. ♪ >> from washington, the the mclaughlin group, the american original. over three decades, the sharpest minds the best talk. >> down with doma. >> my basic view is regardless of race, regardless of religion, regardless of gender, regardless of sexual orientation, when it comes to how the law treats you, how the state treats, you the benefits and the rights and responsibilities under the law, people should be treated equally. and that's -- that's a principle that i think applies universally. and the good -- good news is it's an easy principle to remember. >> gay marriage gets a double green

. >> from washington, the mclaughlin group, the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> issue one, syrian rumble. >> we do have different perspectives on the problem, but we share an interest in reducing the violence, securing chemical weapons, and ensuring that they're not used nor are they subject to proliferation. and that we want to try to resolve the issue through political means if possible. >> our opinions do not coincide. but all of us have the intention to stop the

. >>> from washington the mclaughlin group the american original. for over three decades the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> issue one, our man in hong kong. >> my name is ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booz allen hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for nsa in hawaii. i sit in my desk and certainly have authority to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president if i had a personal e-mail. >> edward j. snowden was a security contractor with top secret clearance until tuesday of this week had he was sacked. three weeks ago mr. snowden triggered a

>> from washington, the mclaughlin group, the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> issue one, syrian rumble. >> we do have different perspectives on the problem, but we share an interest in reducing the violence, securing chemical weapons, and ensuring that they're not used nor are they subject to proliferation. and that we want to try to resolve the issue through political means if possible. >> our opinions do not coincide. but all of us have the intention to stop the violence in syria, to stop the growth of victims, and to solve the situation peacefully. the g8, a group of eight consists of russia, the u.s., the uk, germany, france, italy, canada and japan. g8 leaders, notably, put inand president obama met in northern ireland for a two-day summit this week. the civil war in syria has taken at least 93,000 lives. the g8 leaders concluded the conference with an agreement to seek a negotiated peace in syria by bringing together the warring to peace talks in syria. include top leadership that inspires public confidence, unquote.

>> from washington, the the mclaughlin group, the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds the best talk. >> down with doma. >> my basic view is regardless of race, regardless of religion, regardless of gender, regardless of sexual orientation, when it comes to how the law treats you, how the state treats, you the benefits and the rights and responsibilities under the law, people should be treated equally. and that's -- that's a principle that i think applies universally. and the good -- good news is it's an easy principle to remember. >> gay marriage gets a double green light this week. the supreme court upheld same sex weddings in california and struck down the defense of marriage act, doma. doma was signed into law by president bill clinton 17 years ago. marriage declares doma is a marriage between a man and a woman, not a man and a man or a woman with a woman. legally, prior to this ruling, doma denied federal benefits to state married homosexuals, including tax breaks that are extended to heterosexual couples. because of the 5

>>> from washington the mclaughlin group the american original. for over three decades the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> issue one, our man in hong kong. >> my name is ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booz allen hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for nsa in hawaii. i sit in my desk and certainly have authority to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president if i had a personal e-mail. >> edward j. snowden was a security contractor with top secret clearance until tuesday of this week had he was sacked. three weeks ago mr. snowden triggered a federal manhunt after he had begun communicating via e-mail with both the washington post and the guardian, a british newspaper. snowden disclosed to the papers details of a top secret surveillance program called prism operated by the national security agency, the nsa. last week snowden surfaced in hong kong via video to explain his actions. snowden denied any intent to harm u.s. security. he claimed he blew the whistle on the nsa to prompt a pu

mclaughlin, cnn, london. >> all right, erin. >>> coming up, could the boston marathon bombings have been prevented? a groupf lawmakers just back from russia, well they say, yes. >>> plus, a deadly tornado in oklahoma takes many people by surprise including experienced storm chasers. find out why this tornado was unusual and especially dangerous. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. [growl] we used to live with a bear. we'd always have to go everywhere with it. get in the front. we drive. it was so embarrasing that we just wanted to say, well, go away. shoo bear. but we can't really tell bears what to do. moooooommmmmm!!! then one day, it was just gone. mom! [announcer] you are how you sleep. tempur-pedic. how'd you d9 out of 10.iz today? 9 out of ten? that's great. ♪ nothing says, "i'm happy to see you too," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone. >>> now to the big stories in the week ahead. from the white house to wall str