ambassador, kathleen parker. wanted to ask in terms of what has happened with snowden, what is more damaging to the united states, what was actually revealed or the fact that he was able to secure this information and distribute it? >> i suppose the substance because that's what will help the terrorists keep us from connecting the dots. you remember after 9/11, everybody said the intelligence community didn't connect the dots. that's part of what's been going on with respect to particularly going after the terrorists here and foreign intelligence collection, and that -- the way we were connecting them is now out there in the hands of the terrorists. so they know a lot more about how to plan, how to use telephones and the like. that's the main problem. >> james woolsey, thank you so much. we appreciate you being on the show this morning. >> good to be with you. >> coming up on "morning joe," a landmark week for the supreme court as the justices hand down decisions on a number of blockbuster cases including gay mar

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columnist kathleen parker writes, women have joined the workforce in greater numbers because they'veto hear themselves roar. children are expensive and one income seldom suffices. joining me now, two women who know a thing or two about being a working mom, senator debbie stabenow, a democrat from michigan. and congress wam ileana ros-lehtinen. i want to talk to you about this study first, i have some other issues too. what the pew found out is 25% of all families are led by a single mom, 44% of those have never been married. 60% black or hispanic, 49% high school education or less, median income $17,400 a year. this is a group on the rise. and what i found fascinating about this is i'm not sure i think congress is enacting laws that are in sync with what's going on in the country. go ahead, senator. >> well, i agree. i don't know who you want to start. but certainly it's -- these kinds of statistics should be a wakeup call for our gop because we need to be talking about the issues that are more representative of america. how many of us in our party are really gearing up for single wo