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>> the judge ruled a temporary restraining order saying that these purges, all thousands of these people had to be returned to the poll, or to the roll, had to be allowed to vote and all of this activity had to cease across the state of north carolina. this is heavy. it is the first case of its type that has challenged this kind of purging where a group allied with the gop simply sends out a bunch of malgs. if they come back undeliverable, they go in and challenge. they deliver them in bulk form...

Heres how president obama described the case today in north carolina. >> a few years ago, roy coopers opponent, governor mcrory signed a law that made it harder for african-americans to vote. and look, im not -- this is me -- this is not me just opining. a federal judge looked at all the evidence, said, this law targeted black voters with surgical precision. thats a quote. one of the worst voter suppression laws in the country. >> joining us now, reverend william barber, he is the head of the no...

Of the north carolina naacp. reverend barber, theres a big win for you today, and apparently just in time. >> well, it is an incredible win. you know, were telling everybody to vote. we have one more day of early voting tomorrow up until 1:00. and then of course election day. but this affects thousands of voters, and its the first case of its kind to go directly after this purging, this unnecessary purging, illegal purging, and the courts have basically said the gop keeps scheming and the court ...

Legality of the actions of north carolina elected republican officials has once again been called into question, this time in a lawsuit alleging the state board of elections in three individual county election boards are purging voter roles in a manner disproportionately targeted against african-americans. naacp claims, "canceling the voter registrations of thousands of north carolina voters has been targeted" and the lawsuit offers details on the disproportionate impact on black voters for exam...

Again been called into question, this time in a lawsuit alleging the state board of elections in three individual county election boards are purging voter roles in a manner disproportionately targeted against african-americans. naacp claims, "canceling the voter registrations of thousands of north carolina voters has been targeted" and the lawsuit offers details on the disproportionate impact on black voters. for example, in beaufort county, black voters make up 65% of the challenges even though...

>> im also wondering about what it says if anything about the recent purging of dozens of high-ranking north korean officials. and also that mysterious death of another north korean official whos responsible for contact with the south koreans. is any of this linked together? >> yeah. i mean, there could be a linkage. what we see are patterns. and maybe not one singular event is that alarming. but in a state where nothing is shocking, patterns can be very concerning. and we see basically kim jong...

Public and international affairs. as a historian, where are you on the purging of these names? >> if that wasnt a loaded question. >> im sorry, youre at my table. >> first i want to acknowledge that there was real damage done by woodrow wilson. that is not in the abstraction. the "times" covered both in an op-ed and editorial the significance of that told through the story of john davis who worked at the government printing office for 30 years. his grandson, gordon davis, wrote about it. i want ...

What do you think about the release of the video in chicago tonight? >> obviously, its a time for purging. there have been a lot of things going on in chicago for a long time. we know that president obama is from chicago. the level of disrespect by many other partisan groups for the last eight years or more this is a combination of a lack of disrespect for human life and black life and black bodies. >> you dont believe that racism exists any more but envy proves that the recession are real. you ...

In the media. one is the training capacity that the military, the 3,500, needs to be ramped up. and then the next part is the embedding down to the company level of mobile advisers. they have to be blood brothers. they have to be sharing and spilling the same blood so that way we are vested in our arab partners. couple that with the reinforcement of our gulf countries, our support for our gulf countries and saudi arabia. >> assume that will be waged and it became a winnable battle. what happened...

There were signals of a different era for north korea. kim jong un allowing his voice to be heard on state-run television. embracing modern images of the west. his own wife appearing in western suits allowing in new music, borrowing heavily from western pop music and embracing an unusual friendship with former chicago bulls basketball player dennis rodman. kim jong un has continued north koreas military first policy. the same cycle of threats and provocations, missile launches, political and cul...