RIGHT NOW FIRST AT 5:00 SAYING GOODBYE. WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE MOST MEMORABLE AND POWERFUL MOMENTS FROM TODAY’S MEMORIAL IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR GEORGE FLOYD. PLUS A LOOK AHEAD TO TONIGHT’S PROTEST HAPPENING IN WINSTON-SALEM. LOCAL JOBS THOUSANDS OF THEM IN FACT AND AT A TIME WHEN THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS CLOSING IN ON A SCARY NUMBER. PLUS ON A DAY WHEN THE STATE IS REPORTING THE MOST POSITIVE CASES AND TEST SO FAR DURING THE PANDEMIC A LOCAL HOSPITAL CELEBRATES AND ENCOURAGING COVID-19 MILESTONE. ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN JUST THE LAST WEEK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS STILL AT HISTORIC HIGHS. RIGHT NOW A NEW ONLINE JOBS PORTAL IS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND WORK IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND HOPEFULLY ATTRACT SOME NEW TALENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT’S CALLED FIND YOUR CENTER AND C.COM PEOPLE BEHIND IT. SAY THERE ARE 8,000 JOBS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW OUR WOODLAND HILLS IN GREENSBORO TO SHOW US HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK ALL NEW AT FIVE. THE FIRST THING THAT STRUCK ME WHILE WATCHING THE VIRTUAL LAUNCH OF THIS JOB’S PORTAL IS HOW IS IT ANY DIFFERENT FROM NC WORKS? THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM? JOBS ARE THE HEART OF ANY COMMUNITY WHAT WE WANT TO GET OUT IS THE SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT’S THAT WAY OF LIFE THE NEW JOBS PORTAL INCLUDES A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD NORTH CAROLINA’S TRIAD WHERE YOU CAN PURSUE YOUR PASSIONS FOR WORK AND PLAY JOB HUNTERS CAN ALSO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUTE TIMES AND COST OF LIVING FOR EXAMPLE HOUSING OF THE TRIAD COST 55 PERCENT LESS THAN HOUSING IN ATLANTA. JOB OPENINGS INCLUDE THE FIELDS OF AEROSPACE AND AVIATION HEALTHCARE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING. COMMUNITY DEVELOPER MATTHEW DOLE JUDGE SAYS THE PORTAL IS DESIGNED TO CONNECT JOB HUNTERS AND EMPLOYERS ATTRACT NEW TALENT TO THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND KEEP YOUNG TALENT FROM MOVING AWAY OR PRODUCING A LOT OF DEGREES. WE’RE LOSING A LOT OF THESE FOLKS AND SO WE’VE TALKED TO OUR COLLEGE PLACEMENT FOLKS AND THEY SAID THIS IS A TYPE OF TOOL. THEY COULD REALLY USE TO INTERACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FINISHING THEIR DEGREE HERE GIVE THEM OPTIONS WITHIN THE JIM LUCY WARDRO TOGETHER IS ONE OF THE HOMEGROWN TALENTS WHO ALMOST GOT AWAY DIDN’T REALLY HAVE INTENTIONS OF COMING BACK TO WINSTON WINSTON-SALEM NATIVE AND GRADUATE OF WAKE FOREST. SHE WAS WORKING IN ATLANTA FOR COCA-COLA BEFORE COMING HOME TO RUN SUNSHINE BEVERAGES. BEVERAGES. I CAME BACK HERE. ALSO BECAUSE THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME WERE JUST AS GOOD AND WINSTON-SALEM AS THEY WERE IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING AND I THINK ON TOP OF THAT THERE WERE THE FACTORS THAT THE OTHER CITIES DIDN’T HAVE THE TRIAD HAS LONG LAG BEHIND CHARLOTTE AND THE TRIANGLE WHEN IT COMES TO GROWTH ORGANIZERS OF THIS JOB’S PORTAL SAY THIS COULD BE A REAL ECONOMIC BOOST FOR THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. IN GREENSBORO HOW BILL O’NEIL WXII 12 NEWS BILL? THANK YOU. WE KNOW THE HUNDRED AND THREE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK WITH CORONAVIRUS TODAY IN JUST FORSYTH COUNTY AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN OF NEW CASES NOVANT HEALTH IS CELEBRATING AN ENORMOUS MILESTONE IT TREATED AND RELEASED MORE THAN A THOUSAND CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. AND AS OUR LIAN TENURE SHOWS US TODAY. CELEBRATED ROBIN EATON’S FIGHT. TO CELEBRATE 1,000 PATIENTS TREATED AND DISCHARGED FOR COVID-19 AT NOVANT HEALTH DOCTORS NURSES THE ENTIRE TEAM CAME OUT TO SEND HER HOME THE MASK OVER HER FACE COULDN’T HIDE THE RELIEF THE GRATITUDE THAT THE DAYS WENT ON. I WAS JUST COUNTING THE DAYS DOWN THAT I THE GUY WITH KILLED ME AND I WOULD JUST BE COMING HOME. ROBIN EATEN IS GOING HOME. SHE SPENT SIX DAYS AT FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER. IT’S COVID-19 COVID-19 IS STILL WITH US. HOWEVER, WE’RE LEARNING TO COEXIST WITH THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK ALONGSIDE NOVANT HEALTH TEAM MEMBERS AND HER OWN FAMILY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THEY CELEBRATED EATEN. THANK GOD. HE GAVE ME A PEACEFULNESS. HE SAID ROBIN. YOU’RE MY CHILD. I GOT YOU. GOING HOME EATING BECAME THE 1000 PATIENT TO BE TREATED AND THEN DISCHARGED FROM THE NOVANT SYSTEM WITH COVID-19. SHE PRAISED THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TAKING THE VIRUS. SERIOUSLY. THIS IS NOT ALL BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO. THIS CORE OF IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AVANT HEALTH SAYS THEY’RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THEIR FIGHT TO SEND MORE COVID-19 PATIENT’S HOME PATIENTS LIKE ROBIN. YOU’RE PERCENT IN WE’RE ALL IN. WINSTON-SALEM, WE’RE ALL IN FORSYTH COUNTY IN THE TRIAD. WE’RE HERE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY PERIOD ALSO IN THE CROWD TODAY ROBBINS CHILDREN HER GRANDCHILDREN SEVERAL SIBLINGS. IT REALLY WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR ROBIN. WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE FEELING BETTER AND WINSTON-SALEM WINSTON-SALEM LEANNE DENYER WXII 12 NEWS. THANK YOU, LEANNE GOVERNOR COOPER JUST ISSUED A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ADDRESSES THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR GOVERNOR COOPER SAYS IN NORTH CAROLINA AFRICAN-AMERICANS ACCOUNT FOR 22% OF THE POPULATION, BUT THEY MAKE UP 30% OF THE CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN OUR STATE. HE SAYS LATIN UPS PEOPLE ACCOUNT FOR 10% OF THE POPULATION, BUT 39 PERCENT OF CASES GOVERNOR COOPER SAYS THESE STATISTICS ARE ALARMING AND UNACCEPTABLE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE IS NOTHING INHERENT TO BLACK OR BROWN PEOPLE THAT MAKES THEM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEVERE COVID-19 ILLNESS. THE DATA SHOULD NOT BE USED TO FURTHER RACISM WERE FEAR. THE DISPARITIES BECAUSE PEOPLE OF COVER HAD A COLLEGE HAD HISTORICALLY HAD LESS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE HOUSING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND MORE THIS VIRUS IS EXPLOITING THOSE INEQUALITIES. IT IS UP TO US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IT’S NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATES A NEW TASK FORCE CALLED THE ANDREA HARRIS SOCIAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EQUITY TASK FORCE. IT’S GOING TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM HEALTH DISPARITIES. GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH 10 DAYS AGO PROVIDED THE SPARK FOR PROTESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT THE ACTUAL MARCHES ARE ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN JUST ONE INCIDENT. THERE’S ANOTHER EVENT HAPPENING THIS EVENING IN WINSTON-SALEM AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS OF RACIAL AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE ARE BRANDED BATES JOINS US LIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM AND BRANDON THIS IS SET TO BEGIN IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR 30 MINUTES OR SO. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW? WELL, CAN HE NOT SEE ANYBODY YET? SEEING PRETTY LARGE POLICE PRESENCE HERE ON THE WEST END STREET. YOU CAN SEE TODAY IS DAY 6 OF PLANNED PROTESTS IN WINSTON-SALEM. THEY’VE ALL BEEN PEACEFUL UP UNTIL THIS POINT. MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN DOWNTOWN. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE’RE ON WEST END TODAY. IT’S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND ME. THIS IS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WILLIAM G WHITE JR. FAMILY YMCA THE PROTEST SCHEDULED FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 STARTING RIGHT HERE AND PROTEST ORGANIZERS SAID THEY PICKED THIS HISTORIC WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE LOCAL JUDGES AND CITY OFFICIALS LIVE THE GROUP HOPING THEIR MESSAGE IS HEARD THAT COUNTRIES RACIAL DIVIDE NEEDS TO BE MENDED. TODAY’S BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS BEING PUT ON BY THE GROUP WINSTON FOR PEACE. WE’VE HEARD THESE PROTESTS ARE FAR FROM OVER TWO IS THE WEEKEND JUST AROUND THE CORNER ANTICIPATING SOME PRETTY LARGE CROWDS TO PROTEST IN THE COMING DAYS A BIG PRIORITY OF PROTEST ORGANIZERS TODAY. THEY’RE HOPING TO KEEP THE PEACEFUL STREAK UP HERE IN WINSTON-SALEM. OF COURSE, WE WILL BE HERE IN THIS HISTORIC WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD ALL DAY AS WELL AS ON FACEBOOK LIV AND WXII WITH ALL THE UPDATES. REPORTING LIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM BRANDON BATES WXII 12 NEWS. THANK YOU. BRANDON. TODAY’S CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS POLITICIANS FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING GEORGE FLOYD HIS DEATH WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY IGNITED OUTCRIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE ARE BURIED JACKSON’S IN WASHINGTON WERE LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING FOR SOME WAYS TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD. BRIANNA LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING TO DISCUSS RACIAL PROFILING USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE AND MAKING MISCONDUCT RECORDS MORE TRANSPARENT AS EAST TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND POLICING AN EMOTIONAL SERVICE HONORING THE LIFE OF GEORGE FLOYD. WE WANT JUSTICE FOR GEORGE. HE’S GOING TO GET IT. HE’S GOING TO GET IT THAT PAN. RACISM AND DISCRIMINATIO THAT KILLED GEORGE FLOORING FLOYD’S DEATH SPARKED GLOBAL PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR CHANGE CONTINUING FOR TENTH DAY THURSDAY ON CAPITOL HILL DEMOCRATIC SENATORS OBSERVED A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS THE AMOUNT OF TIME AN OFFICER KNEELED ON FLOYD’S NECK. MAY WE HONOR THOSE DEAD? BY PROTECTING ALL WHO ARE ALIVE DEMOCRATS NOW PUSHING FOR LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS RACIAL INJUSTICE FOCUSING ON POLICE REFORM INCLUDING A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS ENDING RACIAL PROFILING ENDING A EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE REPUBLICAN LEADERS. SAY THEY HOPE TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON ISSUES LIKE INCREASED TRANSPARENCY REGARDING MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS TO HELP WEED OUT BAD COPS HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO REMOVE A BAD OFFICER LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES SAY IT’S TIME TO BRING THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO CAPITOL HILL AND CREATE BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS ALLOWS US TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE INJUSTICES THAT WE SEE AND NEXT WEEK THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE PLANS TO HOLD A HEARING LOOKING AT RACIAL PROFILING AND POLICE BRUTALITY AND THE SENATE PLANS TO HOLD A SIMILAR HEARING LATER THIS MONTH IN WASHINGTON. I’M BREE JACKSON WXII 12 NEWS. THANK YOU BREE. A JUDGE HAS RULED THAT THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TRY THREE MEN WITH MURDER IN THE DEATH. AHMAD ARE BURIED TWO OF THE THREE WERE IN COURT TODAY INVESTIGATORS TESTIFIED SAYING THAT A MOD ARE VERY WAS HIT WITH THE TRUCK BEFORE HE DIED AND HIS ALLEGED KILLER USED A RACIAL SLUR TRAVIS MICHAELS ACCUSED OF FIRING THE SHOTGUN IN THE FEBRUARY 23RD SHOOTING AND HIS FATHER GREGORY MCMICHAEL IS SITTING NEXT HIM IN THIS VIDEO. THIRD MAN CHARGED IN THE CASE WILLIAM BRIAN WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. BRIAN IS THE ONE WHO VIDEOED OUR BRIEFS FINAL MOMENTS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED A HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION IN THIS CASE. A MAN IS BEHIND BARS IN DAVIE COUNTY AFTER A MOTHER OF FIVE ENDS UP DEAD OFFICERS ARRESTED MIGUEL LEO AND THIS MORNING IN WINSTON-SALEM. HE’S ACCUSED OF HITTING AND KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND VEE ANY AREAS WITH HIS VEHICLE POLICE. SAY ONE OF HER CHILDREN REPORTED HER MISSING IN ABOUT TWO O’CLOCK IN THE THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY. HIS CHARGED WITH HIT AND RUN HE IS BEHIND BARS