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message to share, if counselor education program is inviting the public to the premiere screening of choice not chance documentary. the film is described as the start of a revolution to change the lives of african-american males. joining us now to talk about this documentary which was three years in the making is cast member, andrew moody, and coproducer, mindy four. three years. >> three years in the making, it was a lot of work. >> what was the origin of the idea? >> we started this because we were seeing so many young man -- young men who are gifted, talented, intelligent and articulate who had bright futures ahead of them. and, there just seemed to be so many of them making some poor choices, and we really did not understand why and that is the base for this film. >> so much optimism early on.
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we were seeing things were some young men were going down the wrong path. and we just did not understand why. you know, is it as? is it school? is it community? is a church? what is it? we decided to ask the young men themselves. >> andrew moody is part of this documentary. talk about your role. >> i was one of the young men that they interviewed, i was on the phone and spoke to them about my experiences and poor decisions i was making. she brought up an interesting question, what is the reason behind those poor decisions? school systems, parenting, and it's a complicated question with complicated answers. there are a lot of factors that play into this. something that played into my experience, my parents were getting divorced and i began making poor decisions and realized i needed to change the results. that is a message that can benefit of lot of black males out there experiencing
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minutes long, includes a lot of interviews, and then you are going to have a panel discussion following the show. >> we are going to have a panel discussion and let the audience tell us what they think about the film, what they think about what we mentioned. we will have a survey afterwards, but, we want to get everybody's feedback but really believe this is going to be life-changing for a lot of people. i think that parents' eyes will be opened to the hearts of their sons. >> do you think young people will connect with the message as well? >> yes. i had a young man who did see the film tell me that it was very therapeutic for him. i think the young people don't think other people are going through the same things that they are going through. so, it's good for them to see that other people are doing with the same situations. >> how about, have you seen the finished product?
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>> your honest impression. >> i believe that it has some very powerful messages, very powerful stories that can change the trajectory of lives. >> sounds like something that we all need to see. >> yes, you need to see it, come on. >> [ laughter ] >> "choice not chance documentary" with andrew moody and mindy fuller. that is thursday, march 24, at the hm michaeux jr. auditorium. north carolina central university in durham from 6:00 until 8:00. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> we appreciate your comments and coming in today. all the best to you. >> thank you for having me. >> back to you. coming up, a patient
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is called t-cell therapy. >> the sunrise, sunset, that's within the >> reporter: 64-year-old ed foster is battling lymphoma. up until a year ago he was a practicing doctor and avid hunter. now he is about to undergo the first ever cancer treatment of its kind, something called t- cell therapy. >> we are taking the patient's own immune cells and bringing them into a laboratory, and then in the laboratory, basically training them to fight the cancer. >> reporter: engineering cells to detect and attack cancer. doctor say it is one of the most powerful treatments to emerge in modern medicine. >> it's possible that this treatment may ultimately replace chemotherapy or radiation for many patients. >> reporter: the national study involves 16 cancer centers. doctors patrick reagan and jonathan freberg say the treatment has proved effective before, but it is somewhat of a last resort.
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chemotherapy haven't worked. >> could this be potentially deadly if it goes wrong? >> yes. and that is an important thing that we discussed with doctor foster at length. that these are very serious side effects, and can result in death. >> being offered a therapy that is a cutting-edge therapy, that we are very optimistic is going to give me an opportunity i would not have otherwise had. >> that was rachel spotts reporting. this is national kick butts day, the day that people across america speak up against smoking and offer criticism against big tobacco. organizers say they have made great strides against smoking. even so, every day, 3000 kids under 18 try smoking for the first time and 700 kids become
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the cdc is giving doctors new guidelines for prescribing cain killing drugs. the agency says the whisks -- the agency says the risks from prescribing opioids outweigh the benefits. doctors are order to prescribe them for the shortest amount of time. this is the first time the cbc has issued guidelines for prescription painkillers. it comes as a response to a rising number of addictions. the most recent data suggest mailing 2 million americans accused -- abused painkillers or were addicted. cuban officials have detected the first zika virus inside the country. that ends cuba's status as one of the last nations without domestic cases of disease linked to birth defects. a 21-year-old savannah woman who had not traveled outside of cuba was diagnosed with the virus. u.s. is easing travel and trade restrictions with cuba again. it will now be easier for americans to take trips to cuba on their own rather than through extensive group tours.
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american banks to offer services in cuba and u.s. services to operate freely there. president obama is preparing for a historic trip to cuba this coming weekend. wral's leyla santiago will be traveling to cuba for the historic trips. look for her lab reports sunday. mother teresa will officially enter sainthood september 4. the nun renowned for caring for impoverished people died in 1997 at the age of 87. she was beatified in 2003 by pope john paul ii after being attributed to a first miracle answering a woman's prayers to cure her brain tumor. pope francis officially cleared mother teresa for sainthood in december when he attributed her to a second miracle. the final hurdles to make her a saint. >> an incredible woman she was. >> such an inspiration.
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you to spend some time outdoors. >> absolutely. we may have a few complaints that it is too hot and it's true. our temperature running today, 20 degrees above normal this time of year. we throw that title normal around loosely, because this time of year we tend to have a wide range in our temperatures. either the cold air is winning out and we are well below normal or the opposite. that has been the case for the last several weeks. we are about to flip the pendulum around in the other direction. we will talk more about that coming up. let's take another look outside, it is beautiful. when i pulled this picture up there must have been 20 people standing around the steps on the wilson county courthouse looking like they were enjoying the beautiful day. they have dispersed at the moment but i know people all across the area are trying to get outside to enjoy the pretty weather. 80 in fayetteville, 76 raleigh, 82 in wilmington. notice 68 at hatteras, i've mentioned this before but sometimes when you see warm
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great day to be at the beach. you have to remember ocean temperatures are at about 60 degrees right now. especially if you have a south westerly air, it's coming across that julie ocean and is much cooler along the beaches. once the water temperatures warm up you don't have that problem but for the next two months it is a little bit chilly on the beach if the wind is blowing in the wrong direction. 68, 75 asheville. it has been warm everywhere for the last couple of weeks. today is likely to be the last warm day, still a good bit above normal tomorrow but temperatures cross for us over the weekend. here's the difference from yesterday, 7 degrees warmer than this time yesterday but this area highlighted in red was stuck in the clouds until lunchtime yesterday. in raleigh, 10 degrees warmer, 7 degrees warmer in greensboro and 11 degrees warmer in boone,
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we have the cold front crossing over the mountains and again it may bring us a slight chance of a shower later on today but the big deal will be cooler temperatures. highs will drop by 10 degrees tomorrow. look at this pocket of warmth. sitting at 76 in raleigh, 81 in miami, almost florida weather right now. that stretches down into the mississippi valley, then crossing over to the other side of the front, noticeably cooler. st. louis at 67 degrees, even though that is not the high, that's what we will see friday, temperatures in the 60s at noon, mid-sixties in the afternoon. that chilly air is coming our way. articles in denver, 40. 42 in bismarck. the morning temperatures were in the low to mid 30s and we will see that by the beginning of next week. the chilly air back to the west is coming our way. 83 the high temperature this afternoon. enjoy it if you love the warm temperatures. if you don't, they are coming anyway.
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our normal high temperature this time of year is 64. we are looking at almost 20 degrees warmer than normal and a few degrees below the record of 86 in 1945. record coldest high temperature is 37, what a big spread that is. our normal is 64. the record is 20 degrees warmer than that and the coldest is almost 30 degrees colder than that. we could be all over the place this time of year. a pretty day tomorrow but cooler at 73. then, 66 friday, and only 60 for the high saturday. we should see sunshine until the afternoon when we likely cloud up. still trying for that world record kilt run in raleigh, the race starts at 9:30. it's going to be cold but if you are running, it's not so bad. if you are spectating, 58 degrees at lunchtime. of course sunday, first day of spring, high up on the 53 degrees. temperatures are going to feel like 40s for most of the day,
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is going to be wet during the day sunday. anywhere from a quarter to a half of inch of rain. skies clear on monday or tuesday but it will be a slow warm-up starting off in the low 30s monday and tuesday morning. >> if this is too hot for you, it's cooling down. >> [ laughter ] >> thanks, elizabeth. the most lar house on nnsylvvenugets into the ir of pas y ich is ow. what is green at the white house just ahead. the smithsonian reveals a new species of dinosaur. why the fossils could set light
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ole idea was to make a good impression on maggie before you told her the truth, well, that ship seems to have sailed, so why not just get it over with? and if you're too afraid to spitt out, then i'll tell her, and we won't have to worry about it anymore. >> maggie: [sighs] >> nicole: hi. >> maggie: hi, nicole. >> nicole: hi. >> maggie: how are you? >> nicole: keeping busy. you? >> maggie: same. so, what can i do for you? >> nicole: i was going through daniel's library and i was
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