buildings were destroyed and that number could rise as the fire continues to spread. japanese military forces have been called in to help and two minor injuries. jon: new information about efforts to repeal the north carolina law that s become known as the bathroom bill. state lawmakers called into a special session yesterday failed to undo the legislation after a shaky bipartisan deal fell apart. international correspondent john roberts joins us live from atlanta, john. it was quite a day in north carolina, jon, big headline coming after special session is that all 16 democrats in the senate voted against repealing the bathroom bill. now, the reason they did that is because the republican sponsored bill, cooling off period of a number of months during which town in north carolina would be allowed to pass the antidiscrimination ordinance
welcome back to the ed show. this is really happening. i want you to grasp this tonight. please. it s called house bill 385. 385. and it s how republicans in the state of georgia are tackling a state budget gap, finally. lawmakers with the guts to go after public enemy number one. the girl scouts. just look at them. it s time you paid your fair share, missy. the gop sponsored bill would subject girl scout cookies to a sales tax. local girl scout leaders are worried about the significant financial impact. now we get serious. the tax would have on the program. you see, cookie sales give
welcome back to the ed show. this is really happening. i want you to grasp this tonight. please. it s called house bill 385. 385. and it s how republicans in the state of georgia are tackling a state budget gap, finally. lawmakers with the guts to go after public enemy number one. the girl scouts. just look at them. it s time you paid your fair share, missy. the gop sponsored bill would subject girl scout cookies to a sales tax. local girl scout leaders are worried about the significant financial impact. now we get serious. the tax would have on the program. you see, cookie sales give troops their operating money.
many cases they can die with a little more grace and dignity and nine years later we finally get this bill to the floor and we hear people like bob of virginia stand up and say people die all the time. we can t help everyone. or joe barton say firefighters live dangerous lives. we can t be expected to provide care for them. what is most troubling and set me off was the idea that when given an opportunity to stand up and fight to try to get this thing passed, even the republican sponsored bill, peter king, chose politics over trying to get it done. he didn t once turn to his colleagues and say put politics aside and vote for this thing. didn t do that. instead launched a tirade against democrats and how cowardly we were for bringing this up to a vote. when all was said and done, just 12 republicans voted for this bill. if there was ever a bill that i thought would be above partisan politics, on the democratic side, only four of us voted no. i mean, that s pretty remarkable. we have a ca