Name: White House science advisor tours NC State's clean energy labs
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Description: On Friday, President Joe Biden's top adviser on science and technology visited North Carolina State University to see firsthand how students are creating cleaner and more efficient energy systems.

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On Friday, President Joe Biden's top adviser on science and technology visited North Carolina State University to see firsthand how students are creating cleaner and more efficient energy systems. 

THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS WRAL THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THIS POST IN TOWN TODAY. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S TOP ADVISER ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VISIT NC STATE TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW STUDENTS THERE ARE CREATING CLEANER AND MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY SYSTEMS. WRAL'S JOE FISHER IS LIVE FOR US ON CAMPUS AND GOT TO SEE SOME OF THIS WORK UP. CLOSE JOE. DAN, THIS WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE WORK BEING DONE RIGHT HERE ON CAMPUS AT NC STATE IS CRITICAL TO CREATING MORE CLEAN ENERGY AND FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. IT'S JUST A PROTOTYPE RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO TURN ENERGY FROM OCEAN WAVES INTO ELECTRIC POWER. >> THE STORAGE OF THAT POWER WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO REMOTE AREAS OFF THE COASTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STUDENTS AT NC STATE'S FREEDOM SYSTEM CENTER ARE ALSO DEVELOPING EXTREME FAST CHARGERS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. DOCTOR ARE CHEAPER BACHER DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE'S OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SAW THE WORK FIRSTHAND TOLL. THINK ABOUT THE HUGE NUMBERS OF INNOVATIONS THAT THEN TURNED INTO THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE TODAY. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WE'RE DOING IS INVESTING IN THE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH. THE CAN SPARK THESE NEW IDEAS AND THAT'S OKAY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GO OFF AND THE COMPANIES ARE START COMPANIES FOR BACHER SAYS EXPANDING RENEWABLE ENERGY IS KEY TO THE ELECTRIC GRID OF THE FUTURE. ALSO IMPORTANT, SHE SAYS, IS MANUFACTURING MORE PRODUCTS LIKE SEMICONDUCTORS IN THE U.S. THEY WERE IN A PERIOD OF GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITION AND WITH CHINA'S RISE, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO BE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR THAT WE CAN'T TAKE ANY OF THIS FOR GRANTED. >> AND THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY PURPOSEFUL ABOUT INVESTING IN AMERICA AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STRONG. >> FOR OURSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR A ROLE IN THE WORLD AS THE WORLD CHANGES. SO DOES THE WORK AT NC STATE WHERE STUDENTS SAY THEIR FOCUS IS ON MAKING PRODUCTS THAT ARE CLEANER AND MORE RELIABLE. IT'S THIS NEW KIND OF RESEARCH AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE SEABED FOR THESE INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE. AND DOCTOR PROVOKE OR SPENT TIME THIS MORNING IN CHAPEL HILL. SHE VISITED UNC LINEBERGER CANCER CENTER. >> WHERE SHE MET WITH SEVERAL DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS. DAN, IT MAKES ME FEEL SO MUCH PRIDE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ADVANCING IN THESE

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White House science advisor tours NC State's clean energy labs

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<p>A meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner, checking out what's happening. We are tracking this cold front. We've been watching it all week. This is the same one that did a lot of damage across the plains and Midwest. And you can still see that there's a lot of activity out ahead of this front. We've had a few thunderstorms even early this morning in the mountains of North Carolina and a couple of sprinkles showing up in our southern counties this morning. But the best chance for strong to severe thunderstorms come later on this evening, we do have a level to risk for severe storms both today and tomorrow. It's a little bit of an unusual weather pattern for us. It's the usual threats, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, heavy rain and hail, but it's the timeline of this. That's a little unusual. We'll see that beginning this evening tonight lasting overnight and into the first half of the day on Thursday, typically these storms will die down after midnight and then redevelop in the afternoon. Instead, this is going to be an ongoing overnight and tomorrow morning kind of event. So keep that in mind again, damaging wind, hail, isolated tornadoes maybe even a little isolated flooding with these waves of storms and maybe even some spotty power outages. So here's a look at Futurecast. We're looking at mostly cloudy skies for today, some sunshine trying to peak through here and there. Um, once we get into the evening, the thunderstorm to begin to develop and you can see those 7 to 9 o'clock continuing there at midnight and overnight, look at that 6 a.m. with a good chance for scattered storms and then some waves on and off through the morning with it eventually moving out by around lunchtime or so, uh, looks mostly dry for the afternoon. Couldn't rule out an isolated shower or thunderstorm. And then another round most likely on Friday afternoon and evening check in what it looks like across the area. We get a mix of sun and clouds for us. Temperatures in the mid seventies, it is really warm and sticky. It feels just like July out there. We'll see a high of 92 and Raleigh 91 in Durham and 93 in Fayetteville. Our heat index mid to maybe even upper nineties in some places. This afternoon, we're sitting at steamie right now. We'll jump to tropical tomorrow making it feel also like low to mid nineties. And then after that, a nice break as we get into the weekend, so less heat, less humidity, a pretty weekend for Mother's Day. But for tonight and for much of the day tomorrow you're going to need to be weather. We make sure that you're tuning in to us on TV, as we're tracking these storms for you.</p>

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