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The state Senate’s budget includes a plan to give the legislature more power to pick judges.

And so, this is just the beginning. there could be legal challenges down the road, and in fact, democrats are planning on challenging this in courts. so well see where it goes. >> ohio governor john kasich took issue with this. he basically said what democrats are saying and when you look at this, rebecca, its very clear that there are powers that will be limited, whether its appointment powers, for instance. theres a series of things that are going to be pared down for the governor in the incom...

He takes office saturday. polo sandoval has more on the story. ta court weighs in. what did it decide? >> cooper took his fight to court to get full power when hes sworn into office. as part of the lawsuit, he requested a restraining order asking a set of republican-backed laws be blocked from taking effe they s they were passed by lawmakers and signed by the outgoing governor two weeks ago. the laws also happen to limit the powers of soon-to-be goc nor cooper. today a north carolina superior ju...

Unanimous vote was basically the same deal that theyve had, that they rejected a couple of times earlier this year. you know, you talked about the session last week. the special sessions where they sort of cut the incoming governors needs off. consult the incoming governors powers off and cost them a lot of appointment powers and other powers, and now theyre working with him to pass this reappeal of hb2. the new governor, incoming governor roy cooper, the democrat, on the phone sunday night alle...

Statehouse from the beginning of this remarkable saga this week. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> do you expect that governor mccrory will sign this second bill that takes away so much power from the new governor? >> well, i think the like i hadhood is he probably will, but hes not said definitively one way or the other whether he plans to sign it. in the last hour released a news release praising the bill he did line about the election law. but one of the interesting q...

>> well, i think the like i hadhood is he probably will, but hes not said definitively one way or the other whether he plans to sign it. in the last hour released a news release praising the bill he did line about the election law. but one of the interesting questions for him, this is a bill that deals with the governors appointment powers is the governor mccrory has actually sued the legislature before to get appointment powers back that they took away from him. interesting to see if hes comfor...

>> thanks for having me, rachel. >> do you expect that governor mccrory will sign this second bill that takes away so much power from the new governor? >> well, i think the likelihood is he probably will, but hes not said definitively one way or the other whether he plans to sign it. in the last hour released a news release praising the bill he did line about the election law. but one of the interesting questions for him, this is a bill that deals with the governors appointment powers is the gov...

>> lets let larry hall have a chance. you had a long time. >> as we talk about what happened when governor mccrory was elected, governor mccrory was elected -- the republicans gave him additional appointment powers. and so we know what they did when he was elected. so to say that they would not have done the same thing had he won re-election, he would have retained those powers. now they make an argument that they should pull back because its for the good of the government. clearly its not. they...

59% dont know who he is. but your general question, carol is right on point. because welcome to the sixth year of a tough presidency. president obama has begun clearly the lame duck stage and the only going to get worse. this may be a year of action in his mind. he can do certain things, certainly it has the bully pulpit and veto power and some considerable appointment powers and the like. he doesnt control the house of representatives and, therefore, he cant get much passed through the congress...

Own. i dont think we should be ruling anything out. >> it certainly wouldnt be dull. thank you. straight ahead, is president obama abiewfsing his appointment powers. if so, now what? today the supreme court taking up that particular question so how do the justices seem to be leaning? the latest is next. ipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldnt make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing ...