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Done post oil spill, which was the dispersant issue. >> right. so, the dispersant, if you remember back last summer when bp started to spray it, the epa actually told bp to stop spraying it, and bp kept spraying hundreds of thousands of gallons of it. and the effect of that dispersant on these kinds of dolphins and marine mammals is unknown. so you know, thats obviously another suspect in this case right now. and i think that, you know, the scientists involved, theyre saying that its going to ta...

On appeal. >> mr. olson, theres another gay marriage case that is making its way to the supreme court from massachusetts where gay marriage is legal, of course. last month the u.s. district court judge ruled that defense of marriage act, the federal defense of marriage act is unconstitutional. what effect do those cases have on one another? what effect do those cases -- how do they interact with this case that youve just won today in terms of what happens ultimately at the federal or supreme cou...

There is a lack of trust on this issue. i mean, as you pointed out when this crisis started, first they were told there was no leak, there is a leak. 1,000 to 5,000 barrels a day and several estimates. it started leaking at a rate of 62,000 barrels a day, it finished at 53,000 barrels a day. the question is how do you know? what do you really know? the government said today what this report really gives is a snapshot if you will of where they think the 4.9 million barrels went, but more than a s...

One amazing thing about the gay marriage ban overturned in california today was something i had known about the trial while it was happening. but i didnt really appreciate the importance of it until i read the ruling that came out this afternoon. the anti-gay marriage people, the people defending the gay marriage ban in court, only called two experts in their whole case. they only called two witnesses. the first one was this guy, david blankenhorn. he is president of the institute for american v...

Certainly i think this tees up a question that the supreme court probably wants to avoid. this is always about one person, anthony kennedy, at the center of the court. it tees it up in a way that is really going to force the court to contend with this issue squarely on the merits and again dealing with the very, very elaborate findings of fact. >> and that was always the case made by david boyes and ted olson when they faced criticism for pushing forward with this case when other advocates wante...

No rational basis for the different treatment of gays and individuals with respect to marriage. the massachusetts judge did pretty much the same thing with the federal defense of marriage statute. so the cases resonate with one another. they make a strong collective case for ending discrimination on this basis. >> one of the things that is remarkable about this case is the fact that the two of you are arguing it together. obviously coming from very different places in term of your own affiliatio...

Lot of fishermen were talking to me about and the government saying they are doing long-term studies but they dont know. >> right. very much so. yesterday the epa came out with the second phase of the study looking at dispersant issue. they tested all eight dispersants and mixed them with louisiana sweet crude which is what spilled here. they said they found that the oil and the dispersants mixed together were no more toxic than the oil itself. well, it is sort of like good news/bad news. thats ...

Someone already is. you know, the night that the gay marriage ban passed in california back in november 2008, gay people and gay rights supporters took to the streets in anger during what was an otherwise joyous election night. obama was just elected president. but in california, that was prop 8. today some of the same protesters were back in the streets, this time celebrating, celebrating a dramatic and provocative reversal. well be joined by david boyes and ted olson, the two attorneys who won...

Be raised by two moms or two dads. mr. blankenhorn wrote that he never met george riekers or read any of his writings. it turned out that wasnt true. bl blankenhorn wrote his own correction letter to "the times" on june 3rd admitted did he consult his work in preparing his testimony on behalf of prop 8. mr. rekers and his narth association for curing the gay people, he also turned up in the testimony of another anti-gay marriage guy who appeared at this trial. now this witness was actually calle...

That ted and i working together on this case sends is that this is not a republican or democratic issue. not a could nservative or liber issue. its a human rights issue. this was a great victory for gays and lesbians and the children that they raise. its also great victory for all americans, for anybody who has ever been discriminated against because of the different color or different creed, indeed all americans who have an interest in equality. i that i is a common value of all of us, not just...