Dont have to same bond with their children that straight couples do. That attorney said samesex marriages would weaken society and the foundation of traditional marriages. California Lieutenant Governor was among those at the Supreme Court today to hear the arguments. We talked with him before he went inside. I have been at this for every 10 years. Proud of what happened in 36 states. But you still have 14 states that deny this constitutional right. For me it is a personal journey and one that i am honored to participate in. Reporter back inside the Court Security officers removed a man who began shouting same sex marriage violates the teaches of the bible and support teachers of the bible and supporters will burn in hell. The Supreme Court will release its decision at the of june. Back to you. From aktvus julie haener to from ktvus julie haener to david stevenson. A ralsy getting underway be rally is getting underway behind you . Reporter it is. People brought flags and to talk about
Unemployment rate. But if you look closer, theres a disturbing trend in the latest job numbers. Plus, president obamas top strategist as youve never seen him before. And during this hour, a member of the cnn team is ready to up the ante and reach for his own shaving cream. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to the breaking news. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to decide a pair of cases that could determine the future of gay marriage throughout the entire United States. At issue is the federal government defense of marriage act that defines marriage as only the union between a man and woman and californias proposition 8 which banned gay marriage was overturned by an appeals court. Cnns crime and justice correspondent joe johns has been following both cases for us. Joe, explain the impact of todays decision. Well, it is big impact. As you know, this is one of those cases that people talk about over the water cooler. Lets sta
Coverage of the Oscar Pistorius trial in pretoria, south africa. Bring the fan in and close the sliding doors. The blinds and the curtains. Then i quote from the affidavit. I heard a noise in the bathroom. So you were here on the balcony and you heard a noise on the bathroom and realized somebody was in the bathroom. Thats what he said. Thats what he said. But thats not your version today, is that so . Its not his version today. It was not his version then. In all fairness, what was the version then . The implication is that then that was his version but today its different. And i invite mr. Nel to read the bail application. The affidavit. To see what he said. Whether it was ever said that he was on the balcony when he heard the noise. I will do so, milady. I will read the bail affidavit. Page 64. You said, the Early Morning hours of 14 february 2013 i woke up, went on to the balcony to bring the fan in. And closed the sliding doors, the blinds and the curtains. I heard a noise in the
History. He wins and 72 over mcgovern , the biggest landslide in history. In fact, at dec. 72 he says someone asked not to write a book about all of this. And having the most successful presidency of all time. But, boy, how the mighty have fallen. That story, of constantly looking at the interest, how someone can be the most powerful person and take that kind of cataclysmic fall, and these tapes are forming of just a part of the story. They need to be supplemented with memo, oral history. I wanted to think john dean for coming here to austin and providing your insight and firsthand knowledge and stealing the buck. [applause] and he wrote a biography of warren harding. [laughter] [inaudible question] [applause] [inaudible conversations] and that was a conversation about the nixon presidency. We will be back with more live coverage from the texas book festival after this short break. Coming up next a memoir. [inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch American Histor
Be live from austin with two other events. Today you would hear from authors charles blow francis fukuyama. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. We will begin at a panel on president Richard Nixon featuring former Nixon White House counsel john dean author of the nixon defense and historian Douglas Brinkley and luke nichter editors of the nixon tapes 19711972. Journalist Robert Draper is the moderator. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] this is a wide broadcast on cspan. We will keep things moving smoothly. Thank you very much. We will have introductions in a moment and then we will move forward into our first panel of the day. Thank you all very much for being here with us. [applause] good morning everyone. My name is Robert Draper and im with the New York Times magazine. Our abiding fascination with the 30th president of the United States Richard Milhouse nixon has been stoked by two remarkable books