damon hewitt, welcome to democracy now!ut what election protection means, including the emergency litigation you have just filed in texas challenging voter intimidation practices at historically black pulling site in beaumont. >> thank you for your coverage. election protection coalition came together after the debacle of the 20 20 election, number of elections came together to develop the program, and attire cohesive approach to how we can stand the breach to protect voters. we have the hotline 866-our-vote , which is active right now, three under 65 days here that voters can call. -- 300 65 days a year that voters can call. we can deploy lawyers to act. sadly this is necessary because as you see in georgia and arizona, whether it is problems in the fundamental apparatus of simply getting out mail-in ballots or whether people with weapons menacing people at the polls, these things require action. just last night in beaumont, texas, linda followed lawsuit in federal district court just to address the fact in a particular po

civil rights lawyer damon hewitt representing the university of north carolina says affirmative action is still crucial. >> when you think about a world without affirmative action, think about what our workplaces would look like. >> reporter: poentss say there are other race-neutral ways to get diversity like looking at socioeconomic factor, and that was the focus of several of those conservative justices who seemed to suggest the clock on affirmative action is ticking. norah. >> jan crawford with those important arguments today, thank you. >>> we learned today the identity of the man who's been charged with murdering two teenage girls in delphi, indiana, nearly six years ago. 50-year-old richard allen was arrested friday after police made a big break in a cold case. allen worked at a cvs pharmacy in the town, allegedly developing photos for the families of the girls for free. the grandparents of one victim, 14-year-old liberty german, says they always felt the killer was close by, hiding in plain sight. >> nothing's ever going to bring, you know, liberty back. that's just a fact. will

civil rights lawyer damon hewitt, representing the university of north carolina, says affirmative actionl. >> when you think about a world without affirmative action, think about what our work places would look like, what our schools would look like. >> reporter: now, opponents of affirmative action say there are other, race-neutral ways to get diversity, like looking at socioeconomic factors. and that was the focus of several of those conservative justices, who seemed to suggest the clock on affirmative action is ticking. norah. >> o'donnell: jan crawford with those important arguments today. thank you. and, we learned today the identity of the man who's been charged with murdering two teenage girls in delphi, indiana, nearly six years ago. 50-year-old richard allen was arrested friday after police made a big break in a cold case. allen worked at a cvs pharmacy in the town, allegedly developing photos for the families of the girls for free. the grandparents of one victim, 14-year-old liberty german, says they always felt the killer was close by, hiding in plain sight. >> nothing's ever