don t say gay bill. it prohibits gender identity through the third grade in florida s elementary schools. on march 7, chapek told employees as we ve seen time and again, corporate statements do very little to change outcomes or minds. instead, they re often weaponized by one side or the other to further divide and inflame. he said he did not want the company to become a political football. at that time, more than 150 companies had already signed a letter opposing the legislation. two days later, chapek changed course, amid widespread outrage from disney employees and fans. he called governor desantis to express disappointment with the law. on the same day at an annual shareholders meeting he said our originally approach no matter how much attention didn t quite get the job done. he further apologized at a town hall for staff on march 21. on march 28th, desantis signed the bill into law. we ve seen corporate activism, guns after parkland, social justice after george floyd. the
As you can see, people are still coming here at harmon tree farm. And we will be here throughout the night and well have updated coverage for you tonight at 11 00. From lexington, jennifer ready, abc columbia news. Thank you so much, jennifer. A newly scheduled democratic debate is in the works. Msnbc and the New Hampshire union leader are partnering to host the event. Now, it would be moderated by Rachel Maddow and chuck todd and held february 4th. Thats five days before the New Hampshire primary. The Democratic National committee has yet to give its approval, though, for the event. Education was at the forefront today. Students and supporters rallied for National School choice week. Abc columbias Beth Rousseau has more on the celebration and the rally today and the proposed law that the governor hopes will help people once they leave the classroom. Chanting. In celebration of each and every education option. Schools that are Getting Better and better all the time and the main reason,
To be much cooler than they have been the last couple of days. Look at the 24hour temperature change, most of us around five to 10 degrees colder than what we were seeing yesterday at this juncture. Highs around 60 yesterday afternoon and 60s a few days ago. Near 60 on monday as well. Definitely the coolest day of the week and warmer tomorrow. Good news is well see some rain today and see some cooler air. It will be short lived. Look for a warmer forecast as we head into your weekend. Into the weekend. But for today, scattered showers, highs around 51. Tonight will be clear and cooler. Skies eventual clear out overnight. Show you what to expect for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Give you a sneak peek. It will get warmer as we get closer to the weekend and the weather isnt the only thing warming up, so is the road to the white house. G. O. P. President ial candidate and frontrunner donald trump is reaffirming that he wont take place in tonights final debate instead, he will tak
Can happen between now and then. Think it will be small and incremental. Looking toward a postobama time of 2017. He said that about the health care act. There is those looking well beyond the legislation termed toward the home new era. Thanks to both of you for being here. Thank you for your questions. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] today on cspan, and look at president ial power with david edelman. Then start of investors from this years tech crunch conference. Later, our series on first ladies continues with highlights of first ladies in the 20th century. We started looking at the data. Out. Hing strange popped when you look at a map of europe come easy germany, france, ireland, italy. Data on where the the profits are, italy, france, it is a hugelyd, disproportionate amount was in ireland. That is one indication that something was going on. More with marty sullivan, chief economist for tax analysts. T
Cars. Now a top engineer is accused of giving google secrets to uber. Well clear the air about karl the fog. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Dickerson good evening. Norah is off tonight. Im john dickerson. This is our western edition. Puerto rico and the Dominican Republic are under states of emergency as Tropical Storm dorian tears through the caribbean. Forecasters warn that heavy rain 6could cause lifethreatening floods. Dorian hit martinique earlier today, washing out re bahamas and florida. Well have the latest on the path in a moment. But we begin with david begnaud, who is in puerto rico. To reporter the people of puerto rico are still dealing with posttraumatic stress from osrricane maria, which ravaged yis island two years ago. Tonight, ahead of dorian, some people are leaving. Im so insecure here with the power, the food, the security. So im leaving. Ho reporter those who are g aying and preparing are wondering if the government is prepared, too. We went to