Name: NC House adds jobless benefits to bill on PPP loan deductions
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Description: The state House adds an exemption for unemployment benefits to l vote on a measure that would allow business owners to deduct from their state taxes expenses they paid with federal Paycheck Protection Program loans during the pandemic.

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The state House adds an exemption for unemployment benefits to l vote on a measure that would allow business owners to deduct from their state taxes expenses they paid with federal Paycheck Protection Program loans during the pandemic.

<p>Thanks how strong resolution 603 The corker read bill will without objection have its second reading today so ordered. Representative Destin Hall, House Joint Resolution Sexual three. A joint resolution inviting his excellency Governor Roy Cooper to address a joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate. The House resolved the Senate concurrent jump from caldwell has the four to debate the resolution the House will come to order. Thank you Mr Speaker as the speaker just said, this is just a joint resolution inviting the governor for the state of the state address on april 26 at seven p.m. Further discussion further debate if not the question for the Houses, the passage of House Joint resolution 63 on second reading those in favor say, aye, I was supposed to know you guys have a House Joint resolution 603 having passed second reading will be read a third time House result. Senate concurrent question for the palace passage of House Joint resolution 683 on its third reading. Those in favor will say I I suppose no. Yeah, I was having House Joint resolution 603 having passed third reading will be sent to the Senate by special messenger. The chair is happy to extend the courtesy of the gallery to some special guests. We have uh daniel Phelps from Cleveland county who but who is here with 10 pageant title holders uh, from around the state within the Miss America, Miss Usa, Miss Cosmos and Miss Collegiate organizations which all please stand. So we could welcome thank you for being with us today. We're glad you're with us today and we wish you all a great visit with us. Apologize we're running late. We had a meeting that took a little time before this one House Bill 3 34 The Cork will read representatives picket insane how spirit 3 34 and built in Thailand Act eliminated the ad back for business expenses deducted to the extent of the payment results for forgiveness and covered loan Under the Federal Cares Act for the 2020 taxable year only general, some of north Carolina and axe gentlemen from Beaufort represented Kidwell is recognized to send forth an amendment. The quirk jewelry Representative Kidwell moves to amend the bill on page one, lines 2 through four by rewriting the length to read. Yeah, everything. Kid will the gentleman has the forward to debate the amendment. Thank you. Mr. Speaker. This is a pretty straightforward amendment on 3 30 for uh, we did not cover 2021 the P. P. P expense allowance allowance. Uh, this would simply do that. It would also add to uh conform to the Internal Revenue Service or the federal government On allowing the 1st $10,200 of unemployment to not be taxed. I'll stand for questions, further discussion, further debate. If not the question for the houses the adoption amendment A one those in favor say, aye. I suppose now you guys have the amendment is adopted. Representative john, I believe I just was looking at the Gentleman's Amendment. I believe that represented Kid Wells amendment took care of your language as well. Is that correct? He did a great job. Mr Speaker. Thank you. The the Gentleman's Amendment will be returned to him members because this is a material change to the bill. The second reading will not occur today. The chair that will make the bill back to first so it will not be eligible now for its Second amendment. Excuse me. Second reading as amended tomorrow, House Bill 1 45. The core corinne Representatives, Adams, Kidwell McNeil and Turner, I spent 1 45 of its entitled night to protect the property rights and personal subject to a domestic violence protective order allowing them to store their firearms with or sell their firearms through a qualified licensed firearm dealer during certain amount climbing back representive Adams. Does the gentleman wish to send forth the amendment first. Mr. Speaker. I go ahead and introduce the bill and Cindy um, and very well, the gentleman's recognized to debate the bill. Okay, What this bill does? It offers the option for a defendant and a domestic violence, uh, situation, the opportunity to uh, have his firearms stored or sold by qualified federal, federally licensed firearms dealer. What this will do the act. What this will in fact do is it will remove the burden of local law enforcement, storing these firearms and holding onto him and accounting for him and inventory, um, and that sort of thing. But what it does also recognizes that these firearms are the property of the defendant and he has the opportunity to either have his firearms cared for by federal firearms license holder or sold by that federal firearms license holder. On the other hand, he can leave them with the sheriff if he chooses to and I'll stand for any questions. I do have an amendment to small language change. Germans recognized the fourth amendment, corporal reed, representive Adams moves to Mandeville on page two, line 16 by the leading the phrase immediate and on page two, line 17 by rewriting the lines degree jones recognized to debate the amended what this amendment does. Uh, when you talk about selling firearms immediately, if it's a $400 pump shotgun immediate might be one thing. But if it's $20,000 creek golf shotgun immediate might be something entirely different. So it's just a matter of semantics. The other line is, uh, we just simply make a remark in the form that would be provided to the defendant, uh, that would include information concerning the defendant's rights to recover the surrendered firearms, machine guns or ammunition. Further discussion further debate on the amendment. If not the question for the houses, the adoption of amendment A one those in favor say, aye, I suppose now. Yeah, let's have it. The amendments adopted. We're now back on the build. Gentlemen, desire further debate on the bill. I'll stand for any questions. Take no questions. Further discussion. Further debate. If not the question for the house passed House Bill 1 45 on second reading those in favorable vote, aye. Those opposed to vote no equipment vote. That's the proxy votes of the Republican members. Thank you Mr. Speaker. The following members have officially designated me to announce the vote on their behalf. Represented Bradford. I represent Hastings I. Representative Rogers, I thank you. MR Speaker represent Reeve's House minority leader is recognized to announce the proxy votes of the Democratic members. Thank you. MR Speaker. If I may have one moment to confer yes, sir, drives me to enter votes on their behalf. Representatives Adcock, I alexander, I brockman, I Cunningham I. Graham, I Harrison, I Hawkins, I Lucas I Okay, smith. I like for us to show an excused absence represented Hunt. We don't have anything have a no vote right now. Yes. Is she here? Okay? Yes, yes, we'll do the whole show. Representative excuse the absence corker what machine recorded vote 113 having voted in the affirmative and four in the negative. House Bill 1 45 passes. Second reading will be read a third time. Gerald. There's no crime in that question for the House passage of House Bill 1 45 on third reading those in favor will say I, I suppose now you guys have a House Bill 1 45 having passed third reading, ordered, engrossed and sent to the Senate. What purpose jumped from Union represented Willis Rise point of personal privilege. Gentlemen, has the floor uh, would just like to welcome our folks from my village of Marvin from back home. Christina Amos joe Pelino, Jamie lean bob, Mark Elise, Claudia Mark Ellis in Austin. Yao. Uh, thank you for making the trip down today. Thank you members on motion of the gentleman from Union County represented Willis. The chair is happy to extend the courtesies of the gallery to the, to folks here from the village of Marvin. We have Christina Amos john Polina. Jamie Lynn bob, Mark Foley's Claudia, Mark Elise and Austin. Yeah. Would you please stand so we could welcome you. Thank you all for being with us. They're back there on the back leg. Yeah. Members for your planning purposes. Tomorrow there will be votes. Uh, we are going to have a 3 30 session. I would encourage all members to be prompt. We're going to have some guests who are really bringing a great honor to this institution. Tomorrow we have a number of, um, significantly disabled veterans who are gonna be, we're here with us tomorrow that we're gonna recognize, um, on the floor of the house. And I know it will be a special moment. Uh, not only for those folks and their families and their caregivers, but also for those of us who are members of this institution. So I just want to make sure you are aware of that and there will be uh we will do things a little different to make sure we show them the proper honor and respect they deserve. So appreciate your indulgence than that. And I believe this will be an experience that uh not one of us will ever forget uh with that that will have concluded today's voting business. So we're now going to go to notices and announcements. For what purpose does the gentleman from Guilford represented? Quick Rise. Thank you. Mr Speaker. I'd like to be recorded as yes on House Bill 1 45. The gentleman will be recorded as having voted i on the second reading of House Bill 1 45. For what purpose does the gentleman from union represented our prize for announcement. Gentlemen has the four uh appropriations committee will be meeting tomorrow at nine a.m. In the normal room. House uh 6 43 Will be taken up. House Bill 3 70 No veteran left behind. What purpose does the gentleman from Forsyth represented Lambeth rise for an announcement? Gentlemen has the floor. The health committee will meet immediately after session. Our usual room 6 43. We have three bills we'd like to get through those fairly quickly today and get you on your way. Thanks. What purpose does the gentleman from Duplan represented Dixon arise announcement. German has the floor, The House Committee on Agriculture will meet tomorrow at one PM in 6 43. For what purpose does the gentleman from Airedale represented Mills arise for an announcement. Chairman has the floor. Ladies and gentlemen, the House election Law and campaign Finance Committee will meet tomorrow at at one o'clock. What purpose does the gentleman from Randolph represented McNeil Rise an announcement. Gentlemen has the floor. The pensions and retirement committee will meet this afternoon in room 4 15 at two o'clock. There are two bills on our agenda. Thank you. What purpose does the gentleman from Davidson represented pots rise to amend the announcement from the Gentleman from Forsyth. Gentlemen has the floor. The house health will meet at 1250 rather than immediately after meeting House Health. Please be on time. It sounds like a man who wants to get some barbecue. So like a man who's going to chair the comedian and want some barbecue for what purpose does the Lady from Mecklenburg representive Cardi rights For an announcement for um the Arts Caucus. For a reminder. We'll meet five minutes after we leave here in room 1124. Thank you. For what purpose does the gentleman from Currituck represented handed, Arise for an announcement German as a floor. Thank you. Mr. Speaker of the house local government was canceled last minute today. It is rescheduled for 11:00 on Thursday email to follow. Thank you. What purpose does the gentleman from Beaufort represented will rise for an announcement. Gentlemen has the floor. Thank you. Mr Speaker. The House Freedom Caucus will meet tomorrow at 12 noon in 20 to 26. What purpose does the gentleman from Union represented, Willis rise to make an announcement? Gentlemen, has the floor just like to remind everybody tomorrow at five o'clock. Immediately following session, we'll have the wounded heroes Day celebration out in the bicentennial plaza. Everyone is invited and would love to have you all attend with us. Thank you For what purpose jumping from almonds represented L rise for an announcement. Gentlemen, has the floor friends reminder regulatory reform will be meeting at its normal time at 11 o'clock on thursday. Keep an eye on your mailbox for the meeting notice. Thank you. And again, members I would encourage members to pay close attention to the bills that are moving through the policy committees that will be going to rules. Those bills are likely you're going to be seeing some of those bills likely on tomorrow's calendar and Thursdays counters. So do inform yourself of that as those will be added to the calendar to dispose of business this week. Any further notices or announces? If not the jumper from caldwell represented Hall is recognized for a motion mr. Speaker I move the house do now adjourn to reconvene Wednesday april 21st at 3:30 p.m. Subject of the standard stipulation set forth and rule 15.1 Representative all move seconded by representative stephens that the Senate do now adjourn to reconvene Wednesday april 21st at 3:30 p.m. Subject to the standard stipulations set forth in Rule 15.1. Those in favor say, aye. Those opposed no. The eyes have it. The House stands a germ.</p>

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NC House adds jobless benefits to bill on PPP loan deductions

Rep. Keith Kidwell, R-Beaufort

Paycheck Protection Program,coronavirus economy,coronavirus government,unemployment

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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.

Preview of Dueling Dinos, opening Saturday in Raleigh

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Brian Shrader flies over the site of a plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport approximately three hours after the accident.

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.

Sky 5 flies over RDU plane crash 3 hours later 

A UNC Health physician and pilot were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a small plane crashed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).


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