rock. somebody needs to call neil armstrong, you ve been there, is it a rock or is it green cheese? we ve looked at the media and the republican governor of hawaii has looked at the man s birth certificate. he was born in hawaii. and it really is a shame i think on the republican right-wing media that they ve pushed this distortion. it reflects very poorly, frankly, on conservative media. eric, i know on your side you don t cotton this sort of thing. you think it s just a fringe group. but, i mean, 14% of republicans saying they are sure that obama was definitely born in another country. well, you know, i can t help that there are a lot of crazy people out there. a lot of people who are wrong. but you know, i m reminded, you go back to george bush and the documents that were proven forgeries that dan rather used, and a lot of people on the left still think they were legitimate documents when they weren t. we get into this bush-derangement syndrome-o bama derangement syndrome, befor
drug intoxication. warren buffett s campaign to supersize philanthropy is gaining traction. 40 billionaires have now pledged at least half of their fortunes to charity. buffett came up with the idea along with bill and melinda gates. and i hear some of them will be bequeathing their money. but still, if you ve got a few billion dollars, what are you going to do with all that money anyway? it s an amazing idea. i think they re hoping to raise about $600 billion for people to use in whatever causes that they feel important. but it would be an amazing thing. a lot of money raised. joe, thanks very much tonight. more at the top of the hour, starting with today s historic court ruling on same-sex marriage and why the battle is not over yet. we ll be right back. hey, smart, we could stay here foence. i m a member of this hotel s loyalty program. well, how far away is it? okay, we take a train 40 miles to a dude ranch
you re saying when it s rooted in our constitution, yes. okay. that s all i wanted to know. like the racial discrimination in the 14th amendment. that s all i m asking. but this is a big stretch to imagine that our founding fathers were banning gay marriage in passing our constitution mr. wolfson i think many people will recognize that. she raise point a lot of people raise is why should one judge be able to overturn the will of the people? well, it s not just one judge. it s the whole system of courts and an independent judiciary. it s the whole idea of a constitution. in america we have two great political principles. one is that kings don t rule, the majority rules in ordinary things. but the other equally important american principle is that there are certain things that don t get put up for a vote. you don t put my freedom of speech, my freedom of religion, my freedom to marry up to somebody else s dictate because that belongs to all of us. and the courts a
the disengagement, you know, problem solved. they know here that their states have lost tourism, by one estimate maybe up to $23 billion worth over the next three years, untold numbers of animals have been injured or killed and miles of habitat soiled. i say untold because when you talk about contamination of a nursery area for some species, the impact might not be known for years and could be very bad. and of course there is no complete tally on all the jobs lost, no real sense of how much trouble gulf seafood producers are going to have selling their products when this is all that s why some local leaders are saying very loudly tonight, make no pacific abomistake abou crisis for them is not past. and even the scientists, the noaa scientists who announced this new report today very publicly said, well, look, when pressed, said look, we re not trying to gift impression this thing is over, we re not going to know for years the impact of a lot of this stuff. tom, we ll continue to fo
the court with any witness, any evidence, any authorities, any expertise, they had nothing. there was absolutely no reason to justify this exclusion. and so the only thing left, therefore, is people s prejudice or discomfort or fear or anxiety, all of which was stoked by a $40 million campaign to railroad this through. and what the judge said is in america there are certain basis freedoms and basic rights that belong to each one of us that don t get put up to a vote, that s why we have a constitution. both sides spent an awful lot of money on this. miss gallagher, the argument you made about a majority of americans opposing same-sex marriage, that is certainly true according to polls. but the critics point out look the majority of americans were also opposed to interracial marriage. 94% i think were opposed back in 1958. 73% were opposed in 1968. do you think the supreme court was wrong to go against public opinion back then? i think that the 14th amendment protects against racial