well, sally reed's case was that she had a teenage son. she and her husband were divorced. when the child was young, the legal term is tender years, sally was given custody, and the boy becomes a teenager. and the father said, now he needs to be prepared for a man's world, so i would like to be the custodian. the family court said yes. and sally thought the father would be a very bad influence on this boy. and then she said -- she sadly was right. the boy was depressed. you took out one of his fathers many rifles and he committed suicide. so sally wanted to be appointed administrator of his estate. there was no advantage to her unless it was sentimental reasons. the father up like two weeks later and the probate judge said i'm sorry, sally. i have no choice but the law said men must be preferred to women. well, sally reed, she thought and and justice have been done to her. this is a woman who was an everyday woman. she made her living by taking care of elderly and infirm people in her home, but she thought an injustice had been done. she thought that laws of the united state

like sally ople reed. sally reed's case was the first one.t involved the administrator of an estate. the law read as persons equally entitled, males must be preferred to females. sally reed's case was that she had a teenage son. she and her husband were divorced. when the child was young the legal term is 10 years. sally was given custody. the boy becomes a teenager. the father said now he needs to be prepared for a man's world. o i would like to be the custodian. the family court said yes. she thought the father would be a very bad influence on this boy. and then she said he was right. the boy was totally depressed. he took out one of his father's many rifles and committed suicide. sally want to be administrator of his estate. there was no advantage to her in this it was for sentimental reasons. father applied two weeks later and the judge said i'm sorry sally. the law said men must be preferred to women. sally reed thought than njustice had been done to her. this is a woman that was an every day woman. she made her living by taking in her e

kai reed has more on the impact in maryland but we begin with sally kidd who joins us live in washingtonaret this point the sides no closer to reaching an agreement and right now the ball is back in the house's court. convening 10 hours before the nateight deadline, the se rejected a house measure that would keep the government running with conditions attached. e problem, it would have delayed the new health-care law and eliminated a medical device tax. >> we are not going to mess around with obamacare. no matter what they do. they have got to get a life. >> with the clock ticking down, president obama urged congress to set aside political differences. >> my hope and expectation is that in the 11th hour once again that congress will choose to do the right thing and that the house of representatives in particular will do the right thing. >> house republicans hold for over an hour and announced their next move. >> to take the senate bill to my add to it a one-year delay of the individual mandate on the american people and get rid of the exemption for members of congress. >> senator reed ma