FRIENDS
FRIENDS THAT HELPED HIM BECOME A SURVIVOR. KENDALL MORRIS WCNC CHARLOTTE,
A LOCAL MAN IS FACING CHARGES
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KENDALL MORRIS WCNC CHARLOTTE, A LOCAL MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER THE SECRET SERVICE SAYS
HE THREATENED TO KILL PRESIDENT
JO+@E BIDEN.
THE DETAILS STILL DEVELOPING
TONIGHT ACCORDING TO COURT
DOCUMENTS, DAVID REEVES FROM
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TONIGHT ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, DAVID REEVES FROM GASTONIA MADE SEVERAL
THREATENING PHONE CALLS TO THE
WHITE HOUSE WHEN SECRET SERVICE
AGENTS CONTACTED HIM.
THEY SAY THE THREATS CONTINUED.
IF CONVICTED, REEVES COULD FACE
UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND
A TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLAR FINE AND THEIR SECOND
AND FINAL DAY OF ARGUMENTS IN
THE SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL,
+@ HOUSE DEMOCRATS WRAPPED UP
THEIR CASE AGAINST FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND
THEIR FINAL ARGUMENTS.
HOUSE MANAGERS ACCUSED A FORMER
PRESIDENT OF A PATTERN OF
CONDONING VIOLENCE AMONG HIS
SUPPORTERS AGAIN TODAY IMAGES
OF T+@HE CHAOS AND VIOLENCE OF
THE CAPITOL SIEGE GRIPPING THE
SENATE CHAMBER WITH THE FOCUS
ON THE RIOTERS OWN WORDS.
HOUSE MANAGERS ARGUING+@ THE
VIOLENT MOB WAS A+@CTING AS THE
FORMER PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION.
THEY TRULY BELIEVED THAT THE
WHOLE INTRUSION WAS THAT THE
PRESIDENT'+@S ORDERS AND WE KNOW
THAT BECAUSE THEY SAID SO I
THOUGHT I WAS FOLLOWING MY
PRESIDENT.
I THOUGHT I WAS FOLLOWING WHAT
WE WERE CALLED TO DO.
THE PRESIDENT TOLD THEM TO BE
THERE AND SO THEY ACTUALLY
BELIEVED THEY WOULD FACE NO
PUNISHMENT.
THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM BEGINS ITS
DEFENSE TOMORROW WITH THE CORE
ARGUMENT THAT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT WAS EXERCISING FREE
SPEECH AND NEVER EXPLICITLY
CALLED FOR VIOLENCE.
COMING UP, WE'RE TRACKING MORE
RAIN MOVING INTO THE CAROLINAS
BUT THE BIGGER STORY COULD BE
THE FALL IN TEMPERATURES.
I'LL TELL YOU JUST HOW CHILLY
IT COULD BE AS THIS FRONT SAGS
THE SOUTH COMIN+@G UP IN THAT
FRIDAY FORECAST.
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THE SOUTH COMIN+@G UP IN THAT FRIDAY FORECAST. I'M LEXIE WILSON IN GASTONIA
WHERE THE EAST RIDGE MALL HAS
BEEN HIT REALLY HARD BY THE
PANDEMIC BUT THEY ARE ADAPTING
AND REPURPOSING SPACES TO
GAMING FACIL+@ITIES.
EVEN A CHURCH.
I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS COMING UP
NEXT.
PLUS A MONUMENT AT THE CENTER
OF CONTROVERSY FOR MONTHS
TARGETED BY A VANDAL.
WE'LL SHOW YOU THE DAMAGE NEXT
TO ALL THIS MONTH.
SEE CHARLOTTE IS CELEBRATING
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BY
HIGHLIGHTING HISTORICAL PEOPLE
+@ AND PLACES IN CHARLOTTE AND THE
CAROLINAS.
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL WAS THE
FIRST PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN THE
STATE BUILT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE
TREATMENT OF BLACKS.
GOOD SAM WAS BUILT IN EIGHTEEN
NINETY ONE.
IT STOOD BETWEEN MITT AND
GRAHAM IN THIRD WARD.
IT WAS TORN DOWN IN NINETEEN
NINETY SIX TO MAKE WAY FOR BANK
OF AMERICA STADIUM TO LEARN
MORE GO TO OUR BLACK HISTORY
MONTH PAGE AT THE VXI DOT COM
OR THAT A B C C NEWS APP
.
. WELCOME
. WELCOME BACK. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE
PERSON WHO VANDALIZED A
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT THE
GASTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE USED RED
PAINT ON THE BASE THE MONUMENT
IT'S SINCE BEEN CLEANED UP.
THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN AT THE
CENTER OF CONTROVERSY OVER THE
SUMMER.
PROTESTERS CALLED FOR IT TO BE
+@ TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE OF ITS ROOTS
IN RACISM.
THERE WAS A CHAIN LINK FENCE
AROUND IT THAT WAS JUST
RECENTLY REMOVED AT 6:00, AN
UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR SHOPPING
MALLS, BRICK AND MORTAR STORES
HAVE ALREADY BEEN+@ LOSING THE
BATTLE AGAINST ONLINE SHOPPING.
THE PANDEMIC MAKING IT WORSE.
AND LISTEN TO THIS.
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF
AMERICA'S ROUGHLY ONE THOUSAND
MALLS WILL CLOSE OVER THE NEXT
THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY
CORE SITE RESEARCH.
BUT AT EASTRIDGE MALL IN
GASTONIA THEY'RE TRYING TO
REVERSE THAT TREND AND IN NEW
WAYS N.C. CHARLOTTE IS
CONFIRMING THE MALL'S CURRENTLY
IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH GASTON
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TO OPEN A
DRIV+@E THROUGH VACCINATION SITE
AND SEE AND SEE CHARLOTTE'S
LEXIE WILSON REPORTS THAT'S NOT
THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE
REINVENTING THE MALL SINCE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN, THE EASTRIDGE
MALL H+@AS LOST SOME BIG
RETAILERS BUT THEY'VE ALSO
GAINED ABOUT NINE LOCAL STORES.
BUT WITH COVID-19 AN ONLINE
SHOPPING, THEY'RE MAKING NEW
CHANGES TO BRING CUSTOMERS
BACK.
IT WAS A G+@OLDEN AGE OLD LOVE
AFFAIR WITH SHOPPING MALLS
UNTIL THE INTERNET CAME ALONG
THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATING THE
DEMISE OF TRADITIONAL RETAIL IS
JUST UNDER A LOT OF STRESS.
STEVE STOUTE IS THE GENERAL
MANAGER AT THE EASTRIDGE MALL
AND GASTONIA.
HE SAYS IN A TIME WHEN MALLS
ARE DYING IT'S TIME TO RETHINK
AND REPURPOSE SPACES TO MEET A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEMAND.
WE'RE TRYING TO DIVERSIFY OUR
TENANT BASE.
VISITORS WILL NOW FIND A LOT
MORE THAN JUST STORES HERE.
THERE ARE GAMING FACILITIES,
OFFICE SPACE EVEN PLANS OF A
SMALL CHURCH EVEN THOUGH THEY
DON'T OCCUPY THE SPACE ALL THE
TIME AFTER THEY DISMI+@SS THEIR
SERVICE, OUR FOOD COURT TENANTS@
AND OUR OTHER PEOPLE, THEY'RE
GOING TO LOVE IT BECAUSE
THEY'RE GOING+@ TO HAVE A
YOU KNOW, A DEDICATED AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE+@ MALL
SAID WORSHIPING IN A MALL MIGHT
SOUND STRANGE BUT IT'S A
REALITY SOME PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
LIVING IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA AND
IN GRANDVILLE, MICHIGAN.
DESERTED MALLS ARE NOW
CONGREGATIONS BUT AS MALLS
ACROSS THE US CONTINUE TO
+@STRUGGLE, SOME MAY
SEE FINANCIAL RUIN.
BUT STOUTS SEES OPPORTUNITY.
IF YOU CANNOT ADAPT AND ADJUST
IT'S YOU WILL BE REPURPOSED
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND ANOTHER WAY THE MALL IS
ADAPTING IS BY BECOMING A DRIVE
THROUGH VACCINATION SITE TODAY
WE DID CONFIRM THAT THE MALL AS
WELL AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
WILL WORK TOGETHER TO TURN THE
PARKING LOT INTO A VACCINATION
CLINIC.
WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT
AS THEY ARE