christie s administration now. the mayor of hoboken, as you know, she says his lieutenant governor threatened to withhold sandy relief funds unless she backed a development project he supported. another look at caramel coloring in food. consumers found higher levels of carcinogens than previously thought. right now the republican national committee is holding its winter meeting in washington. the party is introducing its rising star. this time around they are all women. this comes as democrats accuse gop of waging a war against women. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has details from washington. mike, who are these rising stars? hi, gretchen. they are key aides, activists and some elected officials. chelsea henry aid to chief financial officer of florida. allison howard, alex smith is the national chair of the college republican national committee.
created by congress has determined the program is illegal and should be stopped immediately. and that whatever information has been collected be deleted. the board has reiterated a conclusion we have heard before. the program has had only a minimal impact in the war on terror, and that s where we start today, as we wait to hear from edward snowden. for that, we have the business insider s josh barro, who is now an exclusive msnbc contributor. whoo! good to be here. congratulations. congrats, josh. thank you. so this big report declare dallas the nsa did collect phone data illegally. you also have president obama who acknowledged edward snowden in his speech. aren t we talking about two different things, what snowden did and how he did it? well, we are talking about two different things. i don t think the board necessarily validates him. first of all, this board isn t a court. the law has been upheld repeatedly by the fisa court. and congress had an opportunity
lesbians who are married in california. 2000 couples. what would would it harm if more couples got married? we have been married for five years. california has not dropped into the sea. nothing has happened in california. they they call this an experiment in the supreme court. we are not an experiment. we are a civil rights movement. i hope they come down on the right side of history guess it is not a matter of if we will be able to marry. this a matter of when will issue be solved. we will eventually because the public is on our side. i thank you. .> that his robin this is diane. her south her spouse. she is the granddaughter of a former governor of california. filed an amicus in this case. in the perry case that was heard this morning. i filed it on behalf of the women s rights legal defense and education fund. thank you. thank you very much. please identify yourselves, each, and make sure you faced the camera. my name is charles cooper. i represent the parties
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