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 event became known as bloody su
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productins brown the Supreme Court heard a challenge today to the landmark Voting Rights act from alabama officials who said a key provision has outlived its usefulness. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Ifill and im gwen ifill on the newshour tonight. Marcia coyle fills us in on the Court Arguments followed by a debate on whether the whole the law is still needed. Brown then, ray suarez reports on the political push to tighten gun control laws, including a ban on assault weapons. Ifill does it matter where we work . Yahoo c. E. O. Marissa mayer sparks uprr by banning employees from working from home. Brown from our coping with Climate Change series, Hari Sreenivasan takes to the slopes and asks could rising temperatures endanger future ski seasons . You dont know if youre going to have good snow. You dont know if its going to come early or late, or if the spring is going to become warm, and the season is going to end prematurely. We just dont have
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
Of a terror attack right here in the u. S. Was there any truth to what the iraqi Prime Minister has been saying that the u. S. s subways are in threat. Plus the fbi believes it has identified the masked militant. Who is speaking in three isis videos, showing the beheading of westerners. As were watching whats happening now in britain, a major debate happening in parliament, will the uk join the coalitions campaign against ice nis iraq . Thats what the vote would be for. We have all angles covered for you with Christiane Amanpour, live in london. And we begin with cnns Jason Carroll and the confusion over the terror threats. New york citys mayor and Police Commissioner and the governor all stepping forward to insure the people of new york city that the subway system is safe. This, after there was some confusion yesterday, after a controversial statement made by iraqs Prime Minister. At subways in major cities across the country this morning, commuters can expect increased security. Afte
Overnight, connor . Reporter the u. S. And its allies continuing to target the u. S. Bang rou. S. Bankroll. But also focusing on military equipment. They knocked out tanks and armored personnel carriers. They continue to hit the modular Oil Refineries. Isis produces about 2 mill a day from these modular Oil Refineries the u. S. And its Coalition Partners targeting these sites, trying to reduce the amount of money isis is taking in. Isis sells the oil on the black market to turkey and other nations. This is about ultimately sort of removing isis ability to wage war and reduce their fighting capabilities. Nobody knows what the next stage of this military operation looks like. But the first stage looks like trying to reduce their fighting capability. Bill in syria how is that president assad reacting to the air campaign . Israeli officials tell fox news and reuters that they believe assad continues to maintain a small well cal and biological stockpile despite internationallest to get rid