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California very, very soon. see some of the other supporters of the overturning of proposition 8 celebrating on the steps of the u.s. supreme court. we'll have a lot more coverage of that coming up later today. 5:00 p.m. eastern in the "situation room." other news. paula deen. she has now broken her silence. >> i is what i is. and i am not changing. and i'm -- there's someone evil out there that saw what i had worked for. and they wanted it. >> the celebrity cook offering an apology, doing some damage control today. the celebrity chef also saying she used the "n" word once in her life. that ...

Through their elected representatives. it gives a clue on what will happen with proposition 8. but justice scalia is still reading this dissent from the bench. he's aparentingly pretty emotional about it. bill: i'm reading that bench statement is lengthy and you mention that can be rare at times. is it today? >> reporter: i would have expected today in something as heated as this controversy. that the difficult isn't iters at least one of them would read from the bench. in other cases where justice ginsburg has been on the losing side, where the losing sight is upset or confident in its reason...

Regardless of sex. older americans, of course, say no. it's a generational question. as we wait for this, wolf, obviously the first question is how broad of a ruling do we get from the court? the second question, once you have the ruling, how does it play out back in california where prop 8 is from, and in so many other states across the country having this conversation and legal debate. >> stand by, john. good explanation of what's at stake in hollingsworth versus perry, the case involving what we call proposition 8 in california, which overturned gay marriage, which had earlier been approved...

Couples from marriage? and the key maybe for coming into today, the sheer speed with it's all moving forward. he said about the court, you want us to step in on the effects of this institution, which is newer than cell phones or the internet. why should it not be left for the people? that's what they said back in march. wolf, as we can see today, they are stepping in in a big way. we'll just have to hear what they say about prop 8. >> we should know momentarily, tom foreman. thank you very much. gloria is once again here. john king is here, as well. gloria, you spent a lot of time looking into...

Court today issued a ruling, but the judgment becomes effective 125 days after the united states supreme court issues its ruling. however, the ninth circuit does have in its power to lift the stay before those 25 days have passed. so it is our hope that the court will do just that. again appreciating the fact that there have been too many days and for too long the citizens of our state, residents of our state have been denied a due process under the law, denied equal protection under the law. the marriages should begin as quickly and as soon as possible. >> earlier today, austin was the co-cou...