congresswoman caroline maloney along with many women's groups will mark the 40th anniversary of congress passing the equal rights amendment. the measure which was first introduced in 1923 was not ratified by enough states before a deadline and expired. >>> youtube will announce the winners of its space lab competition in which teens all over the world were challenged to design an experiment that could be performed in space. the two winning experiments will be conducted by astronauts aboard the international space station later this year. >>> and happy birthday to captain kirk. william shatner who turns 81 years old today. happy birthday. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc nightly news. finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today show." with cell phone robberies on the rise, jeff rosin investigates what's being done to stop phone theft. >>> a report on the recent baby boom among hollywood's biggest stars. keep it on this cha

when the bill went to the house floor, congresswoman caroline maloney offered an amendment to narrow the scope of the exemption in two important ways. one was by defining the term department of defense critical infrastructure security information and also by adding a public interest balancing test. in order to use the exemption the secretary of d.o.d. has to determine in writing that the information is d.o.d. critical infrastructure security information and that the interest in preventing the disclosure of the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. the maloney amendment passed the house, and senator leahy was a great champion in the senate. and so with the work of both sides the language was enacted as part of the final bill. and i think now the next step is seeing how the department of defense uses this new authority, ensuring it is not abused but it is used responsibly and that the intent is followed and these steps that require that two-step test is met when the exemption is used. one thing to note is that the efforts of open government groups wer