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Sonogram law, again off topic. davis's filibuster fell short of the midnight vote deadline but her fellow democrats appealed the decision causing chaos in the chamber. >> at what point must a female senator raise her hand on her voice to be recognized over male colleagues in the room? >> for the next 15 minutes, supporters of davis drowned out any further senate debate. republicans tried to pass the bill before the midnight deadline but failed and in front of a packed capitol building of supporters, the announcement by the lieutenant governor that the bill was dead was read allowed. >> the lie...

It hailed the ruling >> we've just elected a black president of the shelby county board of education over a white incumbent in a county wide election. >> african-americans are an integral part of southern political life and that's a good thing and that's never going to change. >> but writing for the court's four dissenters justice ruth bader ginsburg said gutting the law that helped it end voter discrimination is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. >> interesting. pete williams reporting. reverend al? >> i'm confused. i'm genuinely confused here. th...

Today. tell us about them. >> very big. the last two -- actually the last three, the third one is one you'll never hear about again, but these retwo blockbuster cases on same-sex marriage. first the test of proposition 8 in california. you may recall same-sex marriage started there in 2008 and then it was stopped a few months later when voters went to the polls and passed a state constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. 'been challenged in court and the supreme court will decide what's to become of that. the second is a challenge to a federal law passed in 199 6 by congress signed by...

Packed. according to dewhurst strike one was davis' mention of planned parenthood which republicans said was off topic. strike two came when a colleague offered davis a back brace seven hours into the filibuster, violating the lean policy and the final strike came when davis mentioned that the state's 2011 sonogram law again considered off topic. davis's filibuster fell short of the midnight vote dead line but her fellow democrats appealed the decision causing absolute chaos in the chamber. >> at what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over the male collea...

And i this i if a camera got shoved in my face and i was the chief, i would have said the same thing. i understand that. we haven't even knocked on doors yet. niagara falls it took changing a law over 100 years old. it's a process. when we can ask permission, it's not as though we say i want to want across the city. here's the streets that have to close. here's how the people underneath are safe, how we guarantee no with you's going to hurt. there's a lot of process an goes into it. we're setting that up. we'll be doing that in the next couple months. i respect the law and respect all the offi...