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george takei was on the show last night, and he was offering his defense of marriage equality.'s take a listen to that. >> the core value of marriage is two people who love each other and who are committed to each other. you want security for your spouse, whatever may happen. and our laws do not provide that. in the case of homophobia, we are literally members of the family. we are sons and daughters of heterosexual parents. we are brothers and sisters. we are literally kin, blood kin. and yet we deny the lgbt member of the family the same legal protections and rights that they enjoy. it's irrational. >> steve, we -- you know, this has been called a guy rights issue, but really, it is a civil rights issue. and when you hear an argument, an eloquent argument like that from george takei, it underscores the fact that this is an irrational argument, and it's almost sort of an inevitable, it's the inevitable course for the united states. i wonder what you make of house republicans who have tried to stand in the way of marriage equality. do they have a platform to stand on if the --

good for george takei. lots coming up.le we'll be talking to in the next three hours. congresswoman rosa from connecticut. nobody can speak more poignantly or directly about what happened almost a week ago now in newtown, connecticut. we'll also be joined by senator tom udall from new mexico and with the report out which blasts the state department for not doing good enough job to protect our personnel in benghazi, joe cirincione, our foreign policy guru will be here as well. we'll get right into it. president obama's big announcement at the white house briefing room yesterday. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> here are the other things you need to know before you head out the door this morning. you wouldn't think you would ever hear steven spielberg call chris christie one of his heroes but the liberal hollywood heavyweight praised him as one of his personal heroes saying christie was able to put politics aside for the greater good during hurricane sandy and that was really telling about him and what he d

george takei no doubt about it.alia needs to consider recusing himself. he is obviously not unbiased. he is clearly biased in this situation. so how can he look at the issue and make a judgment fairly? >> oh, my. >> bill: good question, huh? >> scalia does a lot of public events, more so than any other justice by far. then you're always going to be asked the question especially if you have open q&a. you see him occasionally on capitol hill, whoever he is meeting with. >> bill: he's on fox news and gives speeches all over the place. he talks about issues that are before the court. gun control, gay rights. >> it is a valid question when you're making the public statements, how can you be impartial. we know which way scalia is going to go anyway but still, it is a legal question. wait a minute. >> bill: most americans still believe that supreme court justices are sort of -- you know, the eunuchs you know, above the law. you don't hear from them except when they write from the bench or ask a question from the bench and

>>> star trek legend george takei made news when he wrote a blog post advocating higher taxes for higherrs like himself. he and nick ramsey would talk about just that. after every show guests get a chance to talk about the things they didn't get to say on air for the very last word, which is then posted to the show's website. here is more of the last word exclusive interview. lawrence asked takei about being an activist for marriage equality and why exactly he met with donald trump. >> so, george, how you doing convincie inine ining donald tr needs to pay higher taxes? >> we didn't talk about that part of it. >> you met with him this week? >> i did. day before yesterday. >> you did his show, celebrity apprentice. >> that's right. and when we were promoting that, i said i would like to have lunch with you, and discuss your concern about marriage equality. and i expected him to demur. he said, you know something, george, i think i could learn something from you. and so he agreed to it. i was a little taken back, i must say. but we couldn't get our calendars to jibe. i was working on a tv s