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>> well, i think the like i hadhood is he probably will, but he's 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 governor's 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 he's comfortable with taking away appointment powers from his successor. >> watching from outside north caro...

>> 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 he's 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 governor's appointment powers is the governor mccrory has actually sued the legislature before to get appointment powers back that they to...

>> let's 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 it's for the good of the government. clearly it's not. they call this special session where only republican members, this fourth special session, only repub...

59% don't 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 doesn't control the house of representatives and, therefore, he can't get much passed through the congress and my guess is after move it is going to be worse. the republicans are going to gain seats in c...

Own. i don't think we should be ruling anything out. >> it certainly wouldn't 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 couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. [ male announc ] your e...