Alex witt witt. The issue of samesex marriage in the United States will be settled once and for all. The justices will take up the issue in april with a final decision by the end of june. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams has the very latest. Pete. Alex hello to you. The Supreme Court tiptoed around this issue the last few years. Now it is taking it head on seeing if samesex marriage should be the law of the land. The court agreed to answer two questions, does the constitutional require states grant marriage license toss samesex marriage and do states have to recognize samesex marriages legally performed. There arent that many unchartered territories of whats fairness and equality in the country and how much will we will rely on tradition. Together eight years, each has adopted two special needs children. They want to be married so both can be parents of all the children. We saw something that was wrong. We decided to we needed to make it right. And, you know to anybody else what i will say to you is stand up for what you believe in because thats what were doing. 36 states permit gay marriage, covering 70 of the u. S. Population. Courts ruling the other way upheld gay bans in five other states, a split the Supreme Court will now resolve. Groups defending the state ban say the big question is who gets to decide . Is it a handful of federal judges that get to decide this important policy question of marriage or is it the American People at the ballot box and democratic institutions. The justices will hear this case in april and decide it by late june. And the Obama Administration says it will urge the court to rule in favor of samesex marriage. Alex . All right. Pete williams thanks so much for that. Lets get overseas where Police Across europe are craiging down on terror suspects. Today in belgium for the first time in 30 years, armed soldiers are patrolling the treats deployed to guard possible terrorism targets. United kingdom issued its highest ever alert. They are also stepping up patrols in jewish communities. Yesterday at the white house president obama and british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron pledged to Work Together against the extremism and described it as a poisonous death cult. Is there any indication how successful all these police raids have been . Reporter well the most successful one seems to be in belgium where the authorities said the other day they broke up a terror ring they thought would try to Kill Police Officers attack police stations any hour there. Thats one obvious sign. We are hearing in Germany Police stepped up security at several train station ises after getting a tip there might be an attack there. Perhaps theres some actionable intelligence they are getting as they conduct sweeps as well in germany. Here in paris, its a relatively why with et day. You can see behind me parents are out and stim coming to this monument for the Charlie Hebdo victims and others killed here last week. And to say its a quiet day is no small matter. Yesterday began with a bomb threat at a train station that was evacuated. Then a hostage situation that went on for a couple of hours. It turned out to be not terrorism related. Just a man with a mental issue. But it gives you the idea of the sense of tension, the accepts of how authorities are staying on top of things and responding to seem to be possible threats throughout the day always. Here when were out here you can hear sirens in the background. Its quiet now. I have never been in a place where you hear constant sirens where police ambulances are active, actively patrolling, actively out responding to calls, again, because of the tension here. Also here the authorities are stim questioning at least a dozen possible suspects in connection with the attacks last week. They are still trying to figure out how the government got their weapons, money and so forth and tracking down various leads. The question is how long can they hold the suspects. The terrorism laws are tough. How long can you detect a suspect. Theres a lot of concern about stepping up survey lapse of the internet a key way that haoe hady groups recruit and spread their propaganda. As we move forward, they try to keep security tight and allow for civil liberties, the same debay waging in the United States since 9 11 happening here. A new normal. Heightened security still here in france with the officials saying as many as 120,000 additional security on the streets, 120,000 is a lot of police and military. 10,000 military. That may be the case for some time to come. What about t the kouachi brothers as to whether either or both have been buried and where they have been buried. What do you know about that . I believe one of the brothers has been buried and the other has not as of yet. There was a lot of opposition to them being buried in the towns where they live and where they come from. People just want them gone. They dont want them buried. They certainly dont want any kind of mark or there. One of the brothers has been buried in an unmarked grave. The other, it seems the family is trying to put them together in the same cemetery. But that apparently is meeting a lot of resistance. At this point we dont think the other brother has been buried said, but we are still checking. Appreciate that. In other news now, penn state students held a rally to celebrate 112 football victories restored by the ncaa. The decision also reinstates joe paterno as the winningest coach in College Football history. The families of two nypd officers will split a check from an anonymous donation from someone in hong kong. He was devoted to his family. He wouldnt talk about his job at home. Because he wanted to keep a noble life. He doesnt want us to worry about him. She also said that becoming an nypd officer was a lifelong dream for her late husband. The dcdc said the flu season is reaching epidemic levels. Doctors say it is because of an aggressive flu strain and a vaccine that did not live up to expectations. In las vegas, four hospitals have been overrun with flu patients. One hospital says it is an internal disaster lets go now to the weather. Say goodbye to clear skies. A developing storm along the east coast is bringing rain and snow to the northeast this weekend. Reynolds wolf is here with the forecast. Good morning, reynolds. We were talking about some of the rainfall we might see in parts of the northeast. The west coast kind of the same thing in oregon Northern California and certainly washington state. Along the coast is a story of rainfall. But at high elevation, the transformation going from rain drops to snowflakes. At times it could get fairly heavy. For portions the atlantic mountains and back over towards seattle, some locations may see several inches. Anywhere from three to five inches of rainfall. Another story we will follow is whats going to happen in central west. Were talking the plains. Jet stream nice ridge developing over the center of the u. S. Meaning temperatures anywhere from 10 15 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. And the warm conditions will spill over into your monday. Certainly better times there. In the northeast, the story will be the rain thats going to come for much of the coast. Inland, a better chance of snowfall especially towards buffalo, perhaps even into syracuse eventually moving into spots like burlington. You could see up to eight inches of snowfall at high elevations of the green mountains. Thanks for the headsup reynolds. Coming up third times a charm. At least thats what mitt romney is hoping. A look at his chances and the one thing he might be missing if he runs for pleasant again. 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Were going to talk about mitt romney because he said hes giving serious consideration to the future. The 2012 president ial nominee has been at the center of the political universe after new talk he could mount a third bid for the white house. That shifted into overdrive as he gave a Campaign Style speech for top officials. Kristen welker is following that story for us. With a good saturday morning to you, my friend. Apparently theres one thing mitt romney is missing at this point, isnt there . Reporter good morning, alex. Thats right. Hes missing the excitement from within the gop. Last night mitt romney didnt say outright he plans to run. But he sounded a lot like a candidate when he spoke in California Mapping out a platform. But, again, hes missing that key ingredient, alex for a third president ial bid. That is broad support from his own party. Speaking to the Party Faithful in california mitt romney joked about the one thing on everyones mind. Let me state unequivocably i have no intention to run for senator of massachusetts. But he got serious fast. Mapping out what sounded like a platform for another president ial run focussed on National Security and opportunity for all. Even taking direct aim at possible democratic contender Hillary Clinton. And the results of the Hillary Clinton barack obama Foreign Policy have been devastating. The clearer signal, his comments about wife anne. She believes people get better with experience. Heaven knows i have experience running for president. But there is skepticism within his own party after romney was trounced in 2012. How is now going to be different from four years ago or four years before that . If he runs he will face off against what some consider a strong field of provide mary candidates as the party tries to appeal to a broader base. Wisconsin governor scat walker Chris Christie kentucky senator rand paul and Tea Party Favorite texas senator ted cruz. Then theres former Florida Governor jeb bush, who is already getting big donors on board. In 2012 most of the rise decided to stay on the sidelines. Theyre not on the sidelines this time around. When asked about the news that his former rival is considering another bid, president obama decided to stay mum. I have no comment. Well last night romney talked a lot about lifting up the poor. A clear attempt to distance himself from 2012. Thats when democrats of course painted him as an out of touch elitist when didnt care about the poor. By the way, the rnc announced it will hold nine debates instead of the 22 it had last cycle. The move representing an attempt to protect candidates from making potentially damaging remarks during debates. We of course alex saw a whole lot of that in 2012. Yeah we did. Im actually smiling thinking about some of them. Memorable moments. Thank you so much. Thank you. Oh, my goodness. I sound terrible. I apologize sitting across the table from you. This speech we heard last night, test run . What do you think . I think the whole thing has been a test run. And i think the results of the test arent coming in as romney might have expected. He put himself out there for a week now. Said hey, im thinking about doing this. I think they rely a lot on hey, i think you would be great. He has done this before. People may have seen the documentary. He is sitting quietly. You can see the longing that he had to have won the presidency. I think that combined with people who he knows saying yes, you should do this thing is putting him in this position. There are opponents who say how would this be different . Former rnc chair. How would this be different. Lets listen to some of the notes he may have hit on the president ial campaign. Under president owe bam marks the richer have gotten richer. Income and equality has gotten worse. And more people are in poverty than ever before under this president. His policies have not worked. Their liberal policies are good every four years for a campaign but they dont get the job done. Is this a direct candidate 47 comment from the 2012 campaign . Yeah. Mitt romney is known for defining himself for the moment in which he is running for office. This is him trying to redefine himself for this moment. We went back and looked and he was actually wrong about his predictions about what was going to happen with the economy. He was right in that the economy has been bad and people are suffering and the ones at the top are getting all the gains. But everyone remembers hes one of the people at the top. Its hard for him to say this is the thing im going to be on. Is he the guy who sthaob taking on that message as a candidate . I think thats the key question that voters will have. I think its a question the republicans who are the people who are going to be deciding you know, who the candidates will be in 2016 i think they are had he starting to think, maybe, uh this isnt the way to do that. Switch to Supreme Court. They are going to consider in april a ruling on samesex marriage. Put it in perspective. Its huge. The Supreme Court, within of two things. Samesex marriage is now law of the land. All are overturned. Or they could do what is sort of unthinkable and say states have the right to ban marriage. What Voters Decide is going to be the case. That would be a huge shock to the system. I think people think they will do the former. Lets talk about president obama who reiterated his stance that would enact more sabgszs on iran. He got into some sort of disagreement on thursday with the subject with bob mennen dez, democratic senator there, during a q a at the democratic retreat. So what happens with this on both sides of the aisle . Lawmakers who want sanctions. Mennen dez is the sponsor on the democratic side of the sanctions bill. Right. The president is working with his diplomacy deal which he sees as part of his legacy. Resolving the tensions between the United States and iran. However, it is politically popular to be hard on iran. So is a lot of people on the hill are saying we need now sanctions. There is strength of iran in the middle east. The president said yesterday you need to stop doing this because it is going to derail negotiations i have going on. I dont think thats resonating very much on capitol hill. Where they want to be able to have a strong hand. Its tough. Its tough to know whats happening in the room as the diplomats from the states are talking to different ones from everywhere else. Target is shutting 100 stores in canada. How did they fail so miserably up north . Thats coming up next. E your back. Your dogs definitely got your back. But whos got your back when you need legal help . We do. 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