Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Late today we learned the u. S. Supreme court has agreed to take on and likely decide the issue of samesex marriage in this country once and for all. Few issues have ever moved this fast in the history of our american society. Just over a decade ago gay couples could not get married anywhere in the u. S. Now its legal in over twothirds of the country. As the New York Times put it late today the pace of change on samesex marriage and both popular opinion and in the court has no parallel in our nations history. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams starts us off with late details from the Court Building tonight. Pete, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. This is the first big showdown of its kind since the Supreme Court banned laws against interracial marriage almost 50 years ago. Now it will decide whether samesex marriage will be the law of the land. The court agreed to answer two questions, does the constitution require s
Hello hello how many times do i have to let you know . Well, one of the most annoying features of modern life, any body with a cell phone knows this. Automated phone calls from telemarketers, selling credit card. Security systems, bank loans. Many of the robo calls are illegal. Turns out if it is happening to you you mare be able to turn the tables and get robocall revenge. Abcs matt gutman explains. Reporter the unwanted calls come in by the millions every day. Anywhere from five to six per day. Reporter drivia debt collec robocall, 204 bombarding 17yearold Heather Waites cell phone. They started calling two, three times a day. Reporter thing is heather had no debt. Zero. She was in high school. 68 of cell phone owners receive at least some unwanted calls. A quarter of them say it happens several times a week. But most dont know that these calls to cell phones are illegal under fell rderal law. Robo callers, face a penalty, they could owe you 500 to 1,500 for every unwanted call. The
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Claim that she was asked to leave kfc because of her granddaughters facial scars may not be true. After an outpouring of support and money, what happens next. And taking today on the road. How we have surprised one lucky viewer as she rides to work today, tuesday, june 24th, 2014. Good morning everyone. Welcome on a Tuesday Morning or as we like to call it, take your anchor to work today. No question about it. Theyre on the road this morning commuting into new york city with a super fan of the today show. Were going to check in with the gang in just a little bit. She did not know of about 10 minutes ago she didnt think we were going to be in her car. Were going to take you one at a time. All right. Lets get right to the stop story this morning. Its that Contentious Exchange on capitol hill. The House Oversight commit at the was up late last night about the emails connected to lois lerner and the irs scandal. Peter alexander is on capitol hill. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning
The sports complex, almost 140 million to renovate this entire thing. Then obviously completely damaged by the flooding. Another story with water involving water in california. Beachgoers, now in Northern California, stumbling on a very bizarre sight. Thousand of jelly fishlike creatured washed ashore this week. Unlike jelly fish. They dont sting. They live on the surface of the water and use transparent fins on their backs to propel them forward. There they are. Valellavalella, an animal related to the jelly fish. Its actually what we would call a hydrozoane. Shift in the wind can cause Sea Creatures to wash of on beaches. At least not paying for it. A look at the nations weather. Heavy rain will blanket a wide swath of the country from texas into idaho. Flash flooding in some areas getting up to 5 inches of rain. A band of showers will stretch from the ohio valley. But most everywhere else should be sunny and dry. Much of the nation will see below average temperatures today. Mostly 7