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Speeches. the first is to leave an impression on the american people and on the congress and, to that extent, the impression of chaos and the last difficult months that he's had and weeks that he's had, there was a more measured tone. the words seemed to matter to him. the second test is whether these words get translated into actions. that's the real standard of judging one of these speeches and when you think about lbj going to his first joint session after john f. kennedy's assassination and makes this pledge, no memorial will matter more to jfk and the bill passes that huge segregation bil...

Answer to that question in arizona is no. this is a picture of the governor actually at the moment she is vetoing the bill. she's vetoing it with a red rubber stamp. that's how we know she did it. before she said she was just going to, now we know she's done it. that's the most immediate impact here on arizona specifically. the secondary impact here is on the other states that are considering measures like this across the country. because republican legislatures aren't just trying this on for size in arizona. they're trying this everywhere. in fact most observers thought the place this kind of...

Because republican legislatures aren't just trying this on for size in arizona. they're trying this everywhere. in fact most observers thought the place this kind of la would be most likely to pass was in kansas. two weeks ago, slate published this piece about how kansas' anti-gay segregation bill is an abomination, but kansas decided not to go ahead with it. once they got to the state senate they decided to slow it down and maybe kill it. laws have moved one way or another this year in mississippi, oregon, west virginia, idaho, tennessee, in south dakota, oklahoma, georgia. as i mentioned, in...

Attorneys general say we cannot in good faith constitutionally defend this prohibition. >> you're seeing some of that. on the other hand, we had what happened in kansas this week where the republican held house of representatives passed this bill that created all these new special rights for people with anti-gay views or would create that if it becomes law. >> basically a segregation bill. it would legalize segregation in public accommodations against, you know, you could keep gay people in a separate but equal -- >> that's already legal in kansas. it's not a state that has a ban on discrimina...

Be yes. arizona should be allowed to describe that kind of discrimination. arizona republican governor jan brewer has decided that the answer to that question in arizona is no. this is a picture of the governor actually at the moment she is vetoing the bill. she's vetoing it with a red rubber stamp. that's how we know she did it. before she said she was just going to, now we know she's done it. that's the most immediate impact here on arizona specifically. the secondary impact here is on the other states that are considering measures like this across the country. because republican legislature...