that s something that may come into this as well. a lot of questions. we re hoping to get some answers but it s likely this investigation will be going on for a little bit longer. kristen dahlgren, thank you so much. also in the news cycle, america was stunned by the sudden death of fast and furious star paul walker, he was killed and speed was a factor in saturday s crash. he was best known as a hollywood action star but also gave back. they were heading to a charity event at the time of the crash. paul walker was 40 years old and being remembered fondly by a lot of people in and out of tinseltown today. the state conducted the first same-sex marriages at the stroke of midnight. hawaii is the 14th state as well as the district of columbia that made marriage equality the law. that s the news for now.
[ male announcer ] that s great, big world friendly. yet another win for marriage equality after new jersey became the 14th state to legalize same sex marriage just hours after the first couple exchange, chris christy dropped an appeal against a superior court decision from last month requiring the state to recognize same sex marriages. and it hinted that it would probably rule. none of them overcome same sex couples who cannot marry are not treated equally under the law today. although the governor strongly disagrees.
suceeded from the union because it didn t want to be part of america and he is standing there claiming now that that state which used to be mexico and less than 30 years after being part of mexico told america that it did not want to be part of the united states any more, ted cruz is standing there in that state claiming that that state is america. the state that tried to rip the united states of america apart and that washington d.c. and the states that succeeded in holding america together are not america. that s where ted cruz spent the weekend blaming the failure to defund, delay or repeal the affordable care act on senate republicans. a significant number stopped the effort to defund obama care. and once that happened, we weren t going to win this one.
end of this answer thinking i don t understand the answer but some of you will find it easy to follow and really complete and because it s complete it is not a quick answer. some of you will understand every word jay is saying and why he is saying it. and some of you here then is your test. remember the question. given all the problems that we have seen with people trying to enroll in the program, is the white house going to be delaying the mandate? okay. now let s see if you re smarter than a white house correspondent. we re three weeks into a six month enrollment period. as i said, the law it as written makes clear that americans who have access to affordable insurance would need to have insurance by march 31. but people who do not have access to affordable care do example to a state not expanding medicaid and there are states
shut down leading the civil war inside the republican party went home to texas this weekend to continue his attack against the republican party. and when ted cruz went to speak to the texas federation of republican women he got this welcome. thank you. we love you. that is is a slightly different reception than i get in washington d.c. and having spent the past month up in dc, it is really great to be back in america. [ applause ] nice. classy. so there is is a senator who is standing in a state that literally went to war with washington d.c., actually