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july 4th holiday weekend, already this evening, those major airports slowing to a crawl. dangerous storms in the northeast causing a ripple effect tonight, stranding passengers across the u.s. a new round of storms now coming. flood watches also in the east at this hour. washington, d.c., up through philadelphia, new york to boston. and tonight, as we come on the air, the new warnings, the smoke from those canadian wildfires now set to return. already in chicago and the surrounding reg...

july 4th holiday weekend, already this evening, those major airports slowing to a crawl. dangerous storms in the northeast causing a ripple effect tonight, stranding passengers across the u.s. a new round of storms now coming. flood watches also in the east at this hour. washington, d.c. up through philadelphia, new york to boston. and tonight, as we come on the air, the new warnings, the smoke from those canadian wildfires now set to return. already in chicago and the surrounding regi...

>> david: kayna, thank you. now to the supreme court, with a major ruling tonight effects federal elections in the u.s. at issue, how much power should state legislatures have over federal elections? this new decision today reaffirming the long-standing system of checks and balances, just as we head now into the 2024 presidential election. terry moran has covered the court for years for us, hes there tonight. take us through why this is so significant tonight. >> reporter: david, this is a maj...

Violated the voting rights act in a state thats 1/4 black. and thats not the only pushback. this month the ohio supreme court threw out an even more absurd partisan gerrymander where republicans tried to push through a congressional map where all but two or three seats out of 15 would be republican. despite democrats actually having a registration advantage in the state and voters adding non-partisan redistricting reform to the state constitution in 2018. luckily, republican chief justice mauree...

Republican state legislature to have only one democratic district out of six seats. the court held this likely violated the voting rights act in a state thats 1/4 black. and thats not the only pushback. this month the ohio supreme court threw out an even more absurd partisan gerrymander where republicans tried to push through a congressional map where all but two or three seats out of 15 would be republican. despite democrats actually having a registration advantage in the state and voters addin...

It’s time for political leaders to up their game in preserving democracy.

"There is a serious effort right now throughout the entire country to suppress the participation of minorities," said state Sen. Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago. "We need to wake up to