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the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. you needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. mak ....
party is becoming more and more unified. the numbers in my opinion will be higher than what you are even seeing. you are seeing very big numbers. but you gotta go and vote. nikki haley is making what could be her last stand, betting her hopes on crushing the numbers of undeclared voters and doing better than expected with republicans. you have to work it. you have to fight for it. you have to earn every single vote. they want to see work. our reporters are at the polls. steve kornacki is at the big board ready to break it all down. yes. independents make up a bigger share in new hampshire than anywhere else. she s got to get that number. 65%, 70%, something like this. among republicans, that number is too low. it s got to take up closer to 30 points. joining me on this election day, haley s top supporter, new hampshire s popular republican governor, chris sununu, on her chances for an upset. he is not on today s ballot, but president biden s supporters are try ....
roof completely torn apart while children were inside. luckily no one was hurt. the governor declaring storm disaster emergencies for several counties, no deaths or injuries reported so far but the flood warnings are still in effect for some areas. on to another fox news alert, we are now learning that a u.s. navy detection system heard the titan submersible implosion on sunday and told rescuers immediately. you re watching fox and friends first on this friday morning. i m carley shimkus. and i m ashley strohmier in for todd piro. loved ones speaking out about the five explorers who lost their lives in that stripling i did with some of them questioning why it took the company so long to alert authorities that the sub was lost in the first place. marianne rafferty has the very latest. marianne good morning. good morning carley and ashley. a senior navy official says an implosion was detected on sunday, us navy detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or e ....
who lost loved ones to the illness, or suffered with it themselves. the inquiry began last year, but today is the first public hearing, with evidence expected to be heard for at least three years. covid has been included on the death certificates of more than 225,000 people in the uk. with more details, here s our health correspondent catherine burns. headlines for you at six o clock this morning. nine dead and more than 400 infected with a mystery new virus in china. for many, this feels like a long time ago. the numbers were relatively small at first, but, within just two months, the impact was becoming clear. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. from lockdown to clap for carers, from rising death tolls to the first vaccines, we ve lived through several covid milestones. and, this morning, a new one the start of the next phase of the uk covid i9 public inquiry. in a preliminary hearing last year, the chair was ....
justice department throws 37 charges at former president donald trump saying he mishandled classified documents. the indictments say the papers laid out everything from america s military weaknesses to foreign nations nuclear capacities. what does it mean for u.s. security? should he have been indicted? i m an innocent man. i did nothing wrong. then artificial intelligence may be the most important development of our time, but is it the most dangerous as well? we know it will replace jobs and blur the lines of reality, but could it be a larger, existential threat? i ll talk to geoffrey hinton known as the godfather of ai who says yes. the worry is can we keep them working for us when they re much more intelligent than us? also, how do you end extreme poverty globally? it s a very tall order, but r.j. banga wants to do just that. he s the brand new head of the world bank. he s tasked with taking global action in a world where the west and russia are at ....