the boss of pimlico plumbers turned up at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to showagents. but the plumbers, the court decided, were losing out. they didn't have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company vans, had uniforms and were controlled by the firm, so they were workers who should have had rights like sick pay and minimum wage. it meant pimlico plumbers was not a customer, it was an employer. gary smith, who won the case, claimed he was due holiday pay and was unfairly dismissed after a heart attack. what are you going to do now? celebrate, with a stiff drink. despite being class as self—employed, he claimed he was u nfa i rly self—employed, he claimed he was unfairly dismissed. mr mullin said there was no uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms people stood, a difficult situation forfirms which people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally. it's disgraceful and cowardly. they have the opportunity to rectify things today, and it is a

mr mullins now believes thousands of businesses will be wondering when the day to get claims.r self—employed people. goober is another company fighting a claim from self—employed drivers. this case sets the standard, the bar that everyone below us, all those cases will follow. there has been a boom in self employed work in the gig economy after this ruling in the supreme court, companies will start to wonder whether it's worth it. time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. storm hector is heading in our direction, but not everybody will feel the full force of the storm. it looks like northern parts of the uk will be getting a severe democrat the severe gales late tonight into tomorrow morning. gusts of 60—70 mph are expected across this part of the country here in the northwest, northern ireland, part of scotland, but the effects will be felt towards the south as well, northern parts of wales, possibly the midlands into lincolnshire, and very blustery on the south coast of england. there could be some damage from this storm as it barrels through. the worst of the

. >> reporter: charlie craig and dave mullins said they left phillips masterpiece cakeshop in 2012 devastated. >> i was shocked. i mean, neither one of us had ever been treated this way before at a business. >> reporter: colorado's civil rights commission found that phillips had violated state laws against discrimination. but the supreme court took issue with commissioners describing phillips' beliefs as "irrational" and "offensive." in a 7-2 decision, justice anthony kennedy describing a "clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs" of the baker. today, gay rights activists taking comfort in a limited decision. >> it was a very narrow decisio facts of this particular case. in no way did the supreme court undermine our nation's civil rights laws. >> reporter: the nation's views on same-sex marriage evolving. the most recent abc news poll found that 81% of americans said companies should not be allowed to refuse service to gays and lesbians. >> so, let's get to pierre noms, live at the court tonight. and pierre, many legal scholars saying the court didn't fully resol

the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to show who provide his plumbing service can earn more than £100,000 a year. by operating as independent contractors, as free agents. but the plumbers, the court decided, did not have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried band and wore uniforms. it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an employer. the ruling after a seven—year battle is vindication for gary smith, the plumber who brought the case. what are you going to do now customer celebrates. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was u nfa i rly self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday play. he said there was no uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things

charlie craig and david mullins some comfort. >> i think the decision in our case is so specific.t i don't think it will half a larger effect on the movement. >> president trump is claiming he has the absolute right to pardon himself though he says he has done noth wrong. the president made a controversial assertion as he launched new attacks against the special counsel russia investigation. here's paula reid. >> reporter: the president tweeted while he has no plans to pardon himself. he could if he wanted to. i have the absolute right to pardon myself, but why would i do that when i have done nothing wrong? he also continued his attacks on the legitimacy of the special counsel. tweeting that robert mueller's appointment is totally unconstitutional. the president's tweets echo comments from personal attorney, rudy giuliani sunday. >> there is nothing that limits the presidential power of pardon from a federal crime. >> giuliani acknowledged the question whether the president can pardon himself is less >> the president of the united states pardoning himself would just unthinkable a

the compa ny‘s founder, charlie mullins, says he's considering appealing to the european court ofjusticen the island of sicily, just days after italy refused to take another rescue ship carrying hundreds of other migrants. the diciotti, which picked up the migrants off the coast of libya, was allowed to dock because it's an italian ship. on sunday, italy closed all its ports to the franco—german boat aquarius, provoking an international outcry, as our correspondent james reynolds reports. the aquarius, rejected by italy, is now on its way to spain. france has called italy's actions irresponsible. italy's response is simple. "don't criticise us when we have taken in far more migrants than you". translation: we have nothing to learn from anyone in terms of solidarity. our history does not deserve to be reproached in these terms by members of the french government, who i hope apologise. as if to make italy's point, this morning its coastguards brought in more than 900 migrants rescued from the mediterranean. this country remains open to migrants so long as they are brought in under an itali

voice of david mullins / plaintiff, masterpiece cakeshop v.olorado civil rights commission: we brought this case because no one should have to face the shame, embarrassment and humiliation of being told we don't serve your kind here that we faced and we will continue fighting until no one does. justice kennedy pointed out that future cases might end up with a different ruling. noting that these disputes must be resolved without disrespecting religious beliefs, while also protecting the constitutional rights of same couples.camila bernal, kron4 news. (vicki) taking a live look outside-- overlooking downtown san fro. (catheri) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: we had a mix of clouds and sunshine with cooler temperatures. highs today were in 70s and 80s inland with 50s and 60s at the coast. after a hot start to the weekend, temperatures will be cooling down over the next couple of days. on the satellite image you can see a coupw pressure centers spinnng off the coast. while most of the

it is consistent with what mike mullin under barack obama stated. if we lose our ability to pay for our national defense, which is what happens when you go into absolvensy in bankruptcy. if you want me to point my finger around the globe, i'm not sure i can say one any worse than the other. you have to worry about russia, china, iran. and you have to worry about various terrorist elements that are around the planet. they would love to do damage to the united states of america. hopefully north korea, which has been up there particularly with the publicity, hopefully that's diminished somewhat. >> do you think the threat is over? do you agree that the nuclear threat from north korea is now over? >> well, i'm not confident that it was the kind of threat it was hyped up to be. i'm confident that the north korean leadership wants to lift. they know we would incinerate their country and they would die. the doctrine is a deterrent. it prevented a nuclear exchange between china and the united states, soviet union, now russia and the united states. there hav

. >> shannon: the couple of the center of the case, charlie cragg and dave mullins, say "today's decision means our fight against risk termination and unfair treatment will continue. we will continue fighting until no one does." in justice ginsburg's dissent, joined by justice total mayor, she found it irrelevant that phillips sold cakes and cookies to and customers despite the fact that he would not create custom wedding cakes for them, adding "i see no reason why the comets of one or two commissioner should be taken to overcome phillips refusal to sell a wedding cake." both sides agree that today's opinions does not settle the issues. the justices will consider whether or not to hear the case of a washington state florist who declined when a long-time customer of hers asked her to do flowers for his same-sex ceremony. let's talk about the legal arguments. senior clinical analyst brit hume joins us tonight. good evening. your reaction to this ruling. >> i think you are correct when you suggest that while it's not an narrow vote, it's an narrow holding in the sense that it applies for ins

violated laws against discrimination by refusing to paying a wedding cake for charlie craig and david mullins want other couples to go through the same thing, so it's not just about us. >> on monday justices voted 7-2 in favor of the baker deciding he wasn't given a fair hearing and writing the state of colorado's ruling exhibited religious hostility against him. coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll have more on the reaction to that decision. with "gma" 1st look i'm eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >>> a 13-year-old student facing charges of planning a school shooting in pleasant hill. fbi reported police friday regarding threat against valley view middle school. investigators found social media message between two students threatening a mass shooting on the last day of school. pleasant hill police served search warrant at the home in martinez where they seized several firearms. the 13-year-old suspect arrested and booked into contra costa juvenile hall for terrorist threats. pleasant hill police asking anyone with informationononononn incident to inform them. >>> our media partner bay area news gro

thank you charlie mullins of pimlico plumbers.n the situation in yemen. saudi—backed forces have begun an assault on the key port of hudaydah, which is held by rebels. hudaydah is the main point of entry for aid in yemen's three—year civil war and agencies have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if it is attacked. iolanda jaquemet is the icrc middle east spokesperson and shejoins me now from geneva. thank you forjoining us. how concerned are you about the humanitarian situation? extremely concerned and the concerns are twofold. first we speak of a city of 600,000 people so we are concerned about their fate, but as you mentioned, hudaydah is the lifeline for the yemen, the main port through which most imports and humanitarian aid arrives and this will affect millions of people. we speak of a country of 29 million people and literally three quarters of them depend on humanitarian aid following three years of armed conflict. how vital is it that this situation is dealt with. how much time is there to sort this out and make sure tha

joining me right now, republican congressman markwayne mullin from oklahoma. have you here, representative. >> hey, trish. thanks for having me. trish: why are you still undecided? >> there's some stuff that needs to be fixed on this one moving forward. some clarification that needs to be made, i don't think the language when it comes to chain migration is quite strong enough when we're starting to talk about the funding of the wall. we do talk about the appropriations that we're going to appropriate it, but we don't talk about where it's going to be and then how do we make sure that the dollars don't get taken out in future congresses. but that's all stuff that can be worked out. the fact is we're wanting to move forward with immigration. the democrat, they're not wanting to work with us. all they're wanting to do is talk about it. trish: hmm. why is that? why don't they want to move forward with it? do you think they -- i mean, i hate to be a cynic, but i'm just wondering if there's a political motivation here. in other words, they don't necessarily want the

mullins andment and thank him for his fortuitous and a racket we know that if the our background checks which is as a bipartisan, we realize that our 47% pure firearm suicides, 40, 47% fewer women shot to death by intimate partners and 53% fewer law enforcement officers killed by handguns in addition each unit 115,000 americans are shot with a firearm. that's the relations background check laws allow felons, domestic abuse and individuals in crisis to easily obtain guns through transfers at gun shows and online without undergoing a background check. we must close the gun show loophole but more importantly in the name of our children from columbine to sandy hook to santa fe to parkland to the university of virginia in the tech school in virginia, all of the schools have had terrible violence and i would ask that my colleague has a commonsense amendment and ask for bipartisan support. i yelled back. >> that chair now were records of gentlemen from indiana mr. rokita to claim the time in opposition. >> i think the chair for yielding. i recognize the critical this issue is because there's n

. >> the couple at the center of the caves, charlie craig and dave mullins, say, "today's decision meansur fight against discrimination and unfair treatment will continue. we will continue fighting until no one does." and justice ginsburg's dissent, joined by justice sotomayor, she found it irrelevant that phillips sold cakes and cookies to gay and lesbian customers, adding, "i see no reason by the comments of one or two commissioners could should be taken to overcome phillips refusal to sell a wedding cake." >> shannon: took a big decisions dealing with two hot button issues, religious freedom, and abortion for underaged teens in the u.s. illegally. let's talk about the political impact with tyler deaton, senior advisor of the american unity fund and tony perkins, president of the family research council. gentlemen, welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> shannon: obviously, justice kennedy pointed back to those comments by commissioner at the lowest level who was the first to look at this case. likening the bacon or don mike baker's religious convictions to people who supported slavery o

told it may happen tomorrow, joining me right now republican congressman from oklahoma markwayne mullin. congressman, good to see you. >> good to see you again. trish: first of all, news of the day here. what do you think? your reaction to the supreme court's ruling here, upholding that travel ban? >> i think the supreme court got it right. unfortunately what we continue to see is a 5-4 decision coming out of the court, either constitutional or not and this decision well within the president's authority. thissn't about immigration. this is about national security and the national security risk we run by not properly vetting these individuals travelling from the countries. trish: i talked to professor alan dershowitz a short time ago, and he basically said constitutionally, yes, this is within the president's power. >> right. trish: and his concern is that too often these justices on both sides, he said, vote from a political perspective as opposed to being intellectually honest. isn't that bad, however, for the country right now? you look at a 5-4 vote, and i feel like this should have

cz, give somebody superpowers, whether colin powell, or the anthony zinni or martin dempsey, mike mullinebody who will be the voice tolhom the other are accountable. >> woodruff: on immigration in. >> othe family separation in particular at the bored because you can't get answe now >> i don't like any sense that includes both trump and czar at the same time, it scares me. the problem is the management problem. maybe some sort of administrator would help, but the core problem is te trump administration, at least large parts, wants to send an indating message to people south of the border, don't come, it will be miserable, budon't want the backlash of a cruel policy. so they're stuck. so the lesson should be we're not going to be monsters at the border, we will enforce lw bu not be total monsters but that goes against the policy jeff sessio. wants to suppo political damage to the administrktion. >> in nd i had a discussion last week whether it would hurt trump's appraroval ng, and i hate to say it but i was right in that it has not hurt his aproval rating. >> his gallup dropped precipitous

the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to shownt that the ones who provide his plumbing service can earn more than £100,000 a year. by operating as independent contractors, as free agents. but the plumbers, the court decided, did not have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried band and wore uniforms. it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an employer. the ruling after a seven—year battle is vindication for gary smith, the plumber who brought the case. celebrate. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday play. he said there was now uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is sad day for self—employed people. the significance of

this ce dates back to 2012 when baker told david mullins and charlie craig that he would not pick the mechanic to celebrate their wedding due to his religious beliefs that did not support same-sex marriage. the couple filed a complaint with the colorado civil rights

the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to showde his plumbing service can earn more than £100,000 a year, by operating as independent contractors, as free agents. but the plumbers, the court decided, did not have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried vans and wore uniforms. it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an employer. the ruling, after a seven—year battle, is vindication for gary smith, the plumber who brought the case. what are you going to do now? celebrate. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday pay. he said there was now uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is a bad and sad day for self—employed people. the s

now, admiral mullin said july 6, 2010, the greatest threat to our nation's security is our nation's debt. this is an issue that deserves a better effort. we have given it good efforts. let's give it a better effort and give it our best effort. to get this spending under control. he reason, with thighs discretionary funds, we say, let's do it with the across the board cuts, because across the board spending reductions work. it has been proven by many of our states where democrat and republican governors have made across-the-board reductions in order to get budgets in balance. it's done by cities. it's done by counties. it's done by the private sector. it is done by families. it is time for us to engage the bureaucracy and say to them, find one penny out of a dollar and help us preserve, help us preserve our freedom for future generations. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. does any -- for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? mr. simpson: claim time in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman i

owner, lake wood baker jack philips was asked to make a cake for this couple charlie craig and david mullins declined. he basically said doing so would go against his christianity, his religious beliefs that marriage is just between a man and a wab. so this case escalated all the way to the supreme court and we now have that decision today that danny, as you noted, is narrow. that's something that's been noted by nbc justice correspondent pete williams who's joining us live again now outside the court. we were just having a conversation with our legal analyst who said this was not a particular surprise given how oral arguments seem to have gone. >> reporter: it was a 7-2 ruling. only justices ginsberg and soto mayo dissented from the court's holding here. they've dodged the larger question. what he's talking about is that the oral argument there was a question from justice kennedy who wrote the opinion here about a comment made by a member of the colorado human rights mmison. co iofhose states thats have has that has hey human rights law and on that basis they said the baker has to bake the

his old boss, charlie mullins, who founded pimlico plumbers, was less than impressed. a worker. it‘s absolutely disgraceful if i‘m being honest. sarah evans is a partner atjmw and she specialises in employment law. just explain why this case went in favour of gary smith. what the supreme court had to do was consider the third or fourth challenge by pimlico and mr mullins to find that he was a worker and not an independent contractor. what the court had to do was way we up the various factors required when you work out whether someone is an employee, worker or self—employed. —— way up the various factors. what level of autonomy did gary smith have? did he have control over the administrative side of the work? could he decide when he worked? crucially in this case it was about whether he could substitute the work he was doing to somebody else. when you‘re doing the test it is weighing up you‘re doing the test it is weighing up the huge amount of factors, including the fact he was happy to work in terms of taking advantage of the vat rules and the tax benefits of being an

just a few minutes ago , my fellow chairman of the men's health caucus, congressman mullin of oklahoma, joined me to introduce a resolution recognizing june 11 through 17th as national men's health week. i encourage each of you to join us on this resolution and help end the silent crisis of men's health in america. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognitio without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. ms. tenney: despite opening won the fun, they champion for the u.s. college beer championship. the contest, opened to any college or university with brewing courses, will help determine the future brewers in america. orris has these courses as elective. morrisville will have a four-year bruring program, hopefully. their program fits in with upstate new york with breweries that bring jobs, including the f.x. brewing kppingkp, the fourth oldest family brewery in the united states. the empire brewing factory. also the cortland brewing company in cortland, new york. so mr. speaker and my

toward that end, together with representative matsui and mullin, i introduced this bipartisan legislation, which would authorize the center for medicaid and mecare innovation for behavioral health care providers. by utilizing electronic health records, they can better coordinate care, support and delivery of treatment and help to fully integra recovery and prevention services for all americans. this legislation takes the critical step of bringing mental health and ation treatment into the 21st century while reducing spending and expanding access to those underserved areas including rural in my home state of kansas. i hope we will get this bill to the president's desk as quickly as possible. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. mr. walden: i resevere. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 33331 sponsored by representatives jenkins and matsui. i would like to yield to representative matsui such time as she may consume and submit

if you go lower, there is a picture of the couple, too, charlie g and david mullins.hat is how the denver post plays it out in their paper. carroll, st. louis, missouri. line for democrats. caller: i wanted to ask, is it a fact they asked him to put something of seen on the cake, sexually obscene? i don't understand because that is not what i thought. i thought he objected to the fact they were gay, not what he wanted on the cake. host: the issue was his creation of the cake. what did you think about the decision? caller: i think if it was because they wanted him to put something that on the cake then it was a good decision. if he did it because he does not believe in it and he has an open business, then i think it is totally wrong. host: what is the difference? caller: what is the difference? i don't think a store would be obligated to put up posters with cene things on it. if they put up posters and said, i won't put up anything that shows two men standing together, that wld be asinine. host: republican line, this is tim from council bluffs, iowa. go ahead. caller:

mullin for bringing that to our attention. i yield to the gentleman from indiana, one of our doctors on committee, dr. bucshon. the chair: the drafment indiana is recognized. mr. bucshon: i rise today for h.r. 6. his bill will help our struggling communities by focusing on providing care to those in need while addressing opioid misuse and abuse. i'm proud of two pieces of legislation introduced are included in h.r. 6 as sections 202 and 203. section 202 which i worked closely with representative peters on to introduce would incentivize the development of nonopioid pain alternatives for post surgical pain. section 303 would increase screening for chronic plane paine, address possible nonopioid pain alternatives and -dirnl' proud to have worked with my colleagues on solution those this serious crisis and urge my colleagues to support h.r. 6. i yield back. the chair: gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from new yo