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good evening. gay couples across this country were today handed a sweeping victory by a majority of the justices of the supreme court. they took on two cases. one to allow married partners full federal benefits, the other having to do with gay marriage in california. like so many other things in modern times, the framers of the constitution could not have foreseen this issue. they of course made no mention of same-sex couples in the constitution. and while the justices did not suddenly make gay marriage the law of the land, they did strike down barriers in the states that have allowe...

it worked for harry truman, it's worked for a few others. presidents have attacked congress before to try to shame them into action and get them to do what the president wants them rget.clear he had found a new chuck todd was among the night.ers today, starts us off >> reporter: good evening, brian. whatever was on the debt limit, libya, even trade deals, the president borrowed that page from not just the truman playbook, but kennedy, truman, you name it, he put the blame on one body, he blamed congress. president obama began by rebuking congress, citing it's failure to act on severa...