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mistaking that car for a giant carrot. it caused $6,000 in damages. jon: the car was parked next to the donkey s enclosure. the man could have picked a better parking spot. that does it for us today, america s news headquarters starts sandra: awaiting the start of the white house press briefing on this very busy day in washington. hello, everyone. i m sandra smith. we expect fresh white house reaction on tax reform, healthcare and aid for hurricane ravaged puerto rico. we have live fox news coverage for you. john roberts standing by at the white house. we begin with mike emanuel who is currently live on capitol hill. mike, the framework is public now, so where do lawmakers go from here on tax reform? reporter: well, sandra, house speaker paul ryan is among those out selling this tax proposal, saying it will help those who deserve it. our plan lowers taxes for small family owned businesses. middle class. now we re learning healthcare may also be back in the mix. john ....
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But it is two fold, number one, he figured look, i want to get the jury selection, i have more than 100 people to go through the next couple of hours, so let s just push it off, and then he probably realized that by next weekend, and i think he was right, there might be more gag order violations, so let s consolidate them and see what we have next week. so also trump s attorneys tried one last ditch effort, arguing that jury selection went too fast. i understand the sentiment. i am a criminal defense attorney. i understand the concern, but that appeal has been unsuccessful. the trial is going to go forward, and next week we will hear opening statements in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. in american history. in american history. next week is a week of many the stork firsts. a man died yesterday after setting himself on fire outside the courtroom where trumps trial was taking place. police say he had been districting pamphlets in the designated protest area. th ....
To maintain status quo. quickly in this final minute with you, the alabama attorney general said that the legislature s new plan complies with the voting rights act by, quote, fairly applying traditional districting prips pells that were blessed by the supreme court. he seems to think they have legal ground here. um, yeah, he did as well. but every argument that was made was rejected and we ve adopted a losing strategy to go back to the same supreme court that has ordered us to do the exact opposite. and it is interesting because it only appears to me that the only change in the argument is we re going to try to remind you that we re supposed to be all conservatives here, we re all republicans. and maybe you should take another look at this. it is almost like speed limit being 70, we re going to go 100 and then ask you to change the speed limit to 100. and this is what we re doing. but i don t think any court ....
The republican led alabama legislature violated the voting rights act because it only drew one district out of seven that had a majority of black voters, even though more than one in four alabamians are black. in his opinion for the court, chief justice john roberts wrote that the voting rights act does not permit states to provide some voters less opportunity to participate in the political process. the court s ruling, he added was based on a fair reading, containing undeniable evidence of alabama s extensive history of repugnant racial and voting related discrimination. that fierce descent justice clarence thomas said it amounted to hijacking the districting process to pursue a goal that has no legitimate claim under our constitutional system. the proportional allocation of political power on the basis of race. today s ruling will have immediate impacts on another coverage national district in ....