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Sanctions and now russia threatening to retaliate by changing its stance on iran. moscow's envoy warning russia may stop cooperating in nuke talks. and the white house in full sell mode now. ahead of the march 31st deadline to sign up for obamacare, ad promoting the affordable care act will begin airing during the games. president obama taking an appearance on the ellen degeneres show today in an attempt to get you, the people, signed up. the justice department no longer responsible for checking the election procedures in states with a history of racial discrimination. instead it plans to ...

Term. yesterday's ruling may be among the most controversial. we're live in washington to tell us what they announced yesterday. >> good morning. yesterday's supreme court ruling on the voting rights is any indication, today will be another busy day for the justices as they take on gay rights. the supreme court is ruling on the defense of marriage act today or doma and proposition 8. doma determines if married gay couples can receive tax benefits such as tax privileges or social security. the second case in california questions same-sex marriage all together. yesterday the court did rule on th...

Strikes down a key part of the voting rights act and leaves it up to congress to fix it. they were two parts of the law in question. this is the civil rights law signed by president johnson in 1965, renewed four times, most recently in 2006. it says that states or counties or towns with a history of discrimination must get permission from the federal government in advance before they can make any changes at all in their election procedures. this is the so-called preclearance requirement. well, the court upheld that today. but the court struck down the map, the formula that congress has repeate...

. >> bret: you are looking live at the u.s. supreme court. by the way renovations ongoing. that's why it looks like that on the front side. today a lot of action there in a 5-4 decision saying that under the 1965 voting rights act law that designed to prevent essentially discrimination against minority voters, all or part of 15 states had to get permission from the federal government as a part of that law before making changes to their election procedures. here is what john roberts wrote in the opinion, his opinion: there is no denying, however, that the conditions that originally justified th...

Progress in our society. eric holder just hours ago joined civil rights groups in blasting this decision. >> i am deeply disappointed, deeply disappointed with the court's decision this. decision represents a serious setback for voting rights and has the potential to negatively affect millions of americans across the country. >> shepard: the ruling calls for congress to update the formula. shannon is live at the supreme court for us this afternoon. shannon, what's the fallout so far from the decision? >> all of. the 15 states that are covered jurisdictions will now getfree . they were under th...