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In north carolina? >> roy cooper officially sworn in as north carolinas 75th governor, seconds after midnight. the private ceremony came after the governor elect moved a bitter battle with republican law mamakers into a courtroom friday. cooper hoping to back a set of republican backed laws that limit his authority as the states chief executive. just 34 hours before governor elect cooper took the oath of office a north carolina judge granted his request for a temporary restraining order locking ...

Refused to concede for weeks after the election and even signed a bill before leaving office stripping cooper of his executive power. cooper had a small win this week hoping to take back some control. heres cnns polo sandoval. >> reporter: roy cooper will be sworn in as the states 75th governor right after midnight on new years day. the private ceremony comes after the governor elect moved a bitter battle with republican lawmakeners to a courtroom friday. cooper, a democrat, hoping to block a se...

The longer its an issue the democrats will keep builting them up with it. >> speculation even from the relatively left leaning mayor in charlotte this was a calculation a long time ago that it would help roy cooper in his run for the governorship if they got mccrory and the lemming lay temperature intangled in this thing and if that was the plan mccrory fell for it? >> there is some irony in mccrory being the fall guy for this because his reputation before this past year was more of a business-m...

Offer legislation to do so cleanly. the surprise decision sparked outrage from democrats who claimed republicans failed to hold up their end of the bargain and slipped in language that would have made this only a partial repeal. the city of charlotte agreed to repeal its own lgbt protection ordinance which of course had prompted the bathroom bill in the first place with the understanding that the state general assembly would get rid of the bill requiring individuals to use the bathrooms pertaini...

The longer its an issue the democrats will keep builting them up with it. >> speculation even from the relatively left leaning mayor in charlotte this was a calculation a long time ago that it would help roy cooper in his run for the governorship if they got mccrory and the lemming lay temperature intangled in this thing and if that was the plan mccrory fell for it? >> there is some irony in mccrory being the fall guy for this because his reputation before this past year was more of a business-m...

>> the latest legislative session closing with growing outrage in crowds in north carolinas capital. its very difficult to hear because of the disruptive noise outside the chamber. >> demonstrators are angry over a series of bills rolled out during a hastily called special legislative session this week where lawmakers in the republican controlled legislature want to limit incoming governors powers. >> what is happening now is unprecedented. what is happening now, its going to affect the issues t...

The latest legislative session closing with outrage in north carolinas capital. >> very difficult to hear because of the disruptive noise outside the chamber. >> demonstrators are angry over a series of bills rolled out during a hastily called special legislative session this week where lawmakers in the republican controlled legislature want to limit incoming democratic governor roy coopers powers. >> what is happening now is unprecedented. whats happening now is going to affect the issues that ...

Additionally, cooper would be blocked from appointing some members of the state board of education and all members of the board of trustees for the university of north carolina system. cooper beat out republican incumbent pat mckoiry by about 10,000 votes. mccrory claimed fraud. >> we have elections. >> reporter: leaders say they are going to continue to be relevant in the state, but democrats call it a power grab. his success or issued a statement late today reading "the court also have to clea...

Issue in north carolina. the latest legislative session closing with growing outrage and crowds in north carolinas capital. >> its very difficult to hear because of the disruptive noise outside the chamber. >> reporter: demonstrators are angry over a series of bills rolled out during a special session this week, where lawmakers want to limit the incoming governors powers. >> what is happening now is unprecedented. whats happening now is going to affect the issues that make a difference to eviden...