BALDWIN: With fewer than 100 days until the Republican National Convention, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is responding to this increased pressure coming in from President Trump. The president is threatening to move the event out of Charlotte if the governor doesn't allow it to be held at full capacity, despite concerns about COVID. So, listen to what the governor, Governor Cooper, just said about that threat.</s>GOV. ROY COOPER (D-NC): I'm not surprised by anything that I see on Twitter. I will say that it's OK for political conventions to be political. But pandemic response cannot be. We want to see from the RNC what their plans are. And we have asked them to submit those plans to our public health officials. They have someone hired to advise them as well. And we look forward to the back-and-forth on that. We'd like to reach a resolution that everybody can be reasonable about that puts public health, safety, the science, and the facts as the number one thing we're trying to do here.</s>BALDWIN: So, let's go straight to Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham. Malcolm, it's a pleasure to see you again. Thank you.</s>MALCOLM GRAHAM (D), CHARLOTTE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: Glad to be here, Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: So, you just heard the governor there. Your reaction to what he's saying about the convention. And if this does happen in your city at the end of the month of August, what would it look like?</s>GRAHAM: Well, I think what you heard the governor say is really reasonable, right? We want to follow the science and the data to lead us to our decision locally. Obviously, the governor has a big role in that decision. We want to balance the need to reopen in a safe way to ensure that we provide economic opportunities for our business here locally.
Trump Threatens to Move Republican National Convention