i'm lee cowan and this is "sunday morning.". it's not easy for fathers to live up to the heroic imimagine their fathers might have of them. a generation ago, one gruf of husbands and fathers came pretty darn close to perfect. they were america's first astronauts. in fact, we all looked up to them-- quite literally. but what of their wives and families back on snert we'll be sitting down with a few of the astronaut wives to find out in our "sunday morning" cover story. >> liftoff at 2:13. >> gather a group of women whose astronauts husbands were aiming for the moon and you'll get a dose of down-to-earth reality. >> all the risk your husbands were facing, did you ask your husband to quit? to stop doing it? >> i never did. >> if i had asked charlie to quit flying, he would have said see you later. a certain standup dad is in his element this sunday and with anthony mason, we sit down and take a listen. >> reporter: father hood has provided a wealth of material for comic give gaffigan. >> you know when you're a kid and you go on vac

cowan: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today in my final full workweek and not yet 150 days into my senate career, yet at the precipice, the close of that career. on january 30 of this year, govern deval patrick sent me to this chamber to represent the people of massachusetts and their interests. yesterday on june 25 those same people took to the voting booths and called me home. and in doing so, they called senator-elect ed markey to the high honor of serving in this august body. after serving in the house senator-eye hrebgt markey -- elect markey now has the opportunity to offer his voice, wisdom, accumulated experiences, humor and tireless devotion to justice and equality to the united states senate. i for one believe that massachusetts and the country will be better for it. like the majority of massachusetts voters who expressed themselves yesterday, i am quite confident that senator-elect markey will serve with distinction and act in the best interest of the citizens he's now privileged to represent.

it was really scary to think you may have just lost your brother. >> moments later, andrew cowan and move them a safe distance away so that the paramedics could assess them and then assess the situation. >> mark has numerous broken bones. but he's alive. >> we're still here, you know. we're not dead. how can that be? pretty deep moment for me, it was. it was the realization that we made it through that, busted up and all. >> miraculously, the pilot and other passenger are able to walk away without injury. looking back, spectators and survivors of the plane crash commend the pilot for keeping a cool head under pressure. >> the pilot did a really good job of where he laid it down, because if he goes to the left, they probably hit the fence and there's probably some fatalities involved. if it goes ten yards to the right, he lands on the soccer field and there's potential to hit children and young people. >> but an investigation by the national transportation safety board finds the crash could have easily been avoided. >> in this case, we obviously had a healthy live pilot to be able to

cowan promised not to run for the seat on a permanent basis. he's spent his months on capitol hill essentially keeping his head down, keeping the business of the massachusetts senate seat rolling. he's been voting basically the way john kerry would have voted and been keeping the seat warm for the dually elected next u.s. senator from massachusetts who has been chosen by the voters of massachusetts today. again, the polls close the an hour and a minute ago. we'll keep you posted as we get further news. again, right now with 49% of the vote in, ed markey, the democratic candidate, leading gabriel gomez, the republican candidate, by 51% to 48%. we'll keep you posted. >>> now on the other side of capitol hill today from the senate, on the house side of capitol hill today, today was the day when they had to make a decision about stan musial, the baseball player who played for the st. louis cardinals. quite possibly one of the greatest hitters of all-time. baseball legend. a legendary hitter, a legendary gentleman, legendary nice guy. for 22 years,

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they'll tell sunday morning's lee cowan kept life going while their husband was out of this world. >>ll lost a limb in combat. now they're teaching children how to live and play jut like them. >>> "the new york times" says some of the world chood hoot bullying may come from siblingings. many dismiss it as simply growing up. >> the "man of steel" post add biggest june opening ever. it boasted $113 mill in its first weekend and hat one of the biggest debuts. >> "usa today" says big changes could be coming to pro football. >>> the "washington post" looks at the first solo-powered plane that can fly at night. the impulse landed. it uses no fuel. the crew is in the middle of a cross-country trip that started in san francisco. next month the plane takes off for new york. >>> and britain's daily mail say as new wine cork will be hitting the market. they say it's a cork you twist in and ow of a bottle and it's a wine you can catch. they report they spied on others in 2009. >>> illinois senator dick durbin is here, number two and chairs the committee that oversees funding. good morning. >> goo

i'm lee cowan and this is sunday morning. we begin with a tough subject: battling cancer. it can be a challenge to say the least but when researchers say they've taken one small step toward deeping cancer at bay, it is very good news indeed particularly when the patients being helpd are the youngest sufferers of all. tracy smith will report our cover story. >> imagine this: a treatment that seems to make shall childhood cancers disappeared. >> we saw the cancer go away within days and weeks. >> reporter: you saw the cancer go away? >> go away completely. reporter: but what's really amazing is what helped doctors come up with this. why is that important to you? >> because it is helping people. reporter: ahead on sunday morning, one small step toward a cure. >> thursday marks the 69th anniversary of d-day, the allied invasion of france that was a turning point in world war ii. but side by side with the familiar story of victory is also an untold story which should give us pause. this morning our david martin will be telling it. >> reporter: on the beaches of normandy, americ

so, senator cowan, thank you very much. i admire you, and i know in the paper today you said that you're always going to be mo. but to me, you're always going to be senator senator cowan. >> mr. president? >> senator from massachusetts. >> mr. president, for four months -- >> mr. president? if you'd interrupt for a parliamentary inquiry? >> certainly. >> mr. president, first of all, we are operating under a unanimous consent request, and i would ask if we could modify that to hear from the senator from massachusetts and then revert back to the unanimous consent request that has been granted. >> be without objection. >> thank the senator from oklahoma. thank you. i will be brief. mr. president, for four months i've had the privilege of serving alongside my good friend, mo cowan, in the senate. from the time he was sworn in, mo hit the ground running. even though his time here was short, has been a committed and strong add advocate for the peoe of massachusetts here in washington. as a former chief of staff to governor patric

[cowan mooing] don't forget to bring a sweater. and try not to eat too much.pig snorting] kids and up is and down the peninsula come here to show off their livestock but in the next building over it's a whole different animal. >> og9. >> named after a star wars character, it's more than just a good dancer. it throws frisbees extremely well. >> there is various motors and sensors and there is even a camera. >> the folks who run the fair say what these kids are doing actually isn't that different from the kids who are raising livestock. this is really what the fair has always been about. >> we have kids that grow agriculture and you are we have kids who grow robots. >> what is important the kids grow, whether by building things or taking them apart. >> what are you fining in there? >> we are finding springs, screws, a lot of just period parts. >> springs and screws are nothing new. >> the fair has always about being new technology to the communities. new tractors and combines back in the day and now new computers and digital printers. >> and just like back in th

here is correspondent claudia cowan. >> reporter: after the boston marathon bombings where three wereled and hundreds injured, americans asked why hadn't the authorities flagged the suspects, dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev. turns out, the russians warned the u.s. about their links to radicals. the fbi interviewed him and other family members in 2011, looked into travel, internet use and p associations, but didn't find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when he took a trip to russia in 2012 to meet with underground groups, the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list, perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine, we're teaching the computer how to go through large amounts of data. >> reporter: gary angel founded sip fon i can, one of the most experienced players in the data mining game, it was recently acquired by ernst and young. >> i am using a tool, this collects information on things like twitter. >> repo

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. >> cowan upgrading it to an overweight from underperform. days ago cowan made bo positive comments on the stock and didn't upgrade it and now we have the upgrade and may get a huge customer win from fidelity. their target is $46, which is what, 9 and change from where the stock is. if they are right, could be a big run. >> also have a company that we don't talk about and maybe it's so hard to pronounce. >> this is -- i don't want to call it a victory lap for us. we did this on "street talk," find the names you don't talk about every day, not in the headlines because you can't talk about ibm and ge all the time. >> sure. >> we talked about this stock last week and both agreed we never heard of it. based in the netherlands. they are getting a buyout office for $1.3 billion, 28.50, 28% premium to yesterday's close. spreadtrum a big pop, happy that we dug this name out and put it on people's radar. >> feeling a little bit vindicated i can see there, brian. >> so much to feel bad about. nice to feel good for once. >> we'll give you that once. >>

joining us on the phone is managing director at cowan & company.d to have you with us. >> you heard what jane just said. do you expect this good performance from this sort of semi sector to continue in the third and fourth quarter of the year? >> i think it's going to be more difficult. the sector really kind of had perfect day in the sense that there were a number of factors i think that bolstered it, particularly in the second quarter. you didn't see any impact of sequester in the numbers, contract or execution continued strong. you saw investors wanting to move out of bonds into dividend-paying stocks and shareholder friendly initiatives, north rub said they will reduce it by 25% and also rising interest rates, not really a negative because it helps pension cash flows and you don't have any real cyclical exposure here. >> so what flips in the third quarter and into the fourth quarter to make that rosie scenario turn somewhat less rosie? >> well, i think some of those factors could continue? one of the issues is i think sequester will have more o

now his playing days behind him, he's moved on to other roles, as lee cowan will show us. >> reporter: he ruled the sky with his signature sky hook, kareem abdul jabbar bested an older, taller kid out on the court. what did he say to you after you beat him? >> he said he was going to have to do something about that hook. i guess a whole lot of people have said that. >> reporter: indeed they have. he's still using that sky hook these days. we'll catch up with the laker lenl end later on sunday morning. >> osgood: huey lewis is a rock star with a heart. and with staying power, too. he's celebrating a milestone anniversary of his first hit album. and talking about it with our john blackstone. >> reporter: it's a song that celebrates rock-and-roll. huey lewis and the news recorded it 30 years ago. on that album not one hit, not two hits, but at least four. >> don't embarrass me. reporter: with huey lewis on stage and fly-fishing near his montana ranch, we'll get to the heart of rock-and-roll ahead on sunday morning. >> osgood: faith salie confesses her attraction to refrigerator magnets.

claudia cowan reports. >>> after the boston marathon bombings of april 15 where three were killed and hundreds injured americans were asking why hadn't the authorities flagged the suspects, earlier? turns out russian authorities warned the u.s. about tamerlan about's links. they looked into his personal associations but didn't find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine we are teaching the computer how to go through large amounts of data. >> gary angel founded sim phonic one of the most experienced players in the data mining game it was recently acquired by ernst and young. >> i'm using a listening tool that collects information on things like at this time. >>> a big part of what angel does deals with scanning the web and analyzing data. not unlike wha

jon: claudia cowan in san francisco. thank you.ther major ruling on gay marriage today aside from california's prop 8, the high court striking down a key component to the federal defense of marriage act or doma. justice kennedy argued essentially that doma was inch coaching on the state's power to protect its citizens if the state approves same-sex marriage writing, quotes when the state used its historic and essential authority to define the marital relation in this way its role and power in making the decision enhanced the recognition, dignity and protection of the class in their own community. doma because of its reach and extent departs from this history, and tradition of reliance on state law to define marriage. let's bring in sally coen a fox news contributor who served as an advocate for gay rights. brian anderson is the coauthor of the book "what is marriage, man and woman and defense. welcome to both of you. today we have a lot of issues to work through here. i don't want to start a conversation on the merits of same-sex m

. >>> after the supreme court shot cowan marriage adistributions in california, opponents rushed to stop the weddings. >>> heat records smashed across the west. it's not over. we go live to death valley straight ahead. >>> a sight reminiscent of the arab spring. massive demonstrations in cairo that may be a powder keg waiting to explode. you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm don lemon. we'll begin this hour with the alleged bugging of european union offices. according to a german justice minister, if the accusations are true, it is reminiscent of the cold war. european officials are angry and demanding answers. pentagon correspondent barbara starr is on the story for us. >> the german publication is reporting that the nsa, national security agency, spied on offices of the european union provoking outrage from those u.s. allies. the president of the european parliament issuing a very tough statement saying he wants answers from the u.s., and adding, "i am deeply worried and shocked about the allegations of u.s. authorities spying on the eu offices. if the allegations prove to be true, it w

. >> reporter: that's what kelly cowan now calls her 2000 jeep grand cherokee. >> somebody is comingked and think about exit scenarios. most of my commuting if possible is done on bicycle. i don't want to risk getting rear ended. >> reporter: a dispute between chrysler, the maker of jeeps and the national highway traffic safety administration is making headlines. in a rare act of defiance, chrysler ree fuses to follow the agency's guidance and recall more than 2.7 million jeep model it is government says have a faulty gas tank design. the recall would target 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokee models in the 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties. jonathan drives a 1997 jeep grand cherokee. he had no idea there was even talk of a recall until we told him. >> i haven't had a problem yet. but if it's true what they said, there's damage or it can catch on fire if i'm rear ended, yeah, it should be recalled. yeah, it freaks me out a little. >> reporter: others are taking a different stance like this driver who posted, sorry, by'm not handing over my fiery death trap for such minuscule repairs. hold str

let's go to claudia cowan on the streets of san francisco. claudia? >> reporter: hi, jon. they are a fun way to see san francisco and famous around the world, but cable car rides are not always care-free, and accidents are costing the city millions. i'll have a live report coming right up. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. jon: obamacare, it is the president's signature piece of domestic legislation and what is sure to be a key part of his legacy. now as president obama rolls out the massive health care overhaul, he seems to be doing it with a campaign-style mindset, adapting the grassroots tactics to try to sell the program to the american people and organizing for action, the group that replaced the president's 2012 campaign apparatus, obama for america, even launched a tv ad. take a listen. >> what's the impact of obamacare? the truth

. >> isolates only fair they get outfitted like you were outfitted to be a cowan girl that one time. it's only fair. >> yes. >> maybe next time. you don't need gucci. you are beautiful without it. >> thank you. let's go shopping together, kira. >> i would love it. i'll come to new york. >> perfect. >> sigh you at single. >> see ya. >> well a flat tired helped a canadian woman recover long lost pictures of her daughter. a roll of film was discovered in a ditch by another woman. she developed the film, put the pictures on facebook and ann perry smyth recognized her baby girl, husband and pet dog in the photo. she now has the pictures she thought she would never see again. wow. >>> straight ahead, a big budget for san francisco that includes some additions. how mayor ed lee plans to utilize becomes of dollars over the next couple of years. >> i'm nannette miranda at sacramento superior court with a high stakes lawsuit could derail the high-speed rail >> at 6:30 on this first day of june we are starting this half-hour with a quick look at the weather. here's lisa argen. >> good morning.

. >> paul cowan with expert legal analysis. thank you very much. >> up next on this special live edition of outfront, we're waiting for a press conference to start any minute now in santa monica, california for an update on the deadly shooting spree. standby for that. we'll have live coverage. plus, an arrest in the case of rricin being sent to the president of the united states and the mayor of new york. the suspect and the actress who appeared on one of the most popular tv shows. and the u.s. government is collecting details on phone calls made in the united states. president obama says it's absolutely necessary to prevent terrorist attacks. what's going on? we'll have the latest on this. stay with us. our live coverage continues. vo: traveling you definitely end up meeting a lot more people but a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today so, you don't get that very often. it seemed like it was more than happy to have us in his home. so beautiful. avo: more travel. more options. more pe

claudia cowan reports. >>> after the boston marathon bombings of april 15 where three were killed andinjured americans were asking why hadn't the authorities flagged the suspects, earlier? turns out russian authorities warned the u.s. about tamerlan about's links. they looked into his personal associations but didn't find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine we are teaching the computer how to go through large amounts of data. >> gary angel founded sim phonic one of the most experienced players in the data mining game it was recently acquired by ernst and young. >> i'm using a listening tool that collects information on things like at this time. >>> a big part of what angel does deals with scanning the web and analyzing data. not unlike what governme

claudia cowan is live for us live this afternoon in san francisco.laudia. >> good evening, shepard. many same sex couples here in california already making wedding plans. the legal wrong divling is not over yet. supporters of prop 8 say they will fight to limit this ruling to only the two couples who challenged the ban on gay marriage and in a statement today said, quote: we will continue to defend prop 8 and seek its enforcement until such time as there is a binding statewide order that renders prop 8 unenforceable. still today's ruling is historic and especially meaningful to chris perry and sandy steer of berkeley. they were among the first couples to tight knot in san francisco back in 2004. only to have their marriage nullified by the courts. along with two gay men from l.a., they filed the landmark case that led to today's smowrlt ruling and now to the legal certainty that their remarriage will stick. we're going to be equal. now we will be married and we will be equal to every other family in california. thank you. >> according to a study out

[cowan mooing] >> abc7 news. >> next week they will consider stricter laws to consider secondhand smoke. it comes after they got a poor rating with the american lung association because of poor tobacco control. if enforced smoking wouldn't be allowed downtown or at city parks. it will also be banned inside all multi-family units and at-batios and near entrances. >>> also new this morning. north bay commuters taking the ferry may find themselves paying for parking. we need yeah partner reports golden gate initials are looking for ways to charge for parking at the larkspur passing terminal. a price has not been set but it could take effect as early as this fall. >>> a beautiful day to take the ferry yesterday but it will be much cooler than yesterday. meteorologist lisa argen joins us now. >> we have the fog. we didn't have that yesterday morning. it will dissipate. sunny skies on at that point, but you are right, temperatures coming down today. here's a look at live doppler 7hd. the marine layer is are in from about 1,000 to 1200 feet deep and that's allowing for great skies around san f

. >>> after the supreme court shot cowan marriage adistributions in california, opponents rushed to stopdings. >>> heat records smashed across the west. it's not over. we go live to death valley straight ahead.

today the company's stock was upgraded to an outperform by cowan and company and that stock is higheroining us now is the analyst who made the call, john blackledge. also have with us david lowery, a singer, songwriter and i go tarrist who has been an outspoken critic of pandora's royalties policy. he'll join news a second. john what, prompted the upgrade? not going to bash your call, neutral for a while and stocks had a big run. why upgrade it now? >> really two key factors for the upgrade. firstly, rising audio advertising revenue. it's a bigger impact sooner than we expected. the anal sift which did stemmed from comments that were made at a conference last month where it was said audio ad revenue greater than digital ad revenue in fiscal 2014, a pivot point in the model for pandora. they have been investing the last two years in building the infrastructure to take share from terrestrial radio. it's here now and it drove our numbers, we're expecting audio ad revenue of 240 million going to 1.8 billion by fiscal '19. three key drivers, rival listing hours and, number two, rights adve

mo cowan was picked essentially as a place holder for the seat by massachusetts governor deval

. >> and i think cowan has it right and i think they are firmly entrenched and people have annual contractse this service know it and they love it they're not about to give it up. they may trade over to apple here and there, but again that's a small slice of the overall market. >> the market's posting their second consecutive day of gains after last week's violent selloff. so is it safe to buy right here? is the bottom in for stocks? let's bring in dennis gartman of the gartman letter it's good to talk to you. it's been a while. >> it has been judge. good to see you. >> likewise. what are you doing here? is it safe to buy stocks? >> well not sure it's safe but for the first time since february, i actually stepped up to buy stock indices, the s&p future yesterday. i've been as i've said in my news letter agnostic of stock for quite some period of time. and yesterday i started to get religion. i got baptized yesterday. i haven't gone to communion yet, but i own a little bit, i think it's the right thing to do. yesterday's lows better hold and i think they shall. i was quite impressed by the a

john from the gfi group is with us, and so is david from the cowan group. what do you think?only place to go right now, or what? >> yeah, it's been bandied about quite a bit. i think right now, stocks are probably the only place and u.s. equities are getting most of the flows, because we can see that by the price earnings. multiple trading at a 15 compared to a 9 -- >> it's a heck of a reason to invest in stocks, because there's nothing to invest in. >> right now, that's what the fed wants you to do. they want to push you into risk assets. they've been doing for quite some time now, qe 1, qe 2, qe 3. you can't keep the money in the mattress. you can't keep it on lufthansa, you saw that. and, obviously, a recalibration when bernanke spoke may 22nd. but i think that's starting to pass. the fed speakers we've had out right now have been saying that qe is not going to end. it didn't end yesterday and it won't end tomorrow. >> do you agree with that, david, there's no alternative, i think t.i.n.a.? no alternative to stocks right now? >> i said about a week ago, there's nowhere to

i want to bring in paul cowan. one of the things she mentioned was the ar-15 assault rifle.e use this, obviously military version of a gun, a stronger assault weapon. let me just ask you, how hard is it to get one of those in the state of california? >> well, california has some of the strictest gun control laws in the united states. they've got a very strict registration system. they heavily regulate what are defined as assault weapons, semiautomatic assault weapons, so you know, if an assault weapon was used here, it's an indication that even in a state where you have tough gun laws, these guns still come into the state. now, whether it emanated from a california source or was brought across the border subsequent investigation will tell. but the laws are already pretty tough in california. >> you have new york, new jersey, california, the toughest and this still happened which is shocking to a lot of people to imagine. of course, this is the kind of weapon we just heard was used in other shootings. >> yes. >> colorado, for example, by james holmes. >> it demonstrates i thi

and lord, thank you for the faithful service of senator mo cowan. bless him as he prepares to leave the u.s. senate. we pray in your strong name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., june 26, 2013. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable william cowan , a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the immigration bill. the time until 11:30 will be equally divided between the two managers. the filing deadl

could be mo cowan. >> bill: yeah. too late for me to get a condo -- >> probably.now how quickly you can establish residency. >> bill: lots coming up. speaking of the president's climate change speech, fred krupp, president of the environmental defense fund, happy with the speech yesterday. he will be here in studio in a few minutes to tell us all about it. we'll also be joined in the next hour by neil king, as a "friend of bill." neil king from the "wall street journal." one of your favorites and one of ours. then we'll check in with "the boston globe" for more about the ed markey senate race in the next hour as well. and vladimir putin flips the bird to president obama. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this wednesday. paula deen's sons broke their silence yesterday and defended their mom saying they have never heard her speak in a racist manner appearing on cnn, jamie and bobby deen said the deposition where their mom spoke about using the n word was character assassination. they say their mother has apologized. th

. >> reporter: that's little comfort for cowan.and she is saving up for a new car. >> when i have long trips and i will be on the highway, i rent a car. i don't want to put my family at jeopardy. >> stephanie elam, los angeles. >>> the first lady head to head with a heckler and stands her ground. video next. >> guess who wins? >> no, no. i do a lot of research on angie's list before i do any projects on my own. at angie's list, you'll find reviews written by people just like you. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. >>> you are about to see a side of the first lady you haven't seen before. she was speaking at a fund-raiser tuesday night when she was interrupted by a heckler. what happened next has everyone buzzing in washington. here is erin mcbike. >> exclusive images of michelle obama tuesday night. speaking at an exclusive fund-raiser hosted by a lesbian couple at their toney washington, d.c. home. giving an impassioned speech on one of her fa

tomorrow, sunday morning at 8:00, when i'll have democratic senator, yes, he'll still be a senator, mo cowaneder, and ijerry nadler. up next, melissa harris-perry. how five justices have put our very democratic process in jeopardy. that and why melissa thinks the president should be scrambling jets to find edward snowden. that is "melissa harris-perry." she's coming up next and we will see you right here tomorrow at 8:00. thanks for getting up. >>> this morning, my question, who the hell does putin think he is? >>> plus, the fears of a hollow victory in the supreme court rulings this week. >>> and a huge step forward on immigration reform. >>> but first, this week in voter suppression in a supreme way. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. thank you for joining us. the supreme court giveth and it taketh away. it was a mixed bag this week for members of the diverse progressive coalition, whose lives hung in the balance while the court rendered its decisions on its foremost highly anticipated history-making equal rights cases. on the one hand, unbridled joy and celebration as windsor ver

mo cowan from massachusetts is there but gone at the end of the month.ts ma having a special election. cory booker i started covering him ten years ago when i got to new jersey. i knew this was somebody marked for a national future. talking about him as a national prospect. jamelle, it strike me that if he goes to the senate this year in 2013, i look at the sort of african-american turnout, we talked about the issue of the democratic coalition showing up only in presidential years, and looked last year at we've had studies since the election, looked at african-american turnout, how it was energized in 2012, bigger share of the elect electorate than people expecting. there's a question, how important is it for democrats in 2016 to have a nonwhite presence on the ticket? the pipeline of the democratic party, when it comes to the nonwhite pipeline. if cory booker gets to the senate in 2013, vp in 2016, is that something that's on the horizon? >> i'm not sure if it's on the horizon. if you're trying to keep black turnout high, i'm sort of on the side of peop

[inaudible conversations] >> massachusetts senator mo cowan delivered his farewell speech yesterday. he's been filling secretary of state john kerry's former seat since february until the special election. massachusetts residents this week elected representative ed markey as their new senator. this is 20 minutes. >> mr. president, i rise today in my final full workweek and not just 150 days into my senate career, yet at the precipice of the close of that career. on january 30th of