For that reason. Well, it was certainly thats a very fine distinction. Well, it was certainly a purpose that went into the majority district but it was not the predominant motive. I understand that. Dont you have to use race to comply with section 5 . Thats right. Is there any way to comply with section 5 without using race . There is not. But you dont have to use race in this way, mr. Brasher. Nobody would say that section 5 required you to maintain a 78 district and a 78 district was no longer needed with respect to a groups ability to elect a candidate of choice. I respectfully disagree with that. Once again, we followed the same preclearance strategy that georgia followed in 2005. Congress made a record in 2006 to try to reauthorize section 5. Georgias plan from 2005 which kept all their majority black districts all the same was a good thing. We did the same thing in this redistricting cycle that other states did, we did the same thing that the plaintiffs did when they were in char
Hospitals are prepared to deal with this. We have a fourth line for doctors and nurses. The you feel that the hospital or clinic you work at is able to respond to ebola . Do you enjoy the conversation on a twitter. Lets take a wiki front page of the New York Times. The cdc held a News Conference yesterday. They talked about what happens now. There are four things were doing at this point. First, we want to make sure that we do Everything Possible to care for this individual. Second, assessing her possible contacts from the moment she developed symptoms. The cdc team lead for the dallas investigation has interviewed her and it appears that at this time there were only one contact to may have had contact with her while she may have been infectious. Of that individual is under active monitoring. Third, we are evaluating other potential Health Care Workers exposure. ,f this individual was exposed which they were, it is possible that others were exposed. We know that this individual did pro
Kevin sack and Manny Fernandez are in dallas. Texas apartment not sanitized for days, more than six months after an outbreak of ebola began its rampage through west africa. Local and federal Health Officials have displayed an uneven and flawed response to the first case diagnosed in the u. S. In the latest indication, state and local authorities confirm thursday that a week after a liberian man fell ill in dallas, and four days after he was placed in isolation at a hospital here, the apartment where he was staying with four other people had not been sanitized and the sheets and dirty towels he used while sick remained in the home. County officials visited the apartment without protection on wednesday night. In a separate story, the new york tooms, shes in liberia, and this story is about the u. S. Effort there. U. S. Effort in africa is bahrly off the ground, two weeks after president obama announced that time was running out in the fight to stem the epidemic. The American Treatment Ce
Again, we are live down in dallas, texas, while Congress Continues its break for the elections, members of the House Homeland Security committee are convening this field hearing today on the u. S. Response to ebola. This is taking place in the dallasfort worth area. Committee now in a little bit of a break. We expect it to resume in just a moment. Jones magazine said this. House legislatures have legislators have approved the 7 million toward the fight to contain ebola. The figure is still below the the department of defense and the budget battle is not over. Back to the hearing, live. Laky. St, dr. David is leads one of the states largest agencies with a staff of 11,500. He oversees programs such as andase presence bioterrorism preparedness, many others. We have brett jerar, of the texas a m Health Science center. Just there a couple days ago. Center is a premiere assembly of colleges devoted to educating Health Professionals and investigators through teaching and research. On. The li
Join the colorization. Like us on cspan. Follow us on twitter. Pennsylvania as well as our audience. This is the final debate in the race for governor. Welcome to our candidates. Our panelists tonight include the president of the league of women voters of pennsylvania. Each candidate will give a one minute closing statement. Our order was predetermined and eight coin in a coin flip. Is working with the league of voters to bring this debate. Thank you and good evening. On behalf of the league of women voters i extend a sincere welcome. For participating in this exchange of positions and visions. Forms and debates are Great American traditions. Governors matter, our states future matters. And voters matter. Pennsylvanians need to know who and what. Who and what they are voting for. Pennsylvania has a pay equity law that has been on the books for approximately 55 years. That law is not working. Earnsn in pennsylvania . 77 for every one dollar a man earns and every earlier this year more c