hawaii will become the 15th state. illinois passed it's marriage equality law last week and the governor there is going to make illinois the 16th state to okay same-sx marriage. to characterize it's direct town right now, i think it would be fair to say that same-sex marriage rights are advancing, and rapidly, and they are not just legally advancing, they are advancing in broad terms. after of this summer, a clear majority of americans favored marriage equality for the whole country. among moderates it was 63%. among independent voters it's 63%. among women it's 53%. that's where the country is at right now on this issue, and it's getting more so all the tile. since the supreme court's decision on the defense of marriage act this summer, more and more states have moved toward equalizing their marriage laws. and when that happens inside a state, the sky tends not to fall. and therefore the arguments about how terrible same-sex marriage would be for that state, tend to hold even les sway than they might have held. this i

hawaii's same-sex marriage bill being passed, 19 votes to 4 by the hawaii state senate. that bill will now go to the democratic governor of hawaii and he will sign it tomorrow and then it will be legal in hawaii for same-sex couples to marry each other if they want to. some of the same-sex opponents, some of whom you heard booing there, it was not their day in hawaii, they did not prevail. but for same-sex couples and also for hawaii's caters and florists, they were rejoicing. hawaii will become the 15th state. illinois passed it's marriage equality law last week and the governor there is going to make illinois the 16th state to okay same-sx marriage. to characterize it's direct town right now, i think it would be fair to say that same-sex marriage rights are advancing, and rapidly, and they are not just legally advancing, they are advancing in broad terms. as of this summer, a clear majority of americans favored marriage equality for the whole country. among moderates it was 63%. among independent voters it's 53%. among women it's 56%. that's where the country is at rig

hawaii amended its constitution defying its high court and stopping gay marriage in its tracks. almost as quickly as it had sprouted up a as a national issue. day marriage ceased to become one, to be one. until ten years ago this coming monday. >> that is when the supreme judicial court in massachusetts, the highest court in the state, decreed gay marriage was little there that court's ruling was put into effect months later, may 2004 when massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. >> by the power vested in me, i now pronounce you legally married. >> by mid-morning, couples previously denied the opportunity are now able to say "i do." the happiness was not embraced by everyone. >> it's evil. >> reporter: and here at the state house, some massachusetts lawmakers have started a process to overturn state marriage by putting it before the voters in 2006. >> just like that, the battle was back on. although the idea was as far from the main stream as it had been a decade earlier when rumblings from hawaii were first felt. an nbc poll in the sp

hawaii native president obama praised the bill's passage. i've always been proud to have been born in hawaii, and today's vote makes me even prouder. after the break, crack-smoking toronto mayor robb ford faces off with the city council. we'll have the fireworks for youment coing up next. we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness if you qualify, and new car replacement, standard with our auto policies. so call liberty mutual at... today. and if you switch, you could save up to $423. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> after admitting that he had, in fact, purchased illegal drugs, crack-smoking toronto mayor -- i mean, crack-smoking toronto mayor just runs off the tongue -- answered questions from his city council today and reiterated his commitment to staying in office. >> i have talked to my family. we are moving forward in a positive direction. >> is there some way you can explain to us why you don't want to take a leave of absence? >> there's no need for me to

robin, you recall your senior correspondent from nbc was in hawaii, leaving hawaii and already halfway across the pacific on the 22nd on that fateful day. five other cabinet members on their way to tokyo to plan the first state visit of an american president post-war in japan and a president who had served in the pacific. this was an imminent visit. in fact, caroline testified at her confirmation hearing that she was so honored to be able to in some small way complete the legacy of her father, who had planned, in fact, to reunite the pt-109 crew members with the surviving crew members with their japanese counterparts who had sank their boat on his visit to tokyo. so dean rusk had to receive that call untin the plane on the way tokyo and be called back. the secretary of state then turning around over the pacific. all of these memories today. i can't thank robin, you, enough for coming in and talking about this and jim and your wonderful book "top down," which is doing so well and brings all of these memories back. i know how much reporting you have done on the fbi and the secret service

. >>> in just a few hours hawaii will become the 15th state to allow same-sex marriage. the state senate passed a bill overnight allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. neil abercrombie is expected to sign it later today. and it's an emotional moment for supporters of the legislation and some of the lawmakers who passed it. >> i hope that we honor each other's differences and celebrate the life that we have together in hawaii irrespective of the diverse views we hold on this subject. life is too precious not to care for one another with compassion and respect. >> the vote comes one week after illinois also approves same-sex marriage. democratic governor pat quinn will sign that bill into law next week. >>> let's turn our attention to business where an agreement has been reached between american airlines, u.s. airways and the federal government to create the largest airline in the world. this mega merger viewed by many as a victory for the airlines can now move forward with a few concessions. what we really want to know, how will this impact customers? usually it's not

he's going off for 17 days in hawaii. he'll be playing a lot of golf. >> hawaii. can you believe that guy? why would anybody go there? republicans have been incredulous, outraged every time president obama and his family have gone on vacation. from the very, very beginning of his presidency. in the second year of his presidency. being mad again at the time, about him going to martha's vineyard. what was never really noted in all of that fume and outrage was that, this -- is how much time president obama had taken at that point in his presidency. compared to his predecessor, george w. bush. vacation time. doesn't matter. obama is lazy. that guy never works. you know what president obama does he puts his feet up on the desk at work. earlier, the conservative website, the drudge report, posted this photo of the president on the phone in the oval office with his foot on the desk. the right lost its collective mind. it was disgraceful. offensive. it was -- it was, exactly what lots of presidents before him had done without upsetting anyone. this is called obama derange

he's going off for 17 days in hawaii. he'll be playing a lot of golf. >> hawaii. can you believe that guy? why would anybody go there? republicans have been incredulo incredulous, outraged every time president obama and his family have gone on vacation. from the very, very beginning of his presidency. in the second year of his presidency. being mad again at the time, about him going to martha's vineyard. what was never really noted in all of that fume and outrage was that, this -- is how much time president obama had taken at that point in his presidency. compared to his predecessor, george w. va ska vacation time. doesn't matter. obama is lazy. that guy never works. you know what president obama does he puts his feet up on the desk at work. earlier, the conservative website, the drudge report, posted this photo of the president on the phone in the oval office with his foot on the desk. the right lost its collective mind. it was disgraceful. offensive. it was -- it was, exactly what lots of presidents before him had done without upsetting anyone. this is called ob

he's going off for 17 days in hawaii. he'll be playing a lot of golf. >> hawaii. can you believe that guy? why would anybody go there? republicans have been incredulous, outraged every time president obama and his family have gone on vacation. from the very, very beginning of his presidency. in the second year of his presidency. being mad again at the time, about him going to martha's vineyard. what was never really noted in all of that fume and outrage was that, this is how much time president obama had taken at that point in his presidency. compared to his predecessor, george w. bush. vacation time. doesn't matter. obama is lazy. that guy never works. you know what president obama does he puts his feet up on the desk at work. earlier, the conservative website, the drudge report, posted this photo of the president on the phone in the oval office with his foot on the desk. the right lost its collective mind. it was disgraceful. offensive. it was -- it was, exactly what lots of presidents before him had done without upsetting anyone. this is called obama derangemen

hawaii of course is a solidly blue state. but do you think this is going to have any impact on the race in your state? >> well, thank you for asking about hawaii because we have something called the prepaid health care act, and since 1974 we have had a 20-hour threshold. anybody who works 20 hours or more as an employer provided health care coverage. these are actually very good plans. we have more than 90% coverage in the state of hawaii. we have just over 4% unemployment. and here's the interesting thing. it used to be a partisan question. the democrats were for the prepaid health care law and the republicans were against it. now we have business groups, the chamber of commerce, our business roundtable, broad consensus that the prepaid health care act works. here's the thing. as you know, lots of things are more expensive in the state of hawaii -- energy, real estate, fuel, food. but the one thing that is not more expensive in the state of hawaii is health care, and that's due to excellent legislation that is not exactly th

this will make hawaii the 15th state with marriage equality. the governor is expected to sign that state's bill into law if a celebration planned for the coming weeks. >>> everybody's favorite crack smoking mayor is in the news again. rob ford was facing city council this more than and those hoping for a show were not disappointed. offered to put his record up toe to toe with any member of council. grab in popcorn and enjoy the show. >> it was a personal mistake that we all have done, maybe not as serious as mine -- can i finish please? >> you can. >> i don't think -- i think we've all made mistakes in life. i'll put my record against anyone else's record. >> whenever you want, to put your record on, you've been here a long time. >> attendance records, i'm not talking years. >> trying to force ford out of office but members don't have the power to do so without evidence he committed a crime. unfortunately for them, mayor ford was never charged. >>> fans of whitey bulger's victims are inside a boston federal courtroom this afternoon for the star

. >> if the state of hawaii says this is official, he was born in hawaii on this date, here it is, why do you deny that? >> a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate. >> you don't still question he was born in the united states, do you? >> i had no idea. >> even at this point? >> i don't know. was there a birth certificate? some people say that was not his birth certificate. i'm saying i don't know. nobody knows. and you don't know either. you're a smart guy. you don't know. >> the president has not produced a birth certificate. he's produced a birth announcement. >> let's revisit some of these things because americans have questions about not only the irs scandal but also about the president's validity. >> was he elected legitimately to the united states? >> i was not in congress to determine that. that was determined before i got here. >> would have been awfully hard to fraudulently file the birth notice of barack obama being born in hawaii. that doesn't mean there aren't some other ways to announce that from kenya. the list goes on. >> their issue with the preside

. >> if the state of hawaii says this is official, he was born in hawaii on this date, here it is, why do you deny that? >> a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate. >> you don't still question he was born in the united states, do you? >> i had no idea. >> even at this point? >> i don't know. was there a birth certificate? some people say that was not his birth certificate. i'm saying i don't know. nobody knows. and you don't know either. you're a smart guy. you don't know. >> the president has not produced a birth certificate. he's produced a birth announcement. >> let's revisit some of these things because americans have questions about not only the irs scandal but also about the president's validity. >> was he elected legitimately to the united states? >> i was not in congress to determine that. that was determined before i got here. >> would have been awfully hard to fraudulently file the birth notice of barack obama being born in hawaii. that doesn't mean there aren't some other ways to announce that from kenya. the list goes on. >> their issue with the preside

. >>> plus, hawaii is a signature away from becoming the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. governor neil aber control bee said he will sign the law today. they expect it to be a big boost for tourism. also, it ends more than two decades of debate in hawaii where two women in 1990 famously applied for a marriage license, sparking a court battle and eventually a national conversation on gay marriage. >> i hope that we honor each other's differences and celebrate the life that we have together in hawaii irrespective of the diverse views we hold on this subject. life is too precious not to care for one another with compassion and respect. we all have our tricks. mom swaps my snack for a piÑa colada yoplait. and when mom said i was going out too much, i swapped it for staying in. [ shouts ] guess who's going out tomorrow. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. it is so good. the united states population [ is going to grow by over 90 one sovemillion people,earsait. and almost all that growth is going to be in cities. what's the healthiest and best way for them

keep an eye on hawaii and new mexico. the debate is on in hawaii. the vote could come at any minute. in new mexico t matter is in court right now. illinois went today. before today, before this big vote in illinois today, the last state to move forward on marriage equality was new jersey just a couple of weeks ago. the state legislature in new jersey had passed a bill to recognize marriage equality in the garden state, but chris christie vetoed it. when the courts in new jersey said marriages could go ahead in the state, the governor appealed their ruling and vowed to fight. but then after the state supreme court weighed in against governor christie again, he did cave and let marriages go ahead in new jersey over his objections. tonight, of course, he was re-elected in new jersey by the large margin that was expected. new jersey by large disagreed with their governor on his marriage veto but liked him well enough to give him a second term. new jersey voters did not agree with their governor on the minimum wage. just like with marriage, the legislatu

he's just more than halfway through a 2300-mile flight from monterey, california, to hilo airport on hawaii's big island when he realizes he's low on fuel and desperately needs help. u.s. coast guard pilot lieutenant eric modjeska is called in to intercept the cessna and coordinate a rescue. >> we took off to go intercept the pilot and escort him into the crash site. >> modjeska and his hercules c-130 are dispatched from barber's point on hawaii's oahu island. this long-range search and rescue plane is equipped with state-of-the-art cameras housed in this dome attached below the nose of the airplane. operators from inside the plane can zoom in and track vessels and planes for miles around. once modjeska reaches the distressed pilot, they are still 350 miles off the coast. >> we followed him for about an hour and a half. >> and it's still unclear if the cessna will make it to land. >> i did not think that he was going to make it based on what he was telling us with the amount of fuel that was in his tanks and the speed he was getting. i knew it was going to be close. >> after flying side-by-si

the debate is on right now on this issue in the legislature in the state of hawaii. the vote there could really come at any minute. and in new mexico, the matter is in court right now, rulings expected sometime in the next few weeks. so hawaii, keep an eye on. new mexico keep an eye on. they may be next. illinois went today. before today, before this big vote in illinois today, the last state to move forward on marriage equality was, of course, new jersey, just a couple of weeks ago. the state legislature in new jersey had passed a bill to recognize marriage equality in the garden state, but republican governor chris christie vetoed it. when the courts of new jersey said marriages could go ahead in the state, governor christie appealed their ruling, and vowed to fight. bu but then after the state supreme court ruled against him again, he did eventually cave and let marriages go ahead in new jersey over his objections. well, tonight, of course, governor chris christie was re-elected in new jersey by the large margin that was expected in more than 20-point margin. new

. >>> checking the news feed this morning, hawaii's governor expected to sign a bill just hours from now to legalize same-sex marriage as we talk about some of these changes. the state senate passing that bill by a vote of 19-4 last night. the law will allow same-sex couples living in hawaii and tourists to marry there, starting on december 2nd. >>> new guidelines on preventing heart attacks and strokes could double the number of adults who have to take cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. that includes lipitor, crestor. doctors prescribe them to a wider range of paktients to drie down their odds of a heart attack or stroke. >>> a missouri man who spent ten years in prison for a crime he didn't commit is a free man this morning. he was accused of murdering a newspaper editor but got out yesterday after his accuser recanted. he was just 17 years old when he went to prison and today says his focus is on restarting his life. >> i'm just going to continue to work hard an take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way. if there's not a whole lot of opportunities, i'm going

everyone in hawaii recognized the "magnum p.i." helicopter. >> maybe you could find a place to set us down. >> it was brown and had an orange stripe on it. >> steve makes three trips with his famous helicopter. victoria films from below, and everything seems routine until the fourth trip when steve reports mechanical trouble to tiny on the radio. >> tiny began saying things like, oh, come on, steve, you did it in nam, you know, you can get this bird down. >> steve momentarily regains control of the chopper. >> so he says he's going to land it. as he's coming down, he still had erratic movement. then he had the bird under control. i said, oh, he's got it. everything is fine. he's got it. bring it down. >> when it was about two feet from the earth, it just turned over on its side and came right for us with the rotors sideways. i thought it might explode. >> fuel is leaking from the crashed craft, and it could blow at any second. but that's not what's on tiny's mind. >> in vietnam we see a lot of choppers crash on the river. you react

hawaii may soon become a wedding destination for same-sex couples. the state senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage and the house will sign it today. >>> president obama sat dpourn lunch at molly malone's in washington with five active members of the military to thank them for their service and to hear about their concerns. >>> republican congressman phil gingrey has a new ad that pins his hopes of getting re-elected on appealing the health care law. >> you deserve a senator who gets the job done or gets out of the way. repeal or go home. that's my pledge to you. >> the latest gallup poll shows that shutting down the government to try to kill the health care law sent approval ratings for congress plummeting. from 19% in september it fell to 11% in october and november approval ratings are at 9%. a new quinnipiac poll, 39% of the job president obama is doing while 54% disapprove. >>> >>> toronto mayor rob ford was all smiles as he signed a new bobble head dolls of himself after he admitted smoking crack, they could be a hot holiday gift. but the

after wandering which states will be next, watch hawaii and new mexico. the debate is on right now in the legislature in hawaii. the vote could really come at any minute. in new mexico, the matter is in court right now. the ruling is expected in the next few weeks. hawai before this big vote in illinois, the last vote on marriage equality was in new jersey. the state less lat legislature add bill, but governor chris christi vetoed it. he vowed to fight. but then after the state supreme court weighed in against governor christi again he did cave. and he let marriages go in new jersey over his objections. tonight chris christie was reelected. new jersey by large disagreed with their governor on the veto. new jersey also did not agree with their governor on the minimum wage. just like marriage, the legislature had passed a bill on the minimum wage but the governor vetoed it. they voted to raise the minimum wage. despite his state against him on his veto, new jersey voted overwhelmingly to reelect him anything. that kind of alchemy, makes this a great night f

once he signs the bill, hawaii will have leap frogged illinois. illinois's legislature has passed a same-sex marriage bill but governor quinn hasn't signed it into law yet. that's why it's not technically 16 and why it's still at 15. >>> finally we end with an incredibly view and a large number. 404,880. that's the number of miles captured in one single panoramic view of saturn. nasa just released this incredible photo. yes, it's a photo. they collected 141 wide angle images to make it possible. this image is the first to show all of saturn's rings at once while including the earth, the moon, mars and venus. come on, don't you want to just stare at that all day? >>> all right, a little news now on an organization that's new and dear to our hearts at nbc and msnbc. autism speaks is hosting its first-ever national policy and action summit. house majority leader eric cantor and democratic senator bob menendez, several other top lawmakers are among the speakers today. you can watch the summit live at autismspeaks.org. >>> trivia time, just one wonder

the first leg the vans triple crown of surfing in hawaii. the water there is 80 degrees almost. michael bores hails from tahiti dominated, he took home $40,000 in that win for him. >> i just checked the weather, 79 degrees. >> we're weather jaws. it will come back in six months. >> something like that. counting down the days. thanks richard. black widow spiders found on grapes right here in the united states. we're going to tell where you. plus, the story of a shark choking on a moose rescued by two men. i kid you not. and a wild night at the american music awards. people buzzing across the country this morning. [ female announcer ] 1 hour to go, 1 hour to whiten. when you don't have the time there's new crest 3d white 1 hour express whitestrips. removes years of stains in just 1 hour. whitening without the wait. now get the best 3d white deal of the year at selected retailers. before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. before receiving $25 toward her balance each quarter for making more than her minimum payment

so 15 states it's a done or basically a done deal, hawaii and new mexico may be next. before today, the big vote in illinois, the last state to okay marriage equality was new jersey just a couple of weeks ago. the state legislature in new jersey had okayed marriage equality but governor chris christie vetoed the law. when the courts overruled governor cristie and said marriages can go ahead in that state, governor christie appealed that ruling. then after the state supreme court weighed in against the governor again, governor christie eventually gave in and let same-sex marriages go ahead. governor crihris christie was re-elected as governor. new jersey voters also did not by and large agree with him on his veto on raising the minute muj wage either. the state right now in terms of -- about with 22% of the vote in, this is the vote right now on new jersey's question two on whether or not the state should rage the minimum wage to $8.25. chris christie had vetoed that measure. this essentially, question two is essentially the state taking the opportunity to overrule the

representing the people of hawaii, from the moment the islands joined the union, he never lost sight of the ideals that bind us across the 50 states. senator inouye's reason and resolve helped make our country what it is today, and for that we honor him. [ applause ] dr. daniel kahneman. daniel kahneman's grounds-breaking work earned him a nobel prize for his research developing prospect theory. after escaping from nazi occupied francis occupy ed france as a young boy, he grew interested in understanding the origins of people's beliefs combining psychology and economic analysis and working with long side dr. amos verski, he used simple experiments to demonstrate how people make decisions under uncertain circumstances and he forever changed the way we view human judgment. [ applause ] the honorable richard g. lugar. representing the state of indiana for over three decades in the united states senate, richard g. lugar put country above party and self to forge bipartisan consensus. throughout his time in the senate, he offered effective solutions to our national and international proble

there were rumblings then from hawaii that state might soon legalize same sex marriage. so the -- so the employment nondiscrimination act, enda, was introduced. >> today we seek to take the next step on this journey of justice by banning discrimination-based on sexual orientation. several of these brave men and women joined us here this afternoon. they are american heroes who paid dearly for being true to themselves as they consume their professions. they performed well, were rewarded by being fired or brutally beaten. for them, ability didn't count, bigotry did. >> this remained a volatile politically sensitive subject as enda worked its way toward a senate vote, so did something called the defense of marriage act, a preemptive effort to protect states in the federal government from being forced to recognize any gay marriages performed in hawaii if that state went ahead and legalized it. >> god created adam and eve, not adam and steve. if the senate tomorrow makes the mistake of approving the employment nondiscrimination act proposed bit distinguished senator from massa

who understands all of the issues that go along with these horrible crimes. >> representative from hawaii, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. aloha. >> 50 years ago this week the world watched in horror as president kennedy was assassinated in dallas. earlier andrea mitchell sat down with the white house reporter for westinghouse radio, served as corn-of- correspondent, pool reporter, for all the networks on that fateful day. >> you were in the motorcade. what did you hear? you were several car lengths behind the limousine. >> we were eight car lengths behind the president's car. interesting thing was it being eight car lengths behind the president's limousine, we were just about under the window where oswald shot from, sixth floor window. the president was ahead of us. we heard the full impact of the shots, i heard three shots. >> did you have any doubt as the decades past that it was a single shooter, there was nothing come from the grassy knoll, a wider conspiracy. >> none whatsoever. oswald did it. he bought the gun, a mail order gun for $19.95. he card it -- it was called a curt

the last stoffer to shut down was in hawaii. last official rental was -- >> stay here four to five -- >> we have 12 bottles of water, nutella, a milky way. >> can i have the milky way. >> i'll be bummed if i don't get a bite of the milky way. >> that was "this is the end." blockbuster made the announcement on its twitter feed. they have a sense of humor about the whole thing. let's check in with jimmy kimmel who spent the weekend watching the miss universe pa against and one of the known judges is on panel. >> as we saw on "american idol," steven gets excited around beautiful women. this is his question. >> judge number one steven tyler your question. >> miss venezuela -- [ speaking spanish] >> what is your biggest fear and how do you plan to overcome it. [ speaking spanish ] >> my biggest fear is that a scary beauty pageant judge would inactivity me and i would walk among the living dead. [ laughter ] >> now i would like to have a drink every once in a while but when that alarm goes off at 4:00 a.m. i regret it. all the time i

first of all, 50% off in hawaii -- >> i never get to go to hawaii, i'm talking christmas, getting to memphis. >> new york city, right here 40% off at the millennium broadway if you stay six nights or more. >> six nights? i've got to stay six nights to get the deal? >> stay straight through the holiday. >> okay, i give you that. >> but there are deals that range from three-star properties up to the splurge is five-star properties. >> what about flights? good deals on flights? >> one of the best tips is to book a vacation package. that's a flight, hotel and car rental bundled together. that's where you see the deep savings. you can go to travelocity.com/bfcm to shop for yourself. >> you all say bye to her but i need to talk to you. courtney scott, everybody. thank you so much. i am actually going to see you back here at 1:00 this afternoon. but coming up on msnbc next hour, holiday shopping for the little ones. of course that means toys. we'll tell you how to score some of those good deals and which movies could top the box office this holiday season. alex witt picks up our coverage in

answer is hawaii. state of hawaii. 300 point question, when booker was sworn in on thursday. he became the fourth elected african senator in u.s. history, who was the first? >> enbrooke of massachusetts correct. instant bonus. what future presidential candidate coasted brooke in his 1978 campaign? >> paul song ssongas. >> who delivered a book to every congressional office entitled impeachable offense, removing barak barak from office? -- barak obama from office? correct answer steve stockton of texas. no one since 1843 had been blocked from confirmation. >> mel block. >> he was blocked by the senate to be the head of the housing finance agency. >> that is correct. with that rush you finish with 300. martin 300. the winner tom davis, former congressman from virginia with 1,000 points. congratulations, tom, as our winner, we will tell you, bill wolf will tell you, here's what you have won. >> as our champion, you will have your name printed in exquisite sharpee on the coveted "up against the clock" gold cup. you get to show it off to friends, family and local school chin for ex

being born in hawaii and moving through the establishment back to working as a community organizer. the idea we're not just every person for themselves. that we do have responsibilities. as a community. we're not going back to everybody fight gt for seats -- beds in the emergency room. nobody paying for anything. just living off the kindness -- not kindness, of strangers. just that. it seems there's a message here. and the guys on the other side don't want to do that. they want to throw them back in the emergency room. they want every person for themselves and screw the people having a hard time. obama's running against bad thinking. not bad people necessarily. but bad thinking. >> that was in some ways the essence of the 2012 campaign as well as 2008 campaign. i think obama did a good job about making that campaign about big values and how we apply them through the government. detroit and those sort of things. and he won that fight overwhelmingly against mitt romney and the people with bad thinking. i think at this stage now, though, it's really somewhat about deliverables. he has

i thought this boat was going to hawaii. >> it's still in jail. you're still behind bars. when you look out, you see barbed wire, gates. >> i live right there. that's my buildings right there. and i can't, i can look at them, but i can't reach them. >> welcome aboard "the love boat." that's what the inmates call this rikers jail. >> the food is wonderful. five-star restaurant. they give us wine, as you can see. pasta. honestly, this is yesterday's leftovers. they feed us this every day. the food is no good. no flavor, no. if you want, you can sit down and join us. you'll know for yourself. >> michael puerta is awaiting trial on a drug charge and parole violations. he is one of the 800 inmates at vernon c. bane center, a barge that's been converted into a floating jail. the barge is 620 feet long, 120 feet wide, and 100 feet high. it was built in louisiana and brought here in 1991. it took on its first passengers in 1992. >> we don't have an engine, although we are self-contained. we provide our own heating, our own electricity, our own water. we are off the east river, rig

waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. you just ate dallas! >>> a nuclear deal with iran. does it make the u.s. and the world a safer place? not everyone is sold, but why? >>> plus, it's a deadly blast of wintry weather. where is it now, and how will it affect your holiday travel plans? >> a new study on the plight of those living in poverty. the findings might make you look at people differently. >>> hello, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." just past 1:00 p.m. in the east. world leaders are certainly reacting to the interim deal reached between western powers and iran over the islamic republic's nuclear program. here's secretary of state john kerry today in geneva after days of lengthy negotiations. >> we have kept the basic architecture of the sanctions of staying in place. there's very little relief, and we are convinced that over

you and your six figure salaries could go to hawaii. ♪ get a nice suntan on the beach, have some umbrella drinks, or, i don't know, maybe a little holiday european vacation. ♪ go to paris, have an espresso, fine wine. live it up. they might as well. because they just don't care. >> i don't think raising minimum wage doesn't actually accomplish those goals. >> i'm not speaking to the minimum wage issue. right now we're trying to provide more jobs for everyone. >> a lot of people who are being paid the minimum wage are being paid that because they come to the workforce with no skills. >> so who cares if the american people are all but screaming for a minimum wage hike? who cares when you have a far right ideology that demonizes workers and it's not just a minimum wage. it's letting 1.3 million unemployed americans lose benefits at the end of the year. it's working to slash $40 billion from food stamps. so speaker boehner, take that vacation. and maybe we'll finally get something done for real americans. joining me now are congressman jim mcdermott, democrat from washington who represents

with same-sex marriage legal in illinois and hawaii, nearly 40% of this country now lives in a state with marriage equality. will the watershed moment be once this passes 50%? do you think that is what will prove to be the final pushing of the final stack of cards? >> i don't know that that's it, as much as it is there are some oh areas that are battle grounds. sometimes illinois is perceived as a battleground states. and depending whether it's leaning more progressive -- i won't even say blue or red because sometimes parties are split. i think it depends on the progressive nature of the elected officials at the time. and in a lot of ways, we're seeing some of this unfold with the cheney sisters. there are two republicans and their father supports same-sex marriage. and yet you have another person who is running for office who is, you know, been a little nimble with their positions fortunistic reasons, probably. but nonetheless, you see some of that happening. i think we just have to kind of see what happens and people have to keep fighting for what they know to be right. >> yeah. an

hawaii. next up, six is the number of counties oust 11 that rejected a proposal to 3ur sue cessation from the state. "usa today" said the five others are still counting and this came out of anger of democratic-backed measures with state lawmakers in denver like gun control and they all had a goal to have ten of them form a new state and one other join wyoming. not going to happen now. five is how many times rob ford said sorry, apology or apologize when he finally admitted to smoking crack. >> i know what i did was wrong. and admitting it was the most difficult and embarrassing thing i have ever had to do. folks, i have nothing left to hide. >> he is not going to resign as he said in his written statement. he probably was in a drunken stupor when he did it. >> mike murphy joins me and we will look at what tea leaves he is readsing out of the coverage. we have a new win sight. go click on it now. right now. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm stil

efforts to expand and insure equal rights for every american took big steps forward as illinois and hawaii legalized marriage equality. a number of openly gay americans were elected to various offices on tuesday. and in an historic move, the senate passed the employment nondiscrimination act which prohibits workplace discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender americans. as my beloved gay husband of "the washington post" said "it's been another big gay week." this equality seems so simple to so many americans. in fact, evangelicals, a majority of republicans and the future of the gop young republicans strongly favor the legislation that passed this week. now, remember the gop post 2012 autopsy? so in a week where voters rejected the extremism of the gop, you'd actually think republicans would come running to show their support. not so much. one hold up, i'm going to let old rush bo explain that one to you. >> you ever notice when democrats get what they want it's historic? historic gay rights bill passes in senate. somebody tell me what gay rights are denied now? >> you k

"cannon," "streets of san francisco," "hawaii 5-0,"" scarecrow and mrs. king," "and murder she wrote." >> i was a guest star and made more money than the actors, except for angela landsbury. >> they say this is a new golden age of television, but tv was the meat and potatoes back then. did you say, no tv for me, and i'm just going to do films, like many people did? >> as a young actor, i came in when it was all live. my first nighttime drama, that was a big thing when you got to do your first nighttime drama, was, i think, david's production where he remade a movie for television, it was "mrs. minover" and i got this cameo if you remember the movie of the german pilot that shot down and terrorizes mrs. minover in the kitchen. marin o'hara was playing the part. my first introduction to tv was very exciting. as a young actor, i loved doing it. it was much more like theater. you rehearse for three weeks with just the way you do a play and you went down and did clam up blocking and then you shot it. >> when you do a film that becomes what 2001 of "space odyss

. >>> now, from the rough seas of the indian ocean to the placid waters of the pacific, kona, hawaii, it's mother's day. diving enthusiast lisa costello, a single mom, is on vacation and decides to go out on a boat to see some dolphins with professor lee tefley, a man who shares her enthusiasm for diving. >> it was a really calm day, really clear. and we saw some activity maybe ten miles out. >> as we got closer, it turned out it was a group of pilot whales. incredible. >> whales are not normally social animals. so costello and tepley can't believe how close those whales are swimming to their boat. the professor and the diving enthusiast decide to seize the opportunity and get in the water for a closer look. >> they're very playful right now. they're all around us. i got in the water first, and i was just floating there, and one male came right up to me and stopped. so i looked at him in the eyes and he looked at me, and i went above the water, and he went above, and we did this bobbing thing with this eye contact a good five minutes. >> as soon as i entered the water, a very large pi

it would have been awfully hard to fraudulently file the birth notice of barack obama being horn in hawaii and get that into our public libraries and that microfiche that they keep of all the newspapers published. that doesn't mean there aren't some other explanation how they might have announced that by telegram from kenya. >> white woman from kansas decides she wants her son to be president. she meets this guy from kenya and plans to have the birth announced in hospitals in newspapers out in honolulu where he lives. gets on an airplane, go kenya to have the baby there so she can announce and planning to have her son named have his father, and she will do all this -- let's get to jonathan. this takes strategic planning on the part of this woman. this is a hell of a hot. this is a long ball. >> completely insane. i want feeds into the birther notion which we all knew was ridiculous. we all thought it went away once the president released his long form birth certificate when the short form didn't prove sufficient for folks like donald trump. still there were polls that came out still a sign

it would have been awfully hard to fraudulently file the birth notice of barack obama being born in hawaii and get that into our public libraries and microfiche they keep of all the newspapers published that doesn't mean there's explanations how they might have announced that from telegram from kenya and how it goes on. >> this white woman from kansas decides she wants her son to be president. her son doesn't exist yet. she meets a guy from kenya. plans to have the birth announced in the hospitals in honolulu where she lives. gets on an airplane, spends the money to go to kenya to have the baby there so she can announce she had the baby in honolulu. all the time planning her kid which she will name after the father, barack hussein obama, first black american -- this really takes strategic planning on the part of this woman. this is a hell of a shot, a long ball. >> it's completely insane and feeds into the birther notice which we all knew was ridiculous. we all thought it went away once the president released his long birth certificate when short form didn't prove sufficient for folks like

he ended in the middle ground adopting a center course modeling on what the state law in hawaii was. he ended up getting through the kind of threading the needle at least when it came to the catholic church largely because the republicans veered so far to the right on contraception that he was able to kind of avoid a lot of the potential problems that he might of encountered had the republicans not been so extreme on this issue. >> donna if, this whole fight was saying a religious organization that has a school next to it or a religious organization like a catholic hospital. any institution which is owned by a church or religious organization. then it goes to some guy who runs a corporation, maybe runs a pizza company. doesn't believe in contraception. whatever it is. then they can say my conscience as ceo or chief stockholder, i don't believe in birth control so that's not going to be covered in our policies. where do you think this fight that's going to the court whether they have standing. it's a toy company, basically got standing before the court to say we do not want to have ou

. >>> and same-sex marriage is one step closer to becoming legal in hawaii. the hawaii house of representatives passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage last night. the senate is expected to take up that measure tuesday. >>> a malicious physical attack, that's how the attorney for dolphins offensive tackle jonathan martin describes part of the bullying that he endured by a former teammate. that alleged bully? richie incognito. incognito was suspended from the team last sunday indefinitely. martin is in california with his family and remains on the team's injury report. is this simply the culture of the nfl or is it an example of a larger problem? coach, i want to start with you. i want to start by talking about the nfl locker room culture because most people have never set foot in one. they never will. how much of a difference is there between what constitutes bullying in an nfl locker room and what's bullying in the real world? >> well, there's a separation. but the bottom line right now is where we all have to understand this -- richie incognito, it's dis

. >> today hawaii the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. the governor called the legislature into session to pass the bill. he will sign the bill wednesday morning. couples can get marriage licenses as soon as december 2nd. >> up next, how democrats can get over a million more votes in congressional campaigns than republicans do. and republicans still control the house. in the nation, sometimes bad things happen. but add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance and we won't just give you the partial value of items that are stolen or destroyed... ...we'll replace them with brand-new versions. so you won't feel robbed. again. just another way we put members first. because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ does it end after you've expanded your business?? after your company's gone public? and the capital's been invested? or when your company's bought another? is it over after you've given back? you never stop achieving. that's why, at barclays, our ambition is to always realize yours. >>> how

. >>> hawaii may soon become a wedding destination for same-sex couples. the senate there has just passed a bill legalizing gay marriage. >>> and first lady michelle obama is taking on a new education initiative that women have the vote and republican party doesn't seem to be aware of that. >> that's said well. welcome back to "hardball." that's david brooks mocking the republican party for continuing to ignore issues important to women especially. and nominating hardline anti-abortion zealots like ken cuccinelli in virginia where unmarried women in particular bolted from the gop actually for the democratic candidate. last tuesday was the first electoral test since 2012. they largely ignored their post-romney autopsy report which conceded that the party's inability to take the women was costing them elections. republicans neglected their own advice. that including nominating candidates who have a forward leaning vision to vote republican in the wake of defeats in 2012 and 2013, a group of republican women political operatives have joined forces and establi

hawaii could pass a similar bill by the end of the week. in new mexico, the state supreme court is expected to rule on its legality before the end of the year. >> at the u.s. supreme court today, justices heard arguments in a case involving the separation of church and state that could have a major impact on government from small towns all the way to capitol hill. case involves a suburb near rochester new york and two nonchristians who argue they were coerced into praying before town meetings. many believed the court settled this issue 30 years ago when it ruled a neb legislature could pay the chaplain arguing that prayer is the fabric of our society. >>> many are wondering if the disgraced crack smoking mayor of toronto has a prayer of keeping his job. the city council is urging the deputy mayor to or chess straight a dignified exit. ford has apologized but insists he's not going anywhere. >> i apologize and i'm so sorry. i was elected to do a job. and that exactly what i'm going to continue doing. >> that is tough and mayor ford has been

byrne says he was born in hawaii. he has produced a birth certificate. dean young says, "that's what i call the $64,000 question. i have no idea!" when pushed for an answer, he said kenya. in this republican versus republican race in alabama, guess who's leading into the polls heading into tomorrow's voting? if you guessed the kenya guy, the who's eric cantor guy, the who's the treasury secretary guy, you would be correct. he is ahead in the most recent poll in this congressional race by three points. republican-on-republican fights are always amazing, but tomorrow is going to be really amazing. i hope you plan to stay up late with us tomorrow to watch these results come in. >>> there are some late developments to bring you tonight on, you guessed it, another previously unreported example of what appears to be plagiarism by republican senator rand paul of kentucky. it was a week ago tonight that we first reported this story, but now every single day, the story seems to get worse. tonight, andrew kaczynski at buzzfeed is reporting for the first time that