Protests in Tennessee after legislature breaks up majority-Black district

0:00 We turn now to Tennessee,

0:01 which today became the first state to redraw voting districts after last

0:05 week's Supreme Court ruling limiting lawmakers

0:07 ability to take race into account.

0:09 The move broke up a majority black district

0:11 and added to a national controversy over altered election maps.

0:14 At least eight states have made a change.

0:16 Our Ed O'Keefe is tracking it all.

0:18 Ed, you're in Alabama, which could be next to change the map.

0:21 But tell us about Tennessee today.

0:24 Well, Tony, Tennessee Democrats could do little more than protest the move,

0:28 and they did that, standing in a line,

0:29 shouting at Republicans as they voted overwhelmingly to drop the states.

0:33 One Democratic congressional seat,

0:35 authorities removed several individuals during the chaos.

0:38 While outside the chamber,

0:40 one state house Democrat burned a copy of the Confederate flag.

0:44 Today's vote means this Democratic district,

0:48 which encompasses the mostly black city of Memphis,

0:50 will be split into three districts designed to favor Republicans.

0:53 The NAACP is now suing to block the change.

0:56 Similar redrawing may soon happen in southern states like Louisiana,

1:00 Mississippi, South Carolina, and here in Alabama.

1:03 All based on last week's Supreme Court ruling

1:06 that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act.

1:08 Tony, Ed, thank you very