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So-called bathroom bill or h b-2. >> i was really looking forward to the all-star game being here z in the words of north carolina's governor, this could have been a different weekend. >> it would have been awesome to have been in that atmosphere. >> they estimated that the all-star game would have brought in approximately $100 billion but because of hb-2 which requires all people to use public rest rooms to match the sex on their birth certificate and excludes them from a state-wide nondiscrimination policy. >> i am not a politician. i'm a businessman. for me, i take my personal beliefs and a...

Have passed the republican controlled legislature. as far as the all-star game is concerned, this weekend belongs to the big easy. the nba says thoo if the law changes, charlotte could be hosting its own big party in 2019. >> i also want to tell you about a story that we are following in florida, florida's kennedy space center, a dramatic launch countdown. it came down to the last few seconds only to reach a disappointing conclusion. >> dragon, verify. the dragon is imported. >> definitely not the words you want to hear during a rocket launch. spacex scrubbing the planned launch because of a t...

Businesses refusing to expand or relocate to north carolina. performers canceling contracts, ncaa pulling seven championship events from the state and the north carolina sports association sent a letter out tha that says unless hb 2 is repealed the ncaa could remove all events until 2022. while several bills that would repeal hb 2 have been introduced, none have passed the republican controlled legislature. as far as the all-star game is concerned, this weekend belongs to the big easy. but the nba says that if the law changes, charlotte could be hosting its own big party in 2019. now, north ca...

Department under both eric holder and loretta lynch, on reducing the sentences for people involved in drug crimes. senator sessions takes a very harsh view on drug crimes. he believes that people who commit drug offenses, even low-level offenders should be punished harshly, and that is a departure from the current policy. now, voting rights. based on his past comments, it would seem that he would change the department's policy on voting rights. you referred earlier to his prepared comments. what he says is the justice department must never falter in its obligation to protect the civil rights o...

Will to use public bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender on their birth certificate. on monday, charlotte democrats got rid of the provisions that republicans objected to but republicans complained they only partially repealed the law. on wednesday morning, the charlotte city council held an emergency meeting and voted to do away with every part of the law. so after democrats in charlotte went above and beyond to do their part, state republicans held a special session yesterday and did not get rid of hb-2. they couldn't reach an agreement on how to do it which means the protection in charlo...