let's get back to shelby county.as one of the five fastest growing latino communities in the country since the last census. hold onto your hat, martin, it was over 300% since the last census of latino growth just in that county alone. this is not an accident. it's because they recognize that there is a new emerging population in alabama, in georgia, in texas, and also where these 22 states are that passed voter i.d. laws they see this growing demographic and they're not sure how to capitalize on it politically. what else better way to do it than to suppress their vote. >> john, we referred earlier to the marches in selma, alabama, as the impetus for the voting rights act. congressman john lewis participated in those marches. he was badly injured, concussed. here is what he says about the need for further oversight. whale some change has occurred, the places where the legacy of long-standing entrenched and state sponsored voting discrimination still have the most persistent, flagrant, contemporary records of discrimin

i've met with chairwoman mikulski, and dick shelby, the ranking republican over there, as well as nita loy on my i'd -- nita lowey, on my side, the four of us have met. and we talked about this, and i think there's an openness to this idea. we'll see. but there's so many other unrelated, semirelated adjuncts to what's going on now. we've got sequestration, we've got a continuing resolution to keep the government going, which -- both of which are occurring simultaneously. and that ceiling looming in the near future as well, so there's lots of pressures and crosscurrents that are taking place around the continuing resolution effort. i would like, if we could keep continuing resolution somewhat segregated from those other really tough questions, because i think we would have a better product if we could keep it

>> under the new map it was diluted to around 27%, 28%. >> reporter: shelby county pastor harry jonesrimination. you think it was to keep african-americans off the map. >> i think it was designed to keep the power of the minority community. >> reporter: opponents say they're not attacking the entire voting rights act. if there's intentional discrimination, people can still sue just like they do in ohio and other states that aren't covered under section 5. jan crawford cbs news, washington. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll go to the vatican where the pope holdings his last public audience this morning. >> plus a court battle over martha stewart. rebecca jarvis looks at millions of dollars at stake with jc penney. >>> and consumer reports reveals its best cars of 2013. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and i'm michelle griego. time is 4:-- an >>> good morning. it's wednesday, a busy february 27. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. ti

shelby county, clean up your act, get over it.stop discriminating, and bail out like the others have done. >> wonderful to have you here, and judith brown, thank you for joining us. >> and coming up, more on the voting rights act for republicans. what is really driving the conservative shutout of governor chris christie? coming up. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. >>> so how did we get here? how did we get to the point of what used to be a bipartisan piece of legislation is hanging on by a thread? that is next. >>> and what robin kelly says about the politics of post-sandy hook america? that is coming up. >>> today's supreme court arguments highlighted the paradox of the current racial problems of the republican party. the voting rights act has been a bipartisan piece of legislation. in

shelby county, clean up your act, get over it. stop discriminating, and bail out like the others have done. >> wonderful to have you here, and judith brown, thank you for joining us. >> and coming up, more on the voting rights act for republicans. what is really driving the conservative shutout of governor chris christie? coming up. how do you keep an older car running like new? you ask a ford customer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed you got to bring it in. if your tires need to be rotated, you have to get that done as well. jackie, tell me why somebody should bring they're car here to the ford dealership for service instead of any one of those other places out there. they are going to take care of my car because this is where it came from. price is right no problem, they make you feel like you're a family. get a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation and much more, $29.95 after $10.00 rebate. if you take care of your car your car will take care of you. . >>> so how did we get here? how did we get to the poin

. >> reporter: in shelby county-- like in most parts of alabama-- the question is whether the state's racist past must forever define it. 50 years ago, alabama was the center of the civil rights movement. protesters endured fire hoses, arrests, bombings, and the fight for equality. one result was the voting rights act. one provision of the act, section 5 still requires all or part of 16 states-- mostly in the south-- to get approval from the justice department before changing voting procedures or electoral maps. >> section 5 which is what we're attacking, was never intended by congress to be permanent. >> reporter: shelby county lawyer frank ellis is at the heart of the battle to eliminate section 5 and force the federal government to treat alabama and other covered states like the rest of the country. >> they're still using the same criteria to determine whether these 16 states that are covered, they're still using the same test they used in 1965. >> reporter: what's wrong with that? >> what's wrong with that? things have changed in the south! this is a dynamic society! >> reporter:

>> shelby county, alabama has -- you know, it's the heart of the voting rights struggle. where -- and just recently there is a little town called calera where there's been -- a very aggressive effort just in 2008 to change the rules in midstream and to disenfranchise or to basically get rid of one of the few african-american-elected representatives from the area. and that was stopped by section five. and this is an area that really has no standing whatsoever to be challenging the continuation of the voting rights act. maybe some county in alaska. that's one of the issues that was before the court yesterday. the court talked a lot about was maybe some places no longer should be covered by section five. but there is a process for that. they can bail out and maybe they can challenge the voting rights act of section five as applied to them. but shelby county is really the last place on earth that has the right to be saying the voting rights act -- >> bill: sonia sotomayor made that point yesterday, if she to the attorney from shelby county. you're the last person that should

>> well, shelby county is about the last -- shelby county alabama is about the last place in the worldke that argument. they have been found in violation of the voting right's act innumerable times, and the basic response is while things may have gotten better in the south, there is still a significant body of evidence both developed by congress in 2006, and then developed over the course of the 2012 election that voter suppression efforts targeted minorities and are alive and well out there in these covered jurisdictions. so the voting right's act is as vital as ever. >> michael: i want to ask you, we were talk about shelby county, alabama, does it have to be a blanket changing of the voting right's act or is there a process where they can go and say we want to be exempt from this now? is there a petition process to get off of this probation? >> yeah, absolutely. there's a process called bailout. which actually the supreme court has made even easier to exercise, which allows jurisdictions covered under this section five of the voting right's act, which requires jurisdictions to get ri

her name is shelby. she is 12 years old. it wasn't long ago that she would have needed a wheelchair to be with us. for nearly her entire life, she was a prisoner to a rare and unknown neurological disorder that prevented her from speaking. she could not hold up her head. she had trouble eating and breathing. her case had the doctors stopped. shelby some researchers at the center for rare childhood disorders) arizona -- saw a researchers at the center for rare childhood disorders) arizona. they prescribed a treatment plan. the results speak for themselves. shelby, i am so happy you are with us today. please stand so that we may applaud you and your courage. [applause] i have been in public life and long time. you know i speak my mind. i do it i think is right. a lot like arizona herself. our state has never shied away from tough decisions. we have been a national leader when it comes to everything from battling federal mandates, to pushing the feds to live up to their responsibilities. it should be no surprise that when it co

i just want to say this about our committee that i discussed with senator shelby. we want to do with sequester. we also want to deal with the issues of the c.r. versus omnibus. we don't want a government shutdown. we are looking, we are working with our house counterparts on this. so we don't want that either. also, when the president budget, i'm asking my subcommittee chairs and my ranking members to move out swiftly and smartly to begin their hearings. this committee, the administration is late in cementing its budget, it's going to meet its prime line of holding hearings and being ready for markup in late spring and on the floor this summer. we are in this committee willing to make every effort to have a regular order and follow the traditions of calendar to do that. so 2014 will have real hearings, we're going to have real debate, real discussions and a regular order. and i want to thank senator shelby for the wave we are working to meet this -- to make this work. senator boozman? >> thank you, madam chairman, it's good to be a. mr. warfel, i think i'm correct

but shelby county, alabama says the law has outlived its time. frank ellis is the county attorney. >> we ask for some recognition that we and these other covered jurisdictions have made great strides over the last 48 years. i was 24 years old. i've been the county attorney since 1964. i was 24 years old when we came under section 5. i'm 73 last weekend and we're still under the same formula, none of which has applied to us in many, many, many years. >> brown: president obama has recently voiced support for upholding the voting rights act. he's said that if part of the law is struck down, it will be harder to prevent acts of voting discrimination. the case provoked some tough questioning at the court today. and of course marcia coyle of the "national law journal" was there and is back with us tonight. so, marcia, tell us a little bit about the challenge from shelby county. why this particular county what's their argument? >> this case was teed up by an organization here in washington, d.c. known as the project for fair representation. the organiza

ryan haygood a member of the litigation team arguing shelby v.older before the supreme court this week. and bishop harry jones, a pastor at the mount mariah baptist church in colorado and in support of the voting rights act. in 1965, over a century of the emancipation proclamation, signed into law, people of color with their exercise of the right to vote. the heart of the voting ryes action is section five which subjects any voting changes in the south and some other covered jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to a process known as preclearance. meaning these states must first clear any changes that affect the justice department or the federal court to make sure they don't have a racially biased fact. when the supreme court hears shelby versus holder that essentially says things have changed in the south. it's now antiquated, unnecessary and therefore unconstitutional. undeniably, the south say different place today than it was in 1965. and yet not one african-american has been elected to state office in mississippi, louisiana o

not from shelby county, not from the covered jurisdictions.o how would you convince me, how would you convince chief justice roberts or justice kennedy, that things will go very badly if they strike this down? >> well, i mean, you know, we've already seen some things. we've had one of our councilmen, mr. earnest montgomery, because of the way the district was divided, lost the election. even on top of that when the d.o.j. told them or advised them not to have the election, they went on with the election anyway. >> this is a black elected member of the city council, is that right? >> that's correct. because of that, he lost his seat. d.o.j. came back -- you know, deemed it, i guess, unconstitutional. and they had to redo. and they had an at-large vote and he was the top vote-getter. it was designed to dilute the black community. >> is this what this case ultimately rests on? perfect for this, i've worked in the court. i've spent some time in the court. how fact down this case seems. it really seems like the court is going to make some determina

. >> the shelby county attorney after his arguments to a supreme court where the justices seem to beling skepticism about the 1965 voting act. we are joined by the new president of the naacps legal defense fund arguing this case. it is not looking good, at least, if one can read the tea leaves based on today's arguments. let me hear your response. >> i didn't argue the case, one of our great lawyers argued. >> aware of that. >> we were not at all discouraged by the argument today. i think it was a very rigorous argument. i think the shelby county attorney would have to say he was grilled heavily as well, as it should be. this is a serious matter. when the court heard the case in 2008, the court engaged in rigorous questioning. we were not put off by that. what we were thrilled to hear is that all of the members of the court who addressed the issue seem to be clear that shelby county, alabama has not made the kind of progress that allows it to come out from the voting right act. we heard the justices express concerns about whether it or congress is in the best position to determine wh

which it ruled in the favor of shelby count -- if ruled in the favor of shelby county, alabama, would take us back 50 years and undo protections granted in the voting rights act. some argue we no longer need some of these protections provided in the voting rights act. some argue we have achieved equality and justice for all. some argue that section five is outdated because racism has been eviscerated. it is true we've come a long way and times have changed. but the unfortunate fact is we have not changed enough. let's look at the facts. this past november, people across this nation had to wait in line to vote for hours in places such as miami, tampa, richmond, charlotte, andra league. -- and raleigh. sometimes people waited six, seven, or eight hours to exercise their fundamental right to vote. in the president's state of the union address, president obama had a guest a woman by the name of desilene victor who waited six hours in florida to vote, she was 102 years old. this is simply unacceptable and unfortunately, long voting lines have become all too common place, particularly in ur

shelby is our selma. alabama is america.his is all of our fights and it is undemocratic and we should not stand for it. it is not so long ago. we're only five months away or less than that from the election of 2012 and this is what the reverend al sharpton had to say reminding everybody what voters went through in certain areas. >> last year the voter i.d. laws and long lines and ending early voting and stopping sunday to the polls showed that jim crow's son james crow jr. esquire is still trying to do what his daddy did and that's rob us from the right to vote. >> how much do you think the supreme court is taking into the digestion of the political cycle we just lived through? the examples we lived through, goldy, that then are implemented into the arguments, considerations being talked about today? >> i think reverend al sharpton is right. on the one side you have the very long lines. you have a limited number of voting machines in districts where they expect higher turn out. you have college students being blocked from th

in the shelby case, the justice department rejected an electoral map drawn by a city in shelby county, which would have decreased the number of black voters from 70.9% to 29.5%. in this instance, section 5 preserves the ability of the american -- african-american community to elect their candidate of choice to the city council. shelby county, along with many examples examined by congress in 2006, highlights the importance of reauthorization of section 5 of the voting rights act. the constitutionality of the voting rights act is an important matter for the court to consider and continue to review and is important to the democratic ideals of this country. we believe the supreme court holds much deference to the considered judgment of the people's elective representative. since congress continues to find racial discrimination and voting is present and remains concentrated in many of the places covered by section 5. we expect the united states supreme court to continue to declare that section 5 of the voting rights act is critical to protecting minority voting rights, all voting rights, w

shelby county, alabama, brought the case saying the law was outdated. outside the court hundreds of protesters from shelby county rallied to support the law as it is. the nine justices are expected to meet in private to discuss the merits of the case. >>> it is time now for weather. bill karens is here with the forecast. good morning. >> a rainy forecast in the northwest. avalanche threat, too, because of the heavy rain. that's how we'll end our february. temperatures are mild and that's why we are not too concerned with a ton of snow in the cascades. they'll do more melting than anything else. snow level above 5,000 feet. we got a plume of the moisture off the pacific, so it will be a good soaking. we have seen rain overnight and last night. now it will rain all day today and should sneak up more to british columbia throughout a majority of the day tomorrow. notice about northern california upwards is where we are dealing with the rainy forecast. and you can already see on the radar it is a big umbrella day all along i-5. eventually up to bellingham, b

shelby said, quote, he's probably as good as we're going to get, end quote. the senate returns from recess next week. >>> there are some new numbers out this morning that could impact the debate over gun violence in america. an analysis by "usa today" shows most people who died in a mass shooting were killed by someone they knew. of the more than 900 people killed in those types of attacks over the past seven years, 40% involved a family member. that's according to a breakdown of fbi records. now, yesterday vice president joe biden was just a few miles from the site of the sandy hook shooting in newtown, connecticut, where he ramped up the pressure on congress. >> people say and you read and people write about the political risk and why they're unacceptable to take on. i say it's unacceptable not to take these on. it's just simply unacceptable. it is not something we can fail to do. if you're concerned about your political survival, you should be concerned about the survival of our children. guess what? i believe the price to be paid politically to those who

the dogs chance and shelby had already been working that kylie took a year to train. this is amazing video shelby is walking this injured goose out of harm's way into safety. >> they are protected those birds by federal law. this is a technique that's allowed. it is a way to deter and harass them without physically harming them. >> reporter: for these two entrepreneurs things are looking up. their business started by chance is growing. >> we do a business complex out in walnut creek. we also have a golf course that we are going to be starting. and we do another business complex in emeryville. >> reporter: if you think you can just start a business like this yourself, a word of caution. these are highly trained licensed and bonded professionals. patrick sedillo, kpix 5. >> it's so beautiful here. >>> it felt like spring today. >> could you hear the moving trucks coming from the east coast to the west? >> they can't get stranded. they will get here friday! [ laughter ] >> don't call your friends back east unless you want to rub it in. what a difference between our weath

as far as i know shelby county is not claiming to harm shouldn't they have been denied search and they have they're told that they are going to use this prayer and they're claiming they could be harmed in the future effect from the complaints as shelby but that was the argument the africa. yes totally i say it's a pate that they will they will have to apply in the future to get preclearance and they're also arguing the night that we don't this they admit that we're innocent and mean this is what was hilarious yeah we're not saying we haven't violated we're not saying we're innocent you know this but then cern's us is this doesn't apply to all of the districts all of the votes so in other words why are you picking on us when you really ought to apply it to the entire country in fact the attorney for the shelby county said we're not here to try alabama. i think frankly should be applied to the entire country but you know but that's no reason to blow it up in the supreme court that joe madison changed her thank you both for being just. coming up in less than two months on the job senator

senator shelby. after senator shelby, we go to harkins. >> thank you, madam chairman. i think it is obvious that we need to return to regular order in the appropriations process. do all of you agree that in order to provide certainty on that which we need for agency budgets, do all of you support a return to the regular budget appropriation measures? >> yeah. >> that is what i thought. in the likely event that the kuester happens, would all of you -- that the sequester happens, that we give you the flexibility to realign agency funding under new constraints assuming the sequester goes into effect? >> thank you, senator for that question. i'll get to the response to get it started. the administration would oppose a solution i the sequester in place and try to reconstruct it in such a way that would write to dallas some of the pain. -- try to dull some of the pain. i think the critical weight tear is that when that -- a critical point here is that when the sequester was put into place, there was not only agreement that it should drive a compromise and a solution to balan

it's called shelby county vs. holder. shelby county is in alabama. they have sued saying that they should no longer be covered under section 5. it's unconstitutional. and the main reason for it is this. this is a very important point. the way congress determined which states would be covered, there's nine states covered. parts of seven other states. was based on low voter registration turnout, registration and turnout in the 1964, 1968, and 1972 elections. when they renewed it in 2006, congress did not update the triggering formula. so that means the states today that are still covered, places like alaska, georgia, mississippi cover based on 40-year-old registration and turnout data. one of the reasons congress did not update the formula is if they had, none of those states would be covered today because the differential between white and black registration turnout has virtually disappeared. in fact in some states, some elections like mississippi and other places, black registration turnout has been higher than white turn turnout. host: localities th

senator richard shelby. islam and to many members of the preparations committee in the senate that senator shelby and i have a longstanding personal and professional relationship. we came to the house of representatives together. we served on the same committee. we have served together. i look forward to working with him as my vice chair in continuing the tradition of bipartisanship that has been characteristic of this committee. my relationship with senator shelby is based on mutual trust, mutual respect, and a desire to move things in the regular order. we know that we will disagree on matters of policy. matters of policy. we feel

tomorrow in front of the united states supreme court, attorneys for shelby county, alabama, will sayhat special protection for minorities is outdated. they want to change it. that's in spite of the fact that the voting rights act was reauthorized by president george w. bush back in 2006. frankel liss, an alabama attorney says registration of white minority voters in shelby county, alabama, has been the same for a decade. his quote was the south has changed. it's not the same as it was in 1964. the whole country has changed. we are a dynamic society, not just in alabama, but everywhere. wait a minute, not everywhere. in florida last year, the justice department had to step in time and time again to stop governor rick scott from purging minority voters from rural voting roles and eliminating early voting. thankfully, attorney general eric holder knows minority voting suppression is real. >> it is the position of this department of justice and this attorney general that we will vigorously defend and vigorously use section 5. the need for it is still there. >> make no mistake, this is al

where is shelby county coming from? what is the sort of directionality of this record? this oversight is negligible. it doesn't mean anything. >> karen, i don't hear any republican elected officials saying anything about the supreme court and the kind of rhetoric thrown out today by antonin scalia. >> the silence is deafening. when you think of the tradition of the civil rights movement, i've done the reenactment of the edmund pettus bridge walk with congressman lewis. part of the history and the legacy was it wasn't just african-americans. there were white americans who participated in this process because they understood it was wrong. what was happening was wrong. and that shouldn't have a partisan label. should it not be that republican members of congress or any republican shouldn't feel comfortable saying we need to keep the voting rights act in place. frankly, ed, after what we saw in the last election, should it be expanded. >> exactly, exactly. >> absolutely. karen finney, great to have you with us. james peterson, the same. appreciate it so much being on "the e

in a less than ringing endorsement shelby says he is probably as good as we're going to get. 15 other republicans including marco rubio and ted cruz are continuing the fight. they sent a letter to president obama urging him to withdraw hagel's nomination. the white house says that will not happen. >> just to be clear he won't be withdrawn. >> absolutely not. if any suggestion to the otherwise to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the friends of hamas. yeah. >> white house secretary jay carney making light of a discredited report that claimed hagel received speaking fees from a group called friends of hamas, a group that doesn't exist. let me bring in a republican strategist chip saltsman and democratic strategist morris reed. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> morris, texas republican ted cruz is among 15 senators asking the president to dump chuck hagel. part of what he said in his statement, in the last 50 years no other secretary of defense has been confirmed with more than three members voting against him and in the entire history of

i had heard of marcus shelby and had been in join his work but never had the opportunity to meet him. we were brought together by the equal justice society specifically for this project. we were charged with beginning work. marquez and i spent a lot of time addressing our own position on the death penalty, our experiences with people who had been incarcerated, family members, friends of friends. pulling our information. beyond that, we did our own research. to create a picture that resonated with humanity. it is the shape of a house. in this context, it is also small and acts like a cell. i thought that was an interesting play on how these people make these adjustments, half to create home. what is home for these people? the home is their cell. people talk a lot about noise -- very noisy in prisons. that is interesting to me. looking at the communication level, the rise of frustration of being caged, wondering, where does redemption fit into the equation here? [singing] i think both of us really believe the death penalty is wrong, and is flawed for many reasons. the list is as long as

you mentioned a city in shelby county. we don't need the voting rights act. of section two litigation they created council districts. a black representative was elected for 20 years. suddenly, as a result of the redistricting, they reduced the black population from 70% to 29%. they don't pre-clear it. they go ahead with the election. the justice department has to do an enforcement action to stop them from undermining the minorities to elect. it happened in 2008, not 1965. >> this is not ancient history. bar brarks i'm going to give you the last ten seconds because i know you have a call to rally to protect voting rights happening on the steps of the supreme court. >> the civil rights community because of cases being held are heard on february 27th, this coming wednesday. they have called for people around the country to come and to show their support for the voting rights act and not surprisingly people are interested, very determined. we understand what's at stake here. as americans, we know that the fight here is opened a future to this country. it's over w

i thought maybe upstairs granny and shelby were saying, let's send her this dog. lady bird and rocket at the top. like they have lived together all of their lives. >> that's great. >> our home is bursting at the seams. we're so happy. i'm so excited about it. he's such a love. >> and you were kind of afraid to tell people. >> they're going to think i'm crazy. >> no. we think you're wonderful. >> i feel like, okay -- >> you have three kids, now three dogs. the story is great. i'll bet you're right, you were sent that dog -- >> they were up there saying, let's send her this dog. >> every time we have dogs on the show, every monday, she is close to adopting a dog. >> i say no. but this dog came to us. i felt it was our duty. for a chance to see your friend as our pet of the day like we showed rocket, send a picture and your pet's name to petpics@wttg.com. >> that was a wonderful thing you did. and that was not a quick story. >> running out of time. >> let's do weather really quick. live shot. sunshine now. rain showers later this afternoon and tonight. could transiti

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bring in ryan haygood of the naacp legal and educational fund who helped make the argument against shelby county's claim at the supreme court today. let me ask you mr. haygood, the statement i read from miss greenhouse of the new york times, this would be an unprecedented power grab for the supreme court to actually interfere with the will of the people. congress made the voting rights act including in 2006. for them to interfere with it would be unprecedented in terms of how the legal community is set up and the legal system is set up in this system, is that correct? >> that's absolutely right, reverend sharpton. over four decades, four times the supreme court upheld section v against constitutional challenges. it's recognized as a crowning achievement and has gone a distance in recognizing racial discrimination in those places is a different character. it's more intense, more persistent. section v is a strong medicine, a strong remedy to a strong type of discrimination that's persisted over time. the supreme court recognized the gains we have seen have been part and partial of section v

frank ellis is the shelby county attorney. >> the south is not the same south it was in 1964.ountry has changed. we're a dynamic society. >> reporter: how much things have changed is disputed. whites we spoke with in this local diner says they seed the election of the first black president is real sign. >> i look at the discrimination going back 15 years, ten years in the south. i thnk we are gaining ground. >> reporter: but african-americans recall the battle in the black election over alleged voter suppression and some say things have gotten worse because obama's election mate some white voters angry. >> you have some people who are very unhappy. during the election time, you know, you had dummies of president obama hanging from the trees. >> joe johns as i said is listening to the arguments and is a lawyer himself. listen, we've just come through an election where voter i.d. issues became prominent right up to the election day. not only that but early voting which many say affected the minority voting across the country. a lot of people say it's an onerous law, it's costly,

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