NOW. >> WE ALSO HAVE SKY 5 SHOWING THE CROWD MOVING THROUGH THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS. >>> GOVERNOR, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE VERY BUSY. WHAT A NIGHT TO BE WATCHING. >> 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. >> I WILL DO IT RIGHT HERE ON WRAL. >> IS THAT A YES? >> 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. >> OKAY, I PROMISE, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. >> 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? >> YES. >> THANKS FOR BEING HONEST. >> 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. >> 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. >> 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. >> THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU -- >> 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. >> 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? >> 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. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT.