push the renewal of a party that has suffered a lot in recent months has gone from one crisis to the mapes which is also important if you look at germany's political spectrum because knowledge is not the only woman now leading a party we've got four women in germany why the lead of co-leader political parties so it is significant that knowledge has been chosen for a wide variety of reasons all right sixty six percent of the vote that is what she's taking from her policy how convincing is that. it shows first and foremost and not everyone is happy with this and everyone believes that she will be able to push the party forward so from dr spektor for her it is not necessarily a fantastic result but on the other hand i don't think the s.p.d. was expecting another one hundred percent which was what martin shows the former leader had that one hundred percent which was at first a dream quickly turned into a nightmare for the s.p.d. then how did it worst result in the german elections so from that perspective it is certainly possible and certainly a bit more realistic if you will instead of having

thtexas.the case is whether mape drawn with the intent to discriminate against hispanic and black voters when you redistrict. >> it would. i don't think the underlying narrative is accurate. the courts drew the maps. they decided the legislature hadn't done an appropriate job. they redrew the maps to be compliant. that's what's being challenged. i think it's highly unusual for the supreme court to overturn a map that's been drawn by independent court in texas. >> maria: it's interesting. i feel like that's what eric holder is spending a lot of his time doing, looking across the country, figuring out how to redistrict things to get more democrats. >> in texas, legislature has drawn a number of minority seats that a anglo democrats or others have won themselves. at the end of the day, the voters will choose others for that position and so i really think the maps are secure. they're legal. i think they are fair. >> maria: let me end where i began and that's on taxes. what kind of growth is possible this year? >> i do think we can be well above 3%. i think it really depends on ensuring that