books are sold. announcer: north carolina governor roy cooper delivers the state of the state address before a joint session of the general assembly in raleigh. he talks about hurricane recovery efforts, climate change, and health care access. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> members of the general assembly, the governor, the honorable roy cooper. [applause] >> please be seated, first. you might be able to stand up for the whole thing, but maybe not. speaker,esident, mr. mr. president pro tem, members of the general assembly, council of state, members of the judiciary, members of my cabinet, and my fellow north carolinians, i'm honored to join you tonight to report the state of our great state. i'm joined by my wife kristin, my partner in life and in public service, who for the past two years has traveled to every corner of north carolina. i thank kristin and our wonderful daughters, hilary and natalie, and claire, who is away at school, for their unwavering love and support. thank you, guys. [applause] >> in recent months, north carolinians have been put to the test. a

: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you madam speaker. i rise to wish mrs. jenny walker a happy 100th birthday. it's been a delight getting to know ms. walker and her family since they began splitting their time between homes in greensboro and land harbor in north carolina's fifth district. mrs. walker is a mother of two, grandmother of three, and great grandmother of six. and beloved by all of them. shortly after moving to north carolina, her husband delmer started delta electronic plating company and she went back to school to learn how to keep books and even helped in the plant and driving trucks. mrs. walker remains an engaged citizen to this day, especially in bridge circles and first baptist church where everyone ejoy -- enjoys her pies. at 100, i hope to be as full of life as mrs. walker and i wish her a wonderful birthday and many, m

expired. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, madam chairman. i now would like to yield two minutes to my distinguished colleague from missouri, ms. hartler. the chair: the gentlewoman sizz -- is recognized. mrs. hartzler: thank you, madam chair. today i rise in opposition to h.r. 7. it's a deeply flawed bill that offers false promises while empowering lawyers and bureaucracy -- bureaucracy, not empowering wimming -- not empowering women. in fact, i agree with my colleague from wyoming who said it should not be called the paycheck fairness act, it should be called the pay the trial lawyers act. if there exists residual bias and discrimination against women in the workplace, it is wrong and it needs to end. . since 19 3 oak wall -- equal pay for equal work has been the law of the land under the equal pay act. let me say that again, since 1963, equal pay for equal work has been the law of the land. it is currently illegal for employers to pay different wages based on gender. as the bill sponsor just said, there are currently mechanisms t

of just come. under the. earth. back in north carolina campaigners are determined that no victim of rendition is forgotten. italian citizen britell was seized in pakistan in two thousand and two and rented on an average night to morocco where he was subjected to her in disability before being freed a full nine years later. today his wife anna speaks on his behalf the trauma of his experience has left him unable to relive this ordeal. well. enough. so. in twenty fourteen after years of investigation the u.s. senate intelligence committee compiled a report into cia torture. but those who hate america was finally going to tell the full story about this period to be disappointed all that was made public is heavily redacted executive summary the entire report it is six thousand pages to this day remain secret. we ought to warn to see those six thousand pages of the full report because if the executive summaries any indication that report does to a standing things categorically it says torture not more and it says we tortured and we tortured extensively we even murdered people the ultimat

north carolina team. harwood is from duke that makes it hard for me. i went north carolina. you think they got a chance with zion or no can they beat him? i don't know we'll see. anyway, we got to go >>> when we come back, we are going to have much more on the markets you can on the fed, and on trade with china. first, an update on business fashion. wall street is going casual. robert frank will tell us, is the suit and tie dead? not with you, robert >> i might be the last guy in new york to be wearing this, becky. goldman sac maman sachs may hav the traditional power suit

time. i recognize the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, madam chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam chairman. my friend, the chairman, is a diligent and thoughtful colleague and i believe his heart is in the right place. everyone in this house is in agreement that pay discrimination on the basis of sex is wrong. no matter how you look at it. the law is very clear about this . but this bill doesn't do anything to help working women. this is a bill for trial lawyers , plain and simple. and that's what shows a fundamental difference in outlook and principle. democrats want women to sue their bosses, republicans want women to become the bosses. republicans have favored strong economic policies that will empower and enable women to keep driving the economy forward and build the lives they want for themselves. instead of looking for ways to line the pockets of trial lawyers, we stand with working women. i'm proud, madam chairman, to yield five minutes to one of the hardest working women

is coeditor at the north carolina lecture presses civil has published five books, some of them listed on your program. civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation. ,he edited "petersburg appomattox, the ending of the and anothernia," not on the list. her talk today is "we will not rolling lee'sling lee's army after appomattox." [applause] good afternoon. it is nice to see so many familiar faces in the audience, and i know this is the time after lunch, this is why i usually choose the morning, because i know what happens after lunch. i will try to keep you all away. thank you, to longwood university, for hosting us. thank you to appomattox, especially robin snyder, and i cannot say how helpful patrick has been for the last couple of years as i have been working on this new project. he has been more than generous, both professionally and personally, just a trait of the national park service, so thank you, patrick. yes, he does deserve an applause. [applause] dr. janney: i also want to thank two other historians in the audience whose work has been so important to mind. that is chr

congressional district gerrymandering. a lower district court world north carolina's existing maps were unconstitutional and ordered. -- new maps. >> oral argument case 18422, rucho verse common cause, mr. clement. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. is not a of failure lack of judicial imagination or a lack of claims that the particular map before the court was the most extreme ever. rather the root cause of this failure is the basic decision of the framers to give responsibility for congressional districting to political actors. the framers consciously chose to give the primary authority to state legislatures and then to police the possibility that that state legislatures which the framer news to be partisan is constitutions would engage in too much partisanship the framers chose a structural solution. >> mr. clement, that shipped has sailed. once we decided the one person one vote concept, we pretty much in all of our jurisprudence saying that certain acts lyingly are unconstitutional, including racial discrimination and others. it can't be that simply because the

proposal would block police from cooperating with i.c.e. and in north carolina, yet another sheriff is saying his officers will no longer hold i.c.e. detainees, leaving more dangerous criminals on the streets. it isn't all bad news, though there are folks fighting back like north carolina house speaker tim moore. he and other republicans are now trying to force sheriffs to cooperate with federal agents good speaker moore joins me now along with former acting i.c.e. director tom homan, also a fox news contributor. mr. moore, i'm reading these quotes, and we actually have a sound bite from sheriff quentin miller, i have to play it for you because it drove me crazy and i want you to respond on the other side. let's watch. >> would you not enforce immigration laws? >> that is not part of our law enforcement duties. that would be a directive by i.c.e. a detainer request is not a valid warrant. >> laura: mr. moore, what you say to that sheriff tonight? >> respectfully, i say that sheriff is wrong. that is why we filed the legislation that we have demanding that sheriffs must honor these a

of western carolina university, a globally recognized university in the north carolina system. our mission is to serve our region and our community. our student volume reflects that. approximately 43% of our students are pell grant recipients and 40% are first-generation college students. hasern carolina university enjoyed great success over the last seven years. enrollment and retention have increased. our six-year graduation rate has risen from 50% to 60%. we know the lions share of the work we need to lift families out of poverty happens at universities like ours. we take that responsibility very seriously. bold andent it a innovative program created by a forward thinking north carolina legislature to strengthen our role as an instrument of economic mobility and to provide access to affordable higher education that leads to timely graduation and transforms futures for our students. long andolina has a proud history of public universities and we are ranked fifth nationally in pupils and per capita spending. capitale and per spending. we recognize that a college education drives e

pittsburgh. north carolina the former head of the democratic party of north carolina now the publisher of shadow county line this fine newspaper the chatham county in county long graduations on this randi great to be here max this is our twentieth year i've worked with julian serrano who's been the publisher for the last one thousand years to keep this publication going in its a way for local people to have their voices heard right and other wild line is we're all voices are heard this is a radical idea in today's america where not all voices can be heard there's a drastic increase in deep platforming in the rise and echo chambers your thoughts you know it's very hard obviously to make money or make a living putting out print media but i think in micra media like this where we're not in it to make money we're just trying to break even so that we can actually put out a publication and let the community be heard is important and you know maybe in the future you know we might make a few dollars but the bottom line is to provide a platform for folks across the spectrum to put out their opinio

north carolina's campaign as a major report on their state's role in facilitating the cia's torture program it was the culmination of eighteen months of detailed investigations public hearings and the contribution of dozens of expert witnesses including the former un rapporteurs on torture and a former guantanamo detainee mohammed who will slahi. the report was a devastating indictment calling on the state governor lingle thora to his and politicians to finally take a stand against torture with their demands loudly and clear under no. they are what we tolerate then you remain true. other human being. it also calls for an investigation into the north carolina company erit contract is . are they participating in the illegal kidnapping and disappearance of prisoners overseas we have no idea and they certainly could do it again if a future us administration introduced this program. we wanted to ask eric contract is about their business today offering what they call specialized past. and cargo transport haitian solutions to customers around the globe we rate to three for the planets and

tomorrow. jose? >> dylan dreyer, thank you so much. >>> hurricane florence swept through north carolina more than six months ago, but the marines at camp lejeune waiting for help toy. >> reporter: six months ago, marines were training in this classroom. today, ceilings are caved in, walls a m d is florence. >> we're operational, we're here doing our work. but the conditions we're working in are just like we were in iraq or afghanistan. >> reporter: colonel brian wofford is one of the top officers. >> is this the way we want our marines and civilian marines working in these conditions? >> reporter: the brigadier general oversees all of the bases on the east coast. none of the buildings have actually been repaired since hurricane damage? >> that's right. >> reporter: the price tag to repair this hurricane damage stands at $3.6 billion. but so far, these marines haven't seen a dime. in a memo obtained by nbc news, marine corps commandant neller warned a lack of funds for hurricane recovery combined with negative factors including unplanned southwest border operations have imposed an unacceptabl

beneficial to me. mr. courtney: thank you. >> i agree. also want to say that the north carolina promise is a first dollar plan. where other free programs tend to be last dollar and rely on existing aid first. so north carolina promise, actually better and more generous particularly for low-income students. i think your comment financial literacy is something that we also need to be making sure that we're educating our students. mr. courtney: i hope we're optimistic this is the year to move forward. thank you very much. yield back. chairman scott: the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to the panel for being here. this is an unbelievably important subject for us to be considering. and financial literacy absolutely is something that we have not done well. and we're seeing the challenges of that. dr. morrison shetler i often here the facts are form as a real obstacles to students continuing their real education. supported legislation that would allow the i.r.s. to share income information with the education department, thereby making it easie

history. smithfield's north carolina. a quiet backwater in america's south. on the face of it an unremarkable bible belt town tug to meet rural wooded countryside. but thirteen years ago stories started to emerge suggesting something sinister was going on. mysterious flights leaving from the little airport. people were being seized from their homes in streets around the world transported to foreign prisons and secret cia interrogation camps known as black sites. who feel some sort of them would give off and. report it for. somebody for. the covert operation officially called extraordinary rendition took place in the years between two thousand and two to two thousand and nine. in north carolina locals began calling the flights from their local airports torture taxes this was a planned orchestrated program of kidnapping for torture i found that to be just intolerable we spoke to a woman whose husband was another victim of rendition. to this day the truth about the cia's rendition program and the role of north carolina's airports remains officially shrouded in secrecy. but are reali

. it also calls for an investigation into the north carolina company erik contract is . are they participating in the illegal kidnapping and disappearance of prisoners overseas we have no idea and they certainly could do it again if a future us administration introduced this program. we wanted to ask eric contract his about their business today offering what they call specialized past. and cargo transport haitian solutions to customers around the globe we rate to three former pilots and even called on them but no one would speak. i'm sorry is not. could we talk to him. not there. we also contacted every contract his management who didn't reply so we called on lawyer lamar armstrong listed for many years as a senior management representative of every contract is we wanted to get his reaction to the revelations in the north carolina reporting to torture and the stated role of eric. we sent an e-mail to mr armstrong mr lamar armstrong representative of eric tractors. thank you very much thanks a lot josh bolton was you not interested because he's just not right he's going to call th

recognized university of north carolina system. our mission is to serve our region and community. our student body reflects that, proximally 43% of the western carolina students are pell grant recipients, and 40% are 1st-generation college students. west and carolina university has enjoyed great success over the last seven years. roman has soared to more than 11,600 students. freshman retention has increased to 71% to 80%, and our six-year graduation rate has risen from 50 to 60%. is a regional cover has a university, we know the lion's share of the work may be to lift families out of poverty, problems that universities like ours we take that responsibility seriously. this past fall, western carolina implemented a bold and innovative program, created by a forward thinking north carolina legislator. to strengthen our crucial role as an engine of economic mobility, make college more affordable for every student, and provide access to truly affordable higher education that leads to timely graduation and transforms futures for our students. north carolina has long and proud history of gen

carolina. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. walker: thank you. and thank you for the ranking member to his work. mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition of h.r. 1. while my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have deemed this bill to be for the people, a more proper characterization would be for the politicians. voting is a foundational right for all americans, and the egregious provisions of this bill will jeopardize our freedoms. in particular, this legislation fails to address the issue of ballot harvesting. as we've seen in california and my own state of north carolina, ballot harvesting has created troubling irregularities in several elections due to the lack of oversight and opportunities for voter manipulation and intimidation. ballot harvesting allows political operatives with a partisan agenda to get involved in the collection and submission of votes, creating an opportunity for organizations of -- or campaign workers to exploit voters and violate our fundamental rights. americans should have choice on how they want to vote, who they w

the supreme court heard a case concerning north carolina congressional district gerrymandering. it dates back to 2011 when a lower court ruled the existing maps were unconstitutionally, racially gerrymandered and ordered new maps. favorltimately ruled in of the groups. in 2018, a supreme court ruling case back carolina's for consideration. 18422, rucho verse common cause, mr. clement. >> mr. chief justice and may it please thecourt. this i course hads speed he filled to i'd a start nor partisan ger rymandering claims the cause of the failure it not a lack l imagination or a lack of claims that the particular map before the court was the most extreme ever. rather the root cause of this failure is the basic decision of the framers to give responsibility for congressional districting to political actors. the framers conscious she chose to give the primary authority to state legislatures and then to police the possibility that state ruth legislatures which the framer news to be partisan is constitutions would engage in too much partisanship the framers chose a struck to all -- >> mr. c

in north carolina. a political operative for working for a republican candidate illegally har vested ballots which led to the north carolina board of elections calling for a new special election. ballot har vesting is practice when a political operative or volunteer can come to your home, pick up your ballot, and deliver it to the polling precinct. this process while illegal in knows most states like north carolina is a perfectly legal practice in places like california. republicans both at the house administration committee markup and in rules committee offered amendments to prohibit ballot harvesting and both attempts were rejected by democrats. we can no longer be naive to think that this a practice that will simply help your elderly neighbor who can can no longer get to the polls. ask my form colleagues from california, ballot harvest something an unguard the instrument that's occurring on a large scale as a practice used by political operatives to manipulate the outcome of elections. if we want to improve election security, we must eliminate ballot harvesting and its risks to ta

of the national economy that the free flow of workers from north carolina to maine. trump can't be the builder president if he doesn't build anything. and with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. collins: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. collins: thank you, madam speaker. last week on the floor of this chamber i released the transcript of the interview of john orr. at the time i would say there would be additional transcripts from the committee on investigation public. as i stated then, our interview transcripts were pertinent to a congressional investigation but the 115th congress ended, the investigation was closed and copies were shared with certain members of congress. mr. speaker -- madam speaker, i equest that the link dougcollins.congress.gov/page be placed in the record so the american peopl

, calling from north carolina. caller: good morning. the twohame that highest paid professions play on people's grief. that is the medical profession and the legal profession. i'm a strict capitalist. i am in hurricane country. after hurricanes, people price tag. -- gouge. they will come down to those people and give them finds and make them go to court. if you have something people require to live, and you are the it, ourson to have market might say that is price and demand. price gouging is a legal issue. the government has every right to take action against it. the problem is there is a money connection. -- influence of big money and lobbyist between drug companies and politicians, nothing will change. it's as that. as a cpac continues in washington, d.c., we will be joined by our guest from young americans for freedom. serieser on, our continues and we look at the history of election do overs, with stephen sheppard. stay with us. ♪ >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. not -- ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. -- newest boo

world. she didn't imagine that world would be posts in oklahoma, and fayetteville, north carolina. marty was a captain by then. flew one of those huge c-130 cargo planes. all that time alone, not that easy on a marriage, that she revealed with tape recorded interviews with psychologist debbie cole. >> marty was away for extended periods of time. she was having a hard time with that. she was getting lonely. >> reporter: sometimes he was gone for months, sometimes when he did come home, military families have gotten to know that adjustment period too well. they bickered about having children. he wanted them, she didn't. she was worried she would be stuck raising them herself, where she was lonely. >> loserville. no one to hang out with. no one to pick up the phone and call. >> reporter: that was about the time it started. harmless, raleally, a few key strokes. sexy brunette seeks rendezvous man. and not long after, she got a response. from him. his name was john. john diamond. >> john was a lady's man. >> reporter: debbie could see her brother responding to a solicitation like michelle's.

, thom tillis of north carolina lisa murkowski of north carolina and senator rand paul of kentucky. the majority made commitment to a thursday boat vote when he met with Ãearlier today following caucus meetings >> madam president, today the entire senate democratic caucus and i are introducing simply ask the department of justice to do what it's supposed to do defend the duly enacted laws of the country. this resolution shouldn't be necessary but last year as 19 states joined texas and challenging the constitutionality of the affordable care act attorney general jeff sessions refused to defend the aca in court. and in fact, filed a brief arguing that several vital protections of the law should be ruled unconstitutional including protections for americans living with pre-existing conditions. in making his decision not to defend the duly enacted law jeff sessions himself acknowledged he was going against a "long-standing tradition of defending the constitutionality Ãbif reasonable arguments can be made in their defense". guess what, there are many reasonable arguments for the aca. even

reserves. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: mr. chairman, i rise to claim time in opposition to this amendment, although i am not -- i reserve the right to change my mind based on what i hear from my colleague from virginia. i have -- the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. chairman. i do have great respect for my colleague from virginia, and i appreciate the fact that this amendment recognizes the very serious problem with h.r. 7 by applying the expansive government data collection mandate only to business owners with 100 or more employees. however, the forced data collection scheme in the underlying bill, even with this amendment, is still extremely misguided. h.r. 7 requires business owners to, for the first time ever, submit reams of pay data to the eeoc, broken down by job category, race, sex, and ethnicity. moreover, the collection must also include hiring, termination, promotion data, which even the obama administration's 2016 pay data collection scheme did not include. this data

problem created in north carolina? the voter fraud issue. >> first off, i want to thank you for your comments on redistricting. i am certainly supportive the provisions in the bill when it comes to redistricting, i certainly would like your assistance and also chairperson , our colleagues from your side of the aisle from illinois to maybe go along with redistricting and reform, that is when i'm mentioned during the hearing and the one hearing we had and during the markup process. we can work together on that in the future. how does this fix what happen in north carolina? the bill doesn't, that was an amendment we offered, ms. torres. we offered an amendment to stop ballot harvesting, we have seen where it is illegal in north carolina, someone took advantage of that and could possibly go to jail, that is why we introduced the amendment voted down party lines, unless it is part of a gerrymandering amendment i have not gone through, that is the case, ballot harvesting is still legal nation might when we have seen the fraud that can be committed. >> if i'm a on that point, it is ironic t

the problem created in north carolina? the voter fraud issue. >> first off, i want to thank you for your comments on redistricting. i am certainly supportive the provisions in the bill when it comes to redistricting, i certainly would like your assistance and also chairperson , our colleagues from your side of the aisle from illinois to maybe go along with redistricting and reform, that is when i'm mentioned during the hearing and the one hearing we had and during the markup process. we can work together on that in the future. how does this fix what happen in north carolina? the bill doesn't, that was an amendment we offered, ms. torres. we offered an amendment to stop ballot harvesting, we have seen where it is illegal in north carolina, someone took advantage of that and could possibly go to jail, that is why we introduced the amendment voted down party lines, unless it is part of a gerrymandering amendment i have not gone through, that is the case, ballot harvesting is still legal nation might when we have seen the fraud that can be committed. >> if i'm a on that point, it is iro

american citizen. mrs. torres: how would this bill fix the problem created in north carolina? the voter fraud issue? love -- >> first off, i want to thank you for your comments on redistricting. i certainly am supportive of the provisions that are in this bill when it comes to redistricting and i certainly would like your assistance and also chairperson lofgren's in convincing our colleagues from your side of the aisle, from illinois to maybe go along with redistricting reform. that's one that i've mentioned during a hearing and the one hearing we had, and during the mark jum process -- markup process. mr. davis: so we can work together on that in the future. how does this fix what happened in north carolina? the bill doesn't. and that was an amendment that we offered, ms. torres. we offered an amendment to outlaw ballot harvesting because we've seen where it is illegal in north carolina, somebody took advantage of that and could possibly go to jail. that's why we introduced the amendment that was voted down on party lines. unless it's part of a manager's amendment, i haven't had

children. and then treated as refugees. and we settled around the country. in north carolina, mary cruz carmona, an illegal alien from mexico, pled guilty after a hit-and-run that decapitated jamar beach, the father of a 2-year-old boy. he will reportedly be eligible for release in just 14 months. >> he never stopped. he decapitated my son and kept going with his body lodged in the side of the van. he doesn't deserve the opportunity to live in the land of the free. >> laura: and the state of new mexico is becoming ground zero for human smuggling. the albuquerque journal is reporting this week that i.c.e. and border patrol identified sed criminal groups that have been smuggling immigrants across the southern border to destinations in alabama, new jersey, tennessee, and elsewhere. there are dozens of these stories that we had "the ingraham angle" come across each week. and yet, despite all of this, we see this night after night, there are politicians who care more about the place of illegals than their own american citizens. we can highlight scores of these cases on a daily basis, bu

carolina. like you just saw. the other a democratic case of redistricting in maryland. so back to north carolina and how we got those results in the 2018 election and what happened there. well, it's a quintessential purple swing state, and one that is hotly contested in presidential elections. it has a democratic governor and a republican state legislator. democrats actually have more than 470,000 voter advantage. but republicans in the state -- in the state legislator intentionally grew congressional lines to preserve extreme partisan advantage regardless of statewide election results. and those republicans have been honest about their ambitions. david louis, republican member of the state assembly's redistricting committee told his fellow lawmakers, this was in 2016 and i quote, i think electing republicans is better than electing democrats, so i drew this map to help foster what i think is better for the country. i propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to ten republicans and three democrats because i do not believe it's possible to draw a map with 11 republicans

about his courtship with janet to a local north carolina news program. >> she was beautiful, attractive. i just felt so much comfort when i was with her. >> it's the perfect equation, if you will. attractive young woman, attractive young man. we share the same faith, so for raven and janet it just seemed like a natural progression of their friendship. >> they got married at a very young age and decided to live their life together. >> the fact that raven was mormon, that mattered to her. >> raven had won over janet's family by talking about what a devoted mormon he was, that he'd gone and done mission work including in peru. >> she married in the washington, d.c., temple and always carried the spirit of christ with her everywhere she went. >> life for the two of them began in the small colonial town called smithfield, virginia. they went to the local church. they made lots of friends with their neighbors. >> we were just part of a big family. raven and janet both came from big families and they didn't have any family in the immediate area, so they kind of adopted us. janet said, "you kno

the vote and target minority communities. look at what happened in north carolina. in 2013, state legislators requested data broken down by race on how residents engaged in a number of voting practices. they then used that data to enactless that restricted voting and voter registration in five different ways that disproportionately affected african-americans. you do not have to take my word, the fourth circuit of appeals found that this legislation was enacted with discriminatory intent. in fact, the fourth circuit said that in north carolina, legislation targeted african-americans with, and they said this, i quote, almost surgical precision. we are better than that. in georgia, we saw actions just last year by officials to remove people from the voter rolls and prevent them from registering in the first place. . h.r. 1 would register people to vote, expand absentee voting and give additional funding to states to maintain enough polling sites so they can do their job. this legislation would help make it easier for hardworking americans to find the time to vote, by making election

. spending taxpayer money chasing a ghost. gordon, mix thoughts there. michael raleigh, north carolina, independent. michael. caller: i believe that the incomplete andis to ted to hide information favor the president. host: how do you know that? believe that? caller: i believe it because he works for the president. there is any e integrity or honesty in the general or the president. and i don't believe -- i just nutshell s lying in a and i believe that he will lie about anything. to, who are you referring the president or the attorney general? caller: both. are cut from the same cloth. host: i will leave it there. a couple of callers saying it has been a waste of taxpayer dollars. u.s.a. today" put there chart together recently robert mueller's investigation brought has spent.ey than it the mueller investigation as far $25 e know cost around million. among the president's many criticisms of the russia cost associatehe he with it has nearly a second jagr but the fines and forfeitures could push the the black andinto that is including the money that seized in fines and manna for from paul the and oth

meadows of north carolina and jim jordan of ohio, about conservatism and the 2020 elections. >> >> [ cheering ] >> [ applause ] >> thank you. how about one for him? thank you. how about one for him? thank you. did that video make you feel good? we know what we are up against. we know, they are being very clear these days. yesterday was a busy day for all of us. checking into the hotel, people flying in, i happened to turn on tv late last night to get a glimpse of our democracy in action with the hearing yesterday, with a certain guy who calls himself a lawyer, i am never heard of a lawyer secretly taping their own clients. it is interesting, the terminology that gets used, and to both of you, i think you need to understand something. when you are in that hearing, and you are taking those stands, you are speaking for all of us. >> thank you. >> [ cheering ] >> [ applause ] >> to congressman jordan who had the job of sitting right there at the tippy top, leading the republicans on the committee, help us understand what is going on. >> this is step one in the democrats crazy ef

from combat, what did happen. all those strange things down south in north carolina. fayetteville is an old town, steeped in revolutionary and civil war history. smack in the middle of the bible belt. but now, cargo planes buzz in and out of pope air force base. all past the confines of the city sprawls the immense ft. bragg, home base of the computer whiz, david shannon, his house was here, a few blocks off base. the major, his wife joan, and their four children. it was july, 2002. like a sauna that night, so hot and humid. and then a light rain that cooled it down again. david and joan watched a movie on tv, fell asleep. and then -- >> i don't even remember hearing the first shot. i remember something woke me up. >> and then you heard a shot? >> and i know whatever woke me up, i know my ears were already ringing. and i turned the light on. and i see that he's shot. you know, it shocks you. never, ever forget that image. that's burned in my brain forever, no matter how much i try to -- here is the person i love. he's dying. [ sirens ] >> and by the time the police and the ambulance

coming into our country. and michigan is booming and ohio is booming. and north carolina, south carolina, florida. a lot of places. we have a lot of car companies. we have a lot of companies coming back into our country and this has been happening pretty much since i've been president. it's really amazing what's going on. but again, because i'm going to michigan i will tell you, we'll be speaking about it tonight. we have companies coming back in, car companies. it's a great thing to see. [ inaudible question ] >> i've been going through that for two years. it's much more than that. if you look back you can probably look at the insurance policy area in terms of timing. it's a disgrace what happened. this was a terrible thing that's been put on to our country. nobody has ever seen anything like this. never happened before. beautiful conclusion, i haven't seen the report. beautiful conclusion. and there was no collusion at all. there never was. everybody knew it. i wish it could have gone in one week instead of taking almost two years. but the result was great. no obstruction. no

north carolina, which is one of the states being looked at by the supreme court, by the way. our colleagues "the new york times" put together this handy graphic that shows us just a few things. first in terms of vote count there's a pretty even split. 50% votes for republicans, 48% for democrats. but take a look at who won most of the seats. republicans. they won ten seats. democrats only won three. a disclaimer, one gop victory was declared invalid due to evidence of election fraud by the republican campaign and a special election will be held soon. but that's a whole other story for another time. but you see what happened there. republicans won a disproportionate number of seats, and it's no secret that the district was designed to get those results. that's exactly what the supreme court was hearing cases on today involving both sides. one case involved republican redistricting in north carolina. like you just saw. the other a democratic case of redistricting in maryland. so back to north carolina and how we got those results in the 2018 election and what happened there. well,

not show up or to have a legitimate state interest but in this case the north carolina legislation did not advocate or contend in any way with bipartisan gerrymandering with any of this analysis with thele clear burden carefully thought out. >> will take you back to the questions we arent asking that if you make a list of the neutral criteria compact protecting incumbents, respecting o certain geography and that includes all of these and what you have is a large number for this criteria that's it you will get then the legislature chooses among those maps the choice as it is traditionally applied and the school case in which the court said that board couldchool not use its discretionary choices to discriminate based on - - based on viewpoint. >> that this is a real puzzle to me. go answer the question if you have 125 maps you have all of these maps and you have to choose among them. it is already programmed with the neutral criteria. how does the legislature choose among those maps? would anything be satisfactory? to dictate electoral outcomes. >> so that will turn on the numbers. h

that.he >> sue, you look at senator tom tillis of north carolina, a republican, heriginally was opposed to the president's move. >> on principle. on principle opposed. >> but he flipped. why? >> not only did he flip, but hei flippe the moments leading up to this vote. it is one of the more spectacularve flip-flops w seen in the senate in recent years. i think it speaks to the politics of this. yes, i think republicans a afraid of a primary, afraid as seen aes having dista from the president on his signature issue. the wall is thena sre issue of this presidency. a republican like tillis in a state like north carolina, where you have a lot of ambitious conservatives, who would look a a vote like that and suddenly see a path to come at him. so his turning in the end, i just think speaks more to the fact that republicans are so reluctant to go against the president, and it's even more remarkable when you know how many of them privately think sthat this ish a bad move. not the national emergency itself but trying to do this constitutional challenge. most of them privately are really

there is no election brought in america. i would refer you to the recent north carolina house elections. just set aside in north carolina because of election fraud. the reason it was set aside is because of something called ballot harvesting, which is illegal in north carolina, but is legal in california. as the members of the house would probably tell you, it is widely thought that ballot harvesting legal in california is a reason there are only seven republicans left in the delegation from california. harvesting, mysteriously, is not a part of this parade. somehow overlooked. emphasizert i would is the federal election commission has been 3-3 since the post-watergate period this is a period during which democrats had massive majorities in the house and senate, could have done anything they wanted to, but it never occurred to them that the federal election commission to administer the law would be done on a partisan basis. so the fec has been three democrats and three republicans for all of these years to prevent either side from taking partisan advantage of the other. in hr-

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