it upheld a lower court ruling that alabama's republican drawn congressional districts disenfranchisedlack voters. >> the alabama legislature engaged in race-based gerrymandering. and they're not the only ones throughout the country who have done that, and we can at least draw some comfort from the fact that the 1965 voting rights act remains alive. >> the ruling means alabama will have to draw a new congressional map for next year's elections. >>> overseas now, we are learning more about the suspect who attacked young children with a knife. the victims range in age from 1 they're being treated at a hospital at this hour. charlie d'agata has the latest and, of course, we want to warn you that some of the details are graphic. >> reporter: harrowing cell phone footage shows the alleged attacker roaming around the children's playground, knife in hand. what happens next is too distressing to show. stros.eggetingby he was heard shouting "in e s c" four children are in the hospital, all under 3 years old, suffering from life-threatening injuries, police say. two adults were also wounded. "al

in a 5-4 decision that justice is struck down alabama's republican drawn congressional map. black district. despite more than one quarter of the states population being black. the ruling means alabama will have to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority black district. the opinion was written by chief justice john roberts. concert of justice brett kavanaugh also joined the courts three liberal justices in the ruling. overseas, police and the french alps are investigating a horrific knife attack at a playground that left four children and two adults injured. cbs's charlie d'agata reports the 31-year-old suspect's motives are unknown. we do want to warn you that some of the details are disturbing. >> reporter: harrowing cell phone footage shows the alleged attacker roaming around the children's playground, knife in hand. ats to witnesses say he began targeting toddlers, some in there baby strollers. he was heard shouting "in the name of jesus christ." four children are in the hospital, all under three years old, suffering from life-threatening injuries, polic

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justice roberts and justice brett kavanaugh sided with the court's liberal justices in finding alabama's republican-drawnessional districts unlawfully disadvantage black voters -- a violation of section 2 of the voting rights act which bars voting practices that discriminate based on race and color. plaintiffs argued the map packed and cracked voters in alabama's so-called black belt by crowding many of them into a single district and dispersing the rest into several other districts. the result was that despite the state having a black population greater than 25%, just one of its seven congressional districts was minority-majority. the court ordered alabama's legislature to redraw the map so there will be two. when chief justice roberts worked in the justice department and white house counsel's office during the reagan administration, documents show he was critical of the voting rights act. but in his opinion thursday, he said -- "we find alabama's new approach to section 2 compelling neither in theory nor in practice." meanwhile, justice clarence thomas wrote a 48-page dissent and called the case "yet a

redraw voting maps to accommodate black voters in a five-four vote yesterday, the justices ruled alabama republicanshe state's congressional voting map. the court ordered state lawmakers to create a second congressional district with a large black population. alabama now has 7 congressional districts with 6 represented by republicans. a bipartisan group of lawmakers are trying to stop electric vehicle makers from excluding am radio in their new models. well, experts originally claimed ev engines create interference with am signals. but now they say they can work to prevent it. some walmart makers say am radio is an essential safety tool pointing out it remains the mainstay of the emergency alert system. >> some companies claim to have announced the phase out of am radio. but we've also heard reports of consumers are not aware that their new car doesn't have radio until after left auto lot. >> ratings company nielsen says 82 million americans are still listening to am radio. and lawmakers want to know how consolidation in the healthcare industry is impacting quality and prices. doctors and experts fr

that ruling held a congressional map drawn by alabama republicans had denied black voters a reasonable chance to elect representatives of their choice. and then in what can only be seen as an immediate effect of that earlier alabama decision, yesterday the supreme court dismissed an appeal coming from louisiana that would have diluted the power of black voters. okay, given the recent very controversial and conservative rulings of this current supreme court like overturning roe v. wade, you may be wondering what exactly is happening over there on the roberts court. writing in slate today mark joseph stern writes the ruling is a paradigm attic example of the court's turn. republican litigants come forward -- roberts joined by the liberals plus justice brett kavanaugh or justice amy coney barrett or both declines the invitation. in the process this coalition gets to look reasonable, moderate, and independent even though they are just leaving the law where it was before. after the atomic bomb that was dobbs and its ongoing toxic fallout, kavanaugh and barrett must surely be taking some com

act prohibiting racial discrimination in voting in a 5-4 decision the justices struck down alabama's republican drawn congressional map. that includes only one majority black district despite more than one quarter of the state's dr conessional map to include a second majority black district. that's a look at your top stories. there's more with the as. >> yeah. the swings and miss keep going. a new dwis whether the as will leave oakland for vegas yesterday. legislators in nevada were supposed to discuss that $380 million public funding bill for a new stadium in a special session. most of them did not show up though. likely on purpose. for now with the strikeout for the team to build a new ballpark in sin city. >> this is kind of a 911 emergency call for a's fans i've been referring to, to rally together and fight just to keep the as in oakland. >> faithful fans wanting to keep the a's rooted in oakland feel they have some momentum now after nevada law makers failed to vote. the fact that 40 members did not show up gives fans hope that the city of oakland is still at play to keep the team. the ne

that ruling held that a congressional map drawn by alabama republicans and denied black voters a reasonableir choice. in what can only be seen as an immediate effect of that earlier alabama decision, yesterday the supreme court dismissed an appeal coming from louisiana that would have diluted the power of black voters. okay, given the recent, very controversial and conservative rulings of this current supreme court, like, overturning roe v. wade, you may be wondering, what exactly is happening over there on the roberts court? writing in slate today, mark joseph stern writes that the more v. harper ruling, one smacking down the lacking independent state legislator theory is a paradigm attic example of the course example this term. republican litigants come forward with a sloppy, big swing arguments that would destroy large swaths of progressive precedent and, in some cases, endanger our constitutional system. roberts, joined by the liberals, plus justice brett kavanaugh, or justice amy coney barrett, or both, declines the invitation. in the process, this coalition gets to look reasonable, mo

alabama. the republican stronghold is also known for its conservative and christian values and has one of the country's highest per capita execution rates. come on, boss. this lawyer moved here to defend inmates on death row. i'm alison mollman. i live and work in montgomery, alabama, with my partner steph and ourfarm of two dogs, three cats and two chickens. i think living in alabama as a woman is challenging. living in alabama is a queer woman is doubly challenging. for 50 years, pregnant women in the us had a right to an abortion during the first three months. alabama had been blocked from banning terminations until last summer... woman yells: abortion is violence! _ ..when the us supreme court reversed the roe v wade ruling and lawmakers in individual states were handed the power to decide. the procedure is now illegal here, unless there's a serious risk to the mother, with no exceptions for rape or incest. in january, alison found out she was pregnant. i was at home by myself and called my partner and was like, "you need to come home," like, "something's happened". so, she was very nervo

you have republican alabama senator, tommy tucker ville, holding up some 250 senior military appointments. according to politico. allegedly, in protest of the defense departments stance on abortion. despite complaints from the pentagon that the move is harming americans security, then this week, you had ohio republican senator, j.d. vance, vowing to put a procedural hold on president biden's picks for the justice department. impeding their confirmation, in protest of donald trump's indictment. what is your take on your colleagues on the other side of the aisle? >> i think we have a lot of work that we need to be doing here in the congress, as americans are still pushing their way through the ongoing challenges of a pandemic. as we are trying to create jobs and opportunity for every american it seems we would remain focused on our work. i want you to think about this. here we have the united states senator, holding up the promotions of key military personnel. when i think about our sisters and brothers in uniform, they are the best among us. they are the ones who have committed their lives

when mike rogers, republican of alabama who was presiding over the vote, asked whether all lawmakers had voted, hakeem jeffries, flashed a green card to dozens of democrats waiting in the well of the chamber who immediately voted yes and brought the rule over the hurdle. democrats stressed their support for the initial parliamentary vote would not come without a price. in exchange, the democratic leader will win a private pledge for concessions from mccarthy on legislation considered this summer or fall. mccarthy's office did not respond to request for comment but asked wednesday whether he would cut a deal to have democrats vote for the rule, mccarthy responded, no, no. we are getting your reaction to the house passing this debt limit deal now moving to the senate. republicans, dial in at (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000 and independents, (202)-748-8002. you can also text us at (202)-748-8003. let's listen to the minority leader, hakeem jeffries, on the floor yesterday about this agreement. [video clip] >> it appears you may have lost control of the floor of the house of re

iowa, missouri, ohio, louisiana, virginia, florida, and alabama, all republican led.rks when states take part in it. what are we talking about in terms of potential impact when states leave the program? miles: what we are talking about is less efficient and less secure elections. that is what every election official has told me. over time, if you have slight inaccuracies in your voter rolls, it will not be the next day after a staples out. and it means is over it can mean longer lines at precincts because they are less targeted for where people are living. it can mean election mail which can be information, mail ballots getting sent to the wrong places, which can be a security issue as well as inefficiency. taxpayer dollars are going to pay for mail not being received by voters. there are all these different downstream he -- downstream effects from having less accurate voter rolls. the election experts i talked to were as concerned about what this says about the power of the election to noun movement in this country. we have seen this growing group of people motivated

have since left -- iowa, missouri, ohio, louisiana, west virginia, virginia, florida, and alabama, all republicant. this program works when states take part in it, right? so what are we talking about in terms of potential impact when states leave the program? miles: i mean, what we're talking about is less efficient and less secure elections. that's what every election official has told me. that's what every election expert has told me. so, over time, if you have slight inaccuracies in your voter rolls, it's not going to be the next day after a state pulls out, the entire election system is just going to collapse. what it means is, over time, it can mean longer lines at precincts because they're less targeted for where people are actually living. it can mean election mail, which can be information, it can be mail ballots, getting sent to the wrong places, which can be a security issue, as well as in inefficiency. taxpayer dollars are going to pay for mail that is not being received by voters. so there's all these different downstream effects from having less accurate voter rolls. but the election

brown in both shores, alabama -- gulf shores, alabama. " republican who never voted for trump, as everyone is saying we are truly divided." another text, "i do believe president trump is being persecuted, but he left himself open to these charges. i think he needs to own his, mistake and then people could rally around him more effectively." that is wayne in ticonderoga, new york. john is in virginia right across the river. caller: they try to go after trump in so many different ways. the impeachment failed. to the credit of these people they went to florida and they have what looks to be a pretty good case. people are bothered by the fact that they didn't really get after hillary clinton because of her home -- which she kept her records on. that should have been looked into better. it wasn't. this is serious stuff. for me, however, why trump is really in trouble, it was nothing he did that was illegal. it was the 87 minutes he sat in the white house and watched what was going on, on january 6. you can't have a guy like that in the white house who may face a nuclear crisis. we do not have t

alabama's congressional map that critics said diluted the power of black voters. in a 5-4 decision the court upheld a lower court ruling that found a restricting map drawn by the republican led alabama legislature violated the voting rights act because it only drew one district out of seven that had a majority of black voters, even though more than one in four alabamians are black. in his opinion for the court, chief justice john roberts wrote that the voting rights act does not permit states to provide some voters less opportunity to participate in the political process. the court's ruling, he added was based on a fair reading, containing undeniable evidence of alabama's extensive history of repugnant racial and voting related discrimination. that fierce descent justice clarence thomas said it amounted to hijacking the districting process to pursue a goal that has no legitimate claim under our constitutional system. the proportional allocation of political power on the basis of race. today's ruling will have immediate impacts on another coverage national district in alabama with a majority black population and more. >> this will have an impact far beyond alabama and wil

alabama's congressional map, which critics say diluted the power of black voters. in a 5 to 4 decision, the court upheld a lower court ruling that found a redistricting map drawn by the republican led alabama legislature violated the voting rights act because it drew only one district out of seven. that had a majority of black voters, even though more than 1 in 4 alabama residents are black. it's a decision experts say will have immediate consequences. the cook political report, which handicaps elections, changed its ratings for five house races, moving each one towards the democrats in his opinion. for the court, chief justice roberts wrote, the voting rights act does not permit a state to provide some voters less opportunity to participate in the political process, adding that the record contained undeniable evidence of alabama's extensive history of repugnant racial and voting related discrimination. in his dissent, justice clarence thomas said roberts and the liberals have endorsed hijacking the districting process to pursue a goal that has no legitimate claim under our constitutional system, the proportional allocation of political power on the basis of race. political ana

brown in both shores, alabama -- gulf shores, alabama. " republican who never vod for trump, as everyones saying we are truly divided." another text, "i do believe president trump is being peecuted, but he left himself open to these charges. i think he needs to own his, mistake and then people could rally around him more effectively." that is wayne in ticonderoga, new york. john is in virginia right across the river. caller: they try to go after trump in so many different ways. the impeachment failed. to the credit of these people they went to florida and they have what looks to be a pretty good case. people are bothered by the fact that they didn't really get after hillary clinton because of her home -- which she kept her records on. that should have been looked into better. it wasn't. this is serious stuff. for me, however, why trump is really in trouble, it was nothing he did that was illegal. it was the 87 minutes he sat in the white house and watched what was going on, on january 6. you can't have a guy like that in the white house who may face a nuclear crisis. we do not have the t

california's community schools: reimagining public education. >>> republican alabama senator tommy tubervilleis commitment to hold up hundreds of promotions in the military even as he is facing growing criticism for doing so. tuberville says the hold is going to stay until the senate votes on a pentagon policy that ensures service members have access to reproductive healthcare after the supreme court overturned roe vs. wade. cnn's manu raju caught up with the senator today and asked if he was worried about whether pentagon officials say the backlog could impact military readiness. this is what he said. >> i've talked to generals and admirals and if i felt it was that much of a problem we wouldn't be having this. it is not affecting it. we could do three or four a day if they are really that concerned but nobody is concerned about it. so why would i be concerned about it? >> joining me now, democratic illinois senator tammy duckworth a member of the armed services committee and iraq war combat veteran. good evening, senator. thank you for being here. you heard what your colleague said there te

let's bring in my political panel former democratic senator doug jones from alabama and former republicanida. doug, let's start with the exclusive nbc reporting that a federal grand jury in the trump classified document case will be meeting this week after a brief hiatus. the investigation by the special counsel could lead to a federal indictment for the former president, who is already been indicted in new york for falsifying business documents. and is being probed in georgia for alleged election interference. how do you think this documents case ranks among the many legal problems facing the former president and the warmer presidential candidate right now? >> you know, rev, it's hard to rank these cases. there are so many of them out there, and all of them are very serious. i think where this one ranks is where we expect something to go, relatively soon. it's hard to read the tea leaves with any prosecutor, much less federal prosecutors. >> and you've been a federal prosecutor, that's why wonder opinion. >> yeah. it seems to me that we are get into the end of the road in this. a decisio

orders the state of alabama to create a second congressional district with a large black population. 2 conservative justices joined the court's liberals in rejecting the republicant. >> to weaken a landmark voting rights law. our washington correspondent jessi tenure has more. >> today was historic win. alabama democrat congresswoman terri sewell celebrated the u.s. supreme court's 5, 4 decision thursday that ruled in favor of her state's black voters are representative government works best when we have fair and equal representation and that's what we're fighting for. more than a quarter of alabama's population is black. but because of the way those voters are divided up school is the only black lawmaker representing one of the state's 7 congressional districts. the ruling directs alabama to create a second district made of mostly black voters. the alabama legislature. >> engage in race based gerrymandering house democratic leader hakeem jeffries praised the decision with school. >> who will now see her own district change. it's a small price to pay to to carve up my district in order to be able to have to majority minority districts. republicans control the le

space command to alabama, citing the state's near-total ban on abortion. in response, republican lawmakers from alabama threatened to freeze federal spending on space command's temporary headquarters in colorado springs. in news from georgia, a police swat team raided a home in atlanta wednesday and arrested three organizers with the atlanta solidarity fund. the nonprofit group has been raising money to bail out protesters opposed to the construction of a massive police training facility known as cop city. lawyers have described the raids and arrests on the bail fund as unprecedented. on wednesday, kamau franklin with community movement builders spoke at a rally outside the dekalb county jail. >> we will not be intimidated. we will not be stopped. we will not be out organized. we will not let them time and time again take the only thing they have at their disposal, which is the brutal nature of their police force to stop us. we will fight back here in the city of atlanta. we will fight back in the state of georgia. [indiscernible] amy: the raid on the bail fund comes as 42 activi

in a 5-4 decision the supreme court black voters in alabama challenging the state's republican friendly congressional ma'am. it affirmed a lower court decision that concluded the state's existing map based on the 2020 census likely violates the voting rights act. alabama currently has just one black majority district out of seven seats in a statewide population that is about one quarter black. justices sotomayor, kagan and sotomayor jackson joined chief justice roberts in the majority decision. while the markets were you present today led by technology stocks the dow added 169. the s&p 500 gained 26, for a return to bull market territory. nasdaq finished ahead 134. up next, how china and iran are teaming up to build hypersonic weapons and what the u.s. is doing about it. first, here is what some of our fox affiliate around the country are covering tonight. fox 13 in portland as the city council votes in favor of an updated camping ban. it is the latest move to try to reduce homelessness. it puts portland in compliance with state law. the ban goes into effect the first of july. fox 5 in

alabama's congressional map, which critics say diluted the power of black voters. jobina: in a 5-4 decision, the court upheld a lower court ruling that found a redistricting map drawn by the republicanw only one district out of seven that had a majority of lack voters, even though more than one in four alabama residents are black. experts believe the decision will have immediate consequences. in his opinion for the court, chief justice roberts wrote "the voting rights act does not permit a states to voters less opportunity to participate in the voting process," adding the record contained evidence of alabama's history of repugnant racial discrimination. in a dissent, justice clarence thomas said roberts and the liberals are hijacking the districting process to pursue a goal that has no legitimate claim under our constitutional system, the proportional allocation of political power on the basis of race. >> a political its ratings for multiple house ratings, moving them toward the democrats. jobina: with republicans enjoying only a slim majority in the house right now, this ruling could be a key factor in determining who controls the house after the 2024 election. reggie: thank you. t

blocking more than 250 promotions and refusing to budge on this, and we are talking about the republican from alabama won't change his mind until the pentagon changes its policies on providing travel costs and time off for receiving abortion or reproductive care. now, some of the officials including some of his fellow republicans in the senate say that holding up the promotions have become a national security problem. this is what tuberville said a moment ago. >> my hold will remain in place, and i will keep my hold until the pentagon follows the law, and congress changes law, and these jobs are being done as we speak. they are not empty. four months into this situation, it is obvious that people are doing the job. it is not affecting our readiness. anyone who says otherwise is wrong. >> we are now joined by national security spokesman retired admiral john kirby with us from the white house, and what do you say to that, sir? he says that anyone who says that this is affecting readiness is wrong. >> well, we obviously have a different opinion here, and the fact is that when you hold up this many admir

surprise 5 for decision the court ruled that the state of alabama had in fact, violated the 1965 voting rights act with the way that it's republican lawmakers of drew, the current map for federal elections alabama has 7 congressional districts currently only one of them has a majority black population. that's the one in dark blue in the center left of the map. you can see there. now that is even though black people make up 27 percent. so over a quarter of alabama's total population, the supreme court ruling requires alabama to now draw a 2nd district with a black majority of this decision reaffirms the landmark voting rights act, signed by president. lyndon johnson in 1965, which was designed to prevent racial discrimination in voting. the law came in response to black people being denied their rights to vote. and alabama and other southern states precisely, that discrimination triggered peaceful protests that were often broken up through really fine police, gloria jane brown. marshall is a professor of constitutional law at john jay college in new york city. and she's also the author of the book, the voting rights will be in doub

surprise 5 for decision the court ruled that the state of alabama had in fact, violated the 1965 voting rights act with the way that it's republican lawmakers of drew, the current map for federal elections l alabama has 7 congressional districts currently only one of them has a majority black population. that's the one in the dark blue in the center left of the map. you can see there. now that is even though black people make up 27 percent . so over a quarter of alabama, the total population, the supreme court ruling requires alabama to now draw a 2nd district with a black majority of this decision reaffirms the landmark voting rights act, signed by president. lyndon johnson in 1965, which was designed to prevent racial discrimination in voting. the law came in response to black people being denied their rights to vote. and alabama and other southern states precisely, that discrimination triggered peaceful protests that were often broken up through really fine police, gloria jane brown. marshall is a professor of constitutional law at john jay college in new york city. and she's also the author of the book, the voting rights will

decision, brett kavanaugh was the swing vote, and he allowed alabama to use its racist maps for the last election, which helped republicans gain control of the house. and it's brett kavanaugh who looks like the buffoon now for flipping at the late date. now it's like, it was clearly racist. it turns out pam alabama got this whole federal election cycle with a racist map. >> first, it feels like a setup a little bit because they have a whole bunch of other cases like affirmative action and all sorts of other stuff coming down the pike they could actually really hurt folks on, so it feels like that could happen. i will note, tina, am i going with this right now? i don't see it up here. donald trump, i will note for my two legal eagles here, is putting on his social media platform that he is being indicted. he is saying that. so we don't have any confirmation of that. it's donald trump. he says that he's going to appear in court, in miami, on tuesday at 3:00. so that is from donald trump. again, that is not from a news outlet. it's from truth social, which is not the news, but donald trump is not good at filtering himself. h

alabama. the high court rejected a republican led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law. as vox's griff jenkins reports, alabama lawmakers now have some work to do. a supreme court surprise. chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh sided with the court's three liberals to force alabama to throw out its congressional district map and start over, saying the gop state legislature diluted black voting power across several majority white districts. alabama's only black member of congress watched the case play out in october at the supreme court representing matters. and this is the case about fair representation. african americans in alabama are 27% of the population and yet we have only one of the seven seats. it's simply not fair. part of the surprise is that chief justice roberts, who has famously opposed race based solutions for voting, wrote this ruling and said while the opinion thursday upholding section two of the voting rights act does not diminish his concerns, alabama was understanding of section two would require a binding for decades of the court's se

today, in a 5-4 decision, the court ruled to up hold key protections by striking down republican gerrymandering in alabama civil rights groups successfully argued discriminated against black voters. back with me is nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. this was a bit of a surprise. >> especially given that it was authored by chief justice john roberts who in the past has shown, how shall we say, hostility to the voting rights act in previous decisions. he's joined by justice kavanaugh in agreeing with the voting rights advocates that said one district the two showed on the map, cramming in the majority of black voters, impermissibly violated federal law. they could have had two districts, instead they had one, and by doing one, even if it wasn't intentionally created to exclude voters out of the process, it had a discriminatory impact. and that violated the law. >> was this just so egregious. we have been talking about gerrymander, and the supreme court didn't get involved in the wisconsin maps, they didn't. why was this one one where chief justice roberts says this is a bridge too far? >> i

we have >> during his speech, president chastised republicans such as senator tommy tuberville of alabama for praising the benefits, a buy-back programs while voting against them. 26 million american borrowers could find out tomorrow if the u.s. supreme court will reject president biden's student debt relief plan and the justices are slated to announce their next round of opinions in the morning and the lone ruane is one of only 7 cases remaining this term. the justices will determine whether borrowers who earn less than $125,000 annually. >> will receive up to $20,000 in federal debt forgiveness. the decision comes about 3 months before loan slated to resume. this all follows a 3 year pandemic pause. the justices will also announce their ruling on affirmative action in college admissions in the coming days. >> and still ahead at 6, florida's controversial don't say law goes into effect in just days. details on how it affects families with young students. >> the expansion of one of florida's most controversial laws goes into effect saturday. florida's parental rights in education law will

implications for this nation, and like i said, it's not about me, it's not about alabama, alone and it's not about republicanmocrat. it's about what's fair. and what's fair, symone, is that african american voters, minority voters across this nation their power, whether voting power should not be diluted. and you know, i know that john lewis and those foot soldiers that marched, that blood, that died in my hometown of selma, alabama, in order for there to be unequal votes in order democracy, they're smiling at this decision. it's a major decision. and a major win for minority voters across this nation. >> in america, the people still have the power. congresswoman, terri sewell, thank you very, very much. >> thank you, no symone. >> looks, there was no bigger proponent of the importance of keeping americas secret secure, then donald trump in 2016. it's all indeed in the indictment, gas, up next i'm gonna dig into why that matters now, with my panel of legal and political experts. but first, you all know who has a, my bestie is here, richard lui, with these other top news. norrie >>'s case, on a very good day

alabama, missouri. and then you've got republican at the table who nobody paid attention to before they left the republican party win against trump. the easiest thing in the town is to be resistant to once supported trump. they grab you no questions asked, they love it. what's the purpose of the meeting? they got nothing done except to embarrass them self. i don't think joe biden is vulnerable to no labels, he's vulnerable to cornell west, rf kennedy jr. but 1992, he won 19% of the popular vote and zero electoral votes. bill clinton won 68.8 of the delegates at the electoral. he became president with 43%. they know it can happen with trump and they are scared. >> laura: this really does beg the question about the veracity of their claims to be the defenders of the normal order, dignity, the democratic process. the insurrectionist's are coming again. get the fence is going around the capital. >> the whole idea they changed parties because of donald trump. bill kristol doesn't like any republicans. he's working to elected joe biden. >> laura: is he still waiting for that? >> he went on twitter and talked on

. >> reporter: republican jay town was appointed in 2017 by mr. trump to be alabama's top federal prosecutor >> if the president was directing people to lie, directing people or himself moving information around that is the object of the grand jury subpoena and doj's investigation, well, that's obstruction of justice. that is a conspiracy to commit false statements and that's against the law. >> reporter: law professor ryan goodman, a trump critic, has studied espionage act cases. >> this is one of the most incredibly strong indictments that i've seen compared to all other indictments under the espionage act for retention of military secrets in the past 20-plus years. >> reporter: experts say the most compelling evidence might be two recordings. one by a lawyer hired to help mr. trump comply with a justice department subpoena, quoting mr. trump as telling the la lawyer, "wouldn't it be better if we tell them we just tonight have anything here?" and the second featuring mr. trump himself, acknowledging he possesses secret information about u.s. military plans. how power

supreme court today struck down republican-drawn congressional districts in alabama that civil rightscriminated against black voters. the ruling was a surprising departure from court opinions over the past decade narrowing the scope of the voting rights act. chief justice john roberts wrote the majority opinion and was joined by the three liberal justices as well as conservative justice brett kavanaugh. to help us understand the significance of all this, i'm joined by newshour's supreme court analyst marcia coyle -- and redistricting expert, david wasserman of the cook political report with amy walter. welcome to you both. marsha, we will start with you. the chief justice wrote there were legitimate concerns the voting rights act may impermissibly elevated race and the allocation of political power within the states but added our opinion today does not diminish or disregard these concerns. it simply holds a faithful application of art precedents and fair reading of the record do not bear them out here. what is the court saying with this ruling? >> i think the chief justice is saying t

favor of like voters in a congressional redistricting case in alabama with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a republican led effort. chief justice john roberts and brett kavanaugh lined with liberals and a lower court ruling that found a likely violation of the voting rights act and alabama congressional map with one majority black seat out of seven districts in the seat were -- were more than one in four residents are black. they have a new map for it next year's election and this was anticipated for the potential effect on controlling closely divided u.s. house of representatives because of the ruling. it could allow democratic leaning black voters to elect their preferred candidate. john in massachusetts, independent line. >> yes, how are you doing? the problem is trump went in thinking america was a business. america is not a business. the republican party thinks america business. america is a cooperation of three people. the president elected as a representative of the presidential office. he is not a ceo. ceos can take their paperwork home. representatives cannot. that is what i've learned in high

the court decided a congressional redistricting map drawn by the republican led alabama state legislature. under this legislature's map the court found many black voters were packed into one district, many others cracked or splintered into other districts, diluting their influence in elections. the chief justice, in his opinion, writing the voting rights act does not permit a state to provide some voters less opportunity to participate in the political process. fierce dissent justice thomas said the approach that roberts and the liberals took is a proportional allocation of power. roberts said the court was following the law. the voting rights act. this decision will have a huge political impact not just in alabama but right across the country. it could tip the balance of power in the house of representatives after the next election. guys? >> okay. thanks very much. coming up in our gma morning menu the l.a. rams coach who helped save a drowning child. we'll tell you what he learned after damar hamlin's cardiac arrest. >>> the virginia mom working to cancel school lunch debt for everyone.

>> and back here at home in a surprise ruling the supreme court struck down republican drawn congressional districts in alabama as a violation of the voting rights act. the court ruled 5-4 backing civil rights activists who say the new districts discriminated against black voters. chief justice john roberts and donald trump appointed justice bret kavanaugh joined the liberals in the majority. the map of the seven districts will now have to be redrawn, but as nbc news reports kavanaugh wrote a separate opinion that leaves open future challenges to the law based on whether there is a time when the consideration of race in redistricting is no longer justified. the white house celebrated the unexpected win, and naacp president derek johnson wrote in a statement this, this decision is a victory is a triumph for democracy. this one was unexpected. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," we're going to have complete continuing coverage of the indictment of former president donald j. trump. we'll be right back with that and some of the morning's other top headlines. g's other top headlines. power e*trade's award-winn

alabama, independent line. caller: hello. i would like to say that we are going back and forth, blaming democrats, republicans, and whoever else. the real issue with immigration is congress'not doing their jobs. they should create a program that goes to all states as well as immigrants so they can properly enter into the country and make it more efficient, instead of going back and forth. it is a waste of time. host: michael in florida. republican line. caller: good morning. the last caller made a lot of sense. we supposedly have a law on the books about immigration and it would seem appropriate that we ought to enforce the law you have and not blame democrats or republicans for failing to do it. i think the supreme court decision you talked about at the beginning of the show that was rendered yesterday -- i guess i agree with the decision. it seems to be saying the government can prioritize how they will go about enforcing the law. you cannot go arrest all illegal people. i think the biden administration, although i don't agree with much of what they do, have the right to say that we should prioritize this and go after the on

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. >>> and in a surprise ruling, the supreme court struck down republican-drawn congressional districts in alabamaon of the voting rights act. the court ruled 5-4 backing civil rights activists who say the new districts discriminat ed against black voters. chief justice john roberts and trump-appointed justice brett kavanaugh joined the liberals in the majority. the map of the seven districts will now have to be redrawn. the white house celebrated the unexpected win and naacp president derek johnson wrote in a statement, quote, this decision is a victory for black america and a triumph for our democracy, a proper democracy cannot function without the black vote. >>> and still ahead on "morning joe," we will have much more to cover on donald trump's indictment in the classified documents case. a federal indictment, including reaction from republicans on capitol hill. "morning joe" is coming right back. capitol hill "morning joe" is coming right back my asthma felt anything but normal. a blood test helped show my asthma is driven by eosinophils, which nucala helps reduce. nucala is a once-monthly ad

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