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country to what gay rights advocates call the latest attack to legalize discriminationment protesters corporations, fellow governors condemning the state's action. connecticut and washington state now banning state-funded travel to indiana. even the indianapolis city council passed a resolution opposing sb-101. [ applause ] >> fix this law. do so immediately. >> reporter: opponents kshed there could be a license to deny lgbt individual services including further weddings. the governor's office promising to clarify. >> i have been up close to discrimination. i don't want that. the governor said he doesn't want that. >> reporter: governor mike pence wrote, i abhor discrimination. if i saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple i wouldn't eat there anymore. he goes on to say rifra only
able to fly with your anti-depressant or whatever you need. there is a way around it. it takes time. there is a way to be legal. saying you can't report and people won't take medicine is not the answer. there is an answer. it's something the pilots have to do and work at. >> all right. mary thanks. i appreciate it. still to come indiana's governor standing firm on the state's controversial religious freedom law as the backlash spreads across the nation. rosa flores is in indianapolis this morning. >> well good morning. it is a race against the clock here in indiana with democrats asking for a swift repeal of the law. republicans scrambling to change the language and hear this. the governor announcing he will speak to reporters again. we'll let you know what we know next.
telling the wall street journal, quote, it doesn't discriminate. we'll be hearing from the governor in a few hours at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. in a blunt headline the indianapolis star has a simple message -- fix this now. cnn's rosa flores is in indianapolis with more. good morning. >> good morning, carol. the speaker of the house tells me that his goal is to fix this law by the end of the week. let me tell you something. that's a tall order in an indiana house divided. yes, republicans control ared cam bers but democrats have support pouring in from around the nation. >> this law is not intended to discriminate. we have great respect for the lgbt community. >> this morning, no revisions yet to indiana's polarizing religious freedom restoration act. outrage growing across the
it was that they could get it done. he announced days before that he would sign it. he had a ceremony. invited three homophobic men who have gone out of their way to make gay people in indiana miserable to the ceremony. that's what they did. you can't defend it. it's undefensible. if they didn't solve the problem companies and associations need to move out of the state. >> arkansas is on the verge of passing a law similar to indiana's. will you boycott arkansas too? >> listen, i don't think we we'll support any state that's prepared to discriminate against the citizens of connecticut. religious freedom is protected already this the united states. it's in our constitution. it is in most state constitutions. you know when you ask these questions, it's like you think this is gray. it's not gray. we already have constitutional guarantees and freedom of religion. what they are doing now and let's go back to arizona.
for treatment after trying to harm himself. managed to escape the police. that's who police are looking for in the silver toyota camry. >> thank you. the backlash over indiana's religious freedom law is growing. now the indianapolis city council can be added to the list. in a 24-4 vote the council opposed its own state law and urged the state legislature to amend civil rights law to include sexual orientation. the move drawing a standing ovation from those in attendance. city council joining with politicians, businesses and sports leaders from across the country in condemning the law. law makers issuing travel bans for taxpayer funded employees as sports leagues declared support for inclusion and top companies scaled back their presence in indiana. for his part the governor pence continues to defend the law,
the books. carol? >> rosa flores reporting live from indianapolis this morning. my next guest says indiana's re lijs freedom law is disturbing disgraceful and discriminatory. he became the first governor to issue a ban on state-funded travel to indiana as a result. joining me now from hartford connecticut mayor daniel malloy. thank you very much for being here. >> sure. i was a mayor first. now i'm a governor. >> i'm sorry. that's so awful. >> that's all right. >> could you tell me what you want governor pence to say today when he speaks at 11:00 a.m. eastern time? >> listen. he's trying to be on all sides of the issue. he proudly proclaimed he was going to sign the legislation. he had a public ceremony. invited people to the ceremony. he knew what he was doing. he was attempting to legalize discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation. the only way to prove he doesn't support that now is to see the
legislature pass a law that guarantees people they will be free of oh discrimination based on their sexual orientation. many states have done it. the reality is he got caught. when he got caught he didn't realize even as late as sunday hi got caught. he gave a disastrous interview on national tv where we he wouldn't say he was against discrimination. it's time for the people of indiana to admit this is an unbelievable embarrass to their state. a state that houses the ncaa headquarters. if indiana doesn't say they are going to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation the ncaa needs to move out of oh indiana. indiana houses the home offices of most fraternities and sorority s sororities sororities. it guarantees people they will be guaranteed of discrimination. the fraternities and sororities need to move out of indiana.
provides a recknism to address claims, not a license for private parties to deny services. the governor told abc's this week sunday he personally wouldn't change the law. but is open to the general assembly proposing revisions. >> what we are going to do is specifically state that the standard cannot be raised as a defense in those circumstances. >> reporter: a democratic leader in the hoosier house says it should have happened from the beginning. >> we said, look. if it's not about discrimination prove it. by adopting this amendment. or adopting that amendment. make it clear it's not about discrimination. >> governor mike pence expected to make a statement in about an hour and a half. what is he going to say? it's unclear. however, we can tell you that the last time he spoke out, he didn't mince words saying he's for clarifying the language of the bill. he's not for clearing it from
is being over blown for political purposes. liberals like you ro doing it too. politico said you are trying to ride the wave of oh popularity for marriage equality for political purposes. can you respond? >> none of the people who would defend this law in indiana, the debate that took place about the law. its passage, the ceremony none of the people who would defend it are qualified to be president of the united states. i want to be clear. you can't have it both ways. you can't eat your cake and have it, too. either you are for discrimination or against it. the law was specifically written to allow companies and individuals to exclude services being provided to oh individuals based on sexual orientation. there is no gray area here folks. it was advertised, debated for that purpose. democrats offered time and time again amendments that would have clarified that. republicans muscled it through. they thought it was a great idea. they were patting themselves on oh the back saying how wonderful
anti-depressants and other medications they have not reported to the f.a.a. and clearly it's a violation of the law. this is a tox screen on a dead person. there isn't thinking to do at that point. if there is an indication of the rates of not reporting among the living it's high. when i was inspector general we did a push to try to clean up the pilot self-reporting. if you lie on that form it's a felony. it's a false statement to the government. we found for example pilots also didn't report drunk driving convictions and run-ins with the law, domestic abuse situations where they were suspected of violent behavior. so failing to report things on those forms was rampant, widespread and the f.a.a. really just didn't get that concerned about it. >> you think about it from the other side. it's easy to say mental health records should be available to your employer. when all is said and done many employees wouldn't like