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Legislature. we have legislative bodies for a reason to deal with these hot-button social issues, thats why i the supreme court expressed skepticism. but weve been saying we dont need a 50-state mandate on same-sex marriage in the country. what we need the supreme court to do is let the american people deal with this through their state institutions. >> i do know that justice kennedy talked about the standing on whether your defendants had standing. do you have the right to bring this case? is t...

Hour. time for the top of the news. and the united states supreme court considering two major changes and two cases on gay marriage. today, as demonstrators marched outside the justices heard arguments on california wants proposition 8. it bans gay marriage in the state. the justices question whether they should actually be deciding the case, which raises the possibility they could dismiss it with no ruling. legal experts say that would likely allow gay marriages to resume in california without ...

Power ball. the owner of eagle lick kers thrilled as well. they get a $10,000 check. a printout from the machine proffers it sold the ticket. we spoke to the new jersey state lottery which is still working to verify it. they actually just came out and said that he is indeed the winner. we just got that news this moment. they get $10,000, he gets over a 29 year or in lump-sum option gets somewhere around $1,252,000,000 if he takes the lump-sum. hes still trying to figure out what to do with with ...

Tomorrow, the supreme court will begin hearing arguments in two of the biggest civil rights cases to reach its docket in years, if not in decades. up for consideration, doma, the so-called defense of marriage act, and californias proposition 8. as the court prepares for an historic moment, more public figures are weighing in. we can now add senator claire mccaskill of missouri and senator mark warner of virginia to the growing number of current and former lawmakers throwing their support behind ...

Because its very complicated both of these cases. proposition 8 was something that was actually vote order by the citizens of california. and so for the supreme court to go in and overturn that, thats a big deal. the tea party movement stays out of the social issues because we cant even get everybody to agree on n. the same party, let alone across party lines. thats why we stick to the fiscal issues. but the 14th amendment gives us all equal rights. and nowhere in the constitution is the word ma...

Two same-sex marriage cases. people lining up since last week outside. they are hoping to get inside of those hearings. thousands more are expected to rally outside the court. this morning the justices take on californias proposition 8. tomorrow they are going to hear a separate case challenging the defense of marriage acts. both laws ban gay marriage. a decision is expected by the end of june. >> 44-year-old pedro kazada couldnt believe it when he walked into eaglely course in pass sake, new je...

Leadership as in the second inaugural. >> you and i both know there were people who would noted if joe biden had not made his comments on "meet the press" that sunday morning, that the president would not have stepped out in support of same-sex marriage. at the time that he did, he has not been a leader there. at the en, when history looks back, it will be joe biden that was the wind beneath his wings, if i can quota song? >> well, joe biden has earned himself a star in history with that moment....

With you know, explodes in his face, but i dont know -- >> i cant see how voters in north dakota and arkansas say the mayor of new york city thinks we should do this. >> theyre more likely to applaud their senator for standing up to the mayor of new york city. >> if you think the mark pryor and heidi heitcamp tweets came out of the blue. they think it will be good for them. >> the bill going in front of the senate as you said is a very scaled-back version of gun control and its basically backgro...

People including carl rove were putting gay marriage on ballots as a way to bring out, you know, conservative votes and win and suddenly it tips. i think its partly because of that case. i think its just partly theres just a national swing. and youve seen it happen on all sorts of -- smoking is an issue, obesity might be one. peoples attitudes suddenly change. but i think this one, its a pretty clear historic change. >> well, we dont know how justices haleprin and isaacson will vote on this issu...

Strong and says she is willing to fight again. she did all this up to now. >> shepard: of course big questions here. the court is likely to try her without her being there, and if the jury orders her back to prison, italian authorities could have a tough time getting her out of the united states. the reason for that is the same reason a lot of people will not send -- if we convict a citizen from another country which doesnt have the death penalty, they wont extradite those people back here becau...