again, the guy she was working for, mccray dowless, he was there at the hearing today but declined to granted him immunity. the board did not grant him immunity and that was pretty much the end of day one. the hearing will continue, but this is an election won by 905 votes. i mean it is tempting just to make this about the math, right? whether the result was based on wrongfully cast ballots or rightfully cast ballots that were trashed intentionally for the benefit of one candidate. but what this north carolina board is being asked to decide is whether the election itself was tainted by what state investigators, again, are calling a coordinated, unlawful and substantially resourced scheme. when the hearings conclude, the appointed state board will take a vote either to certify the results from november, which would hand the republican the seat, or they could order a do-over, a fresh election. have voters pick a new winner in a new election. taking any action will require at least one republican or two democrats to break party lines. if they can't do that, they can't come to one of thos

leslie mccray dowless was arrested and charged with seven felonies including obstruction of justice yesterdaye working for him were also charged. it follows a month's long investigation into the absentee ballot irregular teaitieirregul. mark harris led dan mccready by 905 votes on election day. more charges are likely on the horizon. prosecutors continue to look into who was, quote, aware and helped finance the absentee ballot scheme a nod to potential legal perils for harris who hired the political operative in question. mark harris announced he will not run in the newly requested house election citing medical issues. >>> coming up, everybody, the latest on president trump's summit with kim jong-un as the talks break down. >> we're going to go live to vietnam as the president abruptly ends his nuclear summit with the north korean leader after failing to reach a deal saying sometimes you have to walk away. >> have to walk. >> got to walk. >> have to walk. >> walk away. >> we're back in a moment. aldi. it is thursday, february 28th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. president t

and just hours ago a key witness testified about the arrangement made with that man, leslie mccray dowless. >> were you aware of the payment arrangement that had been made with him? >> yes, ma'am. >> what was that arrangement? >> the arrangement as it was explained to me was a monthly fee for mr. dowless. i believe that was $1200. $1200 during the primary. we went up to 1625 per month in the general election. he was to be paid for absentee ballot requests, forms that he he generated. that was $4 an ab sebtee ballot request form in the primary. went up to $5 an absentee ballot request form in the general. my understanding from what mr. dowless told me was that money all went to the workers, that that money didn't go to him, that it all went to the workers he was employing. >> now, dowless was a consultant hired by get this, republican mark harris's campaign. and yesterday his stepdaughter testified that he directed her to fill out ballots that were not completed. >> so if it was unand tsealed ae ballot was not completely load ed voted you would fill in the other offices? >> yes. >> and who