ONE
ONE MILE
ONE MILE AWAY. IT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR HIM TO GET THERE.
YOU WILL SEE THIS MOTORCADE
PULL OUT IN A MOMENT.
FRED SHROPSHIRE AND
PHOTOGRAPHER MIKE HANSON ARE
INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
IT IS CERTAINLY A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE, ONE THAT
JOURNALISTS DON'T GET,
ESPECIALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN
WAITING TO SEE AND HAVE BEEN
INVITED OUT HERE.
>> YOU CAN SEE WE ACTUALLY HAVE
PICTURES FROM INSIDE THAT
MOTORCADE.
THANK YOU.
YOU SAW THE THUMB'S UP A MINUTE
AGO.
THEY ARE ON THE MOVE.
THEY WILL MOVE FROM CHARLOTTE
DOUGLAS OVER TO CPCC HARRIS
CONFERENCE CENTER, AS MARK
MENTIONED, ONLY ABOUT A MILE
AWAY.
SO IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG.
CERTAINLY IN THAT AREA DO
EXPECT TO SEE SOME ROAD
CLOSURES AS THE MOTORCADE MAKES
ITS WAY THROUGH.
YOU WILL LIKELY SEE PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS AS WELL.
PEEL WANT TO SEE AS THE
PRESIDENT DRIVES BY.
+@
PEEL WANT TO SEE AS THE PRESIDENT DRIVES BY. >> THIS IS JUST GREAT ACCESS,
+@FOLKS.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IN THE
SMALLER BOX, THAT IS MARK
BOYLE'S CAMERA.
UNON THE RISER, YOU'RE -- UP ON
THE RISER, YOU'RE WATCHING THE
MOTORCADE LEAVE.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN
+@
MOTORCADE LEAVE. BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THE BIG BOX THERE ON THE RIGHT
AS WE SEE THE TAIL OF AIR FORCE
ONE GO BY, THAT IS THE ANCHOR
FRED SHROPSHIRE AND PHOTO
JOURNALIST HANSON.
THEY HAVE PORTABLE LIVE GEAR
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN ONE OF
THE PRESS POOL VANS.
THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OF
THOSE VANS.
IT SAYS PRESS CORPS RIGHT THERE
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE EMBLEM.
SO, YEAH, THIS IS A REALLY
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THAT WCNC
HAS BEEN GIVEN.
IT IS A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
FOR FRED.
>> A RARE OPPORTUNITY, AND IT
IS SO INTERESTING TO BE SO
CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT AS THIS
IS ALL UNFOLDING.
YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE THE
IMAGES FROM THE MOTORCADE.
MANY TIMES WE HAVE OUR
REPORTERS SET UP OUTSIDE THE
AREAS WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS
GOING TO BE.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT IT IS VERY RARE YOU GET
TO TRAVEL ALONG WITH HIM, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF NATIONAL
MEDIA.
>> OKAY.
LET'S SEND THINGS OUT TO XAVIER
WALTON.
HE IS OVER AT CPCC, THE HARRIS
CONFERENCE CENTER.
THEY'RE AWAITING THE
PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL.
YOU HAVE ABOUT A FIVE-MINUTE
HEAD'S UP BEFORE THE PRESIDENT
IS OVER THERE.
>> Reporter: I TELL YOU WHAT, I
+@
IS OVER THERE. >> Reporter: I TELL YOU WHAT, I BET HE IS EVEN CLOSER THAN THAT
BECAUSE THEY JUST CRANKED THE
MUSIC HERE AT CENTRAL PIEDMONT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE HARRIS
LOCATION.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STANDING, ON
THEIR FEET OBVIOUSLY, NOT
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS
COMING, BUT BECAUSE IT IS
STANDING ROOM ONLY.
THIS IS A SMALL VENUE.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING.
15 MINUTES AGO, WE JUST SAW
SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND IT
GOT VERY QUIET.
EVERYONE TOOK PICTURES BECAUSE
LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, THIS
REALLY IS A SPECTACLE.
I AM BEHIND THE CAMERA WITH MY
PHOTOGRAPHER BECAUSE IT WAS
SMARTER JUST SO WE CAN SHOW YOU
WHAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON.
IT IS ABOUT A MILE, MAYBE A
MILE AND A HALF FROM WHERE MARK
WAS FOR THE TO WANT GET HERE.
HE SHOULD BE HERE ANY MINUTE
HERE TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
ON RETIREMENT SECURITY.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
LET'S -- STUDIES SHOW THAT
NEARLY HALF OF ALL AMERICANS
WORRY THAT THEY WON'T HAVE
ADEQUATE MONEY TO RETIRE IN
+@
WORRY THAT THEY WON'T HAVE ADEQUATE MONEY TO RETIRE IN THOSE RETIREMENT PLANS.
AND FRED TALKED ABOUT IT
EARLIER AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO
SMALL BUSINESS.
ACTUALLY A THIRD OF PRIVATE
SECTOR WORKERS ACTUALLY DON'T
HAVE --
[ NO AUDIO ]
>> WE WILL BE HANGING OUT HERE
UNTIL THE PRESIDENT GETS HERE,
WHICH WILL BE ANY MOMENT, GUYS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
+@
WHICH WILL BE ANY MOMENT, GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT. GAVIER WALTON THERE LIVE AT --
+@XAVIER WALTON THERE LIVE AT
CPCC AWAITING THE PRESIDENT'S
ARRIVAL AS THE PRESIDENT WILL
BE SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
INVOLVING RETIREMENT.
FROM THERE HE WILL GO TO THE
CARMEL COUNTRY CLUB WHICH IS
WHERE HE WILL DO THAT FUNDRAISE
FORETWO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
>> WE'RE TOLD THIS IS A
BIPARTISAN THING THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL BE SIGNING
TODAY.
HE IS BASICALLY DIRECTING THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
TREASURY TO KIND OF WORK
TOGETHER AND CREATE REGULATIONS
AND EASE SOME REGULATIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO OFFER
THE BENEFITS OF RETIREMENT
PLANNING THAT BIG BUSINESSES
CURRENTLY DO.
BIG COMPANIES OFFER THESE GREAT
401K PLANS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
TAKE ADVANTAGE, BUT THESE
SMALLER BUSINESSES, THEY JUST
DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THAT IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT
IS GOING TO BE OVER THERE TO
SIGN.
>> I BELIEVE WE WANT TO GET TO
OUR FRED SHROPSHIRE WHO IS
TRAVELING WITH THAT MOTORCADE.
FRED, TELL US ABOUT THIS.
>> Reporter: WELL, I CAN TELL
YOU WE ARE ON THE MOVE.
AND YOU SAW JUST HOW FLUID THE
SITUATION IS.
THEY TELL US THE MOVE, AND WE
MOVE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW QUITE EXACTLY
WHEN THINGS WOULD HAPPEN THE
WAY THEY WERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE
NOW WE'RE ON THE MOVE.
YOU CAN SEE SQUAW WHAT KIND OF
A SPECTACLE THIS IS AS PEOPLE
ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET HAVE
WAITED.
THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHOSE ARE
PROTESTOR -- FOLKS WHO ARE
PROTESTERS.
NOT THE MOST POSITIVE WELCOME
FOR THE PRESIDENT, BUT STILL
DRAWING THE KIND OF ATTENTION
YOU WOULD EXPECT WHEN THE
PRESIDENT COMES TO TOWN.
THESE THINGS ARE USUALLY PRETTY
SMOOTH, TOO, FOR A MOTORCADE
LIKE THIS.
AND CMPD IS CLOSING DOWN
TRAFFIC AND THE HIGHWAY PATROL
CLOSING DOWN TRAFFIC WHEN THE
PRESIDENT COMES.
HE HAS A PRETTY TIGHT ITINERARY
AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING
ABOUT SECURITY IS FULLY AWARE
OF THAT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY WE HAVE
ARRIVED AT THE HARRIS CENTER
HERE AT THE CPCC.
A FAIRLY EASY COMMUTE.
EASIER FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE
PRETTY MUCH CORDONED OFF ALL OF
THE MAJOR ROADWAYS AND THERE
ARE NO DELAYS.
THERE ARE TRUCKS AND STATIONS
FROM ACROSS THE STATE HERE.
THIS IS KIND OF AN INSIDER'S
VIEW.
NORMALLY WE MIGHT HAVE ACCESS
WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCKS IN
FRONT OF US.
BUT -- [ NO AUDIO ]
>> THEY GOVERNOR SOME ADVANCED
REQUEST AND THEY HAVE ALLOWED
US -- THEY GAVE SOME ADVANCED
REQUEST AND THEY HAVE ALLOWED