President Joe Biden visited North Carolina on Thursday to tout his administration's investment in American infrastructure. Ahead of his visit, we talked with North Carolina native Andrews Bates, who works as White House press secretary and senior communications adviser, to discuss the economy.

The organization No Labels launched last year to try to provide an alternative to the two-party system in our country. The organization is asking the Department of Justice to investigate what it says is an alleged conspiracy to shut down its ballot access. No Labels' national co-chair and former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory joins us with more.

Scott Huffmon of Winthrop University and Chris Cooper of Western Carolina University, two political professors and friends of the program, also stop by to discuss the quickly approaching primary in South Carolina.