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>>> RIGHT
>>> RIGHT NOW AT NOON, THE LATEST ON THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAROLINAS.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, PREPARING
TO GIVE AN UPDATE AT 2:00 P.M.
TODAY.
THERE ARE NEARLY 1600 CASES IN
THE COUNTY.
THE GOVERNOR AT 3:00 P.M.
WILL HAVE AN UPDATE.
THEY WILL ADDRESS A NUMBER OF
THINGS AND IN GASTON COUNTY
WHERE A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER HAS
BEEN LIFTED TO SOME DEGREE.
WE'LL CARRY THEM LIVE AS THEY
HAPPEN AND STREAMK IN THE WCNC
APP.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US.
HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS IN
THE CAROLINAS.
NORTH CAROLINA WE HAVE PASSED
THAT 10,000 MARK.
TAKE A LOOK.
10,000 509 . 378 DEATHS.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEARLY 6,000
CASES WITH 232 DEATHS.
WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE
BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT THE
FORECAST.
HUNDREDS OF FOLKS WITHOUT POWER
TODAY IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA
AFTER TREES GOT KNOCKED DOWN
LAST NIGHT.
A TREE FELL ON WALNUT AVENUE
SHUTTING DOWN A ROAD THIS
MORNING.
THAT TREE PULLED DOWN POWER
LINES WITH IT.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT
POWER IN THE REGION.
HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS
FROM DUKE ENERGY.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NEARLY 2500
PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AND GASTON
COUNTY, 800 PEOPLE IN THE DARK.
CHRIS MULCAHY HAS BEEN TRACKING
THE STORMS OVERNIGHT INTO THIS
MORNING.
THEY ARE STARTING TO CLEAR OUT.
WE MAY SEE SOME RAIN, BUT
NOTHING SERIOUS THIS AFTERNOON.
>> Reporter: YES.
NOTHING SERIOUS, BEN.
IT WILL BE THE GOOD NEWS.
THOSE STORMS COULD HAVE BEEN
WORSE ESPECIALLY IF THEY
ARRIVED EARLIER IN THE DAY.
IT GOT TO AROUND 80 DEGREES.
LUCKILY FOR US, JUST A SPOTTY
RAIN SHOWER, ONE CELL THAT
COULD PROVIDE HEAVY RAIN, BUT
30% TO 40% OF THE AREA WILL SEE
A BRIEF SHOWER.
THE THREE WEATHER WORDS FOR
TODAY, BREEZY.
STILL WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MILES
PER HOUR AND ALSO CALLER
COMPARED TO WHAT WE LAD
YESTERDAY.
SO UP IN BLOWING ROCK, WE'RE
LOOKING AT A DARKER SKY RIGHT
NOW.
THAT IS LOOKING AT JUST WHAT IS
LEFT OVER FROM THE SYSTEM.
ALSO, IT IS A PRECURSOR TO A
FEW DARKER CLOUDS ROLLING IN
LATER ON IN THE AFTERNOON.
HERE IS THAT MEAN LINE OF RAIN
THAT MOVED THROUGH, OVER TWO
INCHES OF RAIN FOR MOST OF US
ACROSS THE AREA.
EXCEPTIONS DOWN TO THE
SOUTHEAST.
BIT ,
EXCEPTIONS DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST. BIT ,IF YOU LOOK OFF TO THE
NORTHWEST, OVER IN KENTUCKY,
WEST VIRGINIA, A FEW OF THESE
SHOWERS ARE GOING TO BE
WRAPPING BACK IN.
SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT
POTENTIAL.
THAT WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE
FOR MORE SHOWERS TO MOVE OFF TO
THE EAST AS WE'RE COMPLETING
THE AFTERNOON.
OUR FUTURECAST IS SHOWING
SPOTTY SHOWERS AND IN THE
AFTERNOON HEADING INTO THE
EVENING AND LATE EVENING, WE'RE
DRYING OUT AND THEN A DRYING
TREND.
WE'RE STILL WARMING UP.
SPOTS OF SUNSHINE HERE AND
THERE.
IT WILL BE CLOUDY AND THEN
BRIGHTER, CLOUDY, A LITTLE
BRIGHTER.
THEN A BRIGHTER END TO THE DAY
EVEN WITH THE HIT OR MISS RAIN
SHOWERS TO COMPLETE THE
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON HIGHS UPPER 60s.
THE SUNSHINE WILL GET US THERE.
BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN BETWEEN
MAINLY 5:00 TO 8:00 ACROSS THE
CHARLOTTE AREA, BUT OVER THE
NEXT FOUR DAYS, IF YOU WANT
WARMER TEMPERATURES, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT IT.
STILL CALLER TOMORROW, BACK
ABOVE AVERAGE ON SATURDAY.
THE 80s BACK-TO-BACK SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
IF YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR THOSE
WARMER DAYS, THEY ARE RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER.
BEN.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> WELL, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT IT HAS BEEN EXACTLY ONE
YEAR SINCE THAT DEADLY SHOOTING
AT UNC CHARLOTTE.
TODAY THE UNIVERSITY WILL HOLD
A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN HONOR
OF THE TWO STUDENTS WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES ON THAT DAY.
THEY HAD THE CEREMONY TO THE
CAMPUS.
HERE IS MORE ON ALL THE
TRIBUTES TODAY.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON
BEN.
A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE STILL
TRYING TO SHOW THEIR RESPECTS
EVE OWN IN THE MIDST OF THIS
PANDEMIC.
I SPOKE TO A SURVIVOR WHO SAID
WHEN HE WALKED INTO THIS
BUILDING LAST YEAR, HE WASN'T
SURE IF HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT
OUT ALIVE AFTER COMING FACE-TO-
FACE WITH THE GUNMAN.
>> THE SOUNDS OF GUNSHOTS.
>> AT LEAST TEN, MAYBE MORE.
IT SOUNDED KIND OF LIKE
FIRECRACKERS.
BANG, BANG, BANG.
>> PIERCING SCREAMS.
>> THEY WERE SCREAMS LIKE
HORROR MOVIES.
IT WAS THE WORST SCREAMS I EVER
HEARD.
>> Reporter: AND TERRIFYING
SITES OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR
THEIR LIVES.
>> A GIRL FELL ON THE CHAIR AND
PEOPLE WERE RUNNING OVER HER.
>> WE EVENTUALLY GOT LED OUT BY
POLICE.
>> Reporter: HE IS A SURVIVOR
OF THE TRAGIC SHOOTING ONE YEAR
AGO.
THE 20-YEAR-OLD SNAPPED THIS
PHOTO MOMENTS BEFORE LIS FORMER
CLASSMATE THE CONFESSED SHOOTER
OPENED FIRE RANDOMLY TARGETING
STUDENTS ON APRIL 30, 2019, THE
LAST DAY OF CLASSES.
WO PEOPLE WERE KILLED, FOUR
INJURED.
TRISTON WITNESSED IT ALL AND
PUT THESE ON SNAPCHAT TO WARN
OTHER STUDENTS.
A YEAR LATER HE SAID HE IS
STILL AFFECTED BY THE TRAGEDY.
THE SMALLEST THINGS LIKE
ALLOWED NOISE OR SET UP OF A
CLASSROOM REMIND HIM OF WHAT
COULD HAVE BEEN HIS LAST DAY
ALIVE.
>> I DROPPED OUT OF ONE CLASS
LAST SEMESTER.
>> Reporter: OVER THE YEAR,
EVERY TIME HE FEELS DIS
CALLINGED HE REMEMBERS THE
MEANING OF UNC STRONG AND KNOWS
THIS TRAGEDY IS ALSO HIS
TESTIMONY OF PERSEVERANCE.
>> I REALIZED LIVE EVERYDAY AND
KEEP GOING.
MIGHT AS WELL TRY HARD AND NOT
WASTE MY OPPORTUNITY.
>> HE IS BACK HOME IN HIGH
POINT RIGHT NOW AND CONSIDERING
DRIVING DOWN ON THE STEPS OF
KENNEDY HALL WHERE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED, BUT IF HE DOESN'T
COME, THERE IS A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE BEING STREAMED
ONLINE FROM THE CAMPUS FROM
5:00 P.M.
TO 10:00 P.M.
THIS EVENING.
BILLIE JEAN SLAW, WCNC
CHARLOTTE.
>> IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAS
BEEN A YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>>> TURNING TO OUR CORONAVIRUS
COVERAGE.
MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IN
RELIEF MONEY COULD BE ON THE
WAY TO FOLKS HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
HERE IS A LOCK AT NAT AND OTHER
STORIES ACROSS THE CAROLINAS
TODAY.
>>> THE STATE SENATE SLOWING TO
APPROVE A MESH STEER TO DIRECT
$1.4 BILLION IN FEDERAL AID.
THE HOUSE PLANS TO VOTE ON ITS
OWN RELIEF PROPOSAL.
>> A TATTOO PARLOR OWNER
ARRESTED.
THE OWNER OF APEX TATTOO
FACTORY WAS UNABLE TO GET A
SMALL BUSINESS LOAN OR
UNEMPLOYMENT HELP.
>>> BEACHES ARE REOPENING IN
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS INCLUDES ACCESS TO PUBLIC
BEACHES AND PARKING AREAS.
THEY ARE REMINDING FOLKS TO
KEEP SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS
THE CAROLINAS.
>>> MEANWHILE, SOUTH CAROLINA'S
SUPERINTENDENT IS PUTTING
TOGETHER A TASK FORCE IN A
VIRTUAL NEWS CONFERENCE.
THAT WILL PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUMMER AND
FALL SCHOOL OPERATIONS.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WCNC
CHARLOTTE NEWS AT 5:00.
>>> THE NUMBER OF AISH MA CANS
FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS CONTINUES TO CLIMB.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYING
3.884 MILLION PEOPLE FILING FOR
FIRST-TIME UNEMPLOYMENT LAST
WEEK.
THAT IS SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN
MANY PROJECTED.
THE TOTAL AMERICANS WHO FILED
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT OVER THE LAST
SIX WEEKS TO MORE THAN 30
MILLION.
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN SAID
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RIGHT IS
LIKELY TO RISE ABOVE THE 10%
MORNING.
>> OVERSEAS, BORIS JOHNSON
GETTING BACK TO WORK AFTER
WELCOMING A NEW BABY JUST
YESTERDAY.
HE GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AS
YOU MIGHT RECALL FROM HAVING
COVID-19.
MEANWHILE, THE DEATH TOLL HAS
BEEN HIGHER MAKING THE UK THE
SECOND DEADLIEST COUNTRY IN
EUROPE WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CORONAVIRUS.
HERE IS MORE FROM LONDON.
>> Reporter: BORIS JOHNSON, THE
PRIME MINISTER BACK TO WORK
TODAY.
HE HAS HAD QUITE THE MONTH.
HE SURVIVED THE CORONAVIRUS
EARLIER THIS MONTH AND HAD A
BABY YESTERDAY.
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL URGE
PEOPLE TO STAY HOME AS THAT
CURVE HAS NOT YET STARTED ITS
DOWNWARD TREND, THOUGH IT DOES
SEEM TO BE THAT TENG OUT.
THE NEXT REVIEW OF THAT
LOCKDOWN IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE
PLACE ON MAY 7th BUT WE HAVE
SEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE SHOWING
FATIGUE FROM THE LOCKDOWN.
PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT.
THE DEATH TOLL WAS MARKETLY
HIGHER IN THE PAST FEW DAYS
THAN REPORTED, UP BY THOUSANDS
BECAUSE THE UK GOVERNMENT IS
NOW INCLUDING THOSE FOLKS WHO
DIED IN CARE HOMES AND OUTSIDE
OF HOSPITALS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
CRITICISM THAT WE'RE NOT
GETTING A FULL PICTURE OF WHO
IS DYING OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS
IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE NUMBERS MAKE THE UK THE
SECOND DEADLIEST COUNTRY IN
EUROPE WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CALIPER RY, NBY NEWS, LONDON.
>> COSTCO ANNOUNCING THEY WILL
REQUIRE ALL CUSTOMERS TO WEAR
FACE MASKS.
THE RETAILER SAYING IT IS TO
PROTECT MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF RESPONSES
ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF THIS AND
WAKE UP CHARLOTTE, RACHEL
LUNDBERG IS BREAKING IT DOWN
FOR US.
>> WE'RE TRACKING A LOT OF
REACTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT
COSTCO IS REQUIRING FACE MASKS
ON EVERYONE WHO COMES INTO
THEIR STORE.
THOUSANDS OF YOU GUYS POSTING A
REACTION TO OUR FACEBOOK STORY
ON THIS.
ALMOST 1,000 COMMENTS AT THIS
POINT THAT I'LL GET TO IN A
MINUTE.
THIS GOES INTO EFFECT, THE NEW
POLICY, STARTING ON MONDAY IN A
FEW DAYS.
EVERYONE HAS TO BRYNN THEIR OWN
FACE MASKS.
THEY ARE NOT OFFERING THEM AT
THE STORE.
YOU HAVE TO WEAR YOUR OWN
BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED IN.
THE ONLY THING THAT DOESN'T
APPLY TO OUR CHILDREN UNDER THE
AGE OF TWO.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A FACE
MASK.
THIS WEEK ON THE SHOWS WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT JETBlue AND
OTHER AIRLINE INDUSTRIES WHEN
IT COMES TO WEARING FACE MASKS.
THEY ARE THE FIRST TO REQUIRE
PASSENGERS TO HAVE ONE ON WHEN
THEY ARE ON BOARD THEIR FLIGHT.
NOW, WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING IT,
RECOMMENDING IT.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A TON OF
PEOPLE AS YOU'RE OUT IN STORES
WEARING THEM, AS WELL.
WALMART, TWO BIG STORES
RECOMMENDING IT, BUT WE WANT TO
KNOW, DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD
ALSO BE REQUIRING FACE MASKS
LIKE COSTCO AS THIS POINT?
WE HAVE HAD ALIVE SURVEY FROM
WAKE UP CHARLOTTE AND IT WAS
PRETTY CONSISTENT.
60%-40%.
60% YES, ALL STORES SHOULD
REQUIRE THEM AND ROUGHLY 40%
VOTING KNOW.
GETTING TO COME MINUTES NOW.
PATRICIA THINKS EVERYONE SHOULD
WEAR MASKS IN THE STORES.
SHE IS NO LONGER GOING TO SHOP
THERE, BECAUSE OF THIS.
PAUL DOES NOT WANT THE
GOVERNMENT OR STORES DICTATING
WHAT HE SHOULD DO.
THEN BONNIE SAID IF YOU'RE
GOING TO REQUIRE MASKS, SHE
THINKS THAT YOU SHOULD BE
PROVIDING THEM THEN.
JOIN US ON THIS CONVERSATION.
TEXT US IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBER.
(704)329-3600 OR TACK US ON
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER WCNC
CHARLOTTE.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> THANKS.
THEY ARE PREPARING TO SLOWLY
REOPEN BUSINESSES.
THEY ARE WONDERING WHAT THEIR
NEW NORMAL MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
HOW WILL YOUR OFFICE CHANGE?
WILL YOU HAVE TO SIT NEXT TO A
CO-WORKER?
TWO OF THE TOP OFFICE DESIGN
FIRMS.
>> Reporter: YOUR OFFICE MAY
LOOK LIKE THIS, MOSTLY EMPTY
BUT AS EMPLOYEES START TO
RETURN TO WORK, THINGS ARE
GOING TO CHANGE.
>> I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER GO
BACK TO THE DENSITY THAT WE
HAVE TODAY.
>> Reporter: NOW OFF OFFICE
DESIGNERS ARE WORKING WITH
CLIENTS TO DETENTION SY FI THE
AREA.
>> HOW D THEY SPACE APART AND
NAG GAVE THE LOBBY?
RENDERINGS SUGGEST THE NEW
OFFICE WILL HAVE WIDER CORE
CARS AND ONE-WAY FOOT TRAFFIC
AND FEW IF ANY COMMON AREAS FOR
NOW.
A.I.
NOW. A.I.
NOW. A.I. WOULD SAY THAT CONFERENCE ROOMS
ARE PROBABLY OFF LIMITS FOR
AWHILE.
I THINK EVEN THOUGH WE'RE UNDER
ONE ROOF, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING
TO BE DOING ZOOM MEETINGS.
>> WELCOME BACK THE HIGH WALL
CUBE CALS MADE FAMOUS IN
"OFFICE SPACE."
>> IF THEY MOVE MY DESK ONE
MORE TIME, I'M QUITTING.
>>> MAYBE YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR
WITH YOUR ELBOW AND HAVE TOUCH
LESS SOAP DISPENSE SERS AND
HANDS FREE TOWEL DISPENSE SERS
BUT THE TOILET STALL IS
TRADITIONALLY NOT HANDS FREE.
>> THERE ARE THINGS TO START
THINKING THROUGH VOICE
ACTIVATIONS AND OPEN DOORS AND
THE LIKE TO MAKE IT AN EASY
EXPERIENCE.
>>> BUT NOTHING MAY BE EASIER
THAN WORKING FROM HOME.
SURVEYS SHOW A LOT OF US LIKE
IT.
>> I THINK THE TREND TO WORK
FROM HOME WILL CONTINUE.
BUT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT DOING
IT MORE ON A PART-TIME BASIS.
BUT MOST DESIGNERS SAY WHILE
THE OFFICE MAY CHANGE, IT IS
NOT GOING AWAY.
>> PEOPLE ARE SOCIAL CREATURES.
WE REQUIRE AND NEED AND CRAVE
THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION AND THE
COLLABORATION THAT HAPPENS IN
THE