thanks a lot to the westboro baptist church when the supreme court decision allowing them to continue protesting at funerals with their god its agenda well that's right such many people it's a courtroom ever that all speech must be protected to have a free society i recently interviewed a phelps who is the son of westerly or fred phelps nate escaped there with a literal minute he turned eighteen i asked him if he felt his father sold a phobia might be explained by shame over again spirituous youth now i have no proof that fred phelps ever had a sweaty rendezvous with a handsome young coed who probably could have saved a whole lot of trouble if you just called for it back or think that fred's been chasing the field for fifty years by having secret encounters with strange men in trucks that bathrooms but i can ask the question thanks to freedom of speech but i'm not saying i know that fred phelps ever told larry craig literally or figuratively or that he's a male hustler. but i can say this fred phelps is a male hustler and i can say that thanks to parity law since i'm clearly joking so

as for the people at westboro. they came here to emporia once, and i think people just make them irrelevant, if people did not just upset, they just went out about it and people did what folks normally do. the comfort their neighbors, the comfort those who are grieving, and so on, and so forth. that is the ethic that needs to prevail. host: the next call, taught from nevada, missouri -- todd. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question for marjorie. i would like to know the difference between the kkk and the hate speech that they put out and have been restricted from demonstrating. guest: i got a question. first of all, the kk is not restricted. there is a supreme court law on that group. as for the difference. there are many. number one, they are not scripture early ground and we are -- scripture-ground. their message is about human hate which is a sin, ours is about the perfect hatred of god and has nothing to do with any human hate. silicon prairie. we kindly warn our neighbor. no. 3 -- they like the

in fact overtime last couple of years because of how active the westboro baptist church has been, some 46 states have enacted legislation and congress did, too, to pry to keep people away from funerals and cemeteries but they can't be oriented -- the laws cannot be focused on the view points. gwen: so the point is have states create laws or local governments that can protect these people. in other words time and place. >> yes, exactly. gwen: thank you, joan. thank you, everybody. we have to leave you a few minutes early tonight so you can support your local pbs station, which in turn supports us. but the conversation continues online in our "washington week" webcast extra. we'll pick up where we left off at pbs.org. keep up with daily developments every night on the pbs "newshour" and we'll catch up again around the table next week on "washington week." good night. >> "washington week" was produced but weta, which is solely responsible for its content. >> funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to give our war fighters every advantage. to deliver tech

isn't westboro baptist a cult? >> well, obvious, you can imagine you're not the first person to make that suggestion, and my dad would probably laugh at the notion that he's charismatic. what he is god-fearing. we live mainstream. we're in your schools, in your job and every day a testimony. at the end of the day, call us a cult, call us anything. just publish the words. at this point, all of that name-calling has become white noise, as the entire world looks over at this message. and, in fact, this case put a megaphone to the mouth of this church. >> chris: you talk about your father as god-fearing. your father had 13 children. two of your brothers, nate and mark, say that your father abused your mother and abused you kids. they describe savage beatings and violent outbursts. in fact, one of your brothers, mark, said this -- "we had to watch out for this madman." >> well, mark always had an overactive imagination. both of them have been gone for decades. all of my parents' children who went to serve god, which is

after the decision, westboro announced plans for even more protests.or albert synder, it's more insult to injury. the ruling came down just a day before the five-year anniversary of his son's death. joel brown, cbs news, the supreme court. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," tennis star serena williams recovering from a health scare. >>> plus a serious warning for college students. this spring break, stay away from mexico. you're watching the "cbs morning news." from mexico. you're watching the "cbs morning news." [music playing] confidence available in color. depend® colors for women. looks and fits like underwear. protects like nothing else. depend®. good morning. great day. it was a mystery to me. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and with less pain, i can do m

still to come tonight free speech or hate speech the supreme court reached the decision over the westboro baptist church protesting the throws of soldiers here in the u.s. now that the cozy relationship between d.c. and hollywood former senator is now going to head the motion picture association so why do politicians get to sell out for big lobbying money when their prayers are over looked into that in a moment. a charmer over here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. new website with twenty four seven live streaming news towns what to do about the ongoing financial hurricane unlimited free high quality videos for download. and stories you never find on mainstream news. and something that is so. many political. posturing move on to the ranch to stand. for flimsy low and vacuum has told rachel about these women nothing people are suggesting she's told her no she says she's a porn star. the love. i. think. we've heard their message we've seen their absurd and hateful protests and i think everybody agrees when i say that pretty much nobody out there is a

still to come tonight free speech or hate speech the supreme court reached a decision over the westboro baptist church protesting the funerals of soldiers here in the u.s. and that the cozy relationship between d.c. and hollywood former senator is now going to head the motion picture association so why do politicians get to sell out for big a lobbying money when their careers are over look into that in a moment. for the feast we've got. the biggest issues did voice face to face with the news makers. that has become. the creation of the system the global food system. to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. journey trading the actual physical grain your trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons silver or gold that can be negotiated and afforded to some degree in the same place. water. possibly it's not traded now. but it could be in the future of. this impact. he needs. and begin to do radio in day in intensive no number for the bars he goes to springfield are. most dangerous.

still to come tonight free speech or hate speech the supreme court reached a decision over the westboro baptist church protesting the funerals of soldiers here in the u.s. and that the cozy relationship between d.c. and hollywood or research center is now going to head the motion picture association so why do politicians get a sellout for big lobbying money when their careers are over both look into that in the. a charmer over here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. new website with twenty four seven live streaming news towns like thank you about the ongoing financial hardship unlimited free hi paula the videos for download. and stories you never find on mainstream news. nothing so the meat of the political. posting on our two dogs just. after flimsy law and bakiev crystal the rachel that he's with it does not think people are suggesting she's a mother no she says she's a porn star. the love. the love the it's the love. the lead. the lead. the lead. we've heard their message we've seen their absurd and hateful protests and i think that everybody a

. >> reporter: the phelps and their tiny westboro baptist church picketed the funeral of u.s. marine matthew snider, killed in iraq in 2006. snyder's father sued. >> i think it's an insult to every veteran out there that has served this country. >> reporter: the supreme court ruled the phelps are protected by the first amendment, right to free speech. chief justice roberts wrote for the majority. westboro may have chosen the picket location to increase publicity for its views and its speech may have been particularly hurtful to snyder. that does not mean that its speech should be afforded less than full first amendment protection. eight of the nine justices agreed. >> liberals and conservatives have united in this, on the side of free speech. >> reporter: justice samuel alito dissented, saying the phelps intentionally inflicted pain on the snyders. our commitment to free debate is not a license for an attack on matthew and his family at a time of acute emotional vulnerability central to the church's well practiced strategy for attracting public attention. now the phelps and th

ward off members of the westboro baptist church. that is the antigay group from kansas, infamous for protesting at soldiers' funerals. they had threatened to protest the play, which is a true story about the 1998 murder of a young gay student in wyoming. the folks from the westboro baptist church never ended up showing up. >>> five years after a tragic accident on the train tracks, the city of san jose is making major safety changes. over the years, it's become an unofficial railroad crossing, you see on the map. it's on the city's south side. people cross the tracks illegally at blossom hill road and monterrey highway all the time, but not everyone has made it across safely. you may remember back in 2005 a woman with three young children tried to cross the tracks on the way to a fast food restaurant. she misjudged the distance of the train and a 2-year-old was killed. yesterday, there was a ground breaking for a new $10 million bicycle bridge. that will span the tracks, as well as monterrey highway. >> the traffic across the street

the court sided with members of the tiny westboro kansas baptist church who has protested at hundreds of military funerals and claimed that u.s. war deaths were god's punishment for the nation's acceptance of gay rights. when they showed up at the funeral of matthew snyder, a marine killed in iraq, they carried signs that said "thank god for dead soldiers" and "god hates you." that outraged snyder's father who sued the group for emotional distress. but today the supreme court said the group demonstrated in a public place on issues of public concern and obeyed local laws, keeping them 1,000 feet from the church. writing for eight members of the court, chief justice john roberts said speech is powerful and can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and as it did here, inflict great pain, but he said the government cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. today matthew snyder's father albert reacted with disgust. >> eight justices don't have the common sense god gave a goat. we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. >> reporter: bu

and 2006 as friends and family were bearing the marine members of the westboro baptist church of topeka kansas showed up to inform the world that his dad was god's punishment for this nation's tolerance of homosexuality. it held up signs that said, thank god for dead soldiers, and god hates the u.s.a. and thank god for 9/11. the core cause father sued members of the church, for among other things, at inflicting emotional distress. the jury awarded him $11 million and reduced, but the appeals court threw out the verdict and this week the supreme court ruled 8-1 that as hateful as the speech was, it is nevertheless predicted by the first amendment. as "the wall street journal" put it the other day, even jerks are protected by the first amendment. do you agree? >> the court agreed. remember the word and that the? -- empathy. you have candidate for mr. snyder but the course job is not necessarily to have empathy, but to say what the rules are that govern the country. essentially what they said it is the first amendment is not for speech that you agree with, but for the fringes. and if you a

the sole dissenter was justice samuel alito, who said westboro's message is a vicious verbal assault that should not be legal. >>> faith-based groups stepped up lobbying efforts as congress continues to battle over potential budget cuts. religious conservatives maintain that addressing the government's massive debt is a moral issue. meanwhile, a diverse interfaith coalition urged members of congress to consider how cuts would hurt poor people in the us and around the world. as part of that effort, several prominent christian leaders launched a new ad campaign asking "what would jesus cut?" joining me with more on this is kevin eckstrom, editor of religion news service. kevin, there's been a huge mobilization it seems from many quarters of the religious community on these budget issues. >> right, and you're seeing it from both the left and the right. from the left, the more progressive side, you see traditional lobbying to keep programs like home heating assistance and school lunches and aid for, you know, women and children, sort of your bread and butter domestic issues. on the right

baptist church elizabeth taylor died yesterday so naturally the westboro baptist church announced plans to pick up her funeral are due phelps these folks are. and for the church said that elizabeth taylor has now joined michael jackson heath ledger in hell do you realize how it was so full of talented people go ahead show up with a picket signs does anyone really even care anymore it's just all very very ugly. coming out over two hundred doctors are prepared to pack their medical bags and head to vermont at a new health care policy is put into effect i'll explain why they're so heated up in tonight's they are take. this number given that we had an apartheid regime right here. i think the bombings even funny well. we never got the that says they're going to keep him safe get ready because you give them their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like sleep you think you understand it and then he'd slip something else if you're see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome is a big issue. for . for. an

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my producer that there has been a message posted that appears to be from anonymous downloads that westboro baptist church talked. to mr are you taking responsibility for this you know we just did it right you know it was for a circuit. of pretty good got it and those are just a few examples but it turns out that there is a civil war if you will between the current members of anonymous and former members of the group we now call themselves backtrace security according to back traits the ex and honest members the current have hers have moved away from their initial the purpose of anonymous which was lighter more fun loving with nihilistic roots but now they're happy to seem to pursue political causes so backtrace is doing their best to stop the current members by. revealing their true identities and honors spawns anonymous is trying to beat the group of axes with their own game but i want to spare you all the details of the he said she said part of the battle but both sides are desperately trying to oust the real identities of the other party's members and i'm sure that hacking skills are go

as for the people at westboro. they came here to emporia once, and i think people just make them irrelevant, if people did not just upset, they just went out about it and people did what folks normally do. the comfort their neighbors, the comfort those who are grieving, and so on, and so forth. that is the ethic that needs to prevail. host: the next call, taught from nevada, missouri -- todd. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question for marjorie. i would like to know the difference between the kkk and the hate speech that they put out and have been restricted from demonstrating. guest: i got a question. first of all, the kk is not restricted. there is a supreme court law on that group. as for the difference. there are many. number one, they are not scripture early ground and we are -- scripture-ground. their message is about human hate which is a sin, ours is about the perfect hatred of god and has nothing to do with any human hate. silicon prairie. we kindly warn our neighbor. no. 3 -- they like the

the westboro baptist church is known for hate-fueled demonstrations.ove of them, they also ruled they cannot prohibit the behavior. they and their signs offend and outrage most of the country. >> god hates america and all of her military. >> reporter: but the supreme court ruled those outrageous protests by the westboro baptist church outside military funerals are protected by free speech. >> this case put a megaphone to the mouth of this little church. shutting us up wasn't going to change that. >> reporter: the topeka, kansas-based church claims homosexuality is responsible for the death of u.s. soldiers after they picketed outside marine matthew snyder's funeral, hisfather sued the church for emotional distress. he won but the appeal went all the way to the supreme court. the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of the church. chief justice john roberts writing, "simply put, the church members had the right to be where they were." still, roberts also wrote, "westboro's funeral picketing is certainly hurtful." >> we can no longer bury our dead in this country

. >> could people see this as the court sanctioning the message of the westboro baptist church? >> well, that's not certainly not what the court said it was doing. it said that what it was doing, the chief justice said that sometimes even hurtful speech has to be protected because if not, it risks stifling public debate on public issues. >> mark sherman is with the associated press. thank for joining us today. >> you are quite welcome. >> now here is the supreme court oral argument from october. the court ruled today the westboro baptist church has the right to hold anti-gay protest near military funerals. the court also dismissed a $5 million judgment from the father of a dead marine. this is an hour. >> your argument first today in case 09751 snyder versus phelps. mr. summers? >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court, we are talking about a funeral. if context is ever going to matter, it has to be matter in the context of a funeral. mr. snyder simply wanted to bury his son in a private, dignified manner. when the respondenting behavior made that impossible, mr. snyder was

the website for westboro church lists protests at gunnery son high school tonight. it is against the production of the liramie project. it takes a look at the 1996 murder of gay student matthew shepherd. protesters says they will be there tonight to support the students. >>> nfl owners and the players are going into overtime in an effort to settle a labor dispute that could affect the season this fall. the new deadline is nine p.m. tonight west coast time and the dispute has many fans worried but america's most famous football fan wants to stay on the sidelines for now. >>> my expectation and hope is that they will resolve it without me intervening because it turns out i got a lot of other stuff to do. >>> the two sides will not meet face to face today but instead sit down separately with mediators. the owners and players appear far apart in this contract dispute that could lead to the nfl's first work stoppage since 1987. >>> well american idol has its finalists. they put in a good performance but did a few northern california contestants make it? >>> and the bizar

justices ruled 8-1 yesterday in favor of westboro baptist church. that kansas-based group makes headlines for demonstrating outside funerals of fallen u.s. servicemembers claiming that god is punishing the military for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. the court ruled that the first amendment protects even hurtful speech. >>> loyalists to moammar qaddafi are going on the counteroffensive in eastern libya now controlled by rebels. the target, brega, was an airstrip that belongs to an oil complex on the mediterranean coast. in the nearby town of ajdabiya, 14 people have died in fighting between rebels and government forces. in the u.s., some members of congress are calling for a no- fly zone over parts of libya. but the obama administration says the u.s. cannot rush into a move so severe. >>> 5:13. it hasn't happened since the dinosaurs disappeared. could the earth be facing another mass extinction? >> a long time ago. plus, what the super bowl our last days of pro football for a while? the major deadline looming for the nfl and what it means f

supreme court says the westboro baptist church can protest at military funerals. justices said the first amendment protects, quote, even hurtful speech. that group demonstrates outside funerals of fallen u.s. service members. >>> and astronauts aboard the international space station are getting a break today. nasa says it is well deserved following yesterday's successful spacewalk. this is the final voyage for the space shuttle discovery. >>> time now 6:20. actor mickey rooney opened up to congress this week about elder abuse. the movie star spoke before the senate yesterday urging them to pass legislation to protect the elderly from abuse. rooney says he has been a victim until recently. the 90-year-old has obtained a restraining order against his stepson. he claims the man denied him medication and food, often bullied and threatened him, as well. rooney says he was a prisoner in his own house. >> even when i tried to speak up i was told to shut up, and be quiet, you don't know what you're talking about. >> rooney says he waited for years before coming forward. t

. >> could people see this as the court sanctioning the message of the westboro baptist church? >> while that is certainly not what the court said it was doing. it said that, what it was doing, the chief justice said that sometimes even hurtful speech has to be protected because if not, it risks stifling public debate on public issues. >> mark fuhrman is with the "associated press." thanks for joining us today. >> you are quite welcome. >> now we hear is the supreme court oral argument from october. the court ruled today the westboro baptist church has the right to hold protests near military funerals. the court also dismissed a 5 million-dollar judgment from the father of a dead marine. this is an hour. >> we will hear arguments first today in case 09751 snyder versus phelps. mr. summers? >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court? we are talking about a funeral. if contest is ever going to matter has to matter in the context of a funeral. mr. snyder simply wanted to bury his son and a private unified manner. when the respondent's behavior made that impossible, mr. snyder wa

. >> reporter: the message from the westboro baptist church is hateful.thank god for dead soldiers." "god hates fags." church members believe god is killing all american soldiers because the country tolerates homosexuals. >> we are trying to warn you to flee the wrath of god, flee eternal destruction. >> reporter: but no one paid much attention until the church started taking its message to soldiers' funerals. matthew snyder died in iraq. his father told cbs news last fall that the protests at matthew's funeral stole his last moments with his son. he sued the church for emotional distress and got a $5 million judgment. >> somebody said to me, you know, "$5 million. i bet you... i bet you'd give it up to have matt back." i would give it up just to say good-bye. >> reporter: but the supreme court said in an 8-1 decision that the church doesn't owe snyder a dime. chief justice john roberts said the first amendment protects even hurtful speech to ensure that we do not stifle public debate. now, justice alito dissented. he said the protests don't add anything

court judge ruled in favor of protecting the constitutional rights of the westborough baptist -- westboro a baptist church to spread hatred at the funeral support soldiers. yet we would restrict the right to those who want to express themselves through dance and creativity. banning the right to protest would have set a precedent that could have lead to meaningful protests by others being banned in the future. the same president must be applied here. one could argue that most electronic music rarely if ever carries explicit or negative messages, but the medium of music itself has been used to express meaningful political opinions. based on this court ruling, to restrict one style of live performance is an assault on the entire political medium. the only types of free speech that can be built are those that are obscene, slanderous, or inside violence. electronic music does not follow any of these restrictions. this bill is clearly unconstitutional. my friend lives for afghanistan in 10 days. he uses electronic music to get his soldiers through the war as separate as possible. he hopes when

members of the westboro baptist church were expected to protest in the high school production of the laramie project. a play about the reaction to the 1998 death of gay student matthew shepard. concerns the protest a student actors were given the opportunity not to perform, but all of them decided to take the stage. >> i don't understand why there's any controversy. this is a story about a hate crime. a hate crime is a hate crime is a hate crime. and i don't understand why people don't see that. >> the church did not turn up last night but plenty of people did come to support the students who officials say about 500 people showed up to demonstrate against the kansas church. >>> how would you feel about getting rid of one dollar bills in your wallet and replacing them with one dollar coins? why one agency says that is what we should do. >> and this morning many of us waking up with partly cloudy skies, even mostly clear on the east side of the bay. giving you a view of the last few hours of sunshine. we'll take a look a little what we can expect from the next storm already approaching

the westboro baptist church members claim that u.s. military deaths are god's punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. >> feelings hurt over words is not enough to shove up to speech. >> they may have an official legal right to say it but that doesn't mean you need to do it. >> karen meredith from mountain view lost her son army lieutenant when he was killed in iraq almost seven years ago. she says she has encountered the protesters when she visits her son's grave at arlington national cemetery. >>> today former house speaker newt gringrich is expected to formally say that he is considering a run for the presidency next year. the spokesman says gringrich won't set up an exploratory committee yet because that would make him a legal candidate. he says gringrich and his wife need to tie up some loose ends with their businesses before the georgia republican can take that step. gringrich left congress in 1999. >>> well, talks could begin today to find a common ground between senate democrats and republicans on a long-term spe

the westboro baptist church is promising to protest the ceremony most likely because of taylor's humanitarian work against aids. the group has been known to protest funerals of gay military service members. recently the supreme court upheld the church's first amendment right to protest. >>> well, there is disappointment among gay rights supporters this morning over a critical court ruling. a federal appeals court rejected an appeal to let same sex marriages resume in california while the court reviews the constitutionality of proposition 8 which bans same sex marriage. the court did not give a reason for the stay. >>> the bad weather is washing away plans for an outdoor concert starring pop star britney spears. it was announced this weekend's free concert will be moved to bill graham civic auditorium. fans will still get a chance to see her perform, business owners in the castro are disappointed in the change of venue. >> we're in the middle of a recession and we're going to showcase our neighborhood. >> when the threat of rain for this weekend became serious concern, then organizers consider

justices ruled 8-1 yesterday in favor of that westboro baptist church kansas-based group which makes headlines for demonstrating outside of fun raffles fallen u.s. servicemembers claiming god is punishing the military for the the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. >>> the moammar qaddafi is going on the counter offensive in the eastern part of the country controlled by anti- government rebels. today warplanes struck an oil port. it appears the target was an airstrip that belongs to an oil complex on the mediterranean coast. in a nearby town, health officials say 14 people have died in fighting between rebels and government forces. opposition leaders are pleading for foreign powers to launch air strikes to help oust qaddafi, who has been in power for more than four decades. >>> the white house keeping up pressure on qaddafi to resign as some members of congress are calling for a no-fly zone over libya but the obama administration isn't ready to rush into anything just yet. >> call a spade a spade. a no-fly zone begins with an attack on libya. >> speaking before a cheering crowd yest

. >> reporter: but the westboro protesters do now have a license to continue their activities, which,s we found out, they carry on with a reckless glee. ♪ crying about your feelings ♪ for your sin no shame ♪ you're going straight to hell on your crazy train ♪ >> reporter: and today, they gloated. >> shut up all that talk about infliction of emotional distress when you're standing there with your young child's body, bits and pieces, in a coffin. you've been dealt some emotional distress by the lord your god. >> reporter: only justice samuel alito sided with the synder family, declaring the first amendment is not a license, quote, for the vicious verbal assault that happened in this case. and diane, that's the way a lot of americans feel but it's not the law now. >> and justice ali to with the dissent. >> reporter: the most conservative justice on this court. >> terry moran reporting in tonight. >>> and word today, republicans and democrats have agreed to cut spending -- some. part of an agreement to postpone any talk of a government shutdown for two weeks. how much did they cut? $4 bil

sympathisers sympathizers or you know westboro baptist preachers or child molesters i mean i would do who decides what's right and wrong and how do you. think sadly my problem is i don't think that were you know here to be judges of what people's beliefs are ok and i think that just like a gay couple should be allowed to adopt i think that people who are muslim should be allowed to adopt without people having fear that they're going to have an entity child is going to turn into you know an al qaeda operatives who practices who go there sorry they're going to. be muslim and say that your child might turn into an al qaeda operative because you're muslim it's quite different to discriminate against an entirely different portion of the population saying that their sexual preference in life who they are is immoral and wrong at least that's my take on it we've got to wrap it up ladies i want to thank you both during this happy hour happy friday and have a great week and here's. all right that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in make a comeback on monday in the meantime don't forget

was trying to track down the numbers of anonymous and they also responded to the crazies of the westboro baptist church by taking out their website while being interviewed on the dated back and show. if you try. to hold on i am getting a thumbs up from my producer that there has been a message posted that appears to be from anonymous on downloads that was a baptist church and mr are you taking responsibility for this you know we just did it right no. i have pretty good guy with it and those are just a few examples but it turns out that there is a civil war if you will between the current members of anonymous and former members of the group now call themselves backtrace security according to backtrace the ex and honest numbers the current how actors have moved away from their initial purpose of anonymous which was lighter more fun loving with nihilistic roots but now they're happy to seem to pursue political causes so backtrace is doing their best to stop the current members by revealing their true identities. anonymous is trying to be the group of axes of their own game and i'm going to

court said protesters who showed up at his funeral were protected by the first amendment and now the westboro baptist church want to quadruple the number of protests they hope. jan is in washington with more on this story. >> reporter: this is a heart-wrenching case. these protests come at these families when they are at their most vulnerable, when they are grieving the loss of their loved ones. ♪ >> reporter: the message from the westboro baptist church is hateful and offensive. church members believe god is killing all american soldiers because the country tolerates homosexuals. >> we are trying to warn you to flee the wrath of god! flee eternal destruction! >> reporter: the church has protested at more than 600 funerals of u.s. soldiers like matthew snyder who was killed in iraq. matthew's father says the protests stole his last moments with his son. he sued the church for emotional distress and got $5 million judgment. but the supreme court said in an 8-1 decision that the church doesn't owe snyder a dime. the church protests on a public sidewalk and on a matter of public concern were pro

. >> the antigay westboro baptist church of kansas tweeted that it plans to picket taylor's funeral.official word yet on the services. elizabeth taylor was 79 years old. >>> this weekend's free britney spears concert will not be happening in san francisco's castro neighborhood as originally planned. they had to move it to the bill graham civic auditorium. the free show being taped for "good morning america" to coincide with the release of britney spears's new album. the producers didn't want to take a chance with the forecast of more rain so they moved the concert indoors, at 12 noon at the bill graham auditorium on sunday. it's first come, first served. not as many people will see it. >> it's happening. >> it's happening. still happening. get in line. >>> well, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. seems more women are going gray at a younger age. thanks to the guys in their lives. i'm just kidding. kidding. the daily mail reports that 32% of british women under 30 have gray hair, up 14% from 20 years ago. the women blame it on stress. some doctors say to take more vitamin b. >> i

the tiny westboro baptist church has been called a hate group. the father of a u.s. mathieu schneider, killed in iraq, sued the church after the church protested at his son's funeral in 2006. albert schneider initially won a $5 million judgment but it was thrown out on appeal. now the supreme court has also ruled against schneider saying he has to pay for the xhurch's legal bills. last year the protestors came to palo alto protesting gunn high school's atmosphere of tolerance. >>> the fbi caught a lot of people off guard this morning. all across the bay area agents raided more than a dozen card rooms and concentrated on artichoke joe's in san bruno and the oaks card club in emeriville. they were looking for people and documents and other evidence related to gangs and money laundering. everyone was searched and not allowed to leave until their identities were confirmed and had no outstanding warrants. no one was arrested. snow, wind, and rain making for some slippery conditions bay area. also up above. let's go live outside. a look at the sierras right now along i-80

>>> well, as people around the world mourn the death of hollywood legend elizabeth taylor, the westboro baptist church is promising to protest the funeral. most likely because of taylor's humanitarian work against aids. the group is known for its extreme stance against homosexuality. recently the supreme court upheld the church's first amendment right to protest. >>> last night the "american idol" contestants took on the sound of motown. ♪ [ music ] >> that was lauren from georgia singing supremes hit you keep me hanging on. her confidence impressed the judges and she was among many contestants to get rave reviews. she worked the audience there and the judges. but america will make the final decision. and tonight we find out who will be the third idol hopeful to be eliminated. you can watch all the action of that elimination right here on ktvu. the results show kicks off at 8:00 p.m. >>> all right. time now 5:57. more rain, some flooded roads waiting for you as your morning commute begins. we're on storm watch all over the bay area. we have live reports on exactly where the problems are

this was yet another instance in which the westboro baptist church from topeka kansas picketed and protested at a funeral. they had done this hundreds of times all over the country. their view seems to be that began a is overly tolerant of sin and that god kills american soldiers as they deserve it punishment. signs include, god hates the u.s. and thank god for 9/11, america is doomed. thank god for ieds. thank god for dead soldiers. god hates you and you are going to hell which was a sign that seemed most directed at lance corporal snyder. the family brought an action for various support liability claims including intentional affliction of emotional distress and prevailed in a jury verdict including an 8 million-dollar punitive damage judgment that was remitted to $2 million. the supreme court held that action was hard by the first amendment. the opinion by chief justice roberts. events as the court sense of sympathy for the families. the chief justice says that the record makes clear that the applicable legal term emotional distress fails to capture fully the anguish westborough's choice a

incalculable grieve, but on the legal question of whether the first amendment prohibits holding westborothe court held that it did prohibit liability for that speech. i fall as counsel of record for bipartisan group of senators -- filed as counsel of record in support of the family. one of the major motivations for filing that brief was to try to defend from any collateral damage in this action the federal military funeral statutes that attempts to protect funerals at both arlington national cemetery and other military fuels from similar disruption and to try to distinguish that also to side with the family in the case. i think with the case turns on, and it is importeant -- the playfulness of the setting it makes the court's first amendment endorsement even more striking and stronger. it shows chief justice roberts to be in a very strong first amendment camp. justice scalia, once again as he was in the animal brutality case, is the allied air bases more interest in privacy and other concerns and the first amended -- he is outlier. it possibly also is a narrow decision, however. it raise

. >>> the website for westboro church lists gunderson high school the site of a protest tonight at 7:but protesters don't airlines show up. the church is against the school's projection of the laramie project. that's the mathew shepherd story. counterdemonstrators say they will be at the school definitely to support the students. >>> there is a new study out that finds out fewer younger people are sexually active. the number is down 78% a decade ago. the reason, that's still a mystery. maybe more emphasis on abstinence may be a factor. >>> the makers of purina cat chow are looking for a cat and humane pair who love to travel. auditions are held on sunday march 19th between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. purina wants someone to take a feline friend to what the company calls interesting places and blog about t the company will pay all travel expenses along with a salary. you can find a link at ktvu.com for more details. have you to have a -- you have to have a cat willing to take part. >>> sal, you've been busy this morning. what's happening out there? >> we have new information on this truck

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this was yet another instance in which the westboro baptist church from topeka kansas picketed and protested at a funeral. they had done this hundreds of times all over the country. their view seems to be that began a is overly tolerant of sin and that god kills american soldiers as they deserve it punishment. signs include, god hates the u.s. and thank god for 9/11, america is doomed. thank god for ieds. thank god for dead soldiers. god hates you and you are going to hell which was a sign that seemed most directed at lance corporal snyder. the family brought an action for various support liability claims including intentional affliction of emotional distress and prevailed in a jury verdict including an 8 million-dollar punitive damage judgment that was remitted to $2 million. the supreme court held that action was hard by the first amendment. the opinion by chief justice roberts. events as the court sense of sympathy for the families. the chief justice says that the record makes clear that the applicable legal term emotional distress fails to capture fully the anguish westborough's choice a

this was yet another instance in which the westboro baptist church from topeka kansas picketed and protested at a funeral. they had done this hundreds of times all over the country. their view seems to be that began a is overly tolerant of sin and that god kills american soldiers as they deserve it punishment. signs include, god hates the u.s. and thank god for 9/11, america is doomed. thank god for ieds. thank god for dead soldiers. god hates you and you are going to hell which was a sign that seemed most directed at lance corporal snyder. the family brought an action for various support liability claims including intentional affliction of emotional distress and prevailed in a jury verdict including an 8 million-dollar punitive damage judgment that was remitted to $2 million. the supreme court held that action was hard by the first amendment. the opinion by chief justice roberts. events as the court sense of sympathy for the families. the chief justice says that the record makes clear that the applicable legal term emotional distress fails to capture fully the anguish westborough's choice a