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Sonogram law, again off topic. daviss filibuster fell short of the midnight vote deadline but her fellow democrats appealed the decision causing chaos in the chamber. >> at what point must a female senator raise her hand on her voice to be recognized over male colleagues in the room? >> for the next 15 minutes, supporters of davis drowned out any further senate debate. republicans tried to pass the bill before the midnight deadline but failed and in front of a packed capitol building of supporte...

It hailed the ruling >> weve just elected a black president of the shelby county board of education over a white incumbent in a county wide election. >> african-americans are an integral part of southern political life and thats a good thing and thats never going to change. >> but writing for the courts four dissenters justice ruth bader ginsburg said gutting the law that helped it end voter discrimination is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. >> int...

Today. tell us about them. >> very big. the last two -- actually the last three, the third one is one youll never hear about again, but these retwo blockbuster cases on same-sex marriage. first the test of proposition 8 in california. you may recall same-sex marriage started there in 2008 and then it was stopped a few months later when voters went to the polls and passed a state constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. been challenged in court and the supreme court will decide whats to...

Packed. according to dewhurst strike one was davis mention of planned parenthood which republicans said was off topic. strike two came when a colleague offered davis a back brace seven hours into the filibuster, violating the lean policy and the final strike came when davis mentioned that the states 2011 sonogram law again considered off topic. daviss filibuster fell short of the midnight vote dead line but her fellow democrats appealed the decision causing absolute chaos in the chamber. >> at w...

And i this i if a camera got shoved in my face and i was the chief, i would have said the same thing. i understand that. we havent even knocked on doors yet. niagara falls it took changing a law over 100 years old. its a process. when we can ask permission, its not as though we say i want to want across the city. heres the streets that have to close. heres how the people underneath are safe, how we guarantee no with yous going to hurt. theres a lot of process an goes into it. were setting that u...

Of 1965, there would be no barack obama as president of the united states of america. weve come too far, made too much progress to go back. >> this decision represents a serious setback for voting rights. and has the potential to negatively affect millions of americans across the country. >> in a 5-4 ruling the courts conservatives said the areas covered by the voting rights act have changed but the law has not kept up. the act requires states with a history of voter discrimination to get permis...

Entire state. texas is not north dakota. >> what you have on both the voting rights case and this abortion fight is people on left being full throated and outspoken. you dont see a lot of washington republicans celebrating the supreme court decision on voting rights act. you hear the wall street editorial page do it. >> you dont because theres so much emotion wrapped up in it. i was just reading numbers in the first hour, and i had people telling me not to be angry in reading numbers. >> but you...

Republicans look at immigration bill, as we look at this recent event with the voting rights act, this is a chance for them to really rebrand. this is a chance for them to say look, you know, were an inclusive party. see us working on immigration and voting rights reform. were all in, and trying to make a solution work for all people. we can debate you know, tax policy and spending policy. but area all here together to make sure all americans of whatever color can vote. >> congressman, do you th...

The votes. but what they do have is a lot of people power on twitter, on the internet, national focus on this issue. >> this erupted overnight. people just, the row tests, it went on twitter. even the president of the united states tweeted. and people stormed the capitol. >> this is about politics and dramaen an the real lives of people in texas. abortion rights supporters recognized if this law passed, it would be devastating to can assess to reproductive freedom throughout the state. theyre go...

>> now, i appreciate so much your point here about having your voice heard. weve been talking a bit about how in this war on women, that part of the issue is we dont get the opportunity to hear womens voices. and it was part of the power of your testimony soy wanted to ask you. there was an article that caught my eye this week in the texas observer called "one womans ordeal with the texas new sonogram law." obviously you were managing an issue around contraception access. this is about the sonog...