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California very, very soon. see some of the other supporters of the overturning of proposition 8 celebrating on the steps of the u.s. supreme court. well have a lot more coverage of that coming up later today. 5:00 p.m. eastern in the "situation room." other news. paula deen. she has now broken her silence. >> i is what i is. and i am not changing. and im -- theres someone evil out there that saw what i had worked for. and they wanted it. >> the celebrity cook offering an apology, doing some d...

Through their elected representatives. it gives a clue on what will happen with proposition 8. but justice scalia is still reading this dissent from the bench. hes aparentingly pretty emotional about it. bill: im reading that bench statement is lengthy and you mention that can be rare at times. is it today? >> reporter: i would have expected today in something as heated as this controversy. that the difficult isnt iters at least one of them would read from the bench. in other cases where justice...

Regardless of sex. older americans, of course, say no. its a generational question. as we wait for this, wolf, obviously the first question is how broad of a ruling do we get from the court? the second question, once you have the ruling, how does it play out back in california where prop 8 is from, and in so many other states across the country having this conversation and legal debate. >> stand by, john. good explanation of whats at stake in hollingsworth versus perry, the case involving what w...

Couples from marriage? and the key maybe for coming into today, the sheer speed with its all moving forward. he said about the court, you want us to step in on the effects of this institution, which is newer than cell phones or the internet. why should it not be left for the people? thats what they said back in march. wolf, as we can see today, they are stepping in in a big way. well just have to hear what they say about prop 8. >> we should know momentarily, tom foreman. thank you very much. gl...

Court today issued a ruling, but the judgment becomes effective 125 days after the united states supreme court issues its ruling. however, the ninth circuit does have in its power to lift the stay before those 25 days have passed. so it is our hope that the court will do just that. again appreciating the fact that there have been too many days and for too long the citizens of our state, residents of our state have been denied a due process under the law, denied equal protection under the law. th...

That proposition rejected same-sex marriage. the case is called hollingsworth versus perry. lets get some background, because were going through the paperwork right now. john king is once again joining us with a closer look at the second same-sex marriage case that the justices have now considered. >> and the big question, wolf, do we get a sweeping ruling from the court like we just did in doma, or is it a much more limited ruling to the states issues? the specific issues of this california cas...

Term. yesterdays ruling may be among the most controversial. were live in washington to tell us what they announced yesterday. >> good morning. yesterdays supreme court ruling on the voting rights is any indication, today will be another busy day for the justices as they take on gay rights. the supreme court is ruling on the defense of marriage act today or doma and proposition 8. doma determines if married gay couples can receive tax benefits such as tax privileges or social security. the secon...

Choices the constitution protects. just minutes later, the other 5-4 decision on californias proposition 8. this time chief justice john roberts gave the opinion for other tired and weary-looking justices. he said the court could not decide the california case, because opponents of same-sex marriage could not show how they had been harmed. which means gay marriage in california can resume when a lower court gives the word. though opponents promise to keep fighting. >> this is far from over. in f...

The u.s. supreme court expected to rule on two historic decisions. one on californias constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. proposition 8. the other on the federal defense of marriage act known as doma which denies benefits. more breaking news. the bristol county d.a. in massachusetts confirming new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez is under arrest. he will be arraigned later today. there will be developments on this coming up this hour. a brand-new hour starts right now. im bill hem...

Decisions in that direction. i want to bring in the judge in the 60 seconds we have before we take a break here. listen to the language of david boies, hes knee deep on both of these decisions on doma and proposition 8, what is he inferring by his comments. >> hes inferring what lawyers do. hes picking and choosing language from the doma opinion in which the court says sweeping things about the right to choose your mate without governmental interference and hes suggesting that that language will...