he elected bush or ways talk about it was chuck coopers daughter the of light -- the lawyer who findsmidway through the case his own daughter was a lesbian and now about to get married in massachusetts and he is joyfully planning a the wedding. to talk about credit it is people coming out and that changes everything. rob portman is a wonderful example and is absolutely opposed to marriage equality and finds out his son is gay and here's the cases he was a republican in senator often mentioned as the presidential candidate. so people telling the story is whether the four plaintiffs to become known to america chuck coopers daughter or portland's son is where the credit begins. >> host: exactly something some day say the organizations have been working on that for a long time and that is the foundation of the proposition viii to litigation and to so once the authors have them out is anything you would change? >> no. i set out to write this story. i hope there are other books with this was an important moment in american and civil rights history and lgbt history. i think i have read mark

they even have the power to move chuck cooper who fought them in the supreme court. posts that you paint a wonderful beautiful picture of them in the book. i guess the question again is it's not a book that purports to be about their stories but what about the risk that because you got so close to them you weren't able to gain perspective not about the plaintiffs as human beings but about the claims. >> guest: i did not set out to right the entire history. i set out to write a story of the five years between that passage of prop 8 and the supreme court cases and the amazing transformation in the country that went on. i wanted to do that in a very intimate way. i think there will be many other looks they get to some of the things you are talking about and i think that's great. i wanted to tell a story about the people and i do think the perspectives we are talking about spend a lot of time talking about are very much in the book. there are just told three different characters and they are told to carry stored. they talk a little bit about the frustration. lee jones, h

at the same time, paul clement argued the case as well as chuck cooper refused that political progress and it's sort of hard for in the weeds like we are but they use that as an argument that the courts don't need to decide this. get all of the progress that has been made. >> host: we are going to take a break and then we will think about which case had the impact because you refer to the other case that's turned out to be the big victory case. >> host: picked up on the amendment and then we will go back. one of the things that struck me as you described the decision in the case is the decision that has now changed the landscape so that many that have struck down the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage after these decisions come down and rely on windsor but i was struck with the way that you described it because you almost make it sound like justice kennedy is the language in the opinion and the recognition of the dignity of people and the right to marry really came from ted olson. you have a paragraph in the book where you quote quote them and e kennedy and you go back and for

cooperation. from senatori get chuck schumer of new york. 2014, on the floor of the united states senate.he decided that he would target me and blame me for the things theelieves are failures of entire house of representatives. here are some of the quotes the chuck schumer uttered on that day of may 1 from the floor of the united states senate. he called me" an extreme outlier on that issue of reform. you will find language in the republican party platform that supports the position i have long held on immigration. an opposition to the hold is this. we need to respect the rule of law, we need to secure our borders, we need to have an immigration policy that is designed to enhance the economic, the social and cultural well-being of the united states of america. it can't be for the democratic party in america because they are so closely aligned, in fact they have enveloped the entire progressive party. the progressive party comes to this floor on a regular basis and gives speeches and presents a position. lebrates socialism, they're wrapped up inside the democratic party, we don't adhere to

chuck hagel accused china of destabilizing the region. >> china has called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship, and cooperation. and that's what it should be. but in recent months china has under taken destabilizing unilateral actions, asserting it's claims in the south china sea. we also oppose any effort by any nation to restrict over flight or freedom of navigation, whether for military or civilian vessels, from countries big or small. the united states will not look the other way when fundamental principles of the international order are being challenged. >> well, china has claims on both of the south china sea but that territory overlaps areas claimed by other countries including vietnam, indonesia, brunei, the philippines and taiwan. japan and china are in a dispute over a group of islands known as senkaku in japan and diaoyu in japan. the area overlaps japan's air space. >> what language from u.s. secretary of defense in chuck hagel and china and how it's hand 8ing the territory dispute. the u.s. sees this as destabilizing that could have international ramification. the defense secretary went on to say t

chuck hagel spoke in singapore. >> china has called the south china sea the sea of peace, friendship, and cooperation, and that's what it should be. but in recent months china has under taken destabilizing unilateral actions asserting it's claims in the south china sea. we also oppose any effort by any nation to restrict overflight or freedom of navigation. whether for military or civilian vessels from countries big or small. the united states will not look the other way when fundamental principles of the international order are being challenged. >> deputy chief of staff chinese arm responded to hagel's comments when the two later met. >> we were very candid and more than expectations. i think the speech made full comments on your view or rather your criticism of china although i do think those criticisms are groundless i do appreciate your candor. >> it mostly surround disputes of rich fishing grounds and areas of potential gas reserves. that area over lapse claims of other countries as well, including vietnam, indonesia, malaysia, brunei, philippines, taiwan. and overlaps japan area of senkaku in china and diaoyu i

chuck hagel warned that the u.s. would not ignore action that could threaten long-term process. >> china called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation. that's what it should be. in recent months china has undertaken destabilizing actions asserting claims over the south china sea. we oppose any effort by any nation to restrict overflight of freedom or navigations, whether from military or civilian vessels, or countries big or small. the united states will not look the other way when if the add principles are being challenged. >> scott heidler has more. >> reporter: the lang im from the u.s. -- language from the u.s. secretary of geps, chuck hagel - -- defense, chuck hagel, the united states seeing this as possibly having having international ramifications. chuck hagel welcomed a move by japan, where they said they want to be more involved in peace in the region. they are an ally of the united states. they are upping the pivot to asia. in six years 60% of air force and navy will operate out of the region, it's something important moving forward. >>> china's territorial claims led to tension with several countries. recently there has b

cooperation. and this is what i get from senator chuck shumer, new york. may 1, 2014, on the floor of the united states senate. he decided that he would target me and blame me for the things he believes are failures of the entire house of representatives . here are some of the quotes chuck schume called me, an extreme outlier on the issue of immigration reform, closed quote. i would direct chuck schumer to the republican platform, you'll find there language in the republican platform that supports the position that i held on immigration. and that's this, we need to respect the rule, we need to secure or borders, we need to have an immigration policy that's designed to enhance the economic, the social and the cultural well-being of the united states of america. it can't be for the democratic party in america because they are so closely aligned and in fact they have enveloped the entire progressive party, the progressive party comes to this floor on a regular basis and gives speeches and presents their position. their position could at one time be found on t

chuck d . among the rest of the bank robber, knife and a walker. in this surveillance video he's 78 years old his name is russell cooper he trend eight basic employeethe knife. they waited for him outside after the robbery. he also use the stun gun when he and refuse to drop the guknife, >>: man: we know when parents and teachers work together... woman: our schools get stronger. man: as superintendent of public education, that's been tom torlakson's approach. woman: torlakson has supported legislation to guarantee spending decisions about our education tax dollars are made by parents, teachers and the local community... and not by sacramento politicians. and we need to keep that legislation on track. man: so tell tom torlakson to keep fighting for local control of school funding decisions. some ways spend here on the san mateo bridge. that's how long it'll take you to get to savor to assam and tail. of the lanes have been cleared but every so often the case has fenced a stop and go condition as it begins. on the salmon still rages in and take an hour to online that back up. we will from time to time continue to see some stops here. we're still like

cooperation. and this is what i get from senator chuck shumer, new york. may 1, 2014, on the floor of the united states senate. he decided that he would target me and blame me for the things he believes are failures of the entire house of representatives . here are some of the quotes chuck schume called me, an extreme outlier on the issue of immigration reform, closed quote. i would direct chuck schumer to the republican platform, you'll find there language in the republican platform that supports the position that i held on immigration. and that's this, we need to respect the rule, we need to secure or borders, we need to have an immigration policy that's designed to enhance the economic, the social and the cultural well-being of the united states of america. it can't be for the democratic party in america because they are so closely aligned and in fact they have enveloped the entire progressive party, the progressive party comes to this floor on a regular basis and gives speeches and presents their position. their position could at one time be found on t