Governor phil bli auryant signe despite opposition. This comes on the heels of p paypal saying it will plan to bring jobs to North Carolina after lawmakers in that state passed a law in a restricts protections for lesbian, gay, by sexual and france gender people. In the North Carolina situation, a large number ofgender people. In the North Carolina situation, a large number of east called on petition calling on the governor to reject the particular law. The mississippi news comes just when the whole controversy started to heat up in the southern part of the united states. There are other bills that are pending in various states. Thish to that, nissan gave cnbc a statement previous to this law being signed that says nissan is committed to providing an inclusive Workplace Environment and we oppose any dlaw 45 allow discrimination. So it will be interesting to see what the corporate reaction is to mississippis governor signing this particular law just a few moments ago and also paypal can
Its going to be a great event. We thought it was a little too much. We are hoping 150 and 170,000 so all of our guests have a great experience and hotel rates are not too expensive. Over 3600 companies thats up from 2. 24 million in 2015. Its going to be spectacular. More excitement and more different categories than ever before and its the future. Its a show where the soling problems, reallife problems for the world, its about healthcare, its about transportation, clean food, clean water, greater food production, we are solving big problems with technology. We shift to a selfdriving car. This is our future. This is the dynamic excitement that this industry and the free market and innovation provide, and how could we as policymakers insure that the United States stays at the lead. Others are coming from other countries saying how can we capture that lead. The chinese, they have a fiveyear plan that focuses on innovation and patents. France will have over a hundred exhibiters there, and
Covers technology for politico. We will start with you mr. Rom. We have just a couple days until the 2016 ces out in las vegas. 170,000 people and more than 3,000 Companies Last year. What can we expect from the 2016 expo . It is going to be a great event. We hit 176,000 last time. We thought that was too much and we are hoping between 150170,000 so all guest have great experiences and hotel and air fare isnt so expensive. Over 3600 exhibiting countries and 2. 4 million net square foot of exhibit space up from 2. 24 million in 2015. More categories than every before. It is the future, solving problems, real life problems. It is about health care, transportation, clean food, water, production, we are solving big technology. One of the technologies washington had on the radar for this years ces are what . They will be aroufrom all ar the world. The fcc and commissioners are coming and many others are coming and senator and congressmen as well. We want them out there. We dont want them re
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We have our special programming on the backdrop. It really is a market looking for a bid. It wasnt a good day yesterday, but you really wonder where the markets will be when we hear the statement from the fed this afternoon. Francine it will be interesting to see whether they link the markets to the real economy, but first lets get to the first word news. Vonnie thank you. The leaders of an armed group in oregon have been arrested in a violent traffic stop. Among those now in custody, the leader ayman bundy. Amon bundy. They were stopped by fbi agents. Shooting broke out in one of the protesters was killed, another wounded. Irans president Hassan Rouhani goes to france after a twoday business trip to italy. He is expected to meet with Francois Hollande and sign a deal to buy more than 100 planes from airbus. Italy and the European Commission has agreed on a plan to help banks unload bad debt. Italy will work with european regulators, but some are concerned it could constitute illegal s