down from trump s bravado and settle for half of the $5 billion donald trump had been demanding for his precious border wall. that was last saturday. and there have been no new offers from either side since. in a few minutes, we ll be talking with congresswoman pramila jayapal and what democrats will do about trump s actions at the border at large, an issue on which jayapal has become a leading progressive voice. they have an ambitious agenda planned, including getting the government operating again, introducing new anti-corruption and voting rights legislation, and jumpstarting investigations into the trump administration the republicans have not been all that interested in when they were in charge. but one thing democrats did not expect to have to deal with on day one is a house seat that is still contested because of an election marred by alleged fraud.
coop worry have less control over than his predecessor. ever since they did that at the end of 2016, cooper and the legislature have been battling in court over whether that new gop-created elections board is constitutional. and the upshot of this court battle over republicans democracy defying power grab two years ago is just now, today a court ordered the state elections board dissolved. so right in the middle of this investigation into this still up in the air congressional race, less than a week before the new congress convenes in washington, as of noon today, there is no more north carolina state board of elections. and as that board goes up in smoke, the position of mark harris and the north carolina republican party appears to have solidified into outright opposition to any further investigation. even though earlier this month they were expressing concern about fraud and saying they were open to new election, today north carolina republicans are demanding that mark harris be se
board of elections that would have less control over than his predecessor. ever since they did that at the end of 2016, cooper and the legislature have been battling in court over whether that new gop-created elections board is constitutional. and the upshot of this court battle over republicans democracy-defying power grab two years ago is just now, today, a court ordered the state elections board dissolved. so, right in the middle of this investigation into this still up in the air congressional race, less than a week before the new congress convenes in washington, as of noon today, there is no more north carolina state board of elections. and as that board goes up in smoke, the position of mark harris and the north carolina republican party appears to have solidified into outright opposition to any further investigation. even though earlier this month they were expressing concern about fraud and saying they were open to a new election, today north carolina republicans are demanding
in the timeline of the days and hours leading up to felipe s death, border patrol said he was treated for a cold hours before he died in a new mexico hospital. according to a statement last night from the medical investigators office in new mexico, the boy didn t just have a cold, he had the flu when he died. this has been a morally wrenching year for american border policy, with family separations and attempts to limit asylum applications. the specter of something called denaturalization. this month, the deaths of two children while in the custody of the u.s. meanwhile, in official washington, today marked day seven of a shutdown that now appears certain to continue into the new year. republicans insist the shutdown, which, to be clear, they could end any time they wanted to since they still control the entire federal government until january, is over donald trump s demand that american taxpayers pony up to fund the border wall that he promised his supporters on the campaign trail, t
so the north carolina elections board opened an investigation. that board has the power to order a new election if they decide that s what s needed. and the board ultimately scheduled a public hearing on the allegations for january 11th. but here s the thing about the north carolina board of elections. when north carolina voters ousted the state s republican governor in 2016 and elected a democrat, roy cooper, the republican legislature pulled a surprise move to try and strip the incoming democratic governor of his powers. it s a play being tried by republicans in other states where democrats won statewide this year. but north carolina republicans were kind of the pioneers of this strategy back in 2016. democrat gets elected governor, take away power from the governor s office. one place republicans took away his power by creating a new