And civil rights leader john lewis was one of many who rallied outside the court this morning for the Voting Rights act. They were there on a day the justices heard a challenge to a key section of the law it requires states with a history of discrimination mainly in the deep south to get federal approval, or pre clearance, before changing voting procedures or districts. Lewis argued the provision known as section five must be preserved. There are still forces in this country that want to take us back to another period, but were not going back. Weve come too far. Weve made too much progress to go back. The literacy test may be gone; but people are using other means, other tactics and techniques. So we still need section 5 and thats why we are here today standing up for the Voting Rights of all americans. applause brown in 1965, lewis helped lead 600 people across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma, alabama, where police beat them with nightsticks and state troopers fired tear gas. The ev
This is our western edition. The Supreme Court justices spoke with one voice today on cell phones and privacy. In a 90 decision, they ruled that police cannot automatically search the cell phones of people they arrest. Chief Justice John Roberts was blunt. To an officer who wants to search a cell phone, its simple get a warrant. Here is jan crawford. Reporter todays decision was a major victory for privacy rights in the modern digital era. As chief Justice Jon Roberts put it, cell phones are such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from mars might conclude they were an important procedure of human anatomy. The decision will end a Police Practice of routinely checking cell phones during arrests. The Obama Administration had argued cell phone searches were like a search of a suspects wallet, briefcase, or coat, which dont require a warrant, but privacy advocates said cell phones are different. Now its like the equivalent of having your diary, your pho
From the Missouri Attorney general about that. Amazing. I think it was your bringing the attention to it is what we needed to get that. Well done. Glad to hear it. We continue our Missouri Attorney general. Oh, amazing. Amazing. I think it was your bringing the attention is what we needed to get it done. It was your reporting. Im glad to hear it. Good. We continue our breaking News Coverage tonight with streets across new york city lined with protesters, call for change in justice after a grand jury decides Video Evidence is not enough to bring charges against the Police Officer who killed eric garner. There will be no indictment in the apparent chokehold death of Staten Island man eric garner. What kind of nonsense is that . Are they looking at the same video the rest of the world is looking at . The its a painful day for so many new yorkers. Hes heard repeatedly telling officers i cant breathe, i cant breathe. The death was ruled a homicide by the coroners officer. Its totally incomp
We continue our breaking News Coverage tonight with streets across new york city lined with protesters, call for change in justice after a grand jury decides Video Evidence is not enough to bring charges against the Police Officer who killed eric garner. There will be no indictment in the apparent chokehold death of Staten Island man eric garner. What kind of nonsense is that . Are they looking at the same video the rest of the world is looking at . The its a painful day for so many new yorkers. Hes heard repeatedly telling officers i cant breathe, i cant breathe. The death was ruled a homicide by the coroners officer. Its totally incomprehensible. There ought to be an indictment its very hard to look at that and say no probable cause. Here we have video, what else does it take . Weve got a problem that america has to confront. If ferguson was not a wakeup call this case better be. The Justice Department will proceed with a federal civil rights situation. This is an issue weve been dea
Her lead shrinking and Vice President joe biden numbers rising. Hes above 20 for the first time. Well break down the numbers for you. The Vice President hasnt said whether hes running for president or not, but hes making head way against Hillary Clinton, that according to this brand new Monmouth University poll. 42 of democrats and democraticleaning voters back Hillary Clinton, thats down from 45 in a different poll late last month. Its Hillary Clintons worst showing in a Major National poll. Vice President Joe Biden has climbed to 22 followed by Bernie Sanders at 20 . Our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is joining us live. Jeff, what do you make of the new numbers . Wolf, i think democrats are getting the opportunity to think, wow, we may have a choice in this election so they are exercising that choice. Theyve seen so much choice on the republican side and up until now it didnt look like the race would be so competitive. Wolf, this race is going to be very competitive. It