our barbara starr, pentagon correspondent standing by this morning. barbara, good morning to you once again. what is the next step? yes the president, the signature goes on it, then what? >> well, the pentagon will start getting ready for all of this, t.j., they will start working on changing any regulations, policys, directives, all the bureaucracy in washington that you would expect. eventually, and it could take months, they will certify to the president and he will certify to congress that this can proceed and that there will be no harm, no adverse reaction to military readiness, military effectivene effectiveness. all of this is in the law that congress passed yesterday. all of this was a preset, because the pentagon wanted to have a little time to get ready for it. then 60 days, 60 days after that certification, don't ask, don't tell, will be gone once and for all, so it's not just yet, and