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north carolina. north carolina, 74 delegates. >> madam secretary, god willing i will be the next governor of north carolina. north carolina is the tar heel is the home of the longleaf pine and north carolina is indeed the state that is and always will be first in flight. on behalf of the state of north carolina, i'm directing the state to cast our vote for donald j. trump for president. and 12 votes in accordance with the rules. >> north carolina, 62 votes, president trump, 12 votes to be cast pursuant to the rules and procedures of this convention. arkansas. >> madam secretary, i'm joseph wood, chairman of the republican party of arkansas, the natural state, the land of opportunity, home of the 47th governor, sarah huckabee standers -- sanders. also home of the national federation of republican women julie harris, johnny cash, al green, and the little rock nine civil-rights movement. we cast our 40 votes to continue to find and save america with donald j. trump. our votes for donald j. trump. >> arkansas, 40 votes for president trump. virginia, 48 delegates. >> madam secretary, on behalf of the great commonwealth of virginia, named last

our 2024 top state's runner up, north carolina, the tar heels state.pull off the three pete. second best for business friendliness and third best for workforce as people keep moving there. ment that means growing pains drop the state to 20th place for infrastructure. >> reporter: and in a year this competitive, you cannot afford to drop to 20th place for infrastructure. how competitive is it? it is the most -- the tightest finish in the 17 studies that we have done. north carolina misses the three pete by 3 points, 3 points out of 2500 possible. yes, we checked the math again and again and again. that makes what this state has accomplished where i am all the more impressive and we will reveal america's top state for business next hour on "squawk box." we will talk with this state's governor and you'll be able to see where your state ranks, if you didn't see it already, at topstates.cnbc dls.com. guys. >> if it was virginia you would get to talk to glenn youngkin. it looks like the shenandoah valley. >> i'm not an expert. i don't know if i'm seeing it.

>> well, first as north carolina and as a tar heel, i like roy cooper, i know him a little bit, not super well, but i think he strikes the balance of what harris needs and she needs people who i think who had been elected twice statewide, especially in important states. so beshear, kentucky is not necessarily an important state for a democrat to win. it's not going to be flipped. but for somebody like roy cooper from north carolina, somebody like mark kelly has not been elected twice, but is from very important arizona. they have interesting resumes, i think compliment kamala harris they're not necessarily the most exciting people, even though ones an astronaut. he doesn't have international experiences, intergalactic experience. but these are the influences i think would benefit harris moving forward and notice they're all the more moderate kind of vein i asked him constantly jayapal about this. would you have a problem as the chair of the progressive caucus and chief said very much, we should have a moderate, you need to be able to reach as many voters as possible. i think that he liste

cheryl: after the debate president biden was campaigning in north carolina and they're focusing on the tar heeltate. the president visited three times, vice president harris has been there five times. reuters is reporting that despite spending millions in advertising, hiring more campaign staff, touring toener jenergize the black, the rural voters, the efforts aren't working. what is happening in the state. >> people are not believing the message they're putting out. this is the wizard of oz, the man behind the curtain, we pulled the car taken back. no amount of advertising, no amount of dollars, no amount of hollywood stars, george clooney or taylor swift saying he's okay is going to change the fact of what the american people saw. he's not been in charge and you look at all the debacles that have happened during the administration, afghanistan, the border, you name it, who has been making these decisions? is it a ka bal of obama staffers that are telling the president what to say. that's a big question on america's mine. cheryl: bill ackman is asking the question, is it jill biden. theses are

north carolina, the only of the seven swing states that president biden lost in 2020. very curious to hear what voters have saying today? >> reporter: we are in the great tar heel state. as you mentioned a key swing state here. democrats are pouring in all of their resources to try to win it in november. and so this is a state where the thoughts and opinions of people who live here matter to democrats and republicans. i'll do my best to summarize what we heard on and off camera around here in raleigh. the trump supporters i have spoken to generally have a little bit of trepidation. they thought having trump run against president joe biden might have been a little bit easier for them. that's something that i have seen. among democrats, i'll echo what i've heard from ali vitali. a lot of wasn't 7 days before the election. i wish it was sooner. and i've seen a number of people who were finding out from us hours later, did not know, were not aware that president biden had dropped out of the race. and were generally apathetic. maybe undecided. >> i keep trying to explain to her, marissa. >> under a rock. i get not paying attention to the news. it's everywhere. i'm g

tar heel state recently, seven visits this year it's home to donald trump's slimmest victory in 2020 and a potential harris running mate, governor roy cooper, i think being that he's from north carolinak with we helped flip last month the day after the cnn debate, we spoke with nearly a dozen north carolina voters like brian lee, who felt biden could not win in november, you replace him with just someone younger. >> so how's he feeling today? >> i feel more optimistic. i think vice president harris is so great representation of the ideas of the democrats the democratic party has been, she's a better shot at beating trump than biden does. >> but around quavers wishes, it was voters, not the party choosing biden's replacement is tough there's not a time for anybody to really garner attention i wish that i made this decision a year ago, because while he will vote for harris, he's not so sure others will do the same. i don't know how independence and former republican till about her, like giovanna and regitz, an unaffiliated voter who is not a fan of harris i think the unfortunate truth is, she has a lot of baggage in her record on her record and that is what i think is going to stop a l