Thanks for being here and there president any we are delighted to have you here for the of book talks and i begin by thanking the Ford Motor Company for their intered partnership in including the book talks series. I personally am pleased to welcome back then bill the third time he has cut back in his many years. I asked because whenever i do that he is seen as a true renaissance man he is from an english did Brown University and also Duke University where he was a fellow and worked as an editor and wrote and edited several books including up passionate seller sailor. He is the author of mayflower in 2010 he published a book called the last end that was a New York Times bestseller was a notable book and has been adapted into a tv series as misspeak rose also a consultant on custers last stand. So the good news is in published in 2013 bunker hill where he spoke about several years ago and one the new england book award for nonfiction the rights to the book have been acquired by Warner B
Morning. Lets take a look at our roxboro skycam. It is clear there, clearing skies across e area. Look at those flags, they are moving meaning that it feels chilly with a temperature of 38 in cary and durham, 38 wake forest and a bit of a breeze feels cold. 36 right now in roxboro, the wind chill has to be near freezing. 41 in goldsboro d fayetteville. Very few towns are above the 30s right now. In your planner this morning at 8 00 a. M. , mid30s. 49 at lunchtime and a high of 56, that is warmer than yesterday by 10 degrees low normal. Tara lynn is here talking about traffic this morning, that looks like a big backup. His art around clayton . Is, this is nc42. Normally we see delays but the extent of the delays that we taking a look at the camera i40, all of that stopped traffic is in the westbound lanes. I have been checking with nc dot and at this point there have been no accidents reported , because we know it usually takes only one small accident to extend the backups. At this poin
Mikaya thurmond on the scene of our breaking news story this morning. Raleigh police are investigating a shooting in brier creek that sent two people to the hospital. It happened in a convenience store. A man who was shot in the chest was taken to the hospital, the other man was taken to the hospital for observation. Neither man has life threatening injuries. They also tell us they had a suspect in custody. No word on charges or a motive. A man charged in a deadly crime spree in wake county is due back in court. Kendrick gregory is accused of killing a raleigh pawn shop owner, shooting another man in the back and raping a 15year old girl. His Court Appearance is related to breaking and entering and larceny charges. State house leaders will return to raleigh, they want to overturn the nondiscrimination bathroom ordinance. Charlotte city Council Passed a law allowing transgender people to choose the bathroom corresponding to their gender governor mccrory called it a threat to public safe
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Over the course of her career, rene russo has starred in blockbusters such as Lethal Weapon line of fire, and one of my alltime favorites, Thomas Crowne affair, with pierce brosnan. Night crawlers is a story of if it bleeds it leads, still sadly, rules the airwaves. It was written and directed by her husband, dan gilroy. First a look at a scene from nig from nightcrawler. We find our viewers are more interested in urban crime creeping into the suburbs. What that means is a victim or victims, preferably well off and white, injured at the hand of a minority. Accident, cars, buses, trains, fires blood . Graphic. The best and clearest way i can phrase it to you, to capture the spirit of what we air, is think of our newscast as a screaming woman running down the street with her throat cut. I understand. So just whispering to you while the clip of running that a friend of mine has directed jake in another movie coming
Say cold waters. They is a theyre going to wait until Daylight Hours to get better visibility. The original search started around 1 00 this morning. Officers tried to pull over the man on suspicion of drunk driving. During the investigation, the man jumped out of his car and ran a few blocks away. The suspect jumped a fence into a creek. Officers say they tried to follow the man and tried to persuade him to get out. They called in multiple agencies to try and save the suspect. With the swiftmoving water, were concerned he could have gotten caught up in something or possibly have drowned. So were very concerned for his safety. We hope hes okay. We currently have a swift water rescue boat from the Fire Department out going up creek and trying to locate him. Reporter the response included fire trucks from ross county, ma rain county as well as the sheriffs office. Now ross police tell me they do hope this man is okay considering the cold conditions of the water. Well be back out here in a