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There is so much stuff connecting him to russia. all of this keeps on dripping out. >> i think that sort of what i am talking about. pam talking about. is worth than the actual connection. the connections are worse. >> this is an example of bad vetting. this should have been known and whether it is known or not when >> this is an example of bad vetting. this should have been known and whether it is known or not when the trump folks are vetting him. he was at a time where russia were very much in...

Rid of house bill two, and thats why the legislature has to do it. >> so look, april 18th comes and goes, theres your -- and i know youre trying to create a deadline and sense of urgency here, doesnt seem like the legislature has the same sense of urgency u you have. april 18th comes and goes, are you stuck with this and you just move on and you have to try to do other things? >> im working hard to get sports back whereby to get jobs back. im winning some arguments with companies by telling them...

An american diplomat? >> well, lets be clear. we did the same to some very senior people and their team. and in some ways its flat toerg me. >> retaliation. >> we put their chief of staff for the kremlin on that list. we put the ceo of their largest oil company on that list. so, that im on the list, but of course, we should expect that. and dont get me wrong, i think at some point it would be great to lift sanctions and have a more working relationship. >> great to be here. >> college football i...

Failure to that deal is a broken promise. >> im disappointed for the people of north carolina for the jobs that people wont have. im disappointed that we have yet to remove distakdain or the reputation of our great state around this country and around the world. >> meanwhile, boycotts that far bill are escalating. pay pal pulled out. estimated cost, 24 million. deutsche bank, 30.5 million. convention cancellations, 109 million. nba, 100 million. ncaa 20 million. acc, 54 million. just there, that...

Dollars. >> unfortunately, $650 million, thousands of jobs, tons of discrimination later we are here too late but weve got get it done now. so what i know is that people in both parties have recognized, especially republicans, that we cant move forward until this is gone from our books. were not winning acc tournament games back, were not bringing paypal back, bruce springsteen is not coming back to north carolina until house bill 2 has been repealed. >> the bill supporters say it is -- they say...

Under that law, transgender people must now use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate. but this week in a surprise move the charlotte city council rescinded its original ordinance, the expectation by state democrats if they did that, then the republican-led legislature here in the state of north carolina, would repeal house bill 2. that leads us to today. where special session has been called, but its not necessarily a done deal. just a short time ago i spoke w...

March. north carolina republicans passed the law as a response to the city of charlotte, which passed its own ordinance to protect lbgtq people from discrimination. the state law overturned that ordinance and threw in a ban on cities raising their minimum wage. but since mccrory signed the legislation, which some says legalizes discrimination against gay people, north carolina saw a backlash from the private sector, with some major companies pulling their business from the state, including the n...

It is a total complete power grab what the republicans did. i dont know what will happen. i was trying to follow along. i am so confused. hopefully when they come back, they can get their act together. >> youre not alone in the confusion. do, are voters paying that much attention? are they gambling that a bunch of voters in north carolina arent? its holiday week. i have to go shopping. i have family coming to town. i dont know. they think it is not a problem. >> nobody is paying attention to thi...

>> so that cooper could -- the goal here would be that roy cooper gets to come in, sworn in with off of his back. >> so he could come in with it and say come back, business. come back to north carolina. and then he gets the credit for bringing the business. >> there are real deadlines here. and the republican legislatures have been getting heat locally because the acc tournament wont be there. they are recommending the republicans there, getting heat. no bidding. and these applications are due i...

They should have had this called. >> politically, it seems like this was bad politics and he lost. where two republican statewide figures won. president-elect trump and richard burr. has this been bad politics for the legislature in district by district or not? >> not necessarily. the districts are so different here. the legislators from urban area have felt this. we lost the all-star game and the acc football championship game. they lost the acc tournament and ncaa tournament. there have been a...