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Gerrymander districts, change the way districts are drawn, have districts that are less s hispan hispanic, less minority. because fewer people who are not legal would answer a census. why would they? they would be afraid and they say this is supposed to be a count, this is a population count, it is not about anything else. >> by the way, i'm an alum of the voting rights section in the doj. over 50 years, there was never a need in order to enforce the voting rights act to have that question on the census. it is only intended, if you think about it in a full context of an administration that say...

Population count. the justice department argues that census officials would take steps to ensure an accurate count such as making in person follow up visits. justice department officials say households that skip the citizenship question but fill out a substantial portion of the questionnaire will be counted. let's get a quick check of your weather with michele grossman. >> another cold day and another cold set up will spark snow in the northern plains, the midwest and this will move east. by friday, late friday into early saturday the northeast could see some snow. this will be a small system ...

♪ >> maria: a coalition of 17 states, washington, d.c. and six major cities is now suing to block the trump administration from adding a u.s. citizenship question to the 2020 census. it would be the first time the short form census asks such a question since 1950. the new york attorney general eric sneiderman is the one spearheading the lawsuit. he says the citizenship question could actually cause an inaccurate population count that could hurt certain states. >> census officials have said very clearly that simply asking about immigration status will create an environment of fear and mistrus...

Census bureau to add a question to the census. the lawsuit claims it would undermine the accuracy of the population count. we'll see where that goes. >> heather: we have some breaking news from overseas now. israel saying that it has stopped a major attack on its naval forces off the coast of gaza and they've arrested 10 palestinians suspected of planning it. the news amid increasing violence along the israeli/gaza border. we are joined now with more. >> according to an israeli statement the plot was uncovered after an israeli naval vessel stopped a palestinian fishing boat off the coast of ga...

Baloney. there's heavy, heavy push booking this controversial move. even the former u.s. attorney general, eric hoerlder signing f on the alarm. saying this would negatively impact voting rights for decades. and ultimately, it would cause a population undercount. immigrants wouldn't want to fill out the census. and simply, why do we care? it is used to determine congressional district boundaries and also, inaccurate population count could mean that communities would not get the adequate amount of federal funding for thing like health care, infrastructure. that's why it was such a head scratche...