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We want to take you to north carolina where the state legislature is expected to vote on a bill that repeals hb-2. you know it as north carolina's controversial bathroom bill. activists are calling this bill just another version of the old law. walk us through what this repeal bill would do and why this is all happening now. because the timing is really interesting on this. >> reporter: that's right. so north carolina lawmakers will be voting to repeal hb-2, that controversial bathroom bill limiting lgbt protections here. right now actually there's a bit of a delay going on. the replacements b...

Five years is definitely playing a role. the ncaa has said it will not be holding any events in north carolina if hb-2 remains as law. that is adding a lot of pressure to lawmakers here. >> thank you very much for joining us. we're going to take a quick break. on the other side, we're going to talk a little bit more about health care reform and a closer look at what we could see if there's some compromise. ♪ looking for clear answers for your retirement plan? start here. or here. even here. and definitely here. at fidelity, we're available 24/7 to make retirement planning simpler. we let you...

Of going to the bathroom? >> we find a way to figure out thousand argue about that. going to the restroom. >> now backlash over the law caused organizations to pull out of the state, including the ncaa. there is bipartisan agreement in the state that something needs to be done with the law because of it's economic impact. cooper and the republican-controlled general assembly have been in discussions about how and if to repeal hb 2. chuck todd spoke with governor cooper earlier this week. take a listen. >> so i know that you guys got close to an agreement, actually before you were sworn in. and...

The 1960 civil rights act on the ballot in the 1960s. i mean, it's voting on the rights of a minority -- >> but let many be devil's advocate here. there's an exhaustion -- there's clearly an exhaustion over debating this issue. if this is what it took to get hb 2 repealed, and the risk was okay other cities you may have this pop up as a local referendum, but it bha the public's exhausted from it, and at least short term you've gotten rid of hb 2. >> well the problem is that you can't get enough votes for this option because most of the democrats are not buying this. they know that it will crea...

Our law we know the effect of it. it has cost of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars. and we know it's put a stain on our great reputation here in north carolina. i think one of the reasons that i won as a democrat for governor during a trump wave, even beating an incumbent republican governor is because people were tired of these social issues. they were tired of issues like hb 2 and they wanted to focus on jobs a the economy. but unfortunately, the right wing of the republican party continued to want to bring up these social issues and they are effectively blocking repeal o...