Overturned tractor-trailer closes North Point Blvd. in Winston-Salem (2025)

AWAY. HAPPENING NOW. AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A MISSING BABY. GARNER POLICE SAY 13 MONTH OLD GRECIA ALEJANDRO BENITEZ WAS ABDUCTED ALONG WITH HER MOTHER. ALONDRA, THEIR PICTURES ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. BOTH MOM AND BABY ARE BELIEVED TO BE WITH THREE UNKNOWN PEOPLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TWO MALES, ONE FEMALE, ALL OF HISPANIC DESCENT. THE INFANT WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A PINK PAJAMA SHIRT WITH RED AND YELLOW STRIPED PAJAMA PANTS. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THE CITY OF GARNER IN A BLACK NISSAN ALTIMA. CALL 911 WITH ANY INFORMATION. IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US THIS HOUR FOR DRIVERS IN FORSYTH COUNTY, I WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION ALERT. ONE LANE WILL CLOSE ALONG I-74 NEAR UNION CROSS ROAD. THIS CLOSURE WILL LAST FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 3 P.M. EVERY DAY UNTIL MAY 2ND. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE DRIVING IN THAT AREA DURING THAT TIME FRAME, DEFINITELY USE CAUTION FOR CREWS ON THE SCENE THERE FOR YOUR TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. RIGHT NOW, NO INCIDENTS TO REPORT AT THIS TIME IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MARKS 100 DAYS IN OFFICE, WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES. AMY LU JOINS US IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU THIS MORNING WITH MORE ON THE PRESIDENT’S PERFORMANCE. AMY. WE SPOKE WITH EXPERTS ON SOME OF THE TOP ISSUES. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RAN ON IN THE 2024 CAMPAIGN SEASON AND CHECKED WHERE HE IS NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN POLICY, PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION SAY THEY’RE DELIVERING ON THE ISSUES. WE’RE GOING TO TARIFF THE HELL OUT OF COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US WITH A TON OF TARIFFS AGAINST OTHER COUNTRIES AS PART OF A LARGER PROMISE TO LOWER INFLATION AND PRICES SPURRED DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING AND USHER IN A GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA. I THINK WE SHOULD EXPECT A RATHER SIGNIFICANT HIT TO THE US ECONOMY, AS OPPOSED TO SOME SORT OF GOLDEN AGE, THE MARKETS AND POSSIBLY THE ECONOMY TAKING A HIT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE TARIFFS ON HOLD AS THE ADMINISTRATION NEGOTIATES NEW TRADE AGREEMENTS STRAINING ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ALLIANCES AS THE U.S. DEMANDS NATO AND OTHER ALLIES STEP UP, AND EVERY SINGLE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS THAT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS CREATED, PROMISING TO END WARS IN UKRAINE AND GAZA, BUT HAS YET TO DELIVER ON ANY PEACE DEALS, HE VOWED. BEFORE HIS 100 DAYS. WHAT I THINK WE’RE MISSING RIGHT NOW IS AN OVERARCHING STRUCTURE, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR FOREIGN POLICY IS AND BACK HOME, VOWING TO SET AN IMMIGRATION RECORD, LAUNCH THE LARGEST DEPORTATION PROGRAM IN AMERICAN HISTORY, ON TRACK TO FULFILLING A PROMISE TO DEPORTING SCORES OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. LIKE THIS WEEK IN COLORADO AND LAST MONTH SENDING HUNDREDS OF ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS TO A PRISON IN EL SALVADOR. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THIS PROBLEM SOLVED. BUT THE WAY THE PRESIDENT IS DOING IT MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE TOO FAR FOR A LOT OF THOSE VOTERS. AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN BUSY. OUR HEARST TELEVISION DATA TEAM FOUND HE HAS SIGNED 142 EXECUTIVE ORDERS EVER SINCE TAKING OFFICE. MANY OF THEM FACING COURT CHALLENGES, BEGGING THE LARGER QUESTION OF JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THESE ACTIONS ARE IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU, THANK YOU AMY, AND WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM WASHINGTON COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR OF NEWS AS TRUMP HITS HIS 100TH DAY IN OFFICE TODAY. AGAIN, RIGHT NOW ON OUR APP AND WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND AN ANALYSIS OF SOME KEY ECONOMIC MARKERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SECOND TERM. SO FAR. WE NOW HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SEARCH FOR AN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT FOR WINSTON-SALEM FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS. BOARD MEMBERS MET YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THIS POSITION. OUR ERIN BURNETT JOINS US NOW IN STUDIO. SO, ERIN, WHO DO LEADERS SAY THEY WANT? WELL, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE WHO CAN HANDLE THE DISTRICT’S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. THE BOARD HOPES TO FINALIZE THE TERMS OF THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENTS CONTRACT BY MAY 13TH, THEN APPROVE IT BY MAY 27TH. THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND SWEARING IN COULD HAPPEN SOMETIME BETWEEN MAY 27TH AND JUNE 1ST. SINCE A PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT COULD TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO FIND. BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY WANT TO FIND SOMEONE QUICKLY WHO CAN GET TO WORK ON THE DISTRICT’S ISSUES RIGHT AWAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PASS THAT TORCH TO THE INTERIM, BECAUSE THAT INTERIM IS GOING TO BE THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND AND IT NEEDS TO BE FLAWLESS AND SMOOTH AND A GOOD TRANSITION. AND WE WILL HAVE SOME OVERLAP, I BELIEVE, WITH OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT. SO SHE CAN HELP THE INTERIM. BUT WE I’M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE’RE GOING TO FIND A GOOD, STRONG, STRONG INTERIM THAT CAN TAKE THIS TAKE THIS PLACE. THE BOARD HAS TWO MONTHS BEFORE SUPERINTENDENT TRICIA MCMANUS RETIRES ON JUNE 30TH. THAT’S THE SAME DAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER THOMAS CRANTS IS RESIGNING. MCMANUS WAS NOT AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING. SHE SAYS SHE IS SUPPORTING THE BOARD DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD, BUT IS NOT PART OF THE HIRING PROCESS.