pat mccory. they waited four days, coming in a tweet saying: >> mccorrey is a former duke energy executive.ompany he spent 28 years with. one group took issue with that during his campaign. >> john frank is a political reporter for the rally news and observer, saying mccory's ties to duke energy race raised eyebrows. >> mccorrey filled his office with ex executives. >> 30,000 tonnes of coal ash poured into the river. we wanted a closer look and found signs of ash sticking to stone. the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places you can find it on many banks, 70 miles downstream from eden. if we dip it down a foot tore two feet and pull up the muck and get through the leaves and sticks and empty the water, you can see the back sediment. it is some. coal ash that made its way into the dan river. >> we had serious harm to a major river of this state. we vice-president saying that we have 14 disasters waiting to happen. >> frank made the claims. in three lawsuits the southern environmental law center fired against duke energy seeking the clean-up of its ash pits, and 14 north carolina sites. e