ANALYST, STEVE CORNEGY ABOUT THE DEBATE AND WHERE POLLS ARE GOING IN OUR STATE. >>> 60,000 LUMBEE TRIBE MEMBERS LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION SINCE 1956. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTS PENDING LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE THAT RECOGNITION. WE HAVE GILBERT BAEZ IN PEMBROKE WITH THEIR REACTION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT. >> Reporter: I'M ON THE CAMPUS OF UNC P AND INSIDE FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN AMERICAN INDIAN, LUMBEE IS PART OF THAT AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS. THE PRESIDENT SUPPORTS THE BILL FOR FULL RECOGNITION FOR THE LUMBEE TRIBE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THEY BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR YEARS. JANICE OWNS EAGLE FEATHER ARTS, HOME TO THE LUMBEE TRIBE COUNCIL. SHE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF FEDERAL RECOGNITION OF A TRIBE. >> WE WILL GET FREE EDUCATION FOR OUR PEOPLE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY WILL GET MEDICAL CARE, WHICH WE NEED. >> Reporter: THE LUMBEES HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SINCE 1956, WHEN CONGRESS PASSED THE LUMBEE ACT THAT RECOGNIZED THE TRIBE, BUT STRIPPED AWAY THE BENEFITS OF BEING NATIVE AMERICAN. >> THEY RECOGNIZED THE NAME, BUT SAID YOU ARE TERMINATED FROM BENEFITS. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID HE SUPPORTS THE LUMBEE RECOGNITION ACT THAT WOULD MAKE QUALIFYING MEMBERS OF THE LUMBEE TRIBE ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES AND BENEFITS PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES. THE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE SUPPORTED THIS THREE YEARS AGO, THEY SAY. >> IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT HE IS USING THE 55,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE LUMBEE TRIBE TO TRY TO GET VOTES BUT WE KNOW JOE BIDEN HAS SUPPORTED THE LUMBEE DEAL. >> Reporter: I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL LUMBEE INDIANS IN PEMBROKE WHO DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE AND THEY SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT AND ARE GLAD TO SEE HIS SUPPORTS THE BILL. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL HIM THAT FACE-TO-FACE WHEN HE COMES