one of them is nicole wallace. let's talk about this. we've talked about the legal aspects of this.here's obviously a huge political piece to this. tell me why you decided to put your name on to that brief in support of same-sex marriage? we'll get into the politics in a minute. >> i am very proud to stand with 130 of a lot of my former colleagues from the bush administration and the bush white house and a lot of the lawyers and the legal thinkers who are able to embrace this conservative legal argument that was argued today, by ted olsen, a very respected legal mind on the right, who as you've been reporting all hour, partnered with david boies, to lay out and articulate the history of the court seeing marriage as a fundamental freedom. and of this issue being one, listening to someone left to defend prop 8, it reminds he of those who had to defend bans on interracial marriage in 1967, which was ultimately struck down by the supreme court. you look at where the supreme court has historically weighed in, and it's been on the side of freedom. so i think as a conservative, who reveres

nicole wallace former are advisor to president bush. and gary bouwer of american values. plus, reengaging in the middle east. we'll ask our sunday panel what the president's trip means for are israel, iran and syria. and our power player of the week. a changing of the guard for the marine mascot. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. well, there is no doubt about it, rand paul is on a roll. his 13 hour senate filibuster on the president's drone policy spurred new interest in who he is and what he stands for so what are does he see all this going? senator paul joins us from bowling green, kentucky. and senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good morning, chris ever since your filibuster early this month your standing in the republican party shot up. as we mentioned you won the cpac straw poll. a major speech on immigration reform this week and you will headline an sestette republican dinner in may. why do you think that you are suddenly such a hot property in the republican party? >> i think people hungry for someone that

on last night's show, we talked with nicolle wallace, who i always really enjoy having on the show, andause she is one of the only republicans in the country who will speak to me with a camera around. nicolle is a former communications director for george w. bush. she was a senior adviser to the last presidential campaign. she is very bright. she is also one of more than 100 republicans who signed a brief to the supreme court in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples. the court hears a case on that at the on the other hand of this month. in addition to nicolle, 11 other high-ranking seasoned political operatives have signed into this brief, many of whom have worked for very anti-gay campaigns in the past. as for republican elected officials, seven former republican governors, including tom ridge and christie todd whitman and jon huntsman. other signatures from ten former republican members of congress, including chris shays. so seven former republican governors, ten former republican members of congress on the record in support of gay couples having a constitutional right to

. >> hi, this is nicole wallace.estion for you about how important you think this opportunity has been to argue a conservative legal justification for marriage equality to the overall movement. do you think it renders the outcome less relevant now that we've had this window and this opportunity to speak directly to big numbers of the public about this constitutional legal conservative argument? >> well, i think history can help us answer that question. and if you look at, for example, loving versus virginia decided in 1967, we know that was happening at the same time as the movement in the streets was happening around the need for equality as it relates to the issue of race in our country. and i think there is a role that is a legitimate role that is part of the ground movement, part of the grass roots or net roots movement if you want to call it that. but fundamentally, when we are talking about issues that go to the heart of the principles of our constitution around equal protection, i think that the court is the r

nicole wallace, former advisor to president bush.nd, gary bauer of american values. >>> plus, reengaging in the middle east. we'll ask our sunday panel what the president's trip means for israel, iran and syria. and, our power player of the week. a changing of the guard for the marine mascot. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and, hello again from fox news in washington. well, there is no doubt about it. rand paul is on a ll. his 13-hour senate filibuster on the president's drone policy spurred new interest in who he is and what he stands for. so where does he see all of this going? senator paul joins us now from bowling green, kentucky and, senator, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good morning, chris. >> chris: ever since your filibuster earlier this month, you are standing -- your standing in the republican party shot up, you won the straw poll and made a major speech on immigration reform this week and will headline an ios state republican dinner inm may. why do you think you are such a hot topic then republican

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part of that is seeing the -- joining us now is nicole wallace, former senior advisory. was more than 130 republican party big wigs to sign this brief in yesterday's case urging the court to strike down california's prop 8. >> it sort of scrambles my circuits. you know what i thought when i read this, was if the supreme court doesn't strike down doma, i wonder if this very, very issue would lead to a congressional repeal of doma, because this is such an urgent matter, and this is -- to me, i went straight to the logistics of this. if you were on a base and you're married and you have kids, are they denied access? because everything is provided by the federal government. so if you live on a base with your spouse and children, are you denied access to child care? >> you're denied on-base privileges. >> so do you even live on base -- i mean, this is shocking, if heaven forbid your spouse is injured, are you not flown? i mean, this to me seems like one of the most urgent examples of how this affects people's lives. this is no longer especially for my party, just a question of

nicolle wallace is still with us.able, we have the cohost of cnbc's "squawk on the street," david faber. >> you say squawk as if you're on steroids. leigh gallagher is here with "fortune's" list of the world's most admired companies. i can't wait to hear what's on the list. i'm sure comcast is on the list. >> i'm sure comcast is on the list. >> thank you. there are many on the list. >> let's get to the news. "the new york times" reports cutting spending remains the gop's central focus as the party is increasingly divided on other issues. the article lists several areas where republicans are no longer united from immigration to same-sex marriage. several republican governors are now supporting positions -- portions of obamacare. and just last week, the republican-controlled house passed democratic legislation concerning domestic violence. on "meet the press" yesterday, house speaker john boehner reiterated his stance on spending. telling nbc's david gregory that last friday's sequester is not nearly as painful as what

and the gay marriage debate with former white house communications director nicole wallace, and the president of american values organization. >> more tragedy this week for the u.s. marine corps. three u.s. marines are dead after an apparent suicide on the base. a wild shootout caught on camera, and now police say they need your help hunting for the suspect whopped fire into a chinese takeout place. that's coming up. zap technology. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your car. just note your mileage and zap ! you're outta there ! we'll e-mail your receipt in a flash, too. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >> shepard: more fallout from the spending cuts known as the sequester. federal aviation officials will close nearly 150 air traffic control towers, a cost-cutting move set take effect next month. fewer closed towers than officials first proposed. they will not close two dozen onlily said to be cut because it would have a negative impact on national interest. >>> look at this. the california highway patrol reports

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joining us is nicolle wallace, former senior adviser for the mick cain/palin campaign. of the republicans who signed the brief in support of same-sex marriage rights. nicole, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i miss you since you went elsewhere. >> i miss being here, now that i'm elsewhere. >> i know. you should come back. there, i said it. only two republicans who are currently holding elected office have signed on to this brief, with more than 100 other prominent republicans. where are all the elected? >> we have to start somewhere. and i think that each president obama has seen the shift in his own position come about very quickly. he did not run for reelection for with the position he announced last week. the politics are shifting faster than anyone can decipher. you have to assume people are doing what think think is the right thing to do. i think the politics are indecertainable. i couldn't tell you what they are. we don't know what the universe of voters is going to look like in the next presidential campaign. but if they -- if they, you kno

here's nicole wallace, former senior adviser to john mccain's campaign earlier today on "morning joe." >> whenever you come out and talk about what went wrong there's just a -- sort of wreaks of the bitterness and the regret and hard to watch. >> i also remember watching the interview in grad school thinking, you know, that's not the future of the republican party and i must say with all due respect to governor romney, i had that feeling watching him, too. >> that's of course bill kristol and the romneys made it clear as the first read team said in the words and tone that they have not moved on from their loss. >> i look at what's happening right now. i wish i were there. it kills me not to be there. not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. >> that was that crushing disappointment, not for us. our lives are going to be fine. it's for the country. >> romney lingering on even as his party attempts to move forward. rebuild, rebrand. the future and past collided today in some ways with the gop. romney's sit down interview a day before 2016 prospect jeb bush made the round

i want to play what nicole wallace, republican strategist said this morning on morning joe. >> there were a lot of alarming things that happened at cpac. the one happy thing was that they went around trying to find young conservatives who were against gay marriage and they couldn't find any. i mean, even the youngest, most rabid, most devoted conservatives see this as an equal rights issue. >> so when you hear nicole there, does that give you any confidence at all, if we end one a decision where this is decided state by state? with her remarks regarding the most conservative of the party at cpac. >> it just means, let's say the court doesn't do anything. and it continues to go state by state, it will. it will take decades as opposed,le many decades as opposed to one or two given court action. but you know, the action that happened at cpac, wonderful. but go back to the presidential election of 2012. in the debates, gay, lesbian, same sex couple, gay marriage, anything related to gays and lesbians didn't come up at all in those debates that president obama and mitt romney had. that to

. >>> today on "morning joe," nicole wallace, senior adviser to the mccain/palin campaign and formermunications director for president george w. bush pointed out as you did, brian, the generational challenge faced by republicans on the issue of gay marriage. nicole supports gay marriage herself. let's listen to her. >> there were a lot of alarming things that happened at cpac. the one happy thing was that they went around trying to find young conservatives who were against gay marriage and they couldn't find any. i mean, even the youngest most rabid, most devoted conservatives see this as an equal rights issue. >> ralph reed, founder and chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. ralph, thank you for coming on. >> you bet, chris, good to be with you again. >> thank you. i'm just setting it up, what looks to be the direction of the court. perhaps a narrow decision. perhaps just dealing with california. perhaps positively for the pro-choice or the pro same-sex marriage community. how do people on the conservative side of things, you, how will you react to that? what will be your plan

bush nicole wallace here is. ben ya minute wallace wells is the lone mail pannist today and politico, the intre tretrepid m haggerman. the white house is taking two aspirin and trying to refocus its blurry vision. "the wall street journal" reports that the president will pivot from the budget issues that have dominated his public appearances for weeks and instead use his microphone to focus on other issues. president obama and the democrats have indicated they will not inject the sequester into upcoming budget negotiations and risk blame for a government shutdown. it is perhaps a sign of recognition that republicans, especially those who may face primary challengers in 2014, have no appetite for anything big, especially anything big that includes revenue. speaker john boehner suggested several times over that rich knew w revenue was no longer on the table. >> january the 1st, the president gets $650 billion of higher taxes on the american people on january the 1st. he got his tax hikes. i'm going to say it one mo

on monday's show, nicole wallace is going to be here. senator kirsten gillibrand. brzezinski, all blondes. it's going to be an all-blondes show on monday. >> did you just say that? >> i did. >> it's a fact. he's just being a good journalist. >> is that a problem? >> what's wrong with that? >> seriously? oh, look at that. >>> coming up, david axelrod and melody barnes. you're watching "morning joe." mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto-insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine revs ] come in. ♪ got the coffee. that was fast. we're outta here. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract,