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Landed on the front page of "the new york times" today. while he was careful not to disavoi their laws, officials who carefully study bans on gay marriage could refuse to defend them. as an example, mr. holder cited the brown v. board of education case, which forced public school integration in 1954, quote, new quote from the attorney general, "if i were attorney general in kansas in 1953, i would not have defended the statute that put in place separate-but-equal facilities." that goes to the po...

Of interest on the table. shes getting pressure from the likes of american airlines. the super bowl is against this bill. the democratic national committee just to give you an example has queried phoenix to ask if theyre interested many the 2016 hosting the convention in 2016, one of many cities theyre asking. if this bill were to go in effect i can guarantee that would be taken off the table. this would be a bad bill in terms of business.veto. who knows? >> the nations top law enforcement offic...

And then aretha franklin happens to be my longest living friend. i have known aretha since i was 8 years old. it was just a wonderful night. and i was very happy to be a part of that. >> yeah. barry gordy, aretha, you were talking about a time when there was so much civil up heaval. was it it like making music in that turbulent time of the civil rights era? >> i think it was just something so beautiful to see what music could do. during that time we were trying to pass legislation. we were march...

Together. we would go places where we used to go. the crowds would be separated. like black people on one side, white people on the other side. black people upstairs and white people downstairs or vice versa. eventually they were e all dancing and singing together and having a good time together and the music was promoting integration. >> you talk about the music integrating. there was notice to black artists, your services are no longer needed. it was talking about robin thicke and justin timbe...

Be some savior coming from the european side of things? >> reporter: that is the tone coming out of the eu. they are saying that ukraines future is in european tradition and open the door for ukraine perhaps join the european union. important to keep in mind that is not an easy road for a country that is historically very socialist and state oriented to shift its entire economy to be one similar to european countries. one of the major sticking points that made president yanukovych change his min...

Mythology, the fact that you have a black character sort of talks about the history of this country, talks about a fabric that, whether its pronounced or just subtly in the background, thats part of what this country is about. race, for all intents and purposes, is not an easy conversation for us to have. >> it doesnt have sort of a constant conversation about race or it doesnt enter in, and yet it says so much. >> exactly. >> by existing. >> right. >> when you look at oscar sunday coming up, th...

I dont know that we really know. what do we cowith those folks. >> a pathway of integration. you dont give them expedoited pathway to citizenship. it is not fair there are those coming in legally. and for those here illegally to go to the front of the line. and that is to the back of the line and get guest worker visa and the idea that 11 million people want to be u.s. citizens that is a misnomer. many want to work here and go back and seasonally work here according to the needs of the economy. ...

>> it is good economic policy. lets increase the minimum wage in connecticut and lets do it together. >> 1 out of 8 jobs created in the united states was created by businesses right here in indiana. >> missouri is a low-tax state. sixth lowest in the nation. and we like it that way. >> the governors of texas, connecticut, indiana and missouri join us to talk minimum wage, obamacare, and the death penalty. then, hes stepping out. different somehow and also sort of the same. >> all of us are fro...

>> all of the films this year -- people talk about it is a great year for african-american actors, all these films, all these actors, but each one of us talk about the same thing. they are either a film about slavery or a film about integration. so from a commercial standpoint, all we are getting is the same story weve seen over and over and over again. its "roots" -- "12 years a slave" is still about that struggle. "42" is about baseball but its still about that struggle. on one hand it would b...

Alliance and deeper economic connections with europe. it cant have a zero sum between those two and have ukraine thats not deeply split. ukraine is really set right up under the armpit of russia. so its sort of geographically in a complex position. but it matters to both ends. and to a certain degree, you can sort of measure how well were doing in the post-cold car world by the amount of integration between ukraine and europe because it shows that the new russia is not necessarily trying to rese...