Name: RDU announces changes to protect passengers during Phase 2
Uploaded: 2020-05-21T10:16:00-0400
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Description: The CEO of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority announces new changes intended to protect passengers and prevent the spread of illness and touches on the economic impact the coronavirus has had at RDU.

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<p>Yes. All right, Good morning. My name is Mike Lang, and I am the presidency of the Raleigh Durham Airport Authority. I like to talk with everybody this morning about the global pandemic and the impact it's had on the airport and what we're doing to ensure that our customers can actually travel through are you safely and with confidence. Let's start talk Live about the new landscape. Were experiencing from trouble Stand. As you know, demand has dropped dramatically since March, when they began and stay at home order to actually put into place. Memorial Day weekend typically is the start of our summer season. Typically, that period of time, you would see this facility packed with people. You can see what it looks like today. There's a significant difference between what it looked like last year. What it looks like this year. The number of passengers flying already plummeted by 96% for the same time period one year ago. Only 40,000 passengers action flew through art in April. Put that in perspective. Last year on a given day, we would do 40,000 customers a day. We did 40,000 customers in 30 days, significant downturn in terms of overall passengers. So for the month of April, we saw a 96.5% reduction in overall customers coming through this facility. And I would tell you, this is a consistent story in here all across the country, airports not only domestically but airports all across the world. They had significant impacts. Result of customers not traveling are youse. Airline partners continue to make a week to week schedule adjustments we've seen for the month of May. Capacity is down by 83%. They have taken 83% of the seats out of the market and for the month of June. Right now we're seeing 70% of the seats taken out of the market as well. I would caution you to look too far beyond the June schedule because these things have a tendency to be a week by week type of decision for the carriers and if demand starts to pick up, they'll start adding capacity back in the system. But for right now, what we can tell you is through the month of June, down by 78% you can imagine we are dependent upon customers coming through the front door to drive all of our revenue strings. So whether it is parking operations, it is the airlines. It is relative cars with a 96% reduction. Overall, customers has had a significant impact on overall funding. We have done some cost cutting measures from a parking operation standpoint. We consolidate our parking operations. So both economy four Country three and Park Express have all been closed, and we're all consolidating all of our parking operations to the terminal parking structure right between terminal to Terminal One. That being said, we still only have about 5% utilization of the debt, so you can see there's still a significant reduction in overall customers. Our shopping dining sales are down by more than 90% year over year. On that is a very similar trend that we're actually seen from the car business. Well again, if you're down 96% from a customer standpoint, you're gonna have a similar downturn from food, beverage and retail and also rental car. When we began our budgeting process, we smiting to the board of directors separate 28 a $300 million program including capital and operating expenses, by the time we reached April 1, just 30 days later, Way had stripped out $150 million out of our program. About $110 million of that wound up being our capital programme. And most of not all of that has been put on a temporary pause. And we hope that is temporary. Has any kind of move forward. That is really a survival budget. That survival budget would do a couple things. It will pay for the debt service obligation we've got. It'll pay for our staff. It'll pay to keep kind of the lights on pay for insurance in basic services that we need to continue to run the airport and prepare for our customers. Now let's talk about the actions were taken to restore confidence in air travel. Health and safety of everyone at the airport is our top priority. Today we're announcing new measures aimed at protecting our guests during after the Corona virus pandemic. Passage will see changes in how the airport operates when they travel to argue, including enhanced cleaning for most promoting and maintaining six feet of physical distancing, and recommending that customers, passengers and tenants all wear face masks when they're actually in these facilities. Changes pastors should expect include more frequent cleaning and disinfecting of common areas, including bathrooms and high touch points, such as ticket counters in chaos are cleaning practices comply with guidance from the CDC, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the North Carolina Department of Labor. In keeping with those best practices for public facilities, Way are also doing more detail cleaning and disinfecting throughout the terminals. Products proven the effective against viruses including Kobe, 19. We have placed dozens of hand sanitizers throughout our entire facilities. I think we've got about 80 or 90 more that are on back order. We hope to get those. Hopefully, in the next two weeks, we will deploy those just as quickly as possible. Our customers have access to that way. Also have new physical and digital signing and the ticketing and waiting areas, security checkpoints and baggage back to their cells, which remind customers customers remain appropriate distances. We also have intercom announcements running into remind customers of public health best practices throughout today. Also, look at all the checking locations right now, you can see that we've already installed sneeze guards they're being installed not only ticket counters but the information desk at the baggage service offices downstairs and also at all the eight counter. So customers should see that already being installed. Right now, we're putting out new Stan Shins stage in science and technique. Lobby boarding cues on concourse to encourage physical. This is one way directional flow as well as floor stickers, baggage clean and seat covers in the gate. Full rooms, most appropriate distancing. So if you see the stances that are behind me, we will put little toppers on that has a little sign will give information to the customer. I'm not reminded him to wear face masks, also denying them about social distancing. Given additional information, it's really kind of an eye level, so they don't always have to look down on the floor. Trying. Easiest possible. Transmit that information. Some of the new measures at the airport are visible now, and the rest of these we expect to be actually big place by the end of June already recommends that everyone where face minutes covering in the terminal. However, many airlines have adopted new recommendations and even a new requirements that pastors wear face masks, coverings, and I would highly recommend all of our customers. Make sure you go to the airline's website before you walk out that door. This is a very evolving issue, and requirements that the airlines are putting into place to make sure that it's safe for customers to fly is constantly updated is they find things that are improvement. They're gonna start putting those things into place. So again, we need to stress that customers need to go to the website. Make sure they have most current information about what the requirements are. If you want to fly. Pastures currently do not have to complete a health screening or have their tempter check wind flying through, are you? We will comply with all health and safety precautions the federal government puts in place. I think it's important. Health screening measures, including tempter checks, are backed by medical evidence and performed by federal government officials. Those of those who have the expertise wear not medical experts already requires airport workers to self monitor and state home. If you have symptoms or a fever and many of our business partners in part saying of their employees again, we're trying to get our employees do. Their own tipped checking home must also look with symptoms of the virus. Or, if they're even sick, please stay home. We're encouraging them to stay home so we don't get any of our customers. Also, beginning June 1st 2 airlines will be the first airline to implement temperature screening for all passengers on airline employees prior to boarding their flights. Again, you can see how rapidly this is actually changed. Anyone with a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher will be denied boarding on Frontier Airlines. Guess driving to your report will be glad to know we have a contact list process from a parking standpoint. And so we have an online reservation system with that online reservation system. You can actually book your parking online, and when you book your parking online, you can actually enter your license plate. So when you come to our gate, we have a license plate recognition software who will identify that you've already paid for your parking. You won't even have to roll your window down. The gate will pop up. You can go in and park when you leave, it will recognize your license plate again. That gate will pop up and you can drive right out, and we will electronically send you your receipt. So it's a great service that we have for our customers to try to make that contact less meeting. You don't have to touch anything on seamless in frictionless. We have a great experience for our customers. Make it very easy to get in out of this facility. Of course, there are credit card scanners at every entry explained. Allow guests to pay with your mobile APS and our pay on foot. Chiasso allow guests to pay their smart phones and watches, especially as they exited, go towards term. And finally we're gonna be conducting capacity analysis and the terminals determine what space constraints may result from distancing guidelines. For example, if you look right behind me, this security checkpoint as we designed it, it was designed to handle about 357 people at one time. If you start looking at social distancing requirements, that would probably be reduced down to 100 people. Seems start to see if you start deploying that concept throughout this facility. There's a lot fewer customers that can come into this facility as you start returning to normal operations without having an impact regarding that social distancing. But those are the things were starting to look at and planning for as our customers start to return. I know I've talked a lot at this point time, but what I want to do right now is I want to open up for questions that I'm sure everybody's got lots of questions. So yes, ma'am, I'm are I'm going right so way never asked any of the concessionaires actually close when you're down 96% I will tell you Terminal two were only pushing about 800 people through this facility. It makes it very difficult for a concessionaire to actually make it work. I will tell you had some very positive conversations with concessionaires that have communicated to us. They want to reopen on, make sure those amenities available for the customer. That is a challenging situation right now. And we're doing the best. We possibly can provide services to our customers, secure capacity for sporting that sort of thing. What's the plan? If things get really busy this summer, you've got more than 100 people that need to get Could you repeat the question one more time about the capacity has going from 300 to 100. What's the plan for the overflow? Right. So first, let's talk about what we see in terms of overall forecast, currently sitting at 96% down, currently seeing 83% of seats taken out. Also seeing 78% of seats taken out in the month of June, I will tell you this will be a slow road to recovery. I believe it's gonna take a little while. I hope that that is a problem we have to deal with very rapidly. But a lot of our projections are, for example, this year we think by the time we get to the end of the year, way could and again, this forecast as of today, at what time 10 28 on the 21st way have done about 20 different forecasts this point time. But most current forecasts of God is about five million. Total customers for the year waited 14.2 million customers in 2019 so that is a significantly reduced number of customers coming through. I think customers want confidence when they get to come to these facilities that could be safe. That's why we're going to the SPECTRE effort to put all these things in place to make sure we're also encouraging people to wash their hands as well. They could also be part of the solution you're starting to see. Airlines are making significant investments in that space to get confidence traveling customer. There are two challenges out there, I think the confidence of the customer from a health standpoint and the overall economy. But we're gonna do everything we can to be prepared for those types of things, and that's why we're doing a capacity analysis to determine how we would handle those types of things. I believe we have a little bit of time prepare for that concession years since their businesses so far down right now. So at this point time, we're looking at the contract and understanding the terms conditions. We've also looked what we call the cares at funding. So the care Zach funding was funding. We've received $49.5 million worth of funding. If you apply that to our original budget of 300 million, that's only about 17% when you apply to the emergency budget. It's only about 1/3 wear trying to determine is the federal government provided those funds were paying for debt service and a large portion that debt service is not paid by a lot of concession years so they wouldn't get any credit for cares that funding and the remaining balance that funding goes to pay for staffs were trying to actually calculate what that would be valued at. And we're looking at that. We're also trying to figure out what that long term recovery plan looks like. I will tell you that if you listen to some of the stories that you and other reporters across the country talk about from a food and beverage standpoint outside the airport arena, they talk about a 30% bankruptcy and failure of those types of companies way don't know what it looks like here. We're trying to figure out what the new normal looks like. You can see it five million customers and we had 14.2. That is a very challenging environment for anybody to operate, whether it's concessionaires, rental cars, airlines, it's gonna be something we're gonna have to deal with everybody we don't have a perfect solution right now, but we're trying to work on the process right now. Is it? Is it? This is a toughness as it is close to touch you. So I think the parking operation is a frictionless touchless. At this point, time will tell you we've got multiple teams are looking at. What's the new future of this airport? Need to look like in airports across the country, for example, we have a team. I'm looking behind you and I see a bunch of chaos. There is one of our providers has got a touchless chaos. It's a facial recognition, very similar. To have an apple phone you got official recognition is something very similar to be deployed you could see through screening process you could see through check in. Airlines are looking at, and I know Delta has been a leader in that space looking a facial recognition for check ins. You don't have to touch anything to the customer whether or not they wanted to opt in or not. I think TSA I think themselves Customs and Border Patrol CBP. All those federal agencies are looking at that to try to figure out if we could make this entire experience from a frictionless process we already have, from parking to the check in process, the infraction list and touchless to going through screening and then coming back either from an international standpoint domestically, I think everybody across the country is looking at those solutions. From a technology standpoint, I think we're close, but there's more work to be done. But we do have teams behind seen working on that right now. Take two more questions. Another outlet? Yes, sir. Everybody way have. The price in the central lot was $15 a day. We reduce that down to $10 a day on a Z. We start to look at what recovery looks like. Well, then try to figure out that was an emergency move that we did early in March. We're just trying to let the dust settle around us, try and understand what our new environment is, So we're gonna continue to look that figure out where that probably needs to be longer. So again, right now, this point, we believe a national policy on wearing face covering should come from the federal government. It makes it confusing for the customers if they come in our facility and we recommend that you wear and you wear and flying to another facility, and they may not require it. I think it's a little confusing. So we have as a trade organization. Airports across the country really reach out to federal government, recommending that this becomes a federal policy in encouraging them to put something in place. There's a consistent message wear recommending highly that people actually wear face way. We're not going to police people Way would simply ask them to consider the impact they have on others during these very difficult times and encourage people highly to wear that mask wire. And this is what we're asking. So working with our concessionaires, I believe our concessionaires have the ability. I think they have it in stock at this point time. I know some of the carriers airlines are going to provide that Two individuals that don't have it way have also talked with some federal agencies. Federal agencies have kind of talked about potentially providing those don't know how that would work. How would be deployed or just distributed. But yes, those types of conversations we're having right now regarding people wearing masks. All right. Thank you guys. Appreciate it, but yeah. Okay. Yes. No</p>

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RDU announces changes to protect passengers during Phase 2

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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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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.

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