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Usa today and "the wall street journal" were much more mixed overall in their coverage of the issue. let me play for you a snippet of a couple of networks as we heard a lot of voices from gay journalists, gay commentators and gay guests understandably reacting to this news from the nations highest court. >> to the extent that you have aided and abetted snowden even in his current -- >> openly gay people, two of us are married at this table. >> it is -- it does raise the pressure on it. >> i alwa...

After this, but i do think that article 4, which very few commentators have talked about, will be the key on whether or not same-sex marriages will be valid in all-states. >> feels a little lonely, just you and i talking about this. richard in the noon hour. three of us will be together in the noon hour, but first, let me ask you, before we get to that hour, kind of give me a summarization of how you two saw the george zimmerman case. richard, you first. >> well, fred, in honor of wimbledon, its...

Down to pressure. will republicans feel pressure to make good on those dramatic speeches just seven years ago. will the democratic politicians who so frequently invoke civil rights symbolism, will they get to the harder task of civil rights work? many commentators have already been saying this is a hard and unlikely task. to them, i think we all have to say, are you serious? is it harder than the first time when people risked their lives? when john louis and the freedom marchers were beaten in s...

Los angeles freeway or flight to freedom. we make abc made-for-tv movies about this kind of thing. the media cannot not go with this story line. and then you factor in russia now, i mean this is unbelievable. its beyond catnip. this is heroin for the media. >> its an international spy thriller. emily, it occurs to me what while im sympathetic to the notion that the media like to reduce these stories to personalities and we should focus on the enormity of what snowden has disclosed and continues ...

Whether or not he stays in moscow or moves on, theres going to be some question now about whether he really was just in this to not only get attention but also to cause some trouble for the u.s. it has nothing to do with kind of freedom of information. >> some commentators were kind of outraged that espionage charges were filed against this guy, although clearly ed snowden knew he was breaking the law, broke the law an said he was prepared to accept the consequences. how much does this story cha...

Because he said this was a bastion of free speech and democratic institutions. clearly thats not the case about his next destination. >> snowden said in that "guardian" video interview, i think the public is owed an explanation of the motivations behind the people who make these disclosures that are outside the democratic model, because when you were subverting the power of government, thats a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy. but he is now fleeing the democracy and fleeing the country...

Murdered him. he has to stick to his story because the tape is videotaped. he cant alter from that now. his story was he was concerned about crime in the area. that trayvon martin was behaving suspiciously. that he called a 911 -- or rather a nonemergency police number. and that he then went after trayvon martin, the sense of just going in the same direction. that there was an altercation, that trayvon martin attacked him, and that he shot him once in self-defense. thats zimmermans story. >> yes...

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A similar amendment passed in 2005. it had support from people like senator hagel, senator durbin and senator barack obama. id like to have that debate. its important that the american public know whats being done in their name. >> you know, but its very interesting, because as some commentators this week have pointed out, those who are concerned about civil liberties, imagine their reaction if there were another 9/11-style attack and what the american public would rise up to support in terms of...

It had support from people like senator hagel, senator durbin and senator barack obama. id like to have that debate. its important that the american public know whats being done in their name. >> you know, but its very interesting, because as some commentators this week have pointed out, those who are concerned about civil liberties, imagine their reaction if there were another 9/11-style attack and what the american public would rise up to support in terms of quashing civil liberties. and you g...