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Leaked 206 million gallons of oil into the gulf is so far a success. were live on the gulf coast with the latest progress report. a story developing in california, where supporters of same-sex marriage are hoping that a federal judge overturns proposition 8 in the next few hours. the measure was passed by california voters two years ago. it defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. opponents charge that the law is unconstitutional, because it creates two classes of people with sep...

With the amount of spending in washington and the lack of solutions. i think people would be able to go and run on a lot of different issues. but that brings intensity out and helps them from the process that hes a tough nerd. hes going to get stuff done. hes going to find solutions. hes going to put people to work. >> theres a new tea party caucus in the house. have you decided, will you join the tea party caucus? >> i have not. because the one thing i found, ive been to the tea party rallies r...

Day 120 degrees. thats dangerous levels of heat. even at night you cant escape. look at the current feel-like temperatures. feels like upper 80s to about 90 degrees. thats why this time of day this is when youll see piedmont park fairly active. if youre going to get your exercise in, this is the time to do it because noon or two ii:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon is when it gets a little bit dicey. john in kiran? back to you. >> or do it in the gym but, man, you dont want to be ot there in this high...

Americans, until we truly are one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. >> all right. thats chad griffin one of the plaintiffs who brought these lawyers together to fight this proposition 8 which banned same sex marriage. they have won this date, on this date before the u.s. district court. it will now go to the 9th circuit court of appeals. were getting more breaking news in just now and i want andrew cohen the legal analyst on the phone with us to help us ex...

>> jack cafferty, thank you very much. we will get back to you in a moment. more now on the breaking news we are following out of california where a federal judge has thrown out proposition 8. that is the measure that repealed gay marriage in the state. we earlier heard, and we got reaction from some folks who support the repeal of proposition 8. lets get some reaction now from tony perkin who is president of the family research council who is joining us on the phone and not a good day for wha...

Series of lawsuits which then led to proposition 8, which defined marriage between a man and a woman. it was a costly campaign in 2008. both sides spending between them more than $80 million, and ultimate ultimately, the prop 8 supporters prevailed at the ballot box by a 52-48% margin, a very close vote. so now it comes down to this, at least today, from this federal judge in this building behind me, going to be issuing this ruling in just a matter of hours. don? >> well be standing by, and dan ...

>> actually, can i -- >> it takes time. >> yeah, go ahead. >> you know, historically, you can never have a majority voting on the rights of a minority. because it -- it will never pass. if that happened back in the day, we would still have slavery. >> you know, this has been -- this -- some people say this is one of the last frontiers when it comes to civil rights, and you cannot judge a civil rights issue on a popular poll. or on what the majority wants, because it may go against the law. heres...

4:00 eastern time and the question is, does the state have a legitimate reason to make a distinction between same sex and opposite sex couples and the proposeants of proposition 8, the ballot measure that ban same-sex marriage say, yes, marriage is traditionally between men and women and it is the most stable environment there raising children, but the opponents of prop 8 who are asking the judge to strike it down say granting same-sex marriage doesnt do anything to traditional marriages and the...

Cents off of the price of the pump. one industry analyst is calling it and im quoting, an anger management allowance. we are following the breaking news out of california where a federal judge has thrown out proposition 8, measure that repealed gay marriage in california. the ruling finds it unconstitutional and violating both the due process and equal protection clauses, but the status ruling will, same sex couples will be unable to marry for the meantime in california while the case is being...

What we do next, and then we thought about the idea of a possible legal challenge to proposition 8, and saa friend o my wife came across the table. >> reporter: the friend suggested they find an ally in her former brother-in-law, who turned out to be ted olson, a towering figure in the conservative legal movement. so, that stunned you, right? >> yes. it more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said, if this is true, this is the home run of all-time. i mean, the idea that ted olson, this archco...