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Drilling of the two relief wells because thats the end all be all. >> shepard: chris gutierrez, thank you. >> the obama administrations energy advisory, carol browner, will be live in "studio b" minutes from now. >> a federal judge in san francisco is expected to make a ruling on californias ban on gay marriage. the chief u.s. district judge made the decision on whether to uphold or overturn the amendment to the constitution. all this comes nearly two years after california voters passed proposi...

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Week when a federal judge ruled a voter-approved ban in california is unconstitutional. ted olson argued and won the case which surprised a lot of people because hes a leading conservative lawyer who was solicitor general under george w. bush. and, he joins us now from wisconsin. lets start with the issue of judicial activism. 7 million californians voted for proposition 8. 7 million people voted to amend the state constitution to ban same sex marriage. now, a single judge overrules all of them?...

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>> quality is something that our nation has always been about. this decision today brings paul and i and so many others like us closer to that equality, too. >> our family is just as loving, just as real and just as valid as everyone elses. >> the case against proposition 8 was argued by attorneys david boies and ted olsen who faced off against each other in bush versus gore back in 2000. >> this is not a republican or democratic issue. not a conservative, not a liberal issue. its a human rights...

Recount. the original defendants jerry brown and governor schwarzenegger, the swar schwarz in perry v schwarzenegger refused to support proposition 8 in court. that left it to the group to put prop 8 on the ballot to step in. two witnesses argued that redefining marriage would weaken it and traditional marriage, they said, was best for raising children. we know how that worked out. judge walker saying that evidence from the trial showing same-sex parents and opposite-sex parents are of equal qua...

>> shepard: more of the undercover video and how this could be costing all of us a lot of money. plus, heat indexes up to 120 degrees. >> it was suffering in here. >> enough is enough. >> tonight, the heat wave so brutal, its actually killing people in the streets. first from fox this wednesday night, straight couples are not superior to gay and lesbian couples. californias proposition 8 is unconstitutional. you cannot ban gay marriage. so ruled a bush 41 appointed federal judge just a few hours...

Something about that. they put a proposition on the ballot that they voted on in november of 2008. that was proposition 8. proposition 8 then defined -- that was in november of 08, defined marriage in the state of california as between one man and one woman. well, that set off several other legal challenges. and it has made its way through the court now, and what were waiting on today -- this could come at any moment, as well. were waiting on the result of the latest challenge to find out if pro...

Judge ruled a voter approved ban in california is unconstitutional. ted olson argued and won the case which surprised a lot of people because he is a leading conservative lawyer who was solicitor general under george w. bush. he joins us from wisconsin. mr. olson, lets start with the issue of judicial activism. 7 million californians voted for proposition 8. 7 million people voted to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. now, a single judge overrules all of them? >> well, that i...