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The u.s. supreme court handed down landmark ruling this week that will dramatically alter the social fabric of this country. two decisions directly affected a gay rights. one opened the way for same-sex spouses to receive the same benefits at heterosexuals. the other cleared the way for gay couples to mare lyry again california. avery friedman is our go to guy this morning. good to see you, avery. so, before we get to the rulings on doma and prop 8, the court weighed in on votinging rights and affirmative action. these rulings also huge. let's begin with voting rights. what happened? the presi...

Arrested. no bail. planned and deliberate first degree murder allegations against him. you got him being investigated on a drive by shooting last year. this man who had a $40 million contract like johnny cash sang in the song, going down, down, down, burning ring of fire, he has blown up. i don't know what's happened to him, but this man is in deep trouble. you know, he has a high priced criminal defense attorney. and the current case, there's court appointed counsel representing the co-defendants. someone's going to flip on him real soon. facing life without parole. >> and avery, what are you...

>> that was further described as being ground and pound? >> correct. >> what is ground and pound? >> that's usually what takes place in that type of position. >> explain what ground and pound is in your mind? >> the person on top being able to punch the person on the bottom, but the person on the bottom also has a chance to get out or punch the person on top, back and forth. >> sure. which is the dominant position? >> that would be the top position. >> let's bring in our legal guys. avery friedman, good to see you and richard herman. all right, gentlemen, so i talked to you about 20 minutes ag...

0 something new as of this weekend. and by the way, it is sizzling hot out west today. an oppressive heat wave is pushing temperatures in the triple digits from california to nevada. we have the latest forecast. and president barack obama in south africa today. this morning he met with south african president jacob zuma, but will he be visiting nelson mandela who continues to be hospitalized? we'll tell you about all that in a moment. in the death of trayvon martin, one person that we have not heard from before is trayvon's stepmother. straight ahead, you will hear what she has to say abou...

at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. the international game of catch me if you can continues this morning. we think edward snowden is in moscow, heading for ecuador we think. via havana, cuba. we think. nobody really knows where he is except wikileaks and they ain't talkin'. julian assange yesterday held a conference call with reporters. we were on it. where he said that edward snowden is not a traitor. he is not a patriot necessarily. he is a whistle-blower and he just wanted to tell the american people the truth. meanwhile, the supreme court yesterday kind of ki...