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>> REPORT OF ONE PERSON SHOT.
KENNY: A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING AT A BREWERY IN MILWAUEE.
BRIANA: DEPUTIES SUSPEND THEIR SEARCH FOR A MISSING TODDLER IN THE PIEDMONT.
KENNY: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR CITIES STRUGGLING TO PREPARE.
IT FELT ALMOST LIKE SPRING TODAY BRIANA:.
FOR A FEW HOURS.
KENNY: THAT WINDOW HAS CLOSE.
LANIE POPE IS HERE TO TELL US HOW COLD IT COULD GET.
>> WE ARE STARTING TO SEE 30’S AND 40’S ACROSS THE AREA.
SOON TO BE 20’S AND 30’S BY EARLY MORNING.
WE HAVE 35 RIGHT NOW IN GALAX, SO ALREADY, THE COLD AIR IS PUSHING INTO THE MOUNTAINS, 32 IN BOONE.
WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH THAT STORM SYSTEM RIGHT NOW RIGHT ALONG THE BORDER OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
RAIN FROM ASHEBORO TO LEXINGTON, HIGH POINT, OVER TOWARD BURLINGTON AND GREENSBORO.
NORTHWARD TOWARD REIDSVILLE.
MODERATE RAIN AND YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE SNOW TRANSITION IN OVER MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GRAYSON COUNTY, ASH, AND WATAUGA COUNTIES.
WE ALSO HAVE A WIND ADVISORY AS WELL AS A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUSTS THAT COULD GET CLOSE TO 50 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW.
THOSE WINDS ARE PICKING UP ALREADY OUT THERE AND YES, THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING DOWN.
FEELS-LIKE TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
WE WILL BE CLOSE TO FREEZING IN THE TRIAD.
FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20 THANKS TO A WIND AT 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.
KENNY: NOW TO THE LATEST MASS SHOOTING IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS TIME IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN AT THE CITY’S MOST FAMOUS LURIE.
BRIANA: A SHOOTER OPENED FIRE KILLING FIVE EMPLOYEES BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.
>> CONFIRMED ACTIVE SHOOTER.
SHOOTER STILL AT LARGE.
REPORTER: IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE FIRST SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE MOLSON COORS COMPLEX IN MILWAUKEE.
>> THERE WAS A HORRIFIC SHOOTING THAT HAS OCCURRED.
REPORTER: AUTHORITIES SECURED THE SCENE.
STREETS WERE BLOCKED OFF.
THE CAMPUS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN, AND POLICE MOVED IN.
>> OFFICERS LOCATED THE SUSPECT, A 51-YEAR-OLD MILWAUKEE MAN, DECEASED FROM AN APPARENTLY SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE LOCATED FIVE ADDITIONAL DECEASED ADULT VICTIMS.
REPORTER: ALL THE EMPLOYEES -- THE ADULTS WERE EMPLOYEES OF MILLER-COORS.
>> IT IS A TERRIBLE DAY FOR MILWAUKEE AND I PASS ON MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES.
REPORTER: CITY AND STATE LEADERS NOW FORCED TO DEAL WITH TRAGEDY.
>> IT IS A TRAGEDY FOR MILWAUKEE YES BUT IT IS A TRAGEDY FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
REPORTER: THE SHOOTING REMAINS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
DAN SCHENEMAN, NBC NEWS.
BRIANA: AS THIS STORY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, YOU CAN GET ALERTS RIGHT ON YOUR PHONE WITH THE FREE WXII 12 MOBILE APP.
TONIGHT, WILKES COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE SUSPENDED THEIR SEARCH FOR A MISSING TODDLER.
THEY SPENT MUCH OF TODAY FOLLOWING UP ON A TIP NEAR STONE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
KENNY: 15-MONTH-OLD EVELYN BOSWELL WENT MISSING OUT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY TENNESSEE LAST WEEK, AFTER LAST BEING SEEN THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
SHE WAS JUST REPORTED MISSING EARLIER THIS MONTH.
STEVE KING GETS US CAUGHT UP TO SPEED FROM WILKES COUNTY.
REPORTER: DEPUTIES AT THE WILKES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SPENT THE DAY SEARCHING A POND NEXT TO NORTH LOMAX ROAD AFTER RECEIVING A TIP THAT SOMEONE WAS POSSIBLY IN THE AREA.
INVESTIGATORS WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY SIGN EVELYN WAS IN THE AREA.
AT 5:30 THIS EVENING THEY CALLED UP THEIR SEARCH.
THEY USE MULTIPLE DEPUTIES AND A REMOTE OPERATED VEHICLE TO SEARCH THE POND.
INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED ANGELA BOSWELL, THE GIRL’S GRANDMOTHER, AND HER BOYFRIEND WILLIAM MCCLOUD, ON FRIDAY.
DETECTIVES SAY THEY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON OUT OF STATE FUGITIVE WARRANTS OUT OF TENNESEE, WHEN THEYWERE SPOTTED IN A STOLEN VEHICLE RELATED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF EVELYN.
TODAY WE CAUGHT UP WITH MCCLOUD’S GRANDMOTHER TODAY.
SHE SAYS SHE SAW HER GRANDSON ON FRIDAY, BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED, AND HE DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A CHILD WITH HIM.
SHE DOES NOT THINK HE HURT EVELYN, AND WILLIAM MCCLOUD HAS NOT BEEN CHARGEDWITH ANYTHING CONNECTED TO THE GIRL’S DISAPPEARANCE.
THE STAFF IN WILKESBORO SAYS -- AT LOWE’S MOTEL IN WILKESBORO, SAY MCCLOUD AND ANGELA BOSWELL STAYED THERE FOR ONE NIGHT LAST WEEK, BUT HOTEL STAFF DID NOT SEE A CHILD WITH THEM.
MEANWHILE, WILLIAM MCCLOUD’S GRANDMOTHER SAYS WHILE SHE DOESN’T HAVE ANYIDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO EVELYN, SHE’S HOPING FOR THE BEST.
>> I HAD NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE EXCEPT ON TELEVISION.
SHE’S A SWEET LITTLE GIRL.
HURT HER.
I HOPE SHE’S ALIVE BUT I DON’T KNOW.
THERE ARE SOME PRETTY DEVIOU PEOPLE.
MESSED UP HEADS.
I DON’T KNOW.
I PRAY THERE IS HOPE.
REPORTER: ON TUESDAY, THE CHILD’S MOTHER WAS ARRESTED IN TENNESSEE.
INVESTIGATORS’S THERE SAY MEGAN BOSWELL FILED A FALSE REPORT, WHICH SLOWED DOWN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THEIR SEARCH FOR THE TODDLER.
SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPUTIES IN TENNESEE SAY THEY’VE RECEIVED SEVERAL HUNDRED TIPS, BUT SO FAR, NOTHING HAS PANNED OUT.
IF YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS, CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
KENNY: NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE CORONAVIRUS.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE WILL LEAD THE TEAM TASKED WITH THE U.S. RESPONSE TO THIS VIRUS.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAID THE RISK TO AMERICANS REMAINS LOW, BUT THE CDC SAYS THERE WILL BE MORE CASES KARIN CAIFA HAS THE LATEST FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT TRUMP, MAKING A RARE APPEARANCE IN THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM WEDNESDAY EVENING, PUSHING BACK ON SKEPTICISM ABOUT HIS ADMINISTRATION’S PREPAREDNESS TO
HANDLE THE CORONAVIRUS.
PRES. TRUMP: BECAUSE OF ALL WE’VE DONE, THE RISK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REMAINS VERY LOW.
REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT WAS FLANKED BY MEMBERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE, AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, WHO HE SAYS, WILL LEAD THEIR EFFORTS.
>> THEY ARE TOTALLY BRILLIANT AND WE’RE DOING REALLY WELL AND MIKE IS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE AND MIKE WILL REPORT BACK TO ME.
REPORTER: THE CDC, SAYING IT’S NOT A QUESTION OF IF CORONAVIRUS WILL SPREAD IN THE U.S., IT’S A QUESTION OF WHEN >> WE DO EXPECT MORE CASES.
THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO PREPARE.
REPORTER LARGE OUTBREAKS IN COUNTRIES LIKE ITALY AND IRAN HAVE SPARKED CONCERNS ABOUT THE VIRUS’S SPREAD AND ITS IMPACT ON GLOBAL TRAVEL AND THE WORLD ECONOMY.
SOME U.S. CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, TAKING THEIR OWN PRECAUTIONS.
NEW YORK CITY HAS AT LEAST 1,200 HOSPITAL BEDS READY IN CASE OF AN OUTBREAK.
LOS ANGELES MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI SAYS PUBLIC AREAS AT LAX ARE BEING DISINFECTED EVERY HOUR.
>> WE’RE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE POINTS OF ENTRY AND THOSE PLACES WHERE WE COULD SEE SOMEBODY COME IN AND CREATE A VECTOR, ARE AS SECURE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE THEM.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE U.S. MAY ADD TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FROM OTHER IMPACTED COUNTRIES, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
IN WASHINGTON, I’M KARIN CAIFA.
BRIANA: RIGHT NOW THERE AREN’T ANY CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
BUT THE GOVERNOR’S CORONAVIRUS DISEASE TASK FORCE IS ENCOURAGING FAMILIES, BUSINESS AND SCHOOLS TO GET READY.
HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS PRACTICE GOOD HYGINE.
SO WASH YOUR HANDS, COVER YOUR MOUTH, AND AVOID BEING AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK.
THEY ALSO SUGGEST MANAGERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS START REVIEWING SICK LEAVE POLICIES NO KENNY: MEANWHILE, ELON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND STAFF
ARE GETTING READY TO HEAD HOME FROM ITALY.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THAT COUNTRY.
21 STUDENTS AND ONE FACULTY MEMBER HOPE TO LEAVE FLORENCE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
ELON CITED INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL CONCERNS IN MAKING THE DECISIO THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WILL PAY FOR THE INCURRED FLIGHT EXPENSE AND IS WORKING ON A POSSIBLE REFUND PLAN.
AS OF TODAY THESE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH THEIR SEMESTER TAKING ONLINE COURSES AT HOME, NOT ON ELON’S CAMPUS.
BRIANA: NEW TONIGHT, THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AT PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN WINSTON-SALEM, AFTER A SECURITY SCARE.
POLICE SAY JUST AFTER FIVE THIS AFTERNOON, THEY GOT A CALL FROM A TEACHER SAYING THEY THOUGHT THEY HEARD A GUNSHOT.
THIS HAPPENED DURING AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
THE SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN.
OFFICERS RESPONDED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE GUNSHOT WAS ACTUALLY A STUDENT SLAMMING A DOOR.
THEY THEN LIFTED THE LOCKDOWN.
NEW TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK SAY THEY THINK A WANTED FUGITIVE FROM NORTH CAROLINA IS DEAD.
NEAR ROCHESTER LAST WEEKEND ARE LIKELY DAVID CLYDE MORGAN OF WILMINGTON THEY SAY THE BODY HAS NOT BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED, WHICH COULD TAKE MONTHS.
MORGAN RAN AWAY FROM POLICE AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN JULY 2018.
HE WAS ON THE RUN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE OFFICIALS SAID HE VIOLATED HIS PROBATION.
HUNTERS SPOTTED THE BODY SUNDAY WHILE LOOKING FOR DEER ANTLERS.
TO COMMITMENT 2020 NOW, THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE BARNSTORMING ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA, MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCHES BEFORE THE STATE’S PRIMARY ON SATURDAY.
JAY GRAY HAS A CLOSER LOOK REPORTER: THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS LOOKING FOR LAST-MINUTE SUPPORT HEADING INTO SATURDAY’S PRIMARY.
ON THE HEELS OF A CONTENTIOUS DEBATE IN CHARLESTON.
>> MINIMUM WAGE TO A LIVING WAGE.
REPORTER: THE INFIGHTING A CLEAR SIGN OF WHAT’S AT STAKE IN THE PALMETTO STATE FOLLOWED BY SUPER TUESDAY WHEN 14 STATES WILL VOTE.
>> ALL OF THEM WERE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO BLACK VOTERS IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE FIRST 10 DEBATES.
REPORTER: MINORITY SUPPORT IS CRITICAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKE UP 60% OF THE STATE’S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PICKING UP THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER ENDORSEMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN.
>> I KNOW JOE.
WE KNOW JOE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, JOE KNOWS U >> FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
REPORTER: BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN NEEDING A WIN TO STOP THE MOMENTUM OF FRONT RUNNER BERNIE SANDERS.
THE LATEST NBC NEWS/MARIST POLL SHOWS A TIGHT RACE IN SOUT CAROLINA BETWEEN THE TWO.
BIDEN LEADING SANDERS BY ONLY 4 POINTS, WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR.
A RAZOR THIN LEAD FOR WHAT MANY CONSIDER A MAKE OR BREAK PRIMARY FOR JOE BIDEN AS SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS GET READY TO HEAD TO THE POLLS.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS.
KENNY: NEW TONIGHT, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS MADE A CAMPAIGN STOP IN NORTH CAROLINA.
HE SPOKE AT A MID-WEEK CHURCH SERVICE IN GOLDSBORO HE SPENT PART OF THE EVENING TALKING ABOUT THE PILLARS OF HIS CAMPAIGN, WHICH INCLUDES RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE.
>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN THIS CAMPAIGN IS REDEFINE WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHY I TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO A LIVING WAGE SO THAT NO ONE IN AMERICA WORKS 40 HOURS A WEEK AND LIVES IN POVERTY.
BRIANA: SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE IN OUR STATE AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK’S PRIMARY.
BERNIE SANDERS WILL BE IN WINSTON-SALEM TOMORROW FOR A RALLY AND MARCH AT WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY.
AMY KLOBUCHAR WILL BE AT A GRASSROOTS EVENT IN GREENSBORO SOMETIME IN THE LATE MORNING AN EXACT TIME HAS NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.
SHE’S ALSO SET TO SPEAK AT THE BLUE N.C. CELEBRATION CHARLOTTE ON SATURDAY.
THAT’S THE SAME EVENT MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS EXPECTED AT THIS WEEKEND WHEN HE RETURNS TO OUR STATE.
PETE BUTTIGIEG WILL BE IN RALEIGH ON SUNDAY FOR A GET OUT THE VOTE RALLY.
AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL HOLD A RALLY ON MONDAY IN CHAR