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Important to the couple. they were the plaintiffs in the landmark case that made it all the way to the support court. an emotional chris perry said her goal from the start to us to send a message of equality especially to the children of gay couples. >> are today we can go back to california and say to our own children, all four of our boys, your family is just as good as everybody elses family, we love you as much as anybody elses parents love their kids and we are going to be equal. now we wil...

To happen. and compromising on immigration, which they havent been able to do is a big job. jenna: well keep our fingers crossed. there you go. >> who knows. >> carl, thank you. jon: a cleveland man charged withholding three young women captive for a decade is back in court today. what the hearing is about and how it may impact this case, plus, new reaction to the supreme courts ruling to strike down a key section of the landmark voting rights act that was created to prevent discrimination at po...

Jenna: new reaction to the supreme court ruling striking down a key section of the landmark voting rights act passed to prevent discrimination at polling places. the high court requiring that certain areas get justice department approval before changing laws, they deemed it unconstitutional. it it applies to eight states youee in orang you see in orange. attorney general eric holder says hes deeply disappointed by the ruling but says the justice department will monster injures dirkses around the...

Say in the matter. theyre leaving this to the states, essentially. in the opinion authored by justice kennedy, a 5-4 opinion, he says the statutes invalid for no legitimate purpose overcomes the effect to disparage and injure -- he wraps it by treating those people as less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the fifth amendment. essentially, jon, doma is unconstitutional. jon: but its also important here to note what the court didnt do today, right? >> reporter: well, i...

Claudia cowan live in san francisco. >> it wasnt the broad ruling they hoped for but a huge victory for same-sex couples in california who who have been waiting for years to get married. they are celebrating on the steps of san franciscos city hall. they will fight to limit it to the sue couples who challenged the ban on gay marriage. there could be more legal wrangling to come. in san francisco they say marriages could begin in a couple of weeks. rallies are planned across the state today and t...

Be cheering but in this case somehow conservatives want the federal government to step on the toes of the state. jenna: scalia said they are overruling what elected representatives have put forward as representatives of the public. what do you think of what sally has to say and again how were looking at this relationship between the judicial branch, the federal government and the state government and the local community. >> justice scalia got it right. the federal government has constitutional a...

>> well, in my opinion i truly believe especially the second yell for help that was like a, you know, a yelp, it was excruciating, i really felt it was the boys voice. >> reporter: and a major ruling this morning by judge deborah nelson and a victory for the prosecution. five previous 911 calls made by the neighborhood watch leader about suspicious black people walking in his neighborhood are relevant to this murder trial. >> there was a break-in in my neighborhood recently. two black males. >> ...

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