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congresswoman delaurel. i want to thank all of the members of congress and state legislators here and advocates who are here, because you all contributed to that effort. i want to give a special thanks to the members of the national equity -- equal pay task force who have done outstanding work to make workplaces across america more fair. we're here because today is equal pay day. [ applause ] >> equal pay day. and it's nice to have a day, but it's even better to have equal pay. and our job is not finished yet. equal pay day means that a woman has to work about this far into 2014 to e...

Rather an almost libertarian argument that this in the private sphere has to be protected under the law, regardless where religion lands on tradition. your thoughts on the debate going in that direction. >> yeah, that's the cornerstone of the legal strategy being organized by supporters of same-sex marriage. you know, we've seen a lot of the same attorneys arguing these cases around the country, ted olson and david boyce argued the california case, the virginia case, so we're starting to see these same legal arguments making their way all over the place. one really fascinating part of this str...

Let's start with number five. >> ted olson and david boyce, the two lawyers who brought the case in california challenging proposition 8 and were ultimately successful in getting the supreme court to end the enforcement of proposition 8 but not for all the reasons they wanted. they wanted a broad constitutional ruling and they didn't get it. they're back in next year to try to get it. >> you have russian lgbt activists and they've put themselves out there. a little bit of a risk. right? >> it will be very important next month to see at the sochi games what happens in russia, of course. there i...

rocky road of healthcare.gov. one thing democrats and republicans can agree on, 2013 was a rough year in washington. we have the highlights, the lowlights, and a look ahead to 2014. good morning to you. happy new year's eve on this tuesday. i'm richard lui in new york where the countdown is on. crowds already gathering in times square. here is a live look at times square where more than a million people are expected to ring in the new year tonight. officials gave the go-ahead after testing the massive ball yesterday. >> two, one! happy new year! this year a special guest star will pu...

has been an emotional year. actually kind of ridiculous how many times i've cried on this year in 2013. at this point, i'm basically john boehner, but, you know, with braids. look, time and again i have sat at this desk and told you about the struggles of progressive movements great and small. there were the moral monday protests in north carolina which attracted thousands of people to protest a republican legislature's agenda of cutting federal unemployment benefits, making it harder to vote, and refusing to expand medicaid among other things. hundreds were arrested. we visited the ...