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wedding websites for same sex couples. an application of the first amendment to civil rights law that could affect public accommodations perhaps even gay marriage access for many minority groups. good day. im andrea mitchell in washington where the supreme court just ended its urm with a conservative super majority flexing its muscle once again. this morning striking down the student loan forgiveness program with the chief justice writing in part the secretary of education asserts the ...

The decisions released by the six conservative justices are going to have wide ranging impacts on minority communities for decades to come. mark morel joins me now. im not only speaking of people of color, im thinking of those people who have been in the disability movement, all kinds of other minorities. religious and racial minorities. >> yeah. and all people who want a just -- >> thats a good point. >> -- and diverse america regardless of race. these decisions, andrea, i feel are a spear thro...

Democrat including two senators mark warner and tim kaine, the dean of the congressional -- democratic congressional delegation in virginia, theyve all made clear to him along with the black caucus of the legislature and practically everybody else that he has lost the mandate to be governor of the commonwealth of virginia and he needs to step down. so i dont understand -- what i dont understand right now on monday, today, is how he feels he could continue without that support. how can you -- how...

A deal. the congressional leaders, boehner, reid, pelosi, mcconnell, were optimistic but cautious about a deal. >> to show our seriousness we have put revenue on the table as long as its accompanied by significant spending cuts. >> we have the cornerstones of being able to work something out. were both going to have to give up some of the things that we know are a problem. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have a deadline before christmas. we should show ...

>> okay. were talking about debt reduction and the presidents problem of avoiding the fiscal cliff and i got to get back to the mayor. i want to go to ways we can actually do this. i know everybody has to give something. im wondering what people are willing to give. mayor, what are the areas that affect the big cities? >> the big cities are affected by housing, community development investments, education investments, which i might add have already taken cuts. this is whats important is that thi...

You are began league and aaron smith is co-funder of a group called noninvincibles dedicated to ensuring that young peoples perspectives are accounted for in policy and economic opportunity, education, and health care issues. thank you both. i want to start with mayor morel. what can we do about this debt problem? its growing. do you accept the fact its a serious threat to our country? >> yeah. the deficit is a serious threat. we need a lone-term fiscal plan, not a short-term fix. the idea is th...

Income earners -- >> would you -- >> 80% of young people support getting rid of those tax cuts. >> would you do anything besides raise taxes on the rich? >> i think there are ways we could make some of these programs more efficient by investing in the front end in education and training that in the long term can reduce -- >> mayor -- >> -- over a long period of time. >> i want to aur this perspective because in the entire conversation whats been missing is the military where military expenditure...

Documentation they need to vote on election day or earlier. mark morel is the president of the urban league and sponsored the national voter registration day, victoria is an nbc latino contributor. i want to talk, mark, thank you so much for coming on. here is your chance to make the case to people who might be disillusioned or discouraged because theyve heard about disillusioned or discouraged because they heard of the sue expressi suppression. >> lets not be discouraged, pushed back, even thou...

Through political posture but around kitchen tables. and water coolers and church basements and in our schools and with our kids all across the country. >> joining me now is the president of the urban league, mark morel. good to see you. congratulations to the national urban league, 100 years of good service. you heard the president. do you think this national discussion that hes talking about, race at the kitchen table in, churches, in schools, should it come from the white house? should he say...