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North carolina law makes expected to vote on a deal to repeal hb-2. activists say that is not good enough. dave briggs, anchor of "early start" joins us now. >> john, the state's governor acknowledging it is not a perfect deal. he worked with republican lawmakers to come up with a compromise. it retains a component. states control the regulation of bathrooms under the deal cities and local governments cannot pass their own ant anti-discrimination laws through 2020. the compromise simply brings back the status quo before hb-2 passed in 2016. it fails to protect transgender people to use the bat...

Can't do this. we can't bring business to a place that discriminates and that puts our people at direct risk for harm and violence, and so by keeping a bill that discriminates against lgbt people, by doubling down on that discrimination and passing hb 2.0, it doesn't open north carolina back up for business. but i think what did it was a strong push from the governor even though a lot of people didn't want to do this. >> as you heard, this replacement bill a compromise of sorts. that was even the wording used by the senate leader phil berger here, saying a compromise is difficult for both side...

The newest hb-2 proposal is a bad idea that does not actually repeal. it doubles down on discrimination. another from human rights campaign. their take on this is that anything short of a full repeal, anything short of a full repeal by democrats and republicans, is not acceptable. >> cal perry, thank you very much for that. well, this morning authorities in southwest texas are investigating a deadly crash involving a church van and a dodge pickup truck. 13 people were killed and 2 others injured after authorities say the pickup truck veered into a southbound lane and hit the van head-on. all...

>> we have two things going on here. number one, the health care aspect of all of this. president trump was a threat to members of his own party or a dare to democrats to work with him to repair obamacare. and that's what's going on behind the scenes because as you heard paul ryan is basically publicly shaming his own party, which is what some in the republican party on capitol hill want to hear him say after the failure last week to move a bill. in terms of the -- in terms of john cornyn, keep in mind, next month, the short-term funding that was initially approved to last through april, that ...

Lawmakers expected to vote to repeal hb-2. the transgender bathroom bill. gay rights activists say it doesn't go far enough. dave briggs has more. >> this is confusing. the democratic governor of north carolina working with republican lawmakers to come up with the compromise. hb-2 forced transgender people to use the bathroom that relates to the gender on their birth certificate instead of the gender they identify with. leaving the regulation of the bathrooms to state lawmakers. lgbt advocates say this is another version of the old law and would continue to allow discrimination against transge...