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Also big new developments, we are following with the Trump Organization as it braces for criminal charges that could come as early as next week. What we know about those charges, the legal implications and what we can expect when, in fact, they are announced. And former President Donald Trump trying to keep the republican spotlight with him with a rally in ohio. What is he rallying for . Plus major action on the Voting Rights front. The doj announcing it plans to sue the State Of Georgia over it...

Also big new developments, we are following with the Trump Organization as it braces for criminal charges that could come as early as next week. What we know about those charges, the legal implications and what we can expect when, in fact, they are announced. And former President Donald Trump trying to keep the republican spotlight with him with a rally in ohio. What is he rallying for . Plus major action on the Voting Rights front. The doj announcing it plans to sue the State Of Georgia over it...

The state. cyber ninja has since shut down and faces fines. i want to bring in senior reporter jane tim watching this. some of the changes seem based on the things that just are conspiracy theories for example or not true. >> yeah. more than two dozen bills and most at least seem to be focused on finding or preventing fraud with a bureau of elections to investigate, hand counting ballots as you said and experts say we have machines to do that because theyre accurate and some things that seem lik...

♪ life can be a lot to handle. ♪ this magic moment ♪ but heinz knows theres plenty of magic in all that chaos. ♪ so different and so new ♪ ♪ was like any other... ♪ breaking in just the last hour, a pennsylvania court struck down that states may mail-in voting law. they must amend the states constitution to make that kind of law legal. nbcs jane follows voting issues for us very closely. what exactly does this mean for voters in pennsylvania right now? >> reporter: it means their...

The ruling is almost certainly going to be appealed to the state supreme court, which is controlled by democrats and two republicans on that bench. but this is definately going to put it into doubt and changing election rules in an election year really worries experts. who say experts who dont fall though news like i do may be confused. in pennsylvania, voters who vote permanently by mail request those ballots in early february. you could see voters request to get ballots sent to them and if thr...

Colleagues who spent all of those years in court with state legislatures, say largely preserve the political balance. theres differences between the state senate and house map, but both of them keep that 5th congressional district together. were seeing them come to a head over that one district and whether it should be split up. governor desantis says he believes the fifth district is gerrymandering and does not want to sign anything that has that. and the state lawmakers are pushing that. the c...

Leaning districts, but republican state lawmakers are pushing a plan to keep the district in tact. jane, walk us through what desantis is proposing and why the rest of his party isnt on board. >> reporter: you know, lindsey, governor desantis is gerrymander, and florida is unique in its one of the few states that the republicans control the redistricting process. and the state has their district amendments to their constitution, and passed by voters in 2010, and try and make it so you cant do a ...

Democrats say he should be thinking about the state, not about congress. >> jane tim, thanks so much. coming up, a $5 billion charge. the biden administrations big investment in an electric commute with hundreds of thousands of new charging stations. >> this is about accelerating that to keep up and get ahead of the increasing popularity of these evs. arity of these evs. your home for big savings. [ laughs ] hey, mom, have you seen m-- ew. because when you bundle home and auto with progressive...

State of texas for vote delusion. essentially saying that the new maps, the new maps signed into law for congressional and state house districts in the state of texas would underrepresent latino voters in the lone star state. i want to bring in jane tim, our justice correspondent pete williams you heard will join us in a moment. jane, we have both covered this extensively. a lot of folks in texas. a lot of democrats thought lawsuits against these maps would be inevitable, and there were some alr...

Districts that were getting more competitive in favor of democrats all out in the suburbs. instead what this new map does is packs every democratic voter in the travis county area into one new congressional district. and it shores up republicans in the surrounding districts. jane, greg abbott will probably like this issue for his own political reasons, right? the republican governor of texas has made it his business to get into lawsuits with this administration. how do you see this playing out i...