as california wildfires rage out of control, overtaking whole towns. yeah, i m all right. yeah, everything s okay. thousands of people forced to flee. i guess we re just lucky it s not our home. and this is all that s left behind. plus, it s back to work for that kentucky clerk, kim davis. for me, this would be an act of disobedience to my god. we re live. let s talk live in the cnn newsroom. good morning, i m carol costello. thank you for joining me. the embattled kentucky clerk who was locked up for refusing toish same-sex marriage licenses is standing her ground. early this morning as she returned to work, kim davis told the media she will not issue licenses on her first day back. i have thought and prayed very hard about what to do. the decisions have i made in this case and the decisions i will continue to make in this case are mine and mine alone.
mistakenly killed 12 people including mexican tourists after four vehicles entered a restricted zone in the country s western desert. a combined force from egyptian police and military were pursuing terrorist elements in the area. security officials said they had believed the vehicles were transporting mill tabts. at least two mexican nationals were killed. let s turn stateside here, kim davis, the county clerk in kentucky who spent five nights in jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses will return to work this morning. what she will do when she gets there remains in question. lawyers for the 49-year-old clerk filed a motion friday asking she be allowed to continue banning marriage licenses for her entire office until the lawsuit against her is settled. most of her deputy clerks issued licenses during her absences and some vowed to continue to do so even after she returns. still ahead on way too early. highlights from week one of the nfl including the big injury fro
to work. davis was jailed for contempt after refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. she was released last week. it appears only davis herself will know what she will do. we get more from cnn s chris welch in kentucky. reporter: christine and alison, police are preparing for a large crowd when kim davis returns to her job as county clerk for the first time since being held in contempt of court and spending five days in jail. the question remains, will her deputies continue to issue marriage licenses? that is how it worked while she spent time in jail. the question remains now she is in the office with the deputies, will she allow that to happen or step in and put her foot down and refuse these couples from getting marriage licenses. we had known for several weeks now that her attorneys and she had been fighting this and trying to overturn the initial
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those conversations with kim davis so you have not decided whether yet if you will request from a judge a declare ti judgment about this. that is correct, we have not made that decision. and mat staver, thank you for coming on. and now, hln attorney analyst with me, and i have counted alongside me, and six, and maybe i missed a few of these, because it is a long statement, but are you going toll me why kim davis office is so clear that the people with same-sex marriage licenses are on thin ice? because it states that you are to issue it by the county clerk, and the law provides for the license to be siped by the county clerk and deputy and otherwise recorded or file d an