certified, they are all state certified. >> do they have to pay the state a fee? >> no. >> no? >> all right. , thank you. >> commissioner ortiz? >> and just some director, you know that we don't want to group massage facilities that are doing everything and most likely, you know, the small business or i want to be very delicate with the question that i am about to ask, does the state legislation mandate that there is no parallel city ordinance or permit fee or not even a fee but actually a permit process that can be imposed by a county? >> >> the state legislation allows the city to give a license. every practitioner has a state certification and all that they can do is issue a business license nae. is it. >> that is it. >> and now, there is a proposed legislation going through the assembly that may be changing some of this, but we don't know where it is, we know that the mayor's office supports that change such that we make it tougher now for these exempt establishments. >> commissioner dwight? >> so by that last comment, i would presume that the state in its wis

for the state. and then they went around district by district and said here's what we did and here's why we did it. and the local teachers had a hard enough time accepting this. i mean, teachers don't like for people to come in and evaluate them any more than we like to be evaluated every day. so what the difference is we say states do it and the democrat ig bill says you must do it, you got to do it according to these prescriptions which are carried over from the waivers. and once you've done that you got to send it to washington and you've got to have it peer reviewed. we are going to find some smart professors somewhere and say we don't like what tennessee did or do. that happened to tennessee who had race at the top, spent 30 years of an evaluation system and they had to sent their system up here to get a waiver and it got sent back and say do it this way instead of that way. i don't know who up here or here in the peer review community, i don't think we need their extra judgment about that. the

about six out of ten have a favorable view of the united states. there is a sense that u.s. the u.s. remains a superpower. there's even stronger public support for americans around the world. and while i can't dispute that some of the criticism of the united states are accurate in terms of the way it's acted around the world i think we can't discount the fact that publics around the world still generally not in every country have a very positive view of the united states well bruce any as you know when you say hold on when you say that when you say that it is. good point is that american foreign policy is an american culture is that mcdonald's is that disney i mean can you flesh it out a little bit and then it's a crime it's across that it's across the board i mean there is widespread appreciation for americans sense of protection of liberties for example the end. of the spying on america i mean but it's luck but it's it's all relative right i mean if you ask a question say just china or iran and or the united states how do you feel about they how how they protect liberties

there are state level efforts to win legislatively, cases in state courts.ean, the discussion is happening, and i think over the next number of years, you're going to see every branch of government, state and federal involved in these discussions. and, of course, the court of public opinion. we are undoubtedly moving forward, and i think this issue will be back at the supreme court. the doma decision, and i want to give a shoutout to edye and the aclu and the stanford law clinic who drove that case and did a phenomenal job. the decision was about doma. it's really clear about i the ringing declarations that equality means equality. including for gay people and in the context of gay people's family relationships, this is a building block going-forward. >> anthony kennedy cites the fifth amendment of the constitution, and the violation of equal protection, that constitution pertains in every state. >> joining me now is congressman lee. she's a founding member and vice chair of the lgbt caucus. my question for you is, you are a very outspoken progressive, you'r

it is the most important -- biggest state, most populous state. it will add -- it will add a lot of people already who have this right. and listen, you know, if we have a big ruling in doma with a new constitutional standard, and if we have the return of same-sex marriage to california, it will be a big win for the gay rights movement today. and it will look like there is no going back. >> i want to bring in former massachusetts congressman barney frank, the first openly gay congressman and the first to get married. he got married -- i think you're coming up on your first anniversary, congressman. good to see you. congratulations, first of all, on your upcoming anniversary and your reaction to today's ruling. >> well, i have to declare an interest -- jim and i will now get federal legal rights, which is something that i think we're entitled to. for us it wasn't as essential as for a lot of other people not economically as well off. but i am very happy. and i'm happy as i hear what appears to be the basis for the decision in two ways. first of all,

this is not just a red state, this is a blood red state. how amazing in a state like this with those numbers that the republicans could not manage to get this through. the democrats used the rule book as their weapon. the only weapon they had available. they simply outplayed the republicans in this case. >> ifill: there have been a lot of theatrics. i've been following your tweets on this and it seems there was one episode in which women showed up dressed as characters from "mad men"? >> yeah, you know, this week has been one for the books in terms of how the public inserted themselves into the process. not just by being more engaged than at any time i've seen before. not just by using twitter and other social media platforms to build community and to organize around the this issue. but the numbers of people who showed up in various states, in dress and in orange shirts to signify their pro-choice leanings and, quite frankly, the pro-life side, they showed up in blue shirts. they didn't show up in quite the same numbers. the public's level

states, right? what's remarkable is to think about the k-12 space where the federal government gives maximum -- about 10% to 12% of the funding to k-12 schools and yet the schools we're all told to test their students in third and eighth grade and once in high school on reading and math and they did it, right? in contrast, the federal government gives tons of money to higher ed and asks very little in return, right, from institutions or states? and, again, we're also asking how they can promote completion. so how can we redesign our programs for a better -- for system improvement? this is the view of the typical response to financial aid reform but i think it's pretty accurate. we tend to layer new programs on top of existing ones. we have a fixation on some of these symbolic elements like the maximum pell grant and the student loan interest rate. that was made most clear to me when we sacrificed the summer pell which is an interesting element of the pell grant program in order to maintain the fundi

the state of texas. heather: a live look at the court room in sanford, florida where george zimmerman's murder trial is about to get underway. yesterday jurors heard testimony from a neighbor who described what she saw outside her home. >> did you also hear some kind of movement outside the back of your residence? >> yes. >> can you describe that to the jury, please? >> it sounded like running from left to right in the rear pathway. >> the defense not happy about that left to right description. heather: phil keating live at the justice center in sanford, florida. >> reporter: this jury of six people now is a panel of 9 people. the judge announcing this panel has been reduced by one person. juror b72, the young hispanic male known for his army of arm wrestling, he has been dismissed and the judge said it has nothing do at all with his case. matters outside of this courtroom. regardless we now have 9 people listening to the evidence that 6 jurors and 3 alternates. the judge ruling the previous 911 phone ca

it will be a state by state matter. it may go to the courts again, but it's a state by state area that's going to be where this is all going to be fought out. >> will the supreme court rule that there's an overarching constitutional right to mary a person of the same gender. >> the supreme court didn't want to do that because, you know, with roe versus wade, they decided something and a lot of states kept fighting and we're still fighting about it. so i think they think it's better to let it run through all of the legislative chambers and work it out on the state level. i think it's a more narrow restrained ruling, but it still has the major force of a moral push. >> on a 100 scale, what's the probability that the supreme court will have to rule on whether there is a constitutional right to marry someone of your own gender. >> low. 20s. >> because the states are going to do this. overwhelming, young people support it. they're going to be the people who are the deciders in the future. >> will the supreme court so say. >>

the fight state by state -- we'll do it, but it's going to be hard. want to follow-up on one thing pete williams mentioned. in the ruling around prop 8, it was really are said that for this case to move forward, there would have had to have been harm against someone else. the court said there was no harm against the folks who brought the case. that's important in my opinion because it underscores what we've always said. my marriage doesn't harm anybody else. and those who put that argument out are today made very clear, it's an absurd and baseless argument. >> christine, you'll be good for new york some day. i'd love to see you mayor of new york. i'm just kidding about this. we're pretty friendly. it is the new normal. i think you're fabulous and you would be great for the city. lieutenant governor gavin newsom has been on his way for years and once again has achieved his goal. equality. >> god bless. >> thank you, chris. >> thank for coming on. >>> why today's supreme court decision means so much to regular people. this is formal recognition by the u

that are not border states. so one of the messages that we hope that carries from today is that regardless of whether you are in el paso, texas, and understand the border inherently, or if you're in detroit, michigan, you have a vested from in a healthy border. a healthy border equals a healthy u.s. economy. that equals more jobs, more economic growth and more positive factors for the u.s. going forward. so with that introduction of what it is we hope to cover today, i now want to yield to pete gallego, who by land mass, represents almost a quarter of the state of texas, someone who served in the state legislature, someone who lives and understands the border and can speak to the positive dynamics that we see there. i now yield to pete gallego such time as he may consume. mr. allego: thank you, speaker. i'd like to thank my colleague, congressman o'rourke, my fellow west texan, with whom i share the privilege of representing el paso county, for yielding me this time to talk about some issues that are critical to

by state by state, citizens have to decide. do they want legislators to go to fancy resorts and sit behind closed doors with lobbyists and write their bills and then bring them back and introduce them without exposing their alec roots, or do they want to do want to do something about that? >> doug clopp: as more and more people become aware of the role of the american legislative exchange council, they are becoming more aware that this corporate agenda does not match the values of the american people. >> bill moyers: citizens are catching on. but alec is still everywhere. watch for it -- coming soon to a statehouse near you. and sure enough, since that report last year, alec has kept on coming. now, though, the word is out and alec can no longer hide in the shadows. when its lawmakers and lobbyists got together last month in oklahoma city to draft some more model bills, they were met by hundreds of protesters. >> alec is not okay! alec is not okay! >> bill moyers: firefighters, teachers, environmentalists, teamsters, religious

there are more blue states than there are red states. this the -- a good feed? >> i think that the theme of economic success is a good one to run on. even in blue states. these are average people that are jobs and good jobs. that, i think, works. i would have one going to rick perry's concerns. participate something presidential primaries. >> little trouble speakinge -- >> not more blue states. more populist blue states. >> i think mr. perry if he chooses to go this time, may be more formidable. last time he got in late because he really -- i don't think intended to run for president. if he intends this time and prepares he may forego. >> james, one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. hey linda! what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support gularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't charge l

states. i'm so happy for the supreme court today. >> my name is mark takano. i represent the 41st district of california. this is indeed a victory for the people of my state. i challenge every clerk in the state of california to start issuing marriage licenses to every couple that desires one today. i feel jubilation. i feel fabulous. i feel every gay word i can think of. [laughter] justice kennedy did something i try to teach my students as an english teacher. i taught high school for 23 years. i always thought it was important to write beautiful sentences, to reach for the poetic. i was worried he was going to get -- because of the question he was going to get weighed down and bogged down in the language the legal lease of federalism and states rights. but today he went for the poetic justice kennedy that i've seen evidence of in previous decisions. he predicated this decision on the fifth amendment and the 14th amendment, equal protection. he used words, stirring words like -- doma humilia

this is going to continue to play out, state-by-state. people are going to vote in referendums or through legislatures and decide, we want to change our laws, or do we want to maintain the traditional definition of marriage. host: a follow-up with a lot of somees this weekend.what call the judicial activism of the court. this viewer saying -- guest: if you put that to a vote, i think many people would say judges should have a fixed term. but we would have to amend the constitution to put a limit on their terms. host: the chief justice speaking at the lawyers' conference. we covered it live yesterday.it is on our website. politico is writing about it this morning with this headline. justice john roberts says, the high court asks too many questions. as he spoke to his colleagues and lawyers, justice robert saying the justices over do it a bit in posing questions to justice clarence thomas, who has not asked a question in seven years, has made the same criticism. here is a portion from the greenbrier event yesterday. [video clip] >> there ar

the state does not respond. there's no way to -- for integration of different social forces, and i come back to these issues later at the end of the book. exarpt two expresses the nature of the regime, and i say the regime is neither -- it not a classic populist regime, and it's not a topical democracy. neither, i say, can refuse the veeps venezuela government as being merely a socialist government. it is highly ideological, and in addition, which is important to point out, even though we have elections taking place in those countries, those elections are mostly referendums. that's the only form of democracy that still prevails in a way. these regimes have the characteristics. what are they? basically, the regime calls for institutional reform, and that constitutional reform, usually a constitution resolution that is usually provides more rights to society. it's an extinction of rights. they are constitutions that tend to strengthen the power of the state at the except of the right of civil society, so what we a

we're talking about the state, what the state does and what the state recognizes. people have a right to believe what they believe, but we are a country that professors not to discriminate, and this is a discrimination. and, again, i think the more people see in their own families, people coming out, saying people they love or profess to whom they love, they're much more receptive. i think that culturally it's still a challenge. but it's changing in favor of not being a nonissue before too long. >> i want to ask you about the voting rights. the president this week said that you wouldn't have to target particular states the way they were, quote/unquote, precleared in the past. but basically, that every state should be subject to rules with regard to voting so that everybody can vote and that there's no suppression. is that how you view it? is that the way to get started, do you think, to get legislation? >> well, what we want to do is to correct what the supreme court did. and to do so, we must do it in a bipartisan way, which it always has been, and to do so in a w

of the state department". kori schake, you write the department of state employee roster has some the hundred foreign service officers coming 11,000 civil servants and 42,000 foreign nationals and in 2009 and those that took the written test competing for roughly 1,000 jobs. those selected have college degrees and the 11 years of prior work experience before coming to the foreign service. two-thirds of the people selected come in with postgraduate degrees degrees, 80 percent have lived overseas, foreign service officers are awarded tenure after four years, 95 percent of the serving officers receive tenure. almost all the diplomats are concentrated in only 30 countries more than 2,000 in iraq and afghanistan. what is wrong with state? [laughter] >> there are several things wrong with the state. although an institution that ought to be good at its job and could be, with careful managerial attention, the main problem is even by their own description they're not hiring people that have the skills they say they nee

in the western united states. the council that he leads represents persons of all faiths and primarily victims of discrimination in employment and al and i have had the opportunity to work together. among other things, cases involving religious freedom. alan also directs the council's legislative program, monitoring legislation for its impact on both institutional and image in religious freedom and often testifying before legislative committees. he hosts a radio program entitled "freedom's ring," this is -- which is nationally and internationally syndicated. he regularly publishes religious periodicals and the like and is in demand on speaking on matters of religious freedom and discrimination. he is a graduate of the university of north carolina law school and a good friend of religious freedom and a good friend. next to him is jennifer kraska, the vice president of the national association of state conference catholic directors. in 2008 jennifer became the first executive director of the colorado catholic confer

having mistrust of any given countries of the united states while i can remove off the united states i think you know i think you know the history starting with the hostages of starting with numerous failed to promote a condition is between the two and including the many areas of conflict within the middle east region which i've already mentioned i would also mention another which is that rightly or wrongly the united states has alliances with members of the gulf cooperation council countries which look across the persian gulf to run those countries are even more distrustful of iran. the ones we've been talking about like united states but as we discussed earlier trust a mistrust is something that is especially in the area centrally in the eye of the beholder you cannot control or in fact i don't think you can influence how much trust or mistrust any given party have has in relation to you but since you want to move on. you know that iran is to hold presidential elections pretty pretty soon and one of the top presidential contender is. really the country's top nuclear negotiator was

it's the largest state in the country.every passing year there seems to be more states that are accepting this. there will always be those obviously who resist the idea of gay marriage because there are still those who resist the idea of interracial marriage. >> tom, if i can, i know this week you traveled to robin island. i was there a couple of years ago. i'm still struck by the smallness of not just the island but the cell where nelson mandela was for so long. you spoke to his friend as well as his prison warden. what memories are they sharing with you? >> well, actually, peter, i could not get to the island because the weather closed in around us and my producer, michelle newbird and her cameraman were out there the day before. i had been there before. ak med muhammad khutara and chris brand, a young prison guard who befriended mandela talk about now that he's at this stage in their life, what they remember was the dignity and the determination that he had that he should not overplay his hand. he wanted to learn, for e

at the state portion says that states cannot have to honor the choices of other states. someone at california, a newly married couple, moved to another state that does not recognize same-sex marriage. or will there merritt to be recognized in those other places or will those things have to be worked out. -just this is a big big day. but we have a long way to go before we have 100% e quality. --mar riage. it was quite clear that was not going to happen. judge walker's opinion and the northern district of california. that was the logic. the only possible outcome was going to be same-sex marriage across the country. it was quite clear that there was not five votes for that. without the logic of its old line anywhere else. i think this is the best that anyone could have hoped for to get rid >>darya: must be " said there is no legal standing we send it back to the original decision. >> it was the easiest way to get to five votes. five is the most important. can you get five votes for majority and that is what they got today on the standing on the issue >>james: is this the en

and if you look at the state of the united states today i would put a big question mark into its longerm survivability in that spect. it might be fighting for its survival at this point and that would explain a lot of what's happening and ok that's a very interesting question but unfortunately we have to end it there thank you very much quiet time please join us again same place same time here. when the greats spade blind to what is happening in their country. the american dream is disappearing. the houses with gardens are laid out the poor are left hopeless the streets are full of angry crowds that are fighting against. tyson who stole the american dream. police be told language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of v.i.p.'s interviews intriguing stories for you to. see in troy arabic to find out more visit arabic don't go it's called. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. to build a. mission t

he do district, state? he did state, we did districts. they're both mandatory. so i think we again in the underlying bill basically tried to do a decent balance and tried respect those states that have already gotten their waivers by grandfathering them in. so i would respectfully oppose the amendment. >> mr. chairman, i'm tempted to say -- i'm going to say -- i said on the senate floor during the health care bill, any senator who vote for it should go home and serve as senator and try to implement it. i would say this, any senator that votes for a mandatory teacher evaluation system defined by washington and approved by the secretary ought to be forced and go home to serve as superintendent of the school district and try to implement it. and just imagine what this is going to be like. you're going to go 15,000 school districts and you're going to call a teachers' meeting. ok. we've been ordered by to set up a teacher evaluation system. now you know how that's going to go over. and then they're going to say, and this is what you're supposed to do and they're goi

it's better than some states and not as bad as others.t is a heavy lift. >> reporter: dede depercin is a health consumer advocate who says it's unlikely the exchange will meet that target, but thinks over time people may be persuaded just as they were to use seat belts. >> i was arguing with somebody about this, and they said, "the fines aren't high enough, people are never going to buy it." and i said, "seat belts." i'm 53 years old, and my mother just threw her hand across my chest. the reason why i wear my seat belt now is not because of a fine; it's because we had a cultural shift. we can argue that about a number of other things: drunk driving. it takes a while, but we get there. i think there's going to be a really, really big push to make a habit about this, because it's important to everybody. the cost just to build the ground floor is enormous. >> reporter: colorado has asked the federal government for $125 million for the first year and a half. and that's what has some fiscal conservatives like dr. mike fallon worried. a father,

state house at both legislatures. democrats have the same power in just 14 states. so i get there's a couple of messages here. i don't know whether protests work. you think they do. i think voting works. i think unless you get democrats especially minorities and young people to understand, you can't be a sprinter in politics. you've got to be a long distance runner. >> that's right. >> you can't just vote in presidential elections and feel satisfied because the government's being taken away from you. >> that's right. but chris, here's the thing. you can't just vote but in between you have to be engaged. and that's what is happening in north carolina. the forward together movement is keeping people engaged during these off years, right? too off we focus on just, you know, going to the election cycle, going to the booth. we vote and then we leave. well, in fact, what we need to do is be engaged. we need to watch these state legislatures. as you said, they have taken over so many state legislatures they're passing regressive laws that are harming working families and t

to this because it'll be less complicated in states like new york you could file jointly for the state tax but same go for i.r.s. it does kind of streamline that process and people are happy to you know have a little more complications that can save more money and be a possibility anymore what about social security are there any financial benefits to this well that's the next issue there now for couples that have their marital status as married by the states so security implications will now be there that they have to honor those couples including same sex couples as married couples will be spousal benefits survivor benefits look crew from those marriages so if i'm married to a same sex married couple if one collect social security the other one is to cease they will now be able to collect the survivors and it was a benefit that's right and this case started as a dispute over the the state of the estate tax so-called death tax and now it seems that same sex married couples will be able to inherit spousal states without the marriage the death tax penalty could there be any complications

the end of the cold war the united states was a very strong advocate when we got to. it rid of all of those and not just socialism but the social democracies in europe we've got to get rid of that euro sclerosis all of the you know welfare lack of job mobility you know we got to be like the united states you know this is that where we have this really dynamic capitalism well we've seen this dynamic as we've seen you know we had the collapse of the internet bubble in the in the early two thousand and then we have this of the almighty collapse of the housing bubble we're building up in all the bubble now so you know this is this you know known wealth a kind of you know primitive pyramid scheme tabel ism is the last thing anyone in the world would want to emulate ok before we sort of the programs are going to if i could go you know and then let's talk about the perceptions of the united states in the middle east but go ahead bruce and i just want to jump in there look i mean george is right if you look at the public opinion surveys we've done in thirty nine countries bas

times there's parent or consent required for minors etc but we vary state to state so it's complicated because you have state licenses that are being issued to married couples but then you have federal benefits and obligations that accrue from those state issued marriage licenses so what's going to happen now after yesterday's supreme court decision is not only are folks like the plaintiffs in this case going to be able to inherit their spouse's property without tax implications but they're also going to have to now file jointly as a married couple and incur the marriage penalty and actually pay more in taxes because now they won't be filing as individuals but rather as a married couple that will put them up into a higher tax bracket so there's both benefits and detriments to yesterday's decision for married couples. can you break down how the tax bracket works and how it's progressive on the married couple sure basically right now same sex couples will now have to file jointly either jointly married or jointly as a married couple or separately but still as a married couple way before

did report that turkey's state run news agency is sad that police have detained twenty five people for quote spreading untrue information on social media networks and that the police are still looking for thirteen additional people to arrest also for provoking protests via social media certainly not a good sign when people are going to being targeted for just using social media i know they have another update on the case of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden you have for us well abbi now the story has taken another interesting turn as you know edward snowden is reportedly in hong kong right now he recently gave an interview to the south china morning post and in that interview he claimed that the u.s. has long been cyber hacking the country snowden told them that the n.s.a. has hundreds of targets in both hong kong and mainland china he also allegedly presented them with numerous documents to prove that what he was saying is in fact true but the paper has not been able to verify the documents as of yet or we know that the u.s. will probably you know go after him extradite him to actua

i come from an ag state. anning a rutural state and i'd like to see a farm bill, but i'm not going to tolerate a bill with these s.n.a.p. cuts together with nothing really on renewable energy. and, so, the bill really was noted aicanot ed adequate. >> what we're seeing in the farm bill is that the republicans are protecting the wealthiest and protecting the conglomerates and protecting the corporations and going after the poor. that's what they're doing. they're going after the poor. oh, my, food stamp, that's why we're having auch a financial issue in this country. great to have you here. keith ellison from minnesota. >>> coming up, the mta is putting money ahead of safety to fix one of new york's biggest, busiest bridges. on what chinese steel means to american drivers. >>> but, next, i'm taking your questions live. ask ed live just ahead here on "ed show." stay with us. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles

from other states.arack obama has directed the attorney general and cabinet to quote, insure this decision including imimplications for federal benefits and obligations is implemented swiftly and smooft smoothly. gay rights supporters say they're work is not done until same sex couples can marry in every state. >> this is our lives. this piece of paper is fantastic, and i'm deeply deeply indebted to the supreme court for finally giving us equality. but every single day, thousands upon thousands upon thousands of gay people can't put partners on health ininsurance. they can't legal inherit their partner's estates. >> it's a major way and a step forward in the right direction and something that we'll keep fighting for state by state so we can have marriage equality coast to coast across the amber waves of grain. so, aisha moodie mills, welcome to the panel. >> glad to be here. >> fight to get gay marriage in 30% of the country, where it is now, but the other 70%. how big a fight is that going to be? >> it

assistant united states attorney rising to leadership positions in the united states attorney's office, chief counsel to the governor my first two years as governor and now they new jersey attorney general. i said on monday that i was going to select the person who i thought would be the best person to represent new jersey between now and the sober 16th when all new jerseyans get an opportunity to elect the person to succeed the late senator frank lautenberg. during the last few days since i've gotten to deliberate on this decision it became clear to me that attorney general chiesa would be the best person to represent the people of the state of new jersey and the united states senate. so i intend to execute all the appropriate documents to effectuate his appointment effective this monday, june 10 and i want to thank jeff and his family for their willingness to once again step in and serve the public in the state of new jersey. and so it is my honor to introduce for remarks and i will come back for questions. it's my honor to introduce for remarks he jerseys new as united states senato

he is a governor of one of the states in the united states.publican party deal with that's who they are now? they deal with it awkwardly, because after the beards things and telling them to kiss him on his butt, but the republican presidential hopeful had already committed to do a fund-raiser for him. in that his case, he had a book detpoupbsing his own ideas about immigration reform which came out the exact same time when the party was embracing those ideas. he says he likes immigration reform because immigrants are so fertile. that's his new try. he is trying to bunch every other republican's dance card in the hope they will bunch his dance card back once the primaries start. he does have connections to maine. so he is doing this stuff, and he said he would do a thing for paul, and then the thing about bending people over and doing them without vaseline, and then he responded by trying to stop the biggest papers in the state from covering state government at all, and issuing a blanket no comment on all matters to three of the largest papers

state equality.mage did doma do to american citizens over the past 17 years? >> well, as you pointed out when it was enacted in 1996, it had no practical affect effect because you couldn't be married anywhere, but as more states adopted same-sex marriage, we've seen over the years the damage, the discrimination that this was doing to real people and the misery it was causing was becoming very apparent. the law was very unpopular and that's why one of the reasons the supreme court was able to so dramatically strike it down. >> john: susan, i'm sure you agree when the republican senator who helped design this law disowned it himself earlier this year, were you surprised that the court overturned it, and how damaging do you think it's been? >> i think it's been tremendously damaging. i'm not surprised that the court overturned doma, but i was surprised and enheartened in the language that they used. they talked about the damage against same same-sex couples. it talked about it being degrading. we have t

let it be state and -- state-by- state, and that it be democratic, the people speaking. >> just the rulen church and state, if a clergy person agrees with me, he or she is speaking for the conscience of the nation. if they oppose, they are risking their tax status and ought to shut up.>> let's take a look at the court's ruling on voting rights. >> i'm deeply disappointed with the court's decision in this manner. it sets back voting rights. it has the potential to negatively affect millions of americans across the country. >> we should not be judged by the mississippi of 50 or 60 years ago. >> attorney general holder. alanlican congressman nunnelee. chief justice roberts is history did not end in 1955, the year congress passed the voting rights act. your response. >> that is his view of america. america has used decisions to continue accept his nomination-- find acts of discrimination in the so-called seachange states like alabama. the records show that our continued acts of discrimination that the justice department has blocked because they were able to use section four or five to go in

then let's proceed state-by- state. let's look at it state-by-state. that is what we normally do. not as a plot. i do not know how satisfactory that answer is. i want to know what your responses as to whether we should -- if he is anht, that there is irrationality involved if you were writing it today in treating state a which is not discriminatory -- if that is true, do we respond state-by- state? or is this a matter we should consider not as applied but on its face. i want to your what you think about that. two responses. the first is one that focuses on the practical operation of the law. and the consequences that flow from it. i do not think that shelby county or alabama out to be able to bring a successful facial challenge against this law on the basis it ought not to have covered arizona or alaska. the statute has bailout mechanism. those jurisdictions can try to avail themselves of it. and if they do and it doesn't work, then they -- they may very well have an as-applied challenge that they can bring to the law. but that doesn't justify -- given the structure of the law and

state. on this day, nearly 44 years to the day after the stonewall riots turned into the challenge of discrimination against lgbt americans, the supreme court bent the arc of history once again towards justice. the highest court in the land, the federal government will no longer discriminate against united married in the states. and recognizing the basic rights. equal protection will not be a promise unfulfilled but a promise kept. today, victory is not at the end of the journey for civil rights for our heritage and hope. this ruling will only make us work harder in the courts in the state legislatures to ensure that all men and women in every part of of our country are granted equal rights no matter who they love. this is an extraordinary day for american values, america's best traditions of progress, for lgbt americans and for all americans. this is another day that will go in the history book as a moment when our history -- our nation expanded the reach of the highest ideals of our consti

we're not just the bay state, we're the brain state. we understand that health care and education are a central component to insuring that we fuel our economy through having the best work force in the nation. >> go ahead, mr. gomez. >> sure. you know, we may have one of the lower unemployment rates, congressman, but i'm not satisfied with that. i think we need to have a lower unemployment rate. and the way we're going with the affordable care act, if you would go out to the commonwealth and actually talk to the small business owners and to the families and to the voters out there, they will tell you that the affordable care act is a huge burden on them. now, i understand, you know, you spend your time down in d.c. where the economy is booming. unemployment's low, the number of lobbyists is going up. and the people that spend all their time down in d.c. live in a cocoon where they forget how the rest of the country and how their state actually operates, and they don't understand just because things are going well in d.c. doesn't mean the

and throughout the state really. and so, if the dog walker now does not have a license for the dog, we will issue a citation now. and an owner could come in and remedy it and it goes away but that is how it is done and that is only method of doing it and we can't track down the owners and the same will be the case and we have talked a lot in the out reach with the dog walkers about providing t

that's how we got scott brown in the first place in blue state massachusetts. but in this special election, the republican candidate so far has not done all that great a job making his case for himself. his name is gabriel gomez, he's an ex-navy s.e.a.l., he's a private equity guy. the democrat in the race, markey, long-time congressman. he's attacked markey for being in congress too long and once called ed markey pond scum, but it was not all that clear way why. because mr. gomez is not all that clear of a talker, they've ran ads that are uninterrupted clips of gabriel gomez trying to explain himself, like this one. >> did you release warrior clients so the public knows who you worked with and what kind of investments you made and dealt with? >> ad international is a private organization. i have to discuss it with them and leave it up to them. >> did you ask them to release the name of the clients? >> i resigned two weeks ago. >> i asked last time if you disclosed your client list from the private equity days, you said you didn't know if they'd allow you to as

states like colorado. a lot of white folks and see the same thing in washington, a lot of white folks. and i feel like the esthetics of the issue, there's not the multi-racial coalition right now to make that happen right now. or am i missing something? >> well, black people feel that legalizing marijuana is a white person's issue. i happen to disagree with that. there was a time when liquor was prohibited in this country, during the 1920s. i'm saying we need a progressive coalition that's going to deal with this issue because i work in the communities that organize. i'm in the criminal justice system all the time dealing with people and you see the disparity downtown brooklyn. who's there and a lot of time it is for marijuana possession. i think it's really outdated for my community to say it's only a white person's issue, but at the same time, i think the white community has to make a better effort to make it a coalition as well. >> yeah, i do think that's the missing piece right now in this political fi