mark: governor patrick rory says the federal government is overreaching. says theor pat mccrory federal government is overreaching. there will be an extension of the cease-fire in the northern province of aleppo in syria for 48 hours, beginning tomorrow. the brazilian parliament has in the older the impeachment vote against doma roosa. -- doma roosa. rouseff. panamanianfrom a company show the use of michelle companies --shell companies. i'm mark crumpton. "bloomberg west" is next. emily: i'm emily chang. this is a special edition of " bloomberg west." we are in district tall. we will be spending the next to the techiving in companies that call boston home. now the city is getting another huge boost from ge as it fromates its headquarters connecticut to boston's growing seaport district, not far from where we are now. mind ofhapes the current tech leaders -- but the city is working to improve its elf. i want to start with a look at venture capital and the funding environment because a number of top vc's are based here. from nass challenge -- a not-for-profi

mark: governor patrick rory says the federal government is overreaching.t mccrory federal government is overreaching. there will be an extension of the cease-fire in the northern province of aleppo in syria for 48 hours, beginning tomorrow. the brazilian parliament has in the older the impeachment vote against doma roosa. -- doma roosa. -- dilma

north carolina governor patrick rory faces a deadline today to renounce the state's anti-transgender law after the justice department warned it violates civil rights and gender discrimination statute. the governor has signaled he plans to defend the law despite risking billions in federal education funding. a new cnn or see poll finds americans probably oppose laws like north carolina's that are transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds to the gender identity. presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump refused to rule out a bid to remove house speaker paul ryan from his post as chair of the upcoming republican convention. ryan, the nation's most powerful elected republican, has so far declined to endorse trump. speaking to george stephanopoulos on abc's "this week," trump said the republican party does not necessarily have to unify for him to win. >> does the party have to be unified? i am very different than anyone else, perhaps, that is ever run for office. i don't think so. i think it would be better if it were unified. i think there would be someth

first, governor patrick rory speaking to reporters earlier today about the lawsuit and after his remarksll hear general counsel taking questions from reporters. -- governor pat mccrory. governor mccrory: good afternoon. our nation is dealing with a very new, complex and emotional issue -- how to balance the expectations of privacy and equality. most privatee , restrooms, lives locker rooms, or public shower facilities. this was not a north carolina state agenda. no one in north carolina was talking about bathroom policy until the charlotte city council imposed a mandate on private businesses. this mandate required, with potential penalty of fine, access to restrooms, locker rooms, or shower facilities be based upon one's gender identity or gender expression. a similar policy was rejected just months earlier by the voters of houston, texas by 61% of the vote. this caused major privacy concerns about males entering female facilities or females entering mail facilities -- male facilities. our state legislature believed this was an unnecessary government overreach into the private sector, im