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Early voting and making it harder to register and showing documentation and that not all legal voters have, voting changes have made voting harder in ways the advancement project says could keep ten million latino citizens from registering. in the swing states of colorado, florida, and virginia they affect more hispanic voters than the entire margin of democratic victory in 2008. hold on. theres more. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives.

Voter purges and curtailing early voting and making it harder to register and showing documentation and that not all legal voters have, voting changes have made voting harder in ways the advancement project says could keep ten million latino citizens from registering. in the swing states of colorado, florida, and virginia they affect more hispanic voters than the entire margin of democratic victory in 2008. hold on. theres more. ♪ free-credit-score-dot-com up in it ♪ haters best get to blogg...

Congressman using very strong language there, prostituting the state. we know this is -- this is a problem weve acknowledged on this channel, on this air before, the presidents team is taking it very seriously. they are fighting measures that are voter i.d. measures that are happening in pennsylvania, wisconsin, florida and ohio. they know that this is going to matter. could it turn the election? >> it could. you look, this has been one of the most significant changes since the 2010 election is ...

Against holder would, because they thought that this -- that this might bring forth gun control legislation or might justify gun control legislation. >> thats bogus. >> well, its absurd, but, you know, it proves that they have been so successful on capital hill, they have to go look for people to fight with. >> heres more from leader nancy pelosi and eric holder today. >> their premise is false. i contend that it has more to do of tying the hands of the attorney generals responsibilities to stop...

Justify gun control legislationç >> thats bogus. >> well, its absurd, but, you know, it proves that they have been so successful on capital hill, they have to go look for people to fight with. >> heres more from leader nancy pelosi and eric holder today. >> their premise is false. i contend that it has more to do of tying the hands of the attorney generals responsibilities to stop the voter suppression that is out there. >> challenging proposed voting changes and redistricting maps that would p...

This might bring forth gun control legislation or might justify gun control legislation. >> thats bogus. >> well, its absurd, but, you know, it proves that they have been so successful on capital hill, they have to go look for people to fight with. >> heres more from leader nancy pelosi and eric holder today. >> their premise is false. i contend that it has more to do of tying the hands of the attorney generals responsibilities to stop the voter suppression that is out there. >> challenging prop...

Move forward, fulfilling the critical law enforcement responsibilities. whether its with regard to prosecuting financial and healthcare fraud, achieving a record mortgage settlement, taking aggressive action in protecting the most vulnerable among us, or challenging proposed voting changes and redistricting maps that would potentially disenfranchise millions of voters. this department of justice has not been afraid to act. nor have i been. some of the d were not popular and help to explain the a...

whether to hold attorney general of the united states, eric holder, in contempt of congress. that vote expected this hour. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." its the most anticipated supreme court decision in more than a decade. and one that impacts the lives of almost every american as well as the presidential campaign. in a 5 to 4 split, the supreme court upheld the affordable care act, a law so tightly bound to president obama that both critics and supporters call it ...

There is fear that the change could put civilian workers at risk. u.s. officials say they may be able to negotiate exceptions in some cases, and they note that only about a quarter of u.s. funded development projects require security guards. a new voter i.d. law is on hold in texas. justice department officials are blocking the law saying it could keep hundreds of thousands of hispanic voters away from the polls. supporters say the i.d. requirement will help prevent fraud. the feds have to appro...

neck-in-neck with his top gop rivals. james carville and david are standing by. well talk about that. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." a new wave of fury may be about to explode in afghanistan after a u.s. soldier allegedly walked out of his base and went on a house to house shooting rampage. 16 civilians are dead, nine of them children. military authorities say the soldier acted alone and turned himself in. vowing revenge for the killings, a statement from the tali...