Public hearing: Common Core standards

A special legislative committee hears public comment on Common Core legislation in North Carolina.
Posted 3/20/2014, 1:49:00 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:49:58 PM

FROM THE FUTURE DOES FOR THE

DEPLETE THE SUPPLY SO LET'S

JUST ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL

WEATHER LOOKING AT THE GARDEN

AND SPEAKING OF WHAT WILL BE IN

BLOOM SHORTLY THE GARDEN WILL

BLOOM LATER AND HOPEFULLY YOU

WILL ENJOY IT INTO THE SPRANG.

IT IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE

SPRING THERE, TOWN BY TOWN

THOSE ARE YOUR TEMPERATURES IN

THOSE AREAS AND 60 RIGHT NOW IN

HOLLY SPRINGS, AS WE BROAD IN

THE VIEW UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60

DEGREES IS WHERE WE ARE TOWN BY

TOWN, SOUTH HILL 61, 62

FAYETTEVILLE, 61 SOUTHERN

PINES, GOLDSBORO AND ROCKY

MOUNT AS WELL AND, OF COURSE

ALL THOSE NUMBERS WELL ABOVE

WHERE WE WERE JUST 24 HOURS

AGO, 15 FOR 20 DEGREES WARMER

IN FACT.

WE ARE 19 DEGREES WARMER IN

RALEIGH THAN AT NOON YESTERDAY

WITH THE CLOUDS AND THE DRIZZLE

AND THE RAIN, SO IT REALLY

DOESN'T TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF

SUNSHINE WHEN THE SUN SIS AT

THE ANGLE IT IS AT THE TIME OF

YEAR AND THAT IS GOING UP IT

HAS A DIRECT LINE SO IT DOESN'T

TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SUNSHINE TO

GET THOSE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING

IN A BIG WAY, CLOUDS ROLLED

THROUGH LAST NIGHT YOU SEE THIS

HERE BUT OTHERWISE NOT MUCH

GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

ONE STORM SPINNING AROUND THE

GREAT LAKES AREA THAT IS

PULLING OFF TOWARD THE NORTH

EAST.

WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES TO ENJOY

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS,

AS WE LOOK AT FUTURECAST

NORMALLY WE WOULD SHOW YOU THIS

ZOOMED IN ON OUR AREA PUT I

HAVE TO PULL OUT TO SHOW YOU

THERE ARE STILL CLOUDS ON THE

MODEL BUT THROUGH THIS

AFTERNOON NOTHING BUT WALL TO

WALL SUNSHINE, A BEAUTIFUL

FINISH FOR THE DAY, PLENTY OF

SUNSHINE TOMORROW AS WELL WITH

TEMPERATURES IF NOT AS WARM

MAYBE WARMER THAN THIS

AFTERNOON.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST HALF OF

THE WEEKEND LOOKING OKAY.

WE WILL SEE MORE CLOUD COVER

ROLLING IN BY SATURDAY BUT NOT

WORRIED ABOUT PRECIPITATION

UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT AND

SUNDAY.

65 DEGREES FOR A HIGH TODAY.

NOT TOO SHANI FOR THE FIRST

PARTIAL DAY OF SPRING, OF

COURSE, THE VERNAL EQUINOX

OCCURS IN MORE THAN 30 MINUTES

AT 12:57, BREEZY FROM TIME TO

TIME BUT A WARM WIND DIRECTION

AT 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.

>>> SEVEN-DAY-FORECAST ANOTHER

BEAUTIFUL DAY TOMORROW WITH

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE

AREA, 64 ROXBORO, 66 DURHAM TO

FINISH OUT THE WORKWEEK, ALMOST

70 FAYETTEVILLE, 68 GOLDSBORO

AND 67 IN ROCKY MOUNT, DESPITE

THAT I EXPECT A COLD FRONT

SWINGING THROUGH AND AHEAD OF

IT WARM UP INTO THE 70s DESPITE

THE CLOUD COVER, STILL NOT A

RECORD, THE RECORD 90 BUT WELL

ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 75, THEN

THAT COLD FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE

AREA ON SUNDAY AND THEN COOLER

ON THE DAY SUNDAY AND THEN YES,

COOLER TO START NEXT WEEK AND

WE HAVE RIGHT NOW LOOKING FOR

RAIN ON TUESDAY, WE WILL CROSS

OUR FINGERS AND HOPE THAT IS

WHAT ALL THAT IS BUT SOMETHING

WE WILL BE WATCHING, RICK

FISHER WILL BE HERE THIS

AFTERNOON AFTER BASKETBALL SO

DEFINITELY STAY TUNED, WE WILL

HAVE MORE ON NEXT WEEK BUT JUST

ENJOY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

>> LIVE IN THE MOMENT, GOT.

>> IT THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING

MEANS SWEAT DEALS AT LOCAL

SHOPPERS, THE WRAL SMART

SHOPPER HAS MORE ON THAT.

>> AND WE HAVE A REPORT ON

>>> IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF

SPRING AND SEVERAL COMPANIES

ARE LAUNCHING GREAT DEALS THIS

WEEK, JOINING US FOR TALK ABOUT

TWO GREAT PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK

IS WRAL SMART SHOPPER, FIRST OF

ALL TELL US ABOUT THIS.

>> THIS IS THE PROMOTION THEY

RUN EVERY YEAR AND IF YOU GO TO

WENDY'S AND SPEND A DOLLAR THEN

YOU END UP BEING ABLE TO ALL

THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR

EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A PURCHASE

YOU GET A FREE JUNIOR FROSTY,

SO IF YOU ARE A WENDY'S FAN YOU

CAN DO THAT.

>> I TELL YOU THAT SOUNDS GOOD

TO A PREGNANT WOMAN.

>> AND GO OVER THERE AND MAKE

SURE THEY ARE PARTICIPATING.

>> AND CARIBOU'S AND STARBUCK'S

ARE GETTING IN.

>> YES, I POSTED THOSE ON THE

BLOG, THEY ARE OFFERING THAT

AND STARBUCK'S HAS A FREE ICE

DRINK WHEN YOU MAKE A PURCHASE

IN THE MORNING.

>> AND YOU ALSO HAVE GREAT BUYS

AT GROCERY STORES.

>> YES, FANTASTIC BUYS THERE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS EGGS,

AND THOSE ARE THE SPECIALS AND

PROMOTIONS THERE.

>> FOR MORE ON THOSE GO TO

WRAL.COM AND SEARCH THE

CONSUMER SECTION, ANY OTHER

TIPS YOU HAVE TO PASS ALONG TO

SHOPPERS.

>> WELL, READ THE BLOG.

>> YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND.

>> IT THANKS AND ENJOY THIS

FROSTY.

>> I WILL, IT IS FREE, BACK TO

YOU.

>> MIGHT BE WHERE I AM HEADED

AFTER WORK, LET'S CHECK STOCKS

THIS NOONTIME HOUR, UP MORE

THAN 133 IN IT LOOKS LIKE

MODERATE TRADING TODAY, FOR

COMPLETE BUSINESS NEWS GO

WRAL.COM AND CLICK ON BUSINESS.

>>> WHEN IT COMES TO PRIORITY,

MORE AMERICAN ARE PAYING THEIR

MORTGAGES THAN THEIR CREDIT

CARDS, IT FOUND CONSUMERS BEGAN

FALLING BEHIND ON CREDIT CARD

PAYMENTS AT A GREATER RATE THAN

THE MORTGAGES, THAT IS OPPOSITE

WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING, PAYING

OFF AUTO LOANS REMAINS THE

CONSUMER'S TOP PRIORITY BY A

WIDE MARGIN.

>> THE TOP 10 AMERICAN IDOL

FINALISTS TOOK THE STAGE LAST

NIGHT INCLUDING MAJESTY ROSE

AND CALEB JOHNSON FROM NORTH

CAROLINA.

[ MUSIC ]

>> CALEB BELTED OUT LADY GAGA'S

THE EDGE OF GLORY, WHICH THE

JUDGES LOVED, MAJESTY SANG WAKE

ME UP BY VISHY, REMEMBER SHE

WAS IN THE BOTTOM THREE LAST

WEEK, THE JUDGES THOUGH DID

GIVE HER A LOT OF POSITIVE

FEEDBACK, THE RESULTS SHOW IS

TONIGHT, WATCH IT LIVE ON FOX50

AT 9:00.

>> GO MAJESTY.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT, GO WEATHER TODAY

AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS

SHOULD BE NICE.

>> TRY AND GET OUT AND ENJOY IT

BECAUSE WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE

AND MILDER TEMPERATURES THAN

THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

I WANT TO START WITH THE GARDEN

CAM BECAUSE IT IS JUST -- I

LOVE THIS PICTURE, JUST HEAD

OUT AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS OF

THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

>> -- SUNSHINE --

>> -- GREAT?

ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT

OUT, YES, WE ARE GOING TO SEE

THE SUNSHINE BUT ALSO THAT

MEANS THE POLLEN COUNTS ARE

GOING TO START TO GO UP, SO IF

YOU AN ALLERGY SUFFERER HIT THE

MEDICATION.

65 DEGREES WITH SUNSHINE,

BREEZY FROM TIME TO TIME BUT

NICE, LOOK FOR 67 IN

FAYETTEVILLE AND 67 IN

GOLDSBORO.

YOUR SEVEN-DAY-FORECAST WARMER

TOMORROW, WARMER STILL ON

SATURDAY, THEN COOLER AND A

LITTLE WET PERHAPS ON SUNDAY.

>> OKAY AND HOW LIKELY ARE WE

POSSIBLY GOING TO SEE WINTRY

MIX NEXT WEEK.

>> AT THIS POINT THE SET UP

CANNOT RULE IT OUT, WE WILL