sudden eliminated this election. it was something that was real, that was impactful. jeff sessions, his own words saying i find voting rights obtrusive. and every american should really be figuring out where are they going to stand. because as we are increasingly a diverse country, when we re trying to participate, and we have an administration hostile to participation, we have to be adamant. our democracy s as strong as our participation. there was another announcement of the appointment to the trump administration, a supporter of hb-2. office of civil rights. the civil rights division. think about that. robert kennedy s seat in the justice department. right. a supporter. no, this is why i want this march to really strengthen the spines of democratic senators. because that hearing was a travesty with leaders going at the tail end
lost revenue in north carolina for hb2 there, and a minimum of some 1,400 jobs lost because of hb-2. what are some of the numbers that you re looking at, in addition to what you were mentioning there, that would affect texas? texas, as you know, very big state. very big state with a lot more big cities. a lot more tourism, actually. it will be hurt more. if this law passes, yes, sports, entertainment, conventions, meetings. we re just dumbfounded that the people in texas would do this to their own state after they saw what north carolina did to its state. but they seem there are a lot of people who seem set on doing this. what s the prognosis here? is it going to pass? what are some of the efforts your organization are undertaking and others? well, we do expect it to pass
you know, i think it s just this divisiveness and politics across the country so unfortunate. as a person who fought for this country we have amazing rights. my goal in what i did here as well as what i did last election cycle and my involvement with g.o.p. vets in getting the average person, specifically veterans to engage in politics and policy in a peaceful manner is to get these people to go out and work together. so, here in the city of charlotte, the divisiveness is very strong. if you remember, we recently had the quote, unquote riots. the hb-2 situation. that is just we have a mayor here that unfortunately her politics drives her policy. and creates this situation where it just tries to divide us apart. the city of charlotte is amazing. we generally a city that comes together and hopefully our republican candidate,
the suspect 39-year-old corey ali mohamed faces multiple murder charges. the victims three white men were chosen at random. mohamed posted on social media his dislike for white people and government officials. police say he was also wanted for the killing of a motel security guard in fresno last week. the ncaa is returning to north carolina, scheduling men s college basketball tournament games and other championship events after lawmakers made changes in the state s controversial bathroom law. there will be legislation passed to replace hb 2 has been criticized for still failing to protect the lgbt communities from discrimination. ncaa officials believe the law has changed enough to allow north carolina back into the organization s good graces. sporting goods giant adidas is jooirzing after putting its foot in its mouth as some might say. the company cents a marketing e-mail to boston marathon runners with the stunning
hb 2 bill that requires people to use the bathroom of the same gender that s on their birth certificate. martin savage has the latest. reporter: it repeals house bill 2, using the bathroom as listed on their birth certificate. north carolina is going to revert to what it was before with no gender requirements. this is the controversial part, it imposes a moratorium on local nondiscrimination regulating public accommodations an private employment practices until december 1st, 2020.