mark: dave weigel, stay safe in baltimore. thanks.fter the break, what chief justice john roberts and his cohorts in the court said about same-sex marriage in the supreme court today. we have it all on tape, right after this. ♪ john: landmark cases at the supreme court are like vin scully calling a double-header -- you know you're in for a long haul, but you savor every word of it. we will play some of the best bites from inside the supreme court oral arguments on gay marriage today. let's start with what was said by justice anthony kennedy who many consider to be the crucial swing vote in this particular case and this issue. justice kennedy: when you think about these cases, you think about words or cases. the word that keeps coming back to me is millennia, plus time. first of all, there has not been really time for the federal system to engage in this debate. the separate states. on a larger scale, it has been -- it was about the same time between brown and loving lawrence and this case. john: greg, justice kennedy is somebody who p

. ♪ mark: we are joined from baltimore from her colleague dave dave weigel. k you for joining us. first question for you is tell us what have you seen since you have been on the ground in baltimore that strikes you? dave: i saw a majority of people in baltimore wanting to bps be peaceful and really distraught. i saw a minority of people looting. i saw it was fairly brazen a couple of times last evening. people taking the opportunity to loot cvs. a few cars set on fire. if you refer to this as a city on fire you are talking about a couple of discrete blocks, not the entire city. the follow-up today, a lot of regret and the attempt to move forward. john: from the people you have spoken to where do people place the blame? were they holding responsible -- who are they holding responsible? dave: for the situation they blame the police entirely. they say the police system here has been paying out enormous settlements because of abuses has been getting away with murder. they share some of the blame with the mayor, a little bit with the governor. i saw a lot of people

instead, dave weigel reporting that when the news broke that the american hostage was killed in the drone strike paul's campaign sent over a statement, which said, quote, it is a tragedy that these americans lost their lives. my prayers and thoughts are with their families. then moments later they sent over a statement clarifying that he was referring to the american hostage, not the only two americans who were members of al qaeda. general response from rand paul was this strike was not the kind of think he had been protesting before. on the're the other side presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton has not come out and addressed this head on. she is also not participating in the debate while she campaigns over the nomination for presidency. and the entire field will have to deal with this question because the elections during wartime are elections that are about foreign policy they are about counter terrorism. they are about how we choose to do war. president obama's first and second elections were referendums on the bush wars and what those wars did to our country. and this electi