he says north carolina has the third best business rating. we are above south carolina. we want to do better and we need to do better. a lot of our economy is the trade policy and the credit policy from the federal government eight years ago. on the $3 billion, he is wrong on that and the fact check will show he is wrong. we spent $800 million for hurricane floyd to help the rocky mount audience that is out there today. on education, in today's world, we are not going to out recruit any state or country unless we out educate them. it is a knowledge-based economy and we have to invest in education. the cuts that he supported and will rubber-stamp should he be governor have not helped at all. we have to invest in education and i have a specific plan that does that. this tracking system defines a 15-year-old career before the 15-year-old has defined him or herself. that is not right. i put the money back in that early childhood program. i'm happy to have governor hunt's endorsement. we need to put that money back in. the federal reserve says that the best dollar you can spe

some people like to compare north carolina to south carolina.arolina lines of what the wisconsin. it is counter intuitive. look ideologically, that is where north carolina is close to ideologically. gallup asked citizens whether there are a conservative or liberal. that was up reaction than. i made the comparison. paul ryan and a lot of conservatives sent to washington from wisconsin. north carolina has had conservatives and liberals. both states are very divided. both states are capable of sending vote progressives and conservatives to represent them. we have both urban and rural traditions as well. host: another paper in north carolina. the times news of the burlington has a front-page article this morning. the economy expands at a modest pace. it should have little impact on undecided voters. talk to us about the economy over the last four years in north carolina and what affect it will have in terms of getting out the vote and to people will vote for when they go to the polls. guest: that is why a lot of people presumed they would go for mit

he will when north carolina. the states will be looking at colorado, iowa, new hampshire, iowa, florida. if he would like to get involved, let's kithara n.c. in the number is 202,. five zebras to a 880-900. you can get in touch with the social media, facebook, and e- mail. tell us a little bit about what the game plan is a i used to do addition to the north or lack. are you expecting much more is it to you as from a the can alison e. is. what do you have an impressive the hurricane makes landfall. >> it will continue to watch see whether and see what is going on. we will make sure all of our virtus will make it to the parlors. >> i think it jobs and the economy. they are still hot issues for us. we are not going to be where we want to be, but we have experienced 41 stripes of moniker. this summit will lead to continued under president obama. >> >> i just want to to make a comment about a few people that would call, it is lab person that called about mitt romney being a herman. this country was founded and differe

he says north carolina has the third best business rating. we are above south carolina. we want to do better and we need to do better. a lot of our economy is the trade policy and the credit policy from the federal government eight years ago. on the $3 billion, he is wrong on that and the fact check will show he is wrong. we spent $800 million for hurricane floyd to help the rocky mount audience that is out there today. on education, in today's world, we are not going to out recruit any state or country unless we out educate them. it is a knowledge-based economy and we have to invest in education. the cuts that he supported and will rubber-stamp should he be governor have not helped at all. we have to invest in education and i have a specific plan that does that. this tracking system defines a 15-year-old career before the 15-year-old has defined him or herself. that is not right. i put the money back in that early childhood program. i'm happy to have governor hunt's endorsement. we need to put that money back in. the federal reserve says that the best dollar you can spe

carolina. they sent the vice president and first lady there but it is clear they are not putting as much resources there as they are into other swing states. they can afford to keep the staff there for the most part and not actually pull up stakes. i think quietly you hear from democrats that they are probably not going to win north carolina. host: have been talking with mali ball, did you like to read some of her articles, you can find an online at the atlantic.com/politics. thank you for being on the program. next up, we will be looking at north carolina and our battleground 2012 series with cheap political reporter rob chisrtensen. you are watching "washington journal" date is saturday, october 27 and we will be right back. >> here is a look at some books being published this week -- the journey of felix sparse, the commander of the 157 infantry management is highlighted. the media capitalizes on viewers to garner an audience is the premise behind "race-baker." the transformation of the mari

to charlotte, north carolina. i had been an internet intern that summer off on capitol hill and one of my regrets of the summer was that i had never seen strom thurmond because all of my fellow mentor said you have got to see strom thurmond. he such an unusual appearance about him and i did not know what they meant really. but i had my suspicions. so i'm on the flight and i look ahead in front of me and i see a man who has got an orange colored hair practically. it is so brightly colored and the first generation. i think to melf that must be what strom thurmond's head looks like and of course it wasn't strom thurmond. i knew that when people were reaching over and trying to shake his hand. i thought i want to shake his hand too because i had seen them that summer for the first time and i met all of these politicians that i had seen on tv and it had been a great thrill and i was about to go home and speak it might as rotary club and i wanted to tell them about all the famous people that i met in washington d.c.. i

in mecklenberg, north carolina. betty is on our line for democrats, calling fromia zoo city, -- yazoo city, mississippi. >> hi, good morning. yesterday i watched romney's speech in iowa, economic speech. one of the things that caught my attention was he started complaining about obama and spending and stimulus. but ironically he was given his economic speech at a company that had received his funds. evidently romney needs to do his homework. one more thing, he complain ud 23 million americans out of work, 23 million americans out of work. but when he was at bane capital and caused those plants to close down and shipped the jobs overseas, he's part of the 23 million americans out of work. >> gideon moore, talk to us more about the economic situation in north carolina, and what, if any, stimulus money came through the state and if it's going to have any sort of effect on the election. >> the job situation in north carolina isn't great. it's 9.7% unemployment both here in mecklenberg county and the state in general. i

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south carolina, shouldn't we?ssee and virginia. businesses are moving to south carolina, tennessee, moving to virginia because we have been a non-business friendly state. under the regulations and taxes mr. dalton supported and help pass during the years he's been in office, and it's important -- employers will not hire someone regardless of a tax credit if you can't find the qualified employees. they will not take someone who doesn't have basic writing skills. i've recommended, in detail, an education plan to have two pathways to success in our education. one path way is a four year degree curriculum in the high schools, and another pathway is a vocational degree curriculum. we are forcing way too many people to go to college curriculum when many people have skills to rebuild things, repair things, fix things. this is the old-type of thinking, an elitism in education that i think is hurting the marketplace contributing to the unemployment rate in north carolina. >> we'll talk about education, but a year from now,

about south carolina girls. i guess because it seemed like the smalltalk when made with strom thurmond. i got into a slightly shook his hand again and that was it. but i thought about that story about his favorite book because that story really is a metaphor for the difficulty i had been writing about -- for this challenge they faced in writing about this very controversial figure. it's not easy or straightforward way to write about eight figure is controversial is strom thurmond. sometimes in reading this book, i wondered if some wondered if some of the stuff in this book is not an effort on my part to carry strom thurmond's batch, carry his baggage. and goodness knows he's got baggage that needs carine. but the other challenge i had come to the real challenge in this book was to fight the urge to simply walk away not meet demand face-to-face and present him as a kind of three-dimensional character. that is the challenge i faced. what i wanted to do really was to write a book -- write a history of strom thurmon

just to give you some perspective, i'm in nags head, north carolina. the center of this system is still about 500 miles to my south, well off the coast of florida, and we're already seeing winds that are in the 20s, and a sea that is looking pretty angry, as well. just take a look out there. we're right near this fishing pier. part of this was washed away during hurricane isabel back in 2003. there's a big beach renourishment project that they spent here, $30 million, they're waiting to see if sandy washes those tax dollars away, as well. one of the things here in the carolinas will be the fact that we have onshore winds for a long period of time. we're going to be seeing rain later today. deteriorating conditions overnight, as sandy makes its way up the coast toward you. and then, persistent onshore winds will be bringing coastal flooding, power outages, and the like. just to give you some perspective, last year, during irene, large sections of roads were washed away here in north carolina. power was knocked out to about half a million people, and sev

we have already had 1 million people voted north carolina. -- voters in north carolina. at this point, the democrats are doing better on the early voting, it appears. we don't have a vote count so we don't know exactly what the tally is. if you look at things -- we know things like number of active americans who have voted and that is up from the percentage who voted in 2008. percentage is greater this time at this juncture that was in 2008. the number of younger voters who tend to be more for obama than for running a, a greater percentage is up this time compared to 2008. those are all good signs for the obama campaign. but, what that will mean at the end, we don't know but the obama campaign had a good signal from that. host: we have a chart from an article in the "atlantic." it talks about absentee ballot request in north carolina. host: the democrats made a gain of about 9000. in your observations, do you see more democrats look again for absentee ballots in 2012 over 2008? might this make a difference for the obama campaign? guest: i think the key is in the early vo

north carolina is different throughout.rtation facilities where you have distribution, warehousing, good roads, railroads. we looked at our ports. if you go to that report, you will see what our proposed as a framework for that future transportation infrastructure. as far as funding, we have been a donor state for the federal government. we spend more money -- we send more money to washington d.c. our roads. we have to look at private partnership. it will always be a challenge. we will meet that challenge. the carolina will be a leader in, as in the future. >> mr. mccrory. >> infrastructure is something we have a passion for. it is up to government to provide the necessary infrastructure for, is to proceed and grow in our state. as mayor, one of the first things i did in 1996 was to formulate and implement an infrastructure plan, a transportation, water, sewer plant for 25 years. it is a long-term thing. not to show the plan to the people and have the experts tell you how we connect to the ports, how we connect the rural ar

. >> ifill: then, we have two takes on the battle for north carolina. jeffrey brown reports on the tightening presidential contest. >> brown: barack obama won this state in 2008 by the slimmest of margins with help from a large african-american turnout. four years later in a down economy it looks like his challenge will be even greater. >> woodruff: and we talk with national public radio's greg allen. he focuses on the outreach to hispanics in the tar heel state. >> ifill: then margaret warner updates the investigation into the assault on the u.s. consulate in libya. >> woodruff: we look at new findings showing australia's great barrier reef has lost half its coral in the last 27 years. >> ifill: and we close with snapshots of three of this year's macarthur genius award winners, each with a unique view of war. >> people tend to look at the military, they tend to look at war and they tend to look at conflict as something very black and white. it's not like that at all. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour h

in the african-american community in north carolina. brown: he has decided to sit out the presidential vote >> i'm going to vote for the other offices on the ballot but i'm just not going to cast a vote for the presidency >> brown: you're not? no brown: you feel okay i feel okay about it. my wife tells me i'm crazy. >> ready to go brown: no doubt octave i can't rainy thinks he's crazy too >> you have to vote for people who support our issues. >> brown: a community organizer working with a group called democracy north carolina, rainy walks the streets for hours every weekend, even on this dreary wet saturday, in her college park neighborhood of raleigh. she knows things are bad here. but firmly believes the president is helping make them right. >> it's just like being in a marriage. when you're having problems in a marriage you have to work at it. change don't come overnight. if you are devoted and committed change will come. i do believe that the next four years will be even a bigger change. >> brown: rainy sees african-americans becomi

i said some silly comment about south carolina girls. i guess because the small talk one made with strom strom thurmond. get him to his flight and shook his hand again. that was it. i thought about that story a lot as i have written this book. that story really the metaphor for the difficulty i had in writing about this -- the challenge i faced in writing about this very controversial figure. there's no easier or straightforward way to write about a figure as controversial as strom thurmond. sometimes as i've been reading the book we wondered if some of the stuff in the book is not another effort on my part to carry strom thurmond's back age. -- the challenge i had in the weak was to fight the urge not kind of, you know, simply walk away and not meet the man face to face, you know, and present him as a kind of three dimensional contract. a living breathing human being. that's the challenge i fashion. what i wanted to do, really, is write a book about -- write a history of strom thur monday's america in a way that critical but dissipation

those states over north carolina. dalton: i don't know anybody who likes incentives but the report says they are legal. other states are offering them. we are in the incentive game. is like buying a vehicle. you identify general motors car, ford and toyota and ask what is your incentive and they say five years or zero -- 0% financing and this one has nothing. that one is out of the game. we have to have an incentive package. the key is to make sure our incentives are competitive with other states and the best incentive is our work force and people and the strength of the community college system that does great work force training. in order to keep our jobs here and keep other states from attracting them out and grow jobs in north carolina and attract them we have to have a competitive package. mccrory: the best incentive for new jobs and expansion of jobs in north carolina is for everyone both existing companies and new companies and that is not to have the highest sales tax or corporate tax or income tax in the sout

of south carolina. the surf is getting churned up. we are going to see beach erosion out of this system. and why is it going to turn to the northwest? it's following parallel to the east coast for now. but then monday night it is going to take that turn to the northwest because it's sandwiched and moving in between this huge area of high pressure to the northeast and this stalled front to the west. it's going to school right through the two of those. and as it does so it's going to change form. that's why it's an unusual type of storm that we're talking about affecting new jersey and delaware and maryland. it's not so much a hurricane but it's almost like a post-tropical storm. still huge, still containing powerful winds. but instead of those winds being isolated right to the eye wall as we normally talk about we are seeing tropical storm force winds expecting about 450 miles out from the center of the storm. that's how huge this is. look at all those different computer models. a lot of squiggly lines t

let's go to north carolina. our george howell is in kill devil hills where they've been feeling the effects of this storm for some time now, and it is a slow mover, apparently, as we've been seeing, as we heard from the president there. you're still being pounded by a lot of wind and rain. >> reporter: fredricka, i want to talk about what we just heard from the officials and the president that this is going to be a big storm. the center of the storm hundreds of miles away from where we are now, but we're still within that wind field. on the edge of that wind field where we are here on the outer banks, we're feeling these wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour. think of what it's like closer to the center of that storm, and then think about that storm moving up and making that hook in the major metropolitan areas. what we're seeing here on the outer banks, what we're seeing around north carolina in these counties that have declared states of emergency, this is a taste of what's to come as this storm, again, a big stor

it's such a huge storm, wind warnings from maine down into south carolina -- or north carolina. i want to point out one thing that's important. this is going to be transitioning from a hurricane, meteorologically, to a nor'easter. when that happens, the national hurricane center doesn't monitor it. it goes into the local meteorological offices so hurricane warnings have not been posted in the northeast. hurricane warnings obviously make people realize a huge storm is coming. without warnings, people might not take is seriously. all this brown, think of it as a hurricane warning. it's the same thing, just coming from a different office. a pr thing and technical meteorologistist thing. >> i never knew that but i read your note and it seems we should take this seriously. >> absolutely. >> we're glad you're on it. thank you so much. >>> a state of emergency in north carolina at this moment. parts of that state getting slammed by strong winds all last night as hurricane sandy moves in. elizabeth is standing on the surf at the beach and man, oh, man is it getting stronger. >> i know.

in north carolina, 40 counties so far in north carolina under a state of emergency.interstate 95 corridor. most potential danger to life are these storm surges. they can get as high as 20 feet, as long as 1,500 miles. also, ten million people -- estimated ten million people will be without power. that's really causing a lot of concern. it's going to be a sustained period of people without power, seven to ten days. the big number we got earlier today was the rise in death toll. earlier we were reporting 22 deaths. the death toll is now up to 42. that gives you a sense of what we could be dealing with. all of these deaths concentrated in the caribbean for now, and people hope that it stays that way. this is going to be an expensive storm. already $3.2 billion in estimated damage. it's very, very expensive so far, and the estimates are only going to get higher. >> thank you so much, nick. we appreciate it. >>> did you see them? mitt romney, president obama walking together. how can this be? the answer is simple, if you look close enough, right? >>> on the streets, mitt

we've got a broken government in north carolina. we've got a broken economy in north carolina. but north carolina is the best state in the united states of america. we have unlimited resources. we have to unleash those resources underneath the ground, we have to unleash our educational resources, we have to unleash the private sector, and that's why i'm running for governor. it's time for a carolina comeback, and that's why i'm running for governor, and i really appreciate the people for having us here tonight. >> moderator: i've just been told we have about a minute and a half left, so i have one more question. [laughter] but then we have to go. and it's a very serious question that an ethicist posed to me two days ago. how difficult is it to tell the truth with a capital t in the world of politics? mr. mccrory? mccrory: it's not hard for me at all. my dad, my dad passed away a week after i was elected mayor, and on election night he was very, very sick, and he hugged me in an embrace, and he said, do what's right. do what's right. and i think that's part of our culture that i

and south carolina. and it is going to take this path, following parallel to the eastern seaboard. but look at this setup. we have a stalled front to our west, and we have a huge area of high pressure to the northeast. that's actually going to cause this storm to go in between the two, and monday night into tuesday, that's when conditions are going to deteriorate. we could end up with more than 10 inches of rain in the delmarva peninsula and of course the rough surf will be an issue, as well. alex? >> okay, dylan. thank you for that. in just a few minutes, weather channel meteorologist julie martin will bring us a live report from the north carolina coast where they're certainly gearing up for the storm there. also al roker will be joining us at 7:30 a.m. from delaware. >>> front page politics now. new this morning, president obama in his weekly address emphasizing the progress made four years after the wall street crisis. >> businesses have added more than 5 million new jobs, the unemployment rate has f

remember what happened today in north carolina.ly voting started in north carolina, which we have a huge advantage in, which propelled the president to victory in 2008. so the day that we're turning democrats out to the polls, the republicans say, race is over. no need for anyone to vote. it's over. we're leaving. it's just not true. the race there is close. if you eliminate one outlier poll that showed romney up by nine points, the race is within the margin of error. we have a great ground game there, and we had great turnout on our side for early vote today. >> all right. let me ask you this, though. the president did carry north carolina in 2008. it was a razor-thin margin. 14,000 votes over john mccain, but he was the first democrat to win the state of north carolina in 32 years. that was a significant achievement. there's no question about that. so you really think now that the polls at the romney campaign are pointing to are wrong. do you think they're wrong, they're being stupid, or i mean what's the reason they would do thi

and in north carolina. and in virginia.k they're going to cede any territory at this point. especially when the margins are so razor thin. if it's one or two points, if they have a good ground game, they could overcome. >> al gore: the analysts that i've been listening say that the president has a big advantage where the ground game is concerned. >> jennifer: from georgia to florida, sorry about that cenk. >> it would play out in iowa. >> cenk: if president obama has won north carolina, he's beat him so handily. in the scenarios where he barely wins, the scenarios we care most about, he's not going to be anywhere near in north carolina. why not take those and move them up to ohio, iowa and even nevada where you need him a lot more? >> eliot: are these triage decisions necessary? or do they both have enough money in terms of the game, the tv buys, i think they're at saturation point. in terms of the troops on the ground, i don't know how they deploy people, but in terms of tv buy don't they have enough money to beat these ma

it should be off the coast of south carolina. it will not evolve off the south carolina coast. she parallels north and south carolina pretty well be she does make a turn. and then right now still forecast to make a left turn into the delmarva and into pennsylvania. this is not a good track for us. it's not the worst case scenario but it's pretty close. 60 miles an hour winds with the storm itself and that is 2:00 p.m. on tuesday. monday night and tuesday the time frame hasn't change. let's talkn't the wind field. look how big the wind field is. it's 300-miles in diameter. so by 8:00 a.m. on sunday there will be tropical storm forced winds across eastern north carolina, haters are, outer banks and out intoner foaling and into del mar. by monday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. the winds that are stronger over 58 miles an hour are still just offshore with the tropical storm forced wind back inland to i-95. problem is at 3:00 p.m. on monday the storm hasn't made a left turn. eventually this big bulls eye of winds will move ashore. because it's so big, doesn't really matter in terms of a 50-

north carolina. i find it telling he was in the triangle on that day. he went to the fair but did not come to this debate of a significant number of people. i went to the debate. i went to the fair. i want to represent 100% of the people. what they said is that they found his policies also offensive. what you will see is that his tax plan has an $11 billion hole in it. that means that 80% of north carolinaans are going to pay more taxes. the middle class, senior citizens, working families. they found that offensive. they found that him having scott walker in, who has divided wisconsin, saying that he was going to divide and conquer teachers and state employees. they found that offensive. those are not racially motivated ads. those are leaders in the african-american community that said we have concerns about this. we do not think he understands that experience. moderator: mr. mcrory. >> the ad said much more than what mr. dalton actually is saying. but i'm not going to dwell on that ad. i was very pl

still hovering in the north carolina coast? >> still out there. everybody says it's a category 1 with a mid-latitude low. a mid-latitude low that can make a snowstorm all by itself. all of a sudden you have a mid-latitude low. it's called a snowstorm. add a hurricane to it and all of a sudden you have extra charge. one plus one equals three on this one because you're going to get a super low pressure start. even though it's 75 miles an hour, it has the pressure of a category i category 2, category 3 storm. tropical surge 400 miles on both sides of the eye. you're talking an 800-mile swath. that can produce gusts strong enough to knock down trees, knock down power lines. it will take a long time to put all this back together if the infrastructure is going to get damaged. there is no question about it. we just hope that you pretend that this thing is not a category 1. just make sure you're thinking of 2-3 as you're making your preps, especially if you're along the coast. >> storm surges, that's where a lot of danger and trouble can result. we're tal

sandy will begin to edge up into the carolinas. the cold air marching in. that will help connect with sandy. here are the two potential tracks, mike masco putting this graphic together. you can see the winds gusting. if we get that track into maryland, into delaware, that's the more concerning track for us here locally. perhaps, though, we'll get that more northern track which will bring it toward long island new york. there could still be coastal flooding. we'll have a winds wrapping around out of the west. that's going to pile up chesapeake bay. overall we'll have an impact no matter what. major storm potential, long duration event. we will see the crawl. we'll have wind and rain each of those days much the flood potential will be there. how much depends on the exact final track of the storm. we'll have a better handle friday into saturday. here we go 58 degrees, mostly cloudy. tomorrow, no big deal, cool and misty, mostly cloudy at 68. the next few days prepare for the storm. prepare for the worst case scenario. it's not going to hurt. as we go from sund

nags head, north carolina, this morning.att? >> reporter: good morning, ginger. just over the past couple official hours, the wind has really started to howl through here, whipping up the waves. bringing up this seafoam. and this monster storm is still 450 miles away. up and down the atlantic coast, states declaring states of emergency. states of preparedness. there's sandbags being deployed in washington, d.c. with the lopsided behemoth lumbering towards them, all atlantic states are declaring states of energy, including virginia. >> this is still an unpredictable weather event. but one that is possibly very dangerous weather event for the commonwealth of virginia. we're used to having hurricanes. we're just not used to having them in late october. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, linesmen were out reinforcing power lines, bracing for days' long blackouts. and nearly the entire navy fleet in norfolk is now under sail. and 23 ships steaming out of port and harm's way. and officials are closely watching the eight refiner

so here's sandy, you see off the coast of north carolina.gh we're getting the impacts now with heavy rain, the actual center still offshore. high pressure to the east over the ocean. then a really deep trough of low pressure coming from the west. normally you'd think, well, this will just push it off shore. it's doing the opposite, injecting. like a fuel injection. it's giving it more energy to pull it back on to shore. that's part of what's happening. and not only that because it will come on shore, we know that. behind it, you have some super strong cold air wrapping in behind the hurricane. so it's a hurricane that will eventually bring cold air and snow, brooke. an amazing meets logical dynamic -- meteorological dynamic situation that's unprecedented and really dangerous. millions cou lose power from one storm. >> think about it, all the kids ready it trick-or-treat this upcoming week. you think about the timing, also with the election and campaign

look at all of the rain associated with this, back toward portions of north carolina, they've already seen trees down into portions of eastern north carolina, as of 11:00, the latest advisory, winds are still at 75 miles an hour, the pressure is down to 965 mill low bars. the movement to the northeast at 14 miles an hour. the track taking it out and right back into our area, here we are tuesday around 3:00, expecting the center to be close to our region. it doesn't matter if it's north of us or up toward new york, the wind field from this will be so expansive, we can expect to see tropical storm force winds from new york and boston all the way back down toward raliegh, north carolina and back toward ohio. it may not be called a hurricane when it lands here, it may not be a nor'easter, no what thor what it is, we're still going to call it sandy at snooze 4, it's going to bring us those big time winds. rain, down toward portions of the eastern shore, also southern maryland, that's mostly where it will stay. you're seeing rain along portions of the delmarva too. the heaviest rain is on t