i yield back and i'm delighted to hear my friends from north carolina -- my friend from north arolina. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, for 30 minutes. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, i rise this evening to recognize the general baptist state convention of north carolina on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. the story of this great baptist convention is a testament to its founders. reverends william warrick, edward eagles, c. johnson, l.w. boone, b.b. spicer, h. grimse, john washington, charles bryant, sutton davis, and the reverend r.h. hopper. the visionary men who founded the convention on october 18, 1867. since its founding, mr. speaker, great men and great women have maintained the convention's strength and viability. the general baptist state convention is the oldest convention of african-american baptists in the united states of america. the general baptist state conventi

not just in north carolina but across the nation to promote judicial diversity. we want courts that the public can have confidence in. we want courts that produce outcomes that are fair. we want judge who's are independent and who can apply the law to the facts. but what north carolina lawmakers have done here is make clear that they want to politicize the courts at any cost and that is a dangerous threat to american democracy. >> let me ask you, miss maury. the fact that the court had ruled the district court that there was blatant racial discrimination found in some of the cases they heard and now we see the judiciary change, i mean, it is almost frightening that you would have the court cite zdiscrimination and then yu start changing the judiciary almost as a direct response to neutralize the finding and it's almost been not discussed in terms of national media. that's why i want to open the show with this this morning. because i think we get caught in a lot of distractions while at the very heart of voting rights and civil rights is being dealt with in a very

we see william barber in north carolina. we see the actions taken by the missouri state naacp on the travel advisory. i think this is a return for the naacp back to its roots where what was going on on the ground was most important and not what was going on at headquarters in baltimore. i think that is the move where they are trying to go. only time will tell whether it is actually effective or not. eugene: i feel that is a microcosm that is happening nationally. in the democratic and republican party, there are so many people trying to go more grassroots and figure out what the people are doing as opposed to people at headquarters. susan: we have gotten him in his very first week in office. it will be very interesting to see how he shapes the organization in the months ahead. thanks to both of you for your questions. eugene: thank you for having me. jesse: thank you. >> i did what any decent human being would do if you see man.ar-old -- arm.d him by th i was really fear of being separated and left behind. >> college profess

the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, for five minutes. mr. butterfield: thank you very much, mr. speaker. for yielding time this morning. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize one of the most innovative jazz musicians of legendary he thelonious monk. this legend, streak, was born in my congressional district in the state of north carolina and would have turned 100 years old today. that loanous monk was the born of three children to legendary thelonious monk. this legend, born to thelonious and barbara monk on this day in 1917 in rocky mount, north carolina. and his family left rocky mount for new york city with thee loanous -- that loanous -- thelonious monk was a child. writer sam stevenson credited is carolina roots in the american writing that rocky mount's flourishing tobacco culture and rail yard was one of the largest in all of the south. the year monk was born. stevenson sec lated these -- those and his family left rocky mount for new york city with thee loanous railways may inspired monk's composition, "little rootie tootie" which fe

african-american unregistered in the south and connect them with progressive whites and latinos, north carolinargia, mississippi, possibly south carolina could flip. if those flip and those change, then the whole body politics shift. so the end of the southern strategy is right at hand. it we have to deal with systemic voter suppression. trump and rhino mcconnell and those allies are continuing to try to push the issue away and that focusamy: is it just repub? i can say what we started in north carolina, we edify past send ar the registration and early voting. here's the concern i have. we had 26 presidential election debates on both sides of the political aisle. not one hour on voter suppression. not one. not one hour -- excuse me, and restoring the voting rights. and not one hour to systemic racism in all of those debates. i was looking at a report the other day that said -- it showed the terrible lack of focus on issues, even with the corporate media. there were more conversations about tweets and innuendos and women than there were on the issues. , as it isic racism looked at through voter

he also serves on the executive board for the north carolina naacp. tim can tell you more about this book than i can. i just want to say, he does a marvelous job of putting amit hills murder and lynching into a context of american history. his earlier book is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford north carolina about 25 miles from here and i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here at the intersection of ninth street where during the war in 1944, a black soldier in uniform from philadelphia would not move to the back of the bus and when he got off the bus, the bus driver shot and killed him and as usua usual, and all white jury found the people that committed these crimes not guilty. there is quite a sad tradition here. one last thing i want to say, in working in publicity for this book, i went on google images looking for a picture of him and he'll and they are two important pictures of him, one of this marvelous, handsome, full of life 14-year-old, and then the projec

in north carolina today, leaders from common cause's north carolina hbcu student alliance, the historically black college and universities, are marching through the largest hbcu in north carolina. north carolina a and t, the home of the aggies. and they're marching on a street that literally divides the campus in two. on the left is the 13th congressional district, and on the right is the 6th congressional district. why was that gerrymander put in place? because it is 10,000 black students, and that's a powerful voting bloc. and so they divided them right down the center. and so we have these -- the impact of this cannot just be about policies, but also directly affect and assault on the rights of african-american students in north carolina. the supreme court could end gerrymandering as we know it in this whitford case. although the whitford case is before the supreme court and dealing specifically with state legislative districts in wisconsin, if the court affirms the lower court ruling in wisconsin, it will be establishing the principle that partisan politicians and special interests can

we did not say boycott the state of north carolina. as a result of the governor's election and modifications to the public policy in north hb2, we aree to revisiting whether or not we should now lift us as an organization from holding meetings in the state of north carolina. susan: we have seven minutes left. i wanted to ask you in a general sense, when you look at the u.s. department of justice under the leadership of attorney general jeff sessions, what do you see on the issues of most interest to the naacp? derrick: well, the problem is that there is a key factor to ensure equal protection under laws for our citizens be we are citizens. -- for our citizens. we are concerned with how this administration views access to voting. the commission is very concerning heard it was not only vote suppression method in terms of collapsing the lists and provide to an outside source, and it also fans the flames of some type of voter fraud that doesn't exist. we are concerned with criminal justice and how the doj has begun to rescind orders to ensu

now moving through eastern nickell robey-coleman north carolina, a line of showers and d.c. heading to portions of maryland and delaware. the storms will regenerate. they get stronger along the cold front and this slight risk goes north of albany to glenz falls to the hudson valley south wards including new york city, including philadelphia, atlantic city and salisbury, maryland. that is why we have so many millions of people at risk because we are including new york city, philadelphia and all the big cities here up the had had hudson valley. the biggest threat will be damaging winds but an isolated tornado or two is possible. major airport delays also. >> all right, bill, thank you. >>> now we go to washington where there's been a steady stream of outrage coming from conservative republicans on capitol hill regarding your retirement savings. specifically on a plan that would limit the amount you can contribute to your 401(k). it is the leading way to save in this country. with lawmakers looking for that limit as a key way to help pay for those much promised tax cuts. well, t

in the north carolina naacp. tim can tell you more about this book and i can and. doing it ever -- an excellent job to put it emmett till murder and launching into a context of american history. his earlier book that is not a disk similar incident 15 years later in oxford north carolina and i've learned just a few years ago about another similar incident happening three blocks from here during the war of 1944. that was from philadelphia. then the bus driver got off to shoot and kill him. the all white jury goes that were found not guilty. so that is a very sad tradition. we're keen on publicity for this book and i went to google images for a pitcher of emmett till and there are too important pictures for go and the pitcher of canada is open casket there are no words for what that image shows after all these years. it just moves you to tears. it is my great pleasure and honor to be a friend of tim and a longtime customer and thrilled to have him back for this marvelous book. [applause] >> happy birthday. fifty-seven years ago. [applause] its web negative yoda of nor

emily wilson resides in winston-salem north carolina. as a student at the women's college in greensboro she pursued both campus politics and poetry with vigor. long involved with the north carolina humanities council she is been a, lecturer, organizer and advocate. she published poetry and taught creative writing and the north carolina's poetry program and in the community colleges locally. her book "the three graces of val-kill" has received praise as a welcomed addition to the books and memoirs of the roosevelt family. eachus author will read and discuss her book for a short time. at the end we hope we will have time to open the floor to your questions. please join me in welcoming patricia bell-scott and emily wilson. [applause] >> good afternoon. my book is the story of a decade-long friendship between eleanor roosevelt and polly eleanor roosevelt and polly i'm sure almost everyone in the room knows a lot about eleanor roosevelt but i thought that perhaps it would be helpful to say something about who pauli murray was, because i frequ

abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: chaos at prison in north carolina. responding to attempted prison break. incident. i have multiple patients. some are critical. >> nrt caorth carolina public s saying, fires were at the sewing plant. >> officer struck multiple times with a hammer. unresponsive at this time. working on iv access. significant bruising and bleeding. >> reporter: at least nine people rushed to the hospital. more expected. >> i will have several walking wounded we need to clear some beds. >> we don't know the condition of those injured or how many were prison employees. >> i have ambulances inbound. police are setting up some sort of triage. and mass casualty within the facility. >> reporter: for a time at least three schools were put on lockdown. and students on a school bus were sent back to the schools. at one point tonight, local officials were searching nearby woods for any possible escaped inmate after three counts word that no prisoner escaped. and a massive prison with more than 700 prisoners. they also have an electronic prevent es

command todered his concentrate on fayetteville, north carolina, moving their march 4. was that sherman was advancing so swiftly that the federal army would get to fayetteville before the southern troops could get there. he shifted the rendezvous site 60 miles further to raleigh. he was acutely aware of how this will look in richmond. his first order as new command was to retreat 60 miles. but there was nothing for it. to the logistical problem he inherited, johnston had to deal with all the personal baggage -- and there is a lot of it by now, including his own. all this the federal generals brought with them, including this guy. i'm astonished that at a conference that it is about -- that is about generals we love to hate, we have no one talking about braxton bragg here. so let me take a few kicks. [laughter] >> back in 1864, braxton bragg secret and several poisonous letters to jefferson davis, attacking joe johnston. johnston had replaced him in command, and bragg, frankly, resented it. johnston did not learn about these letters until later. bragg found himself under

we were in north carolina. that was a little bit of a battleground state. see up close and personal our president campaigning from one end of the but when ie other knew, that the pollsters were day,ng it wrong was, one we were going to campaign across the state. we were going along the interstate. all of a sudden, on the interstate, i started to see handmade signs that said "donald makep for president" " america great again," "make sure we vote on november 8." give were handmade signs they were not coordinated by the republican party. i saw the russians nowhere. they weren't anywhere around. [applause] but i can tell you that it was real. you could feel it. you could see it. all of the sudden, what happens is this organic desire to make america great again, to believe that america is exceptional, and to quit apologizing for our greatness with something that we needed to do once again. is time thatst it we continue on that journey to make america great again. [applause] as we look at that particular day, i want to tell a little bit more. we were going to a p

it was selma, north carolina. the east, i was in the west but it was a small place, as we were going there to campaign on behalf of this president, that time, candidate, miles out we started to see pickup trucks that had pulled over the side of the road, started to see cars, saw people on the side of the road waving american flags, the motorcade coming through, talking four or five miles out, in the middle of nowhere. my apology to selma, north carolina. in the middle of nowhere, we show up and this outdoor, open pasture, there are 20,000 people who had been standing there for hours just to hear donald trump address them. if that is not an organic movement not organized by anybody else i don't know what is. so here is my challenge and encouragement to you. we need to continue to show the same type of energy that is there, the same type of energy that was there before november 8th and understand this president is serious about doing business. he out works everybody. i know it would not be hard to outwork congress b

as we talk to sylvia in durham, north carolina. line for all others. caller: yes. i got a couple of things to state. on the porridge, what about people that didn't pay cash for their homes but they worked all their life and paid for their home and finally got it paid for and you're not allowed to take your property taxes for deduction? that's going to put me on the street somewhere because the state of north carolina just like the federal government, they screwed the people. they steal their money. obama took $750 billion from medicare which i'm on and social security. before he went out he took the d.a.b.'s money for art. the >> we are going to leave the discussion at this point as the u.s. house is about to gavel in at noon eastern. members are expected to offer brief speeches and go into recess at 2:00 p.m. the house will return for

the southeast, the southwest and the virginia, north carolina region. despite its status as the nation's fourth largest peanut-producing state, south carolina is not represented on the peanut standards board. h.r. 2521, or the south carolina peanut parity act of 2017, would correct this problem by adding south carolina to the virginia, north carolina region and making peanut farmers and industry representatives from the state eligible for board appointments. the legislation has the support of the entire south carolina delegation, as well as the support of south carolina, virginia and north carolina peanut growers. conclusion, h.r. 2521 gisks south carolinians -- gives south carolinians a rightful opportunity to serve on the peanut standards board. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. crawford: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from sou

abc's gio benitez leading us off. >> reporter: chaos at a prison in north carolina. police responding to an attempted prison break. >> we do have a mass casualty incident. i have multiple patients, some of them are critical. >> reporter: north carolina public safety saying fires were set at the pasquotank correct correctional institute's sewing plant around 3:30 this afternoon. >> officer struck multiple times with a hammer, unresponsive at this time, work on iv access, significant bruising and bleeding. >> reporter: at least nine people rushed to the hospital, and more expected. >> i'm going to have several walking wounded. we need to clear some beds. >> reporter: tonight, we don't yet know the condition of those injured or how many were prison employees. >> i've got ambulances inbound, please start setting up some sort of triage and mass casualty within the facility. >> reporter: for a time, at least three schools were put on lockdown and students who were already on a school bus were sent back to those schools. at one poubt tonight, local officials were searching

and we begin with that fast-moving story in elizabeth city, north carolina, tonight. a violent prison break attempt. there are reports of several people injured. more than a dozen are being rushed to the hospital. and there is also word fires were sent within the facility. schools in the area have been placed on lockdown. buses taking children home brought back to school. and there are reports that at least one inmate is unaccounted for. there is a manhunt tonight. abc's gio benitez leading us off. >> reporter: chaos at a high security prison in north carolina. police responding to an attempted prison break. >> we do have a mass casualty incident. i have multiple patients, some of them are critical. >> reporter: north carolina public safety saying a fire was set at the pasquotank correctional institution's sewing plant around 3:30 this afternoon. >> officer struck multiple times with a hammer, unresponsive at this time, work on iv access, significant bruising and bleeding. >> reporter: at least nine people rushed to the hospital, and more expected. >> i'm going to hav

former chairman of the north carolina democratic party randy welcome back good to be back max all right we like to take the pulse of politics in america and with someone like yourself who has been steeped in democratic politics for the most part for many years now let's talk about three signature obama policies still playing out under trump obamacare banking and foreign policy so first on obamacare the premiums in north carolina were up forty four percent last year this year my premium is up twenty four percent many democrats are fighting tooth and nail to preserve this system why is that. well because if you eliminate the system we have an awful lot of people that wouldn't have coverage or their coverage would be too expensive so i think that this is a sensually the worst of all worlds it's what happens when you don't get a general assembly that endorses the programs by taking the money from the federal government when they could of and they have not actually tried to make this work again when i've been on the show before i'm for the public option i was for a more complete system for u

she was born in advanced, north carolina, to william and donna kimbro. she graduated from atkins high school in winston-salem. she received her masters degree from new york university and a doctorate in education from the university of sarasota in florida. after receiving her doctorate, dr. newell returned to her beloved north carolina, taught thematics at the high school in raleigh. she was an associate professor of mathematics. in 1965, she joined winston-salem university at a mathematics professor. she taught at this institution for 20 long years, served as chair of the mathematics department. acknowledging her tremendous contributions to the university, the computer science center bears her name. a dedicated public servant, dr. newell served as city alderman for 16 years where she focused on the needs of her constituents, advocated for those who were often without a voice. in recognition of herselflessed a vow case, the city of winston-salem named a street and walking trail in her honor. virginia was born to george, a distinguished science professor.

now, yesterday, her body was found behind a church in charlotte, north carolina. today, police positively identified her. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage on this murder mystery. billie's killer. read the agency's statement and watch the entire news conference with her parents on our nbc washington app. >>> in other news tonight, our meteorologist joins us with what you can expect for your sunday morning. >> doesn't it look cold in that live shot? we are going to see the temps continue to drop overnight. a lot of events taking place tomorrow morning. i'll have a full forecast for your sunday. for now, let's see how low we'll go overnight. temperatures expected to fall to about 50, 51 degrees in the district. however, a lot areas out toward the suburbs are expected to make it to the low and mid to upper 40s. i'll have a full map showing how low you're likely to go. we'll take an in-depth to see what's going on. we'll plan out your sunday. i'll talk to you soon. >> thank you. >>> now, to the deepening crisis president trump starting his day with a twitter ra

in charlotte, north carolina, a high school coach is requiring players to stay in the locker room duringhe anthem, no matter how they feel. >> reporter: varsity football players are used to testing their physical limits. but lately, they've been thinking about a different kind of boundary. >> do you want to ee think that's my place. >> reporter: 16-year-old nigel somerville is a team captain. >> do you think players cross a line when they take a knee? >> i don't know, because that's not for me to decide. but i think that people who take a knee love their country just as much as people who want to stand up for it. >> reporter: the head coach says their city, charlotte, north carolina, struggles with racial tension. >> have any of your players expressed a desire to take a knee? >> honestly, they have. honestly, they have. and i'd be telling you a story if i said we haven't had many conversations about it. >> reporter: he decided to keep the team off the field during the national anthem. >> i don't want the outside world judging us, 14, or 15- year-olds for something they may do, or somethi

the severe weather destroyed a north carolina airport. damaged homes, and left thousands without power. demarco morgan has more from hillary clintonry, north carolina. >> reporter: the storm sent airplanes flying out of control, and into each other. strong winds, damaged buildings at the hickory airport, burying planes and cars in mangled steel. the national weather here. this amateur video shows the storm's power, bringing blinding rain, and intense wind gusts. tractor trailers were tossed, and the building caught fire. >> holy moley. >> reporter: this cluster of trees were sliced off. in west spartanberg. >> a whole lot of wind. >> my neighbor's house over here has four or five holes in her roof. knock her whole deck off the back of her house. >> reporter: many folks ventured outside to discover downed trees and power lines. further north, in boone, north carolina, flash flooding. forced to wring out his textbook, college student logan ham now has to deal with a damaged car. >> that doesn't look good. >> that was demarco rg some of the

but the wider picture shows numerous thunderstorms, some severe weather now in parts of north carolina and all of this will be moving our way. so, we are expected to see some storms overnight tonight. coming up in a little bit we're going to talk about the hour by hour we'll track those storms overnight. breezy sunshine tomorrow. we are going to see a rather breezy conditions but much cooler air moves in on wednesday. we'll talk about that, too. the weather pattern the next couple of days a little bit of a yo-yo. we'll have much more on this and again that timing, hour by hour foreca forecast coming up in 15 minutes. >> doug, thank you. a broadcaster with the washington nationals is in trouble tonight. ray knight was arrested after a fight in his northern virginia apartment. today he is shedding some light on what happened. he spoke to our meagan fitzgerald who joins us from alexandria. meagan? >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. early sunday morning, then he says four people -- >> at him on purpose. >> reporter: this is how most people know charles ray knight, the former major league baseball

we also saw north carolina put in place a power grab in terms of a terrible voting measure that would discriminatory laws on the books including slashing early voting, discriminatory butter id in order to ensure partisan advantage. the need for districts is not just a problem in red states. we heard from joanne, this is a problem in blue states like maryland. that is why we have a bipartisan set of legislators, on fortunate your, john mccain, ohio governor john kasich joining democrats like sheldon whitehouse and tammy baldwin in wisconsin to support and and to partisan gerrymandering. the american people understand how politicians in both parties are stacking the deck against people. as a result we are seeing an unprecedented groundswell of support for the end to partisan gerrymandering. we are seeing reforms moving in states and people gathering at events like this. today, leadersna from the hbcus student alliance, the historically black college and universities, are marching through the largest hbcus in north carolina. the home of the aggies. they are marching on a street that lite

south of the north carolina area. a tornado watch has been issued for parts of virginia, well down to our south and west. does not include anywhere in our region. but we're going to watch these storms very closely. we do have a potential for some strong to potentially strong storms tonight. we're going to time it out for you as we move through the next couple hours. storms moving through overnight tonight, breezy sunshine tomorrow, and then the cooler weather moves in. guys, if you've been liking this warm weather, say bye-bye, it is gone. the cooler stuff moving in not only the next couple days, the next ten. i'll have it for you in about ten minutes. >> all right, you got it, doug. >>> we are learning more at 6:00 about the three teenagers in the triple murder suicide. it happened in a park in alexandria. pat collins is live in all veterans park to explain the relationships among the victims. pat, what have you learned here? >> reporter: leon, friends of the victims say police are looking into the possibility that a

in north carolina today, leaders from common are seeing reforms s and seeing people gathering ca'h carolina hbcu student alliance are marching through the largest bhbcu. their marching on a street that literally divides the campus into. on the left is the 13th congressional district and on the right is the sixth congressional district. why was that put in place? it is 10,000 black students and that is the powerful voting block. they divided them on the center and so we have the impact of this cannot just be about policy but also directly affect an of blackn the rights and african-american students in north carolina. this agreement court and gerrymandering as we know it in the whitford case. although the cases before the supreme court and dealing with redistricting,ve if the court affirms the lower court ruling in wisconsin, it will be establishing the principle that partisan politicians and special interests can no longer break the system byrig manipulating voting maps. the action from the supreme court could reduce costly litigation and said it clear standard that makes it clear to state l

team three coverage as we get ready, vittoria woodill is hanging with fans to get to the road in north carolina but we will start with don bell live from charlotte, he has already been there, don, eagles arrived this afternoon and you are already on the ground. >> yes, yes, i'm here with this, with the eagles here and their team hotel, thinks a massive game that they are getting ready for tomorrow night on thursday night football, right here on cbs-3, they are looking to win their fourth straight game, they have not done that since chip kelly's rookie season as head coach back in 2013. in order to get that done they have to take down the quarterback, he is the man we're talking about cam newton we have talk about him quite a bit over the last couple of days and, for pretty good reason. as you take a look here at the video of the team arriving here a couple hours ago, they are focused group, especially defensively. when you any that defense they have done enough to win but they have allowed big play as long the way. that is where newton comes into play. over last two weeks he has thrown six touc

a woman in florida, the elderly couple in north carolina. >> he would not talk about anybody to us otherhan meredith. >> because you have to wonder when the switch was thrown in this man. >> i know. how many decades does this maybe go back? >> i don't know. do people just wake up when they're 61 and start to do these kinds of crimes the way he did them? you know, i would think not. >>> coming up -- how a terrifying movie fantasy morphed into real life. do you think that's the template for what he does, decades later? >> that's what's so chilling. >>> meredith emerson went missing new year's day. less than a month later, gary michael hilton appeared in a georgia courtroom and pleaded guilty to her murder. meredith's parents were there. her mother susan addressed hilton. >> i believe you have nothing more than a bully and a weak-minded coward who preys on others. he fancies himself a survivalist. well, anyone can see he's a scared little man on the run. >> the state honored the deal it made with the killer. no death penalty and he was sentenced to life in prison. hilton admitted nothing be

i yield one minute to the gentleman from north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam chair woman. thank you representative handel. i appreciate the time. as a former minister and even as a human being, i believe that every boy and girl is given with god-given unique talents and abilities, abilities that will make a difference. let me put this this way. i know a young man luke. 4 weeks into his mom's regnancy, her baby boy met the world. he serves in our district office in north carolina. every life is an opportunity. every life is precious. a little earlier we were challenged with the accusation that republicans only are concerned about budget. it goes out the window when it comes to this issue. you know what, you're right. we don't put a price on life. we cherish it. i'm a proud co-sponsor of the pain-capable unborn child protection act and encourage my colleagues to support it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields

we're moments away from president trump's departure from joint base andrews, he's heading to north carolina where he will address supporters at a fund-raiser in greensboro, but just before leaving, the president returned his focus to north korea, tweeting once again, presidents and their administrations have been talking to north korea for 25 years. agreements made, and massive amounts of money paid, hasn't worked. agreements violated before the ink was dry, making fools of u.s. negotiators. sorry, but only one thing will work. let's bring in "washington post" political reporter philip bump, and huffpost senior reporter jordan basset, great to have you with us. philip, if i may begin with you, he says one thing will work, an ominous sign, perhaps. could this be a continuation of what he was talking about earlier in the week, when we talked about the calm before the storm? >> it's really anyone's guess. i think the safest bet is, that drump likes to give this perception that he's sort of a wild card and could at any point in time decide to launch a military attack against north korea. he lik

and this home in shelby, north carolina, pushed right off its foundation. reports of several tornadoes. and here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight, high winds toppling trees, sending them crashes onto cars and power lines across the northeast. it's the same system that rocked the southeast overnight. in the carolinas, multiple ef-2 tornadoes now confirmed. in spartanburg, south carolina, jesse sparveri huddling in the backseat of his car as the storm moved through. >> my car was shaking uncontrollably. at one point, i thought my car was actually in the air. i had no idea where i was. >> reporter: his windows shattered, a wooden projectile landing in the driver's seat. treatments snapped. a tractor trailer overturned nearby. our gio benitez is in north carolina. >> here at hickory regional airport, we're seeing some unbelievable damage. take a look. a hangar just destroyed. planes tossed around like toys. >> reporter: a half foot of torrential rain causing flash flooding in boone. this vehicle floating away. wes berry caught in his minivan. >> wave

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>> tom farr was the go to lawyer when it came to voter suppression in north carolina.rst in the nation suppression law, cut early voting, eliminated same day registration. it targeted african-americans with almost surgical precision. tom farr defended that law. he defended the racial gerry mannedering which a court just saying was one of the worst racial gerry manneders ever. so this guy has been at the forefront of the effort to restrict voting rights in north carolina, defending it in court and has been nominated by a federal judge by donald trump. >> you said the fourth circuit, so meaning on the same circuit that overturned the north carolina law. would his nomination or if he gets onto the bench, would it change the composition of that body? >> he's nominated for the eastern district of north carolina. one below the 4th circuit. donald trump is reshaping the federal judiciary with the wall street journal said mini scalias all across the board. trump has already nominated more judges than obama got confirmed his entire first year. this is a very, very important und

all those strange things down south in north carolina. fayetteville is an old town, steeped in revolutionary and civil war history. smack in the middle of the bible belt. but now, cargo planes buzz in and out of pope air force base. off past the confines of the city sprawls the immense ft. bragg, home of david shannon. his house was here, a few blocks off-base. the major, his wife joan, and their four children. it was july, 2002. like a sauna that night, so hot and humid. and then a light rain that cooled it down again. david and joan watched a movie on tv, fell asleep. and then -- >> i don't even remember hearing the first shot. i remember something woke me up. >> and then you heard a shot? >> and i know whatever woke me up, i know my ears were already ringing. and i turned the light on. and i see that he's shot. you know, it shocks you. never, ever forget that image. that's burned in my brain forever, no matter how much i try to -- here is the person i love. he's dying. [ sirens ] >> and by the time the police and the ambulance wailed u