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Times throughout his career in 2009. he said congress can impose this disparity treatment forever because of the history in the south. some people say, yes, recent discriminations exist. it is not historic. what do you think that the roberts court will do about this voting rights act decision? >> i think it will be very close. when the court took up section five in 2009, roberts really sent a warning shot across the bow of congress telling them, when you reauthorize this law back in 2006, you were using very old data. and he said a lot has changed. and a lot has changed in the south. and justi...

Good morning. thanks so much for being with us, i'm carol costello. checking our top stories, 30 minutes past the hour, north korea says it's cutting off a key military hot line with the south. it's a line ton-to-an industrial complex. this is just the latest signs of rising tensions between the two countries. the north says it's already put its military units on combat-ready status. right now, the u.s. supreme court is hearing more arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage. these are live pictures from outside the court. today's focus is the federal defense of marriage act, or doma. that ...

Government could be using chemical weapons against its own people. >> extreme weather bearing down. as a massive and potentially dangerous weather system hits. we'll show you where it is headed. >> terry: first a milestone for the health law. >> remember this, president obama signing the giant piece of legislation into law back in 2010 but any birthday celebrations may be kept low key because the law seems as controversial as ever. now there are new signs that political fight over it could be heating up yet again. molly henneberg is live in washington with more. >> dueling opinions on the impa...

As temporary as it is because it only impacts now, we still have the long run, it's important because it gives a court confirming the language that counters the opponents. let me show you your own governor, tom corbett, defending the voter i.d. law back in march when many of us were picking up momentum on this issue. watch this. >> contrary to some claims, this bill does not interfere with anyone's legal right to vote. it prevents people from cheating in our elections. this is a law of prevention. it is to prevent voter fraud. >> so, when the courts came back today, it absolutely goes on the o...

In 2012 versus 41,000 in 2008, a reduction of 70%. what is happening? why are so few military members even requesting absentee ballots? >> with he will, you know, there are a lot of factors, but one of the primary factors, is the fact that the pentagon, small agency within the pentagon is supposed to help service members, didn't implement a key law back in, that was passed back in 2009, that was supposed to provide greater assistance to our service members. but as you point out, there's still time, time to increase these numbers and we are doing our best to make sure that our service members a...