and members of the north carolina delegation. representative burr and david price and patrick henry and architect of that capital. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen the architect of the capitol. >> good evening welcome to the h annual christmas tree lighting ceremony at united states capital. i am the architect of the capital. i can tell you i cannot think of a better evening to have the ceremony with the sunset to be amazing earlier this evening. i'm honored to be here is speaker nancy proceed lights the capital christmas tree. we are honored to host this year's youth christmas tree lighter and a citizen of the eastern band of cherokee indians first judicial 1964 and it was amir glad to continue to host the red spruce tree nicknamed ruby it comes from the national forest and north carolina. american force tree can be traced back to this region. in this area known as the cradle where gil fred pinchot was hired to manage the estate in the late 18 eighties. he later became the chief of the forest service was recommended by

this is not a new thing for north carolina. but in doing this we recognized how many christmas trees are grown there are 50 growers producing 50 million on 30000 acres of land. that's pretty good. we really are in christmas tree business. of course people growing and harvesting the trees bring great joy to millions of households. i'm very happy to be here with ruby and with all of you to honor this occasion. of course we are honoring the spirit of the season of goodwill and the diversity and inclusion of the values we hold dear and also thinking about future generations. so the natural resources and the treasures we have inherited will be passed along in tact. in the spirit of the season, thank you for being here and letting us honor north carolina in this special way. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen patrick mchenry representative for north carolina. >> merry christmas everyone. what a beautiful night and what a beautiful gift we all get to share in this wonderful bounty together. as a proud north carolinians , i want to thi

you got this novelty within north carolina. switching positions with north carolina. let me combrad one more and -- let me add one more and then i'll shut up. we had a very lengthy opinion from the north carolina supreme court. it addresses the elections -- federal elections clause issue in three paragraphs on page 122 of the petition appendix. at the very least, all these interesting and very important issues could enable counsel on both sides were not available to that court then. what should we do in that circumstance? mr. katyal: well, certainly, with respect to that federal issue, we thought they needed the three paragraphs. they talked about the things we just talked about. i'd love to give you more detail, justice gorsuch. you know, then you said, well, the decision was based -- the decision talked about it being hard for the legislature to act. i understand that was the basis of a separate opinion by this court. i think this that point actually underscores the caution this court should have when reviewing state court decisions because that's not what the north

elections in north carolina shall be free, and north carolina supre crt said, well, what that means is that there can't be any partisan gerrymandering, stcting has to be done under one of these methods that we sent out. that wou bok? mr. thompson: no. that would be a violation -- there would be no standard. there would be no le and the state courts would be seizing that power from the legislature. i'm just pointing out here, your honor, we are not coming to the court atatute. that statute would be permsie, that statute would be permissible but not for this typef aim. if there were some other claim erthey said the election isn't free because of tre is not one person, one vote. that's a judicially manageable standard. justice kavanaugh: your position seems to go further than chief justice rehnquist position in bush v. gore where he seemed to knledge that state courts would have a role interpreting state law. and that federal court revieof that should be, in his words, deferential. and simply should be a check to make sure the ste urt did not significantly depart from the state law and

it and force them to do as they did in north carolina. force them to draw new maps. i mean when they came up with the original map, they wanted to propose a map that's would have ten republicans, for democrats, and in the state roughly 50/50. when asked about it on one of the republicans said, well why did you do a ten format? well said we couldn't drop 11 to 3 map. so that gives you a sense of their mindset. supreme court says, that if this with the north carolina constitution, we draw the maps -- the maps i've done in a fair way. and what we get out of north carolina? a 7 to 7 split in the congressional delegation. that's something that they did not like and said, all, right we'll take that to the supreme court on this ridiculous, bogus, fringe theory. and the independent state doctrine. and for any member of the court to put his or her name behind a decision, even if it's a dissenting opinion, to say that there is some validity to this theory. i think really calls into question you know, where that justice is coming from. >> yeah, well to that end, even if it's a

i've in the best constituents folks in north carolina as north carolina has ever seen. it would be impossible to recognize all of you, but dean meyers and chris joyner of years of friendship and service to north carolina and our country and to me, i thank both of you. there are so many names, but from my house term, jenny, and poly walker, michael, kaitlin, pch josh bolen. from the intel committee, christian cook, emily hardy, melissa, tommy, the entire bipartisan russian team and those who served the committee under my chairmanship and my hope committee, angela wiles, rachel portman, dr. bob, margaret # martin, and david cleary. finally i'd also like to say a few words about alicia peterson clark. she helped me in my first election and she became my house chief and she got me to the senate and she helped to build the operation and established the culture that runs through my office today. today, even if you never met her, if you have worked for me, you've been influenced by her leadership. she passed away a few years ago, heart breakingly young and she is deeply missed

i discovered when my wife and i visit him in north carolina he's a great handy man. apparently he thinks his guests should be as well since he put me to work on a new door he was installing. we hung a door at his house. i was the grunt labor. he was the architect, the designer, and said hold this, you know, that sort of thing. so that was my job. i was well paid for my trouble because richard also, in addition to his assets and had i attributes as being a handyman is also an excellent cook. many of you probably perhaps heent don't know that -- but one of the privileges i've got to enjoy is his cooking. he really can make just about anything -- breakfast, lunch, dinner. i'm not saying he ought to open an a restaurant in his retirement but if he did i would be the first one at the opening. he left a mark here in washington, his car a thing often left with the top down no matter the season and adornd with his colleagues campaign stickers i think everybody knows is a fixture here on capitol hill. richard, a capable mechanic could often be found under the thing's hood, wh

mchenry much north carolina, -- mr. mchenry of north carolina, i inform the house that they will both vote yes. mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, mr. schneider, ms, ms. stansbury, mr. keating, mrs. hayes, ms. williams, mr. mrvan, ms. pressley and mr. huffman, i inform the house that those 10 members will vote yes on s. 5168. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lahood of illinois, mr. budd of north carolina, and mr. ferguson of georgia, i inform the house tht mr. lahood and mr. budd will vote yea and mr. ferguson will vote nay on s. 5168. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. kelly of illinois and ms. stevens of michigan, i inform the house that both of them are going to vote yes on s. 5168. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >>

also want to thank the people of north carolina for honoring me with the trust and respect. i'm humbled that they sent me here to congress eight different times and i appreciate their support. mr. president, i yield the floor. [applause] >> madam president, it's hard to believe that my friend richard burr is leaving congress. he's someone i've known since my days in the house of representatives and we've been friends from the very beginning. and so it's difficult to imagine serving in the senate here without him. we came to the senate in the same year as well. our wives are very close friends and we've had many wonderful times and in fact, i've enjoyed hosting richard in south dakota on a number of occasions, richard is an outdoors guy as i am, and he fits right in in my home state of south dakota, except for the fact that he's the only guy not wearing socks although i'll say, madam president, there are situations to require him to get the socks out of the suitcase. in one of the hunting trips for pheasant. we got off at sioux falls and it was seven degrees and then he had t

i've had the best constituent service folks in north carolina, as north carolina has ever seen. it would be impossible to name all of you, and i will put the names in the record, but particularly i want to thank dean myers and chris joiner for their years of friendship, service to north carolina, our country, and to me. i thank both of you. there are so many names, but from my house term, i'd like to especially thank jenny hanson-ware, john versagi and a.t. from the senate, natasha hickman, chris tongs, polywalker, brecka glover, josh bowlan. from the intel committee, christian cook, emily hardy, vanessa lee, tommy nguyn, the entire bipartisan russian team, and all who served the committee under my chairmanship. and my help committee, angela wiles, rachel portman, anna abrams, dr. bob cadlick, martin, and david cleary. finally, also a few words about alicia peterson-clark. she helped me in my first election. she became my house chief, and she got me to the senate. she helped build the operation and established the culture that runs through my office today. today, even if you nev

that stems from unknown agreement that the north carolina entered -- state of north carolina entered with -- >> suppose you assemble a student body in which various racial groups coincide almost exactly t percentage of those racial groups in the general population, ulyou say, now we have done it, we have achieved diversity? >> no, your honor. don't think we would say we need to reach those levels either. they should stand up and say we should be doing far more. we are trying to comply with this court's ecedents which requires consideration of a holistic basis. >> gru also says using racial classifications are so potentially dangerous however compelling their goal. they can be employed no more broadly. going down furtheral governmental use of race must have a logical endpoint, reasonable duration limits and policies.cious submissions gather, the justice as sayi when does it end? grutter says this is so dangerous. grte does not say this is great. grutter this is dangeroust has to have an endpoint. i hear you telling justice alito there is no endpoint. >> i apologize i gave that impress

budd of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. ferguson and mr. lahood will vote yes on s.4104. >> as the member designated by mr. handcuff man of california, ms. steve yens of michigan and ms. kelly of illinois, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> as the member designated by rogers, stewart, curtis and owens, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> members will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. molin air, he will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by congress members garcia, swalwell, grace napolitano, john garamendi, julia brownley, lucille roybal-allard and marie newman and kahele, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolin

you're in charge of elections in north carolina. can you give us some examples how if the court ultimately rules in favor of letting republican legislatures, let's say hypothetically but state legislatures take over, elections in north carolina could change? like what's the real risk here? what's the worst-case scenario? >> far and away the biggest issue for north carolina is how we redistrict every decade. the way our democracy is supposed to work is people are supposed to choose the representatives, not the other way around but what our republican legislative leaders have done is abuse the redistricting process to try to cement themselves into power no matter the will of the voters and that is the gravest part of this case because for instance, in the last decade. >> right. >> we had 13 congress people. they drew a map that had ten republicans and only though democrats. the court struck that down as partisan jergerrymandering and 50/50 state, which north carolina is, we elected switch d -- seven democrats and seven republicans. th

take the north carolina supremea court decision on states -- face value and itsefcting of north carolina law and when one does that we see there is a violation of the election clause and that's why we are here. >> you can see state legislative action under the elections clause is subject to the govern'seto, right? >> yes your honor. why do you concede that point? >> your hor rst of all we are not here to relitigate it and wete are prepared to accept l the courts precedence and number two he was pointed out that samuel johnson defined legislature by reference to matthew hailey's definition whe he said the three branches of the listure to two houses it was underooat t time in new york and massachusetts had gubernatorial vetoes and it was understood that the governor had a role to play at the time of the founding and iwa arguably grounded in the text. >>f your your concession doesn't underline your -- a th's significant w conception to the ovethwise categorical case with this one exception.s vesting the power to veto the actions of the legislature significantly underline -- undermines the a

, when he got off ellis island, and he end up in marion, north carolina. he stayed the night in the train depot. no one came to pick him up, so finally, a conductor pulled him on the train and took him to charlotte, north carolina on that train, and there was an arabic family around the coffee shop at the train station. they talked about the mix up. they gave him a job. he started washing dishes. then he became a peddler. then he went back and got the rest of his family. they made enough money to get a wagon and they went to the countryside selling cloth, sewing materials, shoes, stuff like that, and it evolved into john mack & sons, and it was a clothing department store. my father, who was an entrepreneur, decided he wanted to be totally on his own, and he started a wholesale grocery business. david: they wanted you to go in that business at some point? john: i don't think my father did. my mother is a very strong force. she only wanted me to be a doctor and i really did not want to be a doctor. my father was laidback, and my mother was really aggressive

what do we get out of north carolina? a 7-7 split. that's something that they didn't like and they said all right. we'll take this to the supreme court on this ridiculous bogus fringe theory, the independent state legislature doctrine. and for any member of the court to put his or her name behind a decision even if it's a dissenting opinion to say there is some validity to this theory calls into question, you know, where that justice is coming from. >> yeah. to that end, i mean, even if it's a narrow ruling, justice keegan today expressed concerns about it being used to fuel further conspiracies like the fake elector scheme. if the court does not stake out a very clear position on this, how concerned are you that it could be weaponized necessity elections down the line to support theories like the ones proposed by john eastman to allow states to send fake electors in to congress? >> but that's exactly the point. we're not talking about something theoretical. we only have to look at that which the january 6 committee exposed. it shows

i rise today to honor two giants in north carolina history. my dear friends and colleagues, congressman g.k. butterfield and congressman david price. with a combined four decades of experience fighting for north carolinians in congress, g.k. and david have left a lasting legacy on this chamber and in their communities. g.k. has been a powerful voice in the fight for voting rights and accessible health care. david -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. can we have some order in the house, please. please move your conversations off of the house floor. the gentlewoman may proceed. you can start again. ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor two giants in north carolina history. my dear friends and colleagues, congressman g.k. butterfield and david price. with a combined four decades of experience fighting for north carolinians in congress, g.k. and david have left a lasting legacy on this chamber and their communities. g.k. has been a powerful voice for voting rights and accessible health care. david has worked

what happens to the district -- redistricting in north carolina? guest: if the court were to agree with the republican legislature and a lot depends on how the court rights the opinion. they could say the legislature has complete authority and only congress can otherwise make changes. they could adopt a narrower version of the theory that says that normally the legislature has complete authority, but it if -- but if it has delegated authority to the supreme court or governor in a law then that could trump the the theory. if the supreme court was to rule for the legislature it could go back and the legislature could draw a new map and an important change in north carolina was that the north carolina supreme court that struck down the map was at the time, a democratically controlled court. that court is now controlled by republicans. even if the supreme court were to say you can delegate your authority to the state supreme court the state supreme court could look at that and say that is not partisan. host: voters are saying the legislature does not f

and the north carolina state cous over the redistricting maps. the courts threw them out. they said they violated the state constition ban against gerrymandering and actually drew a map on their own. now, the key to this is the interpretation of a part of the constitution called the elections clause that says that the times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof. the legislature, the moore of this case is timothy moore, the speaker of the house of the north carolina house. he says that means that the legislature alone can make these decisions, that they can't be second guessed, they can't be send guessed by the courts, they can't be held up against the state constitution. the opponents on the other side are saying that that is too fine a reading, that the legislature doesn't just refer to the house and the senate, it refers to the all of the state machinations in state government. geoff: so bottom line then, if the court sides in favor with the north c

the north carolina supreme court threw out republicans heavily gerrymandered maps. and normally, that would be the end of it. but north carolina republicans decided to use the insurrectionists favorite fringe legal theory -- that would be the independence day legislature doctrine -- they say they did not have to listen to their states highest court. they were effectively saying, hey, under our state constitution, the north carolina supreme court has the final say. but under this legal theory, we do not have to listen to the courts, or the governor, or anybody, really. we can do whatever you want, checks and balances be damned. at least three supreme court justices -- alito, thomas and gorsuch -- have already signaled that they are open to turning that theory into legally binding precedent. and that would have massive implications, not just for gerrymandering, but for american democracy on the whole. under a muscular reading of this legal theory, republican controlled legislatures would be the ultimate authority, not just on gerrymandering, but on how elections thems

it may yet be days in moore county, north carolina, before there is power. they have nobody in custody, nobody blaming responsibility, no word on any potential motive. apparently no suspects. in moore county this weekend it was two different substations. the two of them reportedly shot at and disabled by gunfire within about 45 minutes of each other on saturday night. now, the sheriff tonight was asked if those attacks were simultaneously or if they were sequence shal. if they were simultaneously -- if could be one perpetrator driving to one and then driving to another. that's supposition based on the facts that we've been given. as for the motive, there has been a lot of speculation both nationally and locally since he learned that this happened. we learned that this was a deliberately inflicted attack. but honestly, bottom line we really do not know. at the first press conference yesterday where the sheriff and local officials took the first questions about what had happened, they were immediately asked and then asked repeatedly whether this attack on the

and she joins us live from north carolina. you're on campus hill, that's about a half an hour away from where the incident happened. she's breaking curfew by local authorities. there thank you for being here tonight. >> good to see you, rachel. thanks for having me. >> first of all, let me ask you if there was a fair characterization of what we understand about how things are going thus far and more county. let me ask if i got anything wrong there or our understanding, or your reporting has advanced the story anymore in terms of what happened and what authorities think might have been behind it. >> rachel, i think most of that was spot on. i think the only thing i would add is a description of how strange it is in moore county right now to just bring you into the scene there. first it's pitch black dark there. everyone has to be off the road by 9 pm. schools closed, so kids are at home with their families. this is a community with a lot of elderly people. people who in some cases depend on things like oxygen. so they were plun

also the people of north carolina to honor me with the trust and respect their support. i yield back. [applause]

why did he go to north carolina? was there a big lebanese community or did he intend to go to another place? john: there was a big lebanese community in south carolina and he was going to go to marion, south carolina when he got off ellis island and he ended up in marion, north carolina. he stayed the night in the tray depot, no one came to pick him up. so finally a conductor said, get on the train and took him to charlotte, north carolina on that train. and it was an arabic family around the coffee shop the train station and they talked about the mixup, they gave them a job and started washing dishes and he became a pedal and then he went back and got the rest of his family and they made enough money to get a wagon, and they went in the countryside selling cloth selling materials, shoes, stuff like that. and then that involved into john mack and sons, that was my grandfather's name, and it was a clothing department store, and my father, who was an entrepreneur, decided he wanted to be totally on his own and he start

we turn now to the attack on north carolina's power grid. authorities fear it could inspire copycats. in the meantime, there are still no arrests. here's a b cs lionel moise. this morning life in moore county, north carolina, remains at a standstill after what officials say was a deliberate attack on to keep our substations the attack, highlighting how vulnerable critical infrastructure is foreign terrorist groups foreign hostile powers. domestic terrorists have all called for attacks against arquit nations, critical infrastructure and in particular attacks against the nation's power grid. whether those tax are through cyber means or a physical attacks, one of the north carolina substation gates rammed open as it was sprayed with bullets, safety now top of mind with cooler temperatures, officials say. one person has now died in a home with no power. we're trying at this point in time to validate if it was related to the power outage, or just a normal medical condition. energy has crews working around the clock and occur. if you is in effect

truly, they're a shining example of what makes western north carolina so great. congratulations, again, to the boone and church band on this wonderful accomplishment. may god continue to bless you and your great work. mr. speaker, the biden administration's destructive regulatory agenda is jeopardizing the franchise model. president biden will stop at nothing to advance big labor's agenda, even if it means harming workers. the biden administration is working overtime to shove as many workers as possible into unions regardless of worker preference. the biden administration's proposed joint employer rule will fundamentally destroy the franchise model by taking autonomy away of franchise owners, depriving them the ability to run their own businesses. being able to own a franchise business, like a fast food restaurant, is a ticket to the american dream. especially for women and minorities. americans who invested their time and energy into building a business do not deserve to have it snatched away all because president biden wants to appease big labor. to save the am

>> i'm from north carolina, madam speaker. but as the member designated by congressman gaetz, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congressman gaetz will vote nay on h.r. 3372. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, -- south carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote nay on s. 3372. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. meeks, i inform the house that mr. meeks will vote yes on h.r. 3372. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. conway of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. conway will vote yes on h.r. 3372. and as the member designated by mr. jake laturner of kansas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i info

it became incredibly important to the economy of western north carolina. (david weintraub) however, champion paper's mill released its effluents directly into the pigeon river, impacting western north carolina, but especially east tennessee. (news anchor) the governor says he canoed down the pigeon. above the canton mill, he says, the river is beautiful and thriving. wherter says it's a different story. (ned mcwherter) and that discharge comes out, and it's just an aolute sewer. (news anchor) mcwherter sa he met th champion's chairman of the board and studied 10 years of the paper company's annual reports. the governor said he learned that champion and its stockholders have been doing very well, while nothing has been done to clean up the river. (millie buchanan) chamon, in 1908, built a very large mill on a very small river, using a very toxic process on a river that at low flow, was totally diverted through the mill. what champion brought to north carolina were jobs that were very good paying for the area. the smell was really awful, but in canton, they'

it is noon north carolina's form ny sort. every student fills out the common application form, ha the ability? >> correct. >> have you seen one of these forms? i don't know if th are in the record for this case, is the application here meere? >> yes, i believe it might be completed applications, it t be sealed. >> swe have this form that students plng to any college can use, and i unde the form, bacay it was reduced to tell us abt yourself. things, it is not a separate piece of paper that says, this is about race, this is st about who are you? in the ntext of that, students check and write inll kinds of things, am i wrong about that? >> s,t's evolved over time, and the current form, can't say for certain, 'snder record, but it does allow r more self-descriptions, so the student with a background that justice ugh mentioned will be able to -- >> s any form of race, it is not like we have to careo carefully abouwh are the categories in their, and w did anybody, a caucasian student could check caucasian, we are just telling who w

joining us now is the mayor of pinehurst, north carolina, jim strickland. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> you're welcome. thank you. >>> teams are working to get power restored. when is the best estimate as to when residents will have their power back. >> it is a good news, bad news situation or challenging news, i would say, jim. we started with about 45,000 customers without power in moore county and pinehurst on saturday night. that number has declined to 34,000 and that is good news and that is declined but that means that we have 34,000 people who are challenged by cold homes and lack of light. the best estimate now according to duke energy is thursday to try to have power restored across the county. >> do you have have any more information about who, what group or individuals were behind this attack, are authorities sharing that information with you? >> i have nothing to add beyond what the sheriff and the state bureau of investigation and the fbi are doing. and i think for the benefit of our citizens, i wouldn't wouldn't to make any sp

for north carolina's lawyers. you have this ammunition case, you have to be careful with barrett. she has a history of doing this. of askeaton really smart, really probitive, really thoughtful questions at oral arguments, but then when the votes come in, siding with the most extreme, brain dead version of republican conservative logic possible. we saw that in dobbs, we've seen that in other cases this term. but she seemed to be legitimately in play. if she and brett kavanaugh are both in play, that could be the bulwark that stops this particular brand of republican ridiculousness from infecting the rest of america. >> you know, ali, your explanation and analysis is the perfect setup for my next question. based on the questions, and this has been spectacular because we as americans get insight into the supreme court these days they're been able to listen to the oral arguments versus just reading a cold opinion later on down the road once it's been drafted and approved. based upon this hot bench with the questions t

we begin with an attack on the power grid in north carolina. it's being called intentional vandalism. authorities say cowards opened fire on power substations, and it could leave thousands of people in the dark. for days. a state of emergency has been declared as police investigate whether the vandalism is related to protests over a drag show. tens of thousands of people in north carolina are preparing to be without electricity for days after gunfire damage to electrical substations seen in the case that the show that the firearm had been used. to disable the equipment. an estimated 45,000 customers lost power saturday night when authorities say someone opened fire on the substations in moore county, damaging multiple pieces of equipment. authorities say some areas may have no power until thursday, unlike perhaps a storm where you can you can go in and reroute power somewhere else. that was not an option. in this case, entire towns have no working traffic lights and with cold temperatures in the forecast. a shelter has been opened in a local sp

. >> developing now, the fbi now believes a recent power substation attacked and north carolina were intentional. thousands of customers are left in the dark and north carolina isn't the only state dealing with the substation attacks. homeland security sent out a recent memo saying they've also been attacked and parts of oregon and washington as well. now the development comes after news nation exclusively obtained documents including possible online blueprints. it's evidence that the american power grid could be a lot more vulnerable than we thought. reporter and lambert has the latest on that investigation. there. >> in another federal law enforcement memo, news nation has exclusively obtained. officials gave a grave warning in august about a, quote, suspected racially or ethnically motivated white-supremacist posting in an online chat in which the person quote, shared a file was substation locations in the u.s. canada and mexico. news nation located the database. authorities believe the online poster shared with details about more than 75,000 substations in the u.s. and its territ

not just in north carolina but around the country for that matter. do you have any initial indication, governor, before i let you go, of a motive here? >> we do not at this point. i talked with federal, state and local officials today. i think they are making sure that they explore every potential here, because i think if you talk to the people in moore county, they want to find out who did this. they want to find out why it happened, and they want justice to be served. i want to make sure that that happens. >> north carolina governor roy cooper, thanks for joining us. thanks for all you're doing as well. >>> just ahead, moscow says two of its military air fields were attacked by ukrainian drones, even as russian missiles rained down on ukraine by the dozens. wa . so take care of that heart with lipton. because sippin' on unsweetened lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton. stop chuggin'. starart sippin'. to tell you something? the clues are all around us... not that one... that's the one. at university of phoenix, you could earn your master'

whitney wild is in moore county, north carolina. whitney, the fbi was warning about attacks like this in advance? what do we know? >> reporter: two weeks ago the fbi sent out a bulletin to private industry to basically say, look, these electrical grids are a very attractive target for domestic violent extremists and they, the fbi, warned that they were particularly worried about racially motivated attacks on the electrical grid. basically what this bulletin said is domestic violent extremists who are racially motivated would see an attack as an opportunity to cause societal breakdown and thus prompt a race war. it follows a pattern that we've seen from -- federal officials. the department of homeland security had warned earlier this year the electrical grid could be a target for domestic violent extremists. a similar alarm november 30th when they renewed an assessment bull tip that said the same thing, that critical infrastructure among many targets are attractive ways for domestic violent extremists to mobilize to violence. so all

the immediate case here is aut redistricting in north carolina. the state court set the lawmakers back to the drawing board twice. and even the second step they said was a pro republican gerrymander. and so they had a panel of experts draw up the court's own map for use in last month's elections. what about the future? what are the consequences if the court adopts this theory which is called the independent state legislature theory? >> well, they could issue a narrow ruling or they uld issue a ro really. at its nrowest, the court would say that, th state constitutions really cannot constrain state legislatureso that a state judge whether it's at the state supreme court or a trial court judge would not be able to use the state' constitution to prevent partisan gerrymandering. but there could be broader interpretations as well. and because as you mentioned, this was is not a gerrymandering clause. it's a clause about elections, congressional elections. and so this could potentially prevent state courts from applying state constitutional provisions t

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there were a number of other good newspapers in north carolina too. winston-salem journal was probably the best. i think they had a huge influence. mary, i'm going to come back to one or two things in winston-salem, but he worked for eight years that the new york times deputy bureau chief, although i think i can call him scotty rest and now, can i? who i knew fairly well, and he told me that he never known a newspaper man that had better judgment than wally carroll. and if you have in there that wall street journal, you really ought to. david truman went to work for the new york times in 1981, and was 18 years after mr. carroll had left, and he sat around the office, they would still ask questions, whether it was a thorny issue, what would wally do? it was a huge impact he had. here. he wrote in 1960 81 of the really landmark influential authoritarians, in the winston-salem journal, front page, on the vietnam war. now, mr. carroll was a cold warrior. grew up, and that's cold war in the george cannons, and the vietnam war back then, for those of you we