it would be the texas legislature. i don't know why that's the place for this case but it makes it more interesting, i think. >> you know, just a side note since this is a legal audience, texas had urged the court not to take the case. texas is generally a conservative state, a republican attorney general, urging the court not to take the case. they didn't want them to go further. after it was granted, texas hired an attorney. in our group, the higher you know him, upped the stakes in terms of what the representation would be. he won the name els case we were talking about. in some ways to have someone with the conservative credit of having been in the w. bush administration and coming in a very nonideological way will help texas' case as much as it could. >> he was on the winning side of the michigan case. he did a very good job in lawyering through a difficult case involving christian legal society at a law school and whether it could bar gay students from leadership positions. i agree with joan that having him in th

funding that has come from dhs grants and the texas legislature.llas, casey, fox news. >>> the devastating wild fire in colorado now about 70% contained. it's been burning for weeks, destroyed 350 homes. earlier today, two members of the obama administration, homeland security, ag secretary got a first-hand look at the damage. >> our fema teams will be on the ground with the state of colorado doing damage assessments to see whether other types of federal assistance can be turned on. >> just as firefighters got a handle on the colorado springs wild fire, another fire is burning near the colorado wyoming border. several homes northwest of fort collins could be in that fire's path. >>> doesn't sound like many people are catching a break these days. >> it's been a wild summer so far. let's hope we don't have to deal with this through august. and there's some indication that maybe we will. we'll let you know. here's what is going on right now. it's been a muggy night because the relative humidity has been coming up. that dew point we talk about, those n

the department of justice in the texas legislature head to court today over texas' controversial voterlaw which requires voters to show their photo id at the polls. texas hopes to implement before the november elections. a three-judge panel here the ground backing case, which could challenge the landmark voting rights act of 1965, a cherished safeguard for minority voters. in march, the department of justice blocked texas' voter id law saying it will disenfranchise at least 600,000 voters -- a disproportionate number of which are latinos and other minorities. this is u.s. attorney general eric holder speaking in april at reverend al sharpton's national action network 14th and a convention. >> we will continue to up all discriminatory practice and defend section 5 of the voting rights acts. that may be clear. this administration will do what ever is necessary to ensure the continued viability of the voting rights act. our nation's most important civil-rights statute. [applause] >> however, supporters of voter id laws claim such measures are crucial for preventing voter fraud. this is re

grants and the texas legislature. john? >> john: casey stegall for us tonight.ople were killed and 40 wounded in iraq today when veg table truck exploded. several more were killed in bombings elsewhere in the country. an official from the united states says jordan must open refugee camp to serve thousands of syrians fleeing the fighting in their country. military defection are increasing, the assad regime has a stranglehold on the country. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has more. >> fighting raged across syri syria. sources showed several city including homs and surrounding. 38 were said to be killed. for the first time, u.n. observers reached douma you should seen for days. international red cross evacuated the injured. 85 syrian soldiers including a general across the border with tur. i can one of the biggest defection in recent week. turkey says it scrambled the jet for third consecutive day when the syrian helicopters approached the order. no action was taken. if interview, bashar assad expressed regret for the syrian downing of the turkish

and doj's lead attorney, elizabeth west fall argued today that there was, in the texas legislature, whent passed this law, a discriminatory purpose against minorities. witnesses today testified that there are some 50,000 dead people and convicted felons still on the voter rolls in texas. westfield argued that the problems were there were not quite widespread and this 14 month old law could not be implemented without jeopardizing the rights of americans. >> cannot meet this threshold we will object under the voting rights act of 196 a and other laws in order to guarantee that all eligible citizens have unrestricted access to the ballot box. >> eric holder has picked on a few southern states to try to prevent them from using the same law that is being used and applied and upheld as legal across the rest of the country. >> there is no jury here, shep. just a special three-judge panel. the trial will conclude by week's' end. a verdict expected by the end of august, shep? >> shepard: james rosen live in washington. james, thank you. we are hearing a dramatic newly released 911 call from the d

, it would be the texas legislature. i do not know why that is the place for this case. but it makes it even more interesting, i think. >> a little side note, since this is a legal audience. texas had urged the court not to take the case. texas is a generally conservative state. it is a republican attorney general. they did not want the court to go further on restricting affirmative action on campus. after it was granted, texas hired a lawyer who used to be a solicitor general. in our group, the hiring of him upped the stakes in some way, in terms of what the representation would be. he has a very fine reputation. he won the naples case we talked about. it will be a well-fought case. in some ways, to have somebody with the conservative credibility of having been in the bush administration as solicitor general, and coming at this in a non-illogical way -- non-ideological way, will help texas. >> he did a good job in lawyering through a difficult case involving a christian legal society and a law school, and whether it cou

, it would be the texas legislature. i do not know why that is the place for this case. but it makes it even more interesting, i think. >> a little side note, since this is a legal audience. texas had urged the court not to take the case. texas is a generally conservative state. it is a republican attorney general. they did not want the court to go further on restricting affirmative action on campus. after it was granted, texas hired a lawyer who used to be a solicitor general. in our group, the hiring of him upped the stakes in some way, in terms of what the representation would be. he has a very fine reputation. he won the naples case we talked about. it will be a well-fought case. in some ways, to have somebody with the conservative credibility of having been in the bush administration as solicitor general, and coming at this in a non-illogical way -- non-ideological way, will help texas. >> he did a good job in lawyering through a difficult case involving a christian legal society and a law school, and whether it cou

apiece, money that came from grants through the department of homeland security and also the texas legislature: casey stiegel in texas today. casey, thank you. >> reporter: yep. jon: a new york judge orders twitter to hand over several tweets as prosecutors wage a legal battle with an "occupy wall street" protester. the man is one of 700 protesters arrested last october after a massive rally on the brooklyn bridge. district attorneys argue the messages will show whether he will fully disregarded police orders at the time of we'll talk about it with lis wiehl, fox news legal analyst and fred teece, former federal prosecutor. sounds like a reasonable request, lis. the prosecutors want to know whether this guy was willfully defying police orders. >> this is intent crime. you have to get in the mind of the person to say did know what he is doing? if he tweeting away with his friend we're going for it, whatever he was saying we don't know, he is absolutely right to get this before the prosecution. the judge said something so brilliant, when you tweet like screaming it out the window. it is not priv

doj attorney elizabeth west fall argued this morning that the texas legislature was quote motivated atpart by an unlawful discriminatory purpose against minorities. speaking to a latino group yesterday the attorney general eluded to this showdown with texas. >> in each of the jurisdictions we have proposed changes that show to have no discriminal nare repurpose or affect we'll follow the law and approve the change. where jurisdictions cannot meet the threshold we will object under the voting rights act of 1965 and other laws. in order to guarantee that all eligible citizens have unrestricted access to the ballot box. >> reporter: adam mortara the hired gun out of chicago that was representing texas in this case told the three-judge panel that it was quite difficult to find anyone who is eligible to vote in texas that doesn't have a photo id. also the harvard professor who was doj's expert witness has produced data showing 2 million voters in texas lack a photo id from the state. the majority of them black or hispanic. under direct examination brian keating gram the elections official f

the texas legislature much like the u.s. ress spent as much time trying to eliminate poverty as they do trying to make sure women don't get abortions, then there would be no poverty in texas. they pay 80% more than others in other states because they are covering the uninsured. this expansion would alleviate a burden for folks who are already buying their own health insurance. >> let me reinforce that. the taxpayers of the texas are going to pay this. the economy in tax is going to lose because they are turning down billions and billions of federal dollars they need and spend billions on uncompensated care for those with low birthrate babies that will cost a fortune. it's the taxpayers and the citizens of texas and their economy, and we are able to get the business community to join us in trying to get texas to enforce the children's health program because there was money. they were turning down billions of dollars. >> the middle class has heard even if they are not covered by the medicaid expansion, they are going to pay for

funding that has come from dhs grants and the texas legislature.l, fox news. >>> we need to continue to make more progress obviously and we haven't gone far enough. we need to keep pressing forward and continue to focus on middle class tax breaks. [ laughter ] wow, i don't know if she is on vacation in new hampshire or on mars. i can't figure it out. the fact of the matter is people are not per better off today than they were three or four days ago. >> shannon: a heated debate over whether president obama or mitt romney is better equipped to fix the economy and turn around the nation's unemployment numbers. i'm shannon bream. hour number two live from the nation's capital starts right now. after her to month of high unemployment the battle over who can turn around the job market in 2012 is front and center on the sunday shows. steve centanni is live with supporters of the obama and romney campaigns had to say today. hi, steve. >> all eyes certainly on the economy in the next four months since it could very well determine the outcome of the presiden

martha, money that came from dhs grants and also provided by the texas legislature. interesting. casey, thank you so much. casey stiegel in dallas. gregg: all right. this may surprise you. a record number of americans now getting disability payments. what is going on here? we'll take a look at the reasons behind the spike. martha: getting a lot of attention on that one. plus reports that the obama administration is looking to slash our nuclear arsenal yet again. so why is that? and what would it really mean for the safety of our country? that's coming up. ♪ ♪ proud to and on our own ♪ proud to be homegrown ♪ a familiar face and a name you know ♪ ♪ can you hear it? ♪ fueling the american spirit ♪ no matter when, no matter where ♪ ♪ marathon will take you there ♪ fueling the american spirit martha: heading down our nuclear arsenal. the white house is said to be close to a decision that would slash the number of u.s. nuclear warheads. this at a time from ne north korea and iran are said to be build thaeurg arsenals. i'm martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for

texas in congress in 2002. once the republicans gain control of the state legislature in texas, they then redrew the lines. you can see many of these districts going all the way from mexico to the austin metro area. and as a result of these -- this districting plan you can see all the other funny shapes up here and here. this is houston. and i think dallas. that as result of this redistricting plan, something like four or five democrats lost their seats. and were replaced by republicans. as it turned out, we'll talk about this when we do the voting rights act. the supreme court struck down this district as violating section 2 of the voting rights act because it diluted the hispanic vote, but when it came to the aggressive use of partisanship in the drawing of lines, the court didn't find it to be unconstitutional. even if it was done in the middle of a decade. one sort of story or lessen to be learned from both cases is that the -- while, there are partisan gerrymandering claims in found favor with the court, partisan claims are often litigated through other claims. like in the case of -- versus cox or sec

she started a small business, became the first republican woman in the texas legislature. she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and 1993 won a special election to take over the seat that was open up to lloyd bentsen secretary for president clinton. she's been reelected three times and is now the senior republican woman in the senate. she is retiring as you know from the senate winner turns up at the end of the year and i suspect the houston law firms would be very glad to have you on staff. your first office -- her first official office in washington was that the national transportation safety board. president ford appointed as the vice-chairman. in 1976. i wonder if you could describe what things are like for women a pointy and compare with how things have changed or how things have not changed so much in russian and for women in positions of power. >> well, i ain't that there was the beginning of an effort to bring them in and. and suzanne, you and i were talking backstage about and armstrong who had been my mentor. she was the first cochairman of the republican nation

texas house in 2005-2007. but died in the senate. eventually in the 2011 legislaturehere was a rule change that the republicans in the senate engineered to make it easier procedural to get past the blocking that was being done. and it passed. and it is -- excuse me, the justice department is challenging it. texas like a dozen other states and jurisdictions around the country are subject to section five of the voting rights act which requires these jurisdictions to get clearance from the justice department before they make any kind of election law changes. any rule changes. any redistricting plans need to be cleared by the justice department although it's actually called precleared. the justice department has denied the preclearance on this. they say that it has a discriminatory effect. and intent because there are lots more hispanics and blacks who are unlikely to have the sorts of photo i.d.s that would be required under the texas law. >> move this forward it's in district court this week. and take a step back for us nationally beginning with the future of the texas

texas. >> it may be good for those individual states. those states elect legislaturessupport that and elect governors who support that, but it doesn't make it good for the federal government as a whole. if you look at the approval, it might have changed but it's still upside down. >> eliot: you're talking about a process distinction. yes, i agree with you. it was a state that passed it, massachusetts passed it, but it had an individual mandate penalty or tax call it whatever you want. it says if you don't pay into the system system you must contribute. otherwise you're a free rider. the same comment that barack obama made for the whole nation. is there anything logically wrong with that argument let alone who passed it. >> the state of massachusetts was a small state. it had a balanced budgets and they were able to pay for that. we as a big country we don't have a balanced budget and we are are not able to pay for that. >> eliot: we will get closer to a balanced budget who people who are now free riders--this is mitt romney's logic--if you're a free rider and you pay i

>> our legislature doesn't convene here until january. while recognize perry said texas is not going to be part of any expansion, some lawmakers quietly raised some eyebrows and said this decision actually is up to us, you know, we may be able to approach cms, approach the obama administration for some kind of agreement on this. and i think that's yet to be seen in this upcoming legislative session. >> ifill: so i wonder if people aren't waiting until after the election to see what happens, if romney is elected obviously there may be a different outcome. >> i think that's right, gwen. that's especially true of governor sandoval and some of the democrats in our legislature which also is not in session, doesn't convene until next february. they want to let this play out, they don't want to take a strong stand during an election cycle. and sandoval is very close to rick perry and i think they're in sync on this issue, perry was one of his mentors and to some extent he's following that lead. but he's also caught in between on this because he's the guy who was really conserva

legislature. >> that's true. all right. thank you, cassie. next call comes from houston, texas. joe, good evening to you. please go ahead. >> caller: oh, thanks for taking my call. my first question, i know smith lost new york in 1928 to hoover. how well did he do in the five boroughs? i also want to know, was anti-catholicism vote more prevalent in the southern states as compared to, like, the midwest, say kansas, nebraska, et cetera? and i also want to know, he had a fallout with fdr. i was surprised to hear they didn't go swindle wilke in 1940. but i'd like to know, how did he feel about social security? >> all right. >> caller: thank you. >> john evers. >> he did well in new york. he did well. and he always did well in new york city. he did extraordinarily well in his own district. but he just couldn't make it over the whole state. the other question -- what was the other -- >> well, he wanted to -- did he win new york city, do you know offhand if he won in 1928? >> i don't know. i don't recall. i don't think he did. >> not even new york city? >> well, new york city also had outer boroughs that had r

republican-controlled legislature creates new obstacles to voting for groups who traditionally vote democratic. >> this really affects seniors and young people and people of color. >> reporter: in texas, getting a photo i.d. is harder for some. nearly a third of the state's 254 counties don't even have a driver's license office. attorney general abbot concedes that as many as 100 to 200,000 people in texas don't have photo i.d.s but he says the law is necessary. so no political motives here, is what you would say? >> the motive behind a photo i.d. law is to prevent cheating at the ballot box. >> reporter: a federal court is expected to decide later this summer whether the law will be allowed to go into effect. anna werner, cbs news, dallas. >> mason: j.p. morgan chase said today that high-risk investment that went bad cost the bank a lot more than $2 billion c.e.o. jamie dimon first reported. j.p. mortar gone said losses are up to $5.8 billion and could top $7 billion. but dimon said today the worst appears to be over. j.p. morgan stock soared 6%. $200 million in customer money has vanished from an iowa brokerage firm called p.f.g. best. the c.e.o. was arrested today, accused of maki

but in texas, you can use your gun permit id to be able to vote but not a student id. that's what's so crazy. but also the legislature in passing this bill bypassed the normal procedure of two-thirds voting to approve the bill. they bypassed that to get this in. and so it raises the question, why would you do that -- why would you go against your normal procedure to pass this bill compared to others? >> alice, let me ask you a question. i don't need to be a genius to recognize what roland was saying. >> first of all, the whole purpose for this is to prevent voter fraud and to combat a culture of election fraud and to bring about free and fair and lawful elections. and the good thing about the law in texas, these voter ids are free of charge and also when you go to the polls, there's a provision where you can go -- if you go to the polls that day and you don't have your id, you can cast a provisional ballot and you have, depending on what state, you have six to ten days to get your id. so no one's turned away from voting. you just have to get your proper id. voting is a privilege in this country. and there are certain

legislature. >> since this is a little audience, texas has urged the court not to take the case. they did not want the courts to go further on any sort of restriction on campus. after it was granted, taxes hired a lawyer who used to be a solicitor general, and the hiring of him suddenly upped the stakes in some way. it is going to be a very well thought case before the justices. they are making sure that it will come at this from a non ideological way as much as it could. >> his law firm was on the winning side of the michigan case. he did a good job of luring through the particular case with the christian legal society. i agree that having to greg in the case makes it all the more interesting. >> let's open up the floor to questions. i am going to give up my mike. she will hold the mike so that you are able to be heard. >> with regard to the health- care decision, with the medicare part of the decision that was struck down, in my law practice ideal a lot with severely disabled children, and i have announced that i'm going to be running for governor of virginia next year as a dem

it passed the texas house in 2005, 2007 but died in the senate. eventually in the 2011 legislature, there was a rule change that the republicans in the senate engineered to make it a little easier to get pass the blocking that was being done. it passed. the justice department is challenging it. texas like more than a dozen other state and some other jurisdictions around the country are subject to section v of the voting rights act which requires these jurisdictions to get preclearance from the justice department before they make any election law changes, any redistricting plans need to be cleared by justice department. the justice department has denied the preclearance on this. they say it has a discriminatory effect because there are a lot more hispanics and blacks who unlikely to have the sort of photoids that will be required. host: moving forward in district court this week. take a step back for us nationally beginning with the future of the texas law. what does it mean nationally? lots of states are active in this area. guest: there are a lot of states active in this area. som

those state legislatures happen to be republican, there's a lot at stake when it comes to what is the appropriate history lesson to be taught to our children. and i want to point out that in texas, for example, a couple of years ago, there was a move by the then state regents to remove or to lessen -- the state's own history of civil rights activism, both statewide and nationally. they simply removed certain individuals. so cesar chavez got less attention in the textbook. and ronald reagan and others got more. i mean, that, for practical purposes, in terms of number of words on page, for certain acts of history -- >> and they wanted to diminish martin luther king's role and increase, enhance newt gingrich's role, right? >> right. so that in my opinion is of a piece. it's of a piece that both looks at the college as a place where history is less important to the fact of making money. the bureau of labor statistics produced a report just two years ago, in late 2009, where it identified the top ten growing fields for all americans. six of them were low-wage, entry-level service work, the preponderance of which were all in health care. basically taking care of an aging baby boomer