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New hampshire, vermont, the district of columbia. they may now go to court and try to, you know, also get the same sort of ruling against the defense of marriage act. so we will see, i think, a lot more litigation in this area to come. and so in that sense, this is a very, very important legal decision. >> and you know what? this is not your bailiwick or mine. but i think you will agree, politically, it's going to play, especially with the elections coming up. it's going to -- this is going to be a huge story. and you know what? it probably would play much higher today if it were not for the d...

>> larry: we are back. joran van der sloot arrest in peru is generating all kinds of incredible news. here to talk about it is jean casarez, our correspondent from "in session" our sister network trutv, and she is reporting from lima. what is the latest now? >> reporter: well, the latest, it is official, joran van der sloot goes before a judge next monday. as for the first time a defendant in a murder in a case. and what is going to be happening is that under peruvian law, he has to make a formal statement to a judge, and it is one-on-one and the judge and him, around normally larry done behin...

Reporter from our sister network trutv. and coming up is a man who knows the hell inside of a peruvian prison. we will give you a look. don't go away. ountry! [ male announcer ] when stress gives you heartburn with headache... alka-seltzer gives you relief fast. [ low male ] plop, plop. [ high male ] fizz, fizz.

Who is a correspondent for daytime programming on our sister network trutv. jean, i want to talk about the massive sum which is $657.5 million and 10,000 plaintiffs, but they don't divide it by 10,000. how does the judge ultimately decide who gets what amount of money? >> well, that is what is interesting, because first, you have to agree to the settlement, and then after that, it is going to take time to decide how much you should have, and that is going to be number one, how were you there? what is your documentation to show that you were down at ground zero. now, when you talk about emergen...

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