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D.o.d. investigators. it would be interesting to know how an army spokesman knows that to be true. we also learned today that justice department has sued texas over republican drawn voting maps. doj sued alleges that new congressional and state house maps disenfranchise latinos and other minorities in violation of the federal voting rights act. meanwhile, the president hours away from a critical meeting with russian president vladimir putin. they are going to hold a video conference tomorrow. think of it as a kind of high stakes face time. and it comes amid growing concern russia could be prep...

Only has to prove one of those claims. texas-size fight over voting maps. on monday the department of justice filed a lawsuit challenging texas republicans' plan for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts. the new maps violate the voting rights act. >> as the supreme court has observed, a core principle of our democracy is that, quote, voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around. >> according to the doj, texas has grown population by 4 million people over the last decade and 95% of that growth is in black, latino and asian populations. the state alloca...

Legislation could be next. >> jonathan lemire, thank you very much. we're following breaking news from the department of justice as well. ag garland announced a new federal court challenge to the way texas has redrawn its voting maps. >> the complaint we filed today alleges that texas has violated section 2 by creating redistricting plans that deny or abridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color, or membership in a language minority group. >> in plain language, doj is saying texas is disenfranchising latino and black voters with these new maps. this i...

The supreme court has observed a core principle of our democracy is that, quote, voters should choose the representatives, not the other way around. the complaint we filed today alleges that texas has violated section two by creating redistricting plans that deny or abridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color, or membership in a language minority group. >> a big deal. that was attorney general merrick garland just a couple hours ago announcing a formal complaint against texas again over its plan the redraw voting maps in that state citing discriminatio...

All-white republicans on the galveston county commission unveiled new voting maps, maps that break up the one district where black and hispanic voters compromise a majority of voters. this will almost certainly result in that one black democrat on the county commission losing his seat, meaning that after the next election in galveston county, which is 45% nonwhite, the highest levels of local government will be entirely white and entirely republican for the first time in decades. to vote on these new maps, the new commissioners convened in an annex building in a tiny meeting room less than hal...