to undergo several medically unnecessary transvaginal sonograms to obtain an abortion through the new texas sonogram known all as employer k r o y news ninety two f m says he was fired for filling in for another reporter on a competing radio station braddock claims that's not the case scott joins us now from texas to talk more about the situation and right he really may have been fired scott walker great to be with you john thanks for joining us why do you think you're fired. i have been telling people this over and over again i don't know that because i'm a journalist i was a journalist when i worked at the k r o y news ninety two a damn i'm still a journalist today and hope to work professionally again as a journalist after all this blows over i think that it will but to people have started to guess about what the reason is as far as why i was fired because the reason that was stated by the station makes no sense they say that i was in violation of a contract that i had not signed and i talked to a lot of experts both the people who are in the legal profession and people who are you know

the obama administration yesterday blocked a new texas law requiring voters to show a government-issued photo i.d. at the polls. she he spoke to a reporter for more on the story. >> the justice department monday blocked texas from enforcing its new voter i.d. law. gary shar covers the statehouse and state politics for the houston chronicle and san antonio express news. the ruling seemed to focus on the large number of registered voters in texas that don't have driver's licenses. how difficult would bit for them to get those alternative i.d.s? >> it all depends on where they live. there are 81 counties in texas that have no department of public safety driver's license offices. so if you are living in some of these remote areas and you have no transportation, it's going to be very hard to travel to another county that might be 100 mile or 125-mile round trip. or in the metro areas, houston or san antonio, for example, there might not be a dps driver's license in your neighborhood, and it might require ten or -m driver's lice the complaint right now in texas is that the waiting lines to re

we have a new texas street garden. and what people have come together in our neighborhood to make our lives better. so, we can understand about what people are saying about the crime, but we are as well. everyone is worried about that. we all want a better quality of life. i think that this rebuild is due for all of us. do not just think that because you do not live in public housing that you are the only one with problems and issues. we want a better life for our children and ourselves also. i am in my second year of college right now. i am 46. ipad -- i'm going to graduate when i am 50. but we are all looking for the same thing. people that come to the meetings that we have are really engaged with the residents. people that come to the meetings will be able to see that we want the same thing. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. [reads names] collects money ms. marshall. i have been in a lot of the programs. i will not name them all. we all want a better life. we all want our kids to be safe. i lived in public hou

vote, texas shows that hispanic texans were much more likely than non-hispanic texans to not have the new i.d. a supposedly free i.d. for votes would in fact cost a minimum of 22 bucks in order to purchase the documentation to get said i.d., a $22 poll tax to vote in texas for some people. texas republicans considered making the whole process of getting the i.d. free and get rid of the poll tax problem. texas republicans considered making it free and then they deliberately decided not to. they deliberately said no. so then the justice department considered all of that and the justice department said no to texas, no, texas, we do not approve of your new law, now it's on hold pending a court challenge by rick perry's administration. just before christmas the justice department turned back a law to make voting harder in south carolina. saying the law placed an unfair burden on minority voters there. south carolina's government under governor nikki haley is suing to get its law approved anyway. the south carolina lawsuit comes with an estimated cost of at least $1 million in legal fees billab

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and that is something only surpassed in the republican race by new york, california and texas. right now, both mississippi and alabama are described by nbc news by too close to call. mississippi, 47% of the vote in. rick santorum with 33, newt gingrich 31, mitt romney at 30. in alabama, similarly a thr three-ray race. newt rick santorum at 34, gingrich with romney at 28%. >>> here is a reality check, we're not quite halfway through the republican primary season. what? yeah, there is still more than three months of primaries and caucuses on the republican nominating calendar. also, we have not yet even begun to kibitz on the question who will be chosen for the number two spot on the republican ticket. by whoever ends up in the number one spot on the republican ticket. people used to ask bob mcdonnell about his prospects all the time. then he got involved in forced ultrasound policy making and people mostly ask him about forced ultrasounds and vaginal probes. indiana governor mitch daniels used to be on everybody's short list, then his secretary of state the top election official

vote, texas data shows hispanic texans were much more likely than non-hispanics to not have the new id. supposedly free id for voting would in fact cost a minimum of $22 in order to purchase the documentation to get said id. so that would be a $22 poll tax to vote in texas for some people. texas republicans considered making the whole process of getting the id free and that would get rid of the poll tax problem. texas republicans considered making it free and then they deliberately decided not to. they deliberately said no. so then the justice department considered all of that and the justice department said no to texas, no, texas we don't approve of your new law, now on hold pending a court challenge by rick perry's administration. just before christmas the justice department turned back a law to make voting harder in south carolina. saying the law placed an unfair burden on minority voters there. south carolina's governor under nikki haley is looking to get their law approved. the lawsuit comes with an estimated cost of at least $1 million in legal fees, billable to the south carol

patti ann: to a controversial new voting law in texas. it is headed for a showdown in federal court. the justice department blocking a law in the lone star state that requires a photo i.d. when you vote. justice department saying it is unfair to latinos. texas governor rick perry says voter fraud is a big problem in his state. >> we know for a fact there has been fraud involved in our voting process through the years and having a voter i.d. is one of the ways to put a stop to that. and the texas legislature agreed overwhelmingly. it is an issue that is supported on both sides of the aisle, when you poll texans they don't want to see individuals taking advantage of a very sacred right and that is the right to vote. so having a voter i.d. makes sense. patti ann: kelly wright is live in washington now. kelly, hi. please explain the justice's department's bone of contention with this state law. >> reporter: imholding my letter in my hand. in it the justice department cites, 1973 state georgia versus united states, which addressed the voter ri

. >> a new texas air reported at 66 east bound. -- in u.s. it reported at 66 east bound. you cannot get accident -- there is an accident also on 29. >> we will take it back in here because we will send things over to doug hill. >> this forecast is making your job easy is it not? >> today is exciting because we have something other than sunshine and 80's. we have a few thundershowers as the cold front comes this way. we will start you off with radar. it is diminishing as it approaches the northwestern suburbs. a lot of cloudiness. a few showers. our share our chances will increase this afternoon. you see clusters of showers and storms west of the appalachians. will have a fair amount of cloudiness. we have some sun later today. upper 70's today. this will and by the evening. here is what we expect time wise. temperatures reach our starting this morning. temperatures are comfortable. yesterday, we had a record high of 82 at reagan national. 84 at washington dulles. right now, the numbers will climb out of the 40's into the upper 70's. take a look at the next seven days. we

joining us now from austin, texas, fox news contributor mary katharine ham and here with me in washington christian dorsey from the economic policy institute, a left-leaning think tank. >> great to see you. >> laura: good to see both of you. gas prices this was a shocker this "the washington post"-abc news poll came out today. the president stabilized approval ratings but this clearly is having an effect. you say what about what the president's reaction has been so far? starting with the energy secretary who initially said our goal is not to bring down the price, kind of amending that the next day. >> it was misreported. the point is the president can't really control the price of gas at the pump. as much as we like to think that the president can buy fiat and make price goes lower, he can't. global oil trades are responsible for gas prices and those are not influenced by the president. what the president can influence are reducing our dependency on foreign oil and making sure we have alternative sources to just using oil for heating our homes and driving our cars and all those areas the

joining us now from austin, texas, fox news contributor mary katharine ham and here with me in washington christian dorsey from the economic policy institute, a left-leaning think tank. >> great to see you. >> laura: good to see both of you. gas prices this was a shocker this "the washington post"-abc news poll came out today. the president stabilized approval ratings but this clearly is having an effect. you say what about what the president's reaction has been so far? starting with the energy secretary who initially said our goal is not to bring down the price, kind of amending that the next day. >> it was misreported. the point is the president can't really control the price of gas at the pump. as much as we like to think that the president can buy fiat and make price goes lower, he can't. global oil trades are responsible for gas prices and those are not influenced by the president. what the president can influence are reducing our dependency on foreign oil and making sure we have alternative sources to just using oil for heating our homes and driving our cars and all those areas the

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but you mention in texas, to give you a sense of the gamesmanship that is going on, the new texas voter cannot use your university of texas i.d. as a government i.d., but you can use your concealed carry gun permit. but that gives a sense of the kind of precise slicing of the electorate that is at stake here. >> that is unbelievable. >> if you talk to republican voters and the bills have been signed by republican governors, they believe that any time -- not any time, many times when a democrat wins a close election, it's because of fraud, it's because there are dead people voting. there's no evidence of of that. when the south carolina attorney general said that there were dead people that voted in the elections in 2012. the reporters said where are they, it ended up there were a bigger patron -- bigger patro gs of the people that were dead. one guy voted and then died, so it was -- if there's a huge problem, where is the evidence? >> i agree with you, the voting system in the country is in some broken -- in some ways broken. but we have limited voter registration drives, five states re

the administration has blocked a new texas law requiring voters to show photo identification before they cast a ballot, claiming it could harm hispanic voters. the state law says it could be a driver's license, military i.d. card, current u.s. passport or a concealed handgun permit. but the justice department shows statistics show 300,000 people in texas nearly 11% of hispanic voters there do not have a state issued i.d. card and d.o.j. is not satisfied the concerns have been addressed. in a letter spent by attorney general perez from the texas director of elections, he wrote conservative photographic identification, i cannot conclude that the state sustained a burden under section five of the voting rights act. they ruled that the voter i.d. requirements are constitutional and not discrimnary thattory. point out that states like georgia, kansas, indiana, tennessee, wisconsin are allowed to require photo i.d. to vote. state attorney general greg abbotts said, "texans should not be treated differently and must have the same authority as other states to protect integrity of our election."

justice department officials say the new texas law discriminates against hispanic voters, they say they are as much 120% more likely than none hispanics more likely to lack an i.d.. they are not happy with the justice department, attorney general abbot joins is us. the department of justice said you didn't prove that your new photo i.d. was not discriminatory against hispanics. tell me why you disagree with them? >> greta. this is just politics. this is part of obama's ongoing war against the state of texas. listen, voter i.d. and having to present a voter i.d. when you go vote is something that almost everyone agrees upon. in the state of texas 75% of the people agree that you should post a photo i.d. when you vote. this has been upheld as constitutional by the united states supreme court for other states. if this is legal and okay for other states, certainly it should be okay for the state of texas. importantly, if you look the united states supreme court decisions issued just a few years ago, a voter identification requirement is race neutral way of ensuring the integrity of the ball

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warm temperatures combined with those very fierce winds, fire risk is on alert, especially in new mexico and texas. southwestern new mexico extreme critical fire watch is posted up there. so here in great lakes region, wednesday, that's going to be wintry mix. it will be moving toward the canadian maritimes. help ray rain could be possible along the eastern coast. and then this is a thursday outlook for severe weather. that's the bull's eye for thunderstorm, large hail, even tornadoes cannot be ruled out. here are your temperatures. oklahoma city is going to be windy at 19 degrees. chicago, well above average. and also windy at 18. toronto, 14 degrees. that's 15 degrees above what we saw on tuesday. and staying warm and sunny in new york, at 15 degrees. enjoy the weather while you can. you've got the precipitation coming in towards you. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

new york, california, texas. who wins? >> well, new york, i believe is in april. california in may. texas in june. i'll answer that question depending on the dynamic between now and then. >> but you also have the sort of yankee primaries on the 24th which is also pennsylvania, new york, connecticut, delaware. and so, you know, one might think rick santorum might be positioned well and mitt romney would be positioned well. and not so much newt gingrich. >> given the proportional rules, you have winner take all when you get to new jersey and california. if gingrich stays in, it's very hard. you can see him closing -- santorum closing the gap. hard to catch governor romney. speaker gingrich is a proud man. he sees santorum and romney and says why not stay in longer. i believe a lot of con sefbtives are going to be pressuring -- saying mr. speaker, nice run. you had your chance in the south. >> we'll see if the money dries up for newt gingrich right now. because that'll be a huge factor. not necessarily the super pac money but the day-to-day money which his campaign needs. thanks very mu

justice department rejected a new texas law. the department cited data showing that hispanic voters in texas are twice as likely as others to lack a driver's license or state-issued i.d. and a county judge in wisconsin permanently blocked a similar law there. the justice department had earlier rejected a photo i.d. law in south carolina. wall street searched for a way forward today, but major indexes ended up going in opposite directions. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 37 points to close at 12,959. the nasdaq fell 4 points to close at 2983. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. the enormous challenges of trying to clean up radiation from the nuclear accident in fukushima japan. sunday marked the first anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent meltdowns at the nuclear plants there. newshour science correspondent miles o'brien has returned to the region for a series of stories. here's his second report. >> reporter: it was a lonely, sad ride home for timeo and yoko. i joined t

. >>> a federal court will now decide the fate of a new texas law requiring voters to show voter i.d. on monday the justice department said it was blocking the law. a judge in wisconsin has struck down that state's voter i.d. ruling that its unconstitutional. we'll talk more about that later in the show. >>> and former florida congressman alan grayson escaped unharmed after he ran a red light and slammed into a bus. two people on the bus suffered minor injuries. dprason was on his way to a fund-raiser when the accident occurred. >>> the opening bell rings on wall street in six seconds. becky quick, what do you want to hear from the fed? >> reporter: you know, it is just shaking that opening bell right now. it looks like we'll ep up about 50 points. i'd like to hear what they think about the economy and these numbers coming in. you know if you've been watching the fed closely they have told us they are not planning on raising interest rates until 2014 unless the economic data starts to improve. sure enough, if you've been watching some of these numbers coming in recently, they have bee

megyn: fox news alert for you now, new reaction to the justice department blocking a new texas voter concerns by the doj that the photo id requirement would discriminate against hispanic voters. gregg jarrett is live in our new york newsroom with more. >> almost 11% of hispanic voters in texas do not have a driver's license or state id and, thus, could not vote under its new voter id law, so the obama administration citing that data from the state intervened to block the law. now, supporters of this law say it's a minor inconvenience, it will eliminate voter fraud and impersonation, but democrats claim this is an attempt to disenfranchise minorities and the poor give canning republicans an edge in local elections. well, the department of justice under eric holder wrote this in issuing today's order. quote: according to the state's own data, the hispanic-registered voter is at least 46.5% and potentially 120% more likely than non-hispanic registered voters to lack this identification. but texas attorney general greg abbott, he beat eric holder to the courthouse asking a federal court t

trying to determine if the letter and several others are linked to other suspicious mailings in texas, newnd connecticut. >> yesterday peyton manning announced he had been released by the indianapolis colts after playing there for 14 seasons. manning and the team owner got a bit emotional. >> i have been a cult for almost all of my adult life. we all know that nothing lasts forever. >> we have been so blessed to have him. the good times we have had together the last we have shared together -- laughs we have shared together. >> manning missed all last season with a neck injury. the colts were not convinced he was worth the $28 million they would have to pay to keep them. manning is a free agent in washington is one of the team's showing interest. another good move could be in the work for the washington redskins. >> the team could be moving training camp to richmond, virginia. >> i think that would be a slap in the face. >> some district residents have never gotten over for the redskins moving to maryland for regular season games. but the thought of moving training camp out of the d.c. area