You just heard from the president , as israeli strikes continue, targeted strikes inside beirut, theyre bracing for potential retaliation from hezbollah, after waves of deadly attacks involving explosive devices, and the First Lady joins the president at the Cabinet Meeting this hour after my exclusive conversation with her on a range of topics, including her Husbands Decision to step aside from the president ial race. We havent had a chance to speak to you since he decided he would be stepping aside. Obviously a historic decision to hand the reins over. Are you at peace with his decision . Im totally at peace, and so is he. Lets get started. Good day to you, im Peter Alexander, in for my friend, Andrea Mitchell. The 2024 election is underway, as in person, early voting kicks off in three states, while Donald Trumps republican party is facing a major scandal that could impact his chances in what is a crucial battle ground, the state of North Carolina. Trump endorsed Lieutenant Governor
korea house race rocked by ballot fraud will not run in the newly ordered election. mark harris announced yesterday he will opt out of running for the 9th congressional district race citing health concerns. his decision comes a week of the state board of elections including hearings into election fraud in the district by calling for a new election. harris announced during the hearings that he has suffered two strokes and was hospitalized in january. in a statement, harris said, in part, quote, given my health situation, the need to regain full strength and the timing of the surgery the last week of march, i decided no to the file in the new election. harris twice tried to certify the race while the investigation was still up a going. he led democrat dan mccready by 105 votes on election day. other prominent republicans in the state, pat mccorey and robert pittinger declined to run
our elections. it s part of our constitution. we need to have a smooth transition and that s where i stand. i m going to do everything i can to be respectful of my replacement and representative lewis ought to do the same thing. are you supportive of how the president elect responded? i am supportive of him swinging back when you need to. that s been his technique during the campaign, that s obviously going to be his technique and attitude when he is president of the united states. the people knew that when they elected him and i m still very impressed with the people that he has around him that compliments that technique and also brings about cooler heads when we need to have cooler heads both domestically and internationally. you have admitted that part of your defeat in this, you know, very tough governor battle in north carolina is because of this controversial bathroom bill and we now have eight plus states that have these types
say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. welcome back to new day. just four days before taking the oath of office donald trump is feuding with outgoing cia director john brennan and congressman john lewis. the question is why is he sparring so close to the inauguration? let s discuss it all and more with former north carolina governor pat mccorey. the governor has been in regular contact with the president elect and his transition team. thank you for joining us. thanks for having me. i have to begin with this,
the current president elect who is about to get sworn in as president of the united states. wouldn t that same standard probably call the president. wouldn t that same standard be applied to the president elect instead of tweeting his insults at the intelligence community and putting intelligence in quotes calling them up? not after the cia director swings. he s going to swing back. the president elect made those insults to the intelligence community well before brennan went on fox yesterday. and some of it may be deserved. some of this information should have never gotten out of personal briefings with the president of the united states including the current president. those should be extremely confidential. listen, as a governor for four years when i had briefings i assumed those briefings were confidential and would not get out the media but for some reason they are getting out to the press and they shouldn t be getting out to the press. it s unfair to the president