in a statement, the marriage equality group freedom to marry called the decision -- doma latere more on in the broadcast. the new york times has revealed president obama has waged a major cyberweapons operation against iran since the early days of his administration. the program, known as olympic games, has been used to sabotage the computer systems at iran's nuclear facilities. it began under the bush administration, but was significantly expanded when obama took office in 2009. obama decided to continue the program in 2010, even after part of it became public when it accidentally unleashed a computer worm known as suxtenet, -- across the global internet. developed with the help of israeli intelligence, suxtenet is said to have destroyed some of iran's centrifuges, but the full extent of the damage is unclear. the obama administration's cybercampaign in iran is believed to be the first sustained effort by one country to destroy another's infrastructure through computer attacks. house lawmakers have defeated the bill that would have banned abortions based on the sex of the fetus. whi

big picture this morning the first circuit court of appeals ruled that the defense of marriage act doma which denies same sex couples federal benefits is unconstitutional what does this really mean for the future of marriage equality in the united states also new york city mayor michael bloomberg wants to ban sugary drinks at least large size or means sold in that city as part of his fight against obesity in new york should the government have the ability to tell you and me what we can and cannot buy and with the use of drones domestically on the rise the drone industry could soon be the place for american workers to find jobs so one of the consequences of the sudden boom drone usage in developing. the day to know this this morning the first circuit court of appeals ruled that the defense of marriage act which denies same sex couples federal benefits is unconstitutional it's actually the judges two of which were public and appointees ruled that by defining a marriage between a man and a woman the law discriminates against gay and lesbian couples since that law was passed in one thousand

. >> kenji, one of the important ones doma, and the position on doma. where is that progressing?t it's not over yet. >> absolutely this will be a blockbuster term, the upcoming term, even though everyone is focusing on this one as understandably with health care being such a huge term. next year will be a huge one as well. civil rights issues. both the perry case and douma case will get appealed. the perry case is the california prop 8 case, and the doma case is from massachusetts. the issue on doma and everyone is hoping on the progressive side that the doma case goes up first, it's a smaller bite to ask for from the supreme court, on progress and gay rights. >> because it's just one state? actually, because all it's doing is saying that if a state allows for same-sex marriage, then the federal government has to abide by that decision. so it would not actually change the definition of marriage in any of the 50 states. whereas the other case, the california prop 8 case if it goes up to the supreme court, potentially the supreme court could alter the law and the 44 states that don

what doma will do, what will happen when we get rid of doma is that gay and lesbian americans who are treated like every other married couple. >> i'm just curious from your perspective, how big a part has the president's endorsement played in the movement for equality in your opinion? >> i would say that the president coming out in support of marriage equality has really liberated other folks who have also been evolving on the issue. by him making a statement and really allowing us to be a part of his evolution and his grappling between his faith and trying to reconcile his political beliefs and values, he's given license to everyone else who's on that journey to also find themselves on the side of equality. i think that has been really impactful and we've seen it in all of the polling around the nation in terms of the uptick and support for marriage equality. >> wow, it is incredible arc of history we're witnessing and participating in. thank you so much, aisha moodie mills for coming into the war room and for joining the battle with the good guys. and for you all out there don't mis

the bipartisan legal advisory group was created and exists solely for them to continue to fight domaortant to mention this is section 3, federal employee benefits and does not strike down at all the clause of the defense of marriage act that permits states to reject marriages of same-sex couples that take place in other states so, for example, when my moms go down to visit family in florida, regardless of the ruling on this particular issue by the supreme court, my moms aren't married when they step off that plane in florida, so as david mentioned there is still a long ways to go when it dose to this law. >> david boies, let's talk about that long way to go. the issue that zach is talking about regarding his mothers, when this case goes to the supreme court, presumably all aspects of the law will be considered. >> you can't be sure of that. most likely, only the part of the law that was decided in this case will go to the supreme court in this case. now, the supreme court might reach out and deal with both sections of the law. but i think that it's more likely than not that only the

act, the constitutionality of the doma act which i believe is constitutional. again, it's about a lot of things and that's why i say it's contemptible because it mixes misrepresentations. in some circles, they call them -- i don't like to use word like that. misreasoning m misrepresentations, politics and a an abuse of power on the subject. i will vote no as many times as i possibly can today on what they are doing and i will make my decisions about one way or another, but i support the walkoff whether my role is, but i add more on the floor or on the walkoff. i'll make a judgement when that time comes. >> what is your message to republican house members who are scheduling a vote to repeal to go forward with the repealing of the healthcare bill with the july 4th break? >> they have hearings on this legislation that they're going to come back a few days after. no, really, they're going to have a vote to say if you're a child and have a pre-existing medical condition and no longer can be discriminated against, we're going to overturn that. if you're a senior and

the more we can talk about why bill clinton signed doma the more we can talk about president obama'sime that if he didn't sign it and vetoed it, that bob dole might become president. so bill clinton helped gay folks because it kept him in office four years longer. >> although ironically had bob dole been elected we might have had a health care plan back then. [ applause ] >> exactly. >> we would be further ahead on health care, farther behind on gay rights. >> right. [ mysterious music ] >> and bill clinton going to wisconsin. [ applause ] >> that's nice thanks democratic party with four days to go. >> yeah, we'll see what happens -- because from what i am told there are all kinds of different polls and some of them are showing it very, very tight. >> i was going the governor spitzer show last week -- [ bell chimes ] . >> -- and i said can we please do a whole piece about wisconsin. and it seemed like the democrats were really letting bennett hang in the wind. and debbie wasserman schultz went last week and last week the dnc wrote their first check -- >> little behind sexy liberal to

act, the constitutionality of the doma act, which he doesn't believe is constitutional. again, it's about a lot of things and that's why i say it's contemptible because it mixes misrepresentations in some circles they would call them lies, i don't like to use words like that, misrepresentations, politics and an abuse of power on the a misuse, an abuse of the power of the majority in the house on this subject. i will vote no as many times as i possibly can today on what they are doing and i will make my decisions about one way or another, but i support the walk-off whether my role is -- but i add more on the floor or on the walk-off, i'll make a judgment when that time comes. >> what is your message to republican house members who are scheduling a vote to repeal to go forward with the repealing of the health care bill the week after the july 4th break? what's your message to them? >> first of all, i haven't seen their hearings. have they had hearings on this legislation, that they're just going to come back a few days after? no, really, they're going to have a vote to say

what are supporters or opponents, i should say, of doma going to argue here?ng to say is that the federal government cannot deny benefits when the state has said your marriage is legal here. this is a difference between federal rights and state's rights. and they don't want fralg government to be able to define a marriage when their own state has said, yes, you are a married couple to a same-sex couple. then the federal government steps in and says, yeah, but because we don't like that under this doma act, which was enacted around 1996, therefore, we're going to deny you benefits, so you can't have retirement benefits of your long-term partner or now your spouse, your legal spouse. the opponents are saying that's not fair. the states have always been able to it fine marriage and the whole history of the legal system in the country, if they say we're married, we need to get the same benefits as everyone else. >> any idea how this is going to end up legally? is it constitutional or unconstitutional. >> i think the supreme court is going to appeal with the appeal

. >> there are any number of issues on the far right about eric holder in particular, doma, the votera immigration, the issue on where to try. doma was one of them, voter id was a second, the arizona bill was a third, and also where the 9/11 detainees would be tried. always coming back on holder's watch, and serving as a basis of antipathy on the right. is it related to substance or is there something else driving this? >> there's a degree to which holder has become the favorite punching bag of the right, and perhaps to some degree, a stand in for the president himself. despite what we sought in the rose garden the other day, there are limits in american society to what you can say to the president and what you can do to the president and say to his face. they don't apply so clearly to members of the cabinet. you can get away with a lot more invective toward members of the cabinet, and for a lot of republicans who may feel they can't beat up the president directly or harshly as the constinch wnts want to, they feel more liberated going every the attorney general. >> i'm limited on tim

though the department of justice has said it will not defend the constitutionality of doma in court until final resolution of that issue. it's basic for the military and central to our efforts. because of the number of bep fits that are prosides to our military community and the complex legal frame work, the process has opinion comprehensive and time consum , consuming, but it will get done. up with final note about today's event. this type of event, during the month of june has occurred in civilian society and in civilian agencies of the federal government for years. the cia hosted a gay pride event 12 years ago. this is the first time in history such an vent has o kored at the pentagon. within the military, e kwents such as this must occupy a dlift and qualified. service above self. from all that we learned in 2010 about the struggles and sacrifice to remain in the military, i believe gay me and women in uniform readily agree with this. what should we honor today? for those service member who is are gay and lesbian, we lifted a real and personal burden from their shoulders. they no long

. >>> same-sex advocates are encourage bide a federal appeals court decision to strike down doma. the three-member court ruled that a portion of the 1996 law denying federal rights to same-sex couples is unconstitutional. at the same time, the judges didn't go so far as to say same-sex marriage is constitutional. the ruling is expected to wind up at the u.s. supreme court. same-sex advocates here are calling it a victory. >> the court is saying there is no basis that a loving same-sex couple should not have the same rights and responsibilities that everybody else does. >> the appeals court stayed its decision preventing same-sex couples from immediately gaining federal benefits like social security and health care. the judges want to wait for the higher court to weigh in. >>> mitt romney made a surprise stop this morning at the sli solyndra headquarters. they kept it secret until the last minute. he used solyndra's empty building as a backdrop saying it proves the president's poor economic policies. the company went bankrupt just months after the president took a tour of the facil

doma, as the law is known, is being fought over in several lower courts, but it's the supreme court that has final say over whether a law passed by congress is constitutional. >>> american muslims are vowing to step up their efforts against state measures they believe unfairly take aim at shariah or islamic law. the islamic circle of north america has launched a campaign to educate local communities about shariah and how it is used. at the islamic circle's annual convention, thousands of delegates discussed how to fight what they see as growing islamophobia across the country. last week, kansas became the fourth state to pass a law forbidding courts and state agencies from considering foreign laws when making decisions. the measure does not specifically mention shariah, but many muslims believe it was designed to target islamic law. >> obviously, it targets one community. they can say that it is anti-foreign law, but we know that it is targeting one community, one faith. so people get worried. >>> meanwhile, in a high profile controversy over construction of a new mosque in mufreesboro,

to the supreme court now after it was ruled unconstitutional by an appeals panel in boston known as doma, the 1996 law signed by president clinton defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. in a unanimous decision yesterday, the circuit court said that deprives gay couples equal rights and privileges. last year, president obama ordered the justice department to stop defending the constitutionality of that law. >>> today's "new york times" is offering new details about the escalation of what intelligence officials call america's first sustained use of cyberweapons. according to the report, president obama secretly ordered sophisticated attacks against iran's nuclear facilities shortly after taking office. the sabstauj program was first developed under the bush administration with the help of israel. in a series of cyberattacks, computer worms infected iran's uranium centrifuges, temporarily knocking 20% of them offline. but the worm code-named olympic games escaped iran's nuclear plant reportedly causing president obama to question whether the classified program should be shut

a federal appeals court yesterday ruled part of doma, the defense of marriage act, as unconstitutional. the three-judge panel ruled the provision defining marriage as a man and woman is against the law because it denies married gay couples federal benefit. the defense of marriage act was passed in 1996. since then, six states and the district have legalized same-sex marriage. >>> a republican-backed plan to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus failed in the house. the nondiscrimination act would have jailed doctors for up to five years for performing abortions because parents wanted a child of the other sex. the white house says president obama opposed the bill because it intruded on a woman's right to privacy. >>> later today, there will be a visitation for one of the victims in the fauquier county plane crash. james duncan died earlier this week when his plane collided with another plane near the warrenton/fauquier airport. he was aboard a plane with a flight instructor. the transportation safety board of canada is investigating since two of the three victims were federal tran

wrote a bill that said this, this, this and this and the court should not have judicial review over doma and saying no is on very fragile constitutional grounds. we think it's unconstitutional, but they know, realizing that, wrote a bill, stripping the supreme court of the right to rule in it and it passed the house. it did not pass the senate. thank god. yes? >> last question regarding health care. that was the messaging. on policy, assuming, i know you're going on 3 -- >> you know something i don't know? >> you told us it was going to be 63. >> that's right. on a matter of policy, if the court strikes down the mandate and leaves in place all of the things that you know voters love and all of the things that you like and the foreclosure and all these other things, as a matter of policy can you justify leaving those things in place without the mandate that everybody knows will help premiums and without the mandate. if you write that down, how can you leave the goodies in place even for a while? >> the supreme court metaphor, you have to eat your vegetables. you have to have the mandate i

they don't like the fact that he is not moving forward to defend the doma act. the constitutionality of the act which i believe is constitutional. again, it's about a lot of things and that's why i say it's contemptible because it mixes misrepresentation. in some circles they will call them lies and i don't like to use words like that and this representation, politics, and misuse, and abuse of power on the house on the subject. so i will vote no as many times as i possibly can today and what they are doing and i will make my decisions one way or another, but i support the walkoff whether my role is, and i will add more on the floor or the walkoff. i'll make a judgement when that time comes. >> what is your message to republican house members who are scheduling a vote to repeal and go forward with this idea of repealing the health care bill the week after the july 4th break. >> are they having hearings on this legislation that they're just going to come back a few days after? no. really, they're going to have a vote to say if your child has a pre-existing medical

this is doma-plus.ure where this ends, which you also place a limitation upon a chaplain doing the funeral services of a gay or lesbian service member killed in afghanistan? and the spouse asks for that chaplain to preside at the funeral service in a military chaplain? this is folly and this is dangerous. this is an infringement upon the religious expression and freedom of the military chaplain and the service member. >> shannon: gentlemen, we have to leave it there. we thank you both for weighing in on this important debate. we appreciate your time today. >> thank you. pleasure joining you. >> shannon: at least one person is believed dead, following a shooting near auburn yrt. the latest after the break. we are two days away from the special election for former congresswoman gabrielle giffords' seat. we will talk to the man who held we will talk to the man who held the seat before she did. even a cinnamon one the kids love. the word "wow" comes to mind. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. goo

the court will not and should not have judicial review over doma. they wrote a bill stripping the supreme court of the right to rule on it. it passed the house. it did not pass the senate. thank god. >> i want to ask you about health care. on policy, i know you are -- [laughter] you have told us it will be 6003. -- 6 to 2. if the court strikes down the mandate and leaves in place all of the things that you know voters -- can you justify leaving those things in place without a mandate everybody knows will help kids under 26? all those other things. how can you leave those other things in place? >> just to borrow supreme court metaphor, you have to have the mandate in order for this to work from a financial standpoint. but, that does not mean -- we want to keep those in place. the biggest difference in the lives of the american people -- let me say one of. one is that you cannot be deprived of coverage if you have a pre-existing medical condition. this is huge. this is huge. insurance companies even say that they really cannot do that. unless the prem

it was the fourth time a federal court ruled doma unconstitutional. the ministration a florida gov. rick scott is vowing to continue a controversial purge of thousands of registered voters despite a justice department call for immediate halt. the justice department warned last week the voter purge appeared violating -- appear to violate federal voting rights laws. but in a harshly worded letter wednesday, florida secretary of state ken detzner defended the purge and said the federal government is illegally blocking florida's access to a citizenship database. a federal judge has finalized a ruling barring enforcement of a controversial statute that gave the government power to indefinitely detain anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. judge issued a preliminary injunction against a provision in the national defense authorization act last month, but the open the administration asked the judge to reconsider her ruling and also said it would merely interpret the injunction to apply only to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, a group of journali

doma discriminates against couples whose union is based on sodomy. it discriminates against them.e ought to discriminate against homosexual behavior. >> not surprising either. you have to take it to a whole different level. right? he then compared them in an article he wrote to pedophiles three or four times, to rapists twice. then public policy is about discriminating against behaviors that are socially destrustib and cross i have to the social fabric. so we rightly discriminate against people who will rip-off vens stores and burgle houses and eat the faces off of homeless people. >> a guy so high on balt salts, he ate the faceoff of a homeless person. >> that's a special level of clownishness. our our second candidate. that will be tough to beat. there goes the confetti. we have to tell you, of course about, on the zombie theme here we had the miami cannibil who ate the homeless guy's face. it was unbelievable. >> that's the video there. we had the texas mom accused of killing her newborn, eating part of his brain and biting off three toes. then we had the guy in maryland who at

he's not enforcing doma. he wants people regardless of sexual preference to be able to be married. he is against the enforcement of that arizona law that was really hard and unfair and unfair to mexican-americans and hispanics. of course, he's standing up for voter rights. >> you agree with her? >> a lot of things they're against eric holder on. >> peter welch and jerrold connolly, thanks for your time tonight. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow. next up mitt romney criticizes obama on immigration in front of a latino audience. we'll weigh in on that. lots more coming up. stay with us. >>> up next mitt romney totally whiffs on immigration today. there's more proof republicans are rooting for failure. a new report says the romney campaign doesn't want governor scott to talk about his rebounding economy. shelt insurance companies owe americans over a billion dollars, but the supreme court's decision on the aaffordable care act could let them off the hook. we'll have the details coming up and don't forget to like the ed show on facebook. we're coming right back. >>> welcome back.

. >>> the fight over the defense of marriage act or doma could be going to the supreme court now. thursday they found the act uninstitutional. you may -- unconstitutional. it does not allow same sex marriage couples to file joint tax returns and get benefits that other married federal workers get. president obama told federal attorneys to stop defending that law. >>> well, here's a story that was just lighting up twitter yesterday. former president george w. bush and his wife laura at the white house unveiling their official portraits. it is not the artwork, it was the comedy routine put on by the former first couple. >> when the british burned the white house in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w.. [ laughter ] now myself. if anything happens -- there's your man. >> so funny. this elder president president bush was in attendance along with jenna and barbara and if you can see it tune in because it was a lot of fun. >>> at 6:05 joy is watching your money and -- jessica doyle is watching your money and helping you save some of it. >> oh fantastic

they rode a bill that said the court should not have judicial review over doma. they know it is on very fragile constitutional ground. we think it is unconstitutional. but they, realizing that, wrote a bill stripping the supreme court of the right to rule on it. it passed the house but did not pass the senate, thank god. >> a last question about health care. on policy, i know you have to -- i know you are going on 63 -- 6-3, but on a matter of policy, if the court strikes down at the mandate and leaves in place all the things that you like and the doughnut hole closure, as a matter of policy, can you justify leaving those things in place without a mandate? all those other things without the mandate -- if a strike that down, how can you leave those in place? >> to borrow a supreme court metaphor, you have to eat your vegetables. you have to have the mandate in order for this to work from a financial standpoint, but that -- in other words, we want to keep those in place. the biggest difference in the lives of the american people -- one of, in terms of this legislat

cases, because if this goes to the supreme court, i think it will be there about the same time as domafor example, but even just go to the health care case, you know, but i think when we're looking at these 5-4 decisions, i think to susan's point, that's where the politics really come in. i think if we're looking at more of a 6-3 decision, that may start to rewind some of the lack of confidence. because again, i think these very strict lines, even think about the conversations we've been having in expectation of some of these divisions, we're talking about the politics, we're not talking about the legality. and i think to your point, we're not talking about morality, we're talk being about civil rights, we're talking about our laws, our constitution. >> our constitution fundamentally entitles us to equality. >> but it's not meant to ban things, and that's the biggest problem that we have. the constitution was -- >> but it is to defend equality, which has then been interpreted, you know, with great distortion ever since, but i think like they say, the arc of history bends towards injust

he's not enforcing doma. he wants people regardless of sexual preference to be able to be married. he is against the enforcement of that arizona law that was really hard and unfair and unfair to mexican-americans and hispanics. of course, he's standing up for voter rights. >> you agree with her? >> a lot of things they're against eric holder on. >> peter welch and jerrold connolly, thanks for your time tonight. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow. next up mitt romney criticizes obama on immigration in front of a latino audience. we'll weigh in on that. lots morcomie coming up. stay with us fmpltz eyaised ap test scores 138%. just imagine our potential... ...if the other states joined them. let's raise our scores. let's invest in our teachers and inspire our students. let's solve this. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-class bluetec from mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >>> welcome back. six days after president obama aannounced a major policy chan

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i bow down before you. >> stop it. >> stephanie: another federal judge has struck down doma.xcludes of one group of benefits that another group would be ensent incentivized to another. lucas, good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: we're having a string of victories. >> caller: this is number four. >> stephanie: your article is terrific about the growing list of cabinet secretary supporting marriage equality. >> caller: it's june, so it's pride month. many statements, and they're cabinet secretaries. they came out for it. >> stephanie: and they joined shaun donovan of housing and arnie duncan of education. are you surprised it feels like its gathering steam really, at such a high pace. do you credit it to the president coming out in favor of marriage equality. >> caller: we could blame joe biden for it really. he was the first to come out. we're out of 7 of 17 cabinet members. joe biden had to say that he was sorry for coming out before the president. maybe her they're waiting slightly for them to come out. we're holding on for the full 16. >> stephanie: i have t

and we saw this with stanley's demonstration of what goes on in parkinson's disease with the flora doma scans. we're going to need this for every one of these. and we need to be able to follow these proteins. we have to look at the precursor form. we have to look at the preons when they're small aggregates and then we have to look at the large aggregates, the fibers. so this is a very important new approach that goes way beyond creutzfeldt jx jakob disease and really the whole spectrum of neurologic diseases. >> rose: it sounds to me like we are at sort of an influntion-- inflection point here. >> absolute turning point. for example, one of the interesting things that emerges with this is why do these diseases occur with age. well, one possibility of course is as you indicated, the aggregate itself perpetuating form develops but parallelled with it as people age, the clearing mechanism that is capable of getting rid of it may very well weaken. and if we can find out the nature of the clearing mechanisms we might be able to reinforce them just like your strength is being restored by crea