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>> oo a chilling new report reporting nsa has access to your iphone. according to the leaked documents the spy agency claims a 100 percent success rate when it comes to spy ware. it allows them to intercept your text messages and activate your iphone's microphone and camera. >> new year, new laws. there are regulations hitting the books at midnight. they include mandatory registration of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition. rhode island becoming the 8th state to enact the ban the box law. they are no longer able to ask employees about the criminal history on jobs. drivers will see a ...

Legal. your predictions gentlemen for what will happen to the other 32 states based on the legal cases that are now pending. what do we see a year from now? is the balance the same or does it shift? >> what do you think? >> i think from a constitutional standpoint this argument, the ohio judge's ruling is compelling because it's a very easy conclusion to draw. you avoid getting to tissue of whether or not there's a fundamental the right marry. instead as long as people have celebrated legal marriage in at least one other state they can't have that taken way from them when they go state number ...

Didn't he stay the appeal. why didn't he say let's see how this plays out in court. it's long journey and been a long journey for members of the gay and lesbian community and bean long time coming. as you mentioned, 18 states now, 32 that don't. just tissue, i mean the judge was relying on equal protection. it's big. it's the 14th amendment. the 14th amendment has historically been used for many things that relate to equality whether gender, race, and now of course whether it affects same sex marriages and so what the judge is doing is saying look the time has come, he refused to stay the ban ...

Recognize same sex marriages even if it's baned and that really does have major implications going forward because if you're married in utah you go to colorado, you still get the same rights you would otherwise have. >> in the united states different states have recognized marriages in other states for a long, long time and it's important to understand the ohio case is really a narrow issue. it's not really the right to marry. it's, if you're already married in another state can another state divest you of that marriage? it really doesn't implicate any fundamental right to marry except as it r...

Gridlock is get outside of the beltway. 32 miles outside, in fact. 32 miles from the united states capitol, the maryland statehouse in a three-month legislative session. only three months. sent the following bills to governor martin o'malley, most of which he signed today. the first bill o'malley signed today made maryland the 18th state to abolish the death penalty. the first below the mason dixon line. governor o'malley also signed a bill allowing undocumented immigrants to get state driver's licenses and a bill to expand early voting. he also signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana and w...