north carolina is better than that. amy: that is michelle henry, who kinston,dent of north carolina. she was a victim of the flooding caused by hurricane matthew. which was a pretext of the special session. >> is unbelievable, what was supposeded to help victims of a hurricane become a man-made political disaster. what we're seeing is we had thought possibly with the north carolina republican party, legislature, would do is pack the state supreme coururt becaue now there is a 4-3 majority. that got a lot of outcry. amy: explain that. and african-american democratic judge was elected, making it 4-3 , so governor mccrory wanted to add two more people to the court. it had been seven people for the last 80 years. >> thehey had these bogus arguments s there was too much workload for t the court. everyone knew this was trying to ignore the wilill of the peoplpe and giving republicans a majority in a crucial institution that will hear a lot of these challenges. that was scrapped, this idea of stripping the democratic governor

one s, of course, i'm at the university of north carolina. we're a public university, and we take great pride in that. and one of the things that the state legislature did yesterday was it restricted the governor from making any appointments to the board of trustees of the university of north carolina. the governor-elect, roy cooper, had made public education a real focus of his campaign, and that's just one of the limitations now to placed on him. his ability to influence the direction of the university has been limited to some extent. there are other areas in which the state legislatures redesigned thing. for example, you mentioned the state election system, election board. that realignment is likely to make it harder if not impossible for the governor-elect to be able to influence election boards. which means the current people in power will be able on maintain power. >> stewart: something else that's been very interesting about north carolina is that it's not necessarily reliably a red state or blue state in 2016. it's really quite purple

we won south carolina easily north carolina was supposed to

trump: north carolina has lost nearly half of its manufacturing jobs since nafta. america has lost 70,000 factories since joining the world trade organization. think of it. so china joins the world trade organization, and since that time we have lost so much. 70,000 factories. we are living through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. there has never been a jobs theft like what has happened to this country. and we stopped some of it a little bit. we have not really started, because we won't really start until january 20, but we are stopping it. and one of the wealthiest men in the world, masa, great guy of japan, he has pledged that he will put $50 billion into the united states because of our victory. he wasn't investing in the country. $50 billion. 50,000 jobs he is going to be investing in. he's a great guy. a trump administration will renegotiate our terrible trade deals, stand up to foreign lasting and defeat every the enemy on jobs, and we will defend american jobs. and we have to look at it almost as a war, because that's what's happened to u

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cacan north carolina stilill be consididered a democracy?? the answer is no according to onone study. we look back at saddam hussein, 10 years after hisis execution. >> year after year, saddam hussein has gone to elaborate lengths, spending enormous sum, taking great risks to keep weapons of mass destruction. amy: we will speak with the cia saddam who interrogated hussein. what he says s may surprise you. at the time of the u.s. invasion, he said saddam hussein was s cused morere on writing a novel than bracing for war. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. russian officials are condemning a move by the united states to speed the delivery of weapons to syrian fighters, calling it a hostile act that threatens russian forces and could lead to terrorist attacks on airplanes. the criticism follows president obama's signature of a massive pentagon spending bill, known as the ndaa, which eases restrictions on weapons transfers to syrian opposition groups. russia says

donald trump in north carolina. he spoke for a little more than a half an hour and general mattis spoke for about 32 seconds. where was the general? he was there and then he was gone. a man of few words at least in fayetteville this evening. the only thing that was really new was his japanese investor which is a very interesting story. so i want to bring in ed henry in washington who knows all about this. at least i hope henry does. because i don't know that much about it. but apparently this guy, as trump said, one of the richest guys in the world, lives in japan. he is going to pump 50 million in an initial investment. >> 50 billion with a b. that's why it's a bigger deal. he runs soft bank. and donald trump is saying as president-elect this will create 50,000 jobs in the united states. here's why that's a big deal. the dow has just closed at a record high for the 11th time since donald trump was elected president. that happened this afternoon. and so what you're seeing is someone who is about to take office with

there's been no voter suppression in north carolina. we offered more early voting hours and more early voting sites than ever before in north carolina. what happened to democrats as we defeated hillary clinton and we defeated democrats up and down the ballot was there wasn't a suppression problem but a depression problem that they didn't like their candidate, but there were more early voting opportunities than ever before. >> two things, she's an excellent reporter. -- >> she's a great reporter but that was wrong. >> there have been several reports of voter depression. >> voter elections will show you more early voting hours, more early voting sites than ever before despite the rhetoric. >> duly noted. i think it's more than rhetoric, but let's move on get back on track. >> it's rhetoric if you don't accept the facts and correct them and recognize we had more early voting hours. that's what the state board of election us reports. why don't you fact check me and bring me back? >> why don't we stick to the point and i won't have to bring

tillis, senator tillis from north carolina. i was really reserving you the pleasure of objecting and that's the reason i didn't object. on the senator from oregon. like you said, we can sit here. i think that we've all had -- and we still have so much respect and great appreciation and all that. and with that being said, we have come to an impasse that if we cannot get the house, with the help of our senate colleagues on both sides, on both sides to get to agree to a permanent long-term fix and a solution for the miners health care -- and senator, i would say that we took off the pension. you heard me say that. we took the pensions off of that. if we did not do that, if we would not do that, we thought we had a way to move forward. we thought we had a way to move forward. and with that being said, we stand here today objecting to things that we all like to move forward on. we would all like to move forward on. and it pains all of us. it pains all of us to be in this position. hopefully y'all can help us talking to the house, ta

the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. tillis: thank you. i appreciate the comments from the gentleman from oregon. i may be new to the senate but i'm not new to north carolina. i was speaker of the house for four years. i worked with a lot of the agencies that the gentleman from oregon referenced but the fact of the matter is, the first time i heard these agencies supported the bill was about 90 seconds ago. this is not been fully vetted in the senate. it sounds like it has a lot of merit, but even having said that, this is not why i'm objecting to the bill. i'm objecting at this time in large part because of a number of other objections we're receiving that are not allowing things that would otherwise move through unanimous consent. and, mr. president, on that note, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on help be descrarnlged from further -- discharged from further consideration of senate 2912, the trickett-windler right to try act and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. i ask unanimous consent that

the military families in north carolina are a national treasure. and it will be the duty of my administration to ensure that we protect those who protect us. and i just want to tell you that we are going to be taking care of our veterans. and i'm right now -- i'm right now working -- these are great, great people. and they haven't been treated fairly. and right now working on picking the people that are going to be helping our veterans and they are really outstanding. we have some of the great people. and a lot of the people making great sacrifices to do this. but they are going to be unbelievable. you are going to see such a change. you are going to see such a change like you have never seen before. we're going to protect and help our veterans. believe me. that brings me to the second reason that i'm here. to discuss our action plan to make america great again, beginning with the rebuilding of our military. and we will -- we will -- you are going to see it. i'm so looking forward, probably next week. you are going to see what we're going to do to

, and perhaps even southern north carolina. about an hour to an inch and a half around our part of north carolina between now and next wednesday, so some healthy wind pattern is set up is helping, but next week with the strong cold front pushing through that will alter the pattern, so we could be wetter than normal, and then cooler and drier the rest of the month. here's the seven-day forecast. cooler tomorrow, 56. we had temperatures in the mid- 60s this afternoon, and it will be a cold start in the 30s in the day. bottom line is have the umbrellas ready starting late sunday into tuesday. >> that looks like a good soup day. >> yeah, not hot pot of soup. thank you mike. >>> december is here, and the official countdown to christmas is were underway. >> coming up details on tree lightings and holiday events rk differently... relax differently. and all those differences take energy. at duke energy, we're doing things differently too. like new ways to generate power and even store it... ...for cleaner energy every day. so no matter

science , at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. his new article for "the news & observer," is headlined, "north carolina is no longer classified as a democracy." reynolds has consulted in over 25 nations on issues of democratic design since 1991. his latest book "the arab , spring: pathways of repression and reform." reynolds is the director of the university of north carolina's lgbtq representation and rights research initiative. welcome to democracy now! why do you say north carolina is no longer a functioning democracy? >> i think if you look at north carolina's alleged world process and you look at some of the more recent activities of the legislature in suppressing access to the polls, taking some executive power back to the legislature after republicans the the governorship in last elections, and also to systematic way in which redistricting and carolina has removed competition from the electoral process so incumbent state legislators now are beholden to their party leaders. the more extreme wings of their party membership an

amy: let's turn to a resident of stem, north carolina. -- kinston, north carolina. quick it is disappointing to see. if this is a special session, what is supposed to be about relief, then why are we still here? the politicians in raleigh are treating flood victims like a pawn and i am not your pawn. changes should not be did this way. north carolina is better than that. amy: that is michelle henry, who kinston,dent of north carolina. she was a victim of the flooding caused by hurricane matthew. which was a pretext of the special session. >> is unbelievable, what was supposed to help victims of a hurricane become a man-made political disaster. what we're seeing is we had thought possibly with the north carolina republican party, legislature, would do is pack the state supreme court because now there is a 4-3 majority. that got a lot of outcry. amy: explain that. and african-american democratic judge was elected, making it 4-3 , so governor mccrory wanted to add two more people to the court. it had been seven people for the last 80 years. >> they had these bogus argu

he won in virginia and north carolina, florida. i think that scared extremists, which is why you have the 15 who got together and said, we're going to block him from doing anything. jeff sessions was in that group who is now being proposed for the attorney general. i think the fact that run a mcconnell -- we talked a lot about the racism of trump. look at mcconnell and ryan. for me, racism was not the kkk or david duke were calling somebody the "n" word, it is policy. ryan and mccall no dust mcconnell, they have held up fixing the voting rights act for 25,st 1200 days since june 2015, with the supreme court passed this ill-fated decision in shelby. strong thuman only filibustered the civil rights act for one day, 24 hours. these people have held up fixing the voting rights act section four bags of section five thing can be implemented in states like north carolina for over 1200 days. they are afraid. they are afraid of the last ability of us organizing all of america. that is the same thing you see here. this legislature has been t

thank you, north carolina. thank you! lou: the president-elect saying dream big, and he has been exhorting americans to do so over his cam paint last year and a half. he's doing so as president-elect. he has an audience of believe saying believe in yourself, believe in your country and believe in your future, and with each passing day, with absolute certainty, i think he's setting the stage for everyone to do just that. we are back with tony sayegh, lee carter and ed rollins. i thought it was a terrific speech. ed, your thoughts. >> it's a campaign speech we have heard over and over again. but today we believe it. we have seen over the last couple weeks he has started to produce those things. you can't sit there and say he can't produce them because he can produce them. lou: he is producing them. >> i think this energy level and enthusiasm. you can tell he loves being there and means what he is saying. he covered all the issues that are so important to folks. jobs, economy, military, national safety and security. he hit o

then again, this has happened in north carolina before. joining me now in his first national interview is the governor elect of north carolina, governor larry cooper. he is still the state's governor. welcome to the show, sir. >> thank you, chuck. >> let me ask you this. do you have any of the bills that they've introduced? are there any of them that you would actually be willing to sign if they would wait to do this after you took office? >> one of the problems is that there's not enough time to read them all, chuck. this is partisan power grab that goes far beyond political power. it's about public schools, it's about medicaid expansion, it's about tax relief for the middle class. they know my priorities, and what they are trying to do with these process changes is to limit my ability to work to raise teacher pay, to expand medicaid, to protect our air and water, and it's not time for this. they go into session in a few weeks after the new year, after i'm sworn in. i'll roll up my sleeves and work with them, but this is why people are ma

on north carolina's economy. does it matter though if we are seeing the political impact of what it did for conservatives there. >> yeah. well, it wouldn't be the first time that the media focused on an economic impact that was supposedly devastating that wasn't actually born out by the numbers, right? i think the most interesting thing about this looking forward is whether this becomes a model for how democrats operate nationwide. they are taking a position that i think is still a minority position. remember, i mean, to charlie's point, what hb 2 did was in effect say that people should go to the bathrooms assigned with the biology that they were born with. which i think for most americans is not that controversial. it's not that mean spirited. >> that's what the polling shows. >> but what you saw was this massive movement really by the left and by democrats pushed initially in the charlotte city council and then sort of forwarded or encouraged by left wing groups nationally to make this a huge issue and to sugg

the cold front into eastern north carolina around midnight. in the wake of that front, drier air will help bring a break up in the clouds early tomorrow morning, and the rest of the day will turn out mostly sunny and pleasant. temperatures will be some 10-15 degrees lower than today, but still mild for the first day of december. look for highs in the low and mid 60s. high pressure will continue to build into the region friday and saturday, so the sunshine will continue along with seasonable highs in the 50s. tonight on eyewitness news... 20-17 is looking pretty 'sweet'. the one thing you need to do... to earn free frosty's from wendy's for the entire year. z25esz zi0z janet, i'm giving you an extra week's vacation! oh, ah... nooo. what? no way. who says no to more? time warner cable's all about giving you more. like the most free hd channels and virtually unlimited movies and shows on demand, so you can binge all day. and don't forget the free tv app. switch to get ultra-fast internet with secure home wifi to connect all your devices. call now

thank you, north carolina! thank you. [ cheers and applause ] [chanting: usa, usa] >> you've been watching donald trump in fayetteville, north carolina. it is the second stop on what's being billed as his thank you tour. it started at least an hour and a half late because of some weather problems, as donald trump said at the top of his speech. it took him two hours to actually drive to this location. coming up at the top of the next hour in about 23 minutes from now there's a cnn town hall hosted by van jones exploring how voters feel about mr. trump and the election. it is called "the messy truth" and it gets under way shortly. we will be looking at what democrats and republicans do moving forward, but first let's check in with jeff zeleny who is in fayetteville, who has been listing to president-elect trump. jeff, second night, similar speech to what we heard the first time and largely staying on prompter but certainly very receptive crowd in fayetteville waiting for the president-elect. >> reporter: a recept

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 won't be there. they are recommending the republicans there, getting heat. no bidding. and these applications are due in the first couple weeks for january 2020. so they had a sense of urgency here. >> it is really, everything that has happened in north carolina since the end of the election has been crazy. and i disagree a little bit. it is a total complete power grab what the republicans did. i don't 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. >> you're not alone in the confusion. do, are voters paying that much attention? are they gambling that a bunch of voters in north carolina aren't? it's holiday week. i have to go shopping. i have family coming to town. i don't know. they think it is not a problem. >> nobody is

there's been no voter suppression in north carolina. reoffered more early voting hours and more early voting sites than ever before in north carolina. what happened to democrats, as we defeated hillary clinton and defeated democrats up and down the ballot was that there wasn't a suppression problem but a depression problem that they didn't like their candidate. but there were more early voting opportunities. >> two things. number one, suzanne is an excellent reporter. >> i know her very well. she's a great reporter and that was wrong. >> there have been tons of reports and very well-founded -- >> the north carolina state board of elections will show you we had more early voting hours and sites than ever before, despite the rhetoric -- >> dually noted. i think it's more than rhetoric -- >> it's rhetoric if you don't acknowledge that we had more early voting sites and voting hours -- >> that's what you believe the facts to be. >> that's what the state board of elections reports. why don't you fact check me and bring it back. >> okay. well

and then we win south carolina. and then we have north carolina. north carolina was supposed to be close. very hard for the republicans to win. a lot of reasons for that. but it's very hard. but we worked hard there. and we really -- my children were there, and everybody was there. they were working hard. then it comes out, the tarheels, then it comes out very strongly that trump is looking good in north carolina. and my opponent, i won't mention names -- but my opponent, they spent a fortune, they spent a fortune in north carolina. and their people got on television [crowd chants "lock her up"] >> that's so terrible. you know, here is what's happening. i notice because i did ohio, we did north carolina. we did all of them. last night, hershey, pennsylvania. did you see that crowd? it's like thank you florida, thank you pennsylvania. we are doing a thank you. nobody ever heard of it before. we have more manage nation and anybody who has ever done this because we are not politicians. but i'll tell you what i noticed. so we go to ohio and we go to io

now it stands as law in the state of north carolina. in the closing statements, republican leadership pointed at state democrats for playing politics. democrats pointed back at the republicans. it was reported earlier this week that both parties leadership agreed to broker a deal in charlotte if the city council was able to rescind the ordinance. that is anything but what happened here today in raleigh. there has been no shortage of drama with the republicans and democrats in the state. that promises to continue. there still is no clear date set when they take up the special session for house bill two. >>> thank you, nick. south korea's opening hearings on the impeachment of president park. lawmaker lawmakers allege she shared classified information with a close friend who used relationship to embezzle millions of dollars for charity. the united nations security council secretary-general ban ki-moon will run to replace park if she is forced out. >>> the death toll rising to 33 in the explosion at the fireworks market in north of mexico

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the north carolina state legislature is meeting for a special session to look at the controversial hb-2 bathroom law. and in los angeles, a hearing is about to start any second in the robert durst murder case where lawyers are expected to go toe to toe over the release of an explosive jailhouse interview. we begin with big developments in the investigation into the berlin terror attack. nbc's matt bradley joins me live from berlin. matt, talk about the suspect, the release of the photo just within the last hour or so. what do we know? >> reporter: the release of the photo is rare by german standards. german police typically guard suspect identities closely. this goes to show the size of the expanding dragnet. i don't know if you saw in the photo you showed this is actually printed in several languages, this is going on all across europe. there is more than a $100,000 reward for this young man. this is embarrassing for the ruling party and for angela merkel in germany. this man was widely suspected of having ties to islamic groups. he was a disciple of an iraqi who lived in germany, a

. >>> up next, a legislative coup going on in north carolina. stay with us. >>> i can defend my country. but somebody that tell us we can't exercise our constitutional rights. so when i knock on this door today, i knock on this door for freedom! i knock on this door for democracy! i knock than this dor for north carolina! >> welcome back to "a.m. joy." dozens of protests, including the veteran you just saw, were arrested on friday in the north carolina general assembly where hundreds gathered to oppose what they're calling a power grab by gop lawmakers. in an extraordinary move, outgoing republican governor, pat mccrory, signed a bill stripping the incoming democratic governor of some key powers. the bill substantially limits to reduce democrats' power over election boards which determine things like how many voting sites each bring sink will get. the state's republican-controlled general assembly took advantage of an impromptu special session that was supposed to be about disaster relief after spending weeks contesting cooper's narrow victory.

this is highly divisive here in north carolina. you have some republican lawmakers who insist that this is a constitutional check and balance. the democratic counterparts say this is a last-minute power grab. wolf? >> polo, thank you very much. >> we have some other issues i want to review with you, cornell. we have to take a quick break and start our conversation in a moment. >>> we're following the breaking news with the president and ceo of the naacp. talking about a straip standard political power grab. just signed by the legislature that dramatically reduceds the power of the next governor roy cooper. what is your reaction to what's happening in north carolina right now. >> make no mistake, this is not a matter of republicans stealing from democrats. this is a supermajority in the state legislature basically constraining, curtailing the power of the incoming governor. changing the election commissions in the state so that they have more power. i.e., they put the democrats in a position where they chaired these commissions in o

it cost north carolina a fortune. ncaa has moved all championships out of north carolina. bruce springsteen canceled concerts. charlotte repeals the ordinance that originally started it. charlotte repealed part of the bill, and the house saw that as an affront that they were trying to pull something. charlotte tried to repeal the rest of it. the house created a moratorium so they couldn't reimpose it for a period of time. there was a lot of finger pointing and accusations, even the incoming governor was actually behind the scenes telling democrats not to repeal the bill. kennedy: what does roy cooper get out of telling them to not repeal it? especially since he lost in such a close race. and it took pat mccrory weeks to concede the now governor of north carolina. he lost and he was the one that you could say was the political sacrificial lamb. you would think it legislature seeing all the money and businesses leaving north carolina -- >> it's unbelievable how much this is costing them. the federal government is still suing them and that will continue. so i guess it's back

republicans in north carolina reneg on a promise for a bathroom bill, restricting rights for transgender people. that's cost millions. the world biggest lottery gets under way and how camping out at ikea is apparenttally a thing. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you on this th i'm frances rivera. >> i'm ayman moy he din. police have the man that left 12 people dead and 50 other injured. this as investigators sweep across europe looking for the suspect. that man you see there on the screen, a tunisian silence seeker has been on media over suspicions that he may have been planning an attack with other accomplices using firearms him now investigators warn he could be violent and armed as they comb through evidence and a manhunt across the country. matt. >> reporter: good morning ayman, actually, it's today's his birthday, it will be hard to spend it in a relaxed way. it seems he now, escaping continent wide manhunt. there has been a more than $100,000 reward on his head. police are fanning out across europe. there have been boats searched, hospitals, one of the reasons is he

thank you, north carolina. thank you! lou: the president-elect saying dream big, and he has been exhorting americans to do so over his cam paint last year and a half. he's doing so as president-elect. he has an audience of believe saying believe in yourself, believe in your country and believe in your future, and with each passing day, with absolute certainty, i think he's setting the stage for everyone to do just that. we are back with tony sayegh, lee carter and ed rollins. i thought it was a terrific speech. ed, your thoughts. >> it's a campaign speech we have heard over and over again. but today we believe it. we have seen over the last couple weeks he has started to produce those things. you can't sit there and say he can't produce them because he can produce them. lou: he is producing them. >> i think this energy level and enthusiasm. you can tell he loves being there and means what he is saying. he covered all the issues that are so important to folks. jobs, economy, military, national safety and security. he hit o

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but first, donald trump tonight in north carolina. he quoted a former president before then seeming to take credit for the obama economy, before thinking better of it, and then returning to his deal to save half of those

and north carolina power grab. after a democrat wins the governor's race, republicans move to strip away much of his power before he takes office. all politics is partisan, but how much is too much? >> next thing you know you will say there's gambling in casablanca. come on. >> joining me is katty kay, jeff greenfield, yamiche and rick santelli. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we have our first look at how the public is responding to donald trump as president-elect. our brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows that 50% approve and 41% disapproving and that compares to the president obama's 71-14. those were based on surveys in january of 2009. most americans believe mr. trump will change the way things are done in government. by a two to one margin, they believe he will bring the right kind of change. 28% expect business as usual. on the subject of russia, 31% say president-elect trump has been too

as we await donald trump's appearance on stage in north carolina. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ >> well the second stop on donald trump's thank you tour is about to begin tonight. we're going to have it in just a minute. the president-elect will be in fayetteville, north carolina you will hear him as soon as he takes the stage. is this tour helping bring democrats on board with trump's vision for how to run the country? if not, why not? joining us now is eric guster a trial lawyer and political commentator and frequent guest on this channel. great to sigh tonight. >> great to see you, too. >> i'm struck that trump has rolled out all kinds of perspective nominees and taken all kinds of unexpected positions. not all of them are traditionally conservative. in fact many of them are not traditionally conservative. not many on the left haveç addressed them. i disagree with this, i disagree with that they are still caught up with donald trump is a bad person and immoral. it's not really an argument it's more an entha enthap. >> he is tweeting about snl on saturday

in north carolina tweeting about this last night. i was reading some of the coverage and reporters i follow. this was -- this was shockingly brazen by the republicans in your state. >> brazen is the right word. i have never seen anything like it in my political lifetime. this is a power grab that is just unbelievable, and it's really an attempt to reverse an election that they lost. the last time we talked, we were fearful that republicans might find a way to take the governor's election into the general assembly. now they're attempting something like that result with an attempt to deny the governor, the duly elected governor, a whole range of powers. it's one thing after another. it's audacious and we've just never seen anything like it. >> yeah, just so folks are sort of familiar with the timeline here, your state has been under essentially one-party rule with supermajorities in both houses. it's given republicans essentially cart blanche. they passed a raft of legislation, postally unpopular, probably the reason mccrory lost, some

as north carolina's lawmakers debate the fate of hb2. often called the bathroom bill because part of it requires people to use public restrooms that match the sex on their birth certificate, nats it's been sparking protests since march. nats h-b-2 was passed in response to a local ordinance adopted in charlotte that allowed people to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. the city council voted today to strike down that ordinance. in exchange for the state legislature to call this special session on h-b-2. opponents have called it one of the most anti-lgbt laws in the nation. candis cox/transgender activist: they're literally telling me that as a transgender person i'm not afforded the same rights as everybody else. supporters say it is protecting people from predators in public places. gov. pat mccrory/ -r- north carolina: the state is representing pragmatic middle america which has been using common sense locker room and bathroom rules for decades. but the law is more than controversial. it's costly. in protest.

carolina writing, quote, ncaa's decision to hold championships in north carolina, is unchanged. this is all going to end up in the united states supreme court sometime in the knee future. jon: arguing goes on, john roberts, thank you. jenna: russian president vladimir putin honoring embassador to turkey who was asas nayed this week, plus senators chuck schumer and john mccain putting aside to call investigation into allegations into russian hacking during the presidential election. what it means for the trump administration and we are going to debate it fair and balance ahead. i had frequent heartburn, but...my doctor recommended prilosec otc 7 years ago, 5 years ago, last week. just 1 pill each morning. 24 hours and zero heartburn, it's been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10 straight years, and it's still recommended today. use as directed jenna: this crossed our desk and we we wanted to bring it to you because it might be a story you hear more about later on today. this is from reporting by tmz, initial reports that ivanka trump, the daughter of president-elect trum

then the next stop on the thank you tour in north carolina. this follows announcements and meetings on monday. for the latest, let's bring in sunlen serfaty. >> reporter: president-elect trump making big decisions in terms of his cabinet. formally nominating ben carson as secretary of housing and urban development. as he moves to make key decisions on the cabinet posts, others seem to take a step back. we knew according to sources, donald trump settled on four finalists for the secretary of state job. now we know according to sources that donald trump is looking for more candidates. now looking at people like former utah governor jon huntsman and rex tilman who will be at trump tower. also senator joe manchin from v west virginia. he told our sources he is looking to schedule a meeting with trump at some point this week. donald trump holding a very intriguing meeting on monday here at trump tower with former vice president al gore. we know he was supposed to sit down with his daughter, ivanka trump to talk about climate change. that got expand

report from raleigh, north carolina coming up. we start with a new head turning comment from president-elect trump, this time it is about nuclear weapons. my colleague, halie jackson, joining me now here in new york. explain to us what mr. trump said or what you think it maybe. >> what he tweeted. the president-elect trump talking about u.s. capabilities of beefing those up. it was an interesting comment. the united states must strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. this is interesting, it is not as though there is some nuclear weapon conversation that's happening currently. you know what i mean in the world of politics, inside the belt way. there are some who pointed out interestingly that russian president, vladimir putin, reportedly today is also talking about strengthening the fortifying his country,capablic. that had folks looking. i wonder if this is a preview of things to come. if you will. donald trump's position of nuclear weapon was talked about often during his campaign. it was a point of attack and as you rememb

he has three days to notify north carolina. petraeus is serving two years probation for sharing information with his buying iog as former cia director. he does remain by many as the most qualified pick. >>> trump has narrowed the field to three finalists in the director of national int intelligen intelligence. dan coates is getting serious consideration and he is competing with fran townsend. >>> a recount in wisconsin gets under way this morning. jill steinowfficials to pay for it. a judge rejected stein's request for a hand recount. she filed for a recount in michigan and in pennsylvania with the court date scheduled for monday. you have to wonder how these allegations are trying to be a spoiler. if this is playing into the push for the recounts. >>> and in north carolina, a police officer will not face charges for a fatal shooting trigger protests on the streets of charlotte. an update on the unrest when "early start" continues. it h s at v , and the bels are on the best network. (both) yes! (vo) with no surprise overages, y

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a collapse of a deal in north carolina. both parties blame the other as the deal to repeal the bathroom bill just falls apart. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. nice to be in your shadow. it is 30 minutes past the hour. an intense manhunt universider r this man. the suspect in the berlin truck attack which left 12 people dead and 48 injured. anis amri. a 24-year-old from tunisia who emigrated illegally to europe and denied asyluasylum. he was released because authorities could not establish his identity beyond doubt. german authorities are offering a 100,000 euro award. he may be armed and dangerous. joining us live from berlin with the latest on the details of the investigation is chris burns. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, miguel. in fact, what are you talking about there. we are seeing tabloid headlines. "why was he not kept in prison longer." anis amri was held for some time. was supposed to be sent back to tunisia. his native. they did not have the right papers