ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DYLAN. HAPPENING NOW A LEXINGTON MAN IS FACING CHARGES IN A CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE ON INTERSTATE 85, IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES NEAR HIGHWAY 64. INVESTIGATORS TELL US A 1997 FORD PICKUP TRUCK WAS TOWING A TRAILER WHEN A 2002 FORD PICKUP TRUCK DIDN’T SLOW DOWN AND HIT THE TRAILER. THE IMPACT SENT BOTH VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD, WHERE THEY BOTH SLAMMED INTO TREES. NOW, TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE 1997 FORD BOTH DIED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE 2002 FORD, JERRY SURRATT. THE SECOND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. HIGHWAY PATROL CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF MISDEMEANOR DEATH BY MOTOR VEHICLE AND SEVERAL TRAFFIC OFFENSES. MORE PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS. THE SCHOOL SAYS. SEVERAL STUDENTS GATHERED THIS MORNING ON MANCHESTER PLAZA. OFFICIALS TOLD THE GROUP THEY WOULD BE SUSPENDED IF THEY DIDN’T LEAVE. NOW WE’RE TOLD THE STUDENTS COOPERATED AND MANCHESTER PLAZA IS NOW CLEAR. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTI-SEMITIC VANDALISM ON CAMPUS. THE SCHOOL’S PRESIDENT SAYS PEOPLE SPRAY PAINT AT CAMPUS SIDEWALKS AND TREES WITH DISTURBING MESSAGES ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, WHEN WORKERS TRIED TO CLEAN OFF THE SPRAY PAINT. STUDENTS SAY PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATOR SURROUNDED IT TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING REMOVED. A HALF MILE BARRICADE NOW COVERS THE QUAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, BUT THAT HASN’T DETERRED PROTESTS. THERE’S A GROUP OF PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED ON CAMPUS THIS MORNING. THEY’RE CALLING FOR A FREE PALESTINE AND FOR THE SCHOOL TO DIVEST FROM INTERESTS THAT SUPPORT ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA. AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE THE DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED ACROSS CAMPUS. THIS WE’RE NOT ESCALATING THE COPS ARE ESCALATING. WE’RE HERE. WE’RE WE’VE BEEN INCREDIBLY PEACEFUL. WE’VE HAD OUR OUR DEMANDS VERY CLEARLY STATED AND IF PEOPLE CRACK DOWN ON US, THEN THEY CRACK DOWN ON US. WE’RE HERE TO, UM, WE’RE NOT HERE TO TO DESTROY ANYTHING. WE’RE HERE TO GET A MESSAGE OUT. WE’RE HERE TO PRESSURE PEOPLE. WE’RE HERE TO MAKE A CHANGE. NOW, THIS DEMONSTRATION COMES THREE DAYS AFTER POLICE CLEARED ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION FROM CAMPUS, DETAINING DOZENS OF PEOPLE. COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR, WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW PROTESTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION ARE PLAYING A PART IN THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HAPPENING NOW, THE GREENSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING LIVE FIRE TRAINING ALONG NEW GARDEN ROAD NEAR LINDEN LANE. FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE PRACTICING THEIR SKILLS, EXTINGUISHING THE FLAMES, AS WELL AS SEARCH TECHNIQUES. THE EXERCISE IS SCHEDULED TO RUN THROUGH 5 P.M. NOW YOU MAY SEE SMOKE IN THE AREA, BUT IT SHOULD NOT POSE ANY HAZARD. STARTING TODAY, A TRAFFIC SHIFT IS TAKING PLACE ON HIGHWAY 52 DUE TO WORK ON THE WINSTON SALEM NORTHERN BELTWAY. THE WORK WAS RESCHEDULE FROM LAST WEEK. THE SOUTHBOUND RIGHT LANE IS CLOSED NEAR WESTINGHOUSE ROAD, AND CREWS ARE WORKING ON THE NEW CROSSOVER FOR HIGHWAY 52 AND THE HIGHWAY 65 EXIT RAMP. ALL DAY SUNDAY. THAT RAMP WILL BE CLOSED FOR LINE PAINTING, BUT IT SHOULD REOPEN THAT NIGHT WITH A NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN. A NEW JOBS REPORT IS OUT TODAY, JUST AFTER THE FEDERAL RESERVE DECIDED TO KEEP INTEREST RATES STEADY AS IT CONTINUES TO BATTLE WITH INFLATION. AMY LU IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH A LOOK AT THOSE HIRING NUMBERS. EMPLOYERS ADDED. 175,000 JOBS IN APRIL, COMING JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER ECONOMISTS EXPECTATIONS. JONES. WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYED THE SAME, JUST UNDER 4%. JOB CREATION IS COMING DOWN FROM THE BOOM FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC, INDICATING MORE MODERATE AND PREDICTABLE GROWTH. BUT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND RISING WAGES MEAN PEOPLE HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND, WHICH IS A KEY DRIVER OF INFLATION. THIS WEEK, THE FEDERAL RESERVE OPTED TO KEEP INTEREST RATES ABOVE 5%. THAT’S THE HIGHEST THEY’VE BEEN IN 16 YEARS. UNTIL PRICE GROWTH SETTLES EVEN FURTHER, MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE ACUTELY AWARE THAT HIGH INFLATION IMPOSES A SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP AS IT ERODES PURCHASING POWER, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LEAST ABLE TO MEET THE HIGHER COSTS OF ESSENTIALS LIKE FOOD, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. ANALYSTS WHO ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THE FED WOULD BE LOWERING INTEREST RATES THIS TIME AROUND ARE NOW DELAYING THOSE FORECASTS FURTHER INTO THE YEAR. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AMY LU TODAY, FORMER NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR ELIZABETH DOLE IS ONE OF 19 PEOPLE WHO WILL RECEIVE THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. DOLE IS BEING HONORED FOR HER FOUNDATION’S SUPPORT FOR MILITARY CAREGIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES NOW, BEFORE BECOMING A UNITED STATES SENATOR, SHE WAS SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, SECRETARY OF LABOR, AND PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM IS THE NATION’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR, A NEW REPORT SAYS. THE NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE AT NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY GAVE NORTH CAROLINA’S ECONOMY A SHOT IN THE ARM. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOUND THE RACE GENERATED MORE THAN 600 JOBS AND GENERATED OVER $20 MILLION OF CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN WILKES COUNTY. WE’RE ALSO TOLD RACE VISITORS SPENT. NEARLY $29 MILLION. THIS YEAR’S NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE WILL RETURN