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Decision and to make something the law of the land. and today they made marriage equality the law of the land. >> mary bonauto, attorney the strategic architect of this fight that won marriage equality nationwide, the person who argued it in the court. this is just a huge day, i mean for everybody. but obviously, this is a vindication of your lifes work. i hope you have an excellent vacation planned. >> thank you kindly. thank you. >> all right. okay. ahead, a historic impassioned eulogy by pr...

Republicans on the committee are frustrated about where they are. >> and where are they? i mean what happens next here? >> well i think you see -- you know you see in these congressional investigations they have a long life. and they will continue to turn over stones, but the limits -- they face the limits of the evidentiary trail. i think what were going to see is what else they can produce. this is a, you know controversy that has been brewing for a long time. it has simmered it has had a lot ...

The u.s. supreme court legalized same-sex marriage. supporters welcoming that decision on friday outside the nations highest court. the nine justices were split, 5-4 in the ruling. u.s. president, barack obama delivering a moving eulogy honoring the reverend and eight others murdered in charleston south carolina. the president inclued a police cal message on race in america. he also sang "amazing grace" bringing mourners to their feet as they joined him. >> lets bring in an author and professor ...

Be two people laid to rest during the same service, an aunt and nephew. 87-year-old susie jackson and her nephew tawanda sanders, a recent graduate of college. these come a day after the presidents strong message which continues to reverberate throughout south carolina. >> im very proud to be a south carolinian. im proud to be -- to live in a time where we can all come together and have support and my brothers and sisters in christ and the world and south carolina and the united states of americ...

Happened and what is now a breathless manhunt. well bring you thatten a moment. tonight, well show you president obamas powerful eulogy for those murdered at the emanuel ame in south carolina. but we begin tonight with the decision by the supreme court declaring marriage a fundamental right and right that gays and lesbians can not be deprived in not in any state of the union or not in america anymore. [ cheers and applause ] for supporters of marriage equality joy outside the court, the ruling c...

Stella artois host beautifully whether you are a supporter of his or not, president obama just completed one of the most remarkable weeks of his presidency. cnn politics reporter steven cullinson writes it has been a week that will define this president, a week that has changed this nation. the supreme court handing the president two major victories, the decision legalizing gay marriage across this country, upholding also a key provision of obamacare. the president this week also speaking abou...

Throughout, you know his eulogy, but also this being a gospel song, you know one of the most famous gospel songs, written by john newton, a man who had been a slave trader himself, who found god and became an abolitionist. and so what obama was really talking about was that kind of metaphorical transformation in taking down the confederate flag, that same type of redemption racial redemption through, you know christian fellowship and christian love. it was an amazingly profound moment. >> the sp...

Historically black church. cnns martin savidge with more. >> a charleston arena became a sanctuary and a crowd of 5500 its congregation. remembering those gunned down in a racially motivated massacre in one of the nations es oldest black churches. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the service was more celebration than somber. noting the gunmans intent to divide people by race did the opposite. >> someone should have told the young man. he wanted to start a race war. but he came to the wrong place. >> reporte...

But he came to the wrong place. >> reporter: for the president, it was personal. reverend and state senator clementa pinckney had helped obamas 2008 campaign. the presidents eulogy quickly went beyond the victims to challenging the nation to confront the issues of race guns the confederate flag. >> removing the flag from this states capitol would not be an act of political correctness. not an insult to the valor of confederate soldier. it would simply be an acknowledgment that the cause for whic...

Sanctuary and a crowd of 5500 its congregation remembering those gunned down in a racially motivated massacre in one of the nations oldest black churches. the service was more celebration than sombre. many noting the gunmans attempt to divide people by race had done just opposite. >> someone should have told the young man he wanted to start a race war but he came to the wrong place. >> for the president, it was personal. reverend and state senator, clementa pink clementa pink knee had helped pre...