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
Spreading fast about who will replace him. I think its going to be from africa or latin america. What matters most is that its something who can dwight the church into the future. Reporter Pope Benedict who was elected in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul ii says he is leaving because hes grown too old and frail. They hope to elect a pope in time for the holy week of easter, which is now just a few weeks away. One interesting tidbit, annemarie. Swiss guards will be outside of the main gates. The moment 8 00 strikes and the pope is no longer pope theyll leave and come back in anticipation of the next pontiff. Vinita before you leave, theres more Church Business to begin. When does the choosing of the pontiff actually begin . Reporter that is a good question, what exactly are the dates. Talking to the clergy here in rome, they tell us they anticipate the conclave could start on the 10th or the 11th with a pope in power by the 17th. Hopefully that would be ideal. Annemarie, back to y
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
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