Good morning, im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. The wave of backlash against indianas new religious freedom law has turned into a tsunami. Nine of the states largest employers are calling for the law to be reformed. Indiana is one of 20 states that have similar laws. As early as today arkansas lawmakers may consider a bill the governor says hell sign. The controversy has forced potential president ial contenders to stake their ground. Gop hopefuls are siding with the states republican governor, mike pence, who signed the bill. For the first time in the history of our country, religious liberty is under uniform attack by the government. Its never happened before. Never. What about the religious liberties of americans who do not want to feel compelled by law to provide a Catering Service or a Photography Service to samesex marriage . Texas senator ted cruz who announced hes running for president last week tweeted im proud to stand with governor mike pence for religious liberty a
All of us have overcome adversities and we made good of our lives. We can present issues at the grassroots people are experiencing right now. And Solutions Based on my expertise anyway. And of the solutions is making sure we have the open primaries. And we have independent debated processes because that word i want to say this in chicago politics right now. On behalf of what going on with African American leadership in chicago right now. Believe it or not, i won 30 counties downstate. I had more problems with my own people. In chicago, africanamerican leaders came together to knock an africanamerican lady off the ballot. She stood a chance to really make a big difference in chicago. They are supporting him. We represent 47 of the voting. The votes this is not really about the race. When you have a voting bloc like that, use it to your advantage. They came together to knock the most qualified africanamerican female off the ballot. The system is playing a role with that. We have so many
Tendencies before he got his pilots licence. Last week when lubitz strapped into the cockpit on a lonely journey with 149 others, he left behind bottles of antidepressants and a doctors warning that he should not fly. Allen pizzey now on a man in the depths of defs pair who wanted to soar. Reporter this video of Andreas Lubitz learning to fly a glider shows a young man with a dream coming true. Why is it so calm today he asks. Its unbelievable. His eventual employers had no way of knowing he would turn his dream into a nightmare. Today german prosecutor spokesman Christoph Kumpa said lubitz had been treated as a suicide risk for an extended period of time before he received a pilots licence. Transcripts of the cockpit voice recorder leaked to a german newspaper quote lubitz as saying hopefully and well see when asked to go overlanding procedures. The captain takes a bathroom break and comes back to a locked cockpit door. He knocks. Bangs, then shouts, for gods sake, open the door. Pass
Behind me. The question is with all the bad weather will they be able to fly in tomorrow mornings parade . That is still up in the air. At this very hour millions of americans are on the move in one of the busiest travel evenings of the year. In the midst of i. T. All a large it all a large winter storm is still hugging a large part of the east coast, but large freeze and big winds have not been as bad as many feared. Large airports still remain open but yet there are challenges on the ground and in the air. Paul beban, what is the delay for travelers where you are . David the good news is that as you said, millions are americans are on the move tonight. They are not stuck at la guardia or too much on the trains aas well. Im looking over at security theres no line at all and i mean none. They said a five minute maximum wait, unheard of for the day before thanksgiving. Some philadelphia, boston and new york area but overall things just arent too bad. For some travelers at the countrys b
Bryce senior fellow at the manhattan institute. He tells us what another four years means for Americas Energy policy. We assumed it was safe to betshw that the president would bebethe doubling down on his re administration. His new i hope he takes a differente tack. We see solyndra, begin, begin pr power to raise fuel. Gerri we just show a whole list. And it is extraordinarily costly for the taxpayer. A better path if he is really interested in green technologyis or Clean Technology is setsted e reform the research and Development Efforts at the federal level so that if there is some breakthrough to be att3 e federal government can findth eakthr clearly this venturecapital model has failed. Gerri some breakthrough to be Found Company have found ital . And me, that seems to be the u lows to of theld most logical. Ga the president gave us a little sneak peek in his acceptance he speech. A listen to this. S we want our children to live in america that not burdened byi debt, not threatened