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News Wrap: Tennessee passes new congressional map, sparking protest

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Thursday, lawmakers in Tennessee passed a new congressional map favoring Republicans, the man accused of a firebomb attack on a pro-Israel rally in Colorado was sentenced to life in prison, health authorities are tracking passengers who left the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak, and at least 17 people were injured by powerful overnight storms in Mississippi. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines in Tennessee. Lawmakers there passed a new congressional map that could help Republicans win all nine congressional seats in this year's midterm elections.

0:11.0

Power!

0:12.0

Power!

0:13.0

Nowh!

0:14.0

Prior to the vote, protesters gathered outside the state's House and Senate chambers to voice their anger at the plan.

0:22.1

The new map slices up Memphis, a majority black city that makes up most of the state's

0:26.9

lone Democratic stronghold. Tennessee's governor has now signed the bill, making it the first

0:32.3

state to adopt a new map since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that significantly

0:37.4

weakened the

0:38.1

landmark voting rights act.

0:40.2

In Colorado, the man accused of last year's firebomb attack at a pro-Israel rally was

0:45.9

sentenced to life in prison today.

0:48.0

Mohamed Sabri Salaman has pleaded not guilty to dozens of state charges, including

0:52.7

first-degree murder.

0:55.2

Authorities say he threw two Molotov cocktails during a demonstration in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza. At least 13 people

1:02.0

were hurt, and an 82-year-old woman later died from her injuries. The Egyptian National still faces

1:08.0

federal hate crime charges to which he has pleaded not guilty.

1:13.0

Health authorities on at least four continents are tracking over two dozen passengers who left

1:18.1

the cruise ship at the center of a hanta virus outbreak.

1:21.4

The passengers from at least 12 different countries left the ship two weeks after the first

1:26.1

passenger died on board.

1:27.9

The vessel itself is now en route to Spain's Canary Islands, where officials are debating

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