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Back welcome back to "hardball." supporters of gay marge scored a big victory. a judge ruled that californias ban on same sex marriage, its proposition 8, is unconstitutional because it violates the civil rights of gays and lesbians. todays ruling reads" although the constitution permits communities for most laws, it requires there be at least a treats te reason for the different classes differently. there was no reason proposition 8 could have been enacted." joining me is the lead attorney in t...

proposition 8 or prop 8, the states ban a same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. dan simon live in san francisco. dan, youve been talking to people there. how have they been reacting to the news? >> reporter: obviously theyre very happy about it. they expected this, quite frankly, and we should point out a little more than three years ago, a majority of california voters said they were against same-sex marriage. well, in this case the federal appeals court said the majority doesnt rul...

repeatedly, shelling, tank fire, nearly 100 civilians have reportedly been killed and now a russian official is in damascus to meet with the regime. we are going to figure out exactly how that will play out in the effort to end the carnage there. we have new information about final moments for josh powell and his two little boys. what the coroner says he did to his two little boys before he set the house on fire. >> and on the political front, a lot of delegates, up for grabs. 70, in...

marriage. we are waiting on a federal court ruling from california on the constitutionality of proposition 8. it is the 2008 voter initiative that said same-sex couples could not get married. well, a federal judge struck down prop 8 two years ago saying gay couples were being unfairly denied the right to marry. the people behind prop 8 appealed it, which brings us to todays milestone decision. and what were seeing on the ground in syria right now could be a turning point to ending th...

people. syrian government forces continue to fire heavy shells into the city of homs and other areas today. homs is ground zero of the uprising against president bashar al assad. opposition groups say at least 21 people, including children, have been killed today alone. the russian foreign minister arrived in syria today, holding talks with assad and calling for an end to the violence without foreign interference. another development, gulf arab states in france, spain and italy, recall...

>> in just a few hours results will start coming in from todays republican triple-header caucuses in colorado, minnesota and a primary in missouri up for grabs. dozens of delegates, but perhaps more importantly momentum. the front-runner mitt romneys campaign is anticipating a potential setback as his rivals look for an opportunity. our jim acosta is in denver. >> reporter: were going to turn around and look at this screen back here, because mitt romney will talk to us from his bus. >>...

Millionaires and billionaires, these are the people that president obama decided to target. but these particular billionaires seem to stand apart from others, like he loves warren buffet. hes introduced a whole new tax on the american people called the buffet rule. so there are some billionaires he likes and some he thinks are going after them and is not a partisan ideal d ross gue. he worked on a lot of different causes. -- >> some causes on the other side of the aisle. proposition 8 and he was...

In this room this hearing today is not about solar power. the hearing today is about the possible abuse of executive power and of the taxpayers money. >> fbi agents raided solyndras offices in september. that investigation by the justice department is also ongoing, shep? >> shepard: james rosen in d.c. james, thanks. opponents of same sex marriage in california got a big boost today after the state supreme court ruled that they have the legal right to defend californias ban on gay marriage in fe...

13,000 gay troops were kicked out after their secrets leaked out and the taxpayers spent more than $100 million replacing them. today dont ask, dont tell is no more. repeal took effect at 12:01 a.m., nine months after signing the measure from the waining days of a lame duck congress. gays can now serve openly in every branch of service and all of those discharged service members can try to reenlist. key word, try. turns out repeal is one thing but reality is much different. more on tha...

a job. above, they all acted and tried wall street is bracing for what could be another ugly day, to stop the damage, and they right, christine romans? >> absolutely right. live with regrets of how they did that, but they did do >> reporter: futures are down, something that day. kyra 200 points and 30 minutes >> that was my next question, regrets. to go until the opening bell ten years later, how are they rings. a couple of things. a hangover from friday. doing? >> some not so good. th...