i'm joined now biy evan wolfson founder of freedom to marry.hristie making that statement that he is not going to be pushing for that ballot measure and the challenge. >> and dropping his appeal. of course he saw the handwriting on the wall. the new jersey supreme court handed down a unanimous rule absolutely blowing away all the arguments that he was making. >> did that surprise you? >> the fact that the court ruled so strongly in a preliminary stage was a bit striking, but we were very hopeful this was the ruling we were going to get. sooner is better than later because couples have been waiting. we saw today how joyous people are across new jersey now. >> so that surprised you. but then you have governor chris christie and this is decision. did that surprise you? >> again, the hand writing was on the wall so i think governor christie saw that he was going to be wasting the state's time and money in the appeal and the legislature is also poised to override his veto. so the freedom to marry has come to new jersey and governor christie at last

we'll talk with the founder and president of freedom to marry, evan wolfson, later this hour. >>> presidentnature health care law next hour. we'll have a rose garden speech around americans who have used the website to enroll. he will also acknowledge big problems regarding that ro