one killed, three injured in a tornado that hit the town of cisco, texas. several homes suffered significant damage. texas wasn t the only state dealing with the rough weather. tornadoes spotted in colorado, kansas, and oklahoma as well. we ll continue to watch the situation with an update from msnbc at the top of the our. now, back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. we ve interviewed a lot of inmates who are doing long-term sentences. i m talking decades and decades of time behind bars. in order to survive, they have to find ways to make the absolute most of whatever small pleasures they can find. we should go get some bleach and make everything brighter and whiter. like a teeth commercial.
rang just about 20 minutes ago. right now stocks are up just about 73 points, but it may be another rocky week. bank earnings are out in the next few days and investors are keeping a close eye on them. ringing the opening bell this morning belleden incorporated which manufactures networking products. nearly 12 million people are in the path of a storm system across the south near houston. the sheriff s caught this funnel cloud as this blew through sunday. this will cause colder temperatures over the next 24 hours. in kansas city it s snowing this morning? reporter: just when we thought winter was over. the fact that we talk about snow in the fast is hard to believe. texas wasn t alone with that
the voting rights act, it will stay in effect. that s just the tip of the iceberg. texas wasn t the only state covered by section five that moved forward immediately after the shelby county decision to put in place restrictions. and we re seeing this play out in states across the country and localities across the country, which pushed forward restrictions that were previouslyprevious ly blocked by the court and the department of justice. the obama justice department is now trying to pursue legal strategy. what is the what is that strategy look like. can you describe that to people? it is still illegal to discriminate on the basis of race in voting across the country. it is a lot harder to get the lawed blocked. you have to go to court, used to happen automatically. used to have a streamline system. we made this very easy to prevent discriminatory voting laws from going into effect. that s no longer the case. there are a lot of ways to block
letter today to the obama administration saying texas will not implement some key provisions of the health care overhaul. they include the medicaid expansion and the state exchanges. joining us first on fox, former 2012 republican candidate for president and texas governor rick perry in his first interview since texas made this decision. so, governor, why? well, if anyone had any doubt, we wanted to put it clearly to bed that texas wasn t going to be a part of expanding socializing of our medicine. so we re not going to participate in any exchanges, we re not going to expand medicaid. we re just not going to be a part of, again, socializing health care in the state of texas. and going in direct conflict with our founding fathers wishes and freedom, for that matter. people need to be free to make those decisions about their health care, not be forced by this administration into these exchanges or into bankrupting states with the expansion of
there is fear that the change could put civilian workers at risk. u.s. officials say they may be able to negotiate exceptions in some cases, and they note that only about a quarter of u.s. funded development projects require security guards. a new voter i.d. law is on hold in texas. justice department officials are blocking the law saying it could keep hundreds of thousands of hispanic voters away from the polls. supporters say the i.d. requirement will help prevent fraud. the feds have to approve any voting changes in texas. and other states with a history of discrimination. mike emanuel is live in washington. you know, mike, there are few facts on the ground here. one of the facts is that minorities and poor people have disproportionately fewer ids than majority and rich people and they also vote disproportionate democrat. right there. is great concern about particularly rural areas of texas. texas officials point out, shep, states from georgia and indiana, tennessee, to kansas are