEY USE AT WAYS. &gt;&gt; BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE LEAVE THE GENERAL FUND ENOUGH REVENUE TO MEET THE ONGOING NEEDS OF THE REST OF STATE GOVERNMENT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE TALK ABOUT. WE INTO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH TO FUND STATE WORKFORCE WHO DO GOOD, WHICH DOESN'T DEBATABLE SERVICES WITH THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER REGULATIONS TO KEEP US SAFE WHETHER IT'S IN, YOU KNOW, HIGHER EDUCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO PULLING 600 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST PREFERENCE UNLESS WE FIND SOMETHING TO REPLACE IT. THAT'S ANOTHER ARGUMENT. WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE AN EXPANDED MEDICAID RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AT 6, 0, 8 BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. THAT WOULD MAKE UP FOR THAT TRANSFER THAT 600 MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER AND GENERATE THE FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO DO OTHER THINGS TO MAKE THE STATE GOING FORWARD. SO I DON'T I DON'T FORCEFULLY IMPOSE THE DECISION TO PUT MONEY IN TO THE HIGHWAY FUND AND HOW WE TRUST FUND. BUT WE NEED A MORE PERMANENT WAY TO DO IT. WE HAVE BEEN STANDING IN FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT WE CAN GENERATE SUFFICIENT FUNDS AND WE NEED TO HAVE A FRANK CONVERSATION WITH THE SYSTEM AND HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING IT. &gt;&gt; WHETHER IT'S SATURDAY OR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. IT ALWAYS GOES FAST. I WANT TO THANK YOU. WANT TO THANK SENATOR BERGER FOLKS AT HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US THAT THE SHOW. 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I'm meteorologist K Campbell in the wr a severe weather center. It's been a warm spring so far. In fact, when you look at the spring to date numbers, it's actually the second warmest on record at RDU running about 4.5 degrees above normal and for rainfall about an inch and a half below normal. And we really need some rain. You know, it's been a pretty dry April so far we've seen less than an inch inch of rain this month tomorrow. It's a nice dry day for us, but I, you know, at least it's gonna be a nice day, right? 72 in the Triangle, as well as Siler City in Wilson. 70 in Rocky Mount. 67 though in Roxboro and 67 for Roanoke Rapids, a little cooler to the north. 76 degrees in Fayetteville, 73 Goldsboro in Smithfield and 75 in Southern Pines. It is going to be a little bit cooler in the morning because cold front moved through 50 degrees for the low in the triangle, right around 7 a.m. by 10 a.m. We're in the upper fifties, lunchtime, mid sixties and then in the lower seventies during the afternoon, dinner time, temperatures dip back into the upper sixties. A cold front passed earlier this evening and behind it, we are going to be drying out but cooling down briefly. It's not a huge drop in temperatures, but we will see this dip in the jet stream delivering some cooler air. We start to see a reversal of the jet stream flow and that changes really on Sunday with a warming southwest wind at the surface and at the jet stream level, that's going to drive temperatures up to 80 beginning on Sunday and the eighties will last into next week with a strengthening ridge of high pressure. So we expect a big climb in temperatures just throughout the course of the weekend, 48 degrees Friday morning, but back up to 80 by Sunday afternoon and then much warmer weather is on the way for next week. We're looking at seventies for the next few days with mostly cloudy skies for the weekend days. The sun's back out though next Monday and with a warming wind, we're back in the upper eighties three days in a row all the way up to 89 on Tuesday. Tuesday might be the 1st 90 degree day of the year for parts of North Carolina.

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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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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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