Woman a. Sides of the debate. Because the high court has same sex marriage remains on hold in california, until there is a ruling. This is about fundamental coverage. J. R. Stone is standing by. Pam with reaction from both here to break down what because the high court has agreed to hear this case, same sex marriage remains on hold in california, until there is a ruling. The validity of same sex marriage in california has been an issue since 2004. And now we know, we will get the final word by next summer legal briefs will be filed and the case will be argued early next years. Possibly in the spring. Then the Supreme Court should issue its ruling very likely by the end of june. And we should also note the Supreme Court has also agreed to review the federal defense of marriage act. Legal experts say agreeing to review both cases is significant. It indicates that the court wants to indicate the entire ball of wax in one fell swoop. They are not looking to make a narrow ruling and keep th
Well talk to him. Today exclusive, brad pitt opens up about his new film, his family, and hitting the big 50. I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aid that said optimism abounds. But this is c
We pushed for that. We wanted that. We will we think the labeling is very important. We are also confirmed book what we are all stashed what we are also concerned about is we do not have a Public Education campaign. There are banner ads and social media telling youth not to use this product and that it is damaging to developing brains. Colorado and, i might add, Washington State has not quite opened their stores yet and they already have that campaign going. We have 340 stores your. We just havent gotten a rolling it. Guest we will take a call from sam in iowa. Caller i am glad they are protecting juveniles from this. My problem is the 18 to 21yearolds. They can hold a gun and fight for our country at 18 years old. But they are not allowed to smoke a plant because they are still considered children. We have had the edible marijuana in california for years. We dont have any of those crazy things youre talking about where people kill themselves over it. Host . I will let our guest respon
Start talking about this value equation. So to further comment on the economic realities, one of my responsibilities is to balance the budget for the medical school. While we get in 40 million in external funding last year, for each dollar that comes in, we spent about 25 cents and were very efficient in extra dollars that had to support the Research Enterprise and thats to mr. Bartons point and the of c. M. S. Of increased funding for the n. I. H. With every single one of our guests today across all political backgrounds, all fields, all agencies and everything but its really not just a matter of lets just increase the budget of the n. I. H. And or the f. D. A. Because its not linear. Its not like purchasing things. Its not like purchasing warships or Something Like that. You spend x amount of money and you get y amount of cures. Thats why these discussions are difficult. It is, number one, the amount of funding. We still are the top we have the biggest commitment of any country in th
Decisions on monday, the last day of the Supreme Court term. This is 90 minutes. Fights good morning. Thank you for coming. I made director of policy development and programming for the Constitution Society for law and policy. Its my pleasure to welcome me to the Supreme Court review for term. 13 2014 acs was founded in 2001 and is a lawyers,network of policymakers, academics, judges who believe the law should he a force to improve the lives of all people. Acs works for positive change are shaping the debate on questions such as those we will be hearing about today. The decisions issued this term, and those they have yet to issue, span a wide variety of areas touching numerous aspects of life from the influence of money in our elections, reproductive rights, executive power, the future of organized labor, digital privacy, many other issues. We look over the hearing the inside from this fantastic panel of experts this morning. Privacy and many other issues. We look forward to hearing th