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Operated. >> brent, do you agree? have you been surprised by the intensity he talks about? >> im not sure if surprise is the right word. theres been a lot of intensity and pushback. but i honestly would have said we expected that. i think the fact that we had the first -- the nations first minority president elected. many said this is the end of ris discrimination. thats not the case. youve seen this active effort by eliminating section five and states trying to pass these restrictive voting law...

Representation. what kind of impact could that case have? >> that would be more devastating than getting rid of section five. that would undermine the strength of latino voting and cut the congressional spending caucus in half and devastating to minority communities across the country. we see that as a very serious threat. >> in a recent interview, eric holder reacted to a question about voting rights challenges in the obama era. heres what he had to say. >> for all that we thought that would me...

To restrict voting. "the new york times" tells the story of pasadena, texas, a deep dive into the history of hispanic voting rights. the strategies being used that he writes about are many and its hard to do them justice in this space. his reporting is raising new questions about whether the local republican establishment is actively trying to suppress a growing minority of untapped voters. a minority who could soon be a majority. joining me is brett wilks. thank you for being on. the supreme co...

>> hes a sad case. its been very sad to watch him. thats a sound bite given to him by his pollster. the way he said it. lets see, im supposed to say hes not no gravitas. hes down to less than three in the polls. >> is this going to be effective in iowa? what happened to iowa nice? do they like this sort of thing? >> the whole issue about the ground game is really important in iowa. but two things strike me. one, we pay too much attention to the polls, period, in general, which is the only reason...

What is your organization doing to fight these voter restriction efforts and what are you hearing from the latino community specifically? >> on the one side, we actually are engaging on these lawsuits. were providing briefs or leading the suits. the problem with eliminating section five used to be the justice department would preclear these states moves like this. in the case of these lawsuits, most of the time the restrictive voting laws go into place. damage is being done, even if we end up wi...

Commercial spacecraft or pilot nasas orion deep space exploration vehicle or maybe even be part of manned missions to mars. here to tell us more about nasas new hiring program is retired space shuttle commander captain mark kelly whose twin brother scott is nine months into a year-long stint on board the space station. thank you for being here this morning. >> youre welcome. >> so what sort of qualifications is nasa looking for in its applicants? not that im asking for myself, but just curious. ...