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This is the law passed by congress and signed by the pld in 1996 that takes away benefits of marriage of same-sex couples on the federal level. doma can affect over 1,000 benefits. everything from the way married couples pay their taxes to who getting notified as next of kin in the event military personnel are injured or killed in the line of duty. the first case on the docket on tuesday is a challenge to california's proposition 8 which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. it's about equal protection and whether the fundamental right of marriage extends to same-sex couples. it's bei...

Maneuver he said blocked him. same-sex marriage, the high court ready to hear oral arguments on two momentous case this is week. some call the push for same-sex marriage the civil rights issue of our time. they say the tide has turned and that it's time for a change. even karl rove thinks, yes, a republican candidate could embrace same-sex marriage. >> you can imagine the next presidential campaign, a republican candidate saying flat out i'm for gay marriage? >> i could. >> and that's all karl rove would say. i'm joined by san francisco city town dennis herrera and austin nimox. good morning...

Would allow same-sex marriages and adoptions by gay couples. the french senate is expected to vote on the plan next month. a 14-year-old boy accused of killing a 13 month old baby is expected in court this hour. he's the younger p two georgia teenagers charged in the case. sherry west says one of the boys shot her baby antonio in the face after the boys tried to rob her. cnn's nick valencia has more on the 911 calls revealing the horror that unfolded last thursday in the coastal georgia town of brunswick. >> reporter: police say an a anonymous tip led them to the 14-year-old suspect. officer...

Is going well. streets are clear. secondary roads are slushy. so it's bad, but not terrible. >> not terrible, but it's supposed to be spring and a lot of people have a terrible case of spring fever. >> yeah, and that is the real impact of the storm. it's kind of a mental blizzard. i will point out, though, the latest snowfall in pittsburghburpittsburgh bu, may 3s1st. >> that's just cruel to bring up. thank you so much.snow already falling here in washington and elsewhere on the east coast, so let's check in with jennifer delgado. on high drimy drive in, it was . those big thick wet snowflakes ...