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These state maps were drawn, they say they diluted the voting strength of african-americans, as well as latinos, they say the way the maps were drawn just weren't equitable, but, poppy, today, the supreme court upholding three of four of those districts and yet another gerrymandering case, a lot of them have been here at the court, some partisan gerrymandering. today dealing with the issue of supreme court upholding most of the issues in texas. >> jessica schneider, thank you. we appreciate it. what is happening in america? civility out, shaming and shunning in. on the same weekend white hou...

>> jon: a landmark ruling in north carolina. federal judges striking down the state's congressional districts as unconstitutional jerrymander, the decision chose state maps into chaos months before midterm elections. the judges ruled that when the states republican majority general assembly redrew districts in 2011 lawmakers illegally manipulated borders based on party affiliations. lawmakers must now redraw the lines and redistrict by january 29th so candidates for november congressional elections can file for primaries starting in february. democrats are celebrating the ruling calling it a m...

From the top of the water well, the fire marble said. that was the first time i'd ever seen that. when the fire marshal and assistant fire marshal tried to take a reading to see how much gas was coming from that well, "we got within 20 feet of that well and the hydrocarbon detector was going bonkers. full indication," the marshal said. "i couldn't get any closer because you risked burning up the sensors. this is in open air. it's not like we were inside a house. the marshal instead use the a less sensitive monitor he had to gauge the gas concentrations. he says anything above 5% we start getti...

Explosive, the homeowner checked state maps and found out that to his surprise two natural gas wells had been drilled horizontally to "practically beneath his home." he didn't know those natural gas wells had been drilled underneath his home until his well water started catching fire. testing from independent scientists and from academic scientists at duke university and ultimately the federal epa indicated that yeah, the drilling was what was causing the problem. the methane from those wells were the same methane that were making his water catch fire and get explosive. the epa went so far as ...

Got an uncontrolled flame coming from the top of the water well, the fire marble said. that was the first time i'd ever seen that. when the fire marshal and assistant fire marshal tried to take a reading to see how much gas was coming from that well, "we got within 20 feet of that well and the hydrocarbon detector was going bonkers. full indication," the marshal said. "i couldn't get any closer because you risked burning up the sensors. this is in open air. it's not like we were inside a house. the marshal instead use the a less sensitive monitor he had to gauge the gas concentrations. he says...