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Redistricting, currently a candidate for the governor of maryland. congresswoman lee, ill begin with you, someone who has been in texas, has seen this play out in the state maps that republicans have issued, in voting rights challenges to those state maps. a current do j lawsuit about them and someone who believes in the democracy and the power we face. but heres my question for you. can you convince me that your colleagues share your sense of urgency because we sit here and we watch day by day ...

New Senate and House state maps unanimously approved today

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>> you have you dan mcreedy against dan bishop, a republican who replaced mark harris who at first we should be very clear the state gop and the state gop spokesperson who came on this program were like how dare you question the integrity of our election? how dare you say that we hired someone, and of course they all had to walk that back and some kind of put their tail between their legs well, actually, yes, that does look like what has happened. but this is the sort of marquee special election...

The federal government says we cant touch these state maps, the supreme court says we cant touch them. partisan gerrymandering doesnt violate the constitution or its not a matter for us to look into. >> yes. >> and now there might be a suit on the congressional maps which would have huge implications. >> exactly. there could be another lawsuit about this district and the other congressional districts in north carolina coming soon. >> so they run this election. that i have to throw out the electi...

These state maps were drawn, they say they diluted the voting strength of african-americans, as well as latinos, they say the way the maps were drawn just werent equitable, but, poppy, today, the supreme court upholding three of four of those districts and yet another gerrymandering case, a lot of them have been here at the court, some partisan gerrymandering. today dealing with the issue of supreme court upholding most of the issues in texas. >> jessica schneider, thank you. we appreciate it. ...

>> jon: a landmark ruling in north carolina. federal judges striking down the states congressional districts as unconstitutional jerrymander, the decision chose state maps into chaos months before midterm elections. the judges ruled that when the states republican majority general assembly redrew districts in 2011 lawmakers illegally manipulated borders based on party affiliations. lawmakers must now redraw the lines and redistrict by january 29th so candidates for november congressional electio...

From the top of the water well, the fire marble said. that was the first time id ever seen that. when the fire marshal and assistant fire marshal tried to take a reading to see how much gas was coming from that well, "we got within 20 feet of that well and the hydrocarbon detector was going bonkers. full indication," the marshal said. "i couldnt get any closer because you risked burning up the sensors. this is in open air. its not like we were inside a house. the marshal instead use the a less s...

Explosive, the homeowner checked state maps and found out that to his surprise two natural gas wells had been drilled horizontally to "practically beneath his home." he didnt know those natural gas wells had been drilled underneath his home until his well water started catching fire. testing from independent scientists and from academic scientists at duke university and ultimately the federal epa indicated that yeah, the drilling was what was causing the problem. the methane from those wells wer...

Got an uncontrolled flame coming from the top of the water well, the fire marble said. that was the first time id ever seen that. when the fire marshal and assistant fire marshal tried to take a reading to see how much gas was coming from that well, "we got within 20 feet of that well and the hydrocarbon detector was going bonkers. full indication," the marshal said. "i couldnt get any closer because you risked burning up the sensors. this is in open air. its not like we were inside a house. the...