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Hallow o hollow out the voting rights act. section two is the provision that allows people like me and the naacp to bring lawsuits against voting practices that are discriminatory. and now what we see an article published weeks ago is the attempt to attack section 2 and prove that section 2 is unconstitutional. and when you combine this, the attacks on section 5, the attacks on section 2, the attacks on early voting, voter i.d., all of these, and you put together the picture, you know, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. there is an element in this country seeking to p...

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 ...

The department of justice. it's a consistent and ugly pattern. we fight wars and rumor of wars for democracy and undermine democracy at home. that's a radical contradiction. >> someone will be nominated by this role by the president and head up the doj lawsuits against states with unfair voting practices. what do you feel the status of is this fight around the country to ensure equal opportunity to get out to vote? >> most people did not realize the case -- until it go so shamelessly he was rejected. and the fact that seven democrats were involved in it, compounded the crisis. president obama ...

Change some of the voting practices. kimberly, that's exactly what eric holder went after. but why texas? why not some of the other states? >> because it matters to him politically so he'll make an example out of texas. he's trying to work within what the supreme court rules to say that texas doesn't meet the standards. what's going to happen, even if he convinces a judge in texas to do this it will get overruled and struck down by a higher court for sure. more political pandering and holder thinks somebody died and made him god. >> i mean, we're not -- this goes back to lyndon johnson. >> he ...

City commissioner said today, when i asked her that same question, chris, i said how could we get this coalition together in your part of the republican party, she said, we have to remember this is not about politics, it's about our democracy and america and we have to appeal to the other side. >> i thought that was very powerful testimony here you can listen to it yourself. >> section 5 has no peer. section two alone is not sufficient. it is an after the fact policy. without clearance, without section five and oath section two is hunting season for discriminatory voting practices. >> the dama...