supreme court is about to hear arguments about the constitutionality of "the defense of marriage act" or doma, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman. the act was signed into law in 1996 by bill clinton-- a man who understands being defensive about your marriage. [ laughter ] now, barack obama's justice department decided not to defend doma, but don't worry, your tax dollars are still being spent on the case. house republicans hired super-straight, super-lawyer paul clement to defend marriage to the tune of $2 million dollars. [ laughter ] now, the case won't be heard until march, but that money is already buying brilliant legal arguments from clement like: "marriage should be limited to unions of a man and a woman because they alone can produce unplanned and unintended offspring." [ laughter ] damn straight. yes! yes, marriage is for straight people, who can go to a wedding, get tanked on chablis, and make a baby, barebacking it in a coat closet. [ laughter ] as -- [cheers and applause] fans of the coat closet. that's how god intended it. [ laughter ] planning to have kids j

el caballo de raza lipizana y la técnica tradicional española de doma.ctica la doma natural, que consiste en establecer un liderazgo frente al caballo antes de montarlo. ahora nos vamos a una pausa y al regresar venimos con nuestro perfil de mascota. no te lo pierdas. ♪ sí, lo que sucede es que los ancianos frecuentemente nos dicen: "huy, me he quedado solo, "me siento con mucha soledad. necesito un acompañante" y... ahí es donde nosotros empezamos a hacer nuestras preguntas para hacer una combinación de mascotas con eh... con el amo. ♪  y ya estamos de vuelta aquí en mi mascota con la compañía de violeta. a continuación tenemos nuestro perfil de mascotas. es otra ave. a estas aves se les usó como detectores de gases letales en las minas. les gusta cantar, entonces cuando los mineros se daban cuenta que dejaban de hacerlo. salían corriendo de la mina porque significaba que el ave estaba muriendo por causa de los gases. pero por suerte esto ya no se practica más. son los canarios. ♪ (ricardo narrando) tamaño: de 4 a 5 pulgadas de largo. ellos desarro

there are a number of things that can be done before doma has been repealed, and what is left undonethat "new york times" article that you just referenced so eloquently put forth the next defense secretary, if senator hagel is, in fact, confirmed, i hope that on day one he will immediately move to insure equal benefits for those serving our country. >> what happens if the supreme court acts against don't ask -- doma, rather, and -- rather, supports doma and if the right to be married is unconstitutional under the law? you helped start the ball rolling with prop eight. you were instigated the hiring of david boys and ted olson to litigate that. this is a real gamble. >> look, we have yet another watershed moment on march 26 and march 27th. the supreme court is going to hear the constitutionality of doma, as well as the perry case, which as you know is the prop eight case in california, and, look, it's my hope and, again, belief that that court is going to go where it has gone so many times before. like they did in loving v virginia or in brown v. board and erase these skrim other laws

the original decision to doma was taking by a bipartisan legal advisory group. so far the republican leadership is authorizing expenditure $2 million of taxpayer money to defend this discriminatory law. this defense is not supported by the entire house. 145 members of the house arguing the doma should be struck down. we have repeatedly asked speaker from a briefing from the lawyers obtained by the republican majority. if these high priced lawyers really represent the house, they should have at least have the courtesy to meet with the clients. the time is come to call a hault to this. the rules should reflect the reality of the house. i urge my colleagues to vote against this rules package and i yield back the balance of my time. >> gentleman yields back. gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i reserve my time. >> the gentle lady from new york. >> i'm pleased to yield a minute in a half from california. >> i rise for two purposes. first to oppose the rule which institutes the folly of spending taxpayer dollar to defend unconstitutional that is doma. this is a po

the original decision to defend doe ma was taken by a -- to defend doma was taken by a partisan vote and other vote thopes measure have been taken by the republican sleadership alone. they've expended $2 million of taxpayer money to defend this law this defense is not supported by the entire house. 145 members of the house have signed a brief arguing that doma should be three declared unconstitutional and struck down system of far every court that decided this question has agreed that doma is unconstitutional. we re-- we have repeatedly asked the speaker for a briefing by the lawyers retained from the majority party. the speaker hasn't seen fit to give thinks courtesy of a response. if these high-priced lawyers really represent the house, they should at least have the court stoy meet with their alleged clients to answer questions about that representation. the time has come to call a halt to this farce. at the very least the rules should reflect the real i -- reality that the house is divided on this question and the lawyers do not speak for the institution as a whole. i urge my coll

doma prohibits federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage for any purpose under federal lawsng benefits like health care. a decision by the supreme court will allow government funding of embryonic stem cell research to move guard. the justices refused to hear a case that challenged the funding. the obama administration has limited funding to research stem cell lines that came from embryos from fertility clinic that other wise would have been thrown away. >>> president obama named his choices for director of defense. reporter craig boswell tells us now both men are sure to face tough questioning during their confirmation hearings. >> reporter: president obama makes a pair of high profile nominations. >> john brenham. >> reporter: hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska and a decorated vietnam senator. >> he will be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary of defense. >> reporter: while the president's pointed out hagel's gop nomination many are lining up against the nomination. >> chuck hagel has said previously that he doesn't believe we ought to kee

doma prohibits federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage for any purpose under federal lawsroviding benefits like health care. a decision by the supreme court will allow government funding of embryonic stem cell research to move guard. the justices refused to hear a case that challenged the funding. the obama administration has limited funding to research stem cell lines that came from embryos from fertility clinic that other wise would have been thrown away. >>> president obama named his choices for director of defense. reporter craig boswell tells us now both men are sure to face tough questioning during their confirmation hearings. >> reporter: president obama makes a pair of high profile nominations. >> john brenham. >> reporter: hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska and a decorated vietnam senator. >> he will be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary of defense. >> reporter: while the president's pointed out hagel's gop nomination many are lining up against the nomination. >> chuck hagel has said previously that he doesn't believe we ought

of the sisters of loreto my wish is that we achieve marriage equality in every state and we resend domawish that the bees were not dying from. >> that is a good one. >> my hope is for improved economic conditions for my country's most vulnerable people that we create healthy environments and green spaces and by country men and women become fully conscious of their ability to change things for the better. >> baptist from haiti. my wish is for more justice, economic as well as social justice, starting with the recognition that poverty is not a sin. >> i wish for wish for a world without boarders and walls, age 53, argentina. [ applause ] >> i wish for a world where the children are more just and more kind and fair in the world than the one we know. president, barack obama. >> and now, this is a good one, that donna and i can very strongly identify with. i wish that male fashion designers would be forced to wear the things that they create for women like stelleto heals and it gets better. and that all politicians would have to live by the rules and laws they come up with for the rest of us

. >> john: the supreme court may review doma and eric holder won't be pursuing doma, it could go any which way. congressional correspondent ginger gibson, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> john: heckling a grieving father because you're afraid someone might take away your gun even though they never will. have pro-gunned >> john: we now bring you a new loate. neil his lynn was testifying yesterday about gun control at the legislative office building in connecticut when he posed a rhetorical question about why anyone would need an assault weapon in our society. the same point raised by general stanley mcchrystal. this seemed like a good time for random gun lovers to shout their answers at the grief-stricken parents. >> why anybody in this room needs to have one of these assault-style weapons or military weapons. not one person can answer that question. >> john: i'm sure that was a member of a well-regulated militia. and more shame comes tomorrow when nra chief executive wayne lapierrre will testify to the judiciary committee that... >> john: no one's

the violence against women act, doma, things like that, look, we can cherry pick anything out of thisudget and try to say why don't we fund this? the violence against women act is very important, and i think we should fund it. however, we have to start to understand that we don't have any money in this country. we have to set priorities -- >> hold on, hogan, we're not even talking about money. >> listen -- >> we're not -- >> i'm just saying, look, so are school lunch programs and tuition tax credits. all those things are important. what are we going to fund? what do we have the money to pay for? >> hogan, i really wish we had that conversation in 2001 when the funding of two wars was planned and executed by republicans, but i'm afraid we've run out of time. hogan gidley and karen finley, thank you so much. coming up, 20 women in the senate, a potential run by secretary clinton. will 2016 be the year the glass is shattered? stay with us. c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy... instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-

don't tell, and the fact that the department of justice does not go ahead to try to prosecute any doma we know. the people at the white house, they have google, high-speed internet, they've got all of that stuff, right? >> let's keep something in mind. this is not to make excuses for the administration or the white house. the white house and the presidential inaugural committee are two separate entities. in my reporting, i found their discovery of pastor giglio's comments, the first they heard them was from the reports that came out from think progress. so it's the folks over at presidential inaugural committee who, you know, maybe should have used google to do a more thorough search of pastor giglio's past. >> so they've got eight or days or so that they can fire up their high speed. the human rights campaign, president john griffin sent this to us saying this was the right decision. participants of the inaugural festivities should unite, not divide. since the voice would be in keeping with the tone that the president wants to set for his inaugural. jonathan capehart, i appreciate it.

>> doma. i would like to see doma go away. >> i hope they'll learn to be true to the people who gerrymandered them into office. >> john: very inspiring. here's what i want if i may gentlemen. i would like to see them fix the filibuster. i was all set to slam harry reid. i was going to call him out for always compromising on his compromise compromises before bravely folding. i was all set to mock him for caving so hard there were miners trapped inside him but now i gotta wait. as you guys know, the filibuster allows debate to be extended. in theory, a filibuster requires a legislator to take the floor and talk. they can lecture read the phone book, anything until the clock runs out so you never get to vote and a bill dies. you know, democracy. under president bill clinton the g.o.p. broke all filibuster records using up more to block his agenda than had been used in several previous decades combined and they have popped that under barack obama proving our friends in the g.o.p. do go for some se

so far every court has agreed that doma is unconstitutional. we have repeatedly asked the speaker for a briefing from the lawyers retained by the republican majority. the speaker has not even seen fit to give us the courtesy of a response. if these high-priced lawyers really represent the house, bishop of these have the courtesy to meet with their alleged clients and answer questions about that representation. the time has come to call a halt to this farce. at the very least, the rules should reflect the reality that the house is deeply divided on the question and the outside lawyers acting at speaker boehner's direction do not speak for the institution as a whole. i urge my colleagues to vote against this rules package and yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you. i reserve my time. >> the gentlelady from new york is recognized. >> i am pleased to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from california. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise for two purposes. first, to oppose the rule whi

republicans paid over three million dollars in taxpayer money to defend the anti-gay defense of marriage act doma yesterday a brief that clement wrote to the supreme court was released to the public on behalf of the republicans paid for with our tax dollars clement argued that quote in short gays and lesbians are one of the most influential best connect the best funded the best organized interest groups in modern politics and attain more legislative victories political power and popular favor in less time and virtually any other group in american history given that the ultimate inquiry focuses on whether group needs these special intervention of the courts or whether issues should be left for the democratic process the political strength of gays and lesbians in the political process should be outcome determinative here essentially clement and republicans are arguing that gay people are too powerful to get equal rights. guaranteed both clement and the house republicans are unaware of the near constant discrimination that the l g b t community faces each and every day workplace to local restaurants

conflicts the way that we do now let's come back to a small though so you're calling for the end of doma and the end of federal guidelines i mean with the arena of if we could get rid of a quarter or more of government in its existence at the federal level i'd take that trade off ok ernest earth is took it more as cooper thank you both of you thanks. tonight for coming up four hundred billionaires america have more wealth than one hundred fifty million other americans combined these billionaires have the right to such extraordinary wealth while working class americans don't have the right to a living wage. live live .

. >> the bipartisan legally advisory group in the house taken that up to defend doma. >> last knightproved the relief for hurricane sandy victims. and house democrats want to get rid of the federal debt ceiling. they are pushing legislation to repeal the limit accusing the republicans of using it to blackmail the country. the treasury officials say they will run out of borrowing power as soon as mid-february. each day that passes brings us closer to massive automatic spending cuts to dramatically affect the u.s. military and defense industry. tonight, jonathan serrie reports on the damage done to north carolina. >> fact. miles from fort bragg, k-2 solutions train dog for police and military use. but the status of new defense contracts is unclear for this company that employs 274. >> in the past seven months we submitted eight proposals, two have been canceled and the other ones are in limbo for up to eight months. >> the problem is sequestration. they have not the uncertainty. >> this compounded the problem. right now, nobody is moving forward on any projects. it has created a stand-

. >> one of the world's largest hotel chains is joining a campaign to repeal doma.eles times report that is marriot international is joining aentnaand ebay and electronic art. marriot's executive chairman is a devout mormon. while he personally believes that marriage is between a man and woman, he believes he should not mix the views with the operatn of his business. the vice-president of marriot issued a statement. we are proud of long standing commitomit to diversit yeinclusion and equal treatment of all of our employees. >> hostess is moving forward with the liquidation of the assets. the parent company is bidder for the snack long. devil dog yod,irce ls . they expect to a lead bidder for the twinkie's brand. they are hoping to get one billion once the liquidation is complete. >> jc penny is bringing back sales. last year the department store chain banned weekly sales to change the shopper's habit instead they offered every day low prices. but the company stock lost half of its value . now jc pennies said sales will resume. no sales people are not buying. they ar

may, that is going to be up before the united states supreme court together with the challenge to domave come an incredible distance in just four years. we are so near to getting marriage equality. and that is what this -- inaugural speech stated. >> let's listen to another passage that i know moved you also, president obama talking -- phrasing this in another way and putting it in another context. let's listen to that. >> we, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal is the star that guides us still. just as it guided our forebears through seneca falls and selma and stonewall. just as it guided all of those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great mall to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone. to hear a king proclaim that our individual freedom is bound to the freedom of every soul on earth. [ applause ] >> seneca falls, selma, and stonewall, that was an event that happened just south of us here in manhattan. an historic moment in the gay rights movement. >> a seminal moment for us, in gay rights, an

he is talking about doma, the supreme court argument to come.his. and he talked about stonewall. talking about stonewall in an inaugural address, i was really profoundly moved by that. this is not just saying okay, these people helped elect me. this is saying this is a commitment. we're expanding the vision of dr. martin luther king jr. and we're talking about equal rights for all of us. he is talking about seneca falls. he is talking about women's rights and equal pay. and this was a very forward-looking, progressive, inclusive speech. >> i will say as a gay person that i am used to gay people being name checked in speeches, put in a list of demographic groups that you want to shout out to recognize that we exist, which is always nice. but to have the president articulate why the fight, the continuing struggle, the not at all settled struggle for equal rights is an american project, and to have that delivered from the inaugural lectern was i think -- felt personally was moving to me personally. but i also felt like it was a landmark moment in a

house republicans are continuing their fight to preserve the 1996 defense of marriage act or doma, which denies federal recognition of gay marriage. the obama administration refusing to enforce it after deeming it unconstitutional but republicans are seeking to keep it in effect through the courts. the huffington post is reporting republicans have allocated nearly $3 million in tax funds for their legal costs to challenge the administration in court. the republican state leadership committee has released a shockingly honest report boasting about how it retained the party's majority in the u.s. house of representatives by gerrymandering congressional districts in traditionally democratic states. the report concedes democratic candidates for the u.s. house received 1.1 million more votes than republicans in the last election cycle. but republicans still won a 33- seat grigoriy and house. how? the report says -- it goes on to detail how republicans but millions of dollars in those states feeling state level victories that allowed republicans to spearhead redistricting for the 2012 election

decide from day one they're going to make it clear they're going to continue taxpayer dollars to fight doma. we're going to see more and more of that throwing a bone here and there to the right wing, and i think it's a way to balance out the fact that they're not -- he support going to be able to do things that they want him to do. >> i focused on the white house today who said, look, the white house's stance on what comes to raising the debt limit is that they're not even going to take calls from republicans. they're not going to talk to them at all? this is their stance. >> you cannot negotiate overpaying the past bills of the federal government? >> you wouldn't think. we did before. i mean -- >> you know, what happened in march -- i'm sorry -- in august of 2011 was the sort of educating moment for the president. i mean, everyone looked into the abyss, and folks in the white house after they got through that, the sentiment was once we've survived that, we can survive anything, and we're not going through that again, so when you hear the president saying i am not going down that road, i am

are available to couples and especially to married couples in advance of a supreme court decision on domaas well as the decisions on how quickly get integrated into combat forces. that's all going to be on hagel's plate. >> that's all on hagel's plate. you see a lot of republicans who are uneasy about giving chuck hagel the raines on that. you had jim the ranking member on armed services say he won't be able to vote for him, but i think when you have chuck schumer, has kind of cleared the way for a lot of -- >> kirsten gillibrand leaning on it. >> he has been able to neutralize the jewish and israel problems that he has had with chuck schumer. i'm not sure he is going to be able to quiet all the republicans that are nervous about him, but, again, this is the president's choice. he is a republican. i think it will be tough for republicans to oppose him in block. >> barring some unusual circumstance that we don't know about coming up at the hearing, jonathan, presidents do get the cabinets that they want most often, but we've also seen that the republican opposition has really struck by wat

think is going to be a bench mash year with the challenge to -- with zoo with the supreme court taking domand proposition eight chshgs takes us back to california. >> george take, it is great to have you here, sir. congratulations on the book. it's called "oh my! ." >> there goes the internet. there's the front cover. great to have you here. that's going to wrap things up for me today. >> thanks, george. >> i'll see you back here tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern. now comes up next. visit washington dc every year. some come to witness... some to be heard. we come to make an impact. to learn from leaders... and to lead others. to create... and create change. we are the george washington university... we come to make history. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to trav