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If you want to watch the rest of that. good stuff. lets get you back to our top story of this hour. a new level of debate emerging over voting regulations after north carolina has enacted some of the toughest voter i.d. laws in the country now. at least three civil rights groups and the justice department are threatening lawsuits over what they claim is discrimination. but you need a photo i.d. to do so many things these days. governor pat mccrory says whats the big deal. here he is. >> photo ...

Similar indiana law challenged at the supreme court, the justice john paul stevens, not a conservative by any stretch offered the opinion, saying states can have voter i.d.s. getting yourself to the dmv, pulling together the relevant doctors and posing for a picture is not too much to ask from people who want to vote. martha. >> its not preventing anybody from voting. if you give people all of these avenues to receive that i.d. and from what i understand, about the north carolina law, it doesnt ...

Critics of course say there will be those who are left out, that there are hundreds of thousands of people in north carolina who dont have some kind of i.d. the state, those who supported this particular bill saying they have put in enough safeguards that those folks if they want to make the effort can get those documents that theyll need. by the way, the law also provides that county registrars have to provide those free of charge. if somebody said i need a birth certificate, a marriage license...

>> he said no. >> in north carolina until a few weeks ago, the only thing you had to do to show identification was either your drivers license -- our drivers license i.d. number or the last four digits of your social security. thats all you had to do. now, if you vote -- >> now theyre requiring a voter i.d. >> you only have -- >> okay. lets move on -- guys, gentlemen. >> you have to present an i.d. >> understood. weve established that it is free and its easy and you have close to three years. >>...

Set their own individual laws when it comes to elections and so, in a state where theres been a lot of same-day registration by democrats who are very good at this and organized, it could impact them but republicans say we want to make it fair for everyone. if you cant make the effort to register before the day of, you cant show up that day. >> thank you so much. >> sure. >> great to have you here. we look forward to seeing you tonight on special report. >> see you at 6:00. >> see you then. th...

Yourself to the dmv and get your free i.d. why is that onerous to anyone who is in a situation without an i.d. >> its not a free i.d. if youre homeless you have to prove youre at a shelter. you need a birth certificate which costs you money. >> no. shannon bream reported a little while ago that the people who can give you a cop pitch your birth certificate under this law, must give it to you for free. is that not right? >> correct. that is correct. and john, look, i mean, were talking about -- c...

As we just mepgdzed. north carolina stepped in the line of fire on this whole thing and the governor ciped a wide ranging voter id laws. >> you need a photoid to board an airplane or cash a check and apply for most government benefits and in fact, recently. democrats and republicans joined together to require a valid government iowa d to buy sudafed in the corner grocery store. >> the next issue. if you need an id to buy baby formula and why is the justice department so worked up to need an id t...

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