supreme court precedent, they really didn t shouldn t have been there. now, there may have a policy to reinforce that, which was to let the progress develop a little bit further. at that point, we still had less than half the country with marriage equality. now overwhelmingly it has taken over the country. so just in the last couple of years, you ve seen a tremendous movement that i think makes it easier now for the supreme court to make that total decision. mr. olsen, is it possible that the supreme court could basically i hate to use this phrase split the baby, say that all 50 states have to recognize same sex marriages but individual states cannot issue licenses? i don t believe that s going to happen. the as david pointed out, when our case, the proposition 8 case came to the supreme court, the next day the court heard the defense of marriage the federal defense of marriage case. they were both decided the same day. what the supreme court said in
apparently caught fire and crashed. photos appearing on social media purporting to be the crash site show flames and smoke. and starting today, same-sex couples in illinois can legally marry. illinois is now the 16th state to recognize gay marriage. the governor signed the bill into law in november, but it takes effect now. several county clerks offices will open today to issue licenses. and in the pacific northwest, a tragic ending for six climbers on an expedition to mt. rainier in washington state. hanna kim from our affiliate has the story. reporter: this is the treacherous terrain of mt. rainier where six climbers are believed to be buried. you can see a chinook helicopter hovering in this picture. this afternoon, aerial crews spotted climbing and camping equipment littered over a debris field but no bodies. rescuers say the climbers fell 3,000 feet. basically, this search has come to a very tragic end. it s not viable that anybody
correspondent molly henneberg was at the court for today s arguments? arizona republican governor jan brewer was at the supreme court today to show her support for an arizona law signed in 2007, by then democratic governor janet napolitano now the secretary of homeland security and help curb illegal immigration. the law now before the high court requires all arizona businesses to run information on all potential employees through e-verify, a data base run by the federal got to make sure they re in the u.s. legally. if a business knowingly hires an illegal immigrant the state could suspend or revoke the business lie sense. which governor brewer says is one way that states can help control illegal immigration. we do issue licenses, we do, do that. if we giveth, we can take it away. that s what we re hoping and banking on the supreme court. the businesses, civil liberty groups oppose the law and say it s government s job
correspondent molly henneberg was at the court for today s arguments? arizona republican governor jan brewer was at the supreme court today to show her support for an arizona law signed in 2007, by then democratic governor janet napolitano now the secretary of homeland security and help curb illegal immigration. the law now before the high court requires all arizona businesses to run information on all potential employees through e-verify, a data base run by the federal got to make sure they re in the u.s. legally. if a business knowingly hires an illegal immigrant the state could suspend or revoke the business lie sense. which governor brewer says is one way that states can help control illegal immigration. we do issue licenses, we do, do that. if we giveth, we can take it away. that s what we re hoping and banking on the supreme court. the businesses, civil liberty groups oppose the law and say it s government s job