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wedding websites for same sex couples. an application of the first amendment to civil rights law that could affect public accommodations perhaps even gay marriage access for many minority groups. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where the supreme court just ended its urm with a conservative super majority flexing its muscle once again. this morning striking down the student loan forgiveness program with the chief justice writing in part the secretary of education asserts the heroes act. in a second major ruling today but perhaps even more far ranging consequences down the ...

The decisions released by the six conservative justices are going to have wide ranging impacts on minority communities for decades to come. mark morel joins me now. i'm not only speaking of people of color, i'm thinking of those people who have been in the disability movement, all kinds of other minorities. religious and racial minorities. >> yeah. and all people who want a just -- >> that's a good point. >> -- and diverse america regardless of race. these decisions, andrea, i feel are a spear through our hearts. this court is a political court. this court is a trumpian court. these decisions ...

Democrat including two senators mark warner and tim kaine, the dean of the congressional -- democratic congressional delegation in virginia, they've all made clear to him along with the black caucus of the legislature and practically everybody else that he has lost the mandate to be governor of the commonwealth of virginia and he needs to step down. so i don't understand -- what i don't understand right now on monday, today, is how he feels he could continue without that support. how can you -- how can he govern without the democratic party of virginia? i don't understand how he intends to do ...

A deal. the congressional leaders, boehner, reid, pelosi, mcconnell, were optimistic but cautious about a deal. >> to show our seriousness we have put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by significant spending cuts. >> we have the cornerstones of being able to work something out. we're both going to have to give up some of the things that we know are a problem. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have a deadline before christmas. we should show some milestones of success so that confidence can build. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the t...

>> okay. we're talking about debt reduction and the president's problem of avoiding the fiscal cliff and i got to get back to the mayor. i want to go to ways we can actually do this. i know everybody has to give something. i'm wondering what people are willing to give. mayor, what are the areas that affect the big cities? >> the big cities are affected by housing, community development investments, education investments, which i might add have already taken cuts. this is what's important is that this is not happening in a vacuum. this is a continuum of looking at with the sequestration and the...