The texas association of business speaking out against three type measures pending in the state. it s not clear if any of them will have a committee hearing. it s amazing as we talk about big business and the fact that walmart spoke out against the bill in arkansas the backlash that indiana phased being immense, not only for the fact businesses would pull out holding a convention and the ncaa, money is what all of the politicians are responding to. money is a big driver of how these governors act. they are the ceos of their states and you know nobody wants to see nobody wants to cost their state millions of dollars in revenue. that s just not a politically smart move. it s not surprising that we re seeing a lot of hesitation expressed from republican governors now in response to religious freedom measures moving through the state. good paying jobs for citizens
In kenya since the 1998 embassy bombings there happening on the garissa university college campus. at home we turn attention to indiana and arkansas and the steps they ve taken to stop criticism over religious freedom bills. in other states there are more a done that introduced similar bills this year. in north carolina the house speaker is slowing down the process so that lawmakers can figure out what impact the bill would have on their state s economy. texas lawmakers introduced an amendment to the texas constitution and it would prohibit the government or any entity from imposing burdens on religious freedom. in georgia, lawmakers end the legislative session without voting on a bill. what is the effect as we look at this on a bigger scale, the events of the last week having on other states that would see fit to institute bills like were attempted in indiana and arkansas? the aeffect is similar to the one we saw last week in jan brew
Locally heavy rain here. and speaking of the heavy rain look at the blob of heavy rain moving across the central parts of kentucky and southern ohio. just south and east of cincinnati continuing to move east. keep in mind this is the area that we re watching. grounds are very sat lated. flash flood watches have been issued from central west virginia through southern illinois and indiana, ohio and much of the blue grass state of kentucky. we re watching for additional flooding today. a lot for people to pay attention to as they travel. thank you so much. so fix is in but is it good enough? we ll talk about the adjustments in the arkansas and indiana religious freedom laws. what they do do and don t do and the framework of a deal is now in place but there is still a lot of detail to figure out the connection with iran s nuclear program and how the world is going to be overseeing this. we ll take a closer look just ahead and how a 36-year-old
Comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. ian, good to have you here. let s go through the states and changes. sure thing. both of these it s important to understand are very modest fixes. our thought isn t much of a thought at all. 22 states have explicit protections for lgbt people at the state level, both before and after the fix in most of both states, if you re gay, you re not protected from discrimination. in indiana there s some municipalities, indianapolis has a local order yans protecting gay people. under the indiana fix that now cannot be trumped by religious objection. if you live in indianapolis and you re gay, you have some protections. in arkansas arkansas may be the worst most anti-gay state in the country now because their law forbids localities from passing nongay laws. right the
One person has died and 163 others have been rescued from the waters in the past 24 hours and it s far from over with another 1 to 2 inches of rain possibly hail expected later today and tornado watches are still in effect throughout the south and plains region after several had touched down yesterday in oklahoma and kansas. meteorologist vivian brown tracking storm systems from the weather channel headquarters in atlanta. what are you keeping a close eye on? it is that very same system that brought severe weather yesterday that will be moving east. this is a targeted weather today from east texas all the way to southern illinois, indiana and parts of ohio through the blue grass state of kentucky too. the radar does show most action to the north. not much going on across texas and arkansas yet but we ll be watching it throughout the afternoon. let s hone in on these areas. this one in southern illinois already prompting severe thunderstorm warnings. hailstones and high winds and