Name: Former NC Gov. Pat McCrory reflects on election results, possible 2022 Senate run
Uploaded: 2020-11-03T21:54:00-0500
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Description: Former Gov. Pat McCrory reflects on the statewide election, particularly the U.S. Senate race, and his thoughts on possibly running for Senate in 2022, succeeding Sen. Richard Burr, who will retire at the end of his term.

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Former Gov. Pat McCrory reflects on the statewide election, particularly the U.S. Senate race, and his thoughts on possibly running for Senate in 2022, succeeding Sen. Richard Burr, who will retire at the end of his term.

<p>NOW. &gt;&gt; WE ALSO HAVE SKY 5 SHOWING THE CROWD MOVING THROUGH THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS. &gt;&gt;&gt; GOVERNOR, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE VERY BUSY. WHAT A NIGHT TO BE WATCHING. &gt;&gt; YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO FOUR YEARS AGO. MERELY WROTE POLLS SHOW A HUGE DEMOCRATICALLY ON THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE HOW MUCH TO THE REPUBLICANS CATCH-UP. WAKE COUNTY, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, JUST LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO HAVE HUGE LEADS FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND NOW, THE UNION COUNTY AND THE JOHNSON COUNTIES, AND OTHER COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF WILMINGTON IN GREENVILLE AND ASHEVILLE ARE COMING AND AND THE QUESTION IS, WILL CUNNINGHAM IS IN THE LEAGUE. IT LOOKS LIKE COOPER HAS A BIGGER LEAD THAN THE OTHERS AND THEREFORE, HE HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABILITY TO CATCH UP. IT SHOWS TICKETS PUTTING IN SOME OF THESE BRACES. AND ANOTHER QUESTION IS GOING TO BE CAL CUNNINGHAM WAS SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ASKING REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR THE THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE. SAYING FOR EXAMPLE THOM TILLIS WANTS TO TAKE YOUR GUN AWAY. ENCOURAGING SOME THOM TILLIS TO VOTE FOR THE THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE, WHICH WE WILL SEE IF THAT TECHNIQUE WORKED. VERY DECEPTIVE ADS, BUT VERY SMART STRATEGICALLY FOR POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC SENATOR. HE'S BEEN THROUGH THIS DYNAMIC. WHEN THOM TILLIS 16 YEARS AGO, I WAS WITH HIM AND HE WAS BEHIND UNTIL THE VERY END AND HE CAUGHT UP. AND THEN ONE THAT ELECTION IN AN UPSET. IN CHARLOTTE, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN RALEIGH, THERE WERE NO LINES WHATSOEVER. YOU COULD WALK UP, VOTE, IN AND OUT. THAT MEANS MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ALREADY VOTED. MOST OF THE VOTES THAT COME IN TODAY ARE GOING TO BE REPUBLICAN VOTES. WILL THEY BE ENOUGH TO PUT TRUMP OVER AND WILL THEY BE ENOUGH TO PUT THOM TILLIS OVER? IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING DYNAMIC WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE NATIONAL INDICATIONS FOR THE SENATE AND ALSO OF COURSE, FOR THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. A COUPLE OF SMALL POINTS, TWO. IT'S GREAT TALKING TO YOU AGAIN. I MISS YOU GUYS. IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT COLLEGE STUDENTS HAD. I DON'T THINK I GOT A VOTE FROM CHAPEL HILL. IF I DID, IT WAS BY ACCIDENT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING HOW MANY OUT-OF- STATE STUDENTS ARE NOT IN CLASSES IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. DURING MY ELECTION, THE OUT-OF- STATE STUDENTS AT DUKE, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, CENTRAL, APPALACHIAN STATE, THEY ACTUALLY ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE NORTH CAROLINA. THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL STILL. BUT IF AS MANY OF THEM ARE NOT AROUND BECAUSE OF COVID, THAT COULD HURT THE TOP OF THE TICKET? HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE GET A HEARD OF THE CURSE. &gt;&gt; I WILL DO IT RIGHT HERE ON WRAL. &gt;&gt; IS THAT A YES? &gt;&gt; WE ARE GOING TO -- I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL THE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. I'M NOT CLOSING THE DOOR ON IT WHATSOEVER. I HOPE MY PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER IS NOT OVER. BUT A LOT OF THINGS CAN CHANGE IN POLITICS, INCLUDING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TONIGHT IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE DYNAMICS HERE IN CANADA. THAT MIGHT EVEN HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY DECISION SOMETIME NEXT YEAR ON WHETHER OR NOT I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS GREAT MEDIA CAREER THAT I HAVE OR GO BACK INTO PUBLIC SERVICE. &gt;&gt; OKAY, I PROMISE, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. &gt;&gt; LOSING AS CLOSELY AS YOU DID TO ROY COOPER, I REMEMBER IT HURT. I REMEMBER THE EXIT INTERVIEW WE DID. I COULD SEE THE PAIN ON YOUR FACE. DOES IT STILL NOT AT YOU AT TIMES? &gt;&gt; YES. &gt;&gt; THANKS FOR BEING HONEST. &gt;&gt; VERY MUCH SO. I STILL THINK OF DURHAM, EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY THE DURAMAX THAT, I THINK ABOUT IT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES. AND I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANY VOTING IRREGULARITIES. TONIGHT. WHICH CALLS INTO QUESTION -- WE HAD THE THREE DURHAM POLLING PLACES THAT CAME IN AND I THINK IT WAS DECLARED THE WINNER. I WAS DECLARED THE WINNER NATIONALLY AND BY WRAL. &gt;&gt; WE HAD TO CLEAR THAT UP. FOX NEWS DID DECLARE YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT YOU LEAVING BY 50,000 VOTES, BUT WE NEVER ACTUALLY MADE THAT DECLARATION. &gt;&gt; I RECALL DIFFERENTLY, BUT WHO KNOWS HOW MY MEMORY WAS AT THAT TIME. I WAS ABOUT TO WALK ON STAGE AND ACCEPT THE REELECTION. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOMEONE GRABBED ME AND SAID 100,000 VOTES JUST CAME IN FROM DURHAM, FROM EARLY VOTING, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TURNED IN AT 7:30. I WENT ONO. AND MY HEART DROPPED. &gt;&gt; THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU -- &gt;&gt; ASIDE ALREADY GOT THE CALLS FROM TRUMP AND THE VICE PRESIDENT AND A LOT OF BUSINESS LEADERS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE NOT HEARD FROM SINCE. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, LAST TIME I SAW YOU GOVERNOR, YOU ARE AT AN APP TOURNAMENT AND I THINK ABOUT THAT PAUL, WHAT I'M WATCHING SOME OF THIS POLITICAL COVERAGE AND AS THESE RESULTS COME IN, I MEAN YOU REALLY GET A NERVOUS STOMACH.'S ARE YOU ABLE TO SEPARATE YOURSELF NOW? WHAT ARE THE CANDIDATES GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW? DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT NERVOUS STOMACH FOR THE OTHER CANDIDATES? WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A CANDIDATE YOURSELF? AND BE AGONIZING OVER THESE RESULTS? &gt;&gt; IT'S OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. THAT'S THE DILEMMA. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU THINK IS IN YOUR CONTROL, BUT YOU SHOOK EVERY HAND YOU COULD, YOU RAISED THE MONEY THAT YOU CAN . IT'S OUT OF YOUR CONTROL, BUT PUTTING THE BASKETBALL ANALOGY TOGETHER, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, DURING THE LAST MONTH OR TWO, ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAST THREE WEEKS, ROY COOPER, CAL CUNNINGHAM AND JOE BIDEN HAVE BEEN KIND OF DOING FOR QUARTERS. THEY'VE BEEN STALLING. AND THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT A SMART STRATEGY? BECAUSE SOMETIMES, IT ALLOWS MOMENTUM FOR THE COMPETITORS. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A TIGHT GAME. AND SO, YOU ALMOST CAN RELATED TO NC STATE, PLAYING IN HOUSTON AND THE FAMOUS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WHERE HOUSTON SLOWED UP THE GAME WHEN THEY WERE MEANT TO GO FAST. AND THE QUESTION IS, DO CAL CUNNINGHAM, BECAUSE OF HIS CONTROVERSIES AND EVEN ROY COOPER STOP TOO EARLY WHILE THE REPUBLICAN TICKET WAS JUST DESPERATE AND SHOOTING THREE POINTERS AT THE END. SO WE WILL FIND OUT. I ANTICIPATE A VERY CLOSE GAME. AND MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A DUNK AT THE END. &gt;&gt; WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT.</p>

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Former NC Gov. Pat McCrory reflects on election results, possible 2022 Senate run

Former NC Gov. Pat McCrory reflects on election results, possible 2022 senate run

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Brian Shrader flies over the site of a plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport approximately three hours after the accident.

Seen some activity just in the past 10 minutes or so. I want to take you outside Sky five right now for a live look at the scene. We saw a van being escorted to the runway there and someone got out and now there appears to be a really careful inspection of the debris going on. So we're working to confirm if that may be the NTSB investigation team arriving at the scene. Let's zoom out and give you some about where this is. There are two main runways at RDU International and this is in the grassy field next to the runway that mostly serves terminal one on the east side of the airport, that runway remains closed while this investigation continues at the top of your screen. That is the other main runway that serves terminal two, mostly that runway is open. So we have two things going on here that could affect your flights for the rest of the day and maybe even into tomorrow, the airport takeoff and landing capacity is roughly reduced by half because they are only working with one runway. And if you have a flight coming out of terminal one, maybe Southwest, you're going to have to take that crossover all the way out to that other runway. It's going to add a lot of extra time.

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Sky 5 flies over plane crash at RDU

RDU Airport Authority gives an update on a plane crash that sent a physician and pilot to the hospital. The crash occurred Wednesday morning on a flight that took off from Wilmington.

<p>Landguth first, I want to extend my thoughts to those affected by this morning's aircraft accident and thank our first responders for their quick action to respond. The airport authority and its mutual aid partners responded to an aircraft accident at RDU involving a general aviation aircraft. The accident occurred at approximately 10:10 a.m. in the grass next to runway five, right 23 left. The flight was arriving from Wilmington, North Carolina. The A the aircraft is owned by medical Air Inc and operated by UN C air operations. The aircraft had two people on board, one pilot and one passenger. Both were transported to area hospitals. The federal A Bush administration issued a ground stop that was lifted at approximately 1130 this morning. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have both been notified. The National Transportation Safety Board is en route and expected to arrive within the next hour at which time we will conduct an accident investigation. Rdu's runway five left 23 right reopened to departing and arriving aircraft around 11:30 a.m. this morning. Are you experiencing approximately 70 delays and several arriving flights were diverted to other airports? Until ground stock was lifted, travelers should contact their airline for the latest updates regarding the flight status. And of course questions about the identity and condition of the pilot and passenger should be directed to UN C health. And at this time I'll try to answer any questions. You may have, uh, the one, any other accidents in, in the past. I'm not familiar with any other accidents have occurred with that operation. I don't know, uh, that's the role of the National Transportation Safety Board. They'll actually come in and do the investigation. Uh, and at some point in the future, they write up a report and determine what the cause of the accident was. You know, that there was no notification to the airport authority or to the FAA uh about any type of emergency on board. Do we have a guy? We don't, all we know that we've got them out of the airplane and we've got them transported to local hospitals. We know situations like this and delays have a ripple effect on, you know, flights. Do you have any idea what type of impact we'll see here in our view and for not sure, but what we're going to encourage everybody to do is reach out to your airlines. We'll be able to give you real time information about the impact of your particular flight. Ok. I believe some of them went to Greensboro and I think a couple went to Charlotte as well. What, what to be impacted due to the NTSD. Say that one more time at this point in time, what we call the west side of our airport is now open the investigation they'll conduct will all be on the east side. So at this point, we are anticipating normal operations returning to normal operations from this point forward. I don't think that anything that they're doing regarding the investigation or where they would have to investigate would have any impact to the west side of the airport. No, the aircraft is still on the airfield itself. It's on the east side of the field. So terminal one that runways the east side of the field, that's where the debris field actually sits, the west side of the field is open and operational and safe to operate. Not that I'm aware of in operations for you throughout this event today. What was your main concern concerning the passengers that were in the internals? Right. I think our primary focus when, when that accident occurred were the two people sitting in that aircraft? Our primary mission is to make sure we can get to them and try to rescue them and try to make sure that we can get them in a safe condition as fast as we possibly can. Uh secondarily is trying to figure out then how we recover and get our operations back up and running. Mhm. How does that affect? What goes on term? Yeah, so great. Question. So the team has figured out a way to get all the aircraft they're gonna operate at terminal one. Your Southwest develops. Uh We've got a crossover taxi way that we can actually get them through our general aviation aircraft. We've got a crossover taxiway, we can get them to. But the rest of the uh accident scene is actually kind of isolated and closed and locked off. Yeah, you're terminal one at this point in time. Once they can get back on their schedule, it's going to be a normal operations. All right. Thank you guys. All right. Thank you. Grab your phone, right.</p>

Former NC Gov. Pat McCrory reflects on election results, possible 2022 Senate run

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