among african-americans. i was thinking in alabama and mississippi, alabama, mississippi is like 85% of the white vote went for romney. 89% of alabama. so if you can repress the black vote down there and make it irrelevant. that s right. this is why we have to have the voting rights act because we know that racially polarized voting still happens. black people will actually have always had a history of voting for black and white candidates. white people and especially in the south still vote for white candidates. and so we have to have these laws in place that get us to free, fair, and accessible elections, and section five is one of those, the voting rights act has been key to breaking down and making sure that these laws that would take away the right to vote actually don t get implemented. you know what i m thinking again about the demographic fight. i m going to talk about at the end of the show. if president obama does have a political strategy to rebuild the democratic party
mainly a more higher proportion of whites making the kaultion. well, right, and what we ve seen now is it s not restricted to the south. it s going on a lot in the south. that list of states you showed showed people who made it harder to vote. also northern states as well and in a better world i suppose you d extend section five, you certainly wouldn t kout it back. alabama has a point in one sense when it says, hey, we re not the only ones. i don t know if they re the worst. this is something and sadly it is something that s become really a partisan thing because we all remember that while lbj and jfk were democrats, they were new democrats. the democratic party had a shameful history in terms of voting rights suppression and they were fighting democratic governors in the south, and they also relied on the votes of republican senators and congress people in the north. so the party sort of switched sides. now you have north and south
an alabama county has filed a suit that s reached the supreme court saying with a black man in the white house, there s no need for federal protection of m north votes. tell that to reince priebus. as you imagine, not everyone agrees. teams of rivals. the rivalries between presidents, obama versus clinton, bush versus bush. our different takes on presidents. and this just in mississippi ratifies the 13th amendment. the one ending slavery. what took so long? what do you think? details coming up. this is hardball, the place for politics. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell s healthy request soup lets you hear it. in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm. [ male announcer ] sounds good. it s amazing what soup can do. a talking car. but i ll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what
where parents and children lined the streets showing gratitude for the parade through city streets. there are many more parades tomorrow. the high court has agreed to hear arguments against the historic voting rights act of 1964. an alabama county is charging the part of the law that allow requires most of the south to get federal approval. joining me is jesse jackson. thanks for joining us. let me say god bless the veterans. we tend to love soldiers much more than we do veterans. the veterans getting the care they deserve is a good thing. i agree with you wholeheartedly. but let s go with this case being brought to the supreme court because the plaintiff says governments covered by the law made substantial progress in the past 50 years or so nearly. is it still needed?
derailed, or at least affected the recovery here in the united states as well. there are different opinions on exactly how much it did. so is there an end in sight this time around, greg? does there seem to be some sort of definitive answer, whether or not greece survives in its current sa state, whether it stays part of the euro zone, is it near a resolution? reporter: it s probably a 50-50 call on that. it seems that a lot of people think that greece will exit. there was no plan for an exit and that is the problem. people are saying greece is one of the smaller countries, it could exit the euro and everything could remain okay. that could be wishful thinking. certainly if greece does exit it will have an affect on european the global economy. jenna: what does that mean for italy, portugal, spain, a lot of big questions ahead. greg burke for us in rome for us today. thank you so much. jon: and we think we ve got problems. a storm-prone area of alabama is