here's the interview with the triumphant california couple, chris perry and sandy steer. this feel? this is an amazing, i think, victory in a federal court over a state issue like this. >> well, absolutely a momentous day for us. this challenge to the propositioning 8 has taken almost three years now, three years we haven't been able to get married but the sweet part of today is seeing discrimination fall in california in such a divisive way and setting a path to the supreme court and for the rest of the nation to follow. >> kris and sandy, i want you to listen to one of the voices that wants to push the country backwards on this issue. here's what mitt romney had to say in response to the ruling. he said today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of california who voted to protect traditional marriage. this decision does not end this fight and i expect it to go to the supreme court. how would you respond to mitt romney? >> well, if our case does go to the supreme court, we certainly feel like what will happen is the truth will be told at that level. kris a

victories in the missouri primary and the minnesota caucus, but we will not let rick santorum prevent chris perry and sandy spear from speaking. they are the couple who brought the challenge to proposition 8 to federal court in

victories in the missouri primary and the minnesota caucus, but we will not let rick santorum prevent chris perry and sandy spear from speaking. they are the couple who brought the challenge to proposition 8 to federal court in california. they won today. they got it declared uninstitutional. i'm going to talk to chris and sandy. we will post this interview online, or we will run it on the show tomorrow night. chris and sandy are going to really get the last word tonight. >>> good

chris perry and sandy have been fighting to overturn the ban. >> it's not okay to take away something. >> during the four month period, same sex marriages were legal in 2008. an estimated 18,000 couples tied the knott. but 52% of voters put a stop to same sex weddings when they backed proposition 8. the legal fight is far from over. proposition 8 sponsors are promising to appeal all the way to the supreme court. >> we are simply attempting to protect the institution of marriage and its title and definition as only between a man and a woman. >> for now, same sex marriages are on hold until the legal battle plays out. edward lawrence for cbs news, los angeles. >> same sex marriages rleal in six other states and here in washington, d.c. let's take it out to you guys on a lovely night on the weather terrace. >> it is. it's not going to look this way this time tomorrow. >> there's a change in the weather. >> we aren't expecting a lot of snow, but it's the timing of the snow impacting tomorrow evening's commute. so tonight, no problem. as we look at the michael and son weather camera. blue

katy perry, chris brown, and on the flip side of the coin, the beach boys. they came back.time they've performed together in 20 years. >> but they say they're going to go on tour now. >> they had to bury the hatchet to do that. people don't know this about the beach boys but when they introduced them, they also took a shot at glenn campbell, who received the lifetime achievement award. he toured with the beach boys. >> what did you think about the performance? >> really fun. it was terrific. glenn campbell was amazing. you would never have known if you didn't know. >> ll cool j. >> what a beautiful job. >> smooth. >> yeah. >> he's a sweet guy. he completely, you know, hit the right notes in the tribute to whitney. he set the tone. >> what's going on with miss gaga, do you think? >> i think she felt very outstaged. i mean, first of all, what was with that outfit, the, like, mermaid bondage outfit? >> we're always asking that. was she outshticked by minaj? >> that's right. nicki minaj looking like a cardinal accompanied by a pope. how do you beat an egg? >> lady gaga arrives

not to be too sappy, chris hayes, 8:00 to 10:00, followed by melissa harris-perry.eally exciting and awesome. me lisa, break a leg. [ tom ] we invented the turbine business right here in schenectady. without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that power the world. they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity. [ ron ] when i was a kid i wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing. i really enjoy building turbines. it's nice to know that what you're building is gonna do something for the world. when people think of ge, they typically don't think about beer. a lot of people may not realize that the power needed to keep their budweiser cold and even to make their beer comes from turbines made right here. wait, so you guys make the beer? no, we make the power that makes the beer. so without you there'd be no bud? that's right. well, we like you. [ laughter ] ♪ for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each d

she got -- happy birthday wishes from katy perry, lots of celebs, the fact they retweeted chris brown, this is what it s but i don't think they are really together together. i think they have an open relationship h. >> he has a girlfriend and you're gonna tell us who she has been seeing. >> well, i will tell you who she supposedly left the brit awards with last night, his last name is kardashian. robert kardashian. >> no! >> what? >> i heard they went home from brit awards? >> "dancing with the stars," the same one? >> kim kardashian, khloe kardashian, the brother of the very famous sisters. >> the plot thickens. >> yes. >> a bombshell. you're right. you got us. georgia, thanks so much. we will be tuning in tomorrow morning. >> thank you, please do. >>> next on news4 at 4:00, a report reporter's life shot when breaking news happens behind her. >>> and lookalikes are giving kate and pippa a run for their money. >>> tonight on news4 at 5:00, metro is calling it spring break. why you won't have to wait as long on the weekends to catch a train. >>> plus, a news4 exclusive tonight, a 10-ye

chris hayes, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern, followed immediately by melissa harris-perry. really exciting and awesome., break a leg. so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. hey, i love your cereal there-- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way. lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. crisp, clear, untouched. that's why there's brita, to make the water we drink, taste a little more, perfect. reduce lead and other impurities with the advanced filtration system of brita. [♪...] >> i wish my patients could see what i see. that over time, having high cholesterol, plus diabetes or high blood pressure or family history of early heart disease, can put them at increased risk for pla

chris hayes" here in studio. at 10:00 eastern, melissa harris-perry. stay with us.e ur cup of joe gos with you.g different. a delicious gevalia kaffe, or as i like to say, a cup of johan. will johan power walk the mall with you? i don't think so. but he will spend time rubbing your feet, discussing your feelings. ♪ joe may have your back, but johan has your feet. gevalia. meet me in the coffee aisle. so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, take the lead

with their twin sons and a cozy house the perry steer home is no different from many others but sandy and chris have been fighting to be recognized as that all american family white wedding and all. >> we want marriage just like everybody else for the same reasons and we don't want something less than that. we want that. it's that important to us. >> reporter: the berkeley couple is one of two plaintiffs challenging proposition 8. a year and a half ago a judge ruled it not constitutional. tomorrow a three judge panel will issue its ruling on the appeal. through it all the couple has been the face of same sex marriage in california. >> we are very aware of the responsibility that we have taken on but at the same time we know we are one couple and thousands of couples that would have done the same thing. . >> reporter: whatever tomorrow brings the court battle will not end year. >> obviously we hope that the court will up hold the vote of the people. >> we are getting closer to the final step. >> that step over the broom tow iding bells. i was in the courthouse last year when the three judge pane

with their twin sons and a cozy house the perry steer home is no different from many others but sandy and chris have been fighting to be recognized as that all american family white wedding and all. >> we want marriage just like everybody else for the same reasons and we don't want something less than that. we want that. it's that important to us. >> reporter: the berkeley couple is one of two plaintiffs challenging proposition 8. a year and a half ago a judge ruled it not constitutional. tomorrow a three judge panel will issue its ruling on the appeal. through it all the couple has been the face of same sex marriage in california. >> we are very aware of the responsibility that we have taken on but at the same time we know we are one couple and thousands of couples that would have done the same thing. . >> reporter: whatever tomorrow brings the court battle will not end year. >> obviously we hope that the court will up hold the vote of the people. >> we are getting closer to the final step. >> that step over the broom tow iding bells. i was in the courthouse last year when the three judge pane

perry are the couple who launched the challenge to proposition 8. >> our society values marriage in a way that no other relationship is validated and for chris and i, we've been a family for 12 years, we have four kids and we've been totally committed to each other and for us nothing speaks to the intensity and importance of that relationship like the term "marriage." >> reporter: today's ruling threads a legal needle. it struck down prop 8 without deciding whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. now, scott, supporters of prop 8 say they will appeal probably all the way to the supreme court and while that legal fight goes on there will be no same-sex marriages here in california. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. during the time that same-sex marriage was legal in california 18,000 gay and lesbian couples were wed. those marriages were exempted from proposition 8 and they're not affected by today's ruling. a controversy over contraception is now an issue in the presidential campaign. last month, the obama administration said the new health care law requires religious hospitals, colleges, and other institutions to include

perry, david wayne and performance from the broadway musical porgie and bess. that's week nights at 12:35 on your local nbc station. >>> time for a little entertainment news. chris and rihanna have been reunited at least on twitter. they exchanged tweets yesterday and then he wished her a happy birthday. she thanked him. they released chab brated remixes of their ro ttwo songs. >>> a study of academy award voters it's not a diverse group that hands out the honors. the "los angeles times" found 94% of the academy's voting percentage are white and 77% are

chris hayes in new york. i'm joined by our panel, michael daugherty. you know melissa harris-perrywill be starting a new weekend show next weekend. we are excited about that. also, steve and maria. we are expecting results from maine to be announced in about 45 minutes. it was also a big day at conservative political action conference in washington where mitt romney won the cpac straw poll and sarah palin gave the convention's keynote address. we'll get to all that in a moment. let's begin in portland, maine, and nbc's ron allen. what do we expect to see tonight? >> reporter: well, we're at ron paul's headquarters, and they're very optimistic and very enthusiastic here. they've been that way all day. we've been to a number of caucus sites. because the numbers are so small here, remember, we're talking about at the end of the day about 5,000 republicans will participate in this process. so you don't need to mobilize millions or tens of thousands of votes. you need to mobilize a small number of people. ron paul, more than any other candidate, has worked this state from the bottom to

. >> perry bacon of the grio, thanks so much for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >> thanks, chrismitt romney, the winner of the maine republican caucuses tonight. ron paul finished a few points behind him. we will have more from maine, when we come back. >>> mitt romney is the winner of the maine republican caucuses. ron paul finished second. check back in with nbc embed anthony tyrell covering the paul campaign. >> ron paul just moments ago took the stage and he said he would consider this a tie because not all the votes were counted today. earlier when i got here, some staffers were telling me some crucial caucuses here in the state, including washington county postponed their caucus. so senior campaign sources tell me back stage before ron paul came on is that once all the votes are counted, this could be a tie. ron paul says the greater win, like we spoke about earlier is the delegate win. they believe their supporters have stuck around the caucus meetings and been elected delegates which will go on to the state and then on to tampa in august. dr. paul moments ago saying don't

perry, david wayne and performance from the broadway musical porgie and bess. that's week nights at 12:35 on your local nbc station. >>> time for a little entertainment news. chris and rihanna have been reunited at least on twitter. they exchanged tweets yesterday and then he wished her a happy birthday. she thanked him. they released chab brated remixes of their ro ttwo songs. >>> a study of academy award voters it's not a diverse group that hands out the honors. the "los angeles times" found 94% of the academy's voting percentage are white and 77% are men. >>> judy dench is suffering an eye disease but is not going blind. she now has to have scripts read to her. >>> and fresh from the news of her snl appearance, lindsay low plan has been cast to play elizabeth taylor in a made for tv movie. could we be turning a corner? >> we have to go build her back up again before we can tear her back down. >> right, that's how it works. i can get on board with that. i'm lynn berry and this is "first look." way too early ostarts right now. >>> with polls showing hit romney and rick santorum neck and neck in michigan and arizona, a week ahead of the voting there, romney's ca

chris matthews in washington. looeding off tonight, deliver us from mitt. first came donald trump, then rick perry, herman cain and newt gingrich twice. now it's rick santorum. anyone but mitt. is santorum the flavor of the month or a threat to mitt romney? three polls out in the last two days suggest santorum is for real. this time mitt has reason to be worried. for the first time now, president obama's campaign team has to consider the possibility that santorum could be the gop nominee facing him. would a race against a candidate who questions women, not just at the war front but also in the workplace, be an easy target for team obama? plus andrew sullivan writes that the birth control fight could end up as a big winner for president obama. he says the further the right wing, the farther is identified on birth control, the better it is for the president. andrew sullivan joins us tonight. >>> when house republicans caved on allowing an extension of the payroll tax cut, it was an admission this was a loser issue for the rs. finally why rick santorum is real and romney ain't. we begin with how seri

perry and herman cain. that's it for me. i'm domenica >>> welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> and i'm chris gordon. >> the wait is almost over. after more than a week of anticipation, super bowl sunday is finally here. >> and of course, you can catch the big game right here on nbc 4 tonight. our own tracie potts has been in indianapolis all week, and she joins us now live. tracie. >> reporter: hi, chris and angie. good morning, everyone. we're just outside lucas oil stadium, where we expect in the next couple hours we'll start to see lots of crowds, just like we've seen all weekend. keep this in mind, just under 70,000 people can fit in this stadium, but hundreds of thousands of people have come to indianapolis to be around the nfl atmosphere. the nfl experience and the super bowl village. and we've seen those crowds. last night wasn't so bad. they've been coming down for free concerts and other activities. but on friday night, it was described as a mob scene. there were 11 people who got injured. fortunately, not too badly. there were 22 people who were arrested. and you know, when you con

chris hayes. with me this morning, it is my great pleasure to welcome melissa perry, host of the new msnbc show whichlle goldberg, contributing editor for the daily beast author of "the means of reproduction, sex, power and the future of the world." marie slaughter, principle ton university professor and formering director of policy planning for the united states state department. and amy goodman, host of the legendary dale yind show "democracy now." great to have you all here. we are talking about the remarkable story of komen and planned parent hood, susan g. komen foundation and that played out, you said during the break about the way in which social media was able to channel this grassroots frustration of the decision. >> yeah. i think you want to see this in context with the -- grassroots against did online piracy act. would weeks ago once again, you are seeing a very, very fast mobilization of a large number of people that changes policy. in this case, that was public. this is private. >> you know, we were just talking foreign policy. you look at what happened with the egyptian revolution. on t

chris chocola and brad author. i want to go to a special guest, dave charney, a political director under george h.w. bush and is also involved in rick perry's campaign. welcome to "the kudlow report." you're really a truly objective observer right now the best i can tell. number one, let me ask you. has mitt romney made the sale on his 20% tax cut and his economic plan overall? >> i don't think so. i don't think the voters sitting home watching tv or reading the newspaper would actually be able to tell you much details of governor romney's economic plan other than his business experience, which he does talk a lot about. i don't think the economic details are getting through in the campaign. >> is that why in the days since he has put it out, okay, i mean he gave a speech on friday. he mentioned the debate on wednesday. he had all weekend. is that why his numbers have slumped a little bit, do you think? because people were let down? >> well, they certainly built the expectations up for the ford field speech. and all of the news that normal people, activists saw, voters saw was empty seats and the talk about empty seats. and the process stuff

perry, 12 choices which michigan alone. good luck. happy hunting auto. auto only two dug in their heels and made something happen. let's talk about the battle between warren buffet and chrisew jersey has it like you that he's telling everybody i feel horrible that i don't pay as many taxes. his secretary plays more in taxes than he does. he has an unpaid tax bill of his own that he seems reluctant to pay. >> his attorneys are fighting that left and right. >> chris christie had made him this offer in a rather blunt way, this is how he said it. he told basically warren buffet to shut up and write a check to the government if he had a problem with the fact that he didn't agree with chris christie's plan to tax wealthy people a little bit less so here is buffet now reacting to that statement. >> it's sort of a touching response to a $1.2 trillion deficit and all of a sudden, the american people will take care of it. >> and warren buffet goes on to say the real problem with taking about it, we take in too little money and we're spending too much. got to have a tax policy. you know, i think he did hit on the real problem, though, the problem is we're spending too much. maybe we