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Important to the couple. they were the plaintiffs in the landmark case that made it all the way to the support court. an emotional chris perry said her goal from the start to us to send a message of equality especially to the children of gay couples. >> are today we can go back to california and say to our own children, all four of our boys, your family is just as good as everybody else's family, we love you as much as anybody else's parents love their kids and we are going to be equal. now we will be married and equal to every other family in california. thank you. [applause] >> by one estima...

To happen. and compromising on immigration, which they haven't been able to do is a big job. jenna: we'll keep our fingers crossed. there you go. >> who knows. >> carl, thank you. jon: a cleveland man charged withholding three young women captive for a decade is back in court today. what the hearing is about and how it may impact this case, plus, new reaction to the supreme court's ruling to strike down a key section of the landmark voting rights act that was created to prevent discrimination at polling places. democrats are furious, many republicans say they are pleased, juan williams and cha...

Jenna: new reaction to the supreme court ruling striking down a key section of the landmark voting rights act passed to prevent discrimination at polling places. the high court requiring that certain areas get justice department approval before changing laws, they deemed it unconstitutional. it it applies to eight states youee in orang you see in orange. attorney general eric holder says he's deeply disappointed by the ruling but says the justice department will monster injures dirkses around the country. >> we will use every legal tool that remains to us against any jurisdiction that seeks to...

Say in the matter. they're leaving this to the states, essentially. in the opinion authored by justice kennedy, a 5-4 opinion, he says the statute's invalid for no legitimate purpose overcomes the effect to disparage and injure -- he wraps it by treating those people as less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the fifth amendment. essentially, jon, doma is unconstitutional. jon: but it's also important here to note what the court didn't do today, right? >> reporter: well, in both this decision and the decision that dealt with proposition 8, the court didn't make a swe...

Claudia cowan live in san francisco. >> it wasn't the broad ruling they hoped for but a huge victory for same-sex couples in california who who have been waiting for years to get married. they are celebrating on the steps of san francisco's city hall. they will fight to limit it to the sue couples who challenged the ban on gay marriage. there could be more legal wrangling to come. in san francisco they say marriages could begin in a couple of weeks. rallies are planned across the state today and tonight including a big gathering in san francisco's castro district. all ahead of this weekend's b...