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Instead of trying to seek fairness with corporations and fairness with corporate executives. this set off a wave of progressive action that continues to this day. in wisconsin protesters fought to get a vote recall on walker, on the ballot. a recall that is now under way. in ohio, voters mobilize to reject the states anti-union law. and across the country the occupy wall street movement rallied public opinion to the 99%. now president obama is making fairness the central theme of his re-election...

Of montreal. thats "late night with jimmy fallon" at 12:30 on your local nbc station. time for entertainment news. normally, ellen degeneres pays no attention to her what she calls haters. yesterday, she couldnt resist. on her show, she hailed the court decision finding californias ban on gay marriage unconstitutional and she then thanked jc penney and her fans for standing by her against a conservative anti-gay campaign to have the retailer drop her as a spokes person. simon cowell told r...

Issue of american justice, american freedom, american equality. these are the principles all men are created equal in this country. we have got to get there. >> ted olson, former solicitor-general under george w. bush along with david boyes. thank you so much for joining us tonight and congratulations on your win today. >> thank you so much. >> a programming note. one of the couples represented by ted olson are on the last word with lawrence odonnell tonight, which is very cool. you have to watc...

Or not this case goes to the supreme court and how it will do there? >> well, i agree with just about everything he said. i do think its really important to look back at judge von walkers 2010 decision and look at how thermonuclear that decision really was. what he did in that opinion, finding a fundamental right to gay marriage, finding an equal protection violation was whittled down by the court today. i r ironically it looks a little like bush v. gore to me. a little bit like theyre saying? s...

These are the principles all men are created equal in this country. we have got to get there. >> ted olson, former solicitor-general under george w. bush along with david boyes. thank you so much for joining us tonight and congratulations on your win today. appreciate you being here. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> a programming note. one of the couples represented by ted olson are on the last word with lawrence odonnell tonight, which is very cool. you have to watch that, okay? deal, deal. joi...

Racist, sexist, and homophobic. >> just so were clear, i have been in a very bizarre way a fan of the tea party as grassroots politics. as you know, i disagree with it -- >> but i dont why you would disagree. i want to bring you to a tea party. and i think that your crusading against wall street would resonate with these people. >> i think it would. i agree with you. >> and that, to me, is where we need to bring people together on that issue, as a republican, as a conservative, as a tea party pe...

Wisconsin workers or on walkers side? >> mr. miller, do you think that this recall conversation that somebodying had in wisconsin is enough to turn some of the folks away from the republican party and go with the workers? >> absolutely. walkers radical agenda has so divided our state that basically these recall efforts are a do over in the november election. walker did not campaign on his agenda. its been exposed in the budget repair bill, exposed on the new budget bill which is undermining ever...

Right. we are wondering,whose side are those 19 senators, republican senators, whose side are they on? are they on the side of wisconsin workers or on walkers side? >> mr. miller, do you think that this recall conversation that somebodying had in wisconsin is enough to turn some of the folks away from the republican party and go with the workers? >> absolutely. walkers radical agenda has so divided our state that basically these recall efforts are a do over in the november election. walker did n...

So i see this not resolving for some time. i was told by one source today that these senators are willing to stay down there as long as they have to. >> and the other question is, if the senators are willing to stay down tlp as long as they have to, people in power, when faced with protesters outside their door like to play for time and hoping that people get tired and go home. from your perch there amidst the scene, what do you think, how long can this be sustained in terms of getting these peo...

Were watching california this hour for some breaking news at any moment the judge could clear the way for gays and lesbians to once again engage in weddings marrying each other. this is the same judge who overturned prop 8 in california last week, saying that the voter supported ban on same-sex marriage violated the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians, and a an appeal was immediately fired. judge von walker did not clear the way for same-sex couples to begin marrying. weve been talking on...