Opening statement. Todays hearing of on current and ongoing voting discrimination is part of the house judiciary subcommittee on constitution, civil rights and Civil Liberties over the course of this year to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of the requirement of section 5 of the Voting Rights act. To consider other ways to strengthen that civil rights statue. Im not sure why we say reinvigoration. That seems to be one of the words we tossed around. Section 4 was cut out so we need to have a section 4 to activate section 5. Section 5 has been made dormant by the Supreme Court saying section 4 wasnt adequate so we need to find a new test to awaken the dormant power of section 5. Voting rights act of 65 is widely considered the most effective civil rights statute ever enacted by congress to protect the fundamental right to vote. One of its central enforcement provisions was section 5. The provision required certain jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination against
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Police are still processing the scene in california where two heavily armed shooters opened fire on an employees Holiday Party wednesday. Officials say one male and one female suspect were killed in a shoot out with police just a few hours after the massacre. Now the investigation turns to what motivated the Nbcs Jay Gray is in San Bernardino, california with the latest on this still breaking story. Specialist with San Bernadino county for 5 years. Was at a Holiday Gathering with co workers. When he left suddenly. Then according to police. Returned with malik both armed with assault rifles, and semiautomatic pistols and opened fire. Like police. Family members of the suspects are searching for answers in the tragedy. S farhan khan suspects brotherin law i have no idea why he would do that, why he would do Something Like this, i am in shock myself. Shock. And grief. That continues this morning to grip this shattered community. Jay gray nbc news san bernidino, california. People around t
And the showers will then dissipate over the course of the next couple of of hours. Visibility reduced there in New Hampshire. The rest of us, light fog. Nothing too widespread at this time. 46degrees for that morning rush and the showers start to taper off. A few flurries in the western and northern parts of massachusetts later today. Other than that, we are dry with partial clearing and 48 degrees. Come up, some snow accumulation in Northern New England. We will show you the weekend forecast, which is shaping up to be just great. Traffic and weatherer together now. Pamela, quiet out there right now as we expect for this time of morning. Some of you may encourager fog out there, so a heads up. Live look at 93 southbound, light fog there now moving into boston. Route 3 south is looking good. The rest of the ruths from the the north areof the routes from the north a clear. Thank you very much. Breaking news now on the mass shooting in california. Police identifying the two suspects, a m
Thank you for being here with us. It is thursday, december 3rd. A lot is going on this morning. But first a check of the weather, Pamela Gardner is in for Danielle Niles this morning. Hey, good morning fog is reported. North of boston here, bed fort, half a mile or less. Same deal for concord, New Hampshire there. Light fog from boston to areas south. But, no major visibility issues, at least nothing too widespread at this time. And the showers are actually moving to the north and east through the cape and through the islands and temperatures are rather mild at this time. And we will keep the temperatures in the uppers, lowerupper 40s, lower 50s for the rest of the day with the showers actually moving out, we do have a chance for a lot of wind to come in here, too. Winds gusting between 40 and 50 Miles Per Hour at times. Coming up in just a bit, the hour by hour timing and what to expect for the weekend. Pamela, most of the back and at city on this thursday morning. The worst ride, no