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He was one of the key figures in brokering an agreement with the republican leadership here, and they made that announcement last night in support of this replacement, and of course his replacement to hb2 is what helped him get elected in the first place. but craig, many lgbt activists here, they're not happy with the result. they say this is an appeal in name only. we spoke to someone from the acou who also said they're hand-delivering a note to the governor's mansion right now asking for the governor to veto this replacement bill. i want us to talk to chris grove. he is from equality north c...

Just in there. it was almost like hearing a ping-pong, for, against, but definitely in the end, more house members speaking against repealing hb2 and replacing it with this house bill 142. you have opposition in there coming from both ends of the spectrum. lawmakers who basically do not want to repeal hb2, and then lawmakers who are more progressive and want to repeal it but don't agree with the replacement bill. it is essentially because this replacement bill will allow transgender people to use the rest room with -- that coincides with the gender identity they identify with but it will leave...

Mariana is standing by in the state capitol in raleigh. so, mariana, obviously the backdrop to all of this, big sort of money at stake here in terms of boycotts from the state. is this legislation going to satisfy, do we know, those boycotts? >> reporter: we don't know, steve, and actually the ncaa had a previously scheduled press conference, that's happening at 6:30 p.m. eastern today, so we'll be looking out for reaction from them to this replacement bill. but as you mentioned, this replacement bill 142 is kind of like a compromise bill. neither side seems particularly happy with the outcome...

It. for more, i want to go to the reporter who has been following all of it. what's the latest there? >> so it was repealed. the replacement bill, 142, that is being taken to the governor's desk as we speak. but lgbt activists, some critics are not happy them don't consider this a victory. some saying they're disappointed. that this is a sad day for lgbt rights in north carolina. essentially because they argued that the replacement bill still leaves room for discrimination. that has bill 142. it gives the state the final say regarding multistall bathrooms. it also prohibits cities from issuing...

The priorities of the government. john decker? >> thanks a localit, sean. i wanted to ask about some news the president put out on twitter. he seems to be picking a fight with the freedom caucus. the freedom caucus, as you know, has 30 members. does the president understand how important this caucus is, this coalition is, in terms of enhancing a replacement bill for the affordable health care act and passing the rest of his legislative agenda? >> of course he understands the goal of all legislation is to get to a majority in the house, majority in the senate. but at the end of the day, he reco...