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Doesnt get as much media coverage, doesnt get covered nationally, you wont have the outcry from congress and the statewide voter i.d. laws are getting passed. this is how republicans have been so much better than democrats although at getting people in on the ground level and city council, school board and gradually having them rise up to congress, senate and so forth, the evangelical movement, for example, was really good at this. so i think the voting rights act dismantling it could certainly ...

Discrimination at the ground level, both the state and the local level around voter participation. >> laura: like what whats akin to the literacy test or poll tax today. >> they play games like they send out information to the african-american community telling to vote on different days. we very had election day we have seen all kinds. >> laura: this wouldnt prevent that if someone says something on election day preclearance from the justin department wouldnt have helped that. >> thats exactly r...

Discrimination at the ground level, both the state and the local level around voter participation. >> laura: like what whats akin to the literacy test or poll tax today. >> they play games like they send out information to the african-american community telling to vote on different days. we very had election day we have seen all kinds. >> laura: this wouldnt prevent that if someone says something on election day preclearance from the justin department wouldnt have helped that. >> thats exactly r...

Mountain national park. you got 40,000 people evacuated, its almost impossible to get a hotel room in this area. the highways, the freeways are jammed with traffic as people are fleeing this fire, and no word, we dont know when things will return to normal. that of course is contingent upon the fire fighting effort and of course the wind. now most of the pictures weve seen up until this point have come from the air but you really need to go tour one of those devastated areas to get an appreciati...

Instead. trapped in their own garage. car doors open, tried to escape, but it was too late. well over 700 firefighters are trying to beat back this monster, but winds keep whipping making it almost impossible to contain. hundreds more homes are in harms way right now. martin savidge takes us inside the fire zone. >> you can see over here to the west. >> reporter: up close to the aftermath of a killer fire. this is the first look from ground level at the neighborhoods hardest hit by the black for...

[ indiscriminate yelling ] >> must be having a difficult time hearing us, she is an area extraordinarily loud, she has a gas mask on. not optimal conditions for a reporter. she is doing a masterful job of bringing images to you live and reporting at ground level at great risk to herself and remind you the cnn crew with her as well. it is extraordinary as you peer down that street into what seems like endless clouds of tear ga that arwa has been in the middle of that. im not sure, it looks as tho...

Corresponding to the canisters. i am coming to you live. this is the situation right now, happening all around us. >> these are remarkable scenes you are seeing arwa damon and her crew cover. go ahead, arwa. [ indiscriminate yelling ] >> must be having a difficult time hearing us, she is an area extraordinarily loud, she has a gas mask on. not optimal conditions for a reporter. she is doing a masterful job of bringing images to you live and reporting at ground level at great risk to herself and ...

Streets. whenever there are clashes. whenever tear gas is fired down from the side streets. people encourage others to stay calm. theyre interrupting. earlier in the day when these clashes were taking place, not such an intense or widespread level, we did see some demonstrators calling themselves something like the gezzy park originals. trying to calm down tensions between groups that they were calling the stone throwers. the instigators. people that were insulting and shouting at the riot polic...

Coming in from el reno, oklahoma, from the left theyre coming in from oklahoma as well. i think they are right where you are, chad. it looks pretty ominous to me. >> it truly is. the updraft we have going is very, very strong. we just had a brand-new, what we call a cloud-to-ground lightning strike. the more lightning we get, the more shear is going on in the storm. the more pale being generated by the storm. well see this continue for much of the night. >> chad, stand b for a moment. our meteor...

Through the afternoon and evening. even back into north-central texas, too. those are all your tornado watches and we will certainly be watching as we continue through the afternoon. >> i know you can see this ominous cloud, as im looking at it as well, provided by our local affiliate kfor. im assuming the advice to people living in those areas is the same as it was ten days ago which is batten down, get below ground level, or move away from that area if you can. >> absolutely. that is the word ...