Im julie haener. We begin with Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the race. He came in fourth place in South Carolina making history as the first lgbt candidate to win delegates in the race for the nomination of a Major Political party. Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to an enthusiastic crowd in san jose today as he ramps up support ahead of super tuesday. Our political reporter greg lee is here now, a lot going on with super tuesday a couple weeks away. Kind of been a rapid pace here. That announcement about mayor pete came in the middle of Bernie Sanders stump speech during that rally today. Former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg just officially on air called it quits for his campaign after coming out on top of the Iowa Caucuses and a strong finish in new hampshire. He looked promising. The disappointing finishes in more diverse states like nevada, South Carolina pointed towards the end of his historic run. We must recognize that at this point in the race the best way to keep faith with
Then as 2017 comes to a close, were looking back at President Trumps first year in office, from his tweets to his accomplishments and everything in between. And later, willie takes a look back at the year in sunday sitdowns from actors to singers, entrepreneurs even a president. We have a lot of people from both sides of the aisle who dig this show. They all think were making fun of the other guy. Its nice to be the guy known for making songs that people kiss to or dance to. Music should make you fall in love and make you happy. When i talk about freedom of the press or immigration reform, i dont do so to criticize anybody. Those sunday sitdowns just ahead. But lets start this morning with our top story as we get sed to ring in the new year. Security will be tight across the country, but perhaps the biggest challenge will be beating the bitter temperatures gripping much of the nation. Nbcs ann thompson is in times square for us where people preparing to celebrate are expected to gather
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When you say we are talking about a remedy not in terms of finding a violation. Dont say you are implementing congresss intent when you look at what a congress 60 years later would do. When you are rendering a gender discriminatory statute by leveling up or down you are not using congresss intent. But you will ask what would they have wanted if they knew they couldnt make this discrimination. I thought if you have to go back to 52, they are going to either have to take the benefit away from the woman or give it to the man. They hate that. They get into trouble when they take benefits away. That moves them in one direction and also moves them in the same direction if there are a handful of men who might benefit. If there were millions of men who might benefit they might get worried about what they are doing particularly since they are discriminating more against the married couple. I was interested in those questions, but i take it you have said what you can say on that. All you can say
When you say we are talking about a remedy not in terms of finding a violation. Dont say you are implementing congresss intent when you look at what a congress 60 years later would do. When you are rendering a gender discriminatory statute by leveling up or down you are not using congresss intent. But you will ask what would they have wanted if they knew they couldnt make this discrimination. I thought if you have to go back to 52, they are going to either have to take the benefit away from the woman or give it to the man. They hate that. They get into trouble when they take benefits away. That moves them in one direction and also moves them in the same direction if there are a handful of men who might benefit. If there were millions of men who might benefit they might get worried about what they are doing particularly since they are discriminating more against the married couple. I was interested in those questions, but i take it you have said what you can say on that. All you can say