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Nation changes. >> yeah but this is why even though partisan gerrymandering sounds technical, obscure, a little bit geeky, this is important because as these racial protections go away, partisan gerrymandering becomes important because it protects voters wherever they may be, white or black. it's a way in which the north carolina legislators attempt to evade talk about racial jer gerrymanderi gerrymandering. they say we're doing a partial jerry manneder. the legal protections are important going forward in ohio, north carolina, michigan. across the country. it could be worth a dozen seats in a...

Hurricane maria. even though this sounds technical, it's become a very big issue, the jones act. assist long-standing law that allows only u.s. ships to transport goods within the united states. after hurricane irma and harvey, the government waived the act and the requirements and the restrictions there, making it cheaper and faster to get help to victims after those hurricanes. as far as we know, the department of homeland security says that they have not received a request to do the same for puerto rico, meaning it hasn't been done. do you know why? >> well, in general, the response to puer...

Expected to rise to 99% by 2050. okay, we turn now to asia where the market began heading south. and there's some new economic data that reflects china's shrinking productivity. all of that and more. let's go live to hong kong. we just got the pmi numbers measuring manufacturing activity. those numbers hit a three-year low. other markets specifically reacting to that or more so this idea that china may finally halt market intervention? >> reporter: we've already seen a pull back. we heard about those arrests yesterday, which kind of suggest that the government and china is trying to put the ...

Expertise on this. on to another big story. today in the murder trial of ex-nfl star aaron hernandez. the jury got a crash course in semiautomatic weapons. the prosecution called a ballistics expert with the state police to discuss the .48 caliber bullets used in the shooting death of odin lloyd -- excuse me .45 caliber bullets. the gun that matched the bullets is not known where it is yet to be found. joining me now, cnn's national correspondent susan candiotti who has been following this story closely. this all sounds technical. why is the testimony of this ballistic expert important and w...

>> now, this all sounds technical. the board says it lacks the authority to prevent the team to continue to use the trademarks. this all comes after native americans launched an anti name redskins campaign. joining us is sports and entertainment attorney dominic romano. this all sounds so technical. i'm not an attorney. thank goodness you are. it seems to me if a team loses exclusivity over its trademark, it loses a lot of money which means it's very unlikely the team would let this stick. >> the thing to know about trademarks and trademark protection at law is there are different ways to prot...