we never thought it was important for him to put a wreath on the grave of theodor herzl, but this is what obama's going to do and it's part of that effort which you'll hear in the speech, i think to connect his understanding of israel's right to exist as a jewish homeland to its ancient roots in biblical israel. secondly i would expect that he will identify with israel's struggle for survival and its sense of insecurity in a region of turmoil around it and make it clear that he has their back, that he will be in the trenches with them and that he will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons but beyond that i think that he needs to -- i don't know whether he will do this -- but i think he needs -- particularly because he's speaking to a young audience -- to talk about their aspirations for the future and identify with those and talk about how that future needs to be a future of peace with israel's palestinian neighbors and paint a picture for them of a peaceful future that he wants to achieve by working with them, not working against them so that's the basic spark of the speech th

your viewers may recall that theodore roosevelt was probably the most famous of the rough riders. it's the role that propelled him into the white house. and the man on the left -- you can barely see that he has hobnail boots sticking out from under those blankets -- is a man named hamilton fish jr., and his father was secretary of state under grant, i believe. he had volunteered for the war and had been killed on the very first battle that the rough riders were in. the reason why this photograph is particularly important is first because it depicts as much as you can see that that body of probably the most famous person who was killed during the war. but it's also, i think, an indication of how the photographers felt about the men who were killed during the war. often we tend to think about war as in cliches. world war i was a war to end all wars and so forth. well, the litany for the spanish-american war was a war for duty and destiny. and the sense -- it was probably actually the most popular war in american history. more popular than even world war ii. and the sense was that th

hurt so now it would be interesting if someone had asked him do you think that theodore hurt so the founder of modern zionism was such a great hero when he was known to have written to the infamous african colonial leader who. he said your interest is africa mine is a raid. but both of us share a colonial past that was of course cecil rhodes who rhodesia was the name for so cecil rhodes was hurtles hero i wonder if barack obama even knew that i'm guessing probably not but this was a moment for symbolism it was not a moment for any substance and we didn't get to the substance what we heard was you're on your own but we have your back we will continue to give you the thirty billion dollars of military aid that we've pledged to this twenty third wealthiest country in the world we will continue to have your back at the united nations so that you will never have to worry about real accountability but we wish you would do things a little different we wish that your young people would see things through palestinian eyes we wish that you in the government would actually stop building settle

and so he called up theodore roosevelt administration, looking for some diplomatic signature that would help them pay his bills and give them some honorable retirement. and he succeeded at this but it was unfortunate because he got an appointment in ecuador in july of 1982, only to contract tel aviv and his dead in in thw weeks. so it did not end in work out the way he'll. so when it comes to his legacy, which some people like to talk about a lot, he's famous for physics. primarily for first, the popularization of the elephant and the dog as symbols of the democratic and republican party. that did not originate the use of the donkey. that predated him by decades. he did link the elephant to the republican party, and that connection he exploited quite frequently as part of a larger symbolic world that he filled with lions and lambs and dogs and cats lies, and people as animals and animals as peoples. whatever animals were useful to them at the moment. he's also famous, second, for his designs of santa claus. this is one of the earliest ones that he drew during the civil war. he started t

. >> inside the supreme court, attorney theodore olson, the nation's former solicitor general under george w. bush, opened his argument explaining why proposition 8 should be struck down. >> it walls of gays and lesbians from marriage, the most and or relation in life according to this court, thus stigmatizing a class of californians based upon their status and labeling their most cherished relationships as second-rate, different, unequal, and not okay. >> the supreme court's potential swing vote, justice anthony kennedy, warned same-sex marriage case was bringing the court into "and chartered waters." he questioned whether the court should have even taken the case. >> my problem with the case is you are really asking, particularly because of the sociological evidence you cite, for us to go into uncharted waters. you can play with that metaphor. so in a caseing where the opinion is very narrow, basically, once the state goes halfway it has to go all the way or 70% of the way. you are doing so in a case where there is substantial question on standing. i just wonder if the case was properly

. >> it's respectable, he can grow -- when he's older, we can call him theodore. >> jimmy: theodore. ] he's wearing glasses, reading the paper. yeah. >> my two favorite dog names of all time, just any dog names ever. >> jimmy: yeah. >> one is -- lorne michaels told me this -- that he, a long time ago, had a basset hound, and his name was lou gottlieb, vice president of sales. [ laughter ] greatest dog name ever. >> jimmy: that is a great name. >> and then, one time, i saw a really tiny little chihuahua dog in a store and its name was mr. president. [ laughter ] and they would be like, "mr. president! mr. president!" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we have a clip of your dog being loved in the house. >> yeah. hold on to your hat. this is what's going on at my house. >> hi! [ audience aws ] >> get the -- is it teddy? she's almost constantly murdering the dog. [ laughter ] [ toddler talking ] >> jimmy: i mean, come on. [ cheers and applause ] cute! >> just people sitting in dry bathtubs. my little one, she finally started talking, so she says hi now to everyone and everything. like, she would co

next will be, uh, eric theodore cartman. hello, everybody. now, just do it like we rehearsed, hon.throat ] ♪ she works hard for the money ♪ so hard for it, honey ♪ she works hard for the money ♪ so you better treat her right ♪ ♪ she works hard for the money ♪ so hard for it, hon-uh! ♪ she works hard for the money ♪ so you better treat her ri-uh! ♪ well, eric cartman, that certainly was...insane. thank you. we'll let you know. thank you. don't pick your nose, hon. i'm not pickin' it, ma! damn it! i have an itch! geez. where do we find these people? our minds are one, m'kay? our thoughts are one, m'kay? this is the strangest thing i've ever seen. please, nurse. for a woman with a dead fetus on your head, you're not being very open-minded. open your mind to your counselor. open your mind. [ weakly ] dr. adams. yes. he owns the planetarium. what about him? both: he uses the machine. the star machine. m'kay. he uses it to erase minds. but why? planetarium... about to go out of business. adams had to create slaves to survive. my god. this is amazing. please, nurse. you're throwing off my

this morning started with president obama visiting the tomb of theodore hertzel. he is known widely as the father of modern political zionism. he also visited the grave of former president yitzhak rabin. currently president obama is on his way to visit the church of nativity in bethlehem where he'll be greeted by palestinian authority president mack mum abb mahmoud abbas before he leaves. >>> turning to a developing story out of quantico, virginia, three marines are dead after being what is called an isolated shooting. it happened around sec p.m. last night at the base when police received reports of a gunman. the shooter is among the dead. dying of a self inflicted gunshot wound. the suspect was a staff member at the officer candidate school, a motive is not yet known. >>> as many as 42 were killed in the bombing of a mosque in the syrian capital of damascus. more than 80 people were injured in what syrian state tv called a terrorist blast. the first time a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a mosque. among the dead was a sunni muslim preacher who was

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finally, he turns to his connection and theodore roosevelt administration, one of the people had also worked for abraham lincoln and nast as a result of known him. so he called up theodore roosevelt administration, looking for someone who could help him pay his bills and give them some honorable retirement. he succeeded at this but it was unfortunate because he got an appointment in july 1902, or to contract yellow fever and he was dead in early december. so this did not in with the way he hoped. when it comes to massive legacy which some people like to talk about a lot, he's famous for three things. primarily for, first, upon precision of the elephant and a donkey as symbols of the democratic and republican party. the he did not originate the use of the donkey. that predated him by decades. he did so link the elephant to the public and party, and that connection was exploded quite frequently as part of a larger symbolic world that he filled with lions and lambs and dogs and gadflies, people as animals and animals and symbols. whatever animals were useful to them at the moment. your o

. >> reporter: he visited the grave of theodore hertzel, father of zionism, and the president placed a stone from the martin luther king memorial on the grave of israeli prime minister rabin, who was assassinated for trying to make peace with palestinians. local media reports many israelis are moved by the visit. mr. obama using hebrew yesterday. [ speaking foreign language ] to reassure israelis. >> you are not alone. >> reporter: but will israelis join the president's call for peace talks? >> we need to decide which road we go and not the americans, not obama. >> reporter: still, this trip could build israeli trust in the u.s. president. his messages seemed crystal clear. the israelis and the palestinians make peace, but at the same time vowing to back israel against iran. live from washington, i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. raj, janelle, back to you. >> steve, thank you. >>> let's get a check of our forecast. beautiful day, but a bit windy out there. >> yeah, blown overrunning errands today. >> this wind kicking up, especially at the coastline. 20 to 40 plus miles per ho

in urging the supreme court to find prop 8 unconstitutional, attorney theodore olson insisted gays and lesbians must have the same fundamental right to marry as heterosexual couples. >> it is just wrong. it is not consistent with the ideals, and the laws and the constitution of this country to take our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters and put them in a class, and deny them rights that we give to everyone else. >> the case that's before you today is whether or not california can take a class of individuals based upon their characteristics, their distinguishing characteristics, remove from them the right of privacy, liberty, association, spirituality and identity that marriage gives them. >> reporter: but as the hour-long argument came to a close, several justices did not appear ready for a broad national ruling. >> traditional marriage has been around forhousan of years. same-sex marriage is very new. i think it was first adopted in the netherlands in 2000. so there isn't a lot of data about its effect. but you want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the e

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and he did go to the tombs this morning where he went to see the tomb of theodore hertzel, the father of modern political zionism and also the grave site of former prime minister yitzhak rabin who was assassinated by a jewish extremist for his attempts to negotiate peace between the israelis and palestinians. he will be on his way to bethlehem where he'll be greeted with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas where he'll take a tour of the church of nativity before lefrg israel to head to jordan to have talks there with king abdullah. this was a somewhat successful trip according to some white house officials for president obama. they feel that president obama has encouraged the israeli public to believe that president obama is actually on their side and that there is an unbreakable alliance as the israelis put it between america and israel. that being said, the skeptics still remain on both sides as israelis as well as palestinians. many feel that president obama's visit was symbolic. it may not negotiate any peace when it comes to the region. although there is still some hope

-- theodor geisel. a critical reading of dr. seuss' "the butter battle" book and a renewed call to global citizenship or the first, a bit of introduction about the book. "the butter battle" book was published in 1984, the orwellian here, which also marked theodor geisel's 80th birthday. this was significant through his previous work spoke america and a statically. but grammatically the butter battle book joins the lorax as his strong social commentary and strongest work. the lorax was the capitalism and the ensuing environmental degradation that it creates. "the butter battle" book demonstrates nuclear armed proliferation during the cold war. aesthetically the book is david and joins the lorax and oh, the places you'll go as the party from trenches to the coal use of a narrative and these two books created intergenerational dialogue as a rep sent an adult -- as a rep sent an adult constructing a child and how and what to enter from the adult generation. rather than trenches numerous other works, acting

he laid wreaths at the grace of theodore herzl the founder of modern zionism and a former israeli primeister yithak rabin , who was assassinated back in 1995. >> back to the bay area and up date on a story we first brought you last week. a preschool teacher is now formally charged with giving sleeping pills to children in her care. 59 year-old, debra gdrtz is facing five counts of attempted child endangerment for putting the childsleeping aid sominex in to her preschooler's sit pickups. she is in a teacher at the kiddie academy in morgan hill since 2007. she supervised not signs of about 10 children ages 1 and 2. it was back on march 8th the voltages says she saw the other to to put the drug into the water cups of some of the children. she is now scheduled to be arraigned next tuesday. >> criminal charges have been filed against the wall and a lot about being raped on the u.s. santa cruz campus. the d.a. says u.s. santa barbara student, more than tripled, is charged with giving false impression to police. she claimed that she had been beaten and sexually assaulted by a stranger on febru

he laid wreaths at the graves of theodor herzl the founder of modern "zionism" and formerisraeli primeinister, and yitzhak rabin, who was assassinated back in 1995. the president next has to jordan. >> this morning we are continuing to monitor the school bread that was made against a san mateo high- school that force police to increase patrols near the campus. the threat was posted on the internet and it mentioned dollars this date. well, nothing happened. will tran is live at aragon high school and he tells us what police are still there. >> in the meantime we had a chance to talk to the police captain of the san mateo police department. here's what he had to say. >> wednesday morning a student noticed a suspicious posted on the face book page. it was an anonymous facebook page. it was brought to the attention of the staff at the school. threats like this are taken very seriously. the first point of action is for us to immediately contact the school to reassure them and to work closely with them to make sure that the communication internally is working well. >> school is expected to s

[laughter] and then you have connections with theodore roosevelt. and he is looking for some honorable retirement. and he succeeded at this, but it was unfortunate. only two contract yellow fever and died in early december. it did not work out the way he had hoped. when it comes to a legacy, which is something people like to talk about, he is famous for three things. primarily the popularization of the elephant and a donkey as symbols of the democratic and republican party. he did not originate the use of the donkey. that predated him by decades because of this association. he did link the elephant to the republican party. that connection exploited quite frequently. people as animals and symbols and however they appeared. he is also famous for what is truly charming. and during the civil war he started to have a paper that appeared almost a week before. so the last would be dated the first of january. those early holiday illustrations rely on patriotic sentiment. as you can see, santa has arrived. and they are they're going to give out items of comf

his real name is theodore geisel he became an editorial cartoonist in the 1940's for our wrestling newspaper in new york called p.m. which was founded by marshall field, a left-wing millionaire, a traitor to his class as a talk about in my book. quite a few people in my book you were traitors to their class, upper class radicals. and so he was an editorial cartoonist to adopted the name dr. seuss, and he wrote and drew some incredible curtains during that time when he worked for p.m. newspaper, including willie -- really, really dramatic and hard-hitting cartoons against hitler, mussolini, southern races in anti-semites. he was quite a remarkable career tennis, but he really wanted to be a children's writer. he failed at first. the first couple of books that he tried to get published, no one wanted to test them. eventually with cat in the hat he became a popular children's author. quite a few of his books reflect his underlying philosophy which he told a reporter in an interview, i don't like people that believe other people or push of the people around. he really was about -- many of his bo

many of theodore gisel characters wore hats most notably the cat in the hat. hats are on display including that red and white stone pipe that inspired the classic tale. admission is free. >>> fred inglis is here to tell us about the warriors. >> the fans should get their money back tonight. warriors keep holding on to that six -- sixth play off spot. warriors wanted to finish their long home stand with a 5-2 record they'll have to settle for 4-3. first lead of the game when harrison barns settles for two of his four points. bulls lost by 42. remember nate robinson. little nate with a warrior last year. tonight nate returns to score 20 points and dish out seven assists. bulls outscore the warriors. and watch kyle booser brings down the house. chicago wins and it wasn't that close. warriors visit houston sunday. >>> what's wrong with this picture? netherlands reached the semi finals of the world classic. and team usa they are not. angel agan revved up his teammates. and pitcher ryan vogelsan, his own own teammate. two more runners score. usa did make it a 4-3 ga

many of theodore gisel characters wore hats most notably the cat in the hat.6 of the hats are on display including that red and white stone pipe that inspired the classic tale. admission is free. >>> fred inglis is here to tell us about the warriors. >> the fans should get their money back tonight. warriors keep holding on to that six -- sixth play off spot. warriors wanted to finish their long home stand with a 5-2 record they'll have to settle for 4-3. first lead of the game when harrison barns settles for two of his four points. bulls lost by 42. remember nate robinson. little nate with a warrior last year. tonight nate returns to score 20 points and dish out seven assists. bulls outscore the warriors. and watch kyle booser brings down the house. chicago wins and it wasn't that close. warriors visit houston sunday. >>> what's wrong with this picture? netherlands reached the semi finals of the world classic. and team usa they are not. angel agan revved up his teammates. and pitcher ryan vogelsan, his own own teammate. two more runners score. usa did make it

university of rochester professor theodore brown texas historical look at how cartoonists talked-about medicare and the 1960's. this is just over an hour. everyone iening, want to welcome you here -- everyone.ng, i want to welcome you here. presidentthank the who has been in extraordinary supporter of the program here at roosevelt house. ank her for her hard work and support. tisch elimination fund -- illumination fund. it is an important addition to the new york community. this has served as a wonderful place for intellectual discussion and debate around a range of social policy issues. i'm excited weakened crash they could be here with us tonight. excited they could be here with us tonight. when you walked down to the second floor of pathan -- second floor and realize this is the place where fdr conceived the social safety net and you are a progressive, it makes you feel warm. affordable , the care act was in the stage of just being implemented. many were concerned that people did not understand what they were getting. they did not understand what they needed, but they were getting c

. >> reporter: theodore olson the attorney for same-sex marriage advocates clashed with one justice over the history of marriage and when gays and lesbians became excluded. >> i want to know when it became unconstitutional. >> it seems to me you ought to be able to tell me when. >> i submit you've never required that before. >> reporter: justice kennedy the expected swing vote expressed skepticism on whether the court should even hear the case. but he also expressed sympathy for the children of same-sex couples. >> they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. the voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think. >> two of those children the 18- year-old twin sons of cindy spear and kristin perry attended the hearing with their moms. >> i just want to say how incredibly proud we are of our parents. >> reporter: this was the first of two major hearings on same- sex marriages, the justices tomorrow hear arguments opposing and in support of the federal defense of marriage act. in washington, d.c., david stevenson, ktvu news. >>> more details now that fe

. >> reporter: theodore olson the attorney for same-sex marriage advocates clashed with one justice over the history of marriage and when gays and lesbians became excluded. >> i want to know when it became unconstitutional. >> it seems to me you ought to be able to tell me when. >> i submit you've never required that before. >> reporter: justice kennedy the expected swing vote expressed skepticism on whether the court should even hear the case. but he also expressed sympathy for the children of same-sex couples. >> they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. the voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think. >> two of those children the 18- year-old twin sons of cindy spear and kristin perry attended the hearing with their moms. >> i just want to say how incredibly proud we are of our parents. >> reporter: this was the first of two major hearings on same- sex marriages, the justices tomorrow hear arguments opposing and in support of the federal defense of marriage act. in washington, d.c., david stevenson, ktvu news. >>> more details now that fe

>>reporter: tomorrow one of the lawyers theodore olson has 20 minutes to argue the case against prop 8. he will likely face question from his the court on why the 2008 vote of the peopleñr in california shoud be overturned. the other will have 10 minutes opposition to the same sex marriage ban and supporters of prop 8 represented by charles cooper. one of the attorneys who argued the case in san francisco federal court. capper will have 30 minutes and will likely face questions on whether prop 8 supportuers have legal standing in this case since california attorney general won't defend the law. >> when we talk about fundamental rights as relates to the constitutional we are talking about those rights that we as a nation designated as being some of the most sacred of all the rights we can have. >>reporter: state attorney general adds that more than a dozen times the supreme court has described marriage as fundamental right. supporters of the marriage ban say california voters have already made the call. >> we should not allow the federal judiciary to destroy the vote of the people es

or whether they might as theodore oleson is hoping to rule broadly on the constitutionality of gay marriage to cooper and olson as they made the arguments today. >> there is four ways in which we can succeed in this case. the broadest argument that we made is that it's just wrong, it's not consistent with the ideals and the laws and the constitution of this country to take the gay and lesbian brothers and sisters to put them in a class and deny them rights we give to everyone else. >> victory here for us, means that this issue returns to the people and their legislature and the elective representatives where the debate belongs. >> so there you have both sides of the argument, who takes away a win or not. yeah. i don't want you to presuppose what the court is going to do here. is this an issue that should be ruled on broadly so we have guidance here nationally? best of all worlds? should it be thrown back to states? should it just deal with the thousands of couples in california who are married prior to prop 8? >> i guess i'm idealist. i think when something comes before the supreme court of

. >> reporter: one of their lawyers, theodore olson, will are 20 minutes to argue the case against prophe will likely face questions from court on why the 2008 vote of the people in california should be overturned. u.s. solicitor jonathan varelli will have ten minutes representing the president's opposition to the same-sex maerng ban. and supporters of prop 8 will be represented by charles cooper. one of the attorneys who argued the case in san francisco's federal court. cooper will have 30 minutes and will likely face questions on whether prop 8 supporters have legal standing in this case since california's attorney general won't defend the law. >> when we talk about fundamental rights as it relates to the constitution, we are talking about those rights that we as a nation designated as being some of the most sacred of all the rights we can have. >> reporter: the state attorney general adds that more than a dozen times the supreme court has described marriage as a fundamental right. supporters of the marriage ban say california voters have already made the call. >> we should not allow

theodore ford. >> jimmy: oh, teddy ford.>> at recess. i remember. he was really -- you know, there was just something just so adorable. he had big cheeks -- it was a deliberate -- i plotted. >> jimmy: really? [ laughter ] >> -- for the kiss. i knew it was -- >> jimmy: you planned it out? >> i still remember, you know, your first little kiss. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i remember, "i am going to kiss teddy ford, i'm going to do it at recess." [ laughter ] and i marched over and i kissed him on the cheek. >> jimmy: no way. >> i felt very pleased with myself. [ laughter ] i was confident. >> jimmy: do you ever rub it in the president's face, and go, "hey, well that's not the way teddy would have handled it." [ laughter ] teddy doesn't have airforce one. yeah, just to rub it in his face. how about the first date with barack -- president barack obama. >> the first -- we talk about this a lot. he really pulled out all the stops. it was a day long date, the art institute. >> jimmy: day long? >> we went to the art institute, a walk down mic

earlier today he laid wreaths at the grave of the theodor herzl the founder of modern that zionism andter who was assassinated back in 1995. this is the final day of its first official visit to israel and the territories. he has been there the last three days and it is heavy and symbolism. he did toward the end storage sites in israel as well and encouraging middle east peace in general. we'll keep our eye on that this morning. new this morning, up three people are dead after a standoff at a marine base in virginia. the standoff started last night around 11:00 at the marine base in quantico virginia. a base spokesperson says the gunman shot a marine. that led to a standoff with the suspect, will barely killed another marine and killed himself. no names have been released but authorities say the gunman was a staff member at the officer can it is school at the base. the base was initially put on locked down but has since been lifted. >> million leasable is a sketch of a man they say assaulted and tried to adopt a woman. police say he grabbed the woman told her, tried to mover to a nearby

theodore is one of the elite attorneys in the prop 8 case representing the two couples fighting the california. and joe is an old friend of this show, he's a partner of the consulting firm gavin. he's a former president of the human rights campaign. joe, thank you for coming back. you're like the daniel boone of this movement. you go back so far. i've known you 15, 20 years. when a lot of us thought of marriage way back when, a lot of people said, don't push it too far, don't let that be the issue. things like that. what is your sense right now? by the way, let's talk about what really broke today. today two u.s. senators became the latest elected officials at a very high level to come out in support of marriage equality. claire mccaskill wrote, "i've come to the conclusion o. my views on this subject have changed over time, but as many of my trends, i find myself unable to look them in the eye without honestly confronting this uncomfortable inequality." what do you make? this tide is turning here. >> one of the most powerful things i think central to all of this is this atmosphere of inevitab

theodore olson and david boyes were on opposite sides in the case bush v. gore.with these guys. how did they end up joining forces on this case? >> lunch. certain dipent serendipity. barack obama won the election in 2008. proposition 8 passed in california. rob reiner is having lunch at the polo lounge. he's very upset about it. somebody walks by his table and says, you know what? you really ought to talk to ted olson about this. he said, are you kidding me? ted olson? this is never going to be, long story short. >> the guy who delivered the supreme court case to george w. bush. >> exactly. long story short. they decide to hire ted olson and then ted olson says, you know who else should join me in this case? david boyes. take a listen to rob reiner here. >> then when he suggested that we get david boyes to be his cocounsel, i thought, wow. to get the two guys who opposed each other on bush v. gore to team up saying that this is a nonpartisan issue. >> so, gloria, this is an unlikely marriage in itself. what is the significance of a conservative and a liberal figh

argument will be made by this man, the former solicitor general from the last presidency, ted olson, theodore olson and probably the most recognizable conservative legal figure in the country who is not himself a supreme court justice. ted olson was george w. bush's solicitor general. me played the role of joe biden to prep paul ryan for the vice presidential debate this past presidential election. ted olson the bush versus gore debate. it's ted olson and boyce who he beat are both on the pro gay rights side of this case tomorrow. but it will be ted olson, the conservative one, who will actually standed up tomorrow in court and make the case, along side the solicitor general. it's kind of the definition of heavy hitters, right, when it comes to supreme court oral arguments? the solicitor general and the last solicitor general from the other side of the aisle. wow. now, that's the pro gay rights side. the anti-gay rights side, the other side of the case tomorrow, will also be argued in tomorrow's arguments the lawyer for the anti-gay side will get equal full-time and the lawyer on that side of

he made an express point of visiting the graves of theodore hertzle the founder of modern zionism iniv he visited the site where yitzhak rabin was killed, and the shrine there. and they said he didn't even walk past the shrine to yasser arafat that many palestinians are saying this. so there's a great deal of, i would use the word anger. because i don't think he changed the minds of many palestinians at all. and his -- >> martin remember during the speech when he went off script and he got very emotional. he talked about having met with those palestinian youths aged 15 to 22 and he appealed to the israeli parents out there and said, if you'd had an opportunity to speak with these kids like i did, you would want for them opportunity. you would wish them well. you would want them to have the same life and future potential that your own children do. i mean, that, to me was profound as a listened to that speech. was that lost on the palestinian population? >> i agree with you. i think it totally came from his heart. >> yeah. >> and israelis received it in that way, too. i think it was lo

president spent the morning touring some of the region's cultural landmarks, including the graves of theodore hertzel, the father of modern zionism and yi itzak rabin. >> this accounting of horror is yet a source of hope. for here we learn we are never powerless, in our lives we always have choices, to succomb to our worst instincts or submit to the better angels of our nature. >>> at home, background checks are in, where is the senate gun bill headed now. in three years after the landmark health care law, republicans still refuse give up the fight. >>> let's repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. >> coming up, health and human services kathleen sebelius, with a reality check on where the law stands today. >>> and new jersey's tough-talking governor faces a tough crowd of his own, a class full of kindergartners. >> i'm a third grader at the elementary school. you've done a great job here in new jersey and i was wondering if you were thinking about running for president. >> softening him up with the compliment and then hit him with the hard-

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