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Added on the 08/04/2016 23:46:29 - Copyright : Reuters EN
A federal judge hears arguments to stop North Carolina from enforcing a state law barring transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces the Justice Department is suing North Carolina to get it to abandon a law that restricts use of public restrooms. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory says he does not agree with the U.S. Justice Department's interpretation that the state's new transgender bathroom law violates civil rights. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
North Carolina officials say they will respond by a Monday deadline, to the U.S. government's challenge to a controversial law on public bathroom access for transgender people. Linda So reports.
More than 50 people protesting North Carolina's controversial new bathroom law were arrested at the State House on Monday, as the battle over the transgender law intensified. Linda So reports.