HOURS
HOURS WITH RAIN HEADED OUR WAY. WHEN IT WILL GET TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE WILL TAKE THAT
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
IT APPEARS THAT HELP WILL BE ON
THE WAY.
THE SENATE PASSING AND NEARLY
$500 BILLION RELIEF BILL.
CONGRESS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON IT
TOMORROW.
THE BILL WILL REPLENISH THE
SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM
THAT RAN OUT LAST WEEK.
IT WILL ALSO HELP HOSPITALS AND
EXPAND COVID-19 TESTING BECAUSE
WE KNOW A LOT MORE TESTING HAS
TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR ALL OF
US TO GET BACK TO WORK.
THIS ASKED THE CASES IN THE
CAROLINA CONTINUE TO RISE.
SOUTH CAROLINA SEEING 4600
CASES AND HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA THERE ARE NOW MORE
THAN 7000 CASES.
AND WE MARK THE GRIM MILESTONE
YESTERDAY.
IT WAS THE DEADLIEST DAY SO FAR
IN NORTH CAROLINA+@ SINCE THE
OUTBREAK STARTED WITH 34 A NEW
DEATHS.
BRINGI+@NG THE TOTAL TO OVER 20
FOR PERSPECTIVE, THE VERY FIRST
DEATH IN NORTH IT WAS A MONTH
AGO.
ON MARCH 24.
STILL, THERE ARE GROWING CALLS
FOR GOVERNOR COOPER TO REOPEN
ESTATE AND WEE LIVE AND
RICHARD, THE GOVERNOR AND SAID
REPEATEDLY THAT KEEPING PEOPLE
HEALTHY IS HIS TOP PRIORITY.
HE IS SAYING HE WANTS TESTING
AND HE WANTS TRACING.
HOW REALISTIC IS THAT THOUGH?
>> BUT, THAT IS WHAT THE
GOVERNOR SAYS HE WANTS AS FAR
AS OPENING THE STATE IN
REDUCING RESTRICTIONS.
HE TALKS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
LATER THIS WEEK OR THIS MORNING
OF ANNOUNCING WHEN SCHOOLS MAY
REOPEN.
ALL OF THIS AS HE TRIES TO GO
WITH THE BALANCING ACT TO
DETERMINE EXACTLY WHEN HE IS
ABLE T+@O OPEN THE STATE AND WH
HE CAN DO SO SAFELY+@.
>> BEING ABLE NOT TO BREATHE IS
+@
HE CAN DO SO SAFELY+@. >> BEING ABLE NOT TO BREATHE IS THE SCARIEST PART ABOUT IT TO
ME.
>> HALEY HALL EXPERIENCED HOW
VICIOUS THE CORONAVIRUS HIS.
+@ FATHER AND STEPMOTHER ARE BOTH
SICK . FOR STEPMOTHER IN THE
ICU FOR DAYS.
THE LANCASTER RESIDENT SAID
RECENT EASE RESTRICTIONS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA GAVE HER PAUL'S
AND SO DOES THE PUSH BY SOME TO
REOPEN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
>> IT WILL BE LIFTED AND
EVERYBODY WILL BE ALL AROUND
EACH OTHER ALL OVER AGAIN.
>> Reporter: WHILE SHE SAYS TO
SEND OTHERS THAT THEY ARE
READY.
JUST YESTERDAY HUNDREDS OF
PROTESTERS MARCHED THROUGH THE
STREETS OF THE CAPITAL
DEMANDING FOR GOVERNOR COOPER
TO STICK TO MAKE FIRST AS THE
DATE TO LIFT RESTRICT+@IONS.
>> SAFELY AND INTELLIGENTLY IS
OUR GOAL BUT NOT BY THE MEANS
ARE ON THE TIMELINE GOVERNOR
COOPER AS OUTLINED.
>> CHARLIE CITY COUNCILMEMBER
TARIQ BOKKHARI WROTE THE TOPIC
DURING HIS PODCAST.
HE SAID THERE IS A WAY TO FIND @
COMMON GROUND.
>> LET SHOW THEM HERE IS WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN THIS
LEVEL OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
HERE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF
YOU AND YOU CAN COME BACK TO
BUSINESS RIGHT AWAY IF YOU CAN
ACHIEVE THAT.
>> Reporter: FRONT NINE ALSO
ADDS THAT EVERY DAY THAT NORTH
CAROLINA IS CLOSED, A SMALL
BUSINESS WILL DIE.
A VERY GRIM PREDICTION FROM
HIM.
WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THE
GOVERNOR IS MAKING STEPS TO
TALK ABOUT MORE WAYS IN WHICH
HE CAN OPEN THE STATE AND OF
COURSE AS WE FIND THAT OUT WE
WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU.
>>> NOW SEVERAL SOUTH CAROLINA
BEACHES ARE BACK OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC AND THERE IS CONCERN THAT
THAT IF SOCIAL DISTANCING
TAKING PLACE.
THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION.
RACHEL LUNDBERG IS TAKING A
LOOK TO SEE IF THE SIX FEET OF
DISTANCING IS GOING DOWN THERE.
>> SINCE GOVERNER HENRY McMASTER
LIFTED HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER
ALLOWING PUBLIC ACCESS ON SOUTH
CAROLINA BEACHES, THESE ARE
PIECES PICTURES WE ARE SINGLE
+@ SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP LEFT,
+@QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
THEY ARE SITTING DOWN AND A
LITTLE THEY ARE SUNBATHING AND
OTHERS WERE WALKING.
+@
LITTLE THEY ARE SUNBATHING AND OTHERS WERE WALKING. IT LOOKS +@LIKE THEY ARE PRETTY
SEPARATED.
THE GOVERNOR REITERATED THE
SOCIAL DISTANCING IS MANDATED
BUT HE WANTED TO RESTORE THIS
AND ALLOW LOCALS TO USE THEIR
DISCRETION ON WHETHER OR NOT
THEY WANTED TO GO TO THE BEACH.
THEY DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE
SIX FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCING
WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN
YOUR+@ HOUSEHOLD.
HE ALSO PUT AN AMENDMENT SAYING
HE IS STILL AUTHORIZING ANY
AGENCY, COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY
TO HAVE THE JURISDICTION AND
CONTROL OVER WHETHER OR NOT
PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS POINTS TO
CLOSE IN WHOLE OR IN PART.
SO THEY CAN DETERMINE IF THEY
NEED TO TAKING THE EXTRA ACTION
TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.
WE ARE SEEING THAT FROM
CHARLESTON TO HILTON HEAD AND
FOLLY BEACH AND SULLIVAN'S
ISLAND.
THEY ARE RESTRICTING THE ACCESS
TO THE BEACH AND YOU CAN SEE IN
THESE PICTURES, THAT WAS FROM
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SOUTH
CAROLINA.
BEACH ACCESS REMAINS CLOSE.
THE SAME FOR THE CITY OF MYRTLE
BEACH.
NOW TO NORTH CAROLINA, SOME
BEACHES HAVE BEEN REOPENED FOR
EXERCISE LIKE HOLDEN BEACH EVEN
THOUGH THE MAYOR ADMITTED THAT
POLICING THIS SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE ARE
FOLLOWING THE RULES ON THE
BEACH IS GOING TO ARE LIKELY
GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
SUNBATHING, SITTING IN FISHING.
ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE NOT
PERMITTED.
A LOT OF REDACTIONAL SOCIAL
MEDIA.
SEVERAL PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE
+@ LIKE HEALTHY, ACTIVE PEOPLE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND
IT IS A GREAT DECISION.
ANOTHER SAYING YOU GUYS CAN DO
WHAT YOU WANT I WILL CONTINUE
TO STAY HOME AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
AVOID THE PLACES UNTIL WE HAVE
A VACCINE.
OTHERS THINK THIS IS PREMATURE
AND YOU ARE SIMPLY PUTTING
CITIZENS HEALTH AT RISK.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
USE #WAKEUPCLT O+@N SOCIAL MEDI
AND JOIN THE CONVERSATION.
>>> TURNING TO OTHER BIG
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COVID-19
COVERAGE THIS MORNING.
TODAY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
EXPECTED TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER TEMPORARILY BANNING
IMMIGRATION.
THE ORDER WILL ONLY AFFECT
PEOPLE SEEKING PERMANENT
RESIDENT STATUS BUT NOT
TEMPORARY WORKERS.
THIS WILL LAST ABOUT 60 DAYS.
>>> AND TRACY POTTS.
A DISTURBING MORNING WARN+@ING
FROM THE CDC ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THE DIRECTOR IS NOW CONCERNED
THAT THERE COULD BE A SECOND
WAVE IN THE FALL.
RIGHT AS WE GET STARTED WITH
FLU SEASON.
THE TWO TOGETHER THE STATE
COULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE
COUNTR+@Y.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
BACK IN 2009 WITH THE BIRD FLU.
WHEN THERE WAS A RESURGENCE IN
THE FALL AFTER IT INITIALLY HIT
IN THE SPRING AND THE SECOND
TIME AROUND, IT WAS WORSE.
>>> WE NOW HAVE A LIST OF EVERY
NURSING HOME AND CARE FACILITY @
HIT BY COVID-19 IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT O+@F HEALT
SAYS OVER 40 OF THEM HAVE AT
LE+@AST ONE CASE INCLUDING ONE
ROCK HILL.
+@
LE+@AST ONE CASE INCLUDING ONE ROCK HILL. YOU CAN SEE THE FULL LIST RIGHT
NOW IN THE WCNC APP.
>>> THE NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SAYS MOST OF ITS ATTRACTION
PROJECTS ARE BEING PUT ON HOLD
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT DRIVING.
THE DEPARTMENT IS $300 MILLION
+@
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT DRIVING. THE DEPARTMENT IS $300 MILLION THAT WOULD COME FROM THINGS
LIKE THE GAS TAX AND DMV FEES.
ALMOST EVERY PROJECT SCHEDULED
TO START IN THE NEXT YEAR WILL
BE DELAYED.