0 tallahassee. where is his voice on this. al sharpton led all of the marches. where is his voice on this. there is a grart issue in the black community people aren t delli dealing with. the hear something set for 9:00 a.m. racism charges dropped for paula deen. dropping the claims against the former network which caused her career to grumble. she has no grounds on racism because she, too, is white. new overnight says it will challenge the newell election laws. governor pat mccorey signed the bill now requires all voters to show a government issued photo id at the polls and shortens the early voting period by 7 days. it also ends preregistration for teens who will be 18 on election day and eliminates same day taxes. wonder if they will have the retail sales. those numbers will be out in the next 3 hours or so. it should be an important checkup on consumers to see if they are spending or tightening their wallets. here with that and top business news this morning let s head over to
0 she didn t have anything to prove she was married in had your current married name. ridiculous. maggie, in hillary clinton s fiery speech to the american bar association, she said she is these laws are reviving old demons of discrimination, insisting legislation like the north carolina law is a deliberate and unnecessary barrier to voting. right. in the years since, we ve seen a sweeping effort across our country to obstruct new obstacles to voting. often under cover of addressing a phantom epidemic of election fraud. now, not every obstacle is related to race, but anyone who says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in american elections must not be paying attention. are you surprised by her subject matter? there are a lot of things she could have used to address the aba. i m not surprised by her subject matter per se. i am surprised by something you hit it on the head earlier which as you said, she is eager to jump into the fray. that is what is surprising. s
0 seen a sweeping effort across our country to obstruct new obstacles to voting. often under cover of addressing a phantom epidemic of election fraud. not every obstacle is related to race but anyone who says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in american elections must not be paying attention. are you surprised by her subject matter? i m not surprised by her subject matter per se. i am surprised by something you hit it on the head earlier which as you said, she is eager to jump into the fray. what is surprising. she doesn t need to be out there as early as she is right now. people around her have said she wants to take time, she doesn t want to get sucked into every issue in washington right now but she is putting herself in in front of a lot of these issues. she said at the bar association she s going to give a speech on the nsa debate right now which is really interesting given that in 2008, the primary was lost in part because of the left s upset with her vote fo
0 you, i ll give you an exemption, that s illegal, not equal protection under the law. reporter: paul wants to defund the the affordable care act, but they say he and other obama care detractors need to get over it. it was passed and signed three years ago. it was upheld. the president was reelected. this is the law of the land. reporter: the president says he is open to changes that would improve the affordable care act, but he would face another effort to cut funding when congress returns from summer break next month. shannon? thank you very much. the battle over who in the federal government falls under obama care is the latest fight over the law and it is just beginning. critics say those that crafted the bill need to get a taste of their own medical plan. chief national correspondent jim angle has more. reporter: a republican amendment forced all lawmakers and their personal staff to be covered by obama care. one conservative says not making congress live under the law
republicans. to keep government open, you re for the health care law. mcconnell is on the defensive on this issue when he s been pushing for repeal since the beginning. so this is a difficult thing for republicans, particularly ones who are facing primary challenges next year. it s this atmosphere, i want to bring something up here. rodney alexander, former democratic congressman, switched parties, was a republican, he decided he s not running. the statement he put out was the indictment that they hear all the time whispered in the halls. he said, rather than this, posturing has led to a standstill. i do not think this environment will change any time soon. i ve decide d not to seek re-election so that another may put forth ideas to break through