Former North Carolina Governor made his first television interview since announcing his run for Senate, telling Rachel Maddow that fighting for the middle class was his motivation to put his hat in the ring.

A record heat wave hit the state over the weekend; six people were killed in traffic crash on I-485; a trooper was injured in a high

Since Sen. Thom Tillis said he wouldn’t seek a third term, eyes have been on the former North Carolina governor to run in the Democratic primary.