i want to thank bruce brown and deb, especially, among others for making this happen. in addition to being on the steering committee of the reporters' committee for close to 30 years, i've been covering the supreme court for 33 years so this is near and dear to my heart. here's what's specific to the discussion this morning. for years or decades, if you raise the issue of access in relation to the supreme court, there was really only one thing to talk about, the refusal to allow broadcast coverage of the proceedings. that issue is still with us, unfortunately, and it will be front and center this morning for sure. with up stepble momentum of transparency from all institutions all the time, cameras in the court is no longer the only thing to talk about and will address other issues today. there's the audio of oral arguments, which in many other courts is streamed live, but not at the supreme court. release supreme court arguments are delayed until they are no longer of much use to the news media with rare and unpredict l exceptions. the announcement of the decisions of

i want to thank bruce browne and deb especially among others for making it happen. in addition to being on the steering committee for the reporters' committee for close to 230 30 years. i've been covering the supreme court for 33 years. it's a subject near and dear to my heart. here is what is special about the discussion this morning. for years, or decades, if you raise the issue of access in relation to the supreme court, there was only one thing to talk about. the court's persistent refusal to allow broadcast coverage of the proceedings. that issue is still with us, unfortunately, but it will be front and center in our discussion this morning, for sure. but with the growth of the digital age and unstoppable momentum toward transparency from all institutions all the time, camera in the court is no longer the only thing to talk about. we'll try to address some today. there's a audio of oral arguments. which in courts is streamed live. not at the supreme court. the release of the supreme court argument is delayed until they are no longer at use. the announcement of

brown. >> our bruce leshan joins us from outside the courtroom. >> reporter: just walked out of the courtroomre chris brown was. he is still inside. he has to check in with pretrial services. then we expect him to walk out the backdoor at any moment of this courthouse to his waiting entourage and a huge mob of cameras back there. just about everybody seems to want to know what happened with this. you can also see cameras up here. what did happen is the judge decided to release both chris brown and his bodyguard on their own recognizance. chris brown needs to check in with his parole officer in california in person within 48 hours. that parole officer, of course, responsible for making sure that chris brown fulfills the terms of his release after his savage beating of rehannah. chris brown -- rihanna. chris brown came into the courtroom seemingly calm. his bodyguard was next to him. there was a huge number of family members of chris brown, crazy scene down in the courtroom. the marshals told people they couldn't come in. chris brown's mom was told she couldn't come in. there was some negotiati

chris brown is in trouble yet again with the law. bruce? >> word is he is still on probation because of the assault on rihanna. >> yes, in 2009 he's been on probation for that. a course that stems from california. he's had other run-ins after that, but again, you know, authorities have been keeping a close eye on him. he's died at the age of 71. the lead singer died earlier today at his new york residence. the cause may be related to his recent liver transplant. the band was considered a major influence. recollaborating with the artists, the infusion of art and music. >>> well, you thought the game rg3 is off after the loss against the denver broncos. we've got highlights and comments. >> yeah, we had a moment of hope. they were there for three quarters over peyton manning and the broncos. most of the game he was missing wide open as they were unable to make plays. they held the ball long enough to hold the lead, but the broncos show why they are the highest scoring offense in the league. peyton manning able to overcome four turnovers to sc

brown and steve king. weirdest voting block ever. joining me now bruceartlet, he now writes for the new york times and the fiscal times. and patricia murphy, columnist for the daily beast. can i start with you? i am shocked at just how unresolved the conflict remains within the republican party. now we have rush limbaugh going after peter king. let us take a listen. >> peter king has just been trashing ted cruise in the republican conference. there is an effort ongoing to break tea party of republican tea party. they are not, the tea party is you and me. they are not going to wipe us away. >> republicans are at war with republicans. republicans are running ads against republicans. ted cruise is raising money for an organization that runs attack ads against his fellow sitting republican senators. this is no surprise to me and anybody who covered the 2010 elections, this is no surprise to them either. you started to hear grass roots republicans getting very frustrated. just think back and just the rage that you saw at the town hall meetings. they are in co

bruce leshan has a look at the ripple effect. >> we are planning on having shotguns and rifles mounted on the wall. >> in rockville, corey brown hoped to open his united gun shop this week. >> we are ready to go. we can't order inventory or open the doors until we have that license. >> he is licensed to manufacture ammunition, but the license that would have allowed him to stock his shelves with guns was supposed to go out just as the government shut down. >> the office that actually mails you your license -- >> print it out and mail it. >> is nonoperational. >> held at 4506. it's a request for transcript from the irs. >> and realtors, he says things are not as bad as she feared, but some home buyers are unable to get a shuttered irs department to confirm their tax returns. and that is jamming up their loans. >> where you need to call the irs and the irs is closed. that's an issue right now. >> still, some furloughed federal workers are using their down time to go house shopping. >> there's a little bit of an uptick. >> really? >> yeah. >> people are buying houses. >> ironically, the partial government shutdown could also help

bruce leshan is inside the courthouse now and we'll have more with what goes on there later as well. >>> we continue our team coverage with entertainment tonight's nancy odell. you've been following brown's career and rap sheet a long time. what are your sources telling you in hollywood? >> reporter: everybody is saying this could mean real trouble for the singer. he's still on probation for his vicious beating of rihanna in 2009, his then girl friend. he leftly ran a bruised and bloodied and -- he left rihanna bruised and broodied and all this on the eve of the grammy awards. in may he was involved in a hit and run incident in los angeles and involved in altercations with musicians drake and frank ocean and flew a chair at a 1 dough after storming off a network -- at a window after storming off a network morning show. brown took fans by surprise in august where he tweeted that x may be his last album. the night before his arrest he performed and partied without incident at the after dark at the harrah's resort in atlantic city. we'll have the latest on tonight's entertainment tonight. >> nancy, he survived many things before. will he survive this? >> reporter: you know, it's getting to

bruce leshan has a look at the ripple effect. >> we are planning on having shotguns and rifles mounted on the wall. >> corey brown had hoped to open his united gun shop this week. >> we are ready to go. we can't order inventory, we can't open the doors until we have that license. >> he is licensed to manufacture ammunition, but the license that would have allowed him to stock his shelves with guns was supposed to go out just as the government shut down. >> the office that actually mails you -- >> printed out and mail it. >> is shut down? >> is nonoperational. >> it's 4506. it's a request for transcript from the irs. >> realtors in chevy chase, march says things are not as bad as she feared, but some home buyers are unable to get an irs department. that is jamming up their loans. >> irs is closed, they aren't answering. that's an issue. >> still, some furloughed federal workers are using their down time to go house shopping. >> there's a little bit of on uptick. >> really? >> people are buying houses. >> ironically, the partial government shutdown could help buyers. think the economy is going down, they might have to lower mortgage