Prohibition of cell phones during the meeting. Please be advise ed this is prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room for any persons responsible for the use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing device. Time allotment of public devices, theres up to three minutes on each item, unless they adopt a shorter addendum. If you wish to addressright thrs and there are no reportable actions and the next order of business is item 4, matters of unfinished business, no matters of unfinished business. Item 5, matters of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. First the consent agenda, 5a, approval of minutes from regular meeting of november 19th and december 1 17, 2019 2019. Any speakerrer cards . No. Hearing and seeing none, i will close Public Comment and turn to my fellow commissioner for comments or motions. No comments. I move approval of the minutes for november 19th and december. I second that. So moved
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Total us her 12yearold grandson was shot in the right hip and foot. They had just gone to the store. And they were they were on their way home. And they just got mixed up in the crossfire. Reporter police tell us this is the fourth shooting in hedgeville since june 10th. Some point to gang activity. Others cite teens the street because the boys and girls club down the street is closed. They kids have nothing to do. In the summertime, theyre running the streets. You know, they dont have safe havens. Reporter this dad says his mission is to keep his small children out of harms way. Im scared when i come outside. I look three or four ways before i cross the street. Ive got three kids. Very cautious of where i go with them. Reporter this Evening Police are not confirming or denying the presence of gang activity, but they say they dont have a suspect in the shooting. Live in wilmington, nbc10 news. Turning to the terror in orlando. As communities across the country mourn the 49 People Kille
Addressed the candidates who hope to take his place. 3 nats the president of the United States this was it. President obamas last state of the Union Address before congress and the nation. Nats applausekicking off the speech. Acknowledging the 2016 election and the horse race in the early primary states. Sot obama, for this final one, im going to try to make it shorter. I know some of you are antsy to get back to iowa. President ial hopefuls 3 marco rubio and Bernie Sanders sitting in the chamber. Gop frontrunner donald trump. Not invited but going straight to twitter. To down the speech. Without mentioning republican candidates by name took them on . Sot president obamahow can we make our politics reflect whats best in us, and not whats worst . But also made a plea for untiy. Sot i hope we can Work Together this year on bipartisan priorities like highlighted past successes. And the future. Obama21 56 15 the future we want opportunity and security for our families; a rising standard of
Dusting yesterday evening across some portions of the renal so very cold in the northern mountains. The 2 hour they in that zone. Right now in asheville its cold. No snow to talk about. Nothing excited happening overnight besides the temperature dropped. 25 in black mountain, 22, leicester, robbinsville 32 degrees. By lunchtime still freezing. We will return to the 50s soon enough. I will tell you when coming up. Right now lets head over to the traffic center. Jaclyn, there is one wreck now . Jaclyn ingrid, crews are working a wreck at swannanoa drive and the ems and Fire Department cleared the scene so hopefully it will be out of the way shortly, keep that in mind if you are heading that way. If you usuallyake merryman avenue around this time, get ready for some delays. Traffic is slowing on the northbound side in the area of edgewood road and everything is up to speed along this stretch of i26 westbound. Its about a 15 minute ride from u. S. 74 over to upward road. Traffic report bro