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One man who dropped off his daughter for her first day of school had to be rescued. he said there was so much water, his car was floating. some businesses in the area resorted to sand bags to try to keep the water out. gay pride events around the country celebrating last week's supreme court decision on on doma and proposition 8. biggest turn out ever at the gay pride parade in san francisco. there were also newlyweds on on hand. not something drivers in san diego were expecting to see. hot air balloon shaped like a giant panda came in for a crash landing. not sure what caused to deflate a...

One top german official now accuses the u.s. of using, quote, cold war tactics against its own allies. the nsa is not commenting. former nsa director michael hayden also wouldn't confirm or deny the latest spying allegations, but he did suggest any europeans that are angry should look in the mirror before criticizing the united states. >> number one, the united states does conduct espionage. number two, our fourth amendment, which protects americans' privacy is not an international treaty, and number three, any european that wants to go out and recommended their garments with regard to interna...

This supreme court decision, i wonder, as a lawyer or as a voter, you look at proposition 8, which in california bans same-sex marriage. it was a vote of the people in california. do you have a problem with what some people see as overturning the will of the people, the court saying i don't care what you people voted, here's what we think? >> well, remember, remember first that the whole purpose of the constitution is to say there are certain rights that are fundamental that can't be taken away by a vote of the people, not by 52%, as in proposition 8, not by 75%, not by 95%. there are certain ...

And so, the courts have always enforced that nationally, not just state by state. so, one of the things that's going to happen is that the principles that are in the district court decision in perry and in the united states supreme court decision in the doma case are now going to be applied nationally. while those cases are going on, efforts will be made to see if states will not adopt marriage equality, like new york did and like many other states have already done, either by initiative themselves or by legislation. so, what you're going to see is you're going to see an effort to convince sta...

Supporters of proposition 8. the california voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. yesterday they asked the supreme court to stop issuing gay couples' marriage licenses in the state. justice kennedy turned down that request with no additional comment. prop 8 supporters say the supreme court ruled too quickly when they voted 5-4 to let stand earlier decision by california's highest court that prop 8 is unconstitutional. meanwhile, numerous same sex couples in san francisco continued to get married at city hall, been doing it since the end of last week. the place a flurry of activity all week....