atwater still faces state murder charges. the district attorney says the federal plea deal will not affect the state case, where atwater faces the death penalty. >>> atwater is scheduled to be sentenced in september. >>> one of the teens charged in the bullying case of a 15-year- old girl who committed suicide is back in court to face more charges. 18-year-old austin renault played -- pleaded not guilty to drunk driving today. he is among six pois charged with -- boys charmed with -- charged with bullying phoebe prince. she allegedly committed suicide after being bullied by the students. >>> a new tech person named gizmo zoo say its found the device in a bar. it has a long lasting battery and a camera for video conferencing. apple had no comment when it came to the phone. >>> the new apple ipad may be facing technical difficulties. a number of schools from george washington university and cornell and princeton have reported problems with wireless connection and network stability. they say the tablet malfunctions and even caus

. >> when strom thurmond switched parties and jesse helms can along lee atwater can along and the republicans to go for the leadership of the congress and whether you agree or not they had a complex set -- complicity racial appeal and that has had a major impact it seems to me in this whole issue of polarization. and it shows in the party basis. >> absolutely. and i wanted to make -- to emphasize the point i'd the changing racial composition of the party coalitions with the democratic coalition and non-whites becoming a very large share the democratic party is heavily dependent on non-white votes and there has been a regional realignment where the south has become the most republican region of the country. and even though obama made inroads it is still by far the most republican region of the country and whereas the northeast which 50 years ago when bob dole was first elected to the senate to the northeast was the most republican region of the country and now it's by far notwithstanding scott brown is the most by far the most space region of the countries we have seen the regional realignment

. >> would strom thurmond switched parties and then jesse helms came along, lee atwater came along and republicans took over the leadership of the congress, and whether you agree or not, they had an implicit racial appeal, and that has had a major impact it seems to me in this whole question of polarization, and it shows the party bases. >> absolutely, and i wanted to emphasize that point. i think the changing racial composition of the party coalition, with the democratic coalition and nonwhites becoming a very large share. the democratic party is very heavily dependent on nonwhite votes, and there has been a regional realignment, where the south has become the most republican region of the country and even though obama made some inroads there, it is by far the most republican region of the country, and whereas the northeast which 50 years ago when bob dole was first elected to the senate, the northeast was the most republican region of the country, and now it is by far the most, notwithstanding scott brown, it is the most by far the most democratic region of the country so we have see

. >> when strom thurmond switched parties and jesse helms can along lee atwater can along and the republicansto go for the leadership of the congress and whether you agree or not they had a complex set -- complicity racial appeal and that has had a major impact it seems to me in this whole issue of polarization. and it shows in the party basis. >> absolutely. and i wanted to make -- to emphasize the point i'd the changing racial composition of the party coalitions with the democratic coalition and non-whites becoming a very large share the democratic party is heavily dependent on non-white votes and there has been a regional realignment where the south has become the most republican region of the country. and even though obama made inroads it is still by far the most republican region of the country and whereas the northeast which 50 years ago when bob dole was first elected to the senate to the northeast was the most republican region of the country and now it's by far notwithstanding scott brown is the most by far the most space region of the countries we have seen the regional realignment

. >> when strom thurmond switched parties and jesse helms can along lee atwater can along and the republicansgo for the leadership of the congress and whether you agree or not they had a complex set -- complicity racial appeal and that has had a major impact it seems to me in this whole issue of polarization. and it shows in the party basis. >> absolutely. and i wanted to make -- to emphasize the point i'd the changing racial composition of the party coalitions with the democratic coalition and non-whites becoming a very large share the democratic party is heavily dependent on non-white votes and there has been a regional realignment where the south has become the most republican region of the country. and even though obama made inroads it is still by far the most republican region of the country and whereas the northeast which 50 years ago when bob dole was first elected to the senate to the northeast was the most republican region of the country and now it's by far notwithstanding scott brown is the most by far the most space region of the countries we have seen the regional realignment but