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year are fundamental changes going on in the auto business. >> this seeing writing on the wall that as autonomy comes out and people are sharing cars, they will be incidenter acting and they may not be purchasing cars. it will be a whole different world. >> gem has i fully electric chevy vote if that different world inform you travel more than 200-mile on a charge and it st3000. debt august slice of the transportation services pie means smarter cars collecting your personal data. >> we are a technology company and more and more we are company. >> we are talking about tracking where i'm going and what i'm doing. >> this is not about tracking this is about customers electing to share their data with us so that, in the aggregate, we can discern patterns there. >> patterns in a business where everything is changing. >> those are sleek cars. here is something that will
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i have aalready downloaded it. can't wait to try lledan app. it will bring music to your jogging pace. it is like having a personal dj. it tracks your pace. >> that is great. another app, charity miles helps to take care of the world while you take care of yourself. the app will dope ate as you work out. your charity gets 10-cent for every mile you ride inform you run, a little more, 25 cents a mile. and if those tired of feeling clueless about what is good for you at the grocery store, an app called shop well scans nutrition labels appear then rates food. [ inaudible ] >> could warning labels be on
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the study shows health warnings may influence whether parments buy the drinks for their kids. when labels warn of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay, the parents are much less likely to provide the drinks. foods that contain high amounts of flavonoids including blueberries, citrus treat and red wine may help reduce erectile dysfunction. men could eat those foods a few times a week combined with exercise and reduce the chance by 20%. >> when you are looking at something and it stares you in the face, you feel guilty. >> a reminder. >> let's check in with elizabeth who is out at the museum of natural sciences having fun. >> absolutely. we were talking to greg fishel
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he is hosting one of up to halls this evening and the topic is sustainability. we are so excited to have you here. tell us what you are going to be talking about and why important. this is the global perspective. >> my work at the united nations deals with academic institutions around the world including universities and we want it bring this community in to be able to realize this. [ inaudible ] every country in the world, every leader in the world has set these rules for her or his country to follow. and the continued bugs of the intellectual community, the scholarship, the academic genius. >> so it is almost like a library. so leaders can go to the u.n. and say i would like the solve
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there you have it. you can say we can connect you with researchs are who have been working on that. and so it is a great way to share knowledge that may affect other parts of the world. >> absolutely. and all the reverse can be true. countries can invite scholars to study their situation and they can do that without actual physical travel. can you do that in the laboratory. your research classroom and come up with ideas. >> have you seen that happen in action yet or are you still jut busting this together? >> i think we really saw it in another context about two years ago. we had a very violent epidemic of ebola in western africa. the fact that that epidemic was contained community by community, country by country was really because of the
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nurtured in universities and health centers which were then transfer bid the pharmaceutical industry that could address the disease an control the virus. >> i think a the love people think about the u.n. as being a military protector or facilitate that. that is what you hear about in the news. so this is really exciting. i wasn't aware of all of that going on and as a scientist and meteorologist, that is wonderful news to know what collaborations are going on to spread the science. because in this country, there are a lot of ideas that float around that may not be technically true. so to be able to share all of that with the entire world. >> it is fascinating. as you see, the core mission of the u.n. is peacekeeping. but i think we now realize that
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conflict management or sending troops out to countries. peace actually is if the individual is secure -- [ inaudible ] >> that is really powerful. i appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> a treat. you have plenty more of this to hear at greg's town hall. it starts at 7:00 this evening. thank you so much. it is in the wral theater here natural sciences. i don't know how to follow that with weather. let's do talk about what is a nice day. plenty of sunshine over durham. pretty view just right across the ballpark at the lucky vai sikahema tower. temperatures are warming up nicely. we have a southwesterly wind now so mid others at raleigh, fayetteville an wilmington. 40s for boone and nashville.
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it's lot. our temperature were in the low 40s yesterday and we are in the mid-50s. a big warm-up for us today. satellite and radar picture showing nice clear picture right now. but we have clouds that will be streaming in tomorrow. we'll widen out the view and you can see the developing system down there in the gulf of mexico. that does start to bring us some cloud cover during the day tomorrow. we could have rain as early as early to mid afternoon especially in the southern part of the viewing area. we have more of that rain that rolls in during the afternoon. morning commute was fine. evening commute looks messy. 56 today. 50s tomorrow. expect to see a wet afternoon and evening. saturday though looks nice and bright. 56degrees. notice that 41 for saturday morning. wrafer rain falls on friday will not freeze. but we do have colder air that comes in. greg and i were talking earlier in the newscast about the fact that it looks highly unlikely
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right now t looks pretty dry. cloudy skies, mid-40s. the deep freeze arrives early next week. high of only 32 for martin luther king, jr. day. i'm excited. if this were not too much past my bedtime, i would love to be here to hear the town hall. >> i know about the early bed times. >> thank you. appreciate it. many children are miniature daredevils. potential danger doesn't queucialg -- usually faze them
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>> how about this what a shock for the parents of the 2-year-old who has an incredible climbing ability. >> there is no hiding cookie jars in this house. he gets whatever he wants. he knows how to get there. >> oh, boy. this little guy named fin may be destined to become a professional climber he started climbing wasn't far behind. they asked him to show them how
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one spot was at the top of their walk-in closet. check that out. he climbs from shelf to shelf to the top. this is one of the many things you can see on right this newscast. >> he is spider-man. >> steams like it. little guy. >> take one nasty fall and that changes your attitude. >> okay. we have a cutie of a pet here today. >> we sure do. this is garcia. and garcia is a 5-year-old little tabby cat that we have available for adoption. i don't know if you can see it on tv, but he has got some of the longest whiskers i have
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other side effects include, gas, ach-ain. aaby. a terrifying moment at the train station when a boy slips. >> right between the platform and the train. >> see the desperate moves to keep the train stopped as his parents dive to save him. it's a video that had the world thinking -- >> things are getting strange in australia, guys. >> now, we reveal the truth behind the viral hoax. >> oh. >> that simple. oh, bummer. >> he's brave man who must live by the motto -- >> if you see me in a fight with this, help me. >> help the man.
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