WEBVTT 00:03.470 --> 00:06.439 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> THIS IS AN NC SPIN AND UNREHEARSED DISCUSSION 00:06.539 --> 00:09.142 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% ON ISSUES OF INTEREST TO NORTH CAROLINIANS. 00:09.242 --> 00:11.911 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% NOW HERE IS YOUR MODERATOR TOM CAMPBELL. 00:13.346 --> 00:15.081 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> IT'S BEEN ANOTHER INTERESTING WEEK IN THE 00:15.181 --> 00:16.182 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% TAR HEEL STATE. 00:16.282 --> 00:18.385 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WE OBSERVED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY, HAD 00:18.485 --> 00:21.087 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% PARADES AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN FREEZING COLD 00:21.187 --> 00:23.957 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% TEMPERATURES, STAYED UP LATE FOR THE BLOOD MOON 00:24.057 --> 00:27.327 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% ECLIPSE AND SAW HEATED ARGUMENTS BETWEEN 00:27.427 --> 00:29.963 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS OVER THE 9TH CONGRESSIONAL 00:30.063 --> 00:31.898 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% ELECTION OUTCOME. 00:31.998 --> 00:34.834 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THE PACE PICKED UP ON JONES STREET AS WE READY 00:34.934 --> 00:37.037 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% FOR THE NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT BEGINS NEXT 00:37.137 --> 00:39.939 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WEDNESDAY, AND WE WANT OUR PANEL TO COMMENT ON WHAT 00:40.040 --> 00:41.074 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% WE CAN EXPECT. 00:41.174 --> 00:44.177 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% PLUS WE ASK OUR ANALYSTS TO TELL US SOMETHING WE 00:44.277 --> 00:45.612 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% DON'T KNOW. 00:46.279 --> 00:48.048 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WE'VE GOT A GREAT PANEL FOR YOU THIS WEEK. 00:48.148 --> 00:51.718 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THEY INCLUDE: BECKI GRAY, FROM THE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION 00:51.818 --> 00:55.121 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% JOHN HOOD, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST AND AUTHOR 00:55.221 --> 00:58.024 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% CHRIS FITZSIMON, DIRECTOR OF THE NEWSROOM 00:58.124 --> 01:01.194 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% AND ROB SCHOFIELD, OF NC POLICY WATCH. 01:01.294 --> 01:03.963 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WE BEGIN OUR UNINTERRUPTED DEBATE AFTER THESE BRIEF 01:04.064 --> 01:05.632 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% MESSAGES FROM OUR UNDERWRITERS. 01:08.535 --> 01:12.472 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> THEY ARE UP BEFORE DAWN, AND WORK LATE INTO THE NIGHT. 01:13.039 --> 01:15.408 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> THEY BELIEVE IN HARD WORK, FAMILY, 01:15.508 --> 01:18.378 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND DOING THE RIGHT THING. 01:18.478 --> 01:20.647 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% THEY STAND UP FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES 01:20.747 --> 01:23.349 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WHEN OTHERS WALK AWAY. 01:23.450 --> 01:26.553 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT A FAIR SHAKE. 01:26.653 --> 01:28.655 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% THEY ARE FARMERS. 01:29.756 --> 01:31.424 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% AT NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU. 01:31.524 --> 01:34.828 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WE ARE PROUD TO STAND WITH OUR FARMERS. 01:36.496 --> 01:38.631 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> TODAY'S TOOLS MAKE YOUR REAL DIYER, 01:38.731 --> 01:40.633 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND AS A MEMBER OF AN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 01:40.733 --> 01:43.870 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% YOU HAVE LOTS OF VALUABLE TOOLS TO HELP YOU DO IT YOURSELF 01:43.970 --> 01:46.439 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% IN CONTROLLING YOUR HOME ENERGY USE AND BUDGET 01:46.539 --> 01:49.209 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% LEAVING YOU FREE TO BE DAD. 01:51.244 --> 01:53.913 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> 12,000 NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS ARE UNINSURED 01:54.013 --> 01:55.982 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WITH NO OPTIONS TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE. 01:56.082 --> 01:58.451 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THEY FOUGHT FOR US, NOW LET'S FIGHT FOR THEM. 01:58.551 --> 02:00.320 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% LET'S CREATE A NORTH CAROLINA SOLUTION 02:00.420 --> 02:02.122 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% FOR COVERING THE UNINSURED. 02:02.222 --> 02:05.391 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: 02:06.826 --> 02:10.697 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> PRODUCTION UNDERWRITING PROVIDED BY: 02:11.397 --> 02:15.301 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% FAMILY PHYSICIANS, YOUR TRUSTED HEALTHCARE ADVISOR FOR LIFE. 02:17.103 --> 02:18.271 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% LET'S GET STARTED. 02:18.371 --> 02:19.606 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IT WAS A MADE FOR TV MOMENT. 02:19.706 --> 02:22.842 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS FACING OFF IN COURT OVER THE 9TH 02:22.942 --> 02:24.944 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ELECTION. 02:25.044 --> 02:27.647 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% REPUBLICANS CLAIMED THAT CERTIFYING MARK HARRIS AS 02:27.747 --> 02:29.816 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WINNER HAD TAKEN FAR LONGER THAN WAS PRESCRIBED 02:29.916 --> 02:31.451 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% BY LAW. 02:31.551 --> 02:34.220 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% DEMOCRATS SAID THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WAS CORRECT 02:34.320 --> 02:39.626 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% IN NOT CERTIFYING A WINNER BECAUSE OF CLEAR EVIDENCE 02:39.726 --> 02:41.728 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% OF VOTING IRREGULARITIES AND FRAUD. 02:42.695 --> 02:44.330 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% ROB, JUDGE PAUL RIDGEWAY HEARD THE 02:44.430 --> 02:47.734 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% CASE AND RULED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY IN DENYING 02:47.834 --> 02:51.004 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% MARK HARRIS BE CERTIFIED AS THE WINNER. 02:51.104 --> 02:53.773 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WERE YOU SURPRISED HE RULED SO QUICKLY? 02:53.873 --> 02:55.041 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> NO ACTUALLY IT WASN'T. 02:55.141 --> 02:57.277 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND I THINK WHEN HE TOOK A LOOK AT SIX HUNDRED 02:57.377 --> 02:58.912 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AND TWENTY EIGHT PAGES THAT HAVE BEEN FILED WITH HIM 02:59.012 --> 03:00.413 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% BY MARK HARRIS I THINK I'M SURPRISED 03:00.513 --> 03:02.448 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% HE DIDN'T JUST DISMISS THE CASE THAT AT THAT POINT 03:02.549 --> 03:04.717 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO READ 628 PAGES. 03:04.817 --> 03:07.187 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% BUT SERIOUSLY THIS WAS A THIS WAS A HAIL MARY. 03:07.287 --> 03:09.589 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% BY MARK HARRIS IT WAS A FOURTH IN 20 YARDS TO GO 03:09.689 --> 03:12.358 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND I DON'T THINK HE OR OR DALLAS WOODHOUSE OR TOM BRADY 03:12.458 --> 03:14.160 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% I DON'T THINK THEY HAD A SHOT HERE. 03:15.461 --> 03:17.197 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> GO WORK THE SUPER BOWL. 03:17.897 --> 03:20.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> IT WAS A BIG LONG SHOT. 03:20.166 --> 03:22.068 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I MEAN I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EXPECTED TO RULE 03:22.168 --> 03:23.870 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% IT MAYBE YOU KNOW MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DAY 03:23.970 --> 03:25.305 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I SUPPOSE YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED IT 03:25.405 --> 03:28.508 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% BUT HE KNEW THE JUDGE KNEW THAT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 03:28.608 --> 03:31.177 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IS COMING TOGETHER IN THE COMING DAYS, IN A FEW DAYS IT WAS 03:31.277 --> 03:33.313 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% GOING TO BE DECIDED BY THEN WHY WOULDN'T HE HAND IT OFF. 03:33.413 --> 03:34.647 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY ACTION. 03:34.747 --> 03:35.982 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MARK HARRIS 03:36.082 --> 03:37.750 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% BEING ANXIOUS TO GO IN AND GET THIS THING BEHIND HIM. 03:37.850 --> 03:39.419 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% SO WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW BECKI. 03:39.519 --> 03:41.988 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> WELL WE'RE SORT OF WAITING WE'RE IN A WAITING PATTERN. 03:42.088 --> 03:45.291 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THE LAW THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED IN DECEMBER 03:45.391 --> 03:47.060 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% SETS UP THE NEW STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 03:47.160 --> 03:49.395 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% TO TAKE OVER ON JANUARY 30 FIRST. 03:49.495 --> 03:52.332 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WHAT WE EXPECT IS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY 03:52.432 --> 03:54.067 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WE SHOULD HAVE THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 03:54.167 --> 03:57.737 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IN PLACE LOOKING AT THIS. IN THE MEANTIME THE EMPLOYEES 03:57.837 --> 03:59.339 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND THE STAFF AT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 03:59.439 --> 04:02.075 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THIS INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTS 04:02.175 --> 04:03.409 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% AND CATALOGING THINGS 04:03.509 --> 04:06.145 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE NOTHING HAS BEEN HAPPENING 04:06.246 --> 04:07.680 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% BUT WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON IT 04:07.780 --> 04:09.682 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% UNTIL THIS NEW BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS SEATED. 04:09.782 --> 04:11.117 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> ON THE OTHER HAND THE REPUBLICANS 04:11.217 --> 04:14.420 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% HAVE NOW NOMINATED PEOPLE THAT IT APPEARS VIOLATE THE LAW 04:14.520 --> 04:16.022 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT'S GOING TO GIVE ALLOW THEM TO BE HEARD. 04:16.122 --> 04:17.890 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> SO THAT THROWS A WHOLE NOTHER WRENCH INTO IT 04:17.991 --> 04:19.325 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% AND IT'S SORT OF THE LATEST EXAMPLE. 04:19.425 --> 04:21.894 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IT'S JUST IT'S INFURIATING THAT WE KEEP PLAYING POLITICS 04:21.995 --> 04:24.297 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WITH THIS BOARD AND NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW. 04:24.397 --> 04:25.565 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> I WANT TO GET TO THAT IN A SECOND. 04:25.665 --> 04:28.268 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BUT FOLLOWING UP ON THE POINT THAT BECKI MADE. 04:28.368 --> 04:30.403 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% SO WE'VE GOT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 04:30.503 --> 04:32.672 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% DOING THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME 04:32.772 --> 04:34.107 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% WAKE COUNTY D.A. 04:34.207 --> 04:38.278 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% LAUREN FREEMAN HERSELF IS INVESTIGATING ALL THIS. 04:38.378 --> 04:41.114 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% ARE THESE TWO WORKING TOGETHER OR ARE THEY SEPARATE. 04:41.214 --> 04:42.715 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING BOTH OF THEM. 04:42.815 --> 04:44.517 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> WELL THEY'RE SEPARATE MATTERS, 04:44.617 --> 04:46.786 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WHAT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 04:46.886 --> 04:49.756 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS SHOULD THEY CERTIFY 04:49.856 --> 04:51.858 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% OR SHOULD THEY NOT CERTIFY SPECIFY 04:51.958 --> 04:53.793 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% SPECIFYING THE REASONS WHY. 04:53.893 --> 04:55.695 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE D.A. JOB THE D.A. 04:55.795 --> 04:57.930 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IS JOBS DETERMINE WHETHER CRIMES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED 04:58.031 --> 04:59.899 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AND GO AFTER CRIMINALS WHICH IS A DIFFERENT MATTER. 04:59.999 --> 05:02.969 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% YOU COULD CERTIFY AND ALSO GO AFTER PEOPLE 05:03.069 --> 05:04.270 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHO'VE MISHANDLED BALLOTS 05:04.370 --> 05:06.172 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% ARGUING THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH MISHANDLED BALLOTS 05:06.272 --> 05:07.774 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% TO TURN THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION 05:07.874 --> 05:09.042 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% OR COULD GO THE OTHER WAY. 05:09.142 --> 05:11.311 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% YOU COULD END UP THROWING IT OUT BUT THEY'RE NOT HAVE ENOUGH 05:11.411 --> 05:13.046 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% EVIDENCE TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES. 05:13.146 --> 05:14.814 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% >> TALKING ABOUT CRIMINAL CHARGES 05:14.914 --> 05:17.717 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% ONE OF THE PERSONS OF INTEREST IN ALL OF THIS IS A FELLOW MAN 05:17.817 --> 05:19.752 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% IN BLATANT COUNTY NAMED MCCRAY DALLAS 05:21.220 --> 05:23.022 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WHO IS BEEN CERTIFIED 05:23.122 --> 05:25.825 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AS A PERSON OF INTEREST WHATEVER THAT MAY MEAN LEGALLY. 05:25.925 --> 05:27.260 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> THE STATEMENT OF THE YEAR. 05:27.360 --> 05:29.862 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> HOWEVER HE'S REFUSED TO BE INTERVIEWED HERE. 05:29.962 --> 05:31.197 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% CAN THEY SUBPOENA HIM? 05:31.297 --> 05:34.233 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> OF COURSE THEY CAN SUBPOENA HIM AND LAUREN FREEMAN 05:34.334 --> 05:36.102 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% CAN SUBPOENA HIM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 05:36.202 --> 05:38.671 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% CAN INTERVIEW HIM, MCCRAY DALLAS WILL TALK AT SOME POINT. 05:38.771 --> 05:40.573 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE CAN NEVER HAVE SOMEBODY INVOLVED 05:40.673 --> 05:42.709 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IN THESE THINGS IT HAS A NAME LIKE JIM SMITH. 05:42.809 --> 05:44.010 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% >> I KNOW. 05:44.110 --> 05:46.612 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> MCCRAY DALLAS ALONE OUGHT TO BE A REASON TO INVESTIGATE. 05:46.713 --> 05:48.881 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> WELL SPEAKING OF NAMES WE'VE GOT JOSH MALCOLM 05:48.981 --> 05:51.584 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHO WAS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 05:51.684 --> 05:53.820 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHO SAYS HE'S NOT GOING TO SERVE 05:53.920 --> 05:56.222 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% AT ALL NOT AS CHAIR NOT AS A MEMBER. 05:56.322 --> 05:59.659 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% RIGHT NOW REPUBLICANS ACCUSE HIM OF BEING TOO COZY 05:59.759 --> 06:02.628 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE IN BLADEN COUNTY. 06:02.729 --> 06:04.530 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> I THINK HE HAD SOME SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON 06:04.630 --> 06:05.765 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% IN BLADEN COUNTY 06:05.865 --> 06:07.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WAS ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS VERY CONCERNED 06:07.300 --> 06:10.603 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% ABOUT THE THESE TERRIBLE RESULTS THAT WERE GOING ON DOWN THERE 06:10.703 --> 06:12.105 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WITH THAT WITH THE VOTE TAMPERING. 06:12.205 --> 06:14.140 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% I MEAN DON'T YOU THINK THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT 06:14.240 --> 06:17.377 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% EVEN IF WE SOMEHOW MIRACULOUSLY THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIED IT 06:17.477 --> 06:19.612 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHICH I THINK IS A REMARKABLE LONGSHOT 06:19.712 --> 06:21.981 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% STILL CONGRESS HAS TO SEAT THIS PERSON. 06:22.081 --> 06:23.750 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I FIND IT HARD TO IMAGINE 06:23.850 --> 06:26.486 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% UNLESS THERE'S JUST SOME REMARKABLE TURN OF EVENTS 06:26.586 --> 06:28.020 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND WE GET A TOTALLY CLEAN SLATE 06:28.121 --> 06:30.056 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% THAT THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE UNITED STATES HOUSE 06:30.156 --> 06:31.624 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% ARE GOING TO SAY OK COME ON MARK. 06:31.724 --> 06:34.360 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WE'LL SEE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW VERY LONG SHOT. 06:34.460 --> 06:37.630 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> I USED TO THINK THAT ROB, BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING 06:37.730 --> 06:38.898 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% FROM FOLKS LATELY ABOUT 06:38.998 --> 06:41.801 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% IS THERE ARE SOME DEMOCRAT STENY HOYER WAS VERY EXPLICIT. 06:41.901 --> 06:44.103 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% HE SAID YOU KNOW FORGET IT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM. 06:44.203 --> 06:45.738 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% BUT OTHER DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS 06:45.838 --> 06:48.007 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% BOTH ARE A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE PRECEDENT. 06:48.107 --> 06:49.342 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AGAIN THIS IS A QUESTION -- 06:49.442 --> 06:50.643 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> OF INTERFERING WITH STATE ELECTIONS 06:50.743 --> 06:52.845 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> IF YOU HAD A CLEAR SENSE THAT THERE WERE ENOUGH BALLOTS 06:52.945 --> 06:54.280 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% IT COULD HAVE BEEN CAST ILLEGALLY 06:54.380 --> 06:55.815 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% OR THROWN AWAY HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE 06:55.915 --> 06:57.450 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT IT WOULD TURN THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION. 06:57.550 --> 06:59.252 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THAT'S ONE THING. BUT IF THEY END UP SAYING 06:59.352 --> 07:01.254 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE 07:01.354 --> 07:03.022 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WE'RE GOING TO REFUSE TO SEAT HIM ANYWAY 07:03.122 --> 07:04.223 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% EVEN THOUGH THE STATE CORE 07:04.323 --> 07:06.292 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% EVEN THOUGH THE STATE HAS CERTIFIED HIM 07:06.392 --> 07:08.795 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THERE ARE SOME MEMBER INCUMBENT MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE 07:08.895 --> 07:10.730 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% IN BOTH PARTIES WHO MIGHT BE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. 07:10.830 --> 07:13.065 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> OK. SO BECKI WE'VE GOT A NEW STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 07:13.166 --> 07:17.036 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHICH IS DUE TO BE SEATED JANUARY 30 FIRST NEXT. 07:17.136 --> 07:18.805 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MEMBERS 07:18.905 --> 07:21.174 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% OF THE GOVERNOR'S PARTY MEETING THREE DEMOCRATS 07:21.274 --> 07:23.042 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% TWO MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY 07:23.142 --> 07:25.845 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% MEANING TWO REPUBLICANS SO FAR AS IT GOES. 07:26.746 --> 07:27.880 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% CHRIS RAISED THE POINT 07:27.980 --> 07:30.249 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% ABOUT THIS WHETHER THEY'RE ELIGIBLE OR NOT. 07:30.349 --> 07:32.952 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> AND IN READING THE LAW IT SAYS 07:33.052 --> 07:36.489 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ELECTIONEERING 07:36.589 --> 07:38.724 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WITHIN THE PAST 48 MONTHS. 07:38.825 --> 07:40.793 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> WHAT DOES ELECTIONEERING MEAN? 07:40.893 --> 07:42.695 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE WORKED TO GET PEOPLE ELECTED 07:42.795 --> 07:44.197 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AND SO WHAT I THINK THEY WANT IS PEOPLE 07:44.297 --> 07:48.568 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHO HAVE NOT ACTIVELY WORKED IT THROUGH THE ELECTION PROCESS 07:48.668 --> 07:51.037 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% TO GET PEOPLE ELECTED BUT TOM HERE'S A SUGGESTION. 07:51.137 --> 07:52.538 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% SO THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE FIVE PEOPLE. 07:52.638 --> 07:55.107 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THEY'RE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME FINDING QUALIFIED PEOPLE 07:55.208 --> 07:56.843 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% AS CHRIS POINTED OUT. 07:56.943 --> 07:58.778 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% YOU KNOW REPUBLICANS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE DEMOCRATS. 07:58.878 --> 08:00.213 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% DEMOCRATS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE REPUBLICANS 08:00.313 --> 08:01.647 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THEY'VE GOT A FIVE MEMBER BOARD 08:01.747 --> 08:03.316 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THERE'S FIVE OF US SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE. 08:03.416 --> 08:04.550 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> BRING IT OVER HERE. 08:04.650 --> 08:06.953 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WE'LL GET MORE STRAIGHTENED OUT BEFORE WE HEAD OVER. 08:07.053 --> 08:10.690 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WE HAVE SOLVED ONE OF THE STATE'S NAGGING PROBLEMS. 08:10.790 --> 08:13.092 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> AND NONE OF US HAS ENGAGED IN ELECTIONEERING 08:13.192 --> 08:16.429 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. >> 48 HOURS! 08:16.529 --> 08:17.597 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% [LAUGHTER] 08:17.697 --> 08:18.831 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S LOOK AT HIM. 08:18.931 --> 08:21.734 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> OK. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NAMED FRANCIS DELUCA 08:21.834 --> 08:26.072 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% FORMER HEAD OF CIVITAS STACY EGGERS. 08:26.172 --> 08:28.541 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHO WAS A BOONE ATTORNEY AND A FORMER MEMBER 08:28.641 --> 08:31.811 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BUCK NEWTON FROM WILSON 08:32.411 --> 08:35.214 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHO IS A FORMER SENATOR RAN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. 08:35.314 --> 08:36.449 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% AND EDDIE WOODHOUSE 08:36.549 --> 08:39.018 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WHO'S A FORMER WHITE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MEMBER 08:39.118 --> 08:42.255 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% BUT RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL IN IN 2015. 08:42.355 --> 08:45.925 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% DEMOCRATS SAY NONE OF THEM ARE QUALIFIED. 08:46.025 --> 08:46.893 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% [ALL TALKING] 08:46.993 --> 08:49.228 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> EGGERS IS QUALIFIED. 08:49.328 --> 08:51.964 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> WOODHOUSE WAS A CANDIDATE, BUCK WAS A CANDIDATE 08:52.064 --> 08:53.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% AND WORKED ON A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT EFFORT. 08:54.467 --> 08:57.203 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% FRANCIS OF COURSE THERE'S A C4 THAT CIVITAS HAS. 08:57.303 --> 09:00.139 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THAT DOES SOME SOME WORK IN ELECTION CYCLES. 09:00.239 --> 09:01.374 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% SO THAT'S THE ARGUMENT. 09:01.474 --> 09:03.342 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. ARE THEY RIGHT? 09:03.442 --> 09:05.044 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> I THINK THEY ARE RIGHT AND I THINK IT WOULD DO THEM 09:05.144 --> 09:06.445 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WELL TO COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT NAMES. 09:06.546 --> 09:08.514 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% MY GOODNESS. ALL JOKING ASIDE 09:08.614 --> 09:11.017 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THERE ARE PLENTY OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO COULD BE FORTH 09:11.117 --> 09:13.653 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND WE NEED TO POINT OUT THAT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN ADDITION 09:13.753 --> 09:15.187 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% TO HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN ELECTIONEERING 09:15.288 --> 09:16.556 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% ARE EXTREME PARTISANS. 09:16.656 --> 09:19.825 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THEY ARE NOT JUST RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY 09:19.926 --> 09:22.595 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THEY ARE ALL VERY DEDICATED POLITICAL POLITICIANS 09:22.695 --> 09:23.863 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% IF YOU WILL 09:23.963 --> 09:25.631 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AND THAT WELL THAT'S NOT WHO WE NEED TO HAVE ON THEM. 09:25.731 --> 09:27.533 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> DON'T FORGET TOO, REPUBLICANS HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS 09:27.633 --> 09:28.734 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WITH SOME OF THE IDEAS 09:28.834 --> 09:31.137 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THAT HAVE BEEN GOING TO RUMINATED OR MENTIONED 09:31.237 --> 09:33.673 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO, THIS IS NOT EASY. 09:33.773 --> 09:36.976 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HIGHLY PARTISAN THINGS. 09:37.076 --> 09:38.544 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> THE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T BE INVOLVED IN ELECTIONEERING. 09:38.644 --> 09:40.646 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% HALF THE PEOPLE OR MORE THAT YOU KNOW 09:40.746 --> 09:41.914 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% HAVE BEEN IN ELECTIONEERING. 09:42.014 --> 09:43.816 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> AND AS ROB SAID THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE 09:43.916 --> 09:45.151 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% SO I EXPECT REPUBLICAN NAMES. 09:45.251 --> 09:46.819 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE 09:46.919 --> 09:49.121 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% ANY QUALMS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PEOPLE 09:49.221 --> 09:53.192 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NAMED SO MUCH AS THEY DO SAYING 09:53.292 --> 09:55.895 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EFFORT BY GOVERNOR COOPER 09:55.995 --> 09:58.030 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% TRYING TO STACK THE ELECTION PROCESS. 09:58.130 --> 09:59.832 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> THEY DID HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS. 09:59.932 --> 10:01.334 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. WHO? 10:01.434 --> 10:02.602 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> BUT AGAIN I WOULD SAY THAT THE -- 10:02.702 --> 10:05.838 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% I SUSPECT THAT THAT RULE THEY SIMPLY WEREN'T AWARE OF IT 10:05.938 --> 10:08.307 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% OR MAYBE WEREN'T AWARE OF THE TIME FRAME INVOLVED. 10:08.407 --> 10:09.709 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THEY HAVE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST IT 10:09.809 --> 10:11.877 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SMARTER FOR THEM TO JUST GO AHEAD 10:11.978 --> 10:13.279 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS. 10:13.379 --> 10:15.281 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S PLAY WHAT IF. 10:15.381 --> 10:18.618 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% OK WE GET THIS NEW BOARD IN PLACE, 10:18.718 --> 10:20.620 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% ASSUMING ALL FIVE OF US ARE WILLING TO SERVE 10:21.454 --> 10:24.156 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% AND ARE WILLING TO BE SWORN IN INSTEAD OF SWORN AT. 10:24.256 --> 10:28.194 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHICH WOULD BE SORT OF UNUSUAL. WE GET THIS NEW BOARD IN PLACE. 10:29.428 --> 10:31.397 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE 10:31.497 --> 10:32.965 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% THAT WAS ACCUMULATED 10:33.065 --> 10:35.968 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS INVESTIGATORS 10:36.569 --> 10:40.206 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% AS WELL AS INTERVIEWS THAT THEY DO IN PERSON. 10:41.874 --> 10:43.676 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% HOW LONG IS THIS PROCESS GOING TO TAKE BECKI? 10:43.776 --> 10:45.444 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> HOPEFULLY NOT TOO LONG. I MEAN AS I MENTIONED 10:45.544 --> 10:47.680 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% EARLIER THE STAFF AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 10:47.780 --> 10:50.149 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% UNDER KIM STRIKE'S DIRECTION HAS BEEN DOING THIS 10:50.249 --> 10:51.617 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND PUTTING THESE THINGS IN ORDER 10:51.717 --> 10:53.853 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO START AT SQUARE ONE 10:53.953 --> 10:55.187 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WHEN THEY ARE SWORN IN. 10:55.287 --> 10:57.089 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> BUT THE TERM EXPIRES IN MARCH. DOESN'T IT. 10:57.189 --> 11:00.459 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> WELL THEY THIS BOARD ALLEGEDLY HOPEFULLY WILL GO INTO 11:00.559 --> 11:03.829 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% PLACE AT THE END OF JANUARY BEGIN THEIR WORK IMMEDIATELY 11:03.929 --> 11:05.364 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND START TO REVIEW THINGS 11:05.464 --> 11:07.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND I'M SURE THEY'LL ASK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 11:07.566 --> 11:09.602 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% BUT HOPEFULLY IT'LL MOVE ALONG PRETTY QUICKLY. 11:09.702 --> 11:11.971 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS A GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT? 11:12.071 --> 11:13.205 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% IS THAT CORRECT? 11:13.305 --> 11:14.507 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> YOU KNOW HONESTLY I DON'T KNOW. 11:14.607 --> 11:18.077 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> I THINK THAT'S THE CASE WHETHER IF IT IS 11:18.644 --> 11:22.048 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% IF IT IS DE FACTO OR DE JURE A THAT IS ESSENTIALLY CORRECT. 11:22.148 --> 11:25.985 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> OK. SO SO LET'S ASSUME WE GET OUT OF THIS FIVE MEMBER BOARD 11:26.085 --> 11:28.754 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% LET'S ASSUME WE GET A A VERDICT SO FAR 11:28.854 --> 11:31.824 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% AS WHETHER TO CERTIFY OR HOLD A NEW ELECTION. 11:32.358 --> 11:35.294 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% COULD THAT DECISION BE CHALLENGED IN COURT? 11:35.394 --> 11:36.529 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> SURE. MARK HARRIS COULD - 11:36.629 --> 11:38.864 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I MEAN THAT'S WHAT JUDGE RIDGEWAY SAID, RIGHT? 11:38.964 --> 11:41.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% IT WOULD BE A QUESTION WHETHER HE WANTS TO TAKE THAT STEP. 11:41.333 --> 11:43.202 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% I THINK WHAT JUDGE RIDGWAY SAID IS YOU KNOW 11:43.302 --> 11:45.237 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THAT'S WHEN YOU GO TO COURT AT THAT POINT. 11:46.305 --> 11:48.541 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ELECTION WHAT DO YOU THINK 11:48.641 --> 11:51.143 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% IT COULD BE THIS FALL. 11:51.243 --> 11:52.912 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> YOU'D HOPE SOONER THAN THAT. YOU'D HOPE FOR THE SPRING. 11:53.012 --> 11:55.514 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> IF YOU COULD HAVE A PRIMARY IN THE SPRING OR LATE SPRING 11:55.614 --> 11:57.216 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND HAVING A GENERAL ELECTION AFTER THAT -- 11:57.316 --> 11:58.517 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THE REASON 11:58.617 --> 12:00.052 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WE HAVE SUCH A CONFUSING BOARD OF ELECTIONS 12:00.152 --> 12:03.322 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS TRIED 150 TIMES 12:03.422 --> 12:05.357 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% NOT MUCH AN EXAGGERATION TO RECONSTITUTE IT 12:05.458 --> 12:06.959 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% IF THEY HADN'T TINKERED AROUND WITH THIS 12:07.059 --> 12:08.694 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WE WOULD HAVE A SITTING BOARD WHICH HAVE ALREADY HEARD IT 12:08.794 --> 12:09.528 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% AND MADE A DECISION. 12:09.628 --> 12:10.596 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> AND WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THIS 12:10.696 --> 12:12.932 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IF THE STATE -- IF I THINK I'M RIGHT ABOUT THIS 12:13.032 --> 12:14.934 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BUT I'M SURE THE VIEWERS WILL LET US KNOW IF I'M WRONG 12:15.034 --> 12:17.136 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WHICH IS - THEY NEVER HESITATE TO DO. 12:17.236 --> 12:20.072 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% BUT IF THE STATE ORDERS A NEW ELECTION WE WOULDN'T START OVER 12:20.172 --> 12:22.308 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WITH PRIMARIES NECESSARILY DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY FELT. 12:22.408 --> 12:25.444 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A LAW SAYING THAT WE WOULD. 12:25.544 --> 12:26.779 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> BUT IN THE MEANTIME 12:26.879 --> 12:29.548 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT DISTRICT HAS NO REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS 12:29.648 --> 12:33.219 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% ALSO ACROSS THE STATE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS -- 12:33.319 --> 12:35.988 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% >> THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE ITSELF 12:36.088 --> 12:38.891 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% HAS APPOINTED A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS 12:38.991 --> 12:40.493 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> CONSTITUENT SERVICES 12:40.593 --> 12:43.062 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% BUT NOT CASTING THOSE VOTES ON VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES. 12:43.162 --> 12:44.797 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> BUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 12:44.897 --> 12:46.065 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHO'S TO SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PASS 12:46.165 --> 12:49.034 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% SOME MORE LEGISLATION IN THIS SESSION 12:49.135 --> 12:51.470 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% TO TINKER FURTHER WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS 12:51.570 --> 12:52.938 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% IN NEXT WEDNESDAY. 12:53.038 --> 12:55.441 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THEY RETURNED TO RALLY TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS SO FAR 12:55.541 --> 12:58.511 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WE'VE HEARD THE TRADITIONAL PLEDGES OF HARMONY 12:58.611 --> 13:00.346 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% THE APPOINTMENTS OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS 13:00.446 --> 13:03.182 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% AND MEMBERS PROMISES TO PASS THE BUDGET 13:03.282 --> 13:05.084 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND ADJOURN BY JULY 4TH. 13:05.184 --> 13:07.853 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND WE'VE HAD THE NORMAL ENTERTAINING GAME 13:07.953 --> 13:09.054 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% OF MUSICAL CHAIRS 13:09.155 --> 13:12.191 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% BEING PLAYED AS LAWMAKERS MOVE TO NEW OFFICES 13:12.291 --> 13:14.093 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% BUT COME WEDNESDAY THE REAL WORK BEGINS 13:14.193 --> 13:16.462 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% AND WE WANT OUR PANEL TO GIVE US A PREVIEW 13:16.562 --> 13:18.430 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS SESSION. 13:19.131 --> 13:22.434 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% I WANT TO START WITH BECKI WE HEARD PLEDGES OF HARMONY 13:22.535 --> 13:24.236 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% AND BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. 13:25.070 --> 13:28.340 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IT'S TRUE REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE THAT VETO PROOF MAJORITY 13:28.440 --> 13:30.843 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THAT THEY'VE HAD IN MANY YEARS. 13:30.943 --> 13:33.379 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% YOU THINK REALLY WE'LL SEE HARMONY IN THIS SESSION 13:33.479 --> 13:35.281 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% OR ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SAME KIND OF CAT 13:35.381 --> 13:36.515 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% FIGHTING WE'VE SEEN. 13:36.615 --> 13:38.551 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF BOTH. 13:38.651 --> 13:40.352 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISAGREEMENTS 13:40.452 --> 13:42.588 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THERE ALREADY ARE THINGS LIKE MEDICAID EXPANSION 13:42.688 --> 13:46.659 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WHETHER TO SAVE MONEY OR SPEND MORE MONEY ON REDISTRICTING 13:46.759 --> 13:48.527 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND THE ELECTIONS YOU KNOW THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT 13:48.627 --> 13:50.029 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY TO FIGHT ABOUT. 13:50.129 --> 13:52.665 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% BUT THERE'S ALSO PLENTY THAT THERE IS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT 13:52.765 --> 13:53.933 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% FOR THINGS 13:54.033 --> 13:58.571 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% LIKE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SYSTEM REFORMS REMOVING REGULATIONS 13:58.671 --> 14:02.474 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% SO THAT CRAFT BREWERIES AND CRAFT DISTILLERIES CAN GROW 14:02.575 --> 14:05.144 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND CREATE JOBS OF COURSE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. 14:05.244 --> 14:06.712 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THE GOVERNOR THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE 14:06.812 --> 14:08.480 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 14:08.581 --> 14:11.450 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% HAVE COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF A TWO BILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL 14:11.550 --> 14:12.985 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% CONSTRUCTION BOND. 14:13.085 --> 14:16.655 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. 14:16.755 --> 14:18.924 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS UNSUSTAINABLE. 14:19.024 --> 14:20.926 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% LOOKING AT EXPANDING SCOPE OF PRACTICE 14:21.026 --> 14:22.728 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% REMOVING CERTIFICATE OF NEED 14:22.828 --> 14:25.130 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% SOME OF THOSE KIND THINGS OPENING UP THE INSURANCE MARKET 14:25.231 --> 14:28.834 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHERE YOU'RE TAUGHT HEARING TALK OF ASSOCIATION INSURANCE PLANS 14:28.934 --> 14:31.570 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% TO OFFER MORE COMPETITION WITH HEALTH INSURANCE. 14:31.670 --> 14:33.372 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> SO I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF AREAS 14:33.472 --> 14:35.374 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> YOU JUST CHECKED OFF ALL THE BOXES I HAD 14:35.474 --> 14:36.542 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT. 14:36.642 --> 14:38.143 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% I THINK FOR THE REST OF THE PROGRAM 14:38.244 --> 14:40.412 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WE'LL JUST TAKE A BREAK. 14:40.512 --> 14:41.647 align:left position:40%,start line:5% size:50% ACTUALLY, 14:41.747 --> 14:44.183 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% JOHN YOU WROTE AN INTERESTING COLUMN THIS WEEK SAYING 14:44.283 --> 14:49.521 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THAT BETWEEN UNDERSPENDING OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS 14:49.622 --> 14:53.192 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND SURPLUSES IN REVENUE FROM WHAT WAS FORECAST. 14:53.292 --> 14:55.794 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WE'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS 14:55.895 --> 14:57.663 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% IN AVAILABLE DOLLARS. IS THAT CORRECT. 14:57.763 --> 14:59.431 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> WELL, YEAH, I MEAN ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE FIRST 14:59.531 --> 15:01.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 15:01.600 --> 15:03.535 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THE REVENUES RUN IN A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS 15:03.636 --> 15:05.771 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% ABOVE THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. 15:05.871 --> 15:09.108 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% YOU'VE ALSO GOT A CASH SURPLUS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR MONEY 15:09.208 --> 15:12.678 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% VERSUS SPENDING SHARES IN THE 400 MILLION DOLLAR RANGE OR SO. 15:12.778 --> 15:14.513 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% SO IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT NUMBER TOM 15:14.613 --> 15:16.582 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BUT WE ARE WE'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW 15:16.682 --> 15:17.816 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THAT THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS 15:17.917 --> 15:20.853 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHEN THAT SURPLUS WAS HEADED UP TOWARDS A BILLION 15:20.953 --> 15:25.057 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHERE THE REVENUE OVERAGE WOULD BE HALF OF THAT. 15:25.157 --> 15:26.892 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WE MIGHT GET THERE THROUGH THE IN FISCAL YEAR 15:26.992 --> 15:28.193 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% BUT IT'S STILL TOO EARLY 15:28.294 --> 15:29.428 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% TO START SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY. 15:29.528 --> 15:30.429 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED YET. 15:30.529 --> 15:31.764 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> AND THESE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRS 15:31.864 --> 15:33.032 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% ARE QUICK TO TELL US 15:33.132 --> 15:35.267 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% THIS IS ONE TIME MONEY YOU CAN'T GO -- 15:35.367 --> 15:37.336 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> SOME OF IT IS RECURRING. >> GOVERNOR COOPER CHRIS, 15:37.436 --> 15:40.239 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% HAS GOT A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS THAT HE WANTS TO SEE 15:40.339 --> 15:42.441 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% THE LEGISLATURE SPENDING SOME MONEY ON. 15:42.541 --> 15:44.176 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% NONE THE LEAST OF WHICH IS TEACHER PAY INCREASES 15:44.276 --> 15:45.411 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% BRINGING US UP 15:45.511 --> 15:48.080 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE. 15:48.180 --> 15:50.516 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> RIGHT. AND REMEMBER PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES WERE STILL BELOW 15:50.616 --> 15:52.451 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION HIT 15:52.551 --> 15:54.520 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WHICH IS NOT A BADGE OF HONOR. 15:54.620 --> 15:56.889 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% I STILL THINK THERE ARE COUPLE OVERRIDING THEMES OF THE SESSION 15:56.989 --> 16:01.060 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% YOU HIT ON ONE OF THEM WHICH IS THE VETO PROOF MAJORITY IS GONE. 16:01.160 --> 16:03.629 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% SO THERE BE MUCH MORE NEGOTIATION BEHIND THE SCENES. 16:03.729 --> 16:05.397 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% I THINK MEDICAID EXPANSION DESPITE WHAT BECKI SAID 16:05.497 --> 16:06.999 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THERE ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE. 16:07.099 --> 16:09.802 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% DR. MURPHY GREGG MURPHY IN THE HOUSE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE 16:09.902 --> 16:11.670 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD EXPAND MEDICAID 16:11.770 --> 16:13.205 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% NOT MAYBE THE WAY THAT I WOULDN'T WANT. 16:13.305 --> 16:15.374 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THAT'S GOING TO BE A GIANT ISSUE IT'S NOT JUST PARTISAN. 16:15.474 --> 16:16.709 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORT IT. 16:16.809 --> 16:19.078 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% ONE THING WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK 16:19.178 --> 16:22.047 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% SPEAKER MOORE ENTERS THE SESSION UNDER AN ETHICAL CLOUD. 16:22.147 --> 16:23.882 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WE HEARD ANOTHER SCANDAL BREAK THIS PAST WEEK 16:23.983 --> 16:25.384 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WHERE HE PAID A FORMER EMPLOYEE NINETY 16:25.484 --> 16:26.618 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS 16:26.719 --> 16:28.120 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WHEN HE LEFT FOR WORKING FOR YOU. 16:28.220 --> 16:30.422 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH OR FIFTH THING 16:30.522 --> 16:32.524 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THAT PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT SOME ACTIVE FEDERAL 16:32.624 --> 16:35.027 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND STATE INVESTIGATIONS HE'S HIRED A LAWYER. 16:35.127 --> 16:36.695 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THIS IS NOT A SMALL THING ON JONES STREET 16:36.795 --> 16:38.931 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BECAUSE WHETHER THESE THINGS COME TO FRUITION 16:39.031 --> 16:40.599 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THE SESSION MEMBERS ON CAUCUS 16:40.699 --> 16:41.600 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% HAVE TO BE STARTING TO WONDER 16:41.700 --> 16:42.768 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE. 16:42.868 --> 16:44.136 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THAT IS A BIG DEAL. >> IN THE CLOUDS OF LEADERSHIP 16:44.236 --> 16:45.671 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% LET ME GO AROUND THE TABLE VERY QUICKLY 16:45.771 --> 16:48.073 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% BECAUSE CHRIS RAISED THIS ISSUE ABOUT MEDICAID EXPANSION 16:48.173 --> 16:49.808 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% RIGHT IN ASKING HIM 16:49.908 --> 16:53.812 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% THE QUESTION: WHO THINKS THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS SESSION? 16:53.912 --> 16:55.014 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> I THINK IT'S A GOOD SHOT AT IT. 16:55.114 --> 16:56.415 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT 16:56.515 --> 16:58.450 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% BUT I THINK THERE'S A SHOT. >> JOHN? 16:58.550 --> 17:00.786 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> I'D BE MORE LIKE 50/50 ON IT AT BEST. 17:00.886 --> 17:01.754 align:left position:40%,start line:5% size:50% >> BECKI. 17:01.854 --> 17:03.622 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WILL HAPPEN. 17:03.722 --> 17:05.391 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% I THINK THAT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY 17:05.491 --> 17:07.960 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE BUDGET. YOU KNOW CHRIS MENTIONED TEACHER 17:08.060 --> 17:10.763 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% PAY INCREASES MORE MONEY TOWARDS EDUCATION. 17:10.863 --> 17:12.398 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE STATE 17:12.498 --> 17:15.200 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AND OR IN MEDICAID EXPANSION. WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. 17:15.300 --> 17:16.969 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> I THINK IT'LL PASS THE HOUSE AND YOU BELIEVE 17:17.069 --> 17:18.470 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% A LOT OF REPUBLICANS LIKE DR. MURPHY 17:18.570 --> 17:19.972 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND OTHERS ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. 17:20.072 --> 17:22.074 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% MAYBE SO BUT I THINK IT'LL PASS THE HOUSE WE'LL SEE 17:22.174 --> 17:23.742 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% IN THE SENATE THE GOVERNOR AND HOUSE WANT TO DO IT. 17:23.842 --> 17:26.111 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> ROB WE'RE CERTAIN TO HAVE MORE REQUESTS 17:26.211 --> 17:28.147 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% AND MORE APPROPRIATION FOR HURRICANE RECOVERY 17:28.247 --> 17:29.448 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% ARE WE NOT WE'VE SPENT EIGHT HUNDRED -- 17:29.548 --> 17:31.116 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% WE ALLOCATED $850 MILLION DOLLARS. 17:31.216 --> 17:32.351 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% YOU THINK THERE'S GONNA BE MORE? 17:32.451 --> 17:33.652 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> I DON'T DOUBT IT. 17:33.752 --> 17:35.087 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER 17:35.187 --> 17:37.623 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THAT HAD WE LEFT TAXES WHERE THEY WERE FIVE YEARS AGO 17:37.723 --> 17:40.059 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHEN NORTH CAROLINA WAS ALREADY RANKED HIGH IN THE STATES 17:40.159 --> 17:43.095 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AMONGST MOST DESIRABLE FOR RELOCATING YOUR BUSINESS 17:43.195 --> 17:44.563 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WE'D HAVE FOUR BILLION DOLLARS 17:44.663 --> 17:47.099 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% ACTUALLY IN RECURRING SPENDING IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR. 17:47.199 --> 17:48.934 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WE'D HAVE ALL KINDS OF 17:49.034 --> 17:51.236 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WE'D HAVE THAT TEACHER PAY PROBLEM ADDRESSED. 17:51.336 --> 17:52.905 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WE COULD HAVE EXPANDED MEDICAID THERE'S SO MUCH 17:53.005 --> 17:55.240 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WE COULD HAVE DONE THERE WAS TO BE A LOT OF PENT UP DEMAND 17:55.340 --> 17:57.376 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% TO GET AFTER THAT WE HAVE NEGLECTED 17:57.476 --> 18:00.579 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND SYSTEMATICALLY UNDER INVESTED IN SO MANY PROGRAM 18:00.679 --> 18:02.414 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% NO DOUBT ANYBODY THAT CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM 18:02.514 --> 18:03.816 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IS GOING TO BE WANT MORE MONEY. 18:03.916 --> 18:05.918 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> BUT ONE OF THE PHILOSOPHIES 18:06.018 --> 18:08.353 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% OVER IN THIS LEGISLATURE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS 18:08.454 --> 18:12.558 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% SINCE 2012 CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A MORE CONSERVATIVE PHILOSOPHY 18:12.658 --> 18:15.194 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% SO FAR AS SAVINGS ARE CONCERNED. 18:15.294 --> 18:17.429 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WE HAD A TWO BILLION DOLLAR RAINY DAY FUND 18:17.529 --> 18:18.730 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% FROM WHICH WE COULD DRAW 18:18.831 --> 18:21.500 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THESE FUNDS FOR HURRICANE APPROPRIATIONS 18:21.600 --> 18:23.302 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE MOVEMENT 18:23.402 --> 18:25.737 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% TO SOCK MORE MONEY INTO RAINY DAY. 18:25.838 --> 18:27.272 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> WE'VE SPENT OUT OF THE RAINY DAY. 18:27.372 --> 18:30.008 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% SO WE'RE DOWN TO ONE POINT TWO PLUS YOU'VE GOT 18:30.109 --> 18:32.044 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN OTHER ACCOUNTS. 18:32.144 --> 18:34.980 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IT'S A HEALTHY AMOUNT IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO. 18:35.080 --> 18:37.549 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% I THINK THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE 18:37.649 --> 18:39.485 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% IN THE LEGISLATURE AND I AGREE WITH IT 18:39.585 --> 18:41.587 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% TO MAKE ONE OF THE PRIORITIES BE RESTORE 18:41.687 --> 18:42.955 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WAS TAKEN OUT. 18:43.055 --> 18:44.590 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> I THINK ONE OF THE SLEEPER ISSUES OF THIS SESSION 18:44.690 --> 18:47.259 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% IS WE WILL ELECT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS 18:47.359 --> 18:49.261 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% SOMETIME THIS SPRING WE DO IT EVERY LONG SESSION 18:49.361 --> 18:51.563 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% NORMALLY PEOPLE SORT OUT A LITTLE BIT PAY ATTENTION TO IT 18:51.663 --> 18:53.832 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT GOES UNDER THE RADAR -- >> DID WE MAKE NOMINATIONS? 18:53.932 --> 18:55.834 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> WELL IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UNDER THE RADAR THIS YEAR. 18:55.934 --> 18:57.402 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> WE'RE ALL ON THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. 18:57.503 --> 18:59.404 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WE CAN'T ALSO BE ON THE UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS. 18:59.505 --> 19:01.874 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> TELL YOU WHAT - I'LL TRADE MY PLACE ON THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS! 19:01.974 --> 19:04.543 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% I'LL GET ON THE BOG! >> THIS IS THE MOST ATTENTION 19:04.643 --> 19:06.211 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% PAID TO THOSE ELECTIONS IN A LONG TIME. 19:06.311 --> 19:07.613 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% >> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. 19:07.713 --> 19:08.947 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF VETTING 19:09.047 --> 19:10.282 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% OF THOSE CANDIDATES. 19:10.382 --> 19:11.650 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> HOW ABOUT THIS READ TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM. 19:11.750 --> 19:14.153 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WE JUST RECEIVED RESULTS ABOUT THE FACT 19:14.253 --> 19:17.156 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT IT IS NOT ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE HAD INTENDED. 19:17.256 --> 19:20.159 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% CERTAINLY SENATOR PHIL BERGER INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH. 19:20.259 --> 19:22.861 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME EITHER MORE APPROPRIATIONS 19:22.961 --> 19:24.863 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% OR SOME TWEAKING OF THAT PROGRAM? 19:24.963 --> 19:26.165 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> I THINK WE CERTAINLY NEED TO. 19:26.265 --> 19:28.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% I THINK THAT THERE CLEARLY IS A NEED. 19:28.901 --> 19:31.470 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES THAT WE ARE KIDS COMING OUT OF SCHOOL 19:31.570 --> 19:32.871 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% NEED TO KNOW HOW TO READ. 19:32.971 --> 19:34.973 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% NOW IF WE DO THAT AT THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL 19:35.073 --> 19:36.308 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% OR MANY PEOPLE ARE ARGUING 19:36.408 --> 19:38.911 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE IT BACK TO PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS 19:39.011 --> 19:41.547 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AND PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. 19:41.647 --> 19:43.649 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF STUDIES DONE. 19:43.749 --> 19:46.051 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER STATES ARE DOING 19:46.151 --> 19:48.320 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND THEY'RE DOING WELL AND WHERE THE RESULTS ARE. 19:48.420 --> 19:50.422 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THE MONEY WHERE WE KNOW 19:50.522 --> 19:52.090 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WE'RE GOING TO GET THE RESULTS 19:52.191 --> 19:56.628 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE KIDS. 19:56.728 --> 19:57.863 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> THAT'S WHAT THE BUSINESS LEADERS SAID THIS WEEK. 19:57.963 --> 19:59.665 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THEY'RE TELLING US BUSINESS LEADERS IN NORTH CAROLINA 19:59.765 --> 20:01.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% ARE SAYING INVEST IN PRE-K. 20:01.567 --> 20:04.336 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WE NEED TO BRING THIS NURTURING APPROACH LET'S GROW OUR CHILDREN 20:04.436 --> 20:07.472 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% LET'S HELP THEM EARLY ON LET'S NOT JUST DEMAND RESULTS 20:07.573 --> 20:09.875 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WITH A TEST YOU KNOW LATER ON IN THIRD GRADE 20:09.975 --> 20:11.577 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND HOLD THEM BACK IT'S THAT PUNITIVE APPROACH 20:11.677 --> 20:13.345 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AS OPPOSED TO HELPING THEM ALONG APPROACH. 20:13.445 --> 20:14.880 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> AND VERY QUICKLY 20:14.980 --> 20:17.649 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% IS THE SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM IDEA 20:17.749 --> 20:19.017 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% GOING TO GET PASSED 20:19.117 --> 20:21.153 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% AND WILL WE BE VOTING ON IT THIS YEAR 20:21.253 --> 20:22.754 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% OR WILL IT BE 2020? QUICKLY. 20:22.854 --> 20:23.956 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> IT'LL DEFINITELY PASS. 20:24.056 --> 20:25.624 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% THE ARGUMENT WILL BE WHAT'S IN IT. 20:25.724 --> 20:27.059 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% I MEAN IT'S EASY TO SAY EVERYBODY'S FOR IT. 20:27.159 --> 20:28.894 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WHEN YOU START DIVIDING IT UP THERE'LL BE A BIG BATTLE 20:28.994 --> 20:30.462 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL AREA 20:30.562 --> 20:32.297 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? >> I THINK 2020 PROBABLY 20:32.397 --> 20:34.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BUT THERE'S EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS IN NEED NOT JUST TWO. 20:34.533 --> 20:35.767 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> I THINK SO TOO BECAUSE -- 20:35.867 --> 20:37.436 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT TRANSPORTATION BONDS 20:37.536 --> 20:39.705 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WE GOT WATER AND SEWER, 20:39.805 --> 20:42.107 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> EXACTLY, BUT MORE VOTER TURNOUT MORE PARTICIPATION 20:42.207 --> 20:43.408 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% MORE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO VOICE 20:43.508 --> 20:46.478 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUPPORT A TWO BILLION DOLLAR BOND 20:46.578 --> 20:50.015 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> PRIVATIZING ABC YES OR NO? >> DO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, 20:50.115 --> 20:51.950 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% OR DO I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? 20:52.050 --> 20:53.285 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> I DON'T THINK SO. 20:53.385 --> 20:56.788 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> NOT IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE MOST HOTLY LOBBIED ISSUES 20:56.888 --> 20:58.890 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% IN THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY JOHN PASSED 20:58.991 --> 21:02.594 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% I HOPE IT PASSES I'M NOT GOING TO BET ON IT THIS YEAR 21:02.694 --> 21:03.862 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% I HOPE IT PASSES TOO 21:03.962 --> 21:06.265 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT INCREMENTAL CHANGES 21:06.365 --> 21:08.300 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% WILL GET US TO THE END GO AND IT DOESN'T 21:08.400 --> 21:09.868 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% ALL HAVE TO BE DONE IN ONE YEAR. 21:09.968 --> 21:11.637 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> WE GOING TO SEE PRISON REFORM? 21:12.604 --> 21:14.072 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% >> I HOPE SO. 21:14.172 --> 21:16.908 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% I THINK THAT'S THAT'S MORE LIKELY THAN ABC PRIVATIZATION 21:17.009 --> 21:20.112 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% BECAUSE IT'S A CONSERVATIVE OR THE RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES 21:20.212 --> 21:21.980 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL FIGHT THAT. 21:22.080 --> 21:23.548 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% I MEAN THAT WOULD BE THEIR ONE OF THEIR PRIORITIES 21:23.649 --> 21:25.250 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% OF THE SESSION. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT. 21:25.350 --> 21:27.919 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> HOWEVER THEY ACTUALLY AND OTHERS WILL BE ADVOCATES 21:28.020 --> 21:29.154 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% OF PRISON REFORM. THAT'S RIGHT. 21:29.254 --> 21:30.222 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE LEFT AND RIGHT 21:30.322 --> 21:31.723 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% TEND TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER. 21:31.823 --> 21:34.726 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> WE'RE HEARING THERE MAY BE A PUSH TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. 21:35.360 --> 21:36.595 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> I THINK THERE WILL BE A PUSH. 21:36.695 --> 21:38.463 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> THERE'S ALWAYS A PUSH TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. 21:38.563 --> 21:40.599 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED 21:40.699 --> 21:43.101 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE ABC SYSTEM 21:43.201 --> 21:45.337 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% AND GET BACK IN GOOD WORKING ORDER 21:45.437 --> 21:48.540 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IF WE'RE GOING TO AT SOME POINT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IN THE STATE 21:48.640 --> 21:51.076 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% BECAUSE THE TWO COULD REALLY BE CONNECTED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT 21:51.176 --> 21:52.544 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND OVERSIGHT IN THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 21:52.644 --> 21:55.147 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% SO IT'S THOSE TWO THINGS ARE CONNECTED IN MY MIND. 21:55.247 --> 21:56.948 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> SENATOR HARRY BROWN, JOHN, IS GOING TO WANT US 21:57.049 --> 21:59.818 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON BROADBAND INTERNET INTERNET 21:59.918 --> 22:01.620 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% CONNECTIVITY FOR RURAL AREAS. 22:01.720 --> 22:03.388 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> THERE IS GONNA BE A PUSH FOR THAT THIS YEAR. 22:03.488 --> 22:05.190 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO PASS? 22:05.791 --> 22:06.958 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT TRADES 22:07.059 --> 22:08.527 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% OFF OF THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND. 22:08.627 --> 22:09.928 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I MEAN THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY 22:10.028 --> 22:11.330 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% YOU GO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE 22:11.430 --> 22:13.665 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WHICH IS THAT WHICH IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF COURSE 22:13.765 --> 22:16.168 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% YOU KNOW INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE COULD. 22:16.835 --> 22:18.670 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% THERE ARE SOME PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES 22:18.770 --> 22:22.074 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THAT ARE SORT OF LEAPFROGGING THE NEXT WAVE OF WIRES 22:22.908 --> 22:24.943 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT RURAL AREAS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS 22:25.043 --> 22:26.578 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND WE NEED TO BE THINKING VERY CAREFULLY 22:26.678 --> 22:28.613 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% ABOUT WHAT WE SPEND PUBLIC DOLLARS ON. 22:28.714 --> 22:33.251 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> ALL RIGHT. REGULATORY REFORM. 22:33.352 --> 22:36.254 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BECKI MENTIONED THIS PARTICULARLY LICENSING REFORM 22:36.355 --> 22:41.126 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% SO FAR AS REGULATIONS ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES 22:41.226 --> 22:42.861 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% IN NORTH CAROLINA. 22:42.961 --> 22:44.563 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> ANYTHING THAT CERTIFICATE OF NEED CERTAINLY? 22:44.663 --> 22:46.398 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> THE CHALLENGE WITH LICENSING REFORMS, 22:46.498 --> 22:48.233 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY LICENSED 22:48.333 --> 22:50.202 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% ARE ACTUALLY THE ADVOCATES OF LICENSING REFORM. 22:50.302 --> 22:51.903 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THEY DON'T WANT TO DEREGULATE 22:52.003 --> 22:53.472 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% THEIR INDUSTRY AND FACE COMPETITION 22:53.572 --> 22:54.973 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT THAT. 22:55.073 --> 22:57.242 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> ONE PERSON'S LICENSING REFORM IS ONE PERSON'S ATTACK - 22:57.342 --> 22:59.277 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% ANOTHER PERSON'S ATTACK ON CONSUMER PROTECTION. 22:59.378 --> 23:00.946 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> I WENT FOR THE LICENSES 23:01.046 --> 23:03.749 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE RECIPROCITY WITH OTHER STATES. 23:03.849 --> 23:05.183 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% IF YOU OPEN THAT UP AND ALLOW PEOPLE 23:05.283 --> 23:07.386 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% TO HAVE A LICENSE IN ONE STATE TO COME TO NORTH CAROLINA 23:07.486 --> 23:09.755 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% >> ARE THEY GOING TO ADJOURN JULY 4TH 23:09.855 --> 23:11.790 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% LIKE THEY'RE SAYING? >> [ALL] NO. 23:11.890 --> 23:13.125 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% IT SEEMS LIKE A REAL LONG SHOT. 23:13.225 --> 23:15.227 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> ARE THEY GOING TO PASS A BUDGET IT'S IN 23:15.794 --> 23:17.562 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF ANGST? 23:17.662 --> 23:18.797 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% >> NO. 23:18.897 --> 23:21.366 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> THIS IS A DIFFERENT STORY NOW BECAUSE OF THE VETO PROOF 23:21.466 --> 23:22.934 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% MAJORITY NO LONGER BEING IN PLACE. 23:23.034 --> 23:25.771 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> IT'S ALSO A DIFFERENT STORY BECAUSE IN 2016 THERE WAS A LAW 23:25.871 --> 23:27.572 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THAT PASSED THAT SAID IF THEY CAN'T PASS A BUDGET 23:27.672 --> 23:29.574 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% THEY CAN JUST REVERT TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET 23:29.674 --> 23:32.210 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUT THEY CAN ALSO CHANGE THE LAW. 23:32.310 --> 23:34.079 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> I GOT TWO MINUTES LEFT. 23:34.179 --> 23:35.480 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. 23:35.580 --> 23:37.682 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> INTERESTING VOTES OR NON VOTES 23:37.783 --> 23:38.884 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT 23:38.984 --> 23:41.052 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% THIS PAST THIS PAST WEEK OR TODAY. 23:41.153 --> 23:43.088 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% THIS THURSDAY THE ONLY U.S. SENATOR 23:43.188 --> 23:45.390 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% WHO VOTED ON ONE OF THE BILLS VOTED FOR TRUMP'S BILL 23:45.490 --> 23:46.858 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% AND DID NOT VOTE ON THE DEMOCRATIC BILL 23:46.958 --> 23:48.693 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% SENATOR RICHARD BURR OF NORTH CAROLINA. 23:48.794 --> 23:50.629 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND HE HAS YET TO EXPLAIN WHY HE DIDN'T VOTE. 23:50.729 --> 23:53.398 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> ALL RIGHT ROB TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. 23:53.498 --> 23:55.534 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER 23:55.634 --> 23:57.702 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WE HAD A STORY ON THIS WEEK THIS WEEK ON NC POLICY 23:57.803 --> 23:59.004 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WATCH WE THINK OF IT AS A RIVER. 23:59.104 --> 24:03.074 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% IT'S NOW BEING IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A SWAMP BY SOME OFFICIALS 24:03.175 --> 24:04.910 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% AND THE POLLUTERS LIKE IT THAT WAY. 24:05.010 --> 24:07.078 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINA 24:07.179 --> 24:09.548 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER IT A SWAMP. 24:09.648 --> 24:11.817 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> I DON'T THINK SO EITHER BUT THAT'S HOW THE RULES -- 24:11.917 --> 24:13.585 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO GET IT BACK. 24:13.685 --> 24:14.920 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> THAT BECAUSE OF THE POLLUTION? 24:15.020 --> 24:15.887 align:left position:40%,start line:5% size:50% >> YEAH. 24:15.987 --> 24:16.822 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% IT'S BEEN CAUSED BY HOG FARM POLLUTION 24:16.922 --> 24:18.056 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% AND BY OTHER DISCHARGES. 24:18.156 --> 24:19.591 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> BECKI TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. 24:19.691 --> 24:22.994 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> 12,000 DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED 24:23.094 --> 24:25.931 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% VICTIMS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ARE ON A WAITING LIST TO RECEIVE 24:26.031 --> 24:31.002 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% MEDICAID SUPPORT SERVICES. LAST YEAR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 24:31.102 --> 24:34.606 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% ALLOCATED MONEY FOR ABOUT 40 OF 400 OF THOSE PEOPLE. 24:34.706 --> 24:36.808 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT INSTEAD OF EXPANDING MEDICAID. 24:36.908 --> 24:38.810 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> ALL RIGHT, JOHN TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T -- 24:38.910 --> 24:40.512 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> SCHOOL CHOICE IS GOING TO BE A HOT TOPIC IN THE LEGISLATURE 24:40.612 --> 24:43.281 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WE DIDN'T MENTION BOTH ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND CURRENT PROGRAMS 24:43.381 --> 24:45.817 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% AND ATTEMPT TO INCREASE REGULATION ON THE EXISTING ONES. 24:45.917 --> 24:47.085 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% >> WOW. 24:47.185 --> 24:50.021 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% WELL YOU'VE HEARD OUR SPIN ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. 24:50.121 --> 24:52.491 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% TO LEARN MORE ALL DURING THE WEEK AND STAY INFORMED 24:52.591 --> 24:55.427 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE WEEKLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTER. 24:56.127 --> 24:57.929 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% SPIN CYCLE GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK. 24:58.029 --> 25:00.665 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% READ MY WEEKLY COLUMN NCSPIN.COM, 25:00.765 --> 25:02.834 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% OR CATCH NC SPIN ON FACEBOOK. 25:02.934 --> 25:05.203 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% JOIN US NEXT WEEK WHEN BRAD CRONE WILL BE 25:05.303 --> 25:06.538 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% SITTING IN THIS CHAIR 25:06.638 --> 25:08.707 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% AND WE'LL HAVE MORE BALANCE OF DEBATE FOR THE OLD MORE STATE. 25:08.807 --> 25:12.043 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% UNTIL THEN STAY INFORMED AND WATCH OUT FOR THE SPIN. 25:12.143 --> 25:27.158 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 25:28.426 --> 25:32.364 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% >> THEY ARE UP BEFORE DAWN, AND WORK LATE INTO THE NIGHT. 25:32.931 --> 25:35.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >> THEY BELIEVE IN HARD WORK, FAMILY, 25:35.400 --> 25:38.270 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND DOING THE RIGHT THING. 25:38.370 --> 25:40.539 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% THEY STAND UP FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES 25:40.639 --> 25:43.241 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WHEN OTHERS WALK AWAY. 25:43.341 --> 25:46.444 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT A FAIR SHAKE. 25:46.545 --> 25:48.547 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% THEY ARE FARMERS. 25:49.648 --> 25:51.316 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% AT NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU. 25:51.416 --> 25:54.719 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% WE ARE PROUD TO STAND WITH OUR FARMERS. 25:56.388 --> 25:58.523 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% >> TODAY'S TOOLS MAKE YOUR REAL DIYER, 25:58.623 --> 26:00.525 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% AND AS A MEMBER OF AN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 26:00.625 --> 26:03.828 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% YOU HAVE LOTS OF VALUABLE TOOLS TO HELP YOU DO IT YOURSELF 26:03.929 --> 26:06.398 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% IN CONTROLLING YOUR HOME ENERGY USE AND BUDGET 26:06.498 --> 26:09.167 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% LEAVING YOU FREE TO BE DAD. 26:11.202 --> 26:13.872 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% >> 12,000 NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS ARE UNINSURED 26:13.972 --> 26:15.941 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% WITH NO OPTIONS TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE. 26:16.041 --> 26:19.177 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% THEY FOUGHT FOR US, NOW LET'S FIGHT FOR THEM. 26:19.277 --> 26:20.946 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% LET'S CREATE A NORTH CAROLINA SOLUTION 26:21.046 --> 26:22.681 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% FOR COVERING THE UNINSURED. 26:22.781 --> 26:26.117 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: 26:27.385 --> 26:31.656 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% >> PRODUCTION UNDERWRITING PROVIDED BY: 26:32.257 --> 26:35.927 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% FAMILY PHYSICIANS, YOUR TRUSTED HEALTHCARE ADVISOR FOR LIFE. 26:39.598 --> 26:41.366 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >> NORTH CAROLINA CHANNEL IS MADE POSSIBLE BY 26:41.466 --> 26:44.069 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIEWERS LIKE YOU 26:44.169 --> 26:46.338 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% WHO SUPPORT THE UNC-TV NETWORK.