Page 129 - Judith News Today

When southwest stopped flying the route. lets start with the judith. >> this is advantage and disadvantage of capitalism. when you have more than one airline company offering services, competing for your business, prices get low. unfortunately places like pittsburgh and other places dont have as much traffic cant stop the choice that people feel they ought to have. >> lean cuisine, they are not giving you anything. >> i think its so on wrong. >> people that can afford it, nobody can afford 600%....

You are going to love this one. its time for our -- >> boom. >> "favorite story of the day." we told you earlier in the week about an apartment fire in a building in boston. >> the hero was a firefighter who actually caught a young boy who was dropped out of a window. as abcs john berman reports the pair got back together just yesterday. >> reporter: look at that face. did you catch that smile. firefighter glen mcgilvrey caught that and oh so much more. it was 1:00 a.m. monday when a six-alarm f...

Right now what were telling people is were taking away the right to vote. in order to get it back they have to get a photoo i.d. it really is incredible. here in tennessee, we have a great system in place, a hefty fine, a heavy jail sentence for anyone that perp traits fraud. we have caught a few people, very few, which means that the system already works, so we dont need -- this bill between a solution in search of a problem. >> judith, ill give you the last words. >> listen, reverent sharpton,...

These legislators to take away our participation. we will have to fight state by state, people will have to stand up and say we want a vote in our election. we are seeing the largest rollbacks in voting rights than we have seen in a century. we cannot allow that to happen. >> let me show you, judith, why many of us in the fight for democracy and civil rights community look at whole voters are that have no i.d. 15% of the poor. 18% of elderly. 20% of young voters between 18 and 29. 25% of african...

Every american -- cannot participate. they are putting barriers in our way and weve got to fight this. it isnt just the voter idea. its the wing out of various voting opportunities in ohio taking away the golden week where you can come and register in the same week, the same day. they are taking that away because they know people liked the convenience of it, that they turned out n numbers. why is it that we have decided that certain people should not participate in our democracy. its because the...

Clear. now, when you compare that to the votes, if you look around the country because people need to understand that this is not only a civil rights issue, its a democracy issue. >> thats right. if you look at the obama people that are disenfranchised. let me show you the screen in ohio where we talked about the early voting. in ohio, early voting, 1.7 million early votes cast. president obama won the state by 300,000 votes. if you knock out 1.7 million votes. >> thats right. >> you can clearly...

Of giving the ride to the polls is putting band-aid on something that was a bad idea to begin with. >> now the advancement project w has been working on this and one of the more respected civil rights group. let me show you a full screen of hundreds of voters that called in inquiring of voter id laws. they often asked about birth certificates, am i right? >> thats right. >> the largest -- >> what has to happen here is with regard to birth certificates, the reason wed say this is a poll tax is be...

standing ovation. the general assembly overwhelmingly accepted to vote for the credentials of the countrys new leadership which promises to form a new government in ten days. those are the headlines. im zain verjee, and "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn london, im nina des santos. >> this is "world business today." these are your top stories on wednesday, september 21st. a disastrous day for insurers, earthquakes and extreme weather send lloyds of london deeply...

Of christians dead in that muslim nation. critics say president obama should condemn the bloodshed. so far nothing. judith miller joins me now. alice, welcome to tall of you. let me start with you, judith. what do you make of that. the christians in egypt. the muslim brotherhood is strong in egypt right now. wouldnt this be a great moment for the president to speak out about fairness and religious freedom. >> the problem with that is an is an election coming up. all of our polls show the egyptia...

Extraordinary people that i would like to read about that arent, you know, famous. but its just been very wonderful. and my daughter has, you know, was able to get through to me from time to time. >> a new appreciation for life. >> her belief in me was, you know, empowering. >> well, judith, dena -- >> and all the prayers that weve had coming our way, right? >> yes. >> well, we appreciate your talking with us today. and the journey you took, we know, was very difficult, speaking with both of you...