pat mccrory, as a fover governor, as a former mayor, i know you're sympathetic to somebody above your the point as a governor that you actually want the feds in charge? >> well, one thing i have been in the fog of war during hurricanes and tornadoes and winter storms where you're making life and death decisions whilefá balancing the economy a also balancing the turf between not just the federal government and state government but if i e state, government but if i there's turf among the county health directors and thei] governor. and as you get closer to the people and the elected officials )n in the fog of war, you have mixed data. you have mixed communication. and you have evolving opinions based upon that new data. that'sjf contap happening. the one thing i don't like that's happe.rft is the blame game. you know, the washington what you need to do is go, what do we need to do çónow? and be specific. and we all live in our lanes of responsibility, and some of thosema lanes overlap, and the are gray areas. this is not unusual in a fog of war. ?átju i'm 5aobsessed, i put that quo up

pat mccrory, as a former governor, as a former mayor, i know you're sympathetic to somebody above yourpay grade trying to tell you how to run your state or run your city. i get that. but when is the point as a governor that you actually want the feds in charge? >> well, one thing i have been in the fog of war during hurricanes and tornadoes and winter storms where you're making life and death decisions while balancing the economy and also balancing the turf between not just the federal government and state government but if i think you examine every state, there's turf among the county health directors and the governor. and as you get closer to the people and the elected officials are closer to the people, there can be varying opinions. in the fog of war, you have mixed data. you have mixed communication. and you have evolving opinions based upon that new data. that's contactually what's happening. the one thing i don't like that's happening is the blame game. you know, the washington governor mentioned pearl harbor. i think after pearl harbor occurred, the worst thing a governor could

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