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Description: Retiring baby boomers have left many job vacancies in skilled trade careers. A local businessman believes online videos can inspire students to fill those jobs.

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Retiring baby boomers have left many job vacancies in skilled trade careers. A local businessman believes online videos can inspire students to fill those jobs.

CAUSE OF DEATH BUT HE WAS LIVING IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. HE WAS 76.>>> NOW, A WRAL MORNING ORIGINAL, NEW REPORTING FIRST. >> RETIRING BABY BOOMERS ARE LEAVING VACANT JOBS IN SKILLED TRADE CAREERS. A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN SAYS ONLINE VIDEOS CAN INSPIRE STUDENTS TO FILL THOSE JOBS. >> Reporter: A VIDEO GALLERY OF JOBS IN HIGH DEMAND CAN BE FOUND AT US CAREERS ONLINE.>> COMPANIES TODAY ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEES. >> Reporter: JIM BEGAN THIS RESOURCE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS AND FOR EDUCATORS. THESE VIDEOS MAY HELP STUDENTS AND OTHER JOBSEEKERS FIND OUT WHAT JOBS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRICAL LINE CONSTRUCTION OR HEALTHCARE ARE LIKE.>> NURSES ARE VERY AUTONOMOUS. >> THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND. THE TRADE HAS STARTED TO AGE AS FAR AS THE PROFESSIONAL CRAFTSMEN THAT HAVE CHOSEN PAINT AS A CAREER.>> Reporter: TRUCK DRIVERS, CULINARY ARTS AND WORKING IN A GARAGE. >> I WILL TRAIN YOU SO THAT YOU CAN WALK INTO A SHOP AND PERFORM AUTOMATED REPAIRS. >> Reporter: HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONS MAY NOT SEEM GLAMOROUS BUT THAT SAYS HIGH DEMAND CAREERS COULD OFFER GOOD SALARIES, MORE THAN WHAT SOME COLLEGE GRADUATES EARN.>> LET'S SAY THEY GET A FOR YOUR DEGREE, COLLEGE DEBT, SIX MONTHS INTO THE JOB THEY SAY I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE.>> Reporter: THE TEAM WORKS WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND INDUSTRY TRAINERS TO PROVIDE A VISION FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A CAREER PATH THAT HITS THEIR INTERESTS. >> IF I CAN USE A VIDEO WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AND IT COULD INSPIRE YOU, AND INFORM YOU IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE THEN IT IS WORTHWHILE.>> THEY SAY ZERO TAX DOLLARS ARE USED TO PAY FOR

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Online resource encourages careers in skilled trade

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I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center. Happy first night of Hanukkah at sundown. Temperatures should be right around 50 degrees clear skies expected. We also have the Capitol tree lighting happening in Raleigh should be a really nice evening, 50 degrees at five o'clock and by seven o'clock falling into the mid forties. So definitely grab your jacket. They want to bring a hat tonight as well. Franklinton having their Christmas parade as well. It's going to be chilly, seven o'clock start time, be sure to bundle up with temperatures in the mid forties. But once we get to our Saturday parades, it's actually likely to be quite warm. Durham, 53 degrees already by 10 a.m. Fayetteville, 5654 in Holly Springs and Cary with the afternoon parade Saturday, mid sixties for highs this weekend should be nice for those outdoor plans, Friday and Saturday. But by the time we get to Sunday things take a turn and Sunday is looking like a pretty rough weather day for us. Quite a bit of rain on the horizon. Perhaps some thunderstorms as well. Friday looking nice and dry. 63. Uh, we are going to see an increase in mid to upper level clouds Friday. So it'll be partly to mostly cloudy and a similar story on Saturday. I think there's a small 20% chance of a Sprinkle Saturday night, but it's really Sunday that we start to see things take a turn and while there could be some rain early in the day, it's especially during the evening that we have the best chance of rain and some thunderstorms that move through. We cool down quickly behind this front, so much so that the mountains could see some snow on the backside of the system or perhaps a wintry mix as for how much rain we could see three quarters of an inch of rain to about an inch and a half of rain will be possible. But we are still working to fine tune those totals. So stay tuned for updates. That's greatly going to rely on the thunderstorm potential for Sunday. Happy Hanukkah for today. Once we get past today, temperatures begin to warm up 63 Friday, 68 Saturday, even 70 on Sunday, severe weather potential Sunday, we're still monitoring that closely. We'll need to keep an eye on severe weather threats, but there are still some limiting factors out there. So stay tuned for updates as the high resolution model data becomes available. We should get a much better feel for the dynamics of storm energy available next week. Cooler weather is on the way we should be back in the upper T 20 S to lower 30 in the morning, early next week with highs only in the low to mid 50 S.

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Good afternoon, Darren Vaughan here with today's drawings for Thursday, December 7th 2023. Let's get started with Carolina pick three with the first winning number is one. The second is eight and the third is zero and our pick three. Fireball number today is three. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four number is zero. The second is five. The third is eight and the fourth is seven and our pick for fireball number is eight over the past 16 years. The lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. So thanks for your support and thanks for playing the North Carolina education lottery.

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Good evening, Darren here with tonight's drawings for Wednesday, December 6 2023. Let's get started with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is eight. The second is also eight and the third is one and our pick three. Fireball number tonight is four. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four number is nine. The second is eight. The third is five and the fourth is six and our pick four. Fireball number is nine turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $401,000. Good luck. Here's the first cash five number. It's 21. The second is 42. The 3rd 23. There's the fourth, it's 18 and the fifth and final number is 37. Over the past 16 years, the lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. So thanks for your support and thanks for playing the North Carolina education lottery.

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Police said a suspect was found dead Wednesday as officers responded to an active shooter and reports of multiple victims at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Website opened up and it's uh F AC of Southern Nevada dot is our uh current uh information that we have uh for victim services and that will um uh uh change also as or, or be updated as necessary. But we will have those resources there. Understand when you call that number or you check the website, the information right now will still be limited and there won't be any specific information as far as uh individuals that have been uh injured or, or deceased sheriff, what's happening on the campus now leaving. So, as you can imagine, the campus is a very large area to cover much like we had in the aftermath of 1 October. There's a lot of additional calls coming in that students hunker down. They're afraid they're scared. Our officers are going unit by unit building by building with the university police and the rest of the police officers, firefighters, ems and making sure that we don't have any additional victims and, or subjects. So we'll be back with you in the very near future to provide an update. Thank you. Suspect I have an update as well. I'm sorry that on that website. That's going to be F ac of Southern nevada.org. I believe I said.com that is that is.org? Thank you, sir. All right. So we just got the latest information on the situation here at UN LV from Sheriff mcmahill. Uh, we are going to step away, but let's what I can tell you. The biggest news is that the suspect is deceased. There are no other threats. There are multiple victims that was sent to the hospital. Hospital mcmahill can not tell us the number of victims. There is also a Reunification Center at the Convention Center and Sheriff mcmahill says that they will provide us with another update as soon as we get that, we'll be sure to bring those to you on air online. Uh But LaToya Dana, that's the very latest, we'll send it back to you.

Las Vegas police speak about about shooting at UNLV

Police said a suspect was found dead Wednesday as officers responded to what officials of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, called a "confirmed active shooter" on campus.

<p>SO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THERE WERE REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED IN THE STUDENT UNION, AND THEY URGED PEOPLE TO EVACUATE THE AREA AND RUN, HIDE OR FIGHT. LET'S GET RIGHT TO NBC INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, TOM WINTER, TRACKING DEVELOPMENTS. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AS YOU LAID OUT, RIGHT NOW, OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LAS VEGAS, FROM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING PUBLICLY, THEY ARE GOING FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING, ROOM TO ROOM, TO SEARCH FOR ANY POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS. AT THIS POINT THEY BELIEVE THE SHOOTER, AS YOU SAID, THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IN THIS INCIDENT IS DOWN AND NOW DECEASED. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO STOP THEIR SEARCHES AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT AS YOU REPORTED THERE APPEAR TO BE MULTIPLE SCENES. THERE'S SOME INDICATIONS FROM MULTIPLE SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE MATTER, THAT ON TOP OF THE SUSPECT WHO APPEARS TO BE DECEASED, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL DECEASED, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VICTIM, WHICH POLICE HAVE STATED PUBLICLY. WE DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS INVOLVED STUDENTS, STAFF OR BOTH. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW. THE ULTIMATE WHY IS WHY ANYBODY WOULD DO THAT, AND GIVEN THE TENSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN ISRAEL AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, GIVEN THE HEIGHTENED STATE OF AWARENESS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN BIG CITIES AND AREAS WITH LARGE CAMPUSES HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, SINCE HAMAS EXECUTED THEIR TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7thth, THERE'S ALWAYS THE QUESTION OF TERRORISM. LESTER, RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING WE'RE BEING TOLD BY OFFICIALS, IT'S JUST TOO EARLY TO SAY WHY ALL THIS MAY HAVE HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON. BUT UNDOUBTEDLY, A CITY THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS TOO FAMILIAR WITH ACTIVE SHOOTERS, WITH ONE OF THE WORST IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY HAVING OCCURRED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT A CONCERT. THEY'VE SUFFERED YET ANOTHER TRAGEDY. &gt;&gt; TOM, THANK YOU. WE ARE STARTING TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS ON CAMPUS TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY HEARD AND SAW DURING ALL OF THIS. &gt;&gt; WHERE EXACTLY WERE YOU ALL AT WHEN YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT THIS ACTIVE SHOOTER? &gt;&gt; WE WERE NEXT DOOR, DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR. &gt;&gt; AND THEN POLICE TOLD YOU ALL TO GET OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE? &gt;&gt; WE HEARD LOUD SHOUTING, IMMEDIATE PANIC, EVERYONE DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. THEY TOLD US, HEY, COPS, NO ONE TOLD US IT WAS COPS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. WE JUST KNEW THERE WERE PEOPLE. THEY EVACUATED US OUT. &gt;&gt; ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER, WE WERE IN LOCKDOWN FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES UNTIL WE GOT EVACUATED. &gt;&gt; YOU GUYS WERE IN CLASSES DOING A PRESENTATION, YOU WERE SAYING? &gt;&gt; WE WERE, YEAH. &gt;&gt; WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? &gt;&gt; 200 OF US. &gt;&gt; IT WAS A BUNCH OF POSTER BOARDS AROUND A BALLROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR, SO I IT FT LIKE A LARGE TARGET AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. &gt;&gt; ALSO 90% WINDOWS, NOT A LOT OF WALLS TO HIDE BEHIND. THAT WAS CONCERNING. &gt;&gt; THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU WANT TO AVOID, BUT WE HAD NO OTHER OPTION. &gt;&gt; WHAT'S THE FEELING RIGHT NOW? &gt;&gt; RELIEF. &gt;&gt; YEAH, HAPPY THAT HE'S -- I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT HE'S DETAINED. NOT SURE IF THERE IS A SECOND SHOOTER. WE'RE JUST GLAD TO BE OUT OF IT. &gt;&gt; SEEING THE COPS GO THE OTHER DIRECTION MAKES IT FEEL A LITTLE BETTER, THEY'RE NOT HERE ANYMORE. &gt;&gt; SOME OF THE STUDENTS GIVING US THEIR INITIAL IMPRESSIONS OF WHAT TY SAW. WE SHOULD NOTE POLICE ARE SAYING THE SUSPECT IS DECEASED. LET ME BRING IN JIM CAVANAUGH, AN NBC NEWS LAW ENFORCEMEMENT ANALYST, AND A RETIRED ATF SPECIAL AGENTNT I CHARGE. JIM, EVERY TIME WE COVERED THESE I'M STRUCK BY HOW PEOPLE WHO ARE WRAPPED UP IN THESE THINGS KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY'VE HEARD RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. THAT MESSAGE WENT OUT AT ONE POINT TODAY TO PEOPLE ON THE CAMPUS THERE. IT MUST CHANGE THE JOB OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RESPONDING, KNOWING THAT PEOPLE SORT OF KNOW WHAT TO DO. &gt;&gt; RIGHT. AND THESE YOUNG WOMEN WERE VERY SMART, THEY WERE ALERT, THEY LISTENED TO THE WARNINGS, THEY ASSESSED THEIR SURROUNDINGS, LIKE THEY SAID THEY HAD A LOT OF WINDOWS, THEY KNEW THAT WAS A DANGER. THEY LOCKED DOWN FOR 30 MINUTES AND EVACUATED. SO THEY WERE VERY SMART. THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO DO, AND UNFORTUNATELY IN AMERICA THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS DO DO, BUT IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE WHEN SOMEBODY HAS FIREARMS ON A MURDER SPREE. &gt;&gt; THERE IS A REPORT WE'RE HEARING THAT THERE IS NO SIGN OF A SECOND SUSPECT, BUT A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY WE SEE, I ASSUME, IS LOOKING FOR THAT POSSIBILITY IN A CASE LIKE THIS? &gt;&gt; YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT, LESTER. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S A CONSPIRATOR. SOMETIMES THERE IS, LIKE COLUMBINE HAD TWO. OF COURSE, THEY ASCRIBED TO NAZI PHILOSOPHY. IT'S HARD TO GET SOME PERSON TO JOIN INTO YOUR MASS KILLING FANTASY, UNLESS YOU'RE PART OF SOME KIND OF ORGANIZED TERROR GROUP OR MOVEMENT, THEN YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS. BUT WHEN IT'S JUST ONE PERSON WHO JUST WANTS TO SEEK REVENGE OR HAS SOME KIND OF MENTAL ISSUE OR REVENGE ISSUE, IT'S HARD TO ENLIST SOMEONE ELSE FOR THAT. SO MOST OF THESE ARE SINGLE PEOPLE, BUT IF IT LAPSES INTO TERROR OR NAZIISM OR HATE CRIMES, THEN SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS. &gt;&gt; AS WE SAID FROM THE TOP, WE DON'T HAVE A CONFIRMATION OF HOW MANY CASUALTIES THERE MAY BE LINKED TO ALL OF THIS. BUT I WOULD THINK THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM SET OF ITS OWN, MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR POTENTIAL VICTIMS ARE, WHERE THIS PERSON WAS. &gt;&gt; RIGHT, WHEN YOU GET DISPATCHED, IT'S CHAOS ALL AROUND, IT'S THE FOG OF WAR FOR THE PATROL OFFICERS GETTING THERE. THEY'RE LASER FOCUSED ON LOCATING THE ACTIVE KILLER. HERE WE HAVE ONE MOVING BETWEEN BUILDINGS. HE WAS AT THIS BEAM STUDENT BUILDING AND THEN HE WENT TO THE STUDENT UNION, BY ALL THE WITNESS REPORTS. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. WE SAW IT AT VIRGINIA TECH. WHEN THEY START MOVING AROUND THESE LARGE URBAN CAMPUSES, IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY'RE CHASING BEHIND THE KILLER. WE DON'T KNOW IF HE KILLED HIMSELF OR THE POLICE KILLED HIM OR SOMEBODY ELSE KILLED HIM. BUT AT LEAST IT'S OVER, AND NOW WE CAN DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH. &gt;&gt; JIM CAVANAUGH, THANKS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND MANY OTHERS AND BRING YOU THE ANSWERS AS WE GET THEM. FOR NOW, THAT CONCLUDES THIS NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. MORE COVERAGE AHEAD IN OUR STREAMING CHANNEL, NBC NEWS NOW, AND ONLINE AT NBCNEWS.COM. I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE TONIGHT ON "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS."</p>

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