good morning, from jerusalem, where people are waking up to the news that israel has attacked iran. iran state news agencies reported that air defenses have been fired and explosions were heard near isfahan international airport. israel warned the united states that this was coming. the impact is not yet clear, but it does appear to have a limited been limited and there s no damage to nuclear facilities. good morning. we are live in jerusalem and have woken up to the news that israel has attacked iran. early indications suggest a single strike on a carefully selected target. if a significant moment. alex rossi is in northern israel. alex crawford is in beirut, and james matthews is in washington for us. iranian state media is reporting that air defense is were fired close to the international airport in central iran around 4:00 local time. they say that drones were intercepted and there were no explosions on the ground. we have not been able to verify these claims but the
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carrier served his country in the army. but in 2012 he wasn t 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 weren t a citizen. i wasn t a citizen no more. i wasn t. reporter: carrier says he wasn t 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 wasn t 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 in-person 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 frau
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