attorney general will have on mueller investigation, this is the view from the white house. we have not impeded it at all. we had an attorney general who is recused from it, we ve now don t have an acting attorney general who is recused from it. nobody wants to prolong it, we ve done everything that we ve been asked to do. when i say we, i mean the trump team here and outside of the building. as i understand it, 33 individuals who have been called, millions of pieces of paper have been produced. and we will see what mr mueller‘s report says. remember, jeff sessions had recused himself from having any responsibility for the investigation into russian meddling in the us election. he s the 23rd senior staffer or official the president has sacked. late last night, we saw mr sessions leaving the white house to a round of applause from his colleagues. and this is acting attorney general. matthew whittaker was jeff sessions‘ chief of staff. he s also a former football star turne
for four hours today, to two hour increments. 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. then there will be the funeral on sunday with all the pomp and circumstance with police officers from all over the country and the world will come here. the ny d is a beacon for the county and the world police force in the entire world. they will be here to support their brothers and sisters in uniform and the diller family. last night it was raining as well at a vegetable. nearly 1,000 people were in attendance including officer diller s brother, mother, his sister, his wife stephanie newlywed and his infant son r ryan. they were there and there were a thousand people from this community. many of them first responders themselves. it was raining and apparently at the end from everything we understood and ride, a rainbow showed up right before the vigil started. this is been something that the neighbors here have are really taking seriously. this really hurts and this community, to its
this is the north carolina gubernatorial candidates debate. this program is sponsored as a public service to the citizens ever this state by the north carolina association of broadcasters educational foundation. here s our moderator, chuck good evening. i am chuck todd of nbc news. welcome to the north carolina association of broadcasters educational foundation gubernatorial candidates debate between the governor of north carolina, republican pat mccrory, and the attorney general of north carolina, democrat roy cooper. we should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power, and flooding still remains a threat for so many. some of you are having to listen on the radio or are streaming this debate because of no po both candidates and the viewers, and we hope things return to normal as soon as possible. let me begin by quickly covering the rules of tonight s debate. it will last an hour and we ll begin w
general of north carolina, democrat roy cooper. we should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power, and flooding still remains a threat for so many. some of you are having to listen on the radio or are streaming this debate because of no power. we want to thank you and thank both candidates and the viewers, and we hope things return to normal as soon as possible. let me begin by quickly covering the rules of tonight s debate. it will last an hour and we ll begin with one-minute opening stat and then i will pose questions directly to the candidates. i should note these questions have been determined by me and members of the radio and news association of the carolinas. each candidate will have one minute to respond and a 30-second rebuttal. i do reserve the right to follow up as needed. we will conclude the debate with 90-second closing statements. there is a device that will time. we ask that they adhe
he ran for north carolina s 12th congressional seat. she originally from oklahoma and served in the army. he has never held elected office. democrat roy cooper is finishing his fourth term as north carolina s attorney general. he was first elected in 2000 after serving in both the statehouse and senate. he was born and raised in nash county and graduated from unc- chapel hill. republican pat mccrory is north his term beginning in 2013. he was charlotte s longest serving mayor, a record seven terms. he grew up in guil ford county and graduated in catawba college. we have many topics we would like to cover and want led like this to be an over conversation. there is sure to be follow-up discussions and question and we each other. at the end of the evening, each of you will have a for a closing statement and before the broadcast, we drew to see what would take the first question and it would go to mr. mccroryy and mr. cooper and mr. cecil. if elected, what would you do to mak