department of motor vehicles, dmv, to issue an alabama driver's license. she noted that quote, an estimated 250,000 alabamaians who do not have, do not have an acceptable form of photo identification to cast a ballot, end quote. as you know, skentl subsequentl, the department of transportation issued an investigation under title 6 of the civil rights act and that year long investigation found that alabama's conduct caused quote a disparate and adverse impact on the basis of race end quote. did you believe or or do you believe now that it was a problem that 250,000 estimated citizens of your state did not have the requisite id to vote? >> there is a system i understand that makes those ids available. the driver's licenses offices

artemio armenta, the spokesman for the department of motor vehicles in sacramento. welcome to the show. artemio armenta: thank you. thank you, damian. damian: okay, you were mentioning before the cameras came on about the significance of this past week. tell us what happened a couple years ago. artemio: yeah, this week was very significant because exactly 2 years ago, governor brown signed assembly bill 60, and he actually signed it on october 3 of 2013. and essentially, what that did is reversed, you know, many years, at least 2 decades, that undocumented immigrants weren't able to get a driver's license to drive in california. so, this is a very significant milestone. two years later now, we have approximately--we're getting really close to 800,000 driver's licenses in the state of california that have been issued under assembly bill 60. damian: is it too early to kind of measure or gauge the impact that that has had, fewer accidents, fewer complaints? any way to gauge the significance of that? artemio: yeah, you know, right now, i think that we're looking--we're s

. >> the department of transportation put up the sign and determined that the sign was fake put up by a contractor in the area. the department of motor vehicles says they can appeal those tickets. >> a warning this morning from police in south jersey about a scam that they want you to be aware of. northfield police say this man is a scam artist who poses as an appliance repairman. he uses two business names south shore repairs and my repairs in atlantic city. police say she's taken advantage of people in the area. he was recently arrested for theft, fraud and forgery. >>> police are looking to find out what caused the washington monument to go dark. this is the scene after the iconic monument went out. national parks services believes there's a problem with the program that controls the lights. it's not expected to reopen to visitors until 2019. >>> a lot of people packed on the holiday pounds are now looking for ways to lose weight. but what diet plans works the best. >>> the new york world and news report ranked the best is rich in fruits and veggies, low-fat dairy. experts say a chance to do just that, helping to bring down high blood pres

in terms of the voting rights act and section 5 was in many ways neutralized, the local department of motor vehiclesseveral counties, which was where you could go and try to get your i.d. that you could use for voting, closed down. in the ten large black counties, eight of those counties closed down. that never even was questioned by senator sessions, who was the senator of alabama at that time and still is. and why didn't he do something to protect or to verbally come out? so, the question, as mark raises it about roe versus wade, him saying he would protect -- he would respect, rather, the law, but enforcing the law and making sure that people are protected under the law -- the dmv issue in alabama is very telling. >> right. oh, definitely. jefferson beauregard sessions in fact, has called the voting rights act an intrusive piece of legislation. the voting rights act that protects us from discrimination. so, we should not expect that someone who believes that something, a law that was hard fought for, where people died for that right, that was established actually and comes out of the fight in ala

250,000 citizens in his state were denied photo identifications necessary to vote because department of motor vehicles offices were closed, he did nothing. in effect, no comment. his antipathy and hostility to that vigorous advocacy as a champion, not a bystander, not a passive follower of the law, but as a zealous advocate is lacking. and that is one of the key reasons that lack of commitment, iron clad commitment to civil rights is one of the reasons i have said that i will oppose his nomination. and i want to introduce now senator -- to be followed by senator duckworth and senator matthews. >> thank you, senator blumenthal and aloha to all of you. i served with senator jeff sessions throughout my time in the senate, and i respect him as a colleague. but i have deep concerns about how senator sessions would use his prosecutorial discretion as attorney general to address a number of critical issues. during his confirmation hearing, i pressed senator sessions for a commitment to vigorously protect every citizen's right to vote, particularly with regard to section 2 of the voting rights act, which safe

out of ten counties with the highest percentage of nonwhite registered voters without a department of motor vehicles, dmv, to issue an alabama driver's license. she noted that quote, an estimated 250,000 alabamaians who do not have, do not have an acceptable form of photo identification to cast a ballot, end quote. as you know, skentl subsequentl, the department of transportation issued an investigation under title 6 of the civil rights act and that year long investigation found that alabama's conduct caused quote a disparate and adverse impact on the basis of race end quote. did you believe or or do you believe now that it was a problem that 250,000 estimated citizens of your state did not have the requisite id to vote? >> there is a system i understand that makes those ids available. the driver's licenses offices were a part of a budget cutting process within the state. which i had absolutely nothing to do with and did not advise and know about until it was done. they attempted, they claimed, that they were simply identifying the areas with the lowest population and trying to do some consolidation

. >>> the news in virginia, says the man had a bone to pick with his state's department of motor vehicles and he has the sore arms to prove it. he pushed five wheelbarrows of pennies this week to settle up the sales tax on his two new cars. that amounts to 300,000 pennies. stafford has taken them to court three times because they failed to give him a phone number. he's now given his two cents. >> i love his commitment. >>> all right. >>> coming up, with tomorrow's deadline to sign up for obamacare and republicans pushing toward repeal, wheel take a look at how millions of anxious americans are wondering exactly what they'll be signing up for. >>> and later a return to space. now just hours away. we'll go behind the scenes as spacex prepares for this morning's scheduled lift-off after disaster on the launchpad. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." glad forceflex. extra strong to avoid rips and tears. be happy, it's glad. >>> still ahead a new president enters office just six days from now. but after they leave their job, they leave their mark as president's lee brairs across the n

of the functions to the california state transportation agency. we don't know. how is the state our cities engage and weigh in on atonms vehicles? we know the department of motor vehicles are very interersed hearing from cities. on the broad range of topic, shared mobility we engaged over the last year in a i say a peer exchange fashion so far with 7 other large city departments of transportation in california to try to bring the big city vice-not that we have it figured blut the impacts and issues for city on this range of issues. to be continued and certainly a dynamic realm and rely internally on my partners at the agency for guidance. i would say that what we are guided by in all this realm are goals this board declared and embedded in the strategic plan, safety, accessibility, exwuty, transit first and environmental leadership. that sp where we start the screen and from there proceed to pick apart in the details. the last arena and it is big one and see what leads this year is parking policy. there are conversations going on in southern california around a issue this board has done a deep dive into that is disabled placards. we know there is potential int

department of defense guidelines regarding religious accommodations. handling requests on a case-by-case basis. bret? it's going to lauren, thank you. a virginia man upset with the department of motor vehiclesore than 3,000 pennies. nick stafford carded cash into the dmv on wednesday. he filed three lawsuits against the dmv so he could discuss the tax pretty he told the local newspaper "if they were going to inconvenience me, then i was going to inconvenience them." next up, the future of the democratic party, is it a party and wilderness? the panel joins me after the break when did mixing food, with not food, become food? thankfully at panera, 100% of our food is 100% clean. no artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, or colors. panera. food as it should be. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >> no one can say what caused hitler that election. she got three more votes, but she lost 196,000 votes in three states that would've made a difference. it can be anything at all. she acknowledged

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that vehicle has been created by the project that i lead with support from general motors through the u.s. department of transportation as well as the national science foundation. so because of our close working relationship with g.m., we are extremely sensitive to the aesthetics to the vehicle, the interior and the exterior as well. so that it looks very normal, that something g.m. would be proud to both design, manufacture and sell. peter: how far along are we with in technology? raj: the technology has come very rapidly in the past several years since the 2007 car. the 2007 challenge basically the outcome was that 16 competed and our team from carnegie mellon won the competition. it demonstrated once and for all that the notion of a vehicle that can drive sits no longer science fiction. it demonstrated beyond a shadow of doubt it's only a question of when not. if so since then, they will hire key people from carnegie mellon, key people from stanford university and that's how google launched its division. google basically has publicized the technology and then when companies like uber came into being,

of agreement. 97-year-old mom voting her life. when pennsylvania passed i.d. law she no longer drives had to take her to motor vehicle's departmenti.d. supplied by the commonwealth of pennsylvania. i don't see any reason why state governments don't send someone to your house. if you can't do it, if there's some economic reason or age related reason. >> mobility. >> right. go to your house and take the picture. how hard is that? i do think we have to take care of this. >> dr. barber? >> the problem is we've had elections all the way through 2008. started with obama was elected and african-americans and latinos voted him in, all of sudden there's problem with fraud. it's not about photo i.d. norl north carolina rolled back same day registration and early voting and lied about fraud to pass strict voter i.d. and lied about not having i.d. when registered to vote. long discussion but ought to be talking about restoring the voting rights act and dealing with voter suppression proven in the courts and opening up access to the democracy. >> and as outgoing president said, we should be getting as many people, make it easier for people to

that vehicle has been created by the project that i lead with support from general motors through the u.s. department of transportation as well as the national science foundation. so because of our close working relationship with g.m., we are extremely sensitive to the aesthetics of the vehicle, the interior and the exterior as well. we try to package the technology in such a fashion that it looks very normal. it is something that gm would be proud to both design, manufacture and sell. peter: how far along are we with this technology? raj: the technology has come very rapidly in the past several years since the 2007 car. it has come very far. the 2007 challenge, basically the outcome was that 16 competed and our team from carnegie mellon won the competition. it demonstrated once and for all that the notion of a vehicle that can drive itself is longer science fiction. it demonstrated beyond a shadow of doubt it's only a question of question of when, not if. if so since then, google hired key people from carnegie mellon, key people from stanford university, and that's how google launched its self driving

and how the government there took many of the motor vehicle administration offices -- particularly in urban areas, closed them, and now the department of transportation is working with them so they will re-open them and it's almost like what happened with voter rights back in the 1960s. >> even deeper than just the voter suppression and the getting rid of the voting acts act, which is redistricting and re-alignment. you have states in wisconsin, the legislature is completely republican dominated. and yet more people vote for democratic candidates than for republican candidates because of the redistricting. jerrily map at thing sort do jerri gerrymandering. >> you quit barack obama, he said the following immigrant. if we're on with ourselves we'll admit there are times when some of us claiming to push for change, lost our way, including, he pointed out the self-defeating riots of the 1960s. how does that apply? >> the context of the quit, i was actually in d.c. and i his already listened to that peach and i threw my shoe at the television. he narrating that fit with the neocon position. and rosa parked sitting down in 65, and then i

alabama and the government there actually took many of the motor vehicle administration office, particularly urban areas closed them and the departmenttion is working with them so they will reopen and fix the problem. what happened with voting rights in the 1960s. >> even deeper, the voter suppression, voting rights act, redistricting and realignment. i am from wisconsin, legislature is republican dominated and more people vote for democratic candidates that republican antedates because of gerrymandering. that is structural and political at a deeper level. >> you quote barack obama, his speech on the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, he said, quote, if we are honest with ourselves we will admit there are times some of us claiming to push for change lost our way including, he pointeded out the 1960s. how does that apply to this? >> the context of that quote, i was in dc, i threw my shoe at it, i was really angry because the way in which he was narrating fit perfectly with the neocon, black freedom struggle begins with the brown versus board of education, apex in 1963 with i have a dream and everything, the wheels fall off,

and how the government there took many of the motor vehicle administration offices -- particularly in urban areas, closed them, and now the departmentn is working with them so they will re-open them and it's almost like what happened with voter rights back in the 1960s. >> even deeper than just the voter suppression and the getting rid of the voting acts act, which is redistricting and re-alignment. you have states in wisconsin, the legislature is completely republican dominated. and yet more people vote for democratic candidates than for republican candidates because of the redistricting. jerrily map at thing sort do jerri gerrymandering. >> you quit barack obama, he said the following immigrant. if we're on with ourselves we'll admit there are times when some of us claiming to push for change, lost our way, including, he pointed out the self-defeating riots of the 1960s. how does that apply? >> the context of the quit, i was actually in d.c. and i his already listened to that peach and i threw my shoe at the television. he narrating that fit with the neocon position. and rosa parked sitting down in 65, and then i have a dream and

and how the government there took many of the motor vehicle administration offices -- particularly in urban areas, closed them, and now the departmentn is working with them so they will re-open them and it's almost like what happened with voter rights back in the 1960s. >> even deeper than just the voter suppression and the getting rid of the voting acts act, which is redistricting and re-alignment. you have states in wisconsin, the legislature is completely republican dominated. and yet more people vote for democratic candidates than for republican candidates because of the redistricting. jerrily map at thing sort do jerri gerrymandering. >> you quit barack obama, he said the following immigrant. if we're on with ourselves we'll admit there are times when some of us claiming to push for change, lost our way, including, he pointed out the self-defeating riots of the 1960s. how does that apply? >> the context of the quit, i was actually in d.c. and i his already listened to that peach and i threw my shoe at the television. he narrating that fit with the neocon position. and rosa parked sitting down in 65, and then i have a dream and

motor pool. d.h.s. has the second largest civilian vehicle fleet in the federal government at an operating cost of about $462 million. there is a critical linkage between the department's operational effectiveness and national security missions and effective management of the resources and requirements by d.l.: -- by d.h.s. leadership. as such, enhancing oversight and management should help the department more effectively spend limited tax dollars on what the department actually needs to carry out its mission. with that, mr. speaker, i urge passage of h.r. 366 and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: i have no other speakers at this time. if the gentlelady has no other speakers, i'm prepared to close once the gentlelady does. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from new jersey. mrs. watson coleman: i don't have any further speakers, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. watson coleman: thank you, mr. speaker. h.r. 366 looks to strengthen management of d.h.s.'s fleet, it is also worth noting