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>> i would say that. >> so there has to be a good reason that the school has been split in half. >> they believe that the republican party is better for north carolina than the democratic party. >> who is "they"? >> the folks who -- >> the state folks. >> the folks who did the drawing. the north carolina general assembly. >> before republicans redrew the map in 2016, the 10,000 students here were all in one voting district represented by a democrat. that meant students here at the nation's largest historically black college or university also known as an hbcu could have had the power to swing ...

Ted bud, the republican incumbent right here, very competitive race and sometimes in a midterm year, you get these competitive races, the democratic candidates carried by the national environment. let's keep looking as we look across here. mark walker, the republican incumbent trailing by a more significant margin as you look at this race here and again, you come over a little bit more here and you have another republican incumbent trailing by almost, well, 13,500 votes in that district. so north carolina, if we were looking at the beginning of the night, can the democrats pick up one, maybe t...

Been for republicans pretty good. let me give you a couple examples. north carolina 13, ted bud. ohio, steve shabbot. troy balderson. virginia 2, scott taylor. florida 25, carlos carbella. these are all seats that are suggesting that the republican is in the lead and pulling away. same thing in open seats. the democrats have pulled out of minnesota 8 because people stauv, the republican candidate is so strongly there. >> neil: when you look at the late-breaking issues that might influence this race, the caravan comes to mind. the secretary of state speaking with reporters in mexico city to try...

Ports, this is a very bad decision. so what? they're going to say if you give them some stock it's going to be a slippery slope? i certainly hope so. do whatever you have to do, just win. >> sean: three weeks from tonight and as we reveal more of the house races that will decide the fate of the country, here we go. north carolina, second congressional district of georgia holding in a fierce battle with democratic linda coleman. in north carolina nine, democrat dan mccready has big-time cash advantage but a conservative republican mark harris has a very slight edge. he needs your help. republic...

The rivers, my area goes from greensboro down to the north side of charlie pickering about 750,000 people. we are very concerned that we reached these 500 year flood levels like we saw with hurricane floyd. two years ago with hurricane matthew. down the eastern part of the state. we are grateful for our first responders and we're sending assets down east now but we will need some back here the next few days. arthel: i know that you are well prepared, congressman but did the flooding present more challenges than expected? are you in good shape? you mentioned you need more help. what do you need...