andy infield, the supermodel wife. sits down to talk about family and the up expected wins of the florida gulf team. here s chris carter with the bleacher report. andy enfield, that s a name nobody knew before last week. of the head coach of the eagles, virtually unknown. everybody talking about this guy and team. what a great back story. valedictorian in high school. of course, his wife, a former cover girl model, the couple have three kids. and they sat down with cnn s rachel nichols yesterday. basically told her that their little ones are also enjoying dad s basketball success. my oldest s daughter s focus is to go to target and buy a dinosaur from the dollar bank. that was promised. i told her if we won the
profoundly affects american culture and how families are legally defined. cnn s joe johns outside the court. good morning, joe. good morning, carol. this case is very much about the pocketbook and what the federal defense of marriage act does when it treats same-sex couples differently than straight couples. the focus on a woman in her 80s name e ed eddie windsor when sht a huge tax bill when her spouse died. all followed by one day when the supreme court took up proposition 8 in california. same-sex marriage week at the supreme court. day one. culture war on the docket. the place for the decision to be made regarding redefining marriage is with the people. not with the courts. reporter: charles cooper, the lawyer in favor of california s proposition 8, argues traditi traditional marriage must be preserved for straight couples because it s all about pro creation. but justice elena kagan picked
it did hurt terribly. and i felt i felt angry. if thea had been theo, then she would have had no estate tax whatsoever. reporter: winsor sued challenges a law that denies same-sex marriage to couples who live in states that allow such union. and the supreme court has to decide is that a legitimate distinction to draw between people? gay people pay, straight people don t. reporter: regardless of the decision, winsor says, by making it this far, she already feels a sense of accomplishment. a huge step forward and a huge difference how people look at us. reporter: jason carroll, cnn, washington. as the justices deliberate, supporters of same-sex marriage hope this symbol continues to thread across the internet. the human rights campaign came up with the idea. they advocate equal rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. war may break out at any
the defense of marriage act, or doma. that s a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and woman. cnn s jason carroll spoke to the woman who is challenging doma. reporter: what edie winsor and cindy spire tied the knot, they had no idea it would lead to a challenge one that would open the door for federal benefits for same-sex couples for a generation. at the moment, winsor stood in front of the court. i wonder as you stand here, did it feel like at all that you could be making history? yes. reporter: winsor s story began some 50 years ago. she was a programmer at ibm. one night while in new york s west village, she met spire, a psychologist. she s a wonderful human being. reporter: the would fell in love, moved in together and for the next 40 years lived as a couple. unable to marry, they still
general petraeus is a terrific guy. had a great career. he s going to navigate this the right way. i know that i can never fully assuage the pain that i afflicted on me and those of others. i can, however, try to move forward and as best possible make amends to those i have hurt. reporter: chief among them, his wife holly who did not attend petraeus speech. the event was sponsored by usc that has longstanding ties to the military yet is located across the continent from the cia and pentagon. journalists attending the event were kept nearly as far away from the general. casey wian, cnn, los angeles. coming up next, talk back, thousands descend on washington as the u.s. supreme court tackles same-sex marriage. will this be an historic step forward? or are the justices looking for a way out? could they punt? we ll talk. need a new game.