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Something as simple as where a polling place is, moving it out of a neighborhood, for example, that is more accessible to the minority population, changing district lines, the thing about section 5 so important and makes it vulnerable it is incredibly broad in the range of voting system it is applies to. >> kathy, which states, we talk about the broadness of this which states most affected by the ruling? >> states across the south and southwest but also parts of alaska, parts of new york city because they have also had a long history of discrimination in voting. section five's formula actually...

Andrews force base when he meets the pope because i speak pope. i said, okay. >> hold on. let me tell you -- >> exactly. i'll clear the schedule. what he wanted to talk to me about was how he respected the pope so much that he was breaking precedent to go to andrews instead of having the instead of state come to the white house. then we got into a conversation about the church and the role of the church in america, which led to the conversation about immigration. and he said, and i'm quoting here, he said, i tried and tried and tried to get my party to do the right thing on immigration. and he...

Election change would not discriminate against minority voters. >> one question the supreme court will ask, how much has the south changed? the reference point? bloody sunday, march 7th, 1965. state troopers tossing tear gas, swinging clubs, and leading horses over those wanting to protect the right to vote for african-americans. 600 peaceful protesters were attacked there. that led to president johnson signing the voting rights act, 1965, saying government cannot deny citizens the right to vote based on race or color. that act reaffirmed the 15th amendment. today critics ask if the act causes...

Lines for the senate districts, displacing 3 million virginia voters from their representatives. so voters are watching and they're aware of what the republicans are doing, but it is possible that these measures can pass. >> well, the republicans have the votes to get it done. so what's going to stop it in virginia? >> i think it's just got to be the will of the voters for people contacting their legislators and telling them that trickery is not the way that democracy is supposed to work. i find it interesting that senator carrico suggested that his constituents' votes are irrelevant. see, tha...

Voters from their representatives. so voters are watching and they're aware of what the republicans are doing, but it is possible that these measures can pass. >> well, the republicans have the votes to get it done. so what's going to stop it in virginia? >> i think it's just got to be the will of the voters for people contacting their legislators and telling them that trickery is not the way that democracy is supposed to work. i find it interesting that senator carrico suggested that his constituents' votes are irrelevant. see, that's the difference between the other side of the aisle. democr...