but for every american and every person across the globe. this will have ripple effects in countries we don't even realize have lgbt concerns. >> reporter: we're moments away from the proposition 8 ruling. what is your sincerest hope for that? >> well, that either they'll rule it unconstitutional or at the very least they will honor the lower court ruling and decide not to hear the case. which i think is more probable, but we'll see. >> reporter: phil, thank you very much for joining us. a real sense of jubilation here, jake, after the first ruling. the second ruling may be minutes or seconds away. the crowd is a little less charged right now because they're a little more nervous. so we'll throw it back to you. >> all right. and as we go over the proposition 8 decision, we're going to throw it back to wolf blitzer in the cnn washington, d.c., bureau to chew over this huge, momentous decision, basically saying that the defense of marriage act passed in 1996, signed by president clinton, is no longer the law of