discrimination was a factor here joining me now to talk more about this is attorney and blogger debbie hines founder of legal speaks dot com also a huffington post contributor let's first talk about yesterday's ruling how big of a deal is this oh it's a very big deal it's particularly a big deal for civil rights groups because they got what they wanted which in essence was making the vote fair because in maryland the two districts where most of the prisons are located at the first in the six their majority districts and so obviously when african-american prisoners leave when they get out of jail they're not going to be voting in those districts they're going to go in back to their home address their legal address and voting so it's of extreme league. the big deal and what the state did is it basically said you know we're going to count their last you know address where they lived as the address where they live in and some other states are following suit is that right yes delaware i think california and there's probably going to be others that are going to be following now that the supreme co

. >> coming up at 6:30, we'll have more analysis from our former prosecutor debbie hines who joined us about half an hour ago in studio. i'll let you know about the impact that this trial will eventually have and it already has, i should say, on the penn state university community. back to you, andrea, mike. >> delia goncalves live in our satellite center this morning. >>> now to a story new at 6:00. arrests in a series of robberies in montgomery county. we first told you about this story monday. a group of thieves hit several homes in the last few weeks. wednesday police arrested four people and they say one was found in gaithersburg driving a stolen car in one of the burglaries. two of the suspects are 20 years old. one is 18. the fourth is just 17. police say this investigation is ongoing. >>> frederick county wants to take a gamble on casinos. law makers there are considering a plan to bring table games and slots to the county. there's no exact plan on where it would go. of course any big casino in the county would depend on maryland lawmakers atrofg -- approving expanding gambling

debbie hines, thanks so much. i'm sure you'll be watching as well. >> yes. >> thanks, delia. >>> montgomery county police have arrested four young men for a series of burglaries in germantown. investigators say they tracked down a stolen vehicle yesterday that had been taken from the front of a home just hours earlier. officers found two of the four suspects in the car. the other two were captured in connection with another stolen vehicle which was taken several days ago. now police are working to tie the group to nearly 20 burglaries and numerous other thefts that have been committed in the area in the last three months. >>> with today's temperatures nearing 100, the district is making some changes to help people stay cool. the hours have been extended at the city's public pools. some will open -- will be open as late as 9:30 this evening. however, the free public pools will be opening at 1:00 p.m. this year instead of 11:00 a.m. the city is also -- has also opened cooling centers. you can call 311 for more infor