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
Bullet that explodes inside the body, it doesnt go through a straight line. It goes in and then it opens up, thats not a survivable injury. Reporter but republicans argued an assault weapons ban would trample on the second amendment. Ted cruz of texas. And we should not target our efforts to needlessly restricting the constitutional liberties of lawabiding citizens. I own an ar15. I passed the background check. Reporter South Carolina republican Lindsey Graham wanted to know why gun sale laws already on the books arent being enforced. Milwaukees police chief said he has his hands full with more serious gun crimes. Senator. How many cases have you made . You know what . It doesnt matter its a paper thing. I want to stop 76,000. Can you answer a question. I want to finish the answer. I want to stop 76,000 people from buying guns illegally. Thats what a background check does. If you think were going to do paperwork prosecutions, youre wrong. Reporter there was a lot of sympathy today but
Lim Dong-hyek, one of Korea s most acclaimed pianists, will take the stage with a program deeply rooted in Russian musical heritage in February, taking the audience on a journey through the heart of Russian pianism.
Lim Dong-hyek, one of Korea s most acclaimed pianists, will take the stage with a program deeply rooted in Russian musical heritage in February, taking the audience on a journey through the heart of Russian pianism.