From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Gerrymandering and political gridlock on Capitol Hill.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

If they did look at the issues, Americans care about most.

Republicans warned about voter fraud in last year's elections.

Democrats said the big threat to a fair outcome was voter ID.

But the real culprit was gerrymandering,

the redrawing of congressional district boundaries so Republicans got a much bigger majority than they deserved.

That's according to a Princeton scientist who wants the task of reapportionment every 10 years, transferred from state legislators to independent

commissions. Are the red states of the South less red than they appear to be? Is gerrymandering

the reason Congress can't get anything done? On reporters' notebook later, the search for a fired

LA policeman is more than a manhunt. First, here's the news.

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International Program Fund. Hello again. We're in on me, back with To the Point. Despite the

major issues facing America, tonight's state of the union address will likely be followed by congressional gridlock. Do the Republicans have a bigger majority than they deserve? Is gerrymandering the reason that ideology is making consensus so hard? On reporter's notebook, the manhunt for a fired L.A. policeman who has threatened to kill other cops as we has as is reminding

many people of the grievous history of the Los Angeles Police Department. First, this news

update. North Korea performed its third test of a nuclear device today after threatening to do so

for months. South Korean officials estimated the size of the explosion yield as 6 to 7 kilotons.

That's half the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

David Sanger is chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times,

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