i really appreciate officer hall who is also in eric chang's position; our organization has been involved with this commission for six years. while we have made lots of progress distilled is appointed that on a regular basis, almost every day, i will talk to someone who said that they did not know that they could have an interpreter. they were not offered an interpreter. they did not even get to speak to the police officer on the scene because there was no interpreter or they have to wait an hour or something along those lines and when you think about for survivor, even if they know they will get to have an interpreter, if they have to wait whether an hour or 45 minutes and during that time the officer is talking probably to the abusive partner, it changes the dynamic. the police come in but they're not always 100 percent sure that calling the police in the situation is going to be the most successful route. and then you have is a situation where they're not able to communicate, that don't know what is going on and the city officer talking to the abusive party who a lot of times is a lot

. >> there is qirt a buzz about what eric chang is doing with this little helicopter. last week capturing this striking video of surfers in the santa cruz. within hours it was all over the internet. >> it's an angle you rarely get to see in surf except during large competitions. >> chang says the video shot in minutes but the result of months of preparation starting with an ordinary radio controlled drone. >> it comes ready to fly out of the box with a radio and a battery. >> but that lasts only four minutes into the air because of what is attached to it when flying camera stays level. >> this electronic gimble keeps every shot smooth. and a radio transmitter let's him see what he is getting. >> they're small enough to take risks. >> chang says what struck is how easy to create beautiful image that's would have otherwise been impossible. >> i feel like there is potential for beauty to be associated with this word, drone. >> what is more beautiful than nature? he spent years photographing sea life underwater. the next project swril a different point of view. >> wildlife

. >> there is qirt a buzz about what eric chang is doing with this little helicopter.ast week capturing this striking video of surfers in the santa cruz. within hours it was all over the internet. >> it's an angle you rarely get to see in surf except during large competitions. >> chang says the video shot in minutes but the result of months of preparation starting with an ordinary radio controlled drone. >> it comes ready to fly out of the box with a radio and a battery. >> but that lasts only four minutes into the air because of what is attached to it when flying camera stays level. >> this electronic gimble keeps every shot smooth. and a radio transmitter let's him see what he is getting. >> they're small enough to take risks. >> chang says what struck is how easy to create beautiful image that's would have otherwise been impossible. >> i feel like there is potential for beauty to be associated with this word, drone. >> what is more beautiful than nature? he spent years photographing sea life underwater. the next project swril a different point of view. >> wildlife i

attorney-general eric holder has had a 24 hour changing public focus that led to the acquittal of george zimmerman that has led the attorney general away from the original accusation of racism aimed at the jury in the entire year judicial system and the nation's top law-enforcement official this afternoon decided instead t target the stand your ground laws and those exercise their rights under the law. here is the attorney general moments ago at the naacp conference in orlando miles from stanford wears a permit was acquitted of second degree murder a and manslaughter saturday nit. >> separate and apart from the case has drawn national attention it is time to question laws that since easily expand the concept of state -- self defense and our neighborhoods. they cut to fix something that was never broken. there has always been a legal defense accused of the force if it, and it is retreat is available. but we must examen laws that take this further to limit the common-sense of the age-old requirement that those who feels they've been negative teatened have a duty to retreat to if they can d

. >> eric: facebook did have a change of heart. the blocking of that page claiming it was quote, a mistake and they apologized for the error. it lingers why pat starnes was blocked in the first place. pages like this clearly vulgar, they are not. that is wrap on news watch thanks to our panel. i'm eric shawn, keep it right here on the fox news channel. >> gregg: fox news alert. new details now in the crash of flight 214 in san francisco. two teenage girls from china on their way to enjoy a classic american summer tradition are now instead confirmed dead. hello, i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new honor inside america's news headquarters. >> heather: i'm heather childers. they were on their way to summer camp. so far they are the only fatalities in the crash that spared so many others. hundred people remain hospitalized with various injuries. 49 in critical condition. 53 of the patients originally hospitalized and treated at san

attorney general eric holder has had a 24-hour political metamorphos metamorphosis. changing his public focus on the events that led to the acquittal of george zimmerman. his thought journey has led the attorney jenna wayrom his original accusations of racism aimed at the jury and the entire judicial system. the nation's top law forcement official this afternoon decided instead to target the so-called stand-your-ground laws and those who exercise their rights under those laws. here's the attorney general just moments ago at the naacp conference in orlando. just miles from sanford, florida, where zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter saturday night. >> separate and apart from the -- it's time to talk about laws that senselessly talk about self-defense and dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. these laws tried to fix something that was never broken. there has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if and the if is important. if no safe retreat is available. but we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense

state of texas should required to go thru a pre-clearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> ericl texas do? joining us from austin is the attorney general from texas, republican greg abbott. what's your reaction to what you just heard? >> well, eric, this is nothing more than political theater. remember the shot you showed was eric holder making the announcement about coming after texas legally, that was not in a courtroom, that was the national urban league. the other fact also is that months before eric holder made that announcement, barack obama's national field director has been talking about coming to texas and trying to turn texas blue. the last thing is that eric holder and the obama administration are joining a lawsuit working side by side with the texas democratic party, trying to change the redistricting maps, so this is nothing more than using the voting rights act for partisan political purposes and it's highly inappropriate? >> the other side, that's what the republicans are doing, holder says there is interimination. reverend jesse jackson said that texans could los

yes, sir, i'm politically incorrect and happy as june bug. [ laughter ] >> eric: facebook did have a changet reaction to the blocking of the page, it was a mistake and they apologized for the error. question still lingers why he was blocked in the first place. the pages clearly vulgar, they are not. thanks to our panel today. i'm eric shawn. keep it right here on the fox news channel. >> gregg: this is a fox news alert. you are looking at live pictures of san francisco international airport. fox news has confirmed through the faa that a boeing 777 operated by asiana airlines crashed upon landing. we can't give you any further details. we don't know how many people were on board. it's one of two top airliners operating out of south korea but this is an asiana airlines. boeing which has been in production since the mid 1970s and has

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sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: attorney general eric holder wants texas to get federal court approval before changing election rules, part of an administration strategy to challenge laws it says discriminate by race. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, the justice department move comes after the supreme court threw out part of the voting rights act. we examine the legal battle ahead. >> brown: then, a major hedge fund has been charged with securities fraud and insider trading. hari sreenivasan explores the indictment and the effort to root out financial crimes. >> woodruff: some of california's most dangerous felons are on a hunger strike after being held in isolation for years. we go inside the prison to see what conditions are like for the inmates and their guards. >> i believe that certain people should be isolated. but without no sunlight, going years with no sunlight, it would be nice to look out a window and see the outside. that would be nice. >> woodruff: officials in pyongyang unveiled a new cemetery for korean war veterans, the fir

changes is now essentially null and void. but two important sections of the law remain. attorney general eric holder this week signaled he's going to take full advantage of both of those. what's going on here is that plaintiffs in the state of texas, latin american groups, african-american groups and other lawmakers in the state who want to protect minority voting rights, have sued the governor over there redistricting plan. the justice department says it's going to intervene in that case. and if there is a finding of intentional discrimination under section three of the voting rights act, a part that's still intact, the justice department wants texas to have to serve 10 years in the federal penalty box before it makes any kind of election changes whatsoever. it's got to get eric holder's blessing and whoever takes that office afterwards pete: so they would get the same kind of pre-clearance they would have gotten before it was struck down. instead of being automatic you'd have to go to the court and get the judge's authority to do that. >> there are a couple of important things heerm. one is

formula based on current da to to term what states had to get the preapproval for changes in their voting laws. what eric holder did yesterday is he, you know, he said, we want congress to do this. we want them to make this change, but meanwhile, we can't wait for congress. it's a divided congress to agree on a new formula for voting rights because it's an important issue. we're going to use other parts of the voting rights act, namely sections 2 and 3, to go after states with a history of discrimination. >> host: how hard does the justice department anticipate this will be? what are the next moves, and how much pushback are they going to get? >> it's going to be very difficult because, as i said, under section 4 and sections 5 under preclearance, there was this group of states that automatically, any change in the voting law, they had to come to justice or federal courts, but now they have to go state by state, go to court to get the states to come for preapproval, and just to show the difficulty, yesterday, the attorney general said they are going to start with texas, the largest state, and they are go

what is your criteria for the perfect guy and we could change, eric, couldn't we? gretchen: you can always go to medical school. >> brian: right. we're thinking about it. >> eric: obamacare is going to ruin the whole doctor thing. >> brian: don't start talking down the study. straight ahead. >> gretchen: why couldn't americans understand one of the most important witnesses in the george zimmerman trial? this colombia professor had an idea. >> she was very articulate. i think people did understand her. she's speak black english. a lot of people think black english is bad gramar but that's like saying a cocker spaniel is a bad kind of saint bernard. they're different kinds of english. >> gretchen: is it right or offensive? we'll debate it. >> brian: then a reporter gets revenge against the punks who tried to sabotage his live shot. good job. and i have a massive ht attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestruc

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attorney-general eric holder has had a 24 hour changing public focus that led to the acquittal of georgezimmerman that has led the attorney general away from the original accusation of racism aimed at the jury in the entire year judicial system and the nation's top law-enforcement official this afternoon decided instead to target the stand your ground laws and those exercise their rights under the law. here is the attorney general moments ago

sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: attorney general eric holder wants texas to get federal court approval before changing election rules, part of an administration strategy to challenge laws it says discriminate by race. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown.

today confirms that president obama is firmly behind attorney general eric holder opinion that "stand your ground" need to be changedof gun-control. here is the spokesman earlier today. >>

in the wake of last week's not guilty verdict, eric holder wants to change that. >> it's time to questionangerous cons in our neighborhood. unfortunately, has victimized too many who are innocent. it is our collective obligation. we must stand our ground. >> brian: can they really consider that self-defense? can self-defense be considered a crime then? joining us right now to weigh in, peter johnson, jr. stand your ground, 30 states say that's okay with me. >> 30 states say it's okay. it allows people to stand their ground. there is no obligation to retreat in the face of serious bodily harm or a risk of death. and it didn't even become an issue in terms of this case. that was not the defense in the zimmerman case. the defense was straight justify final homicide based on self-defense. there was no ability to retreat based on the evidence in the case for george zimmerman who said he was down on the ground mma style being pummeled and that mr. martin went for his gun, his lawful hand gun and then he fired it as a result. but what we're seeing with mr. holder is really a grand distraction. w

states with a history of discrimination to get approval from the feds before changing their voting laws. attorney general ericlder says the they will challenge state voting laws. who better to talk about this than our political panel right there? good to see both of you. the band is back together. >> good to see you. >> most republicans are furious, anna, including texas governor rick perry. what's your take? >> i think those republicans who agree and disagree, i think the court was wise here. they determined that this is no longer 1965 when the voting rights act was passed. things are better in some places. the map needs to be redrawn. they also left certain protections for places where there is recent or current discrimination occurring. if there are such cases, i think there needs to be investigations and there needs to be action brought. they are going to have to prove that. it can't be political and it can't be just a knee-jerk reaction. i think the court left room for protecting voting violations, but at the same time they recognize that great progress has been made. >> many civil rights leaders are thr

today confirms that president obama is firmly behind attorney general eric holder opinion that "stand your ground" need to be changed in the name of gun-control. here is the spokesman earlier today. >> the law that we see on the books ought to be reviewed a and examined whether or not they reduce the problem of gun violence or in denver anthey make it worse. we need to examine those laws and examine them with a ld mine to reduce gun violence. lou: al sharpton takes it further speaking at the naacp conference, he oclaims "stand your ground" law themselves are a violation of civil rights and claims "stand your ground" for the shooting ignoring all together that it has nothing to do wh the is a brendon defense team argument. >> there is a lot in this state called "stand your ground" that is the worst violation of civil-rights of state law in this country. and until we can overturn "stand your ground" we risk other trayvon martin and what we must do is to stand up and deal with the civil rights investigaon to end "stand your ground" at the same time. lou: the congresonal black caucus today suspended any sense of reality

attorney general eric holder has had a 24-hour political metamorphos metamorphosis. changingpublic focus on the events that led to the acquittal of george zimmerman. his thought journey has led the attorney jenna wayrom his original accusations of racism aimed at the jury and the entire judicial system. the nation's top law forcement official this afternoon decided instead to target the so-called stand-your-ground laws and those who exercise their rights under those laws. here's the attorney general just moments ago at the naacp

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change anything. so, yeah, that was my role. >> host: eric draper, you write, that it was magical whenever president bush and his father were together. there's a lot of photos of the two presidents bush in this book. >> guest: well, first of all, they look so alike which was really interesting. and anytime they're together it was like history in the making because you have two presidents together, father and son. the only second son of a president or, to become president. and, and they, it was always really interesting to photograph them together as a family because they're so normal in lots of ways other than the fact they're two former, two presidents together. i really enjoyed documenting the family, the entire bush family. >> host: did you get to know mrs. bush as well? >> guest: i did. >> host: i want to ask about this photo on a very, very long couch. how did this one come about? was this, just happenstance? >> guest: this was inside buckingham palace. this was prior to departing for a black tie dinner hosted by the queen and, the president and mrs. bush were staying there and they're kind of walki

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. >> eric: left turn result of these lawsuits, will this change? >> no, i don't think so.s coming down this kind of lawsuit was going to happen. any time you have a national tragedy like this where airplanes, buses, trains are involved, then there are lawsuits. my only hope, obviously i would hope that these victims are compensated if there is found to be liability but beyond that, when you do have one of these big cases maybe it doesn't happen again. >> also, i think the public needs to know how trained pilots really are. >> eric: absolutely. >> you get behind the wheel. >> eric: that is one of the first things you should find out how many hours this pilot has flying this plane. >> what pointed do we stop. do we want to know greyhound bus driver and subway guy? enter your own risk. we'll just stay-at-home. >> eric: we'll leave it there. and breaking news ahead of the irs hearing. we are on it and history of rome sounding too close to home. john stossel explains this one next. ♪ >> eric: the healthcare law is enough to make small businesses sick. 70% of employers think the

changed. i'm serious, not joking. >> listen, i have an open mind. ericng to the canyon, eight hours by car from chiclayo, well into the andean highlands. on the way, we stop for lunch and meet up with this guy. [ speaking foreign language ] >> chris curtin, master choclatier and our business partner in this adventure. >> one of life's great joys is eating in a market in peru. so, basically a hen soup. that's good. where in the world does chocolate come from? >> well, 45% from ivory coast in africa. we don't deal in those beans just because of political situations. >> there was this stuff, the special chocolate. >> yeah. >> which pretty much is what we're here to look at. >> yes. absolutely. >> where it comes from, what's involved. >> eric ate some of chris's chocolate and heard about these wild trees he was sourcingn peru and promptly got me involved in this business. >> i'm a rather famous guy and i never cared about desserts. you on the other hand, eat chocolate everyday? >> everyday. >> so here we are, three men and a chocolate bar. good thing for the

doesn't have to look at every change in voting rights. >> steve: if texas wants to change something -- >> peter: eric no, we're going to continue. what they've done is put what's called a statement of interest in the court that's looking at the voter i.d. laws in texas and said no, we've got some problems with this. they're going to continue to do that. this has been a real battle that continues. the federal government takes on texas time and time and time again because we understand that this is going to be the next kind of blue-red showdown of the the democratic party is trying to say, we want to take texas over as best we can and so there has been a whole series of lawsuits between the federal government and texas and back and forth. but a lot of republican leaders are saying, listen, hands off, man. the supreme court spoke on this. why are you still meddling? >> alisyn: help us understand legally, who supersedes whom? is the supreme court bigger or the department of justice? >> the supreme court is -- >> alisyn: so then why would eric holder even attempt to somehow trump what the supreme court ha

now calls to change the stand your ground law are getting louder. >>> plus, why attorney general eric holder may be bringing his voting rights fight to north carolina. and bill o'reilly and the right continued the desperate push to change the conversation on race from rap music to chicago violence to preaching about the black family, anything but race. >> the reason there is so much violence and chaos in the black precincts is the disintegration of the african-american family. >> i'll show you what is behind the desperation. >>> and friend or foe, i want to know. e-mail me at reply al. it's coming up. i'm a careful investor. when you do what i do, you think about risk. i don't like the ups and downs of the market, but i can't just sit on my cash. i want to be prepared for the long haul. ishares minimum volatility etfs. investments designed for a smoother ride. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider

texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> that was ericr on thursday. announcing a new frontier in the battle over voting rights. the obama administration will use parts of the vra still intact in order to ask for more supervision over the voting rules. a federal court will have to approve that. texas republicans were quick to fire back including the top law enforcement officer in the state. >> this is using the voting rights act for partisan political purposes. >> that was state attorney general greg abbott, and he is the leading candidate for governor. in a contrast from some voting rights cases, the redistricting battle is not just about suppressing. it turns on the increasing power of the latino population. for the first time in decades, democrats may have a shot at turning texas blue. they say it is destiny. in politics, millions of voters don't go very far without a handful of solid candidates. texas arguably has not given democrats a national star since maybe anne richards but that could be changing, at a. you might recognize the fa

also today attorney general eric holder said the justice department will fight any changes to voting texas without federal approval. remember the supreme court gutted the section of the federal voting rights act that maps out which states need preapproval, basically ending the process until congress draws up new maps. >> although mandated by the constitution, voting rights are not always guaranteed in practice without robust enforcement, and that's why despite the court's decision, i believe we must regard this setback not as a defeat, but as an historic opportunity, for congress to restore and even to strengthen modern voting pro ti tekzs. >> ari berman is in austin, texas. he's been all over the voter suppression story from the start. great to have you back on the show. it appears that the doj is getting tough from texas and not letting the setback from the supreme court stop them. >> hey, toure, thanks for having me. it's a very significant development. you had a situation where last august the department of justice and the federal courts blocked two laws in texas in the same week

the supreme court ruling last month, eric holder is vowing to do everything in his power to protect america's voting rights. they struck down preclearance to change voter procedures. . justice department is targeting texas laws for what officials in washington perceive to be racial discrimination. >> this request to bail in the state of texas and to require it to obtain preapproval from the department or a federal court before implementing future voters change when intentional voter discrimination is found. we believe that the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> the decision by the justice department is expected to trigger several legislation fights. holder said that this would not be the only challenge by the doj to protect voting rights. we could similar action in other states. >>> congressman paul ryan once again voicing his concerns over president obama's ability to lead the nation. >> i don't think i have heard a single new thing in these speeches. i don't think it's a good approach. one reason i ran against him in the last campaign. he's pushing the sam

goes you have have the serenity to accept the things you can't change and the courage to change the things you can. ericolder is going after states that are passing the voter e.d. law which is is disenfranchising, creating new obstacles for americans to vote. and, again, even if they don't have the intention to discriminate, the effect is there and it's unfortunate that the gop strategy here instead of broadening their appeal to as many voter as possible because the demographics in america are changing, is to narrow who has the ability to vote. that's unfortunate statement about the state of the gop party. it's viability in changing america. >> let's talk about this, because texas is basically a bull having a red flag waved in front of it now. no love lost between the state folks there and the feds. the governor pushing back hard saying once again the obama administration is demonstratings system of checks and balances not to mention the u.s. constitution. mark thiessen, does this get to a different point that obama administration seems when it likes laws to enforce them, when it doesn't like laws, when

that is why eric holder made such an impassioned speech and talked about the changes that need to come and talked about the investigation that was going on as it relates to this case and that is the direction i think this case is going to go in. >> legal analyst paul henderson and jamill buoy with the american prospect. thanks for your time. >>> four days after the verdict, trayvon martin's mother is making a statement on guns in america. her attorney benjamin crump tweeted this message. share a message from trayvon's marietta. we will define our son's legacy. we have a long way to go to make sure this happens to nobody else's child. joining me now is shannon watts, thanks for being here this morning. >> thank you. >> shannon, the front page of your website says we are all trayvon martin's mom. what information to you for sybrina fulton this morning? >> i can't imagine the grief she is going to but we have to imagine that in order to create action. we all support sybrina and support efforts to roll back the lax and lenient draws like stand your ground that are resulting the deaths of o

eric thomas. in the wake of the asiana airlines crash, the faa is changing the way some pilots fly into san franciscoal airport. federal aviation officials are advising all foreign airlines this morning to start using a gps system when landing at sfo. the concern over pilots relying on what is known as visual approaches, that's caused the change. the asiana pilots were doing that july 26th when flight 214 crashed, killing three people and injuring 180. the faa says it's noticed a recent increase in aborted landings in some carriers that were flying visual approaches into the airport. >>> a look at traffic with leyla gulen. >> all right, eric. good news. this crash finally cleared in berkeley about 20 minutes ago westbound along 80, university avenue, still tough to recover, though. delays from highway 4 about 50 minutes will get you from highway 4 right to the maze. we have this delay due to some power issues on the richmond line. heading into san francisco about 10 to 15 minutes on b.a.r.t., muni, everything else running on time. >> when we . >>> good morning. off to a great start just about everywh

sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: attorney general eric holder wants texas to get federal court approval before changingection rules, part of an administration strategy to challenge laws it says discriminate by race. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown.

the supreme court ruling a couple of months ago, texas said they'll change some of the voting practices. kimberly, that's exactly what ericolder went after. but why texas? why not some of the other states? >> because it matters to him politically so he'll make an example out of texas. he's trying to work within what the supreme court rules to say that texas doesn't meet the standards. what's going to happen, even if he convinces a judge in texas to do this it will get overruled and struck down by a higher court for sure. more political pandering and holder thinks somebody died and made him god. >> i mean, we're not -- this goes back to lyndon johnson. >> he thinks it's the best test case to make an example there. >> go ahead. >> actually last year it was the dnc that said that texas was going to be in play. in the 2012 election. they're making inroad, the democrats are. one is the entire state, which i think is a bit ridiculous. i think this is another signal that the department of justice, eric holder who just last week suggested the civil rights case was going to be brought against george zimmerman, that that is -- this

the voting rights act attorney general eric holder today said the justice department is asking a federal judge to force texas to get court approval before changingt conducts elections. >> we believe the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> reporter: a month ago the supreme court struck down the map of where the preclearance requirement applied automatically, mostly in the south. now the justice department is signaling it will go state-by-state seeking to revive the requirement where it can find proof of continuing discrimination at the polls. >> it shows the voting rights act is not dead, shows a way toward a future of the voting rights act in which coverage of areas of the country not based on formulas from 1960 or 1970. >> reporter: today's action challenges the plan by the republican controlled texas legislature to redraw the boundaries for congressional and state house districts. latino groups say it award ed too little representation to the fastest growing segment of the population. it is likely the justice department will also challenge the state's toug