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And the federal ban on same-sex marriage has been overturned in massachusetts. the judge in boston found the ban unconstitutional, saying it interferes it state's right to define marriage. some good news for haiti -- the report out today shows the united states relief organizations have raised $1.3 billion since the devastating earthquake six months ago. the question is, is the aid reaching those who need it most? anderson and i return to haiti next week to see if all of the promises to help are being kept. much more from the gulf. could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or ...

Go to chase.com/sapphire. the united states-russia spy swap complete, they started talking about the swap before the ten russian agents were arrested. arrested spies arrived in washington hours after the ten russians landed in moscow. and the federal ban on same-sex marriage has been overturned in massachusetts. the judge in boston found the ban unconstitutional, saying it interferes it state's right to define marriage.

Trying to do some duplications of this is the reason why the federal government has to step in. we're looking at a state's rights movement in the name of we're fighting illegal immigration. what they are fight sergeant united states constitution, and they are fighting the rights of people to be protected by the federal government who has the responsibility of immigration, not local states, not that you do it state by state. you won't even know if all of these states pass the laws, you won't even know what the law is in one state to another as you pass the border. >> reverend sharpton, always a...

Issue, i think they will take that into account and also say we have an obligation to abide i the -- by the constitution and people have rights. they will be doing their job by stopping those in violation of the law. jane: we're seeing so many other states take this up, pennsylvania, south carolina, oklahoma, there's a whole list. doesn't that make the argument, then, that we need a broader, a federal immigration law as opposed to doing it state by state, having this kind of patchwork of legislation? >> most definitely. this is a federal issue. however, the federal government has turned its ba...

>> two other matters before we are out of time. arizona, what is specifically >t wrong with the anti-immigration law that has been passed there? and are you close to filing a wt legalhe challenge to it? >> well, one of the things i lig think we have to acknowledge is that our immigration system is broken in many ways. acknowl and i think it requires a st is national solution.many the concern i have is trying to do it state by state. i understand the frustration of people in arizona, but the concern i have about the law that they have passed is i thinn it has the possibility of nceri leading to...