THE CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE. AND FIRST, AT 4:00, BREAKING NEWS FROM UNC GREENSBORO, WHERE LEADERS HAVE FINALIZED A DECISION TO CUT SEVERAL PROGRAMS. THIS COMES AFTER WEEKS OF PUSHBACK FROM THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. OUR KELLI KENDALL IS IN GREENSBORO TONIGHT, AND KELLI. HOW ARE PEOPLE REACTING TO THE NEWS. HI. WELL, STUDENTS AND FACULTY I’VE TALKED TO ARE EXPRESSING THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT AND ANGER AT TODAY’S MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR THAT 20 PROGRAMS WILL BE CUT FROM THE UNIVERSITY. NOW, I WANT TO READ YOU A STATEMENT THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY AZERI JOURNEY, ONE OF THE LEAD ORGANIZERS WITH THE GREENSBORO STUDENT ORGANIZATION. IT SAYS, QUOTE, AS STUDENTS, WE HAVE LOST FAITH IN THOSE CHARGED WITH OUR EDUCATION. THE ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO REVIEW PROCESS WAS RUSHED, INACCURATE AND FILLED WITH ERRORS. END QUOTE. NOW, JUST AS A REMINDER, SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS INCLUDE ANTHROPOLOGY, AG PHYSICS, AND SEVERAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE’VE BROUGHT YOU COVERAGE OF SEVERAL FORUMS HELD BY THE UNIVERSITY FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND ALUMNI, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN AGAINST THESE CUTS. THERE IS A FULL LIST OF THE PROGRAMS CUT ON WXII 12.COM, AND WE WILL COTINUE TO BRING YOU COVERAGE OF REACTIONS FROM STUDENTS AND STAFF IN GREENSBORO. I’M. I’M KELLY KENDALL, WXII 12 NEWS. AND MORE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ALAMANCE COUNTY. THE ALAMANCE BURLINGTON SCHOOL SYSTEM CONFIRMS IT IS NOW CONSIDERING TO ALSO CUT SOME POSITIONS THERE. THE DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON SAYS DUE TO BUDGETARY CHALLENGES, IT WILL CONSIDER A REDUCTION IN FORCE PROPOSAL THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT A BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IN TWO WEEKS. NO WORD ON ANY SPECIFIC POSITIONS THAT MIGHT BE ELIMINATED OR HOW MANY. A CARVER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TODAY AFTER THEY WERE STABBED WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHO TELL US THE STUDENT WAS STABBED BY ANOTHER STUDENT. THREE TIMES DURING A FIGHT. THE PERSON INJURED IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE STUDENTRILLIONESPONSIBLE WILL FACE CONSEQUENCES. AND POLICE IN CHARLOTTE ARE INVESTIGATING A FALSE REPORT OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TODAY AT UNC CHARLOTTE, ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY. CMPD GOT CALLS CLAIMING GUNFIRE RANG NEAR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION BUILDING AND THAT WAS JUST BEFORE NOON. OFFICERS RESPONDED QUICKLY AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NO ACTUAL THREAT. ANOTHER MAJOR STORY OUT OF THE QUEEN CITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE CAROLINA PANTHERS FORMALLY INTRODUCING THEIR NEW LEADERSHIP, SPORTS DIRECTOR JOHN JOHNSON IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO, AND JOHN LEADERS AND FANS ALIKE HOPE THIS MEANS BETTER SEASONS ARE AHEAD FOR THE PANTHERS. THAT’S RIGHT GUYS, IT’S A NEW ERA OF PANTHERS FOOTBALL BOTH ON AND OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD. THE ORGANIZATION INTRODUCING DAN MORGAN AS THEIR NEW GENERAL MANAGER AND PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS. THE TEAM ALSO INTRODUCING DAVE KANNAPOLIS AS THEIR NEXT HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO WAS EVIDENT. THIS MORNING AND ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BOTH MORGAN AND KANNAPOLIS VOICED BEING ON THE EXACT SAME PAGE. THE TWO ALSO SHARE A HISTORY TOGETHER, HAVING WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS DURING THEIR TIME IN SEATTLE. NOW FOR MORGAN, THURSDAY WAS HIS FIRST STEP TOWARDS PUTTING HIS FINGERPRINTS ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM, WITH KANNAPOLIS BEING AT THE FRONT AND CENTER OF THAT PROJECT. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT CANDIDATES. I THINK DAVE JUST STOOD OUT FROM THE REST. IT’S HIS PERSONALITY. AS YOU KNOW, CONTAGIOUS. UM, HIS ENTHUSIASM, THE PASSION THAT HE THAT HE CARRIES WITH EVERY COMMENT THAT HE MAKES. UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY AN EASY SELL AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, DAN AND I HAVE SOME HISTORY. SO THEN I THOUGHT, SHOOT, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME SOME OF THE SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS, THERE’S A DYNAMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE HEAD COACH AND THE GM. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, AS I’VE GOTTEN TO MEET THE TEPPER’S TO, TO FEEL THEIR, THEIR COMPETITIVE NATURE, THEIR PASSION FOR WHAT THEY WANT, HEAR WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE WHEN THEY COME OUT TO THE PRACTICE FIELD, AND JUST KIND OF KNOWING I CAN BE THAT WITHOUT FAKING ANYTHING. NOW, DURING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, KANNAPOLIS WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO SPEAK GLOWINGLY ABOUT QUARTERBACK BRYCE YOUNG. HE TRULY BELIEVES THE BEST IS YET TO COME WITH THE QUARTERBACK IN FACT, COMING UP AT 5:00, WE’LL HEAR FROM THE COACH AND HIS PLANS WITH BRYCE. GUYS. HEY, JOHN. THANK YOU. BLACK HISTORY MONTH OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY. NOW ON THIS FEBRUARY 1ST. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN THE TRIAD TO CELEBRATE. IT WAS 64 YEARS AGO TODAY FOR FRESHMEN AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. TOOK A STAND BY SITTING DOWN AT THE SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTER IN WOOLWORTH’S IN GREENSBORO THIS MORNING. THE ANTI CAMPUS COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO HONOR THEIR LEGACY WITH A BREAKFAST WE SPOKE ONE ON ONE WITH THE SON OF ONE OF THE LEGENDARY MEMBERS OF THE GREENSBORO FOUR. YOU’LL HEAR FROM HIM COMING UP THIS AFTERNOON AT 430. IN THE MEANTIME, STUDENTS AT ONE TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL GOT THE CHANCE TO HEAR FROM A MAN WHO TOOK PART IN THE SIT IN MOVEMENTS IN THE 1960S. JOSHUA DAVIS JOINS US NOW FROM WINSTON-SALEM. CLARENCE HENDERSON WAS A STUDENT AT NORTH CAROLINA A AND T UNIVERSITY. ON FEBRUARY FIRST, 1960. AND LIKE MANY OF HIS PEERS, HE TOOK PART IN THE FAMOUS GREENSBORO SIT INS BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THOSE WHO FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. THOSE WERE HIS WORDS TO STUDENTS AT PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT’S A LESSON HE’S CARRIED WITH HIM IN THE DECADES SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. HE TOLD THE STORY OF HOW EZELL BLAIR JUNIOR, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE GREENSBORO FOUR AND A CHILDHOOD FRIEND, ASKED HIM TO TAKE PART AND HOW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM. HE DO SOMETHING TO MAKE HIS COMMUNITY BETTER. HENDERSON ALSO TOOK QUESTIONS FROM STUDENTS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM EDUCATION TO LEADERSHIP. HE CHALLENGED STUDENTS TO GO OUT AND MAKE THE WORLD AROUND THEM A BETTER PLACE. SO ONE DAY THIS COUNTRY WILL TRULY LIVE UP TO THOSE FAMOUS WORDS. ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. I HOPE THEY GET A SENSE OF SELF TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AMERICA BETTER. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY ARE GOING TO BECOME LEADERS, THEY HAVE TO BE GREAT SERVICE. THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND NOT THEMSELVES. HENDERSON SAID HE COULDN’T HELP BUT BE PROUD OF THE STUDENTS WHO CAME, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, THERE’S HOPE FOR THE FUTURE IN WINSTON-SALEM. I’M JOSHUA DAVIS FOR WXII 12 NEWS. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIT IN MOVEMENT, WE AUTOMATICALLY THINK OF THE ICONIC GREENSBORO FOUR. BUT WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT WOMEN AT BENNETT COLLEGE PLAYED A VITAL PART IN WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 1960S. ONE OF THOSE WOMEN IS ROSALYN SMITH MCLEAN. SHE WAS ONE OF THE BENNETT COLLEGE STUDENTS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, HELPING INITIATE PLAN AND STRATEGIZE WHEN PROTESTS WOULD TAKE PLACE WITH THE MEN FROM ANTI STATE UNIVERSITY, SHE SAYS THEY WOULD MEET AND DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN DURING PICKETING DOWNTOWN. AND SHE ADDS, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO STAND FOR SOMETHING. I KNEW THAT THOSE DAYS THAT I CAME DOWNTOWN, THAT I WAS FULFILLING MY OWN PURPOSE OF THE BEGINNING OF FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS, AND THOSE RIGHTS ARE VERY PRECIOUS. I’VE HAD THE PLEASURE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF A MOVEMENT THAT NOW I LOOK BACK AT AS HISTORICAL AND IT’S A MEMORY THAT’S ETCHED IN MY MIND. AND WHEN I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, I TELL THAT STORY, SHE. SAYS. IT SOMETIMES SURPRISES HER THAT PEOPLE DON’T REALLY EVEN UNDERSTAND THE SIT IN MOVEMENT, AND SHE THINKS MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE AND AWARE OF BENNETT COLLEGE’S INVOLVEMENT. ALL RIGHT, TURNING NOW TO THE FORECAST. AT 4:00, A LIVE LOOK OVER WINSTON-SALEM, A NICE DAY TO BEGIN THIS NEW MONTH. AND IT WAS ALMOST HARD TO FIND A CLOUD IN THE SKY EARLIER. METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE KENNEDY IS WITH US TODAY AT 4:00, AND THOSE CLOUDS WILL MAKE A COMEBACK TONIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES STILL OUT THERE, RIGHT NOW, BUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THINGS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING. YOU’VE GOT THAT AREA OF LOWER PRESSURE STRETCHED OUT AND THAT’S THAT BLACK LINE THAT YOU SEE THERE. THAT’S WHAT WE CALL TROUGHS AND THAT’S GOING TO PRODUCE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUDINESS FOR US LATER AS MORE MOISTURE ARRIVES AS WELL. YOUR TEMPERATURES DOWN THERE UP INTO THE 50S, I SHOULD SAY. REALLY NOT DOWN TODAY. WE DID MAKE IT FROM THE 30S EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THOSE MID 50S. IT FEELS PRETTY COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW. YOU’RE AT 56 DEGREES SO FAR. THIS IS YOUR AFTERNOON HIGH. AND WE MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO TOP OUT A BIT MORE IN A FEW SPOTS HERE. AT 58 DEGREES IN WILMINGTON. OVERALL, A PRETTY NICE DAY. WINDS GENERALLY OUT OF THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU INTO THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60 AGAIN TOMORROW. AND BY LATER THIS EVENING WE ARE OF COURSE STACKING UP THOSE CLOUDS THAT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES A BIT MORE MODERATE BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. ONLY THE UPPER 30S FOR MORNING LOWS. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE WE DIP TOO FAR DOWN AND THAT MEANS FOR US THAT THE RAIN CHANCES ARE NOT REALLY IN THE PICTURE. IT’S JUST THE TEMPERATURES START OUT IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S, SO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK AND THEN OVERCAST CONDITIONS. BUT IF YOU’RE SETTING THOSE TEE TIMES FOR TOMORROW, I WOULD RECOMMEND AFTER WE GET SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS CLEARING IN THE MORNING HOURS. SO AFTERNOON YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE SUNSHINE AND HIGHS NEAR 60 DEGREES AS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING HOSPITALIZED, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN IS ADDRESSING THE U.S. RESPONSE TO THE SOLDIERS KILLED BY IRAN BACKED MILITIAS. HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT HIS SECRETIVE HOSPITAL IZATION LAST MONTH AND CANCER DIAGNOSIS. CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE DETAILS. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN PROMISES A ROBUST U.S. MILITARY RESPONSE IS COMING AFTER AN IRANIAN BACKED DRONE STRIKE KILLED THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS IN JORDAN SUNDAY. THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON AMERICAN TROOPS, AND NEITHER WILL I. WE WILL RESPOND WHEN WE CHOOSE WHERE WE CHOOSE AND HOW WE CHOOSE. AS IT WAS AUSTIN’S FIRST TIME FACING REPORTERS SINCE HIS DECEMBER PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS, THE NEWS SHOOK ME, AND I KNOW THAT IT SHAKES SO MANY OTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO KEEP IT PRIVATE. AUSTIN DID NOT INFORM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR WEEKS ABOUT HIS DIAGNOSIS, SURGERY AND THE COMPLICATIONS AFTERWARD THAT SENT HIM BACK TO THE HOSPITAL. I NEVER DIRECTED ANYONE TO KEEP MY JANUARY HOSPITALIZATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE DEFENSE SECRETARY HAS APOLOGIZED TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. I SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE PRESIDENT ABOUT MY CANCER DIAGNOSIS. I SHOULD HAVE ALSO TOLD MY TEAM AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. LLOYD AUSTIN DID EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING. AND COMING FORWARD NOW, NOW, HE MADE A MISTAKE EARLIER, BUT HE’S HANDLED IT AS WELL AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN, AUSTIN SAID. BY KEEPING HIS CANCER TREATMENT A SECRET, HE MISSED A CHANCE TO LEAD ON AN IMPORTANT AND PREVENTABLE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. I’M HERE WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OTHER MEN, ESPECIALLY OLDER MEN, GET SCREENED, GET YOUR REGULAR CHECKUPS. AUSTIN DOES NOT PLAN TO RESIGN A PENTAGON INVESTIGATION INT