joining us is jared polis, a democrat from colorado. we want to ask him about. could you start by telling us what is the epa, the electronic privacy act? werelot of these laws written before the adamant -- the popularization of e-mail, --er kinds of medications, communications. for instance the irs ability to read e-mails specifically in the patriot act we have other provisions. there are several things that hit at once on the front. we have several bills. anyone that addresses different aspects of this. essentially, digital communication that includes skype which is replacing telephones, conventional e-mail is becoming commonplace. that is replacing telephone calls. aroundrent set of laws protecting privacy. even though they are essentially the same thing to the consumer. >> represented polis, as postal , are theye calls treated the same abide the law when it comes to privacy? >> postal mail is a different category. physical parcels have in fact the most severe penalties for temperate. continuum, telephonic conversations which typically require a warrant to lis

. >> jared polis, democrat from colorado, thank you for joining me. >> thank you, chris. >>> joining me now is victoria defrancesco soto and charles pierce. victoria, i want to start with you. i'm going to jump over and take the marco rubio side which is, look, ma'am, we are trying over here in the senate but these dudes in the house are for real. they hate this stuff. and unless we can make this bill more conservative, they are going to kill it anyway so what do you want from me, poor marco rubio, i'm sweating here. >> you know, if i want to get to the white house, i essentially need to appeal to both the republican constituency and general constituency. what we're seeing here is let me tamp down the bill to go to my republican base to get their support and that way when i go to the general electorate, i can also show that i made the effort and maybe it's not the ideal bill. maybe it's not the bill that, you know, is the best thing for the 12 million latinos but he's going to come out and say, something is better than nothing. and that's what we've seen with republicans. we're putti

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how important the whole lgbt classification is, but associate myself with the comments made by jared polis with this decision today. >> the impact that the doma decision might have for the thousands of gays serving in the military, particularly getting them involved in the benefits system there? >> well, it simply means they, like any other american, any other gay or lesbian american, can get married now if they live in a state -- well, they can already if they live in a state which already recognizes it. from now on, the federal government, for all purposes will recognize their marriage, whether it's military, visitation rights in military hospitals or health benefits in the military, death benefits, anything will now -- going through the federal government will now go to them on an equal basis. >> congresswoman bachmann put out a statement and she essentially said that the decision today cannot undo god's word. how do you react to that? [laughter] >> well, let me respond this way. in the fullness of time, i firmly believe with every conviction in my heart that every american will come to

how important the whole lgbt classification is, but associate myself with the comments made by jared polis with this decision today. >> the impact that the doma decision might have for the thousands of gays serving in the military, particularly getting them involved in the benefits system there? >> well, it simply means they, like any other american, any other gay or lesbian american, can get married now if they live in a state -- well, they can already if they live in a state which already recognizes it. from now on, the federal government, for all purposes will recognize their marriage, whether it's military, visitation rights in military hospitals or health benefits in the military, death benefits, anything will now -- going through the federal government will now go to them on an equal basis. >> congresswoman bachmann put out a statement and she essentially said that the decision today cannot undo god's word. how do you react to that? [laughter] >> well, let me respond this way. in the fairness of time, i firmly believe with every conviction in my heart that every american will come to