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Who are prepared to strike it down. the problem is the middle, justice kennedy, who is the key vote here. hes the author of the two most important gay rights rulings in the courts history, for whatever reason isnt ready to go there. >> rob reiner, how important has hollywood been? has hollywood played the same role on same-sex marriage that baseball basically played on integration when they were essentially a decade ahead of the countrys politicians on civil rights? "all in the family" did the f...

Hes the author of the two most important gay rights rulings in the courts history, for whatever reason isnt ready to go there. >> rob reiner, how important has hollywood been? has hollywood played the same role on same-sex marriage that baseball basically played on integration when they were essentially a decade ahead of the countrys politicians on civil rights? "all in the family" did the first ever show featuring a homosexual character. >> i dont know about whether or not hollywood has played ...

Thats how it seemed to me. >> no, no. >> or is this the norm of the court? >> i would say this was not -- despite the efforts by lawyers on both sides -- not, in terms of the justices, a fundamental discussion about, shall we have same-sex marriage or shall we not? is it a good thing for the country or isnt it? the court just for whatever reason doesnt want to go there at this point. now, to be clear, there are certainly some conservatives who are prepared to uphold prop 8 and some of the courts...

Va and longer for newest veterans specifically if you fought in afghanistan and iraq. the more worrying problem about this backlog over the last few years instead of getting better this problem has gotten worst, trending in the wrong direction. the vba. this is a hearing at which the vas backlog is being described. the woman in charge of managing benefits claims at the v.a. is the person who runs the veteran 0 veterans benefits administration. vba. this week, they were called to testify about th...

>> im in prison for prostitution with hiv/aids relations because i tested positive on one of my arrest cases. this building is medical, but its for hiv, and its been open for integration with non-hiv inmates on the yard. >> we first met terry while shooting "the lock-up: corcoran" episode in 2005. >> you going to get a job when you get out, reform yourself, or stay in the same pattern and you dont get out. >> in the three years since, terrys been involved in many fights with cellmates. >> it tak...

First generation jamaican, and ha it means to succeed, to excel and what that component means to the larger conversation about immigration and ex-essentialalism. >> you talk about these monolithic blocs and i never fail to chuckle and how reductionist that practice is, to talk about black people in america. of course theres a common struggle and i never tire of saying that. black immigrants to this country, be they jamaican, or west african, theres no doubt about it, we are standing on the succe...

Remains undone. it becomes more acute or comes into view. so -- >> it becomes clear sitting at the lunch counter or integration of the schools or hospitals. >> also jim croweed as well. part of what they were doing is a preliminary effort at the wonderful, you know, patient navigation system that dr. freeman is doing. clinics would have patient advocates and the person would be, you know, is there led in your home? do people not have access to food and these sorts of things. theres a longer hist...

And now were supposed to take him seriously when he says hes going to attack the u.s.? >> erin, what these things have shown recently is unpredictable is the new normal when it comes to north korea. i think we had some sense of how kim jong-il, the former leader, operated, but theres a lot that we dont know about the current leader, and his actions, as you noted earlier, have really been ranging, far beyond what weve seen in the past with north korea. i think in the end, he does want all of thes...

Comical and weird things, like riding amusement park rides in pyongyang. and now were supposed to take him seriously when he says hes going to attack the u.s.? >> erin, what these things have shown recently is unpredictable is the new normal when it comes to north korea. i think we had some sense of how kim jong-il, the former leader, operated, but theres a lot that we dont know about the current leader, and his actions, as you noted earlier, have really been ranging, far beyond what weve seen i...

Seen in the past with north korea. i think in the end, he does want all of these western accoutrements of life, whether its basketball or amusement parks, but he also wants his nuclear weapons and his ballistic missiles. and the problem for us is that weve always thought there was a trade here. we could do a deal, where they would trade their nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles for integration and involvement in the world. and i think its very clear that thats not what they want. they want to...