now we go to new york and evan wolfson head of freedom to mary. you just heard what one of the main opponents to this says, what is your side of the story here? >> i would say that tony perkins is really an outlier and what should be celebrated here is that the vast majority of americans have opened their hearts and changed their minds and moved forward to embrace the freedom to mary and the courts are following where that public opinion has gone. the reason that's happened is because gay people and nongay people have talked about shared values of treating others as you'd want to be treated we've talked about our love, our commitment, real families not just stereotypes and insinew wakess and the american people have moved. that's to be sell operated that's why we feel such hope going into this day in court that we'll be having. >> schieffer: let me ask you this question. the polls do show six in ten americans do favor gay marriage now. but regardless of what you may think of tony perkins and his group, there are some very sincere, thoughtful peopl

same-sex marriage with brian brown, the president of the national organization for marriage and evan wolfsonounder and president of freedom to marry. our guest is david savage, the supreme court reporter for the l.a. times and chicago tribune. he will discuss what a ruling either way could mean. ♪ host: the supreme court will hear two and half hours of arguments centering on the topics of same-sex marriage. the justices will not only have to consider if the constitution requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same-sex but if the constitution also requires them to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. four states will be considered in the case today. you can see on your television the long line stretching around the supreme court, some of those pe

and evan wolfson of freedom to marry. they hear these cases today.avid savage will be along to explain those things for us. do not forget, you can hear the audio argument today just after 2:00 on c-span.org. then we will show you those later on on our network. go to our website for more information more on today's what is going on in the supreme court right after this. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> that is what marriage is about, to raise a family. >> ok, old people cannot get married anymore. >> adamant eve, eve came out of adam's rip. everybody knows that. -- rib. everybody knows that. steve did not come out. every body knows eve came out. it should be one man one woman marriage. i don't know. [indiscernible] host: justices will hear several cases today. audio will be released at 2:00. to talk about the details, david savage the reporter of the los angeles times and the chicago tribun

we will hear from brian brown and evan wolfson. after that, a reporter from the "l.a.times" will discuss the cases. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span, and you can join the calls with your comments on facebook and twitter. at the international consumer electronics show in las vegas, we spoke with a cardiologist about developments in medical technology and the future of medicine. >> you have to bring together these two very different organizations and cultures to get to that place where we need to be because as an academic health center, we will not build huge databases. that is what they will do, but they do not know about clinical processes or doing trials, discovering what works in biological systems. so we are working on these novel partitions, trying to attack this space. >> tonight :00 at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> you're watching c-span. just about 8:00 here in east. an unusual time for the house to be coming in. they are coming and we think to file the budget conference report. that budget fiscal 2016 budget blueprint that was pas

we will hear from brian brown and evan wolfson, founder and president of freedom to marry. after that, david savage who covers the supreme court and judicial issues for the los angeles times and chicago tribune will talk about the case and what a rolling either way will meet. that is tomorrow morning, every morning, at 70 and easter. -- 7 a.m. eastern. your participation is welcome. loretta lynch's nomination began on november 8 of last year and was sworn in today by vice president joe biden at the justice department. it is about 20 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome loretta lynch and a vice president of the united states joe biden. [applause] vice president biden: i first time i came into this room during the nixon administration. i remember walking into this building and thinking about the majesty of this place and how much we rely on it. for all of our basic rights and protections. your whole family is here today. i hope you will forgive as we used to say in the senate a point of personal privilege. i am so happy to meet your dad. dad, stand up. [applause] thi

tomorrow on washington journal we will hear from brian brown and evan wolfson discuss tuesday's supreme oral arguments. after that, more of those cases with david savage who will examine what a ruling either way would mean for the status of same-sex marriage in the u.s. today. plus, your phone calls and tweets. right now on c-span, a sixth circuit court of appeals oral argument in a case from last august that upheld same-sex marriage bans in michigan, ohio, and tennessee. it involved a couple that initially challenged their state's ban against allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. it was responsible for setting up the case for the appellate court before the supreme court tomorrow. this is about an hour. >> may it please the court -- as justice kennedy explained a few months ago, it is a fundamental premise of our democratic system that the people can be trusted to decide even divisive issues on decent and rational grounds. that's what this case is about. it's about to who gets to decide what the definition of marriage is, not what that definition must be, and it's about who gets

first we hear from ryan brown president of the national organization for marriage and evan wolfson.fter that, our guest is david savage a supreme court reporter. he will discuss the cases and what a ruling either way could mean. washington journal is live every morning at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span eight can join the conversation with your calls and your comments on facebook and twitter. >> homeland security secretary jeh johnson testifies today before the senate judiciary committee. he will take questions on border security, immigration policies cyber security and counterterrorism efforts. live coverage starts at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. this weekend, the c-span cities tour has partnered with cox can indications to learn about topeka, kansas. >> when the act was signed in 1954, the very act of signing it signing that piece of paper was viewed by missourians as an act of war. when northerners decided if popular sovereignty would decide the fate of kansas, we will send people to battle. that was viewed as an act of war by many missourians who assumed it would all be theirs. there was

joined by evan wolfson as well the founder and president of the freedom to marry. james is up next on our support line. caller: sir, can you hear me? host: you are on, sir, go ahead. caller: i kind of think both parties got it wrong. it appears to me that if you're going to respect human beings and you're going to respect the government and respect the bible as well, you're going to have to learn to get along with one another regardless of what the law says. that is what human audi -- humanality is. no one understands that we are just human beings moving forward. we are not moving backward. if that were the case, we would still be riding a camel. you can understand what is going on in the middle east right now because of what the bible says. and i'm truly quite religious stop i try to be. -- i am truly quite religious. i try to be. but there seems to be something wrong when people do not understand that respect and love is the answer to it all. guest: i think the color makes a very good point and it explains why the majority of americans have moved, including the m

tuesday on "washington journal," brian brown on the national organization for marriage and evan wolfson discuss the oral arguments on whether states can ban same-sex marriage. after that more about those cases with david savage of the l.a. times and chicago tribune. he'll examine what a ruling either way would mean and the status of

you just heard from brian brown president of the national organization for marriage joined by evan wolfson coming up next we have james on our support line, please go ahead. >> caller: sir, can you hear me? >> please go ahead, sir. >> caller: okay. i kind of think that both sides got a little wrong. it appears to me that if you are going to respect human beings in this and you are going to respect the battle as well you're going to have to learn to get along with one another regardless of what the law says. that's what human now that he is. and so i'm thinking that nobody is seeming to understand we are not going backwards, if that were the case we would still be rioting. as you can understand what is going on in the middle east right now because of what the bible says. and so sometime -- and i am truly quite religious and i tried to be but something is wrong how everybody seems not to understand and respect and love is the answer to it all. >> i think that the caller is making a good point and it explains why a majority of americans have moved including a majority of the people of faith t

we will hear from brian brown and evan wolfson, founder and president of freedom to marry. after that, david savage who covers the supreme court and judicial issues for the los angeles times and chicago tribune will talk about the case and what a rolling either way will meet. that is tomorrow morning, every morning, at 70 and easter. -- 7 a.m. eastern. your participation is welcome. loretta lynch's nomination began