north carolina. why are the democrats going to north carolina? north carolina after all has a giant downside for the democratic party which is organized labor is a really important democratic constituency. and a very embattled one right now. union rights under attack this year essentially anywhere that republicans have governing authority, from washington, d.c., to madison, wisconsin, to columbus, ohio, to anywhere you noticed a teacher picketing or a firefighter writing a letter to the editor. it has been a tough year for union rights. democrats will not be making it any easier on unions when they convene in charlotte, north carolina, since that is a city without a single unionized hotel. this is not some sort of secret that they realized after the fact. democrats made their decision to hold their convention in charlotte in full knowledge of the union rights problem that it presents. but they decided to go there anyway. they decided to go there anyway because north carolina is really important to them. really important specifically to barack oba

north carolina, 13.sources when it comes to swing states. >> the other thing is the dmc conventional. no. i think north carolina, virginia, ohio, i think those are among the three states that could determine the presidency next year. >> what is it about north carolina that republicans have failed to understand which has cost them some of these elections, mainly what happened in 2008 but even the fact they were able to hold. >> i thinkwo legs of the strategy. number one, strong african american population. a lot of those voters don't vote. enthusiasm for the obama poll drove a lot of them to the polls. there are white working class democrats in the north central part of the state and the eastern part of the state that have drifted between the parties. >> and they still drift. >> yeah. they still drift. this is a pure toss up state for both. >> the president is there to talk about the jobs bill. here is his campaign against the republican verse of what they're trying to push in the senate. >> their basic a

>> reporter: scott, north carolina for decades was solidly republican. but in 2008 president obama won this state by a whisper, the first democrat to do so since jimmy carter in 1976. now with his approval ratings falling, the president has a tough sales job. >> we can't do nothing, too many folks are hurting out thereto to do nothing. >> reporter: in ashville, north carolina, the president rolled up his shirt sleeves and capped cast republicans as the party of no. >> they said no to putting teachers and construction workers back on the job. >> reporter: with his jobs bill dead in the senate, mr. obama said he would still fight for parts of his plan and he belittled his opponents. >> we'll break up my jobs bill. maybe they couldn't understand the whole thing all at once. (laughter) so we're going to break it up into bite-sized pieces. >> reporter: today we learned the first piece is a $35 billion provision to keep teachers in the classrooms and police and firefighters on the streets. and the president said republicans pay a political price if they contin

the first order of business, however, is north carolina. a state where the president narrowly won in the last election. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: president obama traveled to asheville, north carolina. the first stop on a three day road trip to push congress to pass his jobs legislation. >> i'll be doing a little bit of talking but mostly, i'll be doing a whole lot of listening. because there doesn't seem to be much listening going on in washington these days. >> if the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: senate republicans blocked his $447 billion jobs package last week. now the president wants lawmakers to pass legislation in pieces, including a $50 billion infrastructure bill. money that could be used to build a new runway at asheville's airport and create construction jobs. >> we can't do nothing. too many folks are hurting out there to do nothing. >> reporter: the president will board a bus and take his case on the road. making several stops in north carolina and virginia. the white house says the trip is strictly abo

do the north carolinas know that they're a great state. have to have some kind of public leadership, like obama's trying to give. >> well, you know, jim hunt did a great job too. >> i forgot him. >> north carolina, we actually invested in the biotech sector. we're the only state about 25 years ago that actually created of the biotech industry. in our state, as a public/private agency. and we have hundreds of thousands of jobs in north carolina at the rtp because the government came together with private industry and helped create this industry in north carolina. so i think we've got to continue doing that. but we've got to do it with democrats and republicans putting aside the partisan bickering, the ideologues, and work together. just last week, i introduced a bill with john mccain as the co-sponsor on the foreign earnings reinvestment act. american companies have, right now, over a trillion dollars sitting overseas, not doing americans any good. if we can bring that money back to our country, we can begin to hire american workers, and on

now, north carolina is important to the president. he only narrowly won that state in 2008. today he hits jamestown, north carolina, then hampton, and then he wrapped up that trip, betty, tomorrow. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us, thank you, susan. >>> now to a disturbing story from china. and a warning, this video is difficult to watch since it involves a child. a 2-year-old girl walking along a narrow street was hit by a van, which stopped, but then continued. no one stopped to help and the child was hit by another van. finally, someone picked her up and amazingly, she is still alive. she's in critical condition. >>> in las vegas, the county coroner confirms that dan wheldon died of head injuries suffered in sunday's car crash. make shut memorials have sprung up outside the indianapolis motor speedway and at the las vegas speedway where he was killed. the 15-car pileup has raised questions about whether the track is too dangerous for indy cars. five time nascar champion jimmie johnson says he for one would not take the risk. >> those cars are going so fast and get a

nice, soft, smart, north carolina, i love going that school.erry bacon joins us right now, a reporter for "the washington post." perry, give me a sense about the jobs bill and whether he can do it piece by piece. now he's talking about, the president, pushing for the teachers' piece in this. about $30 billion to keep teachers employees. that serves two purposes, it's jobs and it's education. >> very unlikely to get that passed. the house republicans have been very clear as they view that along the lines of another version of the stimulus plan. i think that one's going to be very difficult to get through. it's a good message for the president in terms of it's a very popular idea from polls, at least, it's a good message from the president, but i don't that the republicans are going to vote for that. >> how can the republicans vote against teachers? not unions, but teachers, putting teachers back to work and you've got overcrowded classrooms and teachers laid off and their kids are in school? isn't this important, still to the far right, that we

just last week, gingrich and santorum were in south carolina.re nowhere near the top of the polls. have voters decided on their candidates there? why would santorum and gingrich spend so much time in south carolina? >> reporter: well, fredricka, even though the cnn poll has newt gingrich and rick santorum in the single digits in the poll, they believe they have a shot in this race. the two candidates are counting on the fact the same poll, over 50% of the voters still have not made a decision on who they'll -- who they'll vote for. while cain was campaigning elsewhere, gingrich and santorum were trying to solidify support here among tea party activists. thanks to strong debate performances, gingrich has a following. in october he raised $8,000, more than the previous three months combined. that's helping him step up operations in south carolina and elsewhere. >> okay. meantime, you know, is this rather strong tea party state willing to back a career politician though he's seeing that he's getting more support there? i'm talking about newt gingri

we're so solidly red in south carolina.s state in a presidential race was in 1976. so i don't think that obama has much of a chance in south carolina at all. just talking this morning about the most recent poll numbers we've seen on obama where, in south carolina, you have 40% of republicans who don't think he was born in the country and another 30% who think he's a muslim. so, yeah, democrats have a hard time in south carolina at the state level and at the national level, too. >> a hard sell in south carolina, that's for sure. >> yes. >> adam, but, boy, do we love florida. it is always exciting during an election year, what are you picking up there in terms of the trends, democratic or republican? >> well, there's a myth that obama won florida last time with this great turnout from democratic voters and really turning out the base. he won florida because of the independent vote where he beat mccain significantly. he showered the state in ads talking about middle class tax cuts. so he's got a lot of work to do. it is very e

and north carolina has hard hit. we've been right there with michigan in loss of manufacturing jobs. it's a tough economy here. i think north carolinanas and america want the president to be focused on jobs. >> you think about the march we had this weekend, occupy wall street, we're talking about going to the streets, not talking about any violence. we're talking about putting the pressure on, showing masses of people that are concerned, don't you feel that it would be hard for the republicans to ignore that when they really play it up when the tea party was in the streets? now when others that are questioning their industries, all of a sudden we become some funny adjectives that they want to describe us as? >> no, i don't think consistency worries them at all. i don't even think the political consequences of their positions bother them that much. when you look at how they responded to the debt ceiling debacle, when you consider that many of them thought default was fine, there wasn't that much seriousness to the ide

. - vamos con el clima y saludamos a carolina con el primer reporte. >> carolina: espero que esté preparadosicas estarán de nuestro lado. continúas con excelentes temperaturas, bajarán las temperaturas en la medianoche, que llegarán a los cuenta y mañana comenzamos con cielo soleados en la región y bajos niveles de humedad, mediodía tendremos temperaturas de 72 y vientos a dos millas por hora. son bajos niveles de humedad. el domingo tendremos 75 al mediodía y bajos niveles de humedad del 45%, perfecto el día para compartir con la familia al aire libre. a las ocho de la mañana del domingo tenemos 60° y al mediodía 75, a las 3:00 de la tarde casi los 80° y cielo totalmente soleados de punta a punta. llegamos al día feriado de la semana, para disfrutar, después del atardecer necesitará la chaqueta porque las temperaturas caen entre los 40°. esta es la foto de hoy, una muestra de la nube molecular que se encuentra en nuestra galaxia a 2400 a.l de la tierra, hermosa foto. >> juliana: muchas gracias por esa foto. vamos a una pausa y regresamos con más información de interés. >> juliana: si ha pas

certainly no coincidence that he is there in south carolina. want to bring gloria borger back into this conversation. he talks about social security, balancing the budget by 2020. let's still drill down on the spending side. when it comes to reform, what specifics is he talking about? >> it sounds familiar. it sounds like chairman paul ry. on social security, he generally talks about gradually raising the retirement age. about private accounts for younger wokkers, about allowing state and local governments to opt out. he doesn't tell us specifically how. on medicare, gradually raising the eligibility age. perhaps making the wealthy pay more. maybe turning it partly into a voucher system. again, like paul ryan, very few specifics there. just generalizations, but i think what he's trying to show is that he's serious. he's also trying to show he's really different from the other candidates out there. in particular now, herman cain, as you saw him take aim at his tax plan. >> somebody said, hey, how would you compare this to gingrich's plan or cain

black students in the state of south carolina. >> why black students? >> many of them, again, just like the 25% of african-americans in this country do not have state-issued photo identification. >> they don't have driver licenses. >> many people do not have driver's licenses. >> in big city it's the same thing. nikki haley, i don't know what to make of her. she's brand new to politics. why would she be so wind swept and elitist in her conversation? most people don't get on airplanes. i think my parents were on an airplane maybe once in their life. i remember when my grandmother took a trip once, the whole family went off to see her off to st. louis. not everybody is so frisky as to jump up on airplanes all the time. what is she talking about? like everybody flies, therefore everybody should have a voter i.d. card. who is she now? >> well, she's out of touch with reality. you know, she just got back from a trade mission to paris where she sponsored, spent our money, $22,000 on champagne for a cocktail party while out there, stayed in $600 five-star hote

kicks off a three-day tour through north carolina and virginia, which, you guessed it, key, if not the key 2012 states. >>> mitt romney has a bank roll? he polls best against the president yet three out of four republican primaries look add somebody else. the bat tool defend romney in the primary and for the general begins in earnest. >>> this weekend, the "occupy wall street" movement went global. too big to ignore. washington tries to tap into the anger and will it work? we'll hear from a leading progressive voice in the house. >>> it's monday, october 17, 2011. i'm chuck todd in the middle of it. let's get to my first reads of the morning. the president leaves the white house for a three-day bus tour through virginia andn north caroli carolinanic. the latest effort to combine campaigning. taken him to eight states and d.c. to pitch his jobs bill. when the president arrives in asheville, north carolina, he touches down in a state he won in 2008 by just over 14,000 votes where unemployment is at 10.2%. his approval rating sits at 42%. in virginia, unemployment is below the average but

tomorrow, and he will start the day in jamestown, north carolina. the president will start when state at langley air force base and finished his tort in chesterfield, virginia. >>> lawmakers have until the end of the year to act on the extension. if there is none, 2.1 million americans will lose their benefits. last year, congress approved an extension of up to 73 weeks. >>> day 2 of a massive search for a missing montgomery county boy. so far, nothing. police spent the day in a wooded area looking for any trace of william mcquain. the 11-year-old has not been seen since september 30 it. his mother was found stabbed and beaten to death in their home last wednesday. her estranged husband carlos lopez, is charged in her murder. >> i can tell you that it is not a hunch. it is based on investigative leads and information that detectives have. >> he is being held by authorities in charlotte north carolina. today, he waived his right to fight extradition. authorities said they will keep searching tonight until they are satisfied. >>> two armed robberies h

there is just something about north carolina.are just gracious and kind, even the folks who don't vote for me are nice to me. that's just a nice thing about this state. the most important thing i wanted to do was to hear from people like you. it doesn't seem like your voices are being heard in washington right now. >> times are tough for a lot of americans. here in north carolina, there are a lot of folks who have been spending months looking for work and still haven't found it yet. a lot of people are doing their best just to get by. maybe they have been able to keep their job but hours have been cut back or some of their pay and benefits have been rolled back. they are people who are deciding, you know what, we can't afford taking that night out with the family, because we have to save on gas or we have to make the mortgage or we have to postpone our retirement to make sure our child can go to college. it is tough. it is hard. i think most americans know that our economic problems weren't caused overnight. so they recognize the

on fox red skins travel to carolina to take on the 1 and 5 panthers and cam newton averages over 300-rds passing per game the big story yesterday in nfl involves lions and 49ers. jim harbaugh, jim schwartz, niners won, 25-19 but everyone talking about the post game hand shake harbaugh came in hot and slapped schwartz on the back, he took exception, chased down harbaugh was restrained by anthony davis. all the players got involved as well as niners pr stef the two were separated and -- separated and jim harbaugh said this. >> i was revved up it is totally on me i really went in with a strong you know slap grab hand shake kind of like same as i have been doing with con stanza and a few of the other guys that was on me. >> and it is a shame that happened because it takes away from jim harbaugh doing the best job in the nfl right now, brian you and i are from the bay area they are 5 and 1, 1st place, nfc west and went to palo alto high school. >> deserves a high and hard hand shake after all those years in the bay area. >>> now you have the news edge [ female announcer ] starbucks via® is

he arrived in north carolina yesterday to crowds chanting yes, we can. this trip is at least partly about the math here though. there are 28 electoral votes in north carolina and virginia, traditional red states the president carried last time that he hopes stay with him this time. president obama conceded he cannot get congress to pass his whole jobs bill right now. >> maybe they just couldn't understand the whole thing all at once. so we'll break it up into bite- sized pieces. >> it is clearly campaigning and i must say again i've never seen an uglier bus than the canadian one. he is traveling around on a canadian bus touting american jobs. >> tonight, president obama speaks at a high school in emporia, virginia. >>> all eyes will be on republican candidate herman cain in tonight's cnn debate in vegas. he is rising fast and many are wondering if he will be able to handle the increased scrutiny. the new cnn poll has him virtually tied with former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >>> some prince george's countiy voters go to the polls today to elect a

first two of the season, boise state and south carolina. >> gary: south carolina still has a tie-breakerlife. >> verne: third down. gillislee. fourth down. that's vinnie sunserri and his brother the starting quarterback for pittsburgh made the start last night and their dad is an assistant coach on the staff, sal sunserri and ironically sal sunserri was on the staff at louisiana state in 2000 and chose to depart and created the opening ultimately filled by will muschamp. connect the dots. let's update you now on the east. 2-1, florida, south carolina and georgia, vandy, 1-1, tennessee, 0-1. out of conference win today. >> gary: i like georgia. i really do. if i had to pick a team now consider brantley's injury if it's as serious as it appears i think georgia's in the driver's seattle. >> verne: driver's seat? do you ya? >> gary: well, they can crash. >> verne: 40 guys turning left. >> gary: well, after the first play of seven points and then the drop pass over to the outside that's been the end of it. >> verne: here's phillip sims takes a knee. 38-10. >> gary: there's nothing tougher tha

first two of the season, boise state and south carolina. >> gary: south carolina still has a tie-breakerlife. >> verne: third down. gillislee. fourth down. that's vinnie sunserri and his brother the starting quarterback for pittsburgh made the start last night and their dad is an assistant coach on the staff, sal sunserri and ironically sal sunserri was on the staff at louisiana state in 2000 and chose to depart and created the opening ultimately filled by will muschamp. connect the dots. let's update you now on the east. 2-1, florida, south carolina and georgia, vandy, 1-1, tennessee, 0-1. out of conference win today. >> gary: i like georgia. i really do. if i had to pick a team now consider brantley's injury if it's as serious as it appears i think georgia's in the driver's seattle. >> verne: driver's seat? do you ya? >> gary: well, they can crash. >> verne: 40 guys turning left. >> gary: well, after the first play of seven points and then the drop pass over to the outside that's been the end of it. >> verne: here's phillip sims takes a knee. 38-10. >> gary: there's nothing tougher tha

. >> today the man at the middle of his disappearance will be in a north carolina courtroom. mike conneen joins us with details. >> good morning. curtis lopez is expected to make an appearance at an extradition hearing in charlevoix later today. he faces a charge of the first degree murder. officers used cadaver dogs in nearby parks in montgomery county looking for a and body, but they are still holding out hope that william mcquain could be alive. friends and family are holding out hope as well. >> i thought, let's get together as one community and be together. >> classmates and parents held a vigil on sunday to pray for the safe return of missing 11-year- old william mwilliam mcquain and to pray for his mother. >> i would laugh with her one more time and i would hug william one more time. but i know that she's not coming back. we want to get williams back. -- william. >> they cannot find william anywhere. >> where is he? >> detectives have arrested the estranged husband curtis lopez served 13 years in a pennsylvania prison for attempted murder. he will not cooperate in the

south carolina's photo identification law requires people to show a south carolina driver's license,state identification card, military i.d., or passport when they vote. without those forms of identification, the only other ways to vote are through a provisional ballot or absentee ballot. the "ap" analysis shows among the state's 2,134 precincts, there are 10 precincts where nearly all of the law's effect falls on nonwhite voters who don't have state-issued driver's license or i.d. cards. a total of 1,977 voters. the precinct that votes at the historically black benedict college campus center has 2,790 voters including only 9 white voters. in that precinct, 1,343 of the precinct's nonwhite voters, 48% lack state identification. the u.s. justice department is currently reviewing the south carolina's voter i.d. law, any election law changes made there have to be cleared by federal authorities under the voting rights act because of past voting rights abuses in that state. this year, 34 states introduced legislation to create or strengthen voter i.d. laws. of those, seven have been enact

first two of the season, boise state and south carolina. >> gary: south carolina still has a tie-breakerlife. >> verne: third down. gillislee. fourth down. that's vinnie sunserri and his brother the starting quarterback for pittsburgh made the start

he will be in a north carolina courtroom today.ike conneen is at montgomery county police headquarters. >> good morning. curtis lopez is expected to appear at the extradition hearing in charlotte, north carolina, today. he faces a charge of first degree murder and is expected to be processed and then moved to maryland shortly thereafter. officers used an average of this weekend to search two local parks for william mcquain. even though they are searching for bodies police say the of not given up here hope that william might be found alive. family and friends are holding out hope as well. they searched for the child based on what they're calling a turn in the investigation. a vigil was held a board is a return as well as for the memory of his mother, 51-year-old jane mcquain. >> i would laugh with her one more time and i would hug william one more time, but i know she is not comeing b ack. we want to get william mohback. >> classmates and others gathered around their apartment. his stepfather curtis lopez has been arrested. he had s

south carolina pays attention to new hampshire. we say that south carolina and we think typical republican party in the south. however, it's very diverse. you have a lot of retirees in the coast and the lower part of the state from the midwest and the northeast and have a slightly more moderate flavor and emphasize economic and national defense issues over social issues. and in the up country, have you a party more likely to emphasize the social issues. and in the middle of the state, you have small-town conservatives and chamber of commerce type who is emphasize both. >> what do you get with an endorsement like a governor christie? >> two things. you get a brief moment of positive attention, where you get some advocates of that person and detractors. but you get a nice attention. it soaks up the day or the news cycle. the second thing you can get if they are willing to go on the campaign trail and do things for you because you quickly get into a place where you can't be everywhere that everybody wants you to be and having a strong