the state board of elections now has roy cooper leading the governor's race thousand votes...surpassing the threshold for a mandatory recount. pending the results of a recount in durham county....the nc gop says it has still not ruled out a request for a statewide recount. .nobody lost today. everybody won because we are going to be able to put these matters to bed and answer the questions that have been out there for a month the chairman of the durham take as long as a week and cost tens of thousands of dollars. the board will hold a special meeting to start the process. mccrory's campaign requesting that process start immediately...sayin g they will respect whatever the results show. live in raleigh, hw, abc11, ewn.

roy cooper says the bill will be repealed in full.his development coming just days after the gop pulled off a coup in north carolina. the state passed a proposal and stripping the incoming democratic governor of many of his hours. joining me now from raleigh, the executive director of the north carolina's republican party. dallas, good to see you. this is all about this bill. the legislature past h 32 to roll back bills like that that the city of charlotte have passed and promoting the idea that you should use the bathroom of the gender of which you identify rather than the one that is on your birth certifica certificate. it is a deal that's been cut. if charlotte takes away this law. the legislatures takes away it, too. >> this deal has been out there for months. the legislature never wanted this fight, governor pat mccory never wanted this fight. they were concerned of bad actors, not people with legitimate issues of using this to access restroom and shower facilities that they should not be able to. charlotte has this ordinance and

in most cases, he can sit there and be overridden. >> didn't voters thicke roy cooper with the assumption the hadrs of the governir -- governor had? >> i don't know i can answer that. the voters can at times be contradictory. cooper won one election. amy: that is dallas woodhouse, executive director of the state republican party. if you can respond, reverend barber, to what he says, and also goes through the bills. it is just astounding what is happening. it is something like -- >> 22. amy: talk about the powers they are trying to strip. now the incoming governor saying he may well do. >> and we may as well because we believe a lot of violations, even evil protection violations here, violations of the voting rights act violations of open meeting walls. to know who, yet dallas woodhouse's. i do not normally comment too much about him. he is so little credibility. his own brother has called him a racist. we won out a memo after our voter suppression case in the courts, and the courts unanimously said republican party, the extremist that engaged in surgical racism, he sent a letter out telli

the governor elect roy cooper was also upset with that decision. >> the legislature had a chance to do the right thing for north carolina and they failed. >> charlotte city council was particularly disappointed as it appe t repealed. the morning, we are 30 days out from donald trump sworn in as the nation's 45th president. it's been five months since he held a press conference, often touting his policies and recent cabinet picks at his thank you rallies. trump spoke to the press yesterday, he was bound to make fuzz and headlines were definitely made, with new thinking from the politic on matters ran himing from the berlin truck attack to the final presidential election tally that has him trailing hillary clinton by nearly 3 million votes. nbc's kristen welker has the report. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump tried to put on a show of strength as his inauguration fast approaches, emerging from national security meetings and casting the acts of terror in europe around turkey as an attack on >> it's an attack on humanity is what it is and it's got to be stopped. >> reporter: and s

democrat roy cooper ousted incumbent republican pat mccrory, but only after a recount confirmed cooper's narrow victory. north carolina's republican- controlled state legislature is not taking the loss lightly. yesterday, it passed laws limiting the power of the incoming governor. one strips him of the power to appoint a majority of commissioners to the state's board of elections. another cuts by two-thirds the number of government employees the governor can appoint, from 1,500 to fewer than 500. hundreds of protesters chantin"" power grab" filled the halls of the state capitol in raleigh during the legislative sessions yesterday. 39 of them were arrested. michael gerhardt is a professor at the university of north carolina law school in chapel hill, and he joins me now to discuss these developments. professor, let's start really broad and then we'll drill down. why did this happen? >> well, that's a very good question. the legislature had initially called it a special session to deal with disaster relief, and then they extended it to consider other bills. there was some concern about whe

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>> roy cooper has threatened to sue. it's yet to be seen where that goes.ng to clarify, boris, there was already one bill signed into law yesterday which reshapes the way the election board is selected. the most restrictive one that we mentioned in the piece, where the senate would have to approve his cabinet appointments, that one is still on mccrory's desk at this hour. the question is will he sign it, making for a tougher and not so warm welcome for north carolina's -- >> it's like a microcosm of how divided the country is on partisan lines. thank you. >> you bet. >>> coming up, the u.s. more than doubling its reward for -- i can't say it -- abu baker al bagdadi. we'll be back in just a moment. >>> the united states is now offering $25 million as a reward for information leading to the capture of isis leader abu baker al bagdadi. that's more than double the previous reward. barbara starr takes a look at the former star in the fight against isis. >> reporter: as president obama prepares to hand off the fight against isis to the new commander in chief dona

roy cooper spoke moments ago.vernor's office to fight for everyday north carolinians including the courts if necessary. if i believe laws by the legislature hurt working families and are unconstitutional, they will see me in court. and they don't have a good track record there. >> roy cooper in north carolina. essentially calling the gop house a bunch of sore losers. >>> today, of course, supposed to be the day we heard directly from president-elect trump regarding the future of his business empire. he cancelled that news conference earlier this week promising one on a yet to be determined date in the, quote, near future. meanwhile this morning, there are renewed questions about the roles that his children will or will not play in the new administration. wednesday, trump met with leaders from the tech world. also at that table as you see there, three of his children. don jr., ivanka, eric, his son-in-law was also in the room. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is outside of trump tower this morning. peter,

i ask all of us to please pray for our new governor roy cooper, our new president donald trump and their families. and i encourage everyone now more than ever to respect all of our public servants and offices they are elected to hold. thank you for the honor to serve the great state of north carolina. >> live picture of the lobby of trump tower with the president-elect continues to meetings to fill out his cabinet. earlier today he announced dr. ben carson as his choice to head up the department of housing and urban development. you can watch disrupt the day on our website at c-span.org. earlier today vice president-elect mike pence spoke with reporters in the lobby of trump tower. >> [inaudible conversations] we are excited to have dr. carson as our intended nominee for housing and urban development. we're looking forward to another very productive week in the transition that is sending a historic base. and i'll be spinning some time in new york this week, spending some time here at the trump tower but i think the american people are rightfully encouraged and impressed at the speed and

approved two controversial bills that aim to strip power from the state's incoming governor democrat roy cooper. activists and democrats have accused the republican lawmakers of waging a legislative coup. this is reverend william barber at the state legislative building friday. >> this is thehe constitution, l political power derives from the people. period. it does not derive from anybody else, but it derives from the people. amy: one of the two bills approved friday, which was quickly signed by outgoing republican governor pat mccrory, strips future governors of their power to appoint a majority to the state board of elections. it also changes the state court system, making it more difficult for the losers of some superior court cases to appeal directly to the democratic-controlled supreme court. a second bill, which had not been signed by the governor as of friday afternoon, strips the incoming governor of his ability to name members of the boards of state universities, and it reduces the number of state employees the governor can appoint from 1500 to 425. we'll have more on north carolina w

the new governor, incoming governor roy cooper, the democrat, on the phone sunday night allegedly with leaders of the legislature as well as democratic members. city council to work all this stuff out. >> right. >> he gets hurt politically one week and he's maybe the hero the next week. >> you say hurt politically one week. a lot of observers on both sides, both democrats and republicans who look at what happened with the incoming governor losing some powers and talk about the audacity of the republican legislature in the outgoing governor to do something like that. that is not the kind of thing you typically see just a few weeks before coming into office. >> yeah. and governor mccrory, the outgoing governor, signed one of those bills you're talking about yesterday, and he said, even though he agrees with most of it, part of it, the part about stripping the governor of appointments he doesn't agree with but will let the incoming governor work that out with the legislature and there's no love lost between the new governor, roy cooper, and the republican-controlled legislatu legislature.

will still be able to do once he is in office. >> roy cooper still going to be the governor.ill gets the keys to the mansion at some point on january 1st. he still gets to use the big ball room. >> seth: so he can't do anything but he gets a mansion and a ballroom. does he also get a typewriter so he can work on his novel? [ laughter ] he also argued in multiple interviews last week that it was okay for republicans to do this because democrats tried similar, though much less draconian measures in the past. and said anyone that thinks republicans wouldn't try to strip the incoming governor of his powers is just being naive. >> do you think it was wrong what the democrats did, then? >> chuck, i think wrong is always in the eye of the beholder of who's ox is getting gored. that is the way it's always been in these things. >> so what you're saying, in this case two wrongs make a right? >> what i would say is that legislatures overtime on both that they loath executive power but they'll give a little more to tir guy but when the other side gets in they'll scale it back. hey, guess

and roy cooper has had a bitter fight to get to the governor's mansion.tate republicans stuck it to him by stripping him of several executive powers after a race so tight the incumbent refused to concede for weeks. cnn correspondent polo sandoval joins me now. what a way to take the office. >> exactly, martin. it seems roy cooper will be taking advantage of the right to be sworn into office only minutes into the new year, he will be effectively taking the reins of power from a man that he beat in what was a bitter gubernatorial race this fall. >> thank you. >> the new year means a new governor for the people of north carolina. roy cooper will be sworn in as the state's 75th governor right after midnight saturday. private ceremony coming at the end of a turbulent transition for the incoming governor. in its final weeks in office, cooper's predecessor, republican pat mccrory signed into law several bills limiting the powers of his democratic successor. political appointments were cut from 1500 to 425. the governor-elect will be blocked from appointing membe

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governor there, the republican-dominated legislature met in special session incoming governor, roy cooperof power. janai norman, abc news, washington. >>> behind the scenes at radio city. >> will ganz gets dancing pointers from the rockettes themselvesment don't miss it. that's next on "world news now." >>> "world n >>> so some 2 million americans or people will get to see what's called the christmas speck tack due lar inned radio city this year. >> it is spectacular. >> it is. >> will got a chance of a lifetime getting up close and personal and a few dancing pointers from the rockettes themselves. ♪ >> reporter: the tree at rockefeller center. those iconic christmas movie moments. ♪ the holiday season is upon us here in midtown, manhattan, a tradition as famous as the christmas tree itself, the radio city rockettes at the christmas spectacular. i've been working on the high kicks, but something tells me i might need a pointer or two. somewhere in between four shows a day and 300 kicks per show, two members of the iconic precision dance team took a little time to secrets. they met me back

even roy cooper in 2000 instituted a court packing scheme once we overtook the court of appeals. these are things that happen when we have sharply divided government in a government that loathes executive power. when we started this state, it was the legislature that elected the governor and redefined his duties all of the time. we elect a statewide council of state with an insurance commissioner and treasurer and republican instruction. races we won this year for the first time virtually ever. and because we diffuse power from the executive. the legislature has done this throughout its history. and it is true that when you have your own guy in the governor's mansion, you tend to give him a little more executive power and then pull it back on the next guy. it has happened time and time again throughout the legitimate constitutional checks and balances of power. >> in fact, it has not happened time and time again, because up until 2010, the democrats controlled the state of north carolina for decades. and, by the way -- hold on -- hold on. you cited -- >> stripped power of governo

democrat roy cooper is leading pat mccrory by more than 10,000 votes. 10,000 votes is the threshold for calling for an automatic recount. cooper is ahead by 10,257 votes. >>> june atkinson sent -- attend her last state board of education as north carolina's superintendent of public instruction. in last month's election, she lost the job she held for three terms to mark johnson, a school she said she was shocked and saddened that she lost. the meeting gets underway at 9 am and we will have a report on wral news at noon. >>> as we mentioned, december is finally here but it feels more like spring. >> it is lovely out there. >>> it's going to be a gorgeous day. temperatures in the mid 60s. we started in the low to mid it is breezy too. you can see the breeze blowing the flags and downtown roxborough. it will be nice to be back to son after a couple of gray days we will have another chance sunday night through tuesday. 55 and durham and wake forest. temperatures are almost 20 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. 63 in goldsboro. these temperatures will continue to drop. the fron

>> what roy cooper did in 2000 when he helped pack the court once we won. >> that's not the questionyou, sir. do you think it was wrong to do that? you pointed out all of these issues that you said hey, do you think it was wrong what the democrats did? >> chuck, i think wrong is always in the eye of the beholder of whose ox is getting gored. >> so you are saying two wrongs don't make a right or two wrongs make a right? >> l >> legislature overtime said they loathe executive power and they will give more to their guy and when the other guy gets in, they will scale it back. guess what. the next thing you know there is gambling in casa blanca. >> here's what i don't get about this. you would have a lot more legitimacy. you have the veto proof and you have a lot more legitimacy if you have the guts to pass the bills and send them to the governor's desk and you have the ability to override it and do it in a straight forward way rather than this sneaky way that was done. >> what was sneaky about it, the legislature that serves until the end of the year and perhaps we would rather not get o

north carolina passed a series of laws that stripped power from newly elected democratic governor roy cooper this follows a consent yus election last month where cooper defeated pat mccrory by only 10,000 votes. protesters were arrested this week and removed from chamber galleries as the general assembly moved forward. joining me is colin campbell, reporter for the raleigh news and observer who has been following this story closely. to start, these new measures were pushed through the state legislature despite protests. tell bus the changes and effect it will have on cooper as he takes office. >> there are several bills passed this weekend. originally started as a session for disaster relief issues beme appointment of power. the big ones are governor cooper's cabinet has to go through a senate confirmation process like the president's cabinet appointments go through. there are changes to board appointments the government is going to have and major changes to the control of the elections process in this state. the governor's party particularly controls the election boards this would change to

democrat roy cooper is leading pat mccrory by more than 10,000 votes. 10,000 votes is the threshold for calling for an recount. cooper is ahead by 10,257 votes. >>> june atkinson attends her last state board of education been today as in north carolina superintendent of public instruction. in last month's election, she lost the job she held for three terms to republican mark johnson. he is a school board member in winston-salem. she said she was both shocked and saddened that she lost. the meeting gets underway at 9 am and we will have a report on wral news at noon. on a victory tour of the midwest. >> coming up, the jobs announcement the president- elect is touting today and the signal his campaign hopes it sends to other business leaders picture we will tell you of a standoff happening right now after a police officer is >>> president-elect donald trump as tracie potts report is an effort to fulfill a campaign promise. >> they started talking and being happy that they would be able to maintain their jobs, their homes and take care of their family once again. >> reporter: carrier worke

this comes after roy cooper had a bitter fight to win the governorship in the first place. republican incumbent refused to concede for weeks and state gop lawmakers struck back by vowing to strip cooper of his executive powers. cnn correspondent polo sandoval joining me live right now. polo, what's going on? >> reporter: fred, this is a political back arou-and-forth t has gone on in north carolina emt. today it went on in a state courtroom where a judge essentially blocked a state of republican laws that were signed about two weeks ago that pretty much curbed the authority of the governor. today that temporary restraining order was proved by the judge and now the incoming governor roy cooper is set to take the oath of office one minute into the new year. >> pole he sao sandoval, thank much. >>> a newly released dash cam video is raising questions about a shooting in texas. police say officers shot a man they misidentified as a suspect. the man survived but is paralyzed. officers said they thought he had a pistol and was pointing it at them. but the man's attorney says you c

twice, the may juror jennifer roberts said no and soon after roy cooper was elected, she said, well, let's revisit that deal again. that required mccrory to respond in this way. >> the sun reversal with little notice after the gubernatorial session has ended, this issue originated by the political left was all about politics at the expense of charlotte and the entire state of north carolina. >> a member of mcccrory's staff said it was laughable and now suddenly after the results of the election and the republican governor being defeated, they think it's a darn good idea. shep? >> is there actually resistance to repealing this thing? >> there is. republicans come from many different parts of the state. they were in tight races and wanted to see hb2 repealed so they don't face a tight race in 2018 but republican members from rural states say it was one of the reasons that i won so handily. listen to what the lieutenant governor dan forest said earlier in a statement. "i support hb2 and do not favor its repeal. no economic or ideological appeal could convince me what is right. it will a

>> we're going to do this the right way. >> reporter: on election night his democratic opponent roy cooper was nearly 5,000 votes ahead. just one tenth of one percent. the race was declared too close to call. election precincts got ten days to recount the ballots. but then the campaign filed challenges in 50 counties. or half the state. alleging ballots were cast by dead people, felons and double voters. some of those claims have been dismissed due to a lack of evidence. monday there was a lead that grew to over 9,800 votes. democrats implore the governor to give up the fight. >> be the bigger man here and realize you can't keep trying to delay the inevitable, but that you lost. and you have to move on. >> reporter: state election fishes also issued a directive. challenges to a voter's eligibility filed after election day must be thrown out. a devastating blow to the mccrory campaign, coopers team declared. now state republicans are focussed on durham county where they believe ballots still being counted will swing in their favor. >> the process has to be gone through whether there's a lik

roy cooper picked up six.s was writ large an unusual election year and there have been many lectures from republicans about dealing with new realities and giving new office holder as chance to govern. washington, d.c., firmly a one-party town, it may be tested in north carolina, a trump red state that still rejected what many there saw as right-wing overreaches by mccrory. the question now is whether republicans there who still control the state legislature will actually give their new democratic executive a chance. if you believe in the votes that have been tallied, he has certainly earned it. watch this space. >>> kellyanne, i just retweeted the best tweet. wow, what a great, smart tweet. >> mr. trump, we're in a security briefing. >> i know, but this could not wait. it was from a young man named seth, he's 16, he's in high school and i really did retweet him. seriously. this is real. >> he really did do this. >> well, sir, you're the president-elect so i guess you can do whatever you want but we'd really li

republican incumbent, governor pat mccrory, refusing to concede despite state attorney general roy cooper's 10,000 vote lead. mccrory says voting irregularities could change election results. ed: here we are december 1 and we are just 14 days until marijuana is supposed to be legalized in massachusetts and the state has hit a snag. one of the problems? the governor's council has yet to certify the results of the question 4 balloting. the woman in charge of implementing legal pot, state treasurer deb goldberg says there's even a more pressing >> we have no start up funds and the senate president yesterday recommended that would look at the stabilization fund. i'm not comfortable with that option and we have to look at all options that are available to us. >> are you not comfortable because the rating agencies have threatened to lower our ratings ? >> they have been very clear about that. ed: record sunday at 11 a.m. on now on news 5. harvey: and taking a look at first alert traffic. you're looking live at zakim bridge traffic is leaving town slowly. let's say it's been around the neighborhoo

we now should do everything we can to support the 75th governor of north carolina roy cooper. >> that north carolina governor pat mccrory conceding the governor's race to challenger roy cooper who was up by more than 10,000 votes. mccrory was looking for a recount. he's now the first sitting north carolina governor to lose a re-election bid, partly because of backlash of the bathroom bill he signed. >>> new details in the trial over the charleston church shooting in which nine people were killed. dylan roof no longer wants to represent himself. in a letter to the judge he requested to bring back his defense team for the guilt phase of the trial. opening statements are set for wednesday. >>> now to italy where the prime minister is expected to resign after voters rejected a constitutional referendum to change up the country's senate. so what does this mean? put it in perspective. the proposal's loss means more trouble for the european union already struggling to bat back a rise in populism. we have been talking about that on the international front for a while. opposition to the prime

on election night his democratic opponent state attorney general roy cooper was nearly 5,000 votes ahead, one tenth of one percent. the race was declared too close to call. election precincts, given days to count the provisional and absentee ball lots. but then mccory's campaign filed challenges in 50 counties or half the state alleging ball lots had been cast by dead people, felons and double voters. some of the claims have been dismissed due to a lack f evidence. monday the state board of elections reported cooper's lead had grown to 9,800 votes. democrats implored the governor to give up the fight. >> be the bigger man here and realize you can't keep trying to delay the inevitable but that you lost and you have to move on. >> state election officials issued a directive, challenges to a voter's eligibility filed after election day must be thrown out, a devastating blow to the mccory campaign. now the state republicans are focusing on durham county. >> the process has to be gone through whether there's a likelihood of a change in the outcome or not. >> voting rights group say there has

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. >> reporter: incoming governor democrat roy cooper slamming the republican-controlled legislature forheir actions during wednesday's special session. which was called solely for the purpose of overturning the law. >> i'm disappointed. that we have yet to remove the stain on the reputation of our great state. >> reporter: the law, signed by outgoing republican governor pat mccrory in march, sparked outrage across the country and resulted in economic losses for the state. with businesses, sports associations, and cultural figures, all pulling out of the state in protest. and the justice department filing a suit to challenge the measure. mccrory, who has blamed his election loss on the bill, pointing the finger at democrats wednesday saying in a statement, quote, this was at least the third time that pressure from the left sabotaged bipartisan good faith agreements for political purposes. >> we're here on constitution. >> are you planning on voting no, then, against the repeal? >> i plan on voting no on anything that's done here because it's all unconstitutional. >> reporter: the bitter

governor elect roy cooper said he was deeply disappointed. governor cooper: today, the legislature had a chance to do the right thing for north carolina. and they failed. republicaninted that legislative leaders failed to live up to their promise to fully repeal health bill two. law requires transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond with the gender on their birth certificate. the bill has proved controversial. opponents say it is a violation of civil liberties. while supporters say it is necessary for public safety. since the law was passed, the outcry has grown, and the fallout has been enormous, costing the state millions of dollars. bruce springsteen and other entertainers have canceled concerts there. paypal dropped plans to expand its operations and add 400 jobs. the nba moved its all-star game to another state. also widelyr law is seen as having caused the outgoing republican governor his job. >> let's get some business news. kate moody is with us in the studio. america seems to be having some bathroom problems. but the economy

finally, the democrat roy cooper announced winner unseating the current republican pat mccrory in northolina. but it-os the fight even over a this point? we have the report. >> thank you! >> reporter: a new year mean as new governor for the people of north carolina. roy cooper will be sworn in as the state's 75th gercher right after midnight saturday coming at the end of a turbulent transition for the incoming governor. [ chanting ] >> reporter: in his final weeks in office his predecessor republican pat mccrory signed into law bills limiting his successor. political appointsments cut to 425 from 1,500, and the republican-controlled center must approve cooper's appointees. believing these measures will make for a challenges first few weeks in office for cooper. >> early on he's going to try to establish his authority with the people in the state and remind legislature that he's there, he's the governor. got some discretion and is a y player in the system. >> reporter: limiting his pow cert latest chapter in a bitter and highly contested race. [ chanting ] ♪ don't you come back no more,

governor elect roy cooper.to be until last week the ability for the north carolina governor to make some unilateral appointments. some of those have been taken away. they now have to be approved by the legislature. 66 education appointments have been taken away from the governor elect. down to zero. and also his staff has been reduced by hundreds. there has been a lot of back and forth between the two parties over the course of the last ten months. there should be no explanation that this law, hb2 has cost state tens of millions of dollars. up wards of $650 million is the estimate. today we heard a deal was brokered between the democratic leadership and the republican leadership in the state. democrats were expected to take care of the charlotte city council, resigncinding the nondiscrimination ordinance and the republicans were to put forward a bill to repeal house bill 2. that has not happened yet. >>> we're expecting donald trump to emerge and speak to reporters from his estate. we'll take a quick break and

roy cooper picked up six. this was writ large an unusual election year and there have been many lectures from republicans about dealing with new realities and giving new office holder as chance to govern. washington, d.c., firmly a one-party town, it may be tested in north carolina, a trump red state that still rejected what many there saw as right-wing overreaches by mccrory. the question now is whether republicans there who still control the state legislature will actually give their new democratic executive a chance. if you believe in the votes that have been tallied, he has certainly earned it. watch this space. happy anniversary dinner, darlin' can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of two bottles of this bargain brand. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. ♪ gaviscon is a proven heartburn remedy that gives you fast-acting, long-lasting relief. it immediately neutralizes acid and only gaviscon helps keep acid down for hours. for fast-acti

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a surprise session this week to introduce legislation to limit the power of the governor-elect, roy coopera democrat. he near ohly won the governor seat and republicans are trying to strip away some of his authority and influence. go to cnn's correspondent to explain. polo, can state republicans really do this to this incoming democratic governor? >> reporter: good question, wolf. we have a republican-led effort put together by republicans under a still republican governor. yes, highly likely here as you mentioned. it started this week, a special session called among lawmakers there in north carolina, as republican legislators introduced long lineup of bills essentially limiting the powers of incoming governor roy cooper. one of the ones highly discussed right now and highly debated is the requirement for any of the incoming governors cabinet positions to be approved by state senators. this would also cut the number of appointments by the governor from 1,500 down to 300. a significant dedecrease. causing plenty of criticism you mentioned there and plenty of some chaos taking place in the g

boards implemented much of law, anyway, but things were about to change because under new governor roy cooper, those county election boards which republicans had used to push their agenda, were set to turn democratic. and so in their special session yesterday in just one example of their unprecedented power grab, republicans put forth legislation to prevent those boards from falling under democratic control. joining me now, north carolina democratic congressman david price, and congressman, i was seeing folks in north carolina tweeting about this last night. i was reading some of the coverage and reporters i follow. this was -- this was shockingly brazen by the republicans in your state. >> brazen is the right word. i have never seen anything like it in my political lifetime. this is a power grab that is just unbelievable, and it's really an attempt to reverse an election that they lost. the last time we talked, we were fearful that republicans might find a way to take the governor's election into the general assembly. now they're attempting something like that result with an attempt to deny

they'll likely have their work cut out for them because even tonight, about two weeks from roy cooper taking over the governorshi north carolina's republican house and senator have convened special sessions which are supposed to be about things like disaster relief and now republicans are submitting bill after bill after bill aimed at severely limiting the power of the incoming governor. bills that would force all cabinet appointments to be confirmed by the senate, which is not how it currently works, that would merge the state's election and ethics boards and change their makeup so the governor's party no longer gets the majority it enjoys under current law. one bill would dramatically slash the number of employees that report to the governor by 80%. joining us is president and senior lecturer at repairers of the breach and the architect of the moral mondays movement. reverend barber, thank you for being here. good evening. let's talk about the win and then the continuing fight. you were able in the last 24 hours defeat an attempt to pack the supreme court. describe that for us. >> s

then after roy cooper, a democrat, beat him in the election back in november. suddenly the city council of of a mind to do that. so on monday repealed their ordnance. voted on it again this morning. they exchanged for the legislative repealing hb2. here's what he said about that yesterday, listen. >> i have always publicly advocated to repeal of the overreaching charlotte ordnance. but those efforts were blocked by jennifer roberts, roy cooper, and other democratic activistings. >> and there is a lot of resistance among republicans there in the legislature of north carolina to repealing that bill. actually in north carolina government. here's what the lieutenant governor said earlier today. quote, i support hb2 and do not favor repeal. no economic, political were orb ideological pressure what is wrong is right. it'll always be wrong for me to have access -- it'll always be wrong for men to have access to women's showers and bathrooms. this big economic component as well after hb2 was passed back in march. big organizations like the ncaa and the acp cancelled ch

roy cooper won't be allowed to appoint a democratic majority to north carolina's board of elections that's now allowed under current law. the new measure makes the elections for appellant court races officially partisan. a democrat won a seat on the supreme court this fall ending nearly 20 years of gop control of that court. >>> caught on camera, the video that has got social media buzzing tonight. a deer becomes an unwelcome visitor in a frederick, maryland home, damaging furniture and knocking down the christmas tree. the teen inside the home at the time shot that deer and tonight he tells wusa 9's janice park he has no regrets. >> ryan manchester said he got the shock of his life when an 8 point buck knocked down his door. >> heard the loudest banging on the door. it sounded like a person was breaking through my door with a sledge hammer. >> chair, walls and knocked over his christmas tree. he quickly called 911. >> can i just get a gun and shoot it? >> i can't tell you. i can't give you any -- we have people coming out there. >> i'm sure if i just let it go it would have broke my tv, i

that clears the way for roy cooper to be declared the winner. the race of an too close to call until now and they have been recounted the last four weeks. his defeat marks the first time that a sitting north carolina governor has lost a reelection bid. >>> and south carolina prosecutors seek a retrial the case of a former north a jury was not able to reach a verdict so this afternoon the judge declared a mistrial. michael slager accused of shooting walter scott five times in the back following a traffic stop last year. a bystander recorded the shooting on a cell phone.>>> the man convicted of murder after his toddler son died in a hot suv will spend the rest of his life in prison. a judge in georgia had the down the sentence this afternoon. they convince jurors at trial that harris killed his son family life. defense attorneys argued it was an accident. >>> dylann roof's defense attorneys back on the case. last week he won the right to represent himself but then he backed reston for a lawyer to represent him during the guilty phase of the trial

restraining order would potentially affect that one, the hb 17, but we do know is governor elect roy cooperl expected to take the oath of office at 12:01, just one minute into the new year. >> polo, i understand cooper is also cleaning house a bit with his new staff. tell us about that. >> absolutely. a source within his administration told me they have begun sending out dismissal letters to a few of the political appointees under the outgoing administration. of course we've seen before, this is typically standard procedure when we have a changing of guard. however, given the significance of what's played out in raleigh, this could be bruising for the outgoing governor. >> it's certainly putting roy cooper on the map. polo sandoval, thank you. >>> the whole world will be watching so what is being done to keep times square and other places across the country safe for new year's eve? that is next. >>> back with our national lead. the countdown to the dount. new york city the epicenter for new year's eve in the u.s. on high alert in the wake of terror attacks across the globe. nearly 2 million

roy cooper picked up six.was writ large an unusual election year and there have been many lectures from republicans about dealing with new realities and giving new office holder as chance to govern. washington, d.c., firmly a one-party town, it may be tested in north carolina, a trump red state that still rejected what many there saw as right-wing overreaches by mccrory. the question now is whether republicans there who still control the state legislature will actually give their new democratic executive a chance. if you believe in the votes that have been tallied, he has certainly earned it. watch this space. >> this is a time like no other. a time of change and uncertainty. not just for the country but for the world. this is when we all need to step up, be more vigilant than ever and continue to hold all sides accountable. let's figure this out. together. ♪ see ya next year. this season, start a new tradition. experience the power of infiniti now, with leases starting at $319 a month. infiniti. empower the d

. >>> bringing in north carolina's democratic governor elect roy cooper.t of all, governor elect cooper, congratulations on your victory. >> thank you very much. i am looking forward to it. >> so you brokered the deal between the city of charlotte and the state legislature. you are obviously not happy about what happened. >> no. well, the republican legislative leadership broke its word. it said that, if the charlotte city council would repeal its ordinance, then they would fully repeal house bill 2. but what happened was they refused to put a house bill 2 repeal bill onto the floor of both the house and senate. there were enough republican and democratic votes to get that done. people in north carolina are tired of house bill 2. they're tired of north carolina being on the late-night comedy shows. it's a stain on our great state's reputation, and it's got to be wiped out. i'm going to work hard, continue to work. this was our best chance to do it. it cannot be our last chance. we've got to keep working. >> governor-elect. why did 16 democratic lawmakers v

as of now democratic challenger roy cooper leads by more than 10,000 votes according to the state electionay. >> during this wonderful season, it's also time to celebrate our democratic brothers and respect what i see to be the all-time outcome of the closest north carolina governors race in modern history. despite continued questions that should be answered regarding the voting process, i personally believe that the majority of our citizens have spoken and we now should do everything we can to support the 75th governor of north carolina, roy cooper. >> it's the end of a lengthy saga that saw mccrory's campaign raise questions about the legitimacy of the election results. accusations his critics panned at little more than an attempt to cling to power. mccrory filed complaints in about half the state's 100 counties but no evidence of widespread voter fraud ever came to light. those complaints were ultimately rejected by mccrory's own republican appointees serving on local county election boards. >>> more on donald trump's teal with carrier. last week the president-elect said the deal to sav