Underway before noon tomorrow when donald j. Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. We want to show you a portion of yesterdays confirmation hearing nextcott pruitt to be the administrator. He was asked about Climate Change. I would like to ask mr. Pruitt a question. As i understand earlier in the hearing, you said mr. Trump was wrong in suggesting and stating over and over again that Climate Change was a hoax. Is that the case . Mr. Pruitt that is correct senator. Sanders some 97 of scientists who have written articles for Peer Reviewed journals have concluded that Climate Change is real, it is caused by human activity, and it is already causing devastating problems in our country and around the world. Do you believe that Climate Change is caused by the emission by Carbon Emissions by human activity . Mr. Pruitt as i indicated in my Opening Statement, the climate is changing and human activity contribute to that in some manner. Senator sanders in some manner . Sign
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Now. Gornlous sunrise. We are going to have lovely weather for the weekend. Well continue to have plenty of sun just like weve seen yesterday. We had a few more clouds yesterday. We had a tenth of an inch of rain fall at the airport where we officially keep the records, but it wasnt much. Some people saw absolutely nothing, but that was the official at the airport. Its all dry right now. It came through and its gone. Skies are cleerg. Going to be a beautiful day. But the front ahead of the front, we had warmer air move in. We are still dealing with that this morning. Temperatures will be cooler this af yesterday, but just a touch, and then huge warmup blows up across the area. 59 in durham. 60 in Holly Springs and buckhorn so very warm for our morning low temperature. 54 in roxboro. 60 in southern piens. 60 in goldsboro and 58 for rocky mount and wilson. Temperatures close to 60. 67 at lunchtime and 72, just a little bit above normal. We go way above normal for a good bit of the weeken
The breach should be completed by next week. A construction timeline has not been released, however. Last year, Wood Lake Dam was one of the largest high hazard dams in the state to receive a poor rating from regulators. Highhazard dams are those where loss 06 life is likely if the structure should fail. As for who is paying for this, the department of Environmental Quality says the cost of emergency measures and repairs is the responsibility of back to you. All right. Thank you, bill. New overnight, Johnson County authorities are investigating a crime scene. The call came in as a shooting. We are working to confirm whether someone died. This happened at the shopngo gas station on highway 39. Thats a rural area of northern Johnston County not far from the wake county line and mud cats stadium. New overnight, Fayetteville Police are investigating a crash street near the meadowcroft drive intersection. The driver was not hurt. Identities have not been released. Theres no word yet on if t