Name: Protestors rally in Elizabeth City after ruling on Andrew Brown shooting
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Protestors rally in Elizabeth City after ruling on Andrew Brown shooting 

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No. Okay. Okay. Yes, I can hear you. Okay. Right. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Mhm Right. Yeah. Money. I don't know. Oh yeah. The important thing we can do. Yeah. Are and when everything right? But we don't. No then. Right. No. What you Oh, so we all good. Well, so basically she'll que me now. Yeah. Right. Say it again. Kierra crowd is growing. I mean it's staying the same. No, I mean it's been about 100 or so people for a while. Yeah. Don't say that. Yeah, if it well, okay. No. What Are we? What? Oh. Uh huh. Right, wow! Great. Oh, home. Okay. We got to be taking all of Oh. Mhm. Well Deborah one gentleman just taking to the bullhorn here saying we have to keep walking and we have to keep fighting. They are not happy about today's decision on district Attorney Andrew Womble to clear three deputies involved in the shooting death of Andrew Brown of criminal wrongdoing. They also want the full body camera video released to the public. We know there's two hours of video and only so far About 20 minutes of that video has been released and only to the Brown family. I want to show you the crowd that has been growing for the better part of the last hour or so. We have been marching with the protesters down route 17 here in Elizabeth City. They are some of them seated here now at the intersection. What is a busy intersection intersection so traffic is shut down In all four directions right now as let's call it, about 100-150 people are marching and chanting again. They are not happy about the decision not to bring criminal charges, but they also are turning their attention to that body camera video. I got a chance to talk with Andrew Browns and today she said that she would also like to see more of that body camera video. Really wanted to know what the county is hiding. Perhaps we did hear from Sheriff Tommy Wooten in a video statement posted to facebook that he would be petitioning the court and the county would be petitioning the court for the release of that video in the coming days. So that situation could change as we give you one more live look at the crowd, they are chanting, Hands up. Don't shoot as some of those protesters are seeding, they are now going to probably march in the next couple of minutes here back towards the Pasco County courthouse where this all began. Of course, if anything develops here in Elizabeth city will break back in and let you know. Deborah. No. Mhm. Mhm. Right. Mhm. Why? Mm. Yeah. Hey, how are you? Yeah, Yeah. Oh, you're fine. You look great. Can you really quick? I just want to get your reaction to what you saw today. You know, it's bad. I want my reason, y'all don't you said I'm mad. I cried when I left. It was just emotional. It was like we are not being heard. It's like they're taking us for granted. It's like they telling us what it goes like. It's a parade. Like we had the worst killing for police killing black people, male and women. And we're doing it peacefully and then on the care. But they want us to act up a rat and losing all that other stuff. But we're trying we don't have no stores as it. You know what I'm saying? So we just want to be heard and we just want just that's it arrest them. But I really thought today that they was going to say that they found them guilty and just have to get them arrested. They can't even get them arrested. It's like, who's next? Right? Who's next? What makes you so emotional? Mhm. I mean when you see that, I mean when I see that video, I see that he was executed and he was just murder and assassinated everything. The whole tape, he backed up, he backed up turn his wheel and steered wheels to get out the way I hear it, the guy hit his hand on it because that's what you do with someone trying to believe and you're still in the way. So he was in the wrong but they're gonna see it the way they want to see it. But what my new for us saying something totally different and I'm upset and I cried the motion. I had to drive to Virginia because I don't want to be in this city no more. I was just angry. That could have been my nephews. I have nephews, I have a black son, I have a dad, I have cousins, I have friends, you know, I knew. Andrew personally we go to school together because we talk, you know, you would never think that this will happen in your town and I moved away, join the military and come back to this. It's ridiculous. What do you do? You have hope that eventually the camera video will come out? I know that that's a big big guy. I hope so operate. We all friends you know. But aside from that interaction today that what else do you want to see from? We know the truth. We already know the truth. We know what happened. We want them to admit that's what we want them. We know what's on the video because that's why they cut in the video, the end the video, we know it's bad. So every time they show us something is worse than what we already saw. We just want them to admit that they was wrong and they messed up theory what is on the video a murder, assassination and execution. That's what's up there. Andrew knew something, something to incriminate somebody in that department and they had to hush him up. So they went there and did what they supposed to have did was to kill him. They didn't want to arrest him. They want to kill him. And that's exactly what they did because the truck clearly the KKK has got a truck all the time of day for hunt, they hunt us. So they accomplished their goal. Tell me your first and last name, Akila Seymour. How do you spell a killer? A. L. K. I. L. A. Seymour. S. E. Y. Are you living Elizabeth? Yes, very good morning rays. Thanks for talking to us. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Mhm. I don't know. I don't know. That's right. I think mm I think with that what was she like? Good morning because it's off but I can't remember if I turned energy. Okay. No. Right. Mhm. Okay. No point about No. What? That you know what? Stop this hey. Better pay. Yeah. Right. Thank you everybody like Yeah, what? Sure. Yeah. Hi. You know just to be yeah, john burns same thing. Yeah there there. Yeah, I'm fine. Okay. Yeah. Whatever. Yeah. What? Right, what were you thinking? Thank you. Let's go. No. What? Right. No. Want to isolate one. Mhm. Yeah. Right. All right. I want to looking at the bank. Yeah. Yeah. Just related on clark finally. Ready? No, no, no. Yeah, do it. Mm. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know. Help me. Yes. Harvey Ronnie. Yeah, probably 38. Holy Fuck he's lying in Bali Right, you can head. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Andrew black. Andrew Brown please brother martin. But wow. And keep us safe. Yeah, we get along with Yeah, it's also the kind of man. Oh my God. with my kids. Yeah and around around around Andrew Brown Andrew Brown and you found Brown Andrew Brown and you found. Yeah. No no please about new master. Andrew Brown. Andrew Brown. Andrew around new ground Kierra. Can you hear me? Wait Kiev can you hear me? Yeah my bag. Yeah. Yeah like a romantic managing these right. Uh huh. Mhm. Yeah. Their job happy. And you found out. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah yeah. Yeah man. Fuck you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah mm ain't funny and you bounce see it's funny. Yeah. No me hey. Uh huh. Yeah real date that you take hey you're doing well and you file I can do for you. Yeah. Andrew Brown health big. I'll be call me me and I can go to the ground and just mama. No the 19. Uh huh. Stay in the house. Okay. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah heard that. Yes. Yeah I think think about that. Oh okay. Oh yeah. Hello? Yeah. The world. Every world. Okay. Okay. Every day a real at least today. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Oh my God. All right as well. And the world what is it? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Put well fuck where? Fuck. Um okay. You left that day. Hi. Overweight that day. Okay. Really? That bad. Yeah. Thanks. What? No. Yeah. Oh yeah. Uh huh. Right. Mm. You think you do man laser? Yeah. No, no. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Mhm. Simple and and right. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I'm leaving. Right. I believe. Yeah. Yeah. Okay charlie. Yeah. Oh mm. Yeah. Hey molly right. Yeah. All right. Mhm. Yeah. Okay. Yes. No. So you can see it. Mm You can see this anyway. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. One yeah. Are you? Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Thing. Thing okay. Yeah. Your dad good to shrink. Yeah. Mhm. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Seven yeah. Was Yeah. As I'm in your way. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Uh huh. Just like creativity is can be in there. Okay. Okay. And you Brown Andrew Brown Andrew Brown Andrew Brown Andrew Brown and the world and the world. I move around. Oh yeah. I'm good. I've got every Yeah. What what field? Okay. Member moment. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. What happened? What just happened? Oh yeah we're moving on. It's that whole mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh huh. So yeah that's why I just two guys are things that I found. Mhm Maybe start filming and now this guys facebook driving. Let's go. Which one that you know what's going on? Filming is like never seen something that something what they want. Yeah that's good. Yeah. That will white movement. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Get out of there. Get out of love. You're out of here, huh? Get out of your head. Get out of your it's his night. His name, his night. There is no justice for what's his name? His night. And you're right. Thank you. And you Yeah, your house. Get out of your help. Get into the street. Yeah. And you cry. Okay. Yeah, thank you. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Um That's a girl. Mm. He said oh thank you. I don't know you. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. How are you? You know what? Need to go to the ice. Mhm. Okay. Wait, yes. Yeah. Right. Archery that same. He came back right. Even say Andrew brown and you brown and around and you and you're bound and you're around hands on the ground. It's good. Yeah. Mhm, mm hmm. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Rest. Okay. Right. Okay. Yeah. Oh my God. Off of that. Oh man. Right. Yeah. All right man. What's that? Oh, that, yeah. Yeah. No. All right. No justice. No justice. No justice. No justice. No. Which is back live now demonstrations. Yeah. Andrew Brown making that change. Yeah. Uh huh. Yeah. Yeah, build a ground Brown. Thank you. Thank you. And you brought get out. Get out of thank you. I don't know. Andrew Brown. Andrew Brown. We keep my name, keep my safe. I must say we keep us safe. We keep us safe. Window stand up like that stand up like that. I wonder how do we do? Yeah. Right back fight back fight back back back. How about that? Get your baby love with my neck. Get your knee off of my neck, get your knee off of my neck. Yeah. Get your knee over my neck. Andrew Brown. Andrew Brown. Andrew Brown, Angela Brown What? Yeah. Yeah. Right. Oh yeah. Oh again you put the car. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. About people Yeah. Yes. No. Right okay. All right. I mean Jamie jimmy who is that? Believe you? Yeah. Yeah. Okay mm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Oh yeah. So what about or? Okay Thanks. No. Uh huh. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah mm. What happened to us? Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what Mhm. Let's go. Damn it. Yeah. No. Working Yeah. Back I want to. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. What? Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Is it there.

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Good afternoon. My name is Lieutenant Jason with the Public Information Office of the Raleigh Police Department. Deputy Chief Boyce is going to provide an update on the incident that happened at a high school today. Uh Good morning, uh Deputy Chief Rico Boyce of the Raleigh Police Department. I want to provide an update of the incident that occurred here at in low high school this morning. I'm joined here with Major Harrison of the Field Operations Division as well as major latour of the field operations division. I want to begin by saying that everything and everyone is safe at Inlow High School. There's no students, no staff that has been injured as a result of this. Obviously with uh with the allegation of a firearm on campus, it really has an effect on the students and staff, but I want to alert the public that everything is ok. Uh Wake County schools have been very helpful in investigating this matter with the Raleigh Police Department. 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But at this time, I just want to let the community know that this threat is unfounded, right? There's no threat, there's no firearm, there's no one injured at in high school. So we're going to continue to make sure that the message get out and Wake County public schools will put out an update of how the rest of the school day is going to go as far as any potential early release. I cannot say that right now, what I can say is a student made the principal aware that there is a potential of someone on campus with a firearm. The principal took that information very seriously and placed the school on a code grade lockdown and we began to investigate from there. So at this time, I can't determine if it was a hoax or not. Are you looking for anyone else? I mean, there have been a report that there was a student who said her boyfriend was with a gun. Are you looking for that person? Since no one was found in the school with a gun? We're investigating right now, like say this originated from a student and the information was shared with the principal. So we're still trying to determine what exactly was shared with the principal to lead to the core lockdown. So right now that is like say under investigation, did you guys do a systematic room by room search? Yes, we did. Like I say with this being a school and the threat of a firearm on campus, the Raleigh Police Department's selective enforcement unit, state capital PD County Sheriff's office, they all responded to help us do a systematic search of the entire campus, not only inside the school but it outside school in the surrounding neighborhoods is the lockdown lifted currently. No, it's still code red lockdown right now. We're just finishing up like say some last minute details with Wake County public schools and they will update us when they're going to lift that code red. One more question. I just want to make sure I'm clarifying this correctly. A call from the principle that a student had reported this. Are you still on the lookout for someone who might have been on campus and then left or are you investigating this in a different way? We're investigating this in a different way that this was a alleged threat of someone with a gun on campus. So right now, there's nobody on campus, but we're trying to get the exact details. Like what else was involved in this communication with the student and the principal. Can you really quickly just talk about the response? I mean, this is a massive response to something like this and the impact that has on officers, parents, students out there actually has a huge toll, a huge effect on our officers responding to any school with the potential of a firearm b on a campus. That's why you saw the response to get today. Uh We work very well with our law enforcement partners and we're very thankful for them helping us to clear the school. Uh And obviously with parents, of course, this is going to have a huge impact on parents as well as student and staff. Anytime you see a large police presence on a, on a school campus, but it's all to make sure that everyone is safe. Uh And then we're quickly, we'll try to get the school back to normal operators uh operating as soon as possible. So yes, we came with a lot of resources if there was a threat or would someone would have gone, we wanted to quickly mitigate that. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you.

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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.

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