tim schultz of the first amendment partnership.f you have questions or comments, democrats, 202-748- 8000. 48-8001.ans, 2020-7 a law in north carolina making a lot of news this week. explain what this bill would do in north carolina. guest: that is not a true religious freedom law. it might have ancillary effects on religious freedom, but it is not one we have been involved with in terms of the explanation. i am not an expert on the north carolina law. guest: the north carolina law strips away municipal andections from lgbt people some veterans as well because they are not a part of state law. in indiana and north carolina have passed protections for veterans. one of the dirty secrets about the bill is it undermines protection for all north carolinians. it made it harder to address discrimination by forcing people to file federal suits instead of state suits. and then to add even more damage , the law prohibited transgender people from accessing .ppropriate facilities by government buildings, we are talking about any government bui

tim schultz of the first amendment partnership.f you have questions or comments, democrats, 202-748- 8000. 48-8001.ans, 2020-7 a law in north carolina making a lot of news this week. explain what this bill would do in north carolina. guest: that is not a true religious freedom law. it might have ancillary effects on religious freedom, but it is not one we have been involved with in terms of the explanation. i am not an expert on the north carolina law. guest: the north carolina law strips away municipal andections from lgbt people some veterans as well because they are not a part of state law. in indiana and north carolina have passed protections for veterans. one of the dirty secrets about the bill is it undermines protection for all north carolinians. it made it harder to address discrimination by forcing people to file federal suits instead of state suits. and then to add even more damage , the law prohibited transgender people from accessing .ppropriate facilities by government buildings, we are talking about any government bui

coming up thursday morning, sarah warbalo, legal director for the human rights campaign, and tim schultz, president of first amendment partnership will discuss religious freedom laws in several states and the pushback from opponents who view laws as discriminatory. then alex rogers with the national journal will be on to talk about the gop presidential candidates' efforts to woo unbound delegates, a process that could determine whether republicans will need to go past a first ballot at a presidential nominating convention for the first time in more than 70 years. be sure to watch washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> next, author and former political adviser sidney blumental talks about his book. he spoke at ford's theater in washington. >> sidney blumental, our first speaker, is a native of chicago, a ba degree and write for i' alternative newspapers. he has been here since 1985. a journalist with "the washington post", covering presidents with reporting. he was bureau chief and contributed for the guardian and served as senior

[applause] on today's "washington journal" sarah war below and tim schultz on the religious freedom rights in georgia and the backlash from opponents who saint legalizes discrimination. then, efforts from republican candidates to court unbound delegates. we will take your comments at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. on c-span,tonight the supreme court cases that shaped our history come to life with landmark cases: historic cases. court exploring real life stories and constitutional dramas behind some of the most significant decisions in history. marshall in marshall versus madison said the constitution is a political document that sets up political structures, but it is a law. if it is a law we have the courts to tell us what it means. apart is it is the ultimate anti-presidential case.- precedential it is what you do not want to do. theuncer: we will look at case that struck down state and federal regulations on working conditions that violated the 14th amendment for liberty of contract, lochner versus new york. that is tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern the c-span cities tour hosted by our cable

tim as the u.s. -- as the belgium ambassador to the u.s. and justin and stephanie schultz, two americans whose family for days simply didn't know where they were, were looking for them, finally they got that terrible news. and they say that that couple were really enjoying their time here in europe going around seeing the sights. terrible news, as you mentioned, there is real tension on the streets. you can see behind me the army still on the streets as we learn that by targeting this city isis effectively targeted an international city and would have known that they would have killed people from many, many parts of the world. >> now made it a global reach. now, it seems as if there's -- obviously some connection between the paris attacks late last year and what happened this week. but a week ago, a week ago friday, there was a big arrest in the paris attks having to do with salah abdelsalam and an arrest made in belgium. >> reporter: right. >> did it trigger the acceleration of the terrorist attack that took place in brussels, basically within 72 hours of the arrest? >> r