Balance of power shifts in North Carolina

>> BUT HIS RACE IS REALLY GOING

DOWN TO THE WIRE. DAN HAGGERTY,

THANK YOU.

>> THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN

NORTH CAROLINA DID WELL IN THE

MIDTERMS. THEY WANT EVERY

JUDICIAL RACE IN SEVERAL NEW

SEATS IN THE STATE HOUSE AND

SENATE THE BUREAU CAPITOL

BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE

EXPLAINS THE NEW BALANCE OF

POWER AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR

GOVERNOR COOPER'S VETO. POWER.

>> REPUBLICANS HERE AT THE

LEGISLATURE FELL JUST ONE SEAT

SHORT OF A SUPER MAJORITY IN

BOTH CHAMBERS. STILL, THEY SAY

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OVERRIDE

GOVERNOR COOPER'S VETOES AND

THEY PLAN TO TRY IT OUT ON SOME

CONTROVERSIAL BILLS. REPUBLICAN

SENATE LEADER PHIL BERGER WAS

HAPPY WITH HIS PARTY'S

PERFORMANCE IN THE ELECTION.

>> BUT THERE'S A GOOD DAY IN

NORTH CAROLINA TO BE A

REPUBLICAN, BUT NOT QUITE AS

GOOD AS IT COULD HAVE. THEN.

>> GOP LEADERS BELIEVED THEY

WOULD WIN VETO PROOF. SUPER

MAJORITIES IN BOTH THE HOUSE

AND SENATE IN THE SENATE.

THEY DID WINNING 30 REPUBLICAN

SEATS. THE VOTES NEEDED FOR A

VETO OVERRIDE. BUT IN THE HOUSE

THEY FELL ONE SHORT WINNING 71

OF THE 72 SEATS NEEDED FOR AN

OVERRIDE THERE. THAT MEANS THE

49 HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL BE ABLE

TO PREVENT A VETO OVERRIDE AND

KEEP A BILL FROM BECOMING LAW.

BUT ONLY IF THEY'RE ALL PRESENT

AND ALL VOTING THE SAME WAY.

HOUSE SPEAKER TIM MOORE THINKS

HE'LL BE ABLE TO SWAY SOME

DEMOCRATS TO HIS SIDE. I WILL

TELL YOU FOR ALL INTENTS

PURPOSE AS WE HAVE A GOVERNING

SUPER MAJORITY.

>> WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF

DEMOCRATS WHO WORK WITH US.

WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS COMING

IN AND I FEEL COMPLETELY

CONFIDENT SHOULD WE NEED TO

RIDE THE DOES. WE'LL DO OUR

PART ON THE HOUSE AS WELL.

MORE AND BERGER SAID THEY PLAN

TO DISCUSS A FEW CONTROVERSIAL

TOPICS NEXT SESSION.

>> LIKE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS,

CRITICAL RACE THEORY, VOTER ID

AND A PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS.

THEY WOULDN'T SAY YET WHETHER

THEY'LL ADVANCE NEW LAWS OR

WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

THE ISSUE IS SOMETHING THAT'S

IMPORTANT TO THE VOTERS AND

IT'S SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT TO

A NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS THAT

ARE RETURNING AND WE'LL SEE HOW

THAT PLAYS OUT AS WE GO

FORWARD. THOSE ARE ISSUES

COOPER HAS VETOED IN THE PAST

SINCE THEY BROKE THE REPUBLICAN

SUPER-MAJORITY IN 2018

LEGISLATIVE DEMOCRATS HAVE

NEVER ALLOWED ANY OF COOPER'S

VETOES TO BE OVERRIDDEN.

MOORE BELIEVES THAT'S ABOUT

TO CHANGE. SO WANT TO

SPECULATE. BUT I'LL JUST TELL

YOU, THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE

BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING. LAURA

LESLIE, WRAL, NEWS, RALEIGH.

WE ASKED THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC