u.s. supreme court personally shared. they issue a opinion that said birth right citizenship is what it was t should do and meant to do. in the debates over the 14th amendment, there is a senator from -- there were several, but one i remember from pennsylvania who said in congress okay, i get it. we are going to make black people citizens. but you don't mean the heathen chinese, do you? the senator from illinois channelling dick durbin said in effect, you better believe it. we mean that. because what they understand themselves to be doing and i think this is an important piece of this that has been absent from our current conversation, they understood what the 14th amendment does for this country. a lot of people think of it as a generous act to people who are here and their children get to be citizens. fair enough. it is generous, but it is also what you see in the congressional debates. they wanted to be able to claim the allegiance of everyone who was here. if you are a citizen, then the reciprocal is that the nation c

u.s. supreme court -- excuse me, the people's vote was set aside and he was appointed by the u.s. supreme court. i know on a social level it is very liberal. politically speaking with what is happening now with the hijacking of the sheriff's career is the same old backroom politics with what has happened before. politically speaking, san francisco is not progressive. you have the illusion of being the progressive minded city. i recommend that this man be reinstated to the job of sheriff and let the people decide. we are the ones that voted for him to be sure of. but him run his term. if we are satisfied, we know what to do. [applause] >> online name is rebecca. i am here to support these gentlemen right here. you have a family like everyone have family. what we do in this country is horrible. we see a lot of police killed and we do not do nothing. he is holding his wife and you guys are judging nothing. like he has no values. you guys look at him. his family is not here. we have to do our part. we see what is going on. it is spending five hours and spending our taxes. we are judgin

u.s. supreme court. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me now from washington, d.c. pete, this was breaking news only a couple hours ago and obviously it is one of those topics that's trending. >> it is up to the defenders of the defense of marriage act. they have the option of appealing to the full appeals court or taking it to the supreme court but it seem inhe have tabl it will be going to the supreme court. the question is not whether a state must recognize the right of same sex couples. the question is if a state does so, can the federal government refuse to recognize marriages in only those states? and the federal appeals court said today in a 3-0 decision with two republican appointed judges in the majority here in the unanimous court that it is unconstitutional. and it said that congress really didn't provide a good enough reason for intruding into an area that is typically one for the states to define what marriage is. the denial of the federal benefits affects things like tax law

corporations are messing with politics saying this is the supreme court says we can do it and they basically the montana supreme court kind of struck down the u.s. supreme court which isn't how it's supposed to work and so the u.s. supreme court put a stay on that now the corporations are paying off politicians like crazy in montana which has got the montanans all upset and we're going to see if the supreme court is going to decide this but it isn't this just nuts this idea that corporations should be able to to by politicians. this is funny you know it's not true first that corporations are out there just purchasing politicians as if this is something that started they tell you it was an accident if you don't tell you an actual true story from i is member of congress is not now was a member of congress until two thousand and ten election and about six months before before he was before that election actually is a war that a lobbyist came into his office and i got a half million dollars i can spend in your district i can use it to destroy you or to get you reelected which would you prefer now is that how democracy should wear what year was this

u.s. supreme court three years after lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act it said that people can't be discriminated against simply because of how they're born in the supreme court agreed marriage they said is one of the basic civil rights of man fundamental to our very existence and survival to deny this fundamental freedom and so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes is surely to deprive all the states citizens of liberty without due process of law the fourteenth amendment the supreme court went on to say requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by and videos racial discrimination under our constitution the freedom to marry or not to marry a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the state other words you can't be denied the right to marry somebody just because of how you were born that's the essence of what president obama said yesterday and he's right it's nothing but pure bigotry to deny people who love each other the right to get married just because of how they were born wheth

u.s. supreme court. there was a new poll taken april 4th through 15th right after the health care arguments. they're at an all-time low. 52% offer a favorable opinion of the court down from 58% in 2010 and the previous low of 57 in 2005. three in ten say they have an unfavorable view. is it obvious? >> this is after health care, before immigration. >> whose poll is that. >> this is pew. >> so it's a public opinion poll. >> it's a public opinion poll. is it obvious that transparency breeds legitimacy sft wizard of oz says the opposite, the more the people maintain the mystique, it's all in the theory of authority, the less you see the more you are able to trust the leader. it might be when people see the ads afterward where the individual lawyers are taken out of context sort of stammering and their attack ads based on the oral arguments, people have less respect. >> along those lines, i want to ask mickey a question about this. this program is being shared with viewers across america on c-span who has bee

u.s. supreme court said in 1915, this is okay. this is okay. and when american women got the vote, the integrity of married women citizenship was one of the key things that they wanted to fix. and when they fixed it, congress would only fix it so that if you married a man who was eligible for citizenship, you could keep your citizenship. but at that point, chinese, japane japanese -- >> you could not maryann asian or african. >> american born women lost their -- ulysses grant's daughter married an english\map. when she was widowed she had to petition congress to restore her citizenship. >>> this is cspan 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week. and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our web sites. join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> when immigrants start to show up in significant numbers, which is somewhat the case in the 1820's and 1830's, but very much the case in the 1840's and afterwards, they are

u.s. supreme court. cording to doug gansler, he believes the chances are very good that the supreme court will hear the case. if he gets the chance to please the case, he believes that maryland will win. >> here is ann curry with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. violence in the wake of president obama's visit to afghanistan. we will talk about the president's trip with brian williams. with bobbyrview brown. ryan o'neal made headlines on tuesday. we will need the piano progeny -- we will meat a piano prodigy. >> 62 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up, we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. >> time to get to your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- does someone lose ownership of an item, like a lottery ticket, once they throw it away? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> is the rain impacting things? >> we have some problems along

u.s. supreme court. from the 2003s involving -- who was found guilty of rape. is dna was taken after he had been arrested. cook some controversy today georgetown university commencement. the catholic archdiocese of washington blasted the inviting kathleen speak during commencement. the secretary is the architect the health care provision to providemployers contraception. many students are standing behind the university's decision. think the administration of jobgetown has done a good standing up for the students. there been supportive of their student body. >> kathleen sibelius' touched of church andion state. prices slidad, gas again. we will showed you how much this weekend.ng >> why americans seems to be working too much. >> facebook made market history today. of sunshine today. temperatures and 71 in arlington. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labe

u.s. supreme court. raymond alexander, for the first time after a very long trial, three months -- i forgot to mention both trials took three months, 15,000 pages of trial testimony that i had to go through, and my eyes still haven't quite recovered from this experience. but raymond alexander in 1950 was hired by the u.s. state department to travel western europe to go to army bases and see that the african-american soldiers were being treated fairly. he was doing this in paris when he saw front-page newspaper headline about the trenton six on trial again, pictures, everything. every country he traveled in had further stories about the trenton six. um, he was amazed that this story from trenton would be all over europe. the civil rights congress besides getting lawyers for the men's appeal also had an amazing political machine. they, um, literally made the trenton six case known worldwide, and in 1950 this was a very hard thing to do. raymond alexander did not like the publicity they created because they

u.s. supreme court if the maryland court of appeals does not reconsider its decision. >>> 6:06 now. ahead, a company that just about every high school student uses, accused of ripping off taxpayers. >>> another wet morning. you may see flashes of lightning. >>> next, forget about distracting driving. what drivers are not doing that could be causing millions of accidents. >>> so we know distracted driving is definitely dangerous. but a new study says improper use of turn signals causes twice as many accidents. that's according to the society of automotive engineer. the studio found that 48% of the time drivers either neglected to use their turn signal when changing lanes or failed to turn the signal off afterwards. researchers also found 25% of drivers did not use their turn signals when making a turn. turn signal issues cause about two million accidents every year. >>> a lot of people are weighing in on this one saying absolutely. can't believe the number of people who to not use signals properly or just plain forget. it is dangerous. not only discourteous and a pet peeve of a lot o

u.s. supreme court. a woman remains in the hospital after police say her son stabbed her. the sheriff office said the stabbing took place during some kind of domestic dispute. the woman was flown to shock trauma. police have the sun in custody. no word on what charges he may face. >> it turned out to be another gloomy day. that is holding down temperatures. currently 63 at b.w.i. marshall. a lot of clouds in the sky. we are expecting most of these clouds to stick around. however, if you get a couple of breaks in the cloud cover, it there could be a couple of isolated thunderstorms. that is something that we have to watch out for as we head into the afternoon. temperatures will not be able to warm much because of the clouds. we will talk about this more when we come back for the insta- weather forecast. >> if you think that things are bad on jfx now, wait until tomorrow. they are going to have more closures to deal with the russian. all northbound lanes will be t towards -- they're going to have more closures. all northbound lanes will be detoured. the overnight closures wi

u.s. supreme court here in washington. in the newsroom tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> president obama is attending a big hollywood fundraiser tonight. it's held at the l.a. home of actor george clooney. 150 guests is held out $40,000 each to attend. some of the names on the guest list include robert downey jr., barbra streisand and toby mcguire. >>> prosecutors rested their case in the john edwards trial. many of his closest friends and advisors were called to the stand during the 14 days of dramatic testimony. edwards is accused of masterminding a campaign fund to hide his mistress from his presidential bid. prosecutors did not call hunter on the stand but she a potential defense witness. >>> testimony in the perjury trial of baseball great roger clemens continue. the jury heard about brian mcnamee, the strength coach. the general manager testified mcnamee asked specifically to be hired to train him. clemens is accused of lying to congress in '08 when he said never used performance enhancing drugs. >>> we now know why so

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u.s. supreme court. >>> another big decision for maryland's highest court. it says gay couples can get a divorce in maryland even though maryland does not currently allow same sex marriage. >> the sound of hecklers. they were graduating students standing up for the secretary of health and human services at georgetown university today. kathleen was heckled as she addressed the school's public policy institute. >>> i'm kristin fisher at georgetown university where outside, about 20 catholics protested her speech. they say she persecutes the church, yet georgetown welcomes her. >> the cause of the scandal is that the catholic university inviting a proabortion politician. >> some information on life and why we're here? >> i don't like that. >> well we like life. >> at issue, is the support of obama care. specifically the law that requires employers to provide contraception coverage even if it's against their religious beliefs. >> it really is attacking our religious freedom and our catholic faith. >> university officials say she wasn't selected to talk policy. s

u.s. supreme court. >>> the clouds have opened up and seeing some blue sky and sunshine outside. take a live look outside right now. the sun is shining brightly for the past 45 minutes and everybody is cheering up after this morning's rain. we have complete coverage for you. marty bass in the outback without a coat and meteorologist bernadette woods is in the first warning weather center. >> we will start out where the rain is that moved through this morning. it's quickly racing out to sea. it is no longer our problem. you do notice out to our southwest there are scattered areas of thunderstorms and this will factor into our forecast and with the sunshine returning look at these temperatures. 76 degrees in baltimore right now. 78 already in d.c. and notice the dew point is still high because of the morning rairn so it does feel muggy. compared to yesterday at this time we are 22-degrees warmer. this is just the beginning of our warm up. for more on that here is marty. >> thank you very much. by the way, tell don i'm not wearing a sport coat but i have my speedo on. it's that nice

u.s. supreme court. >>> president obama heads to new york city to attend two fundraisers and deliver the commencement address at barnard college. women's issues have come to the forefront of the campaign. he's expected to speak about that today at the all female college. after the ceremony the president is headed to a fundraiser co-hosted by the lbgt leadership council. he will also attend a private fundraise evening and record an interview with "the view" which airs here on abc7 every morning at 10:00. >>> you have soon pictures of the earth showing huge oceans, lakes and snow-covered mountains. next, scientists reveal how much water there is on the planet in an eye-opening way. >> make or break meeting that could determine the future of one of the nation's most prestigious marching bands. >>> war can't stop a dad from witnessing the birth of his baby. >>> the new treat that promises to help cut calories. >>> high temperatures across the bay area. 62 san francisco, mid to upper 60s bay shore into the north bay low to mid 70s inland east bay valleys, 70 san jose and morgan hill. 104 phoenix heat bypa

u.s. supreme court?ou know, i'm just talking about when you have this kind of debt and this kind of deficit, maybe they hold the 20 million until they find out, just until june 30th? >> you would think, wouldn't you? because before june 30th we'll get a decision from the supreme court. megyn: we'll know. >> whether you can go forward with the mandate yes or no. so why put this out now? why spend the $20 million? they've allocated it to this pr company. why do it now? why do it in an election year if it's not to buy votes with taxpayer money? megyn: that's an interesting question because, you know, why not just wait? it's $20 million we can save if they strike down the law, you know, no problem. you don't have to spend the money. >> you would think. megyn: if they don't, spend the money in july. stu varney, thank you. >> sure. megyn: they say they will go ahead and spend the money just as they have. >>> well, a stern warning to the u.s. supreme court just days before this expected ruling on obamacare, but

u.s. supreme court unanimously struck down racially segregated public schools in the landmark case, brown versus board of education. >>> boxing legend sugar ray leonard turns 56. all day long, stay on top of the latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc and tonight, watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> here is a look at what is coming up later this morning on "the today show." america's got talent judge sharon osbourne opens up about sharing the judge's table with howard stern and what to expect from this season's hit nbc show. >>> two college athletic teams bring their viral dants moves out for a live plaza face-off. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more, i'm lynn berry, thanks for watching "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

u.s. supreme court and there is significant cases. ll focus on all the cases plus -- not including the health care case. guesthere was the funding of ballot measures -- they have done a lot this term. guest: the court has several first amendment cases this term. that is an interesting one involving when union members can be compelled to participate in the political activities of the unions. right? host: that's the one, paying the union dues. guest: there is an interesting tension there. the citizens united case makes it easy for corporations to engage in political activities. it does not give shareholders much right to opt out of those kind of political activities. the court tends to treat humans differently they say union members cannot be compelled to fund political activities of their unions. this case is a very incremental cxase.of a k streethe do you have to send out a separate notice to union members? i don't think any earthshaking rule cannot invest the likely outcome in these human cases is that the core is protective of union

u.s. supreme court justices. >>> and the gay marriage debate is so heated in north carolina, democrats are petitioning to move this year's national convention out of charlotte. they're angry the state passed a controversial ban on same-sex marriage. 20,000 people signed a petition. the democratic officials say they will not change the location and in colorado, civil unions died on the house this week. governor john hicken looper decided to call a specialsition to bring signature -- legislator inside the issue. >> and it's bending towards justice. we want to make sure that that continues moving forward. >> and more time may not solve the issue and he supports civil unions, the republicans are opposed to the measure. >>> and they're out of their homes for a month and some residents will be allowed to return. the navy finished the repairs and in virginia beach. the accident destroyed 27 units, damaged 37 others on april 6th and the two pilots escaped without serious injury. five people on the ground were hurt. >>> and monitoring metro. the buses catching fire and a train derailment and a defi

u.s. supreme court today refused to hear joel tannenbaum's challenge and that leaves in place the original ruling. he says he doesn't have that kind of money and he will continue to fight the ruling. >>> nato rulings tonight are reaffirming their pledge to end the combat mission in afghanistan by 2014. nato troops, however, will remain in the country in a support role. president obama spoke briefly monday with both the afghan and pakistani presidents. the u.s. and nato are trying to get back stan to reopen key supply routes closed after a u.s. air strike. >> we didn't anticipate that the supply line issue was going to be resolved by thissummit. we knew that before we arrived in chicago, but we're actually making diligent progress on it. >> police actually outnumbered the protesters as they followed them through the downtown streets. this time they sat down in front of the re-election offices of president obama. sunday saw much larger protest crowds and a scuffle with the cops that led to 45 arrests. >>> much more to come on 9 news now. >> what are these people thinking? a mom and dad stuff

u.s. supreme court declared the statute unconstitutional. they were going be key and the administration put a number of federal judges in who issued rulings that were contrary to law. >> when the district judges ruled against him they had to go the judges in the fifth circuit to get basic constitutional rights for african-americans in the south. >> can i continue this? just on this road because it -- when you are sitting inside the government and you are seeing that and if your party and president -- you're in a terrible mess. and so, you have to do what you have to do. it is to point out to the president of the united states that they were not responding to green and his colleagues. you look at the picture, torn by rage. again you got say come on government i work for. move and do something. and i woultd say it in words and then i decided -- and ralph would say write it. write it. you know this stuff. and then i finally said to myself what do you need to do? i said to myself, what are you? a man or a bunch of -- you can't ask yourself that

u.s. supreme court. >>> a followup tonight on a story we have been pressing for us to cover. 9 wants to know what's going on with the investigation into a deadly police shooting in culpeper, virginia, so today we sent a reporter to try and find out. >> i'm kristin fisher outside the town of culpeper police department where an officer here is still on paid an mid administrate eve administrative leave. >> i think it's a cover up. >> so far, no charges have been filed and the only thing that town spokesman will say is that the investigation is in the hands of a special prosecutor and the state police. like everyone, we await the results of that investigation. >> could have been anybody's mother. >> is not satisfied with that response. >> something didn't add up. how could this woman who later found out didn't have any criminal problems, who was unarmed. how could she end up being shot to death while sitting in her vehicle? >> he started this facebook page. justice for patricia cook. he started an online petition and has gotten 350 signatures. but other people in town say jennings is causing mor

u.s. supreme court building is getting a bit of a facelift. work on repairs and preservation of the from exterior will begin next week. seven years ago a big chunk of marble from a sculpture fell about 100 ft. on to the stairs below. >> in new study highlights the importance of breast cancer screenings for women in their '40's. researchers found that more than half the women were diagnosed in that age group had no family history of the disease. >> researchers at the university of virginia have identified a protein that may trigger the development of alzheimer's disease. it makes other chemicals in the brain more toxic killing brain cells. the finding could lead to more effective drug therapy treatments. >> the state wide protest includes three students from sacramento state whose last meal before the strike was pizza. they say they will not eat until their demands are met. they also want csu administrators to give up their car and housing allowances. thousands of cal state professors could soon walk off the dog in the four largest faculty stri

u.s. supreme court in a case just a few years ago held that there is no federal constitutional right to have access to dna. i think that was a case involving baby. even though the constitution does provide it, the state did not get a rife rite to it. could we imagine congress creating a national right? i almost could, even in this difingsal congress, where nothing can be passed and both sides are at each other's throw. in is not something which everyone -- is a basic matter of jg. there are bipartisan improvements,in owe sent movements afoot. the innocent progress are doing work along these binh lines. you might find ways to lobby. >> thank you. who's next? >> yes, sir. >> let me in response to that suggest that perhaps it a little naive to suggest there isn't prosecutorial politics. it may be and and the inmaximizing prosecutorial discretion can't be in order. i wanted to ask something very different and that's going back to the court funding issue and the relationship between funding and transparency about our own inefficiencies in the system. it seems to me we're constantly caught in this

u.s. supreme court doesn't do... make some sort of radical decision imposing same sex marriage on an electorate that doesn't want it. >> ifill: i want to ask you a final question which is when you look at this issue as it comes back periodically, do you believe, mr. socarides, starting with you, do you believe that this helps or hurts at a time when people are thinking about the economy, thinking about their pocketbooks that it helps or hurts in your case a democratic candidate to get drawn into this debate? >> i think this is a national discussion we are having. it's an important national discussion. people need to be sharing their views and our political leaders need to lead on thisish you a. i think that this issue helps democrats because i think that democrats want to stand for equality and basic protections. i think it will help the president when he takes a clear stand like vice president biden did. >> ifill: prior to the election? >> i hope he does it prior to the election. we're going to support him even if h

u.s. supreme court for the recording industry. the court upheld the $675,000 verdict against a college student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the internet. country music star kim mcgraw has a new record label. he sign add multialbum deal with big machine records. last year a judge allowed mcgraw to end his lifetime contract with curb record. >> i'm engaged. >> what? >> will you be my maid of honor? >> of course. >> reporter: actress kristin wig who wrote and starred in "brides made" has wrapped up her seven-year run on saturday night live. she now has several movies in the works including a comedy due out later this year. that's your eye on entertainment,. cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9 news now at the 5:00 a.m. hour. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika santami. >> good morning. >> she'll on more on traffic in a minute. >>> we did have heavy rains overnight. remember to credit me on the pretty days. we are looking at some heavy rains which fell in princ

u.s. supreme court is not getting involved in a major file sharing case. that let stand a 675,000 award against a former boston university student who admitted down loading 30 songs from kazaa and hopes a judge will reduce the damages. youtubeers are -- are uploading more videos. those are your tech bites, i am rob nelson. >>> and welcome back. the boughtmore and washington area -- baltimore and washington area are some of the worst with traffic. jim joins us live to tell us how baltimore stands. what does it say about the baltimore dc area relative to congestion. >> yeah, charley, well baltimore is ranked 16th out of the 100 worst cities for traffic. and our report this year the average trip in baltimore takes 11% longer than it would due to traffic. i guess the good news is that you know actually traffic is actually down about 25% in baltimore. but drivers still waste about 27 hours a year idle in traffic in the local area. >> with that 11% longer time on the roads, how does that affect the local economy? >> well, what we are seeing out there is you know

u.s. supreme court declared the alabama segregation statute unconstitutional. so federal judges were going to be key in whether or not the movement was going to succeed or fail in the south and the ken diadministration put a number of federal judges in who issued rulings that were rear to law. harold cox would speak in racial epithets from the bench, would refer to african-americans as monkeys from the bench and this was someone who kennedy put in and in fact the judges who the kennedys liked were the eisenhowers on the fifth circuit because when the district court judges ruled against them they had to go to the eisenhower judges in the fifth circuit to get basic constitutional rights for african americans in the south so the federal judges were key. >> can i continue this, just on this road, because when you are sitting inside the government and you're seeing that, and it's your party and your president, you're in a terrible mess, and so you have to do what you have to do, taken is to point out to the president of the united states that they weren't responding

u.s. supreme court. >> it's a question of littleireitations building and then igniting and then all hell breakingtory is woven into america's popular culture in a song made famous by waylon jennings. ♪ like the hatfields and the mccoys ♪ >> cartoons immortalized them from bugs bunny. to the prehistoric flintstones. >> it's from that hillbilly jethro hatrock. >> then the game show. >> let's finish the family feud. >> in 1979 pitted the real hatfields and mccoys against each other, playing for a pig. >> let's play the feud. >> today, the families are united on facebook, holding an annual marathon that attracts 500 people to the hills where their ancestors fought. this summer, it's once again america's favorite drama and there's no arging over that. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >> that's our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being with us. i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. matt lauer will be sitting in here tomorrow. hope you'll join us. have a good night, everyone.

u.s. supreme court. paulette frankl, "lust for justice," tony serra, and sheldon siegal. so before we take a break, i do have a surprise. a few years ago, i guess six or seven years ago, i met an amazing artist. i was visiting his home. and he had created this wonderful sculpture. i immediately recognized it as being clarence. it turned out that he had created a number of just amazing sculptures of trial lawyers. and he went on to do one of clara fults, the first woman attorney in california and became the leader of the public defender movement. and just by happenstance, he called me and had this idea of encapsulating one of the greatest trial attorneys of our times. so, bill? is he here? this is not a magistrate. [laughing] -- not a magic trick. >> i've never met tony serra, so i have to make use of the internet to get a sense of who he was and the imagery. what clearly came over was his passion for justice. and in some cases almost a rage for justice. and initially when i started the imagery with the clay, i tried to show this passion for justice, this rage. but then i