As i said last week, had this long been about legalizing discrimination i wouldve vetoed it. This law does not give anyone a license to discriminate. The religious freedom restoration act indiana does not give anyone the right to deny services. To anyone in this state. It is simply a balancing test used by our federal courts and jurisdictions across the country for more than two decades. Let me say on the subject of the built itself. I dont believe for a minute that it was the intention of the genoa summit to create a license to discriminate or a right to deny services to gays, lesbians or anyone else in this state. It certainly was not my intent. But i can appreciate that that is the, the perception not just here in indiana but all across this country. We need to confront that and confront it boldly in a way that respects the interests of all involved. A personal reflection for a moment if i can. I for discrimination. Abhor. I was raised like most hoosiers with the golden rule, that y
Air. And a new spin on a board game to help young South Africans deal with abuse. Russian president Vladimir Putin has denied they killed civilians during airstrikes for the second day. Russias airstrikes mark the biggest middle east offense in decades. In the past 24 hours its hit 12 isil targets, destroying a command center and weapons depots, but opposition groups say theyre the ones being targeted. Saudi arabia has criticized them, demanding that moscow end them. Heres more. Russian jets attacked a town thats not an isil stronghold, mainly in eastern syria. Instead this area is dominated by rebel groups that oppose president bashir assad, a russian ally. Its the second day of russian airstrikes, and theres concern who theyre targeting. Civilian casualties as russian bombs were dropped in homes and provinces. Say the opposition, the raids focused on command and control posts not held by isil. Translator we urge before that the russians are interfering in syria, not to fight isil. Th
Mass in philadelphia, the final stop on his u. S. Tour. In sports twotime rugby World Champion south africa are finally up and running at this years tournament after that stunning loss to japan. The spring box scored six times to win 466. European unions high representative for Foreign Affairs has told al jazeera that russia intends to step up its involvement in syria because it fears the imminent collapse of the assad regime. The comments came after reports russia has been building up a forwardoperating base in the syrian port city. 500 Russian Troops are said to have been deployed there. Russia insists its more interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the four and a half years of war which have seen 250,000 people according to the u. N. Over 11. 5 million displaced by the conflict, nearly 4 Million People have fled to neighboring countries and indeed to further afield. The pentagon as a sidebar to some extent admitted that u. S. Trained fighters in syria have handed over ammuni
Their targets are isil, al nusra, and others. Charlie russia and the United States are said to hold talks to avoid conflicts between their forces. Joining me is mike morel, Deputy Director from 20102013. Twice during that time he served as director of the cia. He is a colleague on cbs. Im pleased to have him back. Let me begin with basics. He was going to do, that he was going to increase his military presence with equipment and advisers and he began building up to that point. And then he launched airstrikes against moderate forces, and in some stories, that they may have been against some people that the cia was engaged with. Tell me what he is trying to do, and would he deliberately why would not he hit isis to prove his presence, even though he said most recently to me, i am there to prop up assad because i think they need a Central Government with the fight against isis . Mike charlie, there are a number of reasons he is doing what he is doing. The most important reason is that he
We are always going to fight isil and other terrorists. This is the position the u. S. Is taking. Charlie russia and the United States are said to hold talks to avoid conflicts between their forces. Joining me is mike morel, Deputy Director from 20102013. He is a colleague on cbs. Im pleased to have him back. Let me begin with basics. President putin telegraphed what he was going to do, that he was going to increase his military presence with equipment and advisers and he began building up to that point. And then he launched airstrikes against moderate forces, and in some stories, that they may have been against some people that the cia was engaged with. Tell me what he is trying to do, and would he deliberately why would not he hit isis to prove his presence, even though he said most recently to me, i am there to prop up assad because i think they need a Central Government with isis . Mike charlie, there are a number of reasons he is doing what he is doing. The most important reason i