he went on to win north carolina. a democrat won in north carolina. bill clinton did not win north carolina either time. but barack obama did. he did. just barely. he won by a little more than 14,000 votes. that was the first time a democrat had carried north carolina in a presidential election since jimmy carter. the obama campaign thought the state of north carolina was within reach. they pumped $15 million into the state to try to win it and they won it. they won on the strength of some key voting groups in the state. for example, voters 29 and younger voted for barack obama 74% to 26%. look at the african-american vote in north carolina. black voters in the state went for barack obama 95%-5%. turnout in the '08 presidential election was up across the country. that, of course, was a big historic election. it drew lots and lots of attention. turnout in north carolina was way up. it was the largest increase in turnout anywhere in the country between the '04 election and '08 election was in north carolina, and it was not just a flash in the pan for th

rick hassan, professor at university of north carolina, says looking at the north carolina bill pat mccroryust signed, he said it's the worst voter suppression bill signed into law in any state since 1965 when the voting rights act passed. what's becoming clear all of a sudden this week in north carolina is that that bill, that radical bill, that huge overhaul of north carolina voting rights that pat mccrory signed on monday, that is not a standalone thing. it apparently is just part of an overall plan, a multipart plan to radically change democracy in that state. a plan that includes more than just this new law that's already being put into effect. you can see it happening this week in these counties. this is appalachian state university in north carolina. take a look. ♪ hot, hot, hot >> obviously part of their promo video, the very friendly, hot, hot, hot, appalachian state university in the northwest county of north carolina, in boone, watauga county, north carolina. watauga county went for mitt romney in the presidential election but just barely. it was really close. the specific voter

i want to talk about an interesting trend in several states across the country places like north carolina wisconsin and minnesota that have been revamping and introducing new legislation that largely largely caters to a single political party what we're seeing is a growing trend of a single party that controls the executive and legislative offices in any given state in fact there are currently thirty seven states where one party controls the majority vote and that's up from one thousand nine hundred steps just a decade ago according to the milwaukee journal sentinel and you know this could explain why we're seeing a growing number of protests against extreme legislation on a state level in take for instance the recent abortion bill in texas or the voter laws in other states but really i think there's a failure to address the real elephant in the room gerrymandering it seems that with every new election cycle new lines are being drawn in every state that looks more like a five year old's coloring book than a state map. and it's really becoming a systemic problem to see once a district has

moral mondays in north carolina, on mondays, in north carolina. moral mondays started back in june. people started showing up at the state capitol, protesting inside the state capitol building getting arrested week after week. more than 900 people have been arrested so far in those demonstrations altogether. now that the state legislature is out of session, they've been moving moral mondays around the state. the first one they held outside the capitol was in the mountain town of asheville, north carolina. thousands of people showing up on a monday to protest their government. look at that in asheville. last night moral mondays on the road was in charlotte. which, of course, is where pat mccrory spent seven terms as mayor before he became the governor. >> quite a few people showed up. maybe more than was expected. >> absolutely, paul. 2,000 people according to charlotte police. all of these protesters have one thing in common. they are frustrated with the direction the state legislature has taken in raleigh and they wanted their voices heard. everything from cuts to education, to the

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well there's a facebook site more on monday and you can also go to the north carolina. website to find out more about the local organizing we also have various committees throughout the state and boom we have the boon direct action committee where we'll be focusing on getting out the vote registering voters and informing voters of the decisions they have before them john thank you so much for your time and stopping by today that was john fortenberry activist and independent journalist in north carolina thanks again thank you many. our guys up to the break will talk about the hunger strike at guantanamo bay as it reaches its six month mark sic around. wealthy british style the sun. spot on. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. on . more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. live. live. the speech. live. live. live.

well there is a facebook site more on monday and you can also go to the north carolina. website to find out more about the local organizing we also have various committees throughout the state and we have the boon direct action committee will be focusing on getting out the vote registering voters and informing voters of you know the decisions they have before them john thank you so much for your time and stopping by today that was john fortenberry activist and independent journalist in north carolina thanks again thank you manage. all right guys after the break we'll talk about the hunger strike at guantanamo bay as it reaches its six month mark. wealthy british. time to. market. why not what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into the report. with. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. king right on the sixty. first street he lives and i predict future. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. to be on the list on. t

well there's a facebook site more on monday and you can also go to the north carolina. website to find out more about the local organizing we also have various committees throughout the state and boom we have the boon direct action committee we will be focusing on getting out the vote registering voters and informing voters of the decisions they have before them john thank you so much for your time and stopping by today that was john fortenberry activists and independent journalist in north carolina thanks again thank you many. all right guys up to the break we'll talk about the hunger strike at guantanamo bay as it reaches its six month mark sic around. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then something else you hear sees some other part of it and realize that everything is. welcome to the big picture. lens. is it possible to navigate the economy with all the details of his text and misinformation and media hype you up to date by decoding the mainstream like states if in your. book. the. look. the a. led mission is. cretac

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law in north carolina.ublican state representative tom murry is a co-author of the measure, and democratic u.s. representative g.k. butterfield is a former north carolina supreme court justice and critic of the new law. gentlemen, we welcome you both to the newshour. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> woodruff: representative murry, why was it necessary to reform the state's voting law? >> i think voter cyd one of those subjects that is so common sense that most people in north carolina wondered why we didn't do in the the first place. i'm proud that north carolina has joined the 34 other states to enact a common-sense road is voter i.d. law that isn't going to impact a significant amount of north carolinians. what we identified when we were analyzing this bill is that 97% of the people that voted in twelve had a direct match in the division of motor vehicles database. so we're willing to work over the next few years towards 2016 to make sure that anyone that needs a photo i.d. can get one and we're

it's not the kind of thing that our clients in north carolina and our co-counsel in north carolina can tolerate. it's a terrible bill all around. some people have called it the most suppressive voting law that's been enacted in the last 50 years, pretty much since the voting rights act was passed in 1965. so it's really something that we just have to challenge under both the constitution and the voting rights act. >> nia, they are really trying to discourage students from voting. they say it has to be a government-issued i.d. but they will not accepts any i.d.s issued by their government-run universities and colleges in that state. they're not considering those to be government issued i.d.s. no student i.d.s are acceptable. and the targeting there is pretty obvious, isn't it? >> it is. lots of college students in north carolina, they've got duke, unc, north carolina, anc central as well, and one of the things they're also trying to do is say that 16 and 17-year-olds can't register early for when they turn 18. so i think clinton is right. clinton was giving a speech on voter suppression

be your move, south carolina. oh, you thought you had craziest carolina all sewn up didn't you with your run away governors and rampant horse [bleep] and it gives me no pleasure saying this. you may be able to lose lose >> welcome back it was a gorgeous weekend here in the northeast, sunny, not too humid. if are you anything like me it was a perfect time to get outside, buy a bagel and head immediately back indoors to watch internet videos for a solid hour. specifically you choose cat videos, look, it's a cat playing what water. cats usually don't like water. but this particular cat loves it. you silly soggy cat! you silly cat. just harmless fun that everyone can enjoy. and then i made one crucial mistake. i scrolled down through the comments and i swear this is true, bang, obama is a [bleep] idiot. for no reason. now look, i count stand njh 84's point if this cat was somehow involved in a benghazi cover-up. but i'm pretty sure it wasn't. we don't have the evidence that suggests that. also, if the cat's name was o

those comments from colin powell in north carolina on thursday made a lot of waves in north carolina. but then secretary, former secretary of state colin powell reiterated that critique for a national audience when he went on cbs yesterday morning. >> here's what i say to my republican friends. the country is becoming more diverse. asian-americans, hispanic-americans and african-americans are going to constitute majority of the population in another generation. you say you want to reach out, you say you want to have a new message, you say you want to see if you can bring some of these voters to the republican side. this is not the way to do it. the way to do it is to make it easier for them to vote then give them something to vote for that they can believe in. many states are putting in place procedures and new legislation that in some ways makes it harder to vote. you need a photo i.d. you didn't need a photo i.d. for decades before. they claim there's widespread abuse or voter fraud. nothing documents or substantiates that. there isn't widespread abuse. >> former secretary of state

that's in north carolina.is would prevent, i guess, trying to rush a lot of people and get them registered and voting as part of a get out the vote effort. right? >> yes. this is where the two sides face a partisan issue. democrats are excellent at get out the vote efforts on the day of election. states of course are allowed to set their own individual laws when it comes to elections and so, in a state where there's been a lot of same-day registration by democrats who are very good at this and organized, it could impact them but republicans say we want to make it fair for everyone. if you can't make the effort to register before the day of, you can't show up that day. >> thank you so much. >> sure. >> great to have you here. we look forward to seeing you tonight on special report. >> see you at 6:00. >> see you then. >>> these days you can't do a whole lot if you don't have a foti i.d. think about the places you have to pull it out, you need one to cash a check, to buy alcohol, to get on a plane you need a for

in north carolina.s is clearly efforts on the part of the republicans to suppress the college vote. >> mr. king, i know that you have been an activist. i read that you're studying pre-law and politics. i know that you are both a civic-minded student and a civic-minded man. what happens here next? i mean, the county elections has ruled you cannot run for city council. the republican county chairman is saying he definitely will use the same tactics to try to go after everybody's rights to vote at your school? what will be your response, what will you do next? >> well, rachel, we are definitely going to appeal this to the state board of electios.s and we are very optimistic about that. we also are going to make sure that students on campus are aware of what is happening and that they are registered to vote. and that no one can intimidate them. no one can stop them from voting here on campus. it is our constitutional right to vote where we attend school at. we're going to make sure the schools understand th

except maybe not in north carolina.k the republican party chairman from pasquotank county in north carolina brought a challenge to a local elections board there saying a student from the local historically black college should not be allowed to run for office in the county because he couldn't be considered a local resident. the evidence against this student in part is that he doesn't have any utility bills with his name on them. which, of course, he doesn't have because he lives in the dorms at school. the newly appointed republican majority on the local elections board sided with the republican party chairman and they disqualified that young man from running for office. the same challenge would also block his right to vote in that county. the republican party chairman now says he will try to go after voting rights for all of the students at that local black college in elizabeth city using the same kind of residency challenge. he says, in fact, republicans should do that statewide given the success he's had against the

the people of north carolina are not fooled. governor pat mccrory's approval ratings are in a tailspin, down 22 points since may, with only 40% of north carolinians approving his job performance. the bill, itself, despite the claims of state republicans to the contrary, is not popular. according to the latest ppp polling, only 39% support the bill, while 50% oppose it. today democratic senator kay hagan from north carolina wrote to urge the justice department to immediately review north carolina house bill 589 and take all appropriate steps to protect federal civil rights and the fundamental right to vote. north carolina is now drawing national fire. hillary clinton went out of her way last night at the american bar association to go after the bill. >> legislators in north carolina push through a bill that reads like the greatest hits of voter suppression. restricted early voting, no more same-day registration, or extending voting hours to accommodate long lines. stricter photo i.d. requirements disqualify those issued by colleg

hosting north carolina.wo gamecocks led by clownmy, wildly considered the number one pick, but it was the offense that was the real start tonight. jumping out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter. south carolina piled up nearly 400 yards of offense on the way the a 27-10 lead, before the game was delayed due do dangerous weather in the columbia area. the game would resume after a delay of an hour and a half, and south carolina would cruise from there and win by the final score of 27-10. mark, take a look at this game, there is a lot of expectations for them. >> that's true. as you said, clownny was the center of attention coming in, but it attorneys out to be the big play offense. theyed that lee touch downs of 29 yards or more. also his back up quarterback with a t.d. pass, and also mike davis the 75-yard run. he didn't dominate the game individually, but a lot of attention paid to him helped out his defense. and that was pet i primaciesive, north carolina with that hurry up offense. they scored only 10 poin