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Toobin, he's in anchorage, alaska. people get the impression of alaska when guys like you stand out as if there are no buildings in alaska. let's talk about prop eight for a second. i'm sure it's not confusing to you, but this is the same judge who ruled that this is not valid. he put a stay on his ruling and now he's ruling on the someday he put on his ruling. >> correct. basically, what he's doing, is he's giving the supporters of prop eight a chance to argue that it would just create chaos to allow marriages, same-sex marriages to go forward. while this case is still before the courts. now ...

>> the as we've within reports, judge vaughn walker is deciding whether to lift a stay on his landmark decision to overturn california's landmark proposition 8. it sought to outlaw same-sex marriages. it was a vote that was supposed -- that -- the supporters of proposition 8 want the ruling to remain on hold while they appeal it. same-sex marriage advocates don't want it to be on hold. all of this brings me to jeffrey toobin. he's in anchorage, alaska. jeff, let's talk about this. this judge ruled on proposition 8. i want to read to my viewers

What he said. quote, proposition 8 nails to advance any rational basis in singling out gays and lesbians for denial of a proposition 8. proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the california constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. my nonlegal mind tells me that this judge thought proposition 8 doesn't make sense, not constitutional, shouldn't be the law. and then right after striking it down he puts a stay on his own ruling. explain that to me. >> well, this is a big deal in this case. and judge walker knows that. it would be very significan...

Celebrating that being strik struck down. they're on the edge of their seats. that's because the same judge that struck it down is about to decide whether to live the stay that he put on his own watershed ruling allowing marriage licenses to once again be issued to same-sex couples before all the appeals in this case can be heard. and trust me, those appeals are going to go on for years. cnn correspondent dan simon is in the u.s. district courthouse in san francisco awaiting john vaughn walker's decision. he's on the phone with us right now. >> it cowl come down any second. i can't tell you ho...

Of the rarest finds in the country's history which in israel has to be pretty rare. the head shows the queen, the other side symbolizes to brotherly love. that's because the queen was married to her brother. opponents of gay marriage and supporters of gay marriage, all keeping a very, very close eye right now on california where we could see an historic ruling on proposition 8 any moment now. plus tens of thousands of people in the nation's capital and heartland are losing power, losing land, probably losing tempers, too. they're seeing extreme weather like they've never seen before. and you...