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. >> 8:00 on the eahe -- 11:00 on east coast. >>> a federal appeals court in boston has ruled the defense of marriage act unconstitutional. doma as it's called defines marriage as strictly heterosexual one man one woman. it denies all sorts of benefits to gay couples and that's one reason the court in boston says it cannot stand. cnn legal contributor paul callan joins me on the phone. paul, let's talk exactly about what this ruling means right now and then we'll move into what this could mean at a higher level. >> okay. let me start, kyra, by saying this is a federal court in the new england area, the first circuit court of appeals, and they cover basically, you know, maine, vermont, new hampshire, puerto rico, believe it or not, and massachusetts. so this ruling is binding only on that area of the united states, the federal courts that cover that area of the united states. it's a very, very important precedent that will be looked at by courts around the united states and there are at least seven other lawsuits pending, challenging the doma act. this is a very important precedent. >> thi

this casenvolves something called rare eah materials. now, if china would simply let the maet work on its own, we'd have no objections. but their policies curntly are prevting that from happening. and they go against t very rules that cna agreed to follow. >> chad myers, he's joining us. chad, before we talk about what they are, tell us what they do. >> they will power your battery, they will, they're the part that makes the power. they will turn red, green, and blue, which are the colors of your tv set. they will make a tiny magnet, which in real magnets would be this size, they can be almost down to the size of a quarter for the me amount of power, thereforemaking verymall motors for aerpacer for spacecft or for satellites that go up. they are elements, they are plentiful in therld. they are all over the place. but a long time go, china really reduced the cost of them and a lot of mines just basically went out of business. they couldn't compete. now china makes 97% of those minerals. they don't want to give them away them anymore. they