im was their -- he was the milligan plaintiffs' 2020 data. was working with the and he drew 10,000 -- three sets of 10,000 ma the third set guaranteed one majority black district of 50 51 percent, razor thin, leaving to find in the other sixpossible districts and form a second majoriority district, then contiguity equal population, keep countiether, stay relatively compact, don't pair incumbents and tioritize communities of interest. and they've said again and again that he didn't take intunt communities of interest. at is flatly wrong. he did. and so what he was told to do by the milligan plaintiffs was to counties together and prioritize putting the 23 black belt counties together. when he did that, he had one majority black disthat was preprogrammed, and then the second highest bvap dist averaged about 36 percent. chief justice roberts: but i ess, to get to the basic point, in what way do your simulatihich you required to be race-neutral, why does that seem to r an intent test? what was wrong with the other simulations is that thk race int

find at page 180 of the milligan stay appendix that thea gulf coast community of interest.hey found representative bradley bern's testimony to be helpful. that'at page 122. so there's no dispute there tha there is a community of in, nor -- nor could there be. nd was a difference of opinionthere about that, but -- mr. lacour: i think justice yor: -- we can go -- we can go -- mr. laco i think we have two justice sotomayor: -- further assuming that it -- mr. lacour: -- we have two undisputed communities of interest. justice sotomayor:ight. mr. lacour: we've got the gulf. mr. lacour: we've got the gul we've the black belt. second, there's justicmayor: so why can you not -- why can you put precedents on keeping one together but not keeping the other together -- lacour: so justice sotomayor: -- breaking it up by three or mr. lacour: -- two responses to that. one is i don't think courts are very well-positioned to judge ho-- which community of interest should be weighed in which wa justice sotomayor: well, if -- if -- mr. lacour: -- irticular map. but, second justice sotomayor: --

and evan milligan couldn't conceive of -- s justice sotomayor. in multiple circuits, lower courts are treating gingles one, two, and three out of the whole llgame. if you are leaving one out of this very satisfied preconditioned then all the more important for you to consider the state's legitimate -- justice sotomayor: can i get to that? mr. lou yes. justice sotomayor: followed the court's findings. very extensive record. they found that the respondent's map respected redistricting better than the state's map in medium compact continuitiness, respec for political subdivisions and the desire to keep togethering communities of interest. you diutthat. we can go the record. there is a fight here, however, community of interest.xisting you sit or you've been a that mobile and -- what's the other county? mr.acr: mobile and baldwin counties. justice sotomayor: they have french and span ishg back -- spanish background. just so happens all of t people are white. d you've never split those communities. theck belt has all black people -- not all but mostly

so, this win in milligan case is huge. it means alabama must redraw its maps.t also means that other states, other maps whether they're congressional or state legislator maps or even county commission maps cannot dilute the power of black voters. and if they do, if those maps do, they should be redrawn to fall in line with the law. so, the reason why i guess i'm smiling from ear to ear, is because i feel like minority voters across this nation won on this decision. and the supreme court follow the law. they upheld the voting rights act of 1965. >> congressman, i don't mean to interrupt you. but you make a very important point. there are dozens of section two cases that are still unfolding across the country. and as you just said this case could lead to several rulings and those instances. if they do, these maps only need to be redrawn prior to 2024 elections. and could political report, in response to this ruling shift could they actually -- are at a toss-up. and one district toss-up to lean the for democrats. the implication for a democratic house of represent

one of those cases, allen versus milligan. concerns the voting rights of alabama's black residents.rs and fraternization's suit alabama in 2021. asserting that the district map approved by the state legislature dilutes the votes of the states black residents who make up 27% of the states population and the courts going aside whether alabama's congressional map violates section two of the voting rights act which prohibits discrimination -- discriminatory election laws and procedures. the outcome of the case could make it harder for communities of color around the country to rely on that voting rights act to ensure a fair representation. we'll look at two sister cases involving affirmative action. the supreme court is set to rule on whether colleges universities can continue to consider race as part of their admissions process. both cases here, one against harvard and the other against university of north carolina for filed by students for affair admissions which is a group formed by edward bloom. a conservative legal activist who spent years fighting to overturn affirmative action. t

reporting in london, bill milligan, ktvu fox two news.ainian military officials say a counteroffensive led to their troops retaking another village from russian forces. the ukrainian flag now flies over four villages retaken by ukrainian troops since a launch of this counterstrike. it's a back and forth battle right now with both sides capturing and losing towns on an almost daily basis or initiative. we have the initiative in our hands now, thanks to all the arms we received from the west, we can decide when to do it and how to do it. russia says its troops have held off a dozen attacks by ukraine in various areas along the frontline in the past 48 hours, and that they have destroyed several pieces of equipment. a ukrainian photographer has put together an exhibit that she hopes will help people understand what is happening in ukraine right now. the photographer, alina tulu moved to sacramento with her family back in 1999. but after the russian invasion of ukraine, she went back to her country to document the war. originally, it was mean

in the alabama ruling, also known as allen v milligan, the bench said the state's newly enacted congressional 1965, which outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states. here is a portion of whatjustice ketanji brown jackson had to say when this case was first argued before the court. i understood that we looked at the history and traditions of the history and traditions of the constitution and what the framers and founders thought about and when i drilled down to that level of analysis, it became clear to me that the framers themselves adopted the equal protection clause, the 14th amendment, the 15th amendment, in a race conscious way, that they were in fact trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against, the freedom then during the reconstruction. , were actually brought equal to everybody else in society. to get more analysis on the wave of recent decisions, i spoke with shan wu, formerfederal prosecutor, emily birnbaum, bloomberg legal reporter and justin hansford, associate law professor at howard university. this would have given states alm

there is merrill versus milligan. this is around the situation in alabama. tell us what's going on there. >> this is a complicated case involving voting. right section two of the voting rights act morris racial discrimination in voting. alabama passed a new congressional map. every ten years after the census the states have to draw new map to respond to the changes in population they have a seven seats in congress. one of alabama has roughly 27% black population. one of the states seven congressional seats was a majority black district. the challenge to the map in this case says look you could have drawn a second majority black district. this is something called a vote dilution claim. it sets instead you packed a bunch of black voters into that one district. then you moved dispersed other black voters into multiple districts when you could have put them all in one district. created a second majority black district. that's a violation of section two. the state of alabama has two arguments the first one didn't fare that well at the oral argument. the said if y

milligan. if you can talk about why you came forward to sue around this issue of gerrymandering?st, thank you so much for having me. it is an honor. i think the main reason why decided to sue was because i saw a lot of unfairness going on. it is one of those situations where it is if no one will do it, who will? that is why decided to be part of this case and take it on and i'm so glad that i was given that opportunity to do so alongside my amazing co-plaintiffs and our amazing legal team. juan: could you talk about the impact this ruling will have on the work you do in alabama and what you hope and expect that the alabama legislature will now do? >> i would hope and expect the alabama legislator will go back and really take into account the needs of the community and the ways they have express themselves when drawing these maps. also, listen to the supreme court. they said to redraw the map in a fair and equitable way, so i would hope our legislators will do that and do right by alabamians. amy: and bringing tish back into the conversation, tish gotell faulks, what this means fo

>> alan v milligan says the voting rights act stands.re having to consider their own map. this is the second. alabama the first, louisiana the second. you might see districts in georgia, texas, where you're starting to see congressional districts be redrawn to keeping with this map. a lot of courts held their rulings, waiting to see what the supreme court was going to do. it absolutely has implications for the effects of control of congress in 2024. the number of states that could be up there, i think as many as five seats in texas, three seats elsewhere. eight seats across the country at least. >> jane timm, thank you for that. >>> up next, the mercenaries at the center of this russian revolt have a footprint in many different parts of the world. is there ab opening for the u.s. to shift power dynamics in those regions now? you're watching a special two-hour edition of "msnbc reports," russia in crisis. reports," russia in crisis look! oh my god... oh wow. i want my daughter riley to know about her ancestors and how important it is to k

milligan case that think firm was involved in just last week that created a black majority district inon. i think he wanted to put a period, an exclamation on section two of the voting rights act and i think this was the bookend to that. there are a lot of things justice roberts wants to do that are in my view, detrimental to the law and society, but i think elections, he wants to tell the court they're not in that business. >> thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate you laying out the stakes and what was avoided today. >> thank you. >> that was today's supreme court decision. affirmative action could be next. what decision colleges are preparing for. we'll explain. don't go anywhere. g for. we'll explain. don't agonywhere. (bobby) my store and my design business? we're exploding. but my old internet, was not letting me run the show. so, we switched to verizon business internet. they have business grade internet, nationwide. (vo) make the switch. it's your business. it's your verizon. ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ ( ♪♪ ) woah. ( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) constant contact delivers the ma

milligan, that we also need to talk about.n with justice roberts and kavanaugh siding with the liberal justices. a supreme court upheld section two of the voting rights act. let me explain this. this is significant. section two of the voting rights act prohibits any voting law practice, or map that results in the denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the united states to vote on account of race or color. the voting rights act, which was signed into law in 1965, by lyndon b. johnson, is a critical piece of legislation. it is the law that outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that were adapted in many states. southern states, after the civil war. including literacy tests, and also prerequisites to voting. the voting rights act enjoyed bipartisan support for decades. republican president, george w. bush, signed in 2006, the longest reauthorization of the voting rights act. ever. he took credit for it. this week, the supreme court upheld a lower court ruling, that alabama violated section two of the voting ri

reporting in london, bill milligan, fox news. all right.in oakland. you got the cloud cover as we've had every night for quite some time now. we're going to continue with cloud cover the next few days with this pattern that just doesn't want to quit. i mean, it's got a little bit of a little bit of everything. we've had some drizzle. we've had a lot of wind along the coast and in the inland bay valleys. and we've had temperatures as well below the average as you see here. again, i'd expect antioch in the mid 80s. and of course, this is the same thing we talked about last week and the week before that. and they're just unusual, right? pacific high, which is our dominant weather feature in the summer. that's why it's dry mediterranean climate we're wet winter dry summer and that pacific high is what sets us up to be dry. summer and it's not here. it's not happening. it's a low pressure that's not it's not bringing us rain. but it is bringing us some very cool, cool weather, below average weather.s is the jet stream and it's just kind of broug

reporting in london, bill milligan, ktvu fox two news. united for ukraine.ay area family opening their hearts and home to help a family from ukraine build a new life. and it turns out right now, fishermen on both coasts of the united states have similar struggles. we'll explain. and we're getting a little bit of a warm up. it's going to be slow this week, but interesting forecast yet again. we'll have the five day coming up . meet three students all learning to save and spend their money with chase. freedom for kids. hungry? thank you, chef. control for parents. nice. one bank for both. chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ when you start a business you put everything into it. hackers know that small business owners are busy. they don't always have time for cybersecurity, which makes them vulnerable to cyberattacks. ♪ -that's why the google tools they use every day are secure by default and why small businesses across the country are enrolling in google's cybersecurity workshop to learn the basics of cyberdefense. ♪ you built it, we'll help you defend it! ♪ yo

reporting in london, bill milligan. katie tvu, fox two news, ktvu fox two news at five start now.t the only shooting that occurred over the weekend . gun violence has no place in our town. well obviously this was a mass event and very chaotic in nature to reach. now at five, the bay area shattered by senseless gun violence over the weekend. three shootings, two considered mass shootings. a total of 19 people struck by bullets. good evening . i'm claudine wong and i'm mike mibach. police on both sides of the bay are investigating a violent weekend. an 18 year old woman was killed. six others injured early sunday morning when a group opened fire at a birthday party in antioch. and in san francisco, two shootings resulted in a dozen people getting sent to the hospital. we do have live team coverage for you tonight. christian captain live in the city where officers are on the lookout for a suspect tonight. but we begin with ktvu crime reporter henry lee in antioch who spoke with a relative of a young woman who was shot and killed at that house party. henry yeah, mike, this was suppose

in the alabama ruling, also known as allen v milligan, the bench said the state's newly enacted congressionalt of 1965, which outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states. i understood that we looked at the history and traditions of the history and traditions of the constitution, at what the framers and founders thought about and when i drilled down to that level of analysis, it became clear to me that the framers themselves adopted the equal protection clause, the 14th amendment, the 15th amendment, in a race conscious way, that they were in fact trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against, the freed man, during the reconstruction period, were actually brought equal to everyone else in society. —— freedmen. everyone else in society. -- freedmen— freedmen. that was ketan'i brown jackson's i freedmen. that was ketan'i brown jackson's oral i freedmen. that was ketanji i brown jackson's oral argument brown jackson's oral argument for that case. joining me now to discuss all of this in—studio is shan wu, former federal prosecutor and emily birnb

in allan versus milligan, the court struck down a gop legislative map because it did not include a second majority black district. monday, the court declined to review an order ruling that louisiana's congressional map be redrawn to add another majority black district. this encourages more lawsuits using section ii of the voting rights act to strike down gop here matters. in louisiana on the independent line, jason in shreveport. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would say i trust -- excuse me -- i trust the american election system that it will never really change anything. we have cases like citizens united, the electoral college, which will forever give undue sway in our elections to states like -- you know, not to single out north dakota, you know, but states with minuscule populations who will receive more sway in the election than their population suggests they should. it is one of the reasons i and many people say we do not live in a democracy, and frankly we should seek to live in a democracy. on the subject of skepticism about the election system, i think we have a few peop

milligan in ruling that the alabama legislature used redistricting to dilute the voices of black votersthe supreme court has preserved section 2 of the voting rights act and helicopter protect the fundamental promise of our democracy, that every vote matters. ms. ross: this is a major victory for voting rights, not just in alabama, but in states across the south. my home state of north carolina is no stranger to racial and partisan gerrymandering. as republican legislatures employ gerrymandering as a tool to serve their partisan interests, this ruling sends a powerful warning to all politicians who seek to roll back minority voting rights. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. biden and his administration have abused power by ignoring congress

bobby milligan who plays my scheming aunt is also hilarious and also nominated for a tony. >> nominated 16-year-old. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for being here. good luck with the tonys on sunday. >> thank you. >>> that does it for us and ana cabrera picks up the coverage in 90 seconds. econds ♪ my doc and i agreed. ♪ ♪ i pick the time. ♪ ♪ today's a good day. ♪ ♪ i screened with cologuard and did it my way! ♪ cologuard is a one-of-a kind way to screen for colon cancer that's effective and non-invasive. it's for people 45 plus at average risk, not high risk. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your provider for cologuard. ♪ i did it my way! ♪ if you have heart disease and are on a statin, lowering cholesterol can be hard. and diets and exercise add to the struggle. it can feel never-ending. but today, it's possible to go from struggle to cholesterol success with leqvio. taken with a statin, leqvio is proven to lower bad cholesterol by over 50%. so, if you feel like you're getting nowhere... ...go with 2 doses a year of leqvio and keep bad cholesterol low. common si