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we're expecting to hear from the attorney general loretta lynch moments from now. >> reporter: the governor's lawsuit seeks not only to protect this controversial law but also billions of dollars in federal education and transportation funding that is potentially at stake as a result of all of this. last week the justice department sent the governor this letter informing him that he had until the close of business today to inform the doj on whether he intended to enforce this controversial bathroom law. the justice department stated that it regarded the law as discriminatory as violating the civil rights act of 1964 because in the view of the justice department requiring people to only use the bathroom corresponding to the gender on their birth certificate discriminates against transgender people. but the governor's lawsuit argues that transgender status is not a protected class under the civil rights act, according to the lawsuit quote, the department's position is a baseless and blatant overreach. >> right now the obama administration is bypassing congress by att

day, our presentation of commencement from across the country continues with attorney general loretta lynch. she spoke to the all female graduating class at spelman college in georgia. this is 20 minutes. [applause] afternoon,ch: good graduates. good afternoon, family members. good afternoon to everyone who is here to celebrate these remarkable women. thank you so much, president campbell, for that warm introduction, but also for your tremendous leadership, not just at spelman college, but the entire spelman sisterhood, a family that spans generations, stretches across borders, and goes around the globe, all blossoming from a tree planted 135 years ago. let me also acknowledge chairman brewer and the spelman board of trustees for their stewardship of this great institution, and let me also salute a few of your members i've had the privilege of meeting earlier today. your class president and my future colleague in the law, your student government president and all the work she has done over this year, and my fellow orator on the stage, your valedictorian, faith kirkland. [applause] loretta l

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attorney general loretta lynch introduced the president. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, -102015ipient of the 2014 medal of valor. [applause] of the 2014-2015 medal of valor. [applause] . g]usic playin gentlemen, the president of the united states company by attorney general byetta lynch -- accompanied attorney general loretta lynch. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the white house. thank you all so much. i love to have the musical come. i do not get that all the time. what to hang out with you more often. please be seated. to everyone here today, it is such a pleasure to be with you all today. it is such a privilege, really truly honored to join so many outstanding public servants and distinguished guests and particularly our parade of law enforcement officers as we gather to honor the newest participants -- recipients of the public safety officer middle valor.-- medal of of course, we have a special thanks to the friends, colleagues, and family members who travel here to join us for this very special ceremony. it is one of the best

he was introduced by attorney general loretta lynch. this is about half an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the 2013-2014 medal of valor. [ applause ] the recipients of the 2014-2015 medal of valor. [ applause ] [ room noise ] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by attorney general loretta lynch. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> and welcome to the white house. all right. thank you all so much. i love to have a musical accompaniment. i don't get that all the time. i need to hang out with you more often. please be seated. to everyone here today, it is such a pleasure to be with you all today. and it's such a privilege, really truly an honor for me to join so many outstanding public servants and distinguished guests and particularly our courageous law enforcement officers as we gather to honor the newest recipients of the public safety officer medal of valor. and bestow upon them the highest recognition for their exceptional bravery. but of course, we have a special than

loretta lynch will be holding a news conference. on the justice department decision to sue the state of north carolina over its controversial bathroom gender law. the state of north carolina has countersued, claiming the justice department has overreached. you can watch loretta lynch on live go on bloomberg. ♪ betty: markets are closing in 10 minutes. julie: stocks remain mixed as we head into the close. they made an effort at recovery particularly for the dow. he did not quite make it. still down 25 points. the s&p has been languishing all day. it cut that leak in half here. we should mention volume is comeng considerably low about 17 -- for the year to date. you can see it is not the lowest volume day of the year. it is still close here as we head toward the closing bell. where we have seen action is definitely the commodities. are commodity stocks, copper and gold with those, transocean and time and offshore all taking pretty substantial hits here. they have not all seen substantial gains since the lows in february. the other big

white house officials, vice president joe biden at the university of notre dame, attorney general loretta lynch -- and president barack obama at rutgers university. that i amny wonder optimistic, a new generation of americans has reached up and bent the arc of history in the direction of more freedom and more opportunity and more justice. it is your turn now to shape our nation's destiny as well as your own. get to work. >> commencement speeches, this memorial day at noon eastern on c-span. weekend on american artifacts, a tour of some of the oldest rooms in the u.s. capital with senator mitch mcconnell. here is a preview. came back to visit the friends i had made the previous two summers, the next summer, the summer of 1965 and once again i happened to hit on the right day. i was sitting in the outer office in senator cooper's -- the reception area hoping to get a chance to see him. he walks out, grabs him by the arm and says "i am going to take you to something really important. we come over to the rotunda

attorney general loretta lynch gave a passionate speech on monday announcing the golf's lawsuit against north carolina. and telling transgender people that history is on their side. >> but no matter how isolated, no matter how afraid and no matter how alone you may feel today, know this, at the department of justice and indeed the entire obama administration want you to know that we see you. we stand with you. and we will do everything we can to protect you going forward. >> back with me now is leah wright rigor and joining me is aide giancarlo. >> and from washington d.c. former rnc spokesperson genevieve wood. i'm going to come to you first, the question of bathroom has suddenly become the hottest issue in conservative circles. what does it actually mean for transgender people who then have to confront this question at the restroom of which room to go into? >> well, of course, transgender people have been using public restrooms for decades, ever since public restrooms have been around. the interesting question is why now. i think you have to situate this in context of religious right

much.nk you very general loretta lynch lays out the justice department's federal lawsuit against the state of north carolina over its law on public --troom access for trand transgender people, joined by a justice department civil rights lawyer working on the case, that the 25-minute briefing.

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. >> now, attorney general loretta lynch lays out the justice department's federal lawsuit against the state of north carolina over its law on public restroom access for transgender people, joined by a justice department civil rights lawyer working on the case, at that 25-minute briefing. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here. i am joined by anita gupta, head of the civil rights division here at the department of justice. we are her a

vice president joe biden at the university of notre dame, attorney general loretta lynch at spelman college, and president barack obama at rutgers university. >> is it any wonder i'm optimistic? throughout our history, a new generation of americans has reached up and bent the arc of history at the direction of more freedom and more opportunity and more justice. class of 2016, it is your turn now to shape our nation's s&e as well -- destiny as well as your own, so get to work. >> commencement speeches. at noon eastern on c-span. >> history professor kevin schultz discusses how the left wing and right wing in the 1960's were influenced by 2 friends from opposite ends of the political spectrum, conservative william buckley and liberal norman mailer. throughout the 1960's, in public and in their writings, they debated america's political affairs, including vietnam, civil rights, and of the cold war. scholz describes their political differences and close relationships in his book, "buckley and mailer: the difficult friendship that shaped the 1960's." this is part of a day long summit at grand va

loretta lynch, the attorney general, maybe she's trying to act boldly in her last few months in office, again, there's a crying need for this kind of intervention from the federal government. >> now, i note also that slager is also being charged with misleading investigators for claiming that scott was coming toward him. the video shows scott running away. which is also now a charge here of his misleading investigators. >> honestly, reverend, to me, that's one of the most troubling aspects of this case because, you know, normally the police file a report, and judges tend to believe it. they think that the police are telling the truth. we know that this police report was full of lies. and we have seen that in other cases where there's been video that's contradicted what the police say. in chicago, with the laquan mcdonald case, and it just makes my heart ache for all of the cases in which there are these allegations, but we don't have video. >> yeah. now, you know, it brings me to raising that this week the fbi director was quoted as saying that videos may have a "chilling effect on pol

♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by attorney general loretta lynchms. lynch good morning, : everyone. welcome to the white house. thank you all so much. i love to have the musical accompaniment. i had to hang out with you more often. please be seated. to everyone here today, it is such a pleasure to be with you all today. it is such a privilege, really truly an honor for me to join so many outstanding public servants and distinguished guests and particularly our parade of law enforcement officers as we gather to honor the newest recipients of the public safety officer medal of valor. and bestow recognition on them for their exceptional bravery. of course, we have a special thanks to the friends, colleagues, and family members who travel here to join us for this very special ceremony. it is one of the best ones that we do in the white house. we are so grateful for your support and we are so inspired by all that you have done to support our honorees. we know that so often, it is because of your sacrifices that they are able to serve. today, we pause to

loretta lynch gave them yesterday to respond. >> we are seeking a court order declaring hb 2 discriminatory. >> it's time for the us congress to bring clarity. >> north carolina claims that the civil rights act does not recognize transgender status. legal experts say the transgender continue september was not in the public continues news. the bill would require that all single use bathrooms in public and government and gender neutral. >>> canadian officials have a clearer picture on the devastation in canada. 2400 homes and businesses destroyed but 25,000 were saved. now the buildings have no water or power. that could happen in the next two weeks, people are told to remain at shelter. >> this city is not safe without the police and fire escort we had. there's smolders hot spots every where. >> mcmurray fire chief is a hero. he says the real heroes are those fighting the wildfire. it could be months before the fire is out. >>> terrifying weather in the nation's planes. part of the action was caught on camera in oklahoma. this is the town of sulfur. violent storms from texas to a what are bl

attorney general loretta lynch saying trying to force transgender persons to use the bathrooms based on their birth certificate is discrimination. north carolina's public university system is splitting with its state government and defying the state's bathroom measure. it says it tends to do business if compliance with federal law. more from cnn's martin savage. >> reporter: good morning. monday was supposed to be the deadline when the state of north carolina was to remedy the violations the u.s. government said it found in the so-called bathroom law. north carolina didn't make any fix. they filed action against the government. the u.s. government says that is a solution of the 1964 civil rights act. north carolina says this is not a protected class and rights are not violated by this law. that is how the state filed it. later in the day, we have the u.s. government file action against north carolina. they are seeking a preliminary permanent injunction of federal law and to grant such additional relief. to give the justice department a blank check to do whatever it needs to do to bri

. >> loretta lynch. but we have more hollywood then washington, d.c. and if you look, you see one of the most famous people in hollywood you might not recognize. a big agent. and that is ari a manual. is the brother. ezekiel. a very high-up achieving family. >> mr. haven, and have you attended this dinner in the past? >> i have. i have seen it really evil over the last seven years. it has become one of the high points on the red carpet calendar for a lots of folks. it really has. >> in case people do not know, only accredited white house correspondents get tickets to this dinner but they can invite guests. the president hass to be invited. >> you really see an array of stars. hollywood, but journalism. some of the most famous people in our industry are at this dinner. >> i understand bernie sanders is going to be here. >> that is correct. people are very excited to see him and see how he does with the monologuein the tonight. >> bernie sanders was invited by cbs. donald trump is not here. he came a couple years ago courtesy of the washington post. this

attorney general loretta lynch had given north carolina until yesterday to respond. instead, governing , governor pat mccrory filed a lawsuit and loretta lynch filed her own lawsuit. >> ultimately, i think it's time for the u.s. congress to bring clarity to our national antidiscrimination provisions. >> north carolina claims that the 1964 civil rights act does not recognize transgender status as a protected class. legal experts say that the transgender concept was minimal at that time and not yet in the public consciousness. >>> in california, the state assembly has approved legislation involving gender issues in public bathrooms. the bill would require that all single user bathrooms in public and government buildings be designated gender neutral. san francisco assembly man phil tang wrote the bill saying it will help transgender people and also parents who take their kids to bathrooms or elderly parents. that bill now heads to the state senate. those are just a couple of the mornings headlines interest your newsroom. back to you, sal. >> thank you very much, dave. >

loretta lynch says civil right laws cover all people who field victimized. >>> time is 4:25, 70 days until the olympics start, many at lights are preparing in colorado springs. that includes more than building stamina, eating light and getting physical therapy. they are being educated on the zika virus. the virus is prevalent in brazil. they will stay in an airconditioned olympic village and given long live shirts, pants and condemns. >>> the head of the tsa says be prepared for continued long lines at airports. the administrator appeared before the homeland security committee yesterday and members demanded answers about the long lines. thousands of passengers have missed their flights due on the lines up to 2 hours long. a number of factors contributed to the delays and a solution will take time. the tsa administrator says he's adding 700 new screeners by mid- june. >>> something interesting caught on camera. a flight was forced to turn around when a woman threw a tantrum. >> we're going down. not a child. a woman was seen on the floor in the video. she was acting ir at cali. -- err

by the time attorney general loretta lynch got to the podium in washington, everybody basically knewe would be announcing is a countersuit by the federal government against north carolina for discriminating. so we expected that. north carolina's suing the federal government. the federal government is suing north carolina. we knew those were going to be the basic details. what we did not expect when she got to the podium was the force with which she made that announcement, and the kind of clarion call that she turned it into. this was something we thought we knew what to expect. it became a major civil rights statement that was direct and impassioned and personal. >> this is not the first time that we have seen discriminatory responses to historic moments of progress in our nation. we saw it in the jim crow laws that followed the emancipation proclamation. we saw it in brown v. board of education and we saw it in the ban of same-sex marriages to stop any hope that gays and lesbians could have the right to be married. that right is now a guaranty embedded in our constitution. in the wa

but the attorney general loretta lynch says it's violating civil rights? >> who do you agree with?ot a violation of the civil rights if you think of what the civil rights act of 1964 was set up for. no disrespect to the transgender community. but most people probably can't tell. jo ling: you did say it on has to do with people of color. but looking at the civil rights act it has everything to do with outlawing discrimination of race, religion, sex, color or or gin. -- or origin. >> there i no way to determine a person's sexuality by look at them, you can get that wrong. they wrote other thing in because the idea was we don't want to discriminate. jo ling: how does this play into this current case? do you think it doesn't apply at all? >> it doesn't. ask yourself a simple question. what was the entrance gender and the lgbt community doing leading up to this? going to the restroom. nobody cared. i'll put it to you this way. i never checked anybody's gender going to the bathroom i never looked. i never had anybody ask me. i never inquired in the stall next to me. this is a promotion o

attorney general loretta lynch made the decision without explanation, insisting she remains committedholding the suspect accountable for the attack. he's considered one of the ring leaders of the terror attack that took four american lives. his lawyers called attorney general's decision courageous. >>> this afternoon, a judge will rule on the mental competency of the suspect accused of killing three people last year at a colorado springs planned parenthood. robert lewis dear was in court tuesday at a hearing determined whether he's fit to stand trial. when deer was captured. >> one of six baltimore police officers facing charges in the death of freddie gray has decided to pass on a jury trial. he's opted for a bench trial, putting his fate in the hands of a judge. his trial is set to begin on thursday. >>> senate republicans ruling out any chance of a hearing for supreme court nominee merrick garland before the next president takes office. garland has gone through the formality of filling out a questionnaire and returning it to senate leaders. republicans are making it clear they will

the attorney general loretta lynch responding to the bathroom bill. me now is nbc's pete williams. >> this is such an issue for you and a couple of states who's been out front of this. the justice department is drawing a line clearly. >> it is and the real question here is does the civil rights law, does the two sections of it actually make discrimination. the state says no and the federal government says yes. it is really kind of a question that's just reaching its way to the court now. the fourth circuit includes north carolina and there was a decision last month involving a transgender high school student. and they said if you make distinctions and allow -- you can say transgender people cannot use the bathroom of their choice and other can. it is illegal under title nine. that's the essence of the legal question here. >> what the state of the injunction request in term of the timing when things become or going in effect? >> to be determined. it will be up to the courts. the state filed its lawsuit in one federal district. the justice department fi

al: loretta lynch is the 83rd attorney general of the united states, a native of north carolina, graduatef harvard college and harvard law school, she was a federal prosecutor that rose to be head of the eastern district. she was sworn in a year ago, this week. happy anniversary, welcome to the program. let us start with the issue of crime. this is a national reentry week, where you are trying to help people who get out of prison to have a more productive life. let me just start though, why do we have the highest incarceration rate in the world? ms. lynch: we certainly do have one of the highest rates in the world. it stems from a number of sources. i think we look back at the efforts that were made that were truly seeking to reduce violence, to deal with the burgeoning drug problem, particularly in the 1980's and 1990's, and the violence that accompanied them. and what people thought was -- the need to appear very, very tough on crime, without thinking through the results of a lot of those actions. we have lived with those results for now, several generations, seeing the effects of some

. >> how much pressure is on loretta lynch?>> a great deal of pressure from some of the most important professionals in the fbi to allow prosecutors present this evidence to the grand jury. >> you went to a chilling place. if president obama exchanged some of those top secrets -- and you're saying it's not that big of an if. i haven't seen the evidence. if that happened, would he be compelled to testify? would he have to be subpoenaed? that puts loretta lynch in a -- would you call it conflict of interest? >> another conflict, if he knows his e-mails are in there, can he participate in the decision whether or not this goes to the grand jury or should he step aside? >> is this where you thought we'd be right now? >> no. i didn't think we'd be here now. i thought that somehow this would go away. but the more bad news that comes out about hillary, the more serious this is. she hasn't had any good news on the e-mail front in the past eight months. it's a continuing cascade of bad legal news for her. her legal situation presently is

here's the attorney general loretta lynch. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i am joined by the head of the civil rights division here at the department of justice. we are here to announce a significant law enforcement action regarding north carolina's public facilities privacy and security act, also known as house bill two. now, the north carolina general assembly passed house bill two in special session on march 23rd of this year. the bill sought to strike down an anti-discrimination provision in a recently passed charlotte, north carolina, ordinance, as well as to require transgender people in public agencies to use the bathrooms consistent with their sex as noted at birth rather than the bathrooms that fit their gender identity. the bill was signed into law that same day, and in so doing the legislature and the governor placed north carolina in direct opposition to federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity. more to the point, they created state-sponsored discrimination against transgender indi

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attorney general loretta lynch announced the justice department plans to seek the death penalty againstoof when he's tried. south carolina prosecutors will also be pursuing the death penalty when he's tried for the killings. >>> nick giovanni takes a look at what's trending. >> topping today's trending list, a close call for firefighters in st. petersburg, florida. within feet of this. so a transformer caught fire monday night. moments later this explosion sends a number of manhole covers flying with firefighters nearby. speaking of close calls, these campers got better acquainted with the kings of the jungle. you're looking at tourists on safari being woken up by two off their tents apparently. once they clenched their thirst, the lions went on their merry way. the swiss solar powered plane embarking on a round-the-world flight made a stop in ohio and left dayton international airport this morning. next stop, new york. then it heads to europe. >>> president obama has arrived in japan for the g7 summit but not before capping off his first visit to vietnam with a town hall meeting. he wa

attorney general loretta lynch responded. >> i do not agree with their interpretation of federal law. that is why this morning i have asked a federal court to clarify what the law actually is. >> north carolina claims that the 1964 civil rights act doesn't recognize transgender status as a protected class. legal experts say that the transgender concept was minimal at the time and not in the public consciousness. the governor is asking a federal judge to prevent the doj from holding federal funds when the state is under way. >>> thousands of miles away, the latest result from the philippines when the front runner for president is being called the trump of the east. >>> i think the result of the election the way i see it reflects the will of the people. >>> also federal officials releasing gas on the new york subway system. the drill that could potentially save thousands of lives. >>> officials in canada got a look at the devastation from a massive wildfire driven 90,000 people from their homes in northern alberta. one official describes it as a beast saying it was unlike any fire he ha

loretta lynch and the lawsuit that has now been filed against the state of north carolina, the governor there, pat mccrory, the university of north carolina, and the department of justice there. the anti-lgbt legislation, they say, is discriminatory. cavuto will have coverage as his show begins now. >>> all right, thank you. we're monitoring this waiting for the attorney general loretta lynch to spell out her response to the state of north carolina suing the federal government saying it has no business to decide what north carolina was going to do with restrooms in its state and simply states that if you're male biologically, you go to the men's room, female biologically, you go to the women's room. this has gone beyond bathrooms, this is like a modern day freedom of speech issue and well beyond. the attorney general is expected to speak shortly and give her response to the governor of north carolina, effectively suing the united states government over butting into practices that it says are the state's business. not hers. not its. we'll get the latest from her shortly. meanwhile, speak

attorney general loretta lynch fired back. >> the legislature and the governor placed north carolinain direct opposition to federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity. more to the point, they created state sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals. we are seeking a court order declaring hb 2's rest room restriction impermissibly discriminatory as well as a statewide bar on its enforcement. >> since its passage, many corporations have withdrawn their business. now federal funding for the university of north carolina's 17 college campuses is at stake. nbc's janet shamlian joins us live from raleigh, north carolina. janet, there's a political backdrop to this in north carolina. the governor is running for re-election this year. going to be a very tough race for him. so this fight as escalated today in a big way. take us through what happened and why it's happening right now. >> well, let's talk about the political implications that you mentioned first. he's a republican running for re-election. he's facing a democrat who is the current

any minute attorney general loretta lynch is expected to hold a conference.he lawsuit filed just today. the justice department claims that the access rights of transgender people are protected under the 1964 sister-in-law rights act. you might recall that earlier this morning north carolina ice governor pat mcquarry signed a lawsuit claiming they're basically trying to make law that is not based on the law. but the justice department is saying, yes, indeed, the rights of transgender people are protected under the civil rights act. of course, what is at the cover this controversy is that north carolina passed a law that would prohibit transgender people from using bathrooms and locker rooms according to their chosen or preferred gender as opposed to the gender on their birth certificate. so, again, the legal controversy or the two sides continuing to fight over this law which, again, has brought national attention to this issue. and, of course, for many businesses they have supported the justice department's efforts to protect the rights of transgender people

attorney general loretta lynch says this is a violation of the civil rights era.ture and governor placed north carolina in direct opposition to federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity. more to the point, state sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals who seek to engage in the most private of functions in the place of safety and security. a right taken for granted by most of us. >> north carolina's public university system is splitting with the state government and defying the bathroom measure. it intends to do business in compliance with the federal law. let's see what is coming up on "new day." alisyn camerota. >> as you know, voters are heading to the polls in west virginia and nebraska. on the republican side, is donald trump's feud with paul ryan cooling ahead of the meeting this week? we learned another big meeting with trump and other senate republican leaders. what might happen there? >>> trump is attempting to clarify his positions on key economic issues. we will speak with former gop candidate rick p

attorney general who took office last year, made it clear, she has a very good relationship with loretta lynch, the attorney general of the united states, and made clear she was very eager to have him transferred as soon as possible. so we'll see whether this move this weekend accelerates that from happening. >> and evan, what would you know about the -- how the u.s. would go about securing el chapo? >> well, we know that they have aircraft that would be ready. they have all the security precautions. they planned this out very, very well. he would probably be flown to an airport near new york city and then from there with the help of the new york police department and federal agents, they would get him into the secure detention facility just a few months ago, the last couple months, they had what's known in the justice department something that's known as a beauty pageant. you have receiven different u.s. attorneys who have ongoing charges filed against el chapo. they held a conference call to compete for the right to bring him to trial. the decision was made that brooklyn would be the venue w

pete, the attorney general, loretta lynch, is going to be speaking in about an hour from now to respond lawsuit. give us a better understanding how we got to this place and what we expect to hear from the attorney general within the next hour. >> right. she's going to say she thinks the state is wrong about the law. it started with the law was passed in march and says that transgender people have to use the bathrooms they were of the sex they were born with, they can't use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. it also cut back on the ability of lbgt people in north carolina to see for discrimination. last week, the justice department sent the governor and the state universities a letter saying you're violating civil rights law. if you insist on enforcing this law you could lose your federal education support and basically made it pretty clear the government had the option of e suing north carolina. well, it gave the governor until today to respond. his response is, see you in court. so the question here is what does civil rights law require? what the governor says that civil ri

much.nk you very general loretta lynch lays out the justice department's federal lawsuit against the state of north carolina over its law on public --troom access for trand transgender people, joined by a justice department civil rights lawyer working on the case, that the 25-minute briefing. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here. by anita gupta, head of the civil rights division at the department of justice. a are here to announce significant law enforcement action regarding north carolina's public facilities, alsocy and security act, known as house bill 2. the north carolina general passed house bill 2 in special session on march 23 of this year. to strike down an anti-discrimination provision charlotte,ly passed north carolina, ordinance, as well as to require transgender agencies to use the bathrooms consistent with birthsex as noted at rather than the bathrooms that fit their gender identity. into lawwas signed that same day. in so doing, the legislature and the governor placed north carolina in direct opposition to federal laws prohibiting ofcrimina

attorney general loretta lynch vowed to stand by the transgender community.are joined now by north carolina's republican governor pat mcrory. gov mer mcrory, welcome. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: thank you for being with us. you know what the attorney general said today. she said the justice department is going to take action to block implementation of this law. so will you comply with that move by justice? or will you go ahead and try to continue to implement? >> no, we'll actually taking them to court also thsm is what we are seeking is clarity in the judicial system to further define gender identity and gender identity's usage in our rest rooms in our high schools, our junior highs, our elementary schools, our universities and our highway rest stops. we are seeking basic clarity of this. because the executive branch does not have the power to interpret law. that's the power of the judicial branch. an that's what we're seeking. but what the attorney general has done now with her new ruling is basically all employers of the united states of america and a

attorney general loretta lynch said the goal is to protect against harassment-- and address unjust policieslocal schools. the transgender community welcomed the news. >> we have someone who's very powerful, able to help us. >> woodruff: >> woodruff: 14-year-old chicago student alex singh transitioned from female to male two years ago. he appeared in a "frontline" documentary, "growing up trans," on pbs last year. hen i first came out, i was in 7th grade, and before then, going to the bathroom was kind of uncomfortable for me, as it would be for any guy going into the female restroom. it was very uncomfortable, very nerve racking. i just felt out of place and like i did not belong. >> woodruff: and high schoolers in arlington, virginia, offered their own reactions today. >> equal rights is just a part of our government, our amendments. like, i don't think it should be based on gender. if you're a u.s. citizen you should be treated like one, not alienated just because you changed your gender. >> i would feel comfortable going into the bathroom because obviously they think they're female, and

. >> just days after attorney general loretta lynch gave what is by far the most sweeping defense ofqual rights for transgender people in the history of the american federal government, in a speech announcing the justice department would be counter suing to keep the north carolina transgender bathroom law from going into effect, the obama administration today took another big stance for transgender rights sending a letter to every public school district in america warning them they should allow transgender students to use bathrooms consistent with their chosen gender identity or risk losing federal funding. many conservatives expressed outrage over the transgender directive to public schools with a chorus led by texas lieutenant governor and former conservative talk show host dan patrick who called for the resignation of the superintendent of the ft. worth independent school district over guidelines which stipulated that students must have access to restrooms consistent with the gender identity each student consistently and uniformly asserts. patrick this morning claimed the presiden

still attorney general loretta lynch says in this case it's warranted. >>> the bodies of a missing washington state been found buried not far from their home. two brothers have been charged with murdering the husband and wife over a property dispute. the sheriff's department says one of the brothers now in custody provided the information that led to the discovery. the other brother is still on the loose. >>> in pennsylvania, a stunning turn of events for the entertainer once known as america's favorite dad. a judge ordered bill cosby to stand trial for sexual assault charges. the alleged victim andrea constand did not appear in court yesterday. prosecutors say the actor drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home in 2004. cosby's defense team wanted the charges dropped. >> the inconsistencies that plague this investigation from the beginning continue to plague it now. this case should end immediately. >> cosby's lawyers also pointed out after the alleged incident, the accuser stayed in touch and in contact and even gave gifts to cosby. he waived a formal which means he automatically enter

hours after the announcement, attorney general loretta lynch says the justice department will >> today, we are filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state of north carolina. this action is about a great deal more than bathrooms. this is about the dignity and the respect that we accord our fm fellow citizens. >> by refew fuzing to -- refusing to back down, he risks losing thousands of dollars in aid. >> how to balance the expectations of privacy, and equality, in one of the most private areas of our lives. >>reporter: the north carolina law has already triggered protests on both sides. and activists say it could turn the transgender issue into the next civil rights movement. omar -- cbs news, raleigh, north carolina. >> north carolina's governor is asking the courts to block any action that would threaten the throw of federal money to the -- flow of the federal money to the state. the governor will likely face a long legal balt l. >>> the aclu is allows workers to deny service to same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs. the state law violates equal protection guara

day, our presentation of commencement from across the country continues with attorney general loretta lynch. she spoke to the all female graduating class at spelman college in georgia. this is 20 minutes.