WE'RE
WE'RE LOOKING BACK ON WAS THE BONKERS YEAR WE HAD HERE. BUT JOE BIDEN TAKES THE OATH OF
OFFICE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
HE REALLY HAS ONE.
CAROLINA MAN TO THINK BY ALL
ACCOUNTS BIDEN RAN A HORRIBLE
CAMPAIGN IN THE PRIMARIES IN
THE SPRING LOSING ONE AFTER THE
OTHER.
HE DIDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE IN
THOSE EARLY ONES.
IT WAS TOTALLY WRITTEN OFF BY A
LOT OF FOLKS THEN A SINGLE
ENDORSEMENT IN THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA CHANGED THE
COURSE OF HIS CAMPAIGN AND
THEREFORE HISTORY.
COUNCILMAN JIM CLABBERED
ANNOUNCING HIS SUPPORT FOR
BIDEN.
POLITICAL ANALYSTS SAY THAT
DECISION THAT SINGLE DECISION
ENDED UP WINNING THE PRIMARY
FOR BIDEN EVENTUALLY WINNING
THE NOMINATION, CHANGING
EVERYTHING.
RARELY IN POLITICS DO YOU SEE
AN ENDORSEMENT HAVE THIS BIG OF
IMPACT.
DEMOCRATS QUICKLY CALL AROUND.
BIDEN THEN CAME TO THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
HE LOST NORTH CAROLINA BUT WON
A RECORD EIGHTY ONE MILLION
VOTES.
>> LET US BE THE NATION THAT WE
KNOW WE CAN BE A NATION UNITED
NATION STRENGTHEN OUR NATION.
THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE'S
NEVER NEVER BEEN ANYTHING WE'VE
TRIED.
WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO FOUR
DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION.
JOE BIDEN WAS FINALLY PROJECTED
THE WINNER IN A PRIMETIME
ADDRESS TO A DIVIDED NATION.
HE CALLED FOR UNITY AND
HEALING.
THE PRESIDENT ELECT PLEDGING TO
WORK FOR ALL AMERICANS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP, I UNDERSTAND
THE DISAPPOINTMENT TONIGHT.
>> I'VE LOST A COUPLE OF TIMES
MYSELF BUT NOW LET'S GIVE EACH
OTHER A CHANCE.
>> RUNNING MATE KAMALA HARRIS
SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING.
THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST
PERSON OF COLOR ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT.
WHILE I MAY BE THE FIRST WOMAN
IN THIS OFFICE.
>> I WILL NOT BE THE LAST.
>> MEANWHILE, THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN FILING FIFTY SIX
LAWSUITS ALLEGING CLAIMS OF
VOTER FRAUD AND ASKING FOR
RECOUNTS IN SEVERAL STATES YET
PROVIDING NO EVIDENCE 50 OF
THOSE LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN
DENIED, DISMISSED OR WITHDRAWN.
THE RECOUNTS ALL PRODUCING THE
SAME RESULT.
THE SUPREME COURT ALSO REFUSING
TO TAKE UP THE CLAIMS IN
MID-DECEMBER THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE GOT A LOT MORE
ATTENTION THAN IN YEARS PAST
WHEN IT WAS JUST A FORMALITY
THAT AGAIN MAKING BINDS WHEN
OFFICIAL HOURS AFTER ELECTORS
CAST THEIR VOTE.
PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN
UNLEASHING A SCATHING ATTACK
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR
TRYING TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION.
BIDEN STRESSING THAT HE WON 306
ELECTORAL VOTES, THE SAME
NUMBER TRUMP RECEIVED IN 2016
WHEN HE CALLED THAT WIN A
LANDSLIDE.
WHEN ASKED A FEW WEEKS AGO IF
HE WOULD LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE
IF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
FORMALIZED JOE BIDEN'S VICTORY,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULD
DISCUSS IT.
>> JUST SAY IT CERTAINLY WILL.
>> CERTAINLY I WILL.
AND YOU KNOW THAT ON JANUARY
6TH CONGRESS WILL OFFICIALLY
COUNT THOSE ELECTORAL VOTES
WITH BIDEN TO BE SWORN IN AS
THE 46 PRESIDENT.
>> TWO WEEKS LATER WHILE
PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T WIN
OVERALL, HE ONCE AGAIN CARRIED
NORTH CAROLINA AND ON HIS
COATTAILS REPUBLICANS WINNING
BIG IN THE TAR HEEL STATE.
>> THE BIGGEST ONE PERHAPS
SENATOR THOM TILLIS WHILE DOWN
IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE POLL
SOME BY 10 TO 12 POINTS.
HE CAME AWAY THE WINNER AFTER
ALL THE VOTES WERE COUNTED.
THE RACE BETWEEN HIM AND CAL
CUNNINGHAM ENDED UP BEING THE
MOST EXPENSIVE SENATE RACE IN
THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY EVER.
WITH JUST WEEKS TO GO, A LOT OF
DRAMA.
TILLIS CAME DOWN WITH COVERED
AFTER ATTENDING A CEREMONY AT
THE WHITE HOUSE FOR AMY KONI
BARRETT.
BUT IT CUNNINGHAM WHO HAD THE
BIGGER SCANDAL GETTING CAUGHT
SEXTING A WOMAN OUTSIDE OF HIS
MARRIAGE.
CUNNINGHAM THEN GOING BASICALLY
SILENT FOR THE REST OF THE
CAMPAIGN WHEN SUPPORTERS REALLY
NEEDED TO HEAR FROM THE MOST.
BUT IT WASN'T JUST A SCANDAL
THAT HELPED REPUBLICANS ACROSS
THE BOARD.
THEY WON BIG HERE.
ANALYSTS WE TALKED TO SAY THAT
WHEN DEMOCRATS LOOKED CONFIDENT
THAT MAY HAVE SET REPUBLICANS
RUNNING TO THE POLLS.
>> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO
CELEBRATE AN ABSOLUTELY
FANTASTIC ELECTION DAY.
NORTH CAROLINA'S REPUBLICAN
PARTY CHAIR THRILLED ABOUT HIS
PARTY'S WINDS FROM THE STATE'S
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN
REPUBLICAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
TO SEVERAL KEY CONGRESSIONAL
RACES.
WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THE THREE CONGRESSIONAL RACES
THAT WE HAD HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA WHICH WERE CONTESTED.
>> THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE SAYS NOW THOUGH IT'S
TIME TO WORK TOGETHER WITH
DEMOCRATS.
BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR
FUTURE WE HAVE TO EVENTUALLY
PUT ASIDE BEING REPUBLICANS,
BEING DEMOCRATS AND REALIZE AND
RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE'RE
ALL AMERICANS.
>> REPUBLICANS ALSO WINNING BIG
IN THE COURTS HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA, REPUBLICAN PAUL NEWBY
BEATING OUT DEMOCRATIC COME AT
SHERRY BEASLEY FOR THE CHIEF
JUSTICE SEAT NEWLY WON BY JUST
400 VOTES.
>> KEEP THAT IN MIND NEXT TIME
YOU THINK YOUR VOTE DOESN'T
COUNT.
ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 20
2020 ELECTION THE FIRST TIME
EVER THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE
SWEPT ALL EIGHT STATE JUDICIAL
RACES RACES HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA HISTORY ALSO MADE HERE
IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE
STATE'S 11TH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
JUST TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD,
MADISON CALTHORPE WILL BECOME
THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF
CONGRESS.
THIS IS VIDEO OF HIM AT THE RNC
WIRE WHERE HE GOT OFF HIS
WHEELCHAIR TO STAND UP AFTER A
SPEECH.
CAWTHORN HAS BEEN IN A
WHEELCHAIR SINCE 2014 WHEN HE
WAS PARALYZED FROM A CAR
ACCIDENT.
WELL, WE WERE EXPECTING A CLOSE
SENATE RACE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
BUT REALLY WHAT ENDED UP
HAPPENING?
LINDSEY GRAHAM GOING ON TO WIN
ANOTHER TERM BEATING OUT
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER JAMIE
HARRIS.
HARRIS BECAME ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL SENATE CANDIDATES
WHEN IT CAME TO FUNDRAISING
RAISING GET THIS 57 MILLION
DOLLARS THIRD QUARTER ALONE.
THAT LED TO A FLOOD OF OUTSIDE
MONEY AS WELL.
LOTS OF COMMERCIALS ON YOUR TV
TOO.
GRAHAM HAD NEVER FACED A POINT
WITH SO MUCH MONEY.
MANY POLLS SHOW THE RACE TIED
OR NECK AND NECK RIGHT UP UNTIL
ELECTION DAY, HOWEVER.
HONESTLY, IN THE END SENATOR
GRAHAM WON BY A SOLID 10 POINTS
AND WE CAN'T FORGET LESS THAN
TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION
THE WORLD LOST AN ICON AT THE
AGE OF 87.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG PASSED AWAY LATE
JUSTICE CELEBRATED AS A
TRAILBLAZER FOR EQUAL RIGHTS,
ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
EVEN HER DISSENTING COURT
OPINIONS HELPED PAVE THE WAY
FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
IN DEATH AS IN LIFE, JUSTICE
GINSBURG BROKE DOWN BARRIERS
BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN AND
THE FIRST JEWISH PERSON TO LIE
IN STATE AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.
THE BATTLE TO REPLACE HER ON
THE SUPREME COURT A HEATED ONE
OF COURSE PRESIDENT TRUMP
NOMINATED FEDERAL JUDGE AMY
CONI BARRETT, A FAVORITE AMONG
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES DESPITE
FOUR YEARS PRIOR REPUBLICANS
REFUSING TO FILL THAT SEAT
DURING ELECTION YEAR.
THEY RUSH TO GET JUDGE BAIRD
CONFIRMED FOR SURE.
IT SEEMS AS IF WE COULDN'T EVEN
TAKE A BREATH BEFORE WE STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THE TWENTY TWO
ELECTION.
NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN MARK
WALKER ANNOUNCING HE'S RUNNING
FOR THE SENATE.
REPUBLICAN SAYS HE HAS THE
EXPERIENCE TO FIGHT AND WIN IN
WASHINGTON.
REPUBLICAN RICHARD BURR IS SET
TO RETIRE THAT YEAR AND WALKER
AIMS TO TAKE THE SEAT BUT HE'S
NOT GOING TO BE ALONE.
NOPE.
SOMEONE ELSE SAID TO POSSIBLY
BE RUNNING FOR THAT SENATE
SEAT.
LARRA TRUMP, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
DAUGHTER IN LAW.
SHE'S FROM WILMINGTON, GREW UP
THERE ALSO HAS A BACHELOR'S
DEGREE FROM NC STATE, WAS A
PROMINENT PERSON IN HER FATHER,
LOST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THIS
PAST YEAR.
WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR EYES ON
LOCAL STATE SENATOR JEFF
JACKSON.
>> HE TWEETED OUT QUOTE SINCE
THE ELECTION I'VE RECEIVED A
LOT OF ENCOURAGING TO RUN FOR
U.S. SENATE.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
MARISSA, HIS WIFE AND I ARE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT OVER THE
HOLIDAY.
FAMILY CONSIDERATION FIRST,
POLITICS SECOND.
I'LL UPDATE YOU AFTER OUR
FAMILY