NOW. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH COMMITMENT 2024. A BIG PUSH THIS WEEKEND FOR NEXT TUESDAY’S PRIMARY, INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HOLDING A RALLY IN GREENSBORO. THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. BILL O’NEIL WAS THERE AND JOINS US WITH THE STORY. JUST AS EARLY VOTING WAS WRAPPING UP THIS AFTERNOON, DONALD TRUMP TOOK THE STAGE HERE, URGING SUPPORTERS TO TURN OUT ON TUESDAY. THIS VENUE HOLDS 5000 PEOPLE. THE ROOM WAS PACKED AND I’M TOLD THERE WERE THOUSANDS MORE OUTSIDE WHO COULDN’T GET IN. HELLO, GREENSBORO. I’M THRILLED TO BE BACK. SUPPORT IS WEARING TRUMP HATS AND T SHIRTS CARRYING TRUMP SIGNS AND FLAGS. GIVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT A WARM WELCOME TO GREENSBORO. HE RESPONDS WITH HIS WELL-KNOWN T-V LINE, TELL CROOKED JOE BIDEN, JOE, YOU’RE FIRED. GET OUT OF HERE. GET OUT! BOOM! GET OUT, MR. TRUMP SPENT THE BULK OF HIS SPEECH ON IMMIGRATION BLAMING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR WHAT HE CALLS, QUOTE, MIGRANT CRIME JAILS ALL OVER THE WORLD. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR PRISON POPULATION. IT’S WAY DOWN BECAUSE THEY’VE TAKEN PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE JAILS AND THEY’VE DUMPED THEM INTO OUR COUNTRY. THEY’VE TAKEN PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSANE ASYLUMS. YOU KNOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT REPEATED BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENT RACE. THEY GOT AWAY WITH SOMETHING. THEY’RE NEVER GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT AGAIN. REGARDING HIS 91 CHARGES IN FOUR CRIMINAL CASES AND MORE THAN HALF $1 BILLION IN CIVIL FINES, MR. TRUMP CRITICIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR WHAT HE CALLS POLITICAL PROSECUTION. YOU KNOW WHO ALFONSE CAPONE IS? HE WAS THE MEANEST GUY. HE WAS A VERY VOLATILE MOBSTER. HE GOT INDICTED LESS THAN I DID ALL OF THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING BECAUSE I’M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND WE’RE LEADING IN THE POLLS. OTHERWISE WE WOULDN’T BE HAVING ANY OF THIS. MARK ROBINSON, THE GOP FRONTRUNNER FOR GOVERNOR WHO HAS NOT GIVEN INTERVIEWS TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLETS, SPOKE TODAY AT THE RALLY. WE’VE GOT INFLATION THAT’S OUT OF CONTROL. WAR IS LOOMING ON THE HORIZON, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT I DON’T EVEN BELIEVE KNOWS WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW. MR. TRUMP NOT ONLY MENTIONED MARK ROBINSON IN HIS SPEECH, HE COMPARED HIM TO THE COUNTRY’S BEST KNOWN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. I TOLD THAT TO MARK. I SAID, I THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN MARTIN LUTHER KING. I THINK YOU ARE MARTIN LUTHER KING TIMES TWO. I LOVE EVERYTHING HE SAYS. I’M SO MOTIVATED. I JUST STARTED A GROUP IN DAVIDSON COUNTY FOR A COALITION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN. SO WE PLAN ON GETTING OUT THE VOTE. EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR IS WHAT WHAT WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY TO GET IT BACK ON TRACK. AND IT’S AN EMBARRASSMENT. WHAT’S IN THERE RIGHT NOW? DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING? YES. WHAT’D YOU LEARN? I LEARNED THAT WE SHOULD MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. GOVERNOR COOPER ISSUED A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE TRUMP VISIT, QUOTE, THE CHOICE THIS NOVEMBER WILL BE BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO WAKES UP EVERY DAY THINKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND DONALD TRUMP, WHO WAKES UP EVERY DAY THINKING ABOUT HIMSELF AND I KNOW WE’LL COME TOGETHER TO REELECT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. THE LATEST NEW YORK TIMES POLL RELEASED TODAY SHOWS MR. TRUMP LEADING PRESIDENT BIDEN BY FIVE POINTS. WE’RE EIGHT MONTHS OUT FROM THE NOVEMBER ELECTION IN GREENSBORO. I’M BILL O’NEIL. WXII 12 NEWS. AND MEANWHILE, AFTER VISITING CHARLOTTE YESTERDAY, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY MADE A STOP IN RALEIGH TODAY. SHE SPOKE WITH HER SUPPORTERS AT UNION STATION FOR ROUGHLY 40 MINUTES. SPEAKING ON BORDER SECURITY, REDUCING NATIONAL DEBT AND THE CURRENT STATE OF CONGRESS IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, SHE WRAPPED UP WITH URGING NORTH CAROLINIANS TO THINK ABOUT THE QUALITIES THEY’D WANT TO SEE IN THEIR NEXT PRESIDENT. DO YOU WANT MORE OF THE SAME, OR DO YOU WANT TO GO IN A NEW DIRECTION? NOW IS THE TIME. WE NEED A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER THAT CAN PUT AN EIGHT YEARS, DAY AND NIGHT FIXING THE THINGS WE NEED, FIXED WITH NO NEGATIVITY, NO DRAMA, NO VENDETTAS, JUST REAL RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ALL. HER TWO STOPS IN NORTH CAROLINA COMES FOLLOWING RECEIVING TWO SENATOR ENDORSED VOTES FROM LISA MURKOWSKI AND SUSAN COLLINS, ACCORDING TO NBC NEWS. AND THESE RALLIES ARE HAPPENING JUST DAYS BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION. TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY FOR EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD IS THE ONLY TIME FOR VOTERS COULD REGISTER AND VOTE. ALL IN ONE STOP. BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN OUT TO THE POLLS, DO NOT WORRY, THEY WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY ON SUPER TUESDAY. I JUST THINK IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU CAN, AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES. IF YOU HAVEN’T MADE IT TO EARLY VOTING BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY AT 3:00, COME ON TUESDAY TO YOUR PRECINCT AND VOTE. SO FAR, MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE HAVE CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THIS YEAR’S EARLY VOTING PERIOD. THAT’S COMPARED TO 5700 PEOPLE FROM THE 2020 EARLY VOTING PERIOD. THE POLLS OPEN ON TUESDAY