they can come up with some sort of plan that might at least move them in an incremental manner. all right. thanks. the battle lines over voting rights are drawn. texas governor rick perry is lashing out at the obama administration after attorney general eric holder announced that he will pursue legal action against the lonestar state. holder wants to require federal approval for any changes to voting laws in texas as well as other states with a history of discrimination. now, governor perry says the administration is going around the supreme court s decision last month on the voting rights act. that decision indeed struck down the provision requiring preclearance and sent the issue back to congress. in a statement, the texas governor says, quote, once again, the obama administration is demonstrating utter contempt for our country s system of checks and balances, not to mention the u.s. constitution. well, joining me now is danita judge, staff attorney at a civil rights group specia
touch this at all. republican s biggest long-term challenge is to become more diverse, only made worse if the gop stands by now and refuses to save the voting rights act. yes, it is possible the new voter i.d. laws and restriction will help the gop in the midterms next year. that s no guarantee. remember, they were supposed to do the same thing in 2012. it may be antonin scalia thought he was handing the gop a big victory this week but he may have given them a major headache this week. want to bring in berman, contributing writer for the nation, danita judge, staff judge at advancement, amanda turco, senior political reporter and managing reporter for huffington post, and mo cowen, being replaced by ed markey. a little more than a week on your term, senator, so thank you for spending time with us today.
sarah palin says the gop has a lot of momentum but is warning republicans not to become overly confident before election day. palin said now is the time to dig deep. palin was joined by marco rubio and rnc chairman michael steele. the celebrations may soon be going on in san francisco after the giants nlcs victory. juan uribe hit a tie breaking homerun to make the score 3-2. the first time the giants have reached the world series since 2002. they will go head to head against the tex rangers for game one of the world series. those are the top stories for now. the massive earthquake that struck haiti in january dominated headlines earlier this year. now, we are hearing less about the recovery although the need for aid in haiti is still overwhelming. joining us is a woman who has made it her life s mission to care for orphans in haiti. the founder of danita s children.