Carrier served his country in the army. But in 2012 he wasnt allowed to do his civic duty. He was denied the right to vote at the polling place near his beaumont, texas home. You felt like you werent a citizen. I wasnt a citizen no more. I wasnt. Reporter carrier says he wasnt allowed to vote because of a voter i. D. Law passed in texas in 2011 which required one of seven types of approved picture i. D. S to cast a ballot. For more than 50 years carrier had used his Veterans Administration card that had no picture, but suddenly it wasnt enough. In 2012 federal judges ruled that the law violated the Voting Rights act, but republican lawmakers fought repeatedly in federal court to keep the law in place, saying it prevented inperson voter fraud. But again this week a federal judge ruled that the law was unexplainable on grounds other than race. Jenae nelson is with the naacp Legal Defense fund. This new strict requirement is based on an idea that there is voter fraud in texas, and weve de
A currency manipulator . In august. Im going to instruct my treasury secretary to label china a currency manipulator. Reporter but yesterday the president told the wall street journal, china does not manipulate its currency to hurt u. S. Workers and his administration will abandon that pledge. As for china and its leadership overall, this was day one of the trump campaign. Chinas killing us. Reporter and this was day 84 of the trump presidency. As you know, president xi is a terrific person. Reporter mr. Trumps stance on russia has done a 180 also. I dont know putin. But wouldnt it be nice if we could get along actually . Reporter yesterday. Right now were not getting along with russia at all. Reporter on Inauguration Day President Trump outlined his America First philosophy. We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone. Reporter but on wednesday mr. Trump explained why he launched missile strikes against the Syrian Regime of bashar al assad. Thats a butcher. Thats a butcher. So
Against michael slagerthe former North Charleston Police Officer accused of murdering walter scott last year. Hearing was expected to begin at 3 30. Slagers defense asking for speedy trial trial datecurrently set for the fall, could be moved to april. Solicitor there has said she wants to push this case because shes also trying the case of confessed Charleston Church shooter dylann roof. Asking for november trial date at earliest. Motion to reconsider slagers bond also discussed. Well bring you those rulings as they become available. Investigators are working on a mystery in whats being called a murder now. We now know the name of the victim of a weekend crash later declared a murder. 46 year old adrian silva crashed yesterday in the Early Morning hohos. Deputies got to the crash at long green parkway and churchland drive in columbia just before 3am on sunday. And they discovered silva who was dead had a bullet wound to his upper body. Richland county sheriffs deputies are following up
Chemical maker, facing corporate casualties in russia. Welcome to countdown. Coming up, nigel garage speaks to bloomberg. We will tell you what he has been talking about immigration and the upcoming general election. 6 00 in london and we are getting breaking news from airbus. Right now it gets two thirds of its sale from making airliners. 2014 sales came in at 60. 7 billion euros, a touch ahead of the estimate. The dividend has come in at 1. 20 euro per share. And estimates they are looking at a slight increase. They are proposing a riaseaise of 1 euro per share. They say they will live the family production rate to 50 from 2017 and increase against previous rates of production. The order intake that measure of how quickly the orders come in 1. 667 billion euros. We are getting various metrics coming through. Their monthly production rate for the a330 will be six per month. The a320 up. The a380 is still a target and that is one of the areas of question around this particular business
Thanks very much indeed for being with us. We begin in lebanon, where police have used tear gas to disperse a group of protesters expressing their anger at the government. They had gathered near the parliament, as fury mounts over the way the country is being run and how tuesdays massive explosion in beiruts port could ever have happened. At least 137 people have been killed, many others are still missing and around 5,000 have been wounded. On top of that about a quarter of a million homes have been destroyed. Alanna petroff has more. No time in beirut, outside parliament. Emotions are running high. Protesters throw object s. Security forces fire back with tear gas. Since the deadly blast on tuesday, leading politicians are nowhere to be seen. Residents say the explosion was symptomatic of neglect and corruption in the political system. People are dead. Lives have been ruined. And anger is boiling over. Earlier, when the Lebanese Justice minister came out to the streets, a crowd formed