Policy. And School Safety proposals after the recent School Shooting parkland, florida. This is just under an hour. Were excited today to be kicking off National Governors association weekend. Governors will be here for a couple of days, including going to the white house and were to be kicking it off with a conversation about that ion, something touches home to so many people. I would like to thank the 74 and foundation forly making this conversation possible, thank the events team for pulling off some amazing space and all of you for coming morning. Is early well be covering a little bit about k through 12. About how be talking to help older students prepare for the future, and well be camera and the talking to the governors about the big issues in their states. Be talking first with governor roy cooper of North Carolina, who is a year into it had a proposal very relevant to what were doing. Who isovernor john at the end, just gave his final address, and tate governor jeff collier of
Education policy and School Safety after the deadly shooting in parkland, florida. I am proud to be kicking off nationals governors associate National Governors association weekend. Governors will be here and going to the white house, and we are very excited to be kicking it off with a conversation about education, something that touches home to so many people. 74 and thee to thank Walton Family foundation for making this conversation possible. Thank you to the axios event steam, and for all of you for coming out. We will be covering a little bit about k12 and how to help older prepare for the future, and then pulling back the camera and talking to the governors about the big issues in their states. We will first talk to governor roy cooper of North Carolina, who was a year into it closed a proposal that is to what we are doing. And Governor John Hickenlooper colorado, and the governor of kansas, a surgeon who just took office. We have the whole lifespan of our governors here. Thank yo
Management center. A man at some point ended up crashing into the window of the front of the building. The good news is a spokeswoman tells us that no one is injured. No one was inside. The area of the building that was hit was the gym. So we are fortunate that no one was inside at the time. In Western North carolina, air quality alerts have been firefighters. Firefighters have made progress because was cooler weather but the situation is critical. Bill . Reporter lena and renee, an evacuation goes into effect for parts of highway 9 in henderson county, and if you are not familiar with it, its county. Firefighters from wake county will go and spend a week in the lake lure area, near asheville but on the other side. Groundlevel smoke will remain a concern over the next few days. Winds along ridge tops are expected to increase through today and may expand the fire. The fires have burned more than 40,000 acres in our state alone and there are also fires in georgia, south carolina, and ten
Roads are treacherous right now. Some drivers losing control of their cars while going just 15 to 20 miles per hour. The d. O. T. Here at Catawba County is putting sand and salt down along with some brine on some of the over passes and some of the problem areas where theyve had accidents. We talked with one driver who wrecked this morning about these conditions. This guy we saw a bunch of guys fish tailing. Its ridiculous. People need to slow down. Take it slow. If you dont have to go out today, dont go out. Its not worth it. Reporter i think the hardest thing is for folks, when they step outside, they look and they see grass, they see wet roads, the roads have a lot of black ice. The key into the afternoon is the temperature. Right now were holding in the mid 20s. Hopefully itll rise later this evening and get above the freezing mark. Reporting live from hickory, dave faherty, channel 9 Eyewitness News. All right dave. Thank you. Were keeping a close eye on the roads across the area.
Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative