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Growing up in Illinois, surrounded by the presence of great teams like the Chicago Bears and Bulls, Wayne Jackson wanted to be a sports announcer.  Early in his career, with that goal in mind, he was working through the ranks at radio stations when he moved to North Carolina to take a job in Rocky Mount. Soon, the television station that would become WECT called with an offer -- and the chance to host a live 90-minute afternoon talk show.  Jackson had some concerns. “I told them I’d neve...

WILMINGTON – Thumb through any local historian’s personal library and you’re likely to find a dog-eared, well-worn copy of Beverly Tetterton’s book, “Wilmington: Lost but Not Forgotten.” A guide to the built history that defined Wilmington but fell victim to its progress and time, the book is an essential text on this region from its most essential historical voice of the last quarter century. As the former special collections librarian and chief of the New Hanover County Library’...

It is an art and this is something that takes patience, training and skill and a lot of dexterity to do what they are doing. >> reporter: you can see on the product, all these are handmade, really great. also on the campaign trail then candidate donald trump visited detroit in an effort to reach out to african-american voters, visiting business and church leaders. was not without controversy, in september protesters who fell the candidate was racist stopped at some of his stops and disrupted his...

You have six of us. every one from never ever done before by the way, e evangelical, franklin graham, hispanic, reverend sammy rodriguez, you have an african-american, bishop wayne jackson, you have the first female clergy, myself, rabbi heyer. we havent had a rabbi since reagan. you have a cardinal dolan, which we havent had since carter. and so i really think it speaks to the heart of mr. trump and who he is to say the first thing he does on his swearing-in prayer invoking the blessing of god,...

Planned for the weekend. one other detail we got today. news that bishop wayne jackson who met with trump in detroit during the campaign will give benediction. joining me now, the director of communications of the inaugural committee. great to have you with us this evening. >> thank you. >> lets talk about the president-elect and what he needs to say to unite americans. we know some of the areas were differences between him and his opponents and those who supported hillary clinton. where can pre...

Theyre going to govern in a way that many people will be protesting and holding accountable but theyre not unreasonable. the hope is that mr. trump will learn from ronald reagan and others that were certainly on the opposing side of the leadership fight but they learned to talk and we have a conservative view but deal with what is fair and right for the country. on january 14th, many of us are kicking the weekend with a big challenging rally and march in washington to say that. its not anti-trum...

After school. his case went cold. investigators now say they have new leads. he was a student at st. agnus in the haight-ashbury district of san francisco. at the time two witnesses reported seeing kevin on sonic avenue with a man sittings on a stoop with a large black dog. he was described as white, six feet tall with blond hair. investigators are focused on a man who died five years ago. he was wayne jackson. he had five different identities and a criminal record. he was convicted of child mol...

rubio called a key player moving forward with immigration reform in this country, why some say he is the politician who can get legislation passed. working at home on your blackberry. one cop who says his day never ends is suing for overtime pay. what his case could mean for our labor laws. its up "happening now." jon: president obamas choice to lead the ci elt a preparing for questions on capitol hill. im jon scott. >> position for top spy. jon: yes. jenna: how would you like that o...

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>> much of our viewing area remains under a flood warning after a heavy, steady rain drenched the state. that is our big story. >> it was just a couple of weeks ago, storms like this were producing a couple of feet of snow in our area. this time around, it is just a soaking rain. all that snowmelt going into the ground as well, causing soggy ground. to 3 inches of rain that we picked up today, we are talking about the potential of flood problems. we are just dealing with some light rai...