today i get to look at the man that i love and finally say will you please marry me? >> a historic day for marriage equality. two plaintiffs in the proposition 8 case got engaged today on the steps of the u.s. supreme court just minutes after the court cleared the way for same-sex marriages to

resume in california. good afternoon, everyone. >> there was a loud celebration across the nation. a crowd that gathered erupted into cheers this morning when the prop 8 decision was announced. the supreme court ruled 5-4 to clear the way for same-sex marriage in california. >> there was a rush of euphoria in washington, d.c. as two same-sex couples in this case celebrated their victory. one couple was reason to celebrate for them. the supreme court also struck down the dpeens of marriage act or doma paving the way for federal recognition of smerjs. >> we're learning a federal appeals court will wait 25 days before allowing same-sex marriages to resume in california meant to give backers of prop 8 time to ask

the supreme court to rehear the case f they do ask for a rehearing the court can continue to ban same-sex marriages longer. the plaintiffs say it's a victory for children of gay and lesbian couple as cross california. >> no platter where you live, what family you're in, you're equal. you're as good as your friend's parents and as your friends. >> supporters say they are disappointed. >> we remain committed to the continued enforcement of prop 8 until there is a state wide order saying other case. >> the supreme court ruled those supporters don't have standing to support in court but the court side stepped the question whether it violates the constitution. >> immediately following the court's decision theres way peak of 9188 tweets per minute.

>> there was a big gathering at san francisco city hall. >> the mayor greeted a cheering crowd at city hall where hundreds of people packed the rotunda to celebrate defeat of proposition 8 after the high court ruled backers of the same-sex marriage ban had no right to appeal. >> they had a great victory at the supreme court today. we'll once again have marriage equality here in california. and a discrime in a tori prop 8 is struck from the legislature. >> dennis herera started the battle after gavin newsom started issuing marriage licenses nine years ago.

>> putting yourselves in the shoe who's happens to fall in love with someone of the same sex. it's not about the couple it's their brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, kids and grandkids. that is what we're celebrating not just for california but that is for the rest of the world. >> it means jenny and her long time martner can tie the knot legally. >> i just feel like finally the government is recognizing this and it's a relief. >> this episcopal bishop says same-sex marriages will are happen soon at every parish in the bay area. >> there is a lot more work to be done. there are civil rights we need to continue to work for. this is a historic moment for the country and for california. >> until same-sex marriages are allowed to resume today's victory will likely set the tone for this weekend's pride

parade and festival, one of the nation's largest. >> and there is celebration, there is disappointment. opponents say it leaves them worried about the future of the country. >> san francisco's ash bishop spoke from rome. >> the effect of the court's decision is to undermine in the law the principle that children have a right to a mother and a father. >> sexual behavior is not a civil right. but the u.s. supreme court refused to deal with that issue and has done great damage to marriage, the foundation of family. >> randy thomasson is with save california one of the groups fighting same-sex marriage. >> it will be a while before same-sex couples are loued to gelt married in california. >> county clerks are getting ready for applications and abc 7 news is live in concord with that part of the story tooblt.

laura? >> party planning is well underway. there is one here tonight. and while celebrating goes on we're told the weddings will have to wait. >> i know we've received phone calls. >> the clerk's office is gearing up for wedding license applications from gay couples. but the time isn't right just yet. >> court issued a stay that's to be lifted before we're committed to start issuing same-sex marriage licenses to couples. the governor directed county clerks to comply with that once the stay is lifted. >> application form here is already been updated to be gender neutral. the wedding room is ready to go. once getting the go head the clerk will extend office hours to accommodate those who twoish get married. it's pretty much the same situation in contra costa and

other counties throughout bait area n santa claire yat clerk's office is training part time workers to perform weddings. expecting a big rush of licensed applicants once the stay is lifted. >> they're celebrating in the castro. the epicenter of the california fight for same-sex marriage. gay rights supporters came out this morning gathering together to await the decision. once it came down, one couple waste nod time getting engaged. people from across the state, gay and straight are celebrating. >> though i'm straight, you know being a part of the bay area is such a big part and it's an inseparable part. i feel that that gay, straight, today is the day for us to unite. >> to be here now this is a historical moment. when i was a kid i never thought this would be a reality. >> organizers in the gay pride

parade expect an additional 400,000 people to attend this sunday's parade because of the court decision. >> supporters are planning rallies throughout the bay area tonight. the city plans to begin closing streets for that at 5:00. in oakland celebration is planned for 5:30 and in san jose, a ral yes planned at 6:00. we know of other events coming up we'll speak with a legal expert for more analysis on the decisions including a look at the prop 8 decision by john roberts. and the widow who challenged the federal defense of marriage act. >> bart police are are investigating a shooting this morning. >> sky 7 was over head. investigators cordoned off this entrance.

police sate victim was shot in his car in the parking lot after 10:30. the shooter tried to rob him first. the victim went to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm but is expected to be okay. police are still looking for the shooter. >> the bart labor dispute that threatens to stop service, asking not to grant a 60 day cooling off period if a contract is not reach asked say the period could switch potential for a strike from lower -- slower months to september. it's one of the highest ridership periods. bart workers voted to authorize a strike. a walkout could happen as soon as monday affecting 200,000 daily rider autos maybe i'll have a chance to work from home. that means more people on the road and ferries. ferry doesn't are start as early as i do. >> sticking points include wages and safety issues.

>> add together possible chaos, workers in alameda county ac transit system voted in favor of authorizing a strike. their contract expires on sunday. the date of a strike, if one happens would be released this weekend. the president of the ac transit union says the system might have to shut down if workers walk off the job and cites safety reasons because ac transit would be unable to likely handle all of the passenger autos very strange outside today. blue sky, and sun. >> yes. >> and still muggy. >> we have blue sky, sun, and muggy. you're right. looking at live doppler 7 you can see skies are mainly sunny. it does feel humid again, today thark is because our dew points are higher than normal. and we'd have dew points into 40s. in most locations low to mid-60s.

and that makes it easier for fog to form. looking westward you can see 74 keg degrees in san francisco. mountain view, 78. 66 in half moon bay. and 85 in santa cruz, it's getting warm. another live view looking down towards ocean beach, clipz, you can see a little bit of coastal fog there. 86 fairfield. our forecast looks this way. clear skies tonight, coastal fog developing overnight. mainly sunny skies early in the morning and high temperatures into afternoon ranging from upper 60s to mid-90s inland. i'll give you a look at the weekend. >> thank you. >> still head millions of dollars gone in seconds. a theft in an upscale mall.

>> a giant leap for robots why scientists are sending thom space. >> i came home and told my mom i have to learn chinese, i have to. >> we're going to introduce to you this top scholar making big strides in and outside of the classroom. >> and michael finney is taking your questions and will answer them a little bit later. >> and outside we go mid week you're looking live at golden gate bridge. low clouds and fog out there tonight. and this afternoon, i should say. traffic moving nicely in both

tense moments for a woman after she fell down a cliff near baker beach this afternoon. a spokesperson says the woman slid down the hill. the woman was taken to the hospital and she's doing well. >> on to business news now a conversation out of the world and facebook teams up with microsoft. >> yes, emily chang is here with this afternoon's after the bell report. >> good afternoon, microsoft made a sich at the build conference here in san francisco.

steve balmer took to the stage unveiling a stage of windows 8.1 update and the company announced and said facebook and flip board are all building windows 8. watch out amazon and ebay. jack dorsey's company square is launching an online marketplace which could mean competition. the move part of the efforts to expand beyond mobile payments. stocks closing higher today your bloomberg silicon valley index rising led by a gain in adobe shares and may be a small step for man kind but it's a leap fr rob yo.s a robot will have the first human robot conversation in space. i had mate maid a daib yu in

tokyo today. the first conversation will take place later this year. from bloomberg studio, back to you. >> the search on in atlanta for thief who's pulled off a brazen smarn smash and grab robbery. surveillance video captured five men taking hammers to a store display case and stealing 20 watches worth nearly $1 million in just 30 seconds. law enforcement expect the men will be arrested quickly music stars and athletes are known to park fancy cars up front and frequent shops here. >> texas governor is calling for his state legislature to pass sweeping restrictions on abortion.

>> at announcement gives a crack at the session after repreventing a bill from being finalized. this after wendy davis filibusters more than 10 hours to try to block the measure from reaching a vote. half a million tweeted support for her. legislation would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and impose restrickthat's would shut down most clinic autos we're starting to see a shift in our weather and the sun is back. >> yes. >> it's back now. we love and embrace it, warnlly. let's go to live doppler 7. we can see clear skies and humid outside today. we're getting away from the dreary pattern we had yesterday. looking beyond the bay bridge mainly blue skies.

mild to warm conditions and hot inland. this weekend is going to be a weekend for getting outdoors and doing whatever activities you like. there is a large hot air mass going to work westward. high temperatures in the western u.s. tomorrow into triple digits. friday increase of triple digits 100 in salt lake city. and 118 in phoenix. and so you can see where hot air is originating from. overnight won't be hot, but on the mild side.

clear skies and fog at the coast. tomorrow, warming continues into the south bay highs into mid to upper 80s and up to 90 in los gatos, mid-80s tomorrow. on the coast, look for hes of 67 in pacifica. downtown sab san francisco, 73 degrees tomorrow. up in the north bay we'll see upper 80s to about 90s in clover dale. of 88 in napa. 81 in san leandro. lots of low 90s in spots. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. it's going to heat up to triple digits inland sunday and monday. 100 degrees inland on sunday,

102 monday. temperatures moderating next monday. weather talk for cooling down. it's going to be a sizzling weekend. summer is back. >> yes. >> up next paula deen faces more backlash after admitting she used a racial slur in the past. >> she's fighting to change the rules. what a 12-year-old zbirl doing to get a chance to play with the boys.

celebrity chef paula deen admitted using rarely slurs in the past. walmart has been carrying paula deen brand products in the stores. deen's name being stripped from a chain of buffet restaurants in the south and mid west. this follows food network's announcement it was chance yiling all of her food shows. >> a number of celebrities are responding to today's supreme court decisions. ak stress kristin bell proposed to her long time boyfriend with the hash tag marriage equality shepherd tweeted back let's bring my big gay marriage to life. bell long maintained they'd not get married until

california gets quote on the right side of history allowing marriage for everyone. >> stale head we'll have legal analysis on the supreme court rulings on same-sex marriage. >> we'll take a look at what that means for same-sex marriage couple autos plus from hand off to handcuffed a former star is arrested. also... >> i'm saved louie some

the supreme court's decision on proposition 8 was not the only big decision on same-sex marriage today. >> the supreme court overturned doma, prohibiting the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. the suit follow by an 83-year-old who spent 44 years with her partner. the two got married in canada. when thea died she was hit with a tax bill because the federal government didn't recognize her as a widow. she took the case all the way to the supreme court and today, won. >> if i had to survive thea

what a glorious way to do it. she'd be so pleased. >> justice kennedy says doma violates the constitution's equal protection rights for gay and lesbian couple autos vic lee is in the newsroom with what this ruling means. >> doma denied federal benefits to gay coupled married in states who recognized same-sex marriages. the court determined it violated protections of equal liberty. so on a practical level the action means same-sex married couples will enjoy the same benefits as married straight couples. >> they live with their 13-year-old son, they've been a couple two decades but didn't get hitched, though they had their chance to do it before prop 8 banned may marriages. >> why did you wait?

>> taxes. >> they had friends who had bad experiences with confusing tax filing autos we found from a number of friends who did get married back then that they had to file multiple tax returns because they had to file one way for the state, and another way for the federal government. >> today's ruling striking down doma now means they will get married as soon as they can. steve is a financial planner with many same-sex, married couples as clients. >> they'll be able to file jointly on their tax returns and access to social security benefits for partners. >> also, very important for them is they'll get a break from the federal estate tax. >> as a parent one anxiety if i get hit by a bus tomorrow,

my partner and my son would all of a sudden be hit with a huge tax bill. that can put someone in the poor house. >> he says the couples should update documents and beneficiaries especially if 401(k)s. >> federal marriage recognition invol value daits your beneficiary december nation. have you to go back to do those. >> there may be bad news, some smaechl same-sex, married couple who's make a lot of money may have to pay more taxes now because it will bump them into a higher tax bracket. the man tra is celebrate, tomorrow, and call your cpa tomorrow. >> we mentioned kennedy is widely considered a conservative but is often a swing vote and wrote... though congress has great authority

to design laws to fit it's own consumption it cannot deny liberty protected by due process clause of the fifth amendment. justice scalia writing sit one thing for society to elect a change another for a court of law to impose change. >> joining us now with reaction to the decision is professionor sacrum from santa clara university. thanks for joining us today, we want to begin with chief justice roberts we have never upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when when state officials have chosen not to. so people were hoping this might be a broader decision. it and wasn't. >> it wasn't. this was on a technical issue, that is, right of a party to

prep a case on federal court. and today they said these people don't have standing. >> so key thing to understand is that this is narrow scope in california alone? >> right so. what this, the affect of this to allow same-sex marriage to go forward the way it does so is to invalidate 9th circle opinion and the district court money said proposition 8 is unconstitutional. >> how long will it take before couples can marry? we understand that the parties can ask the court to rehear this. >> they can ask the court to rehear it. the chance the court is going grant or do something different is probably nil but they have 25 days before the supreme court's order is then carried out.

and might take a few days to dissolve the prior opinion. and so, likely a month before we actually -- . >> clerks are beginning the process. >> that is right. governor brown has an order asking for the county clerks to get ready for the process. that will be a month, at least before marriage licenses begin to issue. >> let's talk about doma. that is a broader decision today. talk about the impact. but what impact more broadly that is likely to happen on gay marriage in this country. >> so, doma was a historic decision. as you said, it's broader and a constitutional decision. the idea the federal government can define marriage after doma is in doubt.

it is an opinion about equal protection that could have significant affects for how we understand same-sex marriage into the future. justice ken ned ease opinion attempts to limit it. but you know we don't know. this could have significant ramification autos beyond legal changes, too. a different level of accept stance sth. >> i think that is right. this is a big step forward. for same-sex marriage proponents. >> yes. >> thank you for coming in. we appreciate your insite today. >> stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage. new at 4:00 we're going to go to sacramento live, lawmakers working on provisions to make sure same-sex marriages go off without a hitch. supporters will be holding several rallies at 6:00 we'll have live team coverage and you can get latest developments on our new smart

phone app. just go to abc 7 news apps. the old will be will be going away soon. >> authorities in massachusetts charged former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez with first degree murder. police took him into custody about 40 miles southeast of boston, refusing to release details until his arraignment this morning in court, prosecutors told a judge he shot and killed semi pro football player otin lloyd saying the two had a dispute at a nightclub days before. hernandez denied bail and patriots released him today. >> the prosecutor so called star witness tookt stand today in the george zimmerman murder trial. raishel gentle was on the phone with martin just moments before he was shot testifying martin told her he was being

followed by a man he described as a creepy cracker. >> he said why are you following me for? then i herds a man saying what are you doing around here? >> what did you hear? i heard trayvon say get off, get off. >> then what did you snaer. >> then, the phone hung up. >> under cross examination gentle admitted she didn't call police because she thought he'd just gotten into a fight. zimmerman pled not guilty and claiming self-defense. >> still ahead at 4:00 michael finney will join us with today's consumer q and a. a 12-year-old girl just wants to play with the boys at school. how this young woman is fighting to get on to the football field. >> from mount tam, blue skies just coastal fog. and a major warm up is coming our way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast in just a moment.

>> and live outside once again, oh, not good. it's brutal. in both directions bad in that direction. slow going another way, too. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues in just a moment. no fun.

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earnest today in about two hours. >> right now, streets will be closing. sky 7 is live here. so this will be an area you're going to want to avoid. streets close down beginning shortly staying closed throughout the rally beginning at 6:30. >> they're rallies going on in oakland, san jose and a number of other communities around the bay area tonight. we'll have live coverage. >> right now, a georgia girl hoping power of social media will help her get back on the football neem a private school. >> yes. the 12-year-old was starting, was a starting defensive tackle for strong rock christian school's sixth grade team but hopes to play on the 7th grade team had been dashed she's been told she can't play because she's a girl. >> taking that fun i had for a year and just smark it from

under me. >> the school saying middle school girl sports and middle school boys play boy sports. she and her parents started a facebook page. >> she says if the school doesn't change its stance she'll play in a recreational league or possibly change school autos here is what's happening now. sunny skies just a little tinny patch of coastal fog right now. warm and showery and showers reaching into upper mid west as well. muggy in st. louis. and phoenix a high of 113 tomorrow. and state of california heat spread across the entire

state. 113 in palm springs but here in the bay area we'll see warming trend continuing as well with highs into low to mid-90s tomorrow. and speaking of the weekend for downtown san jose, not one of the hottest spots highs into upper 80s friday and saturday. low 90s cool to inland highs in places like livermore and fairfield and east bay. >> still ahead, new green innovation being used on a key project in fremont to make it more earthquake safe.

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fremont turned into a construction zone. >> there are major safety concerns to contend with. tracks cross the hayward fault. >> david louie shows us new technology to help protect the sales. >> this is the frame of the station slated to open in just over two years. nearby, the tracks will cross the hayward fault. called hire derived it will ferm the base fr a rail bed a section will be installed. >> it's proven in a number of capacities so this will be among the first of the april politics for that. and we're taking measurements before and after to improve the understanding of it.

>> the san francisco public utilities commission owns and operates hetch hetchy water system is facing seismic risk. to prevent ruptures there will allow the pipeline to move up to six and a half feet during an earthquake ask can compress up to nine feet this, video provided by san francisco p.u.c. this technology has been been tried before on this scale. these two projects plus road improvements will help fremont develop hundreds of acres of new housing and new business development autos people want to work where they can stay on mass transit like bart and get there. we're going to build that area like i said, ate louz people to live, work, shop, play in

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being named a top scholar. >> thank you for joining us for this edition at 4:00 i'm carolyn johnson. >> thank you two. historic reel rulings today affect same-sex marriage couples here and across the country. what state lawmakers are now doing to make sure couples can get hitched without a hitch. >> and bart wants governor brown to do something to that impact riders as soon as monday morning. >> in the accu-weather forecast center get ready for triple digit heat. >> cheers on the steps of san francisco city hall and in the

castro district. today supreme court ruling will forever change the face of marriage in california. the berkeley plaintiffs at center of it all were thrilled on what the decisions mean for their family. >> today we can go back to california and stay sai to our children, all four of our boys, your family is just as good as everybody else's family good evening. >> the big question tonight is when can same-sex marriage again? today's decision puts back into affect the 2010 ruling said proposition 8 was unconstitutional. also overturning doma. we have live team coverage on the rulings and are going to

start where it began. >> there was a huge celebration here today. supporters say they still plan to fight for the ban. hundreds of people headed into san francisco city hall today. wanting to be part of history. this is where opening salvo was fired nine years ago. gavin newsom ordered the county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples this is where victory was declared today. >> this history is dr. king said we love to quote this, because it's true. people have to take action. >> one pioneer was in the rotunda, celebrating today. this couple was