. >> the importance of anthony kennedy cannot be overstated. >> there have only been three gay rights, major gay rights decisions in the history of the supreme court. >> all three of those cases were written by anthony kennedy. he will go down in history as in essence the father of constitutional gay rights. >> yeah, and the good kind of father of something gay. not the kind of father who insists you throw a football with him and it would never come to a single one of your show choir performances. you might not think it's important, dad, but it's important to me! of course-- of course. not every one was happy with this decision. but someone was exactly as unhappy with it as you would imagine. scalia. the justice whose name most resembles a g.i. joe villean. >> he said the court a opinion talking about the one striking down doma springs from the same diseased root and exalted notion of the role of this court in american democratic society. >> he called it legallistic argle fargel? >> whoa, whoa, argle fargel is a little har be, isn't it? or is it? i done know what that means. these sup

justice anthony kennedy denied an appeal. >> i now pronounce you, spouses for life. >> some traveled for hours to get married now like wes adams and todd from los angeles. >> i am overwhelmed. >> i feel great. >> we waited 16 years. >> outside city hall, the pride festival president co-ed and it included another historic first, members of the military in full uniform recruiting. >> we want to reach a demographic. before don't tell, we couldn't activelien gage. actively engage. >>> now let's check in with leigh glaser with the forecast center. leigh? >> it was the west winds that brought temperatures down as much as 10 degrees in some locations. you can see a little of the fog going down the coast and will move inland a little bit. we may look at some of the light fog on the coast. a beautiful shot from the sutro cam and you can see that it is still mild out there with oakland 63. clear skies san jose and 66 santa cruz and 61 degrees. golden gate bridge is seeing clear conditions and livermore as well as fairfield holding the heat in. 71 degrees. coit to you wire is -- coit tower is a

justice anthony kennedy denied an appeal. >> i now pronounce you, spouses for life. >> some traveled for hours to get married now like wes adams and todd from los angeles. >> i am overwhelmed. >> i feel great. >> we waited 16 years. >> outside city hall, the pride festival president co-ed and it included another historic first, members of the military in full uniform recruiting. >> we want to reach a demographic. before don't ask, don't tell, we couldn't activelien gage. actively engage. >>> now let's check in with leigh glaser with the forecast leigh? >> it was the west winds that brought temperatures down as much as 10 degrees in some locations. you can see a little of the fog going down the coast and will move inland a little bit. we may look at some of the light fog on the coast. a beautiful shot from the sutro cam and you can see that it is still mild out there with oakland 63. clear skies san jose and 66 santa cruz and 61 degrees. golden gate bridge is seeing clear conditions and livermore as well as fairfield holding the heat in. 71 degrees. coit to you wire is -- coit tower i

this morning anthony kennedy denied an emergency appeal by defenders of proposition 8. >> i now pronounce you, partners for life. >> some couples traveled for hours to get married now, like wes and todd from los angeles. >> i'm overwhelmed. >> i feel great. >> we waited for 16 years. >> outside city hall, the pride festival continued, and included another historic first. members of the military in full uniform recruiting. >> we want to reach a democrat that pry to "don't ask, don't tell" we weren't able to engage. >> because of the historic decision leading happy to weekend, organizers expected anywhere from 1.25 million people to 1.5 million people. still a whole lot of people out here now. these festivities wrap up at 7:30. reporting live, abc7 news. >> and still to come at 6:00, another homicide in antioch. what led to the second in two days. >>> plus, why riders say a hot air balloon crash was lucky. and why a half dozen marathon runners were >> breaking news out of santa cruz county. two women are dead after they and two men were swept out to sea by a wave. the men managed to grab on

anthony kennedy denied an appeal by prop 8 supporters. that means same-sex marriage in california will continue, and the mayor says it's been a busy weekend. >> we had over 327 extra marriage licenses issued between friday and saturday, and we're still open and everybodyes volunteering. >> by this afternoon there were many more new licenses issued. this is part of the line of people waiting to get married in city hall. >> exchanging rings today. >> in this bigger room even more couples exchanged vows. >> i now pronounce you partners for life. >> that was sergio quintana reporting. there was an excessive heat warning today and people flocked to the water. this is santa cruz. let's get the latest from leigh glaser. >> leigh: you know, we actually had a little bit of cooling today. the reason why is live doppler 7hd actually picking up little bit of light fog that developed just off the coast. let me animate this and you can see, it there is, a little bit of an onshore sea breeze and that dropped temperatures down as much as ten degrees in s

supreme court justice anthony kennedy denied a request by prop 8 opponents to stop gay weddings in california. the numberses are in. the san francisco county clerk issued 563 same sex marriage licenses since the 9th circuit of appeals lifted the ban. they were the only county and state open to perform the weddings. all of them will be ready to perform them starting tomorrow. >>> meantime, it was a sea of people and bane bow flags in san francisco. chopper 5 was overhead as hundreds of thousands of people backed in over head this afternoon. celebrating pride weekend. before that they lined market street for the 43rd annual parade. and don knap was there. >> wrapping up awe week of advances with a love fest, san francisco gay right advocates and supporters filled market street with a noisy, dancing, floating party. [music] >> reporter: international, multiracial, gay, lesbian, transgender and straight. >> it has been a gay day. >> i love all of the craziness. that is what it is all about. [ cheers and applause ] >> coming here for the past 20 years, all of news i am a lesbian and this is my gir

this morning anthony kennedy denied an emergency appeal by defenders of proposition 8. >> i now pronounce you, partners for life. >> some couples traveled for hours to get married now, like wes and todd from los angeles. >> i'm overwhelmed. >> i feel great. >> we waited for 16 years. >> outside city hall, the pride festival continued, and included another historic first. members of the military in full uniform recruiting. >> we want to reach a democrat that pry to "don't ask, don't tell" we weren't able to engage. >> because of the historic decision leading happy to weekend, ornizers expected anywhere from 1.25 million people to 1.5 million people. still a whole lot of people out here now. these festivities wrap up at 7:30. reporting live, abc7 news. >> and still to come at 6:00, another homicide in antioch. what led to the second in two days. >>> plus, why riders say a hot air balloon crash was lucky. and why a half dozen marathon and why a half dozen marathon runners were hospitalized. look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yea

. >>> from the supreme court today, justice anthony kennedy denied the request from california prop 8s supporters to stop same-sex marriages from moving forward. that decision on this gay pride weekend offered yet another something for same-sex marriage supporters to celebrate after a very big week. >> reporter: lester, tens of thousands turned out to mark those supreme court decision that coincided with the 44th anniversary of the gay rights movement. here in new york city edeth wind sor, the 88-year-old widow at the center of the doma case took her victory lap. they passed by the stone wall in where the gay rights movement began in 1969. on the west coast, san francisco hosted its gay rights parade. and dozens of couples marry over the weekend in celebration. supporters say the joyous events are the latest milestones in this four-decade long movement towards equal rights. >> thank you. >>> caddies are supposed to have seen it all. but golfer jessica and her caddy were midway through the third round of the u.s. women's open. gudenly he was replaced by a new caddie who is her boyfriend

justice anthony kennedy denied that request. >>> san francisco city hall stayed open all weekend for couples who wanted to tie the knot. scheduled to close at 8:00 tonight. court houses in contra costa, alameda counties will reopen tomorrow to large numbers of same sex couples wanting to get married. alameda opens at 8:30 and santa clara will open at 9:00 tomorrow morning. >> a drug company voluntarily pulls thousands of bottles of baby aspirin off store shelves. what a pharmacist found that prompted that recall. >> a hot air balloon goes down on southern california freeway. we'll hear from an eyewitness about what he saw and heard. . it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-selling plug-in. that's american ingenuity to find new roads. ♪ the 2013 volt. charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. ♪ charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. >>> we have some breaking news to tell you about out of san jose where a fire broke out in the last few minutes in a dump. you can see a live look at the fire

supreme court justice anthony kennedy denied a request by proposition 8 supporters to halt same-sex marriages in california. the request came the same weekend of the 44th annual lgbt pride marches all arod the country. the events had greater meaning this year thanks to the supreme court ruling on the defense of marriage act. >>> last night eric draseti was sworn in as the 42nd mayor of los angeles. >>> and transit workers in san francisco's bay area have officially gone on strike saying they could not agree on points regarding salary, pensions, health care and safety. more than 400,000 commuters will be affected by this strike. >>> not so great news if you are planning to have a baby. here's why. a "new york times" analysis finds pregnancy in the u.s. is far more expensive than anywhere nels the world. the average amount paid for a conventional birth in 2012 was just under $10,000. that's more than twice as much as any other country while $15,000, that's what it costs for cesarean, that was nearly triple the price. >>> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil. bring yourself back. >>

. >>> anthony kennedy has denied a request by proposition 8 supporters to halt gay marriages in california. it came during the 40th annual lgbt pride celebration. >>> student loan rates have officially doubled as of this morning, jumping from 3.4% to 6.8%. usa reporting that there's about $1.1 trillion in outstanding student loan debt. >>> some not-so-great news to tell you about if you're planning to have a baby. a "new york times" analysis says pregnancy in the u.s. is more expensive than anywhere else in the world. the average amount paid for a birth was just under $10,000. more than twice as much as any other country. the $15,000 cost of a cesarean was nearly triple that. >>> we turn to cnbc's sima moody. >> the markets have had a good start to the year, despite the volatility over the past few weeks, as investors fret over what the fed will do over interest rates. the dow and the s&p 500 were positive in the second quarter. >>> it's a good time to be king. "the new york times" says the average pay for the u.s. ceos rose 16% last year to $15 million. larry ellison tops the list. his pa

. >> the state is specifically asking justice anthony kennedy to intervene, because he oversees emergency appeals in the west. if a stay is granted, the state will continue with its full appeal. >>> an oakland teenager is recovering after falling through a hotel skylight in italy last month. rob roth learned the accident is only part of what she and her family now face. >> reporter: 15-year-old maya schumacher is laid up in a bed in oakland. what began as a trip of a lifetime ended in near disaster and near financial ruin for her family. >> i learned to be more careful. >> reporter: maya traveled to italy with a young woman's chorus of san francisco for a series of performances. she was in a hotel room. >> i thought that outside was a balcony, but it turned out to be a skylight and i fell through it. >> reporter: this is a picture of that skylight. maya fell 20 feet onto concrete and fractured her pelvis in four places. her mother was home in oakland. >> i got the call that no parent wants, which is your child has been severely injured. >> reporter: maya spent the next three weeks recover

. >> supreme court justice anthony kennedy said no to proposition 8 supporters asking to halt same sex marriages in california. kennedy turned away the request without comment. >>> roberta, the heat is definitely on and it's going to get even hotter. >> it will. i tried to beat the heat today and went swimming. i still, 12 hours later. we have some seriously dangerous weather moving into the bay area. the hottest days still to come. good evening everybody. looking out towards the bay bridge where today actually east of the bay bridge in oakland we have seasonal highs west in san francisco same story and right now 61 degrees in the city by the bay. 74 degrees in livermore after experiencing a high today at 101 degrees. otherwise we were down 5 degrees in san francisco at 70, and we were down to 88 in san jose compared to yesterday at 96 degrees down from 102 to 94 in santa rosa. but we still had one city that had a record high today that was gilroy. 100 degrees shattering the old record established in 1999. do you live in one of these counties? if so, you have an excessive heat warning

anthony kennedy denied a request to stop gay weddings in california. the numbers are in. san francisco county clerk issued 563 same sex marriages since the 9th circuit court of appeals. san francisco was the only county open this weekend to perform the weddings. all other counties will be ready to do so today. >>> gunfire erupted killing two men. it happened just before 7:00 near golden gate avenue as the streets were full of rebellers from the gay pride parade. the victims are expected to survive and were hit in the leg. >>> chopper 5 was overhead as people packed into the civic center, many waving rainbow flags. gay right supporters filled the parade route with a noisy dancing floating party. more than 200 groups took part in the parade including city departments and several bay area organizations. as major soft san francisco in 2004 he allowed the issue answer of same sex marriage licenses. >> you know what i'm saying? >> yes. i love all of the craziness. that's what it's all about. >> as the festivities went on city hall was open and marrying same sex couples. two ber

prop 8 supporters petitioned supreme court justice anthony kennedy claiming the 9th circuit is prematurely allowing same-sex marriage licenses in california. he turned away that appeal without any additional comment. under supreme court rules they have 25 days to ask the high court to rehear the case. >> essentially what the court has done is they've dragged we the people from behind the wheel of this republic and they've carjacked the nation. >> meanwhile, edie windsor, right there, whose case overturned the federal defense of marriage act was deemed a conquering hero at the parade today. the judge's decision made this year's pride celebration even better. for the first time in many years same-sex couples are able to get married. jean elle. >> reporter: this celebration is in full swing. take a look around. the ceo of gay pride tells me this is a record setting crowd. 1.5 million people are here. you can see it's wall-to-wall people. people enjoying lots of music and each other. the largest crowd ever and the first time that same-sex couples can get married during gay pride as well. cerem

anthony kennedy was joined by john robert effort junior, clash thomas and samuel eely toe. antonin scalia joined the three women on the court to disagree with the ruling. scalia and justices ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor and eleanor kagan ruled against the here's what scalia said about his descent "the court has cast aside a bedrock rule of our 4 4th amendment law that the government may not search its citizens for evidence of crime unless there is a reasonable cause to believe that such evidence will be found. question. will the supreme court decision prompt a national standard for the collection of dna? >> eventually it probably will, and here'swhat you need to know to see which direction the country's going. in 2009 e supreme court@ruled thatsomebody con.icted of a crime@does not have the right to he access to their own dna even if it would prove them innocent. so we had a bill of rights set up to protect people. instead@peopledon't have access to their own dna but the government does have the access >> what's dna? >> well, it's your internal fingprint in some way

anthony kennedy said the statute is invalid for no legitimate purpose enters those by its marriage laws protecting personhood and dignity. justice antonin scalia was unconvinced that this particular decision wasn't passing judgment on the underlying issue on the legality of same-sex marriage. their words so that they might have covered honor today and it was their debate could settle and we will respect their resolution. edie winsor cried when she heard the news, she was the original plaintiff. >> thank you for affirming the principle of this justice under the law. reporter: former president bill clinton who signed the law. the pentagon is rolling out federal benefits for legally married same-sex couples. the supporter of california's proposition eight measure, which amended the state's constitution between only one man and woman did not have legal standing to defend the statute after state officials refused to do so. what is left is the district court's decision which struck down proposition eight. >> people justice under the law. today, we are closer to that. reporter: traditional mar

justice anthony kennedy o has jurisdiction denied that request. >> i now pronounce you spouses for life. >>> together for 33 years, you are looking at the faces of a newlywed couple in san francisco. since friday, city officials say they have issued more than 500 marriage licenses to same- sex couples. a sign on the wall of the clerk's office sums it up. license $99, ceremony $75, equality priceless. >>> san francisco city hall stayed open all weekend for couples who wanted to tie the knot. it was closed just over two hours ago. other bay area courthouses will reopen tomorrow morning to what is expected to be large numbers of same-sex couples wanting to be married. santa clara county will open its doors at 8:00 in the morning. >>> you definitely know how to throw a parade in this city. >> joining pride in san francisco. we go to the event that had extra special meaning. >> the president's challenge to students in south africa. >>> couldn'ting coverage now of today's san francisco pride parade. and on the third day that same- sex marriage licenses were issued here at san francisco city h

million years think that in your legal marriage that you would be toasting republican justice anthony kennedywell, kennedy has been a good justice, and a good friend to civil rights, not but no, it was a surprise. i don't think anyone thought they would be able to thank any of the supreme court justices. i think we would be happy not to thank the government at all. >> cenk: there she is. congratulations. [applause] >> this is so sweet. >> cenk: you're right i don't remember mentioning any supreme court justices in my wedding. >> it was different. ten years ago we wouldn't have gotten where we are today. and doma has had an impact. a michigan judge has tried to halt an act that would stop preventing employment spouses for benefits as their straight counterparts. >> i liked the part which one you told to get in for traffic court. you got yelled at at for yelling at a bailiff. >> cenk: yes, i've picture of that. but in the dark days when you would fight back and get despondent and unions like this lead to a more perfect union. what is happening here! [ cheering ] >> oh, my god i'm going to drop

supporters of prop 8 were dealt a setback this morning when anthony kennedy denied the request to stop the issuing of same-sex marriage licenses. they are allowed 25 days to ask for a rehearing. >> essentially the court has dragged we the people from behind the wheel of this republic and carjacked the nation. >> prop 8 supporters could continue their efforts to halt gay marriage by filing their request with another justice. >>> new at 11:00, a shooting at the pride event sent people running for safety. people fired shots into the crowd at 6:30 this evening near a row of vendor booths. two men were shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. one witness described the scene. >> we heard gunshots and we're like that's so real. when dropped and took cover under our tables and waited it out. >> investigators say at this point they don't know if the victims were intended targets and they were asking people anyone with pictures or video of the incident to contact police. >>> a tragedy on a santa cruz county beach this afternoon. two women are dead after being swept off the beach at 33:this aft

today, justice anthony kennedy denied an emergency motion from supporters of proposition 8.he california voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. yesterday they asked the supreme court to stop issuing gay couples' marriage licenses in the state. justice kennedy turned down that request with no additional comment. prop 8 supporters say the supreme court ruled too quickly when they voted 5-4 to let stand earlier decision by california's highest court that prop 8 is unconstitutional. meanwhile, numerous same sex couples in san francisco continued to get married at city hall, been doing it since the end of last week. the place a flurry of activity all week. they opened their doors especially, they normally are not open on weekends. friday, that federal appeals court granted gay couples the right to obtain marriage licenses immediately. >>> today, cities across the nation are hosting gay pride parades. new york city was no exception to the celebration, we're told this is the largest one. it attracts 2 million marchers and spec at a timers. leading the parade, edith windsor who ch

. >> anthony kennedy, midwin seemed to be begging someone to fill in that gap, bring the case to theourt, so it could be what's at issue today would not be an issue a year or two down the line. >> exactly. a case like this is a prime example of why the supreme court exists. they exist to give clarity to laws that are different in different states, so everyone can pretty much understand how do we make sure we don't have all this gray area, so that judges, courts know how to following and implement laws. so hopefully this might be one of those cases to do that, into you spousal privileges and same-sex marriages trigger issues such as child custody, divorce, estate planning, so a case like this i think is a watershed moment, i think, for us. >> same-sex marriage, of course, legal in maryland, several other states, not in kentucky. this trial begins one month from today. thank you both so much. >>> we want to go to some live pictures from kansas right now. explosions rock a local biofuel business sending flames shooting into the air. firefighters, as you can see, on the scene right now,

anthony kennedy only went on for eight minutes. the earlier one, scalia was on center stage for 11 years dissenting in the dna case, where the majority said it was ok if you were arrested to take a dna swab. he was very much against that. this is a genre of his. ruth bader ginsburg showed that it was one of first, too. it is the way for the dissent to call attention to his or her opinion. justice scalia told me in 1988, when he did his major dissent in the independent counsel case and he had that wonderful line, sometimes the wolf comes to us in sheep's clothing, this wolf comes as a wolf. the reason he decided justin byron white had said, we have a practice that if we feel passionately about a dissent, we should do that. scalia went on for nine minutes back in 1988. each year, he does at least one. the doma one, if he could've pounded his fist on the mahogany bench him and he probably would have. >> the great thing from being in the courtroom, he has this great storyteller voice. he was going on and telling the story and he can be

there was no clarity in this decision whatsoever in that you had anthony kennedy writing the decisionaid this was because this is federalism issue a states should be allowed to do what they want, but it may be a equal protection issue and constitutional argument against any of these state laws that define marriage as only between a man and woman. we don't know. and because the court simultaneously punted on the prop 8 case in california they didn't have to rule on that issue. >> john: i think the prop 8 case has got coattails because california is such a huge state. tens of thousands of same-sex couples get married, that will have a spillover affect but doma, anyone opposed is enemy to human decency. a state law restrict go to the traditional definition and charles krauthammer said if it is discriminatory to not allow same-sex couples to enjoy benefits, maybe it's discriminatory to not allow them to get married? >> maybe its slippery slope down to same-sex marriage and that is where we may end up. but i agree with jennifer that this courted gave conservatives, especially conservative

justice anthony kennedy denied a motion to halt gay marriages in california.position 8 supporters appealed to the court to block the marriages. monsters university won the weekend box office. the action comedy, the heat, came in second. now let's go back to caught on camera. >>> well come back to caught on camera. for police on patrol, any day could their be their last as two veteran officers nearly found out. a brazen gunman ready for the kill. >> he was going to execute. he had no intention on running away. >> and a partner prepared to take a bullet. >> in a fraction of a second, i made up my mind, i'm most likely going to get shot. >> it all goes down on september 6, 2009, in kansas city, missouri. dean mcginnis is a veteran with the kansas city police department. he and his partner start their shift at 3:00. often the officers will ride together. but today they're taking separate cars. after more than ten years working the same beat together, mcginnis and turner rely heavily on one another. >> we deal with a little bit of everything, disturbances, robberie

. >> bill: and by anthony kennedy in the prop 8 california situation. loopholes. what the constitution really intended what say you? >> first, i say welcome back, we missed you, secondly, let me tell you we are a nation of laws. not loopholes. and that the court has become a more political institution under roberts. i think he is trying to make up for things that have been done in the past that weren't so popular. when it comes to the gay marriage issue, there is a constitutional principle here, 14th amendment that says we all as americans have equal rights. you can't vote in texas because you say this is a tradition or this is my religion to take away my rights. if that's the case back in '54 they would have taken away the rights for blacks to go to school with whites? bill what happened? '96, juan why wasn't this challenged then on constitutional basis? >> we don't know what would have happened. >> bill: it wasn't challenged then why anyone, all right? but now now suddenly something has changed now bill clinton is a bigot as reid says and all the other people bi

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supreme court gave them another reason to celebrate when justice anthony kennedy, the decisive vote onhe court, rejected a last-ditch effort by opponents of marriage equality to halt the granting of marriage licenses out in california. and the celebrations last week, amid them the pennsylvania first -- the openly gay member of the legislature there, brian sims. he is a state rep, was silenced by some of his conservative colleagues when he tried to speak on the historic nature of the court's landmark rulings. can you believe that? he couldn't even talk. daryl metcalfe, a run was one of the lawmakers who shut down sims, and here was his reason. >> i did not believe that as a member of that body that i should allow someone to make comments such as he was preparing to make that ultimately were just open rebellion against what -- what the word of god has said, what god has said, and just open rebellion against god's law. >> pretty clearly stated there. anyways, state representative brian sims joins me now from harrisburg. he represents center city, philadelphia. ted, by the way, is also joi

justice anthony kennedy was only stating the obvious when he wrote the changes in thinking about same-sex marriage have come clowe sloely at first and then in rapid course. if such change is possible in this area, is it also possible in the realm of race relations? the court thinks so, writing that the ghost of the 1960s can no longer be held against those states, particularly in the south." wi where does this go now? >> it's not the ghosts. it's the real living problems that are prenltsed. think about attorney general holder's response to this, talking about the corrosion of the foundations of american democracy. he pointed out that texas' redistricting plan and south carolina's i.d. plan were both rejected by lower courts, federal courts in texas and south carolina today, not 50 years ago, not 40 years ago. you know, what's interesting here is that in 2006 congress and george bush signing the legislation reviewed this and in a bipartisan way found that it was compelling evidence to suggest that we need to be -- >> right. senator demint, you voted to reauthorize the voting rights act. is

supreme court justice anthony kennedy denied a request yesterday by prop 8 opponent to stop the weddingsn california. the numbers are in over the weekend. san francisco county clerk issued 563 same-sex marriage licenses since the ninth circuit court of appeals lifted the ban late friday afternoon. san francisco was the only county in the state open over the weekend to perform the marriages. all our counties here in the state will be ready to do so starting this morning. >>> hundreds of thousands of people turned out in san francisco yesterday to celebrate pride weekend. church wasearlier people lined market street for the 43rd annual parade. gay rights advocates filled that parade with a party. more than 200 groups took part including dignitaries city departments and several bay area organizations. lieutenant governor gavin newsom rode and walked the route as mayor of san francisco in 2004 he allowed the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses. >> a gay day in the bay. i must say. you know what i'm saying? >> yes, love all the craziness. the craziness is what it's all about. >> even as th

today is the birthday of the most powerful man in the world justice anthony kennedy and woody harrelson and the great character actress edie mcclure. if you watched news today my friends, all you learned about a baby who will be a fake monarch in 50 years and an ex-congressman who can't stop sexting. won't you please allow us to fill in the gaps? this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us tonight. now, imagine if you would a future america with republican majorities in both house of congress and texas senator ted cruz running for president. while this might impress some as incredibly scary there is actually some good news in that scenario which we'll get to in just a minute. democrats currently hold an eight-seat advantage in the senate but upcoming retirements by democratic senators in west virginia south dakota and montana, not exactly left-leaning states, means an almost certain net loss for three seats for the dems next year. incumbents in louisiana arkansas alaska and north carolina are seen as highly vulnera

-- actually, this time when he dissented in doma, i believe he dissented for 13 minutes, and anthony kennedy who read the opinion went on for eight minutes. the the earlier one he was on center stage for 11 minute dissending in the dna case where the majority said it was okay when someone is arrested to take a dna swab. he was very much against that. this is a genere of his. and ruth bader begins berg showed it was one of hers too. it's a way for the dissent to call attention to his or her opinion. then we take it and run with it. justice scalia told me in 1988, when he did his major dissent in the independent case. had a wonderful line that sometimes the wolf come in the sheep's clothing. the wolf comes as a wolf. the reason he decides to dissent, byron white said we have a practice here if we feel pay nately about a dissent we should one a term do that. so scalia did. he went on for nine minutes in 1988. i think each year my colleague will correct me. i think each year he does once. the doma one was if he could have pounded the fist he would have. but the words carried it. >> one of the gr

what we do in loving versus virginia and i think anthony kennedy actually in his majority opinion on gemma laid out a lot of reasons why infringing on the right of marriage to like you said harm both so i mean i do think it may come back around in a different way but it's just too early to tell i think though that he's spent by specifying those arms and that's why that's why scully was so enraged was he just you know he saw this coming in my opinion it was. not our problem he was on the one side you know and he was the other he was outraged about the language in the door in the doma case or that we're kennedy basically said ok here are some specific harms now come back later and tell us about your you're being are so bad but if you look at both of his votes and he's on one of the majority and one of the dissent on the other both of those involved standing and he had some consistencies in both his for his his views yesterday on the supreme court should not have should not have judicial review basically well that case came up with there was no case or the argument he had was there were

justice anthony kennedy making the ruling over the weekend. greg: right now a new report from the "wall street journal" saying that health insurance rates could double, even triple under obamacare for some folks. and younger healthier americans, well, they are really going to that i can a wallop the biggest financial hit of all. notwithstanding many assurancessesassurances especially from the president that premiums would not go up h-p in light of the federal law about to take effect. talk about sticker shock, jaime. the president tubbed this thing the affordable healthcare act. maybe it ought to be renamed the unaffordablaffordable healthcare act. >> a lot of young americans supported the president. you have to wonder whether they understood what they were supporting when they supported the president in the healthcare law. i think that a lot of them thought they were supporting this law, and that for a very little amount of money they would get a lot of benefits when in actuality they will basically be subsidizing those who are sick and old.

. >> it didn't not work. [ ♪ "nbc nightly news" ♪ ] >> stephanie: anthony kennedy denied a request fromlifornia to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage in the nation's most populous state. he turned away the decision with no comment. except for this comment. >> you're a loser. >> stephanie: bye, bye thanks for coming. see ya! i'll bet you had a lot of comments and thoughts in his thought bubble. >> all right bye-bye now okay, then. loser! >> stephanie: i'm thinking probably his inside voice ha a lot of additional comments. his outside voice not so much. >> computer says no. >> stephanie: at any rate, a tee and then a hee. [ ♪ nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ] >> stephanie: remember the 2008 -- jim, are you here? pay attention. >> i'm listening. >> stephanie: he's still look at vacation porn. >> i'm looking at maps of maui for a reason. >> stephanie: oh, because jim vacationed in hawaii and apparently tom brokaw may have thoughts on the l words. >> you are surprisingly untan -- [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] >> stephanie: focus back on this l word, lesbian. over here, over here! [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] wha

rulece anthony kennedy may on that and is scheduled to rule on that.ou can see that it is really just seven orn nothing. yes, senator reid said that, but this is an ongoing negotiation. i think it is unlikely that you are going to see democrats say today as these votes progress, no, it is seven or there is no more talking. nobody coming out of the room last night said that was the dynamic going on. on the other hand, there is no agreement, and senator reid is under enormous pressure from the left and from many of his own senators to pull that trigger if they do not get everything. we are going to have to see how these votes play out. before votes are important, but the behind the scenes to go sheesh and's that will be going on and senator reed's office and on the phone are just as important. to put some names to the nominations you were talking about for the national labor relations board. that would be richard griffin, sharon block, and mark guest imperious. those nominees at issue for republicans who are against the board to begin with, correct? gues

put an end to the bullying of anthony weiner's wife. i ordered kennedy'sast days for my grandson and read it before giving it to him. i was mesmerized by the book. if books like this were available in school, children would learn history again. you're a good grandmother. second many teachers are assigning kennedy's last days and lincoln's last days to the classes. we continue to urge all parents and grandparents to get the books to the kids. >>> and finally tonight, the factor tip of the day. texting and respect. as you know, many of us are now addicted to machines. we spend hours on them. playing games, chatting with others in cyberspace. killing time. texting is huge among young americans. but many of them don't understand that how you handle the text can define you. here's the tip of the day. always return texts from people in your life. if you get a text from a stranger, somebody you don't want to deal with, you can ignore. everyone should understand that ignoring a text is disrespectful. just like it's an insult to keep someone waiting. if you want to