Jeff Zarillo News Today

And thank you for your leadership. >> youre invited to the wedding. >> okay. >> bye-bye. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. >> bye-bye. >> sandy, kris, i see you have chad with you, as well as jeff zarillo and tom katami, an enormous call from the president saying we are proud of and you thank you for your leadership. obviously, you had the support of the white house all along. >> i think weve had the support of the whole country. and the president, along with his leadership and so many ...

And we were -- the damage of being prohibited, the language of marriage and the rights of marriage, was so overwhelming, and after prop 8 passed, it just kind of welled up inside of us, we never talked about it to each other. we knew we wanted to get married but assumed we would never have the right. so after prop 8, it really turned our anger into action and we were able to take that forward and we are happy and proud and lucky to be a part of this case. >> jeff, i have to ask a clarifying ques...

On the phone with president obama when he had the prop 8 plaintiffs around there to get the congratulations of the president. we also have lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsome joining the program. also this hour, i will have paul and jeff. those are the other prop 8 plaintiffs, and there they are right there coming up to speak, as well. and at noon eastern time, 83-year-old doma plaintiff, edie windsor, is going to be giving her own scheduled live conference on the steps of the supre...

Welcome back, everybody. the historic morning we have been following for you here on msnbc from the u.s. supreme court. live pictures right there, where weve received these two landmark decisions today on doma and prop 8. doma deemed unconstitutional. prop 8 is dead. joining me now, the two other plaintiffs in the prop 8 case, paul katama and jeff zarillo, rachel maddow agreed to stick around with me. we have watched you with president obama calling from air force one on an iphone. that doesnt h...

Wedding? correct? >> well, the plan is for a wedding. as soon as we possibly can. we dont know quite yet when thats going to be in california. but the second its allowed, we will definitely be there with our beautiful sons. and were so, so grateful to be able to get married. were grateful were getting married before any of them, because theyre old enough now. and were amazed by this amazing show of support by our president. >> were you prepared for an alternative outcome today? were you prepared...

That will have children come together. >> some say that is too narrow. >> being married, its a public show of love and commitment, and its a declaration of love. >> jeff and paul live together but they say they never signed up for californias domestic partnership because they say they dont see it as the same as marriage. >> the term marriage is important. it has global recognition. nobody celebrates a domestic partnership, they celebrate an anniversary of marriage. >> california is one of the ha...

Paul is a fit instructor and personal trainer. jeff zarillo, two of the biggest plaintiffs. >> we cant get married and we love each other. >> they said they never thought they would become the face of gay marriage, but their fight to put an end to the prop 8 is when jeff saw this gay video based on real stories. jeff sent it to paul. >> i am a massachusetts parent, helplessly watching public schools teach my son that gay marriage is okay. >> just to get a reaction. >> and sure enough, when i fin...

She does before she goes on air every night, then maybe we need to talk to jeff. by the way, monday night, i will be broadcasting live from nancys dressing room as david gurgen personally pushes for couch cushions. its the case of the missing handcuff necklace continues on the ridiculist. on "the ridulist." thank you for watching. from cnn headquarters in atlanta, this is "early start weekend." >> several control towers getting the axe. thank you for watching. two kids tried to rob her and t...

Marriage. now that the federal appeals court ruling that puts same-sex marriage in california on hold until december. gay marriages were to resume tomorrow under an order issued last week by a federal judge, the same judge had declared on august 4th that californias voter approved ban on gay marriages is unconstitutional. but late yesterday the federal appe aappeals court in san francisco granted a request by the same-sex ban to delay enforcement of the lower court ruling. joining me now from lo...

Really what were looking for is an expedited trial schedule and we got that. we certainly understand that in the gay and lesbian community yesterday there was some disappointment when the ruling came down, but december 6th is actually a very expedited schedule and now the case will actually get to be heard just on its merits. when were on the merits, were on the side of the law. >> paul, let me pose it to you. can you give me the roller coaster experience that this has been for you two as a coup...