Governor pat mccrory escalate the nations clash about transgender rights and sued the Justice Department which said last week the state had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1954 went passed a law that prohibited people from using Public Restrooms that do not correspond to the gender listed on the birth certificate. The government accused the Justice Department of a radical reinterpretation of the law. They said the loss by the access provision was a bulwark against Sexual Assault but critics many of them demanded a full repeal said that section of the law effectively allowed this commission against transgender people. You can read more about those actions at nytimes. Com. Tonight on the communicators, republican fcc commissioner Michael Oreilly on several key issues facing the fcc like Net Neutrality, spectrum auctions and settop boxes. He comments on the political divide within the fcc. Is joined by Howard Buskirk. The direction from leadership including the chairman to take the most
Contributing editor at the Higher Education law and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal cases in education. He has worked as a Higher Education policy analyst at the Florida Legislature and as a turkey says he had for the florida Postsecondary Education planning commission. We also have leonard niehoff, professor at the university of Michigan School of law and a counsel to a law firm. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of First Amendment law and Higher Education lot and for more than 30 years is litigated cases on behalf of the media entities and colleges and universities and he got his ba and jd from the university of michigan and studied at the ecumenical theological seminary. Each panelist will take for about 12 minutes. I will ask a couple questions and then it will be up to you ought to follow up. Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to participate in this important symposium and for including me in such distinguished company. And accepted th
Conference with the senate. Live coverage of the house is on our companion network cspan. Coming up at 4 00 p. M. Eastern, its a look at programs for military members including medical care, education, housing and Legal Services and how effective they are and whether they should be privatized. The Wilson Center is the host of this event, live coverage is on cspan. Also at 5 30 eastern the federal reserve, how much its changed since its inception and what its role is today and in the future. This from the Washington Post today, North Carolina governor filed a lawsuit against the United States Justice Department asking a federal court to rule its socalled bathroom law is not discriminatory. He complains the federal government of baseless and blatant overreach. Bypassing congress by attempting to rewrite the law and set poll tis for employers across the country not just North Carolina. This is now a National Issue that applies to every state and it needs to be resolved tejada federal love
We have to have is also not only important for this body, but its important for this country. In a weird way, they love us and hate us. The poll numbers show they dont love us too much,13 . [laughter] but on the flip side, they look to us. They look to us for certainty and guidance and where we might take them. The pundits, different. But the people do. I see it when i go to stores and im out and about. People may be angry with us, but they want to know what were going to do to solve these incredible problems. And it will be incumbent upon the next congress to sit down and Work Together. Its going to be tough, because the politics of today are about the moment in time. Its not about the long term. This is an incredible challenge. But it has to be dealt with in some way. You know, ive spent a lot of time trying to, like i said, do what i can, didnt matter who it was, and i was listening to senator coburn speak. I remember one day we were looking on an issue, essential air service. Some
Mcdonalds joins walmart, gap and target announcing a wage hike for 90,000 employees. The ceo saying its all about the turnaround. Europe going big against google. Reports the eu is seeking a 6 billion fine. Does google in fact have an antitrust problem. Futures are mixed after the first trading day that q2 had. Saw losses on wall street. Oil prices pulling back as investors await the outcome of the ire ran Nuclear Talks. Jobless claims down last week from 20k to 268 near a postrecession low. Data coming out of tomorrows jobs report. Stock markets closed for good friday. A special edition of squawk box tomorrow from 7 00 to 9 00 a. M. Eastern time and of course theyll be all over the jobs number, which jim, after adp, some think might be disappointment, somewhere in the mid 100,000s but now claims. People playing name the number. They have to redo their name the number, right . Whatever they came in yesterday, they had to come and revise. These numbers are so in inconsistent they must d