mary cheney says her sister liz is quote dead wrong on the issue of gay marriage. lynn cheney said that she opposes gay marriage. last year mary cheney married her longtime same-sex partner >>> and russian president vladimir putin visited some animals on saturday. he got to shake hands with a very large wall russ. >>> that does it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> heavy rains in taiwan triggered a dramatic landslide. you can see the earth pour over this white car push it across the road as a huge boulder comes to the rest. the torrential rains caused by the tropical rains are expected to continue over the next few days. back here in the states, flash flooding over the holiday weekend forcing dozens out of their homes in las vegas. many roads still closed. thankfully there have be no injuries. but many homes and vehicles were badly damaged in that storm. >>> nbc's dylan dreyer is here for the labor day weekend. happy labor day. >> for most areas, it looks okay. some issues of rains at your barbecues. but it's not going to be a downpour. we are watching

last year his daughter mary cheney married her partner with whom she has two children.he national stage. mary's sister liz cheney perry who is challenging senator mike enzy in wyoming released a statement saying i am not pro gay marriage. i believe the issue of marriage must be decided by the states and the people in the states. mary cheney fired off a facebook post reading for the record, i love my sister, but she is dead long on the issue of marriage. freedom means freedom for everyone. while they are squaring off. she happens to be at odds with herself years ago when liz cheney seemed a lot more pro gay marriage. >> my family has been clear that freedom means freedom for everybody and this is an issue that states have to decide for themselves. i would not like to see a constitutional amendment as was suggested in the last administration banning it. >> oh, the power over republican primary. it's uncanny ability to contort candidates into id logical pretzels. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert: it's low. it's guidance on yo

>> mary cheney came out against her sister liz cheney in reference to the senate race saying she's againstthis issue. although she's not my biological sister, she's my sister in the lgbt community. a must read. very much right on history when it comes to lgbt. >> good to see you all. thank you so much. and that is a wrap of this sunday's edition of "weekends with alex witt." up next we have "meet the press." his guest is secretary of state john kerry. i'll see you next weekend. have yourself a great sunday and great labor day tomorrow. discover card. i missed a payment. aw, shoot. shoot! this is bad. no! we're good! this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got the it card, so we won't hike up your apr for paying late. that's great! it is great! thank you. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card with late payment forgiveness. it's called truecar. and truecar users... save time and money. so when you're... ready to buy a car, make sure you... never overpay. visit truecar.com today. [ all ] who's new in the fridge! i help support bones... [ ding! ] ...the

their marriage brings us to today's political playground where liz and mary cheney are giving the termil rivalry new meaning. mary is gay and married to her longtime partner took to facebook to criticize her sister who is a wyoming senate candidate. for the record i love my sister but she's dead wrong on the issue of marriage. >>> pope francis made it clear he wants to connect with young people and what better way to do it than a papal selfie taking inside the basilica. the picture comes the same week that the word selfie was added to the oxford english dictionary. >>> we might see some from former president george w. bush soon because he just joined instagram. he posted this one. no offense to vegans says senator claire mccaskill posting this before and after tweet last night of a pig roast. for offense to vegan viewers. she tweeted an apology. so sorry i offended so many vegans in missouri we raise pigs and cattle and chickens to eat them. >>> new jersey senate candidate cory booker is referred to "batman" as his moves for the city. ben affleck will host an event for the senate hopef

that is not sitting well with younger sister mary cheney, who is gay. and married her long-time partner last year. she wasted little time firing back writing on facebook, for the record, i love my sister, but she is dead wrong on the issue of marriage. adding, freedom means freedom for everyone and that means all families regardless of how they look or how they are made. as for the sisters' famous father, the usually conservative dick cheney, he's advocated for equal rights on abc's "the view" in 2011. >> i think freedom means freedom for everybody. and you ought to have the right to make whatever choice you want to make with respect to your own personal situation. >> the in-fighting is another twist in the senate primary race that's already garnered national attention. >> what's really fascinating about this family dynamic is that it sort of symbolizes the broader rift that's playing out right now in the republican party between those who support gay marriage and those who don't support gay marriage. >> two outspoken women on different sides of a hotly

. >>> cheney versus cheney. mary says her sister liz is quote dead wrong on the issue of gay marriage. lynn cheney says she opposes gay marriage. >>> and russian president vladimir put join visited some animals on sunday and fed some dolphins at an oceania. >>> that does it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> heavy rain in taiwan triggered a dramatic landslide, you can see the earth pour over this white car pushing it across the road. as this huge boulder comes to a rest. the torrential rains caused by tropical rains, leave the possibility of more landslides. >>> in las vegas, the flash flooding warning has ended, many roads still closed. many homes and vehicles were severely damaged in that storm leaving residents not only to have to clean up from this mess but to have to find new places to live, i guess and nbc's dylan deyer is here. >> the weather, for most areas, actually looks okay, there will be some issues at your barbecues. there will be scattered showers and storms at any point during the day. w

over the weekend, mary cheney reportedly fired back on facebook. d, i love my sister, but she is dead-wrong on the issue of marriage. freedom means freedom for everyone, wrote cheney, who married her longtime partner last year. the pair have two children together. liz cheney's statement was in response to what her advisers call a deceptive poll asking wyoming voters if they were aware cheney supports abortion and promotes gay marriage. the campaign that the senator is challenging denied it was behind the poll. the daughter versus daughter episode put their father back in the spotlight. he was at times reluctant to talk about same-sex marriage when he was vice president, pushing back against the question from wolf blitzer in this 2007 interview with cnn. >> i'm delighted, i'm about to have a sixth grandchild. i obviously think the world of both of my daughters and all of my grandchildren. and i think frankly you're out of line with that question. >> reporter: he now publicly supports same-sex marriage. >> i think people ought to be free to enter into

over the weekend, mary cheney reportedly fired back on facebook. >> for the record i love my sister, is dead wrong on the issue of marriage. freedom means freedom for everyone, wrote cheney, who married her long time partner last year and has two children. the enzi campaign has denied it was behind the poll that's causing the furor, but the daughter versus daughter episode puts their father back in the spotlight. he was at times reluctant to talk about same-sex marriage when he was vice president, but once out of office he said this. >> i think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. any kind of arrangement they wish. >> same-sex marriage is still a tricky issue for republicans, while the majority of american supports same-sex marriage, only a minority of republicans do. chris, kate? >> it seems that tricky situation is playing out within one family. thank you so much, we'll talk to you soon. >>> coming up next on "new day," senator john mccain live, he says a vote against u.s. military strikes in syria would be catastrophic but can the republican hawk help

. >> we look at how the cheney party put liz as the odd woman out. mary supports it and mr. f it passes, the marriage equality bill being abouts the 14th state to do so. you took a gamble. how will you convince house republicans in illinois to take a risk and vote in favor when the bill comes up in the fall session? >> i don't want to get too sanctimonious about it. it's not a gamble to do the right thing. there a lot of republicans and others who want to do the right thing. there is a huge coalition that is going to support republicans that do the right thing in this issue in the primaries. there a lot of people and we have new leadership in the house that will take a look at it and a lot of them will do the right thing. it's not a political gamble i don't think to do the right thing. >> best of luck with the new career path with the aclu and we will look to see where illinois falls with the republican party chair pat brady. great to have you on. that will wrap things up for me. see you back here with 11:00 eastern. alex, a fast-moving day of fluid developments. >> indeed as