it would be a different kind of uniformity of uniformity was the-- if uniformity was only value at stake. >> i have no doubt there are different aspects of uniformity that congress could reasonably choose to pursue in different circumstances. each of those is a reasonable option. >> may be will get one item of agreement. that uniformity is not an issue with the prop 8 case. >> i think that is right. >> actually -- >> i thought i was going to get agreement. >> there is an argument that prop. 8 makes with the 18,000 or so same-sex marriages that occurred in california between the time that the state supreme court opinion and the effective date of prop. 8. thehat is not at issue in perry case itself, is it? >> the plaintiff has argued that there is a certain irrationality in prop. 8 in permitting those marriages to continue. >> but it is not the same kind of definitional uniformity problem that there is in this case. >> know. -- no, i agree. >> ok, second, it is often said that one of the reasons that states on the one hand and federal government on the other did not grant the right to marr

so the issue of uniformity just doesn't get you there, because there is no uniformity advantage to section 3 of doma as opposed to the traditional rule. the issue of administration doesn't get you there. i mean, at a very basic level administrative concerns ought not be an important enough interest to justify this kind of a discrimination under the equal protection clause. but even if you look at them, there are no genuine administrative benefits to doma. if anything, section 3 of doma makes federal administration more difficult, because now the federal government has to look behind valid state marriage licenses and see whether they are about state marriages that are out of compliance with doma. it's an additional administrative burden. so there is no -- there is no administrative -- there is no administrative advantage to be gained here by what -by what congress sought to achieve. and the fundamental reality of it is, and i think the house report makes this glaringly clear, is that doma was not enacted for any purpose of uniformity, administration, caution, pausing, any of that. it was en

the answer can't be uniformity as we've discussed. it can't be cost savings, because you still have to explain then why the cost savings is being wrought at the expense of married couples who are gay; and it can't be any of the state interests that weren't discussed, but questions of family law in parenting and marriage are done by the states, not by the federal government. the only -- the only conclusion that can be drawn is what was in the house report, which is moral disapproval of gay people, which the congress thought was permissible in 1996 because it relied on the court's bowers decision, which this court has said was wrong, not only at the time it was overruled in lawrence, but was wrong when it was decided. >> so 84 senators -it's the same question i asked before; 84 senators based their vote on moral disapproval of gay people? >> no, i think -- i think what is true, mr. chief justice, is that times can blind, and that back in 1996 people did not have the understanding that they have today, that there is no distinction, there

so the issue of uniformity just doesn't get you there, because there is no uniformity advantage to section 3 of doma as opposed to the traditional rule. the issue of administration doesn't get you there. i mean, at a very basic level administrative concerns ought not be an important enough interest to justify this kind of a discrimination under the equal protection clause. but even if you look at them, there are no genuine administrative benefits to doma. if anything, section 3 of doma makes federal administration more difficult, because now the federal government has to look behind valid state marriage licenses and see whether they are about state marriages that are out of compliance with doma. it's an additional administrative burden. so there is no -- there is no administrative -- there is no administrative advantage to be gained here by what -- by what congress sought to achieve. and the fundamental reality of it is, and i think the house report makes this glaringly clear, is that doma was not enacted for any purpose of uniformity, administration, caution, pausing, any of that. it was

. >> it is not uniformity. it does not regulate all. >> that is true, but i don't think that is a mark against it for federalism purchase -- federalism purposes. remember, in 1996, congress is addressing this issue because they are thinking that through its judicial action it is about to change the definition of marriage in a way that it has been defined in every jurisdiction in the united sthat at.ant is that when congress passed every one of the statutes by doma's definition, they had a definition. congress at that point said, the states are about to experiment in changing this, that the one thing we know is all these federal statutes were passed with the traditional definition in mind. in the rational basis defense, it has to be rational. they said, well, we are going to reaffirm with how this is meant for the purposes of federal law. >> suppose we look just at the state tax provision which is an issue in this case which provides especially favorable treatment to a married couple as individualany other or ec

they put the uniform on and it's serious business. they are at work. they take their jobs very seriously. then when you see them outside of their uniforms, you're just reminded that they have families like you and i. and they are people just like you and i. >> even within their own police organization -- because truthfully, so many of us, we're one person at work, another person at home. but i really like it when we get to hear what the men and women were like within their own police departments. because just in our news rooms, there are people who are mentors, people who are class clowns, people who are all- business all the time and don't like anybody screwing around. so when we hear this information about the officers and how they were at work, you think, wow, even though i saw him or her, straight face in the patrol car, you know, really focused and very, very much on duty, you know they must have had lighter moments inside the police department, barbecuing with friends, inside the police department. that's when you really do realize they may work

it was uniformity, uniformity, uniformity. you can sort of car a giant hole through easily.-re was no anti-gay explicitly anti-gay comments. >> talk about legal strangers. >> that means -- we saw the clip of edie and thea. they were married. they were married in their hearts for 40 years, then they got married legally in canada and was recognized by the state of new york. but to the federal government, they are treated as legal strangers. what that means, i will give a very clear example, we have a couple -- a lesbian couple of whom want is a service person. she was killed in afghanistan. notify hery did not wife first, they notified her biological family because they consider her spouse as a legal stranger. and that is just not american. it really isn't. it is not the way the federal government should be doing things. it should be respecting the marriages performed in the states and the relationships. >> i want to get into a discussion about where if doma is struck down what this means, or not, as the supreme court heard these two major cases this week on marriage equality,

neil: that depends on the uniforms.hey might be very nice. >> it is the government attitude, and one that just does not wash in lean economic times. neil: because it comes a little more than a few days after the vice president gave $50 million to the new egyptian government. >> i wonder when that was budgeted. he must know that sequester was coming off. neil: there you go. as did janet impala tonneau who her agents would say was already releasing potentially bad illegals out on the street on the fears that, you know, the sequestered cuts were coming and they were being released. neil: and -- >> and if you live in west virginia, have the 14,000 teachers been fired yet that the secretary of education said would be this month because of the sequestered? neil: the pattern. >> it is one of gross deception. let me remind those of us watching. it is a crime for us to lie to the government. it is apparently not a crime for the government to lie to us, and like they have in an effort to scare us, only who could say the beetle ju

retainer in new uniforms and this is the sort of. every agency to hire despite a decrease in so i mean what do you say. there's a lot there are ways to cut the besides your little ones or your own conscious say guys to show up in jeans and they're not because they have plenty of uniforms but you'd rather they show don't join so it's an intentional thing right before sequester ation it to order those uniforms that hey let's get this massive influx what about all the equipment that's sitting down in texas and use it i think it's one hundred eighty million dollars worth all at the cost of i don't know you know this is meaningless in terms of the federal budget we have so we're talking about so is one point two little. dollars one point two great what it is it's just this us. this is the administrative agencies left that let's do to the economy what they're doing but look if you add all those little things up all that nonsense up and it adds up to be a bigger thing and that is across the board education energy that goes the republicans l

and seeking to save more money britain's government tries to get cheaper uniforms sports bodies on the beat plus. it's just a few minutes we report of why manny who have fled the syrian conflict feel they are being seen millions in foreign countries. they deposit in cyber as largest bank are likely to see most of their savings wiped out they will reportedly get back less than forty percent of their money under the latest rescue package and only in shares instead of cash while the remainder may never be paid back the terms of the painful cyprus rescue are set to be finally announced on saturday dana wagner c.e.o. of a risk advisory firm says even the shares which the depositors will get are unlikely to bring an e. relief. if the bank can pull a rabbit out of a hat and somehow make what appears to be near worthless shares somehow very valuable then i suppose these the positives have some hope that they'll be receiving some of their money back but at this point in time that doesn't look very likely and what's happening now is the rise of the far right in many parts of europe has only in s

on ordering different brits in uniform there are forty three police forces in england and wales and each one orders that clothes on their equipment separately and to different specifications to take for example your high visibility jacket back to call as much as up to one hundred pounds per unit in a bench press force combative little as twenty pounds per unit in a more frugal constabulary lots of four hundred percent difference in price and the same applies to all the commonplace items that you'd expect would be standard issues such as boots handcuffs and even body armor this was his goal velcro covered strap which was the zip. zip with no velcro covering strop. the last you need is a bit of bureaucracy get in the way of progress it makes sense to have one standardized way of buying stuff and yes it would be a look like cheap police federation around the country have been very vocally protesting cuts to their budgets recently yet the public accounts committee says that instead of tackling kwai and police forces are wasting resources time and money on disagreeing over how many pockets th

close to suit the budget so you can just say more money britain's government tries to get cheaper uniforms words bobbies on the beat that's just a have for you. now twenty four people have been killed in a wave of suicide attacks on mosques in iraq the violence comes ahead of provincial elections in april and is said to be carried out by al qaida cells to scare locals away from the polls and the run up to the vote at least eleven candidates for governor have already been assassinated geopolitical alistair drives are told us that this is all part of a high level turf war caused by the us invasion. american presence is not simply quote unquote boots on the ground what you what you have to realize is that much of the iraqi political ruling class is handpicked by the united states take for example the ascendance of maliki to the to the role of prime minister this was in opposition to the us s hand picked successor to saddam hussein be followed by the other u.s. darling alawi and so maliki really represents the us as worst nightmare and they have worked night and day to do whatever they can to

the budget seeking to save more money britain's government tries to get cheaper uniforms for its bobbies on the beat was. later in the program really poor why manny who have fled the syrian conflict feel they are being humiliated in foreign countries. thousands of palestinians in israel and the west bank are gearing up to protest against israel's occupation of their territories the annual land day demonstrations commemorate the israeli government's seizure twenty seven years ago of a large chunk of arab land which resulted in deadly rallies well we can now cross live to our correspondent who is at a checkpoint where the palestinian israeli border and tensions were running high well rena tell us judging by your gear of course we say that there could be some violence where you are now tell us a bit more about that. well you can you can see that the demonstrations how essentially started and they have begun last last night actually on friday in some cities in the west bank and in the palestinian territories we are expecting more massive show of discontent to you this is how this has been tr

yet we spend $50 million on uniforms for the tsa. i'm the first person you should be dressed nationally when you pat me down, but we don't need this. it's insulting to the american people they keep trying to get away with this stuff. you are too stupid to figure it out on your own they think. >> eric: not only are they not cutting back but they listed 400 jobs the day sequester wasn't into effect to hire people. >> and sequester doesn't cut government but cuts the growth of government. and looking around saying, where shall we started cutting. how about going back to the constitution. all government is supposed to do is protect our individuals rights not to feed us and clothe us. so if we're looking what is the cut. let's go back to the constitutional principles. >> eric: you are sitting there in that chamber, why is it so hard to cut? >> bottom line, congressman and senators aren't getting a cut. staff is cut 5.1%. you need to have the leadership and boehner in the house and reid in the senate delegate to ranking members and say we

yet we spend $50 million on uniforms for the tsa. i'm the first person who thinks you should be dressed nice lea when you pat me down. it's insulting to the american people that they keep getting away with this stuff. they seem to think you're too stupid to figure it out on your own. >> jonathan, not only are they not cutting back, they actually listed 400 jobs, the white house listed 400 jobs the day sequester went into effect. 400 new jobs that they're looking to hire people. >> yeah. let's not kid ourselves. sequester doesn't cut government. it cuts the growth of government. we're all wandering around saying r should we start cutting? how about going back to the constitution? the role of government is protect the individual rights. not employ us, feed us, clothe us. government is involved in so many elements of life now in which it was never intended to be. so if we're look at what to cut, let's go back to the constitutional principles. >> senator, you were sitting in the chamber. why is it so hard to cut? honestly, from both side

clubs to suit to the budget seeking to save more money which is government tries to get cheaper uniforms for its bobbies on the beat plus. late in the program a report on why many of us fled to the syrian conflict field to be humiliated in foreign countries that and more after the break. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else hears you some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard because a big picture. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. in troy arabic to find out visit our big. welcome back and before a twenty one doctors have been cleared of involvement in the illegal and to government protests the medics have spent more than they get hot behind bars for as i say treating injured to demonstrators dozens of health workers along with the opposition activists have been arrested and charged since the uprising began more

a gunman wearing an afghan security uniforms opened fire at a jointly operated space. in india, police said the bus driver of the center of a gang rape and murder trial committed suicide. the man's lawyer says he does not believe the police. he was one of six men accused of attacking a woman in new delhi in december. japan has held a minute of silence on the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in tsunami. nearly 19,000 people were killed. the opposition leader of venezuela has confirmed he will be running in the presidential race to replace the late hugo chavez. the election will be on april 14. we have the latest. >> accusations that accuse the government of lying to the venezuelan people and the world about the illness of hugo chavez. in a position later -- the opposition leader claims his death is used for political gain. >> the venezuelans have been lied to all along. this is all calculated. >> as was expected, he announced he would run for president, setting the stage for what could be a nasty campaign against the hand-picked successor. >> i am going

police force comes under fire for wasting money on expensive uniforms at a time it was jerry gee this is as true now as in postal workers go on strike over job and pay. where were you watching today a welcome here on r.g.p. with me to bomb would say it's good to have your company with us. palestinians in the west bank as well as those living in israel's have gathered to protest against israeli settlement expansion they're marking land day which commemorates of the siege of a large slice of the arab territories by israel almost three decades ago which resulted in deadly underestimating the little ripples now from a border checkpoint where tensions are running high today irina the israeli occupation has been a source of anger among palestinians for for decades now. have you seen today what's been the reaction to lend day. well you can i can tell you that the tension actually is running high it seemed for a while like it had it has been subsiding here at the kalandia checkpoint between ramallah and is jerusalem but now. the even though the israeli military has pushed back slightly toward

hundreds of thousands more will take on the uniform in the years ahead. in view of that, the focus of my remarks this evening is these young veterans who have done so much for our country. in particular, i want to offer my view that while our country continues to improve its support for and recognition of these and all our veterans and their families, we can and must do more particularly in certain respects. it is in fact appropriate at an event such as this to ask what our nation owes our veterans. what are our obligations to those who have risked everything in the service of our united states? i believe that our responsibilities are four fold. we must look after the families of our fallen heroes. we must take care of our wounded servicemen and women. we must help our veterans transition successfully to the civilian sector and we must recognize and honor our veterans service. first it goes without saying -- [applause] firsts without saying that we must do all that is humanly possible to look after our gold star families. our fallen, our fallen in the wor

claws to suit the budget seeking to ses and more money for this government tries to get cheaper uniforms for its bobbies on the beat. and cause the teachers fight back at authorities attempts to slash the city's education budget and close schools that much more in a couple of minutes here in our. big deposit or in cyprus are likely to see most of their savings why tallaght less than forty percent of their money will reportedly be exchanged for bank shares under the latest rescue package while the remainder may never be paid back well the terms of the pain full cyprus rescue plan. and are said to be finally announced on saturday when the mean time to discuss what's ahead for the secrets with the latest package i'm joined by harlan green editor of popular economics dot com thank you so much for joining us sir to talk about this so it looks like the big depositors' will only get shares so the question is are these shares worth anything or is it just another way of saying you'll get nothing. for many many years to come they will probably get nothing unfortunately fortunately when they put a

the cloth to suit the budget seeking to save more money bridges government tries to get cheaper uniforms for its bobbies on the plots. late in the program reported why many who have fled to the syrian conflict feel they've been humiliated in foreign countries that and more after the break. join thousands of gadgets to lose walk into the mobile world congress in barcelona for research and handset makers try to get their troops back. and software superchargers hope to speak. in previous successful short rushes yandex turns up the heat on google and despite a new twist on infotainment it's not just fun and games often overlooked video engines bring all the streaming coverages to the palm of your hands and there's a new player in town looking to show that you isn't that better than one month period a year on. the central. news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day played. welcome back of us is our team in the her twenty one doctors have been cleared of involvement in the legal and to

we have under the uniform code a series of specified -- there is a criminal code. we have a series of procedural rules the same way every jurisdiction has them. we follow the federal rules of evidence. we called on the military rules of evidence, but they are the same. they evolved to keep pace with the federal rules of evidence. that is not a change. what is different is we have a role of commander. there is no role for the a governor, or the president, there is no role for an elected official to exercise military justice procedure. it in our system, i would take a case and we would have a pretrial investigation. i would take that case to the commander to say, commander, this case deserves a general court-martial and the commander could look at me and say, judge, i disagree. i do not think there is evidence that would support that. i have not had that happen in my professional career. it did happen here about two weeks ago in italy. we are paying a pretty significant price for that decision by a commander who ignored the ruling of the judge who said this trial was

my male counterparts do not have to serve -- wear any accommodation for a uniform. i do not want to wear that. congress passed in 2003, no more. the statute was passed. they said, you cannot force and encourage and persuade women to wear one if they do not want to. then i saw that play out. interestingly, then, we had in 2001 the operation freedom in afghanistan. the first thing every one of those guys did, they grew big bushy beards. i said, wait a minute. the special operators said, we need to blend in. we need to have the beards so we can better serve and get more credibility with the afghans with whom we are dealing so the men wore beards. it has been an interesting thing to see them. in 2009, when i assumed my current position, we had five religious accommodation requests granted. two were with muslims wanted to wear beards, two were with orthodox jews who also wanted to grow beards. then we had a woman who wanted to wear the headdress. the air force granted the right for her to wear that. it has been a little bit of a challenge in the sense that, when the cong

it was the greatest of privilege to serve with them and countless others in them during my time in uniform and at the cia. it has been a to honor to be here this evening to help you andgnize your current future veteran service, as well as to discuss the nation obligations to veterans and their families. in so doing, it has been a privilege to apply the usc press of initiatives to help the rotc cadets and veterans in the trojan nation and applaud the leadership of a great institution that shows its appreciation for those in its ranks who have served and who do serve. may god bless each and everyone of you. and all those in harms way tonight. go, trojans. fight on. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> on the next "washington journal" our guests are stan collender and peter morici. then a group of bipartisan members known as the gang of 8. he work on an immigration bill. we will discuss what should be in the immigration bill and what challenges they may face with rebecca tealtallent.

put these false comes under fire for wasting money on expensive uniforms at a time of a sterrett cheat this as two thousand postal workers go on strike over job and pay cuts. at seven pm here in moscow you're watching our tea with me to say israeli police have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse palestinian protesters at a border crossing with the west bank thousands of palestinians across the region are rallying today i gaze israel's occupation of their territories their mocking land a day which commemorates the seizure of a large slice of arab territories by israel almost three decades ago earlier i spoke to our tease. who's at a checkpoint where some of the fiercest scuffles two plates. it's action actually is running high it seemed for a while like it had it has been subsiding here at the kalandia checkpoint between ramallah and mr islam but now even though the israeli military has pushed back slightly towards the checkpoint the demonstrators nevertheless a continuing their advancement on them they have been they have begun burning tires just very recently earlier there has

wasting resources time and money on disagreeing over how many pockets they should have on their uniforms for national audit office says that police forces around the country simply need to band together in order to increase them find power and drive down the costs of their uniforms otherwise britain's bobbies might find that they are burning too many holes in different pockets poorly boy care see london. now to some of the news in briefly. at least one child has been killed after nato helicopter opened fire at insurgents in southeastern afghanistan the pilot was reportedly backing a group of local security forces is what president karzai recent calling for supporting mr engineers later nato spokesman supposedly amended the statement saying the helicopter was on a separate mission some witnesses are also saying that not one but two children were killed and. two thousand death like albanians have rallied in the divided city of mitrovica course over against the ongoing talks in serbia e.u. mediated negotiations. and serve control in the area some ethnic albanians believe the talks could lea

how is it that we have money for new uniforms, but not enough to keep dangerous criminals behind bars? we could have prevented this kind of nonsense if washington had a budget. rather than having a budget battle between republicans and democrats, we should have a dialogue about american priorities. what are those priorities? 75% of americans support a balanced budget oh stop three out of five believe we should in a targeted way. americans say the economy and jobs are the most important challenges facing the country today. we have a moral obligation to make that people's priorities our priorities eerie at this budget debate is not about dollars. it is about common sense. republicans recognize that decisions and power in the hands of the people is what has made america the greatest civilization the world has ever known. now is the time to return to that model. working together, we can and must restore the greatness and prosperity of our nation. thank you and may god bless america. >> next week the supreme court hears oral arguments on same-sex marriage cases. stay they will discuss the

many pockets they should have on their uniforms or national audit office says that police forces around the country simply need to band together in order to increase their buying power and drive down the costs of their uniforms otherwise britain's bobbies might find that burning too many holes in all those different pockets party boy k r c london or some other world news in brief for you at least one child has been killed off later helicopter opened fire at insurgents in southeastern afghanistan a pilot was reportedly backing a group of local security forces despite president karzai as recent ban on calling for air support in residential areas well later a nato spokesman apparently amended a statement claiming the copter was on a separate mission unconfirmed eyewitness reports also said that one but three children were killed in the start. two thousand their figo brains have rallied in the divided city of much of its own consular against ongoing talks with serbia he mediated negotiations are aimed at negotiating control in the area some ethnic albanians believe the talks could lead to t

police force comes under fire for wasting money on expensive uniforms at a time of austerity this as two thousand postal workers go on strike over job and pay cuts. we're watching r t live from moscow with me to bomb would say let's take a look at the international news stories this hour. palestinians in the jewish territories as well as those living in israel have gathered to protest against israeli settlement expansion the admiral land today commemorates of the seizure of a large slice of the arab territories by is israel almost three decades ago which resulted in deadly unrest on the school reports now from a border checkpoint where tensions were also running high today israel's corruption occupation is of course a deeply sensitive issue for palestinians and what's been happening where you are right now. basically this has been this has been coming and going in the way of the confrontation between the protesters and the israeli border police the protesters have been throwing stones whereas the israeli border police have been responding with stun grenades and tear gas and it has be

of the risk-based approach -- is there some reason the uniforms are not working? >> we have found deficiencies. there was a significant increase between 2010-2011. in 2011, we had a congressional response to the christmas day attack of 2009. and additional advances in technology and staffing to canines andng with inspectors. those were added to our budget. we have the increase from that. that was the defining point. i do expect to see some e efficiencies down the road as risk-based security matures and we're able to put more people through the pre-check lanes. i do not have the figures for you. >> i'm looking to find these efficiencies to reduce the cost to the taxpayer as we get smarter and leaner. i'm going to yield back the balance of my time to allow our ranking member to follow with questions. i recognize the gentleman from louisiana, mr. richards. -- mr. richmond. >> what i will do is ask all my questions up front so you can answer them -- i will try to leave time for the ranking member and the full committee. i will leave some time for him. going back to wh

police force comes under fire for wasting money on expensive uniforms at a time of austerity two thousand postal workers go on strike over. here live with you from moscow tonight nine for story than tonight just heard israeli police have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse palestinian protesters at a border crossing with the west bank thousands of palestinians throughout the region are rallying today against israel's occupation of the territories marking land day which commemorates the seizure of a large slice of arab territories by israel most three decades ago. who was out of checkpoint during some of the scuffles. tension actually running high it seemed for a while like it had it has been subsiding here at the current detect point between ramallah and its jerusalem but now even though the israeli military has pushed back slightly words the checkpoint the demonstrators never the continuing their advancement on them they have began burning tires just very very. simply earlier there has been exchanges. between the protesters and the border police when the protesters are throwing r

we have, as you've heard, a uniform rule in this country of taking.the issues today were very clear, why are we treating only married straight couples different from all other couples. and there wasn't much of an answer. >> you have been such an important strategist in this case. when you look at all the work done over the last decade toward today, what do you think was the most important preparations toward the case today? >> the answer is on two levels, because i think when couples started legally marrying in massachusetts, it changed everything, when people could see with their own eyes what it looked like when same-sex couples committed in happy. and it was happy, and people understand it's about commitment and about being there for each other in the long haul and we share a lot of values. and that's changed the conversation. and as more states have decided through legislation or even the ballot that it's a good policy and it's the right constitutional thing for same-sex couples to marry. and then with doma, working so hard for same-sex couples to

of the police force comes under fire for wasting money on expensive uniforms of the. two thousand postal workers go on strike over job and pay cuts. and here they are to new center tonight the time now just after ten pm here in moscow a first israeli police have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse palestinian protesters at a border crossing with the west bank thousands of palestinians throughout the region are rallying today against israel's occupation of the territories there marking the land day as it's called which commemorates the seizure of a large slice of arab territories by israel almost three decades ago a little earlier my colleague. who is out of checkpoint during some of the scuffles . tension actually is running high it seemed for a while like it had it has been subsiding here at the kalandia checkpoint between ramallah and is jerusalem but now even though the israeli military has pushed back slightly towards the checkpoint the demonstrators nevertheless a continuing their advancement on the began burning tires just very recently earlier they were

si.com went further -- called them the ugliest uniforms in sports history. another viewer said, i turned off my tv and i can still see the notre dame uniforms. >>> across the street from us here in manhattan at radio city music hall samsung unveiled what may be the smartest smartphone ever -- the new galaxy s4. they are hoping it will be something of an apple killer. it will certainly get apple's attention. here's the thing about it. you just have to look at it. it can see and follow your eyes. it will pause a video if it senses you have looked away. you don't even have to touch it. it responds to the wave of your finger. soon we'll just have to think about calling someone and our phones will do the rest. >>> up next for us here tonight, they are on the march, inspiring an entire neighborhood that could really use cause to celebrate these days. >>> well, finally st. patrick's day weekend is here. the biggest parade in the country is tomorrow along 5th avenue in manhattan. among the marchers will be a band from the heavily irish-american section of the rockaw

prior to signing that $50 million uniform contract, the t.s.a. uniform allowance for security officers had already doubled last november as part of a new t.s.a. collective bargaining agreement to an estimated $9.57 million annually. this works out to $443 per t.s.a. employee per year. by comparison, officers in the united states are armed services receive either no uniform allowance or a one-time $400 billion -- $400 allowance over the lifetime of their service. there's no reason taxpayers should spend more on t.s.a. uniforms every year than a plarn corps lieutenant pays in a lifetime and the same taxpayers funding the t.s.a. officers' uniforms are being denied now the opportunity to tour the white house, the people's house. this amendment has been scored by c.b.o., which found it would result in no net change in budget authority and would result in an estimated decrease in fy 2013 of outlays of $1 million. so it's an amendment that saves money. these white house tour closings are actually falling on the burden of members of congress because it's

itsone area i would not cut any funds that would put any of our men and women in uniform in danger. they are doing a very important mission. their safety and security is critically important. >> let's go back to our earlier format of questions. the topic is abortion. the 2012 republican platform has athe unborn child fundamental individual right to

groups and floats, many reflecting the strong support this parade has always received from the cities uniformed services. >> san francisco the police department and the fire department, i mean there's a whole bunch of irish people.that's all there used to be on the police and fire department years ago in san francisco which is now very mixed just like the city is, which is great but they are still strong supporters and they have a ball, everyone has fun at this parade. thousands came out to see the parade, and as many as two thousand people marched in the parade itself.in this the 162nd san francisco st paddy's day parade.