>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE IN PHILADELPHIA AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S DEBATE. TO MAKE ON FACE THE NATION, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SAID IF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WINS HER STATE SHE WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. WITH ME NOW IS GOVERNOR ROY COOPER. GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YOU INTRODUCED KAMALA HARRIS AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. SHE IS INTRODUCING HERSELF TO A LOT OF AMERICANS WHO ARE WONDERING MORE ABOUT WHO SHE IS AND HER POLICIES. DO YOU THINK SHE NEEDS TO SEPARATE HERSELF FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN? >> WE KNOW SHE IS HER OWN PERSON. SHE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR WHAT THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE. IT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT WITH THE INVESTMENTS THEY HAVE MADE. SHE ALREADY HAS SHOWN THAT SHE WANTS A WAY FORWARD. SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE PAYS MORE ATTENTION TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. ADDRESS THE COST THAT EVERYDAY FAMILIES ARE FEELING. SHE WANTS TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TAX BURDEN, THE BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATIONS TAKE ON THE TAX BURDEN WHILE THE MIDDLE CLASS AND SMALL BUSINESSES GET HELP. AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN. I THINK THAT SHE CAN TAKE THE BUS FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. ALSO, CARVE HER OWN WAY IN THIS CAMPAIGN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ALREADY DOING. >> THE TERM CAMPAIGN ARGUES SHE HAS HAD THREE AND HALF YEARS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMY, TO ADDRESS THE BORDER. SHE HAS NOT DONE IT. WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> THREE AND HALF YEARS TO PROVIDE CHILDCARE STABILIZATION DURING THE PANDEMIC TO CONNECT EVERY HOUSEHOLD TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. TO REPLACE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADS. AND, BRIDGES. GUN SAFETY. MAKING SURE TO BRING CLEAN ENERGY, AMERICAN JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SHE HAS DONE AN AWFUL LOT. THERE WAS A GLOBAL INFLATIONARY. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS WORKED. SHE HAS A PLAN TO DO MORE TO TARGET THAT. DONALD TRUMP HAS NO PLAN. IN FACT, HIS PLAN IS TO PUT HIS TARIFF TEXT IN EVERYDAY FAMILIES THAT WILL COST ABOUT $4000. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS MORE TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRE BUDDIES. THAT IS HIS PLAN. IT IS A CLEAR CHOICE TO ME. >> VOTERS WILL HAVE A CHOICE IN NORTH CAROLINA. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT AS A COMPETITIVE STATE. HOW HAS HARRIS CHANGED THE GAME THERE, IF AT ALL? HAS IT BEEN CLOSER BECAUSE OF HER? >> THERE IS A REAL EXCITEMENT WITH HER CANDIDACY. >> COMPARED TO BIDEN? >> BIDEN/HARRIS, NORTH CAROLINA WAS THE CLOSEST LOSS IN 2020. DEMOCRATS WERE DIVIDED AND I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE A COURAGEOUS AND CORRECT CHOICE BY STEPPING A SIDE AND LETTING KAMALA HARRIS GO FORWARD. THERE IS AN EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT NORTH CAROLINA THE LAST TIME WE VOTED FOR DEMOCRATIC RESIDENTIAL CANADA, IT WAS OBAMA. WE WANT TO HELP MAKE HISTORY AGAIN. THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ON THE GROUND ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN. IN OUR STATE, WE ELECT OUR GOVERNOR AND STATE RACES THE SAME YEAR WE ELECT PRESIDENTS. ONLY A FEW STATES TO THAT. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH -- I AM TERM LIMITED. MY TERM WILL BE OVER THE END OF THE YEAR. JOSH STEIN IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE RUNNING AGAINST THE MOST EXTREME RIGHT-WING CANDIDATE. IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA OR ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY WITH MARK ROBINSON. THAT SHOULD HELP ALL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND KAMALA HARRIS. >> YOU COULD SEE A POTENTIAL OF REVERSE COATTAILS? >> ABSOLUTELY. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SAYS THAT -- THIS GUY WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR OUR STATE. >> Reporter: I WANT TO ASK ABOUT RFK JUANNY ROMERO. THE SUPREME COURT IN NORTH CAROLINA SAID TODAY THAT HE CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT THERE. FIRST OF ALL, THAT HAS BEEN HOLDING UP THE SENDING OUT PALLETS TO VOTERS. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR TAKE ON THAT? ALSO, HIM NOT BEING ON THE BALLOT, DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS RACE? DOES IT POTENTIALLY HURT HARRIS? >> KNOW IT WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS A BINARY RACE. RFK JUANNY ROMERO. HAS BEEN A DONALD TRUMP FRONT MAN FROM DAY ONE. HE SOON TO GET ON THE BALLOT IN NORTH CAROLINA. LAST FRIDAY ALL OF OUR BALLOTS WERE PRINTED. THEY WERE TO GO OUT AND BE MAILED TO MILITARY. ACTIVE MILITARY ACROSS THE WORLD. OUR REPUBLICAN SUPREME COURT GRANTED RFK JUANNY ROMERO.'S REQUEST TO THROW ALL OF THE BALLOTS AWAY AND REPRINT THE BALLOTS. NOW THEY WILL GO OUT A COUPLE WEEKS LATE, HURTING THE MILITARIES ABILITY TO VOTE. THIS HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT DONALD TRUMP FROM DAY ONE. FIRST THEY WANT HIM ON THE BALLOT AND THEY SUE TO TAKE HIM OFF THE BALLOT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THEIR STRATEGY. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS A RACE BETWEEN HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP. TWO DIFFERENT CANDIDATES. CHARACTER AND SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY, IT IS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT CHOIC