Not what anybody was expecting. The Supreme Court said its not going hear the casings response what follows . Number one, the stays in those cases will soon dissolve. That means the Lower Court Rulings will go into effect declaring the bans in those states unconstitutional. But wait, theres more. Now those Lower Court Rulings, the appeals Court Rulings become the law of those three federal circuits. The tenth circuit out west, the Fourth Circuit in the south, and in the midwest. It become the law of the circuit. All the states in those circuits, the law is that whether the court ruled or not. Bans on samesex marriage are unconstitutional. So soon this wont happen in the blink of an eye. But within a matter of at most i would say a couple of weeks, samesex marriage will become the law in 11 more states vut of the Supreme Court action today. So thats the first thing. The second thing is does it mean the Supreme Court will decide the issue of samesex marriage. Who knows. There are other l
Developed a plan to force out secretary of state Rex Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained and replace him with mike pompeo, the cia director perhaps within the next several weeks. Trump today dodged questions about tillersons future, lets listen. Do you want Rex Tillerson on the job, mr. President . Hes here, document him to stay in his job . Thank you very much, everybody. Its been widely reported tillerson, whos often disagreed with the president on policy, could leave the administration by the years end. In october, msnbc news reported that tillerson had openly disparaged the president , referring to him as a moron. White house chief of staff john kelley was said to have put the plan in place, but both state department and white house officials publicly say tillerson isnt going anywhere yet. What i can tell you is that chief of staff kelley called our department this morning and said that the rumors are not true. That those reports are not true. When
Will give in just a few hours. I think there is a potential cost to the nation by putting on trial a former president. The former attorney general on potentially prosecuting the president after he is out of office. Plus the sentencing backlash for Felicity Huffman and the comparisons being made to the punishment given to an ohio mom. We start with a new reaction today to that fiery attack in saudi arabia. The Worlds Largest refinery and oil field in flames after a drone strike. As Houthi Rebels in yemen are claiming responsibility secretary of state mike pompeo is pointing the finger at iran. Iran responding denying it was involved in the attack and dismissing the u. S. Claim as pointless. Joining me now is nbcs sarah harman in london and nbcs hans nichols at the white house. Sara, we will start with you. What else is iran saying this morning . Reporter phillip, good morning. Irans foreign minister is hitting back directly at secretary pompeo this morning tweeting, having failed at max
You might as well say the 3 00 hour at this point. Just go ahead. Just there you go. Have a great day, everybody. Good day everyone on what is a very busy sunday here at msnbc world headquarters. Supreme Court Justice Rick Kavanaugh, some democrats calling for his impeachment. The drones across the Saudi Arabian facilities has the president of the occupation back on the attack against iran . Secretary pompeo made sure the iran regime is responsible for the infrastructure vital to our Global Energy supply. Were not going to stand for that. Vo bidens hateful race in birmingham, alabama. Now hate is on the rise again. Were at a defining moment again in american history. Who are we . What do we want to be . Well, lets begin at this hour with the New York Times article, revealing some new unreported allegations of Sexual Misconduct against supreme Court Justice Rick Kavanaugh from his time as an undergraduate at aisYale University. Though he has denied other allegations in the past. For mor