Bullet that explodes inside the body, it doesnt go through a straight line. It goes in and then it opens up, thats not a survivable injury. Reporter but republicans argued an assault weapons ban would trample on the second amendment. Ted cruz of texas. And we should not target our efforts to needlessly restricting the constitutional liberties of lawabiding citizens. I own an ar15. I passed the background check. Reporter South Carolina republican Lindsey Graham wanted to know why gun sale laws already on the books arent being enforced. Milwaukees police chief said he has his hands full with more serious gun crimes. Senator. How many cases have you made . You know what . It doesnt matter its a paper thing. I want to stop 76,000. Can you answer a question. I want to finish the answer. I want to stop 76,000 people from buying guns illegally. Thats what a background check does. If you think were going to do paperwork prosecutions, youre wrong. Reporter there was a lot of sympathy today but it didnt appear that any member had a change of heart, at least when it comes to an assault weapons ban. Democrats are making more headway, scott, when it comes to strengthening background checks and a bipartisan bill could be introduced in the next couple of weeks. Pelley nancy, thank you very much. Well, gun violence a major issue in an illinois congressional race overnight. It was a primary to fill the seat resigned by disgraced congressman Jesse Jackson jr. One of the candidates was buried by antigun advertising. Heres dean reynolds. Thank you so much. Reporter former state legislator robin kelly beat 13 other democrats in a primary she said sent a pointed message to the National Rifle association. A message that tells the nra that their days of holding our country hostage are coming to an end. Reporter the second Congressional District has rural stretches but also chicago neighborhoods besieged by gun violence. Kellys support for tougher gun controls is why new york mayor Michael BloombergsPolitical Action committee endorsed her and poured 2. 2 million into the race. They were running i think every seven minutes. Reporter most of the money went for adds attacking kellys chief rival. What did you think when you saw the ads . I was shocked. I was shocked. Reporter i mean, did it come out of blue . Yeah reporter while halvorsons opposition to a gun ban earned her high ratings from the the Mayors Committee spent 12 million in eight races so far. In most, guns were an important issue. 90 of the public want sensible gun laws and i thought you certainly saw that in the illinois race. So its. Were on our way, i think, to making this country safer for everyone. Reporter now, to strike at critics who say bloomberg is trying to impose a new york mindset on the rest of the country, his aides say the mayor has no intention of stopping scott, and that elected officials across the nation would do well to take notice of what happened here last night. Pelley dean, thank you. The Voting Rights act has been the law of the land for nearly half a century, helping to ensure that minorities are not denied the right to vote. But today, Shelby County alabama, challenged the law at the supreme court, and jan crawford was there. Reporter the argument sharply divided the justices. The courts conservative majority appeared poised to strike down at least part of the act and eliminate the current federal oversight of voting in the south. At issue a decadesold revision in the law that requires nine states, mostly in the south, to get approval from the federal government before changing voting laws or procedures. Justice Antonin Scalia called it a racial entitlement. Chief Justice John Roberts asked if the government believed the citizens in the south are more racist than the citizens in north. Roberts said current data on voter turnout revealed more problems in massachusetts than mississippi. Congress did not rely on current data when in 2006 it re authorized the Voting Rights act. It continued to rely on rates of minority Voter Registration and turnout in the elections of 1964, 1968, and 1972. Alabama attorney frank ellis said congress should look at the modernday south. We ask for some recognition that we these jurisdictions have made Great Strides over the last 48 years. Reporter the liberal justices strongly defended the law saying congress had thousands of pages of evidence documenting discrimination. Judge Sonia Sotomayor said discrimination is discrimination, and what Congress Said is it continues. Said Justice Stephen breyer, the disease is still there. Its gotten a lot better are a lot better, but its still there. Thats why civil right attorney Debo Adegbile said the provision is as necessary today as a generation ago. The problems are much more serious, much more repetitive, there is a much greater continuity in certain places than others. Reporter now the liberal justices and the Obama Administration are saying the court should defer to congress which they say is better situated to make judgments about discrimination and voting. But, scott, based on this argument today, it does appear a majority of the conservative justices are ready to Tell Congress its going to have to make some changes in that law. If it wants to preserve it. Pelley a decision likely months away. Jan, thank you very much. If you hope that democrats and republicans might find a way out from fridays budget crisis, have a look at this picture. That president and Republican HouseSpeaker John Boehner today at a public ceremony and, yes, it is just that bad. Nothing is likely to head off the automatic across the board cuts. The cuts, which the washington bureaucracy calls sequester. They were devised to be so deep and so harmful that they would force a compromise, but that didnt happen. The congressional leadership will meet with mr. Obama on friday on this. Speaker boehner says he wont take action until Senate Democrats propose a solution and we asked the speaker about that. You say that its time for the Senate Democrats to pass a plan. You are the highest ranking republican in government. Is this not your responsibility . Do you wash your hands of this and leave it to the senate . The house has acted twice. Why should the house have to act a third time before the senate does anything . Pelley those two bills that you pass read dead now. You have a new congress weve outlined pelley you would have to pass a new bill. Weve passed bills twice. They all understand where were coming from. Its time for them to do something. Pelley so you do not believe as the highest ranking republican in the government that this is your responsibility to lead on this issue . No, we elect a president to lead. All he has to do is sit down with harpy reid and Senate Democrats and work out a plan that they can pass. Simple as that. Pelley the cuts can be changed at any time by a compromise, even after they start. But in the meantime, federal agencies are cutting back, for example, hundreds of Illegal Immigrants are being released from detention because the Administration Says it cant afford to keep them. We asked Mark Strassmann to look into that. Reporter you always were it. You never take it off. I cannot take it off. If i take it off theyll come and get me. Reporter this electronic band tells immigration officials where fredi alcazar is at all time. The illegal immigrant spent a month in jail after a traffic stop. You were arrested in december and detained on a traffic violation. What happened gigot stopped for speeding. They asked me for a license. I told them i didnt have one. Reporter when you were suddenly released in january from the county jail, were you surprised . I was, i was really surprised because i thought they were going to send me to the Detention Center and from there and get deported. They released me and didnt tell me anything. Reporter officials at immigration and Customs Enforcement or i. C. E. Wouldnt tell me exactly how many detainees they released ahead of fridays automatic budget cuts. They also declined to tell us where and when the releases occur. Those let go are required to wear electronic tracking devices, regularly call immigration officials, or visit i. C. E. Offices. We started getting calls telling us all of a sudden they had been released. We were very much in shock. Reporter the Early Release of detainees surprised people. Are these people criminals . They are not criminals theyre moms, they were dads theyre students, in for a license, a broken taillight. Reporter but some members of congress are demanding i. C. E. Provide information on each detainees case. Congressman Michael Mccaul is chair of the House Homeland Security committee. When you release these peop and expect them to show up at a Court Proceeding at a later date we found before about 90 of them dont even show up. Reporter besides georgia, we did learn that many releases were in california, arizona, and florida. Scott, immigration advocates tell us the cost per day of this supervised release is about 14 whereas it costs 164 a day to keep these detainees in jail. Pelley Mark Strassmann in our atlanta newsroom. Mark, thanks very much. The worldrenowned pianist van cliburn who started playing the piano at the age of three died today at his home in fort worth. The cause was bone cancer. Van cliburn became a superstar as a 23yearold from fort worth, texas, when he won the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in moscow. 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