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>> reporter: this was the results of an unbelievably long line that formed at the tri-cities shopping plaza. thousands of people turned out, trying to get an application to be on a waiting list for section 8 housing. some slept there. >> people have been here since sunday night, which is ridiculous, and people from tennessee and north carolina, and, a lady down here with cancer. >> reporter: and the crowd was weary. one woman went into labor while in line and was transported to a local hospital....

Okay, todays "world play" is a little bit unusual. were looking at 8. first up, proposition 8, weve been hearing about this since 2008. thats when the ballot proposition was passed by california voters. its fewer than 50 words long burke the 14 that you need to know are "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in california." simply put, a ban on gay marriage. a judge overturned prop 8 last week. any minute, hes expected to announce whether folks can start saying their vow...

You are these days, you are on camera and somebody is recording everything and in fact, we have evidence of a mob scene yesterday in atlanta. not far from atlanta. where 30,000 people turned out to sign up for what were available. 13,000 applications, apparently in east pointe georgia, the housing authority had taken over a nightclub in an area mall and what they did was they were handing out simply applications for public housing and look at all the people who showed up for this federal housing...

Tick in the number of people asking whats going on with the economy. somethings going on thats got people nervous. >> you know, last -- just last week, i mean, the treasury secretary timothy geithner had this op-ed in "the new york times." the headline was welcome to the recovery. the treasury department insisted look, they didnt write the headline. it was "the new york times" that did it. the story, the op-ed was suggesting that the recovery was at least here or close. laying out where this whi...

She told me what brought her here. >> ive been trying to apply to section 8 since 2001. so when i heard the opportunity was available. i said im not going to miss this opportunity to get assistance, you know. to whatever may be. >> now ill tell you, weve been talking to a lot of people about what brings them here, the foreclosure crisis, the unemployment crisis, losing jobs and struggling in the which he. so many people telling me, look im not looking for the government to give me everything. bu...

Get them screened. a few of them got screened that day. but over the next 13 years, weve screened over 54,000 women. >> wow. what a great story. venus, thank you so much for being with us. >> i should note she was honored by michelle obama at the white house. the programs that she does, they actually have done studied to show they actually help people. when you have somebody navigating the health care system with you, you do better. >> i love the health fiesta idea. just puts it in such a positi...

You to living in public housing projects. section 8 is in the news because of a huge melee just a few miles from here in an atlanta suburb. 30,000 people turned out for applications for the voucher program, not for voucher, you understand, just for the chance to get them. clearly, these are desperate times for a lot of people and things deinvolved into chaos. 62 people were injured. okay, xyz is next. my taught thoughts on this eco. when it comes to building a real recovery, its actually your th...

>> we are going to be following the developments in this story all morning long. keep it here on cnn for the latest. check out this chaos outside of atlanta. police are actually bracing for more of this. 30,000 people simmering in the blistering heat for a slim chance to be wait listed for partial rent vouchers. >> this was unorganized, completely unorganized. >> confusion, frustration, anger, all of that. the housing authority, east point, georgia. 20 people were hospitalized. one of them a t...