action, i just want to get your reaction about what signal this week s montana decision sends. it s an historic decision. the first time the court has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and recognized their constitution al right to a livable environment. we re seeing the trend of lawsuits on behalf of children. yoirs is among this. ment this is the first indigenous youth led trial. give us a sense of how these children, these plaintiffs are being harmed here. right. many of our youth plaintiffs, there s 14 of them, all living across the islands in hawaii, many of them are native hawaiian, indigenous, not all of them. yes, they ve taken up the cause and taken their government to court, particularly the twrans poor tags officials, for violating their constitutional rights under hawaii law to a
piece of origami. you have a constitutional counter. as far as policy, this is why this is so critical. our foreign policy is we promote democracy. we judge you whether we re going to give you aid or military weapons or have relations with you by how well you are al loud to vote. chris, i mean, it s clear that part of the long lines have to do with poor election administration, right? we had people that weren t trained, machines that weren t working and bad election preparedness. i believe the long lines were a result of what we saw with a war on voting. exactly. we had 25 restrictive laws being passed, two executive actions in 19 states and those remnants affected us today. i can explain this so in ohio and florida we had long lines. some of the laws they passed did that in the voting. in the balloon. if you have people here you ll
how you proceed, but as you said, chris, what this shows is there is no respect and no reverence for this constitution al right to vote. exactly. you know, what happens here in new york city in some boroughs is more relevant, more representative of what happens in the deep south than most folks realize. exactly. boroughs are included in section five. this state has a very deep history of suppressing the black vote going right back to the civil war. that s ultimately what we had. you saw it from the afl study. if you split it north/south, you would see that the white vote is much easier and the black vote is much harder. we kind of bake in these sort of inefficiencies as a way of suppressing the vote. that s absolutely clear. what we have to do
react to what happened overseas? the opening bell just 30 minutes aw away. and life-altering disease. jack osbourne diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. how he is coping. plus take a look at that. talk about a tennis tantrum. ow! taking out his frustration on the ad board but hitting the ump in the process. not only does he get kicked out of the tourney but the police are considering charges for that ornery tennis player. good morning, everyone. hi there. i m ashley banfield. we want to begin with your wallet, your money. the reason stock markets around the world are bouncing around this morning because voters in greece are supporting the nation s controversial bailout. finally they re doing so. that s the kind of decision that could have sent that economy and, in fact, the world economy reeling. on wall street the sense of relief is kind of ho-ho so-so. 30 minutes before the opening bell and the markets are mixed. investors are skittish. our business correspondent are ch
i m ainsley earhart. now back to greta. greta: everyone knows whether or not the health care law is constitutional, it will be decided by the united states supreme court. so what is the problem? why not get the supreme court to died it now not later so we all know? legal battles creates lots of uncertainy, giant waste of money. we don t have a lot of spare cash so we can play lawyer and litigation. what is the hold up? virginia attorney general cuccinelli joins us live. good evening. do you agree with me the ultimate decision on whether it is constitution al or not will be the united states supreme court? absolutely without question sometime in the next year and a half. we ought to decide it as soon as possible, if we can. it [ talking over each other ] greta: you say in the next year and a half. do you have a date to go to the court of appeals in may for oral arguments.