tillis: i'm thom tillis. i'm proud to be a senator from the great state of north carolina. we heard president obama deliver a speech updating the american people on his health care law, obamacare. rather than admit it is not working, the president pays -- painted a rosy picture. it's certainly not what we are seeing here in north carolina, with the latest wave of premium increases and policy cancellations. president bill clinton had to admit the consequences of obamacare are, in his words, "the craziest thing in the world." ago, presidents obama repeatedly promised families they would be able to keep their health care plans if they like to them. we all know that wasn't true. as millions of americans received cancellation notices forcing them to pick a new plan and in many cases a new doctor. he also promised obamacare would lower insurance premiums i some $2500 a year. instead premiums have increased by an average of $5,000 a year since before the law was enacted. i agree with president bill clinton. the reality of obamacare is the craziest thing in the world. since i becam

she joined the wives of senators richard burr and thom tillis. they visited offices in several cities including one on spring forest road in raleigh this afternoon. we've just learned donald trump will return to north carolina next week. he's holding a rally in kinston on wednesday night at seven .. at the kinston jet center. presidential candidate mike pence will campaign for trump in greensboro on monday. he'll host a rally at seven p-m .. at the greensboro coliseum. doors open at five. the governor of indiana will also host a rally at catawba college in salisbury on monday afternoon. tonight... police in new york say preliminary tests on a white powdery substance found in an envelope sent to hillary clinton's campaign .. show that it wasn't harmful. meanwhile .. clinton's rival .. is vowing to sue the women who accuse him of sexual ass has the latest on the campaign trail 'election - headquarters'. you can follow the candidates on the campaign trail -- and find "early voting" locations in 'your county' .. on the "abc 11 'mobile news app" -- or

people like cory gardner and thom tillis and tom cotton them a joni ernst and others who people see as aspiring sharp leaders who are conservative but have a tremendous amount of deal across the board. so convincing them support the farm team in the future of the party is something a lot of our when weravitated to felt like the top of the ticket had not worked out the way it had. >> can you talk about the way the different candidates have handled donald trump differently? we've seen everything from those who have endorsed him early on thattuck that -- those evensed, unendorsed, or re-endorsed. which has been most successful? >> i have a long relationship with senator mcconnell and sobbing i've admired about him his ability to lock down in a position and stick with it. people stop bothering asking you. if you get the same answer today ago, yougot six month start to get bored and move on. a lot of candidates feel the need to respond every news cycle to everything that trump says. it has caught some of our candidates up. where a candidate is on donald trump has a relatively negligible imp

and thom tillis... as they pushed the crowd to vote... and build a republican majority come election day. 'a sign' -- the 'democratic ticket'... is 'also' - 'a sign' -- the 'democratic ticket'... is 'also' - 'pushing hard' for votes -- in "battleground north carolina". his wife -- in greensboro and charlotte -- on sunday. 'tim kaine'... is scheduled to make stops in jacksonville and sanford -- on monday. vice president "joe - biden"...will be in charlotte one week before election day. on wednesday... 'president - obama' -- will hold a 'get out the vote rally' -- in the raleigh area. and... hillary clinton is coming back to north carolina on 'thursday'... but so far her campaign isn't releasing 'any more' details. abc-11 is your 'election - headquarters'. you can follow the candidates on the campaign trail -- and find "early voting" locations in 'your county' .. on the "abc 11 'mobil -- or on 'abc dot com - slash - go vote'. now to a 'developing story' -- 'public schools' here in north carolina... and 'across the country' -- are 'watching

thom tillis says the republican response, giving his reaction to the health care law under the obama will be honest with you. one of the best parts of being president is having your own really nice lady. and i'm going to miss it a lot. up until i ran for this office, i was mainly flying coach, so i know what a pain the process can be from searching for the best prices to that feeling you get when the baggage carousel stops and yours still has not come out. -- all take pride in getting us to our destination safely and on time. they do good work and we are proud of them. it i think we all know the system can work a little bit better for everybody. and that is why over the last eight years, my administration has taken common sense steps to do just that. we put in place rules that virtually eliminated excessive delays on the tarmac. we required airlines to give travelers more flex ability on cancellations, to provide refunds to anyone who cancels within 24 hours of purchase and to give you compensation if you were bumped off your flight