Unpacked there. but the common thread, diane, is that what he is pushing in his own congressional map and other aspects might very well be that he is continuing to see the culture war issues that many people have been focusing on in florida. and you know what? it s really raising his political profile. and i imagine perhaps the coup if one can take on the voting rights act. how do you see this unfolding? so, that is the concern from a lot of the democrats here, a lot of voting rights activists here in florida. what was specific about these maps is that governor desantis said that he was trying to go off of the u.s. constitution and make them, quote, race neutral. now, black democrats said that race neutral was just another way of saying a white district. but they say that the florida constitution requires the preservation of minority districts. desantis has said he does not agree with that. and the belief is that the attempt of these maps is to challenge not just the florida state co
Legislature. gop state lawmakers voted to strip disney of its self-governing district after the company publicly opposed his new law, the one that critics refer to as the don t say gay law. the florida house also approved san tis redistricting map. cnn s dianne gallagher is outside the state capitol in tallahassee. d diane, take us through what happened. reporter: republicans who voted for it, even those who presented the bill, aren t exactly sure how or if it can be accomplished, leaving democrats to worry that it may have been a distraction from the maps that were passed that will reduce minority representation. not the happiest place on earth this week, as florida republicans vote to strip disney
implanted in passengers on flights bound for the u.s. the other story, may day protests around the country and the world. here in the united states the occupy movement is behind the demonstrations. in other countries hunl crowds taking to the streets to mark international workers day. we ll have live reports from here and overseas. one year ago an elite team raided a compound in pakistan, killed the most wanted man in the world, osama bin laden. today on the anniversary of bid laden s raid we re learning about possible new threats including the use of bombs implanted inside the bodies of terrorists. susan candiotti is following the story for us. explain to us what this is about. steps are being taken to guard against a new threat involving body bombs possibly planted inside passengers on flights headed for the u.s. this is according to a u.s. government official with knowledge of the threat. however, a spokesman for the department of homeland security adds that dhs has no