whether or not the sponsors of proposition 8 had a legal right to defend proposition 8 when the attorney general of california and governor of california weren't going to do so. they thought this was the justices dotting their i's and crossing t's. it was a question and a little role reversal, the court's four more liberal justices maybe trying to stave off an actual ruling on the merits seemed to support the idea that the sponsors of the initiative couldn't come into court and defend it, and it seemed like the chief justice might be sympathetic to that position as well. >> elizabeth birch, amy howe, howard dean, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. coming up, new police reports tell us much more about the tucson massacre that killed six people and wounded congresswoman gabby giffords. two of the people that were there will join me in a last word exclusive. and in the "rewrite," bill o'reilly rewrites his position on marriage equality, and rush