he takes office saturday. polo sandoval has more on the story. ta court weighs in. what did it decide? >> cooper took his fight to court to get full power when he's sworn into office. as part of the lawsuit, he requested a restraining order asking a set of republican-backed laws be blocked from taking effe they s they were passed by lawmakers and signed by the outgoing governor two weeks ago. the laws also happen to limit the powers of soon-to-be goc nor cooper. today a north carolina superior judge granted the request and set the matter for a hearing next week. we understand that at least one of those two controversial laws now on hold. here's a breakdown. the first one, senate bill 4. that would essentially end complete control by the governor over state and county election boards, something that was controversial during its introduction and passage and signage. the second, house bill 17, that one significantly curved the governor's appointment powers. we're speaking to several legal