newark mayor cory booker, matthew dowd, katrina vanden heuvel and jeff zeleny. welcome to you. great to have you here. >>> let's talk about gay marriage first, and it certainly appeared that a lot of the justices may have been looking for a way out on this proposition 8. >> you want us to step in and render a decision based on assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cell phones or the internet? >> we have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or more. >> if the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society have more time to figure out its direction, why is taking a case now the answer? >> and, matthew dowd, it's perilous to try to read decisions into questions from the justices. there did seem to be a lot of discomfort on the part of the justices by stepping into this case as this nationwide movement is starting to grow. >> to me, it's surprising that the supreme court is that actually far out of tune where the country is, a majority of the country supports same-sex marriage, a vast majority of country. the